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FRIDXY MORNING ....April 3^1863
For PBEBIDENT.
Os the United States:
MVSSKS S. GRANT.
For Governor
or GEORGIA :
HM.R.B.BCLIOCK
OF BIOHMOND.
FOR CONGRESS:
J. YV. Ci i ft, First District.
R. 11. YVhitkley, Second District-
Wm. P. Edwards, Third District.
Samuel F. Gove, Fourth District.
C. 11. Prince, Fifth District.
John A. Wimpy, Sixth District.
J. Atkins, Seventh District.
I’LATIOK JI.
Resolved, That tre pledge our support to
the Constitution framed by the Constitu
tutional Convention of this State note in
session.
Resolved, That ice present to the friends of
Reconstruction in Georgia this Constitution
as our Platform, and ice urgently request
them to ratify it.
Resolved, Thai ice pledge our support to
the llon. R. 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. 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 are 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, and, as a sequence, for
the peace and prosperity of our people.
“There’s work for every man to do'.’
To make Tiie 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
Tub Republican contains more reading
matter than any other daily journal in the
State, including the latest news by mails
and telegraph.
THE SITUATION.
If it be conceded that the Democratic
journals of Georgia reflect the true senti
ment of the so called “respectable” people
of the State, then it must be apparent to
the most casual observer that never has
the spirit of hostility to the Federal Gov
ernment been more vindictive than it is at
the present time. Every falsely-called
Conservative newspaper teems with daily
and weekly abuse of Congress and the
Republican party of the country.
We submit, in all sincerity: What can
the peopl'd hope for, so long as they stand
in such a defiant attitude to every effort to
reconstruct the State, to the end that peace
and harmony, law and order, thrift and
prosperity, may once more visit the people
of our desolated State ?
The leaders of the late rebellion and the
Tory journals of the State have hurled
defiance at Congress for the last two
years—and have and are still threatening
the country with another war, if the recon
struction laws of Congress are carried into
execution. They avow their purpose to
sweep from the soil of Georgia every
Republican, just so soon as they can
obtain the control of the State Govern
ment. That the large bulk of the seces
sionists will vote against the ratification
of the Constitution, seems to be a foregone
conclusion.
Under this state of affairs, the duty of
the friends of Reconstruction is plain.
Our flag is hoisted, and is in the hands of
a true and firm friend of the Union—a
man more identified with the national
prosperity and welfare of Georgia, by far
than any of his maligners. The contest is
upon us. Let the Union men stand firmly
by their colors, and “fight the good fight”
of our temporal salvation with the peace
ful yet potent ballot.
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
Tlie Democrats and Tories claim that
in Northern Georgia Bullock will get
but a scanty vote, and the Constitution
will also be refused ratification by the
mountaineers. Now, it so liuppcns that
our information, derived from sources
every way as reliable as that of the Tory
press, is altogether the other way. The
people of that section have been too much
persecuted by the Tories to vote to con
tinue this rule. There have been too
many ot the most cruel murders, house
burnings, robberies, and rapes, for them to
love the rule of those who begat secession
and brought on civil war. *hc Tory
press are continually harping upon their
strength in that section, and sometimes
have the impudence to specify particular
counties where they expect to get a ma
jority. For instance, an obscure Demo
cratic paper in this city, a day or two
since, averred that Bullock would not
get a vote in Fannin county. A gentle
man well acquainted in that county, and
just from there, tells us that Bullock will
beat Irwin at least one hundred votes in
Fannin. So much for Democratic veracity.
Despicable.—The ranting* indulged in
by a majority of the Obstructionist presses
of the State, at the prospect of. the adop
tion of the new Cowtitutiou, and our
speedy restoration to the Union, are truly
despicable. Lftc a certain noted Seces
sionist of Wilkes county, many of these
“lenders" agree to eat the flesh that would
he sacrificed and the blmMj that would bo
she<l of men in the late contest with the
Government; they told the people they
would take upon themselves and Ire re
sponsible to them for the consequences,
and thus misled and ruined them. How
well they have kept their promises wc all
know. Had there been reality of feeling
in proportion to their pretensions just
prior to the “wager of battle,” the printing
offices would have been closed simultan
eously, and every Secesli editor would
have been in the forlorn hope at the first
onset: but, some liow or other, tlic close
of the rebellion found them nearly all
physically safe jind sound, and most of
them financially likewise. True, there
were some honorable exceptions to this,
as there to every other rule—some who
testified the sincerity of their professions
by putting their bodies in peril, and who
surrendered their hearts’ blood on the
battle-field. For their memory we have
more regard, however greatly they erred,
than we have for those living vultures that
thrive and fatten on the wretched carcass
of suffering and despair left to our people
as a legacy.
Aye, they howl for generosity, magna
nimity, and the safeguards of a Constitu
tion and a government now which they
delighted to deride then. They forced
the poor man to abandon his home, his
weeping wife and helpless children, to
join the ranks—to shield these reckless
scribblers from danger—without pity or
remorse; and now, when an attempt is
made to keep them from further mischief,
they whine of persecution, despotism, etc.
Let them howl.
Tut; Work Before Us.—Slowly the
dark clouds of ignorance and prejudice
that have lowered over our State .are
breaking away. Truth begins to assert
her rightful influence over the minds of
men. In the great battle that is progress
ing, her gleaming sword points the way to
her final triumph. Let all men who wish
to see our country delivered from the last
vestige ot partyism and oppression, the
rule of demagogues, follow, with highest
and noblest endeavor, where Truth, with
charmed weapon, opens the way. Then
shall we be able to feel, when our work is
done, that we have not been wanting to
ourselves, to our fellow men, to our
country, and to our God.
Every man who hated secession in the
gloomy days that are past—every man who
loves the whole country, and is proud of
its glory—every man who is not selfish
enough to deny to others the freedom he
claims for himself—every man who does
not wish to sec the nation cheated, by the
worshippers of slavery, out ot the fruits of
the greatest struggle the world has seen,
should feel that the appeal is to him,
individually, to trample passion under
foot, to discard prejudice, and to put forth
his strength in the way that it w'ill most
avail to secure victory to the side of right.
The One Idea Party.— ln those dark
years, when tlic slaveholder ruled from
Boston to New Orleans, the Democratic
party cheerfully wore his collar, and when
lie fell from power it still howled and
barked at the heels of the nat ion, through
out the long and agonizing struggle for
life. This virtue at least it ligd—the
fidelity with which an ill-treated cur some
times follows a brutal master, aud it is
faithful yet. The slaveholder is dead, but
over his grave the Democratic party whines
and raves, in the hope that some miracle
may yet work his resurrection. Loving the
dead master so well, it hates the liberated
slave. Look for tlic purpose which con
trols its action, and it may be found only
in its mad, unreasoning, inhuman hatred
of the negro. Take this away and the
party falls to pieces. Without the inspira
tion of hate, Democracy becomes no more
than a disorganized faction,a superannuated
rioter, and a sturdy beggar for office.
The Question of the Hour.—Conserva
tives may deny as much as they please, and
even Northern Republicans may remain
incredulous of the fact, but the spirit of the
rebellion is yet alive and organized, and is
preparing to make a great struggle for polit"
ical supremacy. We do not pause now to
discuss the probability of the permanency of
the Union if this reckless and revolutionary
party could obtain possession of the national
government and of the government of eight
or ten Southern Stales. One thing we
regard as certain—the fruits of the war will
be gathered. It is not in the providence of
God that the spirit of rebellion, beaten in
fair fight upon the battle field, shall yet
triumph by political legerdemain or by the
want of courage in the people to stand by
the principles upon which the war was
fought. The question is, will men who have
loved the Union and the Government of their
fathers, who have felt the weight of the
hand of the “Confederate' government, and
who desire freedom for themselves and their
children—will such men do their duty in the
great struggle upon which the people of
Georgia have entered ? We arc not afraid of
the result.
Unionists of Georgia, a great contest is
before you. Will you cast away your shields
and give a temporary encouragement to the
enemy, or will you prepare to sustain the
work of your Convention, and ratify the
Constitution which secures equal political
rights to all men ? If you will do your duty,
all will be well. If you fail from unworthy
motives to lend your aid to the cause of right
and public tranquility, the battle will be
fought and the victory won without you, for
there are those who appreciate the moral
grandeur and the overwhelming necessities
of,lhe situation, and who, by the blessing of
God, will press on until our State and coun
try are fully redeemed from the rule of trait
ors, and peace and prosperity shall once
more dawn upon us.
CORRESPONDENCE.
W« extract and condeute from our exten
sive correspondence the following. A corre
spondent in Pike county writes:
Tbe Democrats are moving hell aud earth
to defeat us. They are the most unscrupu
lous set of villains that ever trod the soil of
Georgia. They are resorting to all kinds of
means to defeat us. There is nothing too
low for them to stoop to. Lying is their
principal forte; deception is the second thing
on the list with them. They do not hesitate
to attempt to deceive the ignorant by the
most palpable and unblushing falsehoods.
They havo the effrontery and impudence of
the devil, and are having public meetings
to inform the negroes of their rights, when
they swear that the negroes are monkeys,
ourang-outangs, or some other species of
animals. They say Judge Irwin is a Re
constructionist in Cherokee, Georgia, and
in other sections they say he is a bitter aud
decided opponent of our Constitution. They
are all things to all men. The friends of
reconstruction in this section are doing
their whole duty, and will roll up a large
vote for the Constitution and our regular
Constitution candidates. Col. T. J. Speer is
our candidate for Senator in the 22(1 Dis
trict, and will be elected on the regular
ticket by a large majority. The Democrats
are opposing and trying to defeat him, but
it is utterly useless.
A correspondent in Crawford county
writes:
Bcli.ock and the Constitution will get in
this county every colored vote, and at least
two hundred white votes. The same will
be the case in Taylor and Houston. A Dr.
Matthews has been nominated for the
Senate by a few white men who call
themselves reconstruetionists, under the
influcnco and by the recommendation of
the Democratic party.
Mathews is doing what little he can to
defeat Bullock and elect Irwin, giving as
his reason for so doing that one is a Yankee
and the other a Georgian. We arc proud
to know that the only objection which can
be urged ngainst our candidate is his place
of birth. That is no objection to us. The
true reason of Matthews is that he is a
capitalist, and is deadly opposed to Relief
and Homestead; hence, he and those who
nominate him are opposed to the Constitu
tion, and go naturally for Irwin.—
Mathews is not a registered voter. If
Bullock and the Constitution are defeated,
there is nothing on earth to save us from
ruin and degradation.
We will win the victory as certain as
there is a God in heaven.
An intelligent colored man writes from
middle Gaorgia as follows :
All is right down here. Bullock aud
the Constitution are getting all the colored
votes and a great many whites. The Demo
crats are trying to buy me on their side, but
it is no go, so they are publishing me in the
newspapers. We vote for a great principle,
and cannot be misled by bribes, threats, or
promises.
Covington, March 30,1808.
Editor Republican:
Newton county will give a good account
of herself at the election in April next. The
people are thoroughly awake to the vital
interests of the occasion, and a very large
vote will be polled. Both parties are pre
paring for the contest and are using every
effort to secure the election of their candi
dates. The Republicans have not yet made
their nominations for county officers and
Representatives to the Legislature, but will
do so in a few days—the Democracy held a
meeting at Monroe last week, and nomi
nated Hon. John J. Floyd, of this city, as
their Senatorial candidate. Being a “relic
of the dead past ” and ineligible to office—
like the Hon. Augustus Reese—he lias been
withdrawn, and I understand, Capt. Jas. M.
Pace, of this county, nominated in his stead.
Mr. P. is a young lawyer of marked ability
and considerable popularity, and would
make a good Senator—but lie is on the
wrong side of the house and stand* no chance
of election. It is a pitty one so young and
promising should wear a “martyr’s crown.”
The Democratic candidates to the Legisla
ture are supposed to be Allred Livingston
and A. H. Zackary—at least that is the
present “slate.”
The people throughout the country are
strongly in favor of Relief, and the candidate
of the Relief party, Col. Bullock, will receive
a heavy majority in the county. While Col.
Bullock is personally unknown to nearly all
the voters of this county, his record in the
Convention, his acknowledged business ca
pacity and gentlemanly conduct while there,
and the fact that he originated and urged the
adoption of many of the most prominent
features of the new Constitution, have given
him the confidence and respect of the people.
Os the 2,200 votes of the county, Col. Bul
lock and the new Constitution will receive
at least 1,000.
The friends of Judge Harris will insist on
his being the candidate of the Republican
party for Senator from this District, not only
on account of his sterling worth and integrity,
but that the people may endorse their ap
proval of his course in the Convention, by
the largest vote ever given to a citizen of
Old Newton.
<*Thk Ineligible. —The Democrats are
claiming that Col. Bullock is ineligible as
Governor, because, they say, he had some
thing to do with the telegraph lines in the
Confederate States during the war.
There is nothing that can possibly be
brought against Col. Bullock to make
him ineligible, unless acts of charity and
benevolence towards his suffering fellow
creatures can be counted against him. It
is very true, that while superintendent of
the Express Company during the war, he
forwarded supplies of clothing and provi
sions, without charge, to the starving and
suffering soldiers, and frequently sent
agents to see that such supplies were safely
delivered—for which those soldiers and
their families ought to hold him in grate
ful remembrance. He afforded aid and
comfort not to the Confederacy, but to his
suffering fellow-men. .
On the contrary, Judge Irwin, though
not very remarkablcfor such comfort as Col,
Bullock rendered,'thought it not inconsist
ent with his Union principles to he a can
didate for elector on the Jeff. Davis ticket
in 1861 ; and his name can be found in the
Democratic papers of that date as elector
for the State.
To be sure, to labor for the election of
Jeff. Davis may not be considered as afford
ing much aid and comfort to the Confede
racy, but how will such candidacy be re •
garded in the eye of the law ! Is Col.
Bullock ineligible, and is Judge Irwin
•ligiblc ?
COL. ASHBURN S MURDER.
We cannot close this article without the
expression of our profound regret that this
violence should have occurred in our city,
whieb, though noted for its sturdy opposition
to Radicalism, yet has justly won and worn
a reputation for a due observance of law and
order.— Columbui Sun.
Since when, Mr. Sun, has vour city won
this great name 7 Since when has your city
been exempt from assassins and murderers,
and thieves and cut-throats ? Since when
has your piety and morality and sanctity
oozed out so as to be a practical visible cer
tainty 7 The blood of scores of men,
foully murdered in your streets, cries from
the grouud to high heaven, and that of Ash
burn, the last murdered victim, is not in the
least! Beware 1
In behalf of those who are sought to be
implicated in this transaction, we enter a
most solemn and decided disclaimer. They
do not desire to shirk the most searching
investigation that civil or military authority
may demand— Columbus Sun.
Let the innocently-chargcd murderers of
poor Ash burn be .set free, we say, but if
the guilty are found out, no punishment
can be too severe for the wretches who,
like a cowardly pack of wolves, sought a
solitary man at miduight, to overpower and
assassinate him. Out with the names;
out with the gang of cuWliroats, even if
they are pets or cherubs, saints or angels.
belocging to the “F. F. G.’s,” or the
“L. T. T.’s”—ventilate their names ! Who
are they ?
We hope the negroes of this section, who
have been suddenly deprived of a leader who
was rushing them rapidly forward to certain
destruction, will take heed from the terrible
fate of one who hoped to riot in the ruin of
his kind.— Columbus Sun.
We hope the colored men of Columbus*
and, iu fact, all over the State of Georgia
will learn who their friends are, and take
neither counsel or advice from the Demo
cratic press and speakers. The blood of the
murdered Ashburn cries from the ground.
“Vengeance is mine,” saith the Lord—‘but
wc advise our people, of all classes, to peace
ably be avenged by washing their hands of
them, and having nothing to do with the so
called Democratic party, now so blatant
about “ruin,” and “riot,” and “destruction,”
etc.
One word to our fellow white men. This
unfortunate occurrence will be put down to
the discredit of the honest people of the
entire South. Even now it is being flashed
in a distorted form from one end of the
North to the other. Congress will be fired
by comments of the Radical press, and the
terrible pictures of the scene gotten up by
“special artists.”— Columbus Sun.
The truth will be told over the wires—as
the telegraphic operators seem to be anxious
to state the truth—and when it is fully known
there will be no discredit to the “honest
people of the South,” but you may rest a3-
■ sred that the “stirrers up of strife,” such ax
you and your backers and vour crowd, will
be fully shown up, and we hope effectually
taught the lesson, so hard for you to learn
it seems, that there is “a power in the land”
besides the bayonet, and that it is the “ballot
box” which does its work silently, but well.
We should bear in mind the truth culmi
nated from the pages of history, that though
the dagger and stiletto of those who use
them in tbe dark are weapons which can
strike terror to the souls of tyrants, the
people who have sanctioned their use have
always been slaves.— Columbus Sun.
You state an undeniable truth in the
above paragraph. Slaves are made by such
proccedure. But you have in your ranks
men who rejoice over assassination, and
vilify and abuse all men who deliver opin
ions on the contra side to themselves. They
had best heed your counsel, and cease their
proscriptive conduct.*
A people who have not the manly
courage to look the dangers which threaten
them in the face, and to fight them at
evens or odds, in the open light of day, are
incapable of legaining their lost liberties
and are unworthy of their enjoyment.—
Columbus Sun.
The Sun winds up its lengthy editorial
upon the murder of Ashburn with the
above manly declaration, which we com
mend to the prayerful consideration of our
readers and the rest of mankind, with all
the world included. All we ask is an
open, free fight, in the broad light of day—
no Know Nothing midnight cabals, nor
K. K. K.’e, nor any other such ridiculous
clap-trap, which is unworthy of the con
sideration of sensible men.
Labor. —The Constitution protects labor.
Under it, the poor white or black man me
chanic receives ample protection for his
daily work, and the proudest money-king
will not be allowed to oppress him. The
decree of God uttered in Eden, ksews no
distinction of race or color—all men must
work or starve or steal. In order, therefore,
to make honest citizens, labor must be
guarded by such guarantees as to render it
as remunerative as possible. White or
black, free labor must be protected.
There is the homestead law for the farm
ers. In the winter of life, the sire will find
his roof-tree still above him, and bless the
Constitution which shields him from the cold
winds of old age. The young man, with bis
lovely wife, will stand upon his own domain
and prai»e the wisdom of those who are to
day reviled and persecuted, and invoke the
blessings cf God upon their deseudants.
Let the laboring men look this question
squarely in the face—are you going to throw
these splendid efforts away, for chaff and
dust ? What do the Conservatives offer you ?
They appeal to your prejudices of race and
color, your pride of nationality, and having
blinded your eyes they hold up the Constitu
tion and distort its glorious provisions with
the tongue of malice and untruth. We bid
you beware ! We warn you of the danger of
letting slip this opportunity. Perhaps your
children, clothed in rags and tatters, will yet
curse you for your folly—but no, never,
never 1 The laboring men of North Carolina
know their duty and dare to perform it 1 That
is our belief.— N. C. Standard.
It is so too with the Georgia Constitution
and the laboring men of our State, whether
mechanics, day laborers, or farmers. Nabobs
will tell you a different story, hut wo believe
you will remember your own interest too
well to heed them ; that you will have some
sympathy for your neighbors, and have too
much love for your families, to pay any at
tention to the claptraps of the Democracy.
MASS MEETING IN COLUMBUS.
A mass meeting ot the Republican party
was held iu the city of Columbus, on Satur
day, the 28tb ultimo.
About 2,000 persons wore present, and
were addressed by Hon. Thomas Gilbert, of
Cliattabochee county, Rev. J. 11. Caldwell
of La Grange, Dr. James G. Maul, Colonel
Wm. P. Edwards, candidate lor Congress
for Third District, nnd other speakers and
among them Win. Van Jones (colored), who
made a sensible and stirring speech.
John W. Duew, Esq., offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted, to wit:
Resolved, That wc heartily endorse the
Constitution adopted by tbe Georgia Consti
tutional Convention, and we pledge our
united support to secure its ratification.
Resolved, That we acknowledge the princi
ples as set forth by the Georgia Constitutional
Convention as the Platform of the Republi
can party of Georgia.
Resolved, That we, the Republicans of
Muscogee county, in Convention assembled,
pledge our undivided efforts to secure the
election of the Hon. R. B. Bullock ot
Richmond county, for Governor of the State
of Georgia, and Colonel AY. P. Edwauds, as
our Representative to Congress.
Resolved, That we will support the ticket
that we have this day nominated for the
various offices in the county.
Nominations for all ihe offices to be filled
were then made, and great unanmity pre
vailed, with a determination to pnt the stamp
of ratification upon the Constitution and
the Standard-bearer, Col. Bullock.
“On with the column,”
“He that falters, is a dastard,
“And he that doubts, is d—d.”
NA TIONA L FA CTS *AND SO UTIIERN
FANCIES.
It is well known that Mr. Alexander H.
Stephens has recently been in Washington,
for the telegraph announced that everybody
else was set aside at the AVhite House by
the President to give the rebel ex-Vice Pres
ident a prompt and protracted interview. On
his return to Georgia he openly gave his
observations of matters and men at Washing
ton, and his ideas are detailed in a Georgia
paper, that we presume speaks by the card :
[We omit the quotation.]
For Mr. Stephens personally wc have
decidedly less respect than for almost any
other rebel of eminence. He is a-weak man
intellectually, and politically his inconsis
tencies long since placed him among that
class of demagogues who lack vertebre. A
professed Union man who taught the South
that secession was suicidal folly, ho yet joined
with the rebels, and accepted the second
place of infamy in their hostile government.
By implication, he is responsible for a great
share in all villanies, crimes and ruin follow
ing, and has not the manliness to acknowl
edge it. AVe wonder that even Southern
men view him with anything but contempt,
and therefore it is not for any admiration of
the man that we notice his observations. It
is simply as an exponent of two most signifi
cant facts. The first is that the entire North
has called forth the acknowledgment from
their opponents that they are resting in
serene happiness in the conscious confidence
of Radical rule. The second is that these
Georgia men believe that nothing short of
armed antagonism can shake these same
Radicals from their seats of power. One
would suppose that the lessons these dement
ed Southrons have taken in the results of
fighting with bullets instead of with ballots
would have taught them something, but they
seem beyond the power of learning.
They may rest assured, however, that as
“profoundly impressed” as Mr. Stephens,
or any other rebel may be, with the fact
which they cannot comprehend, it never
theless is a fact that the American people
are a people of law and order, and now,
henceforth aud forever, reason and right
are the enthroned deities that vouchsafe
the Blessings of peace and stability
through liberty and law. It is high time
that this stupendous folly of supposing that
suggestions and threats of armed violence
cau resist a free people in their onward
march to perfect equality and impartial
right should be forever silenced. If Mr.
Stephens had either manliness, sense or
patriotism, instead of this twaddle about
“lawless authority,” he would tell his
satelites and his late fellow conspirators that
the old ideas of Southern caste, dictation
and assumption have passed away forever,
and the only way for the rejuvenation of
the South is, by a respectful acquiescence
in the fortunes of war, a calm exercise of
the virtues of patience and of patriotism,
and a spirit of contentment with their
self invoked doom, until, by manly devotion
to rectitude and probity-, they can earn the
respect of the nation, and thereby of a
share in national concerns. —Missouri
Democrat.
Tun Contest. —The Ku-Klux newspapers
and stump speakers are very bitter in their
denunciations against the Constitution
framed by the Reconstruction Convention in
the State, and essay to be facetious with
regard to our candidate for the Gubernatorial
chair. The Republicans of Georgia and
their gallant standard-bearer care no more
for their abuse than au elephant does for the
biting of a fly on its snout. Tho good work
is going bravely on, and the new Constitu
tion is hourly gaining friends. The Demo
crats boast that they will defeat its ratifica
tion by the people. If they do, they will
get something much worse for themselves.
It is to be hoped, however, they will learn
some sense from the results of their last
foolish and wicked conduct.
The poor white laboring men are getting
their eyes open to the rascally tricks of the
leading Democrats, nnd are combining
against them ; they' have never, until now,
in Georgia, had an oppoitunity to do any
thing politically lor themselves. They fear
the would-be aristocracy no longer. They
will rise up, in all their manly dignity, and
at the polls assert their rights.
There is considerable political trickery
goiug on, in various parts, to defeat Colonel
Bullock and the Constitution, and the
parties are consoling themselves that they
are clinching everything as they go—but
they will be awfully startled at the revelation
of realities which shall be disclosed by the
ballots of a people determined to be free.
A Comparison —Read the following
from the New Orleans Tribune. What a
contrast exists between the two Moseses,
of which the latest Moses seems to he
rather on losing ground. Poor ®ld “A. }.”—
either had whiskey, or bad company, or
some other had influence, is playing the
d —l with him. But read the Tribune's
article :
The true Moses was the meekest of mon;
our Moses is the most mulish. The true
Moses was a man of prayer ; our Moses is
a man of oaths. The true Moses was slow
of speech, and had his brother for a
mouthpiece; our Moses, unfortunately,
speaks for himself. The true Moses was a
great law-giver ; our Moses is a notorious
law-breaker. The true Mosc* forsook
Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king ;
our Moses has gone down to Egypt lor
help. The true Moses turned his back on
the foes, of his country; our Moses has
turned hia back on his friends and the
friends of bis country. The true Moses
endured to tbe end ; our Moses has Be
trayed and abandoned the cause to which
he swore allegiance. The true Moses led an
oppressed people out of bondage; our
Moses promised to do it, hut left them to
their foes. The true Moses labored to save
the people from the bite of fiery serpents;
our Moses has sought to have all the people
bitten by them—i. e., by Copperheads.
When tbe true Moses died, the children of
Isreal wept for him thirty days ; when our
Moses shall leave the White House for
Tennessee, all the people will say amen.
The man who reeled into office ought to be
ruled out. *
Amen ! Selah ’
SPECIAL NOTICES.
g ELECTION NOTICE.—AUGUSTA
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—Ia accordance with
an order passed by tho Officers of the Augusta
Fire Department, an Election for Secretary of
the Department will be held on Monday night
next, 6th instant, at the mooting rooms of
the different Companies.
Candidate.— WM. H. CRANE, Jit. (J. D.
Kavannagh having declined.)
The Commanding Officer of each Company
will meet at the Pioneer Hook <1 Ladder House,
on Tuesday, 7th instant, at 8 o’clock p. m.,
for tho purpose of canvassing the votes.
WM. BYRNES,
«p3—3t Chairman of Officers’ Meeting.
jjfcg- CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL
RAILROAD, April 2, 1868—J L, J N k S,
[M | Cos, J T A Bones, Plumb <£- L, EW
Derry, W II Tutt, V Richards & Bro, J (I Bailie
<fc Bro, Stallings & R, Pollard C rfc Cos, J M
Turpin, [S], G Rappold, Z McC, E Mustin, C C,
C F McCay, C A Robbe, AY’ M Jacobs, R YV
Maher, J D Butt & Bro, J 0 Mathewson <t Co f
J YY'elch, T R Rhodes, Mullarkoy Bros, YY'est A
May, E M Derry, E T Murphy, Vaughn A M
A Ayers, T Richards & Son, A F, YY A R & Cos,
Davidson & Cos, Hatch A G, G Cohen, Gray A
TANARUS, C B Day A Cos, J C Moore A Cos, Conley F A
Cos, F A Mauge, B A 11, T C Apel, H Myers,
II F Russell a- Cos, G A Oates, G YV YY'olfe, YY’ E
Jackson, [R], Sylvester A C, [o], E T Murphy,
C E Mustin, A Bleakley, Phinizy A Cos.
PER SOUTH CAR
OLINA RAILROAD, April 2, IS6B.—T Kerna
ghan &S, YV Hill, C Emery, YV J Farr, I P
Girardey, J M Dorn, R A J A Timmerman,
Estate F H Cook, O F Cheatam, YV C Jessup A
Cos, YVyman A May, D Ftelling, C Spaeth, J J
Bredonburg, YY M Jacobs, Gray A Turley, J M
Clarke A Cos, M Hyatns A Cos, Bean A Adam
YY’ A Ramsey A Cos, Pollard Cox A Cos, Charles
Bakei, C A Cheatam, B Son A Cos, Mrs A Frede
rick, Geraty A Armstrong, Mullarkoy Bros,
Myers & Marcus, A I’oullain, E R Derry, F A
Mauge, Sibley <£• Sons.
AUGUSTA FACTORY, )
Augusta, April 1, 1868.]
jgjgg™ DIVIDEND NO. 3G. —A QUAR
TERLY Dividend of FIVE PER CENT., this
day declared, will be paid to Stockholders on
demand. YV. E. JACKSON,
ap2—4i : President.
BATH PAPER MILLS COMPANY.
A Dividend of One Dollar and Fifty Cents has
been declared, payable on demand, at the office
of the Company, Mclntosh street.
YVM. CRAIG,
ap2—3t President.
THE Hon. HENRY YV. HILLIARD
will be supported as a CANDIDATE FOll CON
GRESS from the FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT of Georgia, at the election on tho
20th of April next, by MANY VOTERS.
in h 2-1 td
MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN
HOOD—An Essay for Young Men on tbe Crime
of Solitude, and the Physiological Errors, Abuses
and Diseases which create impediments to MAR
RIAGE, with sure means of Relief. Sent in
sealed letter envelopes, free of charge.
Address Dit. J. SKILLIX HOUGHTON,
Howard Association,
fel— 3m Philadelphia, Pa.
SI MR If L. A. BALK
112 UROAU STREET,
NEW SPRING GOOBSi
I WILL OPEN TO-DAY A FIIESH ASSORTMENT OF
New Spring Prints,
VERY HANDSOME, AT LOW PRICES.
FINE CAMBRIC CHINTZ.
NEW PRINTED LAYVNS,
NEW SPRING DeLAINKS,
CHALLIES, etc., etc.
New Spring Ginghams,
VERY HANDSOME, AT A LOYV PRICE.
FRENCH CASSIMERES,
AMERICAN CASSIMERES, aud
JEANES.
BED TICKING,
STRIPES,
BLEACHED SHIRTING,
' BROWN HOMESPUN,
PARASOLS, HOOP SKIRTS,
UMBRELLAS, GLOVES,
STOCKINGS,
PERFUMERY, etc
All of which will be sold at as LOW PRICES
as can be had in town.
IIEYRI L. A. i:\i.H,
172 Broad Street.
_ mb2l-1 y
To the Ladies of Augusta.
QO.YIE AND SEE
TIIE DIFFERENT STYLES
OF
MA.TS!
NOTV OI'ENKD AT
BLAUYELT’S
And when you hear the prices, you arc
bound to buy.
Bring with you or send your children, and
have them fitted with a FASHIONABLE HAT,
either of Straw, Felt, or Wool.
Send your Husbands (if you have any),
Brothers, and Sweethearts, and have them deco
rated with a NICE HAT.
mh29—fit 258 BROAD STREET.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT^
SUMMER RATES
Notice to Consumers of Cos
ON AND APTEKTHK FIR T f| ,
and until Ist of October next a APi L
Coal Irom Atlanta to Au-ust, —jifV the r »ts o-
Oncan.l a Half (1J) Cent, per Ton^ l ’-
lb».) per mile. tf.coif
Oe apf-2of AUS ' mi ’
IN BANKRUPTCY "
U. S. MARSHAL’S OFFlr't
Atlanta, Ga„ Aoril i 5-, '
This is to give noticj l
diet day of March, A. D.. I*s** °»«e
rant in Bankruptcy was issued aaaiJTkl a
Paul Jones, se ****“*«
of Atlauta, in the county of Fnlto’n j ,
Georgia, who baa been adjudged »'t oti “ e ts
on hi, own petition; that the r “‘“‘rap
any debts and delivery of any
longing to said Bankrupt, to liim or foVTJ *
aud the transfer of any property l,y \ ! “
bidden by law; that a meeting ' o f iL
tbe Baiif Bankrupt, to prove
choose one or more assignees of/?. ' »W
be held at a Court of Bankruptcy to
ut the Register's office, in the t’nfted
Atlanta, Ga., before Lawson Black w’l **
the 15th day of April, 18G8, at l 5
CHARLES II elyf?
ap3—lt U. S. Dep. Marshal aa il^,.,
IN BANKRUPTCY '
U. S. MARSHAL S OFFICE,
Atlanta, Ga., April 1 ij.pt ■
rpHISISTO GIVE NOTICE: That m
JL “Ist day of February, A. D., ]jjs
rant in Bankruptcy was’ issued ugainn if
tate of ’ - *
AMOS C VAN EPPS
of Atlanta, in the countv of Falto’n and c,„
of Georgia, who lias been adjudged a Bankm*
his own petition ; that the payment of am w'f
and delivery of any property belonging to
Bankrupt, to him or for his use. and tlietnn-W
any property by him, are forbidden by law
a, meeting of the creditors of said JSanm-t •
prove their A-bts, and to choose one or r -o'°
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Coir
Bankruptcy, to be liolden at the Register's oife
in the United States Hotel, Atlanta, Ga V<»,
Lawson Black, Register, on the IGthdavof if
A. L> , 1868, at 10 o’clock a. in. J Apn *'
CHARLES H. ELVEA
apd—lt U. S. Dep. Marshal as Mesfe er
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. S. MARSHAL’S OFFICE, )
Atlanta, Ga„ April 11863
rpHIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on tl.
X 31et day of March, A.D.. 1868, aYY’a-r
--in Bankruptcy was issued against the e-ta*. rt**
JOSEPH T GUTHRIE,
of Cartel sville, in the county of Bartow ail
State of Georgia, who has been’ adjudged a Bm
rupt on his own petition; and that the iiayme
of any debts, aud delivery of any property b
longing to said Bankrupt, to him or for hia
and the transfer of any property by him, are V
bidden by law; that a" meeting of the creditor*
said Bankrupt, to prove their debts, audlodii*
one or more assignees of his estate, wiff |* heij
at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be liolden at is*
Register's office, iu the ’United States Hotel, At
lanta, Ga., before Lawson Black, Register, oatbe
16th day of April, A, IX, 1868, at 10 o’clock a a
CHARLES 11, ELYEA,
ap3—ll U. S. Dep. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. S. MARSHAL’S OFFICE, [
Atlanta, Ga., April 1, ISdS. ]
rpHISISTO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
X -Ist day of March, A. I).. JS6B, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the es
tate of
WILEY PATRICK,
of Cabins district, county of Spalding, State of
Georgia who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on L:«
own petition-.and that the payment ofanydebtsand
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 of the creditors of said Bankrupt, to
prove their debts, aud to choose one or more
assignees of Ids estate, will.be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be liolden at tlie Register’s office,
in the Farrar Building. Griffin, Ga., before Alex
ander G Murray, Register, on the 15th day of
April, A. I)., 1868, at 3 o'clock p.m.
CHARLES 11. ELYEA,
apt!—lt U. S. Dep. Marshal as Messenger.
in bankruptcyT
, U. S. MARSHAL’S OFFICE, I
Atlanta, Ga., April 1,1868. )
rruus IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That on the
J- lUth day of March, A. I>., 1868, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued againsttheestateof
JOHN BROOKS,
of Griffin, in the county ot Spalding, and State o;
Georgia, who lias been adjudged a Bankrnpton
his oivu petition ; aud that the payment of any debt*
aud 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 of the creditors of said Rantrapi,
to prove their debts, aud to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will he held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be liolden at tlie Register’s office,
in the Farrar Building, Griffin, Ga„ before Alex_
ander G Murray, Register, on the Uth day of
April, A. IX, 1868. at 2 o’clock p.m
CHARLES H. ELYEA.
ap3—ll U. S. Dep. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY-
U. S. MARSHAL S OFFICE, t
Atlanta. Ga.. April 1,1868.)
rpiIIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on tk
JL 31st day of March. A. D., ISGB, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the ci
tato of
ZEPHANIA ESTES,
of Stone Mountain, in the county- of DeKaib, Slit*
of Georgia, who lias been adjudged a Bankrupt’s
his own petition ; that the payment of any*!
and delivery of any property belonging to sit
Bankrupt, to liini or for his use, ~-'d the tranr®
of any property by him, are forbidden by h')-
tbat a meeting of the creditors of said Baas
rapt, to prove tlicir debts, aud to choose one or
more assignees of his estate, will be held at s
Court of Bankruptcy, to be lioldea at the Keg
ister’s office, in tlie United States Hotel, Atlanta.
Ga , before Lawson Black, Register, on the
day ol April, A. D., 18(>8,at 10 o'clock a.m.
CHARLES 11. ELYEA,
ap3-lt, U. S. Dep. Marshal as Messenger.
IST otice.
All persons having claim:
against the BATH MILLS COMPANY
are hereby notified to present them for settle
ment by the first day of May next; otherwise
they will be debarred payment, as the affairs o.
the Company will ho closed up, and the
cease to exist, on that day.
. WM. CRAIG,
a p2 12t President-
NOTICE.
TWO MONTHS AFTER DATE. APPLI
CATION will he made to the Court of bi
nary of Richmond county for leave to sell >
real estate of John 11. Hull, late of said wa :
deceased. WM. 11. HULL,
April Ist, 1868. Administrator
ap2—le2wfor'2ni
Notice to Passenger
r pHE NEW SCHEDULE TO NEW VOBR
I and all points North and East, by the
Great Atlantic Seaboard Route,
is now complete and in operation. No delay l
interruption. At Weldon, passengers ’
choice of three routes, vis.:
Via ANNAMESSIC LINE.
Via RICHMOND and WASHINGTON OB'
Via OLD BAY LINE.
this is ran
PLEASANTEST, SAFEST, CHEAPEST,
and QUICKEST BOH*
TO THE NOB Till
P. H. LANGDON,
General Southern Agin.'
ISAAC LEVY,
apt—ts Agent at August*'
ITruit Trees.
I UST RECEIVED, A FINE LOT OF I"
J TREES, of the following varieties ■
Halos, Troths, Crawfords, Smocks, Uj- ,
York, Stump the World, Barker's • of" 1 'j c #1
Wards—all guaranteed to grow. I° r
10 cents each, by ...tpitx
W. B. GRIPED,
Corner Jackson and E'lln
BACON SIDES amWOLE?,
STARCH, on hand. mlu "