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SUNDAY MORNING, MAS. 13, 1870 *
THE GEORGIA£NBROGLIO.
A word of to our friends: Don't
hurrah far or any other man until
you a/re out of theteooda. The
of the consideration of the Houm bill i
the Senate » not a S oo * a,ga ' &*£***
the amendment will stand fire
even in the Senate; but it is just as well to
be circumspect, for the ways of Radicalism
are past finding out by ordinary rules of
propriety. This time of truce will be dili
gently taken advantage of by “ Governor ”
Bullock and his faction. Already the
pressure has befen brought to bear oh weak
kneed Senators, and every element will be
levied upon to contribute its quota of false
hood, misrepresentation and menace. The
Radical slave-drivers at Atlanta are crack
ing their whips and compelling the negro
members of the Legislature to make a
great outcry over a little wool.. The
“ slander-mill ” at the same place is active
ly employed in grinding out falsehoods and
heaping up mountains out of mole-hills.
We copy the very latest telegram to For
ney’s paper:
DEMOCRATS REJOICING OVER THE ADOP
TION OP THE BINGHAM AMENDMENT
REPUBLICANS DISCOURAGED.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.
Atlanta, March 9.—Extreme Democrats
are greatly delighted over the adoption of
Bingham’s amendment in the House, and
arrangements are being made for a State
Convention. It is said the call will be is
sued by a majority of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee as soon as Bingham’s
amendment passes the Senate. The mod
erate Democrats express regret that Con
gress should reopen the reconstruction
question by elections this Fall. They are
willing to acquiesce in the full effect of the
act of December 22. The Republicans are
surprised and greatly discouraged.
We know that “ extreme Democrats” are
very moderately delighted over Bingham’s
amendment, because they are tired of feed
ing on the husks of great expectations, and
because the majority of them are too busy
at work to fret particularly one way or the
other. They would like to see Bullock’s
power curtailed of course, but they are not
prematurely frantic about it. As for the
“ preparation to call a Convention,” that is
downright assumption. Some obscure par
ties attempted that game, on their own re
sponsibility, a few weeks ago; but nobody
paid any attention to it except in the “ shoo
Jy” way. The moderate Democrats, who
” acquiesce in the full effect of the act of
“ December 22d and regret that Congress
“ should reopen the question by elections
“ this Fall,’* are mere men in buckram
evoked by the slander-miller. We have no
doubt of the truth of the statement that
41 the Republicans are surprised and greatly
“ discouraged”—especially those who hang
to the skirts pf Farrow and Blodgett.
Again we caution our people to restrain
even the moderate 44 delight” that some of
them may have manifested. Bingham’s
amendment may pass in the Senate and an
election may be held this year. But sup
pose that election should be held under the
control of Terry’s bayonets and Bullock’s
fraud ? The time for rejoicing has not yet
come. Georgia is still the victim of rival
sharpers of the same common party.
S. H. Cox.—The speech of Mr. Cox on
the Georgia bill was very scholarly. Here
is the concluding paragraph:
“I fear there is but one hope. We can
not well return to the saving Democratic
principle of the inviolability and Indestruc
tibility of the States. That principle is
sadly mutilated. Wer hardly have a rag of
it left. But there may be enough of its
fragments to lift aloft a banner for the
people. When that banner bears us to
victory, then and not till then will recon
struction have its dreary end. Not till
then will there be for the South ‘beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the
garment of praise for the spirit of heavi
ness.’ ”
You War-Democrats, Mr. Cox, made
Radicalism possible by helping to destroy
the liberty of the South. You are now
making a return to liberty impossible be
cause of a foolish attempt to ride two
horses, viz: Coercion and State Rights.
Until you war-Democrats make a clean
breast of your folly, the game will never
be worth the candle. The banner of Prin
ciple still remains, but there are few wor
thy handa to bear it on. The rag of war
democracy is not worth flying. No sub
stantial or permanent triumph will ever
be wou by that bloody dish-clout. Pretty
quotations, bob-tailed principles, and dis
honest rags will never save the country.
The South fought for her rights. The war-
Democrats fought to destroy them. Having
lost tlieir own liberty as well, they now
hope to regain it by eloquent whinings.
No wonder Radicalism prospers. It has
all the pluck.
New Hampshire. —ls the • Democrats
had been true and compact in New Hamp
shire, they might have gained the victory
in the late election. But -they were false
and foolish, and so defeated. The Herald
well says that “abominable dissensions and
“ atrocious and inconceivably stupid con
“ duct of the Democratic manager* have
“ plucked from the Democracy of New
«Hampshire the plume of leading the
*■ Democracy of the nation to certain suc
“in 1872.”
Gen. Bedel, the Democratic candidate,
was virtually put aside, at the eleventh
hour, in favor of the Labor Union candi
date. Protesting against this miserable
dodge, he thus wrote:
“If ruin is to be the order of the day, my
skirts shall be spotless. No act of mine
shall be cited by friend or foe, as tending
in that direction. Let what will come, I
mean always to be true to principle and to
fthe -interests of my State and country.
* * No personal ambition
s«il ever be permitted to swerve my
course to one side or the other of what 1
deem to be right in the eyes of God and
man. But the idea of a party of thirty
odd thousand in the State of New Hamp
shire selling out to a party of ‘great ex
pectations,’ seems to me suicidal > but, per
haps, some prefer suicide to awaiting a
natural death.”
The Democracy of all the States must
purge the temple and stick to principle, or
else be contented with defeat.
Not a Heathen Document. —The Jour
nal of Commerce, in reply to a correspond
ent, who, speaking of the Federal Consti
tution, complains that “in that document
there is not an allusion from first to last of
God or Christ,” says:
44 There is a distinct recognition of our
44 great Redeemer in the words at the close:
“‘Done in convention by the unanimous
“ consent of the States present, the seven,-
44 teenth day of September, in the year of
44 our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
“ eighty-seven.’ Further .than this It was
44 not the purpose of onr fathers to go; but
44 this Is sufficient zo vindicate the Conutitu
-44 tion from the charge so often made, that,
“it contains nothing to distinguish it from
** it from a heathen document.” r .- !
Financial.— The Richmond Whig thus
graphically and ably sums up the financial
situation:
44 In 1861, when the banks of the city.of
New York were paying specie, they had a
circulation of $27,200,000 and $6,000,000 of
coin. Now, they have a circulation of
$33,783,942, and of specie, $35,898,493.
Then they had $20,200,000 morecircqlation
than specie, and paid specie. Now they
have $2,114,551 more specie than circula
tion, and do not pay specie. In 1851 the
total circulation of the 921 banks in the
United States Was $150,052,000, and the
amount of specie in the banks, $50,000,000.
In October, 1869, the circulation of the 1,617
National Banks was $293,593*645. The
amount of specie was $23,002,405 83, and of
legal tender notes and fractional currency,
$85,810,022 38. If the Government notes
represented an equivalent of specie, the
banks would, according to the October
statement, hold $108,812,428 in specie or
its equivalent, and could resume and main
tain specie payments. But as the case
stands they have only $23 of specie for
every $293 of circulation, against $25 of
specie for every $75 of circulation in 1851.
“ On the Ist instant the United States
Treasury held of its own coin $58,000,000.
Deducting from this interest not called for
and that due on March Ist, and the balance
was only $47,000,000; and of this amount
$27,500,000 represented interest accrued but
not yet dne. It is clear that the resulting
balance of about $20,000,000 is utterly in
suffleient as a basis of specie payments,
while $400,000,000 of demand obligations
remain unfunded.” < ,
The Years of Peter. —No Pope has
reigned so long as St. Peter, and good
Catholics believe that it is impossible for
any Pontiff to do so. The present Pope
has come within two years of St. Peter’s
term, dating from his entrance into Rome. —
But some pious casuist shows that St.
Peter’s term commenced from his ap
pointment by the Lord—thirteen years be
fore his entrance into the Holy City. Ac
cording to this, Pius' IXth has fourteen
years to ran before he can attain the “years
of Peter.”
Newman Hall.— The World says:
“ The cause of Newman Hall’s illness is
said to have been the elopement of his wife.
No man knows when he is well off.”
This Newman Hall is the great English
missionary who stirred up the Yankees on
the ab’olition question. While he was at
tending to the colored brethren his wife
was seeking solace for his desertion in the
arms of a man less promiscuously philan
thropic. The woman is “ well-off” if New
man is not.
Look Out, Massachusetts !—Beast But
ler says if affairs were as bad in Massa
chusetts as they are in Tennessee he would
favor Congressional interference in his own ,
State, and had no doubt it would be con
stitutionally correct.
To which the Herald retorts:
“ The objections to Tennessee are that
unqualified persons vote and hold office
44 there, and that a number of murders are
“committed. Cannot the same thing be
“ said of Massachusetts ?”
John Bull. —The great iron-clad war
ship Monarch has stopped all abuse ol John
Bull on this side of the pond. Admiral
Porter has seen her and says “ she is the
“ greatest war ship afloat, that she is more
“ than a match for anything in this line
“ which we possess, and that she cau run
“ down, run over, and altogether demolish
“ the pick and flower of our iron-clads and
“ monitors, the Dictator included.”
It Don’t Work. —The experiment of
mixing negroes and whites in the public
schools of Louisiana resulted in the with
drawal of the white scholars, leaving the
blacks to “ go it alone.”
The Undoing of Butler and Bullock.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald , under date of‘the Bth,
says :
Gen. Butler and Gov. Bullock, of Geor
gia, met with a crushing defeat In the
House to-day by the adoption of Bing
ham’s amendment to the Georgia bill. All
of Bullock’s lobbying for the last three
months here, together with his dining and
wining of Congressmen with a view to get
such a bill passed as would give him a per
petual lease upon the Gubernatorial office
in Georgia, goes for nothing. Should the
Senate endorse the action of the House,
Bullock will be compelled to retire from
office when his term expires, like any other
Governor, The great object of the Geor
gia bill, as reported from the Reconstruc
tion Committee by Butler, was to keep
Bullock in office and to secure the election
of his confederates to the House and Sen
ate of the United States, as well as their
retention in the State offices. But Bing
ham has upset these nice calculations, and
the whole combination has come to grief.—
Bingham’s amendment provides that none
of the offices now filled in the State of
Georgia, whether by appointment or elec
tion, shall be vacated by the act, nor shall
it be construed to extend the official term
of any officer of the State beyond the term
limited by the constitution of the State.—
This Is a fatal shot to the Bullock faction.
It puts Mr. Bullock out of office two years
hence, 'instead of four, as he had contem
plated. That part of the amendment which
provides that the people of Georgia shall
not be deprived of their right, under the
constitution, to elect Senators and Repre
sentatives in the year 1870, but that such
election shall be held in the year 1870,
either on the day named in the constitu
tion of Georgia or such other day as the
present Legislature may designate by
law, disposes of Blodgett and the remainder
of the Bullock party, and gives the people
a chance for anew deal. Bingham’s speech
in the House yesterday had a marked effect
upon the fortunes of Bullock, as well as
upon the fatetof Butler’s bill. Butler tried
to offset it to-day by one of his best efforts,
but it did not take. In vain did he parade
the usual array of murders and outrages
said to have been committed in Georgia.—
While Butler was speaking, Bullock and
his satelites were busy among the members
lobbying for votes. The question was taken,
llrst on Bingham’s amendment. Butler,
seeing defeat inevitable, thought he would
delay it a little by calling the yeas and
nays. In the meantime, Bullock plyed his
vocation, but when the vote was announced
It stood —yeas, 114; nays, 71. The bill, as
amended, was finally passed by a vote of
152 to 55. Bingham, of course, was jubi
lant. Butler goWiis coat and went home,
and Bullock retired, reflecting upon the un
certainty of human events. Butler threat
ens to get Bingham’s amendment defeated
in the Senate.
A New Screw Put to the Income Tax.
—The United States assessors, acting un
der instructions, we presume, decline to
allow any redaction upon interest paid for
mortgages held ou what is called “ House
hold Property.” A tax payer is allowed
reduction , for rent paid, but for interest
paid upon mortgages secured upon his
house, which in reality are a rent, he is not
allowed. 4-gain, he is allowed a deduction
for interest?paid on LorrowecLtno aey, notes,
general mortgages, bonds, &c., but not a
cent for the most legitimate of all interests,
viz: actual paymeqt <ot notes, bonds or
mortgages, given for securing payment on
the house where he lives., The remorseless
way Government assessdrs’dash their pens
through such Interest paid mortgages may
very delightful to those who possess the
power, but It only adds to the general dis
gust felt for the income tax. Oflly the
character of “ Scrooge ” readily illustrates
the character of the Chief Government
Plunderers in Washington, who order these
thing*.— JSfeu> York Express.
Noble Words from Maryland.
The Baltimore Gazette, advocating lawful
resistance to the XVth Amendment, thus
concludes:
If wrong is ever to be righted some one
must lead the van of the battle against it
—some forlorn hope, it may be, must con
sent to immolation In the struggle. If
these views be regarded as extreme, be it
so. But they are the firuit of principles by
which many noble men and nations have
been governed—principles which carried
our fathers through an almost desperate
war with the mother country in 1776
which animated thousands in France who
reftised to “ accept the situation ” under
Robespeirre; which instigated generations
of Irishmen to resistance to English op
pression; nay, principles which upheld
John Huss, amid his fiery trial, and which
sustained Leonidas and his little band
when they fell, almost pa a man, in front of
the Persian hosts. If the capacity of the
American people for self-government be
not a dream; i' their hatred of oppression
be not a delusion; if their love of their
rights and liberties be not a sham, the time
cannot be far distant when they will call
to account the knavish and reckless con
spirators who are daily trampling upon the
Constitution and upon the fundamental
principles upon which alone it is possible
for a republican government to endure. —
Let Maryland scornfully refuse to recog
nize the detestable provision to which she
is soon to be called on to assent, and take
the consequences. It might be that her
representatives would be temporarily thrust
out from the Congressional cdnclave where
they are now powerless for good. It might
be the Federal soldiery would instal in the
Capitol at Aunapolis the men who were
not ashamed once before to accept of place
and power from such a source, and who
/were then staunch defenders of negro
slavery, and would have turned livid with ,
rage at the idea of permitting negro voters
to shape the counsels of Maryland- We
speak for what we think to be the honor of
the State. Others will act more, perhaps,
on behalf of what they deem its interests.
We have small hope that our views will
meet with general acceptance, though we
would gladly think otherwise. But having
strenuously advised the Southern States to
give no assent to usurpation, to make no
compromise with fraud, to refuse to facili
tate the work of their own humiliation, the
Gazette could not, if it would, do less than
maintain the same principles, now that a
menace is at onr own door.
Virginia Politics. —“ Mack,” the Wash
ington correspondent of the Cincinnati En
quirer, says:
There were those who denounced me
for questioning “ conservatism of the
new Virginia government, and for saying
that time would show how little difference
there was between Conservatives and Radi
cals, when, as in the case of the newly
elected Virginia Senators, men professing
the principles of the former gave in their
adherence at the same time to the policy of
the Administration. I believe it a waste of
gunpowder to fire a salute over the Con
servative victory in Virginia. The Sena
tors and Representatives from that State
have now been admitted, and we find
them voting steadily with the Radicals on
every question that comes up. Not only
this, but one of the Virginia Senators—Mr.
Lewis—has already secured the appoint
ment of his brother as Minister to Lisbon,
and the other—Mr. Johnson—has been
favored with a large amount of home pa
tronage for his friends. Grant relies upon
such means to keep the South in ‘accord
with his Administration and to assist in
his renomination and re-election.
Both the Virginia Senators are under
stood to have. expressed themselves in his
favor for the contest of 1872, and they are
backed by Governor Walker and the
State officials. They will find, however,
that before the time for settling such ques
tions come round Virginia will have suffi
ciently recovered her senses to have ousted
them and all their crowd from place and
power, and to have given the control pf
her politics to men who will not willingly
barter it for Mr. Grant’s mess of pottage.
Virginia has been “.reconstructed ” by Con
gress, but at the next Congressional elec
tion she will thoroughly reconstruct her
self—as most of the Southern States will
also. The race of carpet-baggers will be
exterminated, and the negro vote—con
trolled by the men of property and char
acter in the South, as the New England
vote Is controlled by the capitalists -and
factory owners of those six counties im
properly called States—will forcibly re
mind the Radicals of the poetical blunder
bus which
“When aimed at duck or plover
Recoiled and knocked its owner over.”
Dr. Turner, the Electric Prestidig
itator.—A negro wlzzard, calling himself
Dr. Turner, has been creating quite a sen
sation among the darkies of this place. He
claims to be the father of H. M. Turner,
and of course is some on the sleight of hand.
He claims to mend all family jars, and says
whenever man and wife did not live hap
pily together, that they have been conjured
by some envious lover, and he would vesto
presto-change the said conjurement for the
small sum of ten dollars, and guarantee to
elevate them to the height of connubial
bliss. We have heard of a few of his ex
periments. One Allen Brown and his Dul
cinea were continually at loggerheads, and
hearing of the wonderful doctor, sent for
him to search for the conjuration, and to
reveal unto them the conjurer. The doc
tor removed the bed clothes, ripped open
the feather bed and scattered the feathers
all over .the room; he then examined the
tick and found the cause of all their unhap
piness, which was a few hairs and a little
tin foil wrapped in a piece of tin, which he
said was charged with loadstone and quick
silver, which he caused to be buried with
great solemnity. In order to purify the
house, he had to smoke, and commanded a
negro to light his pipe, calling upon all pre
sent to watch the lighter closely, and see
that he did it right, and while so doing
the venerable doctor reached overhead and
performed a sleight-of-hand trick upon
Brown’s watch, which was not missed du
ring the excitement, and has not yet been
recovered. •
He performed a similar trick upon Wm.
McCoy, a colored minister, finding a dead
man’s bone in his head, and Bill missing a
gun and sundry small articles. The doc
tor has “ slewed away.”
[Americus Republican.
No Income Tax Law.— The fact that
the income tax is now being collected for
1869 has led to a misapprehension among
the public generally on the subject. In
stead of sending petitions to Congress for
its repeal, the: form given to popular ex
pression on the subject should be respect
ful protests against the re-enactment of
the law, either at the present or a reduced
rate, as it is a fact that the income tax law
s.ood repealed on the 31st of January,
1869, by limitation. After its assessment
for 1869 is paid, no other income tax can
be collected or assessed without the enact
ment of an entirely new law. A bill passed
the House under the previous gag rule
some days ago, providing for the assess
ment and collection of an income tax for
one year only (1870), but it met with disas
trous defeat in the Senate, There is rea
son to hope, therefore, that Congress will
not put such a needless burden upon the
people again in face of the unanimous pro
test of the entire press of the country.
The occasion that called tor it has entirely
passed away. Therefore, let us have no
more Income tax laws. —Baltimore Sun.
A Good Idea.—ln the Illinois Constitu
tional Convention, now in session, an at
tempt was made, a few days since, to pass a
clause to the effect that no person shall be
a member of the General Assembly, or hold
any judicial office, while in the service of a
railroad, or holding a pass therefrom, Mr.
Buxton moved to amend the amendment
by adding that all the railroads which
should issue such passes should forfeit
their charters. Mr. Cary proposed another,
to the effect that all member* of the con
vention who had railroad passes in their
pockets should immediately resign their
seats.
The Germans and Lieut. Gov. Dunn. —
The “ Seals.” and “ Carps.” of New Orleans
are, or affect tej be, much exercised because
the Germans, at their Turnverein ball, de
clined the company of Lieut: Gov. Dunn
(colored). They told the Lieut. Governor
"'Hichta goot.”
Georgia State Lottery.
FOR the benefit of the
Orphan’s Home and Free Hchool.
The following were the drawn numbers, in the Sup
plementary Scheme, drawn at Augusta, Georgia,
March 17.
MORNING DRAWING— CIass 121.
65 63 T ii» 64 30 57 51 8 39 34
11 Drawn Numbers.
EVENING DRAWING-Class 122.
17 37 41 6 68 38 60 30 75 34 33 39
12 Drawn Numbers.
mhlS-l 'i
SPECIAL NOTICES.
TO RENT,
The STORE on Jackson street, next to Lottery Of
fice. Suitable location for an Ice House. Apply at
mhl3 3 LOTTERY OFFICE.
■ST IT IS HELD TO BE A TRITE AXIOM
that one should deliberate with caution but act with
decision and yield with gracionsness, or oppose
with firmnet s. Yon will act with decision when you.
combat the list of ills produced in a malarious coun
try—and oppose them with firmness by the use of ihß
44 Old Carolina Bitters,” the great Southern tonic. .
The best “ Worm Candy ” in use is Wiseman’s
Crystalized Worm Drops. mh!3 swf -'
WCITY LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIA
TION.—The Regular Monthly Meeting ot this Asso
ciation will be held at the. City Hall on To MOR
ROW (Monday) EVENING, the 14th Inst., at 7
o’clock.
Installments may be paid to the Treasurer, at his
office, in rear of Georgia Railroad Bank, until 5, p. a.,
of that day. A. F. PLUMB,
mhlß-l Secretaire
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS.
The Grand Jury of the First Week of March Tern .
of the Superior Court of Richmond county big
leave to make the following Presentments: ‘ljßl
The Fire-proof County Building u In excetae
condition. The offices, books and papers are-sjwT
cared for. We recommend that gas be carried in ttifpt
offices, and additional provision be made for a more
convenient arrangement of (he books and puptr*. i
We have made the customary examination of the
books in the Clerk’s Office of the Superior Court,
and find tig-m neatly kepi, and from conversation
with several members of the Bar, we believe are cor
rect, reflecting credit on the officer in charge.
ORDINARY’S OFFICE.
We have examined the records and vouchers of the
officer in charge, and cheerfully say tint in ail par"
ticulass that officer has faithfully di/charged his
duty; and he has furnished thiß body with a report
which we recommend for publication, as information
for the citizens of this county; and we recommend
that the Ordinary be authorized to borrow such sum*,
of money as may he necessary for immediate use, in
anticipation of taxes—not exceeding two thousand
dollars.
We recommend that a tax of one hundred per cent,
on the State Digest be levied for the current yea*.
COUNTY TREASURY.
The books of the Treasurer we find correct, all en
tries being supported by proper vouchers.
We find th tt from August, 1868, to date, thattM
enormous sum of $2,937 05 has been paid out of coun
ty funds for insolvent costs in Justices’ Courts , A
large majority of these cases are of the most trirs
character. One ease of larc-ny of a pocket knife,t&i
6o cents value, cost the county $lO 4ft for costs.
there is any way to remedy this evil, we
beg the proper authorities <o take the necessary stjH
at once. It occurs to us that most of these
might be d'.?pb-ed of by the City Recorder ; his
he increased, and a portion of it he paid by H
county.
ROADS AND BRIDGES. ■
The Roads and Bridges are in good order. W
would, however, call the attention of the Superintsjdl.
ent to a defect in the Bridge and Causeway at
kins’, on Mcßean creek. We suggest that the roarmt
straightened and a bridge be built at Hancock's Milß
and that the working and repairing of the BennookJ
Mill Road and Biidge he resumed and kept up. 1
We recommend that the salary of the Superintend
ent be increased to seventy-five dollars per month.
THE POOR HOUSE
Vi e find in a very neat condition. The inmates a$
6 males and 9 females, and seem to be quite
hly situated.
JAIL.
We have examined the Jail and found it in a secuS
and healthy condition.
No complaint was made by the prisoners of improp
er treatment. i'
The books of the Jailer are neatly kept and pajfenf
properlyliled for reference.
The number of prisoners ara thirty-two (35U. WSM
TANARUS; Colored, 25.
EDUCATION. -i
In order to give greater efficiency to onr County
Schools, we recommend that a “ Superintendent ” be
appointed, whose duty shall bi to visit the schools at
least once in every month, to examine into the con
dition of the schools, not only to ascertain whether
the teachers have the right turn of mind to make
their teaching re-uit in good, hut to ascertain whether
they faithfully discharge their duties or not, aad re
port to the Ordinary the capacities of tho tea-hers for
teaching and the progress made by their pupils.
If this plan is adopted, it will stimulate the teach
ers to greater effort to advance their scholars in their
studies and scholars to closer study. This will pre
pare the young for useful-ess in this county, raise the
character of our schools, and make them inviting to a
class of people who would contribute to the wealth of
the eouniy, improve society and assist to develop our
resources.
We recommend such compensation for bis services
as the Ordinary may deem proper—not lo exceed one
thousand dollars per annum.
We suggest that a committee of citizens be ap
pointed by this Court to devise a system of Educa-.
tion for this county, and that they be requested to re
port to the next Grand Jury for its action.
The arrangement entered Into by the Ordinary and
Mayor in taking care of the poor and panpers of the
county meets the this Jury, believing
that they are betterjeared for, and at much less ex
pense than heretofore. We recommend a continuance
of the system, and that the Ordinary he allowed five
hundred dollars additional compensation.
Tills body has not lost sight of that portion of his
Honor’s charge relative to gambling and concealed
weapons; and if no presentments are made on either
of these demoralizing vices, it is because neither have
come to its knowledge—not doubting thereby that
neither are practiced in th 9 community. Risa mat
ter which is not accessible to this body. It is charita
ble to suppose -that no member of it is guilty of
either of the violations of the law; and, therefore, as
to that of gambling, proofs are not within their reach ;
and as to the carrying of concealed weapons, how
can that be known unless drawn for attack or defense t
And such exhibitions, we are happy to say, are of rare
occurrence. Still it is not and jubted that the law is
violated in this particular, but opinions arc not evi
denee, and presentments, therefore, cannot he made.
We recommend that prompt measures may be de
vised to suppress unlawful shooting of birds or other
game on the Sabbath, within the city or county limits.
We return our thanks to his Honor Judge Gibson
and Attorney General Prescott for their uniform
eourtesy nod attention.
J. C. FARGO, Foreman.
Jso. A. Moons, W. A. Avsbst,
Jambs W. Moors, Hsz. D. Williams,
Edward PbrrinJ R. J. Dickinson,
Th. Markwaltbr, J. Dbnnis,
Hsnrt E. Clarks, Jambs M. Bub Sling,
Ctrds B. Plank, W. I>. Shaw,
David T. Oastlbbgrbt, B. F. Tools,
John Bsidoss, R. O. Eastsrlinq.
D. B. Plumb,
THE SEASON AND ITS DANGERS.
The human body is chiefly composed of tissues and
fibres as sensitive to every change in the conditi on of
the atmosphere as the most delicate electrometer, or
the quicksilver in a barometer tube.
The stomach, 'he skin, the nerve s, the lungs and
the excretory organs are especially liable to he affect
ed by these variations, and the best defense against
their disastrous tendency is to keep tho digestive
machinery, which feeds and nourishes the whole
system, in good working order. ■
If the stomach Is weak or disordered, neither the
blood nor the bile can be in a healthy state, and upon
the fitness of these two important fluids for the offices
assigned to them bjr nature, and the regularity of
their flow, health in a great measure depends.
When the air is heavily laden with chilling vapors,
as it often is at this season of the year, the digestion
should he an object of peculiar care. If it is weak
and languid, the whole physical structure will be en
ervated. If it is vigorous, the entire organization
will be strong to resist the untoward and depressing
influence of a damp and vitiated atmosphere.
A pure and powerful tonic is therefore especially
needed as a safeguard against the diseases moat com
mon in the Bpring, and Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
being the most wholesome and potent medicine of
the class at present known, a course of it is particu
larly advisable at this period of the year. The .to™
ach will thereby be toned and strengthened, the
and bowels regulated, the nervous system braoed m
and nature put in a state of active defense against t
maisma which superinduces intermittent and remit!
tent fevers, rheumatisms, nervous debility, headache
hypochondria and other complaints which are aDt to
assail the untoned and unfortified organizations The
body is strengthened without exciting the brain and
consequently no unpleasant reaction follows its reviv
tnf ana renovating operation.
New -Advertisements
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SEA FOWL OUANO.
In consequence of the recent decline In Gold,
ire have REDUCED THE PRICK of SEA FOWL
GKJANO to |7O por ton, cash, and SBO per ton on time.
A, good aupply of thia justly celebrated Fertilizer now
ready for delivery
mhl2 6 POLLARD, COX A CO.
Peruvian Guano.
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We beg to offer to factors
% *.
and Planters PERUVIAN GUANO,
GUARANTEED, at Ninety Dollars per
toi\ of 2,000 pounds.
BRANCH, SCOTT & CO.
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White and Yellow Corn.
5,000 BUSHELS PRIME WHITE
CORN
2,000 Bushels Choice YELLOW
, CORN
For sale by
mhl3-8 J. O. MATHEWSON,
’ Prices Reduced!
— ,
50 tons IPure .Peru
vian Ohincha Island
|Ghiano at S9O per ton.
50 tons IST ova Scotia
Land Plaster at SIT
per ton.
J. 0. MITHEWSON.
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ON CONSIGNMENT,
Hhds C. R. BACON
HHDS D. S. SIDES
Tierces CHOICE BUGAR CURED HAMS
Tierces PRIME JOLEB and FACES
Tierces PRIME DRIED BEEF
ALSO,
A fuli stock in 6tore of CHOICE GROCE
RIES and PLANTATION BUPPLIEB, Whole
sale and Retail.
FLEMING, BTAPLES A CO.,
mhl3 3 263 Broad street.
TO RENT,
One of the most Comfortable DWELL
INGS in the city, No. 136 Broad street. The
House. Is well finished and in perfect order in
every respect. Apply to
JOHN C, MOORE,
mhl3-l 210 Bi oad street.
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
TY.—Whereas, Anni Cbavous, Executrix of
the estate of Council Cbavous. deceased, applies to
roe for Letters of Dismission from said estate:
These are, iberefore, to cite nnd admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office, on or before the firs.
Monday in July, 1870, to show cause, If any the-■
have, why said letters should not he granted.
Given under rav hand and official signature, at office
In Augusta, in sa'd county, this 12th day of March,
1870. HAMUEL LEVY,
mhl3 lawtd Ordinary.
Window Shade!* and Wall Papers,
OF NEW STYLES,
FOR SPRING TKADK.
SOO pair Cloth Shade:-,
600 Paper Shades.
6,600 rolls Wall Papers and Borders to
ma'ch. „
[Vftsflda Ne a, P/ett.y and Cheap -Bought
Cow for Cash, and will he Sold Low.
Call and examine for yourselves.
.fas. G. Bailie A Bro.
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THEO. E. BUEHLER,
Real Estate and General Agent,
AUGUSTA. GA.
OFFICE AT PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
WILL PURCHASE, RENT OR SELL
REAL ESTATE,
ATTEND TO BUSINESS REQUIRING AN
AGENT IN VICINITY PROMPTLY
AND AT LOW RATE OF
COMMISSION.
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Chesapeake Guano.
A. SMALL shipment ju6t received. Par
ties needing it would do well to send in their
orders at once.
Soluble [Pacific Guano
50 TONS jusU received.
For sale by
BRANCH, SCOTT A CO.
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WHITE COEN.
2,000 BUSHELS Tennessee White
CORN, just received and for sale by
COMBS, ANDERSON & CO ,
43 Jackson street, Augusta, Ga.
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FOR SALE,
lO TONS A1 PERUVIAN GUANO, in
store.
J. M. BURDELL,
mhlO-thsutuf 6 Warren Block.
CUSHINGS & BAILEY,
BOOKSELLERS
AND
STATIONERS,
No. 263 BALTIMORE Bt.. Opposite Hanover,
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Largest and Best Assroted stock in the
city of SCHOOL, LAW, MEDICAL, DENTAL,
CLASSICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
BOOKB.
GENERAL BANK AND COUNTING
HOUSE STATIONERY of all kinds.
Blank Book* made to order in Any Style
of Binding and Ruling.
[established 1811. J mhl-Srn
TO RENT,
Store 159 BROAD STREET, corner of
Washington.
APPLY AT THE BTORE.
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A. C. KAUFMAN,
BROKER,
No. 25 BROAD ST., CHARLESTON, 8.0.
Southern SECURITIES of every de
scription, viz: UNCURRENT BANK NOTES,
STATE, CITT AND RAILROAD STOCKS,
BONDS and COUPONS bought and sold on
commission.
ALSO,
GOLDJAND SILVER COIN.
Orders solicited and promptly executed.
Prices Current issued weekly, and forwarded
gratuitously to any point on application as
above.
feblii-dl3*eodSm
GIRARDEY’S OPERA HOUSE.
GKaND CELEBRATION OF ST. PAT
RICK’S DAY,
t||(JB.»I>AY, MARCH it,
And to conllnoe the remainder of the week-*-
and SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MacEvoy’s
Great Ftcioriȣ Musical and National Enter
° THE HIBERNICON,
Representing a tonr in Ireland, accompanied
by Vocal and Instrumental Mu6ic. Tho Musi
cal Illustrations by the following artiste:
The Great JERRY COHAN, as Harney, the
Guide;
MARIE D. MacEVOY as Norah ;
MIBB KATE HALPINE as Mrs. O’Callaghan
and the Widow ; ■ ~' r * ■ ~ ’
MRv CHARLES MacEVOY, Musical Director
and Lecturer.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
This is the original Hiberuicon, which, for
the last ten years, has visited all the principal
cities aud towus of the United Btates and Can
ada, and has received the sanction of the Pub
lic, the Press and the Clergy. Many new
scenes have recently been added, and in its
present state oi perfection stands unrivalled on
this Continent.
The following low and popular prices to suit
the limes:
Admission to Orchestra Chairs add Dress
Circle, 75 cents: Gallery, 50 cents; Colored
Gallery, 50 cents. The sale of reserved seats
will commence WEDNESDAY, March 16tb,
at Geo. A. Oates’ Music Store, No. 240 Broad
street, without extra charge. Doors open at
7. Commeuce at 8.
GRAND HIBERNICON MATINEE
On SATURDAY AFTERNOON, March 19,
at reduced prices. Doors open at 1% ; com
mence at 2%. * C. H. HALL,
mhl2-4 Agent.
GIRARDEY’S OPER A HOUSE
,
McCulloch and Brignoli
OPERATIC COMPANY.
THE MANAGEMENT respectfully an
nounces, for POSITIVELY TWO NIGHTS
ONLY,
Saturday and Monday March 12 and 14.
MISS S. ISABELLA McCULLOCH,
The distinguished Prima Donna Soprano.
SIGNOR P. BHIGNOI.I.
The popular Tenor, with iheir celebrated
Italian Opera i'omp&uy,
Comprising the following eminent Artists :
Miss A. Hbnnb, the talented Contralto ; Sig.
E. Petrii.i.l, the renowned Baritone ; Sig. Lo
catelli, Sig. Ciccone, etc.; Big. P. Giobza,
Musical Director.
SATURDAY EVENING, March 12, will
be given Flowtow’s popnlar Opera,
MARTHA.
MONDAY EVENING, March-14, Verdi’s
grand Opera,
1L TRO V ATORE.
Admission: Dress Circle and Parqnetto,
$1 50 ; Gallery, $1; Colored Gallery, 75 cents.
No extra charge for reserved seats.
Tho'-sale of reserved seats will commence
Wednesday, March 9th, at Geo. A. Oates’ Book
and Mnsic Store.
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lliiilarkv Brothers
"W~ ILL OFFER during the week a splen
did assortment of rich and elegant SPRING
SILKS.
In consequence of the decline in Gold, these
goods will be sold at prices much lower than
ever.
Black Silks, a full as
sortment at reduced
prices
1,000 yards-Checked
Silks, warranted pure,
at the extremely low
price of sl. per yard
.A. Splendid assort
ment of new Spring
Dress G-oods, at very
low prices
<X actone ts, plain and
checked
Nainsooks, plain,
striped and checked
Swiss, plain, striped,
dotted and checked
Lawns, V ictoria,
Bishop and linen
India Twill Long
Cloth
Tarlatans, assorted
colors
8-4 French Swiss, for
party dresses
Figured .Brilliants
Pique, assorted pat
terns
Fronting Linen
Bleached and brown
Table Damasks.
Table IST apkins
Doylies and Towels
Jaconet Edgings and
Imertings, French
Jaconet Edgings and
Insertings, ITamburg
Swiss Edgings and
Insertings, French
ISTainsook Edgings
and Insertings,
French
Corsets, at reduced
prices
■Another large in
voice .of those popular
"White Shirts, gentle
men’s
«
All of which will be sold at the very cloaesfc
prices.
Mullarky Brothers.
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WINDOW SHADES.
JUST RECEIVED,
500 Pair .New Style,
INCLUDING THE
New Reversible Shade.
Prices Low. Needs no Comment.
Call and examine for yourself, at
PLATT BROTHERS,
octlS-tf 214 Broad.
J. M. COMBS. | J. M. ANDERSON. | F. FLKMISTBR.
Combs, Anderson & Cos.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND DBALERS IN
CORN, WHEAT, FLOUR, BACON, LARD, Ac.
ONB DOOR SOUTH OF POST OFFIOB,
43 JACKSON STRUT,
AUGUSTA, GA.
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TO PLANTERS.
WE HAVE in store the genuine Hancock
county DICKSON-PROLIFIC COTTON SEED,
on consignment. All Interested should apply
Immediately to
8. D. HEARD A BON,
janß-tf Cotton Factors.
MMRTMT TO PLANTERS !
lost Arrived and Ready for Immediate Delivery,
800 TONS SEA FOWL GUANO. *
PRICE IN AUGUBTA, CASH, S7O; TIME, SBO.
150 Tons O. C. Coe’s Superphosphate.
PRICE IN AUGUSTA, CASH, $65; TIME, $75.
100 Tons .A.mmoniated Dissolved Bones.
PRICK IN AUGUSTA, CASH, $65; TIME, $75.
Time BALES made with approved City Acceptances, payable Ist November, 1870, with
out interest.
PLANTERS will do well tq send in tbeir orders at once for the above valuable Fertilizers.
ACCEPTANCES to be arranged before goods are shipped.
POLLARD, COX & CO.,
SOLE AGENTS FOR MIDDLE GEORGIA,
NO. 273 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, QA.
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New Dry Goods Store.
P. & M. GALL AHER
Beg to announce to their friends and former patrons in Georgia and South Carolina
that they have once more resumed the
DRY GOODS BUSINESS
AT
No. 190 Broad Street, -Augusta, Georgia,
Where they are now opening a magnificent Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
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Comprising DRESS GOODS In all the latest styles and novelties ; such as Reps,
Ottomans, Velours, Bearrittias, Boubait, Poplins, Bombazines, Alpacas, Black Silks,
&c. Also, a splendid line of Shawls and Cloaks, Irish Linens and Table Damask, White
Goods, Hosiery, Gloves and Trimmings. Also, Blankets, Flannels, Kerseys, Cloths and
Cassimeyes, In great variety.
We beg to say that we will be in dally receipt of new styles from the New York
Auctions, and that we will endeavor at all times, by strict attention to the wants of
our customers, to merit a fair share of patronage.
P. & M. GALLAHER,
octl2-tf 190 BROAD STREET.
SPRING. GOODS!
Newest, Latest and Cheapest,
A T
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.’S,
228 BROAD STREET.
IN STOCK AND ARRIVING DAILY.
SPECIAL BARGAINS NOW OFFERING.
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25 Pieces heavy GROS GRAINS and POULT DE 80IE
COLORED SILKS, comprising all t'he desirable shades, cut by the yard at $2 25
50 Pieces COLORED ALPACAS, extra fine, desirable light shades for Spring
wear, at 50 cents per yard
1 Case SPRING LENOS, 25 cents per yard
10011-4 full size French MARSEILLES QUILTS, at $3
100 11-4 full size extra French MARSEILLES QUILTS, $3 50
100 embroidered LINEN SETTS, COLLARS and CUFFS, from 60c. to $1 50
1 Bale Heavy LINEN DOWLYS
1 Bale Fine GLASS TOWELING
150 Doz. Turkey Red FRUIT D’OPLEYS
5 Cases Brown and Bleached 10-4 and 11-4 SHEETINGS
15 Cases Best Brands Bleached SHEETINGS, at lowest prices.
JAMES A. GRAY & 00.,
QQS Broad Street.
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WELLS & CLAY,
Wholesale and Retail
DRLFGGIBTS,
NO. aSB BROA.D STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
T HAVE this day associated with me in bus
iness Mr. W. nARRIE CLAY, late of the firm
Harms, Clay & Cos., Macon, Ga. Mr. Clay
is a graduate in Chemistry and Pharmacy of
the University of Virginia, ami has for ten
years given special attention to the Prescrip
tion and Pharmaceutical Department.
Fhysic-ians and all others may rely upon
having everthing ordered in our line put up in
the highest style of the profession.
We will keep a full and complete assort
ment of
DRUGS, MEDICINES
CHEMICALS, OILS, PAINTS •
VARNISHES, WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY
The most opproved PATENT MEDICINES
.of the day
PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES
FRESH GARDEN SEED, «sec.
We are agents for the
Bartlett White Lead,
Which has given entire satisfaction to all who
have used it.
We also keep for sale
PRATT’S RADIANT AND ASTRAL AND
KEROSENE OILS..
W. B. WELLS.
novll-6m-mhß
Marbleized Slate Mantels.
RICH AND ELEGANT DESIGNS.
Afore durable and at half the price of Marble
Carefully packed and shipped to any part of
the country. Send lor circular.
T. B. BTEWART A CO.,
jan3o-Sm 605 Sixth Ave., New York.
C. TOLER,
PROPRIETOR OP THE
Kentucky and Tennessee Stables,
Dealer in horses and mules.
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND SADDLE
HORSES for Hire and on Livery, etc., etc.
Campbell, between Broad and Reynolds streets,
Augusta, Ga.
Ample Stable Room for Stock, and aecom- -
mdelation for Feeding or Grazing on my plan
tations near the city, l ow rates. sep!B-tf
I BLEACHED SHIRTINGS, in great va
riety, of the most celebrated makes, for
sale to families, by the piece, at whole
sale prices. JAS. W. TURLEY.
BLEACHED SHEETINGS and PltfLOW
CASE COTTON, To Families, by the
piece, at wholesale prices. ,
JAMES W. TURLEY.
WHITE FLANNELS, greatly reduced.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
RED FLANNELS, greatly reduced.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
NOVELTY GORED SKIRTS,/greatly re
duced. JAMES W. TURLEY.
BALMORAL SKIRTS, greatly reduced.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
SHAWLS,'greatly reduced.
. JAMES W. TURLEY.
MEN’S MAUDS, greatly reduced.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
CLOAKS, at half their value.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
BLANKETS, 10-4,11-4,13-4, very cheap.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
COVERLETS, made of Wool and Cotton,
very handsome.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
HOSIERY, Men’s, Women’s and Chil
dren’s, in great variety and excellent
qualities. JAS. W- TURLEY.
DRESS GOODS—all the remaining portion
of Winter Dress Fabrics at still greater
reduction. JAS. W. TURLEY.
SPRING CALICOES will be opening on
Tuesday. JAS. W. TURLEY.
OSNABURG STRIPEB, COTTONADEB,
BED TICKING, HICKORY STRIPES,
In great variety.
JAMES W- TURLEY.
KID GLOVES,'CoIors and Black, superior
quality, just opened.
: JAMES W. TURLEY.
MARSEILLES QUILTS, all sizes and very
ofieap. JAS. W. TURLEY.
DRESS BUTTONS, in great variety.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
PARIS MADE CORSETS, fall assortment.
_____ JAMES W. TURLEY.
HAMBURG EDGINGS and BANDS, In
great variety. Also, INSERTIONS.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
BLACK PURE MOHAIR ALPACAS,
great variety and most elegant quality.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
jan3o-eodlf
BOOK-KEEPERS.
wauling Book-Keepers are
respectfully invited to call at my Counting
House and examine a list of BtudenU, practi
cally instructed AT HOME.
Apply to WM. M. PELOT, Mclntosh street,
4th door from corner of Broad street, (formerly
office ot Gen. Job. E. Johnston A C 0.,) Augus
ta, Ga., late Principal Charleston Commercial
College, chartered by the Legislature of South
Carolina, and ot Wx. M. Pilot's Commercial
College, over Wallack’s Theatre, B*2 Broad
way, Now York. feb3s-tf
Adnlaistrator’s Nitice.
(4BORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.—Four,
we-aa after date application will he made to the
Court of Ordinary for aaid county for leave to sell the
Keai Betat j belonging to the estate of Wimam Skin
ner, deceased. ... V DOGAS,
Administrator, die bonln non.
Avetrsya, March 0, WTO. mho-law*