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National Republican
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For PKBBIDENT;
Os the United States:
ULYSSES_S. GRANT.
For Governor
OF GEORGIA :
IIOA.It. B. BULLOCH
OF RICHMOND.
FOM CONGRESS:
J. W. C ll ft, First District.
R. 11. WaiTELEV, Second District-
Wm. P. Edwards, Third District.
Samuel F. Gove, Fourth District.
C. H. Prince, Fiftji District.
John A. Wimpy, Sixth District.
J. Atkins, Seventh District.
PLATFORM,
Resolved, That tee pledge our support to
he Constitution framed by the Constitu
tutional Convention of this State now in
session.
Resolved, Thai we present to the friends of
Reconstruction in Georgia this Constitution
as our Platform, and we urgently request
them to ratify it.
Resolved, That tee pledge our support to
the llov. It. 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 rotes.
THE SUPREMACY OF LAW.
We call the attention ot our readers this
morning to Genera! Orders, No. 51, and
offer our congratulations that we, as a
people, have been saved from the horrors of
a civil war, not only of races, but of incen
diaries and assassins, by the prompt, com
prehensive, and wise order of Geu. Meade, to
which we refer.
All good citizens cau now feel nssured
that the administration of Government is in
the hands of -a man who will sec to it, with
out fear or favor, and without political bias,
that the unwise words and acts of rash and
wicked persons shall be restrained, and that
the peace of society shall not be disturbed.
WHO PROF'i TS B Y ASSASSINA TIONt
If any suppose that we have preferred
too harsh an accusation against the Demo
cratic party in asserting that assassination
is a part of its creed, and used to main
tain or gain supremacy, let him call to
mind the political murders and massacres
that have occurred of late years, and
apply to them the legal maxim, cui bono:
whom did they benefit, or whom were
they intended to benefit ? In the investi
gation of a mysterious crime, it is a cause
of suspicion when to any person can he
traced an inducement for its lone mission.
That inducement may be cither the grati
fication of revenge or hatred, a fanatical,
political zeal, or the hope of substantial
reward. Judged by this criterion, are we
wrong in attributing to the Democracy
the political murders and massacres which
have been so frequent of late years ? We
do not accuse the mass of the party as
countenancing bloodshed as a means of
political advancement, but the individuals
of any party are prone to take their senti
ments from their leaders and organs, and
these have so often and so persistently
advocated violence, and even bloodshed,
that their followers have, to say the least,
become obtuse in their ideas as to its crim
inality. There are many estimable men
suffering themselves to be called Demo
crats, who would shrink with horror from
taking human life merely for a political
difference; but there are others of a more
hardened conscience or weaker brains,
who suppose that the threats of their
leaders arc meant to be carried into effect
and claim that they do a meritorious ser
vice by slaughtering political enemies.
The atrocious talk of the leadera pro
duces familiarity with atrocities, and
finally leads to their perpetration. The
leaders are, in the first place, responsible
for the principles of the party. The ex
ecutioners of their will are only second
arily accountable. The latter are blame
less compared with the former. The
majority of the Democratic papers com
mend or excuse the assassination of Ash
buhn. Why ? Because it was commit
ted in the interests of Democracy. Is not
lie who commends a cold blooded and
deliberately plotted murder an accom
plice in its perpetration; and is not the
party, whose mouth-piece that press is,
accountable for its sayings ?
We have nothing to say of the sudden
deaths of the anti-Democratic Presidents,
Harrison and Taylor, whose deaths enured
to the Democratic party, for the one placed
a Whig, with a weak backbone, in the
Presidential chair, and the other elevated
to a power which he used for the benefit
of that party, one who was either a Demo
crat in disguise at the time of his election,
or was quickly and easily seduced. The
Democratic party of those days was, so far
as its masses were concerned, honest, and
heart and soul for the Union. It wus an
entirely different tiling from the Democra
cy of to-day. Wc did not share the sus
picions entertained at the time as to the
deaths of those Presidents. We thought
them unjust and unfounded. But ns to
Jute assassinations, there is no doubt who
committed them, and who bcnclittcd, or
was intended to be bcnctitted, by them.
The brutal assassination of President
Lincoln placed at the head of the Gov
ernment one who was always a Democrat
by nature, notwithstanding his profession
of devotion to the Union—one who has
striven, with all his power, since his
accession to office, to promoto the interests
of that party—who has kept the country in
turmoil aud confusion for the same pur
pose—one who has deeply injured the
Houth, by preventing a settlement of the
questions growing out of the rebellion, yet
is flattered, fawned upon, and claimed as
one of themselves by the Southern leaders
ot that party. Can it bo doubted that
they derived, or expected to derive, benefit
from the death of Lincoln ?
Aud so with the massacres at New
Orleans and Memphis, the blood shed in
which, has gone unavenged and still cries
from the ground for 'punishment against
the murderers ? And so with the assassina
tion of Asubukn ? Who was to be bcnctitted
by those crimes? Not the Union party
certainly—they could hardly expect to
gain by the slaughter of their own friends,
and we have yet to hear of the first instance
‘of bloodshed or violence committed by a
Union mob or Vigilance Committee. As
sassination is not a principle of that party.
It commits no unprovoked violence, it
utters no threats against the persons or
property of its political opponents. De
siring only the peace of the country, it will
not seek it with sword, dagger or pistol.
It looks longingly to the restoration of
civil law, to the reorganization of the State
Government and to a firm and vigorous ad
ministration thereof, for an end to be put
to the reign of violence and outrage. It
will bide its time patiently and peacefully,
unless the necessity for self-delencc becomes
too urgent. Even under the provocations
it lias received, it will endeavor still to go
on in its peaceable and beneficent course,
striving for the good of the country and
the prosperity of the State, but deeply re
gretting that so many good and respectable
citizens refuse to co-operate with it in its
patriotic intentions, and through prejudice
and mistaken motives have united them
selves witli a party whose very name is
becoming a synonym for crime of every
kind.
Let the good and honest men—the lovers
of peace—the supporters of law and order,
come out from among the foul faction, anti
if the Republican party is not now what
they think it should be, make it by their
adhesion what it ought to be.
••SOCIAL EQUALITY.''
This Democratic bugaboo seems to
considerably exercise the minds of some
people in our country. Was there ever
social equality since the days of Noah ?
Was there ever known to be “social equal
ity” in the South—the North—or any
where else—except in the South, where
thousands of cases exist to this day; where
mulatto children and negro women are
fathered and wived by white men, and
many of these same white men, with the
brass and impudence of Satan, are the
most blatant spouters against “social
equality ?” Some of them hold up their
hands and turn up the whites of their
eyes in holy horror when upon the sub
ject of “social equality;” when, perhaps,
for a score of years, they have “lowered’
themselves to the grade of the negro by
miscegenation, concubinage, and unlawful
associations with the females of a race,
which not even yet, although so windy in
declamation, do they abstain from! If
the negro race is inferior, being ignorant
and but children of a larger growth, how
is it possible for them to rise to a social
equality with the white race ? How can
they any more than the working white
man take the social rank, so long debarred
to the latter by the aristocracy of the
South as well as the North ? You had
just as well say to us that an impossibility
can be accomplished. There is no such
thing as social equality that has ever had an
existence except in the brain of some
monomaniac.
There never can lie such a Utopia in any
country upon the earth’s surface. Wc are
well aware of the “changes that have been
rung” upon this subject by the modern
bogus Democracy, both North and South;
but we know', also, that it is a self-evident
and palpable fact, that no such • state of
things can exist where education, wealth
and achieved social position is already pre
sent, and poverty, ignorance and degrada
tion have the high mountain to ascend,
which is attended with all the impediments
that can be imagined standing in the way.
There is no such thing even, as a white
social equality—there never was, and there
never can be. We do not invite our nearest
white neighbor to our houses or to our tables,
unless we consider him our equal socially,
and we lay it down as a fixed law ot society
that this matter regulates itself; and, more
over, that no statute law exists or could he
made that would be considered other than
a dead letter, that might require the citizens
of a country to ignore their cherished in
herent right to choose their own compan
very properly left to regulate itself, there
are many cases which occur of imposters
palming themselves upon decent society,
who are guilty of the greatest pecadilloes
imaginable. Society is not responsible for
this, but is chided for not using greater
perspicaciousness.
In conclusion then, wc say that this
Tory bugaboo may frighten the weak
minded, hut even the commonest of com
mon sense will at once repel the idea that
“social equality” can lie forced upon any
people.
“Democbcy Betrayed—Stand by Youk
Colour.” —Chronicle & Sentinel, stli April.
—Two cents reward will be paid to any
person who will bring to our office a
sac simile ♦>!' the “ colors” alluded to above.
We have vainly looked for these “ signs,”
but witValltlie “wonders” daily occurring,
nary “colors” have we been able to see up
to tills time. We have seen erratic stars—
such as Reese and Irwin, and now Gordon,
flash along the political horizon, but there
is no fixed light yet visible, by which the
people can be surely guided to a safe
and sure harbor, except the new Georgia
Constitution and the candidate for Gov
ernor, who is standing flat-flooted upon it
—R. B. Bullock.
NEW DEMOCRATIC PLA2FORM.
We find by the official paper of the
Macon clique, published at Atlanta, that
two uicmlrers of the Klan living in that
city telegraphed to seven others living in
Macon, and thus assumed to be freely em
powered to act officially without consult
ing the distinguished representatives of
the Krew in this city. • •
A string of resolutions, mildly damning
the laws of the United States and General
Meade—vigorously damning the new Con
stitution and its framers, and the Consti
tutional candidate, were uproariously
adopted.
That “Christian soldier aud gentleman,”
General John B. Gordon, was then nomi
nated as the codicil to the last will and
testament of the so-called Democratic party.
General John then spoke a piece, announcing
the platform of his crowd to be undying
hostility to the new Constitution—to the
Congress of the United States —to peace,and
to any settlement of the present troubles.
We quote from the Intelligencer:
The speech of Gen. Gordon occupied
about one hour and a half, in which, after
accepting tho nomination, he dwelt at some
length upon the aggressions of Radicalism,
the character of the men composing that
party, the infamous Constitution which they
were endeavoring to fasten upon the people,
and finally exhorted all men who would save
the State to come to the rescue on the 20th
of April next, and vole against the Constitu
tion. Applause after applause from the
audience greeted him throughout, aod it
was overwhelmingly demonstrated that the
feelings of the masses who listened were in
unanimous accord with the manly sentiments
uttered by the speaker.
The iasue is now squarely made; thero
can be no dodging—running on the Consti
tution in one section and against it in another
Every man who is opposed to peace and a
settlement, by the adoption of the new Con
stitution, will vote for Gordon. Every man
who is for peace, relief and homesteads, will
vote for the regular Constitutionaljcandidate,
R. B. Bullock, for Governor, and for the
Constitution.
A QUESTIONf
Who is the Democratic candidate for
Governor? We fiud in some of our ex
changes the names of Reese, Irwin and Gor
don; in others no name flies at the masthead.
Some of the Democratic press gang are
stubborn, same are angry, some of them
stuped as usual. Gentlemen, do let the
people of Georgia know what your platform
is, and what your principles are, and who
you intend to enter for the race forGoverner.
Name your nag, and let us know your colors,
and if you have any leader or head centre
who can afford the information so much
needed by the people, do call on him to
“stand by liis colors,” even if the old worm
eaten ship is going to the bottom.
unfair:
“We think that General Meade has just
as much right to issue an order declaring
Bullock Governor as he ha3 to dictate to
the people of the State who may or may
not run, and we infinitely prefer his prompt
adoption of that course.” —Chronicle &
Sentinel.
There are certain Acts of Congress which
control reconstruction that we would recom
mend the “old fossils of Cabiness’ Cabinet”
to study carefully. They have ruled and
ruined this country so long that they seem
to think that there is still no law but their
own will and wishes.
General Meade executes the laws as a
soldier. He docs not “dictate” to the
people of the State who they may or may
not run; but when the anti-rcconstnic
tionists ask him if a man who is ineligible
wider the law can qualify if elected, he
tells them no.
UNHAPPY.
No more unmitigated act of pure despo
tism was ever committed upon a civilized
people, living under the forms of Constitu
tional Government, than the determination
of Gen. Meade that Bullock shall be the
next Governor of Georgia, for in no other
light can we view his coarse in deciding in
advance that Judge Irwin is ineligible.—
Chronicle (ft Sentinel.
That’s right—pitch in and “cuss” some
body—but we must assure our unfortunate
friend that its the fault of the wet nurses—
they claimed that their bautling was a boy,
and eligible, but when they were found out,
and it was proved that Irwin had built up the
Davis Government, they hastened to lay
their troubles before General Meade, when
he very promptly told them that their,
second man would not pass muster. In fact,
he was not entitled to be a registered voter.
llkab Him Discouhse.— “Let us nail the
name of Irwin to our masthead, and if go
down we must, let it be witli our colors
floating on the breeze.” —Chronicle (ft Senti
nel, April 5.
You are too late—the ship has gone
down stern foremost, and never a spar or
bulkhead or coop floats on the top of the
water I The gallant ship Irwin lias had
too much freight—too many Know Noth
ings and other live stock carried aboard
and too many sails for his ballast, and
brides lie was scuttled by those who pre
tended to be his friends, hut who persist
ently refused to “nail his name to their
mastheads” until ho has gone down and
been wrecked and lost on the Scylla and
Cliarybdis of politics, through both of
which he had thought to have steered! —
But, alas! he has been wrecked and
gone down, down, down, like “Captain
Tyler,” where none arc so poor as to do
him reverence.
Beau it in Mind. —The people of Colum
bus will benr in mind the following para
graph, written by the scurvy scoundrel, who
does the dirty work for Bullock’s chief organ,
the National Republican:
"The blood of scores of uicn, foully murdered
in your streets, cries from the ground to high
heaven, and that of Ashburn, the last murdered
victim, is not in the least! Beware !”
If he should ever turn his face in this
direction, clothes lines and chicken roosts
should be carefully guarded.— Columbus
Sun.
Yes—bear it in mind—keep it ever before
your eyes—let the remembrance of it ever
stand like Banquo's ghost. It will not
“down” at your bidding. The truth cannot
be put down by any such leprous puppy as
you are—nor will your advice bo taken by
decent people auywherel We are not in
the “clothes line and hen roost business”—
but our mission is to unearth and disrupt
just such reptiles ns you and your “sweet
smelling'’ crowd.
INSUBORDINATION. .
The Chronicle and; Sentinel bolts the regu
lar (7) nomination of “a majority of the
Committee ” of the Macon clique, aud calls
on General Gordon to become a martyr.
We presume the author of the article is tho
inventor of that pleasant little fiction, “Who
Nominated Reese?”
In this view of our dangers and difficulties
we earnestly beg General Gordon not to
permit the use of his name, but to goon, as
he has go gallantly begun ; in canvassing
the entire State for Irwin. Let the people
elect Irwin and test the right of Geu. Meade
to dictate who we shall vote for.’ Let us
show thpt we are not only Democrats in
name, but let our actions show that we are
worthy of the name and association of those
noble spirits at the North who are battling
there with the cohorts of Radicalism for our
rights and the preservation of our honor.
Let us nail the name of Irwin to our
masthead, and if go down we must, let it be
with our colors flouting on tho breeze. We
want no faltering now. If we hesitate we
are lost. We cannot change front in face of
the enemy and so near to his works. Cour
age and boldness now must win, or the battle
is lost. We must sound the charge, and
with the battle cry of Irwin and liberty on
our lips, rush bravely upon the solid ranks
of our antagonists. We must call upon
Andrew Johnsou, who i3 yet a little while
President of the United States, to send
Meade howling after his illustrioas prede
cessor, and give us, for a few weeks at least,
a man who will give us fair play and an
open field.
Away, then, with any further attempts
to please Meade at the expense of the
people’s rights. Let us act like men, and
not be driven about by every change in
the opinions of our despotic master.
General Gordon has it in his power to
make his name great as a patriot, as he
has already mado it as a skillful military
commander. Let him decline to run Jjim
self and urge his friends to support Irwin_
We presume the mast head referred to
is at Platt’s Shop, having Irwin nailed
upon it, as we can find no sign of it in the
paper from which we clip the above.
Correction. —The Journal & Messenger
seems to be harping on its manufactured
•tatement, that the speakers at the late
mass meeting in Macon threatened tho
colored people with hanging and lashing
if they failed to work and vote for the
Constitution and the regular candidates,
and calls upon Col. Bullock to -answer
whether these threats will be carried out.
We have letters from those speakers, and
they are reliable and truths ul men, contra
dicting entirely the reports of the Journal
Messenger , and, therefore, as no threats
were made, a denial is unnecessary. The
Reconstruction party do not employ
assassins to carry their political measures,
much less to threaten the lash or th e
gallows to its opponents.
We make this correction as an act of
charity to our contemporary, that they
may save the ink and paper wasted in
re-printing the silly slander.
Gen. Grant’s Position. —The New York
Tribune has assurances from Washington
that General Grant finds it not inconsistent
with his duty as a soldier to announce it as
his opinion that the only hope for the peace
of the country is the success of the pending
impeachment trial. He feels that national
security demands the removal of the Presi
dent. If the trial should fail, the people can
only expect more assumptions of power, aud
a more determined resistance to law. When
the General of our armies entertains this
conviction there is no room for doubt as to
the duty of the Senate. The loyal nation
demands the President’s removal.
Gen. Gordon Ineligible.— We warn our
people now—the Central Committee should
nave known it—that before the day of
election, * * * * * Gen.
Meade will declare Gen. Gordon ineligible.'
We know that he will do it, and that he
will do it with much more show of justice
th m in the cases of either Judges Reese
or Irwin. What will we do then ? Chron
icle <ft Sentinel.
We are rather inclined to believe tha
“one of the Committee” is good authority
on this subject.
Under the head of “The Press Still
Up,” the Columbus Sun mentions the fact that
Gen. A. R. Wright had been oppointed Dis
trict Delegate to the National Democratic
Convention.
Won’t “Ranse” cut a figure up there! He
will resemble a mouse crawling about among
a herd of elephants. —New Era.
The rather won’t he resemble a Georgia
specimen of stump orators of die “sound
and fury order”—eloquent but windy—
good on an anecdote not always applicable,
and rather a handsome specimen of the man
products of Georgia. Eh ?
Bullock held office under the Confederate
Government, that he “voluntarily gave aid
and comfort to the rebellion,” and that he
took an oath to support the Constitution of
the Confederate States. —Atlanta Opinion.
We are authorized by Col. Bullock to
say that the above statement is false.—
[Ed. Era.
We are also authorized to say that the
above charge is false in warp and woof, and,
like many other things emanating from the
Opinion about these days, is unworthy the
perusal of decent people.
himself to the humble business to which,
by the laws of his organization, he was
fitted for, he would now have bean in life.
Let other men in Georgia take warning in
time.— Griffin Star.
Attention is respectfully called to Gen
eral Order No. 51, Third Military District,
April 4th.
The Journal (ft Messenger in closing
an article on the Ashburn tragedy, quotes
the following:
“The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken
away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
We move to amend by striking out the
three first words of the quotation. —Griffin
Star.
Attention is respectfully called to General
Order No. 51, Headquarters Third Military
District, April Ith ! 11
Can’t Swallow Bullock. —We have not
hoard of a single white man of decency and
respectability in the entire State who sup
port the negro candidate for Governor.—
Macon Journal k Messenger.
The above is the ablest editorial ever pro
duced in tho columns of the Journal (ft Mes
senger. It is not to be presumed that a
Macon editor would hear or know much of
what is going on in masters of the State.—
New Era,
From our Special Correspondent.!
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Speculations at to the Hetiyut of the J’reeidenl —
The Men lie hat Called About Him—Generate
Hancock, hoeeeau, Thomae , and Grander — -Ef
fect of Emancipation—Proareee of the Impeach
ment Trial.
Washington, D. C., April t, 1808.
I liat Andrew Jolinson has determined to
resist Congress, in caso ho is convicted ol
the high crimes and misdemeanors charged
against him, becomes more and more appa
rent every day. Tho main portion of the
evidence upon which the managers rely for
conviction is known to tho public, and the
accused, knowing the determined character
of at least the Republican members of the
Senate, can hare no reasonable ground to
hope that he will be acquitted ; indeed, his
personal friends concede this much, but
think there is a chance for him to escape
tho extreme punishment due his crimes
through some legal technicality. This is a
very slender thread to rely upon, when the
fact is considered that the drawing up of
the indictment was supervised by some
of the most able lawyers this country
bas ever produced. Mr. Johnson evidently
does not propose to trust his fate to a Jury
disposed to deal out justice without fear or
favor; and hence we see him gradually
drawing to this centre men known to he in
full accord with him, ready and willing to
do his bidding, and quite as strongly
embittered towards the present policy of
Congress as he is himself. Ad interim
Thomas, Major General Hancock, and
Brigadier General Rosseau have, in tarn,
been summoned from a distance, by tele
graph, to repair forthwith to Washington.
The first two are already here, and in daily
communication, not only with the President,
but all that largo class of persons about
the Capital, whose opposition to every act
of the Government to preserve the nation
during the last seven years is well known.
Hancock, whose presence here is no more
netted for any legitimate military purpose
than the youngest subaltern of tho army,
is about fitting up a military establish
ment,, equal in all its paraphernalia
to army headquarters itself. People are
beginning to enquire “why all this unneces
sary expense ?” Rosseau is soon to arrive,
and doubtless will be allowed to remain in
this department under some pretence or
other.' General Gordon Granger has been
here for a long time awaiting the Presi
dent's orders. Well known Johnson sympa
thizers openly assert that he will hold on
to the White House until the 4th of March,
1869 ; imprecations are poured out upon the
heads of hated Yankees in all the public
places of resort as freely as was done in the
same traitors’ dens during the winter of
1860-61, when Northern men were insulted
at every turn. Only last night, at Willard’s,
a man went about like a roaring bull cursing
Yankees, the majority of Congress and
Union men generally; he wanted somebody
to tread on his coat-tail but was not gratified.
Just such exhibitions of spleen made this
city a pandemonium immediately before the
breaking out of the rebellion, and the same
class of men who acted the part of braggarts
then are doing so now, and doubtless for the
same purpose. Whenever Mr. Johnson isques
tioned about the trial, it is said he invariably
snaps his fingers, tosses his head, expressing
contempt for the whole thing; and in fact
his whole conduct since the trial commenced
has been marked by a callous indifference,
not to be accounted for in any way creditable
to himself. He has bouts with boon com
panions, gives private and public entertain
ments, as though he did not revel in and
boast of committing the heinous crimes
against the nation. To day, it is rumored
and believed, that Gen. Emory, who refused
to be made, a too' of by the President, is to
be removed, and that Gen. Granger is to
take his place, and that the force of United
States troops within the District is to be
increased. There are many other facts and
circumstances going to show that Mr. John
son meditates mischief. Fortunately for ail
concerned, he will be shorn of power soon
enough to prevent the accomplishment of
his dark designs—much sooner than he
anticipates.
The prosecutors have made their case, and
the defense will be opened immediately.
If no unnecessary delay is allowed, a deci
sion can be had by the Ist of May. If the
trial is prolonged until June, and results in
conviction, Johnson will make trouble. The
army of office holders under his control, the
disposition manifested by leading Democrats
to prick him on to deeds of daring* with the
array o! traitors in our midst to commit the
first over act, quite a little rovolution could
be got up on short notice. It would be very
short though, for the loyal people are not in
a mind to be trifled with.
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
has lost all its novelty, and the audiences
grow less and less every day—the galleries
not being more than half full to day. The
absence of spectators is owhig in part to the
fact that a majority of the tickets are issued
day after day to the same persons, many of
these having become tired of the proceedings
do not attend, aud hence their places are not
filled.
Tha regular visitors comprise all classes
from the highest to the lowest; but as all
are alike fashionably attired, they occupy
before the public the same social plane.
The managers, it is conceded by all im
partial men, have managed the prosecution
witli decided ability and have shown
themselves fully equal to cope with the
distinguished counsel for tho defense. That
Mr. Johnson conspired with other persons to
•ommit an unlawful act, has been so fully
proved that even the President’s friends do
not see any way out of the difficulty, for
upon this fact is based the whole super
structure of the charges.
The partiality shown in issuing tickets
continues to cause much irritation. Vice
President Wade seems to have, from the
first, determined to reward friends aud
punish real and imaginary enemies ia the
allotment of tickets—a very small business
truly! The most unfortunate onslaught
has been upon representatives of the press.
Os the sixty tickets for tho reporter’s gal
lery, probably not more than one half of
the recipients have any legitimate busi
ness there, and many correspondents whose
business renders it absolutely necessary
for them to be present, have been studi
ously excluded. A correspondent who
writes more letters than any other man,
with one exception, from this point, was
refused a ticket by Mr. Wade, who gave as
a reason that lie had none; and imme
diately afterward issued a season ticket to
the reporters’ gallery to a boy employed
as a copy holder in one of the local offices,
who lias no business at all requiring his
presence in the Senate Chamber. The
National Republican is one of a numerous
class of papers Mr. Wade feels under no
obligation to favor.
THE EFFECT OF EMANCIPATION.
The property holders of this city begin
to realize that they were in tho wrong in
opposing emancipation, for that act added
\fivy largely to tho consuming class, a fact
demonstrated the rise iu price of all
things necessary to a residence here. Three
years ago it was possible for a man
desiring it, or compelled to live economi
cally, to rent a house for from S2O to S3O
per month, while to day it is next to
impossible, because this class of houses are
takeu up as fast as they cau bo obtained by
the newly enfranchised race, no calculation
having boon made for this increased
demand; and, consequently, men with
limited incomes are forced to hire more
expensive houses, and, to live within their
means, find it necessary to either let out
rooms or take boarders. Passing through
the streets, one sees almost every other
house placarded, “rooms to let,” “boarders
wanted,” etc., etc. Emancipation practi
cally put the earnings of twenty thousand
men into circulation, and this is felt in
every branch of business to a degree not
realized where the two labor systems have
never been tried.
the most interesting
political event of recent date is the settle
ment of all outstanding differences between
Generals Grant and Butler. The pipe of
peace has been smoked, and it is presumed
both parties are satisfied. It is hardly worth
while togo into the details of thisreconciliation
further than to say that Gen. Butler, having
reached a position where he could retaliate in
kind and do much harm without any corres
ponding good,friends of both parties interfered,
and smoothed the way for a satisfactory
adjustment, which has been happily accom
plished.
THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION
is of course looked forward to with much
interest. If the Republicans should lose the
State by a few hundred votes, the party may
have four years in which to regret the parsi
monious policy adopted toward the Central
Committee at this point. There are hun
dreds of good Connecticut Republicans in
this city, few of whom will return there to
vote, because not able to pay the railway
fare. On the other hand, every Connecticut
Democrat has been furnished with a free
pass both ways.
During Washington’s administration, he
was accustomed as often as once a year to
retire to the shades of Mount Vernon for that
quiet and relaxation rendered so necessary
by the duties of his position. This has given
rise to the suggestion that the Government
should secure Mount Vernon as # a Summer
retreats forour President, where, away from
the cares of office and political strife, they
can diaw fresh inspiration from the
memories so thickly clustering around that
hallowed place. Think ot Andrew Johnson,
alter firing off one of his monthly philippics
against Congress, reclining on the banks of
the Potomac, thoughtfully gazing upon the
tomb of Washington with one eye, and at the
sportive fish in the Potomac with the other,
at the same time mentally reviewing his
own conduct! Would it not stir up his
callous soul and cause him to commit
suicide. Capital.
A Prophet.— The Blunders of the clique—
“We were satisfied from tho beginning that
the withdrawal of Judge Reese was a great
blunder. We acquiesced in the decision of
our friends because we did not like to appear
captious in our views.” —Chronicle & Senti
nel.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
City Taxes for 1868.
Jg@-TIIE CITY TAX DIGEST FOR 1868
has been placed in my hands for collection. No
in dulgence beyond that provided by tho City Tax
Ordinances can bo extended.
I. P. GARVIN,
ajrO—dlOt Collector A Treasurer.
$@“F01! COUNTY TREASURER—I
respectfully offer myself as a candidate for re
election to the office of Treasurer of Richmond
County at tho ensuing election.
apr7 —td HENRY E. CLARKK.
ARE AUTHORIRED TO AX
ncuncc the Hon. John llahris, ofNewton county,
as the candidate of Rolicf and tho Constitution,
for Senator from tho 27th Senatorial District,
which is comprised of the counties of Newton>
Walton and Clark. . apr6—td
INTENDING TO REMOVE FROM
the State, I respectfully request those indebted
to mo to settle their accounts, and those to whom
I am indebted to present their claims on or be
fore tho 10th day of April. After this date, my
services as a physician will not be available.
M. J. DOLAN.
Augusta, April fi, 186S. apr7—lt
gsg- CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL
RAILROAD, April 6, IS6S.—G H Warner, J D
Butt A Bro, Branch Sous A Cos, G T J A Cos, Hor
ton <t- W, P F Rahner, J M Clark ft- Cos, Jno Mc-
Nulty, Claghorn II & Cos, J B A J \T Walker, J
Blanchard.
CONSIGNEE3 PER SOUTH CAR
OLINA RAILROAD, April f>, 186 S.—Z McCord,
C A Rowland, R T Parks, X E Dalwick, Ga R
ft, R it- J W Timmerman, J O Mathewson A Cos,
Horton d? Walton, J G Bailie ck Bro, J 31 Clark
A Cos, J 31 Dorn, O’D A Mulherin, Col R B Bul
lock, Wyman A 3tay, G Volger, Chas Williams,
J J Jarnos, O F Cheatham, W P Reynolds, R J
Butler, Blair Smith A Cos, Geo Rappold.
FOR T A X COLLECTOR.—WE ARE
authorized to announce JOHN A. BOIILER as a
candidate for re-election to tho office of Tax Col
lector of Richmond County, at the ensuing olec-
apro—td*
jg@“THE EIGHTH R EG UL ARM O N T Il
ly 3leeting of the Relianco Loan and Building
Association, will bo held at the City Hall on
Thursday next, tlth inst., at 71 o’clock, P. SI.
Slembers can pay their instalments to the
Treasure!, S. 11. Shepard, until 5 o’clock p. m.i
of the same day. W. n. EDWARDS,
aprs - eodot Secretary.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN
NOUNCE the name of Sir. MATTHEW
SIIERON as a Candidate for re-election to the
offico of Receiver of Tax Returns for Richmond
County at the ensuing election. ap-l—td
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING.
—Tho Republican Voters of Richmond county
aro requested to meet in Slass Sleeting, at tho
CITY HALL, in the city of Augusta,
On THURSDAY, APRIL 9th,
to nominato candidates for County offices, to he
supported at the coming election, and attend to
any other business that may come before tho
meeting.
Distinguished Speakers bare been invited t°
address the meeting and it is expected that they
wilt do so.
Let thero he a grand rally of the friends of
Reconstruction and Col. Bullock, our caadi
dato for Governor.
By order County Executive Committee.
J. E. BRYANT,
ap4-—td Secretary.
flßr~TllE Hon. HENRY W. HILLIARD
will be supported as a CANDIDATE FOR CON
GRESS from tho FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT of Georgia, at the election on tho
20th of April next, by MANY VOTERS.
mh2l-td
SUMMER RATES-
Notice to Consumers of Coal.
ON AND AFTER THE FIRST OF APRIL,
and until Ist of October next, the rato on
Coal Irom Atlanta to Augusta will bo reduced to
Ono aud a Half (1£) Cents per Ton (of 2,000
lbs.) per mile. E. W. COLE,
General Sup’t.
Georgia Railroad, Augusta, March 31st, 1868.
ap3—3ot
Notice.
ALb r Lit SONS HAVING CLAIMS
against the BATH MILLS COMPANY,
are hereby notified to present them tor settle
ment by tho first day of May next; otherwise
they will bo debarred payment, as tho affairs of
the Cotnpauy will be closed up, and tho same
cease to exist, on that day.
WM. CRAIG,
ap2—l2t President.
NEW ADVEETISEMeb^J 55 * 5
11ST SURAK CR
Fire, Marine, Inland
AND
MlDHmp*
Phenix Insurance Company,
Manhattan Insurance Company, 1 " '
Howard Insurance Company, ' '
JVcio York
Standard Insurance Company,
New York.
Commerce Insurance Company,
Lamar Insurance Company,
New York
Fireman’s Insurance Company,
New York
Astor Insurance Company,
New Fort
Commercial Insurance Company
New Ywk
Mercantile Insurance Company,
New York.
Phoenix Insurance Company,
Hartford,
P\ T N?pt boV , e , Sr V U FIKST CLASS COM
PANIES with ample means to meet their liahili-
All losses promptly and equitably adjusted
, . W’M. SHEAR '
Augusta, April 7th, 1868. *’
apr7 s
A PROCLAMATION,
Georgia—
By THOMAS H. UUDEIt,
Provisional Governor of said Stale
Whereas, Official information has been re’
ceived at this Department that a murder vra
committed in the city of Columbus, on the nivh
the 30th of March, 1868, upon the body of Geor®
W. Ashhurn, by unknown and disguised person,
and that said unknown and disguised persons!®!
lied from justice.
I have thought pieper, therefore, to issue this
my Proclamation, hereby offering a Reward of
Two Thousand Dollars for the delivery, sci
made, of any one of the principalsor accessories!)
the Sheriff of Mnscogee county, Ga., andaKe
ward of One Thousand Dollars for the delivery cf
each and every one of the other principals ot
accessories to the said Sheriff'.
And I do moreover charge aud require all oS
cers in this State, civil and military, to be vigilant
iu endeavoring to apprehend the said unkuowt
and disguised persons, in order that they may to
brought to trial lor the offence with which they
stand charged.
Given nnder my hand and the Seal of the Stater,
the Capital in Milledgeville, this fount
• day of April, in the year of our Lord
[seal] eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, aud of
the independence of the United States of
America the ninety-second.
THOS. H. KUGEK,
Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Army,
and Provisional Governor.
By the Governor. C. Wheaton,
ap~-10t Capt. U. S. Army, Sect’v of Stale.
Richmond County Court Sale,
Ul ILL DE SOLD AT THE LOWER .MARKET
House, in the City of Augusta, on the First
Tuesday ia May next, between the legal hoot! of
sale, the following property, viz : All those build
ings standing on the lot on Marbury st., betwee
Telfair and Fenwick streets, bounded on the
north by the third level of the Augusta Cull,
south by the second level of the Augusta Canal,
west by the race way of the Augusta Factory,
aud east by Marbury street, together with
Lathes, Anvils, Vices and various tools used in
the Iron Foundry and Machine business, with i
variety of paterns ; also, the balance of the cast
and wrought iron in the place. Levied on h
tho property of John S. Day and Isaac S. T. Hop
kins, to satify a Distress Warrant issued frra
the County Court for Richmond County, in favor
of George Jones et. al. trustees, against JohnS.
Day aud Isaac S. T. Hopkins, and levied on the
30th day of January, IB6S.
WILLIAM DOYLE,
apr7—td S B. C. C. R. C.”
TN "THE DISTRICT COURT OF ME
A United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of j
EDW’D J. PURSE and |
STEPHEN A.M.PURSE, J-IN BANKRUPTCY.
Firm of PURSE A SONS, |
Bankrupts. j
Pursuant to the order of Fran!; 8. IfesseUint,
Register in Bankruptcy, a second geaeral meet
ing of creditors of tho said Bankrupts, will be held
at the law office of Frank S. HesseUine, in the
city of Savannah, at 10 o’clock, a. m., on the
21st day of April, A. D., 1868.
P. V. ROBINSON,
apr7—2t Assignee.
MILLINERY
AND
fancy goods.
MRS. M. TWEED!
Takes great pleasure in infokn
ing the Ladies that she has just returned
from
NT ew York
IV ith a well selected
STOCK Os MILLINERY,
Straw and Fancy Goods,
EMBRACING ALL THE NOVELTIES OF
THE SEASONS.
215 Broad Street!
aprS— lw Opposite Central Hefty
Harris’
Seamless Kid Gloves!
BLACK AND COLORED.
Assorted Sixes the Finest ever made;
the Genuine
ALEXANDER'S
KID GLOVES,
JUST RECEIVED AT
MRS. M. TWEEDY.
215 Broad Street
aprs | lw Opposite Central IV
Horse Power
THRESHING MACHINES'
WE ARB MANUFACTURING THE ABO.
Machines of our own pattern, a““
wcbeliove are superior to any of the kintli
or any other market, _
STRONG, DURABLE
We also build
STEAM ENGINES, GRIST MILLS,
MILLS, WROUGHT IKON SCREW CUi
TON PRESSES, COTTON PLANTW
UIN GEAR, IRON RAILING,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS'
IRON and BRASS CASTIN
aud all other kinds of Machinery neeue
South* Planters will do well to call on
making contracts. A .«nuAV
PENDLETON A BO ARP
Engineers and Mad* l 1
Foundry and Machine Works, kollec ’
posito Excelsior Flour Mills. •
aprfi—3m — —
iJOOK AND JOB PRINTING
> Executed at this o?*.,
At theJLowest Terms and in the Bes
"Command see|sawpleSi