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FRIDAY MORNING, DEO. 10,1869
“georgi/Tand her cause.
The trouble, the great trouble, we have
to overcome is the popular Radical error
at home and abroad as to the nature of the
act of the two Houses of our Legislature
in unseating the negro members. That act
had no bearing whatever upon the acts of
Congress. There was nothing partaking
of insolence or insubordination in it, save
or except that any rightful show of inde
pendence on our part is eagerly grasped at
bv the Radical extremists as an insult and
a crime. But if it is the intention of Radi
cal Congressmen to confer the right to hold
office upon blacks as well as whites; that
is, that this right to hold office shall be ac
quired by all citizens, without regard to
race or color, in any of the reconstructed
States, why have they never said so? They
have taken immense pains to dodge any such
explicit demand, and by this very act of
deliberate omission have left it an open
question, to be settled by the people of the
States, black and white, for themselves.
And yet, when a State like Georgia, for in
stance, takes advantage of this privilege,
in perfect good faith, there are papers like
the New York Times ready to maligu her,
aud even a President has been found who
Ignorantly, or as a partisan, misstates her
case. Under these imputations our glori
ous State shall not suffer, so long as we can
raise our voice in an earnest, if a feeble,
protest.
On the question of negro eligibility to
office, we have admitted that able and true
men may differ; but it is a difference in the
construction of our own laws and Constitu
tion —a matter that Congress, save as an
act of usurpation, has nothing whatever to
do with. We further believe that our Leg
islature, if permitted, will adhere to the
principles settled by our own Supreme
Court upon the subject, so long as the
Constitution and laws of the State remain
as they are. But adhering to those prin
ciples in the future is quite a different
thing from attempting to undo what can
not legally be undone.
The Richmond Dispatch, which is, per
haps, the most moderate, as it is among
the ablest, of Southern journals, confesses
to a sense of surprise at Mr. Grant’s re
commendations concerning Georgia. Our
Richmond contemporary says:
“The sending back Georgia to the ori
ginal proposition is a matter somewhat
‘infringing principles indispensable to a
confederacy of Slates existing even upon a
very moderate basis. If the proposed inter
ference with Georgia be interpreted as no
more than proper, and within the purview
of the power of Congress, then, indeed, the
States are at an end, even in the mildest
form of their existence.
“We cannot regard this feature without
concern, notwithstanding that Virginia
passes muster and has every prospect of
being regularly enrolled as an equal among
the States of the Union. Quoting prece
dent since historic ages, we know that the
imperial age is to come in this country;
but it need not be precipitated with unbe
coming haste. If Congress may recon
struct Georgia it may reconstruct New
York or Pennsylvania, or any of the States.
The subject is one interesting to all the
States. If those who have had all the
power since the end of the war are indiffer
ent, we may well afford to be. We have
passed through an ordeal the triumphant
States know nothing of, and cannot be
worsted. Let them look to the matter.
All this is most true and most happily
expressed as well. The Presidential advice
is nothing but imperialism, and gives the
He to all the clap-trap about this country
being the “finest in the world.” Rapidly is
-4h%time approaching when, if the North
men tvoftmptUVe tngnisci t vr. tm ,
they must took to their own danaer with a
keener scrutiny than they have attempted
to pry into our “rebellion.” Rapidly is
the time approaching when, in the lan
guage of Mr. Stephens, they most under
stand that the “ cause of Georgia is the
cause of all,” or, failing to understand it,
go down into the serfdom of that mockery
of liberty—a sham Republic riveted by
bayonets terribly real. Methinks, we see
some signs of a pause since the first mad
moment when the Presidential proposal
for the degradation of Georgia was ap
plauded by the Radical members of Con
gress. We feel that there is signiflcence
in the fact that, while a knot of official
conspirators clapped their dirty hands at
the prospect of our humiliation, the rash
wards of Grant counseling it fell in dead
SILENCE IN THE GALLERIES OF THE HOUSE.
Straws. —Just before the last caper of
the Bollock and the last flurry of the
President, Georgia was the envy of her sis
ter States of the South, and, for her grand
progress in industry, a marvel to the out
side Commonwealths. She was attracting
settlers to her fertile fields, her splendid
water courses and her dominant white gov
ernment. But the man of Peace and his
minion propose to change all that. The
Radical synonym for Peace is Desolation.
True.— The Mobile Tribune, with its ac
customed incisiveness, says # :
“ Dent and Walker movements may
bring temporary relief, but never perma
nent cure. At the same time the most con
temptible and fruitless of all efforts is to
attempt the Walker-Dent tactics under
the Democratic battle-flag.”
Emigration to Georgia. —ln another
part of our paper we publish an extract
from the correspondence of the Brooklyn
Eagle, which will be read with interest
since it comes from a former resident of
Augusta. It is pleasant to see persons in
teresting themselves in a movement so im
portant to the welfare and progress of our
State in particular and the South generally.
Retribution. —We loarn that J. P.
Jewitt, the original publisher of Uncle
Tom's Cabin , is now working as a journey
man printer in Philadelphia, and Hinton
Rowan Helper, the author of the infa
mous “ Impending Crisis,” is a pauper in
New York. “ The mills of God grind
slowly, yet they grind exceeding sthall.”
Very Particular. —Farrago t. wants his
name pronounced Farragew. How about
cat yew fiddle-strings ?— Columbus Sun.
Yes, and how about that busi
ness about the prize money at New Or
leans, when a bottle of bad Porter was
uncorked ?
Mississippi. —The late election in Missis
sippi was a sham aud a disgusting one.
New England, by the aid of the silly West,
has now five mare representatives in Con
gress, to offset the changes of the next cen
sus.
Good Advice. —The senior editor of the
Telegraph and Messenger closes a strong
protest against the Bullock iniquity thus:
“ Let us wait patiently and remember well.”
Tennessee Affairs. — A Nashville dis
patch of the 6tli has the following item :
The body of an unknown white man was
run over by a train on the Shelbyville
branch road Saturday night and cut in
twain, A coroner’s inquest decided that
the man had been murdered and placed on
the track.
The House adopted to day a resolution
to adjourn on the 22d instant to the Ist of
January next, and passed, on the first read
ing, a bill providing for funding the State
debt due and accruing between this and
1875, together With the notes of the Bank
•f Tennessee.
Hunter Nicholson has been appointed
Professor of Agriculture in the University
of Tennessee, located at Knoxville.
The Rome Courier reports the surveys of
the Morganton Railroad completed. Esti
mates not made yet. Maximum grade 52
feet per mile. Engineer H. T. McDaniel
will make a report soon. The people along
the line are confident. Indications are that
arrangements will be made to break dirt
early in 1870.
Report of Secretary of the Treasury.
Secretary Bontwell, in his annual report
to Congress, which was submitted on Mon
day, treats first of matters of administra
tion and then of measures of public policy,
and gives, a and comprehensive
statement of Alliances. In the
first division Pt theflWfct the Secretary
compliments his officers,
commends the report ministration
of the Commissioner Revenue,
&c.. The following areimport
ant statements given:
The revenue receipts have increased $14,-
431,333 for the first five mouths of the pre
sent fiscal year over the same period of last
year, which is regarded and announced as
a compliment to the ability and integrity
of the persons employed in that branch of
the public service. The cost of collecting
the customs dues was $1,001,647 less the
last fiscal year than the year previous, with'
out any loss of efficiency in the service, but
on the contrary it is believed the means
employed for the detection of smuggling
are better than ever before. Incidentally
the appraiser’s department is commended
in this connection.
During the last fiscal year $286,073 were
paid to certain revenue officials and inform
ers in cases-arising under the customs rev-'
enuc laws. A large additional sum was
also paid through the internal revenue of
fice ; the policy upon which this is done is
that it stimulates officials to greater activ
ity in discovering frauds, but in many cases
frauds are not stopped in the outset, but
are allowed to go ou until a result is reach
ed which will inure the benefit of the offi
cers and informers, instead of checking
criminal pnctices at the outset.
The Secretary is clearly of the opinion
that the Government ought to rely upon
public officers for the proper performance
of their duties, without stimulating them
by any contingent advantages. He recom
mends an increase of the salaries of cus
tom-house officers, and the abolition of the
system of giving to them a share of fines,
penalties and forfeitures will be an addi
tional reason for the increase of salaries.
The r e are now 54 special agents in the
service of the department at a daily pay of
$368 85. The organization of the special
agents and assignment to districts is con
sidered a good feature of the service. The
Secretary gives considerable space to de
tails concerning the manufacture of Gov
ernment note and bond paper in Philadel
phia, the printing of jmoncy and bonds, &c.,
the gist of which has heretofore been given
in various forms.
In regard to measures of pdblie policy
treated of by the Secretary of the Treasury,
the following embrace all of Mr. Boutweli’s
recommendations :
the depreciated currency.
The depreciation of the currency is due to
two causes —first, an excessive issue, and,
secondly, to the want of faith in the Gov
ernment ; and the extent of the influence of
the first-named cause cannot be ascertained
until the second is removed substantially.
Whenever our credit shall be so much im
proved at home and abroad that holders of
our bonds are disposed to retain them, even
when the public mind is excited upon
financial subjects, we shall be able to judge
more accurately the extent of the over-issue
of paper money. It is also true that the
quantity of currency necessary for the
transaction of the business of the country
cannot now be fixed accurately. Since the
close of the war the wants of the States of
the South have increased, and, consequently,
a large amount of currency has been with
drawn from other sections to supply the
demand there created. The amount neces
sary for the purposes of the South will
steadily increase for the next two years.
The construction of the Pacific Railroad
is likely to result in the substitution of pa
per for coin by the people on the Pacific
coast. It is probable that the demand for
paper for that purpose will not be less than
thirty millions of dollars. Asa conse
quence, a very large quantity of coin will
be withdrawn from circulation, and thus
practically the coin will be increased upon
the Atlantic coast, and the paper in circu
lation in the States East of the Rocky
Mountains will he materially reduced.—
These changes will tend to diminish the
difference between paper and coin.
specie resumption.
The ability of the country to resume
specie payments will not be due to any
special legislation upon that subject, but to
the condition of its industries, and to its
financial relations to other countries. —
These, of' course, will be more or less de
pendent upon the general policy of the
Government Thajs:** «rJiaagted the
try of'TVs mineral wealth, and TAe,Mates
the South were literally -impoverished. A.
necessary condition for the resumption <>:
specie payments was the development of the
industry of the nation, both South and-
North, and the consequent accumulation of
the moveable products of industry to such
an extent that our exports of those pro
ducts should lie equal substantially to our
imports. So long as it is necessary to pay
for merchandise imported, by the transfer
of Government bonds or other evidences of
indebtedness to other countries, so long it
will be impracticable to’ resume and main
tain specie payments.
When the products of industry exported
shall be equal Substantially to the products
of other countries imported there will be
no demand for specie for export, except
what may arise from the circumstance that
our bonds held abroad are sent home, sold
in our markets, and the proceeds exported
in coin. When the credit of the country
shall be fully established in Europe, and
there shall be no doubt either in our ability
or disposition to meet ail our obligations,
bonds heretofore, and now to a large ex
rent, held by merchants and bankers, will
be transferred ty capitalists for permanent
investment. When this change shall have
taken place, the probability o' our securi
ties being sent home under the influence of
political or financial disturbances in Europe
Will be very slight; aud when, aft a con
curring fact, our exports, exclusive of pub
lic securities, shall be equal to our imports,
specie payments may be resumed without
even a temporary embarrassment to the
business of the country.
SHIPS AN ELEMENT OF STRENGTH.
One of the most efficient means of
strengtheninii the country in its financial
relations with other countries Is the devel
opment of our commercial marine. The
returns show that a v.-ry large amount of
the foreign trade is in English hands. Wc
are not only thus dependent upon a rival
country for the performance of the busi
ness which should belli the hands of our
own people, but our ability to maintain
specie payments is materially diminished.
If the entire foreign trade of the country,
both exports and imports, were carried on
in American ships, the earnings would not
be less than seventy-five millions of dollars
a year. At present the freights of the
foreign trade in American ships do not ex
ceed twenty-eight mi llions of dollars. Were
tiie trade exclusively in American hands, a
large part of this difference of forty-seven
millions of dollars would bo due to citizens
of the United States, aud payable iu other
countries.
This amount would lie thus added to our
ability to pay for goods Imported from
those countries. If, for example, an Ameri
can citizen purchase in New York a thou
sand barrels of flour for six thousand dol
lars, and export it to Liverpool in an Ameri
can vessel, and it is there sold for seven
thousand dollars, a bill of exchange may be
drawn against tiie proceeds, and an invoice
of goods of the value of seven thousand dol
lars purchased in England entirely liqui
dated, although at the Custom House at
New York there would be an apparent bal
ance against the country of one thousand
dollars. But if, on tlie other hand, the
thousand barrels of flour are exported in a
British vessel, the proceeds of the flour re
alized in New York, and which can be ap
olied to the payment of goods bought in
England, will be only six thousand dollars,
and there will remain an actual balance
against the country of a thousand dollars.
This familiar example shows the import
ance of re-establishing our commercial
supremacy upon the ocean. And I deem it,
therefore, essential to our prosperity that,
the shipping interest of the country be
fostered, not only as a nursery for seamen,
but also as an essential agency in enabling
the Government to institute and maintain
.specie payments. It is au interest also
which, in its development, is as important
to the States and people remote from the
seacoast as it is to the maritime sections.
Every addition to our facilities for the ex
port of the products of the interior is as
advantageous to the producers as to the
merchants and of the coast.
RESUlir'i'lOt^^^HLcTlON.
While Ido not it will be
necessary to dels,fHVuptibn until our
proper is regained, I
am satisflc,J-M|g(pPF'* development of the
navigation isfT itding interests will
improve the credit and rapidly augment
the wealth of the country. The sugges
tions that I have made indicate my opinion
that it will not be wise to resume specie
payments while so large a part of the in
terest bearing debt of the country is repre
sented by 5-20 bonds, and held by European
merchants, bankers and manufacturers.—
Questions that have been raised in regard
to the nature of the obligation assumed by
the Government in the issue of these bonds
have undoubtedly deterred many persons
from purchasing them as a permanent In
vestment, and consequently they arc large
ly held In this country and in Europe sos
speculative purposes by persons who design
to put them upon the market whenever the
advance shall furnish a sufficient induce
ment, or when political or financial dis
turbances may create a demand for money
for other purposes.
probable that from seven to nine
hundred millions of these bonds are now
held in Europe, and, to a considerable ex
tent, by persons who will dispose of them
under •the influences to which I have re
ferred. Such a panic as existed in Europe
in 1866, at the opening of the Austrian and
Prussian war, would be likely to induce
the return of a sufficient amount to this
country for sale to embarrass business, and,
in case of resumption, to cause the suspen
sion of the banks. It is, therefore, in my
judgment, essential that the largct part of
the five-twenty bonds be withdrawn, and
that other bonds be substituted in their
place, issued upon terms and conditions
which admit of no doubt. In fine, the
practical question is not merely the re
sumption of specie payments (as a measure
by itself it is not difficult), but the problem
is to resume under such circumstances that
the position can be maintained, not only in
times of tranquility, but also in periods of
excitement and peril.
Our course, it seems to me, is plain.—
Every measure of the Government bearing
upon the subject should tend to appreci
ate the value of our paper currency. It
is probable that some decrease in the vol
ume of paper will ultimately be necessary,
and I therefore respectfully suggest that
the Secretary of the Treasury be clothed
with authority to reduce the circulation
of United States notes in an amount not
exceeding two million of dollars in any
one month. Thus will the country be
brought, gradually it may be, and yet with
out disaster, into a condition when the re
sumption of specie payments will be easy,
if not unavoidable.
united states notes and bonds.
Ou the Ist of December, 1860, the princi
pal of the public debt of the United States,
not deducting bonds and cash on hand,
amounted to $2,605,286,789 82. Os this
amount, the sum of $356,113,258 50 is re
presented by United States notes not bear
ing interest. The larger part of this is
needed for circulation, but the amount can
be reduced, from the ordinary reveuue of
the country, if Congress shall consider it
expedient to make provision for such re
duction. The fractional currency in cir
culation was $38,885,564 68, and there is
no occasion for any legislation in reference
to this item of the public debt. There were
outstanding, also, certificates for gold de
posited in the Treasury to the amount of
$36,862,940. These certificates are re
deemable on presentation. These three
items amount in the aggregate to $431,861,-
763 18, and in making provision for the
public debt they are not necessarily to be
considered.
On the loan of January 1,1861, the sum
of $7,022,000 is outstanding and payable on
the Ist of January, 1871. The loan of 1858,
of $20,000,000, is payable in 1873. The
bonds known as ten-forty bonds, amounting
to $194,567,300, are not payable until 1874.
The six per cent, bonds, payable in 1881,
amount to $283,677,600. As the bonds
known as eighty-ones and ten-forties,
amounting in the aggregate to $478,244,900,
are not due and cannot be paid previous
to 1874 and 1881, it is unnecessary to con
sider them in making provision for anew
loan. The five-twenty bonds, amounting
in the aggregate to $1,602,671,100 are either
due or will soou become due, and it is to
this class of the public debt, and to this
class alone, that attention should be direct
ed.
Os this amount the sum of $75,477,800 lias
been purchased since March last, ami the
bonds are now held by the Government.
Before any measure for funding the five
twenty bonds can be consummated, the
Government will be able to purchase at least
$75,000,000 more. There will then remain on
the first, of July next, about $1,450,000,000
of the five-twenty bonds in the hands of the
public creditors. Os the entire indebtedness
of the United States only the unimportant
sum of $27,000,000 will be due and payable
previous to 1874.
funding the five-twenties.
Under these circumstances, it does not
seem to me to be wise to authorize the
funding of the whole amount of the five
twenty bonds, which, as It now anticipated,
wili be outstanding on the Ist of July next ,
but that $250,000,000 at least should be
suffered to remain either for purchase or
redemption previous t,o 1874. Should the
sum of $250,000,000 be leftforthatpurpo.se,
the entire public debt would be in a condi
tion to lie easily redeemed. Between 1874
tiieifaijb/ort.y bonds could.be pKRI.
ramie for the
or Wirt <~o n <Tsw mg h will broom e rrHWBF
year 1881. It may be wise to reduce the
proposed loan to $1,000,000,000; which
would then leave for payment previous to
1881 the sum of $670,000,000, or hardly more
than $60,000,000 a year.
Assuming that the proposed loan will be
for an amount not exceeding $1,200,000,000,
I recommend that it. bo offered in three
classes, of $400,000,000 each. The first class
of $400,000,000 to be payable in fifteen years,
and to be paid in twenty years. The second
class of $400,000,000 to lie payable in twenty
years, and to be paid in twenty-five years.
The third closs of $400,000,000 to be pay
able in twenty-five years, and to be paid in
thirty years.
The essential conditions of the new loan
appear to me to be these:
Ist. That the principal and interest shall
be made payable in coin.
2d. That the bonds known as the five
twenty bonds shall be received in exchange
for the new bonds.
3d. That the principal be payable in this
country, and the interest payable either in
the United States or in Europe, as the sub
scribers to the loan may desire.
4th. That the rate of interest shall not
exceed 4!:> per cent, per annum.
sth. That the subscribers in Europe
shall receive.their interest at London,Paris,
Berlin or Frankfort, ns they may elect.
6th. That the bonds, both principal and
interest, shall be free from all taxes, deduc
tions or abatements of any sort, unless it
shall be thought wise to suhject citizens of
the United States to such tax upon income
from the bonds as imposed by the laws of
the United States upon income derived
from other money investments.
There are two reasons, and each seems
to me to be a controlling reason, why the
bonds of the United States should be ex
empt from-State and local taxes. If not so
exempt, the amount of the taxes Imposed
by the local authorities will be added to
the interest the Government will be requir
ed to pay, and thus the National Govern
ment will be compelled to provide for taxes
imposed by the local authorities.
Secondly, inasmuch as the ability to bor
row money may, under some circumstances,
be essential to the preservation of the Gov
ernment, the power should not, even in
times of peace and prosperity, be qualified
by any concession to tho States of the right
to tax the means by which the National
Government is maintained. The right to
use its lawful powers free of any condition,
restriction or claim of another, is an essen
tial condition of sovereignty, and the Na
tional Government should never surrender
or qualify its powers in this particular.
TIIE NEW LOAN.
In offering the new loan, citizens and
subjects of other governments should re
ceive the strongest assurance that the in
terest and principal are to be paid in coin,
according to the terms of the bonds issued,
without any deduction or abatement what
soever.
In order to avoid the necessity of em
ploying agents for the negotiation of the
loan, I respectfully recommend that a lib
eral commission be allowed to subscribers,
and that those who first subscribe be per
mitted to select the class of bonds in which
tlieir subscription respectively shall be
made. If urther recommend, in connection
with the proposed loan, that the banks es
tablished under “the act to provide a na
tional currency,’’ be required to substitute
the bonds that may be issued under the
proposed loan act for those now deposited
as security for the redemption of their bills.
Should any bank lie unwilling to accept tiie
new condition, provision should be made
for tiie surrender of its charter, and author
ity given for the organization of new banks
to supply the deficiency thus created.
An essential condition to the success of
tiie proposed new loan is the continuance
of the present revenue system. A chief
means by which the present holders of the
five-twenty bonds can be induced to sur
render them,* and receive a bond upou
longer time and at a lower rate of interest,
is the certainty furnished by the magnitude
of tiie national revenue that these bonds are
soon to be redeemed. We must be pre
pared to offer them the alternative either of
accepting tiie new bond at a lower rate of
interest, or payment of the principal of the
existing bonds. When the five-twenty bonds
shall have been funded to the amount of
$1,000,000,000 or $1,200,000,000. the reve
nues can be reduced materially, and yet
sufficient sums be raised to meet the ordi
nary expeuses of the Government, to pay
the interest on the pqbllc debt, and also to
pay $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 of the prin
cipal annually.
Should our success In negotiating anew
loan be equal to my expectations, based
upon the fact that the ability and disposi
tion of the people of the United States to
pay the public debt are sufficient to justify
us in assuming that the bonds of the United
States will command the highest rates in
the markets of the wojkl, we shall then be
iu a condition to eriteVupoii the work of
reducing taxation at of
the next session of Congress.'^**.
REDEMPTION of three per cent, certifi
cates.
On the 30th of Juue, 1868, the amount of
outstanding three per cent, certificates and
Compound interest notes converted into
three per cent, certificates was $71,604,890.
On the 30th of June, 1869, the amount out
standing was $54,991,410, showing a reduc
tion of $15,013,480 in that form of indebted
ness.
On the Ist of December, 1569, the amount
outstanding was still further reduced to
$49,716,150, showing a total reduction, in
seventeen months, of $21,888,740.
The three per cent, certificates are a sub
stitute, to a considerable extent, for United
States notes, being largely held by the
banks as a portion of their reserve, and thus
indirectly, though not to their full nominal
value, they swell the volume of currency.
I recommend that provision be made for
the redemption of the three per cento, certi
ficates within a reasonable time; aud, as a
compensating measure for the reduction in
the amount of currency which would thus
be caused, that authority be given to grant
charters for banks in the States where the
banking capital is less than the share to
which they would lie entitled, to an amount
not exceeding thirty-five millions of dollars
in the aggregate. The redemption of the
three per per cent, certificates and the addi
tions to the banking capital might be so
arranged as not to produce a serious dis
turbance of the finances or business of the
country, while additional banking capital
would be supplied to the sections nowin
need of it, and this without any increase of
the volume of circulation.
BANKING EVILS.
There are two evils in the present bank
ing system which require remedy by prompt
and efficient legislation. The first is the
practice on the part of banks of allowing
interest upon deposits. The effect of this
practice is that moneys in the hands of in
dividuals which otherwise might, be loaned
for regular mercantile and other business
purposes are diverted into the custody of
banks, upon the idea that, if the security is
not better, payment can be obtained at a
moment’s notice.
Conntry banks, and others remote from
tlie large centres of trade, having received
money on deposit for which they pay inte
rest, are anxious to transfer such funds to
other banks, from which they will receive
an equal or larger rate of interest in return.
They are stimulated also by the desire to
place their funds where they can be at all
times commanded. Thus influenced, large
sums are placed on deposit with banks in
the cities, especially in the city of New
York, which is the great centre of trade
and finance for t.lie Atlantic coast. In the
ordinary course o? trade the currency of
the country tends rapidly to the cities, and
it is unwise to stimulate this tendency by
artificial means.
But the evil does not end with the im
poverishment of the country. As t.lie banks
in the cities may be called upon atauy mo
ment to respond to the drafts of their de
positors, they decline to make loans rep
resenting such funds upon commercial
paper payable on time, but insist upon
making call loans, as they are termed, with
Government bonds or other obligations
pledged as collateral security. Merchants
generally will not borrow money in large
sums payable upon demand. The conse
quence is that the moneys thus accumulat
ed in the city banks are loaned to persons
engaged in speculative pursuits.
The extent of this evil is seen in the fact
that, of the bank Joans in the city of New
York in October, 1868, $98,000,000 were
upon commercial paper and $68,000,000
upon demand, with a pledge of collaterals;
and in October, 1869, $99,000,000 were upon
commercial paper and $59,000,000 upon de
mand. In the former year 41 per cent, ami
in the latter year 37 per cent., of the loans
made by the New York banks were upon
demand.
A further result is seen in the fact that
parties borrowing money upon commercial
paper for legitimate commercial purposes
pay from three to six per cent, additional
interest per annum as compared with per
sons who borrow money for speculative
purposes. T therefore respectfully recom
mend that a law be passed prohibiting ab
solutely the payment of interest by banks
upon deposits, and limiting also their loans
upon collaterals to an amount not
ing ten per cent, of their capital.
I am satisfied, also, that the practice ol
certifying checks, even when funds are in
the bank to the credit of the drawer of the
check, is fraught with evil, and that it
ought to be entirely prohibited.
To (he ’Brooklyn Eagle:
Public sentiment at the South has ex
perienced a change on the subject of diver
sified labor that is destined to render that
section the most, prosperous of any portion
of our country. Formerly, they preferred
to pay the profits on manufactured pro
ducts and transportation, rather than en
courage the artisan at home. All their en
ergies with slave labor were directed to the
cultivation of those rich prod nets of cot
ton, rice and sugar, for which their section
enjoys a monopoly. From the recent speech
of Gen. Wade Hampton, at. the Georgia
State Fair, as well as from every represent
ative of public opinion, we perceive that
the people are alive to their true interests
—that of encouraging not only the cultiva
tion of' their old staples, bat of every other
product for which their soil and climate is
peculiarly adapted. Every portion of the
South produces corn equal to the West,
and some sections grow the best wheat in
the conntry. There is no section so rich in
the various natural advantages as the
Southern States. Almost everything that
is grown in the Northern and Western
States flourishes there; and, beside their
soil and climate, they are rich in valuable
timber—the hard pine, every variety of
oak, ash, poplar; cypress and other woods
are abundant. And along the Alleghanic-s,
from Virginia to Alabama, is probably the
richest section of the world for the variety
of its minerals, coal, iron, copper, zinc,
marble and lime have been developed in
a rude —slave labor —way for for many
years. Skilled labor, science and capita!
are now directing their attention to this re
gion. But perhaps the greatest advantage
the South possesses over every other sec
tion of our vast country-is its immense
water power, scattered almost everywhere
throughout the hilly sections of the inte
rior, surrounded with the raw material for
working into manufactured products, and
cont iguous by rail and river to the markets
of the world, not requiring three bushels
of corn to seud one bushei to market.
True there are localities along the low
flatlands of the coast, near swamps and
sluggish water courses that are sickly, but
the whole interior and hilly sections are
more free from local diseases and epidemics
than the West, or North. In proportion to
the population more old persons can be
found throughout the South than in any
other section.
We learn that in many of our cities or
ganizations of colonies are being formed
with a view of exploring the Southern
States, and of establishing at suitable locali
ties, the nucleus of manufacturing towns
and cities. These combinations among
artizans of the different callings is a much
more'sensible mode of improving their con
dition than Trades’ Unions to coerce high
er wages. The contributions required to
support strikes, if applied to sending dele
gates to spy out the fertile fields and invit
ing opportunities awaiting their embrace
would enable many a family now struggling
for existence in the crowded North to be
come independent in a few years in the
sunny South, where now there is no class
more welcome than the manufacturer and
the skilled laborer. IT. W. R.
Roue and Lynch Law.—A most, desper
ate negro, named Harry Floyd, was hun"
by the people of the neighborhood in which
lie resided, about fifteen miles southeast of
Clayton, Ala., a few days since, for com
mitting rape upon the person of a white
girl about 12 years old, daughter of a
wid.otv. The offense was committed a
month ago, but Floyd was not caught un
til recently. A jury of twenty-four per
sons—twelve whites and twelve blacks—
was convened by Judge Lyncli, and, after
hearing the testimony, they decided to hang
him. He confessed to this outrage, and
also to an attempt, npon another little girl
12 years old, also the daughter of a widow.
He further stated that lie intended to make
a young lady one of his victims, but the
dog prevented. He was stubborn to the
last, and when “ swung off ” refused to
kick, but hung nearly twenty minutes be
fore he choked to death. He left only three
wives to mourn Ids well deserved fate.
About three hundred persons were present,
aud no mob violence permitted. He was
tried in formally, it is true, but fully, and
merited the punishment inflicted by the
judgment of his own color.
Murderer Stilt, at Large—Giles C.
Efurd who, it will lie remembered, recently
shot and killed John Smoot, at Louisville,
Barbour county, Alabama, is still at large.
And although the friends of the murdered
man—who was a poor but respectable citi
zen—have offered a reward of SI,OOO for
the apprehension of Efurd* it is still be
lieved that he will not be secured, at least
for some years. He has ample means him
self, and hiS Mends are also sufficiently
wealthy to afford him all the aid desirable
to carry him to a home in some distant
land, where, for and time at lealst, he will be
safe. But “ murder will out,” and his only
real safety is in the grave.
[Columbus Sun.
notice.
THE FRI ENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF
Mrs. Habkic ! H. Glasscock, and of Mrs. Thomas
Barrett and unify are invited to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Glass ook, at the house of Mrs. Barrett, on
SATUUD^MORNlNa^aOWclodk^^^^
Georgia State Lottery
Ftlt THE BENEFIT <>F THE
Ornhaii s Home and. Free tScliool.
The tollowilg were the drawn numlx,re, in the Oup
ptoment&jy Scheme, drawn at Augusta, Georgia,
f December 9.
UORNINd DRAWING— CIass 587.
24 39 [4l CO 30 1 70 55 2 33 49 66
12 Drawl Numbers.
EVKNINf DRAWING —Class 588.
M 67 3 j 59 1 9 5 68 54 2 8 4 10 66 35
16 Drawl Numbers. .
declO-'
SPIICIAL NOTICES.
" ‘ • 35
KT SOCIAL LODGE, No. 1, F.\ and A.-. M.-.
The R°olar Monthly Communication of Social
Lodge, No. 1, will he held at Masonic Hall, THIS
(Friday) EVEN ING, at 7 o’clock.
The election of officers lor the ensuing year will
take place.
Byorderof S. T>. Heard, W -. M.\
WM. H: CRANE, Jr.,
declo-l Secretary.
*ar |hE~RTG-ULAK MONTHLY MEETING
of the bundaj School Teachers’ Asiociation for
Frayer/thais", and consultation for the Sunday Schooj
work, wsfe be hi Id THIS (Friday) EVENING, at 7
o’c’ock, in-the Freshyerian Lee* (ire Room.
Teaehfcrs and Scholars, Pastor and people are in
vited to-a' lend. declo-l
EXCHANGE or BONDS.
Office Charlotte. Columbia and 1
A. It K. Cos.. >
Columbia, S. 0., December C, 18G9. )
Tie; St. .ckhoiders oftlie Charlotte and South Oato
tina.Vnfl the Coiutu! ia and Augusta Kailrotd Com
panies in pint convention, July 8, 1869, having con
solidated and authorized the issuance hytltis Com
pany of its First Mortgage Sevan per cent. Coupon
to be used for the purpose of retiring the Bonds
of said two Companies r sp etfi e’y, the undersigned
hereby gives notice oi hi. readiness to make the ex
change of the Bonds.
The Coupon due Janu .ry 1, IS7>>, wili bo Attached
to the new Bonds. I'pis P.S'le of Bunds for the jmr
pose design tted, will aieotml to jjt 1 ,i'on,i 00, which is
equivalent to a lien of < try :il'OU! s6,i 00 per mile on
this Company’s U .ad o' 19 . miles. Asa security,
they am regarded as being belter than any heretofore
irsuifl by either o the two Companies ii- nred, arid are
eonMcntiy commeade 1 as one of the best nvestments
now offer , and in the f-oatl.cru states.
O. 11. MASSON,
dccS-5 T.casurer.
NOTICE TO COTTON SHIPPERS.
- Augusta Aireiiojr. C. It. 1t.,)
Augusta, Dec. 6,1869. \
On and after WEDNKBDAY, Slh inst., tile rate on
Cotton irom Augusta to Savannah will be $1 25 per
baiy. A. F. BUTLER,
dcc7-0 Agent O. R. If.
* ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN GOLD
will he given to any person who, on analysis, will dis
cover one grain or arsenic or other mineral poison
in DR. HURLEY'S AGUE TONIC. It is purely
vegetable, and the most happy combination that
the science of medicine lias as yet developed to suc
cessfully combat the must prevalent diseases incident
tu a hilliotts or malarious elimalo. It is the most
perfect nmi-p riodic— always Breaking the Chill in
■hreo or four doses; hut better than that or ail else,
and what renders it tho most eSlcicnt and valuable
compound extant, is the universally conceded fact
that it leaves the patient in better health than before
the attack, with no pulling up of the skin, no buzzing
iu the head, no deufuesg, no impaired vision, hut a
clear head, a transparent skin, a bright eye, an clastic
step and buoyant health.
It elimin ittfi disease from the system by dissipating
«ngorg.;menls of the se -re Mons, exciting the livor to
healthy action and giving the pancreatic and hepatic
juices their normal condition and healthy liow.
It is a hotter preventive Ilian cute, and if people
could he prevailed upon to take it, in say half doses
llove times a day, during the chilly season, they
Ktve net 'cot immunity ftoin chills an l till the
concomitant diseases; lint who, except the
dept, rtill take medicine before they are sick ?
In everywhere. Read Jim. Ruddle A: Co.’s
sep24-tf
IT AH BANK AND TRUST COMPANY.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
This In dilution was Chartered by tin- lis Georgia
L' g'slafiitv, In- a Cm dial tlf
a tie! Man rw i■ v i-au (To, .zed toner as
Ti t stcHA,,hy apiiainlm nt of any Court ol theHte.te
or !.y S ’kiMioi! of any i xecotor or ißd'Vi iu and, f r them
wives or tor tin; benefit of any mi' or or minors for
whom they may he act ng; and fun is in litigation in
the. Various Courts of this Kioto m y he 'epoeited in
sold BANK AND Tf.MJsr toMP ,NY pending
negation, thu ass r iir.g »aife and posit try forall funds
held forfutit ; di. position.
Th'-y av tiLo authorized t> receive and se 1 the
PRODUCE OF THE COUNTRY on cons'gnment.
In view of this they have con- traded an extern ive
FtRK PROOF (V A REHOUSE, and are prepared to
make advances on any produce consigned to them, or
.-t oed in their 'Varohonsc.
FOUR PERCENT INTKREHT will he allowed
on moneys ho I in special trust, «• • 1 <t to cheeks at
sight, a .and HIX P'HR CKN I’, on do; osits m .do for a
specti and time, not 1 s i than four months.
Deposits nay also lie made at the Agency a Macon
MORRIS KI'.TCIIUM, President.
MILO Cl ATCII, Vine-Preeilent.
EDMUND Kiff;CRUM, Cashier.
I. C. CLASiT &■ VON.
Agents at Macon, Ga.
KETCHUM <fc HARTIRDGh;,
Commercial Agents, Savannah.
DIRECTORS I
Morris Ketchum, ) XT v ,
P. C Calhoun, Pres’t 4tli Nat Bank, ) Ncw sforl£ -
Charles Green, of Chas Green, t-on & Cos., )
A. 1.. Hartridoe, of Ketchum <fc Ilartridge, I IP
.Tas. G. Mills, of T. R. & J. (}. Mills, | %
Francis Muir, of W. Battersh & Cos., [■ g
John <!. Rowland, of J. C. Rowland ■& Cos., I g
Milo Hatch, er
Edmund Ketchum,
nov7-6*t3m
King of Chills ‘s sure and curiam.
Dumb Ague—Use King of Chills.
Children can u«e King of Chilli.
Kinu 01~ Chi 1 In—the people’s favorite.
FINAL NOTICE.
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES FOR THE
TEAR 1869.—The Dgest will l>o closed on
WKPN ESDAY, December Ist, 1869, and executions
against defaulters issued. AU persoas iu arrears will
save costs by coming up proa ptly to my office, over
271 Broad street, and settling.
JOHN A. BO TILER,
nov‘2B 10 T. C. K. C.
DR. H. T. CAMPFIELD,
DENTIS Ti,
ROOMS 277 BROAD STREET, OVER DERRY k LAW.
OCt7 3 m
NOTICE.
WIL Is be on exhibition at W. 11. Good
rich's Carpenter shop, in Augusta, on the lOtli
and Hth, FRIDAY and SATURDAY of Do
eernber, one of TKEFT’S PATENT SAW
BHARPENERB and GUMMERS, one of the
great Labor Saving Machines of the age. No
Files are necessary where the machine is used.
Saw Mill men are particularly invited to call
and see the Machine. A. fIULBERT.
decß-td
Bridal, Christmas a«4 New Year
PRESENTS.
GtRAND OPENING of SOLID STERLING
SILVERWARE, of. rich ami I>eautiltd design,
expressly made to order.
The richest stylos of JEWELRY, set with
precious stoues, of all descriptions.
Diamond Sets of EAR RINGS and PINS,
FINGER RTNGS, <ft.c. Fine Gobi, Vest, Guard
and Leoutihe CHAINS. Also, one of the larg
est assortments of Gold and Silver WATCHES
to be found in Die' Soul hern Btates, of the best
European and American manufacture, which
we have purchased since the recent fall iu the
gold market, consequently we promise to offer
our goods lower than any house in this pity.
WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED
and executed promptly and warranted at
A. PRONTAUT A SON’S,
168 Broad Rtreet,
Below t.ho Augusta Hotel.
nov22-2m
BORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.—Where
as, Matthew Rice, Administrator on the estate
of Hugh Rice, applies to me for Letters of Dismission :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular the next of kip and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office, on or before the first
Monday In March, 1870, to show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office
In Augusta, this 9th day of November, 1860.
SAMUEL LEVY,
no»10-401aw Ordinary.
PvrATB OF GEORGIA, Richmond County :
All persons indebted to J. S. Wilcox, late of said
county, deceased, arc required to make immediate pay
ment, and those having demands against his estate
are hereby notified to present the same within the time
prescribed by law
S.J.WILOOX,
W. W. WILCOX,
Administrators.
IS! ew
BIBAHOIY’S M QFEBA HR
Ths Troupe of the Universe.
FOR ONE WEEK ONLY,
Commencing Monday, December 18.
3J 1 IRST APPEARANCE IN TEN YEARS
oi' the old and well known established Troupe,
Os twenty years’ standing, formerly
RTJMSEY & NEWCOMB’S,
' AND NOW
NEWCOMB’S MINSTRELS,
THE CZARS OP MINSTRELSY.
A combination embodying much that is truly
great, artistic and incomparably excellent in the
world of Minstrel Art, Talent,' Genius, chosen
from the very front ranks ol the profession,
with that nicety of artistic perception and supe
rior judgment of what is decidedly acceptable
to the am lsement seeking public, which only
years of professional experience can give. Btich
experience has been that of the veteran Come
dian and Manager,
W. W. NEWCOMB,
ami most successful caterer to the fastidious
taste of a refined, intellectual, appreciative pub
lic, for twenty years.
THIS MATCHLESS ORGANIZATION
will appear nightly in their new and
Sensational Programme*
Doors opeu at 7 o’clock, commencing at 8
precisely. Admission, 51; Gallery, 50 cents.
Reserved Seats cm be secured at Oates’ Music
Store without extra charge. decß tt
SAUSAGES.
IzCaving been repeatedly assured by those
who have tested them that I make the best
SAUSAGES in the city, 1 can now announce
the same myself, without fear of contradiction,
and would respectfully iuform ray friends and
those citizens of Augusta who have not favored
me with a call, as well as those who have, that
[ will be prepared at my STALL NO. 10,
LOWER MARKET, on to-morrow morning
and evening, to furnish all who may desire
some of that kind, with such quantities as they
may wish. H. A. BYRD,
dec! 0-3*
FOR SALE,
A. FINE HORSE, BUGGY and HAR
NESS, in complete order. A No. 1 turn out.
Can be seen at “ l’ourrelle’s Stables,” where
price can be ascertained. dcclO-tt
Fears, Bartley & To. f
PROVISION BROKERS,
LOUISVILLE, KY.
By special clause in our articles of co-part
nership, we arc not permitted either individu
ally or as a firm, lo buy or speculate in Bonds,
Stocks, Gold, or Merchandise, lor our own ac
count.
Our Brokerage is 1 PER CENT, ou PRO
VISIONS, 3>£ PER CENT. CORN and lIAY ;
FLOUR at Milleys’ Prices,no Brokerage.
Refbrrkcb-Provision Dealers of Augusta.
declO-lw FEARS, BARTLEY & CO.
Madame S. Sosnowski’s
HOME SCHOOL
PO R YOUNG LADIKy,
ATHENS, GA.
(Scholastic year from September isth
to July Ist, the only interruption being the
usual Christmas Holidays.
Pupils are received at any lime, and charged
front date of entrance. deelO-tf
THE VERY BEST ! V^|3§
S PE cold weather has allowed me lo kill
n,d prepare for market such BEEF, MUTTON,
I A lIT VF, Af. and PORK ns has not been seen
fouTTAi fiV- «.*»* nisui Ik. iatHiul
prune CORNED BEEF and till? Choicest SAU
SAGE MEAT. JOHN P. FOtsTER,
deelO-1 Stall No. 1 Lower Market.
NOTICE.
A T THE January T‘>rn, 1870, ol Richmond
''ouvt of Ordinal’. , appiica io wII h< made for leavo
to selfthe i oi of Land <ai Telfaii street, in this city,
helonsim? to the Estate O' Francis O Whi'cliead, de
ceased, for payment of debts ad distribution.
LOUISA M. WUITBHJSAP,
<lccld-l:iw4w Administratrix.
—Four weeks after date, application
LhS will lie made to the Court of Ordinary of Rich
mond county for leave to sell the Land belonging to
the estate of Charlotte Conn, and. ceased, siiuated in the
city of Savannah.
JOHN 8. DAVIDBON,
AdnvnL-trator of Estate of Mrs. C. Conn.
declO-lawtiv
BlUttAllfS ! BlttttllNS !!
EXT R A O RDINARY.
_I_)eSIRING to close out our Retail Stock of
DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, BED BLANKETS,
&c., &e., we offer tor the next thirty days to
Cash Buyers very great bargains in WINTER
DRESS GOODS, SILKS, POPLINS, AL
PACAS, &«., &c.
All in want of CHEAP GOODS are invited
to test our desire by an examination.
D. R. WRIGHT & CO,
dec9 tt 233 Broad street.
New (j'o<ids Coming Along Daily.
1,000 SACKS of SALT, full weight,
Liverpool
109 Sacks of Prime RIO COFFEE
100 Bbls. SYKUF, different qnalities
25 Ilbds. Prime CUBA MOLASSES
250 Bales ot Choice Eastern and Northern
HAY
With a large variety ol everything usually
kept on baud by First Class Grocery Establish
ments. On hand and for sale by
TIIOS. M. GOLDSBY,
dec9-2w 209 .'Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
Last News from Spain.
20 OCTAVES of choice old SHERRY
WINE, imported in 1860, by an old Savannah
House. Guarantees given as to its purity, age,
and delicacy of flavor. Those wishing a pure,
flue article are invited to examine samples at
T. M. GOLDSBY’S,
dec9-2w 299 Broad street.
A CAR vT
On the first day of December, I sold to
Capt. G. W. Conway my “ KENTUCKY
STABLES,” No. 350 Broad street. The
patronage of the public so liberally ex
tended to me at my upper establishment is
respectfully solicited for my successor.
JOHN B. POURNELLE.
I WILL still continue the Livery and Sale
Business at my old original stand, the GREY
EAGLE STABLES, in the rear of the Cen
tral Hotel, on Ellis street, where a first
class stoek of HORSES, MULES, and
CARRIAGES of all descriptions can
always lie found.
JOHN B. POURNELLE,
Proprietor Grey Eagle Stables.
It will l>e seen by the first of the above
Cards that I purchased, on the llrst day of
December, the original “ KENTUCKY
STABLES”, from Mr. John B. Pournki.be.
A share of the public patronage so freely
accorded me In the past is respectfully
asked for the future. Accommodations for
300 head of MULES and HORSES can be
furnished.
HACKING of every description done
with promptness and in the best style. •
G. W. CONWAY,
Proprietor “Kentucky Stables,”
dec9-lw* 350 Broad street.
“MOLASSES”
50 BARRELS CHOICE MOLASSES,
Arrfvingand for sale low.
dec9-8 BLAIR, BM‘ FH & CO.
100 BALES just re
ceived and for sale by
decs-6 FLEMING & STAPLES,
TO WHOLESALE BUYERS!
o
« . ;T ? 1- i/i .j t 4 .•’> fg.ev
WE AJlirJtt WYR CASH
Calicoes
4||^ Pa? •
Hamilton DeLanes,*ls cts.,
Good White Flannels, 15 cts..
X.
Good Canton Flannels, 14 cts.
Large Stock Long and Square Shawls
and Cloaks, just received, at Very Low
Prices.
CALL AND SEE US.
V. RICHARDS & BROS.,
decß-lw FREDERICKBBURG STORE,' CORNER BY TUK PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
COTTON SEED ! COTTON SEED!
Wanted—l,ooo TONS COTTON SEED. Will pay the highest CASH price,
at all seasons of the year. The Seed must be delivered dry and in good order. Bags
will be furnished. BARRET & CASWELL.
dci'B-lm
INSURANCE,
FIRE, MARINE AND INLAND^
IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST CLASS COMPANIES, VIZ:
-ETNA INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Chartered 18L9, Cash Assets 15,353,533
MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1831. Cash Assets 1,302,101
HOWARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1835, Cash Assets 715,707
FIREMEN’S INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1835, Cash Assets 345,000
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
ASTOR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets 453,757
L’HENIX INSURANCE CO„ New York, Cash Assets 1,040,350
PHGSNIX INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Cash Assets.,. 1,573,907
f13,737,990
RISKS taken on COTTON, MERCHANDISE, STORKS, 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 verna. 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 of them are in CASH or its equiva
lent, and not in subscriptions, or stock uotes to be paid when tires occur. Losses will be equi
tably adjusted and promptly paid.
RISKS ARE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
. Wifi. SHUAR, Agent.
Aijgcsta, Ga., September 18, 1809. sepl9-4mif
Recommended by the Highest •
l' M ,ODICAL AUTHORITY
|s|> SOUTH CAROLINA,
7 ' -zU| FOR
• • ' *1! Wi \K AM) IVIMIIER WGIMION.
t;ir<Ul:,r :,r(,uni ' ,!,ch h''"'e, for
W this and nniiieriius ether Certificates.
T '" y m "“ AI>FOT,ZER
As a, Stimulant or Tronic,
These Bitters combine the most valuable Tonic and Stimulant qualities of any ever offered
to the public. They are warranted free from all injuries qualities, being composed ol PURE
VEGETABLE EXTRACTS, long known and highly valued tor He ir medicinal properties, and
a pure Rye Whisky, distilled expressly for the manufacturers, and they will be found
PL EAS ANT AND AGR WE \BE E
to the taste. We are quite willing, however, that their reputation should rest upon what others
say of them.
One of our customers, at Covington, Ga., in sending his order for another supply of the
Bitters, takes occasion to say :
“ Your Bitters are just what we have needed here at (he South, and supply a Ion" desired
want. Our Planters buy them readily and freely, and use them in their families as a Tonic and
Stimulant. In this climate we find something of this kind ol great benefit., and your Bitters are
just the thing long ueeded.”
THEY ARE SOLD ALL OVER THE SOUTH.
DOWIE & MOISE,
PROPRIETORS AND WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, CHARLESTON, S. C.
For Sale by
W. H. BARRETT,
dicß-eod6w WHOLESALE DRUGGIST, 201 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
Dickson Prolific Potion Seed.
E HAVE this day received 200 sacks
COTTON SEED, of very superior quality. For
sale by
decß-3 ROBERTS, MORRIS & SHIVERS.
MINCE MEAT.
CELEBRATED XX MINCE
MEAT, prepared expressly for family use, in 21b. and
5 lb. Cans ami Jars. The manufacturer guarantees
the quality shall not be equal *ed ; and also to keep
the year round, and io any climate. Received and for
sale by
deeS-lw JAMES G. BAILIE <fe BROTHER.
Curtain Damasks,
Lacc Curtains,
Cornices and Bands,
’Window Shades.
T larfrf- additional New Supplies of the
above Goods Just opened.
Goods Pretty. Prices Low.
James G. Bailie «& Brother.
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H. W. MORAN,
UPHOL STERE R,
(Late with J. G. Bailie & Bko.)
Cuts, FITB 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 nt. Globe Hotel, or L)r. W. H.
Tutt’s will be promptly attended to.
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W HELENS & €O.,
COTTON
F A. C T O R.B,
AUGUSTA, GA..
W ILL CONTINUE THE STORAGE and
SALE OF COTTON AND OTHER FRO
DUCK.
PLANTERS’ BUSINESS SOLICITED
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Fall and Winter
a O O TANARUS) R !
AT
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
18 6 9.
THE undersigned has received, at his Old
Stand, opposite the Globe Hotel, the Largest
i 1 ' 1 /’ Selected Stoek of FALL and VVIN
rEU GOODS that he has had the pleasure of
otlermg to his friends and customers for many
bra ? !;! ' il tbe Latest Styles of DRESS
GOODS, such as—
Irish and French POPLINS
Checked and Striped POPLINETS
Black and Colored SILKS
EMPRESS CLOTHS
MUSLIN DELAINES
MERINOEB, &e
Black BOMBAZINES
Black ALPACAS
Bleached and Brown TABLE DAM \SKS
SHIRTINGS'" 1 Br ° Wn SHEETINGS and
PRINTS, in great variety
.ST'™' mmm >
Gents’ Traveling SHAWLS
Ladies’CLOTH CLOAKS
BED BLANKETS, liU and 11 4
Cril) and Cradle BLANKETS
Dark Gray BLANKETS
mention.
of CABSIMERES, TWEEDS SATiNETS
and JEANS, my BtOe k Vamnot Knrpass2l
Retln B are invi| K d 0 | ,)U T. h: ' Be !U Wholesale or
n(i.m are invited to call and examine lieforu
purchasing elsewhere. mc l)Uor *
octlO-daotf JAMES MILLER
Choice Family Groceries,
KMaiitaitioii Supplies,
Tub*, Churns, Bucket*, Measure*
Hair and Straw Broom*, Dusters, Brushes
Baskets of all kinds
Boots and Shoes.
We invite the attention of the Citizens
® Augusta and Vlcluity to our new Fall
supplte. of the above Goods.
AH of which arc of Good Quality.
Fresh Supplies received Weekly.
JLIS. G. 11A11,1 K(t BROTHER.
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SOMETHING NEW
IN THE
Window Shad© Lin©
Can be found in the way of a
REVERSIBLE SHADE,
AT
Brothers,
214 BROAD stbset.
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