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CONSTITUTIONALIST
AUGUSTA, GhA.
SUNDAY MORNING, JAN. 2,1869
LITERARY NOTES.
THE LATEST BRITISH PERIODICALS.
The occurrence of a destructive Are in
the great publishing establishment of
Messrs. Leonard & Scott, New York, had
delayed somewhat the issue of their stock
of British periodicals.
Now, however, with the single exception
of The Edinburg, they are all before us.
Blackwood, honest old “ Ebony,” leads the
way, not a sign of decay or feebleness about
him ; on the contrary, as full of wisdom
and wit, of ripe learning and genial humor,
as in those jocund times never to be for
gotten—those • Nodes Ambrosianm, when
Kit North outpoured the bright floods of
his genius, and the burly Ettrick Shep
herd roared his choruses like a veritable
“ Bull of Bashan ” let loose upon what in
highly figurative language is styled “a ben
der.”
We don’t mean literally to affirm that the
places left vacant by the demise of the in
tellectual “ giants ” we have mentioned,
are completely filled ; that would be exag
geration, but we can truly declare that
Blackwood , upon the whole, is as able and
clever as the meet fastidious critic could
expect.
This (the December number) contains the
opening chapters of no less than two serial
novels ; each, it is evident, written by prac
ticed hands. The first, entitled “ Earl’s
Dene," carries us in fancy to the French
Republic in the mouth of Ni vose, year one of
liberty, and sets us down in the vicinity of
the only quiet spot then to be found on
French soil, viz : the village of Saiut Felix
des Rocliers, in the Department of Doubs.
A proscribed Marquis and his wife, with
a solitary faithful attendant, are introduced
to us in the midst of a snow storm, which
causes the party to lose their way, and re
sults finally in the death by drowning of
both the Marquis and his servant. The poor
lady left half fainting to herself in a rough
waggon, with the thunder of a torrent, and
the more dreadful howling of wolves in her
ears, is joined in the mournful dawn by a
couple of ferocious Republicans, who seize
upon the wagon, beat the all-but frozen
mules into activity, and coolly announce
their design of driving the aristocrat (they
knew her as such by instinct), to the near
est town containing la Sainta Mere, or in
plain words, the guillotine.
In this unfortunate dilemma the heroine
Is abandoned at the end of chapter the
third. Thus far, the story is really one of
great interest. The descriptions are natu
ral aud Clear; the characterizations dis
tinguished by that peculiar firmness and
rapidity of touch, (to borrow a painter’s
phrase) which betoken the skilful, expe
rienced artist.
Very different are the tone and sur
roundings of the secoud serial tale. With
the simple title of “ John,” the scene opens
in England. We make the acquaintance
of a beautiful young girl about half an
hour after she has been thrown from her
horse, and at the precise moment when re
covering from the shock of a blow upon
the head, she opens her “ dark, violet
blue, large, and limpid eyes, full of a start
led sweetness,” and begins to understand
that something unusual has occurred.
would have been a thousand pities if
so charming a creature as Kate Orediton,
with those delicate “ gradations of color
in her cheek—her lips a rich rose, aud a
soft, rose reflection upon her features and
white throat ” —a perfect Greuze in fact—it
would have been unendurable, we say, if
she had been permanently injured by her
fall. But there is no such danger. The
author, oh, fair lady reader! is’nt quite
an ogre! not absolutely a. literary “ Blue
Beard.” to kill off his beauties just after
creating them. 80, Kate disappears, for
the present only, a hale, lightsome vision
of loveliness, arrayed in tulle and blue
ribbons, and bent upon universal conquest.
In a month’s time she will reappear, of
course, more fascinating and irresistible
than ever. '
For the scholar, Blackwood furnishes
“Several articles of weight and ability. We
note particularly “The Jewish Reforma
tion,” and the unique, original and learned
paper on “ The Faroese Saga.”
These “ Saga,” in the old Norse tongue,
constitute au authentic history of the peo
ple of the Faroe lies, embracing a period
between A. D. 825 and A. D. 1035. It must
have been committed to writing not later
that the twelfth century, for-Snoßßi Stur
leson, the great Icelandic chronicler,
quotes it as authority for his famous
Heirmskringla.
So long as the faculty of imagination re
mains a prime faculty of mam’s mind,
must these weird stories of the distant,
mysterious, ice-bound -North retain for
most of us a singular and powerful charm.
The interest they excite is stronger and
more real than the interest of the best
novel ever penned. For ourselves, rejoicing j
In this kind of legendary and traditional j
lore, we have examined the article in. ques
tion with great care. Its analysis of the
Faroese Saga is minute and satisfactory.
The quotatiQns are remarkably judicious,
and possess, some of them, at least, 'an in
tense dramatic force, being crowded with
incidents which offer to the Poet the no
blest raw material, as It were, ot his art.
We have only space to comment upon this
fiict, and to advise our readers, whether
poets or not, to procure and to examine
the delightful essay referred to.
* * * *
In 7he London Quarterly, for October,
there is one article, which, from the subject
chosen and the manner in Which that sub
ject is treated, stands forth with a promi
nence that threatens to cast all other arti
cles in the shade.
We allude to tne bold, uncompromising,
exhaustive paper, with Us postscript, upon
“The Byron Mystery.” Indeed, at the
preseut hour, the matter can no longer be
called “ a mystery.”
Free discussion has pierced to the very
core of dark insinuations, and malign
charges, and has pretty effectually annihila
ted both. As for Mrs. Stowe, confuted
And shamed, as to her chief charges by sev
eral previous answers, the present essay
cements the key-stone in that great arch of
demonstration, beneath the heavy, merci
less, intolerable weight of which "* she
may, serpent-like, squirm, and hiss, and
■wriggle, but from whose environment of
Stony .fact, and pressure of irresistible logic,
she can no more hope to escape, while the
language recording her slandwp, and the
reputation thereof continues to be a living
tongue. Surely, we are justified in com
paring this woman to a serpent She first
stung to death with her pitiless venom the
fair fame of eight million of her own coun
trymen ; and It Is not fbr lack both of the
will and the endeavor that she has failed
to commit wbat may be called the mast
monstrous of moral rapes'bpon the illostri-
ous dead 1 How can we picture her more
fitly now than in the attitude of the
“Lamia,” as described by Keats in the
moment of horrible transformation:
“ Her eyes in torture fixed and anguish drear,
Hot, glazed and wide, with lid-lushes all sear,
Flashed pbospher, and aharp sparks withont
one cooling tear!
The colors all inflamed throughout her train,
She writhed about convulsed with scarlet pain:
A deep volcanian yellow tcok the place
Os all her milder-moon’d body's grace ;
And as the lava ravishes the mead
Spoilt all her silver mail and golden brede:
Hade gloom of all her freckling*, streaks and
bars,
Eclipsed her crescents,and licked up her stars;
80, that in moments few she wasundrest
Os all her sapphires, green and amethyst,
And rubious argent; of all these bereft,
Nothing but pain and ugliness was left /”
Os the various other articles iu the Lon
don Quarterly, the review of Lord Lytton’s
“ Odes and Epodes of Horace, translated
into rhymeless metres,” and the elaborate
essay on “ Islam” will be found of peculiar
interest. The former work, though but a
“ translation,” derives an importance, not
intrinsically its due, from the fact that
probably it will be the last contribution to
English Literature of the venerable scholar
aud genius whose name it bears. Assuredly
there is a sort of artistic fitness in the
thought that the writer who began his
career with “ Pelham” should end it with
“ lloratius Flaccus,” a species of antique
“ Pelham,” a Roman literary Top, as witty,
careless, and conveniently immoral as that
imaginery Coryphaeus of British dandies
who owed his existence to Bulwer’s nas
cent fancy. Os course, the Horatian
“ Odes, &c.,” are charmingly translated.—
Among the most dainty and vigorous
Latinists of his age. and country, Lord
Lytton possesses, likewise, many of the
natural endowments of the Poet, so that
the uuiou of culture aud talent, (to which
we may add, the consummate artistic skill
which comes with a life-time of literary
practice,) has resulted iu a work invaluable
alike to the general reader aud the student.
Not the least importantportion of the book,
according to the Reviewer, is the introduc
tion, with its biographical notes and criti
cal commentaries. Horace, the man, as
well as Horace, the poet, is herein presented
to us. The son of a Roman freedman, edu
cated first by a tenth rate pedagogue, and
then by a retired martinet; it may seem
strange that Horace should have become
the favorite author of the refined and
fashionable and wealthy. But the secret
is to be discovered -in the constitution of
his morale, even more than ioptbe constitu
tion of his mlud. Os low birth, of blood
only above the meanest, he was yet one of
Nature’s aristocrats. His tastes were fas
tidiously delicate, and his tact was perfect.
These supplementing, or rather going be
fore his genius, enabled him to become the
persoual friend of the noblest members of
an exclusive oligarcy, and the favorite poet
of a refined dilettante time.
Os Horace, as the courtier, the citizen,
aud the poet, Lord Lytton has drawn a
vivid portrait. We see him at one moment
sporting, #
Or—
“ With the tangle* of Nesera’s hair,”
aud at the next reciting anew “ ode ” to
his patron Mecainas, or confidently pick
ing his way among a crowd of courtiers in
the ante-chamber of the great Augustus
himself. As for the “ translations,” our re
viewer analyses them With..what Ib r a
grave Quarterly critic, may be said to
amount to enthusiasm. He declares that
his Lordship, instead of being like the ma
jority of translators, paraphrasers and
adapters, a mere servile imitator, has not
failed to “ search the deep and treasurous
heart ” of his poet, and “ with poesy to
open poesy.” A few examples—a few lines
of the Latin and English side by side—will
show the quality and style of this produc
tion :
“Sire tu mavis, Erycina ridens,
Quam Jocus circumvolat et Cupido
fl, 2, 84.
“ Or, com’at thou rather, Eryx’ laughing Queen,
Ringed by the hovering play of Mirth and
Love."
Again :
“ Quern Mortis Uinuit gradurn,
Qni sicei* oeculis luoustra natantia »
Qui vidit mare turgidum, et
Infames scopulos Acroceraunia.”
fl, 3,17.
“ What th<» approach by which Death could
have daunted
Him, who, wit!h eyelids unmoistened, beheld
Monster fotms gliding and mountain waves
swelling,
And the grim thunder-crags dismally famed ?”
These are not specimens of literal trans
lations, but we agree with the reviewer in
thinking that Lord Lytton should be
thanked even by the sternest critic for such
lyric audacities as, for example, the line so
felicitously rendered:
“ Ringed by the hovering play of Mirth and
Love."
Indeed, we maintain despite all the pedants
that exist, or are likely to exist, that in
this special case the original is vastly im
pi’oved upon:
“ ftuam Jocus circumvolet el Cupido ,”
is, if not a common place, at all events a
somewhat mediocre line, into which the
translator has infused a life, radiance and
glow of fancy not its own.
Bulwer —we beg the Baronet’s pardon,
Lord Lytton —is reported to be impenetrn
bl&deaf and partly blind; but we rejoice
to see that in the senses’ decline the intel
lect remains keen and strong as ever. It
cauuot be said of him in a literary point
of view,
“ Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage
Os the Quarterly's paper on “ Islam,” we
have barely room to observe that it is a
lncid history of the rise and progress of
the Mahommedan Creed, with a descrip
tion of the personnel of its founder, drawn
from original sources and exceedingly in
teresting.
The October numbers of The Westmin
ster and North British are decidedly above
the average in merit. The former gives us
a “ leader ” upon the “ Quakers,” which
being a thoroughly conscientious resume
of the history and tenets of that eccentric
sect, is deserving of attention from all
theological students and readers desirous
of information on the abnormal sources
and direction of spiritual enthusiasm.—
There is another article on the “ Prose
and Poetical Remains of Arthur Hugh
Clough,” which reveals the workings of
an extraordinary Intellect—a mind eter
nally at war with itself with God, Nature
and Circumstance.
Clough was eminently a philosophical
poet, in precisely the sense which wre at
tach to the philosophy of Lucretius :
“ Lucretius I nobler than his mood.
Who dropped his plummet down the hroad,
Deep Universe, and said, ‘No God !’ ”
Convictions of the trained understanding,
refined logically ad unguem by the culture
of the nineteenth century, were in Clough
opposed by Intuitions of the spirit and
protests of the imagination (which is al
ways child like and full of faith); but, un
fortunately, understanding and logic were
in his constitution too powerful to be
healthfully modified; hence, turmoil,
wretchedness, everlasting scepticism.
Truly it may be said of him as it was
said of the German Heine, “ he was a man
who made the worst of both this world and
the world which is to come.”
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DIVIDEND No. 43.—A Quarterly Dividend of
FIVE PER CENT., this da,, declared, will be paid
to Stockholders on demand.
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A DIVIDEND of TEN DOLLARS ($10) per
SPARE on the Capital Stock of the Granlteville
Manufacturing Company ie hereby dec'ared, and will
be payable on and after the 10th inst.
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janl-3
IST* SAVINGS BANK OF AUGUSTA. — Divi
dend No. 7, of FIVE DOLLARS per SHARE, will
be paid to Stockho'ders on and after 3d lost.
j inl-6 A. C. DsCOTTES, Cashier.
I tST SAVINGB BANK OP AUGUSTA.—A'
Meeting of the Stockholders of this Bank is called
oirlOth JANUARY, instant, at 12 o’clock, m., to elect
Dhectors for the ensuing year.
janl-0 A. C. DbCOTTKS, Cashier.
B9T SAVINGS BANK OF AUGUSTA.—At a
Meeting of Directors it was unanimou-ly
Resolved, That Books of Subscription be opened at
this Bank for 30 days, from date, for Fifty Thousand
Dollars additional Capital.
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BJ3T AUGUSTA FREE SCHOOL.—The next
session will begin MONDAY, J ANUARY 3d.
Sped il advantages for improvement will be offered
to Pupils this session.
, \ H. J. RAINS, Superintendent.
LET COMMON SENSE DECIDE.
What is the rational mode of procedure in cases of
geueral debility and' nervous prostration f Does not
reason tel) us that judieicus siiruu'atlon Is required.
To resort to violent purga ion in such a case is as ab
surd us it would be to bleed a starving man Yet it
is done every day. Yes, this stupid and unphiiosoph
ical prsctico is continued in the teeth of the great fact
th .t physical weakness, with all the nervous dlsturb
aeces that accompany it, is more certainly and rapid
ly relieved by Ho .fetter’* Stomach Bitters thin by
any other medicine at present known. It is trne that
general debility is often attended with torpidity or
irregularity of the bowels, and that this symptom
raus' not be overlooked. But while the di- charge of
the waste matter of the sys'era is expedited or regu
lated, its vigor must be recruited. The Bitterß do l oth.
They combine aperient and anti-billions properties,
with extraordinary tonic power. Even while remov
ing obstructions from the bowels, they tone and in
vigorate those organs. Through the stomach, upon
which the great vegetable specific acts directly, it
gives a healthy and permanent impetus to every en
feebled function. Diges ion is facilitated, the faltering
circulation regulated, the blood reinforced with anew
accession of the alimentary principle, the nerves
braced, and all the dormant powers of the system
roused into healthy action; not spasmodically, as
would be the case if a mere stimulant were admin s
tered, hut for a cont nuance It is n this way that
such extraordinary changes are wrought in the condi
tion of the feeble, emaciated aud nervous invalids l>y
the use of this wonderful corrective, alterative and
tonic. i,et common sense decide between such a pre
paration and a pr strati g cathartic supplemented by
a poisonous aetdngenl like strychnine or qumia.
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Tho latest and most approved Works upon both
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Augusta, December 30, 1869.
THE .INTEREST on BONDS of MACON and
AUGUSTA RAILROAD, due January lsi, 1870, will
be paid on piesentation of Coupons at the Georgia
Railroad Bank on and after MONDAY, 3d prox.
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war CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT—Iu
accordance with a resolution of the Vestry, notice is
hereby given that on and after SUNDAY next the
Pews in the Church of the Atonement will be free to all
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SPECIAL NOTigJI^
-An Orclinancftr
TO AMEND THE ONE HUIWhHk nd
SEVENTH SECTION OF TH| q!
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OS®
TA. €1
Section I. Be it odained by the
of Augusta, and it is hereby
authority of the same, That from tbe
second Saturday in Januaiy, ISifffi
Hundred and Seventh Section ’of t^^fegf a i
Ordinance of the City of Augusta .«■ go
amended as to read as follows
B®o. 11. There shall be elected annHin. on
the second Saturday in January, aqIHKL
be known as Chief of Police, aud twowllrot
ficers to be known as Lieutenants ofHgjge a j]
of whom shall be properly mountedEEheir
own expense.
Sbo. 111. The Chief of Police shaffc|j%ond
ffefore entering upon the duties of ifsjpce in
the sum of one thousand dollars, foOS'jfaith
fnl discharge of his duties. Each JBjlr pr |.
vate or policeman,.before enteringpn the du
ties of his office, shall take and sdugine the
following oath :
“ I do solemnly swear (or affirm)ibatl will
duriDg my continuance in office, to&Vjaest of
my skill and ability, faithfully the
duties which maybe required of
I will in all cases coulorm to the ordilpees of
the city, obey the regulations which es
tablished for my government, and fJfQiwlth
report all violations of the ordieanejs which
may come to my knowledge.” V <
Sac. IV. There shall also be appoinwi at the
same time, by the Mayor and Police Commit
tee of Couucil, five Sergeants, and W, many
privates or policemen as may be agrdld upoD
by the Mayor and said committee. M
Bkc. V. The Mayor and Police C&t»ittec
shall make such rules and regnlaiiooftor the
government of the officers and privatM or po
licemen, as may be deemed j,o ren
der the department prompt, respoisjjfeTe and
efficient at all times ; and for any neglect or
violation of such rules or regnlattos, the
Mayor or Police Committee are authorized to
impose a fine notexegeding one montqjksalary,
to be deducted by the Collector and aeasurtr
from the salary of the officer or poliajgnan of
fending ; to suspend or to discharge {fj&ofiend
er from office at once, in the diecretlJLof the
said Mayor and Police Committee.
SBC. VI. No officer, or private, or pMteeman
of the police force shall receive any pay or
emolument whatever for extra servicts-render
ed, beyond his salary, except as far as author
ized by the nineteenth section; and be shall
notTeceive from aoy person compensation for
service which he may render in the discharge
of his duty, without first obtaining the permis
sion of the Police Committee.
Sec. VII. The Mayor shall select the suitable
persons whose names shall be registered iu the
office of the Mayor and of the Cbiel of Police,
who shall be styled “ Police Supernumeraries.”
They shall be required to report themselves
daily at the Police Station, in the same manner
as the privates, noder pain of flue or dismis
sion for absence, and, iu the absence of any of
the privates, their places shall be supplied by
sneb number of supernumeraries as shall be
needed to fill the vacancies; and, should cir
cumstances require it, the Chief of Police, with
the consent of the Mayor, shall be authorized
to employ, for any emergency, such additional
number ol mpernumcraries as shall seem to
them needful ; and when employed they shall
have the same authority and duties, aud be sub
ject to the same rules and discipline as the reg
ular policemen. The pay of the supernumer
aries, when on duty, 6hall Ite the 6ame as that
of the regular policemen, and shall be deduct
ed from the pay of the absent policemen
whose places may be thus supplied. Ifealled
into the semce of the city as an extra force,
they shall Jtje paid out ol the
iatd ‘supernumeraries? wffeh (
registered, shall take the same oath as the reg
ular policemen. And whenever a vacancy
shall occur among the regular policenjfn, the
Mayor shall fill sueb vacancy from the list of
supernumeraries; provided that he or they
shall be recommended bv the Chief of Police
as qualified for the place; tnd he shall appoint
other supernumeraries in the stead of thoje thus
transferred.
Sec. VIII. And beit further ordained. That
all ordinances and parts of ordio luces militat
ing against this ordinance be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Done in Council this 81st day of December,
A. D. 1869.
J. V. H. ALLEN,
( ) Mayor O. A.
Attest ; L. T. Blome, C. C.
jan2-3
-A_n Ordinance
TO ALTER AND AMEND APLORDINANOE
PASSED BY COUNCIL, Bth OF MAY,
1866, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND
MANAGEMENT OF THE AUGUSTA WA
TER WORKS. .
Section I. Bi it ordained by the City Coun
cil of Augusta, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, That the care and man.
agement of said Works shall be Vested in the
Engineer and City Surveyor, who shall appoint
his one Assistant Engineer and Turn Cock,
and pay for the services of the same from bis
own salary, which, in consideration thereof,
shall be at the rate of eighteen hundred dollars
per annum.
Sec. 11. Be it further ordained, That when
required by Council or the Health Committee,
the Engineer and Surveyor shall cause the
drains of tho city to be washed out, but he
shall be allowed an assistant in the peformance
of this duty, to be paid by Council, at a rate
not exceeding twenty-five dollars per month,
when in actual service.
Sec. 111. Be it further ordained, ThatT the
Engineer and City Surveyor shall also per
form any other dnties in connection with the
other duties now prescribed by the ordinances,
which may be assigned to him by the Major
and Council.
Sec. IV. And be it further ordained. That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances militating
against this ordinance be, and the same’ are
hereby repealed.
Done in Council this 31st day of December,
A. D. 1869.
J. V. H. ALLEN,
|l. 9 .J . MayorC -*-
Attest: L. T. Blomb, C. C.
jau2-3
Ordinance ;
TO AMEND THE ONE HUNDRED 4*D
FIFTY-SECOND SECTION OF THE G»N
ERAL. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
AUGUBTA, TO ABBESS AND LEV* A
TAX FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MU
NICIPAL-GOVERNMENT OF AUGUStA.
Section I. Beit ordained by the City Chun
cil of Augusta, and'it is hereby ordained byfie
authority of the same. That each and ever jMd
snrance Company represented, but not locaud,
in this city, shall take out a city license, hid
pay for such license the sum ol twenty-ire
dollars. f, /
Sec- 11. And be it further ordained, Thitill
ordinances and parts of ordinances miliutfeg
against this ordinance be, and the saniefkre
hereby repealed.
Done in Council this 31st day of Decern|p,
A. D. 1889.
J. V. H. ALLEN, I
jL.s.j Mayor C. iR.
wvv Attest: L. T. Blomb, C. C.
jan2-3 W
Sashes and Blinds for Sal
Four pair of second-hand WINDCIF
FRAMES, SASHES and BLINDS, in good |r
der, for sale cheap. They are large size—liß
lights; glass, 12xld. Apply at
jan3-2* THIS OFFICE:
New Advertisements
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An Ordinance
TO FIX THE SALARIES OF CITY OFFI
CERS FOR THE YEAR 187 ft
BECTION I. Be it ordained by the Pity Coun
cil of Augusta, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, That from and alter the
•Second Saturday io January, in 1870, the Sala
ries of City Officers, elected or appointed at
that time, shall be as follows :
Clerk of Connell 11,150
Collector and Treasurer.; .. 3,500
Assistant to Collector 1,000
Chief of Police 1,500
Two Liuelenauts of Police, each., 1,300
One Orderly Sergeant 1,000
Four other Bergeanls, each 800
Police and- Bell Tower-men at the rate
of S6O pr mo.
Superintendent of Streets and Drairs.... 1,300
Superintendent Water-Works, Pumps and
Wells... 900
Bridge Keeper, with his Deputy 1,200
Clerk of Lower Market 310
Deputy Clerk of Lower Market, while in
service 800
Clerk oi Upper Market 50
Lamplighter , - 1,300
Keeper of City Hall, including SIOO for
attendance on Police Quarters 500
Keeper oi City Cemetery 700
Keeper of City Hospital 700
Keeper of City Clock 125
Keeper of Powder Magazine 400
Recorder 7OO
City Assessor 900
Keeper of the Jail, with Turnkey 1,000
Judge of the City Court 1,000
Oierk of the City Court 400
City Sheriff. Fees.
Engineer of Augusta Water-Works and
City Surveyor, to pay for his own Ass’at, 1,800
City Sexton Fees.
Cemetery Brick Mason Fees.
Wharfinger Fees.
Sec. 11. And be it further ordained. That all
Ordinances and parts of Ordinances militating
against this Ordinance be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Done in Council, this 31st day of December,
A. D; 1869.
K.S > Mayor C. A.
t—~ ’ Attest: L. T. Bi.oME, C. C.
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Plantation for Sale.
A. VALUABLE PLACE, of 800 acres,
well timbered, with Milts attached, on the
Georgia Railroad, 15 miles from Augusta.
Terms very accommodating, if applied for
within one week. J. MADDOX.
Chronicle * Sentinel copy once.
jau2-l
JUST RECEIVED,
r jL'lIE newest fashions in WEDDING EN
VELOPES and CARDB.
Monograms engraved on envelopes, note
and letter paper. E. H. PUGHE,
Jackson street, near Post Office.
jan2-l« _
Mr. Christopher Gray
_lzseGS to call the attention of the Ladies to
a beautiful line of striped and cheeked SILK,
which he offersat $1 25 per yard. Also an el
egaot line of plain and shot POPLINS, at 25
cents per yard.
These goods will be offered TO-MORROW
MORNING, and decidedly superior to any
goods yet offered for the money in the city.
jan2-if
SALT. SALT.
250 SACKS SALT, in fine order, for
sale low bv
japg-1 J. O. MATHEWSQN.
JUMik JMslmas au4 year
FimseTSiNrTs.
GtKAND OPENING of SOLID STERLING
BILVEKWARE, ol rich and beautiful de-igu.
expressly made, to ord> r.
The richest styles of JEWELRY, act with
precious stones, of all descriptions.
Diamond Sets of EAR KFNGB and PINS,
FINGER RINGS, Ac. Fine Goid, Vest, Guard
and Leontinc CHAINS. Also, one ot the larg
est assortments ol Gold and Silver WATCHES
to be fouud in the Southern States, of the best
European aud American manufacture, which
wc have purchased since the recent fall in the
gold market, consequently we promise to offer
our goods lower than any house in this city.
WATCHEB and JEWELRY REPAIRED
aud executed promptly aud warranted at
A. PRONTAUT A SON’S,
163 Broad street,
Below the Augusta Hotel.
nov22-2m
COACHMAN WANTED.
- A- FIRST CLASS COACHMAN wanted at
SOUTHERN EXPRESS STABLES,
j an 1-3
Smoked Clear Ribbed Sides.
lO HHDS. Choice C. R. BACON SIDES,
bright and well Smoked.
On consignment.
janl-2 J. O. MATHEWSON.
GREAT BARGAINS
IN
KID gloves:
A. LARGE Lot of KID GLOVES, just re
ceived, of a well known make iD all sizes and
colors, will be offered at the very low.price of
sl, worth $1 50.
ALSO,
The Empress Two-Buttoned KID GLOVE
at $1 50, worth $2, at
DRAKE’S,
196 Broad street.
First Dry Goods Store below French Store.
dec3l-tf
WANTED,
A. COLORED WOMAN, to do the Cook
ing of a Family on the Saud Hills.
Apply to
dec3t-6 BONES, BROWN * CO.
COAL CREEK COAL,
FROM ANDERSON COUNTY, TENN.
OrDERS for this Coal left on Broad
street, at stores of Wh.*H. Goodrich &
Son and Edward O’Donnell, or at my
yard at Georgia Railroad, corner Jackson
and Fenwick streets, will receive prompt
attention. WM. P. DEARING,
decl7-eod2m Agent.
COTTON SEED.
Tub Genuine “ HUNT COTTON" SEED
took the Premium for both quantity and quail
ty, per acre, at the State Fair at Macon.
Their parity is attested by Mr. W. B. Hunt
himself.
ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS, for sale by
J. J. PEARCE, BUTLER & CO.,
Cotton Factors, Augusta, Ga.
dec29-tf
CORN BEEF. CORN BEEF.
20 BARRELS Mess and Extra Mess
CORN BEEF. ,
For sale at New York Prices, by
dec2B 5 BARRETT & CASWELL.
GIRARDEY’S OPERA HOUSE
-Hgj j
D’LAVE’B . m
COMBINATION TROUPE,
From the Cirque de Imperatrice, Paris.
JTHe Lila ami Zoe,
Who stand alone and unrivalled as the Queens
of the Air, will give
Three Exhibitions
ON
Monday January 3, 1870,
Tuesday, January 4,
Wednesday Jannary 5,
Under the auspices of Major GIRARDEY’S
Friend* in this city, for the
BENEFIT
v OF THE
New Opera Building.
ARTISTICB :
Madame CODONA, the Queen of Beauty.
Mon?. CODONA, Comic Acrobat and Pauto
mimist.*
Mona. D’LAVE, the Great Ascensionist and
Paring Gymnast.
Big. MARTINEZ, the Fire Juggler and Impal
ateur.
Mons. DELBRA, the Boneless Man.
YOUNG AMERICA, the Bey Wonder.
Janl-1
FOR SALE,
r I? HIRTY-ONE Volumes of GEORGIA
REPORTS, with Two DIGESTS, good as new.
Apply to
WM. ROBERT McCAY,
j ml 4 No. 2 Old P. O. Building.
DANCING ACADEMY.
U’fiOFPa. HErr * COOPER would coll
the pnblie attention to the continuation of their
Scholastic Exercises through the Wiuter and
Spring months.
Having consummated an engagement for £e
MASONIC HALL for the entire season, they
will give Lessons upon usual days, as follows:
Tuesdays, lrorn 3 to 5 o’clock, p. m.
Saturdays, from 10 to 12 o’eloeb, a. in.
Saturdays, from 3 to 5 o’clock, p. m.
Terms—Four Dollars per month.
A liberal deduction made to parties sending
more than one pupil.
Visitors are invited to our Aitcrnoon School.
jaul-6 HETT & COOPER.
CORN. CORN.
* I ’WO CAR LOADS of Choice White Dry
North Carolina CORN.
One Car Load Prime Tennessee CORN.
For sale at Depot.
janl-2 J. O. MATHEWSQN.
GARDENER WANTED.
A. COMPETENT MAN to take charge of
a MARKET FARM ou shares; the owner
paying all expenses, aud guaranteeing a certain
amount of profits.
Apply at 47 JACKSON STREET, between
the hours of 3 and 4 o’clock, p. m.
janl-3*
An Ordinance
TO AMEND THE 143d SECTION OF THE
GENERAL ORDINANCE, REQUIRING
DRUMMERB, RUNNERB, AND OTHER
PERSONS TO TAKE OUT A LICENSE TO
CARRY ON THEIR BUSINESS.
BECTION I. Be it ordained by the City Council
of Augusta, and it is hereby ordained by the au
thority of the same, That auy drummer, runner,
or other person who may solicit trade, or sell
by sample for any non-resident or for himself,
not being a resident of the city, either on the
street, in auy store, warehouse, passage depot,
or elsewhere in the city oi Augnsta, shall take
out a License for one week and pay the sum ot
Ten Dollars (or such License, but the Mayor
may authorize, a renewal of his License tor four
weeks, upon the payment of Teu Dollars for
every week such License runs.
Sec. 11. Beil further ordained, That for every
violation of this Ordinance the party offending
shall be fined In a sum not exceeding OneHau
dred Dollars.
Sac. HI. And be it further ordained, That all
Ordinances and parte of Ordinances militating
against this Ordinance be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
Done in Connell this 3ist day of December,
A. D., 1869.
J. V. ft. ALLEN,
Mayor C. A.
Attest: L. T. Blome, C.C. janl-3
GREAT BARGAINS
IN
DRESS GOODS!
10,000 Yards Plain, Checked and
Mixed POPLINS FROM AUCTION, to
be sold at 25 cents per yard.
5,000 Yards Plain aud Checked
POPLINS, FROM AUCTION, to be sold at
30 cents per yard.
£2,000 Yards, ALL WOOL,
PLAIDS, for Children’s Wear, FROM AUC
TION, to be be sold 40 cents per yard.
ALSO,
A Bplendld ' Assortment of other DKE3B
GOODS, including Irish and French POP
LINS, BIARRITZ, MERINOES, EMPRESS
CLOTHS, Ac., which will be sold at extremely
low prices.
Mullarky Brothers,
802 BROAD BTBRBT.
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Germany and Ireland.
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We DRAW DAILY SIGHT DRAFTS
on ENGLAND,
£ IRELAND and
GERMANY.
Parties wishing to remit their friends
will do wetT to call and see us,'as we pay
special attention to Foreign Remittances.
BRANCH, SONS & CO.,
Bankers, 223 Broad street.
Janl-tf
DM min in
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DISSOLVED BONES,
Land Plaster,
liimiii iiui ins.
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Burity of all articles sold by us guaranteed.
Befer to the prominent Blanters of Georgia.
JOHN MERRYMAN & CO.,
Baltimore.
decl4-2md*c
JAS. A. GRAY & CO.
228 BROAD STREET,
Respectfully invite an examination of the new and desirable Goods enumerated
below, which will be sold at Low Prices, having been purchased at the decreased gold •
rates, with onr general targe 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, &c. Low priced Dress Goods, Plaid Pol do
Chevres and Striped Mohairs, at 25 cents 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 Mourrrtng 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 Gnantlets, from auction, very cheap—sl per pair.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO
fleclS ts 228 BROAD STREET.
INSURANCE,
FIRE, M ARINE A NT) I NX, A. N O
IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST CLASS, COMPANIES; VIZ:
ifHNA INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Chartered 1819, Cedi Assets $5,352,532
MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1821' CnMi Asset? 1,902,104
HOWARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 18)3, Cash Assets.-. 5,707
FIREMEN’S INSURANCE CO., New York, Chartered 1525, Cash As.ieis...
LAMAR INSURANCE CO., New York; Gash Assets 532,500
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets.... *.. m] 287,000
STANDARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets -W"
COMMERCE INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets £... 275.000
ABTOR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets 453,787
PHENIX INSURANCE CO„ New York, Cash Assets 1,049,350
PH4ENIX INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Cash Assets 1,573,907
$19,737,990
RISKS taken on COTTON, MERCHANDISE, STORES, DWELLINGS, FURNITURE,
LIBRARIES aud other property. Also, on CdtTON aud MERCHANDISE to New York
and other Northern Cities, via Savannah and Charleston to Liverpool and other European
cities, and vice versa. The most important enquiry to be made by every person insuring, is,
“ Are tbe 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 notes to be paid when fires occur. Losses will be equi
tably adjusted and promptly paid.
RISKS ARE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
• Wi*l. SHEAR, Agent.
Augusta, Ga., September 18, 1869. ( sep!9-4mif
ISAAC T. HEARD. _ « 0. M. STONE
ISAAC T. HEARD & CO.,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
CORNER REYNOLDS AND McINTOSH STREETS,
(Fireproof Warehouse formerly occupied by Messrs. Bustin A Walkhr),
AUGUSTA, GA.
W ILL devote their strict personal attention to the storage and sale of COTTON and other
PRODUCE. Liberal CABH ADVANCEB made at all times on Produce In store.
A?«nts for Gullett’s Patent Improved Steel Brash Cotton (tins, *
TON GIN FEEDER. A specimen on hand, to
. ISAAC T. HEARD & CO.
Jyl7-d*c6m
J. T. BOTHWELL,
GROCER
AND
Commission Merchant,
AUGUSTA, GA.
X HEREBY express my thanks for the liberal
patronage of the past season, and will con
tlnue to keep oo hand the usual PLANTA
TION SUPPLIES, which I will-sell for cash
until the first of April; after which period I
will furnish supplies (secured by liens onoiops)
until Fall. The next season I will charge One
Dollar per Bale for Handling Cotton, hoping
by strict attention to bnsiness to contlnne to
receive and merit the patronage ol my former
customers.
Ja.nua.kt Ist, 1870. janl-lm
I MMES. SEGIN,
AT THE
FRENCH MILLINERY
• AND
DREBS MAKING ESTABLISHMENT,
XXaS received another supply of MIL
LINERY GOODS, DRESS and CLOAK TRIM
MINGS, FANCY ARTICLES, Ac. Intending
to make this onr last Winter season, we wonld
inform Ladies that to effect a speedy disposal
of onr BONNETS and HATS, We hWe reduced
them to such figures as will Justify attention
by all. „
Any orders la DRESS and CLOAK MAK
ING, os well m Bridal Outfits or Ladies’ Dress
Caps, will be executed with punctnality.
my 26 sepl9-nov!4tly 8