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FRIDAY MORNING. 00T. 8, 1869
STEPHENS VS. CURTIS.
The New York World has contained,
from time to time, controversial articles
emanating respectively from the pens of
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens aud Hon.
George T. Curtis. This controversy was
provoked by the latter gentleman, who
essayed to review and correct what he con
sidered certain errors in Mr. Stephens’
work pn the War Between the States. Mr.
Stephens, as all readers of his great work
will recollect, introduced Mr. Webster
into his colloquies and proved by evidence,
which seemed to us indisputable, that the
renowned and illustrious Massachusetts
statesman, that “ grand and granite man,”
had, in the maturity of his powers and in
the fullness of his experience, modified his
earlier views of our government, to the ex
tent of acknowledging the doctrine oi a con
stitutional compact. It seems that this
reference to Mr. Webster, whose bio
grapher Mr. Curtib proposes to be, had
long rankled. This rankling eventually
manifested itself m a lengthened com
munication to the editor of the World
newspaper. The issue made by Mr. Curtis
was met by Mr. Stephens in one of those
masterly replies which have made the
great Georgian a giant among intellectual
men, and it was all the more transcendent
because he was planted on the immutable
ground of principles which never die
truths which never corrupt and facts which
shall forever fortify the principle aud
shield the truth. Mr. Curtis, in his brief
rejoinder, was evidently staggered. He
came up to the “scratch,” as gentlemen of
the fistic arena would say, in a “groggy
condition.” Abandoning the higher at
mospheres of argument, he swooped with
broken pinion to the plain, seeking the first
friendly twig that came in his way.
Baffled in the very field of reasoning chosen
by himself, he withdrew behind the portly
frame of Mr. Madison. But even there Mr.
Btephens seeks him out and demon
strates that no such cover* can legiti
mately protect him front overthrow.
We have not had space sufficient to spare
for this remarkable controversy in its
entirety ; but we can not refrain from mak
ing an extract from Mr. Stephens’ sur-re
joinder, which is the most luminous, the
most searching, the most eloquent and ir
resistible exposition of our Government in
its relations to constitutional liberty we
have ever read. We know th?.t many dis
tinguished thinkers joiu us in this convic
tion ; among them we may mention thd
venerable Judge Longstreet, who writes
that he has read it “ with mingled emo
tions of transport and triumph.” Else
where, then, in this day’s issue, we publish
such portions of the sur-rejoinder of Mr.
Stephens as will not fail to impress the
general reader and are sure to kindle the
hearts and brains of all who earnestly seek
after truth and thrill when its vindication
is made to resound like a clarion over the
land.
FALSE RUMORS.
In the New York Times , of October Sd,
we note an exceedingly graphic, exhaustive
and impartial review of the great Gold
Panic which recently convulsed Wall
street, and became a world-wide sensa
. tion. paragraphs which ar-
our Attention, this is not the least
epportunPMd well-delivered. Speaking
of the False Rumors engendered by the
panic, the Times says:
“During the past week the rumors
which have been in circulation on the
street have been among the wildest imagi
nable. A whisper of suspicion as to the
stability of a house would instantly be
magnified into a report that it was totter
ing on the verge of ruin, and then that it
had gone under entirely. Many of the re
porters for the press have not been careful
to investigate the reliability of statements
which they heard, and would take all that
came to their ears as the truth, without
stopping to reflect upon the mischief they
were making by aiding in the circulation
of these stories. At no time should greater
care be exercised in giving credence to
damaging rumors than during periods of
excitement such as this through which we
have just passed. Some days ago a report
was circulated highly damaging to the
standing of the house of Cammann & Cos.,
which had not the least foundation. Du
ring the week a Memphis jourmU contained
a New York dispatch to the effect that the
house of Hoyt & Gardner was involved in
the general catastrophe. The statement
was news to this firm, who have passed
through the crisis unscathed, and though
it does not injure their credit, is annoying.
Doubtless other houses have been made the
victims of similar stories, and it is proper
to state in this connection that only those
statements of failures are authentic which
have been regularly announced through
the Gold and Stock Exchanges.”
The sentiments enunciated in this ex
tract are both just and honorable ; the re
buke conveyed to reckless newsmongers is
effective and timely. If permitted to add
anything to what has been so admirably
said, we should dwell with especial se
verity upon those fidgety slanderers of the
good name of a commercial house, because
they have trifled heedlessly with a most
sacred elemeut in human character and in
famously imperiled with a shabby false
hood what many reduplications of correc
tion may fail altogether to remedy.
Iu matters of finance, the Times is
studiously impartial, and jealously, we be
lieve, protects its money-reports and mat
ters incident to business from any of the
temptations of political or sectional bias.
■Wherefore, the mention made of the house
of Hoyt & Gardner is made on its com
mercial merits alone, and made because a
worthy regard for the exact truth in affairs
of trade rises superior to any alien con
siderations. Messrs. Hoyt •& Gardner
are both Southern men, both Georgians,
and both intensely Democratic; but these
facts have not weighed a feather against,
them with the Times when their standing
as New York bankers of repute has been
unjustly and reprehensibly assailed.
We have reason to believe that the house
of Hoyt & Gardner was not only not
overthrown, but that its credit and stand
ing emerged from the late storm stronger
than ever. It is clear that a house that
withstood triumphantly the shocks it en
countered, through insidious reports circu
lated in the agony of the crisis, can sustain
iltself in the future.
What is a Luxury?— lt may interest
.farmers, says the Reform League, to know
that upon “ all the halter, trace and plow
chains used by them they have been taxed
€7 per cent. They are great luxuries.
“ Painters ought to know what extrava
gant people they are; all the varnish gums
used by them are taxed 80 per cent.
“ But silvered plate glass, in common use
ifor mirrors, and, as we all know, used by
■every laborer for a mirror over his mantel,
when not above 34 by 30 inches, is taxed
■only 33% per cent.
“ Plow chains and varnish you are not.
permitted, but yon have cheap plate
glass.”
f Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
Will Our Ladies Unsex Themseives ?
Some of the papers propose that the la
dies ride for a premium at -the coming
Stale Pair. Surely the writers have not
maturely considered the matter. Oi per
haps there are strong-minded women at the
editorial helms of these journals. If thi.-v
were known to be the case, I Would not be
surprised; but it is presumed that men
conduct these papers—gentlemen “ to the
manner bom,” who properly appreciate the
purity, the delicacy, and the modesty of
Southern women —who desire to preserve
our sisters and daughters what they are,
the most lovelv jtortiou of God s creation,
rather than convert them into a set of
brazen hoydens, seeking notoriety, and en
deavoring to attract attention by all soits
of unwomanly acts.
Yet these gentlemen seriously propose
that our maidens leave the sphere they so
well adorn, and, assuming the character of
iockeys, mount horse and gallop around a
race track, in the presence of the thousands
that will assemble on the Fair ground.—
They tell the young ladies'that it is not
sufficient for them to enjoy the delightful
and invigorating exercise of horseback
riling privately, in company with then
relatives, or beaux, but they must enter
the ring, and exhibit themselves in public,
to one of the largest crowds ever assembled
in the State of Georgia. They must ride
in company of any, even the most shame
less, who pay the entrance fee, exposed to
the aglings and comments ol an audience
that would, I venture the assertion, con
tain more of the elements of rowdyism, on
that particular occasion, than, at any otheL
time during the Fair. For if any should
stay away, it would be those who would
blush to see Georgia ladies make such a
spectacle of themselves; while all who
have no respect for female character, all
who love to witness circus riding, who
visit Black Crooks and White Fawns, who
delight in the pirouettingsanddemi-somer
saults of ballet dancers, would certainly
seize this opportunity to gaze on the spec
tacle contemplated by those who propose
this thing.
The pure minded women of the boutn
will not thus exhibit themselves. The Ex
ecutive Committee will not insult them by
offering a premium for effrontery that may
lie tolerated in the actress, who is paid for
it, but that would disgrace any beside those
whose daily bread depends on it.
Oeilouvert.
Letter from Edgefield.
Edgeeield C. H., S. 0., >
October 7tli, 1869. $
Mr. Editor: Last Monday was sale
day at this place, and, - being court week,
brought a large number of our citizens to
gether. They generally give a bad account
of the corn crop. Cotton is being picked
out rapidly; two-thirds of the crop has
been gathered, and that which vyas ma
nured is now all opentJd. Two-thirds of
an ordinary crop can be safely counted
upon. The pea and potato crops arc al
most an entire failure. Owing to the short
crop of corn and peas, not many hogs w ill
be fattened in this county, and, if the plant
ers study their own interest, they will put
in large crops of wheat, oats, barley and
rye this Fall (the two latter should have
been sown a month ago). There will be
blit iitf le cotton to gather after this month.
There is great inquiry here about good
wheat and tifP large black oats. Fer
sons having any sell pan get a good
nrice bv lete! lt be „ _ .
p o“X.rt of Common and
Sessions commenced here 11 , •
Three days of the term have Par ana one
short State case has been tried. The State
vs. Thos. W. Blease, for murder ; verdict
not guilty. The State was represented by
Solicitor Wiggins, Jos. Abney, Esq , and
negro Elliott. The defendant by Messis.
Butler and Youman, and Baxter. His
Honor Judge Platt is, as usual, the presid
ing Judge. He seems to take things easy,
not in any hurry ; to kill time and get his
salary, $3,000 per annum, is all he cares
for. The delay of justice and the time lost
by the planters in attending court is oi
small importance to him. The colored
population are well represented in the
jury box. The Clerk of the Court has
managed to get all negroes on panel
No. 1, and one-half degrees on panel
No. 2. This may be, an accident, but
it would require strict proof to con
vlnce me of the fact. Qur fetate has
fallen very low, that negroes have to assist
the Solicitor in prosecuting causes, espe
cially where all the persons engaged in the
homicide were white persons. There is
bad taste somewhere, and there is some
thing iu keeping on the good side of one s
friends. . ,
I notice among the visiting members ol
the Bar ex-Chancellor Carrol, of Columbia;
J. M. Baxter, of Newberry, and Col, Find
ly aud Ford, of the Aiken Bar. No pros
pect of any civil business being tried this
term. Chief Justice Moses has ordered
■Judge Orr to hold an extra term here in
January, to try causes on the civil docket.
The term will continue two weeks, if not
longer. f3.0i.0N.
Webster and Secession.
EXTRACT FROM THE SUR-RE.TOINDER OF MR
STEPHENS TO MU. CORTIS.
I now propose to take some notice of his
new matter. In doiyg this, I premise by
saying to Mr. Curtis and to your readers
that the questions which are involved in
arriving at a correct knowledge of the
nature of the Government of the United
States are not speculative questions grow
ing out of theories of any sort. They are
questions of fact, as Mr. Madison says in
his letter to Mr. Webster —questions of in
disputable facts, to be settled by evidence
of the highest order. This evidence is to
be found in the records and in the docu
mentary history of the country, against
which no speculations or theories can have
any weight with those whose sole object is
the investigation of truth. The. proper
solution of all these questions requires no
resort to the subtleties of metaphysics in
any way. They are clear and plain, when
properly presented, to the commonest under
standing-even to “ the wayfaring man,
though he be a fool.” They are only mys
tified when men, by resorting to specula
tions, make a “ muddle” of their theories
upon them. These arc the questions which
are discussed in other parts of the book,
which Mr. Curtis did not undertake to re
view ; and the indisputable facts which
must decide them, according to the inexor
able principles of logic in the forum of
reason, are therein fully produced and re
gularly presented. These facts, thus array
ed and set forth, establish the conclusion,
beyond the power of successful assault,
that the Government of the United States
is a Government of States, made by States
and for States—a federal republic in every
sense of the term, or a confederated repub
lic, as Washington styled it, which means
the same thing". It is, in other words, just
such a union of States as Vattel described
in the quotation cited in the reply. This
the facts of our history show.
It is further maintained in the book, as a
sound and indisputable principle, that
where States are thus united, when one
or more of them palpably and intentional
ly violate any of the terms or articles of
their union, or fail to fulfill their obliga
tions according to those terms, the others
are thereby absolved from their obligations
under the compact, and have a perfect right
to withdraw from a union so formed—if,
in so doing, they do their former associates
no other other injury than that which re
sults from the loss to them of the advan
tages which the union secured to them;
and they have this perfect right so to with
draw without any rightful or just power
or authority on the part of their former
confederates to prevent their withdrawal.
It Is also maintained in the book, as an
unquestionable fact in our history, that
one of the articles of our union was openly
and avowedly broken by several of the
Northern States. The article or clause in
the Constitution so violated was one
“without which,” as declared by Judge
Story from the bench of the Supreme Court
of the United States, “the Union never
would have been formed.” -
Upon these points of our history and in
disputable principles of public law, of rea
son, of right, and of justice, and not upon
any “muddled” theory of any sort, it is
maintained in the book that the war which
was inaugurated and waged by the North
ern States against the Southern States to
prevent their withdrawal from the Union,
after their own open and palpable viola
tion of their constitutional obligations,
utterly without rightful authority,
cltherny Constitution or laws of na-
tions; that it was nothing short of a gross
and wanton aggression against unoffend
ing neighboring States; founded entirely
upon usurpation, aud in direct violatiou of
the fundamental principles upon which
American independence was declared and
achieved. That independence was not a
national independence of the people of all
the Colonies united in one ualiou, as specu
lative writers by “ muddled ” theories have
attempted to represent it to be; but it was
the independence of the States severally
and separately. The principle upon which
it rested was the sovereign right of local
self-government in the people of each Col
ony or State. The moving cause to it was
the assault made by the British Parliament
upon the chartered rights of Massachusetts.
It was against this that the “cry” was
raised in Virginia, and rang in shouts from
the St. Croix to the Alatamaha, from the
seaboard to the Alleghanies. “ The cause
of Boston is the cause of us all!” The
cause of Boston then wa-: the sovereign
right of local self-government. This was
the cause which triumphed by the joint ac
tion of all the States in the achievement of
their separate sovereignty and indepen
dence.
Mr. Curtis, in his rambling through the
mazes of the new matter introduced in his
rejoinder, is pleased, to say:
“ ‘lf the Constitution was a compact be
tween sovereign States,’ the compact was
broken by the secession of the Southern
States; audit was perfectly legitimate for
Congress to make war upon the States
themselves, to conquer them as sovereign
parties to a war, and, having conquered
them, to suppress their governments and to
mould them just as it would mould a
foreign territory conquered by arms or
acquired by treaty.”
Further on, in the same strain, he says;
“1 confess, Mr. Editor, when I see or hear
persons who are accounted Democrats
maintaining State Rights upon the Cal
houn theory of our system, I can only wish
they would point out to me upon what
possible ground of public law or political
science they can complain of what has
been done by Congress to the South ”
Now, in reply to this, you will allow me
to say to Mr. Curtis that I will promptly
undertake to comply with his wish iu this
respect. This I do, however, not as oue
accounted a Democrat upon the Calhoun
theory of our system, but as one who pre
sumes to know something of the established
principles of “public law” as announced
by those to whom we are indebted for all
we have of what may be called “ political
science.”
The book referred to shows that lie need
not have qualified his first sentence quoted
above with an “ if.” That “if ’’ is forever
disposed of, unless the argument in the
book is shown to be erroneous. This
neither he nor anybody else has as yet at
tempted to do, so far as I know. The Con
stitution is a compact between sovereign
States, and from this very fact the enormity
of the wrongs and outrages which have
been committed by Congress upon the
South do but the more distinctly and glar
ingly appear ! This compact was not
broken, however, by the secession of the
Southern States, as Mr. Curtis so flippant
ly assumes. I cannot permit myself to
believe that he would, upon cool reflection,
venture to stake his reputation upon the
denial of the correctness of the position of
the book that it was first intentionally and
avowedly violated by several of the North
ern States. No one knows better than Mr.
Curtis how devoted I was to the Union of
the States under the Constitution, and how
he and I labored together in the Fall of
1860 to get the “ offending States ” to re
turn to the discharge of their obligations
under it, that, the Union might be pre
served. He kr»QWS l)ow utterly opposed L
was to secession as a remedy for even this
breach of faith by the Northern members
of the Union ; not a whit less so than Mr.
Madison was to the like remedy for the
wrongs and oppressions of the protective
policy. He knows equally well, too, that I
then held, as I now'do, whether he did or
not, that the “ aggrieved Spates ” would be
perfectly justified on the principles qf public
law .and natural justice, in a resort to
the remedy in consequence of this con
tinued breach of the compact, if they lu
their sovereign capacity should so decide
to d.Q; just as I doubt not Mr. Madison
would have held iu the case of the protec
tive policy if the abandonment ol the prin
ciple upon which it was based pot
heen agreed upon, as it was, and if iu con
sequence of its continuance this “ ultima
ratio ” had been resorted to by the States
whose vital interests were supposed to be
affected by it, even though it had beeu
done against 4is judgment as to its expe
diency. He knows full well that secession
was uo favorite remedy with me for evils
of anv sort under the Union. He knows
also that,, notwithstanding all the efforts
that were made everywhere, the ,; otfepd
ing States ” would not, and did not, right
themselves in the matter wherein they
were so grossly derelict. And wheth
er he will or will not now seriously
deny that that Constitution was thus
openly and avowedly by several of
the Northern States cannot affect the gfe#
fact in our history that it was. This will
forever remaiu one of the imperishable
truths iu the annals of this country.
T)ie compact was first broken by more
than half of the very States which project
ed and waged this war professedly with no
object but to make their confederates
stand to their part of the bargain, while
they most notoriously, if not shamefully,
repudiated their own obligations under it!
\v"aic not .this a great wrong to the seced
ing States as well as a huge crime against
humaniu?' SB«* history or U,e world
present a parallel of in^' 11
iniquity ? The use of power Cy winch thus
most monstrous outrage upou rigi*. aiul
justice was perpetrated resulted in no way
from the compact view of the Constitution.
It sprang from, aud was claimed from,
that “muddled” theory which assumed
that the. States, by the adoption of the
Constitution, had alienated a portion of
their sovereignty beyond their power o( a
rightful resumption of it, and that that
portion retained must yield to the portion
surrendered. This theoretic claim of power,
in violatiou of the fundamental principles
of the whole structure of the Government,
was the prime and leading cause of the war.
To this is to be attributed all the enormi
ties of its inception, prosecution, and pres
ent results. Moreover, the compact view
of the Constitution did not originate with
Mr. Calhoun, or Democrats of his faith, re
specting State rights. It originated with
the framers of the Constitution itself, and
was not denied by any man of note for for
ty years of our history. It was the view
of Hamilton, Ames, Ellsworth, Sherman,
Madison, Jefferson, and Washington, to
say nothing of others. It was because he
thought this construction, which has in
later times been put upon it through the
subtleties of a “ muddled ” theory, would
be put upou it, that Patrick Henry opposed
its ratification. But it was denied by the
friends and advocates of the Constitution,
in everv State convention where the ques
tion was raised, that this construction
could possibly be put upon it, in the face
of the notorious facts attending its forma
tion. To quiet apprehensions, however,
the Tenth Amendment was very soon
unanimously adopted by the States, to set
tle that question forever.
The great truths relating to the nature
and character of our Federal republic,
peculiar iu many respects as it is, were dis
tinctly set forth by Mr. Jefferson in his
Kentucky resolutions of 1798, loug before
the clays of Mr. Calhoun. They are based
upon the fact that the Constitution is a com
pact between sovereign States. These resolu
tions constituted the creed of the Demo
cratic narty of that day, and of the only
true Democratic party or Constitutional
party which has ever existed iu this coun
try since, or ever will hereafter. Under the ■
administration of the Government accord
ing to the principles of these resolutions,
for sixty years no country in the .world
ever was more happy, peaceful, and pros
perous than ours was; and I take this oc
casion to say to Mr. Curtis that neither he
nor anybody else may ever expect, or even
hope for, a restoration of those days of
peace quiet, and happiness, with real con
stitutional liberty, until the administration
of the Federal Government is brought back
to these principles, not by force, not by arms,
but by the expulsion from power of those
who have committed these monstrous usur
pations. This expulsion is to be by the
people at the ballot-box 1 In this way to
day, if they were wise, the “ cry” would go
forth throughout the entire North. The
cause of Virginia is the cause of us all!
For they may depend upon it that what is
now being enacted in that old and renown
ed Commonwealth, as well as in other
Southern States, will sooner or later be en
acted in their own States, if that theory
and claim of power under it from which |
all these outrages legitimately spring is j
not entirely aud speedily abandoned. It is
utterly inconsistent with that sovereign
right of local self-government on we part
of the several States of this
which our entire system of Americii free
institutions is based, and npon whiclf lone
these institutions can be aud
perpetuated. *
Alexander 11. Step he is.
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PERFECT MANHOOD.
ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN on the evils of
BEjLF-KNKRVATION, with certain help for the
erring and uiifortqmUy. tynt |n sealed letter en
velopes, free of charge. Address, HOWARD AS
SOCIATION, Bos P, Philadelphia, Pa.
sep2C 3m
Do you shake? Use King of Chills.
King of Chills never fails to cure.
Dumb and congestive chills <ured with Kingof Chills.
King ol Chills is the malarial antidote.
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CHANGE OF_ SCHEDULE.
Ofkiok Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. R. ?
Augusta, Ua., October 1, 1869. S
tat ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, 3fl INBT.,
and until further notice, the Passenger Trains on this
”oad will run as follows :
Leave Augusta '• a - m -
Arrive at Augusta 6:1», P- m -
O BOUKNIGBT, Superintendent.
W. T. WILLIAMS, Agent. oct2-tf
bucru.
This wonderful medicine has gained a world-wide
fame for the cure of affections of the kidneys and
bladder, and ail who require it are in search of the
best. Dromgoolb & Co.’s Buchu, prepared by regu'ar
physicians of Memphis, Tenn., Is lecoguized as the
best and cheapest- Price, sl. Bold by Diuggists
everywhere.
The Great Southern Remedy!
JACOB’S
CHOLERA, DYSENTERY AND
DIARRHEA CORDIAL.
This article, so well known aud highly prized
throughout the Southern States as a SOVEREIGN
RKaiEDY for the above diseases, Is now offered to
the whole country.
It is invaluable to every lady, both married and
single.
No iamily can afford to ho without it, and none will
to whom its virtues are kuown.
For Sale by all Drnggista anti General
Dealers.
eep2B-dAc3m
Choice Family Groceries,
Plantation Supplies,
Tuba, Churn*. Buckets, measures
Hair and Straw Brooms, Dusters, Brushes
Baskets of all kinds
Boots and Shoes.
We invite the attention of the Citizens
of Augusta and Vicinity to our new Fall
Supplies of the above Goods.
All of which arc of Good Quality.
Fresh Supplies received Weekly.
JAS. G. BAILIE <st BROTHER.
sep3o-tf
Heal Estate for Sale.
13 Y ORDER of the Court of Probate, the entire
LANDS of the estate of Elihue William*, deceased,
situate in Beech Island, South Carolina, containing
three hundred and ninety acres, will he offered at
private sale, untU Monday, the 25th inst., and if not
sold hy 12 o’clock of that day, will he aold at public
outcry, at the Lower Market House, in the city of
Augusta, on the first Tuesday in November next, be
tween the usual hours of sale:
One hundred and fifty-four acre* in woodland, two
hundred and thlrty-aix in the homestead tract, about
one-half cleared and pronounced excellent cotton
land; the house containing six rooms, with stable and
outbuildings; situated about seven miles from Augus
ta and about sixteen from Aiken. No healthier or
more beautiful site can be found.
Call at my ofiice, see plat, and go and see the land
before bidding for it.
Terms cash.
A. D. PIQUET,
Administrator with the will annexed.
Office over 192 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
oct7-td
New A. dvertisemeiv^^
Notice to the Competitors
FOR THE
Mathewson Prizes,
Under the Award of the
COMMITTEE OF THE AGRICULTU
RAL CLUB OF RICHMOND
COUNTY, GA.
The undersigned, *he committee to whom
ti'*s Veen entrusted thfe charge of awarding the
Premiums offered by J. O. Mathewson, Esq.,
of Angusta, Ga., for the purpose of ascertain
ing the greatest quantity of COTTON and
CORN which a single acre of land cau he made
to produce by the skillful application and
proper use of the SOLUBLE PACIFIC
GUANO, under scientific cultnre, do hereby
announce that they desire to make up the list
of contestants, and to obtain all the informa
tion necessary for an impartial award.
The Prizes are in possession of the commit
tee. These Prizes are:
For Cotton.
Ist. SILVER PITCHER, value. $75 ; for the
greatest growth from one acre of land.
2d. SILVER GOBLET, value, SSO; for the
next greatest growth from one acre of land.
3d. SILVER CUP, valne, $25; for the third
greatest growth from one ot land.
For Corn.
Ist. SILVER GOBLET, value, SSO ; for the
greatest yield lrom one acre of laud.
2d. SILVER CUP, value, $25 ; for the next
greatest yield from one acre of land.
Bd. GOLD MEDAL, value, $25; for the third
greatest yield from one acre of land.
The Conditio us
Upon which the award will be made are as
follows :
Ist. That the SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO
only and no other fertilizer shall have been ap
plied to the laud.
2d. That each acre, either of Cotton or Corn,
shall be measured by two disinterested persons
familiar with the planting and culture, who
shall certily the same to the Committee, aud
shall also certify to the character ,ol the con
testant.
3d. That contestants for cotton premiums
shall furnish the Committee journals, showing
the date of each picking and the quantity picked
of seed cotton.
4th. That the ginned cottou shall be sold in
the Augusta market, be inspected by the Com
mittee, who shall be furnished with the market
samples thereof, and have the privilege ot re
sampling aud the warehouse weights.
slh. That the corn shall be hauled from the
field in the preseuce of two respectable farmers
of the neighborhood, who shall record the
number of wagon loads and the dimensions ot
the wagon-bodies used, that it be shucked and
measured in the ear by barrels, the gross
weight ot each barrel filled, and the weight of
the empty barrel recorded, each fourth barrel
and all fractional parts to he shelled, aud the
shelled corn weighed, the whole record certi
fied and sent to the committee, together with a
small sample of each shelled and ear corn.
All plauters or farmers desiring to contend
for the foregoing prizes will furnish to Dr. J.
B. Waj-kbk, Chairman of the Comraitte, Au
gusta, Georgia, their names and post office, and
the names of their factors, to whom, also, all
communications should be addressed.
The lists will be closed on the 10th day of
NOVEMBER next, and all applications should
be made on or before that day.
J. B. WALKER, Chairman.
A. R. WRIGHT,]
A. BAKER,
S. D. LINTON. (~
J. G. TUCKER, fLommittee.
,T. J. COHEN, I
G. BRYAN. J
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Mill Pond and Channel Oysters.
STEKthe lir-tor November it is proposed to
furnish these Oysters, cither in the -hell or open tl, in
quanthies to suit p: rebaeers, and at the lowest mar
ket prices.
The mill pond oyster supplied will be tin celebrated
GULL A ISLAND OYSTER,
from the Lucas Mill Pond, at Charles;on, which, for
flavor and plumpness, is well known to he qrtsur
passed.
Terms cash.
Orders solicited from all parts of the country.
Address THOMAS McCRADY, Agent,
P. O. Box 329, Charleston, S C.
RKFJEUBNCES :
James Adoeb & Cos., David Jbxiiixos,
Hqu. (I. B. MpORApr & Sqn,
■ Dr. 9t. J. Far.m, W. G. Dlsaj.s,
John 8. Rtan.
octß-C
TWO GENTLEMEN can be accommodat
ed with permanent BOARDING, on reasona
ble terms, by applying at
THIS OFFICE.
octß-3
WANTED."
A. SITUATION as COACHMAN, by a
German.
Address J. M.,
OCIB-2* At tills office.
Pf The Very Best!
In addition to my usual display of BEEF,
MUTTON, LAMB and VEAL, I will have a
supply, on SATURDAY MORNING and EVE
NING, ot the finest SAUSAGES, made lrom
fattest Western hogs.
JOHN P. FOSTER,
octS-l Stall No. 1, Lower Market.
WANTED,
A. COOK aud LAUNDRESS, for a Email
family.
Apply at THIS OFFICE.
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Established 1828 !
W. EL BARRETT,
SUCCESSOR TO BARRETT «fc CARTER,
Wholesale |>ru£gist,
aoi broad st tmj: et.
Offers to the trade a full stock of
Chemicals
Drugs
Dye Stuffs
Oils
Paints
V arnishes
Brushes
Soaps, fancy and
common
Perfumery
Proprietary Medicines, Ac,
And respectfully asks the attention of Mer
chants to the same, guaranteeing satisfaction in
prices and quality of goods.
octß-lm
0. TOLER,
PROPRIETOR of the
Kentucky and Tennessee Stables,
Dealer in HORSES and MULEB.
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND SADDLE
HORSES for Hire and on Livery, etc., etc.
Campbell, between Broad and Reynolds streets,
Augusta, Ga.
Ample Stable Room for Stock, and accom
modation for Feeding or Grazing on my plan
tations near the city, at low rates. seplS-tf
NT ew A dvertisemen is
""just receivfd,
From the Mauiiiaetnicrs, a fine assort
ment of
Powell and Van Warl Double Guos.
Also, a flue assortment ol other make.
COLT’S, SMITH & WESSON, MANHAT
TAN aud other make PISTOLS, l I IXEI>
AMMUNITION, of all kinds, POCKET CUT
LERY, FISHING TACKLE, POWDER,
SHOT and CAPS.
To all of which I call special attention.
GUNS REPAIRED and RE BTOCKED.
BELL HANGING and KEYS FITTED
promptly at
W. D. Bowen’s,
200 BROAD STREET,
oelS-tjJiil Up Stairs.
FARMERS!
INCREASE YOUR CROPS OF
Wheat, Rye, Oats, Potatoes, Turnips
and Grass,
AS WELL. AS
ADD TO IDE FERTILITY OF YOUR SOIL,
BY A JUDICIOUS AND ECONOMICAL
MODE OF
MANURIN’ Gr.
Surely the man is a public beuelactor who
makes
'• Two spears of grass to grow
Where but one grew before.”
I will give a “ Mouey Guarantee ’’ of the
purity of each “ Manure” I sell.
I keep constantly on hand, aud offer for
sale
Pure No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, from Chin
cha Islands
Pure SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, “Johu
S. Reese & Cos.”
Pure GROUND BONE FLOUR, uuburut and
unsteamed.
Pure GROUND LAND PLASTER, at S2O per
ton.
LIVERPOOL SALT.
J. O. MATHEWSON,
285 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
ocl6-eodsde&f
California Brandy.
Just RECEIVED, from Fr. Schleifcr &
Cos., Sau Francisco, Cal, 25 Quarter Casks Cal
ifornia BRANDY, ou consignment and for
sale by E. R. SCHNEIDER.
This Brandy is highly recommended by phy
sicians as a pure Wine Brandy, tree from all
adulterations or substitutions of other spirits
or flavoring.
octO-lm -s.
Jackson Street Velocipede Rink,
SECOND DOOR FROM POST OFFICE,
Is NOW OPEN to ihe public for amuse
ment and exercise, from 7 o’clock, a. in., to 12
o’clock, p. tu.
E. A. NEHR,
oct6 6 Agent.
OFFICE TO RENT.
I WILL rent the desirable OFFICE under
my residence, and next to store oi H. F. Rus
sell & Cos., to a desirable tenant.
Rate, SSOO, currency.
H. F. CAMPBELL.
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COTTON
WAREHOUSE.
WHBLE&S & €O.,
COTTON
FACTORS,
AUGUSTA, GA..
w ILL CONTINUE THE STORAGE and
SALE OF COTTON AND OTHER PRO
DUCE.
PLANTERS’ BUSINESS SOLICITED.
jelGCmif
WINDOW SHADES.
We have received and opened the
largest stock of new Shades ever shown
in this city, embracing Shades off all col
ors and sizes.
New and beautiful Shades, at very low
pi ices, at
James G. Bailie & Brother^.
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS !
Fall and Winter, 1869.
13. R. WRIGHT A CO.,
233 Broad £s., qppogile Masonic flail,
AUGUBTA, GA.,
jArv 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 of Northern job
bers.
Augusta, Granltcville, Richmond, Jewell’s
and Georgia Factory SHIRTINGS and SHEET
INGS, DRILLS, STRIPES, 08NABURG8 and
PLAINS constantly on hand, by bale or piece.
aug22-tifjanl
WESTERN LAGER BEER!
T HAVE just returned from a tour West,
where I have been for the purpose of selecting
a tine article of BEER.
I have brought with me a Sample, which will
be on draught from to-day. The Public are
invited to call and examine for themselves.
A. BOHNE,
scp3o-tf Opposite Planters’ Hotel.
SAMUEL KIRK & SON,
IT*.. .W. BALTIMOBE STREET ■«»»
BALTIMORE, MD„
MANUFACTURERS OF ELEGANT
Silver Ware, Watches and Fine
Jewelry 1
ESTABLISHED... ISX7.
sep26-3m
BAGGING.
300 ROLLS Dxtra Heavy BENGAL
BAGGING
100 Rolls SALEM CLOTH
100 Bales Standard GUNNY CLOTH
50 Bales Extra Heavy GUN NT
CLOTH
For sale by BLAIR, SMITH & CO. ‘
octt-3
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Vive"pfr cent, interest per annum,
I > AYABLE IN MARCH, JULY AND NOVEMBER, ON ALL DEPOSITS OF FIVE DOL-
Lars and UPWARDS, DEPOSITED IN THE NATIONAL FREED.VI KN’S SAVINGS
AND TRUST COMPANY. SU MS DEPOSITED ON OU BEFORE THE 15TH OF NOV KM
HER WILL DRAW INTEREST FROM THE IST OF NOVEMBER. DEPOSITS RECEIV
ED FKOM ANY PERSON, ALL PAYABLE, ON DEMAND.
DUE DEPOSITORS OCTOBER 2d, 1809 $28,500.
0. \. KITTEK. flashier,
oclß-eodlin 40 JACKSON, CORNER ELLiS STREET.
J. M. BURDELL,
Cotton Factor and Commission -Merchant,
NO. 6 WARREN BLOCK. AUGUSTA, GA. (
Will CONTINUE BUSINESS, :ts heretofore, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. CON
SIGNMENTS SOLICITED. )y29-iJ&coin
ESTABLISHED 1820.
OLDEST SHOE HOUSE IN THE STATE.
o
1,500 Cases
BOOTS, SHOES & TRUNKS AT WHOLESALE.
o
ALFRED C. FORCE,
258 Broad St., Sign Big Boot, Augusta, Gfa.
Dealer IN BOOTS, SHOES and TRUNKS. Goods purchased direct jrom the
manufacturers, ami SOLD AT SMALL PROF IT.
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AUGUSTA BRANCH.
MTM LIFE INSURANCE COMPINY.
ESTABLISHED -TT. 1866.
ASSET’S OVER *l::ujo,000
RECEIPTS OVER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH.
PREMIUMS DECREASE EVERY YEAR.
DIVIDENDS INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
NEARLY (INK MILLION DOLLARS PAID TO WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Iff 186S.
OVER ONE THOUSAND APPLICATIONS TAKEN THROUGH THIS OFFICI ALONE.
LOSSES HAVE BERN PAID HERE AS FOLLOWS:
THOMAS R. THORNTON, UNION POINT, QA $3,(00
AARON U. JONES, AUOUBTA, OA 2,(M
FRANK S. BURK, MACON, GA 6,f)
lIENUT HORNE, MACON, GA 6.00
GEORGE ROBINSON, EDGEFIELD, S. C &,f>«
TOTAL 2ofco
POLICIES OF ALL KINDS ISSUED ON THE NON-FORFEITING PLAN.
THOSE DESIRING TO INSURE WILL CONSULT THEIR BEST INTEREST |Y CALL
ING ON OU CONSULTING WITH THIS OFFICE OR ITS AGENTS BEFORE INSURING
ELSEWHERE.
SPECIAL TRAVELING AGENTS WANTED IN GEORGIA AND BOUTn CAtOLINA.
HAVING A LARGE LIST OF RENEWALS, I AM NOT DEPENDENT ON NEW BUSI
NESS TO MEET EXPENSES. THERE FORK I AM PREPARED TO, AND WILL PAY, RE
LIABLE AND KXPEIUENCKD;CANVABSEHB LARGER FIRST COMMISSIONS THIN OTHER
GENERAL AGENTS CAN DO. THOSE WISHING TO ENGAGE WILL PLK4SE CALL
ON OU ADDRESS,
C. W. IIARRI4. Manager.
ocl3 BUtinth3m «1» BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORG I^4.
CONSOLIDATION.
PIEDMONT & ARLINGTON
life insurance company,
OF RICHMOND, VA,
HOME OFFICE, NORTHEAST CORNER MAIN AND NINTH STREETS.
-Assets over £5>1,500,000.
Net surplus over 500,000.
Policies issued in two years over 8,000.
SHOWING a success beyond precedent. Issues on Mutual, Non-Forfeiting and Return Pre
mium plans. Dividend paid ou whole file policies, 40 per cent., which proves the economy of.
its management aud its carelul selection of risks.
WM. C. CARRINGTON President.
J. E. EDWARDS Vice-President.
I). J. HARTSOOK - Secretary.
j. ,j. HOPKINS Assistant Secretary.
J. E. WOLFF Superintendent of Ageueies.
BRANCH OFFICSy—
Mclntosh street, 2d door from Georgia lUilroad Bank, Augusta, Ga.
DR. T. STANLEY BECKWITH. GKNKRAL AGENT AND MANAGER OK BRANCH
OFFICE.
JOHN CRAIG President of Board of Directors.
T. H. STAFFORD .Secretary.
DIRECTORS:
E. P. CLAYTON. R. A. FLEMING, Z. McCORD.
JAS. T. BOTHWELL, GEO. M.THEW, V. RICHARDS.
JOHN U. MEYER, J. W. HORTON, T. STANLEY BECKWITH..
The consolidation of the two most popular Southern Companies is full of advantages to the
policy holders of both Companies. Its expenditures will be less, and with less relative risk.
The future dividends will be more certain, and probably greater in amount, aud a better re
served fund created.
NO RIGHT of old policy holders will he affected ; they will continue to pay the same rate at*
before; to hold the same policies as before; to have the same rights, benefits aud privileges as
before, and have equal present security with greater future benefit than before. All renewals
of old policies will be in uame of new Company, uuder special authority from the respective
Directors of the old Companies.
A NEW CHARTER was obtainod with the rights of policy holders guaranteed, and we call
special atloDtiou to the following desirable features in said charter:
v Sec. 2. The business of the Company shall be to make insurance on the lives of individuals.
inalJl.be branches of Life Insurance; to grant, purchase or dispose of annuities or re-insurc
risks.”
“Sbc. 4. The business of the Company SHALL be conducted on the plan of DISI’RIBUT
INGTO THE POLICY HOLDERS THE PROFITS of the busiuess, as hereinafter provided,
unless by the consent of the assured the policy selected is non-participating.”
“Sec. 15. This Company may issue policies on the lives of husbauds ana parents, or others,
for the benefit of wives and families, or other beneficiaries interested in their lives—as ances
tors, descendants, creditors or dependents, and the same shall nor. be liable for the debts or
contracts of the absurod, except as provided in the policies issued.”
“Spc. lti. The Company may issue policies payable IN GOLD : Provided, premiums are paid
in the same,”
“Seo. 18. The permanent investment of funds shall he in mortgages or liens on UN
ENCUMBERED REAL ESTATE WORTH DOUBLE THE AMOUNT LOANED.”
We would also call attention to the rights secured in policy as part of the contract .
Rights of party to non-forfeiture in all its policies.
Rights of party to reinstatement—paid tip policy, and surrender value where, “intervention
of armies” or any other cause cuts the insured off from home office. This feature, omitted in
policies of Northern Companies, cost the Southern people very heavily in the late war, and.
should make them se,ek the only Company that provides agaiust such contingency in future.
Some Companies now have ii\ their policies, that parties who “ take up arms against ’’ certain
named States, “or the United States,” render their policy uuil and void. This is mak
ing certaiq wind was before uncertain, aud is too great a mingling politics, war and fife iueur
qnce.
“The PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON” has a model charier and model policy, plainly staling
rights of parties, and guarding those rights agaiust sacrifice.
This Company has fully complied with the requirements of the State law, with regard to de
posits with Comptroller General, &c.
It gives dividends at tliaend of first year, wheu all cash is paid, and of second y«ar, when
part loau is taken. The all cash plan is unreservedly recommended as iujevery way most satis
factory.
We now confidently appeal to every one interested in Southern prosperity to look to their
own interests, by sustaining their owu institutions, and thereby establishing that self-con
iideucc without which there can be uo permanent prosperity. Bear in mind that already over
$10,000,000 arc annually sent North for Life Insurance, taking so much from our strength, and
thereby giving additioual power to unr oppressors.
We offer a solid reliable Life Insurance Company, thoroughly Southern, in the hands of meu
Os the highest Integrity—with abundant assets —recent risks—the mostseeure oi all investments —
pledged to retain within the State of Georgia all funds accruing tberciu —and, indeed, presenting
every advantage that can be desired—and we only ask a full examination into Hie superior
inerits of the “ PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ” to insure
your patronage.
CALL ON AGENTS FOR INFORMATION. Active, reliable Agents wanted.
JEFFERSON, RANSOM A USHER,
General Agents for Southern Georgia.
Capt. F. L. HALE,
General Agcut for Southwestern Georgia.
LEIPHART, JEFFERSON A RANSOM,
General Agents (or South Carolina.
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INSURANCE,
pipe:, marine and indajntd,
IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST CLASS COMPANIES, VIZ:
ASINA INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Chartered 1819, Cash Assets. t 5,353,582
MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1831, Cash Assets
HOWARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1825, Cash Assets •• • 715,70,
FIREMEN’S INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1835, Cash Assets 845.000
LAMAR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets ”
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets
STANDARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets “J’ ’
COMMERCE INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets - •
ABTOR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets ’
PHENIX INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets
PHQSNIX INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Cash Assets • __
$13,737,990
RISKS taken on COTTON, MERCHANDISE,
LIBRARIES and other property. Also, on COITON and MERCHANDISE
and other Northern Cities, via Savannah and Charleston to Liverpool and other European
cities, and vice vena. The most important enquiry .o be made by every person insuring is.
“ Are the Companies able to pay, if losses occur?” Our citizens have -»r££
above Companies more than forty years. The assets of all of them are in CASH.>r its eqniva
lent, and not in subscriptions, or stock notes to be paid when fires occur. Losses will equi
tably adjusted and promptly paid.
RISKS ARE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. WJJf S „ EAB Agent.
AoaosTi, Ga., September 18, 1869.