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AUGUSTA, GhA.
’ BUNDAT MORNING, AUG. 14,1870
CONDEMNED.
Radicalism is rapidly receiving its coup
do-grace in the United States, and nothing
short of revolution is left the desperate rule
or ruin faction. Forney and other medi
cine men may cry out ever so lustily for a
union of forces, but the split is everywhere
widening, and it will take a first class mir
acle to breaches in loyal ranks.
Negro militia was relied upon to work a
cure in North Carolina, but it failed utter
ly. The fact is, many white men of respect
ability have deserted the corrupt concern
and there are not negroes enough to accom
plish the work of Grant and his head
centres. If we are not greatly deceived,
the voice of the North in October and No
vember will be even more ominous for
Radicalism than the utterance of the South
in Kentucky and North Carolina. This is
an encouraging prospect; but the South
must not grow too “wild” over it, and
underestimate the prodigious power for
mischief still extant with the adversary.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette feels assured that the
next House of Representatives will be of a
very different character from that of its in
famous predecessor. Commenting upon
this, he says:
“Now, the Democratic Conservatives
hereabouts, and still further South, desire to
be put upon record (so that it may here
after be referred to as documentary evi
dence), that this glorious result, and the
brilliant future that awaits the Constitu
tional party, have been achieved by a per
sistent opposition to all and every one of
the infernal projects, tricks and contri
vances of the Radical faction', beginning at
the beginning and ending at the ending of
its career of twelve dismal years of tri
umph. It is to be further noted and re
corded, that our bright prospect—certain
success, indeed—is the legitimate fruit of
a firm determination never to lower the
constitutional standard a single inch; and
utterly to repudiate all attempts to ignore
or keep out of view the principles of the par
ty, which are the same to-day as they were
in 1860, when the destinies of the country
passed into the hands of men who have
well nigh destroyed its morals and wholly
disrupted its elements of prosperity—as
well as subjected its people not only to des
potic rule and private oppression, but to
the undisguised derision of mankind. With
a President taking his seat on the 4th of
March, 1878, backed by a majority in the
popular branch of Congress (then beyond
doubt), we can commence the great task of
restoring the country to constitutional
government, to be administered upon the
principles of honesty and real economy.
The Senate, as has been long ago demon
strated, will be powerless to thwart the
will of the people.”
THE CARPET BAGGER.
The New York Journal of Commerce , one
of the wisest and most moderate of American
papers, is really gleeful over the prospect
of a carpet-bag. Waterloo. It thinks
North Carolina has the honor of giving
Skowhcganites the first grand warning of
the wrath to come, so far as their distinc
tive political career in the South is con
cerned. Hear this:
“ The indignation, if not the blood, of the
“ South is now up, ami the carpet-bagger
“ hereafter will have to move on with the
“ almost ceaseless march of the Wandering
“Jew. That man must be a thorough-going
“ partisan who is not glad to throw a
“ shovel full of earth upon the political
“ coffin of the carpet-bagger. He has been
“ the curse of the South during liis brief
“ lOCUSt-IVke CTintenoe there. He took noth
“ ing there but his carpet-bag, with its
“ paper contents as aforesaid, his hate of
“ the South and his unscrupulous ambi
“ tion. He had no interest in Southern lu
•• dustry or Southern development. He
“ was a messenger of war, and not of peace;
“ or it was out of the disturbances which
“ he spared no effort to foment, and for
“ which he always had at hand the remedy
“ of powder and cold steel, that he expected
“to profit. His vote at the last sessiou of
“ Congress was generally to be found on
“ the bad side of all political and financial
“ questions. For jobs he has the fondness
“of a mouse for cheese, and was usually
“ detected burrowing away in the centre
“of every rich contract or franchise. Such
“ is the species carpet-bagger—the worst of
“ all the genus politician. We congratulate
“ the South and the country that the fiat
“ of a plundered and indignant people is
“ about to stamp the political life out of
“ the whole odious race.”
A Sponky Woman.—Wm. A. Smith,
the North Carolina railroad contractor,
who is a Radical, has been interviewed by
a correspondent of the New York Tribune,
and says it is with difficulty he can pre
vent his wife, who is a Democrat, from
teaching his children to hate the Union.
It is a good thing for some boys that their
mothers are a vast deal more reputable
than their fathers. The genuine Union is
a good thing; but the sham Union of the
Radicals ought to be execrated forever.
Explained. —Dr. Hicks, editor of the
XIX Century, having been accused of favor
ing Scott, merely because he could not
stomach the Reform movement, denies any
affiliation with the present Governor and
opposes the other party because “it has
“ adopted a Radical platform, and is run
“ ning a notorious Radical for Governor.
“ When the devil is on one side and the
“ abyss on the other, we choose neither,
“ but stand by*the ‘ old nags.’ ”
Cat and Dog.— Governor Holden’s
negro militia have nearly killed a boy in
blue sent by General Grant. We learn
that, in consequence of this, the United
States troops near Raleigh are furious, and
have to be kept in camp, strongly guarded,
with frequent roll-calls, to prevent their
coming to the city and having conflict with
the negro State troops.
Mr. Akerman’s Letter. —This docu
ment is worthy of perusal. The sting is in
its tail, like a well-regulated wasp’s. As
AKERMANserves the man who tried to help
Holden, we may as well prepare for some
ugly times in Georgia, in spite of all the
dainty talk about a “ fair election,” Rebel
violence, etc. Forewarned is forearmed.
A Nice *Ally.— General Garibaldi is
reported as having offered his services to
Prussia. He is the same old blasphemer
who declared John Brown, the Kansas
to be superior to Jesus Christ.
King William will hardly encourage such
a restless bandit and rabid anarchist.
A Degenerate Cub. —A son of Stephen
A. Douglass, who declared this was a
white ttan’s government, has been arrested
U North Carolina for assaulting a man
who was acting upon his father’s platform.
I Bogus.— The Courier-Journal pronounces
bogus the Emperor’s dispatch to Sheri
dan—■“ Come over and bring your box of
matches with you.”
Curious Nomenclature. —The New
York Tribune calls Germans, over the
water, who oppose the war, “ copperheads.”
Are those who have been crushed by
Prussia, and yet follow her standard,
“ scalawags ?”
The New York Express remarks in this
connection that “ Germans are very much
like other people. They may hate France
and Napoleon, but they can all hardly
love Bismarck and King William. We
can appreciate the feelings of those who,
having been drawn into the vortex of this
causeless war, heartily detest its authors
on both sides of the Rhine.”
A Fine Art. —ln New York the relics
of pious men are carried to the grave quiet
ly ; but the corpse of a brutal ruffian, fresh
from the gallows, is wrapped in the old
flag and escorted by ten thousand sorrow
ing friends, some of them “ distinguished.”
The apotheosis of murder is the beginning
of something far worse and far more real
than Ku Klux. A premium has been put
upon throat-cutting, and now let Wall
street millionaires look out.
Young America. —The World records
this extraordinary “ personal:”
“An elopement in high life is reported
from Michigan, the imprudent fair one be
ing three years old and the unprincipled
Lothario five. The absconding couple were
overtaken by their respective nurses at a
neighboring railway station in time to pre
vent the young lady’s reputation from be
ing seriously compromised.’’
Food for Powder.— Mr. Halstead,
editor of the Cincinnati Commercial , says
that both French and German soldiers are
sadly impressed with the- fact that they
“ go where poor men die always, and Kings
are never killed.”
Not so Bad.—Mt\ Washington Na
than swears that the published reports of
his extravagance and wickedness are with
out foundation.
Letter from Hon. Amos T. Akerman,
Attorney General of the United
States.
Washington, D. C., August 8, 1870.
Messrs. 11. P. Farrow , ii. L. McWhorter,
James L. Dunning and others, Atlanta,
Georgia :
Dear Brls : I have received yours of the
2d, requ«fing my opinion on the question
whether an election should be held in Geor
gia next November.
It is thought by some that the late act of
Congress requires an election. Such, 1
know, was the understanding of some of
the wisest members who voted for it. Other
members, of great authority in the Republi
can party, Insist that the act leaves the
matter in the hands of the General Assem
bly. If the former are right, the election
should be held, of course. If the latter are
right, the election will be held, as required
by the present law of the State, unless the
General Assembly shall change that law.
Accordingly the opponents of an election
are laboring for such a change.
To avoid tiie impropriety of declaring,
in this way, my construction of an act of
Congress, which 1 may possibly be called
on to construe officially, I sliali here treat
the question as if it were to be decided by
the General Assembly without any instruc
tion from Congress as to the character of
the decision. Asa citizen of Georgia, a
sharer of her fortunes, a sufferer by her er
rors, and deeply anxious for her welfare, I
know no reason why my lips should be
sealed, or my hand should be palsied by an
official station, when her General Assembly
is about to take action in a matter of extra
ordinary moment. If I can contribute in
the least to make that action wise, I ought
to do so. You think that my views may
be useful, and therefore I respectfully sub
mit them.
In determining upon that action, is the
Legislature bound by any authority higher
that its own will ? lam arguing upon the
assumed ground that its action is left free
by Congress Then, is it bound by the
constitution of the State ?
I am informed that some resjjectable per
sons arc possessed with the whimsey that
the constitution has not yet been in opera
tion, because, as they say, the government
of the State has been provisional.
Without discussing the question whether
the government is now provisional or not,
or when its provisional character ceased,
or will cease, I will remind you of what
everybody knows, that the constitution of
Georgia, as framed by the convention of
1867-68, as ratified by the people of Geor
gia in April, 1868, as approved by the Con
gress of the United States in June, 1868,
has been, for all practical, legal and politi
cal purposes, the fundamental State law
ever since July, 1868. In that month a
legislative body assembled in Atlanta as
the General Assembly under it, and every
member swore to support it. In that
month a Judiciary was appointed, of
Judges sworn to support it; and ever since
that time those Judges have officially re
garded it as the fundamental law of the
State, (in subordination, of course, to the
constitution, and laws, and treaties of the
United States,) have been squaring the
statutes of the State by it, and, accordingly,
as those statutes were found to be war
ranted or unwarranted by it, have de
clared them valid or invalid. The same
oath to support it has been taken by every
official of the State, from the Governor
down to the humblest coustable who exe
cutes a magistrate’s precept. In the Legis
lature, measures have been supported and
opposed on the ground of their agreement
or disagreement with that constitution, and
his Excellency the Governor has often re
fused his assent tb bills passed by the
Legislature because lie deemed them in
conflict witli that' constitution.
The popular belief in the State has beeu
in harmony with this official action. There
is not a man between the 35th parallel of
north latitude and the State of Florida,
who has not, for the last two years, sup
posed himself to be living under that docu
ment as the constitution of his State. Have
all the officers and people of Georgia been
laboring for two years under a stupendous
mistake ?
Concede, for the sake of argument, that
the government has been provisional; has
that word any magic poison fatal to con
stitutional life? May not a provisional
government be a constitutional* govern
ment? The only definition of a provision-'
al government applicable to our case is
found in the reconstruction act of March
2, 1867, which declares that, “until the
people of said rebel States shall be by law
admitted to representation in the Congress
of the United States, any civil government
which may exist therein shall be deemed
( provisional only, and in all respects sub
ject to the paramount authority of the
United States at any time to abolish, molli
fy, control or supersede the same.” A pro
visional government is, then, one which
may at any time be abolished, modified,
controlled or superseded by the authority
of the United States. That paramount au
thority, exercised by the National Legisla
ture, has had Georgia under serious con
sideration for the last two years, and has
thought proper to affect her civil govern
ment in important particulars; but it has
not destroyed her constitution. A prime
reason for its action was a departure, by
the legislative bodies of the State, from
tint very constitution, in the case of the
colored members. Concede, then, that
Congress has had a right to destroy that
constitution ; still the right has not been
exercised, and the constitution has stood,
and still stands in force.
Does the constitution require an election
next Fall ? It provides that the Senators
chosen at the first election from the twenty
two odd districts shall only hold their office
for two years, and that the members of the
House of Representatives shall be elected
for two years. It provides that the first
meeting of the General Assembly shall be
within ninety days after the adjournment
of the convention which framed the consti
tution,. So that the Senators who were to
hold their office for only two years, and
the Representatives who were to hold their
office for two years, were to belong to a
body that should assemble within ninety
days from the 11th day of March, 1868.
The present Legislature of Georgia did so
assemble, and no other body pretending to
be a Legislature of that State, did the same.
A special ordinance of the convention add
ed to the first terms the remaining fraction
of the year 1868; but in no other way ex
tended the terms.
Congress, last December, rectified er
rprs in the composition of the General As
sembly, but in the main the men who were
elected in April, 1868, as members, and
who were sworn as such to support that
constitution in July, 1868, has ever since
been acting as such. They have passed
laws as such; chosen certain officers as
snch; taxed the people as such ; received
pay as such.
And -now it is claimed by some that
these gentlemen may, by their own act, ex
tend their terms for two years longer, make
laws for two years longer, tax the people
two years longer, and receive pay as mem
bers two years longer., in the doctrine that
legislators are the agents of the people. If
a two years’ man, by virtue of a legisla
tive act, serves after 1870, he will not be
serving as the agent of the people, but by
virtue of an unprecedented usurpation of
his. own. His commission has expired.
Let him return to the people, give an ac
count of his stewardship, and then receive
anew commission, if they choose to give
him one.
If the government has been provisional
all the while, by whose fault is it ? If the
Legislature was improperly organized in
July, 1868, by whose fault was it? If an
outrage was perpetrated in September, 1868,
in excluding the colored members, if the
nation was aroused by that outrage to a
stern indignation against the power who
thus got control of the Georgia Legislature,
by whose fault was it ? If our State has
remained in an anomalous condition, if our
people have been in painful suspense and
uncertainty, if the whole country has been
offended and perplexed by the state of
things in Georgia, by whose fault has it
been ? The answer must be “by the fault
of the Legislature of Georgia.” And shall
that Legislature make its own errors the
excuse for prolonging its own existence ?
Shall those who have grievously offended
be specially privileged because of that very
offense ?
A small argumeut is sometimes made
that the terms ought to be extended in
order to do full justice to the colored mem
bers, who were shut out from September,
1868, until Jauuary, 1870. I call it a small
argument; for its consummate pettiness
will appear upon a slight examination.—
The principle which it would establish will
demand the doubling of the official term of
every Legislative laxly whenever, in a case
of contested election, a member lawfully
chosen shall be found to have been kept out
of his seat for a time, an occurrence at
almost every session of every Legislature,
National or State.
Less than thirty men were shut out of a
Legislature to which they lawfully belong
ed. Therefore one hundred and ninety
men, in addition to the thirty, must be al
lowed to make laws for the people for two
years longer than the people have given
them authority! Because the people were,
for a season, deprived of the services of
about one-seventh of the men who had been
chosen to represent them, therefore they
must submit to the remaining six-sevenths
for two years longer than the authorized
period! Because the people have been
wronged in one-seventh, they must, there
fore, be wronged for two years in six
sevenths! To state these propositions
plainly is enough to show their absurdity.
Whatever rights to compensation the ex
cluded members had have been satisfied by
pay for the period during which they did
actually serve. Whatever erroneous legis
lation there was during that period could
have been corrected by the body since their
resumption of their lawful places. So
neither justice to the excluded members,
nor justice to the State, requires that the
Legislature should be kept in being two
years longer on their account. They and
their injured constituents have received all
the just reparation which the nature of
things allows.
Some draw an argument for prolonga
tion from the provisions in the constitution
that “ the General Assembly may change
the time of election, aud the members shall
hold until their successors arc elected and
qualified,” That strangers to Georgia
politics should be misled by this language
is perhaps not very wonderful; hut when
an intelligent Georgian uses it for such a
purpose, I find it hard to believe him seri
ous. Every such man must know that a
constitution should be so construed, if pos
sible, that all parts of it can stand together,
and that the above provisions were not in
tended as a repeal of the other provisions,
which limits the terms to two and four
years. He must know that the first of the
above provisions was intended merely to
give the Le islature a discretion to change
the day of election, if another day should
lie found more convenient, but never so to
change it as to affect the constitutional
terms, and that the other was intended to
give the old members a right to sit, if a
session should be held in the interval be
tween the election and the time fixed for
the assembling of the new body.
You are all Republicans, and, therefore,
I will say a word to yon of the party as
pects of the matter. An apprehension has
been expressed that we shall lose the State
if an election is held this Fall. We may
better lose the State than keep it wrong
fully. If we lose the State in a fair election,
though it may be disagreeable, yet we shall
have no right to complain. It is one of a
freeman’s privileges to vote perversely when
so minded, and ii the majority choose so to
vote, the rest of us must submit for the
time, and trust that reflection and expe
rience will bring them in the end to sounder
politics.
I do not see how we can lose the State
government wholly In the worst possible
event half of the Senate will remain for two
years longer, and most of that half are Re
publicans. A Republican Governor will
hold his office two years longer, and can
interpose his constitutional check to perni
cious legislation.
But we shall not lose the State in a fair
election, if our party shall be organized
with tolerable efficiency, shall put forward
suitable men for office, and shall take a
stand on no false ground, that is, no ground
that will isolate us from the Republicans
of the whole country. Let the party be
properly organized; let it be managed in no
individual interests; let it commit itself
sternly, thoroughly and boldly to an
economical administration of the State
government, to the cause of popular educa
tion, to an energetic administration of the
local law, to the principles of the Republi
can party of the nation without abatement,
without exception, without any compro
mises with local prejudice, and we shall
not fail if the election be fair. But will the
electiou be fair? Here is the serious rub.
An unfair election is worse thau no elec
tion. I have not forgotten the atrocities
of November, 1868. But I trust that the
Democratic phrenzy which then expressed
itself in one of the most horrible pages that
has ever been written in the history of
Georgia, has subsided. If our people have
not beeu brought to reason, moderation and
fairness by two years more of reflection,
two years of general prosperity, almost two
years of liberal and just national adminis
tration, when will they come to reason ?
Let us try the experiment of trusting
them. At least, let us prepare to try it. If
the savage disposition of 1868 should re
appear in formidable strength, then there
will be a reason, which does not now exist,
for postponing the election. If the election
should be held, and should be grossly un
fair, perhaps some lawful means of correct
ing the wrong may be found, either in the
State or out of the State. However that
may be, it does not become us to do wrong
for fear that our adversaries will do
worse. Hitherto the excess of wrong has
beeu immensely on their side. Let us leave
it there.
It is true that they will have no just
right to complain if the election should not
be held, and if the official terms should
be improperly prolonged, such a com
plaint might justly come from the Re
publicans, but the Democrats lie un
der an estoppel. The Democratic party,
in September, 1868, imposed upon the peo
ple of Georgia a legislative majority which
the people had not chosen. In November,
1868, they prevented a free election, and
made the formal voice of the State express
a falsehood. Having kept the people of the
State for several months under a Legisla
ture of different politics from that which
the people chose, it does not become them
to clamor if they are kept two years under
a Legislature which has not the sanction
of a popular choice for that time. Their
example would justify the Republicans in
an abuse of present power. But we owe it
to ourselves to disregard such depraved ex
amples, and to act on higher principles.
For these reasons I think that an. elec
tion should be held this year. The Legis
lature has control, under the constitution,
of the particular time of the election, pro
vided it shall not be so long deferred as to
extend the terms beyond the constitution
al period. I see no grave objection to a
postponement of the election until about
the 20th of December. By that time or
ganization could be complete. Legislation
If any is necessary, to secure fairness in
the elections, could be perfected, and pre
paration could be made for enforcing it.
There would be time, too, after the com
mencement of next session, lor that body
to prohibit the election, if it discovered
that the people of Georgia had mistaken its
Will.
These are the conclusions to which my
mind has come upon the subject, and I give
them in answer to your call.
Very truly, yours,
Amos T. Ajcerman.
DIED,
On the Bth instant, at his residence, near Sparta,
Ga., Gen. Ethah A l lbs Hitohoook, formerly of the
United States army.
Washington, D. C.,’papers please copy.
Georgia state Lottery
FOR THE BENEFIT OF TUB
and Free Hcliool.
Ibe following were the drawn numbers, in the Sup
plementary Scheme, drawn at Augusta, Georgia.
August 13.
MORNING DRAWING—CIass 3867
1° 73 49 6 ST 31 30 34 69 76 75
12 Drawn Numbers.
EVENING DRAWING—CIass 356.
30 65 13 31 75 33 9 6 55 36 69 37
12 Drawn Numbers. ,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Chief Engineer’s Office. )
Augusta Fire Department. >
Augusta, Ga , August 13, 1870. S
Citizens are respectfully requested to cease issuing
orders and rendering themselves so officious at fires,
as each Fire Company have efficient officers who
know their duties, and orders issued by other parties
create confusion.
Members of tfie different Firo Companies will obey
orders of their officers only.
By request of WH. BRYSON,
aal4 ; l Chief A. F. D.
Agency Central Railroad, ?
Augusta, August 14,1870. \
From this date, and until further notice, the Night
Passenger Train for Savannah and Macon will leave
the Union Depot at 9:50, p. in.
»“14-3 J. B. PRESTON, Agent.
»5F “ PHYSICIANS ARK LIKE THE GKNK
raI class of friends, plausible when Ilieir aid is not re
quired, and somewhat serviceable on occasions of
minor exigence; but of trifling utility in circum
stances of real and utgent necessity.” So wrote a
celebrated English cynic ; but when we consider the
vast amount of good done by the use of the “ Old
Carolina Bitters,” we are assured that the remark
had a personal object, and not a general one; for no
one can doubt their efficacy.
Safe I sure I reliable I is Winemau’s Worm {Candy.
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Georgia » allroad A Banking Cos., ?
Augusta, August 6, 1870. \
I am prepared to give NEW BONDS of the Mont
gomery and West Point Railroad Company in ex
ch mge for the Bonds that matured on the Ist July,
1870 J. MILLIGAN,
aug6-bfceodt‘to Cashier.
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
The Digest of 1870 has been placed in my hands
for collection. I can be found at my office (over 274
Broad street) every day. except Sunday, from 9, a.
m., until 2, p. m. JOHN A. BOHLKR,
aug4-lm Tax Collector R. C.
J. L. ADDISON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
EQUITY,
Practices in the State and United States Courts.
Spec! and attention given to all business of his Pro
fession. Office at Edgefield C. H., 8. C.
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DENTIST.
26 2 BROAD STREET,
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nty3X-3m
Wanted to Employ,
-A- RELIABLE AND STEADY MAN, who
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Address BOX “Q’\
an 12-ts
WANTED,
A. PLANTATION of from 200 to 500 acres,
convenient to this city or railroads. Musi be
well adapted for Cotton ami Grain, with im
provements and necessary Woodland.
Apply by letter, giving full description, to
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WANTED,
A. SITUATION A8 PRIVATE TUTOR,
or as TEACHER of a private school, by a
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and all the various branches requisite for en
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Best references given if necessary.
Address W. E. TRUNDLE,
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LOST,
.A_ SMALL Black and Tan SLOT PUP,
about three months old. The finder will be
liberally rewarded by returning her to
G. E. RATCLIFFE,
No. 239 Broad Sreet,
aul3-2 Opposite Masonic Hall.
LOST,
Yesterday afternoon, between Vigi
lant, No. 3, Engine House and the fire at Mr.
Gow's, a Plain Gold BREASTPIN, with “ W.
P. R.” engraved on the face. The finder will
be liberally rewarded by leaving it at
aulS-3 \ 296 BROAD STREET.
“ Universal Cotton Tie.”
BEALL. SPEARS A CO.,
FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WAREHOUSE NO. 6 CAMPBELL BT..
Office ud Sales Room No. 177 Reymolds
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DISSOLUTION.
'I’HE FIRM of DENNINQ & HALLAHAN
waa this day dissolved by mutual consent.
David H. Dinning has sold his Interest to
Dennis Hallahan, who will continue the
business on his own account.
The debts of the firm have been assumed by.
Dinnis Hallahan, to whom they must be
presented tor payment.
D. H. DENNING.
DENNIS HALLAHAN.
July 20,1870. • . jy2l-lf
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Uuiverpl Life Insnranee Cos.,
NEW YORK.
The OrigjEjL Joint Stock Lite Insurance C#«
“Sany of the United SUtes.
The buswmes of this Company is EXCLUSIVE
LY rosMppd to the Insurance of first class
I healthy lives.
Wb Distinctive Feature
■of the system of Life Insurance, as op
posed tojhe Mutual , is a low rate of premium
for a stnttd sum insured, which is immediate,
SBCOBaHhid CBKTAIN ; in lieu of a high rate
°f premjkn with a promised dividend, which
is DSW, contingent aud uncertain; this
so calMßividend being merely a return of a
the excessive and uunecessary pre
mium <&rged in the first instance.
Illustration.
Bnpjtflbe that :tn individual aged thirty de
sires lojfevote S2OO a year for the purpose of
effectfaß- au insurance on his life; this
aioouußwill immediately secure him in the
UNrvdpAiJ the sum oi $11,751, payable on his
deceaaS' This sum, paid to a company charg
ing thoprdinary mutual rates, would secure
him Ibmum ot $8,474 —difference, immediately
secure<sjjy&\or °f the Univbbsai,, $3,277.
TcdHßrnite the importance to the policy
hoidßifl \ premiums in more general terms,
it tsdtrVe avjgd that by a rcduciion of twenty-
Jiven>cr cerufin the rate of premium, the same
amauntjOf money will secure a policy thirty
three and one-third per cent, greater, and like
wise tjMfc a redaction of twenty-five percent,
in the rgte of premium is preci- ely equivalent
to a.n mLsual cash dividend of thirty three and
one-thSmger cent, payable in advance, or to a
divide® of forty five per cent, payable at the
end of fve years.
By t)|fe Stock plan the full cash effect of the
premium is immediately secured to the in-
Company taking all the risk. By
the Mnpial plan the full value in insurance of
the pcfpniuin paid is not secured to the policy
holder v wbo lakes a portion of the risk himself.
The Premiums
charged by the Universal, are ns low as the
aetoitf experience of insured life ini his coun
try wiljijustify, aud on the ordinary Life and
Ten-Vear Non-forfeiture policies are nearly
one-third lower than those charged by the ma
jority of Mutual Companies.
Bpjf*ial attention is asked to our “ Return
Premtenn Plan," by which the amount of the
policy is secured simply hv the temporary de
posit of the annual premiums, which are re
turned in full, together with the amount as
sured, to the holder of the policy wlicu it shall
become a claim upon the Company. Also to
the ■
“Deduction of Premium Plan,"
by which a reduction of onet-hird is made in
the premium after the first annual paymeut.
being, in ihct, equivalent to a dividend of 33%
per cent. A clause is inserted iu the policies
issued by the Universal, in which these re
sults are distinctly specified and guaranteed.
.7. M. I.YKKS,
General Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Full General Ageuts’ Commissions paid to
good live solicitors. Local Agents wanted in
every town and county. Address
J W. SHACKL.KFORD,
Manager Southern Depai tmeut,
aul4-su3m Atlanta, Ga.
Lucy Cobb Institute,
ATHENS, GA.
Rev. Ferdinand Jacobs, D. I>., Principal.
jBhE FALL SESSION of this Institute
wilfopen WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th,
anadose DECEMBER 15th.
®s>r further information, apply to the Prin
cipal. aul4-3aw2w
~TO PHYSICIANS,
PUBLIC GENERALLY.
On and after WEDNESDAY, 17th instant,
PRESCRIPTIONS WILL BE FILLED and
any MEDICINE SOLD that may be wished, at
our Drug Store, at any time, day or night. We
have a Night Clerk, and there will always beau
Apothecary on duty.
aul4-« WELLS* CLAY.
BACON.
30,000 Lbs. OhoiceC. R. BACON
SIDES
10,000 Lbs. Choice O. R. BU LR
SIDES
10,000 Lbs. Choice BACON
SHOULDERS
aui4-« Horton & walton.
BALING STUFFS.
2,000 Bundles ARROW TIES
100 Coils ROPE
500 Rolls heavy Jute aud Flax
BAGGING.
au!4-6 HORTON & WALTON.
Just Received and For Sale,
Q Tierces Plain Baltimore Cored HAMS,
canvassed
Tierces Smith’s Kentucky HAMS, can
vassed
4: Tierces Genuine Magnolia HAMS, can
vassed.
1 Tierce Merwin’s Elm City HAMS, can
vassed.
aul4 3 JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO.
A CARD.
We, the undersigned, desire to return
our thanks to the Augusta Fire Department
and our lriends, for their great efforts in saving
onr property at the late Are on Friday evening.
JAMES L. GOW,
VAUGHN & MURPHY,
E. H. ROGERS,
JAMES MILLER.
Augusta, August 13,1870. aul4-l*
FOR SALE,
FINE PHAETON. Also, some good J
one and two-horse WAGONS, at reduced
prices, by
J. H. LOWREY,
aul4-12 Cor. Campbell and Ellis sts.
FORRENT,
DwELLING now occupied by W. C. Der
by, Esq., containing eight rooms, on Walker,
third hoase below Centre street, and directly
opposite Mr. H. F. Russell’s. Possession first
of October. Apply to
anl4-tf JAS. G. BAILIE.
$5 REWARD
W.LL be paid to any one who will inform
us who took the trouble to carry colored var
nish over the Carolina Bridge and obliterate
Dr. MoLane’s Cordial, and onr own Card,
painted on the logs (by permission), and left
others plain and distinct.
KING BROTHERS,
aul4-tf Druggists, 316 Broad street.
Sewing Machines
.FOR SALE AND RENT. Also keep con
stantly on hand NEEDLES, THREAD and
OIL of the best quality. All styles of SEW
ING MACHINES REPAIRED and warranted.
E. H. SUMMER,
184 Broad st, Augusta, Ga.
iy24-Btn Singer Sewing Machine Agency.
ew Advertisemenl s
TO RENT,
FROM THE FIRST OF OCTOBER NEXT.
IHE DWELLING HOUSE on the North
east corner ot Kollock and Telfair streets, di
rectly facing the Church of the Atonement. It
contains twelve roomB; also, bath room, laun
dry, carriage bouse, kitchen and servants’
apartments. The premises are abundantly sup
plied with water. It will not be rented for a
hoarding house.
THE COTTAGE HOUSE, No. 19tf Greeue
street, containing four rooms, pantry, kitchen,
&c., besides attic rooms. A Tnrknett Spring
hydrant is on the lot.
THE COTTAGE HOUBE, No. 197 Greene
street, on the Southwest corner of Greene and
Camming streets, containing four roomß and
attic rooms, with a Turkuett Spring hydrant
on the lot.
THE BUILDING on Kollock street, former
ly known as Husk & Neal’s Iron Foundry.
THE BUILDING ou Marbury street, known
as the Pistol Factory. •
N. B.— Neither of the two preceding Buildings
will be rented for the purposes of a Grocery or
Bar-room.
That LARGE WAREHOUSE, ou the south
side of Broad street, above Kollock, now oc
cupied by Messrs. Pendleton * Dozier. It
extepds backwards to Ellis street, and would
be an eligible site for a Wagon Yard.
Apply from 9 to 11, a. m., and from 3to 4,
p. m., to R. 8. AGNEW, Agent,
aul4-tf No. 8«0 Broad st.
“Look to Your Interest!”
farmers, stock rais
ers and MARKET GARDENERS, and all
owners of Mules, Horses, Cows, Hogs mid
Poultry, use only “ DOUGHTIEB’ EGYP
TIAN STOCK FOOD,” •• Not a Medicine
This valuable article is prepared from ihe
seeds of a plant growing in Egypt, and has
been used by the natives of that couutry for
more thau a thousand years as a fattening food
for auituals. Only a small quantity of the
Egyptian Stock Food to be given iu whatever
kind of food you leed on, and your Stock will
befkept fat. and| in better condition on one
third less feed. In all eases the money will he
returned if the Egyptian Stoek Food fails to
accomplish all that is claimed for it. Send for
circulars aud read the certificates of hundreds
of our Bonlheru people who have used it.
For sale by
M. HYAMS, Special Agent,
Under Masonic Hall,
Plumb & Leitner, Wells & Clay, F. A.
Bell, F. D Kendrick, Obtjen & Doschkk,
E. O’Donnell & Burke, W. C. Barber.
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ABOARD.
RESUMED BUSINESS AGAIN.
an absence of three years in Eu
rope, 1 have returned to my former place o)
business. I have purchased the lease of Store
No. 224 Broad street, three doors below the
Central Hotel, formerly my old stand, and will
carry on the CLOTHING BUSINESS exclu
sively. I take pleasure to inform my lriends
and the public generally that I will keep every
thing in the line of CLOTHING and Gentle
mens’ FURNISHING GOODS, and will not be
excelled by any house in regard to qnality,
prices and styles. In a few days I will visit
the Northern market for the purpose of pur
chasing a Fall and Winter Stock, which I
guarantee will equal that ot any house iu the
city. My policy, which lias always proved a
success, is the ONE PRICE SYSTEM. The
scarcity of money in our midst, combined
with the great changes which haue taken place
for the past few years, necessitates a rigid
economy to be adopted by the majority of our
citizens. Therefore, my varied Stock will be
comprised of such goods as will enable all to
make such selections as are suitable to their
incomes. NATHAN SIMON,
aul4-l # 224 Broad street.
A GOOD COOK
Can find a SITUATION at
Fall and Winter Importation.
18VO.
RIBBONS,
Millinery and Straw Goods,
ARMSTRONG CATOR & CO.,
IMPORTERS and jobbers of
BONNET, TRIMMING & VELVET RIBBONS,
BONNET SII.KS, SATINS ANft VELVETS,
BLONDS, NETS,
CRAPES, RUCHES,
FLOWERB,
FEATHERS,
ORNAMENTS,
STRAW BONNETS AND LADIEB’ HATS,
TRIMMED and untrimmed,
SHAKHR HOODS, &c..
287 and 239 Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.,
Offer the largest, stock to be found in this
country, and unequalled in choice variety and
cheapness, comprising the latest Parisian nov
elties.
Orders solicited and prompt attention given.
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WASHINGTON COLLEGE,
VIHGUNIA.
GEN R. E. LEE - - - - President.
_[?HE next session will begin SEPTEMBER
15th and end JUNE 22(1.
Expenses, 9325 to $375.
For particulars apply to the
CLERK OF FACULTY,
aug6-lm Lexington, Va.
GUNNY CLOTH.
500 ROLLS
OF
"B B B” GUNNY CLOTH,
FOR SALE BY
Branch, Scott & Cos.
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THEO. E. BUEHLER,
Real Estate aa4 General Agent,
ATJGHTBTA. <3-A.
OFFICE AT PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
WILL PURCHASE, RENT OR SELL
RELAX. ESTATE,
ALSO
ATTEND TO BUSINESS REQUIRING AN
AGENT IN VICINITY PROMPTLY
AND AT LOW RATE OF
COMMISSION.
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MANHOOD!
A MEDICAL ESSAY ON THE CAUSE
AND CURE OF PREMATURE DECLINE
IN MAN, the Treatment of Nervous and Phy
sical Debility, etc.
“There la no member of society by whom
this book will not b# found useful, whether
such person holds the relation of Parent, Pre
ceptor, or Clergyman."— Medical Timet and
Qaeette.
Sent by mail on receipt of fifty cents. Ad
dress the Author,
Dr. £. Dm F. CURTIS,
eeps-ly Washington, D. 0
Carolina Life Insurance Company,
OJEF MEMPHIS, TENN.
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ASSETS ------- - $84(1,019 03.
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JEFFERSON DAVIS, President.
M. J. WICKB, Ist Vice-President. | ,1. T. PETTIT, 2d Vice-President.
W. F. BOYLE, Secretary. | J. H. EDMONDSON, General Agent.
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ISSUES POLICIES on all the Improved Plans of Life Insurance.
ALL POLICIES NON FORFEITABLE for their Equitable Value.
NO RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL OR RESIDENCE within the settled limits of the
United States, British North America or Europe.
I respectfully present the claims of this Company to the citizens ol my State as a reliable
medium through which they can secure a cor tain protection for their families iu the event of
(heir death.
ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED.
LAFAYETTE MeLAWH, State Agent,
my 4 6mif NO. 3 OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING, AUGUSTA, GA.
JACKSON STREET
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDRY,
CORNER OP JACKSON AND CALHOUN STREETS,
AUGUSTA, GA .
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XIIE undersigned, with a large stock of MATERIALS aud NEW TOOLS, is pre-
P tred to furnish, at short notice, CASTINGS of all kinds, either in Iron or Brass
MACHINERY, &c., Ac.
Also, Sole A front and Manufacturer of Schofield’s Patent Potion Press,
Which must commend itself to the Cotton Planters for its Durability, Simplicity of
Construction and Ease with which it can be Operated, by either Hand, Horse, Water
or Steam Power, the change from one to the other being effected in a few minutes.
Parties in need of a COTTON PRESS would do well to call and examine.
GEORGE COOPER.
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COTTON GINS!
PRAT T’S
CELEBRATED GINS,
JV^CaNUFACTUKKI) for the past FORTY
YEARS by DANIEL PRATT, ol Alabama,
and iu use from Virginia to Mexico, giving
very general satisfaction.
The PRATT GINS are plain, simple and du
rable, run light and gin last; not liable, wiih
proper care, to get out of order, and as (‘heap
as any first-class Gin made.
Mr. Pratt claims that his COTTON BOX is
superior to all others in use.
We were unable to supply ihe demand foi
“PRATT GINS” last season, and request
Planters to send in their orders early.
Factors’ acceptances, payable next Novem
ber, will be taken for Gius without charge foi
the time.
We will guarantee every Gin that we sell to
perform well.
For further particulars apply to
WIIUJLUSK & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS,
my2s-3rnif AUGUSTA, GA.
(LI AAA REWARD,
x . I 111 II I For any case Ol Blind
M I I I Bleeding, Itching, or Ul
U v ccralcd Piles that DE
BING’S PILE REMEDY fails to cure, it is
prepared expressly to cure the Piles and noth
ing else, and has cured cases ol over 30 years
standing. Sold by all Druggists.
VIA FUG A.
Dk Bino’s Via Fuga is the pure juices ol
Barks, Herbs, Roots and Berries, for
CONSUM PTIOM.
inflammation ol the Lungs ; all Liver, Kid
ney, and Bladder diseases, Organic Weakness,
Female Afflictions, General Debility, and all
complaints of the Urinary Organs in Male and
Female, producing Dyspepsia Costiveness,
Gravel, Dropsey and Scrofula, which most gen
erally terminate in Consumptive Decline. It
purifies and enriches the Blood, the Billiary,
Glandular and Secretive System; Corrects and
Strengthens the Nervous ami Muscular forces;
it acts like a charm on weak, nervous, and de
bilitated females, both young and old. None
should be without it. Sold everywhere.
Laboratory—l 42 Frankliu St., Baltimore,
Md. jy23-d&cly
Plain and Pressed Bricks.
ORDERS lor PLAIN and PRESSED
BRICKS promptly attended to.
DENNIS 11ALLAHAN,
iy2l-tf Augusta, Ga.
SI,OOO REWARD
For any case of Blind , Bleeding or Itching
PILES that Da BING’S Pii.b Remedy fails to
oure. It has cured cases of 20 years’ standing.
Try it, and get rid of the most troublesome
disease flesh is heir to. Sold by all Drug
gists.
Laboratory— l 42 Franklin st., Baltimore, Md.
ap29-ly .
YOUNG MEN
-A.KE PRACTICALLY INSTRUCTED in
BOOK-KEEPING, BUSINESS PENMAN
SHIP, and CALCULATION, at the Counting
House ol
Wm. M. Pelot,
McINTOSH STREET, Fourth Door from
Corner Broad street, formerly Office of
Gen. Jos. E. Johnston & Cos.,
Augusta, Ga.
Terms: For Guarantee Course, SSO. Hours
for Students, 10 o’clock, A. M., to 10, P. M,
feb!s-ti
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vocacy of Democratic measures. Ii believes
llmlliie sticcesss of its party is necessary to
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Intelligence, Literature, drc., it is not surpassed
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acter is coiupi ehensively staled in sayiutr that
it is a great Democratic and Family News
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Postmasters everywhere are authorized to
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Money can he sent by Post Office order or
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J. 11. EBTILL,
au7 2w 111 Bay Street, SavannaJi.
NOTICE.
I) URING my absence at the North for
several weeks, Mr. Hbnry May will conduct
the business connected with my Furniture Es
tablishment, and will eudeavor to please all
who may favor my house with their orders.
REPAIRING, UPHOLSTERING, Ac., will
lie done promptly and in the best manner.
E. G. ROGERS,
jy24-l iu 143 and 145 Broad st.
FINAL NOTICE.
JPARTIES who left WATCHES, CLOCKS
and JEWELRY with Mr. J. N. Freeman to
be repaired, and now in our possession, are
hereby notified to call for the same within
THIRTY DAYS from date, or they will be
sold without fail at Auction to pay charges due
upon them.
FREEMAN BROTHERS.
July 21,1870. jy32-lm
NOTICE.
X CONSENT that my wife, Mrs. Mina RAr
i’OLD, shall be a Public or Free Trader from
and alter this date. JOHN RAPPOLD.
Augusta, Ga., July 14,1870 tylMm
NOTICE.
X HAVE appointed Mr. SAMUEL H. SHEP
ARD my lawful Attorney in any matters per
taining to my Drug Business, at 291 Broad
street, for the space of twelve months from
July Ist, 1870.
W. H. BARRETT.
Augusta, Ga., July 28,1870.
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