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About Tri-weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 18??-1877 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1869)
Institutionalist "••• iAU»U3TA„ Q-A. - |-J7 JjM WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEu. 29.1869 WHAT SHALL WE DO ? First of all, we should have no dealing with our enemies, or as little as possible. If Congressmen can only be brought to terms by bargain and sale, we may possi bly have occasion to use a corruption fund at Washington; but, in matters of general business, let us henceforth patronize home industries, deny ourselves many luxuries not yet obtainable at home, or else pur chase, when obliged to, from friends. We hold that the South is in a first rate condi tion to make Reconstruction howl, if her people have the nerve, the sagacity and the fidelity to play their game to the end. Commercially, the West is bankrupt; but the South is the best purchaser id the market, as well as the best producer. She has over and over again, with her cotton, saved the General Government from finan cial ruin, and the merchants of New York confess that she, this year, preserved them from a terrible catastrophe. We learn that so cramped and distressed is the West that the East has abandoned her to a great degree, and the hordes of drummers who once swarmed out there have turned their faces Southward. These pertinacious and oily persons do not come here to collect bad debts. There are none to collect. Oh, no, they come to make good debts for the next season, since the Soutji has become the most lavish as well as the most honest customer extant. Now what do we get from govern ment —we scorn to call It our government but kicks, blows and insults? And what do we receive from many of those we are helping to make richer and richer, but a strong backing up of this oppressive gov ernment, and a continuance of the party*in power who have made Reconstruction a grand stealing expedition ? We owe them a debt of vengeance, since debts of gratitude are out of the question. How shall we pay it? By war? Not a bit of it. That would not be smart, even if it were not impossible. But we owe them a debt of vengeance and we can pay it, by refusing to traffic with them any more than we can possibly help and by giving our trade to assured friends. We should deal more at home. We should en courage home-manufactures of all kinds. We should stop the extravagant tastes of , our households. We should make certain that every Northern man we have anything to do with is something better than a latter day saint or fair-weather sympathizer. The South can get along very well without the North ; but the North can not so easily do without the South. If our people had the heroism and spirit of sacrifice necessary to stop cotton planting for one year they could smash the machine now run by Grant, Butler and Bullock. Bun as they are wanting in this transcendent quality of self-abnegation, we suggest the next best thing : encouragement of home institutions and discouragement of every thing unfriendly at the North. If the peo ple of the South can not come up to the height of the great argument, they may as well prepare for unlimited cheating, un limited tyranny and unlimited " reconstruc tion.” The North deals with the South on the theory that her people are business fools. And indeed there would seem to be warrant for this presumption ; for what greater folly is there than to suffer from in sult and yet help fatten the rogues and cowards who keep piling on the agony, fearless of reprisal! Fellow countrymen, if you are really anxious to pay a debt of ven geance and save yourselves from continu ous future calamity, show your pluck, your manhood and your strategy by cutting oft’ the enemy’s supplies. iViROINIA.—The Richmond grows •‘frbfßSrtfflltaTes.’r The Whig thinks it hard that Virginia should suffer for the fault of Georgia, and harder that she should be suspected of “ following any body’s example ” and entering on a course of conduct which would “ touch her honor.” God knows she has not followed Geor gia’s example, and therefore ought not t© be punished ; but Georgia will deserve the severest punishment when she follows the example of Virginia and licks Beast But ler’s hand. The Whig makes the great mistake of supposing that abject submission to Con. gress, must, pertorce, win the esteem of those wh‘i rule Congress. Never was there a more flagrant error. We want no better proof than Virginia’s present situation and the comment of FoNNEY upon it. The Washington Chronicle , editorially, says : “Is it not a striking retribution, that that State which constituted itself for four long years the bulwark of secession, should now be compelled to cringe at the feet of a man once so abhorred and denounced by the Richmond press, craving the boon of a place in the Federal Union?” Even Grant has turned against her, it is said and answers all the newspaper adulation with treachery. Prose having failed, poetry is evoked. We find this verse in the leading columns of the Whig : “And now she stands knocking and knock ing in vain, At the temple she helped to prepare. And the children she dowered, in pride and disdain, Are deaf to her motherly prayer.” We submit the following, in answer: Your knocking i6 vain, for'a very good reasOD, Tbe temple is filthy with flies from the East; And the door you approach is to honor a trea. son. Since it hides but the wallow of Butler, the Beast! The Almighty Dollar.— lt seems that Cornelius Wendell saved Andrew Johnson from impeachment. Wendell thought $150,000 would answer for bribery. He checked off twelve Radical Senators who could be approached, and finally selected of these four who would stick. Senators do not receive money in person. This is the way a bargain is managed: “ The confidential man of a particular Senator is found, and an appeal made to him. Probably he is told that on a certain measure it is very important to have a vote in a certain way. A roll of money is hand ed to him, and he is told that if the measure succeeds he may retain the money; if it fails he is to return it. He is put upon his honor regarding the transaction, and noth ing more is said. He understands what is expected of him. If the price offered satis fies his Senator, it is all right; otherwise he brings the money back.” One Senator returned $30,000 because it would not pay for his political death at home, not because the offer of money was an insult. Wendell says Senator Pome roy was not even tampered with, being too cheap. President Johnson was not cognizant of the bribery and would not have allowed the use of money if he had known of it. When we see what a few thousands spent at a negro restaurant have accomplished for Bullock, and how much was done to help A. J- by the disbursement of $150,000, our people ought to wake up to the proper way of dealing with Congress. Delega tions are humbugs ; petitions are farcical. The loyal rulers of the nation must either be bought or defied. ■— mm— , Father Hyacinthe.— The ex-friar left New York and America for a very good reason. His money was gone. The Fifth Avenue Hotel was free to him and the French Benevolent Society paid his journey to Havre. The New York Sun says “in this respect he offers a pleasing contrast to many of the political, literary, and religious notabilities who come to. our shores from Europe.” Pbyor and Forney.— Mr. Forney tell# how Roger A. Pryor was released from Fort Lafayette. We condense his long ac count. Washington McLean, one of the editors and proprietors of the Cincinnati Enquirer, called on Forney and begged him to intercede with Lincoln for Pryor’s enlargement. Eagerly and prayerfully, For ney went to old Abe with the petition.— Abraham listened good-naturedly and at last presented the following on a card : To Colonel Burke K Commanding at Fort Lafayette, New York : Please release General Roger A. Pryor, who will report to Colonel Forney, on Capitol Hill. A. Lincoln. Pryor got oub- of jail and reported to Forney. He spent a week with his libera tor, who thus eulogizes him: “ What he promised he has manfully ful filled. He has never since been found among the obstructionists of the Govern ment. He took no part in the calamitous policy of Andrew Johnson. He has never been among the assailants of Congress. Settling down in New York in the indus trious, andj.l am glad to hoar, successful practice of his profession of the law, he has made many warm friends. I have not. met Washington McLean since he brought Pryor to my lodgings; but I owe him thanks for a barrel of Cincinnati hams w'hich he sent me, as if to prove that when he takes up the cause of a friend it is in the spirit of the hoqjely Western axiom—he goes ‘ the whole swine.’ ” Wash McLean evidently knew his man, as the barrel of hams may testify. Had Pryor waited a few weeks longer, he would have been set at Mberty without damaging concessions; and, though For ney might have lost his hog-meat, McLean' would have been that much the gainer. It is a pathetic story, and Pryor no doubt re peats it with unction to his friends,, who weep in chorus. Samana. —The Journal of Commerce thus trtimasks the Samana Bay transaction : “ It is known that, for some time, there “ has been a powerful ring in operation “ for the purchase, or leasing, of Samana “ Bay by the United States. The members “of this combination, United States offl “cials and others, it is said, receive from “ San Domingo a certain very liberal com “ mission on the lease money. These eren “ tlemen have manufactured the bulk of “ public opinion in favor of the negotia tion which they have now brought so “ nearly to a successful issue. So far, it “is a repetition of the Alaska business. “ As the* Senate under Mr. Sumner’s lead “ ership, invariably votes for propositions “ to buy or lease land at the highest possi “ ble prices, but never, under any circum “ stances, to secure it for nothing, there is “ a probability that the new San Domingo “ treaty will be ratified, and the Govern “ ment be badly stuck again, as usual.” Everything in this loyal Government is a job. If the South wants to checkmate Reconstruction, she must treat it as a mat ter of business and buy up Congressmen.— Tift’s thunder may be dramatic, but it us not the one thing necessary. Bullock’s Calculation.—Our Titmouse expects to hold the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives “ in the hollow of his hand.” He calculates that the act of Congress will disqualify 25 white Georgians and give the Radicals 15 majority on joint ballot. With this majority he hopes to hold the United States Senate in the hollow of his foot as well as the hollow of his hand. Bullock is a great scamp and a narrow minded charlatan, but he understood Con gress better thin Mr. Tift. He spent money (other people’s money) to gain his ends ; whereas, Mr. Tift only spent elo quence, which is not recognized as cur rency at the National Capitol. A Note. —The Columbus Sun says that B. H. Hill’s last “ Note” is “ written in his best style, and strikes the line marked out by the Press of the State.” Butler and Bingham. —“ You are a thfcf, “says Bingham to Butler. “You are a murderer,” says Butler to Bingham. This Is In public. Privately they are the best of friends.. That’s loyalty. in i■ i— fFrom the Hartford (Conn.) Times. The West. The West is full of uneasy, daring, ad venturous men. They are to day dictating terms to the Republican party. They de mand that there shall be no specie pay ments, but on the contrary that there shall be inflation. The leaders at Washington hear and obey them. And this dispatcli was sent by telegraph from Washington a few days since: the demands of the west. “The West demands more of the consul ships. The call for the list of appoint ments by the House is for the purpose of showing that the Eastern States have more than their ratio, measured by the popula tion. This is true, but the West has by far the of territorial offices. The President gives a majority of the con sulships to the East because she is speci ally interested in commerce, and the West has a more direct connection with the Terri tories.” This is only one of the notes of warning to you. “The East is specially interested in commerce.” True, and manufacturing also. The West is a producing country; so is the South. The Mississippi river draws the two together, and they will act together, and act against New England and her interests before two more Con gresses are closed; nor will the New Eng land plotters for negro equality be able to control the negro vote. The African will vote for free trade, and cheap shoes and clothes; he will vote with the. West. He is what a Southern letter-writer says (last week) in his communication to a New York paper: “ Not long will the weakening fetter bands of central power hold the accumu lating weight and strength of the great West and Southwest to the bosom of the she-wolf of New England.” The West growing rapidly, and with in creasing representation at every decade, has already found fault with the great, weight of New England in the United States Senate. With a less population than New York, which has two Senators, New England has twelve Senators. It is true that the Constitution declares that “ no State, without its consent, shall be de prived of its equal suffrage in the Seuate,” even by au amendment to the Constitution. But what does that amount to? Who cares for the Constitution ? Do the people lift a finger or cast a vote to save it? Does not the party in power scoff at it, and violate it frequently, and in the most dan gerous manner? When the “accumulated weight and strength of the great West and Southwest” sweeps down upon New Eng land, the unconstitutional precedents of her leaders at this time will be quoted, and she may cry in vain for constitutional pro tection. She will lean upon a broken reed. A Southern paper, the Augusta Comtitu tionaUsl, of December 15, in view of the policy of vengeance wreaked upon that sec-" tlon. turns its attention to coming events, and says; “ The Philadelphia North Ainerican and the Boston Journal have opened their bat teries on Western sectionalism. We learn* from these authorities that the West is ‘ fast becoming more tyrannical and exact ing than the South ever was or ever thought of being.’ Great frpqbles in the long run are predicted. It is asserted that the West is too voracious and ungrateful. She thanks the East for no favor and takes all she can grasp as a right indisputable. The North American growls over the fact that the West is a unit ip Congress when the spoils are on the carpet, while the East is dis tracted by local jealousies. With an im mense grimace, we are told that the West gobbles up all the money, all the land, all the offices, while the East has to pay nearly all the taxes |ind the bulk of the revenue. The East is called upon to unite against this novel version of the ‘slave-driver’s lash.’ Os course the Western organs re taliate in kind and threaten terrible things.” As rapid as the tide of passing events in these eventful and fanatical times, the day is approaching when New England will appeal to the Constitution for safety ; and then she will be confronted with the pre cedents which her representatives are making and npholding to-day. She will appeal to a government shattered by her own policy and action, and the “vengeance” now so sorely felt at the South will fall with redoubled force upon Northern in terests. The Southwestern Railroad has agreed to extend from Albany towards Blakely if the citizens will contribute one-half. rFrom tbe Macon Telegraph ana Messenger. Notes on the Railway Situation in Geor . gia—No. 1. Messrs. Editors : It is my desire to send you an occasional note or communication on the Railway Situation in Georgia. Next to our landed estate, there is no single in terrat in the State of greater magnitude and importance than our railroads, which have cost their builders and owners, first and last, nearly, if not quite, fifty millions of dollars ! This rough estimate includes not only the original cost, but the repairs which have since been made, as well as the depot buildings, ontfit, etc. There seems to be some danger, however, notwithstanding the magnitude of onr railway interest, that public opinion is about to take if, indeed, it has not already taken, a fatal departure from the track blazed out by our fathers; and hence it has occurred to me fJhat it would be no disservice to point out tbe dan ger with which they are threatened, to the end that they may retrace their steps before it is too late. One or two observations just here : 1. I shall offer thesfc articles to the Tele graph and Messenger for publication because of its central location, its large daily and weekly circulation, and the conspicuous liberality and ability with which it is con ducted. 2. I do not own or control stock in any railroad in or out of the State of Georgia, nor do I own property on or near any rail road in or out of the State. I am a quiet man, hold no office of trnst of any kind, and have no other interest in any o” our rail ways than any other citizen has. 3. What 1 may write will be written in good temper, and with no desire to provoke controversy, or to attack any corporation or city, or interest of any kind. It may be necessary to state certain facts for the vin dication of the truth of history, and to set forth the part wh ; ch certain communities have played in zhe course of that, history ; with no view, however, to find fault, but rather—having indicated their error—to aid them in correcting it. 4. Such being the object of these articles, and the magnitude of the subject discussed, and such the temper with which they shall be written, it is hoped the newspaper press of the State will republish such of them as they will have room for—and to that end they shall be brief as possible, this article being the longest, probably, of the whole serira. / Tne public mind in Georgia was much occupied with railroad topips from 1833 to 1840. The first charter granted by the Le gislature was for a railroad or turnpike from Augusta to Eatonton, and thence westward to the Chattahoochee river; but nothing was ever done with it. This was in 1831. The second charter was granted to the Central Railroad and Canal Compa ny—now the Central Railroad and Bank ing Company—December 20, 1833. The third charter was granted to the Georgia 'Railroad Company, December 21, 1833, the object being “to construct a rail or turn pike road from the city of Augusta, with branches extending to the towns of Eatou ton, Madison and Athens,” etc. The fourth charter was granted to the Monroe (now Macon and Western) Railroad Company, December 23, 1833. The object of this company was to build a railway from Ma con to Forsyth, which was subsequently extended to Griffin, and thence to Atlanta. An act was signed December 21,1835, to incorporate the Chattahoochee Railroad Company, with authority to build a road from Macon to Columbus, and thence to West Point; and December 22, 1835, an act was approved by the Governor to in corporate the Brunswick and Florida Rail road Company, which was subsequently amended so as to authorize a branch road to be built to the Chattahoochee river.— Charters for other railroads, canals and turnpikes in various parts of the State fol lowed in rapid succession, amoug them a charter for the Southwestern Railroad and its branches. There seemed to be at this time but little system or method in the ef forts of the people to provide themselves with the means of internal transportation, and many of their enterprises were in di rect conflict with each other. So manifest was this lack of any general railway plan or system, so great was the injury likely to result from a clashing of rival understandings, that our foremost men—including statesmen, judges, lawyers, editors, merchants and planters—under took even at that early day to devise a sys tem of internal improvements that would meet all the existing wants of our people, and which, properly developed and extend ed as occasion requires, might be made to answer all their future wants. The great desire seemed to be to devise a system of railways that would open up speedy com munication, first, between the States on the South Atlantic and the Northwestern States, and second, between the South At lantic and the Quit of Mexico. The South kCavoliua Railroad, the initial movement in [bdth directions, was begm*> and finished ibefore any other railroad of any magnitude fin the United States, and when completed ’it was the longest single railway in the. world. The success of that enterprise led to others, aud charters were readily ob tained from the Legislatures of Ohio, Ken tucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina, to connect Charleston and Cincinnati, by a continuous line of iron roads. These charters are not now with in ray reach, but my recollection is thatihe Charleston and Cincinnati Railroid was to pass, not across, but around the State of Georgia, or, if it should pass through her territory at all, it would be by the Rabun Gap. The subject o' railway communication at length assumed such importance that a grand Railway Convention was called to assemble in Kuoxville, Tenn., July 4th, 1836. Nine States, to-wit: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Car olina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alaba ma, were represented in the convention by three hundred and thirty delegates, includ ing many of their ablest and most enter prising citizens. Gen. Robert Y. Hayne, of South Carolina, was President of the con ventioq, which remained in session several days. * Among the delegates appointed from Georgia were A. H. Chappel, Wash ington Poe, H. G. Lamar, J. R. Butts, Au gustus S. Clayton, Richard W. Habersham, Matthew Hall McAllister, Wm. Dearing, W. W. Holt, and other prominent citizens, including, I believe, Chas. J. Jenkins and John P. King. The convention attracted much attention at the time in all parts of the Union, and especially in the States named above, its prime object being to connect the great States of the teeming Northwest with those washed by the South Atlantic. The charters which have already been granted by Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina con templated a location of the Charleston and Cincinnati Railroad entirely outside of Georgia, and were a serious obstacle in the way of the delegates from this State. It was the earnest desire of the great body of our people to have the road pass through Georgia, and, if possible, to reach the sea at Savannah- The people of South Caroli na were equally desirous that it should pass across their State and empty its rich and yariecl freights into Charleston. The delegation from Georgia, led by Chappell, Poe, McAllister and Habersham, finally succeeded, but not without a hard strug gle, in prevailing upon the convention to recommeud tlje States named above to so amend the charters granted by them as to allow a branch road to be constructed from the main trunk at or near Knoxville, to some point on our northern boundary, there to unite with the roads then building and to be built ia Georgia. This was a vital point gained by the Georgia delegates, and led in the end to the abandonment of the idea of connecting Charleston and Cincinnati. The advan tage thus obtained was subsequently press ed by our people and Legislature, and the result is now realized in the magnificent railways which to-day stretch from Savan nah and Augusta to Atlanta, and on through Chattanooga and Nashyille to the Ohio and Mississippi. The delegates to the convention traveled thither on horseback and in gigs and sulkies, and were as many days on the road as it would now require hours to perform the journey. But they have their reward, and the fact here cited is proof, not only of their energy and en terprise, but also of the vast and beneficial changes wrougnt ont by the foresight and capital of these earnest men who have pre ceded us. Having accomplished their object In hav ing Georgia admitted to share the benefits of the contemplated rqad from Cincinnati to the sea, our delegates to the Knoxville Convention issued a call for a State Rail road Convention to assemble in Macon the first Monday in December following, and recommended that every county should send delegates to the same, equal, at least, to (Jie number of its representatives in the Legislature. The object of this latter convention, as clearly indicated in the call, was to consult “ upon the expediency and practicability of building a railroad from some point on the Tennessee river, below the suck (near Chat tanooga), through Georgia, to some point on the Atlantic.” The convention met in Macon on the day designated, and was one of the ablest bodies ever assembled in Geor gia. Among the delegates present were such men as Berrien, Wayne and Park man, of Chatham: Chappell, Poe, Seymour, Nisbet, Holt and the Lamars, of Bibb; Glasscock, King, Holt and St. John, of Richmond; Clayton, Hall and John A. Cobb, of Clark; CJuthbert, Rutherford and M. A. Kenan, of Baldwin; T. Butler King, at Glenn; Campbell and Everett, of Hous ton;. Bedding and Speer, of Monroe; Spaulding, of Mclntosh; B. Hill and Swted, of Talbot; Floyd and Williamson, ft Netv toa.; and Oliver H. Prince, who represented others, that are well known throughout Upon motion of Judge Clayton* a com mittee of forty was appointed, by whom air able and exhaustive report was subsequent ly made through Mr. Chappell, upon the practicability and desirability of opening up communications by rail with the Tennessee river and the (Northwest. The report was adopted with but twodissenting voices, and the-subject promptly laid before the Legis lature then in session. The convention re commended that the Legislature should commence a system of railroad improve ments “by constructing a railroad from a point on the Tennessee river, at or near Rossville, to some suitable point, at or aear the Chattahoochee river, running through the Cherokee counties, on the most prac ticable route between said points, hereafter to be ascertained by legislative provision.” This.is the foundation and beginning of oar State Road. The convention also recom mended that private companies bft Author ized to build branch roads from truuk road to Madison, Macon, Columbus and such other points as the Legislature might designate, the State investing one-fourth of the capital necessary for each branch. The Legislature proceeded Immediately to act Upon the suggestions of the con vention, and an act was passed, and as sented to December 21st., 1836, “to au thorize the construction of a railroad com munication from the Tennessee line, near the Tennessee river, to the point on the Southern bank of the Chattahoochee river most eligible for the running of'branch roads, thence to Athens, Madison, Mitledge ville, Forsyth and Columbus, and to ap propriate moneys therefor.” The State Road, or the Western and Atlantlc-ftbad as it is designated in the act, was accordingly built at the expense of the State and extends from Chattanooga on the Tennessee"river, to Atlanta, on the southeastern side of the Chattahoochee river, where it connects wi th the lines from Augusta, Macon and Savau nah. The people and Legislature, under the lead of our delegates to Knoxville,gradual ly abandoned the Charleston anaCinriu natl project, and struck out boldly for a more direct connection with the Teuuessoe, the Ohio and Mississippi; and this aban donment, and the difficulty of crossing the Alleghany Mountains, at length led to the defeat of that magnificent undertaking. The grand highway from the South Atlan tic to the Northwest now passes diagonally across the State of Georgia throughout its entire length aud breadth. So ranch for the pluck and enterprise and sagacity of the men who projected our great ,@*ate rail way and the system of railroad* Rs it ox isted up to 1865. > This article is already longer than I in tended it should be. In my I shall proceed, by your leave, with the history of railroads TotJeorgia, and shall show what the railway system finally settled upon was, both foyteacliing the Northwest and the Gulf of *lexico Haroi nets. Georgia State Lottery. FOU THE BENEFIT of Til A Orphan’s Fioia< and Free School, llio fo'ioTTing were the drawn numbers, in the ;-.ip plementary Schenv, drawn at Augusta, Geoniir, December 28. MORNING DRAWING— Class 619. 16 73 *1 25 27 32 21 77 53 4*65 40 14 36 47 15 Pr.iwu Numbers. EVENING DKAWJNG-Ciabs 620. 53 41 24 31 G 4 27 32 11 77 63 5 46 38 16 14 Dr>wn Numbers. dec29 1 -■ . SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICE. RICHMOND eUPERIOR COURT TO BE AD JOUKNED.—Parties, Attorneys, Juror*, ard Wit nesses, are hereby notified that tbe January Te-m < 1 Richmond Superior C iu>t will be adjourned until MONDAY, tbe 7th day o< FEBRUARY, 1870. Tbe Jurors summ-med for the first w. ek of he Court will be p quired to attend nt raid time. The Juro-s for thes cond week of Court, on the second Monday in February, the 14th ; and tho Jure s for tbe third week on the third Moud y in February, it being the 21-1 day"of ea and month. PJa'n awards in cases not detendel may be taken on the 10th of January. WM. GJtBSON, Judge Superior Court, Middle Circuit dec29 3 V"* \ t Augusta Factory, > Aoocsta, 27th December, JBt>9. \ The Semi-Annual Meeting of the Seotkholders in the Augusta Vac ory will be hel l at the Ofhce of the Companj on KRID.v Y, the »Utinet.„at 12,» c'ock. m. dec2B-4*" W. IE. JitffeßfttT; TP*sideif. PUBLIC NOTICE. ■«y CHtfROH OF THE ATONEMENT.— In accord .nee with a resolntio , of the Vestry, notice Is beroby given that on and after SUNDAY belt the Pewi in the Church of the Atonement will be fret so all Worshippers, and that ihe support of the Gospel will depeud on the Voluntary contributions of the Cons ro gation. A ugttst ~ Ga , December 1, 18,-9. dec!tf DR. hjr campfield, DIG WTIBT, BOOMS 277 BROAD STREET, OVKR DERRY k LAW. oct7 3 m Sight Is the Greatest »t God’s Blessings. HE Mil JIBES OSBORNE* OCULISTIC OPTICIAN, PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 336 BROAD BTRKJCT, AUGUSTA, GA., (Diagonally Opposite the Planters’ Hofei,) Treats all defects of Vision remediable by Specta cles, with doe reference to general health, congenital checks or organic diseases. The latest and most approved Works opon both Sciences are always consulted In search after expe rience in Practice, to useful ultima!ions, and with the least sellish ends. jy9-6m SAVANNAH BANK AND TRUST COMPANY. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. This Institution was Chartered by the lis Georgia Legislature, has a Caoital of $1,000,000—5500,000 of which have been paid in. By its Charter the Company is authorised to ac. as Trustees, by appointment of any Court of the B'ate or by selection of any executor or individual, f a th;lo se] vea or for the benefit of any minor or minors for whom they may he acting; and funds in litigation in the various Courts of this State may he deposited in s»ld BANK AND TRUST COMPANY pending litigation, thus ad trdinga safe depository forall funds held for future disposition. They are also authorized to receive and se’l the PRODUCE OF THE .COUNTRY on cons gumen:. 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 wUI he allowed -on moneys held in special trust, subject to cbeekr at sight, and SIX PICK CENT, on deposits made for a specified time, not lesß than four months. Deposits may also be made at the Agents at Macon MORRIS KETCHUM, President MILO HATCH, Vice-President EDMUND KETCHUM, Cashier. L C. Pf-AkT <fc SON, Agents at Macon, Ga. KETCHUM A H4RTIRDGE, Commercial Agents, Savannah. DIRECTORS: -Morris Kbtchux, > P. C. Calhoon, Pres’t 4th Nat Bank, \ New y ° rk - Charles Green, of OJras. Green, Con & Cos., A. L. Hartbidqk, of Ketchum & Hartridee ® Jas. G. Mills, of T. R. &J. G. Mills, . ' % Franois Muir, of W. Pattershv & Cos., E John C. Rowland, of J. C. Rowland & Cos., “ Milo Hatch, g. Edmond Ketchum, nov7-6*tßm J WIIiJC KAILIN&, aft -, , . - . -.1, FOB ENCLOSING OEMS iXAXIt**" ljoU ' Cotu **»- Ae - : Jg J| V>V > V> i^ WIIIE GUARDS and WIUB FOURDRINIER CLOTHS manufactured by M. WALKER dr SONS, fag U-iv sfn-11 North nth st.. Philadelphia. BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE. Tlis splendid Hair Dye Is the best In the world; the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, Instanta neous; do disappointment; no ridiculous tints; reme dies the 111 effects of bad dyes; invigorates and leaves the Hair soft and beautiful black or brown. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers, and properly applied at the Wig Factory. IS Bond street. New York. EUREKA! EUREKA 1! BEALL, SPEARS & CO., Agents for thla well known Fertilizer, can fill early order* at Savannah Prices, freight and drayage added. Augusta, Ga., December 28, 1869. dec24-lm • ■»* HOLIDAY PRESENTS.—Choice Bohemian Toilet Seta, from $3 to $35 ; Cologne and Odor Bottles and Vases, of rare and exquisite finish, just received by PLUMB * LEITNER. decs-2awtf T New Advertisement s GIRARDEY’i OPERA HOUSE D’LAVE’S TROUPE! THE GREIT AS EMSIO.MST and GTMSiST WILL APPEAR FOR The Last Night, December 29, 1869. Lila and Zoe, RDd their great combination Troupe, from the Cirque de Imperatrjce, Paris, comprising tbe following first class Artistes : Mile Lila and Zoe, who stand unrivalled and alone as the two Queens of tbe Air! Mad. CODONA, tbe Queen of Beauty, Mona. CODONA, the Clown Acrobat and Pantomimist, Mon%DsLAVE, the great Aecensionist and Daring Gymnast, Big. EUGENE, tbe Fire-Eater, Juggler and Mau Monkey, Mons. DELBRA, tbe Boneless Man, YOUNG AMERICA, the Boy Wonder, and a host of others too nmnerons to mention. New and Startling Feats To-Night. XjTLA and zoe IN THEIR TERRIFIC DOUBLE TRANSCEPT PLIGHT! " % Prices of Admission as usual. Doors open at 7 o’clock ; Performance com mence at 8 o’clock precisely. Reserved Seats can bn secured at Mr. Oates’ Book and Masic Store. dec29-l GOURDE VS OPERA HOUSE Return of tbe Favorites. John TANARUS, ForcFs Comedy Company. For Three Nights Only. COMMENCING Thursday Evening, December 30. With Boucicault’s eotempo: aneous Drama of Life in tbe great city, entitled THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, THE STREETS OF NEW YORK,\ IN SIX ACT-. With entirely new scenery, including Union Square in a Snow Storm,''with novel and mechanical effects, and the wondrous Fire Scene. On Friday Evening, Only lime of Lester Wallack’s Grand Romau t'c Drama, ROSEDALE; which was produced for an entire Theatrical Season at Wallack’s Theatre, New York. Saturday Ifternonn, F ASH. IO VAB f a K M ATI NRE FOR LADIES*AND CHILDREN, * AT Cheap Prices 50 and 25 cents. On SATURDAY au. entirely new Christmas play. Prices of Admission.—Dregs Circle and Parquette, fl. No extra charge for secured seats. Family Circle, 50 ccuts. Box Sheet will opeu at Oates’ Music Store Wednesday, at 12 o’clock, tn. dec29 COTTON r ~SEED~ THE Genuine “ HUNT COTTON” SEED took the Premium for both quantity aud quali ty, per acre, at the Slate Fair at Macon. Their parity is attested by Mr. W. B. Hunt himself. ONE THOUSAND BUBHELS, for gale by J. J. PEARCE, BUTLER <fc CO., Cotton Factors, Augusta, Ga. dce29-tf fobTbent^ The lafavette race course. Possession given immediately. Apply to del-29 6 H. H. STEINER. LOST, .A. GOLD MTNIATURE CHAIN BRACE LET, on the 28th Inst., inscribed on the In side with the letters “ J. B. to Mrs. J. M.” The finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving it at the store of R. M. Adam, No. 209 Broad street. dec29l HAY AND CORN. 100 BALES Narthern HAY, in Depot 100 Bales Eistern HAY, in Depot 1 Car Load Old CORN 1 Car Load New CORN. For sale by dcc2Ss BARRETT A CABWELL. CORN BEEF. CORN BEEF. 20 BARRELS Mess and Extra Mess j CORN BEEF. \For sale at New York Prices, by dee2B 5 BARRETT <fe CASWELL. TO RENT, The FARM, near Harrlsonville, known as the “ Savage Place.” Apply to H. C. BRYSON, dec3s-tf 158 Reynolds street. Choice Family Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Tuti», Chorns.BuelcetMeasures Hair an 4 Straw Brooms, pasters, Brashes Baskets of all hinds Boots and Shoes. We Invite the attention of the Citizens of Augusta and Vieinity to onr new Fall Supplie i of the above Goods. All of which are of Good tonality. Fresh Supplies received Weekly. JAS. G. BAILIE A BROTHER. sep3o-6m Dry Salted Meats and New Lard. 20,000 LBS. D. B. C. SIDES 20,000 Lbs D.B.CR. 81DES 20,000 Lbs D. 8. SHOUL DERS 20 Hal! Bbis New LARD 50 Cans New LARD. For sale by dec2B-5 BARRETT A CASWELL. LOST, r On Christmas Day, a GOLD RING. The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving it at THIS OFFICE. dec2B-3 COW FEED. 5:0 BAGS RICE MEAL 1.0 Bags COTTON SEED MEAL. For sale by dec2B-5 BARRETT & CABWELL. FOR SALE, f JL*HE CAROLINA HOTEL, at Edgefield, 8. C. The best house for the business In the place; it is 96 feet long by 40 wide; two and a half Stories high, plastered throughout; a fine Cellar underneath in good order; large Brick Kitchen and a number of wooden build ings for servants’ quarters; Smoke Houec, Store Room, Ac., in tbe yard; extensive Sta bles and an excellent Carriage House about 60x40 feet. The Lot contains about two and a half acres, and is within fifty feet of the Public Square. The prospect for a Hotel there is very prom ising. it is thought that tbe receipts at it for the extra Lourt of three weeks, ordered to commence on the first Monday in January, and for tbe Regular Term of two weeks in Februa ry, would not be less than fifteen thousaud dollars. Apply to dee2B-4 JENNINGS & SMITH. SELECT SCHOOL. SOUTHEABT CORNER BROAD AND LINCOLN STREETS. The undersigned will, on the first MON DAY In JANUARY, open a SELECT BCHOOL for BOYS and GIRLS, to whom be personal and painstaking attention in the usual branches, including l-atin and Greek. Number of pupils limited to Thirty-Six. Terms; sl2 per quarter, one-half in advance; balance at expiration of Sixth Week. To se cure a place, early application should be made. MARTIN V. CALVIN. dec2B 6 RAFFLE! FINE SILK COVERED BISMARCK PARLOR ejITT, with PIER MIRROR in cluded, now in the Window of our Store to be Raffled on New Year’s Eve, provided the chaucets are all takes. Call and examine at dec2B 4 PLATT BROTHERS. HARDWARE ! HARDWARE t HARDWARE ! John & Thos: A. Bones, (AT THE OLD STAND) 185 Broad Street, (ESTABLISHED IN 1813) Take pleasure in announcing to their cus tomers, and tbe public generally, that they are now in receipt of a very large stock of Hardware, embracing almost every article known to the trade. Their importation of Swedes Iron AND .Knglish Blow Steel This season is unusually large. Their stock of Table and Pocket Puller/ 16 very large, and from the best Manufactures —soch as Joseph Rodgers & Sons, George Wostenholm, Fred Ward, Luke Firth. Their supply of CARPENTERS, WHEELWRIGHTS AND BLACKSMITHS’ TOOLS Is very extensive. Builders’ Hardware, In great vjricty. Plantation Supplies, Such as AXES, HOES, CHAINS, PLOWS, of the be-t brands and In great variety. All of the ahove am of (lie Best Quality, and offered for sale at the l owest. lUarktet Rates. dec24-3m j 7- CORSETS! BORBETS ! CHEAPER THAN LVEH. The attention of the Ladies is directed to the beautiful line of CORSETS, Os tbe following superior brands, which I am offering at astonishingly low prices : Clarita, Madonna, ~ Olga, M.azeppa, Formosa, &c. Also a full liue of HOOP SKIRTS, Che*p. GEORGE WEBER, Dealer in DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, &c., Sign of the Golden Bee lllve, No. 194 Broad street. Opposite Constitutionalist Office. oct3cod ly-novl4 PERUVIAN GUANO! ARRIVING IN SAVANNAH, WILL BE SOLD AT DEPOT IIERE. BRANCH, SCOTT & CO. dec24tf JpRATT’B “ASTRAL” OIL. Unlike many other Illuminating Oils, is per fectly pure , and free from all adulteration*; or mixtures of any kind. It emits no offensive smell while burning, gives a soft and brilliant light, and can be used with the same assurance of safety as gas. Chemists pronounce lb tbe beet and safest Illuminating Oil ever offered to the public; and Insurance Companies indorse and urge upon consumers the use of tbe “ As tral 11 Oil in preference to any other. It is now burned by thousands of families, and in no in stance has any accident occurred Irom its nse; a lamp filled with it, if upset and broken, will not explode. To prevent adulteration, tbe “As tral ” Oil is packed only in the Guaranty Patent Cans, of I gallon And five gallons each, and each can is sealed in a manner that cannot be counterfeited. Every package with uncut seal we warrant. Be sure and get noue but the genuine article, Pratt’s “ Astral ” Oil, for sale by dealers everywhere, and at wholesale and retail by the proprietors Oil House of CHARLES PRATT, 108 HULTON ST., NEW YORK. P. O. Box, 3,050. Send for circulars, with testimonials and price lists. Enclose stamps for copy of the “ Astral Light.” sepß-decl4-eod6m STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN TV—Whereas, Eugene Lablche applies to me for Letters of Administration on the e«tate of Wil liam Luke, late of Richmond county, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office, on or before the first Mon day in January, 1870, to show cause, if any they have, why eaid letters should not be granted. Given under my hand and official signature at office la Augusta, this 29th day of Woven her, 1869. * SAM’L LEW, Ordinary R. O. novSO-lawtd /-GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNT V.-Where as, James E. Harper applies to me for Letters of Administration, with the will annexed, on the cs tato of Augusta Cocke, late of said county, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, ail and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office, on or before the first Monday in January, 1870, to show cause, if any the; hava/why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand and official signature, at office in Augusta, this 23d day of November, 1869. nov23-80 SAMUEL LEW, Ordinary. X-yEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTT.-Where VJT as, MatP-ewHice, 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 kin 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 he granted. Given under my hand and official signature, at office in Augusta, this 9th day of November, 1869. C SAMUEL LEW, novlOdOlaw Ordinary. Another Step in Science! Warranted the best in the United States. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVER.YWTrF.ww. dec2B-tf 1. i HU 110, DISSOLVED BONES, * • Land Plaster, liilfEO lllilll ■. Burity of all articles sold by ns guaranteed. Befer to the prominent of Georgia. JOHN MERRYMAN & CO., aecu-smj.c Baltimore. •I .10*. A. GRAY & CO. ' 228 BROAD STREET, D , lIESPECTFULLY invite an examination of the new and desirable Goods enumerated below, which will be r,old at Low Prices, having been purchased at the decreased gold rates, with our general large stock, equally attractive in prices and styles : We sell Alexander Kid Gloves, in Black, White and Colors, at |1 50 per pair. We warrant every pair perfect. We have just received : New high colored Plaid Poplins, Plaid Diagonals, in the desirable com binations, Blue and Green, <fcc. Low priced Dress Goods, Plaid Pol de Chevres and Striped Mohairs, at 25 (tents per yard. Choice Mourning Dress Goods, such as the celebrated Norwich Bom bazine Cloth, Black Empress Cloths, Canton Cloths, Alpaca Poplins and Black Merinos. Extra fine Black Thibet Shawls, with rich Broche Borders. Plain Black Thibet Mourning Shawls, extra fine mediums and low priced. Handsome, plain and richly trimmed Black Beaver Cloth Cloaks; beau tiful colored Cloth Cloaks. Grout’s superior extra large size Black Crepe Veils, and Love Veils for Mourning. Fine French Lawn Handkerchiefs, richly embroidered in French Work, and plain Hem-stitch. Handsome Point Lace and Maltese Lace Collars. Fine Nottingham Lace Curtains, in Setts, and Nottingham Curtain Lace, by the yard. Doeskin and Kid Guantlets, from auction, very cheap—sl per pair. JAMES A. GRAY & CO. decis-tf 228 BROAD BTREET. IN SUK ANCE, FIRE, MARINE AND ITSTL A.ISTD IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST CLASS COMPANIES, VIZ: AETNA INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Chartered 1819, Cash Assets $5,853,532 MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1821. Cash Assets 1,202,104 HOWARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1825, Cash Assets 715,707 FIREMEN’S INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1825, Cash Assets 345,000 LAMAR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash 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 453,787 PHENIX INSURANCE CO„ New York, Cash Assets 1640,350 PHCENIX INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Cash Assets 1 573 907 $19,737,990 RISKS taken on COTTON, MERCHANDISE, BTORES, DWELLINGS, FURNITURE, LIBRARIES and other property. Also, on COTTON and MERCHANDISE to New York aud 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 ?” Onr 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 notes to be paid when fires occur. Losses will be cqni tably adjusted and promptly paid. RISKS ARE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. WOT. SHEAR, Agent. Augusta, Ga., September 18, 1869., sepl9-4mif Bridal, Christmas aid New Tear PRESENTS. Q"RAND OPENING of SOLID STERLING SILVERWARE, of rich and beautiful design, expressly made to order. Tbe richest styles of JEWELRY, set with precious stones, of all descriptions. Diamond Bels of EAR RINGS and PINS, FINGER RINGS, Ac. Fine Gold, Vest, Guard and Leontine CHAINB. Also, one of the larg est assortments of Gold and Silver WATCHES to bo found in the Southern States, of the best European and American manufacture, which we have purchased since the recent fall In tbe gold market, consequently we promise to offer onr goods lower than any bouse in this city. WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED and executed promptly nnd warranted at A. PRONTAUT A 80N’S, 16S Broad street, Below the Augusta Hotel. uov23-2rn WANTED, Spinners and weavers, to work iu the LOUISIANA COTTON MILLS. All com munications to be addressed to W- T. HEPP, Esq., President, Box 181, New Orleans. dec2B-li LOST. StRAYED or enticed away from my yard, Saturday morning, 18th Inst., a fnll grown NEWFOUNDLAND BITCH PUPPY, lODg black cnrly hair, white feet and breast; answers to the name of “ Minnie.” Any Information that will lead to her recovery will be liberally rewarded. C. C. DRAKE, dec24-tf 196 Broad st. WHOLESALE DRY GOODS! Fall and Winter, 1869. O. B. WRIGHT &. CO.. M 33 Broad Bt., opposite Masonic Hall, AUGUSTA, OA, -£A.RE prepared to offer to the TRADE a LARGE ATTRACTION and very complete STOCK of STAPLE and FANCY DRY GOODS and NOTIONS. A thoronghand full examination of onr GOODS and PRICES is INVITED, as wo are prepared to SELL as CHEAP "as parties cag lay down the good* bought of Northern job bers. Augusta, Granitevllle, Richmond, Jewell’s and Georgia Factory SHIRTINGS and SHEET INGS, DRILLS. BTRIPEB, 08NABURG8 and PLAINS constantly on band, by bale or piece. angftMftjunl SPECIAL NOTICE. JUST RECEIVED, at 198 Broad street, a lot of REAL VALENCIENNE LACE HAND KERCHIEFS; also, LACE MADE UP GOODS, In CAPES, BRETELLES and CHEMISETfs. As these goods have been delayed in tbelr arrival, they will be offered at Very Low Prices dnring the Holiday Season. ALBO, INSTORE. Full Lines of DOMESTIC GOODS, CALI COES. HOSIERY, GLOVEB, FANtfr GOODS, NOTIONS, and all articles nsnnlly found in First Clasa Dry Goods Houses, and at prices as Low as the Lowest. C. C. DRAKE, 190 Broad street, First Dry Goods below French Store, decM-tl *ws - • J ‘slit
