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NationalUcpublicon a!n>i-- ; rZ i>a- WEDNESDAY MORNING ....April 8. 1868 For I’KESIDENT, Ok the United States: ULYSSES S. GRAiT. ♦ • For Governor OF GEORGIA : Hoy. R. B. BULLOCK OF RICHMOND. FOR CONGRESS: J. W. Ci.irT, First District. R. H. Whitelky, Second District \V«. P. Edwards, Third District. Samuel. F. Gove, Fourth District. • C. 11. Prince, Fifth District. John A. Wimpy, Sixth District. J. Atkins, Seventh District. PLATFORM. Resolved, That ire pledge our support to he Constitution framed bp the Constitu tutional Convention of this State now in session. Resolved, That we present to the friends of Reconstruction in Georgia this Constitution as our Platform , and we urgently request them to ratify it. Resolved, That we pledge our support to the llon. R. R. Bui-i-ock, 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 vo'es. JUDGE IRWIN RULED OUT. It seems that Gen. Meade lias replied to the Democratic enquiry that he considers Judge In win ineligible. Proba bly the late revelation that the Judge was an Elector on the Jefe. Davis Presidential ticket was the cause of the General’s decision. 'flic Democracy, instead of finding fault with the General, ought, in fact, to be very grateful to him. He has saved them a heap of trouble. They need not expend any more money in bribery and whiskey, and instead of exhausting themselves in shouting for In win. they can keep their breath to cool their por ridge with. They need not exercise their talent for abuse in villifving Bullock or praising Irwin, at the expense of their veracity, and they need not get out of their comfortable beds at midnight to assassinate Union men. We have heard of “ Coelcbs in search of a wife,” and read “Japlict in search of a father," and think that quite as interesting and pathetic a book might lie made on the Democracy of Georgia in search of a candidate. Tiic tribulations of that Macon Regency, which has the guardianship of the party, are quite as interesting and affecting as those of Coelebs or Japhet. Think of it! After scouring their own bailiwick persevering ly, they scare up Judge Reese. Up goes liis name to the head ot their columns, and, at the bidding of their leaders, the multitude shout, “Hurrah for Reese 1” The Judge, however, finds that his elec tion would be of no practical benefit to the people of Georgia, and lie declines. The Executive Committee is bewildered ; finding nobody lit for the office in their own ranks, they make a raid into the lines of the Union party and capture Judge Irwin, a member elect to the “ Nigger Radical Convention.” Forthwith Irwin’s name takes the place of Reese’s at the masthead of most of their journals, though some are so rigidly righteous as to eschew Irwin. The facile multitude changes its tone and shouts as lustily' for Irwin as it did the day before for Reese. But, alas! tlie “best laid schemes of mice and men gang oft agio”— lrwin is discovered to have been a Jeff. Davis elector, and, therefore, to be ineligible; so Gen. Meade charitably conies forward in time to pre vent tlie Democracy making fools of them selves by trying to elect a nonentity. This is about the liistorv of the Democratic canvass in Georgia. What next ? Their dictatorial Executive committee stands aghast and dumbfounded at their ill luck. Some propose they should run In win anyhow. Well, nobody on this side will object to that ; but we propose to take this discomfited and discouraged party under our charge and give them some good advice : Don’t run lit win ; you can't concentrate your party on him. He was objectionable enough before to the Simon Purcs in your ranks, when he was thought to be eligible; now' he is both objectionable and ineligible, and you will hardly get any true Democratic office seeker to vote for a man for Governor who cannot hold the position. If our ranks were not so much crowded, we should advise the forlorn Democracy to come over and range themselves under the banner of Reconstruction and the Union, instead of see-sawing their Guber natorial candidates up and down in this undignified* style. There arc a few among them we would gladly make room for among us; there are others we do not want, and a good many we won’t have on any terms; but it is so heart-rending to see them wandering about in search of a candidate, like sheep without a shepherd, that he must be the most merciless of Radicals who would refuse to give them shelter. We hope our friends, then, will not repulse the good ones who may wish to shelter themselves under our banner, but will charitably forget all old injuries and insults, and welcome them as returning prodigals. “ Come ye disconsolate !” The Chicago Times puts down Michigan as a doubtful State hi next fall’s election. It is doubtful whether it will give Gen. Grant twenty five thousand or forty thousand ma jority. PROSCRIPTION. The Savannah Advertiser, iu a doublo leaded leader and large capitals, advises its patrons to drive out of employment, and if possible, out of the city, all men, white or colored, who vote tlie Republican ticket. Now, this a specimen of tlie same spirit which murders, tortures and outrages men for their pbliticnl opinions, and for using the privileges of freemen by thinking and acting like freemen. It is the same dia bolism that prompted the assassination of Askburn. Between taking away men’s lives, and taking from them the means whereby they live, there is small dif ference. RUFUS B. BULLOCK ONE OF THE CAPTURERS OF THE UNTIED ST A TES ARSENAL NEAR AU GUSTA. When Judge Irwin was appointed elector on the Davis and Stephens ticket in 18C1 the State of Georgia had withdrawn, by soiemn ordinance of her people in Convention assembled, from the Federation of the United States, and had joined the Federation known as the Confederate States, l’he latter had been recognized by the Lnited States Government as u belligerent power—not as rebels—and was officially treated as such. AVhen Joseph E. Brown, as Governor of Georgia, made war against the armed for tresses of the United States, ia the mouth of the Savannah River, and by force of arms seized upon and took possession of the United States Arsenal near this city, capturing the garrison of United States soldiers who wer.- in possession and defending it, Georgia teas in the Union and bound by her allegiance to the Union. The Convention which subse quently assembled at Milledgeville and passed the Ordinance of Secession had not then met. The allegiance of her people at that time was due to the Federal Govern ment. The seizures thus made by Joseph E. Brown and his conspirators against the Federal Government was open, clear, legal, treason. They were made without the shadow of authority from any source what ever. The treason ot Joseph E. Brown was the result of the of the individual, not of the Executive of the State, for in the latter capacity he had no authority to act whatever. All those who volunteered to aid him in these acts of war against tho authority of the United States became liable, individu ally, for their participation therein. Among the number who shouldered their muskets and marched upon and beseiyed the garrison holding the United Stales Arsenal at this place was one RUFUS B. BULLOCK, now Radical candidate lor Governor ot the State. When the Federal garrison surrendered to tho revolutionary body which beseiged the Arsenal, RUFUS B. BULLOCK was one of the valiant soldiers of Brown, who, with musket in hand and bayonet fixed, marched in and took possession- The Union flag was hauled down from the flag staff on the parade bv the soldiery of which BULLOCK was a mighty member, and Union soldiers stacked their arms in obedience to the terms of their surrender in the presence of the great rebel RUFUS B. BULLOCK. When Joseph E. Brown made a blood thirsty and revolutionary harangue in the afternoon, of the capture of the Arsenal, to the excited throng of citizens and soldiery, in front of the Planters’ Hotel in this city, in the mud and rain—drenched to the skin and shivering in the cold winds of winter, stood RUFUS B. BULLOCK, with gun in hand, applauding and cheering Brown's treasonable and revolutionary ut terances. Will General Meade inform us how it is that Judge Irwin, who was using all the influence of his fine intellect and pure character to prevent the war, while Bullock was capturing United States forts, is in eligible, and the latter is eligible? Judge Irwin was a Union man before the war, was opposed to secession—labored night and day to prevent it —was a Union man during the war and since the surrender vet ho is declared ineligible because he was placed, without his knowledge or consent, on the Confederate electoral ticket nearly a year after tho State seceded, by and through the suggestion and artifices of Joseph E. Brown. This consistent Union man upon principle is forbid, by the mighty Meade, to run for Governor, in order that the people of Georgia may have fastened upon them a man in whom they have neither respect or confidence, and who was an open, rampant, active, noisy and bold conspirator against the Government of the United States before the State of his adoption had withdrawn from the Union. The native Georgian—tho Southern Union man, who counseled against war and violence—is set aside to make place for the New England Yankee Rebel, whose fierce patriotism and intense Southern feeling could not wait the slow process of getting out of the “ haled Yankee Government'' through the instrumentality of a regular State Convention. It would be charitable to suppose .that General Meade has not been advised as to the part Rufus B. Bullock took in precipitating the war against the Union. It is in that view that we have felt compelled to give publicity to this most interesting period in the “great agent’s” history. Having exposed this portion of Bullock’s war record, wc ask: Is he eligible, under the Reconstruction laws, for the Governorship of Georgia ? We give to the above brilliant effort from the Shyster’s organ, the benefit of our exten sive circulation,and like Ben. Hill's speeches, we use it as a campaign document, to aid in the success of Reconstruction and our candidate. The summing up and the appeal ate worthy the source from which we presume they emanate, being full of misstatemeuts and ignorance. If the editorial corps of that journal would read more and write less, for a time at least, they might be saved the mortification ot the stupid blunders they are continually com mitting. The Ordinance of Secession, which as sumed to place Georgia beyond the control of the General Government, was passed on the 19th day of January, 1801, and the sur render of the United States Arsenal at this point was demanded by Governor Brown on the 23d day of January, 1801, and the demand was complied with on the 24th day of the same month, being/iec days after the State had “seceded.” Therefore, according to tie logic of those who endorse the right of secession, and the sovereign rights of the Stales, Georgia was independent, and Gov- Brown was commander in chief. We extract from the current history of that time: “The Militia were ordered to arms, and all were ordered to assemble in front of the Cily Hotel at 9 a. m-, on the 23rd. Brig. General Harris directed the move ments of the troops, and the Governor, as Commander-in chief, held his Headquarters at the Planters’ Hotel.” “Afier consultation, the Governor did not deem it advisable to attack the place on the same day that the demand was made, but ordered the troops dismissed until the 24th inst., at 9 o’clock, at which time they were ordered to rendeavous as appointed in Bat alion Order No. 1." [Copy.j Augusta, Q a., Jan. 23, 1861. Captain Arnold Bitty, U. S. A.: Commanding Augusta Arsenal: Sir : 1 am instructed by Ills Excellency, Gov. Brown, to ssy to you that Georgia having seceded from the United States of America, and resumed exclusive sovereignty over her soil, it has became my duty to require you to withdraw the troops under your command, at the earliest practicable moment, from the limits of the State. He proposes to tako possession of the Arsenal, and to receipt for all public property under your charge, which will hereafter be aooounted for, on adjustment between the State of Georgia and the United States of America. Ho begs to refer you to the fact that tho reten tion of foreign troops upon the soil of Georgia, after remonstrance, is, under the laws of nations, an act of hostility j and he claims that the State is not only at peace, but anxious to cultivate the most amicable relations with the United States Government. I am further instructed to s»y that an answer will be expected by to-morrow morning at nine o’clock. I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Hkkrt R. Jackson, Aide de Camp, etc. [Copy.] Headquarters Augusta Arsenal, I Georgia, Jan. 24, 1861. j I have the honor to inform jou that I am di rected by Captain Elzey, commanding this Post, to say, in reply to the demand of the Governor of tho State of Georgia, made through you yes terday, requiring him to withdraw his command beyond the limits of the State; he begß to re quest an interview with His Excellency, the Governor, for the purpose of negotiating honor able terms of surrender, at an early an hour this morning as practicable. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. C. Jones, Lieut. 2d Artillery, Adjutant. To Col. H. R . Jackton, Aid de-Camp. [C*py.] TERMS OV RETIREMENT. First.—The United States Flag to bo saluted and lowered by the Company late in occupation. Second.—The Company to march out with Military honors. Third.—A recoipt to be given for tho public property, with a view to its being accounted for hereafter on adjustment between tho State of Georgia and the United States of America. Fourth.—The Company to retain its uruis and company property, to be allowed quarters, and the use of tho ordinary transportation wagon until their withdrawal from this State, and their unobstructed egress by the way of Savannah to tho sea. Notwithstanding all this history which the “ old Conservative” ought to have known, and probably did know, he has the impudence to deny the very foundation of his political faith iu this wise : Tho Convention which subsequently as sembled at Milledgeville and passed tho Ordinance of Secession had not then met. The allegiance of tho people at that time was due to the Federal Government. The seizures thus made by Joseph E. Brown and his conspirators against the Federal Government was open, clear, legal treason. They were made without the shadow of authority from any source whatever. The treason of Joseph E. Brown was the result of tho act of the individual, not of the Executive of the State, for in tho l itter capacity he had no authority to act whatever. Col. Bullock had then been living here some years, and as a citizen, was called upon to obey the orders of the Commander in Chief of the Slate, and he acted in this case, as he has in all others, the part of a good liw-abiding, law-respecting citizen, and, shouldering his musket, marched with the rank and file until discharged. He did not cringe and fawn upon the ruling powors for soft places on the Gover nor’s Staff, nor seek appointments from the Brigade Quartermaster to avoid the range of the Arsenal artillery, as did some chivalrous gentlemen whose names we can print if it becomes necessary. The point, however, which the “ rancid writer’’ dei res to make is, that Colo nel Bullock, having obeyed the orders of the Chief Magistrate, and served two days as a citizen soldier, he is, therefore, ineligible for the office of Governor at this time. An honest desire to prepare itself to speak tho truth would have’prevented the “ Old Conservative” from dropping into this pitfall also. The law, in plain terms is, “ that no person who has taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and after words voluntarily engaged in rebellion against the same, or gave aid or comfort to its enemies, shall hold any office under the Government of the United Stales, or of any State, until such disability has been removed by a two-third vote of Congress." Any fool cau understand this, therefore the Macon clique ought to, but they have repeated their blunder. llures B. Bullock is eligible under the law, and will be elected. So much for tho Chronicle and Sentinel. CONSISTENT ARGUMEN’J AND PERSISTENT ABUSE. The Constitutional candidate has been abused as an “adventurer,” “carpet bagger,” “recent importation,” having no interest here or good feeling in common with us ; and now the destructives have opened anew line of attack—finding fault with him be cause, iu 1861, he shouldered his musket, and obeyed the Governor two days in the militia. If Col. Bullock is a “carpet bagger,” and an “adventurer,” how does it happen that ho was here in ’CO and ’CI? It would not surprise us to see the de structives abuse him, because he cared for the sick and the wounded, forwarded and delivered supplies to the needy, the widow, aud the orphan, without money and without price, fer lie did all these things, and is hon ored for it. Unduxiaiill. —The New York Times’ opinion of the Macon clique is expressed as follows: The Democratic party nnd the Southeru whites do not read aright the lessons ol the war or of history. They are seeking peace from a violent and extreme reaction. They aim to restore the state of things that existed before the war. The effort will he vain. That state of things can never return. The condition of the country, the relative distribu tion of political power, the temper of all classes of the people, have been so changed as to render this impossible. There are certain great and radical changes which they must accept as inevitable. They must take the condition of things substantially as they find it—and must make that their point of departure in their political calculations for the future. Such a reactionary policy ns they propose would be ruiuous, if it were not impossible. Chief Justice Chase said to a friend on Saturday, in general conversation, “I would rather go clown to posterity as a pure and upright Judge than as President of the United States.” [COMMUNICATED. COL. R. B. BULLOCK AND TEE CONS Til UIION. To the Editor of the National Rtjmblican: I feel a very great and earnest solicitude for the accomplishment of speedy restora tion, and this must be my excuse for addressing you. I have no personal aims lam not seeking office —I do not desire any; but I am seeking my own good, in common with that of all the people, as I conceive, when I lift my voico or use my pen for Bullock and the Constitution. This should be our battle cry, from the Blue Ridge to the sea—“ Bullock and tho Constitution.” No simply personal or local issue, nor any side issue at all, should be allowed to divert any true Republican from the vital, all-absorbing issue of this hour, now pending before this people. That issue is the ratifi cation of tho Constitution now submitted, and the election of its friends and makers for its successful administration. All other issues sink into insignificance in view of this paramount one. All private and personal considerations must be buried, or tempora rily laid aside, till we have first secured the triumph of the Constitution, and surely delivered its administration into the hands of its friends—not of its enemies. Os what avail is the Constitution with out Bullock ? Why deliver the lamb to its slaughterers ? Can any sensible friend of the Constitution seriously propose to give it up to those who malign it and its framers? Can any man really hope for any relief, if the State Government is allowed to pass into ihe hands of General Gordon, who de nounces the Constitution and those wh' framed it as “infamous.” Leaving out of view the peculiar fitness and appropriativeness of giving the new organization to those who have been mainly instrumental in franring the new fundamental law, it surely ii/ust come home to the common sense of every one that the real design, however insidious, of the arch enemy of man, of the Union, of progress, of equality, of justice—the Democracy, so called—is still caste and sectionalism, and the old oligarchy. From all these, Good Lord, deliver us and ours forever! What are the objections urged against Col. Bullock ? The first is, that be is not to the manor born —not a native Georgian. This is Puritanic, Satanic, egotistic, in tolerant, insolent, and would seem specially inappropriate by the Democracy, did we not refleet that all the so called leaders of the new Democracy—Hill, Snead, Cabinoss, Trippe, Wright—were original Know Nothings, and all carried the dark lanterns in the culverts. There is not a real, prominent Democrat in the whole concern, but the “old soldiers” put forward these fellows to draw the chesnuts from tlie fire for their use. This is the same old cry that, nearly nineteen centuries ago, was raised by a wicked and perverse generation against Him who came to seek and to save. “ Can anything good come out of Nazareth ?” The time and plaae of Col. Bullock's birth were with him as with all of us, circum stances beyond his control. Bat seriously will any sane man say that no gentleman, no man of capacity, of enlarged, progressive, human Christian views and conduct, no man fit to be Governor of the Empire State of the South, can be or ever was, or ever will be, born in the Empire State of the North, and that too of parents tracing their lineage back as we all do here, to the great common British stock? The idea is so perfectly preposterous that it can not for a moment be entertained, except by the dark lantern crew. It is further argued iu a contemptuous, and contemptible style, that Col. Buijlock is a “carpet-bagger” or “interloper”—urged only to pander to a besotted prejudice, and a wholly vicious and senseless taste. Col. Bullock has long been a resident of Geor gia, his children born and being reared here, largely identified with many important public and private interests, expecting always to make this his home, and his burial place. The miserable epithet, applied to him by his miserable assailants, would be equally applicable and appropriate to one General Janies Oglethorpe—if these bum mers ever heard of him—who landed at Yamacraw, in Georgia, one hundred and thirty six years ago, and proceeded to orga nize industry, develop resources, and open up the land to light and religion—this fair land, then occupied by savages, and now cursed by obstructionists, retrogradists, and Democrats —demagogues, as my friend, Ben Hill, used to say. These objections to our standard boarer, being simply born of, and addressed to, prejudice, with no sense nor reason in them, and designed only for gulls and dupes ; and the Know-Nothing bummers, having failed to pick a flaw in the personal or public char acter of the Republican nominee, assail him finally, and in the hope of affecting even sensible men, on the ground that he is the candidate of the Augusta ring, as it is called, and will, if elected, be the subservi ent tool of these alleged bad men. I know not what influences secured liis nomination, but good or bad, they secured a good man, who I presume was selected as the most fit to organize the State anew under the changed order of things. Os one thing I am sure, and 1 speak from a personal acquaintance of several years with Colonel Bullock, that he will go into the executive chair of my beloved native State with no friends to reward and no enemies to punish. That, it brought forward by a ring, nominated by a Party, he will be the Governor of a whole People. I know that place-hunters need not bore him, and that he will fill all the offices within his gilt with capable and honest men —that his inflexible rule will be only honesty, capacity, fidelity. Like others, he may he deceived, but his aim will be the right—and the development, progress and glory of Georgia. Then raise on high the banner of Bul lock and the Constitution ! Boar it aloft, ye sturdy sons of the soil, who are interested in good government, and not iu the petty squabbles of musty politicians It is the banner of equal rights, of justice, of pro gress, of development, and no power of the dark ages, or of the dark gentleman, shall prevail against it, for it is anointed from on high. Its folds are for all —not for a few. Bear it in triumph from ltabuu’s Gap to the Yamacraw Bluffs—stand by it as the Ark of the Covenant, for it is the new Evangel, the long delayed inauguration of the foundation idea of the Republic—of that great Democratic-Republican, Thomas Jef ferson—“all men are born free and equal-” Index. Cure for Sore Heads.— Ho ! Ye Afflic ted — Ye aching, mourning heads, now sick and sad Troublod with sores and cares of State bo glad ! Dry up your tears —hush up your groans ; as sured, That brushod heads, by loyal liniment, are cured. The above valuable medicine having recently been fully tested in the State of New Hampshire, and proved to bejjau infallible remedy for sore heads, is now offered to the (Copperhead) people ot this city and State. The directions for using are: Pull out the hair before applying the ointment; drink wormwood tea sweetened with suakeroot syrup three times a day, until you sweat, and keep in the house until the healthy Union symptoms make their appearance. Tho genuine article bears tho impress of “Stars and Stripes,” on the bottle. Try it, ye who are snakebitten. —New Nation. CORRESPONDENCE. Greensboro, Ga., April 3, 1868. National Republican, Augusta: Sri as—There was a few of the would-be Democratic disciples met here on Saturday last, from an adjourned meeting of tho same, held a few days previous, at which there was net enough of the disciples present to form a committee. But, however, they managed this time to get up some resolutions, which I will now proceed to notice, as I desire to show their jewel—consistency. In their first, they resolve that they regard the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land, and that having sworn to support, sustain, preserve, protect, aud defend it, they would, as in duty bound, keep their oaths forever inviolate. New idea this, since their gigantic rebellion to over turn and set aside that very same instrument which they now pretend to hold so dear, and to protect and defend as tho supreme law of the land. Before their rebellion against this same UnitJd States, they claimed to have owed paramount allegiance to the Govern ment of Georgia, and then to the General Government ; hut now they say their first allegiance is due to the General Government, and next to Georgia. This is Democratic consistency with a vengeance- In their second they resolve that, in view of the facts—first, that the Constitu tion of Georgia, offered to them by the Convention for ratification, was made by virtue of a law which is in total disregard of the Constitution of the United States, etc. Here they presume themselves sitting in the capacity of the Supreme Court of the United States, to decide the constitutionality or unconstitutiouality of the laws passed by Congress. Secondly, that said Constitution of Georgia voids private contracts made prior to June Ist, 1805, in defiance to a provision to the contrary thereof in the Constitution of the United States, etc., which they are sworn to support; and that they cannot vote in favor of said Constitu tion for Georgia without palpable perjury. I answer that the relief clause does not prevent any man from paying his honest debts. Under the relief clause the Superior and Inferior Courts would only do the same thing, saying they had no jurisdiction over any claim contracted prior to June Ist, 180-5; so the law does not wipe out the debt, but simply takes away the remedy ; and as to the perjury part of the concern, they should have thought of that thing when they declared war against the United States in 1861. Then it was with them that the Constitution of Georgia was the supreme law, and demanded their first allegiance; and they acted accordingly. If they could violate that instrument then without the odium of perjury, why are they so adverse to it now? Oh, ye repent ing sinners ! think on your ways and turn your feet unto the testimonies of the law. In their third resolve they say they will oppose the adoption of the Constitution, etc., but do not wish to be understood to say they oppose Reconstruction, etc. We simply say, they do oppose with all the means in their power the Reconstruction of Georgia to her proper place in the Federal Union, and their every day actions prove it. Their fourth resolution, which opposes the election of Col. R. B. Bullock for Governor, is a perfect batch of kumbuggery, and I ven ture the assertion that these is not a respect able man in Georgia who really desires the State to be restored to her quiet and peaceful relation to the Union but what would blush at the ridiculous ideas therein contained. Tlie address of the so-called Democratic white people of Greene county, to the black people of the same, is the best compaign document in favor of Col. Bullock and the Republican party that I have yet seen, and would suggest that it be printed in handbills and distributed throughout the State for Col. Bullock’s interest. idea of a darkey going to his old master for a ticket and advice is really amusing. Observer. Washington, Ga., April J. I o the National Republican. We had quite a large meeting here on Wednesday, the Ist inst., for the purpose of nominating members of the Legislature, County officers, etc. Speeches were made by Messrs. Prince, Rice and others, and it is generally believed created a good impression, especially among the whites. Strict attention was paid to the speech of Mr. Prince, by both white and colored citi zens, and his liberal and non-proscriptive ideas will give him many a vote iu the ensuing elec- ion. This County will poll a heavy majority for Col. R. B. Bullock. Yours, respectfully, Plutarch. Anticipating Wade.— We publish, this morning, an order from “these headquarters,” completely denying the right of free speech and the freedom of the ]m?ss. As long as the Loyal League had work to do, this order had a quiet repose; now that the counter-irritant has been applied through the Ku Klux Klan, whatever it is, out pops the Republican patent extinguisher. Well, all this is but a few weeks in advance of Wade- General Meade is an apt scholar, and will have his reward ; the more surely as the Supreme Court has gone to the dogs. We have heard of these patent extinguishers before. They may work well, for a season, but the time will surely come for an ex tinguishment of tho inventor.— Constitution alist, April Ith. It is a great pilty that the “anticipating” had not been sooner done. There would have been infinitely less need for severity now, and some of the would he leaders of the bogus Democracy, and some of the con ductors of tho bogus Democratic Press would not have had the unpleasant work to pei forrn, of “pulling in their horns,” as they will have to do now, sure. There is not a word of trutlain the assertion that General Meade was influenced to issue order No. 51, by the K. lv. lv’s exhibition, hut lie was mainly induced to do so by tho assassination of Ashburu in Columbus, aud other equally reprehensible acts by others iii Georgia. Goon Adoice—Then asd Now.—We copy the following excellent advice from opr neighbor’s paper, on the opposite side of the street, in 1865—he don’t talk so pretty now —but hear him. We take special pleasure in commending “the only way now,” not only to our readers, but to the Constitu tionalist newspaper. The Only Wxy Now.—This is indeed our only way. Man to man we gained battles once—our Hag then grew purple many times over in the smoke of triumphing fires—but God so willed it that the bloom of our laurel never ripened into fruit. For the musket, the mine ; for the rifle, the railroad ; for th« cannon, the cotton field and—hard by it—the cotton mill. These be thy Gods, O ! Israel, and fallen Judea shall yet arise. Away with your maudlin politics, in which, do what you will, we are but puppets in the end. If we are piped to, we must dance—if sung to, seem to bo merry. It is the very sadness of our sorrow that this should be so, but for every hope of the future, every balm in the present, every glory of the past, let the business of our lives henceforth be to work—to open mines, rear up forges, piierco the heavens with furnace chimneys, and scatter the wild birds with the hum of the mill. Forty cents per pound wo get for cotton —into three yards of cloth is that pound spun and then we pay tribute one dollar and ten cents to the ship man, the mill and the broker. Why should wc do it? Let us keep that triple profit and in that field, as in all others where the victo ries of Peace are won, we will win wealth, aud with wealth power, and with power that happy day when provisional governors shall not sit in our capitals or sovereign conven tions be tclegramcd into action. But to do it there is but one only way—we must quit politics and work —Augusta Constitutionalist. Atlanta, Ga., April 6, 18C8. Editor Opinion: My attention has been called to an article in your issue of the 4th instant, taken from the Macon Messenger, which you will please permit me to correct. In that article I am represented as haring repeatedly charged Hon. R. B. Bullock with “fraud, corruption and dishonesty.” What ever I may have said of others I hare never used such remarks concerning him, and without circumlocution, I pronounce the charge an infamous lie. 1 have never, at any time, under any circumstances, made any insinuation as to his integrity and honesty, hut have always regarded him personally as a truly honorable gentleman. The Messenger can publish this or not, as it pleases. _ Henry P. Farrow. We call the special attention of the Macon Journal & Messenger, and every other bogus Democratic paper in the State, to the above denial of Col. H. P. Farrow, of the slanders he is charged with uttering against Col. Bullock, and which are paraded under their editorial columns, and as a mere act of justice they, one and all, will no doubt publish Col. Farrow’s letter, and call atten tion to it. SPECIAL NOTICES. PER SOUTH CAR OLINA RAILROAD, April 7, 1868.—M Hyams & Cos, L J Miller, I’ Jennings, Stovall Edmons ton, R T l’arks, J M Dorn, Gray & Turley, IV A Ramsay & Cos, M II McKinnon, C A Cheatam & Bro, J A Gray & Cos, Augusta Factory, 0 F Cheatam, A Dorr, WjC Jessup & Cos, Oetjen it Doschcr,A Myers, D K) Wright <t Co,tV|M Jacobs, W II Tutt, G I, Penn, P M, Z McCord, Nelson & Mcllwainc, Gray A Turley, Kenny & Gray, Wy man & May, T Richards A Son, Geraty it- Arm strong. CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL RAILROAD, April 7, IS6S.—G Kabrs it Bro, E Mercer, Isaac Levy, Mrs A J Miller, E O’D, W A Ramsey A Cos, Leon Gureiu A Cos, A Stevens, Augusta Club, Peter Farley, T Markwaltcr, L J Miller, Mrs II Watford, Z McCord, Claghorn II A Cos. ffff-THE CITY TAX DIGEST FOR 1868 has been placed in ray hands for collection. No in dulgenco beyond that provided by tho City Tax Ordinances can be extended. I. P. GARVIN, aor7 —lOt Collector A Treasurer. ftgg“FOlt 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 g. CLARKE. g@“WE ARE AUTHORISED TO AN ncuDce the Hon. John Harris, of Newton county, as the candidate of Relief and tho Constitution, for Senator from tho 27th Senatorial District, which is comprised of the counties of NcwtoD, Walton and Clark. apr7—td jjjjyFORTAXCOLLECTOR.—WE ARE authorized to annouuco JOHN A. BOHLEIt as a candidate for re-election to the office of Tax Col lector of Richmond County, at tho ensuing elec tion. aprs—td* jWE ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN NOUNCE the name of Mr. MATTHEW SIIERON as a Candidate for rc-election to the Receiver of Tax Returns for Richmond County at the ensuing election. ap4—td THE Hon. HENRY W. HILLIARD will be supported as a CANDIDATE FOR CON GRESS from the FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT of Georgia, at the election on the 20th of April next, by MANY VOTERS. mh24-td ftff-THE EIGHTH REGULAR MONTH- Iy Meeting of the Reliance Loau and Building AssoJiation, will bo held at the City Hall on Thursday next, 9th inst., at 71 o’clock, P. M. Members can pay their instalments to tho Treasure!, S. 11. Shepard, until 5 o’clock p. m., of the same day. W. 11. EDWARDS, apro ood.'it Secre’ary. REPUBLICAN mass meeting. The Republican Voters of Richmond county are requestor! to meet in Mass Alee ting, at the CITY r IIALL, in tho city of Augusta, Ox THURSDAY, APRIL 9th, to nominate candidates for County offices, to he supported at tho coining election, and attend to any other business that may come before the meeting. Distinguished Spoakcrs have been invited to address tho meeting and it is expected that they will do so. Let there boa grand rally of the frieuds of Reconstruction and Col. Hi llock, our candi date for Governor. By order County Executive Committee. J. E. BRYANT, ap4—td Secretary. INSURANCE Fire, Marine, Inland AND ACCIimiURMCfi Phenix Insurance Company, New York. Manhattan Insurance Company, New York. Howard Insurance Company, New York. Standard Insurance Company, New York Commerce Insurance Company, New York. Lamar Insurance Company, New York. Fireman’s Insurance Company, New York. Astor Insurance Company, New York. Commercial Insurance Company New York Mercantile Insurance Company, New York. Phoenix Insurance Company, Hartford. The above are all FIRST CLASS COM PANIES with ample means to meet their liabili ties. Ail lossos promptly and equitably adjusted. WM. SHEAR, Augusta, April 7th, IS6B. Agent. ap7-3m NEW ADVERTISEMENT'^ 5 Change «f Fare and Schedule, ScPERixrxNDENT’s Orncr > AUGUSTA A SUMMERVILLE R Rpr, • Augusta, Ga., April S.’lgsg ' f TN ORDER TO MEET THE VIEWS op xnp A business public, the price of tickets i> t this date, reduced to the rat- of nrv-iS' TICKETS FOR ONE DOLLAR in.Sf* 5 twelve as heretofore, and the Depot ot the? 4f pany, on McKinne street, is to be, hereafLv established termious of the City Line. ” “ ! The first cars will leave the Depot on u.v nie street, at 7.00 A. M., and every’fiftAT utoi thereafter during the day until 745 when the last cars will 1-ave the Demit ..i turn about 9.00 P. M. P “ and « SUMMERVILLE LINE. (Fro,,, Depot to United Stater Ar«„ a i . first car leaves Depot at 6.15 A u t U. S. Arsenal. for «* Cars leave U. S. Arsenal and Depot&t 7 i,fi i M., and at intervals of one hour thereafter j ■ the day, until 8.00 P. M., when last car’deT^ from Arsenal. r*it! Summerville cars leaving Arsenal at 8 lie 1 u 1.00 P. M. and 6.00 P. M, will proceed to L ’ of Broad and Jackson streets, and will leave-k' f point for Arsenal at 8.4 5 A. _M., l 45 p J 6.15 P. M., respectively. A II Afrit -Jggr'i SuperlotoW. To the Ladies of Augusta, £tOME AND SEE THE DIFFERENT STYLES HATS! SOW OPENED AT BLAUVELT’S And when yon hear the prices, you are bound to buy. Bring with you, or send, your children, and have them fitted with a FASHIONABLE mj either of Straw, Felt or Wool. Send your Husbands (if you hare am Brothers and Sweethearts, and" have them dew rated with a NICE HAT. BLAUVELT. aprS— 6t 258 BROAD STREET DENNIS’ SARSAPARILLA The Purest aud the Best, UOR DISEASES OF THE LIVER, OR FOR jl purifying the blood. Prepared by J. DENNIS, M. D., Augusta,Ga. OFFICE No. 16, Water St., Brooklyn,N.Y. aprS— 2t City Sheriff's Sale. ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN MAY NEXT will be sold, at the Lower Market House, ia the City of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale, all that Leasehold to a certain Lot or parcel of Land, situate, lying and being in the City of Augusta, on Marbury street, between D'Antig nac extended, and South Boundary streets, front ing about 55 feet on said Marbury Etreet, and extending thence of the same, with about ono hun dred and twenty feet in depth,boundednorthbya lot of land belonging to the trust estate of Mrs. Mary (i. Harrison, west and south by lots be longing to the same, and east by Marbury street. Levied on as the property of Amos E. Owen, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the City Court of Augusta, in favor of John C. Galvin vs. AmosE. Owen. ISAAC LEVY, aprß—td Sheriff C. A. IN BANKRUPTCY. TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED -L States for the Northern District of Georgia. In the matter of | J. W. CUNNINGHAM, [ IN BANKRUPTCY Bankrupt. J TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The undersigned hereby gives notice of his appointment as Assignee of J. W. Cunning ham, of tho county of Oglethope, and State of Georgia, within said District, who has beeu adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition, by the District Court of said District. B. 11. BARNETT, aprS—la wot Assignee. IN BANKRUPTCY TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TIIE UNITED i States for the Northern District of Georgia, In the matter of ) WM. T. FARMER, tIN BANKRUPTCY. Bankrupt. J TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Tho undersigned hereby gives notice of his appointment as Assignee of Mm. T. Farmer, of the county of Oglethorpe, and State of Georgia, within said District, who has deen adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by the District Court of said District. IS. 11. BARNETT, aprß—lawiit Assignee. IN BANKRUPTCY. TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF JHE UNITED 1 States, for the Northern District of Georgia. In the matter of j MASTON CHILDERS, [-IN BANKRUPICI Bankrupt. J TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap pointment as .Assignee ot Maston Childers, of Oglethorpe county-, and State of Georgia, within said District, who has becu adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by the District Court of said District. B. 11. BARNETT, aprS—iav.-St Assignee. IN TIIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE Uuited States for the Southern District of Georgia. In the matter of i Tv ,> vk'RIIPTCT. ALBERT M. HAPFOLT, - 1N H Bankrupt, j *>»•-*• The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court for a discharge from all his debts provable unoe: the Bankrupt. Act of March 2d, 1867, notice - hereby given to all persons interested 10 appear on the 22d day of April, 180S, at 12 o'clock in at Chambers’ of the said District Court, before Frank S. Hcsseltino, Esq., one of the Registersol said Court in Bankruptcy, at his office, corner or Bay and Drayton streets, in Ihe city of Savaunan. Ga., and show cause why the prayer of the M petition of the Bankrupt should not be granted. Jn» further notice is given that the second an third meetings of creditors will he held at t same time and place. „ .. Witness the Honorable John Erwin, i ~ . T , Judge of said Court, at Savanna - [tskAi. j 6 tlli3 titll d . lv of April, 1808; JAMES McI’IIERSON, TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THH UNIT® JL States for the Northern District of Georgia- In tho matter of ) WM. C. LOVEJOY, | E ivkRUPXCV ANDERSON R.LOVEJOY j 1 ' Bankrupts. 1 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The undersigned hereby gives notice ot biGl pointment as Assignee of William C. Lovejoy Anderson R. Lovejoy, of Meriwether Mnn b Georgia, both of whom have been adjudged ha rupts upon their own petition by the VU u Conrt of tho United States for said District- Dated at Newnan, tho 6th day of April,■ 1 ISOS. JAMES J. McKINLEY, aprS—lawiit Assign »■ TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF I’ HE JL United States for the Southern Diftric Georgia, In the matter of ' CHARLES KAUFMAN, \ GEO. L MoGOUGU, R. N. R. BARDWELL, / TIIOS. CHAPMAN, ( r GIDEON J. PEACOCK, )IN BANkRbrU *- GABRIEL SELIG, I WM. L. TILLMAN, V ALFRED ZARKOWSKY, J JACOB ARON. / Bankrupts. - TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : Tho undersigned hereby gives notice appointment as assiguoe of Charles K* » Geo'ge L. McGough, Ralph N. R- Jiar *j Thomas Chapman, Gidcoa J. Peacock, ’ . Selig, William L. Tillman, Alfred Zarkou 7 aid Jacob Aron, of Columbus, Muscogee i Oeorgia, within said District, each of . Dj been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own r by tho District Court of said District: p Dated at Newnan, tho 6th day of Aprt. • ISCB. JAMES J. McRINLb'- aprS—lawot Ass.ga«-