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NationalUepublican AUOWrA. *+A.. WKDNEBDAY MORNING -Februuyn, 18*8 From tho Washington (D. 0.) Chrootole] 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. JOHN A. HOIILER, Tax Collecior Richmund County. ja2s—-t2othFeb "M A KRI AGE AN D CELIBACY, AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN .IIOOD —An Essay for Young Men on the Crime of Solitude, and tbe Physiologioal Errors, Abases and Diseases which create impediments to MAR RIAGE, with sure means of Relief. Sent in scaled letter envelopes, froe of charge. Address Dn. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, fel— 3m Philadelphia, I’a. _ jjjjpclTY sexton.—the sexton will be found at his office, at the Cemetery, from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m., and from 2 to 5 p. m., every day. Alt orders left at aoy time will ba promptly attended to. Residence—No. 6 Fenwick street. P. 11. HALL, ja2l—lm City Sexton. NOTICE.— Augusta, Ga., Dec. 21, 1867. To the Stockholders of the Milledyeoille, or Macon and Augusta tlailroad Ca : Calls for payment on Subscriptions to tbe Capital Stock of this Company have been made up to fifty-five per cent. Stock upon which this amount has not been paid will bo forfeited to the Company. A further call is now made for twenty-five per cent., payable on or before February 20tb, 1868, at which date eighty per cent, will be due, and Stock forfeited, if not paid. All stockholders in arrears will at once cor respond with the Treasurer. The Road is now in operation to Miiledge ville, and is doing a large business. It is believed that arrangements will be made by which further calls will bo avoided, if prompt pay ment is now made. By order of the Board of Directors. Jl. B. BULLOCK, President. J. A. S. Mii.i.igan, Secretary and Treasurer. de2l—6ot Savannah Republican, News and Herald; Macon Telegraph, Journal and Messenger ; Mil lcdgeville Recorder , Federal Union ; Atlanta 5 Intelligencer and New Era, will please copy above for sixty days, and send hill to the Treasurer of Macon and Augusta Railroad, at Augustin TAX NOTICE. CLERK OF COUNCIL’S OFFICE, Augusta, Ga., January 14, IB6S.—AII persons liable for City Taxes (except those who are re quired to make quarterly returns), are hereby 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, by which time all returns must be made. All those who fail to return by that time will be returned for double taxation, and a fine of not less than ten dollars per day will bo imposed for each day of such failure to return. Office hours: From 9 o’clock a.m. to 1 o’clock p.m., and from A o’clock p.in. to 5 o’clock p.m., daily (Sundays excepted). JAMES N. 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Many of the Songs have been written expressly for the work, and none of tho songs are old and time-woru—sung through a dozen books, but Now and Sparkling, adapted to all Occasions, and alivo with the Spirt of the Times. Price 50 cents. Sent postpaid. OLIVER DITSON A CO., Publishers, 277 Washington Street, Boston. CIIAS 11. DITSON <fc CO., 711 Broadway, New York. feb9—tf J. J. BROWNE, Q.UiVKR AND GILDER. Looking Glass and Picture Frames CORNICES, BRACKETS, CONSOLE TABLES HADE TO ORDER. Old PICTURE and LOOKING GLASS FRAMES REGILT, and OIL PAINTINGS RE STORED, LINED and VARNISHED, AT 135 BROAD STREET, Awousta, Ga. fe9 —lawtf Watches, Clocks aud Jewelry. H. SUMMER, 184 BROAD STREET, -Lt. AUGUSTA, GA. SPECTACLES, LYE-GLASSES, etc.j Watch makers' Tools, Materials and Glasses. WATCHES and CLOCKS REPAIRED and WAR RAN i ED. Jewelry made and repaired. All kinds of Hair Braiding done. Agent for Singer’s Sewing Machines. All kinds of Sewing Machines repaired and warranted. fe9—luw3nt Furniture and Piano Hauling. PJAVINO A NEW AND LIGHT SPRING DRAY, 1 am prepared to haul Furniture, Pianos, and anything else, without scratching or bruising, ns is too often the case. Orders left at my store, on Ellis street,between bfcshingtou and Monutueut, will b* promptly attended to, at reasonaolo rates. Particular oare given to moving Furniture and Pianos. WM. HALE (Colored), Dealer In Family Groceries* aul—tl 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 Book and, job printing m Executed at this At tho Lowest Terms and in the | £Come aud see samples. 9