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V S. MORSE.
UKcTUIIVTIOX OK TIIK IMU.I.
1 ho theory cf the President as to the rela
tions which the /Rates hold to the Federal Gov
err m-.nt, is the true one. The several South
mi ; fates lately at war with the general Gov
ernment, are still within the Union. No
»ut: “inan can ho indifferent to the great prin»
cii that governs the relations of the States to
o,'.< . other. The very life of the Government
I the organic law, that creates and guides if.
'1 i, : Pru-ident tabes the ground, that Virginia
a i l the other States c-t the South were ..over
< o', of the Union. That they con’d go out in
no cthc- v.ay, • than by the succors of their
uirn . 'lli.it as they failed to maintain their
dogma of independence by arms, tiny are
n!l Staffs within the Union. Clearly this is
ti ue. Oitlz :os of the several States engaged in
w ff. <.i hostility against tho United States, may
require pardon. Hut the States cannot
ne. 'l pardon. Th y arc great political com
m >;.wealths, holding the lame relations to the
(’ i. rai Government that they held formerly.
A’ 1 F at is req lirod to rertoro the Union then,
i : ' > give the control of the seveiai State gov
i rntneuti; t , the people who recognize the au
tiiorityof tho Federal government. No new
condition can lie imposed on the State. No
modification ol tho internal siy-dem of State
policy can be insisted on. The General Gov
ernment Ims no authority to criticiso, for ap
proval or condemnation, the structure of a
Statu government, further thau to see that it is
ih publican. If before the late war a State
government was recognized as Republican, that
Stole government mu-t be recogn'zed asUe
pui li an since Hie war, if the essential features
ol Hie government are the fame.
;)m Fdm ,il Government had no right to
abolish nlaveiy in any State before the war. It
had no right to abolish slavery during the war.
I in no right to abolish slavery since tho wftr.
Tim on./ way in which that could bo done, was
by an amendment to tho Constitution. That
ten been accomplished. Tho Geueral Govern
or nt h id no tight to demand ol us a condition
puvedent to the restoration o£ the Union, that
aSi do lately engaged in war with that gov
emm iff, rhould adopt tho amendment. If the
Sialtt was still in tiio Union, no 6uoh condition
could bu required of it, nor could any other
cm itii n. However, the amendment to tbo
('nmititution has be. u made. L-t it stand. It
in quite clear that individuals may bo dea’t
with by the government, if they have violated
i.:- laws. liut the States are Slates still. Nor
ha the Geueral Governmant tho right to make
war on a State.
It may suppress insurrections. That done,
h.u m my is mice more restored.
It follows then when the people of the seve
ral Southern Slates met In Convention and
roc >gniz id the authority of the Federil govern
meat, eo ins'anti, tbo'r relations to that rov
ernni nt were restored. They were entitled to
fopresirt.Ulou in G'ougress. All their civil
lighln ilwuM have been forthwith recognized.
VVlKit other condition can l>o and nnaudod of the
State'.' 'lin* Stan of Georgia is to day ono of
tho state-., of the Union. Georgia has never
cm a.l to bo a St»lo of the Union. If so, her
< :ti'/, nih, have not been guilty of any offence
■it • t ile) authority of tho United States.
Hut the true theory is that Georgia has uover
lveu cut of the Union. Where then nro her
n jiresentatives? Why is not tho voice of
(i iv 'in heard in her councils of the nation ?
Tii * di-unrnd of the radicals led by Sumner
and Stevens, lor additional penalties to be
irn l cu the Southern States, hoforo their
ii ;>;••• ■ cvlives arc admitted, is as wild, disor
:an /.. •, r.u 1 uustutesmanlik',lts the maddest
theorists of Franc, would Uavu desired under
the he cl of Amu-harsis Ciootz.
F: . rplo must lie trusted with tluir Gov
er.Mi. ;r, and It trusted my opinion is that
j will net iu good faith, ami restore their
I . r constitutional relations with all the
St ites couipo ;ing tho Union.— Andrew John-
L--.ier to Uov. Sharkey, of Mississippi.
!u the above eeutunc ) is contained the quint
e.-seni'o of Republicanism. It is tho great
foundation stone upon which tho grand tu
1' >:. iiuturo of Constitutional Liberty was
cre. Ud it is ns comprehensive as it is e!t>
; int. it is beyond cavil; because it ie very
t nth. l.s declaration is tho exhibition of
m ual heroism.
i nv 'gn'viss in tho masses the itnporsona
ti-'u of sovereignty. They are tho Govern
ment. their jiit is tlie law. They elevate
men to offi'e, and honor them with their con
ti ler.ee. They trust and should bo trusted,
they umst be trusted. The President, the
Congress, the Judiciary are servants of the
people. By the latter were they created. At
the hands of their creators do'thoy live. "Shall
the thing formed say to him that formed it,”
••Humble tbyset; yea, in approaching us, thou
s' ait crawl ou thy knees !”
t>hall the servants of tho people bo allowed
to t\ko such a position? N.>! never !
Planting ourselves upon the firm rock ot the
Con-übutiou, we are resolved that it from its
j i .eo shall fly sooner than we.
“ I'he people must bo trus'ed." It is their
inalienable right. Andrew Johnson advocates
this policy. We should give him our lioarty
.-upp. rt. lie it is, who is endeavoring to rid
tho body politic of the leeches of radicalism*
that are gorging themselves with thb life
Mood o! law and liberty.
Unless tho radicals are defeated ia their
plans, American liberty, for which so much
bl. J has be.-n shed and so many hardships
endured, will be lolt ia oar hands a mere
skeleton- lifeless and cold.
Vubr’.’ i* tiik Consistency ?—The radicals
o :..c North were in favor of war to annihi
lari. i'., t> keep tho Sou.h from going out est he
l ni.vj. Throe biiik.ns of mono/ wore spent
in the contest. Now these very same radicals
arc doing all In their power to force the South
•> ,t of the Union. Verily the consistency of
‘i-se demagoga«e consists simply in their
ue-asisteoey.
' Attempt at Stoks Breaking. —>n Son
’..u- right an attempt was made to break into
i •*. >:e oi J. L'. A. Murphey A Cos., No. 314
Broad street. Several holes were bored in the
door but the rogues ud not succeed in effect
iug an entrance.
I Usury Laws —The experience of the past
, has prove! tho inutditv and bad eff.c'sof u-;n
--;ry laws. The very c’aaa they are designed
to protect, are oppressed by them. The very
oijec's for which they are made, are defeated
by their workings. Instead cf assisting the
borrower, usury lawe make money scarce and
more difficult to obtain. lasteal of reducing
the interest, they tend to keep it higher.
The rate of interest in any community should
be allowed to regulate itself. Asa general
thing it ean be determined by at least three
elements : First—The value of it to the bor
rower, who may sometimes gain six per cent,
sometimes six hundred, by 'having trie u.e of
the money fer a given time. Secondly—The
general demand for it, which is governed by
its plenty, as the general condition of comtncr
cial affairs continually is changing, Thirdly—
by the risk of repayments, which is Mriatly a
kind of insurance, and varies with ci'h indi
vidual case.
Now it is pia ; n that not one of these three
elements is a lived one, but constantly vary
ing, and hence cannot properly be fixed by
law. But when the infinite combinations of
ail three enter,into every such transaction,
is evident that no human wisdom can say
what the rate of interest ought invariably to
be, any more than what the rate of rents, in
surance, or any other similar transaction
ought to be.
If it bo said that without, such laws men
may charge exorbitant interest, the reply is
that many charge exorbitant rents for houses,
or hire for horses, and the remedies used to
prevent the one are the proper remedies for
tho other.
If it be said they are needful to protect the
debtor; tho reply is, they do not protect him,
but increase his burdens. In many cases a
man must have money or be proiosted. The
protest will do him more pecuniary injury than
the most exorbitant rata of interest. But the
lender now must charge a rate of interest that
will cover his ri6k, which is much higher, from
the fact that ho has no legal mode of recover
ing his intorost. Add to this the fact that the
strictly conscientious will cejse to lend their
money, when its valuo is such that they lend
it at a loss, end that therefore the borrower is
thrown into the bands of the unscrupulous,
and it is easy to seo that these laws press with
the most grinding force on the most necessi
tous, and really oppress the debtor. They
throw the poor debtor wholly in the power of
thoso who are willing to violate the lav/, if the
premium for the risk is put high enough.
this any advantage to the debtor ?
Extortion is a great wrong, and deserves the
sternest condemnation; but it will never bo
prevented by fixing the price of any commodi
ty, as all sumptuary laws have proven, but by
leaving it open to the great law of Buppiy and
demand, which will apply as unerringly to
money as it does to any other form of value.
The greatest hindrance to the solid growth
aud prosperity of Georgia al present, is the
usury laws which are upon 'her statute book.
What wo want now is capital to devalope our
great resources. Repeal the usury Jaws, and
millions would nt once be at the service of our
business men. An impetus never before ex
perienced, would at onco be given to thou
sands of paying enterprises. Manufactor ies of
all kinds would spring up in our midst. And
millions ot' dollars which arc now seat oat of
the State for goods would be kept at home and
used for other purposes.
that among tho other acts passed
by the Legislature of Georgia at its present
session will be one repealing tho usury law.
The German Arctic Expedition.—We have
heretofore noticed tho project ot anew axpa- j
ditiou to the arctic regions, which has been
proposed in Germany. According to previous
accounts, it was assumed that the success of
the undertaking was secured. But late ad
vices from Europe render the final sailing of
the expedition somewhat doubtful. It is
among the things proposed which waits tho
most important part of tho business, the ccl
iecting of sufficient funds to pay the expenses
An expectation had existed that the Piiissiuu
Government would furnish a war vessel f..r
the purpose, but thus far the omnipotent His
marck had failed to indicate his consent. TV.o
purchase of two American blockading steam
ers, recently sold bv the United States, hail
been proposed, and it was thought that they
could be got for $00,003, American currency.
It was estimated that the whole expedition
would cost about $150,000 ; an 1 although it
was promised in tho beginning of the .enter
prise that merchants of Hamburg and other
cities would mako up the sum, they had not
responded as liberally as was expected.
i'he idea of the promoters of the enterprise
was,that the expedition should sail this spring
from Hammerfest, viaitiug Spitzbergen and
tho fishing ground on the south aide of the is
land. exploring Eales land to the cast of Spitz
bergen. From the latter tho expedition will
then stretch away to the west, endeavoring to
penetrate as far ns possible towards the north,
in order to discover whether the North Polo is
immediately surrounded by a sea tree of ice,
and will next pursue its course to the east
coast of Greenland, whence it will aiso feel its
way as far north as can be accomplished.
Turning then to the east, the expedition will
I cross the Siberian s a, and, if favored by for
' tune, return through the Arctic o oaa. This
scheme contemplates an extensive voyage, and
it will penetrate regions of which vory little is
known. For instance, Eales land is terra in
cognita, and geographers do not know whether
! it is an island, the commencement of an archi
-1 pelago, or even a continent.
Follow the Right.— No matter what you
are. or what your lot, or where you live, you
cannot afford to do that which is wrong. The
only way to obtain happiness and pleasure to.
yourself, ;g to do the right thing. You may
not always hit the mark ; but you should al
ways aim tor it. and wi.h every triil your skill
I will increase. Whether you are to be praised
| or blamed for it by others, whetLer it will
I •®*mlngly make you richer or poorer, or
| whether no other person than yourself know
of youi action; still, always and ia all cases,
do .he right thmg. Your first lessons in the
rule will sometimes Be.-in bard ones, but they
will grow easier and easier, until, finally, de
' ing the ri (? bt tbiL.g will become a habit, and
• to do a wrong will seem an impossibility.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1866,
The Augusta Fiee Department —ls there be
one organization in this city, which occupies a
warm place in the hearts of cur citizen?, and
one too deserving especial notice, it is the
Fire Department- Its history is merged into*
‘that of Augusta. In its very Infancy, it won
distinguished honors, in the battle waged
against the fiery element in 1829i With the
advance of years, it bat gained strength.
Could the car of time be recalled, and made
to pass before u?, we could see the dangers
whxh our firemen Lave gone through, and we
would be enabled rightly to appieciate the great
good they have accomplished. Could past
scenes bo re enacted, we would tremble from
fear, and ‘applaud through admiration, in con
templating the magnitude of the risks they
have Uken, and the self-sacrificing spirit that
has ever distinguished them.
When tbo summer’s sun blazid mast pow
erfully ; and the winter’s blast blew sharpest
and coldest, our firemen failed not to respond
to the call of tho alarm bell.
Comrades have fallen from their ranks
They died where it is fittest for man to die.
“ Whero maa dies for man.”
Crushed and margled, their charred remains
w re borne to their final resting place, while
the bells that had routed them to duty, tolled,
a solemn requiem.
From firemen, the late war transformed
many of them into soldiers, for the discharge
of whose duties they wero eminen*ly qualified
by reason of their experience in braving dan
ger. Gallant firemen made gallant knights of
the sword, and doubly honored are they who
bear the laurels of both.
Under the beneficent smiles of promised
peace, these chivalric spirits have doffed the
paraphernalia of war, lain aside the sword and
the rifle, to appear once more as civilians to
grasp the rope, and man the Irreaks.
Sweetly may our citizens slumber, whilst the
Augusia Fire Departsient lives. Ever efficient,
it ia perfectly, faultlessly so now. No city can
boast of a more orderly and enthusiastic body
of firemen, than Augusta; and we venture the
assertion that no city watches tho career of
this class of her sons, with greater piide, than
our own.
The rolls of tho companies are full ; the ma
chines are in perfect order ; a generous rivalry
exists between the members, while the frank
est friendship distinguishes their association
From all this great good must acme to the
city, and much honor redound m tho depart
ment.
Election cf City Officers. —The election of
City Officers took placo Saturday night. An
nexed is the list:
Clerk of Council: L T B'ome.
Registry Clerk : A B Crump.
Recorder : Win Gibson.
Chief of Police : J A Christian.
Captain of Police : Jas A Bennett.
Two Lieutenants of Police: B F Johnson
nd Thos Walsh.
Five Sergeants of Police ; T Shanahan, M
fall, Josh Dean, Chas Evans, and W J P0w
,61.
Keeper of the Bridge : Geo E W Nolson,
has. Payne appointed Deputy. .
Wharfinger ; II C Foster.
Superintendent Street and Drains ; Jno
lorrison.
Superintendent Water Woiks, Pnrnps and
Jells ; Peter S'neron.
Lamplighter ; Chas Robbie.
Clerk of the Lower Market ; H R Phiipot.
bos Duyer appointed Deputy.
Clerk of th 9 Upper Market ; Wm Keener.
Keeper of the Jail ; T C Bridges.
City Surveyor ; E V Sharps*. #
Four City Physicians : First Ward, Dr J S
ilcman; Second Ward, Dr H A Bignon ;
bird Ward : Dr S B Simmons ; Fourth Ward :
M J Bolan.
Small Pox Hospital Physician : Dr M J
fines.
Keeper of the City Hospital : Wm R Tant.
City Sexton : Thos A Kunze.
Keeper of the City Cemetery : Jerry Morris.
Two Lot Inspectors : First Division, John
''.eilly : Second Division, John McKinne.
Inspector ana Measurer of wood: Matt Sho
rn.
K irpcr of the City Hall and Lot: James
failen.
Police.—W Vale, H Fletcher, J Kavanah, G
'ankersley, W Watson, G Bohler, J Riley, J
.iilis, D Buckley, C Smalley, D Ccnlin, J
hields, R Atkinson, J Ramsey,'S Lawlor, P
lughes. J Shackelford, J Wilson, A Morris,
’ Callghan, T W Olive, T Waters, B Kearney,
;) Kelley, T C Searles, J Hurley, M J Dewan,
t Hays, P Snevlin, T W Shackelford.
Bell Tower : J C Lewis, J Lecelt, J Dolling.
Cift Assessors : From Council : Wm H
Goodrich. From Ward No. I : Josiah Sibley.
!?rom Ward No. 2 : Thos R Rhodes. From
Ward No. 3 • F Lamback. From Ward No. 4 :
Chas A P.att.
Fire Wardens ; J B Stoughton, A H Cook,
J B Piatt and Jno B Smith.
Vendue Masters; Isaac Levy, S A Atkinson,
Geo R Crump & Cos, W B Griffin, Day, Russell
> Benjamin, C V Walker & Cos, T S Heyward
&Son, W A Ramsay & Cos. A Wilson.
Freedmen 's Affairs in the U S Congress.—
Washington letters say that the House Com
mittee cn Freed men have authorized their
chairman to report a bill continuing the Bureau
and enlarging its power in accordance with the
recommendations of Gen. Howard. The bill
authorizes the President to set apart in the
States of Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas,
under the homestead law, three million acres
of government lands, the same to be allotted
in parcels of forty acres each to freedmen at
such rental as may be agreed cn by giving tho
freedmen the right to purchase the land at any
time by paying its valuation.
This legislating upon freedmen at Washing
ton is all wrong. The ultras who are now
trying to lead in the National body of legislation,
know but little in regard to matters ia the
South. From their acts, we are led to infer
that they care less. Their great aim aud
object appears to be to cater solely to the
taste ofntgro sympathisers of the North. The
South and her interests, have no place in their
thoughts or legislative deeds. Looking for
political advancement, they talk and vote for
their supporters in Northern latitudes.
One thing i3 certain—the less they legislate
uooa the freeduian, the better it will be for
him—aud for themselves also in the end.
Hewitt's Globs Hotll. —It is but justice to
both travelers, as well a.'. to Col. Hewitt of the
Globe Hotel, that a few facts in regard to the
house be widely circulated.
This hotel for the past .nr months ha3 been
under tho management of anew landlord—
Mr. Hewilt, of Virginia. Anew landlord he
is to the Globe Hotel and its pations, but an
old hotel keeper is he ; and most truly can
it be said of him that he knows how to keep a
public house of entertainment. A vi>sit to the
Globe will satisfy any one of this.
The House has been refitted and refurnished
throughout. Everything hc3 been arranged
for the comfort of travelers and boarders.
Toe landlord and his gentlemanly assistants—
Col. Jones and Mr. newitt—are assidious in
their endeavors to please ail who call. The
servants are polite and attentive, in short all
that can be, is tiono to traveler leei
perfectly at home.
Tho capacious dining room presents to the
aye an air of neatness and comfort. The tables
are well supplied with everything the market
affords—served up in the best manner, in “ the
highest style of the cooking art.” A man “can
get his money’s worth at the tables cf the
Glebe, and not half try.”
To sum up what ought to be said in a few
words, there is no better kept hotel in this
city cow than the Globe. ♦
Mr. Hewitt, we are glad to perceive, is re
ceiving a liberal share of the public patronage.
And well-worthy of it ia he. Tho better his
house is known, the more popular it becomes.
No one leaves it dissatisfied ; and those who
have been there once are certain to go there
again.
Wo have written tho above as a simple act
of justice to the ne v proprietor of the Globe
Hotel. His house is kept ia a manner that is
a credit to the city. Civility, order, neatness,
attention to wants of patrons, and a bounti
fully supplied table are requisites for a good
house. All th. se are the characteristics of the
Globe under its present able management.
To those, unacquainted with its situation we
will say it is located CD the corner of Broad
and Jackson streets— in the very centre of the
business part of the city. This of itself makes
it a very desirable place to stop, for both these
who coma to Augusta for profit as well a8
pleasure.
To ail who visit Augusta, we say “Try the
Globe” aud we are certain you will be satis
fied.
Brownlow Again. —Gov. Brownlow, has
been again making another of his famous, or
more properly speaking infamous speeches at
msliville. The whole is a senseless tirade
of self praise and blasphemy. He tells of hie
early career, and boasts of “being a good bu
reau and cupboard maker.” It would bo well
for the country if ho was at the same business
now. ,
Here is a sample of ihe blasphemy of the
impious fanatic. The rcmaiks were made af
ter he had commented on the Freedman’s Bu
reau not giving satisfaction in somo sections :
If our b’.esssd Saviour wero to come to David
son county with shoulders straps on, and three
or four stars on his shoulder, and bring with
him a military staff of tho (id Apostles, he
could not give satisfaction to tho rebels of
Davidson county.
The Knoxville agitator proposes still “to
fight cn.” We propose that he be “emigra
ted” to Africa, or some other benighted re
gion where his civilization would be on a par
with the inhabitants In a Christain
community, Brownlow i3 as much cut of his
sphere, as ihe evil one himself would be in the
company of a saint.
New Telegraph Lins Completed He
short space of thirty days, Cos- Bullock of the
Sculbe'rn Express Ccmp&ny, has witnessed the
completion of a line of telegraph connecting
this city with Atlanta, direct.
The lino is under the special charge of the
Express Company, and supplies a great public;
wan# The thanks of the people generally are
due the enterprising Superintendent of the
excellent Company above referred to, for
what has been done.
The lice was constructed under the person
al supervision of one of our young townsmen,
Mr. J. F. Miller, who deserves extra comment
dation for the manner in which the work was
accomplished.
Preparations are being made to establish a
branch line to Athens.
We are glad to see our people bestirring
j themselves, and moving in matters, from which
I great good must accrue to all.
Tub Advance Must be Mads at the North.
—Some of the Northern papers are very severe
on the religion of the South because the
Southern Presbyterian church declined to re
unite with the Northern churches. Well, why
should they ? They were cast off by the
Northern churches and excluded from its ben
efits. They only accept the decision. They
cannot go back without first being asked to do
go. The barrier between the church South
and North was erected by the litter—and it
is the duty of the latter to remove the same
if they wish it done. The Southern Presbyte
rian church had no hand in the matter, and they
should not bo abused for not performing a dis
agreeable duty which ether parties should at
tend to.
The Complete Rbstoraiion.— The Memphis
papers state that a dispatch had been received
in that city, announcing that the President has
determined to issue a proclamation declaring
the restoration of the Union, as soon as Texas
and Florida shall bo reorganized.
A rumor to this effect has been in circula
tion in Washington for some time. Every one
who desires to see the country prosper, will be
pleased when tho President take3 the step
9poken of. Such a policy will thwart some of
the schemes of the radicals and will be quite
an advance towards the sMtlenunt ot all dis
puted questions which are used .to keep up
i agitation and sectional discord.
What the President think 5 of Re-Coxbtruc
tion —Hon. Hiram McCulloch called cn Presi
dent Johnson a day or two since, and had a
free and frenk conversation with him. The
President express'd Ids fall confidence in be
ing able to restore the entire union of the
States to the satisfaction of all national and
reasonable men*without any further humilia
i tion of the South.
The Sidewalks.—We have taken occasion
times without number, to ca l the attention to
the condition of certain cf cur sidewalks.
Seme we have found broken, others sunken,
and others stiil minus the bricks. With the
utmost tension of our humble imaginative
powers, we could not account for the latter as
to how. and by whom the biicks were re
moved.
Sunday afternoon, however, we were wend
ing our way homeward, when our eye
rested on a part of the pavement on Green
street, which was badly torn. Forbearing a
second thought, one would have supposed that
tho brick mason, who worked on that street,
was sadly in want of material when ho did the
work.
While remarking this, mentally, we ob
served a very handsome and tastefully dressed
young gentleman, stop at this very spot, tear
up one of the brick bate, and tos3 into an ad
joining yard, with .the exclamation : “ I’ll
have enough affor a while with which to build
a house.”
Thus it is that our worthy Street Commis
sioners are constantly berated for what inge
nious young men do. We protest agamst tho
indulgence, by young citizens of this mania
for economising. Surely the authorities have
enough on their hands to keep’ the streets in
order, when worn by travel, and ought not b 8
burdened with this last grievance.
The True Policy. —The very first thing that
should be done by Congress is to pass a res
olution admitting the Southern members to
their seats without further discussion. All
measures are secondary to this one. It is this
subject that gives to this Congress a greater
interest than has ever attached to any other.
It is, above all topics, the one that Congress
meets to act upon. If therq ever was a time
when men should give up their mean little side
strife for personal advantage and act alone as
the good of the country requires, it is now.
Let Congress remember that by meanly tri
fling with the pride of the Southern people, by
insisting upon what must be equivalent to
humiliation, it may, at this critical period, ron
der it impossible for ns ever to have a true,
real union of the States again. There may be
union in name forever, but not in feeling. But
by now meeting the South in a proper spirit, it
may shake tho Union stronger, truer, and more
real than ever.
Generous forgiveness always makes friends.
The North must have confidence in honesty of
purpose on the part of the South. The North
must have confidence and take the South at its
word. It is the only plan by which we can
restoro to the country a condit’on of real peace.
It is only by adopting a liberal policy that the
- both sections of the country can be made one
in feeling, and one in concert of action.
The St. James Sunday School and its Tab
leaux. —We aro pleased to learn that this ex
cellent school is rapidly pushing forward to
completion tfie plans sat uu foot soma lime
since, with a view to a series of Tableaux,
charades, &c., from which it hopes to realize
a handsome sum of money, so that a cenotaph
may be erected to the memory of those of its
members who were killed or who died in the
army, during the late struggle.
The different committees, together with the
young ladies and gentlemen who are to par
ticipate in the exhibitions contemplate meeting
this afternoon at at the Augnsta
Orphan Asylum. Let all be present.
Hot suppers will also be given, and we
would say to our grocer dealers that the ladies
of St. James will be more than obliged to them
for any contributions they may make that
will further this good work. Give, gentlemen.
It is to perpetuate the memory of some of our
noblest and best young men.
Hon. A. H. Stephens. —We notice in the
Washington City National Intelligencer the fol
lowing extract from a letter written by Mr.
Stephens, from his residence at Crawiordville,
dated, 25th ultimo :
“As to how I am doing, I can only say that,
“in the matter of health, I have improved
“ greatly since my return home ; but the conn
“ try I find in a worse condition—physically
“ anu politically—than I expected. The gen
eral desire of the people is for a speedy res
“ toration of civil law and harmony, and I am
“ engaged in doing all I can to effect that result,
“ I do trust that wisdom, moderation and true
“ patriotism wili rule the councils at Washing
“ ton. * * * Meanwhile, it is the duty o
“ every one to do the best he can. The wise
‘ and the good will always take things as they
“ find them, and do tho best they can with
“ them a3 they present themselves.”
Richmond County Superior Court. —This
Court met yesterday morning. The following
is the list of Grand Jurors for the present
week : J T Jackson, Foreman; I R Rhodes, J
H Hollingsworth, Dr. Ed Barry, Berrier
Rachels, Jno E Burch, Henry E Clarke, Fred
R Shaw, Henry T Peav, E T Murphc-y, H L
Leon, J L Hahn, E W Brown, Jas Miller,
Nath" Rachels, Jno B Moore, Alfred WilsoD,
E F Kinchley, Geo A Oates, H Williams. •
Messrs. Jno L Davidson aud T B Long were
examined and admitted to practice law.
Jno B Cummings, Esq., was appointed At
torney General pro tern.
The criminal docket is to be taken up on
Friday morning next.
The Judge presented an able an interesting
charge to the Grand Jurv.
Loss of Steamer Ayres. — Ihe steamer
Asher Ayres, left Hawkinsville for"Savannsh
on Satuiday, January 6. On the Tuesday
following, about half a mile below Half Moon
Bluff, a place half way between
and Darien, on the Altamaha river. She
caught fire and burned to the waters edge
She had on board 1.023 balas of cotton, 175 of
which was in the held. The passengers and
crew were saved, with the exception of some
five or six negroes. The steamer cost $60,000
insured for $50,000. Most of the cotton was
insured. s
Church Robbkp.y —Oq Saturday night the
lecture room of the Green street Baptist
Church was broken open an 1 robbed of sev
eral articles, besides :he carpeting, A church
robber is one ct the meanest of all thieves. He
is sunk in the lowest death of crimes—having
neither the fear of God or man before his
eyas.
VOL. LXXV.—-NEW SERIES VOL. XXV NO. 5.
Sources cf English Cotton In
the year 1864, England obtained 2 586,336
bales of cotton, aud iu 1865 this amount was
iSnreased to 3 100,000 bales. The sources
from which she procured the cotton were In
dia, China, Egypt, Brazil, United States, West
Indies, Smyrna and Mediterranean. India
furnished the largest quantity, 1,397,514 in
1864, and 1,600,000 in 1865. China comes
next, 390 071 in 1864, and 600,000 in 1865.-
The United States was fifth on the list, furn
ishing 197,776 in 1864 and 200,000 in 1865. It
will be observed that India, the chief source
of supply, did not exhibit any very remarka
ble increase in 1865 over 1864, notwithstand
ing the extraodinary efforts made by Great
Britain to develop the culture cf this plant in
her own .province, and the construction of in
sernal improvements to oalurge the facilities
of transportation.
Wine Production- in California.— Tho ex
tent of the California wine interest is compar
atively little known in the Atlantic States:
Every year increases the product immensely.
The estimate for the present year is 350,000
gallons in Los Angelos county, 350 000 gallons
in Sonora county, and 300,000 ia the remain
der of the State, or 1,000,000 gallons in al!—
more than four times the product of tho United
States in 1860.
The California wines are also noted for their
excellence aud superior qualities, and are fast
taking ihe place of the vines of the old world.
These wines can bo had of Blair, Smith & Cos
of this city, who are the agents for the leading
California vineyards.
Robbers Arrested. —Three persons impli
cated in the iobbcry of A uns Express Com
pany, on boaid of the trail from New York to
Boston a few days ago, h ?e been captured.
They were traced by Mr. Sanford, agent, and
some private detectives acting under his or
ders. Two cf the parties were arrested at Nor
walk, Rhode Island, and the other in a low
house in this city. Nearly three-fourths of the
money was found in letters in their possession.
The whole amount taken from the safe did not
exceed five hundred thousand dollars.
The Registry List is now open at the office
of the Clerk of the City Council for the pur
pose of registering names of and giving of
certificates to, the legal voters of the city of
Augusta. In accordance with the act of the
Georgia Legislature, approved February 18 h
1856, and w:th the City Ordinance, providing
for carrying said act into effect, the said List
is to be kept open until the ,first Monday in
April next.
Office hours daily, (Sundays excepted), from
8 o’clock A. M., to 1 o’clock P. M., and from
3 to 5 o’clock P. M.
Revolvers.— At Bailie & Bro’s., can be
found, a fine stock of revolvers, both of Colt’s
and Smith & Weston’s make. Among the lot
are all the new patterns and various sizes.
Somo of them aro beautifully finished —iue
best ever offered in this’markel; a supeiior ar
ticle in every respect. Bailie has all the
necessary ammunition, also.
The order prohibiting the sale of these wea
pons has been revoked. All who want can be
supplied by calling at Bailie & Bro’s.
■
City Taxes.—All persons liable for City
Taxes are notified by the City Clerk, that the
City Tax Digest for 1866, is now opened at
his office, and will remain open until the first
day of March next, by which time all returns
must be made. All those who fail to make
returns by that time, will be returned for doub
ble taxation.
Office hours from 9’cloek A. M. to 1 o’clock
P. H., and from 3 to 5 o’clock P. M,
Counterfeit Gold Coin.— lt is stated that
debased gold is on tho maiket to a considerable
amount. Its withdrawal as circulation has
given time to experts in counterfeiting to
manufacture large quantities of filled coin.
The payment of custom duties, ia gold, in con
sequence of the scarcity of demand notes,
keeps the false coin in company with the
genuine, and the counterfeits are so well made,
that none but experts can detect them.
Another Robbery —The store of Solomon
Cohen, No. 270 Broad street, was entered on
Friday night, and about one thousand dollars
worth of clothing stolen.
Our merchants are certainly, all of them,
in a fair way to dispose of their goods—if
these stealing operations keep on—at a very
little profit. Something ought to be done to
put an end to such transactions.
Still Going On.—The practice of taking
horses without leave is going on as regularly az
night comes. Thi3 practice is a very incon
venient one to the legitimate owners of the
animals. We are of the opinion that such
proceedings ought to be stopped in some way.
Another Rcbbeky. —The store of James
Costello, on the corner of Fenwick and Wash
ington streets, was entered on Monday night,
and robbed of a large amount of goods. The
thieves effected an entrance through one of the
windows, by borinf* through the shutter.
East Tennfsseb and Georgia Railroad.—
By the new schedule, trains leave Chattanoog a
at 3:30 A. M., and arrive at Knoxville at 11:50
A. M. Leave Knoxville at 2 P.M. and arrive
at Chattanooga at 10:20 P. M.
Room Robbery. — The r oms of Dr. Gepharl,
on Mclntosh street, neor Broad, was entered
Friday night, and about SSOO, together with
wearing apparel, wore s. 'en therefrom. This
a the second time tbe D uierhas been robbed
STVIK ITEM
Ia assessing the cOttoa tax in Columbus,
twenty pounds per bale for rope and bagging
is allowed.
One hundred thousand dollars of the new
seven per est semi annual coupon bonds, of the
denominations of five -hundred and one thou
sand dollars each, issued in conformity with
the act of the l&‘-e Convention, have been
placed on deposit for sale at the First National
Bank of Macon.
A little daughter of Maj RII Whitelcy, o
Bainbridge, was burned to death January 11,
by her dress catching on fire fiom the stove in
the school room.
Permanent shore lights are to be put upon
Savannah river from Tjbee to the city of
Savannah.
The supply cf pork is so plentful in the
Savannah market that the price has fallen to
(eighteen cent3 per pound.
Garrotting still continues at Savannah.
One gentleman was relieved of 6ix hundred
dollars a few evening* since.
HEWS SIMMABV.
Nearly SBO,OOO worth of seeds, agricultural
tools, etc , have been distributed in Virginia
by the Baltimore Agricultural Aid Society.
The Common Council of Elmira, N. Y., have
declared tho gas works in that city a nuisance
and ordered their removal.
Four million of bricks are required for the
new Galt House at Louisville.
The superintendent of the new construction
of tho new court house in New Yorkhas $40,-
000 a year for his salary.
Since 1860, tho population of Illinois has
increased about COO,OOO or nearly 33 per cen
tum,
The present total of national bank circula
tion is over $240,000,000.
Juarez has entered upon his new term of
office as President of Mexico, meeting with lit
tle opposition.
The Legislature of Maryland is now in ses
sion. Gen. Swayne elected Governor one year
ago has been inaugurated.
The present debt of the city of Boston is
$10,021,198.
The entire police control of the oity of
Charleston, has been turned over by the mili
tary to the Mayor and city authorities; but
various restrictions are placed upon the action
of the latter in regard to the trial and dispo
sition of negroes that may be arrested for out
rages committed by them, and also in the case
of white men charged with outrages upon ne
groes. Governor Orr has also issued a procla
mation, stating that although civil government
has been restored, the writ of habeas corpus
still remains suspended, and the military
power is, therefore, paramouut in all contro
versies in which tho blacks are interested.
Gen. Kilby Smith is at Lynchburg Ya., with
his family.
An entire family in Brooklyn, N. Y., five in
numb:r, have been poisoned by the use ot
musty flour. One died, balance will recover.
Petitions are in circulation in Canada for
a peaceful separation from and an
nexation to United States.
The old cannon recently sold at Brooklyn
N. Y. is to be Tendered inserviceable before
being delivered to puichaser.
Highway murders are being committed in
the Pennsylvania oil regions
It is estimated that the yield of lumber this
year from Maine will bo 200,000,000 feet.
During his Presidential term, Lincoln saved
$70,000 from his salary.
Prof. Agassiz finds the snake as various in
South America as the fishes.
The Northern Pacific Railroad charter has
passed into the hands of Boston capitalist.
Btigham Young says he has men, muskets,
pistols, cannon and ammunition enough, and
men to use them, and that he will use them if
the Gentilies come to Utah to interfere with
polygamy. He denounces the Government,
and declares that he will be the Governor of
Uiah forever.
A number of tho most skillful [pilots _ of the
coast of Ireland are said to have arrived »n
New York recently to take charge ot a Fenian
expedition.
A negro, lately sold* into slavery for five
years, at Washington, N. C., under an old law
of the State, has been set at liberty by an or
der of the military authorities, upon the ground
that no laws can be enforced that makes any
distinction between whites and blacks.
The census of New York ishowa that the
population of that State has decreased 49,-
000. At the same time the population of Illi
nois has increased about 400,000.
The Nashville and Cattanooza rail toad has
begun a suit against its late President for one
million dollars damages for permitting the late
Confederate Government use the road and
its machinery during the was.
A fire occurred in Nashville January 13,
destroying three buildings on the public
square, and property amounting in the aggre
gate to s*oo,ooo.
A letter from Mississippi says the govern
ment cotton recently destroyed in that State
was burned by agents, who having stolen a
portion of that in their charge, fired the rest to
destroy proof of tl)6ir guilt.
A telegraph has been constructed among
A New Orleans gentleman was recently rob>
bed Dear San Antonio, Texas,'of $116,000.
A national convention to devise measures to
increase the production of cotton in the United
States is to be held.
In South Carolina, freedmen are made re
sponsible for all animals and tools entrusted
to their care, and are required to give assu
rance of good faith in the performance of their
duties
The people along tho lines of several West
ern railroads have held meetings denouncing,
the high rates charged for faro and freight.
Gov. Andrew, of Massachusetts, delivered
his farewell meeaage on Thursday.
The rolling mill at Chattanooga is turning
out one mile and a quarter of railroad iron
per day.
Col. James Luthel, a conservative, has been
elected Mayor of Knoxville.
The Albany Evening Journal—Thurlow
Weed’B paper—has a long leader opposing the
trial or punishment of Jefferson Davis.
General. K. Clay Crawford, who is said to be
advancing the cause of the Lib avals in Mexico,
by recruiting in Texas, was the inmate of a
Virginia penitentiary at the opening of the
war. . _ , .
The Attorney General of Pennsylvania has
decided that States can tax National Banks.
In Philadelphia in l f>s, 40,000, persons were
arrested by the police.
Ail expedition has sailed from New York to
destroy tho Spanish fleet off Chili with tor
pedoes. * .
Gen. Sherman has written a letter in which
he takes strong grounds against any interfer
ence with the Mexican imbrcgalia.
A New Haven firm discharged one of their
clerks three years ago, on suspicion that he
had stolen S3OO from them. Last Christmas
day they found the money under a counter
all bitten to pieces by thieving mice.
James Kerrigan and Marris Phelan are ex
pected to fight for SI,OOO.
More than $500,000,000 of gold have been
received from California during the last twelve
7 "Between Buffalo and New York freight is
taken at 45 cents per hundred, a reduction of
32 cents per hundred within a few days.
The usual winter rate is sl,lO per hundred lbs.
Corn is so plentiful in some places at the
west that it is being used for fuel.
Asiatio coolies are being introduced Into
Mexico.
Forty-million bushels of grain were shipped
from Chicago in 1865.
Over one hundred thousand negroes are
drawing rations.
There has been another fearful revolution In
St. Domingo.
The Lincoln Monument Committee, have
raised only $14,000; $50,000 is needed.
Owen, who recently committed suicide in
Boston, was concerned in Lincoln’s assassin
ation*
Efforts are being made to get Ketchsm, the
defaulter, pardoned
Texas is rapidly filling with
Steamers are i mining regularly between New
Orleans and Per saoola.
the Andes Moun ans from Bogota to Hando.
A son of au English nobleman has been
convicted of forgery in NewYork.
Forty millions of letters pass through tho
Chicago Post- office annually. .
An old silver doi'ar of 1794 told in * BW
York for $152 50.
Petroleum oil product last year 2,180,000
A volunteer police force has been organized
in Chattanooga. , . .
Point Lookout i3 to be converted into a
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Asylum.
The snow in Nevada is three or four feet
deep. _
The New York stock exchange gave Gen.
Grant a Christmas present of Sj'l.wo.