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Cljcitaie toriti
ROME, GrA.
TUESDAY MORNIXG. March 7.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Gen. JOHN B. GORDON,
OF FULTON COUNTY.
FOK CONGRESS.
PIERCE M. B. YOUNG,
or Babtow €o.
FOR SEN ATI—I2d District.
JOHN' T. BURNS,
Of ClIATTOGGA Co.
Floj'd County dominations.
Democratic Ticket.
FOR LEGISLATURE.
Dunlap Scott and M. R. It alien "cr.
For Ordinary—JESSE LAMBERTS.
For Sheriff—L. F. MAT, with Thos. V. Smith
End Joseph II. Lumpkin as Deputies.
For Clerk Superior Court—A. E. ROSS.
For Tax Receiver—K. Vi. BERYSILL.
For Tax Collector—S. C. TROUT.
For Treasurer—J T. MOORE.
, I. G. BLAKE.
For Coroner'
and
pre-
Auothcr Change—Irwin Withdraws.
Gen. Gordon is Nominated.
By the statements in the following
amble and resolutions, it will be seen that
Gen. Meade has decided that Judge Irwin
is inclli-'iblc to the office of Governor, and
that Gen. J. ii. Gordon is elligible. In ac
cordance with this decision, Judge Irwin
has withdrawn His name, and. we are as
sured, will soon publish a letter urging his
friends t'support Gen. Gordon for Gover
nor.
Apart of the State Central Committee
were present at the meeting held in Atlan
ta last Saturday night—Judge Cahiniss be
ing in the Chair—and gave full approval
to the following resolutions. The meeting
was large and enthusiastic After his nomi
nation, Gen. Gordon was escorted to the
stand, where lie spoke for au hour and a
half, and accepted the nomination. It is
hardly necessary for us to state that we cor
dially approve of the nomination of General
Gordon, and will give him a hearty sup
port. Wc love to make a straight-out light
with a frank, bold, honest and able leader;
and such an one wc have iu Gen. John 15.
Gordon.
Judge Cahiniss, on taking the Chair
made a short speech, and concluded with the
following statement :
“There were three members of the Ceu-
tral Executive' Committee in the city, and
they have consulted, by telegraph, the mem
bers residing in the city of Macon, who are
seven in number, as to the propriety of
recommending a distinguished sou of Geor
gia ns candidate, and an answer has been
received concurring in the proposed recom
mendation.” _ >
lie t UjXLyay authority of the Central
•Executive Committee, of the National
Democratic party of Georgia, announced to
the meeting, and to the people of Georgia,
that tlie Committee recommend Gen. Johu
li. Gordon, of tlie county of Fulton, as a
candidate for the office of Governor, at the
approaching election.
The following preamble and resolutions,
were then read aud adopted : -*
Whereas, The lion. David Irwin has de
clined the candidacy for Governor of Geor
gia at tlie election on the 20th iust,, for tlie
reason that Gen. Meade has declared him'
ineligible; and it being absolutely necessa-
Au Important Suggestion.
Have you registered? asks the Atlanta
Intelligencer, and have you considered the
vital importance of going to the polls on the
20th of April, and doing all in your pow
er to save Georgia from the domination of
negro radicalism, and political adventurers
from New England? Georgia will need
every vote her true, sons can give her, and
it is vastly important that all who
have not done so should go and regis
ter.
The Registration Rooks will be opened
on Monday, the 6th day of April, and re
main open for a period of five days, during
which time it is hoped that every man who
is in favor of Georgians ruling Georgian ill
go and have his name enrolled. Many good
men did not register when the books were
opened before, but they certainly will not
neglect it now. The following is an extract
from General Orders No. 39, dated March
IT, 186S, issued by Gen. Meade:
V. It shall be the duty of the Boadsjrof
Registration iu Georgia, in accordance with
said acts, commencing fourteen days prior
to the election herein ordered, and giving
reasonable public notice of the time and
place thereof to revise, for a period of five
days, the registration lists, aud upon being
satisfied that any person not entitled thereto
has been registered, to strike the name of
such person from the list, and sucli person
shall not be allowed to vote. And such
Boards shall also, during the same period,
add to such registry the names of all who,
at that time, possess the qualification re
quired by said acts, who have not already
registered.
Iu deciding who arc to be stricken from
or added to the Registration lists, the Boards
will be guided by the acts of Congress re
lating to Reconstruction, and their atten
tion is especially called to the Supplemen
tary acts which became a law July 19,
1868.
It will be seen from this that all who
have failed to do so, heretofore, now have
an opportunity, and no true sou of Geor
gia will neglect it.
[For the Courier.
GEN. JOHN H. GORDON.
Reasons why wc should Vote for General
John B. Gordon for Governor.
BY . A. STEWART.
The Relief Iniquity Exposed.
We publish to-day an unanswerable argu
ment against the so-called relief measures
of the Atlanta Convention, by Hon. R. II.
Hill. We wish the white nienof Cherokee
Georgia, who iutend to vote for the new
Constitution because of this feature, would
give Mr. Hill's letter a careful perusal.—
These mou do not desire to be deceived,
fooled aud ruined by false hopes, and the
interests of all demand that they should
not he. Mr. Hill aud all other good men
desire that the people should not bo. Mr.
Ilill aud all other good men desire that the
people should have all the relief that is
possible and right under the circumstances,
but lie does not want the people to do a
known wrong, under the false hope of ob
taining a doubtful good. Before any man
swallows the Negro Pill, he should be cer
tain that by so doing, ho will obtain the re
lief he desires.
We hope our readers will give Mr. Hill’s
letter a careful perusal, and then loan it to
their neighbors.
Tickets—Get Tickets.
We are prepared to furnish tickets em
bracing the names ofall the candidates from
Governor down to county Coroner, at short
notice. Price 84 a thousand. Send in
your orders at once.
\ it to have a candidate in the field, at once,
Hfcr*“ _ "fnT>pp03i£ion to R. B. Bullock, aud there
being no time to loose to consult parties at
a distance, and tlie commanding General of
this Military District having expressed the
opinion that Gen. John B. Gordon is, eli
gible, Be it, therefore,
1st Resolved, That this meeting unaui-
mously nominate, as a candidate for Gov
ernor at the ensuing election, that Chris
tian gentleman, that splendid type of all
that is good and true, generous and noble,
among all the sons of.Georgia, Gen. John
B. Gordon, of the county of^Fultou; and
that it is in full accord, iu regard to •’ said
nomination, with the Central Democratic
Executive Committee of Georgia, as an
nounced by its Chairman at the opening of
this meeting.
Resolved. That we invite nli tbegnod
nud true of all parties, cordially to unite
with us to secure his election and thereby
place the State in the hands of those who
will preserve her honor arid advance h<*r
every welfare. 'Sf-
Resolved That we sincerely' regret tlie ne
cessity that has caused tlie withdrawal of
Judge Irwin, whose election, -had* he not
been declared ineligible, seemed beyond a
doubt, and in whom the people of Georgia
have the highest confidence, and whom
they will yet delight to honor.
V. A. Gaskill, Esq., moved the udop* ion
of this report, and supported his motion
- ;th a few remarks, when iu one long,
unanimous “aye” the motion was Sustain
ed.
StoitiN<i tick Fp.n*.—Ry General Or
der No. 51. issued by.Gen Meads/on the
4th iust., and which is copied into our pa
per to-day. it will he seen that the fun of
the b>y« over the (vu Xlux Ivlan mysteries
is suddenly stopped, by stringent military
orders. While we expect to comply fully
with the order, we greatly regret that Gen.
Meade had not issued equally, prohibitory
orders in reifttrd to the Union League.—
Thousands of voters, intimidated, by threats
of the leaguers, were controlled, in the last
election, by them. If the Ku Klux Klan
is regarded as a secret, political association,
we cauuot see the justice of suppressing it,
while its rival is left free to do all the mis
chief possible iu such organizations. We
know nothing of the internal workings of
either, but believe that all secret. political
associations are inimical to Repnblican In
stitutions.
Steam Fire Euglue.
We are glad to learn that Mr. James
Noble succeeded, to his entire satisfaction,
in purchasing, at Redding, Pa., a Steam
Fire Engine for our city, ft is represent
ed as an excellent machine, and is expect
ed to arrive in a few days.
fiJssT'The Huntsville (Ala.) Independent
says : There is a power of strength in the
words, Pendleton, Greenbacks and no
gro States. Pendleton will, from preseut
appearances, be the next Presidential
enmbent of the White House.
IteaT'Thc Chattanooga Republican thinks
the “Kabalisfcic Karacters,” K. K. K. mean
i4 Kill Kcuuy.Kats” and suggests that : if
they arc severaly left alone,like the famous
Kat story of our childhood, there will soon
be nothing left but tales.”
A Witness for the President.
The World indulges its imagination as
follows, under the head of ‘*Stauton on the
stand:”
Possible Examination and the
“Sticking” Witness Stuck —Mr. Stan
ton called on the witness staud.
Council for President—xVre you^ecreta-
ry of War?
Stanton—f am.
Council for Pres.—By what authority do
you hold your office?
’ S.—By appointment of President Lin
coln, confirmed by the Senate, January 13
7SG3. — T have a commission of that
First. Whu the abolition party, through
their denunciations of tbo Union and the
Constitution, threatening to dissolve the
one aud trample underfoot the‘other, had
driven talented and leading men oi the
South into acts of secession and separation
—acts looking to the separation of the
slaveholding States South, from the nou-
slaveholding States of the North—acts took
ng to the establishment of a separate and
distinct Confederacy for the Southern States
free from the agrariau influence of North
ern Radicalism, it is not to bo wondered at
that John B. Gordon, young, impulsive and
talented as he was, should have taken up
arms in support of what is now termed the
lost cause.
As an honost man—yiung iu life, and
of noble impulses—yielding to the counsels
of older heads, and striking for the defense
of what he felt was his own native land, vv
should honor him: and now since the ex
perience of years of turmoil and conflict,
has matured his judgment, as to the Dens
ities of the hour; and pointed out to him
the only way of deliverance from impend
ing dangers, we should not fear to trust
him at the helm of State, where prudence,
fortitude and valor will be called iuto req
uisition.
Irv^he second place, Gen. John B. Gor
don is an honest man, aud always means
what he says.
On surrendering his sword, which he had
drawn in defonse of the lost cause, he
promised to return to the Union and renew
his allegiance to the Constitution end laws
in pursuance thereof.
In making this promise, he meant what
he said. IIo believes our only safety is in
the Union under the Constitution; and he
is no.v trying to infuse this sentiment into
the hearts of the young men who followed
him to battle; and to lead them back to the
support of the Union asit was, and to the
renewal of friendly relations with those who
so recently were in arms against us. lie
urges us to so deport ourselves as to satisfy
the true Union men of the North that
earnestly desire a restoration of the Union.
A man thus' nobly engaged in the work
of restoration and conciliation should be
encouraged by our confidence, and support
ed by our votes.
In the third place. lie is laboring to
shield us from the paralyzing influence of
higher-law experiments—to protect
against a revolu’iouary Congress, which is
laboring to impeach a law-abiding Presi
dent, to strike down the Supreme Court,
aud to trample the Constitution under fool.
He warns us aga ; nst the adoption of a Con
stitution which a branch establishment of a
revolutionary Congress is endeavoring to
foist upon us. He warns us against-tlie
evils which must necessarily result from
the attempts making to establish the polit
ical and socia! equality of the races, black
aud white. lie warns us agaiust the .at
tempt to build up the radical, higher-law
party, by disfranchising white men and en
franchising negroes. It is thus he is en
gaged in helping ua return to the Union as
it was, and to preserve constitutional liber
ty for ourselves and our posterity.
It is thus he casts aside the mistaken
policy of secession, and urges the restora
tion of good government, under otic flag—
the old stars and s*ripes, and under one
compact, the Constitution of our country.—
And having confidence in the truthfulness
of his declarations, »nd the honesty of his
purpose, we will go to the polls and cast
our votes for 'ohn B. Gordon fo/ Governor
of Georgia.
In tbo fourth place. Speaking for myself,
individually, 1 can say that my Union sen
timents during the war, and my present
opinion of tlie radical party, and of their
odious and clanish organizations, known as
Union Leaguers, will be no barrier to my
voting for Gen. John B. Gordon—r-not be
cause lie voted for secession or fought to
dissolve the Union, but because ho is a
high-minded, honorable man—willing to
profit by the sad experience of the past,
and to help ns in the noble work of concili
ation, restoration and re-uuion.
I am one of the few Union moo, who lest
no opportunity during the war to urge our
hading mm to abandon th ^experiment of
secession, a? impracticable for good, aud
return, at the earliest possible moment, to
their allegiance to the old government, as
the mily safety for tho South. I had no
vindictive feelings towards those honestly
engaged in the Confederate cause, and it is
with emotions too deep for language to de
scribe, that 1 receive the hand of friend
ship extended to me. by those who have
given up the. lost cause, and are willing to
help me restore the Union. Such is Gen.
John B. Gordon, and I shall vote for him.
To Demociatic Clubs In Georgia.
veCom.,*)
of Ga. V
ril 2d. )
Rooms Central Executive Com.,
National Democratic Party of
Macon, Ga., April
The attention of the Democrats Clubs
of the several counties of this State is call
ed to Order No. 48 of Major General
Meade, prescribing regulations to be observ
ed as to Die challenge of voters at the elec
tion to he held on the 20th instant and the
three following days.
It is prescribed in said order that “No
person, who is not a registered voter, will
be permitted to challenge the right of any
person to vote.”
In order that illegal votes may be chal
lenged, and to avoid any conflict with the
order above mentioned, it is suggested to
the Democratic Clubs in each - county, and
in cc unties in which no Clubs have been
organized, to the Democratic party, to ap
point two prudent, discreet, intelligent
challengers, who are registered voters, for
each place of voting, who will attend at the
polls during the hours of voting, for the
purpose of challenging all who may attempt
to vote illegally.
A strict watch will be necessary to pre
vent illegal votes from being received, and
it is hoped, and expected, that no person
who may be appointed a challenger will
fail to discharge the duty assigned him.
E. G. Caban iss,
Chairman Oen. Ex. Com. Dcm. Party.
Democratic papers iu this State are re
quested to give the above three insertions,
and to call special attention to it.
aprttriCt-w2t
From the Atlanta IntUigencer.
Campaign Documents.
We are getting up, and will have in readi
ness for delivery iu a few days, a spirited
campaign document. It is gotten up in
elegant style, and contains some facts of
great importance to the people. It should
be in the hands of every white voter, and
wc hope the candidates in the several coun
ties of this Congressional District will send
their orders. We will fill orders at the
following figures, which are but a trifle
above the cost of the paper upon which
the documents are printed.
One Thousand Copies 812 00.
Each additional 1,000 10 00.
Five Hundred Copeis 8 00.
Three Hundred Copies 5 00.
Candidates in the various counties can
have their names printed upon each docu
ment. They can be had at our counting-
room, or orders per mail will receive prompt
attention, when accompanied by the cash.
Address—Daily Intelligencer, At
lanta, Ga.
[From tho Macon Messenger.
Some Questions for Bullock or His Keep
ers to Answer.
We observe, in a Radical paper publish
ed at Atlanta, a series of questions address
ed to Judge Irwin. We propound below a
few for his opponent. Raider B. Bullock,
to answer. When he, or Blodgett, or Brown
er any other party, that does his thinking,
sees fit to reply to these questions, we
pledge ourselves to see that Judge Irwin is
equally frank.
1. Where wero you born, and how long
have you lived in Georgia I
2. If in Georgia before tho war, were you
for or against secession ?
3. Did you, during the war, render any
aid or assistance to the Southern cause ?—
If so, what did you do, and what respecta
ble man can you refer to prove the fact ?
4. Did yon, as agent of the Southern Ex
press Company, either directly yourself, or
through any of your suburdinates, furnish
information to the Federal army, or any»cf
its officers, against the Southern Confeder
acy ?
Agricultural Implements.
We take pleasure in calling attention to
the advertisement of Messrs. Ayer & Hills.
They have engaged the services, of. Mr.
F. Pence, au estimahlo gentleman, and thor
oughly versed in the business, ijs tlje Agent
for the sale of Agricultural impleu cuts.—
They • avc- had large experience iu this
branch of their business,- aud will only of-
fertlic very best.articles from the most ap
proved manufactures. Now is lb? time to
save labor by using the most approved im
plements and machines. Their general
stock of hard ware is complete. Give them
a call.
0, for Pres.—-Admitting the constitu
tionality of the Tenqrc of-offiee act, when
did that commission expire?
S.—The 4th of April. 1865 —The apt
provides that the Secretary of War (togeth
er with the rest of the Cabinet) shall hold
his office during the term of tho President
by whom lie was appointed, and one month
after.
C. l'or. Pres.—Have you been appointed by
President Johnson and confirmed by the
Senate since that date?
S.—No.
C. for Pres.—Admitting that President
•Johnson is only serving out President Lin
coln’s second term, were you appointed by
President Lincoln’s death?
S.—No.
C. for Pres.—Can you show auy warrant
or commission forjiolding the office at tho
present tune?
S.—No.
C. for Pres.—Does not the Tcuure-of-Of-
fice Act expressely provide that nothing in
said Act shall he construed so as to prolong
the term of office of any person beyond tho
term for which he was originally appointed
and confirmed?
S.—Yes.
C. fir Pres.—You have,therefore, no au
thority for bidding office?
' 8.—No,
C. for Pres.—Why do j . persist in
holding cn it?
g.—Because I am an obstinate mule, and
Sumner told me to stick and I stuck.
<]. Tor Pres.—Have you no other warrant
for holding it?
S.—No.
C. for Pres.—you may sit down.
From the Columbus Sun,
Correspondence.
Through the kindness of Mr. M. W.
Brown, we are permitted to publish the fol
lowing correspondence. It fully explains
itself:
Gainesville. Ga., March 7,1868.
General Meade—
Sir : In making my tax return under
oath iu 1867, I gave in 85,000 in money
and solvent debts. I now have 874 in
money and only one $20 debt that I can
collect, agreeable to the Ordinance of the
Convention. Shall I pay tax ou the $5,000?
As I have some friends apd neighbors
similarly situated, your answer will-be thank
fully received. Very respectfully,
51. W. Brown.
Dist., S
and. Fla., y
i. 1808. ) V
Headq’rs 3d., Mil. Dist.,
Dept, of G a., Ala. and ~
Atlanta Ga., March 11
Air. A}. Ip. Drown, Gainesville, Ga.-
Sir: In reply To your letter of the 7 th
iust., making inquiry relative to the amount
of taxes you should pay, I have the honor
to state, that nothing is known here ou the
subject except that the Ordinance of the
Constitutional Convention requires the tax
to' be paid on the assessment of 1867.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
R. C.Drum.
Assistant Adjutant General.
The Negro-Radical Programme.—It
is said that the Radicals of this State have
made some changes in their division of the
offices. It now appears that joe Brown is -
to go on the Supreme Bench of the State,as
Chicf-Justieejrad Farrow and Blodgett are
to be UniteiHltates Senators. -A beautiful
arrangement. —*.Vacon T'btjriqdi.
5. Do you regard negroes as your equals I
and have you any reliable assurance that
the negroes reciprocate the compliment ?
5. Are you willing for negroes to visit
your family, sit in yourparlor, and eat at
the same table with yourself and family ?
7. If content thus to degrade yourself
and family, are you in favor of compelling
better people than yourselt to do the same
thing, by compelling them to submit to the
company of negroes in railroad cars, etc.,
elo.
8. Aro you in favoi of the election of ne :
groes to civil and military offices in this
State ? Your emissaries down here say yon
are; Brown, in North Georgia, says you are
not.
9. If elected Governor, and negroes are
elected to the Legislature, will you open
tlie door of your house to them, and invite
them to your entertainments at the same
time with white people ?
10. What induced you to become a Rad
ical ? and if you say you were paid for it,
state the amount paid, and by whom paid,
and the obligations you assumed on the
occasion.
11. Do you think you possess a single
qualification for the office of Governor?
If you answer yes, state with great particu
larity what qualifications ?
12. Do you think Joe Brown told the
truth when he said your election "would
bankrupt the State”? If you think he told
a lie, state what, in your opinion, induced
him to tell it, and whether it was the result
of a natural instinct, or for a deliberate pur
pose. If tho latter, state what that pur-
pr se was f
13. Do you think Farrow had a just esti
mate of your character when he made re
peated charges of fraud, corruption and dis
honesty against you and your associates ?—
And state with gfeaf particularity the mode
and manner adopted to change or modify
his opinions.
H. State the names of ail the men to
whom'office has been promised by yourself
and associates, stating- the name of eaoh
man with the office promised to him, and
particularly who is to be the manager of tlie
State railroad, aud the manner in which,'
auitbe persons to whom the proceeds are
to De distributed/
15. Is plunder heretofore realized out of‘tho
Stale Treasury to be charged atan advance against
those who have thus’realized, or.are’they to come
tn on an equate footing with the new advert iwrere I
IG. If jour object isto rob anjl plunder
the State Treasury, state what amount paid
in hand will satisfy your demands, and re
lieve the honest men of the State from all
further aggressions on their property, and
rights, by yourselfand clan J
17. If electedjwnuid you regardthe find
ing of a true bill .- in the .Federal Courts
againsia man for perjury, cr such like of
fense, conclusive evidence of this qualifica
tion for office under your udministrasion-T
18. Coatin, a Washington City mulatto,
and your assooiateJin the Atlanta Cen’veu-
tion, decliresthata nfgro who Shall dare
to vole for any white m n lor office, ought
Congressional.'
Washington, April 4.—The Senate
went into executive session to remove se
crecy from the executive documents which
the impeachment managers wanted.
A resolution was received from the In
diana Legislature urgiug a national law es
tablishing eight hours as a days’ work.
Impeachment was resumed.
The reporters were examined relative to
the President’s St. Louis speech, and a
copy was admitted as evidence.
Mr. Chew, Chief Clerk ofthe State De
partment, was examined relative to routine
of commissions, changed in form conform
ing to the tenure of office act He pro
duced a letter from the President to the
Secretary of the Treasury advising him of
Stanton’s removal.
A correspondence was admitted between
President Adams and Mr. Pickering, and
President Adam’s message to the Senate
a 1 nouneing Pickering’s suspension in eigh
teen hundred.
A motion was made for recess.
Butler requested a few minutes delay,
but the Senate took a recess.
On re-assembling, Butler announced that
they had closed the case, except cumulative
evidence.
Defense asked an adjournment until
Thursday to prepare and arrange evidence.
Conness moved that the Court adjourn
to Wednesday.
Cries of shame, and give them the other
day.
Mr. Johnson moved to amend by ad
journing to Thursday; which was carried
with but two negatives.
The Senate immediately adjourned to
Monday.
The closing of the prosecution to-day
caused astonishment that the defense was
not surprised in any instance, aud the pub
lic are disappointed. It seems admitted on
all hands that Butler’s management of the
case was not strengthening the impcach-
Bottled Butler.
ment. Some circles claim that Butler gave
undue importance to his own article (the
10tli) Smaller circles insinuate that But
ler is playing false, and that he intentional
ly made the proceedings farcical. It seems
certain the defense will not hurry the case
to a conclusion.
Washington, April 4.—It is now un
derstood that it is the intention of the de
fense, when the prosecution rest their case
to move a further delay of a week or ten
days, to prepare for the opening argument
and the production of witnesses. It is
pretty certain that the request, if made,
will he refused. The counsel for the de
fense have applied for and obtained the is
sue of a subpoena for Mack, of the Cincin
nati Commercial, to appear as a witness on
behalf of the President. It is expected
that he will testify to the fact that previous
to the final removal of Stanton, the Presi
dent defended himself against the charge of
conspiracy which was then made, and now
forms the chief points in the articles of im
peachment. He will he used by the prose
cution, on the cross-examination, to show
that the President denounced Congress in
private a3 well as in public.
Washington, April 3.— Strong, the
alleged fugitive from Virginia, formerly re
leased by judge Fisher on the ground that
Virginia wa3 no State, aqd subsequently
arrested on a requisition from General Scho
field, was discharged. The discharge was
based on defective papers. It was not shown
that Strong was fugitive from justice. In
teresting points were not discussed, though
iucidentaliy Carter designates Schofield as
the Executive of Virginia.
District Attorney General Carrington will
have Strong re-arrested when he can obtain
a more complete requisition.
Richmond, April 4.—General Harry
Wells, of Alexandria, was this morning ap
pointed Governor of Virginia, by General
-Schofield. He has been residing in Virgi
nia,-since 1862, is from Michigan, and was
a Brevet Major General in the United
States army. He enters upon the duties of
his office at once.
Columbia, S. C., April 4.—Tho Demo
cratic State Convention has adjourned, and
the full State ticket has been nominat
ed, with the Hon. W. D. Porter, as candi
date for Governor, as well as Representa
tives to Congress and delegates to the
National Democratic Convention.
The whites arc advised to vote,but under
a formal protest against the reconstruction
laws.
to be turned alive, and h» ashes scattered
tq t heibur.winds of heaven; and. Jeff Long,
another mulatto scoundrel, said pe longer
ego than Monday, last, ip this city, that any
negro^who should fail to vote ought to . re
ceive five huudrodJaShes, and if he voted
tor an anti-Radioal,should be hung. Both
of these incendiaries warmly support your
election, and at both of the meetings where
these atrocious sentiments were announced,
you were invited, and it was published that
you would sneak. Do you endorse these
sentiments ?
19. State who are present at the time you
prepare your atuwets to these, interrogato
ries.
Still Harping.—The New York Her
ald has dropped Chief Justice Chase,as the
Democratic nominee for President, and sug
gested—Geo. Francis Train. Old Bennett
will get down to Joe Brown, if he keeps on
guessing.—Chronicled- Sat.
Preparing the Screws for Stanton.
The President's council-have decided to
summon Mr. Stanton as a witness, and ask
him to show his commission under Pres
ident Johnson for holding his Office. They
will also ask him if he did not, as a law
yer, advise the President that the Civil
Tenure act did not apply tq members of the
Cabinet holding commissions issued by Mr.
Lincoln. Jfhcy intend to place Senator*
on the stand who expressed .the same opin-
in the debate on tjie act.
Louisville, April 4.—The election to
day for Police Commissioners and two Street
Inspectors, Chief of the Fire Department
and several Aldermen,resulted in the choice
of tho entire regular Democratic ticket.
The Republicans had no candidates in the
field, hut supported the inedpendent ticket.
The Washington correspondent ofthe
Herald thus discourses upon the opening
speech of Ben. Butler,iu the interest of the
impcachers:
The speech is spoken of, even by the ad
mirers of Mr. Butler, as an excessively dull
aud feeble effort, far short of tho great ex
pectations placed upon it. Mr. Butler
road the formidable document, which cover
ed thirty eight printed pages, in a tone and
gesture which would rather suggest mimicry
than sober earnest. Mr. Butler’s voice is
the strangest over mortal speaker saluted
the public ear with. It resembles iu its in
tonations the combined and varied noises of
a cracked barrel organ, and chorus of hull
terriers in a street fight—now sharp and
snappish, and again Wheezy ntid YSqurig.
Any body who has ever seen and heard the
manager of a traveling peep show describ
ing to a gaping andienee of country hump
kins the picture which illustrates the pas
sage of the Alps by Napoleon, with a cotton
umbrella under his left arm,will be remind
ed irresistibly of that individual by hearing
Butler on impeachment. The bottled ora
tor read his speech, and made about as
much impression on his audience as he did
on Fort Fisher. The general opinion of
those interested in the trial is that if the
speeches which follow ou the part of the
Board of Managers are as impotent, the
prosecution may as well give up the case
at once. It is expected that Butler’s effort
will get a scathing overhauling from the
other side,, and it is considered its balder
dash will be pretty; well expressed. Certain
ly impeachment starts under very unfavor
able circumstances.
Do thy little—Do it Well.
Do thy little—do it well;
Do what right and reason tell
Do what wrong and sorrow claim—
: Conquer sin and cover shame.
Do thy 1 ittfe, though it be
Dreariness and drudgery;
They whom Christ apostles made
“Gathered fragments” when he bade.
Do thy little ; never mind
Though thy brethren be unkind;
Though the men who ought to smile
Mock and taunt thee lor a while.
Do thy little; never fear -
' “Whi!eYfie.SSyrntef standejth. near;
Let the wjirfd its javelins, throw;
Oa thy; .way undaunted go-
Do thy little. God bath made
Milliou leaves for forest shade ;
Smallest stars their glory bring—
God employeth everything.
Do thy little; and when thou
Feelcst on thy pallid brow,
Ere has fled the vital breath,
Cold and damp the sweat of death.
Vv’E copy a few items from the April
number of Nick - Nax for all Crea
tion:
The Madison Argus told a newly married
friend that he would find a difference be
tween the matrimonial aud editorial experi
ence. In one case the devil cries for copy,
and in the other the copy crie3 like the dev
il.
“I have not loved lightly,” a3 the man
said when he married a widow weighing
three hundred pounds.
What burns to keep a secret? Sealin;
wax.
The Cattle Plague.—Flies.
Designing Men.—Architects.
An adventurous young lady in Ohio lately
captured a beaver, and also the man who
was carrying it about on his head. Younj
ladies are given to such tricks.
Why is a bridegroom worth more than
a bride? Because she is given away and he
Ls sold!
An affectionate backwoodsmans’ wife,who
looked on while her husband was struggling
fiercely with a bear, said * that it was “.he
only fight she ever saw which she did. not
care which won.”
If you doubt whether ' to kiss
pretty girl, give her the benefit of the
doubt.
If one pine tree makes pitch, how
many will it take to make pitch
ers? ,,
When is a literary work like smoke?
When it comes involumns
A lady at sea, full of delicate apprehen
sions in a gale of wind, . cried out amonj
other pretty exclamations, “We shall all g
to the bottom! Mercy on us, how my head
swims'” “Madam, never fear/” said one of
the sailors: “You can never go to the bot
tom while your head swims.”
Why is a chrysilislike a loaf of bread?
Because it is the grub that makes the.but
ter fly. 5
A* Safe Burglar.-One who is serving
a sentence in the State Prison.
An Irishman entered a barber shop while
drinking, ate with a brush a-eup of lather,
dug out the ball of soap at the bottohi Off
the cup, ate that, and sat down to warm
his feet. “How did you like your luuch?”
asked a bystander. Said Pat: “The cus
tard was illegant,but by my soul l b’lave the
egg was a little too long in' the wa-
Live within your means, if you
would have means within which to
live.
Marry young, and if circumstances re
quire it. often.
How to make a hole in your income.—Pay
a large rent.
From Arkansas.
Little Rock, April 4.—The entire Re
publican State ticket has been elected hy
three thousand majority.
New York Market.
Stocks active and strong. Money active
at 7. Exchange 91. Gold 38 3-8. Old
bonds 9i to 91; new 8j; Virginias 48|;
Tennessee ex-coupons, 69; new 68J. Flour
unchanged. Wheat dqll and unchanged —
Corn a shade firmer and quiet. Pork doll;
mess $25.50. Lard quiet at 151 to 16}.
Cotton active excited and 1 cent better;
sales .6,000 bales at 30 lor uplands; Freights
quiet. Turpentine quiet at 67 to C7i; ro«
iu qniet at 83 40 for strained.
Turned Up.
Cspt. Foster Blodgett, late ofthe Confed
erate States Army, has turned up at Wash
ington as a Presidential impeaches. While:
the City Council, ro-csllsd, has to adjourn
out of. respect to theabaentioism of the Mil
ilejy. Mayor and the would-be Governor,
the interests of the nation era well attend
ed to. To show the terrible predicament of
Butler and his gang, we submit the follow
ing rich development from the correspon
dence of the St. LcuiS Republican :
BOLSTIZUNG or IXrXaCHUKT.
It is estimated to-night, that the impeach
ment managers are considering tha proprie
ty pf of inti oduciug another article, based
on the evidence -of Foster Blodgett, late
Post Master of Augusta, Georgia, who has
testified that be was removed by the Presi
dent, and his successor not only nut appoin
ted, but the Senate was never even notified
of the fact, as required by law. He testi
fies further, that the President’s attention
was called to the removal several, limes.
Would it not bejust as well for the Presi
dent's counsel to inquire as to tho value of
this man’s testimony under 9qtb.—Consti
tutional i$l.
. Arkansas Election.
The Avalanche’s Little Rock special of to
day, says that heavy majorities return from
Pulaski and Jefferson Counties, make the
result of the election doubtful, both parties
claiming it. General Gillom’s proclamation
announcing the result alone can decide -ita
Iu the election for the new Legislature
not two thousand whites voted. There is
one negro in tlie Senate and five in the
House. The;House ratified the fourteenth
articlo of tho Constitution-^yesterday, hut
the Senate refused it, begansc.. no official
proclamation bad been made of the result
of the election. In response to telegrams
from State officials, General Gillen) says ho
has no authority to prevent the peaceful
assemblage of the Legislature and the oc
cupancy of tho Capitol- by it
New Diseases. — Our Maryland ex
changes contain complaints’, of diseases
among the cattle and chickens. The East
on Star says that cows are dying rapidlyin
.that section. The Newto jrn Record reports
a rapid disappearance of chickens, dunks
and geese with some disease which baffles
the skill of all the fowl doctors:
Then the little thou hast done,
Little battles thou hast won,
Little masterics achieved,
Little wants with care relieved,
Little words in love expressed,
Little wrongs at once confessed,
Littl. favors kindly done,
Little toils thou didst not shun,
Little graces meekly worn,
Little slights with patience borne—
These shall crown thy pillowed head,
Holy light upon thee shed;
These are treasures that shall rise
Far beyond the smiling skies.
Melon Culture.
Sir. Thomas R. Center, of South Caroli
na, makes the following suggestions in tha
Southern Cultivator, as to the time and
mode of planting, and the culture of the
melon : ~
“Id February and March break up the
groupd-close and deep, and if an early, crop
is desir d, cross break and lay off 10 by 10
or Effect, and digoat from a .foot to 18
inches. Fill with well rotted manure, com
posed ol rich mould, stable, cow-pen or
fowl house and leached ashes, after having
been well mixed. Plant from three to five
seed ina.hilt. if seed are plentiful; plant a3
scon as the dangeroffroit is over. If the
ground, is in gopd.condition the seed may
be soaked for two . or three days—never
soak.when the ground is dry. When the
plants are a week old thin to two, and plow
and hoe well. !Ab soon as the plants snow
signs of running thin to one, plow and hoe
again and not interrupt the vinesafter they
commence running but work carefully with
hand and hoe. If a succession ol melons is
desired plant agaiirthe first of May and
-from the 15th to the 25th of June; and be
sure you plant no squash, pumpkin cr oth
er vines in the same patch, if you - wish to
reap, good seed, etc. I.believe, for market,
those planted in June will pay better than
the early opes, because they are. generally
larger and fe wer persons have them. Ma
ny persons prefer guano and the phosphates
for manure. ' I believe all the phosphates I
have tried are very near a humbug, bilk let
others purebare foreign manures When
we can make’ good* enough at home. It
paaJAers not bow poor the land- be for mel
ons—sandy, old worn out clay, or broken
—■**-—* c-iz—• - r one. peck of
\m
STOCKHOLDERS
CONVENTION.
OTICE is hereby given that the annual Con-
vontion of the Stockholders of the Selma
Home and Dalton Kail road Co., Trill take place
in the city of S$lma on 'Wednesday the 13th of
May, 1363. H. A. HARALSON,
Sect'y and Treas'r.
apr9-w-lm S. K. & D. R. R. C
AYER & HILLS
HAVE SECURED THE SERVICES OF
Mr. F. Pence, ^
WHO WILL ACT FOE THEM AS
GENERAL AGENT
For Greorgfia,
IN THE
AGRICULTURAL MACHINE
BUSINESS.
W E are agents for the best agricultural im-
piements in use,'such as
Pitts Combined Thresher and Separator,
Geisors, “ “ “
Sweepstakes, “ “
Kentucky Horse Power and Thresher,
Hail Way “ “
Buckeye Reaper & Mower,with Dropper,
Woods “ “ Self Rake,
Kirby “ “
Wheat OriUs,
llay Rakes and Wheat Cleaners,
Riding Plows (Buckeye,)
Victor Sorgho Mills,
Cook’s Evaporator,
Corn Shelters. Feed Cutters Ac.
We can furnish the above articles at Manufac
turers prices to the trade nddingonly freight
Purchasing many of these Machines by the
Car load, we are enabled to offer better terms in
freight than can otherwise be obtained.
We ean cordially recommend Mr. Pence to the\
farming community as a man of experience andk
skill in firming,well versed in the nse and capac
ity of agricultural implements.
Circulars and pamphlets containing full descrip
tion if Machines can be obtained on application
to AYER dc HILLS.
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NOTICE.
F OUHD by my daughter and nephew on the
Cave Spring road Mar Major Dent’s, a ba-
of Shot. Tho owner can get them by proving
property and paying charges. W. BOBO.
Floyd County April, 7tw-wlt
sedge^I belieye the, best, if _
well rotted manure' be put to each hill and
distance be given the vines.’
Wc are truly sorry to learn that Judge
William E. Griffin, of Morgan, Calhoun
county; while out hunting one mOming last
week in' Chickasawhdtchce creek, wa3 shot
by a freedman, who mistook him; as Jus said,
for a bear. The negro carried "him home,
and in-a few hoars he breathed bis last.
Judge Griffin was a prominent and in-
'fluentlal citizen, and has filled many hono
rable positions in the gift of the people of
Calhoun, and the loss of his counsel will be
generally felt;—-Early County News.
AUCTION.
W ILL bo sold in front of Powers, Shropshire
k Co’s., Auction House.Friday IOth instant.
Friday 10th instant,
a fine Saddle and Harness Horse, medium size,
eight years ola and sound. The Horse can be
seen at Maj. Dela Mesa's until day of sale.
Sale positive. S. F. POWERS, Aue r.
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POLK SHERIFF SALE.
117 ILL be sold before the CourtHonse door in
TT Cedartown Polk, County, Georgia, on tne
1st Tuesday in May, between'the legal hoars of
sale, the following property, viz-—:
The school property in Cedartown known as
Female Col
the Woodland Female College property—as the
property of J. T. West, by rirtue of two fi. fas.
issued from Polk Superior Court—one in favor of
J. S. Noyes and the other in favor of Hunting*
k No res—as the property of said West."
perty pointed by said Noyes. This Apr]
1868. E. W. CLEMENTS,
aprT • - v Sheriff-
H. k E, II. EastinalL
DEALERS nr J
Imported and Domestic Liquors
PURE BOUEBbH,
MONONGHAfiELA, OLD RYE
AND ROBINSON COUNTY
WHISKIES, in Packages to rail.the Trade.
No. 1 Lumpkin Block, HOME, GA.
jovfwly
Georgia Baptist Convention.—The
next session of the Georgia Baptist State
Convention will be Held with the First Bap
tist Church of this city on the 24th inst.
The-following named railroad companies
have been heard from, and cordially agree
to pas3"delegq£& for one fare, viz r Georgia,
Maeon & Western; Macon & Augusta,
South Westeni, r Atlanta & West point,
Atlantic & Gulf. Delegates will pay fall
fare coming to'the convention, and will re
turn free, on presenting certificates' of mem
bership from the officers of the Conven-
tion. - • •'
Papers friendly to the cause will please
copy:—■Constitutionalist. ’
NOTICE.
11 HIE modification of General order No. 411 be-
A ing construed to give civil officers discretion
as . to their advertising —mine will hereafter
be found in the Rohie papers. Feb. 13 1868.
SAMUEL-HAWKINS, Ordinary.
febISwtd Chattooga County.
GEORGIA, Funs County.
YL Davis Sr., makes application for let tors
ig^The Louisville Journal pots the case
correctly, asr follows: . ..
The Radicals put all sorts of insults and
humiliations aud outrages upon the South
andjhenarc exceedingly and fiercely angry
that the people of the South do not love them
for it, . ." .
. Nem esis.—Tho Washington ; correspon
dent of the-Baltimore Guaette makes the
following announcement:. . ’
“One by one the swift -witnesses of Mr.
Bingham and Judge Holt on the conspiracy
trial fall into the clutches of the lkw. Con
over, Ashley’s, friend,is in; the Penitentiary.
Cleavar is awaiting a new trial, , haring
been once convicted of an infamous crime.
Baker is a fugitive from justice, and to-day
a. trampt issued lor Richard Montgomery,
charged with embezzlement.- -These are the
parties upon whose testimony Mrsi* Surratt
and others wero coaviotod : aqd executed.”
If the tools have had a modicum of justice
dealt ont to them, how shall those who em
ployed them hope to escape the - furies?
Bingham and Holt may yet have to.suppli
cate for m.ercy—the mercy they denied -to
others, even unto death. Wat oh' them .
Augusta Constitutionalist.
MaU Rabbery.
It is said that a Mail agent on the Selma,
Rome & Dalton Railroad, broke open the
package of registered letters in the up mail
a few nights since, and disappeared with
the contents. We have not been able to
learn full particulars, bat understand that
the amount taken did not probably exceed
eight hundred or a thousand dollars.—Tal
ladega Reporter.
One ofthe Honduras Peculiarities.
—We were shown a few -evenings -since a ;
strange looking, creature—chagro—which
was extracted by Dr. J. W. Oslin, from the
arm of a gentleman who has just returned
from Honduras. It was a monster—hav
ing horns on its back and a forked prong
on its head, which served to make its way
into the skin. It resembled somewhat in
appearance, a “wolf” which usually takes
lodging under the hide of cattle. After
scrutinising closely this, “awful” creature,
we feel satisfied that Honduras is not the
place for “our sort.” What think onr
readers?- JFesf Point Observer.
Cotton.
Now that the orop is sold the price goes
up. The tendency of this is to induce plan
ters to put in larger crops of cotton. We
hope they will not be misled by any pretext,
to neglect tho more important work of pre-
paring-for a full crop of com. Secure a
good crop, of corn and then add as much
cotton as yon can. ^
Military Arrevt—iSome excitement was'
occasioned in onr city yesterday afternoon
by the arrest of a number of oitizens by the
military authorities. They were conducted
to headquarters, at the Courthouse, and
there - detained under arrest,' the public
.generally being excluded. It is presumed
that an examination" was going'on.' The
first And most natural surmise i3 that the
arrests wore made on suspicion or represen
tation-that the parties were in some way
implicated in the Aslibum tragedy; bnt
the high character sustained by those of
them whose names we have heard, forbids
the idea tbatxsneb suspicions or charges
ean be true.—Caluminis Enquirer.
ipon'the Estate of L. P. Perry, deceased.
Thest are therefore to cite aud admonish'all and
singular those concerned to be and appear at
mj office Within the time prescribed by law jo
show cause H any they have why said letters
shonld not be granted.
T^Ap^l^' 14
pr4 SAMUEL HAWKIK3, Grd’y.
Nominations.—Col.-C. B- Woolten, of.
Terrell county;' him been nominated for
Senator from that district by the Dem-
ooratS: Of. Randolph county, and.. W. M.
Tomlin'and DaSid . Goff-foat. BeprcsenU-
tives. Col. john L. Mustian, of Musco
gee, has been, nominated’ for Senator from
Hie 34th-district, end Rufus E. •Lester, of
C hat ham,as Senator-frdmtte district com-
ctsed of. the counties of Chatham, Bf-
ngtiam, and Bryaq. Col E. Steadman; of
Newfeuvis the candidate of the anti-Rad-
ioals of the 27th district, composed of the
counties,of Ncwtoo,. (Walton, and Clarke-
Poor thing!—Charles “L. Stewart; -of
White'Plains, New” York, -dfopped dead
in the street one day last week. He leaves
a young wife and - a million of dollars.
A Question for Lawyers.—Suppose
% man owns a s’- iff; he fastens the sluff to
the shore with a rope made of straw; along
comes a cow; cow gets into the boat; turns
around and eats tbe rope; the skiff thus let
loose,! with the cow on board, starts down
stream, and on its passage is npset; the cow
is drowned. Now, has the - man that owns
the cpw.to pay-for the boat, or the man that
owns.the boat gotte pay for the cow.
A Strong Argument for Tempebancr}
-wThe bill making'habitual drunkenness a
ground for divorce, in cases where tbe habit
is contracted subsequent to marriage, has
passed the Tennessee Legislature, and is
now a law. -
of dismission from tho Estato of A. H.
Davis Jr., deceased.
These aro therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular those concerned to*be and appear
at my office within the time prescribed by law,
to show cau.^e if tiny they have why said letters
should not be granted.
Giyou under my hand and official signature,
this March, 23th, 1S6S
JESSE LAMBERTH, Ord’y.
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i
GEORGIA, Flotd Cocmtt.
T HOS. J. Ellis, makes application 'for letters
of dismission from tbe Estate of W.fi. Dykes,
deceased.
Theee.are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular those concerned to be and appear
at iny office wtthht the time prescribed b'* law,
to show cause if any they have why said letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand jnd official signature,
UTavofv “M+tv IfiHQ w
this March,*2rtth, lSfiS.
JESSE LAMBERTH, Ord'y.
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TO DEBTOKS AND CREDITORS.
GEORGIA, Polk C’ocntt. -
A LL persons-having demands against Augus
tine Young, late of said county, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them to me in
terms of the law. And all persons indebted to
csid deceased, are notified to come forward and
settle immediately, March, 27th, 1868.
tn»r3I . JAMES YOUNG,Ex*r.
GEORGIA, Chattooga Codntt.
Mantua
BXtESS CUTTING &C.
58th, BUSSES ALA YES,
,V. *-8ttABP, will open a Dress Making Es!
-, . --.c-. open * Dress Making Es-
Store Een ^ in *ke ' fiount n5om ovtbt-Cehcn'i
?at and .f t 10 ® rder > Sewing of ah kinds
f ^ct26wtf s<ml,emen ““Hy done.
NEW
STOEE.
on Broad
B " Norton ’*> a; handsome
° Mcerits and
BACOM SIDES, HASS,
lard, heal, .flour,
• SUGARS, COFFEE, TEA,
SYRUP, VMtECXKr*S5
- PEAS, DRIED FRUIT,
mackerel, oysters,
SARDIWES, CRACKERS,
Potatoes, Soda, Soap, Starch,
Candles, Cheese, Candies,
Raisins, Tobacco, Pepper, Allspice,
(Huger, Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace,
f 1.1 5S^ US ot *L ,r *rt'cles to tedious to mention.
Tarns, Osnahurgs,
Sheetings and Shirtings, all cf which will b»
sold on as liberal teims as th.y can bo afforded
in «h*s market. We will boy or- receive and sell
on Commission, all kinds of Country Produce.
__«5U£ianters . or Contractor* supplied with
Clear Bacon Sides, in any quantity from, one ta
ten cask*; BILkRO & STEVENS*
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