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National Ucpublican
AUGUSTA. C*A..
TUBSIMT MORNING M»rcti ill, 18«8
For l-HESIDENT
Ok the United States:
MASSES S. GRANT.
For Governor
OF GEORGIA :
Hon. R. B. BULLOCK
OF RICHMOND.
FOR CONGRESS
J. W. Ci ift, First District.
R. IJ. Wuiteley, Second District.
Wm. P. Howards, Third District.
Samuel F. Gove, Fourth District.
C. H. Prince, Fifth District.
John A. Wimpy, Sixth District.
J. Atkins, Seventh District.
PLATFORM.
IF sol ml, That icc pledge our support to
he Constitution framed by the Constitu
tutional Convention of this State note in
session.
Resolved, That ire present to the friends of
Reconstruction in Georgia this Constitution
as our Platform, and ice urgently request
them to ratify it.
Resolved, That ice pledge our support to
the Hox. 11. B. Bullock, our candidate for
Governor, this day nominated.
Resolved, That ice earnestly request the
friends of Reconstruction to ratify the
Nomination of the Hon. U. B. Bullock in
their Primary Meetings, and sustain him by
their vo’vs. ■
THE CAMPAIGN.
-No one can overestimate the importance
attached to the political campaign upon
which we are entering. The respective
hosts have chosen their leaders and raised
their standard. The issue is made up.
The National Republican will he
found battling, in the front rank, for the
Restoration of Georgia, for tlic new Con
stitution framed by her representatives in
the Convention at Atlanta, for new men
and new measures, and, 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
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TIIE TWO STRINGS OF THE
~ DEMO CRA TIC BOW.
We can not too often press upon those
who favor a settlement of our present
difficulties, and a return to our former con
dition of self-government and prosperity,
the necessity not only of ratifying the new
Constitution, but also of electing under it
a Governor and other officers pledged to
support it and carry it out in all its pro
visions.
The Constitution itself has intrinsic
merits, which will, leaving aside the Relief
and the Homestead features—the only ones
that have been seriously attacked—com
mend it to the favorable consideration of
all who desire good government and the
pacification of the country. There is to be
found in it no confiscation, no disfranchise
ment—such as the untruthful Democratic
editors and stump speakers told the people
would result from the assemblage of the
Convention; in fact, all its provisions are
conservative in the true sense of that term,
and not radical in the worst sense of that
term. We are not certain that its provis
ions are not too liberal, considering the
vile and villainous conduct of those who
oppose it and all measures of peace and
settlement. Not one argument has pro
ceeded from them yet against the new
Constitution. They content themselves
with abusing the nien who made it. This
is better than was to have been expected,
for they had declared war upon it in ad
vance—even before the men who made it
were elected to the Convention. The im
potence of its enemies shows that the work
is impregnable, and as nearly perfect as
men’s works generally arc.
But no matter how faultless it may be,
the enemies of the Constitution and the
traitors to the country arc determined to
defeat it and to condemn the people of the
State to more long years of confusion and
disaster, in two ways by which they
hope to gain their end: by defeating ratifi
fication at the polls in the first place.
But their favorite strategy is to render it
of no effect by electing officers under
it who will refuse to carry out its pro
visions. We have nothing to say of
the kind of conscience a Governor and
other officers must be possessed of, who,
when taking their offices, swear to support
a Constitution they are determined to
make void, or of the modesty of men who
are willing to be candidates for offices
created by a fundamental law they believe
to be illegitimate. We arc unable to test
the callousness of a Democratic conscience
and the profundity of Democratic faith,
where office is in question.
Luckily, their game is well understood-
They will make but a weak light against
ratification, because they think an open
fight is useless. They will adopt the
surer and more insidious programme.
They could not well advise their
dupes to vote against the Constitu
tion, while having iir the field candi
dates l'or the very offices which the
Constitution created, but it looks more
pluusable to pretend to acquiesce in the
Constitution, while they effectually defeat
it by electing Candidates oppoaetl to it.
They eau thus annul it just as effectually
as if they bad procured a majority of Totes
against it. Their candidates arc pledged,
if elected, to refuse to carry out its pro
visions, notwithstanding the ontli they arc
obliged to take to support' it. Their Gov
ernor ran recommend laws which can
nullify its most important provisions:
can refuse to veto laws passed in con
traveution of it, or can veto those
passed to carry it into effect. He
can appoint judges pledged to declare
the most vital parts unconstitutional, and
officers who will refuse to execute laws
providing for its execution. All depart
ments of the Government can be filled by
officers who will set at naught its provis
ions, and thus it will be as effectually de
feated us if the people had refused to
ratify it.
The only safeguard against the plans of
these traitorous and designing demagogues
is boldly to come to the polls and ratify
the Constitution, ami at the same time
vote for the officers who will carry out its
provisions; by neglecting to do either its
beneficent provisions arc rendered void.
There is but one candidate for Governor—
he whose name stands at the head of our
columns—who is fully committed to the
reconstruction of the State and stands
squarely upon the Constitution as his
platform—vote for Bullock —for Ratifi
cation and Reconstruction.
[communicated.
A WORD TO THE WISE.
It is now generally admitted that the Con
stitution prepared by the “negroes and
traitors'’ at Atlanta will be ratified by the
people—that hereafter, in Georgia, the col'
ored man will be a voter.
Let the men of sense and of property, in
the counties of Middle and Southwestern
Georgia, open their eyes to the consequences
of the course the newspapers and old party
hacks are now advising.
Suppose you convene your Democratic
clubs, nominate your candidates for office,
array yourselves against the negro and his
friends, spit out your venom, launch your
thunderbolts against negro suffrage, what
will it end in ? Do you hope to get the
negro vote? Will they cast their ballots for
men who openly proclaim that they oppose
negro suffrage ? No, no, no, you will, all of
you, be beaten. The county offices and the
Legislature, in all the counties where there is
a colored majority, will be, can be filled by
none but the friends of Bullock and the
Constitution.
The negroes are well drilled, and, as big
fools as you think them, they have sense
enough to vote against any man who denies
them the right to vote.
It is actually laughable to see three or
four hundred white voters, in a county where
the negroes are, perhaps, two or three to one
in the majority, solemnly parade their
resolutions of undying hate to negro suf
frage, and tack on to the end of their mad
ness a full ticket for county officers and for
the Legislature. Such men are insane—
they have been bit by the madman, Ben.
Hill.
They arc pushing, forcing the negroes to
adhere, with the grip of a vice, to their own
color. If this nonsense is continued, every
office iu the counties, where there is
a colored majority will be filled by
negroes. You torce them to it. Think
you that the negroes and their friends—
the men you have so shamefully abused—
will quietly march up to the polls and put
in office their bitterest enemies.
If you do, you are sadly mistaken. The
negroes are well drilled, well organized,
and they will vole only for their friends.
'lhere will be hardly a break in the line.
On the ticket of Bullock and the Constitu
tion, no other name will go but that of a
friend of Bullock and the Constitution.
You must lead the negro or follow him.
He is easily led by his political friends —he
longs to be led by the white men he has
known from his childhood. If you take
ground in his favor—if you burst the ropes
iu which the politicians and newspapers
have now got you bound—if you submit to
the inevitable—if you come out frankly
fully for the Constitution and its friends, you
cau lead the negro ; lead him for his good
and your good ; lead him for the good gov
ernment of the State, and the counties. He
will be glad to follow you. But you must
get his confidence —yon must encourage his
rights—you must quit the madmen who are
doing their best to force the negro into a
party by himself.
Men of Georgia, open your eyes. See
where you stand. See where the politi
cians and newspapers are leading you.
You profess to have superior sense and
intelligence to the negro, and no doubt
you have; but are you not making a
miserable use 6f it when you take such a
position as forces the negro to vote against
you—and all. too, for nothing. You are
utterly powerless. The negro will vote ; you
can not prevent it. You can, if you will)
lead him. You will, if you go on thus, be
driven to follow him. Common Sense.
[communicated.
Editor National Republican:
Dear Sir : Our Democratic fellow-citizens
had a pow-wow on Tuesday night last sure
enough, as it secm3 by the report in the
Constitutionalist, and appointed delegates to
a Congressional Covention to assemble to
morrow in Augusta. What struck us as
passing strange was that Dr. Wm. S. Jones,
was appointed the President of the Demo
cratic Club of Richmond county. What
“strange bed fellows” polities make in these
latter days. Every man to his notion, how
ever, as the old woman said when she kissed
the cow. Silex.
Poor Bullock, we conjure thee
come out from among these many cattle,
and drive your Express wagon beneath the
umbrageous shade of the Democratic tree,
and verily, we will do thee good.— Griffin
Star.
We advise Fitch and the Democrats
generally not to “wait for the wagon.” It’s
one in which you cau’t “all take a ride.”
Bullock’s Reconstruction wagon is goiiig
so fast, and is so far ahead, that you never
will get in sight of it till you visit the
capital as a spectator during the inaugura
tion ceremony.
From our Special Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Presidential Campaign — Danner. Appre
hended— The Purchaee of a Cooley Station in
Samana—Sotietary Sevrd'e Record on the
Subject.
Washington, D. C., March 28, 1808.
The next National Republican Convention
will have a more delicate and intricate duty
to perforin lhau either of its predecessors.
In 1850 the party was in its infancy, and the
movement an experiment; success re
sulted in 1860, by reason of dissensions
among its opponents, while in 1864 Mr.
Lincoln’s reflection was assured by a union
of all favoring the prosecution of the war
then pending. New and uutried issues will
onter into the campaign of 18G8-—the finan
cial question certainly, and possibly others
equally surrounded bydifficulties,about which
there may be a wide difference of opinion
entertained by the most earnest Republicans.
The Convention, besides the difficult task
of agreeing upon a platform, will have the
equally important one of selecting candi
dates for the offices of President and Vice-
President. It is of the selection of suitable
candidates I now wish t» say something ;
not to advance any opinions of my own, for
I have no present nor remote interest what
ever iu any individual whose name has been
mentioned in connection either with the first
or second offices within the gift of the people,
but 1 have a desire that such wisdom shall
be displayed iu the selection to be made as
will secure the united action of Republicans
everywhere, and thereby the success of the
party; as a truthful reporter of passing
events, I shall only chronicle such facts as
must be apparent to the most obtuse observer
of affairs at this, the political centre of the
Nation.
It must be apparent that there is an ele
ment of discoid beginning to crop out within
the ranks of the Republican party, which, if
not looked alter, and- firmly met, may prove
to be -the fore-runners of an overwhelming
disaster. As the time for selecting standard
bearers approaches, it becomes more and
more evident that there is danger
that the strength of the party of progress,
now undoubtedly in a large majority, may
be frittered away upon two candidates. This
condition of affairs has been brought about
by various causes, but mainly through the
indiscreet action of zealous parlizans, who
have attempted to ride rough shodden others
who conceive that their opinions are at least
eutitled to consideration. The great central
figure before the party to day is Gen. Grant,
standing head and shoulders above ali
others it: the hearts of the American people,
for reasons apparent to all. He has been
seized upon by certain managers as the most
fit leader of the party for the next four years.
They have successfully controlled a majority
of the organs of public opinion, and as a
consequence, legislatures, town meetings,
conventions, and other political bodies have
put him forward as the coming man. Such
has been the overwhelming pressure iu favor
of Grant, that it has beeome almost treason
in the minds of some tneu to suggest the
name of any other man, and herein lies the
danger. While all Republicans admit the
claims of Gen. Grant upon the American
people, all do not admit that he is the right
man to carry aloft the standard of the party.
They lreelv accord all that may be said of
him as a General and as a firm, conscien
tious man—one solely controlled by his own
judgment as to what is right. But say the
same people: “What guarantee have we
that, if elected President, he will carry out
the principles so dear to the Republican
party ? Where is the evidence that he has
any political convictions ? True the party
is iudebted to him for standing as a barrier
to prevent Andrew Johnson carrying out his
treasonable designs ; but is this any reason
why the life long services of others should
be ignored ?” Prominent and active Re
publicans from all sections reason in this
way. Representative men at the South
have their complaints. Say they : “We are
expected to vote en masse for Republican
candidates ; but, at the Capital, we are told,
you must not oppose the nomination of
Grant; the loyal people of the North must
designate the candidate without your inter
ference, or we shall be compelled to keep
you out until after the candidates have been
selected. This talk is very naturally irri
tating.
The recent onslaught upon Chief Justice
Chase has done no good; on the contrary,
much harm, for it originates with men profess
ing to be Republicans. No man in his senses
believes any Democrat ever seriously enter
tained the thought, of nominating the Chief
Justice for the Presidency. No man be
lieves he ever sought or would accept such a
nomination, if tendered. The fact that Mr.
Chase has many warm friends in his own
party can not be ignored, and they resent
with indignation even the intimation of a
possibility that he could "desert that party.
The fact that several presses urging the
claims of General Grant have treated these
reports seriously, has not tended to better the
condition of things.
There are other men, too, whose claims
upon the good will of the party must be duly
considered, and not flippantly thrown aside
at the dictation of a single interest.
The acquisition of a “coaling station ” in
the Bay of Samana, is again azitated in
diplomatic circles, and will soon be brought
again officially before Congress. It is be
lieved that France, England and Spain have
entered their "protest,” the latter govern
ment going so far as to intimate some sharp
practice by Mr, Seward, quoting in support
of this a note (No. 87) from the Depart
ment of State, to our Minister at Madrid, in
1864, in which it is distinctly stated that the
United States Government has no designs
upon obtaining a foothold in the Bay named,
“although,” says the Secretary, “I am aware
that schemes for the purchase of that Bay
were heretofore entertained by some parties
connected with this Government in the
times when its policy was attempted to be
directed towards the acquisition of Cuba,
Mexico and Central America, with a view to
establish a slaveholding dominion on the
shores and islands of the Gulf of Mexico.”
The project will assuredly meet with oppo
sition before the object is accomplished.
Reconstruction.— Wo see statements that
the new Constitution of Arkansas has been
defeated; but thus far the returns made
public do not conclusively prove such a
result, though they seem to indicate it. It is
said that the vote of the freedmen is unex
pectedly small, and that oi the whites op
posed to reconstruction correspondingly
large. If so, the result will prove that the
new law, permitting a majority of those
voting to adopt a Constitution, is as easily
thwarted as was the original act requiring a
majority of all the voters registered. In the
latter case, the obstructionists refused to
vote, and by persuasion, threats of violence,
and discharge from work, “prevailed upon”
thousands of freedmen not to vote. *ln the
new plan, the persuasion, threats, and de
priving of work, are fully as effectual, while
the white men will poll their last vote to
make a negative majority. In either case,
and uuder all circumstances, the results
seem-to prove that the Democratic element in
the South are determined not to return tc
the Union until they can mako their own
terms. The Constitution of Arkansas is
almost a model of its kind, and is fully up
to the spirit of the age. Thero are no vin
dictive measures on it, but it is throughout
eminently liberal aud enlightened. Bat the
Democrats of that or of any other of the
Southern States would vote down the Ten
Commandments, if their adoption should
even seem to be a concession to the Con
gressional plan of reconstruction.— N. Y.
Tribune.
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
Having been unanimously nominated for
the office of Governor, by a Convention fully
representing a largo majority of the voter*
of the State, I do not feel at liberty to disre
gard their wishes by refusing to accept the
great honor thus conferred.
My only desire is to be of service to the
whole people of our great State, with whom
my lot has beon so long and so pleasantly
cost, iu building up her waste places and in
reviving her prostrated, industrial and com
mercial system, under the benign influence
of a civil government, in which all her citi
zens may participate. To the consummation
of this object my every effort shall be
devoted.
The Constitution adopted by the late Con
vention is before you. It was my privilege
to aid in the formation of that instrument,
and thus to become familiar with not only
the letter of this fundamental law, but also
with the spirit and the intentions of those
who framed[it. My votes are recorded upon
all its various branches, and it is therefore
unnecessary for me to enter into any state
ment of my political principles, other than
to say that 1 stand fully committed to the
new Constitution, and have an earnest
desire to vitalize those great measures—the
“Relief ” and the “Homestead”—and thus
enable our ruined people to take courage for
the future, with a full assurance that the
results of their labor shall be enjoyed by
themselves and their families.
It will be the duty of the General Assem
bly to provide a thorough system of educa*
tion for the State.
If called by your votes to assume the
exalted position of your Chief Executive, it
will be my duty, and no less a pleasure, to
nominate to the Senate, for confirmation,
persons whose past services, well established
character and ability, have secured for them
selves the confidence of # their fellow citizens
in their respective districts, and whose fit
ness, by reason of their known intelligence
and moral worth, for the positions to which
they may be recommended, will ensure tbeir
confirmation by the representatives of the
people.
“With malice toward none, with charity
for all,” looking only to the glory, peace,and
prosperity of our noble State, and the perpe
tuity of free, civil government throughout
the land. I have the honor to be your fellow
citizen, R. B. Bullock.
GOV. BROWN LOW ON THE SITU A
TION IN TENNESSEE.
I have seen, with profound regret, a dispo
sition among some Republicans to form a
party upon the platform that Tennessee shall
be ruled only by native Tennesseeans, and
that ours shall be “a white man's Govern
ment.” I cannot but regard all such move
ments as alike inexpedient, unjust, and
mischievous. I will enter into no section
alizing conspiracy to prescribe Northern
men. I will not consent, for one, that fraud
and oppression shall be practiced upon the
colored man. Nor will I, now or hereafter,
lend my humble influence to the support of
any man for office who may plant himself
upon such a platform. In a Government
like ours, political parties only can and only
ought to succeed permanently, as they are
based on the great principle of right and
justice. ®nly these can give coherence,
stability, and endurance to a party. The
evil alluded to outrages all those principles.
I cannot but warn my fellow citizens against
an error so flagrant and injurious. It will
not bear the light of honest scrutiny. The
colored man has vindicated his right to
freedom and to exercise the full franchises
of complete manhood and citizenship, by his
loyalty to the flag during the dark hours of
rebellion ; by his manly, heroic patriotism as
a soldier of the Republic, and by his political
affiliatiou, both in Tennessee and elsewhere
—but especially in Tennessee—with the
loyal men of the nation. For Republicans
in Tennessee, after all this, to prescribe and
depress him, and to limit his privileges,
would be the most outrageous injustice.
Negro testimony, negro suffrage, and
negro elevation generally, are the results of
the rebellion, brought on by the slavehold
ers themselves. The ghost of slavery
haunts these practical Abolitionists—South
ern Rebels—at every step in the successive
stages of the negro’s advancement to the
rights of manhood. Upon nothing are
they more sensitive than to see this African
Mordecai “sitting iu the king’s gate.” To
the extent that the Republicans can be
drawn into the senseless clamor against
“negro equality” and in favor of “a white
man’s government,” so-called, to the same
extent are they weakening their own pariy
and giving aid to that of the Rebels. In
every position where they have placed the
colored man, he has proved himself true
and trusty. We will not now throw him
off and aid in his degradation. So in
reference to this native Tennessee question.
It is no man's right or business to inquire
of a candidate for office on which side of
Mason and Dixon’s line he was born. This
is a narrow, sectional proscription—the very
spirit that animated the cause of rebellion.
Verily, we have bad enough of sectionalism
to suffice for a century. The old tests of
fitness for office are all that is necessary.
“Is the candidate honest? Is he capable?”
We shall certainly not commit the folly of
adding this: “ Was he born in Ten
nessee ?”
When the gallant Union army came
South to suppress the slaveholders’ re
bellion, loyal men of Tennessee were
clamorous for their entrance into our State.
We did not stop to inquire whether the
soldiers coming for our rescue were Ten
nesseeans or New Englanders, whether
they hailed from New York or Minnesota,
from Ohio or Missouri, and surely we shall
not now, after they have helped us to
conquer the right to live in Tennessee and
assert ourselves under the forms of law,
turn upon them and deny them the right to
hold office among us because they happen
to be of Northern birth. Should the Re
publicans of Tennessee, as a party, adopt a
policy so narrow, so unjust, they would
deserve the defeat which such folly would
make inevitable. What we need as a party
in this State is harmony and concert of
action becoming the great impending
contest. With these, our success is assured.
It will be grand—decisive. If we suffer
bad men to divide and distract our ranks,
we shall bo defeated. Our defeat in the
Presidential election would be an inex
pressible calamity—an almost irreparable
disaster.
A Cool Proceeding. —Sunday evening
last an amusing little scene was witnessed by
a portion of the audience at one of our
fashionable churches. While the sermon
was being delivered a lady deliberately re
moved her hat, took down her back hair by
the usual operation of removing the comb,
and taking out., one by one, seventy or eighty
hair pins. The raven locks fell upon her
shoulders, and the people, instead of attend
ing to the sermon, looked (or the next move
ment. It came in several quiet, satisfactory,
enjoying movements of the comb down the
back of the head and through the hair.
Instead of attending to the sermon, people
still continued to watch the lady. The hair
was then gathered in both hands, dexter
ously retwisted, the comb inserted, those
seventy live hair pins (and it seemed as if
they would never be all put in) replaced, one
by one; the short hairs on the neck tucked
under, and finally the hat was resumed, and
then the lady turned her attention to the
minister with greater ease and more zeal
than did the amused audience. — Utica
Herald.
GENERAL ITEMS.
In regard to recognising the Confederacy
when she did, Lord Stanley frankly con
fesses that England was wrong. His words
are; “I grant that we were wrong in recog
nizing the Confederacy when we did.”
A letter from Sitka says that, though the
thermometer indicates a temperature fifteen
degrees below zero, the Indians come out of
their lodges in the morning and plunge into
the water like so many seals,
Greenwood Cemetery, the fasionable New
York burial place, had 6,000 interments
last year, and holds, in all, 129,410 bodies.
Its receipts and expenditures in 1867 were
over a quarter of a million dollars.
The latest advices received regarding the
Arkansas election a>-e from Little Itock, to
the Congressional Committee, which repre
sent the Constitution carried by three thou
sand majority.
“Herbert, my darling,” said a fond mother
to her son, “I've not seen your book for
several days or more—where is it?” “I
know where it is.” “Well, where?” “Why
it’s only a little—kinder in the bare, or
round out doors, sotn’are, I guess, p'raps up
garret or behind the wood pile—l guess.”
Mr. Peter Crame has accepted John
Deerey’s challenge “to play any man in the
world a French game, five hundred points
up, on a carom table, for $1,000.” Mr.
Deery is allowed to choose the table (any
maker’s) and the size of ball he may pre
fer.
The Albany Evening Journal says : We
have, in the past, oftener differed with Ben.
Wade than otherwise—and probably shall
eontiuue to do so in the tuture. But if the
decision of the High Court of Impeachment
does not put him in the Presidential chair,
we shall have—in refreshing contrast to the
present incumbent—a true and honest man.
The members of the English Parliament
receive no pay, and the acceptance of such a
post is, therefore, almost impossible for a
poor man.- To remedy this defect, the
Trades Council at Birmingham, who have
resolved on having a “working man” as
their third Representative iu Parliament,
propose to pay him $1,500 a year and his
election expenses. The resolution v.as
unanimously adopted at a full meeting of
the Trades Council.
The Democratic papers are circulating a
story, to the effect that General Logan, in a
letter written to some one in Indianapolis,
said he doubted the success of impeachment.
General Logan has, therefore, written a
letter, in which he says he has written no
letter to Indianapolis since the trial com
menced, and that in none of his correspond
ence has he expressed a doubt of the con
viction of the President. He has the fullest
confidence in the impeachment of the Presi
dent at an early day.
Republican town officers have been chosen
in the following towns in Maine : Dexter,
Dover, China, Somerville, Mount Vernon,
Wayne, Westbrook, Palermo, Eddington,
Hampden, Brewer, Holden, Oldtown, Le
vant, Sebec, Bradford, Corinth, Foxcroft,
Bluehill, Sedgewick, Franklin, Brownville,
Bucksport, and Dedham. A large majority
of the towns in Waldo county have chosen
Republican municipal officers by handsome
majorities.
The New Albany Commercial devotes its
daily issues largely to incidents of the great
revival there. At the close of one of its
articles, it says: “The young and the old,
the rich and the poor, the learned and the
illiterate, the distinguished and the humble,
are all alike affected by the wonderful re
ligious influences that pervade the city.
Such a work of revival was never known
here before. No one talks ot anything else
than religion. It is the topic on the streets,
in the stores, offices, and shops.
The Richmond Examiner says that the
clergy of the South are starved out. It
doubtless refers to the Episcopal and Pres
byterian (South Side) communions, to which
most of the Southern slaveholders have be
longed. The Methodists, who embrace more
of the middle class, are pushing ecclesiasti
cal reconstruction with great energy and
success. Some of the Baptist sects of the
South go upon the principle that a minister
should not be a hireling, but earn his living
in the week, and on Sunday exhort for
nothing.
A brush making machine has been in
vented, by which beautiful and durable
brushes are made without the use ot glue or
veneers. The holes are bored at any angle
on any shaped block, and at any desired
distance from each other. The quantity of
bristle which is required for each hole is
taken up, bound with a band of iron, and
holds them permanently, producing a better
brush than can be made by hand, and can
be made to suit any ta'-te. The Columbus,
(Ohio) Journal says a company in that city
will he the only manufacturers of this im
proved brush.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
REPUBLICAN CLUB, ATTEN
TION ! —Tborc will be a meeting of the Ropubli
can Club at7£ o’clock, at the CLOU ROOMS,
THIS EVENING (Tuesday.)
_ Rally, Roys, Rally. iuh3l-lt
CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL
RAILROAD, March 30, 1808.—Warren L & Cos,
Western Union Telegraph Company, II F Russell
& Cos, Plumb A Leitner, Mullarky Bros, V Rich
ards and: Bro, James Miller, Myors A Marcus, Jas
A Gray A. Cos, John Nelson A Son, Moore ifc Cos,
J F Miller, C A Sens, E Muslin, P Quinn, Mrs A
Frederick, C A Williams, E R Schneider, Mrs
Ludckins, G Kahrs if- Bro, Platt Bros, A Stevens,
[B], E O’Donnell, C Quintell, Branch Sons & Cos,
J Curry, .1 Blanchard, 11 C Brycon, 0 Martin.
THE Hon. HENRY W. HILLIARD
will be supported as a CANDIDATE FOR CON
GRESS from the FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT of Georgia, at the election ou the
20th of April next, by MANY VOTERS.
mh24-td
gjg- notice—
TO THE TAX PAYERS OF RICHMOND
County. In compliance with instructions
received from the Comptroller General of the
Stato of Georgia, I shall commence on the 9th
day of March instant to collect a Tax of one
tenth of one per cent, on the digest of this
County for the year 1867. The levy of this Tax
is provided for by an ordinance of the State
Convention ; and said ordinance further provides
that twenty days after the date of this notice it
shall be the duty of the Collector to is«ue
execution, with the addition of fifty per centum
and all costs of levy and sale.
My instructions arc imperative, and I must
enforce the same rule against Tax-payers.
JOHN A. BOIILER,
Tax Collector Richmond County.
mar3—tapl
gjg- MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN
HOOD—An Essay for Young Men on the Crime
of Solitude, and the Physiological Errors, Abuses
and Diseases which create impediments to MAR
RIAGE, with sure moans of Relief. Sent in
sealed letter envelopes, freo of charge.
Address Dr. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON,
Howard Association,
fel— 3m Philadelphia, Pa.
AV" anted,
\ SITUATION BY AN EXPERIENCED
IA .Saleswoman as Head Clerk in a Fnnoy
Store, or as Milliner and Mantua Maker.
Address, MRS. ELLA P. G.,
mh29—Ct Charlotte, N. C.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Masonic Hall.
Young Men’* Library Associations
“THE UNITED STATES AND THE
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY,”
A Plea for Popular Government — Continued.
PROFESSOR FORD Sr.,
Will deliver bis second Lecture on the above
subject, before the Young Men's Library Asso
ciation, at the above named Hall,
THIS (Tuesday) NIGHT, MARCH 31st,
Commencing at 8 o'clock.
Admission 50 cents.
Tickets can be obtained at Messrs. W. C
Jones’, Geo. A. Oates’, ani Stevenson A Shel
ton's, and at the Library Rooms during the day,
and at the door of the Hall to-night.
mh3l—lt
CMBOKGI RAILROAD
Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper House.
PERSONS LEAVING AUGUSTA BY
either morning or evening Pa-senger Trains,
or Atlanta by m*»rning Pas-engcr Train, or by
any of the Freight Train?, can always get a
GOOD MEAL at BERZELI twenty miles
from Augusta, on the Georgia Railroad
E. NEBHUT,
mh3l—tf Proprietor.
Letters of Administration.
STATE OF GEORGIA—
Richmond County.
Whereas, Julia Euphemia Brooks applies to
me for Letters of Administration, de bonis non,
with the will annexed, on the estate of Olivia M.
Oliver, late of said county, deceased.
These arc, therefore, to cite and adtnn' ish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and appear at my office, on or
before the first Monday in May next, to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Augusta, 30th day of March, 186S.
E. M. DRAYTON,
mh3l—3ol Ordinary.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
A United State?, for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter Os 1 Tvr n.vrnTmm ~y
COL. W. ROLLERS, i IN BANKRLIToY,
Bankrupt. j I '° l2 ’
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts provable
under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to al! persons interested
to appear on the first day of May, 1868, at 10
o’clock A. M., at Chambers of said District
Court, before Frank S. Ilesseltinc, Esq., one of
the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at hi*
office at the law office of King it Branham, at Fort
Valley, Georgia, and show cause why the prayer
of tile said petition of the Bankrupt should not
be granted. And further notice is given that
the second and third meetings cf creditors will
be held at the same timo and place. •
Witness, the Honorable Johu Erskine,
ISFILI Judge of said Court, at Savannah,
Georgia, this 28th day of March,
1868.
james McPherson,
mh3l—law3w Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
Iu the matter of
JOHN T. VEREEN, t IN BANKRUPTCY,
Bankrupt. ) "° -
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the 21st day of April, 1868, at 10 o’clock a. m.,
at Chambers'of tlie said District Court, before
Frank S. Hesseltine, Esq., one of the Registers of
said Court in Bankruptcy, at his cilice, corner of
Bay and Drayton streets, iu the city of Savannah,
and show cause why the prayer of the said peti
tion of tile Bankrupt should not be granted. And
further notice is given that the second and
third meeting of creditors will be held at the
same time and place.
Witness the Honorable JohnErakiue,
I Judge of said Court, at Savannah,
‘ '' this 28th dav of March, 1868.
james mcpherson,
nih'Jl law2w Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United Stales for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of 1 TVr i,, vl -nmiTi,v
THOMAS J. GRAVES. lINl IN BANKRUPTCY,
Bankrupt. ) £so. 11.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persona interested to appear on
the Ist of May, 1868, at 10 o clock A. M., at
Chambers of the said District Court, before
Frank S. Ilcsseitiuc, Esq., one of the Registers of
the said Court in Bankruptcy, at bis office at the law
office of lviug tSi Branham, in Fort Valley, Ga., and
show cause why the prayer of the said’petition of
the Bankrupt should not*be granted. And further
notice is given that the second and third
meetings of creditors will be held at the same
time and place.
Witness the Honorable John Erskine.
I Judge of the said Court, at Savan
-1 J nalijGa,, this 28th day of March. 1868.
JAMES McPHERSON,
mh3l—law3w Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
i United States for the Southern Dislrict of
Georgia.
In the matter of ) Tv »> * XTT-T»T-Tvn
JOHN I. O’QUINN, £ IN BANIvKUrrCI.
Bankrupt. 5 ho - 10 ’
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable uuder
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the first day of May, 1868, at 10 o’clock A M.,
at Chambers of said District Court, before Frank
S. Hesseltine, Esq., one of tile Registers in the
said Court iu Bankruptcy, at his office at the law
office of King & Branliam, at Fort Valley, Ga , and
show cause why the prayer of the said petition of
the Bankrupt should not be granted. And fur
ther notice is given that the second and third
meetings of creditors will be held at. the same time
and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
r-i Judge of said Court, at Savannah,
L ' ” Georgia, this 28tli day of March
18- : 8.
JAMES McPIIERSON;
inli3l—law3w Clerk.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
A United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
ABRAM ILLONG, } IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. \ No ’
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Banka upt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
onthe'first dayofMay, 1868, at 10 o’clock A. M.,
ft Chambers of said District Court, before Frank
S. Hesseltine, Esq,, one of the Registers of said
Court in Bankruptcy, at his office at the law office
of King &. ikrauliani, at Fort Valiev, Ga.,aad show
cause why the prayer of the said petition of the
Bankrupt should not be granted. And further
notice is given that the second and third meetings
of creditors will be held at the same time and
place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
. i Judge of said Court at Savannah,
b " Georgia, this 28th day ot March,
1868.
JAMES McPIIERSON,
mh3l—law3w Clerk.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That on the
17th day of March, A. D., 1868, a Wmraut
in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
COLUMBUS C WILLIS,
of the county of Quitman, and the State of
Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition; that the payment of any debts,
and deliver}- of any property belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him of tor his use, and the transfer
of any property by him, are forbidden by law ,
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees ot his estate, will he held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to he hoiden at the office of C.
B. Wooten, in the city of uawson, Ga.. before F.
S. Hesseltine, Esq , Register, on the 27th day of
April, A. 1)., 1868, at 10 o’clock a m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
m!)3l—H, U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
Fruit Trees.
| UST RECEIVED, A FINE LOT OF PEACH
J TREES, of tha following varieties :
Hales, Troths, Crawfords, Smocks, Old Mixon,
York, Stamp the World. Marker's Seedling, and
Wards—all guaranteed to grow. For sale at
10 cents caoh, by
W. B. GRIFFIN,
Corner Jackson and Ellis streets
ALSO,
BACON SIDES and JOLES, CANDLES and
STARCH, on hand. mh29—eod4t
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.'"^ 5
IN BANKRUPTCY
rpiIIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE That ou ,i
X 24th day of February, A. I), 18»i8 aW* *
rant in Bankruptcy was issued arainst the
THOMAS 8 POWELL tfcc,f
of Cuthbert, in the county of Randolph, and gran,
of Georgia, who hare been adjudged s
rupt on his own petition; and that tl
payment of any debts and delivery of any r, r ,
erty belonging to said Bankrupt, to him or tV,
hisuse, and the transfer of any property |, v p: ’’
are forbidden by law; that a meeting of
creditors of the said Bankrupt, to prove hiedehn
and to choose one or more assignees of hu eslut
will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy to I*'
Bankruptcy, to be bolden at the law office 0 f ft
Wooten, in the city of Dawson, Ga., before V <
Hesseltine, Register, on the 27th dav of An»,ii
D. 1868, at 10 o’clock a. m. pIU ’ A
WM. G DICKSON
mhJ!—lt U. S. Marelial a* Messenger.
IN bankruptcy!
This is to give notice: That on 9.
17th day of March, A D., 1868, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the «.
tatc of
JAMES S ODOM.
of Montgomery, in the county of Macon. State of
Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on hi.
own petition ; that the payment of any debt,
and delivery of any property belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or for his. use. and the transfer of
any property by him, are forbidden by law ; that
a meeting o) the creditors of said Bankrupt, to
prove their debts, and to choose- one or more as
signees of his estate, will he held at a Court o'
Bankruptcy, to he hoiden at the law office of C
W B’isk, in Oglethorge, Georgia, before F S
seltine, Esq., Register, on the ist day of Mar
A. D. 1868, at 10 o’clock a m. ”
WM. G. DICKSON
mil 32—It U. S. Marshal as Messenger
IN BANKRUPTCY. ~~
rpHIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE - That on th.
1 17th day of March. An., 1808, a Warrant
in Uiiokriiptcv was issued against the estate of
STEPHEN R SMITH,
of Fort Valley, in the county of Houston, and
State of Georgia, uho has been adjudged a BanL
rapt on bis own petition ; and that the p&vmen:
of any debts, and delivery of any property be'
longing to said Bankrupt, to him or for his'use
and the transfer of any property by him, are for
hidden by law; that a meeting of the creditors of
said Bankrupt, to prove their debts, and to choose
one or more assignees of his estate, will be held
at a Court of Bankruptcy, to he holdea at the
law office of King Ac Branliam, in Fort Valiev, Ga.,
before F S Hesseltine, Esq., Register, on the Ist
day of May, A. D., 1868, at 1 o'clock pm
WM. G. DICKSON,
mh3l—lt U. -S Marshal as Messenger.
IN bankruptcy!
This IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That on the
17tli day of March, A. D.. 1868, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against theestate of
WILLIAM II WILLIS,
of Oglethorpe, in the county of Macon, State of
Georgia, who lias been adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition; and that the payment of any debts
and delivery of any property ’belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer
of any property by him, are forbidden hv law ;
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assigrees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be bolden at the law office of G.
W. Fish, of Oglethorpe, Ga., before F. S. Hesse!
tine, Esq., Register, on the Ist day May, A. D„
1868 at 10 o’clock a. m
WM. G. DICKSON.
mli3l—lt U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
rrtHIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
A 20th day of February, A. D., 1808, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the es
tate of
THOMAS F WALKER,
of Longstreet, in the comity of Pulaski, and
State of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bank
rupt on his own petition -, that the payment of any
debts, and delivery of any property belonging to
said Bankrupt, to him or for his use, ami the trans
fer of any property by him, are forbidden bylaw
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove tbeir debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at the law office of
Emory F Best, 88 Cherry street, Macon, Ga..
before F. S. Hesseltine, Esq., Register, on the
20th day of Mav, A.D , 1868, at 4 o'clock p. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
tuli29—lt U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY. ’
rpiIIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That on the
X l'tli day of March, A. !>.. 1868, a War
rant iu Bankruptcy was issued against the es
tate of
ELBERT ELLIOTT,
of Fort Gaines, iu the county of C(«y.Piute of
Georgia who lias beenadjudged a Bankrupt on his
own petitiomand that the payment of any debts and
delivery of any property belonging to said Bank
rupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer of any
property by him. are forbidden by law; that a
meeting oi’ the creditors of said Bankrupt, to
prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to he hoiden at the law office of Cj
C. Wooten. Dawson, Ga., before F. S. Hesseltine,
Register, ou the 27th day of April. A. D., 1868,
at 10 o’clock a. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
mlißl—lt U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
Tn bankruptcy.
rpiIIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That on the
I 17th day- of March, A. D., 1863, a Warrant
in Bankruptcy whs issued against the estate ol
James l Roberts,
of Hatcher’s Station, in comity ot Quitman, State
of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition ; that the payment of any debts
and delivery of any property- belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer of
any property by him, are forbidden by law ; that
a meetiug o’s the creditors of said Bankrupt, to
prove their debts, and to elioose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at the law office ofC.
B. Wooten,iii the city of Dawson, Ga,, before F.
S. Hesseltine, Esq., Register, on the2?tli day of
April, A. D , 1868, at 10 o’clock a. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
mli3l—lt U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
nnilis IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
_L 17th clay of March, A. I).. IS6B, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against th« estate of
ICIIABOD M COX,
of Lumpkin, in the county of Stewart, State of
Georgia, ay ho has been adjudged a Bmkrupt
on hi3 own petition; that the payment of
any debts and delivery of any property be
longing to said Bankrupt, to him or for his use.
and the transfer ol’ any property by him, are for
bidden by law: that a meetiug of the creditors of
the said* Bankrupt, to prove their debts, ami
choose one or more assignees of his estate, will
be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to ba liolden
at- the law office of Willis A Hawkins, in Amen
cits. Ga., before F S Ilesseutine, Esq. Register, on
the 30th dav of April, 1868, at o’clock, a. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
mh3l—lt U. S. Marshal as MoMenrer.
I** BANKRUPTCY.
rtpilis IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
X 17th day of March, A. D., 1868, a Marrant
in Bankruptcy was issued against the tstate of
JOSEPH L VARNER,
of Cuthbert, iu the county of Randolph, ami State
of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt
on his own petition ; that the payment ot auv
debts and the delivery of any property belonging
to said Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and J 1
transfer of any property by him, are forbidden
by law; that a meeting* of the creditors ot &
Bankrupt, to prove their debts, and choose ou
or more assignees of his estate, will be held at ‘
Court of Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at the la
office of C. B. Wooten in the city of PawsOj
Ga., before F. S. Hesseltine. Esq . Register, on
27th dav of April, A. D.. 1868, at 10 o’clock a ®-
WM. G. DICKSON.
tuliJJ—lt U. S. Marshal as Messeug^
IN BANKRUPTCY
riJHIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE That ou - the
1 17th day of March, A. p„ 1868, a VU [
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against tne
late of
JAMES A GLENN,
cf "Blakely, in the county of Early, j
of Georgia’, who has been adjudged a 1 “
rupt on his own petition; that the payment oi .
debts and delivery of any property belong'Jik
said Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the (f)
l'er of any property by him, are forbidden by * '
that a meeting ot the creditors ol' said Bi| n *- *
to prove their debts, and to choose one or .
assignees of his estate, will he held at a Lon
Bankruptcy, to he hoiden at the law office
It. Wooten, in the city of Dawson. Ga-, hm l ’ .
8. Hesseltine, Esq., Register, ou the -< tli» .
April, A. I)., (868, at 10 o’clock a. tn.
1 WM. G. DICKSON,
mh3l—lt U. S. Marshal as MeseengeL_
Board.
cp lIIIEE OR FOUR GENTLEMEN <-AN
1 obtain BOARD, with or without
Rooms, in a pleasant part of the city, on ro
ablo terms. , j
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