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COIN STITTTTIONALJST. au«-usta. o-a. FEIDAY MORNING. DEO 30,1870 THE LATE ELECTION. The Democratic triumph in Georgia has rattled the Radical dry bones amazingly. The greatest consternation and surprise ■were felt at Gen. Grant’s headquarters in Washington city, whither, it is said, the peripatetic Blodgett has gone for succor and consolation. A Herald correspondent at the Federal Capital thus writes, under date of the 24th : “ The result, of the Georgia election has disappointed the Republicans, who expect ed to carry that State. It is now conceded that the entire South will go Democratic in 1872, and the Republicans are considera bly alarmed at the prospect. If the South goes Democratic it will be impossible to elect the Republican candidate, except Pennsylvania, Indiana and other Northern States, which are now doubtful, can be carried. The change of affairs in the South was not altogether unexpected to sharp politicians, but it was thought that a few States would be carried by the Re publicans.” We are very glad to hear that the Radi cal conspirators are so grievously disap pointed in their calculations; but we can assure them that the Crown Officer dul all that was in the power of mortal man to help and save their cause In this State.— Where be failed it would be folly for any body else to try ; and so, if the Republican managers ave wise they will endeavor to cultivate Pennsylvania, Indiana, and other Northern States, letting Georgia and the South alone. Every time they have tam pered with Reconstruction it has b. en the worse for them; and what has been done in Georgia by Democracy, at the late election, is not a circumstance to what will be accomplished hereafter if Congress puts on the screws. When but ten white men could be raked and scraped together in this, the best contested county of the State, to vote the Radical ticket, it is about time for Congress to confess that Georgia has rolled Waterloo, Sedan and Metz into one tremendous disaster, which ought to prove final to sensible creatures. The question, of course, is as to Congress being composed of “sensible creatures.” Some gleams of sanity have appeared in that direction recently, and so there is hope for a broad awakening after a while The New York Journal of Commerce thus speaks of the earthquake here: “If the returns from Georgia can be re lied on, that State has been revolutionized, «nd a lesson taught to the Washington owers that be, which they had better lay to heart. In 1868 Georgia elected four Re publican and three Democratic members of Congress, and her Legislature chose one Republican and one Democrat for the Uni ted States Senate. The Administratioriists were dissatisfied with this. They wanted everything. Therefore, Georgia was again turned out into the cold, and since that time cni■ >ler.es and threats have been freely made with the view of achieving a Repub lican majority in the Senate. The. game has ignominiously failed. According to the reports before us, the Democrats have carried four or five out of the seven Con gressmen, and elected a clean two-tliirds of the Legislature. And this has all been done with perfect quietness and good or der, happily belying the predictions made of bloodshed all over Georgia on the22d. It is strange that the Republicans—some of them at least—seem to have seriously expected to win.. Attorney General Aker man, #ho ought to know something about Georgia, was so satisfied with the Republi can prospects in the State that he thought of resigning his seat, in the Cabinet to take a United States Senatoiship. He will doubtless change his mind, and be thank ful that he is so w :11 provided for, if the re sult of the elections to the Legislature is as announced. Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia!—thns,onebyone.the harsh press ure which the dominant party puls upon the South recoils upon it-elf. In each of those States Republicanism would be much more than a feeble minority today had a gene rous and magnanimous policy guided its councils. Expediency, apart from higher considerations, as we have often told the Republicans, dictated the extremist stretch of condonation and kindness to the South. Not practising it, they now reap their re ward. And with these warnings ringing in their cars we still find a Republican Congress un villing to grant a general am nesty, and so placing in continued and greater jeopardy what little of strength re mains to the Republican party in the Southern States.” The Journal can crave amnesty for us as much as it pleases, but the South has pass ed the point of solicitation and really cares nothing one way or the other on this subject. Indeed, since persecution has borne such splendid fruits, we rather prefer that the bitter-enders should keep up their hyena-howl to the last chapter, where all such beastly tilings will be consigned to a commission of lunacy. A refusal of amnesty does the South no harm. A concession of it will do Radicalism no especial good. Sugar-plums that would have been very good five Christmases ago have grown worm-eaten and nanseonsjnow. We have faith in our people, our State, onr children and our God. What more do we want, and wliat can Congress yield us to offset this reliance ? TRUE BILL The Atlanta Intelligencer says: “ The Democratic majority for Seymour “ and Blair over Grant and Colfax, in No “ vember, 1868, was about iifty thousand “ votes, and if the Democrats had firmly “ and unwaveringly adhered to the State “ and National platforms our success would “ have been more triumphant than it is.— “ The defeat of the party in certain coun “ ties ought to teach Democrats that it will “ never do to compromise the party or its “ principles. Wherever the issue was “ made plain and direct, the party was “triumphant, and it haji always been so, “ and will be as long as the party remains “ true to its principles and itself.” This we believe to be an absolutely true utterance, and chimes in with what we said on the day following the election, that “ the way to victory was the path of principle." Had the issue been made on principle everywhere, we would have had seven Democratic Congressmen instead of four or five. We should say that trimmers and policy-men had bad enough of their com promises to last a lifetime. Richmond county and the Fifth District were re deemed by holding up the right standard. It is to be hoped that the weak-kueed De mocracy in other places will eschew idola trous baked meats henceforth and deserve victory by doing the clean thing. Ominous.— The World says: “ All persons wishing to compete for the “Attorney-Generalship of the United States “will forthwith submit sealed bids. The “ Georgia election having gone Democrat “ ic, Mr. Amos T. Akerman will soon be “ out of place.” Beauty, in Spite op Han Teeth.—A young fellow extolling a lady’s beauty, one of his companions said she had a bad set of teeth. “ Very true,” first, 1 but she is a fine woman, in 9pite of her, teeth.” [From the Baltimore Bun. 1 A Perversion of. History. The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of the New- England Pil grims appears to have been celebrated this year by their defendants' wHh’evcfi more than the usual manifestations of a compla cent and self-glorified sectionalism. At the celebration at Plymouth we find the follow ing among the regular toasts: “ Plymouth and Jamestown-- the Pilgrims and the Cavaliers —freedom and slavery; they met on the field of Gettysburg and freedom conquered.” There may be some captious critics who on purely historical grounds will object to the truthfulness of the anti thesis thus tersely stated, and of the paral lelism sought to be established between the men and ideas of 1620 and of 1870. They may even presume to question whether the issues which “the field of Gettysburg” is supposed to have decided are correctly stated. Mr. Frederick Douglass, the popu lar colored orator, at a recent celebration of the same kind, based his claim to partici pate upou the well-known historical fact i that the Mayflower, which brought over the Pilgrims, was subsequently employed by her Puritan owners in bringing over a cargo of slaves. From one of these latter nod involuntary “ pilgrims ” Mr. Douglass claimed to be lineally descended, and to have therefore at least an equal interest in the Mayflower with any son of New Eng land. That the descendants of the Pilgrims had far more to do with the introduction and establishment of slavery in this coun try than the descendants of the Cavaliers no one with the slightest knowledge of colonial history will pretend to deny. It is not improbable even that among those who drank to the toast, we have quoted there were some whose ancestors had attained to both wealth and social position in the good town of Boston in the olden time by their successful participation in the traffic iu human flesh. Equally preposterous is the further sug gestion that the two armies which fought at Gettysburg were, in the sense indicated, the representatives of the men who landed at Plymouth and at Jamestown. On the Southern side were mingled the descend ants of the Huguenots of South Carolina, the sturdy Scotch-Irish of North Carolina and Tennessee, and the French of Louisia na, with Georgians, Mississippians and Virginians; and we presume that (he men of New York, of New Jersey, of Pennsyl vania and the West, the men of Irish and German blood and lineage, had quite as large a share in Gen. Meade’s victory as the New England regiments which par ticipated. We forbear the further inquiry as to what proportion of those who took the liberal bounties offered by the New England towns, and filled up the ranks of the regiments nominally recruited in those States, had any affinity in race, feeling or faith with the Pilgrim fathers. Our ob ject is not to open old sores, but simp’y to protest auevv against the attempt to con vert the results of the war into a mere sec tional and sectarian triumph, by means of a deliberate falsification of the facts of his tory. With as much truth and reasou might our New England friends substitute for “Pilgrims” and “Cavaliers,” “Puri tans” and “ Episcopalians,” and claim the result at Gettysburg as a vindication of the doctrines of John Calvin and of Presbyte rian or Cong rogation at Lt ideas of church government. The custom of commemorat ing the. landing of the Pilgrims would lie more < ffoctually honored iu the .breach than the observance if the celebration is to be made the occasion of perpetuating a geographical and religions leud, founded upon a wilful misrepresentation noth of colonial and of recent history. Hon. Ben. Hill. HE DENIES COTTONING TO THE RADICALS— nE DON’T WANT OFFICE HE THANKS COURTEOUS COMMF.NTATORS OF HIS AD DRESS. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28,1870. Editor Constitution : In your issue of this morning, appears a letter over the signature of “ Chas. E. McGregor, editor Warrenton Clipper, iu which occurs this sentiment: “If Mr. Hill will publicly deny that he has written a letter to a known Republican of this county, in which he leans com pletely over to Republicanism, we will pro duce the proof.” Mr. Sill hereby publicly denies that he ever, at any time during his natural life, wrote any letter to any Republican, or other person, known or unknown, in which he leans completely nr pirtially over to Republicanism In the same letter occurs this sentiment,: “IfMr. Hill will publicly deny that he wrote a letter lo the Republican Executive Committee of this Congressional District, in which he endorses General Graut for President in ’72, and in which he uses lan guage looking to the position of United States Senator for himself, we will prove that a member of that committee reports that tie has the letter iu his possession, and tli.it he boasts of the fact.” Mr. Hill hereby publicly denies that he ever wrote any letter on any subject what ever to the “Republican Executive Com mittee” of said Congressional District; or that he has ever written any letter to any person anywhere, indorsing any person whatever for President in 1872, or any other time; or, that he ever wrote a letter looking to the position of United States Senator for himself, to any person or committee. So far from the above statements being true, the very contrary is true, to wit: That, he has written no letter on politics at all, except to decline expressing any political opinion whatever, other than the “ Address to the people of Georgia,” for many months; and that, he neither expects nor desires the position of United States Senator or any other official position. State or National, civil or military. Mr. Hill admits no distinction between political and personal integrity. A politi cal falsehood is as criminal as any other falsehood. A conscious, personal integrity is the only thing of great value he brought safely and unimpaired through all thc perils of a fearful revolution, and neither pow r, ignorance or malice can or shall tarnish or destroy it. To those gentlemen of the Press and others, who have discussed the late address with the dignity and fairness the important issues demand, whether differing or agree ing with the author, he returns his ac knowledgments. Those who have made that address the occasion for misrepresent ation, unfairness and personal injustice, have only made a record for themselves of which they will be ashamed if they pos sess the sensibilities of gentlemen. Bbnj. H. Hill. The Governor op South Congoltna Obtains a Character from Ohio —The Hon. A. P. Aldiich, of South Carolina, sends to an Ohio Democrat for a character of the carpet-bag Governor Scott. The Ohio man writes back that “Governor Scott is a high-toned, honorable gentle man, is a man of trnth and integrity, and withal a kind-hearted man.” This “ charac ter from his last place” may satisfy the Carolinians about the Governor who seems to be a stranger in their midst. We con fess, however, that wc are disposed to doubt the reliability of the endorsement. No “ high-toned honorable gentleman” would occupy the position of a carpet-bag Governor of the State in opposition to the unanimous wish of the true people of a Southern States, and no “ man of truth and integrity” could be elected by negroes, carpet-baggers and scalawags to that or any other office. —Savannah News. Death op Rev. Philip Gadsden.— The community will hear with pain that this aged divine, so long known In the State in connection with the holy labors of the Episcopal Church, has at last been gathered to his fathers. A native of Charleston, born in 1798, and educated partly at Yale College, he was ordained by Bishop Bowen in this city about fifty years ago. At first lie devoted himself to the duties of mis sionary life, but subsequently became the rector of St. Paul’s Parish and Summerville, where he remained until about six years ago, when he resigned on account of ill health. Mr. Gadsden suffered during the last six weeks, and died on Monday at the house of his son, the superintendent of Rev. Mr. Porter’s school. —Charleston News. Two new States will probably be ad mitted into the Union during the present session of Congress—Colorado ami New Mexico. The name of the latter will pro bably be changed to Lincoln. BY TELEGRAPH. I AMociate* Free* Dispatches. # 4 NOON DISPATCHES. Havana, December 29.—The rebels are surrendering everywhere in large numbers. The Missouri has arrived. Madrid, December 28.— Last night as Prim left the Cortes eight shots were fired at his carriage, wounding Prim in three places, iu the left arm and right hand. No arrest. Berlin, December 28.—The news of the opening of fire on the Paris fortifications causes public rejoicing. Versailles, December 29.—The bom bardment of Fort Avrou continues. The French reply with ineffectual vigor. London, December 29.—8a1100n advices from Paris, to 4 o’clock ou the 27th, say citizens and soldiers are in excellent spirits, and still determined on vigorous resistance. The intense cold lias suspended military operations. Preparations are progressing on a large scale; important results are ex pected. These preparations imbue the cit izens with increased confidence. A Saxon battalion has been dislodged from'jMuison Blanche. A dispatch from Strasbourg announces that the Germans stormed Belfort twice, and were repulsed with considerable loss. The Prussians evacuated the left bank of the Seine. A large force of Germans is still atYvetot. The Germans evacuated Dijou upon the approach of the French. The French claim advantage at the bat tle of Pont Noyelles. It is reported that the Crown Prince and the Duke of Saxony luive been seui to Amiens to assist Manteuffel. The Germans are now near Cambray. It is said the French Army of the North lias left Arras, retreating toward Vitry. It is thought they were falling back upon the Frencli strongholds iu the extreme north of France. London, December 29.—-The Roumanian Government declares its independence and repudiates the treaty of 1854. New York, December 29.—The reported bu-raing McClellan’s residence is false. Bordeaux, December 29.—Paris advices state that new fortifications have betu com pleted beyond Mont Vulerlen, which throw shells over Versailles. That city is now considered untenable. Norfolk, December 29.—A heavy snow storm prevails. Washington, December 29—The navi gation of the Potomac continues closed Seaboard mails come regularly by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, via Rich mond and Gordonsville. EVENING DISPATCHES. Elizabeth, N. J., December 29.—A man named Michael Donegal), quarreling with his mother, shot her dead and escaped. St. Louis, December 29.—The military have received orders to remove alt settlers from the Miami Reservation immediately. The settlers number 3,000 or 4,000, with*a thriving town of i ,200 inhabitants. The Reservation embraces many acres of the finest lauds in Kansas, much of it well im proved, houses, barns and growing or chards. New York, December 29—A Herald special from London the 29th, says a dis patch iron) Versailles the 27th states that the bombard men t of Mont Avion was in effectual. The French fire caused consi derable damage to the Prussians. Judge Blatchford gave a decision to-day, whereby nearly half a million will be re funded for excess of duties paid under the collectorship of Augustus Schncll. The decision involves the ultimate refunding of several million of dollars. Washington, December 29.—Gilbert Ferris, l'te Deputy Revenue Collector of the Third Mississippi District, has been arrested ou a charge of representing him self as a revenue officer after dismissal, whereby he obtained money; and is also charged with the erooezzlcment of one hun dred and fifty dollars’ worth of stamps. Pleasanton will assume the Commission ership of Internal Revenue on Tuesday next. Mrs. Belknap, wife of the Secretary of War, is d&td. the was Miss Tomlinson, of Kentucky, sister of Lieut. Tomlinson, who served the Confederacy as aid to Gen. Sam W. Ferguson. Fortress Monroe, December 29—7:15, P. M.—A severe northwest snow storm set in last night, and continued till noon to-day. About six inches of snow fell. The sleamerGeu. Terry, from Ncwbern for New York, put in for a harbor. The United States steamer Pawnee dropped down from Norfolk lo the buoy, and is now adjusting compasses. The pilot boat Maryland reports having passed in for Baltimore the barks India and Yumoden, from Rio, and the brig Clara Brown, from Havana. Passed ont, steam er Ottawa, for Liverpool. Berlin, December 29.—An attempt of French prisoners confined near the Rhine to escape was discovered and frustrated. Government, organs say that Mont Avran was first attack and by the Prussians in order to obtain a standpoint from which to operate against the adjacent outlying forts of Paris. Provincial correspondence adds that the bombardment of Mont, Avrou may be con sidered the introduction to a general shell ing of Paris. London, December 29.—The Prussians on Wednesday occupied the line between Duclnin and Piar, apparently concentrat ing forces behind Balbac, where an engage ment, is imminent. The French Government formally pro tests to the Vienna Cabinet against the Prussian use of Austrian railroad stock. Land commnnicationjbetween Cherbourg and Calais has been interrupted. Versailles, December 28.— Mont Avrou was silent to-day, but the forts in the neighborhood reply to the Prussian guns. The Prussians on Monday occupied Bapa reine, fourteen miles southeast of Arras. Bordeaux, December 29—The entire population of the Eastern Department is aroused, and assist the troops in all bat tles and skirmishes. The Government is taking measures to arm all the people. Gambetta arrived to day from Lyons. It is asserted that the Prussians are in censed with the correspondents of English papers and have sent many outside the lines of occupation. It is officially announced that the Prus sians hastily evacuated Dijon. This is the first result of the movement ordered bv the War Department, which was hastened by Ganibetta’s efforts at Lvons. Linages, December 27.— 8a1100n advices represent that military operations have been suspended since the 25th, in conse quence of the intense cold. Lille December 27.—The Prussian vic tory at Port Noyelles is officially denied. The Prussians have lost heavily in battles and from sickness, and the villages are en cumbered with German wounded. The Germans are suffering from opthalmia.— Eighteen thousand sick and wounded Ger mans are at Chalons Bor Marne. The advance guard of Garibaldi’s army entered Dijon this morning. NIGHT DISPATCHES. Washington, December 29—Ex-Deputy Collector Ferris, of Mississippi was held in $5,000 bail. He protests his innocence. Poughkeepsie, December 29.—-The weather is intense cold, the river being effectually closed from Albany to Rhine beck. The ice is six inches thick. New York, December 29.— A Tribune special from London, the 29th, says the English Government, upon application of Count Bernstoff, stopped the ship chartered by the French Government to lay the sub marine cable between Dunairk, Cherbourg, Brest and Bordeaux. The ship was given in charge of custom house officers in the river Thames, and the cable on board seized. Three hours after the seizure ap plication was made for release, which was refused. Boston, December 29. —United States In ternal Revenne Officers have recently made several important seizures of tobacco and cigars at Lowell. From one manufactory forty thousand cigars were seized and twenty thousand from another, with llvt thousand ponnds'of leaf tobacco. Similar seizures have been made in other places in ihis vicinity. London, December 29—Baron Yon Benst’s reply to Count Bismarck’s circular declarin'? the treaty of Luxemburg abro gated is couched in terms similar to that of Earl Granville. Hong Kong dispatches of December 13th have been received. Quiet prevailed in the north pf China. It was expected that the river Telso would soon be frozen top, in which event communication by water with Tieu-Tsin would be suspended. ' Montevideo advices to November-19th report continued fighting and trad%ouiet. The Germans in tiie eastern department are retreating. They have already evaca ated tne town of Groy, in the Valley of Savone. A proclam ition has beenjPSS tied by the Prussian Government pi acini under blockade all posts of France now occupied or hereafter captured by German fotses The order of accusation againktl Mr Noel, for alleged complicity In thetoassa crc committed by the Greek briga*- has been countermanded. tp The harbor of Kief is closed by icX The Paris Press io opposed to tie par ticipation of France in the congress on the Eastern question. Constantinople, December 29—A de claration of the independence of thellanu bian Principalities has been announced here, and causes a profound sensation. Madrid, December 28.—This efeuing, while Gen. Prim was proceeding ftom the Cortes to his residence, some individuals in Calec Alclla fired into his carriage, wound ing both the General and his Adjutant, but not dangerously. No public diatuLbance occurred, as the authorities took prompt measures to prevent an outbreak, ind to arrest the assassins. Great popular in dignation is manifested at this dattardly attempt to murder Prim, which happily failed of success. The following dispatch was received to day from Madrid and gives some further particulars in regard to the attempt to assassinate Gen. Prime. Havana, December 29.—Advices from San Domingo to December 20 contain the following: “Cabral was in the neighbor hood of San Juan with 800 half starved men engaged in spreading false refOrts of the death of Baez. Stories sent ■»<* Bt. Thomas and Puerto P.’ata anuijuncing revolutionary movements were tavtodjans. The Government of St. Domingo "Scccepts its notes at the Custom House at./M per cent, discount, but a law has been tj|tomul gated that duties shall iu future befipd In gold. American provisions are plentiful. The United States steamer Ya«kic, re turning from her post, laying off Asplnwall cable, ran ashore at the cntranc4j>f the harbor of St. Domingo with a full head of steam on, and It will be necessary ty dis charge her armament and coals to get Iter afloat. Col. O’Sullivan Ins arrived from Franco, accompanied by Englishmen, for <he pur pose of making an examination of the cop per beds in St. Domingo. % MARRIED, I On Wednesday evening, t-B'h I tint., at thefesl-lenoß of the brldo’s father, hy Rev. H. H. Parke, Ur. A. P. Woodward to Miss Katie Fbazbr Koval. • Charleston News and Barnwell Sentinel please c py and send bill. In Augusta, Ga., on Tuesday evening, December 27th, by the Rev J. R. Wit on, D D., Ur. B. P. Rcgkhs, of New York, to Miss Mast Isabel Aits lev, daughter of 'be late Jesse Ansley, of Augusta, Ga. No catds. <• New York papers please copy. * Georgia state Lottery. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Ornhan’s Houn* and Free Hehool. The following were the drawn numbers, In the Sup plementary Scheme, drawn »t Augusta, Georgia, Decern b. r 29. MORN fNG DRAWING—Cuss 821. 39 4 S ’A7 33 11 69 OU 43434 Jo It Drawn Numbers. EVENING DRAWING—GIass 622. 4* 33 17 17 *0 1<» 39 7 1 <8 467 5* 12 Drawn Numbers. dec3o-l SPECIAL NOTICES. SELECT SCHOOL. , THE DUTIES OF MY SELECT SCHOOL will be resumed on MONDAY, January 2d, North side Ellis, fifth door above Centre street. Iratrnction systematic/ am] thorough Terms v« ry liherato. dccSO 3 MoRTIN V. CdjEviN. DIVIDEND NO. 10. J Nafiimn) Bank of A<igu>.fa, jf ) AcotitTA, Ga., December 28(1870 \ A SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF PER CENT, free cf taxes, this day declared will be paid to Stockholders on demand. dec29-6 G. M. THEW, Cashier. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS. *- Charlotte, reinmhla <fc Augusta R. R., ) Augusta agency, D comber 28, 1870. \ ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1871, “Ward’s Station,” on this Road, will be discontinued: dcc2i-5 W. T. WILLIAMS, Agent. *3T IF YOU WOULD SUCCESSFULLY COM bat the ills produced in a malarious country, uso the OLD CAROLINA BITTERS, the Great Southern Tonic. dee2i-suwftc DIVIDEND NO CO. > Office Giauttcvlllo Manufacturing C 0.,) (At tbs Hatinqs Baskov Augusta,) > Augusta, Ga., Dec. 27,1870. ) A DIVIDEND OF TWO (2) P9R OBNT. ON the C ipltal Stock of the Granltovillo Manulactnring Company will bo p rid to Stockholders on demand. This will be iu lieu of Qu .rterly Dividend for Jan uary, 1871. H. H. HICKMAN, dee2B-I Resident. DIVIDEND NO. 47. Augusta Factory, > Augusta, December 27,1870. \ A Quarterly Dividend of Five Pen Gbst., THIS DAY deelared, will be paid to Stockholders on de mand. W. E. JACKSON, dec2B 8* President. »ar “you will not be disappointed In the effects of t> e OLD CAROLINA BITTERS It is one of the lest medicines ever t Acred to the pubic. de. 18 Buwfic SAVINGS BANK OP AUGUSTA. DIVIDEND NO. 9, DECLARED THIS DAY, of Fivs (6) Dollars per Share, will bo paid to Stock holders on and after 29th Inst. A. C. DsCOITKH, dec‘ 8 0 Cashier. STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. Augusta Factory, ) Augusta, Ga., liebember 27,1870. S THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Stockholders of the Augusta Factory will he held at the Office of the Company, on SATURDAY, the 30tb inst., at 12 o’clock, m. w. k. Jackson, _dec2B4* Pre-ident. Merchants & Planters National Bank,? . Augusta, Ga., DecemVr 18, 1870. $ The Annnal Meeting of the Stockholders of this Bank, for the elf ction of Directors, will be held at its Banking House, at 12, m., on the 10th day of JANU ARY. J 08.8. B HAN,'‘Cashier. dedlßtd THE GBEAT PICTORIAL ANNUAL. Hostetler’s United States Almanac for ISVI, for distribution, gratis, througbont the United States and uncivilized countries of the Western Hemisphere, will be pubished about the first of January, and all who wish to understand the true philosophy of health should read and ponder the valuable suggestions it oontains. In addition to an admirable mcdicel treat ise on the causes, prevention and cure of a great variety of diseases, it embraces a large amount of In formation interesting to the merchant, the mechanic, the miner, the farmer, the planter, and professional man ; and the calculations have been made for suth meridians and latitudes as aro most suitable for a correct and comprehensive National Ualsrdar. 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D'ORSAY OGDEN, Director and Mi nager. FRIDAY KVIi.JIINe. toec. 30lli, 18TO k L4ST WIGHT BUT OWE OF AUK INGUSH OPERA TROUPE! And the Wonderful SAPPHO. THREE OPERAS—ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN. Tom Dobden’s Operetta, RING AND THE KEEPER. Lushen and Fritzchen By Offenbach, “THE SAPPHO” In Shakspbabb’s AERIEL h And the French Opera Translation of the Loves of Diana. SATURDAY—Day Performance at 2 o’clock. Adlaission, half price. dccSO 1 POTATOES. POTATOES. eTUST received and for sale: 50 bbts. JACKSON WHITES 50 bbla. PINK EYES 50 bbla. PEACH BLOWS 10 bbla. EARLY ROSE JAMES G. BAILIE A BhO. deeSOSif 100 SETS NEW FTJRB. We HAVE just received one hundred aets of floe FURS, tor Ladies and Children, which will be sold at the very lowest prices, ou account ot non-arrival before Christmas. VANWINKLE & CO., deeßo-8 222 Broad street. Information Wanted. At*ERSONS in this City or Couniy owning or haviDg charge of Libraries (public or pri vate), containing five hundred volumes or over, are requested to kindly inform me, giv ing number ol volume*. Teachers ot Privato Schools, who have uot already Informed me as to tho average number of Teachers and Pupils, are carnes'ly solicited to do so at once. Information desired to complete Social Sta tistics of this County, and may be given by letter or in person, by calling at the Revenue Office, Gibabdey’s Arcade. DAVID PORTER, dec3ol U. S. Deputy Manual. TO RENT, House No. 63 Ellis street, nearly oppo site Houghton Institute. Apply to F. W. BTOY, IX the office of J. C. Deuby. decSO ts BAGQINQr~ 60 BALES extra heavy BORNEO BAG GING 75 bales extra h»avy GUNNY BAGGING 200 rolls BENGAL BAGGING 300 half rolls BENGAL BAGGING 200 rolls LUDLOW BAGGING 200 rolls PHG2NIX BAGGING On consignment and ior sale, in lots to suit purchasers, at lowest market rates. decCO 3 BLAIR, SMITH & CO. ARROW TIESL 1,000 BUNDLES ARROW TIES For sale by dic3o 3 BLAIR, SMITH & CO. LARD. LARD. 90 TIERCES CHOICE LEAF L ARD 50 TUBS CHOICE LEAF LARD On consignment and for sale at lowest mar ket rates. BLAIR, SMITH & CO. dccSO 3 CARGO SALE! Cub i Muscovado Molasses AT AUCIJOX, By BELL & HXJ LL. On FRIDAY NEXT, December 80tb, at 11 o’clock, at Kklly’B Wharf, Exchange Dock, Savannah: 200 llbds. Cub* Muscovado Molasses, Just received from Cuba. Sold in lots to suit purchasers. TERMS: 5 Hbds., (tok 5 to 10 Hbds., 30 Days. Over 10 Hbds., 60 Days for Ap~ proved Paper. d«28.3 PICKED UP, On the morulug o 1 the 251 b Inst., a small SORREL MARE, which the owner can get by paying expenses. Apply at WILSON’S PALACE STABLES. dec2B ts NOTICE. I HAVE this day sold to Mr. C. E. Mcstin my entire Stock of Good., in Store No. 260 Broad street, and solicit for him a continu ance of the liberal patronage in joyed by me. Mr. W. P. Roberts still continues at the store, and will be pleased to see the old cus tomers as usual. My office is still there. R. M. ADAM. REWARD. IjOST, on the 25th inst., a Black and Tan TERRIER DOG, for which a liberal reward will be paid by leaving him at the A. & 8. R. R. Shop. dec3 °-l* JOHN McCANN. MOLASSES. ao HHDS. CUBA MOLA9BES 20 HHDB. REBOILED MOLASSES 150 BBLS. REBOILED MOLASSES For sale by deeSO S BLAIR, SMITE A CO. WM. W. WILCOX. IS. T. WXBB, I Os Maryland. WILCOX & WEBB, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, Office—Room 6 New P. O. Building, AUGUSTA, GA. deett-tf fancy dress SKATING CARNIVAL, AT THE RINK, Oh Monday, January 9, 1871. are now ready at the rink. dec24-tjano 18 YEARS OF PRACTICAL SUCCESS. MAPES; NITHOGENJZED . STANDARD GUARAJfTLED. ALL ANA! YSKfI HADE OF THE BUPEH PHOfiI’HA.TE r,Y DR. A. MEANS AND OTHERS PROVE IT ABOVE STANDARD. FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PUE MItMHTOBE DiaritlßU'lED AMONG THOSE APPLYING MAPES’ NT TROGENIZKD eUPKRPHOH PHATE OF LIME TO THE WINTER AND SPRING CROPS OF 1871. PRACTICAL RESULTS IN 1870. Mr. MARX SMITH, Albany, Gu, used fifty tons ; result splendid ; have been using it for three years, end prefers it to any other fertili zer, and will continue to dec it. Mr E. T. WALTON, Madison, Ga-Yield doubled; “surpasses am/ 1 ever used;'' will continue to nee it. Mr. AMBROSE MURPHKY, Barnesville, Ga. —At rate of 100 pounds per acre increased yield l-’O per cent.; “7 t.onstd, r A tapes' equal to any Phosphate in use ' 1 Mr. W. T. HEARN, Eatonton, Ga., ito-d twenty tons; an application of 100 to 125 pounds per acre doubled the yield ; will con tinue Its use. Mrs. ANN DOVER, Sparta, G».—“ I am con fident it lias paid me a better pc- cent iban any F< rtiliz r I ever u.-.ed ; 1 expect to use it again.” Mr. ROBERT SHIELDS, Morgan county, Ga., regards Mapes’ equal to any Fefiillzer sold, alter thoroughly testing it the past, season. I)r. N. S. WALKER, Knlonlon, Ga., says, after frying a vane y of Fertilizers, Mapes’ is his favorite, ilia cotton, to which lie applied it, was Hie most heavily fruited he ever saw for Its 8V.,'.. Mr. WYATT HILLIARD, Sunder couniy, Ga., says, notwithstanding drought in Jniv aud August, Mapes’ i litre sed Ids cotton ICO per cent, as compared with parallel rows un rnnnured Mr. J. M. M ADDOX, Eat- nton, Ga., s.ivs he bought six ions ; applied on cotton at rate of 100 ounds per acre, and on corn 75 pounds per acre, doubling yield in both instances. Capt. J 11. GRIFFIN, Oxford, Ga , says iu pasl two years has lested Mapes’ with seven other Standard Fortil'zora, and it has proven better for him Ihan any other, y hiding an in crease of 200 per cent, each year. Messrs. E B. WATERS, J. S. BARTLETT, J. J. RICKS and J. B. DEAVORS, Butler, Ga., say they regard Mapes’ one of the host Fer tilizers in use; has doubled yield and stood drought better than any other Fertilizer in that section. Dr. B I>. MIMS, Bur on's Kerry, Ga., say . on most of liis land Mapes’ fully cf aided tho yie *, and in one p’ace. ibe yie’d was three-fold. Judge A. E. TARVER, Jeff, rson coniiiv, Ga., used five tons of Mapes’ wilh eight other Fertilizers, and could sec no difference between them as in favor of ell her. Mr. W. J. STRANGE, Mathews’ Bluff, S. C , used three Ions; applied #4 worth per acre, and realized <lO 50 per acre from increased yield ; over 150 per cent, profit on investment Prefers Mapes’ to any other. Mr. C. OVERSTREET, Poor Robin Land ing, Ga, used four Standard Fertilizers: “ Mapes’ was equal to, if not better than any I used. Expect to use it next, year.” Judge N. L. ATKINSON, West Point, Ga , says, after three years’ u e of Mapes’, consid ers it one of the best Fertilizers sold. Its ap plic ilion to cotton and corn the present sea son has doubled and ta t bled the natural yield of the land to which applied. Mr. J. M. COLDING, Poor Robin Landing. Ga —Manured lauds will give 700 to 80‘) pounds per ace of seed cotton, and unma nuri and not more than SOO pounds per acre. Will conlii.lt- to use Mapes’. Mr. W S GRIFFIN, E t.n ion <1 >. says be applied 450 pounds on one and three quarter aer< a, and gathered f>o bu llets ol veiy line wheat. Natural Imd would have yielded not ovc’ 15 on hole. Mr J. J BARNARD, Eatonton, says 125 pounds to lbe acre on outs gave him 28 bushels per ac e on land that, unaided, would not have yielded over 8 I ushels. F r cer<ideates in full, and more particular do;ails of Premium List , eend for Pamphlet for ib7o PURSE & THOMAS, Savannah, Ga , General Agegts For Georgia and Eastern Alabama. dec2B-d*cßm -DRY GOODS SHIPPED FREE Os CHARGE. All Retail Orders amounting to $lO for Cash and over, Shipped to any part of the Country FREE OF EXPRESS CHARGES. V. RICHARDS k BROS, AT THE Mill* BUY NIK STORE. AUGUSTA, GA.I TOEING DESIROUS OF EXTENDING their RETAIL TRADE, and to give their Re tail customcs at a distance, who order goods, the advantages of city buye.rs, have made, ar rangements by which they will deliver Goods as above stated, at any Express office in ihe country FREE OF CHARGE. Aud in order the better to m. et the wants of their Retail customers at a distance, will, upon application, promptly send by mail full lines of SAMPLES, with prices attached, ol tho newest and most FASHIONABLE GOODS of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC MANUFAC TURES, guaranteeing at all limes to sell as LOW or LOWER than any house in the South ern country. Persons in sending for samples will please specify the kind of goods desired. Wo keep the best grades of every class from iho lowest to the most costly. When ordering the money cuu be sent by Express, at our expense, or the amount col lected on delivery of the goods. As many may see this who have net visited our establishment, we take occasion to say that we keep everything usually kept in a tirst class Dry Goods House, including DRESS GOODS Os every description, CLOAKS, t-HAWLS, ARABS, FURS. CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, NOTIONS, TRIMMINGS, VELVETS, PLUSHES, CORSETS SKIRTS, SASH RIB BONS, BLEACHED .and BROWN C'JTTONS, SHEETINGS, IRISH and TABLE LINENS, GOODS, for Boys, of all kinds, Ladies’ and Gent’s MERINO UNDER VESTS, FLAN NELS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, Ac., &c. Always on hand a splendid assortment of BLACK 81LK8 and MOURNING GOODS, and keeping a buyer constantly in the Northern markets, and doing a large trade, wc keep du ring the season a heavy stock of goods of the NEWEST AND MOST DESIRABLE KINDS, so that purchasers may be sure of getting the latest styles and prettiest goods in the country. Give us a trial. V. RICHARDS & BROS., Fredericksburg Store, Augusta, Ga. P. S.—Orders sent as above unaccompanied with the cash, will be sent C. O. D., without exception nov4-3md*c SKATING RINK On REYNOLDS STREET, opposite St. Paul’s Church, open lor the regular season. Assemblies—Every morning for Ladies from 10 to 13 o’clock. Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, from 3% to 5 o’clock. Tneaday, Thursday and Saturday nights, from to 10 o’clock. Admission, 50cents; children 25 cents; nse of Skates, 25 cents. Package of 12 Admission Tickets fd 00. Monthly Season Tickets, including use of Bkates 5 00 Ladles and Children A 00 Ladies admitted free to the day assemblies. ’ pov3-Btn Notice to the Merchants es Augusta. M* . JOHN W. KERR has been appointed j Agent for the PEOPLE’S DAILY LINE STEAMERS at Savannah. All parties desi rous of patronizing this Line will have their goods ordered to his care. dec2i-6 The Great Medical Discovery! Dr. WALKER’S CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERS, Hundreds of Thousands Bear testimony to tlielr Wonder- i ful Curative Effects. WHAT ARE THEY? THEY ARE NOT A VILE » FANCY DRINK.i FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether in young or old, married or tingle, attfce dawn of womanhood or at the tarn of life, these Tonic Eitiers have no equal. gy Send for n circular. Made ot Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Rofuso Liquors doctored,spiced and sweetened to please the taste, called ” Ton 108,”“Appetizers,” “Restorers,” *c., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, hut are a true Medicine,mado from thoNatlve Roots and Herbs of California, tfroo from nil Alcoholic (Stimulants. They arc tho GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER aud LIFE GIVING PRIN CIPLE a perfect Renovator andlnvlgorator of the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy comUtlon. « NiV person can take ttieso Bitters according to direc tion and remain long unwell. For Inllnmiiiulory mid Chronic It hen liiutlni.i mitt Guilt, Dyspnpalu or Indi gestion, Unions, Komitleut mid luter milicut Fevers, Diseases of tho Blood, Liver, Kidneys, mid Bladder, theso Bit ters have boon most successful. Buch D!»- enscs are caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of tho Digestive Oiguim. DYSPEPSIA Oil INDIGESTION. Headache. Pain In tho Shoulders, Coughs, Tight ■tees of the Cheat, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad tusto in the Mouth Bilious At tacks, Palpitation of tho Heart, Inflammation of Iho Lungs, Pain in the regions of Iho Kidneys, and a hundred other paiutul symptoms, arc tho off springs of Dyspepsia. They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate tho torpid liver and bo weis, which render them of un equalled efficacy In cleansing blood of all Impurities, and imparting new We and vigor to the whole system. SIUN DISEASES, Eruptions,Tetter, Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules. Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, Scald-llead, Sere Eyes,Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever nania or nature, are literally dug up andeanicd out of 11,0 system lu a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle lu buch cases will convince tho most Incredulous of their curative effects. Cleanso the Vitiated Blood whonever you find its impurities bursting through thoskiu In Pim ples, Eruptions or 3oros; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in tho veins; cleanse it when it is foul, and your feelings will tell yon when. Keep the blood pare and tho health of the system will follow. 3IMN, TA PE and other WORMS, lurking in the system of so many thousands, arc effectually destroyed and removed. For full directions, read carefully tho circular around each bottle. » J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD & C 9., Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Cab, raid 33 and 34 Commerce Street, New York. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. (U'(-28-tlt*cly Holiday Presents! 0 THE MOST DECIDED AT McCabe, Costello k Daly's. E will, during this week, offer a very choice stock of WANO\T DRY GOODS, IN TWO LOTS. At SiOO mid <250 each, many articles of which, in order to make a uniform price, will be a SACRIFICE. LADIES are respectfully invited to call lie lore piiichasiug. Every article will be funu.l cheap,and all useful goods. We will also open some IVph and Fresh Patterns IN PAISLIiV I.O\Ci SHAWLS, At much lower prices tbiu like goods have been ever offered in Augusta. McCabe, Costello & Daly, OPPOSITE PLANTERS’ HOTEL, Augusta, Ga. declS eod3 NOTICE, From THIS DATE, we will sell COAL FOR CLASH ONLY. No orders filled without the tnouey. d«cls-2w* BORN, DEARING & CO. Oitllnaiy’s Office, Richmond County,! Acqujta, Ga., December 24,1870. ) -AaL PERSONS having demands against Richmond County arc requested to present the 6J me on or before THURSDAY, the 29th inst. SAMUEL LEVY, dec2s-tf Ordinary R. C. _i\_ Gr IE IS" T S FOR THE SALE OF PERUVIAN OUANO, CHARLESTON, S. O. The undersigned, having been appointed their Agents by Messrs. HOBSON, HURTADO & CO, of New York, who are sole AGENTS AND CONSIGNEES Os Direct importation of Peruvian Guano into the United States, offer for sale and will keep on hand supplies of No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO. A Depot is established here for Direct Im portations. Qoautities of ten (10) tons or more can be bad at 160 (gold) per ton ot 2,240 pounds of Gnaneppe of high grades, this being the Government price. GKO. W. WILLIAMS A CO., dec6-tuihusa2m FACTORS. Further Arrivals OF NEW FALL GOODS, .A.t Reduced [Prices, AT Mullarky Bros’., Dry Goods Merchant*, BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. have for Inspection, daring the whole of the eusuiug week, full lines of the following desirable Goods: DRESS GOODS, in more extended varie ties and at prices considerably reduced. CLOAKS, SHAWLS, ARABS and LOUNGING JACKETS, In the latest, styles and fashions. Gents’ TRAVELING SHAWLS—a new specialty of the season, to which we de sire to call particular attention. BOULEVARD SKIRTS and BALMO RALS—a full assortment of which will be offered at tempting prices. For particular requisites of the season, we are prepared with a large stock of 10-4, 11 4 and 12-4 WHITE BLANKETS, and a full line of GRAY BLANKETS, for Plantation use. FLANNELS. OPERA FLANNELS, lu all desirable shades and colors. Twilled and Plain WHITE FLANNELS. Plain and Twilled RED FLANNELS. Gentlemen's Wear: Cassimeres, Jeans. A choice assortment at prices to suit all. They are a Gentle Purgative as wel I as a Tonic, possess ing also, the peculiar merit ot acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and all tbs Visceral Organs. BLEACHED AND BROWN Sheetings and Shirtings, of all the favorite brands, and which will be sol. I by the piece on advantageous terms to families. MULLARKY BROS. novfl-tf Special Attraction FOR Christmas Week AT James W. Turley’s. ♦ ' * tJ UST RECEIVED, a rich line of FOPLUNT, VEX.OTJR AND OTHER DRESSES. Shawls and Cloaks. Also a large variety of other goods, suitable for PRESENTS, Which will be arranged for convenience of customs rs, ou two ceulre tables, ut the unlloi m price of Fim CENTS and ONE 00LL1K The stock will be found replete with goods suitable for the season. NO. 260 BROAD ST., THIRD HOUSE ABOVE GLOBE HOTEL. declß-tf New and Elegant mi, AND WINTER G O O OA NOW OPKNINO AT TUB BEE BITE DRY GOODS STORE. DRESS GOODS cf tho Latest Styles, Elegant Shawls, Sacques and Scarfs, White, Brown and Grey Blankets. A fine lot of Furs, very cheap. Cassimeres, Sattinets and Jeans. ALSO, A FULL ASSORTMENT OF HOSIERY, GLOVES and NOTIONS. Which will be offered AT THE LO WEST TRICES. I beg leave to return my sincere thanks to my friends and the public generally lor tho liberal patronage extended me duriDg the past year, and assure them that my best efforts will be directed to merit a continuance of the same. George Weber, No. 104 Broad street. octs-eodtf JUST RECEIVED, CHOICE selection of CLOTHS, CAS SIMERES and VEBTINGB, which will be ooen for inspection THIS MORNING at KAVANAGH & LYNCH’S, dec2l-wi*Bu 86 Jackson street.