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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AIJOTSTA. GKA.
WEDNESDAY MOBHIHQ, NOV. 17,1869
“ A GOLD PRICE FOR COTTON.”
We direct attention to an article publish
ed elsewhere with the above caption. It
is taken from the New York Commercial
and. Financial Chronicle and has excited
some attention from those of our brethren of
the Press who have been captivated with a
“similar slogan.” We agree with the writer
in the Financial Chronicle so far as he urges
the desirableness of a return to a solid basis
of values. But, for the interests of the South,
we hope the planting community will not
be beguiled by specious arguments into
forcing a resumption of specie payments
through a demand of coin for cotton. The
caption of the article now under review is
of itself calculated to mislead the casual
reader. It implies that cotton does not
command the equivalent of gold values.
This we deem a mistaken impression, since
the price of cotton is regulated, and has
always been regulated, by the Liverpool
gold quotations. It is therefore, a gold
price; and we cannot perceive how the
mere adoption of gold quotations in this
country is to simplify the buying and selling
of the article. Equal perplexities will meet
the planter if he sold at gold quotations,
for he would have to figure ont the relative
values in greenback currency. We know
it is argued that if the Southern planters
would force coin lu all cases for cotton, it
would curb speculations in gold and
therefore materially check the fluctuations
in the value of currency. But this argu"
ment we look upon as purely gratuitous, if
not absurd ; indeed, we apprehend that the
very reverse would ensue. It must strike
the reflecting mind that such a course
would at once create a prodigious demand
for the precious metals and hence afford
speculating brokers the finest chance im
aginable for the formation of various hpd
sundry “ rings,” “ corners ” and whatever
other conspiracies the choice shibboleth of
money-changing has invented.
Let us see if the “ Gold for Cotton ”
mania can not be logically stated. Thus :
It is most desirable for the country that
the currency be brought to a specie stand
ard. Many plans are maturing to bring
this about, and we may expect, at no very
distant day, that some feasible system will
lie adopted. When adopted, greenbacks
will be worth as much as gold for all com
mercial purposes. The cotton crop of the
South drains the North of $300,000,000 of
currency, leaving in our section about
$130,000,000 as net profit. Now, if the
crafty financial writers of the North can
only persuade the planters of the South to
accept of nothing but gold for cotton and
hoard up their net gains in coin thus ac
quired, all the currency will be accumulat
ed East and West. The inevitable conse
quences of such a policy will spur up busi
ness beyond our border and make it stag
nant in our own domain. Beside this, as
we have premised, the paper dollars of East
and West will at no remote period,have an
equal value with the planter’s hoarded and
inoperative gold. The consequence of such
an appreciation of the currency to coin
values will give immense profits to large
bankers and capitalists who hold the cur
rency, especially to those in the great money
centres abroad who do not care a snap
for anything but our cash. The cotton
planter can readibly perceive that if he
should sell a bale of cotton for SIOO gold,
and hoard it up, and a New York speculat
or should resell the same bale for $133 in
currency, clear ,of all expenses, and keep
the currency, when specie payments
are resumed, the New Yorker will have
$33 more than the planter. If this be area-
and we think it is, the
Soi&rlwltsTust’ or gold for cotton will
figure in the transaction very much as the
cat does in a game of roasted chestnuts
with the more sagacious monkey.
Again ; instead of a premature return to
specie payments working advantageously
for the South, we believe it would result in
an Immense pecuniary loss. The South is
debtor to the North, in bonded and mer
cantile obligations, many millions of
which are contracted to be paid in curren
cy. The North, on the contrary, does not
owe us one dollar. If specie currency be
forced, the advantage then is reaped by
the North and not by the South, in
the payment of these debts, in receiving
gold where they anticipated currency at
about forty per cent, discount. The cot
ton crop, with gold at say 33%, draws
from the North $300,000,000 of currency,
leaving a net gain in the South of say
$130,000,000. Now, if gold were at 100 per
cent, premium instead of 33%, it would re
quire for the same crop near $500,000,000.
And if all the planters’ debts could
be paid in the depreciated currency,
including labor, they would have a
balance much more nearly approximating
$300,000,000 than $130,000,000 in currency.
This, as it appreciates in value, and our
Northern advisers confidently anticipate
such a result, would make the South that
much richer.
In conclusion, we have to say that, when
the merchant princes and wealthy bankers
of the great Northern trade and money
centres show their faith practically in their
advice to the planter—by first adopting a
gold standard among themselves—we shall
have some substantial confidence in our
would-be guardians and directors. Until
such a millennial period, we thank them
tor their advice and return it with com
pound interest.
[Special Telegram to the Charleston News.
Important from Washington.
A FOUR-AND-A-HAI.F PER CENT. DOAN —NO
REDUCTION OF TAXATION —THE VERGER
CASE—THE ALABAMA DEAD-DOCK.
Washinton, November 15—10 P. M.
President Grant, in a conversation to-day
with two' gentlemem, one of them a senator,
informed them that in his message he would
recommend that Congress authorize the
creation of a consolidated four-and-a-half
per cent, loan, in which should be funded
the outstanding bond debt. The President
also said that he would advise against any
reduction of taxation for one year.
By agreement of counsel the petition for
a writ of habeas corpus in the Yerger case
will not be argued further, but will be held
in abeyance until Mississippi is reconstruct
ed, when the prisoner will be turned over
to the civil courts. It is understood to be
the intention of the President to pursue the
same course with similar cases in Texas.
It has been officially ascertained that no
new steps have been taken in the negotia
tion for settling the Alabama claims.
Ex-Minister Webb testified again before
the House Committee of Foreign Affairs
to-day in regard to the Paraguayan diffi
culties, and thought that the Allied Powers
and Lopez had both committed outrages.
Fates ok the Apostles.—Matthew is
supposed to have suffered martyrdon, or
was slain in the city of Ethiopia.
Mark was dragged through the streets
of Alexandria, in Egypt, till he expired.
Luke was hanged to an olive tree in
Greece.
John was put in a boiling cauldron at
Rome, but escaped death. He died a natu
ral death at Ephesus, Asia.
James, the Great, was beheaded at Jerusa
lem.
James, the .Less, was thrown from a pin
nacle, and beaten to death.
Philip was beheaded.
Bartholomew was skinned alive.
Andrew was crucified and pouoded while
dying.
Thomas was run through with a lance.
Simon was crucified.
Matthias was stoned.
Barnabas was stoned to death.
Paul was beheaded by the tyrant Nero,
at Rome, , «
At a recent prayer meeting in Troy, a
very enthusiastic brother prayed that the
meeting might be anointed with the “ Isle
pf Patmos.”
[From the New 1 ork Commercial and Financial
Chronicle, 6th.
A Gold Price for Cotton.
The desireableness of a return to a stable
basis of values is admitted by every one,
aDd many are the methods proposed by
which that point may be reached. There
is at present a want of fixedness and an
absence of certainty in business transac
tions, which all deplore and must continue
while the price of gold, more correctly
speaking, the value of the greenback is
daily and almost hourly changing. For
with this large and irredeemable paper
currency, thus changing in its purchasing
power day by day, prices vary, the spirit of
speculation is kept active, and an un
healthy and unsteady tone prevails in all
financial and commercial circles.
In no branch of business is this con
tinued fluctuation more unfavorably felt
than in the cotton trade. There is now no
large margin as formerly in prices between
different countries. The telegraph has
brought this market and Liverpool and all
other cotton markets so closely together
that a commission is about all the mer
chant can secure in any transaction, and a
slight turn in gold can more than wipe out
this, leaving a loss as the net result of the
operation. In fact, so great has the risk
become that the shipper must buy his gold
first and theu his cotton. Purchases,, also,
for future delivery (a legitimate business),
are rendered, from this same cause, almost
as uncertain as a ticket in a lottery.
These facts have long led the Northern
cotton merchant, especially those engaged
in a foreign business, to desire freedom
from our present unstaple currency. To
await till we return to a specie basis, may
require the continuance for years of the
existing difficulties ; whereas a very simple
and immediate remedy, so far as this branch
of business is concerned, may be found in
selling cotton hereafter for gold; that is,
having no currency quotation, but simply
a quotation in gold. As is well known,
this has always been done in Galveston,
and the South generally is in a condition
to make the- change. At the recent Com
mercial Convention in Louisville there was
presented a communication from Mr. It. W.
Lathvam, of Washington, in which were
embodied the views of a meeting of South
ern gentlemen who, in July, passed resolu
tions in favor of the organization of banks
at the South, under State loans and on a
coin basis. The meeting resolved that our
present paper currency was an undestrable
medium of exchange; that the South had
less than its proportion of national bank
currency ; that planters sell their cotton,
hemp, tobacco and sugar for coin only ;
and that they make their labor contracts
, payable only in specie. The subject referred
to in the concluding portions of this reso
lution has been widely discussed at the
South, and is looked upon with favor by
leading and influential men, as well as by
the journals of that section, as a means of
reconstructing our internal commerce upon
a sound and safe basis, and avoiding the
fluctuations that peril and render uncertain
so much of the business of the country.
The cotton crop, at present prices, wortli
say $300,000,000, and of this value nearly
two-thirds is taken for export, and goes
abroad as the medium of settling our ex
changes. Entering thus with controlling
influence into our foreign commerce, how
essential this change becomes. With it
there would be uniformity in price at New
Orleans, at Mobile, at Charleston, at New
York and at Liverpool. Purchasers would
know that they were buying, and produc
ers would know that they were selling.
On the other hand, the present selling cur
rency price, as stated above, must always
be first adjusted to the gold value at the
moment of purchase, and even then, be
fore the transaction is closed, it is clouded,
and its results are, perhaps, materially
changed by the varying humors of the Gold
Room. With every hour the figure fluc
tuates; a rise or fall of several per cent,
may occur in a day or a week. Gold rings
are organized, whose operations utterly par
alyze foreign commerce, and a wide-spread
uncertainty and doubt become the rule
where order, harmony, stability and fixed
ness should govern.
The South, also, is now out of debt, and
for thiftreason in an excellent condition to
inaugurate this scheme and put it into ef
fective practice. The old debts of the
South have either been paid, or where
they could not be thus liquidated, they
have been wiped out by the bankruptcy
act. There is not, therefore, any debtor
class to suffer by a return to specie pay
ments. At present the merchants from
that section are the favorite buyers in our
market. They usually come with cash,
and have had behind them the immense
value of the cotton crop. Formerly, the
South depended largely, indeed almost en
tirely, on this great staple, and the money
for it was spent before the crop was raised.
The changed condition, resulting from the
war, has introduced a changed method of
agriculture. Industry is more diversified,
and atteution is paid to the raising of a
variety of crops. Tae food for which they
once looked so largely to the Northwest is
now produced at home in greater quanti
ties than before. They buy fewer pro
ducts for consumption. They have a large
surplus of cotton, from the proceeds of
which they are accumulating wealth.
But it may be said that the step we have
indicated is a step towards the resumption
of specie payments. It is certainly a move
ment in tliat direction, and for that reason
a special benefit to the North. Its influence
would be felt in the North and West, and
would tend to modify and render more cer
tain business transactions in all parts of
the country. Besides, this step is rendered
the more necessary in view of the possible
action of the Supreme Court of the United
States in declaring the legal tender act
unconstitutional, There have been inti
mations that the opinion of this court
would be adverse to the legality of the act,
and there are very many who believe that
the delay in rendering a decision is due to
the apprehension of the court of the effect
of a sudden announcement of the conclu
sion reached by them. Be this as it may,
however, much of this apprehension would
soon be found to be groundless if a good
start was already made in doing an import
ant branch of business upon a specie basis.
There would be at least one solid rock of
real credit and value upon which commerce
could be re-erected, and which would defy
whatever tempest and disaster might from
any cause result. But the apprehension
and dread of those who predict immediate
disaster upon a declaration of the uncon
stitutionality of the legal tender act, is,
according to our view, by no means certain
of being realized.
No decision of this court cou’d have a
more damaging effect upon the general
trade of the country than the late specula
tions in gold, which prostrated the busi
ness of the nation as effectually as if it had
been stricken by a tornado or upheaved by
an earthquake. Prices declined, the im
port trade ceased, the export business was
checked, confidence departed, and the
healthful commercial transactions of the
whole country were suddenly and unex'-
pectedly arrested. Such results as these
we have seen recently. The “ flurry ”of a
week culminated in a shock which was at
once composed by stupefying all the in
terests tliat. had been perturbed by it.
If there had been a price in currency be
fore for cotton increased to have a value
then, and no mathematical calculation
could solve the intricate mysteries of the
market, and bring order out of the confu
sion that prevailed. Under our present
currency system, we are continually liable,
and each succeeding year more liable, to a
recurrence of these gold corners, and it
would appear that no delusion, however
sweeping in its efi'ects, could have a more
damaging influence upon the business in
terests of the country. But more than
this, we are led to believe that the Govern
ment will take such steps that its issues of
currency will be redeemable in gold on the
announcement of such a decision, and the
immediate effect may thus be of far less
moment than any imagine. We shall dis
cuss this point more fully on a future occa
sion.
In view of what has been said would it
not be possible, and also the part of wis
dom, for this city to take the lead In this
extremely important matter ( The cotton
is at the South to be sure, but the great
body of the capital which makes the ex
changes and transacts the business are
here. Let cotton factors explode these
currency rates at once, quoting cotton in a
language intelligible to all the world and
not requiring an elaborate arithmetical in
vestigation to render it comprehensible.—
This staple offers the best point of depar
ture because, as we have already stated, of
its great value, and because so much of it
enters into export, and is employed in ad
justing the balances of the roreign trade.
There is a significance about gold dealings
in cotton which do not belong to grain or
tobacco. They are comparatively modern
elements in our commelfce with the rest of
the world, but they would not long resist
the impulse of the new tide on which busi
ness would be borne along. They would
be lifted from their currency moorings and
wafted into an open sea, where there was
depth, a safe anchorage and ample sea
room. If there ever was a time when sta
bility In business should be sought for it
is at the present moment. We have learned
many lessons by experience, and we grow
more assured every day that the real pros
perity of the country depends upon a re
turn to specie payments, and Upon the sub
ordination of our vast commercial interests,
to the established principles of financial
action. * •
An lowa paper advertises for a girl to
learn the printing trade who will wear
pants and spw wood.
Georgia State Lottery.
FOR THE BENKFIT OF THE
Orphan’s Home and Free School*.
The following were the drawn numbers, In the Sup
plementary Scheme, drawn at Augusts, Georgia,
November 16.
MORNING DRAWING— CIass No. 547.
70 40 IS 59 6 14 97 54 30 34 69
11 Drawn Numbers.
EVENING DRAWING-CLASH No. 548.
17 76 75 44 7 49 33 48 69 73 8 19
12 Drawn Numbers.
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SPECIAL NOTICES^
PROCLAMATION.
Mayor’s Office, ?
Adqdsta, Ga , Nov. 16, 1869. )
Whkrsas, Thursday, November 18th, 1869, has
been set apart as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer,
4 hereby recommend that the said day be so observed
by the citizens of Augusta; that all business be sus
pended ob that day, and that religions services he
held in the several placea of worship in this city.
Given under my hand and seal this 16th day of
November, A. D., 1869.
H. F. RUSSELL,
Mayor C. A.
Attest: L. T. Blomf., Clerk of Council.
novl7-2
■STMEETING OF THE FIRST WARD DEMO
CRATIC CLUB —A meeting of the Democrats of
the First Ward will be held at their Club Room, on
Ellis street, near Elbert, on FRIDAT EVENING
next, the 19th Inst, at IS o’clock.
A fall attendance of all the members of the Club is
requested, as business of importance will be presented
for act on in reference to nominating candidates for
the Municipal Election.
By order of the President.
novl7*td .T. S. PATTERSON, See’y.
■*?“ AUGUST A CHAPTER, No 2, K.-. A.-. M-.-
The Regular Convocation will be held in Chapter
Room, Masonic Hall, THIS (Wednesday) EVEN
ING, at 7 o’clock.
By order ol the H.\ P.\
novl7-l OHAS. G. GOODRICH, Sec’y.
■»- THE SAVINGS BANK OF AUGUSTA
will be closed to-morrow, THURSDAY, 18tb, in ac
cordance with the Governor’s Proc'amation and laws
of the State. Notes mataring on that day must be
attended to on the 17th.
novl7-l A. O’. DeC’OTTES, Cai-hier.
The People Want to Know
If there is anything the people thoroughly under,
stand, it is the comparative value of the various medi.
cines offered for their acceptance through the adver.
Using columns of the press. In scriptural phrase, they
try all, but only hold fast to that which is good
Hence, a medicinal preparation that has been growing
in favor with the public for a period of twenty years,
and has attained a larger sale than any other remedy
of its class ever reached in any country, may be fairly
entitled a standard specific, touching whose merits
there is no room for controversy. Now, this is pre.
cisely the position of HOSTETTEK’S STOMACH
BITTERS. Asa means of preventing and curing
dyspepsia, ordinary indigestion, billiousness, geneiaj
debility, and nervous affections, it has literally lived
down all competition, and legitimately taken its place
as the foremost vegetable tonic on this Continent, in
deed, on this Hemisphere. In view of this statistical
fact, which may be readily verified by a reference to
the revenue returns, a few words of seasonable advice,
in relation to the use of an article in such general re
quest, will not he considered egotistic or out of place
There is no season which suggests the necessity for a
course of this agreeable invigorant more significantly
than the Fall. The great contrast between the tem
perature of the nights and days, and the heavy
mephitic mists arising from extensive surfaces of de
composing vegetable matter, r ecessarily have a de
pressing effect upon systems partially exhausted by
the heat of Summc r, and therefore greatly needing that
strength and vigor which are the best safe-guards
against disease. Acting as a lonic and stomachic, a
blood depurent, an alterative and an antl-Mlious medi
cine, HOSTETTKR’S Bl'l’TEßrt exercise a whole
some influence upon every portion of the organization,
and prepare it to ri sist every unhealthy influence.
Hence its great value as a Fail medicine.
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PROPOSALS FOR WOOD AND WATER.
Superintendent's Office, I
CENTRAL R. E. &. BK’G CO. OF GA., V
Savannah, Nov. 16,1869. )
Bids will ba received until the lOlh DECEMBER
next for supplying Wood and Water at Stations 2,4,
6, Milieu, 10,12,14,16and 18, on the Main Line, Law
ton and Mcßean, on the Augusta Branch.
Specifications can be had on application to the un
dersigned.
WILLIAM ROGERS,
novlti-6 Gen’l Sup’t.
NOTICE.
South Carolina Railroad Company, >
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 13, 1869. S
Persons destrous of attending the Masonic Fair, to
f>e held in Charleston during tho ensuing week, will
ba passed over tills Road for one fare.
novl4-4 JOHN E. MARLEY, Agent,
NOTICE TO COTTON SHIPPERS.
Augusta Agency Central Railroad, j
Aoqo.ta, November 11, 1869. )
On and after the 16th instant, the Freight on Cot
ton to Savannah per this Road, will be ONE DOL
LAR and FIFTY CENTS ($1 50) per bale.
A. F. BUTLER, Agent C. R. R.
novl2-6
OSf ONION SETS.—A choice lot just received.
Our Supply of Warranted Fresh Garden Seeds will be
on hand as soon as they can be harvested and packed.
octl6-ltneod PLUMB & LEITNKR.
13“ NOTICE—The REGISTRY CLERK’S OF
FICE is in the Southwest Comer of the City Hall,
Basement Story.
Office Hours, between 9, a. m., aDd 2 o’clock, p. m.
D. D. MAC MURPHY, Clerk.
The Books will be closed at 2 o’clock, p. m., WED
NESDAY, the 24th November instant.
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DK. H. T. CAMPFIELD,
DENTIST 1 ,
BOOMS 277 BROAD BTRKRT, OVBR DERRY A LAW.
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SAVANNAH BANK AND TRUST COMPANY.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
This Institution was Chartered by the last Georgia
Legislature, has a Capital of $1,000,000—1590,000 of
which have been paid in.
By its Charter the Company is authorized to act as
Truslees, by appointment of any Court of the State
or by selection of any executor or individual, for them
selves or for the benefit of any mi oor or minors for
whom they may be acting; and funds in litigation in
the various Courts of this State may be deposited in
said BANK AND TRUST COMPANY pending
litigation, thus affording a safe depository for all fends
held for future disposition.
They are also authorized to receive and sell the
PRODUCE OF THE COUNTRY on consignment.
In view of this they have constructed an extensive
FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE, and are prepared to
make advances on any produce consigned to them, or
stored in their Warehouse.
FOUR PER CENT. INTEREST will be allowed
on moneys held in special trust, subject to checks at
sight, arid SIX PER CENT, on deposits made for a
specified time, not less than four months.
Deposits may also be made at the Agency a Macon.
MORRIS KETCH DM, President,
MILO HATCH, Vice-President.
EDMUND KETCHUM, Cashier.
I. C. PLANT & SON,
Agents at Macon, Ga.
KGTCIIUM <fc HARTIRDGE,
Commercial Agents, Savannah.
directors:
Morris Ketchum, ) VT ~ v
P. O. Cai.boon, Pres’t 4th Nat. Bank, ) ew York
Charles Green, of Clias. Green, Son & Cos., j
A. L. Hartridoe, of Ketchum & Hartrldge, I ®
Jas. G. Mills, of T. R. & J. G. Mills, | %
Francis Muir, of W. Battemby & Cos., ) §
John O. Rowland, of J. C. Rowland & Cos., g
Milo Hatch, | £•
Edmund Ketchum,
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To Cotton Manufacturers.
WE are making COTTON CANB of large
SHEETS of TINNED IRON, 86 inches in one
sheet; also, improved by making the Top and
Bottom Rings of WROUGHT IRON, made in
proper form to prevent cutting floors, &c.,
which render them a perfect and complete Can
and at prices which will warrant the general
inlrodnction of them in the
MIDDLE and SOUTHERN STATES.
SPINNING FRAMEB, CYLINDERS, Ac.,
MADE TO ORDER.
We dan pack Capa so that any ordinary firm
can put them together with ease, thereby re,
dneing bulk and saving freight.
Orders solicited and promptly filled.
E. MILLS & SONS,
** 16 South Calvert street.
aepls-Baw6m Baltimore, Md,
New .A.dvertisemeiitii
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GERMANIA *
Life Insurance Cos
? \J§. j OF
NEW YORK.
Cub Asset* ...93,000,006-
Cash Dividends 40 per cent*
H.AB. since her existence of nearly ten
years, given satisfactory proof of the superiori
ty of the principles npon which it is based, ss
well as of the solid aud honest management of
the Company tyy her Directors and Officers. It is
acknowledged to be, and has shown that it is,
the most preferable one of all similar institu
tions. In consequence of the honest and wise
management of tin- Company, It is preferred,
not only on this Continent, but also in En
gland, France, aad mote so in Germany, for
other Companies of a much longer existence.
Til t', OEBIff AMIA
offers to the wealthy as well os to the middle
classes—to the merchant as well as to the me
chanic and business mail-tbe best opportunity
of a profitable and sale Investment of a capital.
For the first one, THE FI VE-YEAR PLAN of
fers the greatest advantage, as it not only secures
to the heirs, after the expiration of five years,
double the amount invested, but it also secures
to the insured, in proportion to the capital in
vested, A WELL PAYING ANNUITY FOR
LIFE. The less wealthy can, with small pay
ments, by iusuriDg on the LIFE TIME PLAN,
secure for his family a future free from care.
The Dividends of (his Company are con
siderable—FOßTY PER CENT.—and the dis
tribution thereof is for (be insured so profita
ble, that even afier the death of the iusured
his heirs will receive a Dividend, (so-called
“postmortem” Dividend) which shows that
even the heirs of such Insured, who should die
soon after having been insured, will not only
receive the fnll amount ot the insurance, hut
also 33% per ceut. of the mom y invested.
This lone statement shows clearly that It is
to the interest and advantage of everybody,
who wishes to secure for himself or family n
FUTURE FREE FROM. CARE, to join this
Company as a member.
la. MOLLMA.NN.
TRAVELING AGENT.
Gen. LAFAYETTE McLAWS,
AGENT, AUGUSTA.
Dr. JOSEPH HATTON,
novl7-lm Examining Physician,
TOYS. TOYS. TOYS.
JS/ErS. R C. ZINN, 139 Broad street, has
the largest and finest variety of TOYS ever
brought to Augusta.
<SALSO,
FIRE-WORKS, CONFECTIONERIES, <4 -.
novl7-tdec2s
FOUND,
.A. PAIR of GOLD SPECTACLES, which
the owner can have by calling at tills office and
paying for ad vertiaemeut. novl7-l
BAGGING. BAGGING.
1.00 BALES extra heavy GUNNY
CLOTH, weighing 3.40 per yard
BALES Standard GUNNY CLOTH
100 ROLLS extra heavy SALEM
CLOTH
Arriving and for sale at lowest market ratw.
novl7-3 BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
OATS. OATS.
3,000 BUSHELS choice Mg
SEED OATS y / !
In store aud for sale low by
novl7-3 BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
BACON AND LARD
lO HHDB choice CLEAR SIDES
lO HHD3 choice SHOULDERS
50 TIERCES prime LEAF LARD
On eonsigtiruenl aud for sab- low.
uovl7-3 BLAIR, SMITH Si CO.
RICE. RICE
Q 5 CASKS choice Carolina RICE
Arriving and for sale at lowest muiket price.
uovl7-3 BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
Exeinp lon of Personalty.
GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTy :
Ordinary’s Officr for said County, >
Augusta, November 16, 1869. )
Nathan Scott has applied for setting apart and
exemption of Personalty, and I will passui on the same
at my office, In Augusta, at. in, a. m., on Monday,
the 29th day ot November, 1869.
nov!7-2 HAM'I. LEVY, Ordinary.
BAGGING FOR SALE,
lO BALES heavy GUNNY CLOTH,
In store and for sale by
novl6 3 D. L. ADAMS & SONB.
WANTED,
JE5y a white woman, a situation as HOUSE
KEEPER or Confidential Nurse. Good
reference given if reqnired. Address
novl6-3 # • 8., at this offiec.
strayed"
.FROM my premises, Greeue street, on
Wednesday last, a sorrel HORSE, blind in one
eye. Whoever has taken him up will be suitably
rewarded on returning him to jibe subscriber.
novl6-3 EDW. THOMAS.
COOK WANTED.
PERMANENT home in the country
and best wages will be paid, for a first class
COOK. Apply to
' J. M. BURDELL,
novl6-4 Warren Block,
For a Small Family.
rrO RENT, a HOUSE ou Reynolds, between
Lincoln aud Houston streets, containing three
rooms, with fire-places in two rooms.
Apply at this office. uovl4-tf
FOR SALE! ~
One thousand acres pine land,
at $4 per acre, in Lincoln county, three miles
south of Lincolnton, the county site. This
LAND is heavily timbered with lpng leaf pine,
as good ae any in the State, and being of extra
fine heart, is one of the best situations for a
Steam Saw Mill. After the timber is used the
Land will become one of the best farms in
Georgia, being directly in the cotton belt of the
State. Apply to /
>: «. P. CURRY,
' > Exchange Broker,
189 Broad st., Augusta, Ga.
ALSO FOR SALE,
AUGUSTA CITY BONDS
SAVANNAH CITY BONDS
MACON AND BRUNBWICK it. R. BONDS
GEORGIA R. R. BONDS
GEORGIA R. R. STOCK
All SECURITIES BOUGHT and BOLD for
parties at lowest commission. novl4-d4*cl
Choice Family Groceries,
Plantation Supplies,
Tuba, Churns, Buckets, measure.
Hair mud Straw Broom*, Duster*, Brushel
Basket, of all kinds
Boots and Shoes.
W# Invite tke attention of the Citizen*
of Augusta and Vicinity to our new Fall
Supplies of the above Goods.
AM of which arc of Good quality*
Fresh Supplies received Weekly.
JAB. O. BAILIE * BROTHER.
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GIRARDEY’S
NEW OPERA HOUSE.
This ADMIRABLE and ELEGANT ES
TABLISHMENT, with all the requirements ot
a FIRST CLASS ACADEMY of MUSIC, will
be opened on
Mtnday Evening, November 224,
With a
Comedy Company
From the Holliday Street Theatre, Baltimore.
To be followed on MONDAY EVENING,
NOVEMBER 29tb, with N
Th. Chapman M.ter.’ Comic Opera
/ Company,
And the famous Baltimore Comedian,
Mb. C. B. BISHOP.
Other attractions will follow during the Win
ter under the management of Mr. Jno. T. Ford,
of Baltimore, formerly Proprietor of Ford’s
Theatre, Washington.
novll-6
Solomons’ Bitters!
TRAPB MARK.
IF YOU ARK WEAK AND FEEBLE,
%
They Will Make You Strong!
If You have DYSPEPSIA,
They are a Certain Cure
If You Want an APPETITE,
Why Use SOLOMONS’ BITTEUB!
Do You Live in a CHILL and FEVER
SECTION ?
They are a Snre Preventive!
Would You See Your CHILDREN
HEALTHY and ROBUST?
IF SO, GIVE THEM
SOLOMONS’ BITTERS!
EIT SOLD BY ALL DEALERS
And Prepared at the Laboratory of
A, A. SOLOMONS & CO.,
DRUGGISTS,
Savannah, G*.
For sale by
M. HYAMS & CO.
Aud PLUMB & LEITNEK.
je24-6mif-sep29 2
\V. B. WELLS,
NO. 888 BROAD 81'BKEIT,
AUGUSTA. GA.,
Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in
J?URE DRUGS CHEMICALS,
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES,
DYESTUFFS, WINDOW GLASS and
PUTTY, BRUSHES of all kinds.
ALSO,
A full aud complete Stock of
French, Euglish and American PERFU
MERY, SOAPS, POMADES and TOIL
ET ARTICLES.
All the PATENT MEDICINES of the day.
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY and
ACCURATELY COMPOUNDED.
It la the lutentiou ol the present Proprietor
to make this old establishment
(OF OVER FORTY HEARS STANDING,)
fully equal, if not superior, to wlmt it was in
former years, in regard to quality of GOODS
and HONESTY in PRICES.
The patronage of the public is respectfully
solicited.
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A NEW and BEAUTIFUL BOOR.
Night Scenes in the Bible. By Rev. Daniel
March, D. D., author of “ Walks and Homes
of Jesus.” Zeigler, McCurdy A Cos.: Phila
delphia.
This attractive religious work meets with
the warmest recommendations both from the
Press and Clergy. It is a beautiful octavo
volume of about 550 pages, which portrays and
illustrates the events of Scripture, that occnr
ed at night, which are presented with great
force of language and beauty of imagery. It
it is printed on fine rose-tinted paper, in new,
beautiful type, embellished by engravines from
the best artists. It is bound in French, Turkish
Morocco, bevelled boards, highly gilded. It is
throughout a volume of finished beauty. It
is not sectarian, but commends itself to all
denominations ol Christians, being full of
tbrlllingly interesting instructions upon the
night scenes presented.
Asa parlor ornament or holiday gift It is a
gem.
The “ Night.Scbnes” is issued only by sub
scription. Mr. EATON, from Savannah, Agent
for the State of Georgia, is now in Augusta,
and will call on the citizens in the interest of
this beautiful work.
We the Pastors of Churches in the city of
Augusta, cordially recommend the “ Night
Scenes in the Bible” by Rev. Daniel March,
as a work of great Interest and value. Its pure
spirit, its lofty and truthful conceptions, its
solid religious teachings, with its superb me
chanical execution, all combine to make it a
very desirable book, worthy of being widely
circulated.
Q. H. Patillo,
Pastor St. James’ M. E. Church, South.
Joseph R. Wilson,
Pastor Presbyterian Church.
Arminids Wright,
Pastor St. John’s M. E. Church, Boutb.
J. S. Lamar,
Pastor Christian Church.
After a somewhat carful examination of
«»Night Scenes in the Bible” by the Rev. Dr.
March, I heartily recommend the work to the
eonfldence and patronage of the public.
Wm. H. Clarke,
Rector of St. Paul’s Church.
I cheerfully concur with the above recom
mendation.
W. C. Hunter,
Rector Church of the Atonement.
Agents wanted to introduce the “Night
Scenes” into every county in Georgia. Ap
ply at once to the General Agent at Augusta,
Ga. novl3-121f
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. W. DOURHTY,
Cotton Broker and Commission Merchant,
9 Mclntosh Street, Augusta, Ga.
First CLASS CLOSE STORAGE (brick and slate) for COTTON. Strict personal
attention given to Storing, Weighing and Selling. Liberal CASH ADVANCES made
on Cotton in store.
COTTON purchased and shipments made (to houses of the highest standing and re
sponsibility) in Charleston, New York and Liverpool. No charge lor advancing and
moderate bonus of Cash on Cotton required, to cover insurance.
Also, purchases and sales of Cotton for “ Future Delivery ” attended to. The last
engagements made, 11th inst., in New York :
For delivery in New York, in December, at 24% cents.
For delivery in New York, in January, at 24 cents.
For delivery in New York, in February, at 25 cents.
For delivery in New York, in March, at 24% cents.
NO EXPENSE UNTIL DELIVERED, and the Cotton then held 2, 4 and 6
months.
In these cases each party, buyer and seller, deposits (in Bank or Trust Company) an
equal amount, as bonus, to make good the trade.
consignments and orders solicited.
Commission for selling and buying, ONE DOLLAR PEIt BALE.
Future deliveries made at any Southern port. uovl7-d6*cl
Office of (he Dickson Fertelizer Company, ?
NOVEMBER 12, 1869.)
Having on hand a fair stock of
No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO,
and a hope now of being able to keep np the supply, we REDUCE THE PRICE of
DICKSON’S COMPOUND
TO
Sixty-Five ($65) Dollars Per Ton of 2,000 Lbs. For Cash,
AND
ON TIME TILL NOVEMBER 1,1870, TO $75 AND INTEREST, FOR
APPROVED CITY ACCEPTANCE.
DRAYAGff, I-NT ALL CASES, ONE DOLLAR PER TO TV.
And to those who prefer to MANIPULATE FOR THEMSELVES, we offer at
MARKET PRICE
No. 1 JPeruvian Guano,
Superphosphate of Lime or Dissolved Bones,
German Salts, Dot ash,
Land Piaster,
Salt.
ALSO,
Dure UTour of Done,
Sulphuric 66 deg.
Those of our Customers who have already bought DICKSON’S COMPOUND at
S7O, will have the excess refunded on application to us, or \o the Agent from whom
they purchased.
DICKSON FERTILIZER COMPANY,
JAMES T. GARDINER, President.
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J. M. BTJRDELL,
Cotton Reactor and Commission Merchant,
NO. 6 WARREN BLOCK, AUGUSTA, GA.,
W ILL CONTINUE BUSINESS, as heretofore, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. CON
SIGNMENTS SOLICITED. jy29-d&cGm
INSURANCE,
FIRE, M-ARIISTE AND USTLAJSTD,
IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST CLASS COMPANIES, VIZ:
ASINA INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Chartered 1819, Cidi Assets #5,359,533
MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1831. Cash Assets 1,305,104
HOWARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Caarlered 1 895. Cash Assets 715,707
FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO., New York* Chartered 1855, Cash Assets 845,000
LAMAR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets 532,500
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets 287,000
STANDARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets 351,103
COMMERCE INSURANCE CO . New York, Cash Assets ... 275.000
ABTOR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets 453,787
PHENIX INSURANCE CO„ New York, Cash Assets 1,649,350
PfitßNlX INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Cask Assets 1,573,907
#12,737.990
RISKB taken on COTTON, MERCHANDISE, STOKES, DWELLINGS, FURNITURE,
LIBRARIES and other property. Also, ou 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 made 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 ol them are iu CASH or its equiva
lent, and not iu subscriptions, or slock notes to be paid when fires occur, flosses will be equi
tably adjusted and promptly paid.
RISKS ARE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
Wifi. SHEAR, Agent.
Augusta, Ga., September 18, 1869. sep!9-4mif
W. H. GOODRICH. GEO. £. GOODRICH.
W. H. GOODKXCH & SON,
265 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
STOVES, GRATES, TIN WARE
And House Furnishing Hoods of ail Kinds*,
TO WHICH WE WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC.
The Celebrated Cooking Stove u Olive Branoh.”
THE FAVORITE COOKING STOVE “HENRY CLAY/'
Is a FIRST-CLASS -STOVE, of
LARGE SIZE, with ample oven
room.
Its Fire Back is very heavy, and
constructed so sis not to burn out
very readily.
It has also the REVOLVING j
RESERVOIR, which can be attached 5
or detached at pleasure.
We have also the PREMIUM, or STEP STOVE, and HEATING STOVES, in great
varieties. We would call special attention to our fine assortment of GRATES.
Mr. E. E. SCOFIELD, loug and favorably known in this line, will be found with us,
and will have charge of the Mechanical Department.
Our facilities for ROOFING- and GUT
TERING are unsurpassed.
oct2-d*cßm
CARPETS, CARPETS,
Rugs, Alats, <fcc.,
Window Shades
Floor and Table Oil Cloths
Wall Papers* Borders and Fire Screens
Lace Curtains and Curtalu Goods
Piano and Table Covers* Cornices, die.
Our Fall supplies of the above Goods
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.
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WANTED,
.A. SECOND HAND Fire Proof SAFE
By
novl<}-8 BRANCH, SCOTT A CO.
This STOVE, in Beauty and Sim
plicity of design, is unequalled.
Its Oven is very large, and the
doors are lined with Tin, and edges
ground smooth, with cast iron re
volving reservoir, galvanized; Tin
Roaster and Hot Closet. It has an
I ash drawer that receives the ashes
from the fire-box.
We offer it as one of the most
DESIRABLE COOKING STOVES
KNOWN.
mßSMjiPsyip
COTTON
WAREHOUSE.
WHELESS & €O.,
COTTON
FACTORS,
AUGUSTA, GA.;
W ILL CONTINUE THE BTORAQE and
SALE OF COTTON AND OTHER PRO
DUCE.
PLANTERS’ BUSINESS SOLICITED,
jelO-Omif
MM
CIRCUS!
WILL EXHIBIT IN
AUGUSTA
FOR TWO DAYS ONLY
Monday and Tuesday,
NOVEMBER 33d <fc 33d, 1860,
On Ellis street, near new Post Office.
Performances each Afternoon and Night,
Beginning at 2 and 7% o’clock.
Doors open one hour previous.
g^=*Admission, 75 cents ; Children, 50 cents.
will be for sale at Schreiner <fc
Son’s music 6torc on the days of exhibition.
STONE A MURRAY POSSESS
A MONOPOLY OF TIIK BEST ARTISTS
Now in existence, anal their performances will
be characterized by the same degree of refine
ment and elegance which have won for their
Circus the reputation of giving the most re
spectable and attractive entertainment ever
seen.
STONE A MURRAY'S
is the only first class Circus in America that
travels the entire year, giving its Superb Enter
tainments in the North during the Summer
and Fall months, aud in the South in the Win
ter and Spring seasons.
STONE A MURRAY’S CIRCUS
Has won a National fame for giving (he most
refined and magnificent Arentc performances
ever offered in this country, and which are of a
character to be seen in no cither exhibition iu
the wide world.
The following array of Artists will convey
to the public an idea of the immense resources
of
STONE & MURRAY’S CIRCUS
TO DELIGHT AND AMAZE :
Mule. EMILIF. HENRIETTA COOKE!
The Premier Equeslrienue of the World !
The gifted and daring LADY RIDER
ever seen in any age or country, from the prin
cipal Amphitheatres of Europe, aud
THE GREAT JOHN HENRY COOKE !
The acknowledged Champion Rider of She
Universe, (late of Cooke’s Royal Circus, of
European fame.) whose extraordinary talents
command the largest salary ever paid to any
Artist engaged in the vocation of amusing the
public.
LE JEUNE BURTE,
The Champion Bare-back Hurdle Rider!
Mnun. JEANETTE ELLBLER,
The graceful and dashing Tight Rope Danseuae.
MURRAY AND HUTCHINSON,
The Peerless Acrobats ! The novel feats and
athletic exercises of these skillful performers
have won for them a world wide fame in every
quarter of the globe.
THE SNOW BROTHERS!
Benjamin, Wiijjam and At.fkf.ii, (he un
equaled Posturers and Equilibrists.
MR. DEN STONE,
The Popular Clown and Humorist, who has
the happy faculty oi blending the amusing
with the ludicrous witbryit approaching coarse
ness or vulgarity.
M. CHARLES BLISS,
Aud his wonderful compeer,
MR. ROBERT JOHNSON,
The two best Tumblers in the World !
THE TALLEEN BROTHERS!
Paul and Jerome, the Sensational Mid-Air
Gymnasts, from the Hippodrome, Paris.
MISS EMILIE COOKE,
The Superb English Manege Equestrienne,
SIGNOR COLUMBUS,
The Amazing Italian Contortionist.
MASTER GEORGE COOKE,
The Artistic Protean Equestrian.
MR. WILLIAM FRANKLIN,
The Champion Somersault Rider.
MR. GEORGE MURRAY,
The Grotesque Comedian.
MR. BURT LEE,
The Champion Leaper and Vaulter.
BARRY AND REEVES,
The Comique Pantomimists.
ULRIG DANZEFF,
The Russian Athlete.
MR. H. LOCKWOOD,
The Intrepid Tancratist.
HERR DREXEL,
The Modern Hercules.
LUDORFF AND RENTEZ,
The Electrifying Funambulists.
The above Artists are aided by a large iorco
of Auxiliary Talent, super-added to Hutchin
son’s Acting Dogs, Murray’s Trained Horses,
Den Stone’s Comic Mules, and the Complex
KLU-KLUX PANTAMORPHB.
Stone Murray
Advertise only such attractions as are aclnal
ly in their possession, and they wish it under
stood that that win success by deserviug It.
The New Water-proof Pavilion contains seats
for 3,700 people. No standing room. Bents
for all patrons. One-hali ot the Pavilion Seats
will be reserved lor ladies and children and
gentlemen accompanying them. An efficient
Police will be constantly nresent to preserve
order in and near the Pavilion. Attentive
Ushers will provide patrons with seats. No
smoking allowed in the Pavilion.
attention is cal Jed to the fact
th it Stone & Murray’s Circus travels exclusive
ly by railroad, ou special trains, consequently
there will be no parade of empty wagous and
Jaded animals. The attractions of this Circus
are inside the Pavilion, and not on the streetß ;
therefore, (with the exception of the BAND
CHARIOT, drawn by sixteen thorough bred
horses,) no attempt will be made to induce
patronage by the obsolete use of a so-called
“Gorgeous Free Pageant.”
STONE & MURRAY’S CIRCUS '
Will exhibit in WASHINGTON, Wednesday,
November 24; ATHENS, Thursday, November
25; GREENSBORO, Friday, November 26;
COVINGTON, Satnrday, November 27. „
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