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SUNDAY MORNING, 00T. 24, 1869
LITERARY NOTES,
B. P. WHIPPLE AS A CRITIC.
One who Is familiar with the criticism
of the last century cannot but be struck
by its comparatively shallow spirit. It is
for the most part mechanical, dealing rather
with the externals than with the essential
spirit of literary art or genius. Addison’s
elaborate essays upon Milton, published in
The Spectator, are perhaps the ablest speci
mens we possess of eighteenth century criti
cism iu England; yet judged by the pro
founder standard of aesthetic tastes and
insight, to which we are now accustomed,
even these admirable papers are hardly to
be pronounced satisfactory.
Os Dr. Johnson, as a critic, it can only
be said that it is marvellous what unadul
terated nonsense, and downright dogmatic
stupidity, a man of his noble mind con
trived to spread over the surface of his
writings, which, indeed, in a critical sense,
are all surface; the Doctor’s singular lack
of the imaginative, which is also the ex
positive faculty, leading him into blunders
of which the veriest tyro would, at pres
ent, be ashamed.
A perception of what true criticism can
accomplish, of its vast uses as an inter
pretative power, dawned, or more properly,
burst upon the English mind with the
advent of Coleridge, whose metaphysico
imaginative intellect, strengthened by the
modes of German reasoning he had mas
tered, flashed a world of light upon the dark
places of both philosophy and poetry.
Hazlftt, Lamb, Wilson, De Quincey,
(with such deviations as the idiosyncracy
of each suggested), followed iu the same
general path which the master genius had
.marked out, and thus, in a wonderfully
brief period, Criticism, from a loose, un
organized species of empiricism, rose into
the dignity and beauty of a great influen
tial, systematized science. So evident is
this fact, audso incalculable are the advan
tages arising from it, that one in our time
can read in the columns of our first-class
periodicals, and even newspapers, criticisms
of a tone and thought immeasurably supe
rior to what were viewed as the master
pieces of seventy or eighty years ago.
American Literature promises to attain
a peculiar distinction in the important de
partment we have been considering.
Already we can point to the names of not a
few men, and of several women, whose fame
rests chiefly upon their display of critical
learning and acumen. Among these, Mr.
Edwin P- Whipple, of Boston, whose
works we have often referred to casually,
occupies a very prominent position. The
two volumes of his Reviews, issued many
years ago, represented his genius In the
vividness and vigor of early manhood.
Sparkling with wit and epigram, full of an
antithetical brilliancy which smacked, per
haps, a little too strongly of Macaulay,
these earlier essays abounded, nevertheless,
with evidences of an exquisite taste, deep
sagacity, and philosophical breadth of re
flection, which won the admiration of all
who perused them.
And now, after the lapse of a decade and
upwards, Mr. Wittpple gives to the world
the matured fruits of his capacity and lit
erary research, iu a compact volume, en
titled The Literature of the Age of Elizabeth,
beautifully issued, by Messrs. Fields &
Osgood. It begins with a “ bird’s eye ’’
view of the “Characteristics of the Eliza
bethan Literature,’’ illustrated by a sug
gestive survey of its multiform depart
ments, and an analysis as keen as ray id
of the more celebrated exponents of eaAl.—
All Mi* iujflneijfCS
are discussed wmrtiwflW®
terly precision and exhaustive energy of
resources. Having thus prepared the way
for the due comprehension of the Eliza
bethan specialities , he proceeds to discourse
of Marlow, Shaksprare, Ben Jonson,
Beaumont and Fletcher, Spenser, Syd
ney and Raleigh, Bacon, Hooker, and the
minor dramatists and poets of the age,
commencing w T ith Heywood and ending
with Chapman, among dramatists; with
Phineas Fletcher and Herbert, among
poets. From this mass of rich, instructive
disquisition, we would select the double
headed essay upon Shaksprare as at once
the most ambitious and powerful treatise
in the book—more than that, as the most
lucid, original and satisfactory criticism of
the kind with which we are acquainted in
the English tongue.
There is not a particle of exaggeration
in what we write. Coleridge himself
never went deeper into the occult heart of
the most difficult and puzzling of intellec
tual phenomena than Whipple has done
in this almost inspired paper. Subtlest in
sight works side by side with an all em
bracing comprehensiveness of appreciation,
whilst a probing metaphysical acuteness
which strains every faculty of the reader
who would follow its processes to their ulti
mate conclusions, is relieved by a geniality
of spirit, and a sturdy good sense, which
show that if the author is capable of a
ratiocination as refining as that of the
subtlest “ German of them all,” his, at the
same time, remains a thoroughly Anglo-
Saxon intellect, healthful, catholic, and
eminently practical.
A few extracts will show the quality of
Mr. Whipple’s mind and manner, and the
special excellencies of the essay in question.
“To Shakspeare’s individuality ,” he re
marks, “we absurdly tack on a universal
genius, which is about as reasonable as It
would be to take the controlling power of
gravity from the sun, and attach it to one
of the asteroids 1 Shakspeare’s genius is
not something distinct from the man; it is
the expression of the mau, just as the sun’s
attraction is the result of its immense mass.
The measure of a man’s individuality is
his creative power, and all that Shakspeahe
created he individually included. Therefore,
if we would grasp his greatness, we must
discard from our minds all associations
connected with pet epithets, such as ‘sweet
citfld,’ ‘gentle Bhakspeare,’ ‘fancy’s
child’, fond, but belittling phrases, as little
appropriate as would be the patronizing
chatter about the Planet Venus as the clear,
darling little sun ! No! wc must consider
him as a vast, comprehensive, personal
soul and force that passed from eternity
into time, with* all the aptitudes for the
world he entered bound up in his indivi
dual being from the beginning.”
Again, how suggestive is the following .-
“ Shakspeahe does not paint individuals,
he individualizes classes. In him philosophic
insight and poetical Insight worked har
moniously together. * * He classified
men as the naturalist classified the animal
kingdom.” y
Particularly worthy of note are the
critic’s observations upon the limitations of
the Shakspearkan Drama and genius.
Shakspeare was not, he declares, what
Coleridge, in one of his enthusiastic flights
beyond the region of sober truth, charac
terized him as being—namely: “an omni
present Creativeness,” but simply a “ great
hearted and broad-brained Person" —a
person, moreover, “ whose limitations are
more easily indicated than his enlarge,
mehts.” In the first place, Shakspeahe’s
religious instincts and sentiments were
comparatively weak, for they were not crea
tive. In none of his characters is religious
passion or religious sentiment dominant.
Christian ideas are not seized in their
essence, nor is the human soul looked at
In its relations with God, Thus, a large
portion of the field of humanity was closed
to him. Neither the ecstasy of the saint
nor the gloom of the fanatic has he em
bodied.
True as all this is, it was certainly left
tor Mr. Whipple to clearly and distinctly
point it out. His remarks on this head
have much of the charm of originality.
After Shakspeare, (the most massive of
the other essays is that devoted to Bacon.
With a great deal of the peculiar fascina
tion which belongs to mere style, when
managed by a master, the paper is full of
independent thought, while the final esti
mate of the great Chancellor’s career and
character strikes that “ golden mean ” be
tween adulation on the one hand and abuse
on the other, of which the majority of the
biographies of Bacon have been lamenta
bly lacking. Whipple corrects the cre
dulous fondness of Basil Montague, no
less than the somewhat trucnlent hostility
of Macaulay. Bacon figures in his arti
cle, not as an inconsistent creature, half
deity and half pickpocket, but as a man
whose magnificent mind was not balanced
by an equally well developed morale, yet,
whose crimes were more crimes of the age
than deliberate sins of his own.
The last production we can allude to
here is the chariniug essay ou Spehseß.
In heartfelt cordiality of appreciation, and
a sunny abandon, of spirit to the glamour
of the poet whose genius he celebrates,
this will be found the most readable of all
the essays.
We quote a single passage, because of
its felicitous compression of thought, and
its success in striking the very key-note of
Spenser’s poetic excellence.
“ If we pass into the inmost world of the
Poet’s spirit, we are in a communion with
a nature in which the most voluptuous
sense of beauty is in harmony with the
austerest recognition of the paramount
obligations of honor and rectitude. The
beauty of material objects never obscured
to him the transcendent beauty of Holi
ness. In his Bowers of Bliss, and Houses
of Pride, he surprises even voluptuaries
by the luxuriousness of his descriptions,
and dazzles even the arrogant by the tower
ing bravery of his style, but his Bowers of
Bliss repose on Caverns of Bale, and the
glories of his House of Pride are built over
human carcases.”
Very Romantic.— While at Selma, Ala.,
in 1863, we became acquainted with Col.
Lawrence Orton Williams, who was
then on his way to Kentucky with secret
instructions. He played a bold hand with
Gen. Rosec'Rans, but was detected, and,
according to every report, newspaper and
official, hung as a spy. We now hear,
from the Courier-Journal, that he was not
really hung, but, on the contrary, smug
gled out of the country by old army friends.
It is further stated that he commands a
brigade of "negroes in the Cuban army.
There is a good deal of the fish-fishy
about this tale ; but it may be true, and
we hope it is—all but the nigger part.
A Grim German writer
named Hermann Grimm charges tjie illus
trious Goethe with literary theft. Accord
ing to an old Jady, whom the many-sided
poet once loved, site is the true author of
many beautiful verses attributed to him.
Bosh!
Georgia and Ohio.— The ratification of
the XVth Amendment lies between Georgia
and Ohio. As Ohio will probably reject it,
Georgia may have a casting vote which
will redound to her creditor her shame.
[ From the New York World.
FATHER HYACINTHE.
THE “ PERE ” AND THE PROTESTANTS.
Father Hyacinthe might have spared
himself much trouble and deprived himself
of the notoriety that now attends upon
him. to say nothingof wounding the hearts
of old friends and filling the heads of new'
ones with all manner of vain and fantastic
jj e W aited, before he de-
until he !);uj read flic
B^irfinraTlvmfflumtTn
T reference to the effect upon the relations of
the Church and State of a declaration by
the Ecumenical Council that the Pope is
infallible and that the Syllabus is an arti
cle of faith. These theologians, differing
from Dr. Dollinger, reply that nothing the
Council can do will make any difference iu
the relations between the State and the
Church. The Pope may be declared infal
lible, but this will necessitate only the in
troduction of a few words to that effect in
thechatechism. The proposition condemn
ed in the Syllabus may be definitely con
demned again, but nobedy will be forced to
disbelieve them. All that the Syllabus de
clares has been declared many times al
ready as authoritatively as it can be at the
coming Council. All Catholics believe in
these declarations; but each one will be in
the future, as in the past, at perfect liberty
to believe them alter his own fashion, and
to interpret them in such a way as to satis
fy his own conscience. If these theolo
gians are right, Father Hyacinthe might
have possessed his soul in patience. But,
whether they are right or wrong, he, most
probably, would have acted just as he has
done. He got into politics; and when even
a clergyman, to say nothing of a monk, gets
into politics, it requires no ghost come
from the grave to tell us what will happen
next. We trust, however, the “ pastors of
the evangelical churches of Boston ” and
their brethren throughout the United
States will not be too hasty in throwing
themselves at Father Hyacinthe’s head.
He is not a Protestant yet. He “ firmly
believes all the sacred truths which the
Holy Catholic Church believes and teach
es ” —the real presence, the doctrine of the
mass, the Immaculate conception of the
Blessed Virgin, the invocation of saints,
and all the rest of the teachings which
these “ evangelical pastors ” are accustom
ed to denounce as idolatrous inventions of
the harlot of Rome; and if they are not
careful they will find themselves “hob
nobbing with Antichrist.”
If the evangelical pastors” of Boston and
Dr. Irenseus Prime can repeat the Credo
which Father Hyacinthe repeats, and bow
at the altar whereat he still worships and
from which lie declares he will never stray,
then is the union of Christendom nigh unto
us—even at our very doors. We doubtnot
that, should Father Hyacinthe be able to
inform the sacred congregation at Rome
that he had found all the people who call
themselves Protestants in the United States
Catholics at heart, and ready to declare
that thsy entertained the same respect for
and belief in the Church that he cherishes,
the Holy Father would be so delighted that
he would at once send his blessing to
Father Hyacinthe, and appoint him Cardi
nal of the Republic whose heretics he had
converted. So we warn our evangelical
friends to be careful, and not to furnish, by
their own imprudence, an excuse for a re
concialiation which they would so much
deplore.
conversation with a reporter op the
WORLD.
The portraits of Father Hyacinthe which
have recently been published in some of the
illustrated journals are little better than
caricatures. They preserve, it is true,
something of the outlines of his features;
but they are marked with a sort of dead
sensuality, as'if the ashes of passion were
submerged with fat, which is utterly for
eign to Father Hyacinthe’s expression.
His countenance beams with spirituality ;
an exalted benevolence shines through his
dark eyes ; a bright and fine intellect is
betrayed by the contour of his forehead and
the lines of his face and mouth. There is
not even wanting a spice of the proverbial
French vivacity ; but whatever of this ele
ment existed originally in his character has
evidently been toned down by years of
study and teligious meditation until it has
taken the form of a genial alertness. In a
word, he is a French gentleman of the most
refined and spirituel type. Father Hya
cinthe is below the medium height; he was
dressed in a plain black suit, without any
peculiarity to mark his clerical character;
the tonsure would hardly be noticed at a
casual glance; one would take it to be
nothing more than ordinary baldness.
Father Haycinthe described his voyage
as a pleasant one—all the more pleasant
for its brevity. He suffered little from sea
sickness, and found himself in excellent
health when he landed. He seemed pleased
with the aspect of New York, and re
marked that several religious edifices were
visible from the window.
Reporter—Well, Monsieur, do you think
you are likely to preach to us in any one of
them ?
Father H. —Moit Non! je ne precherai
point! Oh no; I shall not preach. I de
sire to avoid everything like notoriety or
publicity. I wish quietly to observe your
country. I wish to study the social, po
litical, and religious condition of your peo
pie. I wish, also, to study the language.
I desire to make no public appearance what
ever.
Reporter—And what are we to consider
your relations with the Roman Catholic
Church, Monsieur? Have you broken
with the Church ?
Father H.— Non! J'ai rompu avec lea
aims ; mais je n'ai pas rompu avec VEglisef
Je reslerai Catholique toute ma vie ! No, I
have broken with abuses, but I have not
broken with the Church. I shall remain a
Catholic all my life.
Reporter—And in regard to the excom
munication ?
Father H.—l stand simply on the de
fensive in regard to that matter. I can do
nothing else at present. But there are
friends who will defend my action. I am
a Catholic and intend to remain one.
Reporter—But not a monk?
Father lI.—No.
Reporter—There is undoubtedly a con
siderable amount of sympathy with your
course on the part of the French clergy.
Do you think there are any aspirations for
a national Gallican Church—l mean a sepa
rate church ?
Father H.—Oh, not at all. The French
clergy are opposed to the infallability of
the Pope—
Reporter—And the bodily assumption of
the Virgin, Monsieur—
Father H.—Yes, to both of these dogmas;
but they are anxious to maintain the unity
of the Church.
Reporter—Then a separate national
church is not aimed at by the French
clergy ?
Father H.—By no means. The Gallican
Church does not desire to be separate. —
She desires unity. You see what Protest
antism has led to! All these divisions!
Ah, that is a warning to her! And yet I
recognize the grace of the religion of
Christ in all churches that maintain His
worship.
Reporter—But these abuses, Monsieur,
that you speak of; we who are outside do
not see how yon can consistently speak of
abuses. We understand that the whole
body of dogma of the Roman Catholic
Church is considered a body of infallible
teaching. What room is there, then, for
abuses ? It is to stultify oneself to say that
abuses and infallibility can exist side by
side.
Father H.—The fact that Councils have
been called to reform the Church is sufficient
to dispel that idea. Along with infallibility
to teaching there may be errors in practice
—even irregularity of conduct. But these
are matters that we cannot now discuss.
Reporter—At all events, Monsieur, any
thing looking to reform does not seem to
enter into the theory of tlxe coming
Ecumenical Council. There is no such
thing as reformation talked of; but only au
attempt at heaping up more dogma.
Father H. —Perhaps without success.—
However, I have little hope of the Council.
Everything seems to have been settled, in
an ultramontane sense, beforehand.
Reporter—We are informed that the
Jesuits are pledged to obtain from the
Council a decision of the personal infalli
bility of the Pope.
Father H.—Oh, they are all ultramontane.
Reporter—But the French bishops oppose
the dogma of the Rope’s personal infalli
bility, do they not ?
Father H.—Certainly. How do your
American bishops stand ?
Reporter—Ultramontane to a mail, 1
believe.
Father ll.—What ? You surprise me !
Reporter—Of course a3 an outsider I
cannot speak with any great degree of cer
tainty ;my impression in that respect is
derived from a foreign paper which appear
ed to speak with some authority. It was
an estimate of the number of votes the
Pope reckoned upon ; and they claimed the
whole American Episcopate for him.
Father H.— Vrain\ent ! I am surprised!
Why, I met one or two of your American
bishops in Paris, and T thought they were
libre.
Reporter—l cannot toll, Monsieur. I
only give you my impression, and what I
base it upon. Besides, you know the Ro
man Catholic Church in this country is
largely influenced by Irish feeling; and, I
suppose, nobody ever doubted that that
was ultramontane. The majority of the
priests are Irish or of Irish descent. The
present Archbishop of New York is of
Irish parentage.
Father H.—Ah, yoijr former Archbishop
that you had here—he was a grand, esprit,
was he not? I think he was libre !
Reporter—He was a man of fiery spirit,
with many generous impulses; but I doubt
if he was liberal in any sense of the word.
Father 11. Un peu violent ?
Reporter—Yes, perhaps so. But I am
detaining you too long, I fear. I wanted
to say a word about Rationalism in France,
however, before . making my adieux. Is
Rationalism making any progress there?
father H.-Nc* religion mumtiuus flt-
Hrtatr"Byi - * n ~of inflciemjr.
But first. I want you to tell me about reli
gion in this country. Does Rationalism
prevail here?
Reporter—Well, indifference does. I do
not think the men care much about these
things. They are left mainly to women.
However, the religious sects appear to sup
port themselves very well.
Father H- —What are the principal sects
here ?
Reporter—We have, you know, a branch
of the English Church here.
Father ll.—Ah, yes, I know—the Epis
copal.
Reporter—Yes. Then there is a branch
of the Dutch Church.
Father ll.—What is that—Lutheran?
Reporter—No; Calvinistic, I believe.
Father H.—Then there are Baptists and
Methodists, are there not ?
Reporter—Yes, and Presbyterians These
are all very rich, powerful, and compact
churches; and I suppose little penetrated
with Rationalism.
Father H.—That is good.
Reporter—Still, I suppose they cannot
resist the advance of science; it will pene
trate them sooner or later. Between these
and the utterly indifferent there is a vast
fringe of rationalistic sects, including a
great many Comtists.
Father H.—Comtists ?
Reporter—Positivists.
Father H.—Ah, yes, I understand. But
you do not propose to class them witli
sects affecting the name of religion.
Reporter—They are endeavoring to es
tablish a sort of cultus and hierarchy here.
I thought the same was doing in Paris.
Here they have services, preaching, and so
forth, on Sundays.
Father H.—lndeed! Iu Paris, I do not
know that they attempted to establish a
culle. But they were always divided into
two schools. One is the materialist party,
which, I believe, M. Littre guides and rep
resents. The other is a mystical positiv
ism. You know there has always been a
philosophy which calls itself mystical; so
why should there not be a mystical posi
tivism ? This school is represented by M.
le Docteur Robineut and M. Lafltte.
Reporter (rising)—l think, Monsieur, 1
have troubled you long enough.
Father H.— Oh, non, non! I was pleas
ed to see you.
Reporter—You think we shall never be
able to claim you as a Protestant?
Father H.— Non, Monsieur. (Smiling)—
I remain Catholic all my life. Ido not re
sist the Church; but I resist tyranny; I
resist oppression. That is the position I
take.
what the herald heard —a sectarian
debate.
“ There is no use of your talking to me,”
said a clerical looking gentleman, supposed
to be an Episcopal clergyman, and who
had been arguing with another gentleman
for a good half hour, while both were seat
ed on the seats marked “ for waiters only;”
“ there is no use of your talking to me
about excommunication, and saying that
Father Hyacinthe may change his course
before long. Look, for instance, at his an
swer to the most powerful and learned
bishop in France—him of Orleans, Dupan
loup by name. After that, could he take a
backward step ?”
The gentleman to whom this question
was put quietly knocked the ashes off his
cigar and replied :
“ Yes, he could and would if he found he
had been wrong.”
“ Wrong!” exclaimed the other; “but he
isn’t in the wrong.”
“ That’s simply your opinion,” replied the
smoker, “in which” —here he made a little
bow —“ I beg to differ with yon.”
The two gentlemen were evidently only
casual acquaintances, and the clerical In
dividual at this looked at his interlocutor
for a moment as if half puzzled what to
say. He finally remarked:
“ Then do I understand you to be a Cath
olic ?”
“ I am a Catholic,” was the quick reply,
“and a good one, 1 hope; which I wish I
could say of Father Hyacinthe.”
“ Well, really this is extraordinary. I
thought all Catholics of intelligence leaned
somewhat toward the views held by Father
Hyacinthe ?”
“ Yon were never more mistaken in your
life,” exclaimed the other, who seemed to
get interested in his subject, and who was
bv this time surrounded by quite a gather
ing of gentlemen, who had been attracted
to the spot by the discussion; “ and to show
you how he is regarded by Catholics of in
telligence I guarantee that so long as he
remains in this country not one of them
will call upon him, except to endeavor to
exhort him to look back on the step he has
taken and to retrieve It.”
“ But that doesn’t prove that he is in the
wropg.”
It proves just this, that good Catholics
know their duty, which he doesn’t. If he
wanted to object to his he
could have done so without mayfag public
the correspondence had upon the subject,
and if he desired to leave the Older, which
was irksome to him, he had the mu*l retne
dies which any member of an jQnier has
who_ desires to become a secular. They
consist of regular forms to be
with. The fact of the matter he got
Ins head turned by hi3 notonety as a
preacher, and you know what pride did for
Lucifer.”
“Now, conceding these forms,” inter-
Eifr*. T he cl< r rical looking individual,
which I consider immaterial, do you not
think that he is right in the matter of cry
_ing out against the anti-nineteenth century
spirit which will guide the counsels of the
Ecumenical Council ?”
“ The spirit of the nineteenth century is
a thing which everybody does uqWtake the
same view of, and while there is a great
deal of good in it there is also a great deal
° f T h m il bad A and rU tell y°« tlis much,
that Father Hyacinthe knows no more
about what the Council will do, or intends
to do, than you or I. It is all conjecture
He cries out against a shadow, a something
that has not come to pass. If ho-was so
very sincere in the matter why Sidn’t he
wait till the deliberations of the Council
were over? Then he could act with his
eyes open. 111 tell you another thjftg and
1 have done, for I don’t care torfresligiou
in this place. No matter what stand, as
you are pleased to call it, Father Hyacinthe
has taken or intends to take, it will in
nowise affect the faith of the Catholic
Church. lon win are not CatSSucs are
making, it seems lo me, more fus* overhim
than he himself desires ; and as for Protest
ant clergymen taking steps to give him a
public reception, the thing is so ridiculous
that I wonder they don’t see it themselves
Do you suppose those clergymen do this
thing because they have at lieartthe eternal
welfare of Catholics, or that they do not
hate the Church as a great rival to their
religious theories more than they love
Father Hyacinthe’s so-called pri triples ?”
This closed the dialogue, for the speaker
at this point bowed politely to hfe interlo
cutor and walked out, while thefeentlemen
who had been attentive listeners*broke up
into small groups, each one eagerly con
tinuing the discussion which had been so
abruptly terminated. There were many
among them who took almost same
view of the case that the
man had, and claimed not to ;
but the majority appeared to IxNrf*, tam
pions of the Carmelite monk, au(L spoke of
him as a second Luther.
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Brethren will take due notice thcreelp and-govern
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NOTICE. tT
Seeing an editorial copied from the Atapta Coneti
tution, in the Augusta Frees, that ilßld be the
Republican candidate for municipal hofll at the ap
proaching election, I take occasion to «Bjp that I am
not a candidate, and will not be, and ( ®i tbe state
ment is false. GARLAND A&NEAD.
Augusta, October 24. I oct24-l #
NOTICE.
Georgia Railroad (nee, )
Abou.-ta, October lih, 18C9. )
Persons wiebing to attend thel.ectiAsof Rev. K.
A. H< llano, which will be delivered i Ibis city ou
the 2d and 3 1 proximo, will bo pisseLJor one faro
over Gt« rgia Railroad. Full fare rcquilsd coming to
Augusta, and parties to return free eb presenting
certilicate of pr. W. It. Doughty, Becriffifry Com
mittee of Arrangements.
B. K. JOHNSON, Sup’t.
Ks Washington, Covington, Tbiranton, Athens
and Greens! oro papers copy once. oct2o-6
NOTICE OF ELECTION.*
Office Cli rk (
Augusta, Oa., October IdtiJKL ’
Ab election ■ 'of jttt
"i An. iisia, fl; 11
Candidates must hand In this
office by 12 o’clock, art, t,f the day of eleitios,
By order of Council.
oetl7 td L. T. BLOTK, 0. C.
DR. H. T. CAMPFIELD,
DENTIST,
ROOMS 277 BROAD STREET, OVHB D» RRt * LAW.
OCI7 311 l
L
Do you shatce ? Use King of Chills.
King of ((hill never tail- to core.
Dumb and congestive chills (tired with Eng of Chilis.
King of Chills is the malarial antidote.
oct2-tnovl
, s r- ——
PERFECT MANHOOD/
EASA.YB FOR YOUNG MEN on lie evils of
SELF-ENERVATION, with -certain -lelp for the
erring and unfortunate. Sent in seals! letter en
velopes, free of charge. Ajddrese, HOWARD AS
SOCIATION, Box P, Philadelphia,
sep26 3m
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN GOLD
will he given to any person who, on analjiis, will dis
cover one grain op arsenic or other mineral poison
in DR. HURLEY’3 AGUE TONIC. lis purely
vegetable, and the most happy combktation that
the science of medicine has as yet develcped to sue -
cessfuily combat the most prevalent diaeaiea incident
to a billious or malarious climate. It b the mott
perfect anti-periodic—always Breaking tie Chiil in
three or four doses; but betler than that or all else,
and what renders it the most efficient as<l valuablo
compound extant, is die universally conceded fact
that it leaves the patient in better health than before
the attack, with no puffing up ol the skin, no buziing,
in the head, no deafnojs, no impaired vision, but a
clear head, a tr.mapr.re-1 skin, a blight eyt, an elastic
"step and buoyant health.
It eliminates disease from the system by dissipating
engorgements of the secretions, exciting the liver to
healthy action and giving the pancreatic and hepatic
juices their normal condition and healthy tow.
It is a better preventive than cure, ani if people
could be prevailed upon to take it, in say half dascs
three times a day, during the chilly season, they
would have perfect immunity from chills anl all the
traintof concomitant diseases; but who, except the
very prudent, will take medicino before they are sick ?
For sale everywhere. Read Jas. Ruddle Sl Co.’s
column. sep24-tf
BUCHU.
This wonderful medicine has gained a world-wide
fame for the cure of affections of the kidneys a"d
bladder, and ail who require it are in Betrch of the
beßt. Dromgooi.b * Co.’b Buchu, prepared by regu'ar
ihysicians of Memphis, Tenn., is recognized bb the
jest and cheapest; Frice, sl. Sold by Druggists
everywhere.
PARTICIPATION !
The Safest and Cheapest Mode of Insurante.
IF H 1C
Continental Insurance Company,
OB’ JSTTCW YORK.
its Capital, (paid up in cash) is... $500,000 00
Its Surplasof Assets (July 1,1809)
iB 1,752,030 75
Making its total Cash Assets.... .$2,352,030 75
Three-quarters ot the profits of its business
are divided in July of each year to its custom
ers in scrip bearing interest at 6 per cent, per
annum, and redeemable in cash in the order of
its issue. Its dividends for the last seven
years have been as follows: .1863, 50 per cent.-
1864, 50 per cent.; 1865, 45 per cent.; 1866
per cent; 1867, 3SX per cent.; 1868, 50
per cent., and 1869, 50 per cent., thus return
ing in dividends nearly one-halt tho amount
paid in, while its large caah assets givae perlect
security to its policy holders. '
The attention of owners of property is re
spectfully invited to an examination of the
great advantages to Its policy holders offered
by the CONTINENTAL, and the Agent will
take pleasure in famishing farther details on
application at his office, on Mclntosh street
Augusta.
Wm. E. Evais,
oct9-lm ##ENT.
WALL PAPER anfi BORDERS^
Paper Shades, Fire Screens
OUt, Plain an4l Fancy Papers,
For a choice assortment, new and cheap,
SO
James G. Bailie dk Brother’*,
New Advertisements
Agents Wanted to sell
CHAMBERLIN’S
For Business Men!
invaluable to
Every Merchant* Every Mechanic.
Every Manufacturer, Every Farmer.
Every Business Man, and Every Young
Man. . . .
Worth ten times its price. Agents are hav
ing great success. For circulars and fnil infor
mation, address
0. D. CASE & CO., Publishers,
oct34-l w Hartford, Ct.
New Clothing House!
o
NO OLD STOCK!
—o -
W. Al. RAMSEY
~F?EGS leaves to inform his numerous old
friends and customers that be has opened, and
will be receiving weekly, a well-selected stock
of fine, fashionable READY-MADE CLOTH
ING, as well as a good stock of MEDIUM and
COMMON CLOTHING, in the old Insurance
Bank Building, opposite J. D, Butt & Bro.,
and next to Saving Bank, Augusta, Ga. The
goods have all been selected, under his own su
pervision, in Ne& York, and are of the best ma
terial, and will be SOLD CHEAP. Also, an ele
gant assortment of first class Furnishing Goods:
TIES, SCARFS, HANDKERCHIEFS, Linen
and Silk, COLLARS, SHIRTS, GLOVES, Kid,
Merino, English, Dogskin and Buckskin, Me
rino UNDER-SHIRTS, LAMBS WOOL, SAX
ONY, COTTON, both American and English,
BUSPENDERS of every quality, UMBREL
LAS, Bilk and Cotton, HATS of every kind,
Carriage and Buggy ROBES.
Orders taken for Clothing, and filled at short
notice. oct24-l tu
WANTED,
A NURSE, either White or Colored.
Apply at THIS OFFICE.
oct24-l
WANTED.
A. WELL referred Gentleman desires to
rent a FURNISHED ROOM. Parties having
rooms to rcut will address, immediately,
A. G., at this Office, or
oet24-l* Box 620, Post Office.
LOST,
_A_ BLACK and TAN TERRIER; answers
to the name of “ Neilie.” Alib r ral reward
will be paid for her by the undersigned, at
Georgia Railroad Depot.
0C124-3 T. LYONS.
Bacon, Flour, Grata, Rope and
Iron Ties.
25,000 LBS. Bacon SHOUL
DERS
12,000 lbs. Dry Balt SHOULDERS
16,000 lbs. Tennessee CLEAR SIDES, in
store and arriving
1,800 bbls. FLOUR, all grades, in bags and
barrels
10,500 bush. Red and Amber WHEAT, in
store aud arriving
1,200 bush. White WHEAT
6,000 bush. Black Seed OATS
1,000 busb. Prime White CORN
50 bosh. Seed BARLEY
50 cc.ils Magnolia ROPE
75 % coils Magnolia ROPE
10 tons IRON TIES
100 bbls. IRISH POTATOES
25 bbls. ONIONS.
On consignment and for sale.
RAMEY & TfMBKRLAKE,
? _ No. 275 Broad st,
•—WHKKK IS IUi».KU »
W HERE IS BALZEAU ? Such was the
cry beard from every fashionable lady on
Broad street for the last month. It is not i
mystery any more. The renowned Ladies’
Hair Dresser was in New York receiving Ms
goods from Europe. Aud wh it Goods ! La
dies, you ought to see that, assortment of tiur,
tastefully arranged CHIGNONS, FRISKTTES,
Ac., &e., all colors, all manners and styles.
Surely, if you want to keep awake at night, or
dream aoreeably, go and see Balzeau’a new
stock. 00 24-2
MILL POND
AND
CHANNEL OYSTERS
tS)UPPLIED in quantities to suit purchasers.
Orders from all parts ol me interior solicited.
Address Thoa. McCrady, -Agent, P. O. Box 339,
Charleston, 8. C.
References.—James Adger & Cos.. Hon. J. B.
Campbell, Dr. St. J. Ravenel, David Jennings,
McCrady & Son, W. G. Dingle, John S. Ryan.
oct24 3m
Bacon, Bulk Meat, &c.
5, 000 LBS. C. R. Bacon SIDES
5,000 LBS. Bacon SHOULDERS
5,000 LBS. D. S. SHOULDERS
5,000 LBS. BELLIES
25 BOXES Proctor & Gamble’s
LARD.
For sale by
oct24tf BRANCH, SCOTT & CO.
Fresh from the Maiuifactnrers.
—O
BOOTS AND SHOES.
The UNDERSIGNED would respectful
ly inform his friends and customers, and
the public in general, that he has just re
turned from the Northern and Eastern
markets with a magnificent stock of
Uoots and Shoes,
Selected with great care from the stocks of
THE BEST MANUFACTURERS
known to the trade. Among this stock
may be found
Miles’ Gents’, Ladies’ and Misses’ Shoes.
Dudley’s Men’s flue work Fancy Boots
ami Shoes,
The finest, ever brought to this market, of
all kinds, too numerous to mention.
Call and examine before purchasing else
where. My Motto is
‘‘ Quick Sales and Small Profits."
M. Cohen,
oct24-3 182% BROAD STREET.
J. J. BROWNE,
GILDER, LOOKING GLASS
AND
PICTURE PRIME MAKER.
OLD FEAMES REGUILT TO LOOK
EQUAL TO NEW.
U*
OLD PAINTINGS CAREFULLY
CLEANED, LINED AND VARNISHED.
135 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
jy9s-su3m
STATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUN
TY.—Whereas, Sarah Jane Wilcox and William
W. Wilcox apply to me for Letters of Adminis
tration on the estate of Jonathan 8. Wilcox, late
of said county, deceased:
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish, aU and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office, on or before the first
Monday In November next, to show cause, if any
they have, Why said letters should not he granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office
in Augusta, In said county, this 26th day of Sep
tember 1809. BAMUKL LEVY,
sep29-lawtd Ordinary.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
- ■ ■ ■ ■ - *-■ . ■ - - .
CHAS. M. CRANE’S
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY,
NO. 213 BROAD ST.
O
SECURITY INSURANCE CO. (Fire and Inland), New York—Assets $1,909,303
YONKERS AND NEW YORK INSURANCE CO. New York—Assets 878,464
NORTH AMERICAN FIRE INS. CO. (incorporated 1823), New York—Assets 795,2*7
PUTNAM FIRE INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Conn.—Assets 700,000
MERCHANTS’ AND MECHANICS’ INSURANCE CO., Baltimore, Md.-Assets.... 323,723
EUFAULA HOME INSURANCE CO , Enfaula, Ala.—Assets. 205,000
MERCANTILE MUTUAL (Marine) INSURANCE CO., New York-Assets 1,500 000
s-
Fire, River and Coastwise Risks effected in the above first-class Companies on favor
able terms. Also, risks on Cotton to Liverpool and other Europeau cities. The patron
age of the public is respectfully solicited, to whom exhibits of the assets of the several
companies will be at any time cheerfully furnished. 0c124-eo<l2in
J. M. BURDELL,
Cotton. Tractor and Commission Merchant,
NO. 6 WAEREN BLOCK, AUGUSTA, GA„
W ILL CONTINUE BUSINESS, as heretofore, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. CON
SIGNMENTS SOLICITED. jy29-d&c6m
JAS. A. GRAY & CO.
We invite attention to the following list of
ISTew and Desirable Goods, opened this week :
Fine Black Silk V” el vet, beautiful
Blaid Cloakings, for making Arab and Bedou
in Shawls, Trimmings to match
Ladies’ Blaid Wool, Thibet and Brocho
Shawls, in great variety
Ladies’ Arab Shawls
Gentlemen’s Shawls and Bugs
Black Cloth Cloaks, of the latest modes
Misses and Children’s Chinchilla and Fancy
Beaver Cloaks, Ladies’ Col’d Cloth Sacks
Superior Cassimeres, Scotch Cheviots, double
width Hyde Bark Cassimere, JVEedium and
Fine Broad Cloths and Doeskins
10-4, 11-4, 12-4 and 13-4 Superior extra fin©
all YVool Blankets
Crib Blankets, all sizes
3-4, *7-8 and Heavy Twilled Bed Flannel
5-4 Double Width White Flannel
Fine White Flannel, Embroidered, New
Goods for Infants’ and Misses’ Skirts
Sup’r Canton Flannels, Bleached and Brown
Welsh, Shaker and Twilled White Flannel
Boulevard and Balmoral Skirts, great varietv.
oct23-tf "
INSURANCE,
FIBE, MABINL AISTD INLAND,
IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST CLASS COMPANIES, VIZ:
ACINA INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Chart*:red 1819, Cash Assets.*,... A.. $5,352,532
MAN B ATTKIfc INSmtftNCB CO., New York, cnarterecL4sßl, Cash 1,^,1^,
HOWARD INSURANCE CO., Ni-.w York, Chartered 1825, Cash Assets ........ 715,707
FIREMEN’S INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1825, Cash Assets 345,000
LAMAR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Ansels 532,500
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets 287,000
BTANDARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets 351,103
COMMERCE INSURANCE CO , New York, Cash Assets 275,000
ASTOR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets 453,787
PHENIX INSURANCE CO„ New York, Cobh Assets 1,649,350
PHCENIX INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Cash Ansels 1,573,907
*12,737.990
RISKS taken on COTTON, MERCHANDISE, STORES, DWELLINGS, FURNITURE,
LIBRARIES and other property. Also, on COTTON and MERCHANDISE to New York
and other Northern Cities, via Savannah and Charleston to Liverpool and other European
cities, and vice versa. The most important enquiry to be m ule by every person insuring, is,
“ Are the Companies able to pay, if losses occur?” Our citizens have insured in some of the
above Companies more than forty years. The assets of all ot them are in CASH or its equiva
lent, and not in subscriptions, or stock notes to be paid when fires occur. Losses will be equi
tably adjusted aud promptly paid.
RISKS ARE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
Will. SHEAR, Agent.
Augusta, G A., September 18, 1869. sepl9-4mif
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES
AT
Dortic’s Old Htand, 178 Broad Street
GL A_. WHITEHEAD & CO.
FT AVE now on hand a full stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, which arc offered
lor sale at Low Prices.
STUART'S SUGARS—Crushed, Ground, Granulated A, and Extra C
STTART’S BYRUPS, best grades
COFFEE—Java, Laguayra, Rio and Nicaragua
TEA—Gun Powder, Imperial, Hyson and Oolong
CRACKERS—Bond’s Milk, in Tins, Cream, Fox, Boston, Sugar, Soda, D.ike’s Family
Boxes, assorted
CANNED FRUITS—PEACHES, PINE APPLE, Ate.
CANNED VEGETABLES—TOMATOES, GREEN CORN, GREEN PEAS, Ate.
CANNED FISH-MACKEREL, SALMON, and LOBSTER
DEVILED HAM. TONGUE and LOBSTER
Fulton Market BEEF, PIG PORK, Magnolia and Iced Cured HAMS
Smoked BEEF, Smoked and Pickled TONGUES
WHITE BEANS, ONIONS arid POTATOES
CHEESE—Cheshire, English Dairy, and Young America
MACKEREL—Mess and No. 1, all sist-- packages
PICKLES—English aDd Americau
S AUCES—lmported and Domestic
QUEEN OLIVES, FRENCH OLIVES, and ANCHOVIES
SOAP, CANDLES, STARCH, SODA, English and French MUSTARD
WOOD and WILLOW WAKE.
G. A, WHITEHEAD & CO.
octlO-2w
.AUGHJ STA J3R AISTCH.
/Em LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
ESTABLISHED 1860.
ASSETS OVER $12,000,000
RECEIPTS OVER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH.
PREMIUMS DECREASE EVERY YEAR.
DIVIDENDS INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
NEARLY ONE MILLION DOLLARS PAID TO WIDOWS AND ORPHANS IN 1808.
OVER ONE THOUSAND APPLICATIONS TAKEN THROUGH THIS OFFICE ALONE.
LOSSES HAVE BEEN PAID HERE AS FOLLOWS :
THOMAS R. THORNTON, UNION POINT, GA $3,000
AARON H. JONES, AUGUSTA, GA 2,000
FRANK 8. BURK, MACON, GA 6,000
HENRY HORNE, MACON, GA 6.000
GEORGE ROBINSON, EDGEFIELD, S. C 6,000
TOTAL , 20,000
POLICIES OF ALL KINDS ISSUED ON THE NON-FORFEITING PLAN.
THOBE DESIRING TO INSURE WILL CONSULT THEIR BEST INTEREST BY CALL
ING ON OR CONSULTING WITH THIS OFFICE OR ITS AGENTS BEFORE INSURING
ELSEWHERE. \
SPECIAL TRAVELING AGENTS WANTED IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
HAVING A LARGE LIST OF RENEWALS, I AM NOT DEPENDENT ON NEW BUSI
NESS TO MEET EXPENSES. THEREFORE I AM PREPARED TO, AND WILL PAY, RE
LIABLE AND EXPERIENCED,CANVABSERB LARGER FIRST COMMISSIONS THAN OTHER
GENERAL AGENTS CAN DO. THOSE WISHING TO ENGAGE WILL PLEASE CALL
ON OR ADDRESS, „ „
C. W. HARRIS. Manager,
oct3«utiuth*e3m id 19 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
STOVALL & EDMONDSTON,
Cotton factors and Commission Merchants,
No. 1 WARRKN BLOCK, AUGUSTA, GA„
CoNTINIJE to give strict attention to the STORAGE and SALE of COTTON and
other PRODUCE.
Consignments solicited.
They are Agents fbr the sale of the PATAPSCO GUANO, and TAYWJR’S
IMPROVED COTTON GIN, the cheapest and best in use.
au4-2awd*cßmßjp i
Pure Peruvian Guano.
250 TONB PURE PERUVIAN
GUANO afloat, and for sale to arrive.
Apply to
BRIGHAM, HOLBT & CO..
oct23 3 Savaunah, Ga.
Wando Fertilizer,
OF ASHLEY RIVER
BONE PHOSPHATE.
HAVING been appointed Agents for tbis
celebrated Fertilizer, we are prepared to flu
orders deliverable either in Augusta or Charles
ton.
The repntation which this Fertilizer has at
tained by a successful uso for two years, by the
Planters of South Carolina and Georgia, and
the fact that its manufacture is conducted by
gentlemen of our own section, identified with
the agricultural interest ot the South, furnish
the strongest guarantees of its purity and
worth.
It has for its base the celebrated South Caro
lina Phosphate, which, when ammoniated, made
soluble and combined with Alkaline Salts, is a
concentrated, complete manure, superior to
Peruvian Guano alone. Circulars, analysis and
all information will be cheerfully iuruished on
application to us.
STOVALL & ROWLAND,
oct23 d&cim Agents for Augusta, Ga.
•WANTED,
TP WO first class WASHERS and IRONERS
at Planters’ Hotel
Apply immediately. oci23-2
Agency.
HAVING I ..‘.I. uj.poiuu,! A-ml oi' the
EAGLE AND PHCENIX MANTA 00.,
OF COLUMBUS, GA ,
I offer to the trade the products of their
Mill, consisting of CHECKS, STRIPES
and various styles of WOOL N GOODS
at Factory prices.
J. O. MATHEWSON.
oct23 3
CARPETS, CARPETS,
3-tngs, .M a t .a, «&c.,
Window Similes
Floor and Table Oil Cloths
Wall Papers, Borders and Fire Screen*
Lace Curtain* and Curtain Goods
Piano aud Table Covers, Cornices, dfcc.
Our Fall supplies of the above Good*
just opened, embracing everything new
and pretty.
The public are invited to call and ex
amine.
CARPETS MADE and all work done promptly.
James G. Bailie & Brother.
scplS-Sm
H. W. MORAN,
U P HO LSTEBEB,
(Late oi J. G. Bailie & Bko.)
Cuts, FITS and lays CARPETS, OIL
CLOTHS and MATTINGS.
ALSO,
WINDOW SHADES, CORNICES and CUR
TAINS, in the best possible manner, on reason
able terms.
Also, DIAGRAMS taken.
Orders left at Globe Hotel, or Dr. W. 11.
Tutt’s will be promptly attended to.
octl73m
WINDOW SHADEST
We have received and opened the
largest stock of new Shades ever shown
this city,
sirdii.
Viav itul ' £Xffi|jS|SEß
i " i' *
Jt* ;• 1 BE/
ICH
For sale by
oct22« BARRETT & CASWELL.
j; L MIMS
DEALER IN
HORSES AND MULES,
Permanently at J. 8. Ponrnelle’s Grey
Fugle Stables, Fills Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
N. B.—Will also receive HORSES and
MULES for sale on Commission.
oct!s-2w
Carpets and Shades,
P’or a large and Choice selection of new
Carpets mid Shades, nt low prices, go to
James CJ. Bailie &. Brother’s.
CARPETS MADE AND LAID PROMPTLY,
seplfl-lf
ESTABLISHED 1&28.
FREEMAN BROTHERS,
SUCCESSORS TO
T. W. Freeman and «T. S, Freeman,
JEWELERS,
312 BROAD STREET, AUQUtTA, GEORGIA,
A-RE constantly receiving additions to their
stock of the latest styles of FINE GOLD and
SILVER WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY,
SILVER WARE, PLATED WARE, FANCY
GOODS, OPERA GLASSES, SPECTACLES,
EYE GLASSES, &e., which they offer the pub
lic at prices that will insure satisfaction.
Orders for any style 6 f HAIR WORK exe
cuted at the shortest notice.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry carefully re
paired by experienced workmen and warranted.
A call is respectfully solicited. oct!7-if-tf
RAILROAD STOCK.
50 SHARES Central Railroad STOCK
50 Shares Georgia Railroad STOCK.
Wanted by
BRANCH, SONS & CO.,
ocl2l-tf Bankers, 333 Broad street.
WANTED.
.A. GARDENER, who is fully competent to
do all kinds of work m this line, desires a job,
either by the day, week or month, to take
charge of an Orchard, Flower Gardeu, Vine
yard, or to do any work in the Gardening line.
Apply at the FRENCH STORE.
Refers to Mr.'J. Berckman oct!9 0*
SEED BARLEY.
200 BUSHELS SEED BARLEY.
For sale by
oct22 6 BARRETT & CASWELL.
COTTON
WAREHOUSE.
WHELESS & co.,
COTTOIST
F A. c TORS,
AUGUSTA, GA..
W ILL CONTINUE THE STORAGE and
SALE OF COTTON AND OTHER PRO.
duck.
PLANTERS? BUSINESS SOLICITED,
jeld-fimif