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tioM, provided by this Constitution, la each nan,
and each only, a* by Ihia Constitution juriadirtion
>• Riven to Mid Court* end officers. over the
cause* es action on which they are founded.
& The Judgments and proceeding* of Court*,
and act* of officer* within their Jurisdiction, as
provided by law, shall bo valid, notwithstand
ing the Judge* of said Courts or the said officers
were appointed by the military authorities of
the United State*, and any of said Judgments,
or acta, or proceedings made or done, under or
by virtue of, or in accordance with the orders
of said military authorities, duly made, are a*
valid at U done under a law of this State.
10. These several acts of confirmation sh .ll not
be construed to divest any vested right, nor to
make any act criminal, otherwise not criminal,
hut they shall be construed as acts of peace, and to
prevent injustice : Provided, That nothing in this
Constitution shall be so construed as to nake valid
any acts done by. or before, any each de facto
officer, which would, by legaUaing such nets, ren
der that criminal which was not criminal when
done, or cause any act not legally criminal when
done to become crimiipd by giving validity to
such act after it was done; but all such acts shall
be held by the Courts to be null and void.
11. Should this Constitution be ratified by the
people, and Congress accept the same with any
qualifications or conditions, the Government here
in provided for, nnd the officers elected, shall
nevertheless exist and continue iu the exercise of
their several functions, as the Government of this
State, so far as the same nitty be consistent with
the action of the United States iu the premises.
12. The ordinances of this Convention on the
subject of the ti r*t election, and the first General As
sembly, shall have the force of laws, until they
expire by their own limitation, and all otherordi
nances of a mere Legislative character, shall have
the force of laws, until otherwise provided by the
General Assembly.
ARTICLE XII.—AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION.
1. This Constitution may bo amended by a
two thirds vote of two successive Legislatures,
and by a submission of the amendment to the
qualified voters for final ratification. But the
General Assembly shall not call a Convention
of the people in the election of delegates to
which any person, qualified to vote by this
Constitution shall be disqualified. And the
representation in said Convention shaH be
based on population. Nor shall tho right of
suffrage ever be taken from any person quali
fied by this Constitution to vote.
J. R. PARROTT.
Pres. Ga. Con. Convcn.
Attest: P. M. Subiblby, Sec.,
Geo. Con. Convcn.
Atlanta, Ga., March 18, 1868.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct
«opy of the Constitution, ordained by the
Georgia Constitutional Convention and adop
ted, as a whole, by that body, on the 11th day
of March 1868. P. it. SIIEIBLEY,
Secretary of the Convention.
ADDRESS
Os the Chairman of the Union Repub
lican Central Committee.
To the People of the State of Georgia:
The Convention assembled by authority of Con
gress, and in accordance with the will of the legal
voters of this State, has completed its labors, and
the result is before yon.
The Constitution herewith presented, is not, in
an extreme sense, the Constitution of a party.
Men of all shades of political sentifcent united in
framiug it, and It may be token as an expression of
the average views of all. Hence the endorsement
of the entire people may be asked for it, more ap
propriately than for any other instrument, perhaps,
that has ever before been submitted for their suf
frages. All we ask for it is. a candid and fair
examination by the voters of the State, aud then
we shall confidently await the result.
The provisions contained in tho Bill of Rights
are mainly such as have commended themselves
to the wisdom of previous Conventions, as those
best calculated to preserve and protect the precious
privileges of the people. A few additions have
been made, which were rendered necessary by a
change of circumstances, or made appropriate as
an expression of that loyalty of sentiment toward
the National Government, whicti has sprung up
in the hearts of our people, since the close ot the
late war. It may he taken as an omen of bappy
augury, that the expressions referred to were
most warmly supported in the Convention bv gen
tlemen who had themselves participated i'll the
recent effort to sever the relations of the State
with the General Government, and who rightfully
deemed that such expressions would tend to re
store, throughout the State and eonutrv, confidence
in our patriotism, and iu the sincerity and integ
r:ty of oar motives.
The provisions contained in the Executive
and Legislative Departments, are the result of
an unwearied aud zealous effort on the part of
those who had those Departments iu charge
to lay the foundation; and on the part of the
Convention at large, to perfect the same,
ty batever changes have been made from the old
Constitution of Georgia in these two articles,
were made by the almost unanimous eonsent
of the members of the Convention, including
even the few in that body who were opposed to
any Reconstruction at all.
The Article on the Judiciary Department has
undergone the inspection of the best legal minds
of the State, and has received their unqualified
approval. Those who have heretofore con
sidered it a duty to be hostile to our work, have
beeu struck by the beauty aud competence of
our judicial system; aud the friends of the
Constitution confidently present said system to
,ne voters of the State, as a proof of the wisdom
and care which characterized thd proceedings
of the Convention, and of the fidelity and
honesty with which the members of tlmt body
labored to promote the best interests of the
people.
The subjects of Relief and Homestead Ex
emption, engaged a large share of the time and
attention of the delegates. The views of
almost every individual member were brought
before the Convention and carefully considered.
The wishes and wants of their constituents
were freely consulted by the body; and it wax
almost literally be said that the entire people
of Georgia assisted in framing these articles
Os their beneficent effects in the future, there
can be no doubt. Whil* releasing the people
irorn a burden that had become too heavy to be
borne or shaken off, they will secure to honest
Industry the fruits of toil, and by renewing
and promoting the material prosperity of the
whole tommunity, will eventually benefit eve n
those individuals who seem for the mouif n t
injuriously affected.
Upon the subject of Education, there. was
great unanimity in the Convention, rind the
Article upon the subject in the new 'Constitu
tion was finally adopted without a dissenting
voice. Under its provisions the State can
begin the great work of educating her children
and then improve and complete her system of
Eublic Instruction, as rapidly as the wealth of
the people will permit, or as their requirements
demand.
Suffrage is limited only by the usual Consti
tutional requirements. The Convention, in
obedience to what seemed the wish of the peo
ple, stepped, in this respect, to the extreme
verge of liberality. Not a man in the State is
disfranchised lor participation in the recent
war. in extending the suffrage to those classes
hitherto deprived of It, the Convention com
plied strictly with the conditions laid down by
the National Government; but It was not
actuated by desire to comply with those con
ditions alone. It believed that under our
changed circumstances, snch extension of the
suffrage was right and proper in itself; and it
willingly and cheerfully recognized the cardi
nal principle of Republics, that no freeman
should be deprived of participation in the
Government, except for crime.
Such, fellow-citizens, is the Constitution
presented for your suffrage. Wo ask for it a
calm and candid perusal. Even tts enemies are
at a loss to find fn it aught to condemn. We
believe the impartial people of the State will
generally approve. Wltf. Its ratification, our
beloved State will once more be returned to
her old relations in the American Union The
present unsettled and unhappy condition of
affairs will pass awav. Ouf Mepreseutat ves
will again tread the if alls of the National Con
gress, to advocate and defend the interests of
Georgia. The deleat of this Constitution must
ead to anarchy, or worse. Its triumph will
secure us order and peace. Which shall It be 1
Let every lover of the State and of good gov
ernriieot prepare to answer at the polls ?
FOSTER BLODGETT,
Chairman Republican State Central Committee.
Gkavb Robbing. —Lately certain burial
grounds in the vicinity of Quebec are
stated to have been visited by body
snatchers. Not only have graves been
re-opened, but even private vaults have
been broken into, and the coffins robbed
of their contents. The perpetrators of these
sacrileges are supposed to hail from that
progressive city of abominations, Montreal.
If these horrible procurers to aspiring
sawbones are caught they may reckon on
some pretty rough handling from parties
on tho lookout. Thu police were instru
mental in restoring three bodies (dropped
in flight by these “grave ghouls”) to their
original resting place, a few nights ago and
have kept a vigilant watch ever since to
prevent a repetition of tho offence.
Mommy Chronicle, Quebec.
NnttonaMcpublican
auhusta. oa..
WEDNESDAY MORNING March JS. 18*8
for PRESIDENT
Os tiie United States:
ULISSES S. GRANT.
for Governor
OF GEORGIA :
llov. It. It. BULLOCK
OF RICHMOND.
FOR CONGRESS:
1 J. W. Ci ift, First District.
R. H. Whitelet, Second District.
Wu. P. Edwards, Third District.
Samuel F. Gove, Fourth District.
C. H. Prince, Fifth District.
John A. Wimpy, Sixth District.
J. Atkins, Seventh District.
PLATFORM.
Resolved, That tee pledge our support to
the Constitution framed by the Constitu
tutional Contention of this State now in
session.
Resolved, That ice present to the friends of
Reconstruction in Georgia this Constitution
as our Platform, and we urgently request
them to ratify it.
Resolved, That we pledge our support lo
the llon. R. B. Bullock, our candidate for
Governor, this day nominated.
Resolved, That we earnestly request the
friends of Reconstruction to ratify the
Nomination of the Hon. R. B. Bullock in
their Primary Meetings, and sustain him by
their votes.
THE CAMPAIGN.
No one can overestimate the importance
attached to the political campaign upon
which wc arc entering. The respective
hosts have chosen their leaders and raised
their standard. The issue is made up.
Tue National Republican will be
found battling, in the front rank, for the
Restoration of Georgia, for the new Con
stitution framed by her representatives in
the Convention at Atlanta, for new men
and new measures, ami, as a sequence, for
the peace and prosperity of our people.
‘‘There’s work for every man to do.’
To make The National Republican
effective in the great work before us, we
propose the following liberal
RATES FOR THE CAMPAIGN:
DAILY’, single copy, 3 months SI.OO
“ 10 copies, " “ 8.00
The Republican contains more reading
mntter than any other daily journal in the
State, including the latest news by mails
and telegraph.
TIIE CLIQUE OF OLD POLITICIANS.
Two or three new qualifications for
attaining office have, of late years, been
tacitly or avowedly held by oratorical and
editorial demagogues, as requisite for the
attainment of office in Georgia. First, a
candidate for any important station must
be a lawyer; secondly, that he must be a
politician ; and thirdly, he must be a “na
tive Georgian”—and the objection is made
to Cttl. Bullock that lie is none of these-
T he two first of these requisites, in some
degree, comprise each other. All lawyers
‘ are not politicians, but almost all politi
cians are lawyers; and the clique who
have governed and nearly ruined Georgia
are almost universally of the legal profes
‘sion. Politics are made a part of that
profession, and those who are best skilled
in the administration of the laws are also
those who are most skilful in the evasion
of them. The sophistical and hair-split
ting arguments that deluded the people
into secession were eminently character
istic of the training of the legal profession.
In all ages it has been their business “to
make the worse appear the better reason,”
and no better illustrations can be found of
their sophistry than in most of the speeches
that were delivered from the stump during
the canvass preceding secession. The
people got into the habit of thinking that
no one but a lawyer, and consequently an
orator,, could be fit for office, forgetting
that business talent, energy, and industry
are more necessary in a public officer than
“the gift of the gab although they saw
that when a politician got to be Governor,
he ceased his oratorical efforts, as no longer
necessary—just as a lady ceases to play the
piano after she gets married. The conse
quence of this prevalent idea was, that the
Government of Georgia was yielded up to
a class of politicians whose skill in de
ceiving the people plunged us into the
miserable slough from which wc arc now
attempting to extricate ourselves, and the
efforts of that very class of men arc now
directed to prevent those who would re
deem and reinstate Georgia from being
successful. With a’l the power of their
deceit, with all the vigor of their
with all the abundance of their filthy
epithets, they strive to make the people
believe that any one who is not a lawyer
by profession can not be fit to be Governor,
notwithstanding many of the best, and
undoubtedly the safest Governors Georgia
had in her earlier days, did not belong to
that profession.
Now, we do not wish to bo understood
as saying that lawyers are not to be
trusted with the reins of government.
Theirs is an honorable profession, though
in scriptural bud odor. We only desire
to assert the rights of other classes of the
community also, to seek preferment, and
to protest against the ring of professional I
politicians who have, of late years, ah-1
■orbed all the-important offices, and the
evil consequences of whose rule we have
experienced, and do now experience. They
have assumed to themselves a monopoly
of all the high stations, and to provo this
assertion, let the people call to mind who,
in the last twenty years or more, has
attained high office, except one of this
clique. The offices of Governor, Senator,
Congressman, etc., pass from hand to hand
around the same ring, and we seldom hear
of any names in connection with distin
guished places but those old familiars,
who raised to an elevation they did not
deserve, if we may judge by the conse
quences of their politics, yet keep, as
much as they arc able, any new man from
climbing to their level. Occasionally
some such man breaks into their magic
circle, but he is regarded as an interloper.
So they looked upon Gov. Brown, aud so
they still regard him. Half the enmity,
abuse, and vituperation, which tho Ex-
Governor has experienced, arises from the
fact tliat he, though a lawyer, does not
belong to the clique of old politicians.
He has fought “on his own hook,” and
achieved success without their aid, but
rather with the opposition of the political
cabal who supposed they had a prescrip
tive right to every fat thing that was
going.
It is true the people protested, by their
votes, against the tyranny of the pro
fessional politicians. The offices and
honors of the country ought to be open to
every honest, capable and patriotic man,
be he of what trade or profession he may ;
and now these exclusives find there is
another man about to infringe on their old
monopoly, and the bitterest term of
reproach, in their estimation, that they
can inflict on Col. Bullock is that he is
an “Express Agent”—an assertion not
precisely true. That any one should gain
fortune in an honest enterprise, or in any
other business bnt that of lawyer, is
derogatory in their eyes.
When an “Express Agent” is elected
Governor, as one soon will be, and a
merchant, farmer or mechanic goes to
Congress, as they do from other States,
we shall anticipate an early end to the
power of the old political aristocracy, and
return to those days of the Republic when
no man was ashamed of the name of
Republican. In the meantime the people
should frown upon those despicable
appeals which seek to excite prejudice and
to monopolize all the honors and offices by
belittleing nnd degrading all other business
and professions except that to which the
old politicians belong. If the people are
not yet tired of following them, let them
continue to do so, but they should not
suffer honest industry and successful
enterprise to be disparaged.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
“Button up your pockets,” says the
Journal it Messenger, of Macon. Wc take
that, too, for a text. We like rather to
hear the ravings of such madmen. They
show that, occupying a position of unmiti
gated hate and undying envy toward the
best interests of their native State, they
see the handwriting on the wall, and their
knees, like Belshazzar's, nre trembling
and shaking with fear. Go on, gentle
men—go on—
“L&y on Macduff, and d—d bo he who first cries,
Hold! Enough!”
O, the folly and bitterness engendered
by “Remorse ! Remorse ! Remorse!” You
and your reckless political gabblers, in
1860, ruined the South 1 You hood
winked her people; you ruined her agri
cultural interests; you ruined her manufac
turing interests; you beggared our wives
and children ; you betrayed our and your
once happy country; you stole our means;
you murdered—aye, murdered —the flower
of our chivalrous youth; you orphaned
and widowed thousands of our best peo
ple; you demoralized and debased the
virtue of the land! And now you talk
about “buttoning up pockets.” You talk
of “robberies” and “jobberies,” and “finan
cial ruin.” Out with such balderdash—
away with such inanities! After you
have stolen all the people of Georgia
possessed—murdered their husbands,
fathers, brothers, and sons—you now come
with your blarneying tales to play the
same old game. “Wo unto you, Scribes,
Pharisees, and hypocrites!”
We can tell you plainly, your game is
played out; your dying struggles arc
amusing; they strike neither sympathy nor
terror in the hearts oi any human being,
capable of knowing his own interests,
and those who don’t know their own
interest wc intend to try to learn. Your
abusive epithets fall as harmless as the
barbed arrow on a coat of mail. Your
attempts to renew the old, effete, corrupt
nnd delusive party machinery of former
days, are as futile as will be your efforts to
defeat Col. Bullock for Governor of
Georgia. Your abuse of him and Mayor
Blodgett are equally contemptible, with
the arguments used to convince the people
of Georgia of Col. Bullock’s ability to
speak, write, manage public business, or
administer the laws of the State, when ho
takes the Executive chair in May.
Again, the last resort of a weak and
untenable position is abuse of tho persons,
not the principals ; and if needs be, bribery
and corruption to gain a point. Is not this
true ?
Now, why do you not discuss the new
Constitution—the best Georgia lias ever
had—a work of wisdom, of patriotism,
that from ’7O until now has not been
excelled ? The rule and ruin party had
control of the Government over two-thirds
of its existence, especially the Southern
portion of it; and what have we to show
for it? Wc have already given the facts
in this article. Wlmt wc cannot show is
the briny tears of woe—the shrieks of
anguish for the loved and lost—the
demoralization of tho whole country,
North ns well as South, East as well as
West. The increase of all species of crime
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in all
grades of society, in nil professions, in
every walk of life, is the result of Demo
cratic lUisruie. And, people of Georgia,
we s*y to you, not only button up your
pockets from Democratic hands, but stop
your cars to the Syren song which cannot
but complete the ruin they began many
years ago.
AN HONEST POLITICIAN.
We have never failed to recognize the
sterling honesty and integrity, both in the
public and private life of Ex-Gov. Charles
J. Jenkins. Politically, his course has been
consistent; and believing as he did that the
reconstruction laws of Congress were uncon
stitutional, he has ever avoided taking any
part or action under or by reason of those
laws.
The contrast between this honorable adhe
rence to principle—mistaken, 'though, we
believe it to be—and the action of the
tricksters and office seekers who compose
the Macon clique, is so marked, that we in
vite the attention ot thinking men.
While we respect those who honestly differ
with us upon political or other questions, we
have the utmost contempt (or the shallow
brained, loud-mouthed, ranting office-hunters,
who are ever ready to mount any party or
any principle that will secure them a living
at the expense of the public.
We shall expect these paupers to repudiate
the advice of their honest old leader.
REPULICAN MEETING.
Warrenton, Ga., March 19, 1868.
This day has been one ol interest to our
people, more especaily, perhaps, to those
who are interested in tho restoration of our
State to her proper position in the Union.
According to previous notice, our citizens,
both white and colored, assembled in large
numbers, filling the space in front of the
Court House to the street, while many men
crowded in the hall.
The meeting was for the purpose of listen
ing to speeches by the friends of the Con
stitution trained at Atlanta, and who are in
favor of Col. Bullock for Governor; and
for nominating candidates for county offices.
The meeting was addressed by Hon.
Joseph Adkins and Mr. Harris, of Warren
county, and the Hons. J. E. Bryant and
C. H. Prince, of Richmond county. The
speaking was listened to with intense inter
est, and the people were enthusiastic in their
expressions of approbation of the sentiments
uttered.
Col. Bullock will carry a heavy vote in
this county among the whites. He is very
popular with our people, and they will rally
to his support.
The following resolutions were unani
mously adopted amid loud and continued
cheering :
Resolved, That we regard the Constitution
as framed by the Constitutional Convention
as being a platform sufficiently broad for all
to stand upon, and we do hereby extend the
right hand of fellowship to all who will
firmly plant themselves upon it, ignoring all
past political difference ; and will unite our
efforts iu the ratification of the Constitution,
believing it to be the most speedy to peace
and prosperity, and a restoration of our
State to her political relation in the Ameri
can Union.
Resolved, That the action of the Constitu
tional Convention, in the passage of the
measures of Relief and the Homestead bill,
meets our entire approval.
Resolved, That we hereby pledge our
united support to the Hon. R. B. Bullock,
the nominee of the Union Republican party
for Governor of Georgia; also, the oilier
nominees of the Union Republican party.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be sent to the National Republi
can, published in the city of Augusta, with
a request that they be published.
The Republican party will carry this
county by an overwhelming majority.
White Voter.
♦♦♦
Ostracism.— We would suggest that a
column of each of the daily papers should
be appropriated to the black list, in which
our citizens shall publish the names of those
who, by adherence to the Bradley-Hopkins
clique, shall have forfeited all claims to the
aid and consideration of our respectable
people ; in order that our citizens may have
an opportunity of knowing the names of
those who are not to be employed or trusted.
—Savannah Advertiser.
That’s right, ye cowards. Do all you dare
to prevent men from exercising the right of
franchise in their own way and according to
their own judgment.
And Stili, They Come. —We are per
mitted to copy the following from a private
letter received in this city :
Union Point, Ga., March 23, 1868.
Nearly everybody will vote for the Con
stitution and Bullock, in this county.
Col. Bullock will be elected by an over
whelming majority.
Disinterested. —This journal will honest
ly, cordially, and persistently, support Judge
Irwin the moment it is demonstrated that
only by such a policy can Bullock be de
feated and the State saved. —Macon Journal
(fc Messenger.
For “State saved” read “offices saved,”
and we have the reason for the “persisteut”
support of Irwin—or any other man on their
line.
Modest. —Shall Georgians, who have
all the worth, all the virtue, all the capacity,
and all the respectability, that makes that
name so honored, sit down and tamely allow
their birthright to be wrested from them ?
Macon Journal <{• Messenger.
What does the Shyster say ?
The vivacious Southern papers are
constantly inserting ridiculous and insulting
titles for the Constitutional Conventions. A
Virginia paper publishes the proceedings of
the Convention of that State under the title
of the “Bones and Banjo Convention.” A
Charleston paper has the standing caption
of the “Great Hinged-Streaked-and'-Stripcd
Negro Convention.” A Wilmington (N. C.)
paper has the head-line, “Gorilla Bayonet
Convention.” A New Orleans paper is
content with the heading of “This Conven
tion.” A Georgia paper gives the doings of
the body there under tho title of the "Un
constitutional Convention,” and in Florida
we read of tho “Black-and-Tan Conven
tion,” while in Mississippi it is the “Miscege
nation Convention,” or the “Reconstruction
Menagerie.” It is evident that there is
some freedom of the press, ns well ns some
vigor of imagination, still left in the South
ern States.— New York Times.
The Difference. —" What is the dif
ference ’twixt a watch and a fedder bed,
Sam ?” “Duuno, gin it up.” “Beoauso
de tioken ob do watch is on do inside, and
de tioken ob de bed is on de outside.”
Why is a policeman like a good oonun
druni? Because you must look sharp to
find him out.
From our Special Correspondent.J
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The threatened Emeute—Unbelief of Rebel Sym
pathizers—Row fJloodehed was Prevented —
The Admission of Alabama—The Preeident
Disappointed — lmpeachment—Letters from the
People—Thaddtus Slovens—General Hancock—
Itie Reward — Reconstruction—Southern Land —
Significant Pacts—The Cry of Poverty—lm
portant Cotton Statistics —An Explanation Re
quired.
Washington, D. C., March 18,1808.
The Copperhead Press affect to make
light of the statement that inen in sym
pathy with President Johnson were plan
ning to disturb the peace of the Capital.
This is on a par with a thief when trying
to escape capture—crying out “stop thief.”
The authorities have acted upon the
principle that "an ounce of prevention is
better than a pound of cure,” and well
known facts in possession of Government
officials show conclusively the wisdom of
the precautions taken to prevent an out
break, or crush one out at the first demon
stration. No one supposes that anything
contemplated would have overturned the
Government; but even a few thousand
desperadoes might inaugurate a scene of
anarchy and confusion in a city where
there are thousands of people, many of
them holding high official positions, who
have already shown their sympathy for
men guilty of the most heinous offence
known to our laws—the crime of treason.
It should be borne in mind, also, that the
same parties who represent there has been
no danger for four long years, endeavored
to place the Government at the mercy of
its enemies, and they are trying to do tho
same thing to day, only in a different way.
Every intelligent man in this Capital
believes that bloodshed has been prevented
only by the prompt action of a few men in
authority—men who, by years of expe
rience, know just where to look for would
be disturbers of the peace, and how to
guard against an outbreak. The thwarted
sleuth-hound may cry out against the spy
system, and the espionage exercised over
certain malcontents, but the loyal people of
the country have reason to rejoice that
them are men ever on the alert for
disaffected spirits. True, the rebels in
arms have been "overwhelmed,” but the
spirit of rebellion still lives, and nothing
but the strong arm keeps it under to day.
The places of the Confederate soldiers who
laid down their arms in good faith, have
been filled by men who propose to accom
plish by stealth or trickery wbat their
compatriots failed to gain with arms; but
the loyal people of this country are so fully
aroused that the effort must fail.
THE CASE OF ALABAMA
has been before the House, but no settled
plan of action has yet been agreed upon.
The Republican members of Congress are
unanimous in the opinion that the action of
the rebels should no longer retard (he
reconstruction ol that State, and it is quite
certain that some decisive action will be
taken at quite an early day.
Now that
IMPEACHMENT
has been fully inaugurated, letters are re
ceived every day by members of Congress
from their constituents, urging prompt and
decisive action as the safest course for tho
welfare of the country. These letters are
from all classes and both political opinions,
but a majority are from people who have
heretofore opposed impeachment as imprac
ticable, and a dangerous experiment.
THE PBESIDENT,
until quite recently, has really hoped for an
acquittal, if the statements of his friends
can be relied upon; but the prompt and
unanimous action of the Senate in refusing
to grant more than ten days’ time for him
to plead, has not only convinced Mr. John
son, but all others, that there is to be no
boy’s play permitted ; ttiat the representa
tives people in presenting the articles
of impeachment were in earnest, and that
the Senate is really alive to the importance
of the charges made. Thwarted in their
attempt to flank the impeachment move
ment by an appeal to the Supreme Court,
and foiled in the movement to procrastinate,
the legal advisors of the President have
advised him to resign, in case more time is
not granted on the 25th inst., upon the re
assembling of the Court. This advice has
fallen like a wet blanket upon Mr. Johnson,
and, Micawber-like, is now waiting for
something to turn up,.to change the hideous
aspect of affairs. The recorded speeches of
Andrew Johnson from the time he was
elected Alderman in Tennessee, up to the
occupancy of the White House, go to show
that at each step of tho political ladder he
said his highest ambition was gratified.
It is not unlikely he will find that lie has
taken one step too high for his own reputa
tion, and will lall back again to the first
round of the ladder, but too late in life to
commence the ascent again
THADDEUS STEVENS
made a speech in the House to day, and
although quite feeble in appearance, still he
is not more so than a' year ago, when no one
expected him to live from one day to another.
The tenacity with which he holds is truly
wonderful. Notwithstanding the feeble con
dition of his fr .me his spirits are as buoy
ant, and his brain as clear and active as
ever ; no member of the House does more
mental labor, or is employed more hours out
of the twenty four. He writes but little
himself, employing always one, sometimes
two persons to copy what he dictates. When
thus engaged, he sits in a large cane-bottom
easy chair, or reclines upon a bed, and, with
closed eyes and hesitating voice, dictates
what he wishes to have written. From his
residence—about a thousand yards from tho
Capitol —he is carried nearly every day, first
to the room used by the Committee on Ap
propriations, and sometimes into the House,
lie is thus carried back and forth in a large
arm chair by four stalwart men. A few
days ago, while on his way to the House, ho
looked up to one of his bearers, and, with a
smile, said, “What shall I do for somebody
to assist me when you are all dead." The
remark shows that disease in no way affects
his spirits. Many predict that the “old man
eloquent” will live until the Southern States
are restored, and then, the dearest object of
an eventful life accomplished, his spirit will
take its flight. Certain newspapers, not to
be taken by surprise, had an obituary notice
of Mr. Stevons set up last y, ar. As he did
not die as was expected, ho very consider
ately has corrected the proof, so that when
used it may be considered as comin-' from
the highest authority,
GENERAL HANCOCK
will reach this city to morrow, and stop at
tho Metropolitan Hotel. As tho principal
members of his stuff come North also, he
apparently does not anticipate a speedy re
turn to New Orleans. His subserviency to
tho President has been rewarded by tho
nomination of a brother—John Hancock—
as Collector of Internal Revenue in New
Orleans, vice General Steadman, resigned.
RECONSTRUCTION.
Tho latest news from Georgia, Texas,
Arkansas, and North Carolina, gives cheer
ing accounts of the prospect of an early
restoration of theso States. The tone of the
Conservative or Rebel press is, however,
it anything, more bitter than in 1861 toward
Union men, but they bite a file. Educated
to hate the institutions of New England, it
U hard to realize that New England ideas
are spreading all over the country. The
inevitable must be accepted with the best
grace possible. The people of the Sonth
begin to realize that the car of progress is
now in motion Southward; they see that
after sweeping over all the Eastern States,
New England ideas swept over the great
Northwest, then the new States on the
Pacific slope, and, in 1856, the Middle
States, and to-day are at work in every
Southern State. Ten years hence, the
South will be as thoroughly studded with
school liouses, churches, free presses, and
the facilities for intercommunication will be
as great as in the North.
THE AGRICULTURAL UEPOKT,
issued by the Department pf Agriculture for
February, furnishes some pregnant facts for
the people ot the South. Under the head
of "Special ot Farm Resources and Pro
ducts,” are given reports from nearly every
county in the Southern States. One fact
stands out iu bold relief; it is that in locali
ties where it is safe for Northern men to
locate, land has advanced from ten to fifty
per cent., according as the locality is more
or less favorable, as compared with the
census estimate of 1860. This is the case
in Maryland, a part of Virginia, and some
other localities ; but in all sections where
open or covert hostility is still kept up
toward Northern men, lands have materially
decreaied in price. Indeed there are places
where land can not bo sold for any price on
account of the bottile feeling manifested
toward straqgers from the North. When
this state of things is changed, or when
reconstruction takes place, and the offices
are filled by loyal men, millions of money
now lying idle in Northern banks, will find
an outlet in the South—an opportunity for
safe investment. Within five years after
reconstruction takes place, the South will
have regained all of her pecuniary losses by
the war.
THE CRY OF POVERTY
that comes up fiorn the South needs some
explanation. The great Southern Staple,
Cotton, for the two years ending June 30ih,
1867, seems to have produced more than
an average crop; there must have been
some improvidence somewhere. The follow
ing figures are official, and show the annua!
exports of Cotton from the United States,
from July Ist, 1855, to June 30th, 1867 :
Year. Pounds. Value Reduced to Gold.
1856 1,351,431,701 $123,388,351
1857 1,048,283,475 131,575,859
1858 1,118,624,012 131,386,661
1859 1,886,468,556 161,434,92%
1860 1,707,686,338 191,806,555
1861 307,566,099 84,051,483
1862 5,010,011 1,161,243
1863 11.384,986 4,848,925
1864 11,y92,911-[Currency-6,323,229
1865 8,889,374 3,384,356
1866 600,573.829 109,563,957
1867 660,576,314 143,908,801
• Capital.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S OFFICE, t
Augusta Fire Department, J.
Augusta, Ga., March 24, IS6B. j
JS©' 3 AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
the CJtnpany Officers, held on tho second Friday
of this mouth, tho following candidates were
nominated for tho approaching election of De
partment Officers:
For Chief Engineer,
J. B. PLATT and TV. BRYSON.
For First Assistant Engineer,
DANIEL GALVAN.
For Second Assistant Engineer,
W. 11. RICH and M. J. O’CONNER.
For Secretary,
WM. 11. CRANE, Jr., J. D. KAYANNAGH,
P. E. GLEASON.
For Treasurer,
* ANTON IVERSEN.
The election will take p!aco on FRIDAY’
NIGHT next, 27th instant, at tho Meeting
Rooms of the different Companies. The Com
manding officer of each Company will meet at
the Hook and Ladder Truck House, on Satur
day, 2Sth instant, at 71 o’clock p. m., for the
purpose of canvassing the votes, in accordance
with Art. 3d See. 8 of tho By-Laws.
WM. H. CR ANE, Jr.,
mh2s-3t Secretary A. F. D.
jg®»CONSIGNEES PER SOUTH CAR.
OLI-NA RAILROAD, March 24, 1868.—Z
McCord, Charles Baker, Horton A Walton, C B
Day & Cos, J Small, Geraty A A, Bothwoll W
& Cos, O’Djwd A M, J H Blauvelt, Stevenson &
Shelton, J Hahn, Oetjen Sk Doscher, Gray A
Turley, T Richards & Cos, Myers A Marcus, F
VonKamp, Kenny <£- Gray, P J Berckmans, J A
Dortio, J lvauferman, Levy and Aschcr, Wyman
A May, P Jennings, Miss A O'Conner, G W
Shackelford, S Leckie, M Jessup A Cos, D R
Wright & Cos, P Dorris A Bro, JS| A Bro, Gray
A- Turley, Isaac Levy, J Davis, D Leffield, Jas
K Garmany.
CONSIGNEES PER
RAILROAD, March 24, 1868.—[B|. J, Gk A
Bro, D Daley A Bro, E R Sehnqijerj' J M Clark
A'Son, J Miller, P Ilanshergor, V Richards &
Bro, Gray &T, E A Gray & Cos, CAW -
Cos, Myers & M, J C Mooro & Cos, C B
Cos, II L A Balk, T Richards Sc. Son, SI Blar '
sco, Pollard CSc Cos, BW & Cos, JT) Jf ft) . ‘ ken '
Cos, E B—, Hatch Sc G, HA W, M Q*> 4
B<o Bro, JW A pell, Blair S * Cos, Jen ’ J D
Bros, Sirs T L Noeson, Conley FAC ‘' lu,l arky
Sc Cos, Geraty AA, Oetjun AD, W ® V ols ° T
H F Ilussell,lv& Gray, B S Dunbr r
y--- -r,J G B & Bro
THE Hon. HENRY w hill™
will bo supported as a CAND r
GRESS from tho FIFTH C ° N ’
DISTRICT of Georgia, .
20th of April next, by *S. t,on °“ the
mh"4-td _ MANY VOTERS.
NOTICE— =========
County Tll f n rAYERS «F RICHMOND
. "' 'Oomplianco with instructions
State of (j r . OIU - tho i 0o “P trolIor General of the
j ' o orgm, I shall commonco on tho 9th
tZt J mSUat t 0 eoUcCt 1 of one
tenth of one per cent, ou the digest of this
County for the y uar ISO 7. Tho levy of this Tax
p Pr °\! ° f ° r by an OTd'naneo of tho Stato
omentum; ami said ordinance further provides
hu twenty days after tho date of this notice it
-hall bo the duty of tho Collector to issue
execution, with the addition of fifty por eentura
ana all costs ot lovy and sale.
My instructions are imperative, and I must
euforeo tho same rule against Tax-payors.
- bohler,
lux Collector Richmond County,
inard—tapl *
MARRIAGE ANI) CELIBACY,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN
HOOD—An Essay for Young Men on the Crime
of Solitude, and tho Physiological Errors, Abuses
and Diseases which create impediments to MAR
RIAGE, with sure moans of Relief. Sent in
sealed letter envelopes, froo of charge.
Address Da. J. SKILLIN' HOUGHTON,
Howard Association,
fol ~ Philadelphia, Pa.
400 SACKS
Double Extra California Flour
FOR SALE BY
THOMAS IS. RHODES,
Corner Broad and Monument Streets.
mh22-tf
_ AD V
AUGU STATHEATaB^"
LESSEE A MANAGER— Jon £ TEKjq— i
fbrore oFdeugbi, J
MAZEPPA, MAZEPPA, MA2EPPi
Wednesday Gening, W? 1
AND EVERY EVENING l> r 3
TUE WEEK, Ul5 *
THE MOST GORGEOUS tinner,. ‘ji
wimssiD **»
The Wonderfal Performing fc,
BLACK BESS!
And the Grand Company, in tbeGresw.
ever known in Augusta ass Y 4 * B **,
Created the
Sensation in »„ th ‘
Cities of Europe end
America.
PRICES OF ADMISSION—Pa-
Children, half price. Caller* --"““’•U
Gallery, 50c. Boys, 25c. Cs%
Reserved Seats can be procn J
Schreiner <k Sons' Book store 1 <
charge. "“tott
Doors open at 7 o’clock •
o’clock. ’ rim*.
The City Passenger Cars run dir*..!
from the Theatre, waiting until th, r
conclude. e P'rivi*^
— • mhfiZr
gTATE OF GEORGIA-
Wherzas, Edward o , lioßaeh’ n 7s
on the estate of THOMAS HANRvM*S
applied to me for Letters of "*■(
T hese are, therefore, to cite aad m
and singular, the kindred and credit
deceased, to he and appear
before the first Monday i u Septeow"’ "*
show cause, if any they have
should not be granted. 1
Given under my hand and .
at office in Augusta, this 24th day
Ordinary
m bankruptcy ’■*
This is to give notice- u
20th day of March, A. D 'jus W”*
in Bankruptcy was issued aKunVrt? S
ROBERT P.cum
of Augusta, m the county of Richmond Saw
Georgia, who lias been adjudged #
his own petition ; that the payment Smt.'
and delivery of any property belongiS*
Baukiupt, to him or ior his use and thu*»JS
of any property by lam, are forbidden"bfff
that a meeting of the creditors of said '
to prove their debts, aud to choose one
assignees ol ins estate, will be held
Bankruptcy, to be liolden at the &2£
office, Room No. 1, up stairs, WsrreaC
Jackson street Augusta, Ga., before AW
Foster, Esq., Register, on the Ufa day rfx,
A. D. 1868, at 10 o'clock a m I0, H
~ TT WM. G. MCKSOI
pul;-a—lt L. 8. Marshal as Messaa
IN BANKRUPTCY.
This is to give notice: Thai v ’
20th day of March, A. D, 1868, ■
ra:i- in Bankruptcy was issued aiaar , *
tateof
FRANCIS MURRAY,
of Augusta, in the county of Ric' _
of Georgia, who has been ad'wU; v*
rapt on his own petition; that the .w~* p™'
debts aud delivery of auv prop »J»Hr. **J
said Bankrupt, to'him or for hi,
for of any property by him,o re
that a meeting of the of aid
to prove their debts and to choose
assignees of bis estate Y.-ffi b e
Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at theßeetariifs
Room No. 1, up stairs, Warren Block Jictn
street, Augusta, Ga., before Alton ft fZ
vo- .. „ „ WM. G. DICKSON,
It L. .V. MarshalaaMeaeagg.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
This is to give notice: Tiuusih
20th day of March. A. I)., 1868,aWra
in Bankruptcy was issuedagainsttheestsieo!
RICHARD P. SPENCEK,
of—-—, iu the county of Screven, and San if
Georgia, who has beeu adjudged a Baoknpi «
his own petition ; that the payment of ant debit
and delivery of auy properly l.ei o-ngve is sP
Bankrupt, to biiu or for Ms use. and tbetaittotf
any property bv him, are forbidden bv la»:ta
a meeting of the creditors of said limkrajt, it
prove their debts, aud to choose one or sis
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Coal ;
Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at the Register’orf "
Room No. 1, "Warren Block. Jackson sov
stairs, Augusta, Georgia.before A!beriß. T
Esq., Register, on the 11th day of May
1868. at 10 o’clock a. m.
WM. G. DICE m
mli2s—lt U. S. Marshal as?'
IN BANKRUPT y |
This is to give notic’/ n-sta*!
”o.h day of March,
ill Bankruptcy was issir -d aß&>'ast theeatnmd I
JAMES a. JOHNSON I
of Thomson, m tb e county of
State of Georgia, v, ] lO has been
rupt on lus own petition; and taeV l- ■
of any debts, und delivery IS*!
longing to sard Bankrupt , °. f fca « ■
and the transfer of any •> lO b m , . I
bidden by law; that r property by JJtB
said Bankrupt, to pr .. meeting of t ■
one or more yssh- ove their debts, anw ■
at a Court of T ,nces of his estate, nil
office of A. O Bankruptcy, to l#: h
citv of Mad- . Foster, in the CourtHj ■
Register, •’ .son. Georgia, before Albert a* ■
at TO o' on the 14th day of April, A ' ■
clock a. m. WM g.dicKSOS, |
- V .nh'2s—lt U. S. Marshal as Me***, I
IN BANKRUPTCY. U
rruns IS TO GIVE NOTICE;
X 17th dav of March. A. P- f
rant in Bankruptcy was issued agai “ K
tate of n rif, H
ABRAM A. EHRLICH & BtNO /vO« ■
as individuals aud as co-partuers. o
in tile county of Lowndes, * , jgj H
Georgia, who have been adju g jB
rupts on their own petition ;
payment of any debts and deliver ■
ertv belonging to said Bankrupts, t ■
their use,and the transfer of any pnipe j■. „ ■
are forbidden hr law; that a
creditors of the ssaid!l>ankrupts,topro ■
and to choose one or more assignees c ; ,!t ■
Will be held at a Court of
holden at the law office of Ilnntor R- • ■
Quitman, Ga., before F. S. Hesse.t - H
ister, on the 10th dav of April, a.
o'clock a. m. ' - VJI G , DICKSOX, 1
mh 95—It U. S. Maishal as Messrs*
IN bankruptcy-
This is to give notice ; b*
20th dav of March, A. D., 1
rant in Bankruptcy was issued again*
HENRY 11. FITZPATRICK,
of Warrenton. in iho county
of Georgia, who lias been adjudged al> TANARUS,
his own' petition ; that the payment of « J
and delivery of any property belonging
Bankrupt, to him or for Ins use, m® ,' |, t; i
of any property by him. are forbidden
that a meeting of the creditors OJ t
rupt, to prove their debts, and to cn gi
more assignees of his estate, w*ll o
Courtlof Bankruptcy, to be holden a
ißter's office, in the Coart House, citv
Ga., before Albert G. Foster.
Hth day ol April. A. D.
niktkVlt U. S. Marshal ; is Messejg 1 ,
Canary Birds- j
A LOT OF CANARY #
just imported, are offered for -d j
Globe Hotol, on Jackson street. . fr
J&r- dll soon, and make a se
owner of them will only stay ia ;.«t
Thursday next,
To Bent*
A lIOUSS ON REYNOLDS STKB 1 X
A .13, with four good Rooms, » KitcO *
House, Horse Stubie and Cowfs ous .
ises; also, an excellent *>
PALACE STABli**!
[X IESSRS. WILSON A BOSS®'
IVI of the above Stables *'6 , jj gtk*
and CARRIAGES, for Funer#!’“• a «
occasions, at prices to suit tbs tit , a
as any other establishment in the .ijy-
We solicit the patronage of th»