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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
ATJGKPSTA. GhA.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 18,1870
BLODGETT.
The bogus, so-called, “ Senator ” Blod
gett, of Georgia, has become a great man,
a notoriously great man, mainly through
the abuse, the just abuse, of his political
opponents. The more he was held up to
execration here the more he was believed
at Washington to be a martyr, a hero and
a saint. The more he was charged with
being a perjurer, the more lovely he ap
peared to the gang of perjurers called the
United States Congress. The more he was
suspected of being a robber of public
funds, the more the gigantic robbers of pub
lic fhnds at the Federal Capitol yearned
for his fellowship. But his last stroke of
policy has the smack of genius about H-
He proclaims that there must be a white
washing of his inodorous and battered re
putation before he can enter the immacu
late precincts of a Congress presided over
by untarnished Sumner and Beast But
ler, the whippers in and masters of the
pack. In what particular way this new
baptism is to be administered we cannot
discern. But there is some trick on the
tapis, depend upon it. Blodgett may suc
ceed in this endeavor, as he has succeeded
in many other of his aspirations. He may
enter Congress as a perfect “ lamb of inno
cence,” and be so considered by his party
friends. But all the perfumes of Araby
will never make him smell wholesomely in
the South; and if Georgia is really to lose
him, it is some satisfaction to know that
we shall be rid of a great nuisance, to some
extent, and that the field of his forays is
substantially changed from this section to
the whole nation. We trust his foraging
upon the National Treasury may be be
yond all precedent.
The drama being enacted in the South is
that of Vanity Fair on a large scale. The
salty heroine of that romance was last
seen as a female pillar of the church, pre
siding over one of the sacred tables of a
religious fair, lambent with the halo of
grace and fragrant with the odorof sanc
tity. If Blodgett is our Becky Sharpe in
pantaloons, why should he be condemned
to a worse fate ? If the pidfis dodge chances
to pay at Washington, Blodgett will wear
a hair-shirt with the best of them in Con
gress' Perhaps he already ‘sniffs the new
winds of doctrine borne along by the rising
fortunes of Senator Harlan, who, once a
poor minister of Christ, starving on
meagre gospel pay, has, in the latter days,
swollen into a political magnate and a
millionaire. Blodgett is a shrewd fellow
and clever at adaptations. Hence, being a
bogus " Senator,” he craves a bogus cano
nization. We dare say he will get it. He
would hardly have written that imploring
letter to Bullock unless perfectly assured
that the little game of veneering was al
ready settled upon and as good as won.
We all know what sort of a drab was set
up for the worship of the French Revolu
tionists. Blodgett will make a flrstrate
divinity for a worse gang when the true
bill for perjury shall be finally withdrawn
and he strides into the Senate the “ peer of
the proudest”—thus fulfilling the predic
tion of Beast Butler and verifying the
Scripture, which declares that “ God
raiseth up the foolish things of this
world to confound the wise.”
“ His Honor.” —Here we have some rich
ness in the way of testimony from Judge
William GipsoN, “Gov.” Bullock’s proxy
at Washington. Detailing the antics of
the Radical factions of this State before
the Congressional Committee, a correspond
ent of the Macon Telegraph and Messenger
writes:
“ Mr. Gibson said he wanted nothing but
a settlement of existing difficulties and
complications, so that we can do something
for the State outside of politics. He was
not a politician himself, and had taken no
pf*rt in politics. He held a judicial posi
tion, to which he had been elected by the
whites of his district. The old Legislature
had passed a law reducing the salary of
the judgeships from $2,500 in gold to SI,BOO
In gold, with a view to breaking up the
judiciary of the State. The salary was so
small that few men could afford to accept
the position, and Gov. Bullock had been
compelled to appoint men who were unfit.
He would have given up the judgeship he
held long ago, as he could not live on the
salary. He merely held the position in
ordei'to sustain the cause (?) and in the
interest of law and liberty.”
Early In the day, Judge Gibson espoused
the Radical doctrine. But he is “no poli
tician.’’ He made a rabid political speech,
at Macon, we believe, to prove his fealty to
Bollock. But he is “no politician.” He
was one of the endorsers of Blodgett’s
bond as Treasurer of. the State Road, as
“no politician,” and then, as “no politi
cian,” begged his name to be suppressed in
the Augusta papers, on the plea that he
was compelled to endorse an ill-favored
person. As “no politician” he forgot to
state that the whites of his District elected
him before he “ fell from grace,” and that
they would not elect him again under any
circumstances whatever. That Gov. Bul
lock has appointed men to judicial ■posi
tions who were “ unfit,” we know, and so
does Judge Gibson, though “ no politician.”
Indeed, the Judge, being one of Bollock’s
Appointees, can speak emphatically on this
subject. Again, " His Honor,” apparently
grown lukewarm in the faith of Bollock A
Cos., had certain gentle reminders from his
superior officers that fresh assurances were
required of hi* loyalty to thegi and their
party. Asa man tired of such craft and
weary of a Judgeship which brings but
SI,BOO in gold, he might have declined this
coercion. Being “no politician,” he be
takes himself to Washington as a special
counselor and make-shift for the birds of
prey from Atlanta. At Washington, Bul
lock is denounced as a falsifier by the Chief
Magistrate of the Nation, and, leaving the
Capital in rage, humiliation and disgust, he
left Judge Gibson behind to represent the
“cause.” The Judge stays, the Judge
pleads, the Judge defends, the Judge con
sents to be Bullock’s proxy. But then he
Is “ no politician,” you know.
Personal Property-of Mrs. Robert
E. Lee. —The House Committee on the
Judiciary has agreed to report a bill to re
turn to Mrs. R. E. Lee certain articles,
formerly the property of General George
Washington, which were taken from Ar
lington by General McDowell In the early
part of the war, and are now in the posses
sion of the Interior Department. Mr.
Kerr, of Indiana, will offer the resolution
directing the return of the articles, and it
will be supported by every member of the
committee. These articles embrace the
camp and field furniture of Gen. Washing
ton, a good deal of china ware, and con
siderable household furniture. They have
been for some years objects of interest and
curiosity in the Patent Office.
Items for the Ladies. —An instance of
heartless and wanton cruelty is reported
in the conduct of a young woman from
New Jersey, who has gone all the way to
India to marry an inoffensive missionary,
whom she has never seen, and who conse
quently cap never have done her any in
jury.
Bullock’s Message on Wednesday.
Atlanta, Ga., February 16, 1870.
To the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of
the Provisional Legislature:
Some misapprehension having arisen as
to the effect of the act of Congress of De
cember 22, 1869, upon the ordinary legisla
tive acts of the Legislature of 1868-9,1 deem
it proper to say that, in my judgment, the
act of Congress-referred to does not render
invalid any of the ordinary laws passed by
those bodies.
The reconstruction acts of March 3,1867,
and July 19,1867, in express terms declared
that “no legal State governments” existed
in the States therein named; yet the ordi
nances of the conveutiou of 1866, and the
acts of the Legislature of 1865 apd 1866
have been uniformly, by the military au
thorities and by our own courts, held legal
and binding. The “ scaling ordinance” of
the convention of 1866, “ the evidence law”
of 1866, both acts of immense importance,
were, during the whole of the administra
tration of Gen. Pope and! Gen. Meade, en
forced by the courts as valid and binding
laws; yet these acts were passed by bodies
which Congress declared to be Legislatures
of no “ legal State governments.”
Gen. Pope and Gen. Meade were put in
command in this State to enforce “ the
laws.” The courts of Georgia, sitting un
der the administration of the military au
thority. of the United States, never for a
moment seem to have thought that the acts
of the Legislatures of 1865 and 1866 were
not laws; and yet Congress had, in express
terms, declared that “no legal State gov
ernment existed in the State.”
It would seem from this action that the
declaration of Congress, “ that no legal
State government existed in the late rebel
States,” must be understood in a qualified
sense, to wit: No legal State competent to
take part in the Government of the Union
and proper to be recognized as State gov
ernments under the Constitution of the
United States.
It was not the intent of Congress, by any
of its reconstruction legislation, to render
invalid any of the laws passed by the Legis
lature it subsequently declared illegal, ex
cept so far as those laws were obnoxious
to the Constitution and laws of the United
States.
It is true, it has not been the policy to
permit the legislative assemblies, as suato,
to convene and legislate, except for specific
purposes during the military regime, but
the whole practice of the Government has
been to recognize as valid laws actually
passed and not repudiated by the United
States.
The simple fact that from March, 1867, to
July, 1868, the courts of this State, during
the administration of Generals Pope and
Meade, and before the convention of 1868
had ratified those laws, administerefi with
out question the ordinances of the conven
tion of 1865, and the acts of the Legisla
turesof 1865 and 1866, is a judicial determi
nation of the highest tribunals known to
our law, that the ordinary laws of sakl
bodies were valid and binding as the acts
of a Legislature de facto, however illegal
the bodies might themselves have been as
State Legislatures in view of the recon
struction acts.
During the existence of the military su
pervision meetings of legislative bodies, ex
cept for specific purposes, have been deem
ed incompatible with the actual state of
affairs; but in all the States, laws passed
by bodies meeting as such, when the mili
tary power was, in fact, withdrawn, have
been unifprmly recognized and acted upon
as valid and binding.
It is, therefore, I think, apparent from the
uniform action of the courts and of the
United States authorities that the laws of
the Legislatures of 1868 and 1869, and its
acts which were not of a political charac
ter, are perfectly valid, notwithstanding
the United States by the acts of December
22,1869, has in effect declared that “no
legal State government existed in this
State” at that time, and that the impres
sion which is sought to be created, that they
are invalidated, that State bonds are re
pudiated, and that ‘ corporations organized
upon the basis of the late legislation, are
without legal foundation, is entirely ground
less, and such impression is only created
for the purpose of misleading the public
mind, and defeating the full effect and true
intent and purpose of the reconstruction
acts. Argument upon this point seems to
be superfluous in the face of the material
fact that our bonds are saleable at a Higher
rate than those of auy otbww-Bouthern
State, and that the bonds of railroads,
which have been endorsed under the au
thority of legislation of 1868, are selling at
their full value.
It has been suggested to me from various
quarters that it would be wise for your
body to take some action for the temporary
relief of the people from the present press
ure for the payment of the war debts con
tracted before i865, now made doubly bur
densome by the late decision of the Su
preme Court of the United States, that
those contracted before 1862 are payable in
gold.
As, however, in my judgment, until your
action to complete the reconstruction of
the State is accepted by Congress, it is not
proper for you to undertake general legis
lation, I would respectfully suggest that
you adopt some resolution expressive of
the wishes of the General Assembly on this
subject, with the hope that the General
Commanding may, by his order, cause the
same to be enforced.
When the last step in the reconstruction
work shall have been taken, by the declara
tion of the result of the Senatorial election,
I would respectfully recommend that a re
cess be taken for such a time as may to
you seem best, pending the action of Con
gress for our admission.
Rufus B. Bullock,
Provisional Governor.
[ From the Baltimore Gazette.
Sale of Cadetships.
It has actually transpired that two mem
bers elected to the last Congress from Lou
isiana are suspected of having sold the ca
detships to the Military Academy, at West
Point, to which they were entitled. For
one of the cadetships the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars fs said to have been paid,
and for the other the sum of three thous
and dollars. Well, grant that this sus
picion turns out to be true, what is the use
of making a pother about so insignificant a
trifle? Are we to deprive a greedy and
impecunious carpet-bagger of his little
pickings whilst his Radical associates are
thrusting their arms into the Treasury
up to the) elbows? Are we to reserve all
our admiration for the success which at
tends the operations of the greater rogue,
and expend all our powers of denunciation
on the petty larceny knave ? Here is But
ler for instance. It was but the other day
that Mr. Cox told him in the House that
“ those who acted with him on that floor
had called him a thief and a robber, and he
did not dare to take it up.” Take it up,
Indeed! If the very men who applied
these epithets to him are content to follow
his political leadership whilst professing
to loathe and despise him for his acts, why
should he trouble himself about a question
of morals?
Moreover, if military commissions are or
ganized to convict, the very converse of the
propositiion is true in respect to commit
tees of investigation. The latter are no
toriously organized to acquit in all cases
of gigantic rascality where prominent
Radicals are concerned. (Senators are
more than suspected of taking bribes, and
of sanctioning measures of special legisla
tion which could only be carried by a lib
eral distribution of money. If Congress
men are less veual than Senators, all we
can say is that they are very grossly ma
ligned. The fact that legislation at Wash
ington is tainted witn corruption, and that
fraud and peculation pervade all depart
ments of the civil service, renders alto
gether futile any attempt to put an end to
such disgraceful transactions. In the very
extent to which these practices have been
carried, and in the large number of Radi
cals in high places who would be compro
mised by any public exposure and condem
nation of them, they find that element of
safety which makes them at once insolent
and defiant when their conduct is called in
question. But a couple of beggarly car
pet-baggers, who sold cadetships to West
Point for what the greatest rogues would
call “|a miserable pittance,” may very prop
erly be dealt with, and in this easy way
the purity and the morality of the Radical
party may be vaunted and glorified.
A Western press dipatch from New York
says seveOty-one out of every one hundred
nickel five cant pieces presented at the Bnb-
Treasnry in that city are coanterffeit.
The. Byron Scandal.
SOME ADDITIONAL FACTS—LETTER FROM
LADY BYRON.
The London Quarterly Review, in reply
to Mre. Stowe’s “ Lady Byron Vindicated,”
explains the circumstances under which
the important letters printed in its previous
issue were brought to light. They were
given on the authority of the Earl of Chi
chester, Lord William Godolphin Osborne,
and Mr. George Leigh- Several others, of
similar purport are added, and also the fol
lowing, in which Lady Byron refers to the
charge of incest which was then already
whispered
Mivart’s Hotel, February 20,1816.
My Dear Mbs. Villiers: I considered
your letter as a very kind proof of the
Justice you do to my feelings, which are by
no means so absorbed in my own distress
as to forget those of others, who perhaps,
suffer still more. I deeply regret the re
ports which have been circulated relative
to the cause of the separation between
Lord B. and myself, and none can occasion
me more sorrow than that which you men
tion as reflecting on Mrs. Leigh’s character;
but as I Can positively assert that notone of
the many reports now current have been
sanctioned or encouraged by me, my family,
or my friends, I cannot consider myself in
any degree responsible for them.
During my residence under the same roof
with Mrs. Leigh, all my friends iiave heard
me express the most grateful aud affection
ate sense of her goo<s offices toward me;
and before I left the house, I wrote of her,
and spoke of her, in those terms to every
one who was intimate with me.
In the present state of circumstances, you
must be aware that a publication of the
real grounds of difference between Lord B.
and myself would be extremely improper,
and, in conformity with the advice I have
received, I must abstain from any further
disclosure. It'is very painful po me to be
obliged, in consequence, to appear less con
fidential than I wish toward you. I have
been with my father ever since I came to
town, of course wishing to be as unobserved
as possible, and it is insisted uponjjy my
legal advisers that I shall have no commu
nication with Piccadilly. I must ask free
indulgence for this answer. You do not
know the extreme perplexities and miseries
of my present circumstances, or I should
feel secure of it. At least, believe me, my
dear Mrs. Villiers, yours, most truly,
A. I. Byron.
To Hon. Mrs. Villiers.
In the Spring of 1880, continues the re
viewer, fourteen years after the separation
of husband and wife, Lady Byron and Mrs.
Leigh quarreled, about money matters, it
is believed, Mrs. Leigh taking the initia
tive by declining all further intimacy
with Lady Byron. In regard to Medora
Leigh, the reviewer states that Lady
Byron “ having known all about the un
happy girl for ten years without making
auy effort for reclaiming her, suddenly
sent for her in the Autumn of 1840,
brought her to Paris, and there, or at
Fontainebleau, told her the revolting stonr
of her alleged paternity.” In 1843, sfie
took measures for establishing Medora
Leigh abroad. “ The paragraph that has
been going the round of all the papers stat
ing that her story was received by Lady
Byron did not forgive Medora Leigh’s re
lapse into frailty. She died in 1847. The
reviewer declares that he has seen the
memorandum which Lady Byron gave Mrs.
Stowe, and that “ it contains not a syllable
from which any saue person without a
‘ prejudicate ’ opinion could collect that
Lady Byron ever made the charge iu ques
tion, or any charge involving crime at any
time.”
Jenny Lind, the Great Singer, as She
is To-Day. —From a letter describing Jeuny
Lind’s recent appearance in Exeter Hall,
London, we quote the following:
We waited very patiently through Herr
Goldschmidt’s ambitious “Instrumental
Prelude,” and through the first of his jerky
choruses. It was not entirely the fog which
made our eyes see dimly the sweet-faced
woman sitting on his left hand, thinner,
older, sadder, but still witli the same win
ning, pathetic atmosphere about every pose
and every expression which conquered all
hearts twenty years ago, disarms all criti
cisms to-day, and will continue to do so as
louji aa Jeuuy Lind’s soul dwells jrti Jenny
sLlnd’s body. If there be such things as
Iperfect grace or clumsiness, perfect beauty
of homeliuess, she lias them; and they are
more lasting than the grace of graceful
ness, or the beauty of good looks. As it is
with her face, her movements, her atti
tudes, so it is with her‘voice. Sacred above
all it has lost, it has kept a certain some
thing of such individuality that one would
know it for Jenny Lind’s voice. In spite
of the husky chest tones, in spite of the
strained and hardly reached upper C, there
is a peculiar soul-full quality in it which
has been rarely heard on any stage, except
wheu Jenny Lind has sung. Critics would
say—rand, perhaps by *uks of art, their as
sertion cannot be contradicted—that Jenny
Lind’s voice is gone. But men and women
are still moved to their hearts’ depths by
her singing. I believe if she sings when
she is three score years and ten it will be
the same.
Important Insurance Decision.— The
New York Commercial Advertiser calls at
tention to an important decision just ren
dered at St. Louis, which is of general in
terest. Two individuals effected a con
siderable insurance on the St. Louis Mu
seum and Opera and Fine Art Gallery in
the Mississippi Valley Company. Subse
quently the collection of curiosities was re
moved and the policies transferred so as to
cover the furniture and building after It
was converted into a theatre. The build
ing being destroyed by fire, the company
refused to pay the insurance, on the ground
that the transfer was made by a clerk who
had no authority to make it, and that the
business afterward carried on made the
risk far more hazardous, there being a bar,
and liquids being supplied to the audience.
The parties thereupon brought suit for the
whole amount, and Judge Smith decides in
their favor. Neither does the fact that spirits
were kept in the bar for daily consumption
invalidate the policy, uor can an insur
ance company avoid, the responsibility for
a clerk’s actions. Whatever business an
individual transacts'6ver the counter of an
insurance office, be he a genuine or a bogus
clerk, must be accepted as the business of
the company. If irresponsible clerks are
retained in their employ, or if persons are
allowed such access to their office as to be
able to successfully pass themselves off as
clerks, the companies are responsible for
their acts.
Inventions in the Southern States.—
The Commissioner of Patents, in his last
annual report, says that during the past
year 46 patents were granted to citizens of
Alabama, 11 to those of Arkansas, 5 to
Florida, 68 to Georgia, 86 to Louisiana, 53
to Mississippi, 44 to North Carolina, 24 to
South Carolina,, 69 to Tennessee, 44 to Tex
as, 86 to and 37 to West Virginia.
In the class of agriculture, the examiner
reports that “in 1859 the number of appli
cations from the South, as compared with
those from the North, Was less than two
and a half per ceut. of the whole number
In 1869 the number of applications from the
South was increased to over twenty-three
per cent, of all the cases in my class.”
Dull Times in New York.—A gentle
man who was in New York last week
stated that trade is very dull there this
Winter in nearly all branches of mercantile
business. While at tne Custom House on
Tuesday last he was told that no vessel had
arrived from a foreign port for the forty
eight hours preceding, a circumstance that
had not occurred before for the past twenty
years. There were at the time nearly one
hundred Government Inspectors waiting
employment in consequence of the small
number of vessels arriving.
[Baltimore Sun.
Aid for Washington College.— The
St. Louis Republican states that a number
of gentlemen in Missouri have subscribed
over SIO,OOO to raise a fund for the endow
ment of a chair In Washington College to
be called the Missouri Professorship of Ap
plied Chemistry.
Best of all, Brevet Major General Wm.
8. Harney, United States Army, St. Louis,
Mo., has subscribed SI,OOO for the endow
ment of the Presidential Chair (Gen. R. E.
Lee’s) of Washington College.
Mr. George F. Meldau, long known to
the business community of Charleston,
died suddenly Tuesday afternoon.
Georgia State Lottery
FOB THE BENEFIT OF tSe J
Orphan’s Horn* and. Fre* School.
The following were the drawn numbers in thn Km,,
plementary Scheme, drawn at AuguaW-aanruia.
February 17.
MORNING DRAWING-CLASS 81.
63 34 73 75 19 38 371 18 *. 3B 44.
12 Drawn Numbers.
EVENING DRAWING—CIass 82. ~
33 38 39 53 50 70 96 45 7 78 33
12 Drawn Numbers.
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SPEOIAX. NOTICjBs.
Mayor’* Office, i
Augusta, Ga., February u 1870. \
A PERSON skilled In the work is waited ism.,
dlatuly, to TRIM the TRUES In the streets of the
City. Proposals for the work most be idea m this
office at once.
febHM J . V. H, Mayor.
COTTON STATES MECHANICAL ARB AGRI
CULTURAL FAIB ASSOCIATION.
Augusta, Ga., February *i%jj g] n
The Boors of-Subsciiptipn to the Capital stock of
this Association are now open. Partis* desirous of
subscribing will please hand in their to t he
Becretary, at the office of the A ssooi tion, No. 227
Broad street. E. H. GKAY
feM3tf Secretary.
Office Charlotte, Columbia aud 1
Augusta Railroad, (
Augusta, Ga., Febrary 1870. )
SHIPPERS and CONSIGNEES of GIT4.NO by
this Road are notified, that in accordance tfflShnstruc
tions, I shall make charge of Freight on all GUANO
forwarded from this Depot on and after the 17th Inst.,
as follows:
For 50 ml es and under, per ton (2,000
For over 50 mUes and under 100 miles, ton
(2,000 lbs.) 3
For 100 miles and over, per ton (2,000 lbs).. « 60
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Sometimes, without any assignable phys
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There is little or no pain perhaps, but the natural
Vigor and elasticity of the nervous and mtsaplat sys
tem seems to have departed, and an indifference to the
pleasures of life, and even of its grave responsibiliti s,
takes the place of that earnest interest iu both which
characterizes every well balanced mind when in a
healthy condition.
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trinsic merits, and that they can he had everywhere.
See advertisement in another column.
dec2s-eodtf
JUST OUT.
CHERRY PECTORAL TROCHES, superior to
all others for Colds, Coughs, Bore Throat, Bronchitis
and Hoarseness.
None so pleasant. None cure so quick.
Manufactured by RUSHTON & CO., Astor Hohse,
New York.
No more of those horrible tasted, nauseating Brown
Cubeb things.
For sale by W. H. TUTT & LAND at Proprietors’
Prices. jan6-d*c3m |
Great Southern Agency
FOR
Standard Subscription Books,
J. C. DERBY, Manager,
AUGUSTA GEORGIA, i
JtCxCLUSIVE Agency for the States <Jf
Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, for tbg
following popular Works, (sold exclusively bjr
.subscription):
Appleton’s New American Cyclopedia, If
vols.; Appleton’s Annual Cyclopedia, 8 vols.;
Burton’s Cyclopedia of Wit and Humor, 1 vol.;
Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible, 1 vol.; Cyclo
pedia of Commercial Anecdotes, 1 vol.; Cur-,
tis’Life of Daniel Webster, 2 vols.; May hews’
Illustrated Horse Doctor, 1 Beard’s Home
Physician, 1 vol; VVaring’s Farmers’ and Me
chanics’ Manual, I vol.; Pollard’s Lee and His
Lieutenants, 1 vol.; Cook’s Wearing of the
Grey, 1 vol.; Greeley’s American Conflict, 2
vols; Chamberlain’s Commercial Law, 1 vol.;
Richardson’s Beyond the Mississippi, 1 vol.;
Mark Twain’s Innocents Abroad, 1 vol.; Vir
tue’s Publications, in Monthly Parts.
Good Canvassing Agents wanted. Address
J. C. DERBY,
Southern Publishing Agency,
Corner’of Reynolds and Jackson streets,
feblS-eod3acl Augusta, Ga.
BONE DUST FOR SALE.
-A-BOUT FIFTY TONS oi Fore Groond
RAW BONE DUST, warranted to be nffkdnl
terated, and delivered in Depot at $55 per ton,
cash. GEO. T. JACKSON & CO
feb!6-d3Acl
?LOUR. FLOUR.
3 CAR LOADS TENNESSEE FLOUR, in
£, Sacks.
For sale by *
feb!B-6 BARRETT A CASWELL.
N*ew Advertisements
SHADES, CORNIUES, &c,.
Os Mew Styles for Spring Trade.
We invite attention t® a large stock of
the following Good*, just received and
opened for Spring Trade J tji
In Shade* of all the new tint* of color
and of all size*.
In Cornice* and Band* of the latest styles.
French Tamboured haee Curtains of su
perior quality.
Nottingham haee Curtain*, tine and
cheap. Also, Muslin Curtain*.
Curtain Damask * and Curtain Trim
mings, at
.Fa*. G. Bailie & Bro’i
p. S. Bine and Half Cloth of all widths
for Store Shades. feblß-lm
FOR LIVERPOOL.
THE First Class Ship 80UTH-
CHIEF, Higgins, Master,
having part of her Cargo engaged, will receive
dispatch.
For Freight Engagements apply to
WILLIS <fe CHISOLM,
feblß-t6 North Atlantic Wharf.
A EMKLS,OB! '*3B
My STALL has no Marble Top, but it is
rirood old wooden platform in first rate or
der, and, on SATURDAY MORNING and
EVENING, will be filled with the best of
BEEF. MUTTON. LAMB. PORK, SAU
SAGES and CORNED BEEF. Lovers of
sulendid Meat should be prepared accordingly.
1 JNO. P. FOSTER,
feb!B-l Stall No. 1, Lower Market.
Beautiful Wire Goods.
"Beautiful plated wire goods,
HANGING BASKETS, FRUIT DISHES,
KNIFE RESTS, Round Bread BASKETS,
POT STANDS, TEA STRAINERS, &c.
Come and see them. 980 Broad street.
feblß-l E MUBTIN.
v BACON.
30,000 POUNDS Choico TEN
NESSEE BACON, Hog Round.
On consignment and for sale low.
feblß-6 J.T. BOTHWELL.
SHIRTINGS.
lO BALEB HOPEWELL % SHIRTINGS,
on hand and for sale low.
feblß-5 J- T. BOTHWELL.
Peruvian Guano.
CARGO OF THE
Bark Elliott Ritchie.
W E OFFER at PRIVATE SALE the
entire Cargo of the BARK ELLIOTT
RITCHIE, consisting of
EIGHT HUNDRED TONS
Peruvian Guano,
Direct from the PERUVIAN GOVERN
MENT, and sold for that account and all
concerned.
Analysis of,the Guano can be seen at
our Office.
GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO.
Factors, Church street,
Charleston, S. C.
feb2S-4
Attention, Masqueraders,
PEBKIINS & PELOT,
103 BROAD ST..
Are prepared to make
PHOTOGRAPHS IN COSTUME,
IN THE HIGHEST PERFECTION OF
THE ART.
fel/18 3
Surprise Oats.
TWO HUNDRED BUSHELS
OF THE ABOVE CELEBRATED
YELLOW OATS
RECEIVED TO-DAY.
They are Larger aad Heavier than the
Norway Oat.
PurcE: TWO DOLLARS per Bushel of
32 pounds.
Samples sent by Mail.
.1. O OT tTHJEWSO.Y.
ieblß-6
MULES. MULES.
_A_ lot ot Good PLANTATION MULES,
well broke. For sale by
J. L. MIMS,
Grey Eagle Stables, Ellis street.
feblß-l*
Exemption of Personalty and Realty.
(jj"EOBGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY,
Ordinary’s Office, foe said Codntt, I
Auodpta, February 17, 1870. S
Plato Cbicholm having applied for exemption
of Personalty and setting apart and valuation of
Homestead,! will pass upon the same at my office
in Augusta, on Monday, the 28th day ol February, 1870,
at 10 o’clock, a. m.
Given under my hand and official signature, this
17th day of February. 1870.
SAMUEL LEVY,
feb!B-2 Ordinary.
NOTICE.
OUR WEEKS after date application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary ot Richmond county
for leave to sell Real Estate belonging to the estate
of John Chavoue, deceased.
A LLEK CHAVOUB, Executor.
February 17,1870. feblß-law4
TREES WANTED,
.FOR THE COTTON STATES MECHAN
ICS’ and AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSOCI
ATION.
A Competent and Reliable MAN can obtain
a CONTRACT for PLANTING TREES by
applying early to
THOS. P. STOVALL,
Chairman Committee on Fair Grounds.
feb!7-3
MMES. SEGIN,
o. 328 Broad Street.
We SHALL FROM THIS DAY SELL
OUR ENTIRE STOCK,
Regardless of Cost,
IN ORDER TO
close: the business.
my 26 eepl9mov!4tlyfebl7 4
DISSOLUTION.
The FIRM ol OSLEY WILSON* Cos. is
this day dissolved by mutual consent. All per
sons having claims against said firm will pre
sent the same for payment, and those indebted
Hinst settle at once. .
Eithei partner is authorized to sign the firm’s
name in liquidation.
OSLEY
Fbbbpaby 16,1370. feb!7-3
Buy the Best Super
phosphate of Lime—
Russel Coe’s.
GIRARDEY’B OPERA HOUSE.
E. P. KENDALL ....MANAGER,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
Fbbruaky 17th, 18th and 19tb.
GRAND MAflNEti SAT URDaY,
At 2% o'clock.
The Berger" Family
SWISS BELL RINGERS !
HARPISTS. VOCALISTS.
VIOftINISTS and CORNET PLAYERS,
Who for the past three years have given nearly
the entire entertainment with the Pbxk
Family, will appear as above,
assisted by
Sol Smith Russel, Humorist,
A. J. Whitcomb, Harpist,
Hiss Maud Stanley, Vocalist,
Prof. J. H. Gurdiiy, Solo Cornetlst,
and Geo. H. Marsh.
New Songs, Duels, Quartettes, Instrumental Overtures,
Character Vocalisms, Comic Orations, Violin,
Cornet and Staff Bell Solos.
Admission—fl; Gallery, 50 cents. Doors
open at 7 ; to commence at 8 o’clock. Seats
can be secured in advance. Without Extra
Charge, at Schreiner’s Book Store.
feb!3-6 W. W. FOWLER, Agent.
GIRARDEY’S opera house.
Positively Six Nights Only.
Airs. James A.. Oates’
Burlesque and Operatic Troupe.
Monday Evening Feb’y 21, 1870,
Will be presented for the first time in this
City the Great Extravaganza Burlesque,
Field of the Cloth of Gold,
Introducing Eighteen First Class Artistes.
O’Reardon,
The Tumbjironean.
Thfc Wonderful Hernandez,
AND THE
Imperial Japs.
Admission : Dress Circle and Parquette, *1;
Gallery, 50 cents ; "Reserved Seats, *1 25, For
sale at Oates & Son’s Book Store.
W. R. HAYDEN,
feb!7-tf Business Manuager.
AUGUSTA SEED STORE,
NO. J 1 WASHINGTON STREET,
NORTH Slf>£ of BROAD ST.,
(OPPOSITE MR. J. T. BOTHWELL.)
T AM happy to inform my friends and the
public generally, that I have just received a
large and well assorted stock of the Choicest
GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS, per Eu
ropean steamers Ivanboe and City ol Brussels,
from France and England. These imported
Seeds have been tested last year, and gave eu
tire satisfaction, as our market gardeners can
attest. lam also in receipt Os the finest Penn
sylvania aud Ohio SEEDS. Taking the stock
together it will surpass any Seed House in the
South. I invite all Gardeners, Merchants, Aina
terues, and especially the Ladies, ,o aD inspec
tion of these very choice aud rare SEEDS,
which I warrant FRESH imd GENUINE.
A liberal deduction made to the trade. I ex
pect by tbe next Ocean Steamer from France
a most beautiful lot of PARIS IMMORTELLE
WREATHS, COLORED MOSS, GRASSES,
&c. C. PEMBLE.
Notice the sign across the pavement corner
of Broad and Washington streets. (The Sonth
Carolina Railroad passes through Washington
street to Union Depot.)
leblfi-6il*
YOUNG MEN
.Are PRACTICALLY INSTRUCTED in
BOOK-KEEPING, BUSINESS PENMAN
SHIP, and CALCULATION* at the Counting
House of
Wm. M. Pelot.
McINTOSH STREET, Fourth Door from
Corner Broad street, formerly Office of
Gen. Jos. E. Johnston & Cos.,
Augusta, Ga.
Terms : For Guarantee Couthe, SSO. Honrs
for Students, 10 o’clock, A. M., to 10, P. M.
feb!s-tf
LOST OR STOLEN,
From the Subscriber, on Friday night,
11th instant, a Young Dark Bay MARE, about
three years old, small, in good order and well
formed; well broke to. the saddle; has never
been shod. Lwill pay $lO reward for the ani
mal, or $25 for Mare and Thief.
THOS. B. WEST,
feb!7-4 Thomson.
Hardware, Cutlery,
Stoves, Tin and Wood Ware.
WILLIAM HILL
to announce to bis old friends and
customers, and the citizens of Augusta and
vicinity, that he has Removed his business
from Hamburg, &:'C., to the Store, 193 Broad
street, Augusta, Ga., next door above the Con
stitutionalist Office, where he has a full stock
of HARDWARE, consisting of—
AXES, HOEB, SPADES, SHOVELS
MANURE FORKS, RAKES
BLACKSMITH TOOLS
BAR IRON, STEEL, NAILS
HORSE and MULE SHOES
OVENS, POTS and SPIDERS
HINGES, SCREWS
POCKET and TABLE CUTLERY
SAWS, AUGURS, CHISELS, Ac., *c.
ALSO,
WOODEN WARE, such aa. BUCKETS,
TUBS, CHURNB, PAILS, Ac.
COOKING STOVES, of various patterns of
modern make, and warranted to cook well;
also, HEATING STOVES.
He also offers a full assortment of TIN
WARE, which he manufactures in all its varie
ties, at wholesale and retail. TIN aod SHEET
IRON MANUFACTURED to order, and job
bing promptly done in best manner.
I respectfully solicit a share of public pa
tronage. WILLIAM HILL,
jan!4-tf 193 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
Administrator’s Notioe.
person, having demand, against Francis C.
Taylor, late of Richmond county, will present them
within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted
will pay to
Janlß-law4o JOHN S. DAVIDSON, Adm’r.
Special Bargains
JAMES A. GRAY k CO.’S,
~ \
238 BROAD STREET.
0-
Gent’s Pure Linen Hemstitched Handker
chiefs, one and two inch hem, from S3 50
per dozen to Extra Fine.
Nottingham Lace Curtains, entirely new
patterns.
We are closing out our Dress Trimmings
at Cost. .A.ll Colors in Reversible Satin Eleat
ing and ALohair Braids Box Quilling.
All kinds of Linen Goods at Cost.
Bordered Huckaback Towels, Damask
Towels, Superior Quality Linen Doylies, a
Choice A-ssortment Wool and Felt jPiano and
Table Covers, at
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.’S.
' e-ts
A.NJSTDA.L STATEMENT
OF THE
GEORGIA RONE INSURANCE CO.,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
INCORPORATED 1859 .CAPITAL, $350,000.
___ .Assets January 1,1870, 5468,071 42.
Receipts iss Disbursements for Twelve Months ending January 1,1870.
RECEIPTS.
Premiums 1229,001 30
Interest 10,920 67
*239,921 97
Balance ftom January 1,1809 44,657 00 j
*284,578 97 |
DIVIDEND TO HOLDERS OF PARTICIPATING POLICIES, 25 PER CENT.
MILLINERY
Selling Off At and Below Cost
' FOR CASH.
w ISHING to close business, I will dis
pose of my stock of MILLINERY, &c., for
Cost and Below Cost, for Cash, at No. 155
Broad street, next door above Mechanics’
Bank. The Store also for rent. Possession
given immediately. Apply on the premises, or
to W. A. Walton, Eeq.
feb9-tf Mrs. A. EDWARDS.
BARGAINS.
Scarlet "Flannel Shirts
AND
Drawers,
Will he sold as bargains, at
A. T. Gray’s.
jan2S-rodlm
NEW SPRUNG
DRESS GOODS
To ARRIVE aud be opened on
Tuesday Morning,
A splendid assortment of DRESS GOODS
adapted to the season at
MULLARKY BRO’S.
PRINTS.
JVIeDIUM and LIGHT, for the Spring
Trade. Just received and the newest styles to
arrive during the week, at
MULLARKY BRO’S.
Reached Shirtings and Sheetings.
A FULL ASSORTMENT ol all the FA
VORITE BRANDS, on hand, which will be
sold at the closest prices—Wholesale and Retail
at
MULLARKY BRO’S.
Spring Cassimeres and Jeans,
JUST RECEIVED at
♦
MULLARKY BRO’S.
During February
"W"e WILL Sell BLANKETS, SHAWLS,
CLOAKS, WINTER DRESS GOODS, CABSI
MEREB, &e., at prices lower than over before,
to close out our Winter Stock.
MULLARKY BROTHERS.
feb2B-j v25-sepl2-oct 17novS-jan9 -feblStf 8
Carpets and Shades.
For a Large and Choice selection of new
Carpets and Shades, at low prices, go to
James G. Bailie & brother's.
CARPETS MADH AND LAID PROMPTLY.
dee3o-6m
WANTED,
A. PLANTATION of from 200 to 800 acres,
convenient to this city or railroads. Must be
well adapted for Cotton and Grain, with im
provements aud necessary Woodland.
Apply by letter, giving fall description, to
decll-tf P. O. BOX NO. 188.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
I?)TATE OF GEORGIA, Riohmomd County:
1? All Creditors of the estate of John Chavou., de
ceased, late of Richmond county, are hereby notified
to render in an account ol their demands to the un
dersigned, and all persons indebted to taid estate are
requested to pay the said undersigned
ALLEN OHAMOUS, Executor.
feb!6-lawflw*
DISBURSEMENTS.
Losses *98,763 17
Reinsurance and Return Premiums. 10,618 65
Commissions to Agents 29,361 32
Taxes aDd all other expenses 89,251 44
Balance January 1, 1870 106,584 89
*284,578 97
The above statement exhibits, In a manner most flat
tering, the growiug prospects of the above named
Company. Biuce the clbse of the war the Company ha 4
paid out over *300,000 for losses. With a constantly
I increasing amount ol assets, It presents its claims tor pa-
I tronage to the public. Apply to
A. G. HALL* Agent,
ti.il Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
feb4-2m
TO PLANTERS.
E HAVE iu store the genulue Hancock
county DICKSON PROLIFIC COTTON SEED,
on consignment. All interested should apply
immediately to
S. D. HEARD A SON,
janß-tf Cotton Factors.
COW FEED.
100 SACKS RICE MEAL
50 Sacks COTTON SEED MEAL.
For sale by
feb!3-6 BARRETT & CASWELL.
FRESH SHAD.
FRESH SHAD may be found at
the AUGUSTA ICE HOUSE, on Reynolds
street, daring the season.
Orders for shipment to any part of the coun
try carefully attended to.
GROVER & BAKER
CoL-brated Improved Sewing Machines,
MIBB LUCY J. READ, Agent,
320 Broad st., Augusta, Ga.
3VJ.ACHINEB Repaired and Improvements
add< and at short notice.
STITCHING ol all kinds, and NEEDLEB
t o ’’ m>\ 12-ly
THEODORE E. BUEHLER,
REAL ESTATE
AND
General Agency Office,
ILL PURCHABE OR BJELL on Com
mission—
CITY PROPERTY,
LANDS AND PLANTATIONS,
AND
Will attend to all Business requiring a.i Agent
In this City or Vicinity.
Monthly Circular, of Property “For
hole’* Furnished on Application.
Lists of Property 1 For Kent” Kept at the
OFFICE,
PLANTERS’ HOTEL,__- - AUGUSTA, GA.
. "Wanted for Sale,
CITY LOTB, in an part of the City,
HOUSES and RESIDENCES, at all prices,
IMPROVED LANDS, convenient to City or
Railroad,
PLANTATIONS,
MINERAL LANDS,
WATER POWERS,
MILLS, Etc., In all parts of the South or
West.
ALSO, “FOR RENT,”
Plantations, Stores, Dwellings, Fur
nished and Unfurnished Rooms.
Apply to ~T. E. BUEHLER,
eep29-tf| Real Estate Agent.
COAL CREEK COAL,
FROM ANDERSON COUNTY, TENN.
3rDERS for this Coal left on Broad
street, at stores of Wm. 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,
dec!7-eod2m Agent.
A. 0. KAUFMAN,
BROKER,
No. 25 BROAD ST., CHARLESTON, 8. 0.
Southern SECURITIES of every de
scription, viz : UNCURRENT BANK NOTES,
STATE, CITY AND RAILROAD STOCKS,
BONDS aud COUPONS bought and sold on
commission.
ALSO,
GOLD AND SILVER COIN.
Orders solicited and promptly exeented.
Prices Current issued weekly, and forwarded
gratuitously to any point on application as
above.
Refers, by permission, to Chas. T. Lowndes,
Esq., President Bank of Charleston.
febl2-dl2aeod3m
Bnv the Best Super
phosphate of Rime—
Russel Coe’s.