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THE GRANT AND JOHNSON
CORRESPONDENCE.
We here two very different men to deal
with here; one who ha* illustrated a use
ful life with heroic acts, and it singularly
reticent; the other, a loud and oonetant
talker, whose record is full of contradic
tious. The General is a law abiding citi
zen and soldier; the Piesideut apolitical
'trickster and lawless demagogue. The first
would attend to his duty and refuse to in
termeddle with tho affair* of others ; the
second wields his badly-acquired powers to
subject a<l departments of the Government
ana the very nstion itselt to the imperious
demands of his single will.
The course pursued by Andrew Johnson
since he made that lamentable exhibition
of himself on the 4th of March. 1865, lias
given the lie to all bis patriotic record;
ba* denied every principle upon which bis
popularity was based ; has caused all those
who supported him iu his days ut integrity,
with a tew exceptions, to tall away from
him as a political leper, and gathered
around him tho vultures who fed upon the
carcass of a Government they killed under
Buchanan, but which whs resurrected
under Lincoln by the strong arm of
Ulysses S. Grant and his boys in blue.
We have only to recall bis interviews with
Governor Morton aud the Indiau delega
tion alter he became President, and hosts
of others, to remember with what perfidy
he acted, and how far he placed himself
beyond the pale of honesty aud truth. He
was not content with doing ill; be made
his ill deeds worse by promising to do
good.
He intended to “ make treason odious,”
to “punish traitors, ’’ and said if there were
but four thousand loyal men in any rebel
State they should reconstruct it, and the
rebels should take back seats in the work
of reconstruction. He pledged himself to
Mr. Sumner as favorable to universal nun
hood suffrage, and to Mr. Stevens as favor
ing negro suffrage upon named conditions.
Upon every pledge lie has ever made he
stands foresworn before the country.
Nor have his more private and personal
pledges been better kept than his public
ones, as thousands of disappointed men in
all parts of the country to-day hear witness.
His *• questions of veracity ” have been
frequent, and invariably determined
against him when the truth was known.
To carry out his purposes he has resorted
to measures hitherto unknown, and such as
it would . have shocked any former Presi
dent to mention. We mean the detailing
to correspondents of newspapers conversa
tions which took place at Cabinet meetings.
These matters have so astounded the coun
try that the people have long since ceased
to express surprise at any act he might do,
however lawless or atrocious.
When he wished to avail himself ol Gen
eral Grant’s popularity to sustain his politi
cal movements, he tricked him into atti
tudes where his name could be used, and
had him telegraphed all over the country ns
a supporter of his policy. Who does not
remember bis unworthy “dodge” upon the
occasion of the visit of the Jobnson-Ray
mond Committee from the Philadelphia
Padlock Convention, when he sent for
Grant and his Chief-of staff to come over to
the White House ? These officers, sup
posing the President wished to see them on
business, obeyed his summons only to he
brought iuto the presence of a speaking
delegation, “bathed in tears’”over the affect
ing spectacle et Philadelphia, and have
their names telegraphed all over the laud
as participants in the programme. Then
followed the revolting and treasonable
“swing around the circle,” which Grant in
vain declined to attend, upon written invita
tion and reply.
When first the President had screwed his
courage up to the point ot removing Mr.
Stanton, lie sent for General Grant, ostensi
blj to consult with him upon the subject ;
but already the General of the army had
been subject to misrepresentation nt the
bands of the President, and he went bom
and wrote out his remonstrance against that
act, in the letter marked “Private.” It w s
not agreeable to have an eavesdropper taking
down his words in stenographic writing, ad
then have them garbled in the daily papers,
as Sheridan’s New Orleans dispatch was.
The quiet General did not say a great deal,
but he did not wish the little he did say to he
misrepresented. It was, therefore, only a
wise precaution in him to begin the process
of asking lor the relations between him and
the President to be put in writing. Even
hi* wri ten remonstrance against Stanton's
removal did not prevent the President Irorn
giving out the lie that he advised said re
moval. So, also, when' asked to give his
opinion regarding Sheridan's removal, Gen.
Grant gave it freely, and to the satisfaction
of the country, in an official letter; the Pies
ident having learned by that time that Gen.
Grant meant to have his views on the subject
in black and white.
From the frequent recurrence of these
things, and the constant disclosure ot pri
vate letters and conversations by the Presi
dent, contrary to all official orgeiitlemunly
usage, the world at last lost all confidence
in him. The fact that the boat he floats in
has received additional rowers since is no
contradiction of this fact: it would have as
many or more without him in it.
The last example of his lawless and
tricky disposition is manifested in the cor
respondence between him and Grant upon
the Stanton reinstatement. We pqnsider
the question of veracity as settled. As
against a man who has proven false to
every pledge he has made and every friend
he bad on earth, anybody would be be
lieved ; but when a man like General Grant
gives him a flat contradiction, it is equal to
an avalanche of proof hurting him into the
Eit of everlasting infamy. Should those of
is time-serving Cabinet who have bent
the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift
may follow fawning, choose to add to pub
lic contempt bj* additional servility, it will
not affect the judgment of the world.
Thus much upon the peteonal phase of
this controversy. Upon the public phase
of it we do not know how properly to
characterize the moral heinousness, the
base sublcifuges, and the lawless trickery
disclosed by the President's own state
ments.
*• Yon had found, in our firet conference,”
say* the President, *• that the President
was desirous of keeping Mr. Stanton out
of ofiice ( whether sustained in the suspen
sion or not. You knew what reasons had
induced the President to usk from yon a
promise. You also know that, in case
yonr views of duty did not accord with his
own convictions, it was his purpose to fill
your place by another appointment. Even
ignoring the existence of a positive under
standing between us,' these conclusions
were plainly deducible from our various
conversations. It is certain, however,
that, even under these circumstances, yon
did not offer to return the place to my
possession, but, according to your own
statement, placed yourself in a position
when, could I have anticipated your actiou,
I would bavo been compelled to ask of
yon, as I was ci rapelled to ask of yonr
liredecessor in the War Department, u
etter of resignation, or else to resort to
ine more disagreeable expedient of bus
pending you by a successor.”
Here is a distinct avowal of a lawless
purpose iuto which he wished to draw Gen.
Grant as a participant, so that he might
shield himself from the penalties incurred,
or involve the General in the consequences.
It appears to us that what the President
had the right to do then he ; has still the
right to do. If he meant to dieobey or dm
regard tho law then, and act upon his con.
stitutional prerogatives, he may still do so.
lias his eourage oozed out since the de
parture ul General Grant, or is he unwill
ing to tempt alone the dangers of that
tiiorney path he wanted Grant to tread ?
Poes not the letter itself disclose a pur
pose, so reckless of the law, and so against
the morale of good government, as to con
stitute a high misdemeanor in office f
To this, we think no more eloquent and
fitting response could have been given by
a brave soldier and an honest man than the
following from General Grant:
“The course you would have it under
stood I agreed to pursue was in violation of
law and without orders from you ; while the
course 1 did pursue, and which I never
doubted you fully understood, was in ac
cordance with law, and not iu disobedience
to auy orders of any superior. Aud now,
Mr. President, when my honor as a soldier,
aud integrity as a man, have been so vio
lently assailed, pardon me for saying that I
can but regard this whole matter, from
beginning to end, as an attempt to involve
me in the resistance of law, for which you
hesitated to assume the responsibility in
orders, and thus to destroy my character
before the country. 1 am in a measure
confirmed in this conclusion by your recent
orders directing me to disobey orders from
the {secretary of War, my superior and your
subordinate, without having countermanded
his authority I am to disobey.
Here is-a distinct indictment of tho Presi
dent for wishing to induce his subordinate
to pursue a coor-e in violation of law. So
grave a charge from such a man ought not
to pass without investigation by the repre
sentatives of the people. The proper resent
ment of the General against an assault upon
his “ honor as a soldier and integrity as a
man," is again coupled with the declaration
that the President attempted “to involve
him in (he resistance of law, for which you
hesitate to assume the responsibility in orders,
and thus to destroy my character before the
country."
Here is a charge distinctly made by a
thoughtful and honest- man, first in the
hearts of his countrymen to-day, against the
reckless disturber ol the country’s peace in
the White House. We take it for granted
that it. will not be permitted to stop here by
those having proper authority; but, in any
event, the people will settle the question
rightfully, and in favor of the hero who con
quered the rebellion.
[From tho Atlanta New lira.
Stalelonslituti«iial Convention
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 10, 1868.
The Convention met pursuant to ad
journment, and was called to order by the
President.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. llarland.
The journal was read and approved.
Leave of absence was granted Mr.
Shropshire, on account of sickness iu his
family.
Mr. Martin, of Habersham, offered the
following :
Resolved, That from and after the 20th
day of February instant, the per diem com
pensation of the members ot this Conven
tion shall be $5 only.
On the motion to suspend the rules, the
yeas were 84, nays 29.
The following communication was read
to tho Convention.
Post Office Department, 1
Contract Office, k
Washington, February sth, 1868. y
Sir : A resolution of the Georgia Con
vention recommending the reestablishment
of the tn weekly mail service between
Gainsville and Anderson C. H., South
Carolina, by way of Homer, Carucsville,
and Hertville Georgia,’ has been received
at this office.
In reply, I have the honor to inform you
that Homer, a very small village, is now
supplied with mails on route No. 6,032,
Harmony to Homer. Carnesville, is on
route No. 5,023, b lbcrton to Carnesville,
and also on routes No. 6,030, Dauielsville
to Carnesville, on 0,031, Carnesville to
Harmoncy Grove. Hartweil is supplied
twice a week on route No. 0,028, from
Athens, Ga., to Anderson C. H., S. C.
This latter route ends at Anderson C. H ,
one of the proposed termini of the route
recommended by the Convention, and runs
via Hartwell to Athens, where it connects
with a railroad instead of turning northeast
to Gainesville, away from all railroad con
nections—as asked in the petition.
Such being the state of the case, the
department necessarily declines increasing
the already heavy expense of the postal
service in Georgia. by opening any addi
tionnl routes in the section indicated.
Very respectfully, etc,
Geo. W. McLelix,
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
J. it. Parrott, Esq., President Georgia
Convention, Atlanta, Ga.:
A motion was made and carried to lay
the resolution of Mr. Martin, of Haber
sham. on the table— yeas 67, nays 51.
Mr. Supple moved the suspension of the
rules to offer a resolution. Carried.
Mr. Supple offered the flowing, which
was adopted as amended :
Resolved, That it is the duty of this Con
vention, under the present circumstances,
to inquire how many member.! are absent,
and how long, and the cause of their ab
sence.
Mr. Blouxt offered the following amend
ment, which was accepted by Mr. Supple :
And that a committee of live be appointed
tp report all the delegates who are absent
without leave, the length of time, and the
cause of such absence.
The President appointed the following as
the Committee under the above resolution :
Messrs. Supple, Whiteley, Blount. Maddox,
and Holcombe.
Mr. Waddell, according to notice, moved
the reconsideration of the second section of
the Report on Franchise. He expressed
his object to he to have the section so
altered I hat the franchise should he con
ferred on the white male citizens of Georgia
only.
The motion to reconsider was lost—yeas,
20 ; nays, 98.
Leave of absence wus granted to Messrs
Harris, of Newton ; Martin, of Calhoun;
Bowden, of Campbell, aud Buchanan.
On motion of Mr. Bryant the committee
took up the Report of the Committee on
Franchise.
The .‘ld section was taken up.
Mr. Pabuott moved to amend by
striking out from the fltli and 10th lines
the words •* as an elector.”
Mr. Miller offered the following substi
tute for section 3.
The General Assembly may provide
from time to time for tho registration of all
electors; but the following classes of per
sons shall not he permitted to register, or
vote, or hold office: First—Those who
shall have been convicted of treason, em
bezzlement of public funds, malfeasance
in oflico. crimes punishable by law with
imprisonment in tho penitentiary, or
brilieiy. Second—Those who are idiots
or insane.
Mr. Bryant offered the following
amendment :
From tho first lino strike out the words
‘•it shall be the doty of,” and also in said
line after tbe word Assembly strike out
“ to” and insert “ may
Pending discussion on these several
propositions to amend, tbe Convention, on
motion of Mr, Bryant, adjourned. Mr.
Whntcley having the floor.
As Ordinance to provide tho means of de
fraying the expenses of this Convention,
ami the compensation of officers and
members.
Suction 1. lie it ordained by the people of
Georgia, in Convention assembled, That an
ordinance of this Convention, passed on tho
20th day of December, 1807, entitled “An
Ordinance to levy and collect a tax to pay
tho delegates and officers connected with the
Convention, ns well as all other incidental
expenses,” except the second section thereof,
is hereby rescinded, and the lollowing is or
dained in lieu thereof, to-wit:
That it shall be tho duty of tho Comp
troller General of the Stato of Georgia to
levy aud assess a tax of one-tenth of one per
cent, on all the taxnble property of this
Slate ns returned upon tho digests for the
year 1807, for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of this Convention, aud the com
pensation of officers and members.
And it shall be the duty of tho Tax Col
lectors in the several counties of this State
to collect the tax so assessed, and to pay
tho same to the Comptroller General, on
or before the first day of May, 1868. And
it shall be the duty of the several Tax Col
lectors to issue executions against all per
sons subject to taxation tinder this orili
nance, where tax is nnpaid after twenty
days notice, to pay it for the amount of tax
due by them, and fifty per ceutam thereon,
and all costs, and of sheriffs and constables
to levy and sell, under such executions,
and to return the proceeds to the Tax Col
lectors, as soon ns the same can be done
under tile provisions of existing laws.
Sec. 2. Be it farther ordained . That
auy scrip which may he issued by the au
thority of this Convention for tho purpose
aforesaid, shall be receivable by the Comp
troller General from the tax collector in
payment of the tax aforesaid.
Sec. 3. lie it further ordained, That the
tax collectors shall receive the same per
cent, for collecting the tax aforesaid, as
they are now allowed by law for collecting
the State tax.
Sec. 4. lie it further ordained, That the
Comptroller General shall issue to the tax
collectors all necessary orders lor the collec
tion and payment of the tax aforesaid,
which orders shall be binding upon .said
collectors
Sec. 5. lie it farther ordained, That the
moneys and scrip received by the Comp
troller General under this ordinance, be
paid by him into the Treasury ot this Slate,
to be disposed ot as this Convention shall
hereafter direct.
Hark on the Southern Democrats.
—The New York Herald, of Friday last,
asks was it not the Democratic masses
throughout the country that shouldered the
musket to put down the rebellion ?
We again ask, who wouldn’t be a Dem
ocrat ?
POLITIC A !..
The Topeka Leader relates tlie following
incident: “I he President of the Senate,
Gov. Green, it is well known, is a preacher
of the Methodist persuasion. It seems that
a bill, conferring some special powers on the
Methodists, was before the Senate. A mo
tion to ‘strike out the enacting clause,’ and
thus kill the bill, was made and carried, and
the somewhat excited Governor thus an
nounced ihe result: ‘Ten gentlemen having
voted in the affirmative, and only eight Meth
odists in ihe negative, the motion pre
vails.’ ”
The Annapolis correspondent of the Bal
timore American says there is a strong pro
bability of a split among the Democracy of
Maryland, in consequence of an effort on
the part of Montgomery Blur to force
Johnson on the party as a candidate for
President.
T. P. Finefrock, the Democrat whom
General Buckland defeated fur Congress in
the Ninth Ohio District, in 1866, has just
withdrawn from the Methodist Church at
Fremont, because a colored couple were ad
mi i ted.
General John M. Palmer and General
Logan are named as the prominent Republi
can candidates for Governor of Illinois.
The former, it is said, will not accept the
nomination.
General Kilpatrick is reported to be com
ing home Irom Chili, at the request of
certain Republicans in New Jersey, who
want him to run as their candidate for Gov
ernor this fall.
A committee of Mr. Pendleton’s friends
has been established in Washington, to urge
his nomination as Democratic candidate tor
tho Presidency.
It is said that Gov. Carney will he the
Republican, and George W. Gliek, of Atchi
son. the Democratic candidate for Governor
in Kansas.
General Burnside declines to be a candi
date for reflection to the Governorship of
Rhode Island. ,
The German Grant Clubs of Connecticut
are taking measures to form a State organi
zation.
It is said that Henry J. Raymond is to
write a history of General Grant, assisted by
William Swinton.
Twenty-nine papers of Ohio have declared
for Grant, and ten for Chase.
General Grant appears to be the choice of
the Kentucky Republicans.
That irrepressible little creature, Geroge
Francis Train, announces in a telegram that
“Derby quakes, hut dare not stop him.” Poor
Derby must be fast going into his dotage to
have quaked before little Train.
—A Vienna dispatch says that Baron
Von Beast lias addressed, or is about to
send, to the Austrian representatives
abroad, a circular, in which he will de
clare that Austria intends to preserve the
strict neutrality in all European ques
tions, and that she will not. break it unless
attacked.
The newly appointed Minister from the
Court of St. James to the Uuited States.
Mr. Thornton, is described as'a man of
sixty years of age, of rather billions com
plexion, bright hazel eyes, very quick in
their motion, white English side wbiskers.
whitish grey hair, mixed here and there
with a few black streaks, and as rather
slender in build, about five feet ten inches
in height. He is a very quiet looking gen
tleman, without anything acidulous, firm,
haughty or pompous in his manner, and
has not by any means that pompous look
so often observed in the.servants of her
majesty in this country.
John Beatty, tho father of Gen. Beaty,
just elected to Congress from tho Eighth
District of Ohio, was an Irishman by birth,
and by occupation a soap and candle maker
in New He once arrested a
young fellow-countryman in his employ for
stealing a box of candles, and having testi
fied that they were worth $4, “ overy penny
of it, ’ tho Judge sontcncod the boy to a
whipping in addition to a tine. Tho poor
fellow bogan to cry ; Beatty's eyes moist
ened. He sprang to his feet and said to
the Court, “ Plano your Honor, that was my
retail price, but as ho took the whole box,
I can aflord to call it 53.25 !” The young
Irishman was not whipped.
GENERAL ITEMS.
China never had either a (lave, or a feudal
system, or a pauper peasantry.
The Prince of Wales will visit Ireland in
April.
Prayer meetings arttlield in billiard sa
loons in Hillsdale, Michigan.
Gladstone is said to be a successful ama
teur concert singer.
Lord Brougham, now in his ninetieth
year, is rapidly falling.
Quicksilver mines have been discovered
in Macon county, Tennessee.
The transler of Maximilian's corpse cost
1240,000.
European gossips aro now declaring that
tbe Prince Imperial is not Louis Napo
leon’s son.
Wendell Phillips’ speeches is the only
American volume in the public library of
Alaska.
Tiic story that Beeoher has bad a large
number of babies sent to him is pronounced
a canard.
The first London edition (a very large
one) of the Queen’s new book, was sold
out in twenty-four hours.
Prince Albert Victor, son of the Prince
of Wales, and future King of England, has
just celebrated bis fourth birthday.
There are m the United States 45 Lu
theran synods, with 1,748 ministers, 3,111
congregations, and 361,860 communicants.
The Professor of Astronomy in a Chinese
college teaches that the stars are living
creatures.
It is said that more than a -hundred men
in New York make their livffng by catching
rats for sporting purposes.
The lake water, used for domestic pur
poses in Cleveland, Ohio, has been spoiled
by the emptyings of petroleum refineries.
Northern Arkansas raised wheal and
corn last year, beside cotton, and is doing
well, Arkansas raised only cotton,
aud is starving.
Gen. N. B. Forrest, of rebel notoriety,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the
office of the Clerk of the United States
Court in Memphis.
The Boston Pilot thinks the man is
living who will see a majority of the inhab
itants of the United States Roman Cath
olics.
Kirtland, Ohio, once an important seat of
Mormonism, has still a small remnant of
the “faithful,” who worship in the original
temple.
A Paris actress fell near the footlights,
but escaped injury, from the circumstance
that she had nothing on which could take
fire.
The Wisconsin Legislature are consider
ing the propriety of abolishing the grand
jury system as a needless expense, hinder
ing instead of helping justice.
The first edition of Queen Victoria's
Diary, consisting of one hundred and fifty
thousand copies, is nearly sold, and will
realize a profit of £IO,OOO at least.
Mosaffer Eddin Mirza, the heir to the
throne of Persia, has been getting married.
The Prince and his wife are each sixteen
years of age
On Saturday 80,000 cigars and twenty
one cases of tobacco were seized by a United
States marshal in New York, on the ground
that the owners.had paid neither license fee
nor tax.
Lord Brougham, by the latest foreign
intelligence, is represented to have lost the
power of speech ; he can only feebly articu
late, and has been deprived of the use of his
limbs.
Juries in England have some privileges
not accorded to those in this country. In
a recent case at Chester a bill of five
pounds for liquor and segars consumed by
the jurors was allowed by the court.
The Springfield Republican thinks that
if matches are made iu heaven, it would bo
well, iu many instances, to postpone the
ceremony u itil the bride and groom take
up a residence there.
A young iady, of Bangor, died very
suddenly, on Sunday, of last week, from
an o zerdose of arsenic, which she had been
in the habit of taking to improve her com
plexion.
A crazy fellow, in a Missouri town, de
clared that he was sent on earth to redeem
all things, but one of his audience carried
a Confederate note to him and made him
confess his inability to go as iar as that.
—The Indian corn crop of 1867, in the
United States, was 775,620.000 bushels,
which is 53,000,000 less than the crop of
1860. Illinois heads the list of corn-bear
ing States, while New York is only the
fourteenth.
J. Ross Browne, who is nominated as
Mr. Burlingame's successor in China, went
to Salem, twenty-five years ago, homeless
and penniless, having been sent from the
crew of a condemned whale ship by the
United States Consul at Zanzibar.
Mr. Young, the commander of the boat
expedition in search of Dr. Livingstone,
in a telegram to Sir li. Murchison, says :
“ I have returned from Lake Nayassa. Dr.
Livingstone has gone on in safety. The
Johanna men deserted him.
Tlturlow Weed, in the New York Com
mercial Advertiser, of winch he is the edi
tor, states that President Lincoln offered
him the position of the Secretarv of the
Treasury, which he declined, and recom
mended Mr. McCulloch, who accepted it.
The obsequies of the late Emperor
Maximilian were colebrated January 18.
The remains were deposited in the impe
rial crypt in the Capuchin Church Im
mense crowds of people filled tho streets,
and testified their sympathy with the de
ceased sovereign.
Arrangements are making for a public
meeting in New Yotk city on behalf of
the Southern Educational Fund. Henry
Ward Beecher has subscribed a largo
amount of the benefit of Washington
College, Virginia, of which General R. E.
Lee is President.
Anew sect, terming themselves “Non
fighting Men,”' have appeared among the
sailors of the British navy. Some of the
ten yenrs’ men of this sect, on claiming
their discharge, were asked why they wished
to leave the service, and replied, “For the
love of the Lord and liberty.”
Tennyson declines any longer to acknowl
edge the MS. verses which be is in the
habit of receiving from strangers. He is
about to issue a “Standard” edition of his
works in lour library volumes. This edition
will be carefully corrected by the poet, and
will contain some notable additions to his
published writings.
The German citizens of Philadelphia
intend to erect a first class theatre. The
Executive Committee held a meeting on
Saturday night, to take counsel ns to what
step they should make. The Bum of
$67,000 has been subscribed, to which a
wealthy citizen Ims agreed to add $20,000
when over the fund reaches SBO,OOO.
A Miss Smith, a school teacher in Mis
souri, having dressed the wounds ot a rebel
soldier during Price’s raid in that State in
1864, received a few days ago a letter from
the administrator of H. C. McDonald, Sr.,
informing her that she was named in his
will as legatee of $50,000, in consideration
of having saved the life of his nephew and
heir.
SPECIAL HOTICEB.
fjf CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL
RAILROAD, February 11, 1868.--J M Clark t
Sod, C Baker, W H Crane, Conley F A Cos, T
Riebard* A Sod, L 3 M, J O Bailie A Bro, H A
W, CAW A Cos, V Riebard* A Bro, D R
Wright A Cos, J McKirath, OK & Bro, C B B A
Cos, J Nelson <t Son, Chronicle and Sentinel, F
Phinisy A Cos, Stovall & E.
jj@- THB SIXTH REGULAR MEET
ING of tbe RELIANCE LOAN AND BUILD
ING ASSOCIATION will be hold at the City
Hall on THURSDAY NEXT, 13th init., at 71
o'clock p. m.
Members can pay their instalments to tbe
Treasurer, S. 11. SHEPAIID, at Jones, Smythe
A Co’s, until 5 o’clock of same day.
fob#—s<£th W. H. EDWARDS, Sec’y.
jggp» NOTICE TO STATE AND
COUNTY TAX PAYERS.—By instructions
from tbe Comptroller General of Georgia, I am
required to collect at once the unpaid Taxes of
this county. As tbe law holds me to a strict ac
countability, I shall surely issue execution*
against all who fail to pay by the 20th of Feb
ruary, after which time settlement will hav* to
bo trade with the Sheriff.
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1868, at which date eighty per cent, will be due,
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liable for City Taxes (except those who are re
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notified that tho CITY TAX DIGEST for 1868
i3 now open at my office (City Hall), and will
remain open until the first day of March next,
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AUCTION SALES.
City Sheriff'* Sale.
ON THE 18TU DAY OF FEBRUARY, IN
STANT, will bn sold by virtue of an order
from tbs Hon. John C. Snead, Judge of the City
Court of Augusta, at tbe Lower Market House,
)fl tbe City of Augusta, within the legal houra
of sale:
Three Mules and three sets of Harness, levied
on as tbe property of Theodore N. Lundy, by
virtue of an attachment returnable to the Feb
ruary Term, 1888, of the City Court of Augusta,
in favor of Fleming k Rowland rs. Theodore N.
Lundy. ISAAC LEVY,
fel,7 td Sheriff C. A.
D. S- Marshal’s Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
of fieri facias, issued ont of the Honorable
the Filth Circuit Coart of tlie United States for
the Soul born District ol Georgia, iu favor of the
plaintiff', in the following cause, to wit: William
Graydon 4c. Cos. versus Jared Tomlinson, I have
levied upon, as the property of the defendant,
six Mules, one Mare, one old Carriage, two
Wagons, fifty Head of Cattle, fifty Head of Hogs,
and nil the Household and Kitchen Furniture con
tallied iu his residence, in the First District of Lee
county, Georgia ; slid will sell the Due at public
unction, ut the Court House iu tho town of Starks
ville, county of Lee, and State of Georgia, on the
THIRD TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY next, be
tweeu the lawful hours of salo.
Dated nt Savannah, Ga., this 28th January,
1868. WM. G. DICKSON.
ja2f—3w U. S. Marshal.
TJ. S. Marshal’s Sale
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
of fieri facias, issued out of the Honorable
the Fifth Circuit Court of the United States for
the Sou!heru District of Georgia, in favor of the
plaintiff, in the following case, to wit: Phelan 4c.
Collender versus John Finn 4c Cos.. I have levied
upon, as the property of G. M. Hay, one of the
defendants, u stock of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Notions, etc., etc., contained in basement of build
ing known as .Masonic Hall, situate in the town of
Prestou. Webster county, Georgia; and will sell
the same at public auction, at the Court House in
the said town pf Preston, county of Webster, and
State of Georgia, on the THIRD TUESDAY IN
FEBRUARY next, between the lawful hoars of
sale.
Dated Savannah, Janunrv 28th. 1868.
WM. G. DICKSON,
ja29—3w U. S. Marshal.
Richmond Sheriff’s Sale.
ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN MARCH
next, at the Lower Market Uonse, in Ihe
city of Augusta, within the usual hours of public
sale, will he sold the following property ro wit:
All that lot or parcel of land, with the improve
ments thereon, in the city of Augusta, county of
Richmond, and .State of Georgia known as’ the
EXCELSIOR MILLS, on Kollock street, between
Kollock and Murbury streets, in said city; fronting
about one hundred and sixty feeton Kollock street,
and bounded north by [lie third level of the
Augusta Canal, east by Kollock street, west by lot
conveyed by the Trustees of Sarah F. Gaidiner to
William 11. Salisbury and Aylmer Usher, aud by
lot formerly owned by the estate of Marks, and
south by the second level of the Augusta Canal,
aud by the centre of the canal or race, excavated
by the said Trustees, with the right to use the said
last mentioned race for the purpose of drawing
water'from the Augusta Canal, subject to all the
rights and privileges of the Augusta Caual Com
pany. Levied upon as the property of Thomas
P. Stovall under aud by virtue of two writs of
fieri facias, issued from the Superior Court of
Richmond county,in favor of Adolphus C. Schaefer
4c Cos. vs. the said Tl-oraasP. Stovall—me on the
foreclosure of a mortgage, aud the other npou a
general judgment. Property pointed out iu said
mortgage fi. fa. aud by plaiutilis, aud levied upon
bv order of said plaintiffs—in the possession of
said Stovall. JOHN D. SMITH,
jano—lawßw Sheriff R. C
U. S. Marshal’s Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF
fieri facias issued out of the Honorable tbe
Fifth Circuit Court of the United States for the
Southern District of Georgia, in favor pf the
plaintiff, in the following cause, to wit: George
W. Hatch vs. the Bank of Commerce. I have
levied upon as the property of the defendant the
Bank of Commerce, part of a lot of land, to
gether with all the improvements thereon, situate
lying and being in the City of Savannah, Chat
ham County, Georgia, and known and distin
guished in the plan of said City as part of lot No.
10 —Jykil Tything, Derb. Ward—more particu
larly described as tho brick building corner Dray
ton street and Bay Lane, and will sell the same at
public auction at the Court House, in the City of
Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN MARCH next, between the lawful
hours of sale.
Dated Savannah, January 30, 1868.
WM. G. DICKSON,
feb2—3od U, S. Marshal.
U- S. Marshal’s Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF
fieri facias issued eut of tbe Honorable tbe
Fifth Circuit Court of tho United States for tbe
Southern District of Georgia, in favor of the
plaintiff, in the following case, to wit: Phelan *£;
Collender versus John Finn & Cos., I have levied
upon, as the property of John Finn, the stock of
Hotel Furniture in tho new hotel building, in
the town of Americu?, county of Sumter, and
State of Georgia. Also, Bar Room, Stock and
Fixtures contained in the old hotel building in
said town. Also, one Piano, Stool ard Cover,
and one Billiard Table; and will sell the same at
public auction, at tho Court House in tho town of
Americus, county of Sumpter, and State of
Georgia, on the THIRD TUESDAY IN FEB
RUARY next, between the lawful hours of sale.
Dated Savannah, January 2Sth, 1568,
WM. O. HICKSON,
ja29—3w U. S. Marshal.
U. S. Marshal’s Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
of lieri facias, issued out of the Honorable
the Fifth Circuit Court of the United States for
the Southern District of Georgia, in favor of the
plaintiff in the following case, to wit: Woodgate
& Cos. vs. Thomas F. Hampton and Frederick
Burtz, partners, naiug the firm name and style of
Hampton & Burtz, I have levied upon, as the
property ol Thomas F. Hainntou, One Block of
Brick Stores, situate, lying and being in the town
of Bainbridge, county of Decatrir, State of
Georgia, and known as the “ Hampton Block, 1 ’
adjoining the premises of King & Lester, Lewis
& Waters, and D. J. Dickenson, on Water street,
in said town and county ; and will sell the same at
public auction, at the Court House in the city of
Macon, county of Btbb, aud State of Georgia, on
the FIRST TUESDAY IN MARCH next, be
tween the lawful honrs of sale.
Dated at Savannah, Georgia, this 29th day of
January, 1868. J
WILLIAM G. DICKSON,
ja29—3od U. S. Marshal.
11. S. Marshal's Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
of fieri facias, issued out of the Honorable
the Fifth Circuit Court of the United States for
the Southern District-of Georgia, in favor of the
plaintiff, in the following case, to wit: A.
Biuiuger & Cos. versus Alonzo B Lnee, I have
levied upon, as the property ot the defendant, the
entire st ick of Furniture,’Bedding, etc., etc., of
the Marshall House. Savannah. Ga., now occu
pied by said Alonzo I>. Luce, defendant; and will
sell the same at public auction, at tho Court House
in the city of Savannah. Chatham comity, Ga., on
the THIRD TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY next,
between the lawful hours of sale.
Dated at Savannah, this 28th day of January
1868. WILLIAM G. DICKSON,
ja29—3w U. S. Marshal.
U. S. Marshal’s Sale.
UNDER ANI) BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
ot fieri facias, issued out of the Honorable
the Fifth Circnit Court of the United States for
the Southern District of Georgia, in favor of the
plaintiff, in the following case, to wit: Beaufort
Elliott versus Lemuel W. 11. Pittman, I have
levied upon, as the property of the defendant,
2,450 Acres, more or less, of Laud, together witli
alt the improvements thereon, situate, lying aud
being in the Fifth District, of Ware' county,
Georgia, known and described in the plan of said
district and county as lots number 348, 481!, 480,
479 and 478; uud will sell tho same at public ane
tion, at the Court House in the city of savannah,
Chatham county. Georgia, on the FIRST TUES
DAY IN MARCH next, hotween the lawful
hours of sale.
Dated at Savannah, Ga., this 29th day of Jan
uary, 1868. WILLI ASI G. DICKSON,
ja !9—3od U. S. Marshal.
O. H. Johansen,
CORNER OF
Marbury & South Boundary Streets,
(NEAR RACE TRACK),
AUGUSTA, GEOHGIA
17 EEPS ALWAYS ON HAND FRESH
IV LAGER BEER and the very best LI
QUORS of all kinds.
Visitors will find ShulUe Boards Bagatelle Ta
bles, Air Guns, and amusements of all kinds.
Bo sure and give me a call.
uov2d-3iu
Auction 3alee^
TJ- S- Marshals gai.
UNDER AND BY VIPTI v
ffierifaci u ,i„ uedo V^TCEo, 1
,»iub Circuit Coart of the Unims '.“tol
Boulh.ru District of
plaintiffs, mthe following c^o" 1 <*’*
Wells 4c Cos. versus SitaTowE,!™;*
Hoyt 4c Cos , versus same *
same ; 11. E. Dibblee A Cos . A<l1 *t
levied upon, as the property
bila* Over*rest, Six (fi/ jjL r f <*
with all the improvements
ami being m the county of Iwl**?
Georgia and known in ffie plan of-;? 1
lots number 99, 183. 193 icpua o,f •**s<»
9th District, aud containing, j Q jjf 1 !. 1 !
more or less. ■’ *“i *4l
One tot of Laud, together with all -v
--menls thereon, situate. Ivin- andtir**
Dmtnct of Pierce comity, Georgia
the plan of aaid coontv and fliwtril,**
92, and containing 43u ’acres, more VLS
One lot of Land, together with 25?
menu thereon, situate, lyi n - ni 1 "*"
Distriet of Pierce coului. Ga to*
her -ZA and containing lfk» acres
One lot of Laud, together wiidhtoi
ments thereon, situate, | T j„,
town of Black shear, Pmrce foimtv
mg one acre—bounded aa follows-toh 1
east by lauds of Silas Overstreet' Jn4 '
lands of the late A O
lands formerly owned by H. \y
in the northeast corner of the i-nKioi'*'
Two lots of Land, together withT
proven, cuts thereon, situate the o' “ 1
shear, both lying on the east side of?,,
joining each other, and bounded *
oue lot fronting on “A’’ street, and
Bii feet; bounded on the southwest iVo 1
and on the northwest by lands o! l\
Moses L. Eason,and on the northeast ho
lot to be hereafter described, and m I?*
land owned by Mrs. Shave,
lying northeast of the one ju-t desert*?
mng back in a northeast directionKZ
containing 2j acres, more or If -s-boiJu
northwest by lands owned by H. fi
on the northeast by lands owned bv P
A. C. Strickland ; on the- southeast 1 1 ■
Charles Ray ion ; on the southwest tl
Mrs. Shaves, 11. YV. Grady, and Mosesfc
One lot of Land, together with all tbi
ments thereon, eitoate in the town of ft.
Pierce county, Ga., bounded a> follows- 1
“A’’ street 25 feet, running back 45few.
on the southeast by lot owned bvß
Douglass; on the northwest by lot'omS
Overstreet, and lying on Ihe south»«.
“A’’ street.
One lot es Laud, together with all then,
ments thereon, situate iu tire town of Bln
Pierce couutr, Ga., and bounded
Fronting 99 yards on-A” street, mnnkr
yards; bounded on the southeast bvS
B. Robinson; on the northeast by b-T
iate A. C. Strickland ; on the -K-rthweet.
& Overstreet.
One lot of Land, together with ail the ii
menls thereon, situate iu the town of Bla
Pierce comity, Ga.. ku >wu in the rC,
town as lot number 1. ’
One lot of Land, together with all the is
meats thereon, situate in tire town of Big
Pierce county, Ga.. known m the plan
town as lot number —.: outing the richos
the S. A. and G It. It., aud running back 1
hounded on the southwest bv lands of!
street; southeast by lands of the late AC l
laud; northeast by’lands of J. X. Stephej.
One lot of Land, together with all then
ments thereon, situate iu the town of Bla
Pierce county, Ga., known in the plan of ai
as lot number 24.
Two lots of Land, together with »U in
tueuts thereon, situate in ihe town of Bln
Pierce county, Georgia, kn-wa in the ■
said town as lot No. ——, amll -t y O , 25,
26 being bounded as follows: fronting “A”
75 feet, and fronting 8. A. A >; K.E. 1#
lot No. bounded by and fronting S. i
R. P., running back Uhl boundedi
northeast, by .S. A. & G. K. K.. somhirejtl
Kinney’s lot, and oa all uiker sides byl
A. C. Strickland aud !Vm. kcheely.
One lot of Land, together with ill isj
ments thereon,'situate in tire tcwaef Blaeh
Pierce county, Georgia, ktoan aiSo.Jt
on the north side of A sire;-, bounded t
cast by lands of.S. Cuiuer, wc t by lsndi«
dry k Stephens, fronting A s-reet 90 fed
ning back 120 feet.
One lot of Land, together with all im|
meets thereon, situate in t iet wn of Black
Pierce vounty, Georgia, containing j acre,
or less, and bounded as follows : on thee
lands of S. Overstreet, south by Smith’s in
One lot or parcel of Land containing 3
more or less, together with ail the improve
thereou, consisting of Dwelling, Barnt
buildings, etc., situate in then wn ofßlsek
county of Pierce, and State of Georgii
known as the late town residence of Silu
street, the same being now occupied by
Nichols, Esq.
Oao lot of Land containing jacre,m
less, together with all th.- in.: roTemenu thi
consisting of Store, Dwelling, etc., simste,
and being in tho town of Waresborc,
county, Georgia, and bounded as follow
the north by what was formerly known
Old Court House Square, east by back str
said towu, south by lots of Austin Smith,
by main streot of said town.
Oue lot of Land containing 1 acre, mi
less, together wi;h all improvements th
consisting of Dwelling, etc., situate, lying
being iu the town of Waresboro, ffarec
Georgia, and bounded as follows: on the
by old public road to Teuton's Ferry,e
main street of sai 1 town, south by lots oil
Smith, and west by Cox Creek.
And will sell all of the abarc described pri
at public auction at the Court Rouse in tb
of Savannah, Chatham cernty Georgia, (
first Tuesday iu March next, brtweeu thei
hours of sale.
Dated Savannah, January 31,1568.
Wil. G. DICKSOI
j an 30-301 U- S. Man
TJ. S. Marshals Sale. H
U NDER AND BY YIBTUEOFAWrB
fieri facias issued out of the
Fifth Circuit Court of the United states
Southern District of Georgia, in iavor
plaintifih, in the following to wit:
& Collendcr vs. John Finn J- 1 0, I have
upon, as the property of G. M. H»J>
defendants, a House and Lot,
acres, more or less, situate iu the town of AM
cus, Sumpter county. Ga., now
George M. Hay, Esq. Two .-torehowwM
Lots, situate on the northwest corner uH
public square of said town. Also, east hIH
lot number 02, in the Thirty-first Diatn®
originally Leo, now Webster county,
half of lot number 15, in the TwontydOTjß
trict of originally Lee, now Webstar otiß
Ga.; in all containing 202£ acres, more omH
Three Lots, together with ail the
thereon, situate in the town of Preston, *»*B
county, Ga., known and distinguish*®
plan of said town as Lots number 17,
21, in block B, and known as the residence*®
M. Hay, Esq. One Lot, situate in saidtoftß
county, together with all the imprwitj
thereon, consisting of a Storehouse, a*d MB
and distinguished in tho plan of
lot number 4, in block B. Ouc Lot, sittUjß
said town and county, containing 4
or loss, together with all the improve**®
thpreoo, consisting of a House, etc-, boawlß
follows : on th? porta by vacant lot owned ra
W. Josey; on the south by J. B. Sfc*pk*®Wß
the east by lot of S. B. Hawkins; on
the Lumpkin road—basement story of tajfJH
iog known as the » asvnie t ail, and
shed, more particularly described as
2, and 3, iu Block C, in said town of
county of Webster and State of
will sell the same at public auction, at
house in.tho city of Macon, county of
State of Georgia, on the FIRST TUEsB m
MARCH next, between the lawful hours w *■
Dated Savannah, January 31st, I
WM. G. DICkSO&J
ja29—3od U. S«
U. S. Marshal’s Sale. ■
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
fieri laoias issued out of the Honor*® M
Fifth Circuit Court of tho Uuited State! X
Southern District of Georgia, in f a 7 or
plaintiff, in tho following casto wit;
NV. Hutch vs. the Bank of Couinierco—d
levied upon as the property of tho defendant*
Bank of Commerce, part of a lot of
gether with all the improvements tbereoM*
stating of a building known as tho o*ji™
Commerco Building, situate, lying anu
the City of Savaunah, Chatham ooaat y V2B
and known and distinguished in the plaa
city as part of lot No. 10—Jykil Tythingi
Ward—and will sell the same at public
at tho Court House, iu the City of h*r*gM
Chatham county, Georgia, on tho Flßh* ‘ 3
DAY IX MA It Oil next, between the «■■■
hours of salo. B
Dated Savaenah, January 31st, lst)&* Air B
WM. G.
feb2- 30d U. S. Marjsß
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