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AUGUSTA, aA,
SUNDAY MORNING, SEPT. 12^1869
THE COMMON CREED OF DEMOCRACY.
“PROGRESS” AND SPIRIT OF THE
AGE.’
We regard the Courier-Journal as one of
the very best papers published on this con
tinent, afnd, in this connection, take pleas
ure in affirming that its editor is that mar
velous combination known, though rarely,
as a man of genius endowed with great
practical anility. He has created a noble
journal which the South may well be
"proud of, and he conducts it with vigor,
grace and enterprise. Very recently, how
ever, we have had occasion to regret that
he should have introduced issues into the
Democratic party which may not prove
beneficial. His motives have been of the
best, no doubt of that, just as his aspira
tion has been lofty and commanding. But,
with profound respect for so much that is
admirable, we are, in a spirit of perfect
co irtesy, disposed to take exception to the
tenor and tendency of some of his recent
articles.
It appears to us that the true answer to
the only striking point made by the Cou
rier-Journal is that what it wants, and
seems earnestly to feel, i9 wrong in itself;
that is, it is wrong and thoroughly anti-
Democratlc to introduce any such matters
as it suggests into the creed of any Nation
al Party organization, just as much as it is
to introduce them into the Constitution.
Suppose Tennessee, or the Democracy of
Tennessee, should sustain negro suffrage ?
What is that to the Democracy of Ohio or
iJnder the Constitution as
the Fathers made it, and as it still is, and
will be, unless the XVth Amendment be
adopted, these are matters that belong
exclusively to the States.
What business have the Democracy of
Kentucky, for instance, with the princi
ples or actions of the Democracy of any
other State upon such questions? None
whatever. All internal, domestic or social
questions have been kept out of the Demo
cratic National creed from the days of Jef
jhsbson to the present day, and ever will
be, so long as the essentially different
principles between Democrats and Central
ists, by whatever name they are called, are
maintained. The common ground, on which
Democrats stand in all the States is opposi
tion to the very principle upon which such
uniform Party creed is asked. The doc
trine of State Rights, in this particular, is
no “ dead issue.” If the people of Massa
chusetts choose to advocate the right of
suffrage to all people, men,,women and
children, without distinction as to race or
color, it is their right to do so. And it is
the right of the people of Massachusetts so
to regulate suffrage in that State, if they
choose; with which right neither the Demo
crats nor any other classes of people, in
any other State, have any right whatever
to meddle. So with the people of Virginia
or Mississippi. If, under duress or other -
•wise, they grant the right of suffrage to
their negro population, it is no reason why
the people of Pennsylvania or Ohio should
be induced to do the same thing in their
States—for the purpose of having uni
formity in the Democratic creed. The
time-houored creed of the Democratic par
ty upon this subject is no •? -intervention by
the Geueral Government, and non-intenen
tiwi by national parties upon it. Their
creed is everywhere, in every State, to
maintain the Sovereign Right of the Peo
ple, iu each State, to regulate their own in
ternal domestic matters as they please.
This, we repeat, is no “ dead issue.” It will
live as long as the Federal Republic shall
survive, and will die only with the Repub
lic ! If the people of Kentucky, or, if the
Democrats of Kentucky, do not choose
to allow negroes to testify in their courts,
while we may think their action based
upon wrong views of policy, yet we main
tain the right, and every Democrat in the
United States should maintain the Sov
ereign Right of the people of Kentucky to
determine that matter for themselves. This
State Bight is the common ground upon
which Democrats stand iu a common na
tional creed.
We respectfully enter a protest against
much that our able Louisville brother says
concerning “ Progress” and the “ Spirit of
the Age.” lias he not been betrayed
into the canting phrases of those whose
“ Progress ” has, in the last ten years,
brought such incalculable miseries upon
this country? We fear so. True Pro
gress in all things, iu science, art,
morals, government, and everything that
sdvauces civilization, should be the.,object
of every well-wisher of the human family.
But every change is not a reform; and
every step taken in departure from princi
ples is very far from being progress in the
right direction—a direction which the good
and the wise should look to in the admin
istration of public affairs. The Demo
cratic party has ever been the Party of Pro
gress in this country. It is to it and its
principles, when adhered to, that we are
indebted for all that is truly great and
glorious in our history. The progress of
the Centralists—who now, in this epoch,
prate so much about the word—iu the four
years administration of the elder Adams,
was marked by usurpations upon the lib
erty of the press, the freedom of speech—
by alien and sedition daws, by prisons and
jails and almost pushing to the verge of
civil war! The progress of the same party,
In the last ten years, has gone a great deal
further in the same direction. It has been
a “ Progress” marked throughout by blood,
by carnage and general desolation in one
whole sectiou of the country, not to speak
of numerous outrages upon the Constitution
and disregard of every barrier established
for the liberty of the citizen. Prisons,
bastiles, executions, even of innocent
woman, the loss of a million of men in
civil conflict, a debt of $3,000,000,000 these
steps have marked their progress in so
short a time. Heavotv forbid that the
Democratic party should ever be induced
to follow them ou this line of progress
by espousing the same precepts of cen
tralization iu their creed, from which pre--
cepts have come all their unnumbered
woes. Let them rather faithfully adhere
to their own principles under which, for
sixty years, we made such strides of Pro
gress upward and onward as astonished
the-world—a.veritable and splendid pro
gress such as no people on earth ever made
before.
We trust that our able contemporary of
Louisville, whose influence is so great for
good or evil, wilt perceive in this, our re
spectful dissent from his opinions, some
thing worthy of his serious consideration.
He will accord us a zeal, au enthusiasm
and an earnestness equal to his own,,
though we may not hope to match him in
other particulars.
Although rather small in several senses,
Orant is a man of commanding presents.
[From the Ctnciifaati Enquirer, fcth.
The President's Papa.
ANOTHER CHAT WITH THE AUTHOR OF
GRANT’S BEING —SENILE POLITICAL GOSSIP
AND WRATH MIXED. •
Feeling assured that the brief interview
with the father of the President —and like
wise of the party which elected him —which
appeared in this paper a few days ago, had
only whetted the public appetite, and that
there was a universal desire to hear further
of the views of the gentleman, who, by
virtue of his relations with the head of the
Government, has come to be a political
power in the land, we yesterday afternoon
dispatched another reporter to seek an in
terview With the venerable Jesse. Our JJo
liemiau trudged over the river through the
misting rain, and sought the post office build
ino'. He pushed unsentimentally through
to”the rear of the office, and laid his hand
upon the knob of the door which led into
the little apartment where the patriarchal
Jesse spends his time in writing poetry, at
tending to governmental affairs and peiu
sing loyal papers. A gentle knock was un
answered, but a still gentler push revealed
through the opening the aged sire, in lean
and slippered pantaloon,” sitting at his
desk, in the corner, perusing—need it be
said—a copy of “ the only loyal paper in
Cincinnati.” Your Bohemian is never at a
loss for a means of insinuating himself, anci
it was but a moment until the old gentle
man had released his loyal sheet from his
i remulous fingers and pushed his specta
cles back uoon his cranium, while tne re
norter sat by bis side with his hat between
his knees. Here were the ears which had
first, listened to the ‘ infant prattle of the
er.ibrvo President, aud these hands, now
palsied with age, had once brushed hack
the hair from the brow of the youthful hero
or administered perchance a filial chastise
ment to his tender parts. Here, too, were
the very knees upon which the noble
Ulysses had in his childish hours been
dangled and swayed like a pendulum to the
exhilarating music of “Here we go up and
here we go down,” to say uothiug about
his intermediate rides to “ Banbury Cross”
and return.
THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR.
After a few unimportant passages by way
of introductory, our reporter opened the
conversation by remarking upon the de
cease of General Rawlins, adding, “ I sup
pose, Mr. Grant, that you knew him well.
Turning his head sidewise to catch the in
quiry, (for the old gentleman’s hearing is
very defective,) he said: “ Yes ; I knew him.
He was a very fine man, but wasn’t much
of a Generalhe was onty a staff officer. I
see that Geueral Sherman has taken charge
of the office ad interim, and that General
Dodge, of lowa, is talked of to fill Rawlins
place. Dodge was a good officer. I’ve
heard General Grant say that he was one of
the best citizen Generals in the army. Ihe
three best citizen Generals were Dodge,
Terry and Cox ; but Cox was down in the
Eastern army, where they were always get
ting whipped, and he didn’t have as good a
chance as he might have had.”
THE CINCINNATI “ CLIQUE.”
Reporter—“ I see by tne .papers recently
that you have been figuring somewhat iu
public.”
Presidential Ancestor—“ les, there is a
clique and a ring over in Cincinnati that
wanted a lotof fellows appointed to revenue
offices. I know’d that they wasn’t suitable
for the places, and I broke the thing up and
had others appointed. Ever since that they
have been aliusing me. The other day a
fellow came over here and said that lie was
a correspondent for an Eastern paper, lie
drawed me into conversation, and the next
day I saw it printed in the Enquirer.
IIE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN 41 MISREPRE
SENTED.”
“ You can see how he misrepresented me.
He said that there was two desks and a
stand in this room, when you cau see your
self that there ain’t but one desk and a table
over there in the corner. He said that there
was a soiled carpet on the floor; the car
pet’s almost anew one, but it didn’t happen
to be swept very clean that day. Then lie
spoke about my hat and handkerchief. I
had an old silk hat there which 1 used to
wear when It rained, setting on the mantel
piece. It ain’t there now; I’ve taken it
away; and that old spotted handkerchiet
was one I kept in the window here to wipe
off my desk with.”
HE GIVES DEMOCRACY A DIG.
Reporter—“ Well, what do you think of
the political prospect ?”
Presidential Ancestor (wandering)— 44 1 ve
got no confidence In Democrats. In time
of war they was tor peace, and now, in time
of peace, they are in favor of war. They
was in favor of the Mexican war, because
their President inaugurated it, and they
was willing enough to carry on war against
that poor, weak aud distracted republic. I
was a Whig then, and I opposed the war
because it was wrong. I was in favor of
die last war from the start, because all re
bellions are wrong. Well, in some instances
•hey are right. Our independence was
achieved through rebellion, but then we
was being governed without our consent,
and had no representation. These fellows
came into the election and voted for their
candidates, but because they couldn’t get
what they wanted they rebelled. I’m glad
to see that General Grant has never ap
pointed any of ’em to office.”
THE SECRET OF LONfi street's APPOINT
MENT.
Reporter—“ How about General Long
street ?”
Presidential Ancestor —“ General Grant
says that he kne w Geueral Longstreet when
lie was a boy, and he was one of the most
amiable boys he ever knew. He was in
the South when the war broke out, and
couldn’t very well be a Union man if he
wanted to. There was some excuse for him,
but there is no excuse for a man in Ohio
being a traitor. I would rather see such a
man as Longstreet in office in the South
than the niggers which they have made
Lieutenant Governors, or the carpet-suckers
either. I’m not in favor of niggers or car
pet-baggers. The fellows who went down
South to get office, couldn’t get anything
at home. They are a disreputable set.
HE CONCEDES OHIO TO THE DEMOCRACY.
“ But things are going to be different in
Ohio this Fall to what they were last. We
ain’t going to have a Presidential election,
and tne Democrats ain’t going to make
such fools of themselves as they did when
they put such desperate desperadoes on
their ticket as Seymour and Blair. I have
no fears about the State ticket, but the
Democrats will be certain to carry the
Legislature on account of the Fifteeuth
Amendment and negro suffrage. If I lived
in Ohio I wouldn’t vote for a single Repub
lican candidate for the Legislature. I see
they talk about a reform movement in
Hamilton county, and I understand that
the Commercial is likely to favor it. The
Commercial has no principle and never had-
It will favor anything to make money. I
don’t think the movement will succeed.”
It was very evident at this stage-, from
the manner in which Mr. G. eluded several
pertinent inquiries, tbj.t he had become
somewhat wary and distrustful, and was
not inclined to commit himself. We began
to think that the reputation which the old
gentleman had for being garrulous was al
together a mistakeu one.
PRINCE ARTHUR’S VISIT.
Reporter—“ls it true that Prince Ar
thur is coming here to see you in order
that a Prince may shake hands with the
father of a President ?”
The old man broke into a broad griu. In
such a strait as the one which had been ar
rived at, it was certainly enconragiug to
sec him smile. If he had only winked, it
would have been positively reassuring.
Presidential Ancestor —“ I don’t know
anything about it. That gentleman who
was here the other day had something in
the paper about it, but I don’t know wheth
er the Prince is coming here or not. I
understand that Prince Albert—the one
that was in Cincinuati —has got to be very
last, and has been behaving very badly
lately. If Prince Arthur comes I hope he 11
come and see me.”
NO MORE RELATIVES TO BE AFPOIfTTED TO
OFFICE.
Reporter-- 1 / How long have you been
postmaster here ?” , „
“Presidentml Ancestor— Nearly four years
—l’m now 76 years of age—and they tell
me that 1 haven’t a white hair in my head.
I’ve got along smoothly here in the office,
but 1 don’t suppose I will be re-appointed,
because General Grant won’t appoint any
relatives. If it was left to the Pc itmaster
General, I suppose I could be re-appointed,
but Ulysses don’t want any relatives in
office. The papers, have made a big fuss
about his giving offices to his relatives, but
they can’t name but one that he ever ap
pointed. He appointed a Mr. Johnson, As
sessor of the Third District, but he is no
more a relative of his than you are. His
wife is a second cousin of the General’s, and
that’s all. It was one of t lie best appoint
ments lie ever made, though.’’
JESSIE WILL ASSIST NO MORE OFFICE SEEK
ERS.
Reporter—“ I suppose you are greatly an
noyed with visitors, are you not ?”
Presidential Ancestor—“ Yes, I’m annoy
ed a good deal. A great many people come
liere to get me help them into office, because
they know that I have some influence ; but
I have quit that. I never did do much of
it. Then, there is a great many foreigners
and Eastern people who come here to see
me out of curiosity, aud they want to see
his mother, too.”
After indulging in some'further conversa
tion of a stiil lighter nature than narrated,
our reporter put on his hat and bade the
kind old gentleman a friendly adieu. He
drew his spectacles down from their lofty
perch and resumed his careful perusal of
“the only loytd paper.” As the reporter
passed ont the simpering clerks were*cliat
ing with simpering maids on the outside of
the letter-boxes, and the sanguine young
man who dealt in cheap literature looked
gently out from behind his counter, ready
to tell the next stranger that the President’s
father, although a very old man, was'Still
very spry, and that it was strange, indeed,
to see the father of a President alive.
[Special Dispatch to the New York World.
The Avondale Horror.
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
STRUGGLES OF THE ENTOMBED MINERS TO
SAVE THEMSELVES.
Avondale, Pa.^, September B.—The hor
rors of the scene at the colliery are just
being developed. The mine which has
proven the death-chamber of two hundred
men is opened, and the dead have been
brought forth. Men who went down happy
Monday morning, eager to resume their
long suspended work, came forth stark aud
cold in death to-day. The miners’ homes,
which in a long row front the opening of
the tunnel, are swept of every male mem
ber ; and the women sit, with stifled cry
and pajlid lip?, at the doors, waiting the
arrival of their dead. The people here ex
press their condemnation of the company
in most unequivocal terms. By a little ex
pense this frightful calamity might have
been averted. An inquest, which will be
held at 10 o’clock Saturday morning, will
make plain the facts of the case, and rest
the censure where it is deserved.
On Wednesday morning, at 2 o’clock, the
relay of men penetrated as far as the first
gangway, and found two men dead this
side the door. The bodies were in a dread
ful condition, and showed they had been
dead since early Monday. The black damp
is so strojg that the rescuers cannot abide
it long—not more than five or six minutes,
then tliev always come up gasping, and
sometimes insensible. About eight o’clock
this morning, the first door of the gangway
was b oken in and sixty bodies were fouud
there. Their situation was awful; fathers
lay stiff iu death, with arms about then
sons. Some were kneeling, as though in
prayer; strong men were hand in hand
with their fellows. The pick-axes and shov
els, which they had used in making an
embankment to prevent the entrance of
loul air, lay one side. It seemed, then, that
they had fled a few steps, when in an ago
ny they fell in one another’s arms, suffocat
ed by the deadly damp. In another cham
ber every man was without a shirt. They
had stripped themselves of clothes to use
them in filling up crevices and crannies.
One man liad pushed a part of his garment
into an apperture, when a gust of the gas
rushed through and strangled him to
death.
Wagon loads of coffins line the road, and
litters filled with the sheeted dead pass
along the line every few minutes. As they
are brought out oi the tunnel, an inquest is
held ; the dead are exposed for recognition ;
aud, when one is identified, the Justice calls
out his name and home; the friends take
the body and convey it to their house. The
solemnity of the place is not alone that
which impresses the spectator. The weep
ing women and iou lly-crying children
strike the spectator with sadness; but the
active rescuers, and the provision commit
tee, and the police and hucksters, and the
unemotional miners, make it painfully ob
vious that the present is a time for busi
ness, and not for mourning alone. Already
the dozen mules have caused an insuffera
ble steich, having swollen and bursted.
The men who go down to bring up the
corpses have to pass these carcasses in or
der to get at the dead ; aud the stench, to
gether with the gas, which has not. yet.
been pumped out, makes it difficult to bring
them up.
Here follow the details of the rescue of
the bodies of the unfortunate miners from
their fiery tomb, bloated and their mouths
clotted with blood, presenting one of the
saddest spectacles upon which the human
eye has ever rested. The following details
are taken from the Philadelphia papers of
Wednesday evening :
The scene of this catrastrophe, unparal
leled- in the history of American mining, is
on the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Rail
road, twenty-two miles from Scranton,
about six from Wilkesbarre, and about one
and a half below the hamlet of Plymouth.
The shaft is sunk in the side of a steep
mountain, is 237 feet deep, and 40 below the
mountain ; has a tunnel opening into which
it is dug through the mountain. The main
gangways of the mines are nearly East
and West from the shaft, the first being
about 1,200 feet in length and the latter
about 800. Both East and West the in
clines are upwards, and the gangways
about ten feet in the clear. The sides of
the shaft are lumbered with wooden fix
tures. The great wooden building, in which
was the breaking machinery, was immedi
ately upon the mouth, and all of this in
flammable material was dry as tinder. If
a spark of fire touched auy of this wood
anywhere, even outside the mine, a great
conflagration was inevitable, and its-com
munication to the interior of the shaft and
mine almost certain. To these facts must
be added that the mine had no- air-holes
distinct from the shaft. The miners, work
ing far down in the itowels of the earth,
had but that one aperture by which to
secure egress to the surface; that cut off,
the wholesale destruction of human life
which has occurred was sure to happen.
All is confusion about the shaft, and as
each car or basket comes up freighted with
its lifeless cargo there is always some one
to discover that he is “My husband! O,
God !” “O, God ! he is my brother, he is
my father!” &c., and after witnessing with
their own eyes what • experienced wisdom
failed to make them believe, they 101 l pros
trate to the ground, worn out and distract
ed at the culmination of the most agonizing
calamity that ever occurred in this country
Up tojjthe last moment the wives, chil
dren and relatives hoped against hope that
the doomed men might be found alive, but
as one blackened corpse after another was
brought out, the low sobs of the women
broke out into shrieks and wails of agony
as they recognized the remains of their
friends. Even men were not unmoved by
the piteous spectacle, and many an eye was
dimmed with tears as the bodies of com
rades, relatives and friends were laid side
by side on the grass. The men who were
engaged in forcing their way into the mine
worked with untiring energy, and, if any
spur was needed, the agonized entreaties
of the women encouraged them to super
human exertions.
It was sad to see the little children cling
ing to their mothers, and wailiug in sym
pathy with tthem, although they were un
able to understand the full meaning of the
fearful disaster. Some shrank back in
affright from the almost unrecognizable
corpse of a father or a brother, unable to
comprehend that this could be the strong,
active body so full of life aud health a few
days ago.
The spectacle of these poor creatures
wailing over the mangled remains of their
loved ones would suffice to fill even the
most hardened with harrowing memories
for a lifetime.
Ben Butler attended camp meeting at
Martha’s Vineyard, and was urged to come
forward and be prayed for by a good sister
who singled him out. The prayerful sub
ject declined, but the minister In charge
said that if lie would only come forward he
would keep the meeting open all night.
Public Meeting of Planters.
Bairdstown, September 10,1869.
A number of the planters' of Greene aud
Oglethorpe counties held a meeting to-day,
to take Into consideration the recent act of
the commission merchants of Augusta in
increasing their commissions for selling
cotton. Rev. John R. Young was called tin
the Chair, and Dr. William Cheny was ap
pointed Secretary. A committee of five
was appointed to prepare business for the
meeting, the committee consisting of the
following named gentlemen : Win. O. Che
ny, Esq., Capt. J. F. Geer, Capt. A. J. Wat
son, Jasper Kinnebrew, Esq., and Rev. J no.
R. Young.
The committee reported the following
preamble and resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, A large majority of the com
mission merchants of Augusta have com- j
bined to raise the commissions on cotton
to two and one-lialf per cent., being double
the former rates, which we consider an im
position on the planters of the State; there
fore, be it
Resolved , That we, the farmers of this
vicinity, will not aid or patronize any of
those commission merchants who have en
tered into this combination, but will us 6
every legitimate means in our power against,
them, and will favor those who still adhere!
to the old rates of one and one-quarter per
cent., which is, in our opinion, sufficiently
remunerative.
Resolved, That we are not actuated In
this matter by any motives of selfishness t»r
prejudice; but from a sense of duty and
self-defense, since among those who hale
raised their commissions are old frienqs
with whom we have long dealt, and with
whom we regret to part in our business ret
lations.
Resolved, That we do pledge ourselves to
adhere both to the letter and spirit of thd
above resolutions, and we do earnestly re-j
quest all the farmers through our section!
of the State to co-operate with us in resist;]
ing this imposition.
Resolved, That copies of these proceed
ings be furnished the Daily Chronicle and
Sentinel aud Constitutionalist, by the Sec
retary, with the request that they be pub-,
lished.
On motion, the meeting adjourned, sub
ject to the call of the Chairman.
Rev John R. Young,
Chairman. >
Wm. Cheney, M. D., Secretary.
FUNKKAD NOTICE.
THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OI
Mr. and Mrs. Beveriy T. Hi 1, of Mr. and Mrs. C. A
8. Hill and of Mrs. Geo. Robinson and family, nr
respectfully invited to attend the fuheial of Mr
Bevebly T. Hii.l, from the residence of the forme
on Reynolds street, THIS (Sunday) MORNING,!
10 o’clock. *
Georgia State Lottery
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Orphan’s Horn* and Free Schoo
The tollowiog were the drawn numbers, in the bu
plementary Scheme, drawn at. Augusta, Georgia,
September 11.
’ ORNING DRAWING-Cla»s No. 435.
/3 31 35 18 53 58 16 61 33 70 43 9 3
13 Drawn Numbers.
EVENING DRAWINO— CIass No. 436 «
43 68 18 48 69 74 G 40 64 65 61 31 ?
12 Drawn Numbers.
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SPECIAL. NOTICES.
BS-OITY LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOOI.
TION.-Tlio Foitieth 1 egular Monthly Meet ng
this Association will be held at the City Ball, <
TO-MORROW (Monday) EVENING, the 13th ins
at 7 M o’clock, p. m.
Instalments may be paid to the Treasurer, at l|i
office, as usual. )
an 12-1 A. F. PLUMB, Sec’y.l
Kg' THE STONEWALL JJCKSDN LOAR
AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION will hold ife
regular monthly meeting at the City Hall, on TUEt-
I)AY EVENIG, the 14th inst., at 7X o’clock. !
The Treasurer will receive dues at his office uutil 1,
p. m., of that (lay.
aul2-2 \V. J. HARD, Secretary)
OFFICIAL NOTICE,
During my absence from ihe city, J. V. 11. Allin
will officiate as Mayor, pro tern.
U. F. RUSSELL, l
rtulSKf Mayor, €. A.jr
Cure your chills with King o GUI Is.
King of Chilis cures effectually and permanent*.
Belter than quinine, King of Chills. ' ■
The great malarial antidote, King of Chills.
REGISTRY LIST OPENED.. j
Registry ( lerk’a Office, City Hall, ?
Augusta, Ga.j September 4, 1869. $
The Regist y List is now opened a' my office for the
purpose of registering the names of, and giving cer
tificates to, the legal voters of the Oily of Augusta,
in accordance with the act of the Georgia Legislature
and with ihe City Ordinances, providing for carrying
the same into effect; said list to he kept open until
the FOURTH WEDNESDAY in NOVEMBER
next, the 24th.
Office hours daily ( J undays excepted) from 9
o’clock, a. m., to 2 o’clock, p. in.
Every applicant will be required to lake the follow
ing Oath:
“ You do solemnly swear that you ate a citizen of
the United States; that yon are twenty.one y.-ars of
age; that you have resided in this State for the last
twrlve months, in this City for the las' six months,
and in this District, or Ward, for the last ten < am;
that yon have coiisid* red this S'ale your home lor the
last twelve months; and that you have paid all taxes
and made all returns required hy the Ordinances of
th's Oily, that have been in your power to pay of
make accoiding to said Ordinances. So help you God.”
And shad pay to the Clerk the sum of ONK DOL
LAR ss a Registry Foe; and no certificate shall issue
unleeß the said sum is paid.
D. D. MACMURPHY,
seps-t' Clerk.
Nothing else equals King of Chills.
King ot Chills cures old and young.
The planter’s bes,t Iriend, King ot Chills.
A cheap chill remedy, King of Chills.
Sight is the Greatest ot God’s Blessings.
IIENRY JIIJES OSBORNE,
OCULISTIC OPTICIAN,
PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 336 BROAD BTREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
(Diagonally Opposite the Planters’ Hotel,)
Treats all defects of Vision remediable hy Specta
cles, with due reference to general health, congenital
checks or organic diseases.
The latest and most approved Works upon noth
Sciences are always consulted in search after expe
rience in Practice, to useful ultimations, and with
the least selfish ends.
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Extra Special Notice.
Beware of Counterfeits! Smith's Tonic Pyrup Iras
bten counterfeited, and the counterfeiter brought to
grief.
SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP.
.'he genuine article must have Dr. John Bull’s Pri
v .e Stamp on each bottle. Dr. John 801 l only has
the right to manufacture and sell the original John
Sin th’s Tonic Syrup, of Louisville, Ky. Examine well
the label on each bottle. If my private stamp is not on
tire bottle, do not purchase, or you will he deceived.—
See luy column advertisement, and my show card. 1
will prosecute any one infringing on my right. The
genuine Smith’s Tonic Syrup can only be prepared by
myself.
The public's servant,
DR. JOHN BULL.
Looisvillk, Er., April 23, 1868.
fehll-eodly
Macon & Augusta Railroad Company, )
A UGtJSTA, July 9,1869. $
A call for Twenty Dollars per share, in addition
to the Eighty per Cent, heretofore called, is made
upon the Stockholders of this Company, payable on
the 10th of September, 1869, to the Treasurer of the
nomrany.
By order of the Board. B. CONLEY,
President.
The attention of Stockholders is directed to the
above call. It will doubtless he gratifying to the
Stockholders to learn that a contact has been signed
for finishing their road. A large force, which will be
greatly increased in a few days, has already been
placed on the unfinished portion of the road, and the
work of construction will be energetically prosecuted
until the line is completed to Macon.
It is earnestly desired, therefore, that every Stock
holder will contribute his aid to the speedy comple
tion of this work, hy promptly responding to the call
now made for the final instalment.
J. A. 8. MILLIGAN,
jyQ.fri-sunswedtseplO Bec’y and Treas’r.
IhT a VALUABLE UIFT.-Dr. 8.8. Pitch’s “ Boms
tic Family Physician,” 80 pages, describes ail Dls
uses and their remedies. Sent by mail, free. Address
Da. 8.8. PITCH,
aptt-iv 1M Broadway, New York.
N T ew Advertisements
Special JS3 otice.
E HAVE just received a full line of
\ Black and Colored Silks,
Vjucli we are selling fully TWENTY-
FtVE per cent, cheaper than ever before.
MULLARKY BROS.
MBULLARKY BROTHERS
WHOLESALE
AND
RETAIL DEALERS
IN
Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS,
262 Broad Street,
;■ AUGUSTA GA.,
JBeG to inform their friends and the pub
lic, that they are now receiving their
FALL STOCK OF DRY GOODS,
which they will offer to the public at prices
that will insure satisfaction.
One of our firm being permanently lo
cated in New York, purchasing exclusively
FOR PROMPT CASH
.from the LEADING IMPORTERS and
JOBBERS, and attending the principal
Auction Sales of the season, our facilities
for procuring CHEAP and DESIRABLE
GOODS, (selected specially for this market,)
are unsurpassed.
Mullarky Brothers,
363 BROAD STREET.
teb2B-jy2s-sepl2-tf 4
Medical College of Georgia,
AT AUGUSTA.
FACULTY:
1. P. GARVIN, M. D , Emeritus Professor of
Materia Medica amt Therapeutics.
LEWIS D. FORD, M. D., LL I>., Protes.or
ot the Institutes and Practice of Medicine.
JOSEPH A. EVE, M. IT, Professor of Ob
“stretrics and Diseases of Woracu and Infants.
L. A. DUGAS, M. D., IA. D., Professor of
the Principles and Practice of Surgery, and
Dean of the Faculty.
GEO. W. RAINS, M. D., Professor of Chem
istry and Pharmacy.
HENRY F. CAMPBELL, M. D, Prolessor
of Operative Surgery and Surgical Auatomy.
EDWARD GEDDINGS, M D., Professor of
Physiology and Pathological Anatomy.
DeSAUSSURE FORD, M. D., Professor of
Anatomy. „ , ,
WM. 11. DOUGHTY, M. D., Professor of
Materia Medina aud Medical Jurisprudence.
JOHN S. COLEMAN, M. D., Demonstrator
of Anatomy. . , .
8. C. EVE, M. D., Clinical Assistant at the
Dispensaiy.
CHARLES T. RICH, Janitor.
The next annual course of Lectures will com
mence on MONDAY, the Ist of NOV EMBER,
18159.
Fees—Matriculation, 15 ; Whole Course,
*lO5- Diploma, S3O; Practical Auatomy, $lO.
L. A. DUGAS, M. D.,
sepS-suS Dean of Faculty.
Bagging, Ties and Salt.
20 BALES STANDARD GUNNY
BAGGING
io Tons ARROW TIES
500 SACKS SALT
For sale by
J. SIBLEY & SONS,
scpl2-3 159 Reynolds street.
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In BALES or LOADS, delivered to orders
Hit at the office of Messrs. Waukex, Lane
& Cos.
N. B. MOORE.
Chronicle and Sentinel copy.
seplJ-lawlm
NOTICE.
W. C. POLAND, Esq., is duly author
ized to canvass the city ol Augusta and its
vicinity in the interest of the COTTON
STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ol
Macon, Ga., aud to solicit patronage thereto.
W. T. WILLIAMS,
sepß-4 Agent.
Academy of Richmond County, )
Augusta, Bth fceptember, 1869. S
A. LIMITED number of BENEFICIA
RIES will be admitted by the Trustees, if ap
plication he made to the President within ten
days from date, by parents who may be unable
to pay for tuition. L. A. DUGAS,
sep9-eod4 President A. R. C.
NOTICE.
LL persons having; WATCHES, CLOCKS
>0(1 JEWELRY left with Mr. J. N. FiceeMAN
for repairs, are notified to call for the same
within thirty days from date, or they will be
sold to pay charges due on them.
FREEMAN BROTHERS.
August 21, 1851).
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TRYON'S
Celebrated Sporting Rifles,
FOR SALE BY ALL GUN DEALERS.
KDW. I£. XIiYOIST. «Tr„ & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS.
GUNS, PISTOLS. SPORTING APPARATUS.
Stores 19 North Sixth, and 330 North
Second Streets,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Illustrated Price List sent by Dealers when
solicited.
ang27-cod!2
8 Per Cent. Bonds for Sale.
10,000 Montgomery and West
Point Ist mortgage 8
per cent. BONDS, at
90.
acpll-3 A. BOGGS.
TO VELOCIPEDE RIDERS
The UNDERSIGNED, having disposed of
the VELOCIPEDES, the patrons of the Broad
Street “ Rink ” can hereafter be accommodated
with machines upon application to Mr. JOHN
C. BOHLER, Superintendent of the Exchange
Baloon, No. 140 Broad street.
aals-lm PAUL 0. SCHAFFER.
/ MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
Navigation Company
Os lltc South mul West.
To the Owners of Ileal Estate in Tennessee,
Mississijypi, Alabama and Arkansas :
The Company. known to the public as the
“ MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NAVIGATION
COMPANY OF THE SOUTH AND WEST,”
is organized under a charter lrom the State of
Louisiana. This charter authorizes a capital
Ftock of five hundred thousand dollars, with
the privilege of extension to one million. That
the public may know the exact object of the
Company, the .third article ol tic charter is
given entire, as follows :
“ The object of this Company is to construct
or otherwise procure and maintain one or more
steamboats or other vessels, to run on aud nav
igate the Mississippi river, or its tributaries,
for the purpose of carrying freight, mails and
passengers ; to construct docks, wharves, build
ings and such other constructions as may be
necessary to the building and repairing of ves
sels, aud generally to exercise such incidental
powers and privileges as are hereby or may be
conferred on them for the purposes aforesaid.”
The Company propose, under the provisions
of this charter, to construct a line ot steamers
t,o run between the different ports on the Mis
sissippi river and its tributaries. They will be
constructed on the low-pressure principle; they
will carry less steam; they will make better
time, and be, in all respects, more sale than
any description of boats ever placed upon our
waters. Divided into distinct compartments,
if disaster, wbetber by fire or snags, shall hap
pen to one, the boat is not endangered. In case
of fire, apparatus for turning steam upon it will
be provided, and it is demonstrated that 6teatn
is the most effectual extinguisher of lire. In
case one compartment is broken through by
contact with snags, aud tills with water, the
others are uol endangered, and the boat caujiot
sink, as pumps, provided for such an emer
gency, will be in instant operation. Safety to
pissengers aud freight is a great end, worthy
of the struggle of the people of the Mississippi
Valley.
Nearly three hundred thousand dollars in mo
ney and work has already been subscribed to
the capital stoca ot the Company. The Loni6i
tna Legislature has passed a bill subscribing
one hundred thousand dollars ot the stock to the
Company. An additional sum ol that amount
will, without doubt,be subscribed by the same
body. Tbe Company have resolved to take lauds
for stock, and this is the feature to which they
desire to call the attention of owners ol real es
tate. In lhe Southern States, on account ol the
disorganized condition of labor, lands are an
incumbrance. Vast tracts that, yield no revenue
to the proprietors, pay exorbitant taxes, aud
thus cripple their only productive resources.—
This Company proposes to tako these lands, at
a fair valuation, and issue to the owners their
stock iu lieu. If lands shall enhance in value,
so will the stock enhance in value, and thus the
land proprietor will carry in his pocket the
equivalent ot his lands, to be converted into
money or property without delay. The success
of this great enterprise is beyond question.
The stockholder, in addition to the benefit ot
the enhanced value of his lands, will he part
owner of a line of boats, and entitled to divi
dends in their earnings.
Persons wishing to exchange lands for the
Jock of the Company will send t.o the Agent,
at Augusta, a description of them, their pro
ductive qualities; the timber; bottom or up
land ; whether overflowed or not; if overflow
ed, what proportion ; how near to county town,
to railroad, depot, river, and all the facts neces
sary to afford the Company a 'satisfactory idea
of the land. This may be done by certificates
of reliable, disinterested persons residing in the
neighborhood. The present actual value of the
laud may be proved iu the same manner. The
party offering lauds must state in his proposi
tion the lowest figures he will take. The Com
pany will uot give exorbitant prices. The titles
must lie unencumbered by judgments, mort
gages, deeds o! trust, tax titles, or otherwise.
Tnis may be shown by official certificates o!
judges, clerks, sheriffs, or the 'opinions of re
spectable allotiteys. This is believed to he the
best opportunity to dispose ol surplus lands in
the South and West that has yet beeti or e tu he.
offered.
Many ol the wealthiest citizens ot the South
and West are warmly embarked in the enter
prise. The general headquarters of the Com
pany are in New Orleans, but agencies exist it:
all the principal cities. The enterprise has been
endorsed by underwriters, chambers of com
merce, eugitteqrs, mechanics, practical naviga
tors and all classes of practical men.
The loregoing facts are submitted to the pub
lic in the confident belief that they will be un
derstood and appreciated.
Board of Directors for the. Present Year :
John A. Grow, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Thomas A. Adams, “ “
I. T. WINNEMOKE, “ “
William Cueevy, “ “
David 1)e Haven, “
Howard Millspaooh, “
John Paul Baker, “
H. Noulting, “
D. W. Flowehiue, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Bam Patterson, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
D. C. Martin, Bt. Louis, Missouri.
Capt. H. G. Carson, St. Louis, Missouri.
Gen. T. T. Crittenden, Madison, Indiana.
John B. Davis, Louisville, Kentucky.
J. C. Hess, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
J Ed Montgomery, Memphis, Teunessee.
N. S. Otis, “ “
Dr. J. R. Watkins, “ “
F. Y. Rockett, “ “
E. D. Cobb, “ “
George Dixon, “ “
Officers :
Captain David DeHaven, President.
Colonel John A. Grow, Vice-President.
David Miu-spadgii, Treasurer.
Newton 8. Otis, Secretary.
Charles 8. Stewart, Assistant Secretary.
John B. Davis, Chief Engineer.
Standing Committees:
Finance Committee—l. T. Winnemore, Jno.
Paul Baker, H. Noulting.
Committee ou Land s— Howard Mills-
I’ACGik, John A. Grow, D. W. Flowerrie.
Committee on Steamboats—John B. Davis,
J. Ed Montgomery, H. G. Carson.
Committee on Docks and Wharves—Wm.
Creevy, N. S. Otis, D. C. Martin.
Committee on Revision of By-Laws and
Charter—John A. Grow, J. P. Baker, How
ard MILLHI'AUGH.
General Agent :
I. T. Winnemore.
Special Agent:
J. C. Hess.
Local Agents:
John P. Baker, New Orleans.
W. Speaks, Vicksburg.
F. Y. Rockett, Memphis.
J. B. Townsend, Greuada, Mississippi.
J. W. Johnson, Cairo.
J. S. Cox, Evansville.
John Cobb, Madison, ludiana.
J. B. Davis, Louisville.
8. Jones, Cincinnati.
Charles 8. Beckwith, Chicago.
Martin & Howard, Bt. Louis.
J. E. Mbrrtman & Cos., St. Louis.
Don Alonzo Childs, New York.
Propositions for subscriptions of money or
lands to the capital stock ol the Company
should be addressed to
L. McLAWS,
Agent in Augusta for Georgia.
The Mississippi Valley Navigation Company
of the South and West has been located at No.
13 Jefferson street tnylß-4m
H. MORBXSON, Agent,
No. 101 REYNOLDS STREET,
HOLESA LE DEALER IN WOOL, BEKS
WAX, METALS, HIDES, BKINB, PAPER
STOCK, and all kinds of COTTON. .
The Highest Gaah Prices paid for the above named
which the highest cash pri.ee will be paid.
Live (loose FEATHERS wanted, for which the
highest prices will tie mid. auglj-H
WINDOW SHADES.
CDuR FULL FALL STOCK, now complete by a
fresh arrival YESTERDAY of Beautiful SHADES.
STORE SHADES of all size* at
novPUf PLATT BROTHERS.
FOR SALE LOW,
yV HOUSE and LOT, situated on Reynolds,
between Houston and Wild streets. For fur
ther particulars, apply to
Mrs. I. T. OLIVER,
Administratrix,
or J. T. SIIEWMAKE,
lyl«.tf Attorney at Law.
ANHOOD!
A MEDICAL ESSAY ON THE CAUSE
AND CURE OF PREMATURE DECLINE
IN MAN, the Treatment of Nervous and Pby
-Bi <“ There' member of society by whom
this book will not be found useful, whether
such person holds the relation of Parent, Pre
ceptor, or Clergyman.”— Medical .Timet and
G Sent*by mail on receipt of fifty cents. Ad
dress the Author, Dr e Db f curtiS)
seps-ly Washington, D. C.
0. H. PHINIZY,
Cotton Faotor and Commission Merchant^
Continues to give his attention to the STORAGE anti SALE OF CO rTON, at Ins
FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE, on JACKSON STREET.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. jy27-U3iii&c6m
FLEMING & STAPLES,
GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
268 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
JVJLr. FLEMING WILL GIVE 1118 PERSONAL ATTENTION TO THE SALE OF
COTTON, at tbe OLI) RATES, IJi per cent, commission. Bales rooms, Jackson street.
sep4-d*cTtn
T. J, JENNINGS. J - T - B“1TH.
JETSTISriN'GrB & SMITH,
Cotton Factors and tieueral Commission Merchants,
no. e mcintosh street, augusta, ga.
Liberal Advances Made on Produce In Store. sop2-d»c4m
ESTABLISHED 1820.
(,
OLDEST SHOE HOUSE IN THE STATE.
1,500 Oases
BOOTS, SHOES & TRUNKS AT WHOLESALE.
ALFRED C. FORCE,
258 Broad St*, Sign Big Augusta, Ga.
DeaLER IN BOOTS, SHOES and TRUNKS. Goods purchased direct from the
manufacturer*, W,l 801.D AT SMALL PROFIT.
anl2-3mif&c4m
STOVALL & EDMONDSTON,
Cotton factors and Commission Merchants,
INTo. 1 WARREN BLOCK. AUGUSTA, GA„
Continue to give strict attention to the STORAGE aud SALE of COTTON and
other PRODUCE.
Consignments solicited.
Thejr are Agents for the sale of the PATAPSCO GUANO, and TAYLOR’S
IMPROVED COTTON GIN, the cheapest and best in use.
au4-2awd&c3m2p
W. H. HOWARD. C. H. HOWARD.
W. H. HOWARD & SON,
COTTAS FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 2 Warren Block,
"W ILL continue to give their strict attention to the STORAGE AND SALE OF COTI'ON
and other PRODUCE.
Orders f ,r BAGGING, TIES or ROPE and FAMILY SUPPLIES promptly filled, aud at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
Liberal CASH ADVANCES made on Produce in store.
Commissions for Soiling Cotton, (!}{) ONE AND A QUARTER PER CENT.
Consignments respectfully solicited.
Refer to General A. R. WimtiT, August i, Ga. st-pl-3iu
S. D. HEARD & SON,
Warehouse and Commission Merchants,
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
Continue the Sale and Storage of COTTON. CASH ADVANCES made at any
time oil Produce in Store. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. aulß-d&c6m
WARREN, LANE & CO.,
Ootton Tractors and Commission JVLeroTiantß
WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE THEIR BEST ATTENTION TO THE STORAGE
AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTHER PRODUCE.
The Arrow Tie for iSaling Ootton.
We are still Agents for this popular TIE and solicit the orders of Planters.
MEP.CHANTS and FACTORS supplied from Store or Depot at the lowest
wholesale rates.
Warren, Lane & Cos.
atil-Smd&c
ISAAC T. HEARD. o. M. STONE,
ISAAC T. HEARDI& CO.,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
CORNER REYNOLDS AND RIcINTOSH STREET-',
(Fireproor Warehouse formerly occupied by Messrs. Austin & Walker),
AUGUSTA, GA.
Wr ILL devote their strict personal attention to the storage and sale of COT TON and other
PRODUCE. Liberal CASH ADVANCES made at all times on Produce in store.
Agents for CiulletUs Patent Improved Steel Brush Cotton til us
description will be sent to all whowiet them.
TON G INF KEDK u! A speeimeu’ on h* nd?to
ISAAC T. HEARD & CO.
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J. M. BURDELL,
Ootton Factor and Commission Merchant,
NO. 6 WARREN BLOCK, AUGUSTA, GA.,
Will CONTINUE BUSINESS, as heretofore, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. CON
SIGNMENTS SOLICITED. jy29-d*c6tn
.A. 2STew Fertilizer.
r t 1 lIK UNDERSIGNED, having formed
themselves into n partnership, under the name
and firm of PENDLETON & DOZIER, will
soon be prepared to fill orders for anew Cot
ton Fertilizer, to he known as E. M. Pendle
ton’s PHOSPHATIC COMPOUND, which, up
to date, stands ahead in production of 37 dif
ferent fertilizers used upon an experimental
plat of land. Orders solicited at au early date.
Address pjjNDLETON & DOZIER,
Augusta, Ga.,
Or E. M. PENDLETON.
Beps-3md&c* Sparta, Ga,
COTTON GINNED.
Having secured an engine at my place,
two miles from the city, on the old Savannah
road, I am now prepared to GIN COTTON, of
either short or long staple, upon latest im
proved Gins, with best style of Press, for
packing.
anlD-lm J. M. TURPIN.
~Grain and Flour Bags.
(jI'RAIN and FLOUR BAGS, constantly on
hand and manufactured to order.
CUNNINGHAM & STOGNER*
Jeß-d*ctf No. 3 Warren Block.
WHOLESALE DRY HOODS !
Fall and Winter, 1869.
D. R. WRIGHT & CO.,
333 Broad St., opposite Masonic Hall,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
Z\_RE prepared to offer to the TRADE a
LARGE ATTRACTION aud very complete
STOCK of STAPLE and FANCY DRY
GOODS and NOTIONS.
A thorough and full examination Os our
GOODS and PRICES is INVITED, as we are
prepared to SELL as CHEAP as parties can
lay down the goods bought oi Northern job
bers.
Augusta, Graniteville, Richmond, Jewell’s
and Georgia Factory SHIRTINGS and SHEET
INGS, DRILLS, BTRIPEB, OSNABURGB and
PLAINS constantly on bale or piece.
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HAY
100 BALES PRIME HAY, in store,
and for sale by •
CUNNINGHAM & BTOGNKR,
jeß-dActf No. 3 Warren Block.
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