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THURSDAY, OCTOBER U8, 1868.
jPor President.
Hon. HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF NEW YORK.
^'Por "Vice president,
General FRANK P. BLAIR,
OF iUSSOTJBir
ITor Congress,
Hon. A. H. HAN SELL,
OF THOMAS COUNTY. -
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DEMOCRATIC
COMMIT-
EXECUTIVE
TEE.
A regular weekly meeting of the Democrat
ic Executive Committee of Chatham county
will be held at the Committee Booms this
evening at 7i o’clock.
’-JaP. U. D. Arnold, President.
BULLOCK REMOVES THE LEGAL DIS
ABILITIES OF COLORED VOTERS.
Our readers will have observed a tele
graphic dispatch in our issue of yesterday
in which Mr. Bullock announces that by vir
tue of the authority in him vested by the
17th Section of the Code, he has suspended
the collection of all poll taxes until the next
session of the General Assembly. We have
not the Code before us, and do not know what
authority it gives Mr. Bullock to suspend
the collection of. taxes, but the motive which
prompted the exercise of that authority in
this instance is very manifest. By the 2d
Section of Article n of the new Constitution,
a voter is required to “have paid all taxes
which may have been required of him, and
which he may have had an opportunity of
paying according to law, for the year
next preceding the election;” and by the 29th
section of Article I of the same instrument,
the levy of a poll tax of one dollar is author
ized only for .educational purposes. It is this
poll tax of one dollar upon negroes which
Mr. Bullock characterizes as “onerous,” and
from which his proclamation is to exempt
that cIass of onr population. The non-pay
ment of the tax—the only tax which ninety-
nine oat of a hundred of the negroes in the
State are called on to pay—would, under the
law, operate as a bar to the exercise of the
franchise in the approaching Presidential
election, and it is to relieve his loyal colored
subjects of this “onerous" bnrthen, and to se
cure their votes for his party in November,
that the Bullock has issued his proclamation.
In this proclamation, Bullock says the tax
was levied under authority of the Constitu
tion of 1865, bat omits to state that the same
tax is authorized by the Atlanta instrument
called the new Constitution, and that the pay
ment of it is obligatoiy under existing laws.
When we consider that it is the only tax that
reaches the negro voters, and that it is exclu
sively for educational purposes, the interven
tion of Executive authority, so clearly in vio
lation of the principles of 'equal justice, and
for purely partisan purposes, is deserving of
universal reprobation. It is a known fact
that out of the ninety thousand colored voters
in the State not more than five hundred have
paid their poll tax, nor are they likely to do
so, now that they will be allowed to exercise
that, to them, priceless privilege of the free-
man, relieved from the compliance with its
concomitant obligation. Thus the educa
tional fond of onr impoverished State, in
order that the votes of her newly enfranchised
negro suffragans may be cast against the
rights and interests of her people, will be de
prived of something less than $100,000.
Mr. Bullock professes to be the friend of^
education, and especially of negro education,
and be . should teach them that among the
glorious rights and privileges of free citizen
ship there.are others besides the privilege of
voting—among them those of pleading
and' being impleaded, of suing and being
sued, and above all that of paying
taxes. It seems, however, that Bullock
and his carpet-bagger confreres have no
higher aim than to teach the toil idea how
to shoot and vote for their party. The
day will come when these deluded people
will find out that these attainments are but a
small part and not the best part of the educa
tion of a good and prosperons citizen.
Secret Trusts—The United States Su
preme Court has recently made an important
decision on the snbject of the transfers of
land, professing to be an absolute convey
ance, bnt accompanied with a concealed ver
bal agreement between the parties, securing
a benefit to the grantor at the expense of his
creditors. The court says that the law will
not permit a debtor in foiling circumstances
to convey his lands by deed without reserva
tions, and yet occupy it for a limited time for
Ms own benefit. Hence, when a debtor, in
pursuance of a private understanding, retains
possession, rent free, for one year, of land
sold by him, such conduct creates a secret
trust for his benefit and renders the convey
ance fraudulent as to creditors, and void.
And it made no difference, in-the legal aspect
of the case before the court, that the interest
reserved, was not of great yatoe, and that the
debtor did not intend to defraud his creditors.
'• Radical Campaign Documents—Foeney,
ih'liis issue of Monday last looks up a chap
ter of horrors for his readers with the follow
ing head lines displayed in large letters:
Democratic Murders—Moire ' Fruits of the
Brodhead Letter—Sheriff and Judge Assassina
ted—A Deputy Sheriff and a Colored Man Tied
Together and Shot by Kuidux in Arkansas—Bru
tal Murder of a Colored Member of the South
Carolina Legislature—Escape.of the Assassins—
They 'could not be Recognized.
Such are the arguments in favor of Negro-
Radical rule at the South, end the snbstitntion
of military despotism in lien of Constitution
al government, that grow out Of the misrule
which the Radicals seek to perpetuate. Thus
lawless despotism furnishes its own justifica
tion." “Let us have peace! ”
SV'-.i^OURAGE M^TAKD FIRM!
In V spirited article oil the result of the
late elections, the Louisville Journal gives ut
terance to the following encouraging aid
well-timed reflections, which we adopt and
commend to the thoughtful consideration of
onr readers. The Journal says:.
“The result, we confess, is well 'adapted' to
dishearten Democrats .everywhere; but it
should not he allowed to plunge Democri
anywhere into despair. Far from it. It
should rather nerve them with the sublime
conrageaTpara
“We must not give up the fight. We can
not Onr liberties are at stake. By every
thing which makes , life dear to ns, we are
bonnd to fight the good fight of conservatism
until we lay hold of victory, whether the day
of our victory be near or far. W must finish
our course. Our ultimate triumph is sure.
The Presidential election, we do not forget
is less than three weeks off and, without
some extraordinary change in onr favor, we
may not triumph in that election; bnt, if we
do not wo shall triumph afterwards. The
passions of the war may yet blind the people
to their real interests; but this blindness can
not last always. It cannot last a great deal
longer. The passions of the war must ere
long subside; and, when they do, the people
will see clearly and act justly. And then, if
not before, our triumph will come. It is in
evitable. A crown of victory is laid up for
na. To win and wear it we have only to be
true to ourselves. Let us be true to ourselves.
This is our supreme duty.
“Nor will the reward of our fidelity be all
deferred, if a portion shall be. An impor
tant advantage we shall reap at once. In the
election of Tuesday, though we lost onr State
tickets, we gained a number of Congressmen;
and, with unwavering fidelity, we shall gain
a much greater number in November. Be
sides, the same fidelity, if indeed it does not
turn back the tide of defeat in the Presiden
tial contest and bear ns on to victory, will at
all events effect such an expression of con
servative sentiment as the victorious party
must regard with respect and some degree of
wholesome awe. The vast importance of this
two-fold advantage is manifest. And the ad
vantage is manifestly within onr reach. We
have but to extend our arms and grasp it.
“Nor is this all The result of a State
election, going before a Presidential election
in the same year, is not, as experience has
shown, an unerring precursor of the result
of the Presidential election in the State; the
latter result, on the contrary, has been known
to be the opposite of the former. Pennsyl
vania herself, if we mistake not, supplies a
case in point At any rate the fact is incon
testable. And it is easily explained. A State
election, in the first place, may turn on State
rather than on national considerations, being
always affected more or less by the former;
and, in the second place, the party that suc
ceeds in the State election, feeling secure, is
more apt to relax its energies than its adver
sary is,
And yet you all know, security
Is mortal's chiel'est enemy.
Hence the fact Although Ohio and Penn
sylvania and Indiana have gone against ns in
their State elections, therefore, it is not cer
tain, if we prove true to ourselves, that they
will go against ns in the Presidential election.
In that election one or two or all of them
may nevertheless go in favor of ns. We do
not say that this result is certain. We do
not say that it is probable. But we do say it
is possible. It is in the cards. And when
our liberties are the stake, we are triflers and
recreants if we do not play out the game.
“If then, we are true to ourselves through
out the remainder of the canvass, we not
only shall beyond all question gain the im
portant advantage of many additional Con
gressmen, and of a commanding protest
against the principles and measures of the
Republican party, but may gain the Presi
dency. We ‘ shall unquestionably gain a
material part of what we seek, and may gain
all With these incentives to fight the good
fight, who of ns will sink or flee ? For onr
own part, without one of these incentives,
with no incentive hut our just canse and a
deathless faith in it, we, in sight of the battle
field of Tuesday, should still appeal to every
Democrat to stand firm, addressing him in
the beautiful words of one who is now fighting
against ns, bnt whose genius half redeems
hia errors:
“A wild and many-weaponed throng
Hang bn thy front, and flank, and rear.
“Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof,
And blench not at thy chosen lot,
The timid good may stand aloof,
The sage may frown—yet faint thou not.
“Nor heed the shaft too surely cast,
The foul and hissing holt of scorn;
For with thy side shall dwell, at last.
The victory of endurance horn.
“Truth, crashed to earth, shall rise again;
The eternal years of God are tier's;
Bnt Error, wounded, writhes with pain,
And dies among its worshippers.
“Yea, though thou lie upon the dost,
When they who helped thee flee in fear,
Die full of hope and manly trust,
Like those who fell in battle here.
“Another hand thy Bword shall wield,'
Another hand the standard wave.
Till from the trumpet's month is pealed
The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.”
The Election Tickets.—The Atlanta Con-
The bill requiring all election tickets in
this State to be uniform and on white paper,
did not pass, as seems to be supposed by
some. It failed in the Senate. Tickets may,
therefore, be printed on any kind or color of
paper parties may desire.
Will the Constitution of Intelligencer inform
ns what time was fixed by the Legislature for
holding the election for members of Congress.
We believe the election was postponed until
some day in February, but we understand
that some persons are under the impression
that members of Congress are to be voted for
at the some time with Presidential electors.
Others are of opinion that the action of the
Legislature in regard to the matter was not
perfected, and that no day was legally desig
nated for the election of Bepresentatives in
Congress. Will onr Atlanta cotemporaries
enlighten ns in regard to the matter ?
Apologetic.—The editor of the Albany
News apologizing fOT omissions and typo
graphical errors in his paper says:
“While getting up onr last issue, we were
suffering with an incipient billions attack,
and before the time for reading proof, we
were prostrate with a high favor.”
We sincerely trust that onr friend Evans
has got rid of the chills, but it is very evi
dent that his devil is not cured of typo
graphical errors.
The United States Supreme Court has re
cently decided that a pardon by the President
will not authorize the restitution to the’ for-
mer owner of property confiscated for partici
pation in the rebellion. An act of Congress
is necessary.
The Defeat - of Covode. —uTlie Badicals are
chagrined over .the defeat of the notorious
John Covode, who was beaten forty-one. votes
by Poster. It was Covode who toss in’his
seat in Congress and said:
“Mr. Speaker, I
-The State Elections.—The result of the
late State elections is given, as follows:
The result of the elections on Tuesday last
will approximate the following figures:
Pennsylvania 10,500 Badical majority.
Ohio 17,000 Badical majority.
Indiana 750 Badical majority.
The returns of the Indianapolis Sentinel
gave Baker 205 majority, while those of jhe
Journal gave him 970.
Bev. Henry Ward Beecher is announced
as a candidate for the‘UnitedStatesSenate in
case the Badicals have a majority in the next
New York Legislature.
We had thought that the American Con
gress had sunk low enough. But it seems
there is still a lower depth in reserve for it.
queitloni-Fscti..
Bennett, of the Franklin Planters' Banner,
publishes, as is well known, one of the best
country papers in Louisiana, We lay before
onr readers a couple of the Banner's pungent
and killing paragraphs: fyy. Z*'
FACETS.
The white citizens of St. Landry tried again
and again to make terms of peace with the
negroes, hut the carpet-hag editors and lead
ers told them that the d^—d rebels were
Beared, and that they were ten to one in num
ber that they had the rebels under their feet,
Did the carpet-baggers stand up to the ne
groes and fight when trouble came? -Not a
bit of it They took to their heels and fled to
the woods for dear life, or turned and fought
against the negroes, whose mindsi they had
inflamed. Do the negroes remember Moore,
of Big Cane, a scalawag of St Landry, who
headed a club of armed Badical negroes last
year, and bullied and threatened white Demo
crats and whipped Methodist ministers? He
was in the fight and shot at negroes as though
he would be glad to annihilate the race of
black men.
Who planned the burning of Opelousas and
the massacre of all the white inhabitants,
from old age to the cradle?
Badicals!
Who directed the negro woman to obtain
matches and pain bags for burning Opelou
sas and carrying off plunder ?
Badicals.
Who marched on the town of Washington,
parish of St Landry, a few weeks since,
threatening to bum and plunder?
Black Badicals.
Who tanght to threaten, plunder, fire and
massacre a peaceable village of white people ?
White Badicals.
Who dodged the calamity of the Opelonsas
riot, after he had sent runners into the coun
try to order all the negro clubs to come to
Opelousas, armed, to attack that place?
Bently, a carpet-bagger from Ohio, editor
of the carpet-bag newspaper organ, the
Progress.
How do the negroes like running their
heads into a fire to accomodate carpet-bag
office seekers from the North ?
We await the answer.
Tns Largest Advertising Contract given
out in 1868, and probably the largest ever
given to one advertising firm at one time, is
that of the proprietors of Plantation Bitters
to Geo. P. Bowell & Co., Advertising Agents,
No. 40, Park Bow, New York, on the 18th of
September, for $42,776 26. "
Messrs. P. H. Drake & Co., have for years
been among the largest, if not the largest,
advertisers in America, and toe contract men
tioned above is bnt a small pari of their ex
penditure in this way for the present year. It
is only those who have tried printers’ ink
most extensively that are so firmly convinced
of its efficacy.
The Advertising Agency which is sending
ont this order is another example. It com
menced business less than fire years since,
and tha fact that it now controls a greater
advertising patronage than any similar estab
lishment, is withoqt doubt to he attributed to
their having expended more money in ad
vertising themselves and their facilities with
in that time than all other advertising films
pnt together, since the establishment of the
first agency a quarter of a century since. .
Norfolk Looking Westward.—The follow
ing resolution was passed at the recent ses
sion of the Commercial Convention in Nor
folk:
Besolved, That we regard a connection by
railroad from Louisville Ky., on the nearest
and most direct route to some point on the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad, near Wythe-
ville, as of the utmost importance to the
States of Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Tilir
nois, Missouri, and the whole Sonth and
Southwest, and being one hundred fifty miles
nearer than the route by the Cumberland
Gap, and the shortest and cheapest road, os
an outlet for the commercial and agricultural
people of the above named States, famishing,
as it does, a direct route to Norfolk, the finest
harbor in the world-
Important Circular.—The Secretary of
the Treasury has issued the following circu
lar in relation to stamps for distilled spirits,
tobacco, snuff and cigars. Those interested
will be governed accordingly:
“In pursuance of authority conferred upon
me by the 108tb section of toe act imposing
taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco, ap
proved July 20, 1863, notioe is hereby given
that toe provisions of said act requiring toe
use of stamps for distilled spirits are post
poned so as to go into practical operation on
the 2d day of November next, and the pro
visions of the act requiring the use of stamps
for tobacco, snaff and cigars are postponed
so as to go into practical- operation on toe
23d day of November.”
Time of Holding tot Presidential Elec
tion.—Judge Irwin, in a communication to
the Atlanta Intelligencer, corrects an error
which occurred in the publication of toe
“ Constitutional and Statuary provisions gov
erning toe holding of elections in Georgia.”
The Presidential election is held on toe first
Tuesday instead of the .first Monday in No
vember. The following is the law:
§ 1332. On the Tuesday after toe first Mon
day in November, 1868, and every fourth
year thereafter, until altered by act of Con
gress, there shall be an election for Electors
of President and Vice-President of toe United
The Trial of Hon. Jefferson Davis.—The
New York Sun, edited by Mr. Chas. A, Dana,
formerly Assistant Secretary of War, argues
that Mr. Davis will not be tried at toe ap
proaching session of the United States Cir
cuit Court in Bichmond, and never will be
tried. The Sun says:
The indictment against Jeff Davis might
as well he sold to the paper makers for three
cents a pound. He will never he tried. The
eloquence of Mr. Evarts will never he wasted
on toe living skeleton of a defunct Confeder
acy, with a strong probability of a disagree
ment of toe jury, and a pardon virtually pro
mised beforehand in case of conviction.
Wendell Phillips mounted a very high
horse so soon as he heard toe election news.
In his anti-slavery standard he regrets that it
has hitherto been “inexpedient” to cany ont
the party designs, but thinks that no more
time should be lost Congress, Mr. Phillips
says, should assemble at Once, “depose toe
President and drive him in disgrace from toe
White House. Three months with Wade in
toe Executive Chair, would furnish a whole
some Badical key-note, as a precedent for toe
incoming administration."
The Spanish Throne.—The succession to
toe Spanish throne remains undetermined.
The choice of Prince Alfred, of England,
which has been suggested, is regarded as ab
surd and impossible, because he is a Protes
tant The name of Ferdinand, ex-King of
Portugal, is mentioned with favor. Though
.ultramontane in religion, he is regarded as
politically a liberal; he is popular in Spain,
and would he unobjectionable to Napoleon.
A Scene in Court.—An individual possess
ing unmistakable evidences of African ex
traction was arraigned for larceny. The
judge, as of right was dignified, bnt with se
vere presence, “Are yon guilty or not?” he
inquired. “Sar?” “Did you steal these
clothes ?” he inquired. “Golly, boss, ’clar
never done it” “This man says you did.”
“He ain’t-nothin’ hut white trash.” “And
what are you?” “ Me: Why don’t yon know
me ? I rid wid you in de percession. I
helped to tote you home when yer - got tired
dat night—don’t yer ’member me now?”
There was the “suddenest” not pros, in that
darkey’s case that judicial annals afford an
example of So much for toe advantages of
good society.-—New Orleans Picayune, OcL 13.
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Education in Spain and Italy*
The revolutionary movements of the par
ties in opposition to one branch of the Bour
bons represented by Isabella H, having been
crowned with success, it is well to correct
some of the popular errors in reference to
the condition and education of toe Spanish
peopla
The greater part of toe intelligence we re
ceive from Spain or Italy is derived from
either British and French sources, and, there
fore, prejudiced, or if. from . domestic origin,
is dilated, distorted, colored or modified by
one of the dominant factions which, with
usurped authority, hacked by bayonets, claims
to represent tfre will of toe. French peopla
We know, to our cost, the value of toe bom
bastic pretensions and hollow shams of the
“party of progress”—of toe so-called “Liberal
party”—whose cries of “liberty* equality and
fraternity”-—very like toe “God and liberty”
of toe Mexican tyrants—mean arbitrary ar
rests, suppression of newspapers, confisca
tion of property that does not belong to toe
State, imprisonment, banishment, and any
thing else bnt “free speech” for its oppo
nents. We, who have just emerged from an
ineffectual straggle to secure our own inde
pendence, know what estimate to place upon
toe honesty and fairness of such sheets as
Greeley’s Tribune and Forney’s Press* and
Chronicle. We remember toe forgeries and
fabrications these loyal patriots resorted to
in our own civil war—their slanders and in
sinuations against onr purest and noblest citi
zens. We have no sympathy with Queen
Isabella—she secured the throne by revolu
tion, the bayonet and fraud, and she meets
with a just retribution.
So debased has toe Badical press become
in these once United StateB, that its abases
have become a reproach to Republican insti
tutions. Spain is afflicted with similar evils
It has its Forneys an4 it s Greeleys; for its
partizan journals are edited by a clan of men
equal in audacity to Greeley, and in menda
city to Forney.
A recent number of toe Cincinnati Tele
graph contains some interesting educational
statistics frpip to§ last Spanish census which
effectually destroys toe nursery tales and tra
ditional ideas which are current in some cir
cles in reference to the ignorance of toe Span
ish people. A reference to toe figures of toe
United States census for 1860, should induce
rejecting people to look nearer-' home. The
nmqber of while pefsous nnable to read and
write in these States is greater than is gener
ally supposed.
There are in Spain twenty-seven thousand
schools, with a daily attendance of one million
Jive hundred thousand children; also, seventy-
seven normal schools, and five institutions
for toe education of toe deaf, toe dumb and
toe blind.
There are a}su {§n universities with their
learned faculties of divinity, law, medicine,
toe physical and natural sciences, to which
must be added eleven academies for toe fine
arte, two for manufactures, one for diploma
tic and political study, and seventeen for nav
igation. We must also include twenty-nine
boarding schools and one hundred and eigh
teen other private institutions.
What is the educational condition of Italy?
It is useless to refer to details on this snbject,
for to deny toe literary and artistic cultiva
tion of the Italian people would but excite
toe derision of toe educated and intelligent
traveler. We will take Borne, “toe city of
toe soul”—toe Capital of toe Papal States.
From toe official reports of toe year 1867-'68,
published in toe Correspondance de Borne, we
find toe following number of pupils attending
the institutions of learning in the city, whose
Pontiff js receggjzed as Presiding or Chnrch
Bishop of their seef by 2QQ,fi0Q,P0P of Chris
tians in all quarters of the habitable globe:
Missionary, diocesan and national. 706
Universities, colleges and academies 6,667
Asylums, (orphan, deafand4nmb, etc-)........ 2,062
Public schools for boys.,, , 10,605
Do do gjrjs... ,, 11,860
On Saturday last a freedman traded one
hnndred and fifty dollars cosh at one of. onr
grocery and provision houses. He says , he
will make over $1,200 clear profit on his crop,
which has been cultivated by his own family,
this year. What do darkies who stand
around on street comers and talk politics
think of that? Better than depending on
Badicals for forty‘acres and a mule, eh?—
MiUcdgtmUe Union.
Total pupils 80,790
The above returns for a city containing up
wards of 200,000 inhabitants, does not sus
tain toe enrrent misrepresentations of either
toe ignorant or more pretentions traveler.
The real canse of complaint on toe part of toe
infidel and Ted-republican party in Italy and
Spain, is toe fact that toe people of toe coun
try prefer to snpport schools in which toe
elements of their national religion is tanght
to toe pupils. Here is toe rqb with toe Ital
ian and even Spanish radical party—toe
counterpart and sympathizer with toe Ameri
can abomination of the same name. YOnr
Garibaldi and Mazzino mid Victor Hugo
radicals, hate religion of any hind—Christian
or Jewish—both Christand Jehovah fall un
der their ban. Their motto is, and always
has been, toe one suggested by their demi
god Voltaire, “ecrases Vinfame,” “crash toe
wretch,” meaning Christ. Hence these ruffians
denominate all education, under to 6 auspices
of religion, os ignorance—and their intention
is, by fraud or violence, to get possession of
toe schools pf Italy, France, Spain and Eng
land, banish religion, and prepare its pnpils
for another infernal and diabolical revolution,
excelling the French revolution of 1789, with
its horrors and cruelties. This accounts for.
toe gross exaggeration, toe malicions repre
sentations, or toe partial statements and toe
suppression of the trato by the hired scribes
and Hessian editors of toe radical, red and
black republican journals of Europe and their
wretched irrilators in this country, who pos
sess ail of the venom, bnt little of toe ability
of their originals.
Their agents use toe electric telegraph and
toe Atlantic cable to scatter over toe world
their insinuations and distortions of facts,
their opinions and hopes, which are published
with evident pleasure by their radical and
ismatic friends in this country. Just as we
have scalawags, or mean white men, here in
toe South, so in Italy and Spain there is a
corresponding olass who misrepresent toe
public sentiment- of their native land.—
Europe swarms with “ Loyal Leagues,’’
“UnionLeagues,” ’’Wide-Awakes,” and even
“Boys in Bed.” They are thoroughly organ
ized for toe purpose, seducing toe young and
inexperienced, and use toe usual jargon abont
“nnity” and “solidarity of peoples,” and all
such stuff, by which they mean the triumph
of their own debauched party—and toe spoils
of office. They belong to that hungry and
eager class in all countries, toe “ outs,” and
they crave the flesh pots of official position.
Onr people shonld bear in mind that this
Italian and Spanish red republican radical
party, through 'their official organ, publicly
sympathise with the American radical Puritan
fanatics from fellow feeling, and they are en
deavoring to do in Europe what their Ameri
can radical friends have accomplished in this
country—the ruin of constitutional liberty and
toe establishment of a junto or a military
satrapy and negro oligarchy over a prostrate
and suffering people. J. S. A.
Eeecrion Frauds in Pennsylvania.—It is
stated that more than fifteen thousand Demo
cratic voters of foreign birth, who had been
regularly naturalized, were refused the right
of suffrage in Pennsylvania at toe late elec
tion by toe Know Nothing - Judges. The ad
mission of their votes alone, without refer
ence to the numerous frauds practiced by too
Badicals, would have given the State to toe
Democracy by n handsome majority.
u. fi'nerai, invitation.
KAYANNA IT.—The friends and acquaintance of Mrs.
and Mr. Savannah, and of John Forhan and family,
are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the
former, from her late residence on East Broad near
York street, at 3 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON. It*
Attention, .Screven and Oglethorpe Hose
Companies f
Attend a meeting to be held
at the Fireman's Hall,- THIS (Thursday)
EVENING, at 7N o'clock, for the pur
pose of uniting the two companies In a
new organization.
■ A foil attendance of both companies *
la desired. ISAAC pttshvt.t,
President Screven Hose.
bb
Zerrnbabel Lodge, No. 15, F. A. ST.
A regular Communication of Zer
rnbabel Dodge, No. 15, win be held at the Ma
sonic Hall, THIS (Thursday) EVENING, at 7J<
o'clock.
Members of other Lodges and transient brethren
are fraternally invited to attend.
By order of the W. M.
B. J- NUNN, Secretary.
Personal—C. L.
Bleeti To-Night at the usual time
pUce> oct22-li*
Savannah, Skidaivay & Seaboard Bail-
road.
The'Fifth Instalment of 10 per cent*
per share is THIS DAY called for, payable on or be
fore the 26th instant, at the office of G. W. Wylly,
Treasurer.
W. B. SYMONS.
oct20-lw Superintendent
ELECTION NOTICE.
Xn accordance with the Proclamation
of the Governor, notice is hereby given that an
ELECTION FOE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
will be held at the Court House in the City or Sa_
vanhah, on the THIRD DAT OF NOVEMBER next.
The polls will be opened at 7 o’clock, A. M., and
close at 6 o'clock, P. M.
The Sheriff of-lfio Pgqn{y and fils Deputies are
hereby required to be in attendance. ■
There will be Throe Ballot-boxes, the distribution of
which will be anhobneed hereafter.
HENRY S. WETMORE,
octl9-td Ordinary Chatham County.
Grr
To the Voters of the First District.
Messrs. Editors: RJa^qo WtBOTWce Mr- ROBERT J.
WADE as a candidate for Magistrate of the First Dis
trict, and oblige
eep28-2aw2m
MANY VOTERS.
To the Public.
Savannah Gas-Light Company, 1
Savannah, June 4,1868. j
The £fcvag#ah Gas Light Company, wishing to sup
ply Gas to itapafrORS W cfleapterjns ^ainay be
consistent with a fair retnm for the aapitdl and labor
applied in its manufacture, and believing that the ac
tive business which may be reasonably expected da
ring the coming winter in this city, will cause an in
creased demand ; and further, that a diminution in
price will induce many to burn Gas that have hitherto
had recourse to other means of illumination, which
are more dangerous and less cleanly and convenient;
and that the consequent increase will lessen the cost o
manufacture, apd fhqp |qsttfy the Company in making
a reduction in price.
Therefore, it'has been determined, tha$ frppa and
after the FIRST OF NOVEMBER next, consumers
will he supplied at the rate of
FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER THOU
SAND CUBIC FEET,
and that a further redaction of Fifty Cents per Thou
sand Feet will be made to all who shall pay their bills
at this office within FIVE DAYS after presentation.
j. f. O' 11 .Ai m
June 6—3tawtnovl President.
Savannah,, SMjtoffay and Seaboard
The books of subscription of the above named Bail-
road, including the CITY RAILROAD, will be con
tinued open for thirty days from date. Subscriptions
are invited and will be received by Colonel JOS. S.
CLAGHOBN, President, or to W. R. SYMONS, Secre
tary. By order of the Board.
Savannah, October 12,1868. ocl3-lm
Notice to Gas Consumers.
Yon are respectfully invited to call at the . office of
the SAVANNA# njPROyRD GAS-LIGHT COMPANY,
comer of Bull and Ray Streets, 2d floor, between the
hours of 7 and 8 o’clock P. If.* t° witness and test the
improvement in the light from common city gas ef
fected by the Company.
With the same light now obtained, a deduction pf
about 25 per cent, in cost may be relied on-
This Company bos been in operation about four
months, and we would refer to our present patrons as
to the general satisfaction given.
The apparatus is introduced free of cost.
GEO. W. WYLLY, President.
DeWitt Bbtjyn, Secretary.aug 19—ly
Batchelor’s Hair Dye.
This splendid Hair Dye is the best in the world. The
only true and perfect Dye—Harmless, Reliable, Instan
taneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints.
Remedies the ill effects of Bad Dyes. Invigorates and
leaves the hair soft and beautiful, black or brovm.
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers, and properly ap
plied at Batchelor's Wig Factory, 16 Bond street, New
York.jaal^iy
DR. H. J. ROYALL,
Office, Cor. St.
je27—ly
Julian Street and Market
Square.' ..
Qj-x-3 Conjugal Lore,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MARRIAGE.
ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN, on the Errors, Abuses,
and Diseases which destroy the Manly Powers and
create impediments to MARRIAGE, with sure means
of relief. Sent in sealed letter envelopes free of charce.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P., Philadel
phia, Pa. septSS-rdatwffin
.A. HISTORICAL
AND
STATISTICAL SKETCH
OF THE
CITY OF SAVANNAS,
WITH ITS
RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS.
FTIHE UNDERSIGNED PROPOSES PUBLISHING,
X at an early day, a work embracing:
A Historical and Statistical Sketch of Savannah,
commencing with its earliest settlement and showing
its progress np to the present time ;
A description of its Railroad, Ocean, and River con
nections, with the advantages of each Railroad and
line of Steam and Sail vessels ;
The number and character of its population, its
earliest settlers, old families and prominent men ;
Its present and future advantages as regards Com
mercial and Manufacturing Facilities, its Beauty,
Cleanliness, and Health;
Its Public Buildings, Works, Schools, Park, Monu
ments and Squares;
Its City dojemmentf. Police and Fire Departments ;
Its Educational advantages by means of Public, De
nominational; and Private Schools:
A sketch of all Charitable, Historical and Medical
and other Societies, Churches, Ac., and. of all .points
of interest in and around Savannah ; ‘ ?
A sketch of Fortifications located near thb city and
constructed in Colonial and Revolutiottry times and
during the late wan. . , .» ; . • -J*
In general, to make it a work of interest to the citi
zens of Savannah mid the piiblic generally; a work
which, by showing the present and prospective ad
vantages of the city, will tend to eucourago a further
development of its resources and conduce to drawing
Trade and Travel to it and emigration to this section.
As itis my intention to make the work not only in
teresting to readers, hut serviceable to merchants of
the city, business cards will be inserted in it. Besides
the great advantages given to advertisers by its
circulation among subscribers, copies of the work will
be placed in the leading hotels of Georgia and Florida,
and also on all the steamers plying to and from this
port
The work is being compiled by energetic and com
petent gentlemen, who have access to all the old
records of the city, and all other sources of informa
tion, and I feel confident it will be sought after by all
persons interested in Savannah, its growth, ad van-
ages and prospects, and that it will be placed in every
library throughout the country.
Further information will be furnished by canvassers,
or on application at my office.
. J. H. ESTILL,
Bept28-tf 1U Bay street.
Win. S. Bogart’s
Classical, Mathematical and Eng
lish School for Boys,
Male Department of Chatham Academy,
TTTILL BE REOPENED ON MONDAY, OCTOBER
f T 8Gth, two weeks later than usual,
Mr. Bogart being necessarily absent from
the city till that date. i
Lads of ten years old are received, if
able to read fairly and begin Geography.
Terms and fees the same as heretofore. _
Till Mr. B.'s return, new pupils may apply"
canciea to L 8. F. Lancaster, who will give all inform
ation* sep29—tawtf
3IILLER,
— DEALER IN —
MAHOGANY, WALNUT and PINE
FURNITURE, :
SAVANNAH THEATRE!
• H^noaioiBa
Monday Evening, October 19
tot APtarv 1 r J
S 3
SKIFF & GAYLORD’S MIX STEELS j
■\TOW ON THEIR TENTH ANNUAL TOUR.
J3I Evening’s Entertainment will conclude jjf
Prof. Scbaffner’s productions of
fanitmiopoticonica !
»• * ^ s ■ -02
155 and 157 Broughton St.,
(NEXT TO WEEDS A CORNWELL,)
Doors open at 7 o’clock; performance „
mcucing at 8 o’clock. '
Admission.—Parquette and Drees Circle, $100 • p.
lily Circle, 75 eeute: Gallery, 50 cents; Qaadr^u
boxes, 75 cents; Private boxes, $5 and $8.
JOE GAYLORD, General Ap» n t
Joe Macx, Assistant Agent.
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SAVANNAH, OA.
8. IX. ZXBTOK.
B. L. GEOTBI.
GEO. K. MOOSE.
». ». LINTON & OO.,
COTTON FACTOBS,
Warehouse and Commission
Merchants,
No. 2 JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
4®* finmmiBniona charged, 1% 1* cent.. oc22—tf
Cor. Bay and Drayton Streets,
RE OFFERING? ON REASONABLE TERMS.
L one of the BEST SELECTED STOCKS of
GROCERIES
CLOAKS AND SHAWLS !
OPENED THIS DAY,
— AND -
“VTEW STYLE BLACK AND COLORED CLOTH
JN CLOAKS.
PROVISIONS!
ASTRACHAN CLOTH CLOAKS.
BLACK and COLORED BROCHE SHAWLS.
tarleton plaid shawls:
BLACK and MOURNING SHAWLS.
A toll line of MISSES' SHAWLS.
To be found in the city, to which they invite itfru
tion at dealers and consumers generally, and CLtKv
BUYERS PARTICULARLY. . oc3Q_g g
FOR BALE BY
DoWITT & MORGAN,
oc22—tf 137 CONGRESS STREET.
BLANKETS,
BLANKETS!
ISLE OF HOPE PROPERTY
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
ATS
FTIHE DWELLING, WITH FIFTY-ONE ACRES j
I attached, on the lale of Hope, known as “GEN
ERAL WHITE’S PLACE,” will be Bold or exchanged
for improved city property.
Apply at THIS OFFICE. oc22—It
WANTED,
^ GOOD, LIGHT, SECOND-HAND CART.
Inquire of
oc22—2t
JDAVANT & WAPLES.
FOR RENT,
J1RONT OFFICE OVER OUR STORE.
119 and 121 Congress St,
Sign of the Golden Sheep.
OC22—tf
PURSE & THOMAS.
For Liverpool.
T IE FIRST-GLASS AMERICAN SHIP ELLEN
SOUTHARD, Bickford Master, hav- -
ing the bulk of her cargo on board, will
have quick dispatch for the above port.
For freight apply to
T. B. MARKET ATT, A BRO.,
No. 2 Harris* Block,
ocl4—tf Bay street.
CARPETING !
CARPETING t
300 pair due French Blankets,
ribbon hound, all sizes; very
cheap.
500 pair Colored Blankets,
very low.
50 pieces Shaker and Welsh
Flannels, all widths; very
cheap.
ALSO,
— AND —
WINDOW SHADES!
IN GREAT VARIETY, AT
PEPPER’S,
119 and 121 Congress St.
Colored and Opera Flannels.
200 pieces Latest; Novelties in
Dress Goods.
Cases real Irish Linens—Nap
kins, Doylies and Toweling,
of direct importation, same
prices as before the War.
OC19—tf
jas. j. McGowans
9- GREAT INDUCEMENTS WILL BE OFFERED
ocl9—tf IN THESE GOODS-Vsa
ISTEW STORE!
NEW GOODS!
TV 3E W
MRS. 8. STRAUSS
DRY GOODS STORE,
H as removed from broughtqn street
to 161 CONGRESS STREET, where she invites
her patrons and the public to call and examine her
well-selected stock of new
Millinery and Fancy Goods,
Whitaker Street,
Between Broughton and State.
consisting of RIBBONS* VELVETS and SATINS, of
all colors and widths, especially her BEAUTIFUL
SASH RIBBONS. Also, DRESS TRIMMINGS, BUT
TONS, and FRINGES, of all patterns and colors.
ocl9—if
H AVING AGAIN RESUMED MY FORMER BU8I-
.3
NESS (on my own account), I would respectfoDy
call the attention of mv friends and the public gen
erally to my assortment of the following GOODS, viz:
GENTS’
Hosiery,
Dress Groods,
Linens,
FURNISHING GOODS!!
IN GREAT VARIETY, AT .
Corsets,
Shawls,
Flannels,
Blankets,
PEPPER’S,
119 and 121 Congress St.
Sheetings,
Hoop Skirts,
1STotions, &c., &c.
ocl9—tf
RAFFLE.
AS-1 will sea AS CHEAP A3 ANY HOUSE IS
THIS CITY. The public are invited to examine ml
Btockbefore pridamngdaeiiliBui. .r; oelt—lm
W1L H. HSON.
WM. W. GORDON.
A FEW MORE TICKETS FOR. THE VALUABLE
BOHEMIAN PUNCH BOWL can be had by ap
plying to JOSEPH FERNANDEZ, at “The Gem,”
corner Drayton street and Bay lane, to be raffled for
on SATURDAY, the 2ith, at 9 o'clock p. m. ’ oc20-5t
TISON & GORDON,
COTTONFACTQBS
LIGHTE RING
r—AND —
Towiisra!
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
bay^t&t,} Savannah.
IBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGN-
I MENTS.
SUI5—DfcTWCu
THE STEAMER
S.M. COLDMG
E. D. MORGAN,
TTAS NOW IN STORE AND WILL KEEP CQS-
JLL STANTLY ON HAND,
Captain TORRENT,
I B PREPARED TO LIGHTER COTTON, LUMBER
and RICK la weU adapted for the trade. Apply to
E. W. DRUMMOND & BRO.,
oc20—tf
A FULL ASSORTMENT
-OF —
Notice.
gTRAYED ON A PLACE NEAR THE CITY,
COW. The owner can obtain further in- \
MEN’S; BOYS, LABTES & MISSES’
HATS AND GAPS,
at
formation by applying at THIS OFFICE—
and describing her. ocl4—lOt
FRESH MACKEREL,
r HA3LF BARRELS, QUARTER BARRELS, AND
KITS, for sale by
Guckenlieimer & Selig.
oc20—lw
EASTERN HAY.
~piASTERN HAY LANDING AND FOR SALE LOW,
in lota to suit purchasers, by
oc20—tf
E. W. DRUMMOND & BRO.,
154: Bay afreet.
LATHS! LATHS!
150,000 » 111 ^ “ F0S
E. W. DRUMMOND & BRO.,
oc20—tf 151 Bay street
WANTED,
^N A No. 1 COOK, TO GO TO BRUNSWICK, GA.
Apply at THIS OFFICE.
oc20—tf
SACKS FOR SALE.
^j_OOD SECOND-HAND SACKS FOR SALE IN
lots to suit. Enquire at No. 8T BAY STREET.
oc21—4t* -
ROCKLAND LIME.
1200 BABRELS I ' 0w LANDING and fob
oc2I—3t
RICHARDSON & BARNARD.
A T WHOLESALE,
Snch aa will suit City and Country Trade.
43* COUNTRY MERCHANTS will do wefi tocsH
and examine, before purchasing elsewhere, at
THE 0LB ESTABLISHED
HAT STORE,
No. 153 Congress Street.
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BOOTS AND SHOES.
B y late arrivals from philad:
and New York we have received a TTlX
ASSORTMENT of r '•
LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN’S
SHOES,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AND OF VARIOUS
our stock.
COLORS.
The public are invited to call and
EINSTEIN, ECKMAN &C0. }
OC13—tf 163 CONGRESS STREET.
" WANTED,
JJIHBEE ROOMS, UNFURNISHED, ONE
FOR KITCHEN USE. Location to be withio
or fonr blocks of the Marshall House. Address I*
M. W„” Marshall House. acSt—^.
WINDOW GLASS,
npHE
A- tor
LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE CUE.
lor sale wholesale and retail, at
TATEM’S DRUG STORES.
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