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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUST A. GA.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1869
SIGNS OF CHEATING.
There was a great hurrah in Virginia
when Walker was elected “ Governor.”
Even the Democrats joined in the common
jubilee, and, indeed, it would have been,
under the circumstances, more or less than
human to have preserved anything like
apathy or stoicism, not to speak of gloom.
But there is not much of a hurrah now.
The Virginia journals begin to suspeet
treachery. They are by no means sure that
their humiliation will bring them all the
good fruits they expected when they stoop
ed to conquer. Grant was enthusiastical
ly congratulated, even by Democrats, with
the “ success of his policy.” He was
thanked most kindly for permitting the
people of Virginia to choose the lesser evil.
But it begins to crop out that Grant has
no policy other than aggrandizing his
family and securing a comfortable time
with the Radicals. It is even suspected
that he would- have preferred the election
of Wells. It is more than suspected that
the composition of the Legislature is dis
tasteful to him. Beside this, the people of
Virginia are fearful lest the faith they kept
with him will not by him be kept. They
forgot that the new rule of morality per
mits an official commitment to be as fran
cible as official pie-crust, The true point
of honor has io Usr «one to the dogs in
Washington, and for Grant w „„
back on his plighted word as Presi
dent is just as easy as Radical
ethics can make of prevarication a fine art.
Canby’s persistence in dictating the test
oath as a necessary qualification of mem
bership in the Legislature, is another seri
ous drawback to the jubilation of what
are called Conservative Republicans. The
men who boss the,Government are deter
mined to make sure of Virginia as a Radical
State, and, with the case of Georgia before
their eyes, propose resorting to an illegal,
unfaii and dastardly imposition in order to
compass their aim. If Grant does any
thing at all in the matter, his interposition
will be powerful only in the advancement
of his brother-in-law, Dr. Sharpe, to the
Senatorsliip. It seems beyond question
that a serious attempt will be made to
“ purge the Legislature by the test oath.
Grant might prevent this ; but he will not
move a peg to do so, if he imagines, or has
reason to apprehend, that Congress will
make him personally uneasy on the strength
of it. Confronted, then, with a doubtful
President, with a dictatorial satrap and a
perfidious Congress, Virginia is reduced to
a condition of perplexity whicli bears
about the same relation to her late exulta
tion that a drizzling November rain does
to a sun burst.
It is our sincere hope that Virginia \y ill
not be cheated ; but we think the chances
decidedly in favor of her enemies. These
enemies cheat by instinct, or they are com
pelled to cheat in order to retain tlicir
grasp upon power. They do not under
stand or appreciate the sacredness of oaths,
bargains or commitments. They enter in
to no agreement that they have not resolv
ed to falsify, if the exigence should de
mand it. Their repeated infamies are con
stantly paraded before the Northern mass
es ; but these masses, to a great and egree,
have hitherto been stupidly indifferent to
such dishonesty, and, in fancied security
themselves, they arc indifferent to the ca
lamities of outsiders, except in a purely
(Sfeiflsh way. If Virginia - should gain all
that she expected in Walker’s election,
her gain may be great. If she should be
come another instance of Executive and
Congressional bad faith, we can only hope,
as a cordial sympathizer, that her present
discomfiture may result, some day, in dis
aster to her betrayers. She lias done what
she has done, under protest, to be valid
only so long as the bayonet is at her
throat. When the bayonet shall have been
beat into the reaping-hook or into the scep
tre, she may have occasion to make her
verbal proto:-1 a deed of actual signifi
cance. Meanwhile, if she can be cheated,
she will be cheated.
WELL DONE, MR. CHIEF JUSTICE.
Whatever may be said of the political ec
centricities of Chief Justice Chase, all
men must concede that he is a man of ad
mirable dignity, and that he knows how to
assert himself with a most becoming and
magisterial grace. The truth of this was
sujHjrbly exemplified, a few days ago, when
in full robes of office in the Supreme Court.
It appears that Attorney General Hoar,
corrupted by Ben Buti-er as well as in
structed, has recently presumed so far as
to treat the Judges of the Court with curt
ness. and disrespect. The World tells the
story of his insolence and the I’ebukc it
elicited, thus :
“In the progress of a speech by him the
venerable Justice Nelson inquired: ‘ What
is the page of authority you are quoting,
Mr. Attorney General ?’ To which the
man whom ex-General Grant gave a Cabi
net. place in exchange fora library, replied:
‘ May it please the court, I decline to be
interrupted in my argument.’ Whereup
on the Chief. Justice, assuming upon his
younger shoulders the affront directed at
his associate and incidentally reflecting up
on the whole bench, brought the Massa
chusetts Attorney to his kness at once by
saying: ‘ Mr. Attorney General, yon wiil
cease in your argument for the present.—
This court, as you will learn when you
have become used to its amenities, reserves
the right to question at any time any of
its counsellers on any point whatever.—
Your rejoinder to the question of my asso
ciate is inadmissablc; and when you have
apologized to the court for language which
we must say was never heard here before,
you may proceed, but not until that is
done.’ Whereupon tins legal bully col
lapsed and meekly begged pardon, which
It pleased jthe court to allow. Booking at.
Mr. Grant’s special pleader’s demeanor in
the Yerger argument on Tuesday it is plain
that the Chief Justice must give mm an
other humiliation to bring him to his prop
er plane.”
It is a melancholy thing to know that a
United States law officer should have the
conspicuous and isolated notoriety that
now attaches to this Massachusetts man,
Hoar. But it is equally a subject of con
gratulation, and it may be of future hope,
that a Chief Justice still exists who has
not been altogether abashed by the shadows
of the"rising imperialism.
The Turner Case.— On the opening of
the United States Commissioner’s Court
yesterday morning, his Honor W. C. Mor
rill, announced that his labors of the pre
ceding day had so completely exhausted
him, and the testimony was so lengthy that
he had found it quite impossible to give it
that fair.and deliberate consideration which
its importance demanded, and in order to
enable him to do so, he .would adjourn the
court until this morning at 10 o’clock.
. JJfacon Telegraph, 23 d.
New York in Atlanta.— The Atlanta
Constitution says: On Marietta street there
is a saloon at which five waiter girls pre
side, dispensing intoxicating fluids to their
guests. There is also a band of music in
■attendance, who assist to lieguile the in
nocent. What are we coming to?
Our New York Correspondence.
New York, July 19th.
The unsatisfactory returns which are
often made upon property sent to this City
to commission lit) uses, for sale, no doubt
give rise to many complaints. The con
signees are no doubt treated dishonestly,
but they are oftener the victims of circum
stances for which there appears to be no
remedy. The markets of a great city like
this are always extremely variable. They
are subject to many influences—the weath
er, the money market, temporary glnt or.
deficiency of supply, speculative combina
tions—all have their influence, and are in
turn predominant. Thus, recently, power
ful combinations to produce a decline in
cotton and breadstuff's, with everything
apparently working to that end, were de
feated by an unexpected rise in gold.
With perishable products, such as gar
den “ truck ” and early fruits, the con
signee has absolutely no safeguard, except
through a coimection_ with a house in this
city (who is to share the loss as well as
profits), and the rigid determination to do
a safe rather than a large business. The
growers of peaches In Southern New Jer
sey, Delaware and Maryland have been
compelled to combine to proteet them
selves. They are about to undertake
measures which will facilitate the ship
ment of peaches from tins to interior and
more Northern towns, at stieh prices as
will popularize tlie demand for them. The
facilities for doing business and handling
merchandize, in this city and suburbs,
great as they are, are constantly unequal
to the demands upon them. The cost is
consequently exorbitant and tlie waste in
many cases extravagant.
Let any one unaccustomed to city scenes
vistit the Washington market about four
o’clock any of these mornings, when the fresh
and perishable fruits are coming to market.
It is confusion confounded at dead of
Winter, but now it lias become a perfect
Babel, from which the inexperienced would
never conceive that any sort of result in
~«i« and distribution of property would
ever be reacirew —‘'»*v»yvithal New York
and its suburbs are fed, is annos®
of effort. New York requires for her
daily supply about nine hundred head of
cattle, four thousand sheep and lambs,
thirtv-flve hundred swine, seven thousand
barrels flour, forty thousand bushels corn,
twenty-five thousand bushels oats, and it
were impossible' to estimate the quan
tity of vegetables, fruits, fish, poultry, game
&c., consumed. The live stock have to
be fattened and brought here by rail, and
the vegetable products planted, ripened,
gathered, packed and transported, and
when we contemplate the labor which
all these varied services require, we are
amazed at them.
With reference to the means which may
be adopted to secure your village dealers
against losses, 1 must recur t,6 a proverb
which I once read : “ Don’t run after the
girls,’,’ said a fond mother to her son; “ for
if you- don’t they will run after yon.” Be
not in haste to consign your property to
New York houses, for if you do not, New
York houses will buy it at your doors for
cash. This lias become to be so well un
derstood at the North, that all the leading
derlers in butter, cheese, hay, hops, and
other miscellaneous farm products, keep
buyers constantly traveling through the
country. Some years ago, our leading
grain merchants were wont to ship flour
and wheat to Liverpool on consignment.
They were outrageously swindled, and
many of them ruined. ’ They all, of one ac
cord, said to John Bull: “If you want our
wheat, come aud get it, anil pay for it.
Large warehouses were built for stor
ing, and for years there have been no im
portant consignments, and the trade has
assumed a sound and regular character.
The action of the Democracy of Ohio
and Pennsylvania, in the nominations
which, they have made for Governors of
tlieir respective States, will happ'rly.afford
opportunity to test the sentiment upon two
theories which have their advocates among
us. Gen. Rosecrans was a “ War Demo
crat,” so nearly a Republican that it were
hard to tell the difference; but for liis quar
rel with Gen. Grant, lie would undoubted
ly be to-day in open affiliation with the
Republican party. He is a superior gene
ral in the best acceptation of the term.—
His defeat at Chickamaugua was the only
decided check which he suffered during his
career. That was, of course, due princi
pally to the most heroic fighting of the
.Confederate army, hut secondarily to his
vanity and egotism, not to say jealousy.—
While Johnston was vainly endeavoring to
relieve Pemberton, at Vicksburg, and Meade
and Lee were niauceuvcring for the advan
tage in Virginia, Rosecrans was vainly
urged to make his expected movement in
Tennessee. *He would not; but waited till
Pemberton had surrendered, thus releasing
Johnston’s forces, and until Meade, going
into camp to refit and recruit, enabled Lee
to spare Bragg some assistance; and when
Rosecrans did set out for Chickamaugua,
he barely escaped losing his army. My
first memory of him is a letter written by
him to the Ohio Legislature, in which
“ Copperheads •’ were rated :ls creattires
too vile for life. His course towards Mr.
Vallandigham will be remembered. But
he was “ loyal ” —lie has “ a good war re
cord,” and is a good candidate to test the
assumption that nominations of such men
will promote the success of the party. I
doubt it. But the Governor of Ohio is not
so important an officer that we cannot af
ford to try experiments with it.
The nominee for Governor of Pennsylva
nia is quite another character. Well ad
vanced in years, of great wealth, which has
been distributed with a liberal hand to
various works of charity ; a most wise and
worthy gentleman personally, ahvays a
Democrat and popular with liis party, but
without strength among his political oppo
nents, his nomination is well calculated to
test tlie policy of adhering strictly to the
traditions of the party.
I cannot see much promise of success in
either case. We want neither renegade Re
publicans nor Democrats by tradition. We
want comparatively young men, who com
prehend the situation as it uow exists, and
are capable of applying old well established
principles to circumstances which have
arisen in the past few years, and which
may arise in the few years to come. The
next Democratic candidate for President
should be little if any over forty years of
age, and should be able to respond to the
yearnings of the people respecting Federal
and State finances. When shall we find the
coming man ?
Throughout the Metropolitan churches,
the dullness incident to the season reigns,
although there was yesterday an exception
to the general rule, the occasion being the
dedication of the first edifice ever erected
for French Catholic worship in Brooklyn.
The building was crowded,'and a peculiar
interest was manifested, in consequence,
perhaps, of the introduction of a novelty,
which was nothing less than the bringing
in of a military company to assist at the
ceremonies, who, with fixed bayonets, and
preceded by a band of music, inarched to
the church, and, during th« services, which
were of a prolonged character, stood,
covered, before the altar, while the band
assisted the choir in the gallery. The ap
pearance of glittering bayonets and mili
tary uniforms in church, as may be sup
posed, caused no little astonishment,
although, as we are told that the custom is
a European one, it must not be gainsaid.
An interesting work, issued by B. West
erman & Cos., is a biography of Count
Bismarck, written by Bamberger, a member
of the Zoll Parliament, and who has ample
facilities and ability for tlic accomplish
ment of the task which he has undertaken.
It is translated by Charles Lee Lewis.
Another, entitled “Cord and Crease,”
issued by Harper & Brothers, is by the
author of “ The Dodge Ckib,” but is infe
rior to the last mentioned book, and seems
a very poor imitation of “ Foul Play,” being
full of absurdities and improbabilities from
beginning to end. “Tamon’s London Mer
chants” is the title of a book which is very
well written, and which affords entertain
ing and instructive reading, especially
adapted to boys. Among the biographies
are those of Baron Rothschild and George
Peabody. This work is also from Harper
& Brothers, Is handsomely bound and
printed, and ornamented with twenty-five
illustrations.
“ Put Yourself in His Place,” by Charles
Reade, is continued in the Galaxy, and in
connection with this there is published a
characteristic letter from the author* in
which he states that although he has been
paid a liberal price for the work by the
publishers of the Galaxy, yet admits their
right to be only a moral one, and hopes
“ all respectable publishers will respect
that moral right, will put themselves in
their place and will forbear to reap where
they have not sown.” He would establish
international copyright by moral influ
ences until legally declared.
A performance for tlie benefit of the Cu
ban patriots is announced for to-morrow
night at the Academy of Music, under the
auspices of th 6 Cuban Junta, and quite a
number of artists have offered their ser
vices on the occasion, among which are
Fanny Stockton and Mad. Lumley. The
names of some Cuban lady amateurs, in
general unknown to the public, also ap
pear—Mile. Diana Baretta and Senorita
Filomeno.
Some of our artists are returning from
Europe, E. E. Church, M. Gif
ford having arrived last week.
A flue painting, which is exhibited atTflt-
Studio Building Gallery, and which has
attracted much attention, both from critics
and from the public in general, “Truth
Unveiling Falsehood ” is the work of Mrs.
Lilly Spencer, the mother of eight children,
who has experienced the utmost vicissi
tudes, and who has attained her present
position through overwhelming obstacles.
Willoughby.
Official Correspondence.
Asa matter of public interest, we pre
sent a recent correspondence lietween Gov
Bullock and Comptroller General Bell,
together with the reply of State Treasurer
Angier.
GOVERNOR BULLOCK’S LETTER.
Executive Department, )
Atlanta, Ga., July 17th, 1869. \
lion. M. Bdl , Comp. General:
Sir —Your attention is invited to the
following extract from a published state
ment made in the interest of tile Hon. N.
L. Angier, State Treasurer:
“ We presume the Chief Justice does not
wish to be understood to say that the
Treasurer has no right Ho refuse to pay
a warrant when there is no appropriation
to cover said warrant, or when the warrant
is drawn on an appropriation which has
been exhausted, even though the warrant
may lie approved by the Comptroller
“ No class ot ha.y_e been refused
by the Treasurer, saye those drawn upon
an appropriation after the same had been
exhausted, those drauui upon the wrong fund,
and those drawn when no appropriation
existed to cover them."
1 desire to be informed: Ist. If any
warrant has been drawn by the Executive
and approved by you “ on an appropriation
which has been exhausted ?”
As to those referred to “ drawn upon tlie
wrong fund,” it is of course simply matter
of opinion, wherein the Honorable Trea
surer places his own in opposition to the
official act of the Executive, approved by
the Comptroller in accordance with the
written opinion of tlie Attorney General.
The objection of the Honorable Treasurer
to the warrants “drawn on the wrong
fund ” is not that said warrants do not rep
resent a lawful claim against the State, but
that in Jus opinion, what the Executive, tlie
Attorney General, aud yourself, unite in
deciding to lie the rigid fund, is tlie “wrong
fund."
Also, please inform me : 2d, If any war
rant lias been drawn by the Executive and
approved by you “ when there is no appro
priation to cover said warrant ?"
Very respectfully,
Rufus B. Bullock, Governor.
REPLY OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
Comptroller General's Office, >
• Atlanta, July 19,1809.$
To His Excellency Rufus 11. Bullock :
Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your
communication of the 17th inst., calling my
attention to a certain statement “ made in
the interest of tlie State Treasurer, and in
reply have to say —
Ist. That I have never knowingly ap
proved a warrant drawn on any fund after
it was exhausted, because I knew such ap
proval would be in violation of the express
provisions of paragraph 7, section 94 of
the Code. I would state, however, in this
coimection, that upon the hypothesis that
the contingent fund appropriated by the
Legislature of 1868, for the latter half of
the year, was limited to SIO,OOO, said fund
was over drawn by about fifty dollars, but
the warrant was the last one drawn on
that fund, and was in favor of the Treasu
rer himself, to cover incidental expenses,
such as postage, etc., which he had paid.
This warrant was appro veijjwltliout that
close scrutiny and calculation usually
adopted, and I suppose the same thing oc
curred with the Treasurer. But it may
not be amiss here to state that, according
to the opinion of the Attorney General, tlie
fund was not limited to SIO,OOO, by reason
of the latter, clause of the section appro
priating it, and in this view of the subject,
the appropriation was not overdrawn. By
the same section of tlie appropriation act
of 1868, $15,000 was appropriated as a
printing fund, and it was declared in the
latter part of said section, that “in case
of a deficiency in this appropriation, the
Governor is hereby authorized to draw his
warrant on the Treasurer for the same, to
lie paid out of any money iu the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.” I was satis
fied that the clause just quoted rendered
the appropriation indefinite and unlimited,
and therelbre when the $15,000 was ex
hausted, I did riot hesitate to approve war
rants drawn on the same section. Besides,
my own construction of the law was sus
tained by that of the Attorney General,
whose opinion I had taken tlie precaution
to obtain before approving any warrant
after the $15,000 had been exhausted. In
deed, whenever I had any doubt as to what
course I should pursue in approving war
rants, I submitted the matter to that offi
cer, he being, under the constitution, the
legal adviser of the State House officers.
2d. I have never, to my knowledge, ap
proved a warrant drawn by the Executive
“ when there was no appropriation to cover
said warrant.” I have approved many war
rants where there was no special appropria
tion to meet them, but., in all such eases
I recognized the authority to do so under
some general, clause of the Appropriation
Apt, or under some provision of the Code
of Georgia, and I considered it in such
cases, as much my duty to approve the
warrants as if they had been drawn <yi
some special appropriation which had not
been djfchausted. .
In reference to the subject of warrants
alleged to have been drawn on the “ wrong
fund,”! beg leave to say in justification of
the course I have pursued, that I have not
at any time to my knowledge approved a
warrant drawn upon a fund especially ap
propriated and restricted to some other
purpose. I have approved warrants drawn
on the Printing Fund for advertising Exe
cutive Orders, Proclamations, Ac., which I
understand the Treasurer has refused to
pay, because they were not drawn on the
Contingent Fund. I have not been able to
satisfy my mind that such warrants were
drawn oil the wrong fund.
Indeed, I have considered myself justified
both by law and precedent, in the course I
have pursued. Section 1043 of the Code
declares, that “ all printing other than that
performed by the Public Printer, which,
necessity may demand, shall be printed at
the seat of government, or such other place
as may be necessary, in the discretion of
the Governor, under his direction and super
vision, upon reasonable rates, to be paid
for out of the Contingent Fund.” I have
not considered the advertisement of a Proc
lamation as at all coming within the
meaning or intention of this section, be
cause the word “ printing” is used, and has
to my mind a distinct technical meaning,
different from the word “ advertising” or
“ publishing.” It clearly means such job
. work as it may lie necessary to have done,
outside of that which the law requires the
Public Printer to do, and not the publica
tion of an Order or Proclamation. In the
performance of the latter service, it is not
the mere skill and labor of setting up the
type aßd striking off the sheets that con
«titute the gist and value oi the service. It
is the space in the newspaper, and the cir :
culation and publicity thereby given to the
notice. The mere printing of the notice is
not what was intended, nor what is charg-
ed for in.such cases, but it is the publica
tion and circulation of the notice among
the people. The knowledge and informa
tion thus promulgated and imparted to the
public constitute the consideration for
which the warrant in such cases is issued ;
such a warrant, therefore, in my judgment,
is not for that species of printing referred
to in section 1043 of the JCode, and hence
may properly be drawn on the Printing
Fund. In other words, the law, in my
judgment, does not restrict the payment
of claims for advertising, &c., to the Con
tingent Fuud, and in this view I am amply
sustained by the practice of the Governors
and tlie Comptroller Generals of the State
for many years back. It was the practice
of Governor Jenkins, as the warrant books
in this office show, to draw warrants for
publishing proclamafious, orders, &c., on
the Printing Fund, and this section, 1043,
of the Code was in as full force duringTiis
administration as it is now. In all such
cases, if the warrant was within the amount
appropriated, I did not consider myself
authorized or requireiLto go behind it, lie
cause the law, in my judgment, casts no
such responsibility upon me.
It may not be improper in me to state,
before closing, that I made a full statement
to the Legislature of 1869, iu my report, of
every warrant that I had approved u* to
tAhe Ist of January last, giving the number,
Tftitab *noount, the purnp.se for winch
draw**the person in whose favor drajvn,
and tlie fund or appropriation upon which
each warrant drawn, and I expect to
do so again w|en that body assemlj.es.
And if, with this information before tlicm,
they shall again adjourn, leaving the taw
in reference to the' issuing and approving
of Executive warrants as it now is Mid
seems to have been for years past, I stall
continue to do la the future as I have Ifcen
doing heretofore.
Very respectfully,
Madison Bell, '
Comptroller Genera,.
TREASURER ANGIEIt’S REPLY. j
The communication of Comptroller gen
eral Bell, in yesterday’s InteUigdnccr, re
ply to Gov. Bullock’s letter of the 17W in
stant, forces the Treasurer to a
as follows :
The Comptroller Genftral endeavor! to
make it appear that tlie publicatioi of
Executive Proclamations and orders ii wl
printing. If the publication of Execi ve
proclamations and orders is not print ig,
why charge the warrant, drawn for seh
services, on the Printing Fund ? If lis
printing, then- section 1043 of the CotJiof
Georgia, says : “ All printing, other tun
that performed by the Public Printer, iito
be paid for out of the Contingent Fund."
The Treasurer is sustained in Ms ppi
tion by the distinguished Judge who c4n
piled that portion of the laws of Georla,
in which is embraced tlie 1043d seepu
above referred to. This Judge was famjar
with the legislation which passed thisre
tion, and voluntarily stated to the TVa
surer and others, that the object of this Ac
tion was to protect the Public Printer in tse
of ang disagreement or difficulty between hn
and the Governor.
But for this provision of the Code, (ml
the Treasurer’s refusal to phy, the Prinjng
Fund would long ago have been exhauspd,
and the public printing, including the j<ihr
nals of both Houses, have been suspeuAd,
or the Public Printer have gone uup|d,
which is generally conceded to be the obfet
of tiie Governor in liis efforts to exhast
the Printing Fund.
He is also sustained iu liis position jiy
the able jurist who revised the predut
Code of Georgia. He is further sustained
in liis position by tlie following resolution,
taken from a report adopted during (lie
session of the last General Assembly : i
“ Resolved, That it is the sense of (lie
General Assembly of the State of Georgia,
that the publication Gs every proclamation
of pardon by his Excellency the Governor,
in a large number of newspapers iu Geor
gia, and tlie publication of every Executive
order, appointing persons to such unjn
porfant positions as County Inspectoriof
Fertilizers, creating, as it does, very heavy
drafts upon the Treasury, withoutialforditig
commensurate benefit upon tlie people,
should not be longer continued, and hat
the drawing of warrants to cover such ex
penses, upon any other than the Contingent
Fund, is a violation,of the law that oughlnot
to be tolerated."
The Treasurer is sustained in his posi
tion by the Comptroller General himsfelf,
who, when in fear of being prosecuted for
countersigning warrants illegally dratyn,
admitted to a member of the “Joint Special
Committee” charged with investigating
payments from the Treasury, that lie kid
protested to Gov. Bullock against warrants
of this kind being drawn on the Printing
Fund.
The Comptroller General says: “In ref
erence to the subject of warrants alleged
to have been drawn on the ‘ wrong fund,’
I beg leave to say, in justification of the
course I have pursued, that I have not at
any time, to my knowledge, approved a
warrant drawn upon a fund special ly-ap
propriated and restricted. to..sonju
purpose.
In contradiction of this statement, the
Treasurer would call the Comptroller Gen
eral’s attention to warrants Nos. 141 and
142, drawn in favor of 8. Weil, Foreign
Commissioner, and warrant No. 190, in
favor of Geo. N. Lester, Domestic Commis
sioner, which was charged to “ 23 d Section,
General Appropriation Act, 1869,” when
there was a limited special appropriation to
which they should have been charged.—
These warrants, thus drawn on the “wrong
fund,” in violation of law, were presented
to the Treasurer, countersigned by the Comp
troller General. After the Treasurer re
fused payment, the Comptroller General
and one of the Secretaries of Executive De
partment succeeded in influencing the Gov
ernor to change these warrants to their
specific appropriation, when payment was
promptly made by the Treasurer.
The Comptroller General refers to pre
cedent as a rule of action; the Treasurer
prefers the law. If precedents are to gov
ern, the successor of the present Governor
will have on unlimited field in which to op
erate, especially in tlie manner of drawing
and applying funds from the Fourth Na
tional Bank of New York.
Respectfully, N. L. Angier,
Treasurer.
Atlanta, Ga., July 21,1869. :
• FUNK HAL. NOTICE.
THE FRIEND J AND ACQUAINTANCES OF
Mr. Ob&diah Warmer an; regretfully invited to at
tend liia ftjnera l , from the Cemetery Chapel, THIS
(Friday) MORNING, at 9 o’clock.
Georgia State Lottery.
FOR THE BENEFIT OH" Tty*
Orphan's Home and Free Hchopl.
The following were the drawn numbers. In the ijup
plemenfcuy Scheme, drawn at Augusta, Georgia,
July 22.
MORNING DRAWING—CIass No. 347.
59 93 49 58 01 30 18 68 44 5 14
13 Drawn Nuintiers.
EVENING DRAWING—CIass No. 348.
58 18 30 46 48 G 2 45 14 25 8 61 13
12 Drawn Numbers.
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SPECIAL ISTOTIOES.
DR. TUTT’S BITTER WINE' OP IRON.
This Wine includes the most agreeable and efficient
Sait o' lion, we possess, (Citrate of the Magnetic
Glide) combined with the tnosl energetic of Vegeta
ble Tonics (Yellow Peruvian Bark).
It augments the appetite, raises the pulse, takes off
muscular flabbiness, removes the pallor of debility,
aud gives a florid vigor to the countenance, without
producing the disturbance so frequently experienced
from tlie use of other clialybeates.
A teaspoonful contains one grain of the Iron Balt
and one grain of the Extract of Calisaya.
Prepared by
WM. H. TUTT & LAND, Pharmacists,
jylftlw Augusta, Ga.
For cholera and cholera morbus, use R. D. R.
No motiier should lail to procure R. D. K.
Where K. D. R. if known, nothing else is used.
Crying babies love K. D. It.
Extra Special Notice.
Beware of Counterfeits! Smith’s Tonic Syrup has
been counterfeited, and the counterfeiter brought to
(tries.
* SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP.
The genuine article must ban Dr. Joan Bull’s Pri
vate Stamp on each bottlfe ihyAoHN 801 l only has
the right to maniifaetaM.and sell the origin :u John
Sin th’s Tonic Syrup, of Louisville, Ky. Examine well
the label on each bottle, if my private stamp is not On
the bottle, do not purcham, or youwill be deceived.—
See my column advertlaiMent, atyf my. show card. I
will prosecute any one my right. The
genuine Smith’s Tonic Syrupeii* only be prepared by
The Dubficipservant,
Hit. JOHN RL’Lh.
LomsviLL*. Ky., Aprijas, less. . ~
febW-eodly «/ ***■' >
T —-3 7
Red Diarrhoea Remedy for children.
R. D. K. cools, quiet* and .checks the bowels.
R. D. R. cures nausea and vomiting.
For diarrhoea, nothing equals K. D. R. :^
Grain and Flour Bags.
(3”RAIN and FLOUR BAGS, constantly on
hand and manufactured to order.
' CUNNINGHAM & STOGNER,
jeS-d&ctf No. 3 Warren Block.
IST ew -A^yertisem^jl
BACON/BACON.BJ^OfI.
QO BokKSfcDRIED
RIBBED SDB«S. For sale low. '
Apply K>
M. IIYAM j& CO.
■*>
LEMONS. LEMONS.' iIMONS.
20 BOXEB LEMONS, Bound.
Just arrived. .//"*♦ •
ran
« m. #Ays & co.
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J-M#
GROUND PEIS. C(#NI) PEAS.
300 BUSHELS N/ ft AROUND
PEAS. » }
For sale l>y f {
_ _/ / ft. UYAMS & CO.
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Lime, Plaster anti Cement.
300 BBLS. fresh eastern lime.
50 BBLS. CEMENT.
25 BBLS. PLASTER.
For sale low by
jy3S-5 M. HYAMS & CO.
~ found,
Y'Vn IRON CHEc>T KEY, wliicli the owner
cau get by applying at f ho
CONSTITUTIONALIST OFFICE.
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STATE OF GEORGIA. HIGH MONO COUN
TY.—Whereas Hannon ltow y np|>li*,« to me
for Letters of Administration on tbe e-tate of
Vic'or J,aTaßte, late of said county, deceased :
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 lielore the first
Monday in September next, to show cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not he granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office
in Augusta, in said county, this 22d day of -July,
1869. SAM 1.1 KL, LEVY,
iy23 lawtd Ordinary.
Av Sr«
T WILL make my usual display of BEEF,
MUTTON, VEAL and LAMB ou Saturday
morning and evening. All Iresh killed and at
moderate rates. JOHN P. FOSTER,
jy23-l Stall No. 1, Lower Market.
Wet Swiss and Check Muslins,
T the Fredericksburg Store. Having
just received a ease ot SWISS and CHECK
MUSLINS from New York, winch got wet on
tbe route, will offer the same this morning ou
our Bargain Counter, at 5, 10 and 30c. per
yard ; goods worth from 25 to 50c. per yard.
jySS-1 , V. RICHARDS & BRO.
TO BENT,
The old AUGUSTA INSURANCE BANK,
suitable for Bankers, air as offices. If it can
not be rented as above, it will be lor rent as a
STORE, and placed in good repair for that
purpose. For further particulars apply to
j y23-lm M. O’DOWD.
TO RENT,
FROM the first of October, a neat COT
TAGE, containing six rooms, with Brick
Kitchen in rear, situated ou Centre, between
Greene and Ellisstrcels. Apply at the office of
the Gas Light Company, over 210 Broad street.
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TO RENT,
The DWELLING south west corner Cen
tre and Telfair streets.
Apply to
jy23-0 W. 11. BARRETT. _
SWEET SPRINGS,
MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.
This DELIGHTFUL SUMMER RESORT
will be open for the reception of visitors June
20th.
The SPRINGS are approached from Wash
ington by the Orange and Alexandria and
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Passengers from the South take the Virginia
and Teuuessee Railroad to Roanoke* Station,
thence by first class Coaches to the Springs.
Board—s 4 per day, $25 per week, $75 per
month. JAMES CARROLL,
jy23-eodlm Proprietor.
TJIOUR WEKKB after date application will bo
_IJ made to theOonrt of Ordinary of Richmond
county, for leave to Bell tbe real estate belonging to
John J. UlayU.it, late of said county, deceased.
This May 29th, 1869.
ANDERSON W. WALTON,
mv29-60 Administrator.
STORE TORRENT.
T I HAT DESIRABLE BRICK STORE, No.
241 Broad Street, now occupied by Messrs.
Wilcox, Gibbs & Cos.; being one of the BEST
BUSINESS STANDS in the City.
ALSO,
BRICK STORE and DWELLING, having a
large yard and all necessary out buildings,
situated on Broad Street, near tbe Upper Mar
ket.
Possession given to the above buildings on
first of October.
Apply to ROBT. P. SIBLEY,
jy2o-3if . 159 Reynolds St.
DU. RICHAU’S
GOLDE IST REMEDIES.
Ask far no other, take no other, and you will sav
time, health arid money.
(1,000 REWARD for any cane of disease in an
stage which they fail to cure.
Dr. Richuj’s Golden Balsam No. 1 cures Ulcers
Ulcerated Sore Throat and Mouth, Sore Eyes, Cuta
neous or Skin Eruptions, Copper Colored Blotches,
Soreness of the Scalp, Scrofula, Ac.; is the greatest
Renovator, Alterative and Blood Puiilier known, re
moves all disease from the system, and leaves the
blood pure and healthy.
Dr. IlioiiAo’s Golden Balsam No. 2 cures Mcrcn
lial A flections, Rheumatism ill all it* forms, whether
from mercury or other causes; gives immediate relief
in all cases. No dieting necessary. I have thousands
of Certificates proving the miraculous cures effected,
by these Remedies. I'bio‘k of either No. lor No. 2,
(5 per lsrttle, or two bottles for (9.
Dr. Riohao’s Goldin Antidot*, a safe. speeds,
pleasant and radical cure for ail-Urinary Derange
ments, accompanied with full directions. Phi on, (3
per bottle.
Dr. Ricbad’s Golden Elixir d’Amocr, a radical
cure for Nervous or General Debility, in ol«l or
young; imparting energy with wonderful effect,
psic s, (5 per bottle, or two bottles for $9.
On receipt of price, these Remedies will he shipped
to any place. Piompt attention paid to all corres
pondents. None genuine without tbe name of “ DR.
RIOHAU’S GOLDEN RKMKDIKB, D. B. lUUH
ARDH, sole proprietor.” blown in glass of bottles.
Address DR. B. B RICIIAROH,
No. 228 Variok Bt., New York.
Office noara rora 9, a. m.; to 9, p. m.
&Tly Circulars sent.
BACON.
50 HUDS. CLEAR SIDES, very choice.
50 HIIDS. CLEAR RIBBED SIDES, very
choice. Oa consignment and for sale by
CLAGHORN, HERRING & CO.,
jy22-cH*c3 7 Warren Block.
FOR 8J LE LOW,
A. HOUSE and Ll )T, sittntedon Reynolds,
between Houston a; Vlld streets. For lur
thcr particulars, ap o
1 I. T. OLIVER,
Administratrix,
or J. T. -MEWMAK.E,'
lylG-tf ♦ Law.
Notice to Debtors \nd Creditors.
Georgia, Richmond counte.-aii per
son* having demands against L. D. Lallerstedt,
late «f said county, deceased, will present them, duly
attested, and those indebted to the same Will make
payment to Dr. T. L. Lallerotedt, or to
AMANDA K. LALLKRSTBDT,
mh3o-tf Kxecutnr.
Furniture, Furniture.
FOR a Large Full Stock of NEW GOODS and
NEW STYLES at low prices, go to
. PLAIT BROTHERS
COTTON .
WAREHOUSE.
WIIELESB & HR
COTTON
F A. C T O R S,
AUGUSTA, GA..
W ILL CONTINUE THE STORAGE and
SALE OF COTTON AND OTHER PRO
DUCE.
PLANTERS’ BUSINESS SOLICITED,
jclfi-Ginif
Copartnership Notice.}!
VV F, have this day associated with ub in the
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSI
NESS Mr. David E. Butler, of Morgan coun
ty, Ga., uuder the firm name and aiyle of
J. J, Pearce, Butler & Cos.
We return thanks to our friends and the pub
lic for the liberal patronage heretofore extended
to us, and respectfully solicit a continuation of
the same to our new firm.
J. J. PEARCE & SON
Augusta,-G a., Jnue 29,1809.
J. J. Pearce, Butler & Co.#
WAHEHOUSEIi
AND
Commission Merchants,
JACKSON STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
The undersigned having this day formed a
Co-parliaership for the transaction of a GEN
ERAL WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS, tender their services to their
friends and the public, aud respectfully solicit
consignments.
J. J. PEARCE.
I). E. BUTLER,
(Late Stovall & Butler),
('HAS. A. PEARCE.
Augusta, Ga., .Tune 29,1869.
jeSO-daetf if
M. P. STOVALL,
WAKEHO USE
AND
Commission Merchant,
JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
U/ONTINUES to give bis personal attention
to tbe storage and sale-of COTTON aud other
produce.
Orders lor Plantation aud Family supplies
promptly and carefully filled.
He is prepared to make liberal CASH
ADVANCES on all consignments.
jylß 2w&clni*
ROBERTS# MORRIS & SHIVERS,
SUCCESSORS TO
,JA?. T. GARDINER & CO..
W AREHOU 8E
AND
Commission Merchants,
flfcliUosli Street, Augusta, Ga.
Will give their PERSONAL ATTEN
TION to the STORAGE and SALE
of OOTTON, and such other
PRODUCE as may bo
sent to them.
C A.B-IT ADVAN CJffiS MADE
ON
PRODUCE IN' STORE.
Wm. S. Roberts,
ItrciiAßD B. Mokuis, Jas. A. Shivers.
jy2o d&cOiq*
Cunningham & Stogner,
GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
DEALERS IN
ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE,
AND AGENTS FOR THE
BRINLY PLOWS,
No. 3 Warren Block,
AUGUSTA. GA,
jeSd&Clf
J. N- ROBSON,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
NOS. 1 aud 2 ATLANTIC WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
KaVING ample means lor advances, a bu
siness experience of Iweutv years, and confining
himself strietly to a COMMISSION BUSI
NESS, without operating on his own account,
respectfully solicits consignments of Cotton,
Flour, Corn, Wheat, etc.
Shippers of Produce to him may at their op
tion have their Consignments sold either in
Charleston or New York, thus Laving the ad
vantage of two markets without extra Com
missions.
Rkferences.— Bishop W. M. Wightman, S.
C.; Rev. T. O. Summbks, D. 1)., Tenn.;Col. Wm.
Johnson, Charlotte, N. C.; Hon. Jno. P. Kino,
Augusta, Ga.; Messrs. Williams, Birnie &
Cos., New York ; Messrs. G. W. Williams &
Cos., Charleston, S. C. jy W-dt&e3m
ROBERT E. ALLEN,
(LATE OF n. A. ALLEN .& BON,)
Commission Merchant,
08 BAY STREET,
S V .A. 3ST N -A. H.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN
TO
SALE OF COTTON.
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BACON. BACON.
20,000 LBS. Prime Tennessee
BACON, to arrive Monday, consisting of Clear
Sides, Shoulders and Hams.
For sale l>y
T. M. GOLDSBY,
jylß-lw 299 Broad St.
Steam Mill for Sale.
"Will be sold, in the town of Crawford
ville, Taliaferro county, Ga., on the first TUES
DAY in AUGUST next, the Crawfordville
Steam Mill. There are three pairs of excellent
Burr Stones. The Engine is large, and one oi
the best in the State.
All persons desirous of purchasing are re
quested to call aud examine the property be
fore the day of sale. On that day it will be
disposed of by sale, either privately or publicly,
as may best suit purchasers. The terms will be
liberal, and will then be made known. Thera
are several acres of Land, with Dwelling House
attached, to the premises, all of which will be
sold, either iu parts or altogether, as may best
suit purchasers.
H. MUHLENBRINK,
Surviving Copartner of Axt & Muhlenbrink.
CnAWFOKBvnxB!, Ga., Ist July, 1869.
* jy3-d3tactd a
FLOUR. FLOUR.
-A-LL GRADES FLOUR, for sale by
CUNNINGHAM A BTOGNER,
jylG-dactf No. 3 Warrea Block,
ISAAC T. HEARD. * ' °- STONE
18 AAC T. HEARD & CO.,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
CORNER KEY.SOLOS AND McfNTOSII STREET 5
(Fireproof Warehouse lormerly occupied by Messrs. Bust in &. Walker),
AUGUSTA, GA.
w ILL devote their strict personal attention to the storage and sale oi COl'fON and other
PRODUCE. Liberal CASH ADVANCES made at all limes on Produce in store.
Agents for Gulletl’s Patent Improved Steel Brash Cotton Gius,
and see LI.ETT
ISAAC T. HEARD & CO.
jyl7-d&c6m
To Bobbin Mauiifactureis.
For SALE, at a bargain, parts of Machinery I
and a large quantity of prepared material for
making BOBBINS.
A. L. DORTIC,
jyo-lrn Executor.
HoTfOR THE SPRINGS!
VIA
Columbia & Augusta Railroad,
THE CENTRAL SHORT LINE
TO THE
VIRGINIA SPRINGS,
AND ALL POINTS NORTH.
0
0
3? 11 ROUGH TICKETS to Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs, with tbe privilege ol stopping
over at Charlottesville, Staunton, Goshen, Mill
boro aud Covington, (he diverging points to
the various Springs in that region ol country,
may be had at the Ticket Office of ibis Com
pany.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad completed to
tbe White Sulphur. No Staging! To insure
SPEED, COMFORT AND SAFETY,
buy your tickets via Colombia and Augusta
Railroad.
Trains leave the Joint Depot daily at 7:30, a.
in. C. P. HYDE,
General Passenger Agent.
E. R. DOIISKY,
Geii’l Freight and Ticket Agent.
Augusta, July Ist, 1809. jy3-Ini
CARR I AGE?; HARNESS.
B. W. TII/TON, Manufactory,
MOUNT VERNON; NEW YORK,
Ware ttoouis, IT Broadway, New York.
Know, NO from long experience the require
mem. of tlic Southern trade, and with iho facilities for
manufacturing, 1 think 1 can give BETTER VALUE
EORTHK MONEY Ilian cun be bad elHewlierc in
the city. The “TILTON STYLE” BUGGY, for
material and workmanship, lias no equal except the
“ Ablsilt Buggy.”
My Ueposltory, ono of tbe largest, in tlio city, pos
sesses the advantage, in its location, of costing less
than half the rent of those up town. I o»»* therefore,
otter my VSCHIOLKH lit 1,-hh price*.
Those wlio have had my work require Ho .‘cl'eretici;
but to those unacquainted, I would respectfully refer to
Messrs J. 11. Bkowkr \ r 00., )
Messrs. Smallwood, Hodiieirs & Co.,' New York.
Messrs. Butts, Nichols & 00., S
For information regarding my new style of HUMIC
SEAT BUGGY, I refer to John M. (’laiikk &. Bon,
Attorneys at Law, of Atlanta. Ga., who recently pur
chased one. np2o-!iin
Corn, Hay and Flour.
500 BUSHELS of CORN
GOO Bales of HAY
300 Barrels or FLOUR
2,000 Lbs. Tennessee SIDES
GO Boxes TOBACCO
For sale by
BRANCH, SCOTT A CO.
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FRESH TURNIP SEED.
AV E HAVE just received our stock of
Warranted BVesh
AND
RELIABLE TURNIP SEED,
Os the following choice .varieties :
Large Purple Top RUTA BAG A
Laing’s Improved RU I’A BAGA
Shirvlng’s Liverpool RUTA BAGA
Early White FLAT DUTCH
Early Red Top FLAT
Red Top STRAP-LEAF
Large White GLOBE
Large ENGLISH NORFOLK
Yellow ABERDEEN
Yellow GLOBE
Yellow STOW
HANOVER, or TANKARD.
Merchants supplied at LOW FIGURES.
PLCMO & LKITNBR,
jy3-sawl2*co Augusta, Ga.
J TOURISTS.
-Re-UNION HOTEL having been enlarged
by the addition of magnificent Parlor, Diniug
Ilall, and fifty newly aud elegantly furnished
suits of Rooms, oilers superior accommoda
tions to Families and Single Gentlemen, at a
much less rate than any other Hotel of its class.
'This House is situated on Forty-Second street,
between Fourth and Lexington Avenues, New
York City. Delightfully located for Summer,
and advantageous to city or country. Table,
ala Carte or Private.
J. A. ROBINSON,
je4-tf Proprietor.
GINS, GINS.
WE ARE AGENTS for the celebrated
PRATT COTTON GINS,
Which have been manufactured for thirty-nine
(39) years, by Mr. Daniel Pratt, of Prattville,
Alabama, aud are now being used with general
satisfaction from Virginia to Mexico.
FOR FABT GINNING,
DURABILITY,
SIMPLICITY and
LIGHT RUNNING,
the PRATT GINS have no superior; besidos,
they are the cheapest first class Gius in the
South.
WHELEBS A CO.,
jyl lmif Cotlon Factors, Augusta, Ga.
WINDOW SHADES.
OuR FULL FALL STOCK, now complete by a
fresh arrival YESTERDAY of Beautiful SHADES.
STORE SHADES of all sizes at *
novlO-tf PLATT BROTHERS*
T-Mfi* MARK.
® li ’m
A*
A FACT
THAT
Solomons' Bitter?
ARE PRONOUNCED BY ALL WHO
HAVE USED THEM FOR
Dyspepsia,
Debility,
OR ANY
Irregularities of the Stomach,
TO BE THE
Best Bitters Now Made.
B3T BOLD BY ALL DEALERS c jg|
Ami Prepared at the Laboratory of
\, \. SOLOMONS k CO.,
DRUGGISTS,
Savannah, Ga.
For sale by
M. lIYAMB & CO.
And PLUMB & LEITNER.
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Stovall’s Excelsior Mills Flour*
'W”E ARE now supplied with tbe different
grades of this FLOUR, every bag of which we
warrant to he up to its former high standard.
JNO. I). BUTT & BRO.
Auousta, July 18,1869, jy 13-4
THEODORE E. BUEHLER,
Ileal Estate gent,
WILL BUY, SELL OR RENT PROPERTY
ON COMMISSION.
OFFICE AT THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
YAITCALTSH'A. GA.
OoM MISSIONS on sales of less than SIO,OOO,
five per cent,
Oa amounts of SIO,OOO or more, three per ct
For Renting city property and drawing Lease,
Ten Dollars. .
For Renting any property aud collecting
rent, five per cent.
Commission will he charged where property
Is brought, to buyers or renters notice through
my Agency. je-8-tf
J. B. PLATT’S
PATENT
MUSQUETONET FRAME.
7\_n ARTICLE that surpasses all other
Musqucto Frames ever offered the public lor
convenience and durability.
With it you will have no more sleepless
nights from the difficulty of driving out in
truding Msiequetoos.
The housekeeper is relieved of the great
trouble connected with all other styles of Mus
qneto Frames, iu brushing out the uet. Not a
single Musqueto can remain under it if the di
rections are properly followed. No more tear
ing of nets iu trying to drive Muequeioes out.
Persons desirous of sewiug or readiug
through the day can now do so by the use of ibis
FRAME without being aunoyed with day Mus
quetoes or Flies. It is an article that should be
in the Sewiug Room, as well as upon the Bed,
of every family.
You need but try one; yon will then have
them upon every bed in your house. Call and
see them at
PLATT BROTHERS,
Fhrniture and Window Shado Warehouse,
jylß-ltn Augusta! Ga.
COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA STOCK
FOR SA.LIS.
350 SHARES.
Parties withing the same had better
apply promptly to
BRANCH, SONS & CO.
efltf
JOHN W. BESSMAN,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
CHOICE LIQUORS,
A ND Agent for Johm Gißsoa’a Boa A Cos., Plilla
"^fb3B-tF h * a , Eroad street, Augusta, Ua.