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TUESDAY MORNING April 14. IS«8
For PItKSIKENT
Os the United States:
MASSES S. GRANT.
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For Governor
OF GEORGIA :
llov. It. II.BULLOCK
OF RICHMOND.
FOR CONGRESS:
J. \V. Clift, First District.
K. 11. YVuiteley, Second District.
Wii. P. Edwards, Third District.
Samuel F. Gove, Fourth District.
C. 11. Prince, Fifth District.
John A. Wimpy, Sixth District.
J. Atkins, Seventh District.
Richmond County Nominations.
For Stats Senator (18th District.) —
Hon. BENJAMIN CONLEY.
For House of' Ret resentatives —
EPHRAIM TWEEDY,
J. E. BRYANT,
TIIOS. P. BEARD.
For Clerk of the Superior Court—
ii. M. BRAYTON.
For Ordinari/. —SAMUEL LEVY’.
For Sheriff. —A. G. RUFFIN.
For Tax Collector. —W. T. PAGE.
For Tax Receiver. —J. B. VAUGIIN.
For Treasurer. —W. H. STALLINGS.
For Coroner. —W. P. RHODES.
For Surveyor. —E. W. BROWN.
PLATFORM.
Resolved, That ice pledge our support to
:hc Constitution framed by the Conslitu
tutional Convention of this State note in
session.
Resolved, That we present to the friends of
Reconstruction in Georgia this Constitution
as our Platform, and wc urgently request
them to ratify it.
Resolved, That we pledge our support to
the llo.v. R. B. Bollock, our candidate for
Governor, this day nominated.
Resolved, That we earnestly request the
friends of Reconstruction to ratify the
Korn illation of the Hon. R. B. Bollock in
their Primaly Meetings , and sustain him bg
their votes.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR GOVERNOR?
Gen. John B. Gordon.— We place at
the head of our columns to-day the name
of General John B. Gordon, of Fulton
county, as the Democratic candidate for
Provisional Governor of Georgia, under and
by virtue of the unconstitutional Recon
struction acts.— Chronicle tfc Sentinel.
For the benefit of the ignoramuses who
compose the Macon regency, wc publish
an extract from the LAW.
•‘SUPPLEMENTARY RECONSTRUC
TION ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED
JULY* 19th, 1867:”
“Sec. 9. And be ii further enacted, That
* * * all persons hereafter elected ; * *
to office in said military districts *
shall be required to take the oath of office
prescribed by law, for officers of the United
States.”
The oath referred to is that commonly
known as the “test” (or “iron-clad”) oath
BE CAREFUL WHO YO UNOMINA TE.
Wc are informed that in many counties
our friends are disposed to nominate for
office men who are not fully with us, and
who will not vote either for the ratification
of the Constitution or for our gubernatorial
candidate. This course is suicidal; indeed
it would be better to vote for the most
rabid of the Tories, for it will be generally
found that the most extreme men are
those who, when they once take the tilm,
go the farthest to the other extreme. The
greatest sinners, when converted, always
become the most rigid saints; in politics
the most rigid Whigs and Union men
become the most uncompromising of
Democrats. It is the moderate and quiet
men—just such us our friends, for their
moderation, arc now willing to run upon
their tickets, who arc most settled anil
immovable in their opinions. The noisy
man is always the most infirm of purpose.
We counsel the friends of Ratification
and Relief to have nothing to do with any
man who will not pledge himself to vote
for and support the Constitution in all its
parts. Still more unwise would it be to
vote for the candidate for Governor who is
openly opposed to the Constitution, and to
a return to the Union. The only safe
course for those who desire a settlement of
our present difficulties is to vote for the
Gubernatorial candidate whose platform is
the Constitution, and for those men in
every county, for Legislature and county
officers, who stand on the same platform.
We know that it is difficult m some
ountics to find men wlio arc willing to
face the persecution and proscription to
which every candidate on the “Radical”
ticket is subject. Few men have the moral
and physical courage to stand against
social ostracism and the dangers of assassi
nation ; but it is better to nominate and
elect anybody rather than a secret enemy,
and these quiet, easy-going sort of men
arc the most stubborn of foes. If, tor
want of a good man, the tickets in any
county can not be filled, it would be far
better that the most rabid and noisy fool
in the Democratic ranks (and there are
plenty of them; should be elected, than a
man whose opinions are doubtful.
Chicago Convention. — The Chicago
Times eays that twenty three States have
held their State or District Republican
Conventions and appointed delegates to the
Chicago Convention, and all, without a
break in the line, have pronounced for Gen,
Grant as their candidate for the Presidency.
Richmond Whig.
Yes ; and the balauce, with one or two
exceptions, will bo there to put in their
names for the land Grant.
ADDRESS OF MESSRS. BLODGETT
AND PAIIROTI TO THE PEOPLE
OF GEORGIA.
YVc presume our readers have givon this
document a careful perusal, and wc hope
lmve weighed well the counsel given to
the people of Georgia. To say that it is
plain, lucid and to the point, aud the result
of a lined belief in the people, and u desire
to do them good, is surplusage. To every
man who desires not only his own individual
good aud redemption from the shylocks of
the State, but the good of his neighbors,
as well, should heed the warning given, and
follow the advice so plainly set forth. Upon
the opinion expressed as to the reception of
our Constitution by the Congress, there cau
be no better information given.
On the removal of disabilities the matter
is clearly expressed, and shows upon the
part of Congress no disposition to keep our
State out of the Union; but shows a fixed
determination that none but those who are
plainly identified with the Republican party
in the coming election, as well as in the
past—those who have beau abused and vil
ified by shysters and barrators, and such
like exponents of Southern chivalry—can
have and receive the benefits of relief from
disfranchisement, and a removal of all disa
bilities. This is right and eminently proper,
men who have borne “the heat and burden”
of the day—men who have been impugned
and accused of entertaining the worst of
motives, for showing their faith by their
works in advocating restoration to the Union
of our State, upon a full compliance with
the instructions of the Congressional Bills—
men whose every interest in the State is as
great as any other man’s, some of whose
ancestors repose in the soil for generations
back, aud whose pride aud patriotism have
led them to wish for, and do all they can to
to restore the old Empire back to her
place among the original thirteen stars
are the men who deserve, aud should re
ceive, the sustaining hands of the gov
ernment. They are the men who should
be held in remembrance when offices are to
be distributed ; and they are the men, as we
said before, who clearly arc entitled to be
enfranchised and protected, and from whom
every disability will no doubt be removed.
Words of Truth and Sohehxess.—YVe
are rejoiced to know that the recent Address
to the People of Georgia, by Hon. Foster
Blodgett and J. R. Parrott, is having a
telling effect upon the minds of candid inen t
YVe therefore offer no apology for continuing
its publication daily until the polls shall
close on the evening of the 24th instant. It
D a lucid and able paper—clearly setting
forth “the situation,” and appealing irre
sistibly to all right-minded men to rally for
the good of the Union and the political
salvation of our beloved State.
No one can peruse this Address and avoid
the conclusion that the Ratification of the
Constitution offered by the Atlanta Conven
tion, and the election of the Reconstruction
nominees to offices in the State Government,
will not only bring relief to, and secure the
homesteads of our people, hut will render
certain the early restoration of Georgia to
tlie Union. Who, we ask, will not strive, by
voice and ballot, to secure such a consumma
tion ?
The gentlemen who thus address our fel
low citizens are in a position to know
whereof they affirm—they speak by the
catd—and plainly tell us the fixed determi
nation of the party controlling the peace
preserving power of our government. Shall
we, at “the hazard of all that we cherish on
earth,” turn a deaf car to the entreaty made
us for securing the blessings ol peace and
good government ?
Truly, “the issue is now fairly made in
Georgia, and it is Union or Disunion.”
Union— with Buli.ouk, Reconstruction, Re
lief, law and order. Disunion—with Gordon,
anti-Recoustruction, anti-Relief, anarchy and
confusion. People of Georgia, which do
yon prefer?
Question Answered.— The Chronicle has
asked a question which we shall make a
guess at answering. It queries, ‘'lf the
‘Relief Measures’ arc to be adjudicated in
courts hereafter, what will the decision he?”
We quote now a paragraph from the
address of Messrs. Blodgett and Parrott,
to tiie people of Georgia, issued by those
gentlemen after satisfactory interviews with
the National representatives:
"The sentiment prevailing amongst Con
gressmen as to our relief measures, seems to
be that this is a mere local question, having
reference to the people of Georgia and her
local interests, which will be open to con
sideration and adjudication of our Slate
Courts hereafter, and that they will be no
obstacle in the way of the reception of our
Constitution by Congress.”
The Governor to he. elected by the people
has the appointment of our District Judges.
We need not tell our readers that Col.
Buli.oik is in favor of Relief; nor that,
when Governor, lie will hardly appoint any
man to the Judgeship who holds contrary
views. Do you see it?
Is Genera i. Gordon Eligible?— Cana
man, who is a prisoner of war, only suffered
to be at large on furlough, be elected Gov
ernor of Georgia ?
Order No. aB, rather an important order
from General Meade, appears in our columns
this morning.
If the order a little further it.
would have been better. If it had prohibited
the violent suppression of freedom of speech,
such as took place in Lincoln county last
Saturday; if it would prevent conspiracies to
guard tlio roads, so as to keep freedmen
from coming to the polls, such conspiracies
as were entered into in Wilkes county, at a
dark-lantern meeting on the same day, the
order would have been improved.
The young bucks, who don’t consider
themselves men, unless they have two or
three pistols belted under their coat tails,
will he considerably disappointed at the part
of the new order prohibiting the carrying of
weapons on the days of election.
A Democratic Candidate out or the
Field.— -We have to announce that the Rev.
Robert Crumley Democratic (colored) can
didate for Congress, has declined to run any
further, and has retired disgusted with
Democracy. Wo thought,Crumley was just
the man to represent them, hut it seems he
could not cone down to their level.
Our Special Corroapondent.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Impeachme Hi—Hennaed Intern I in the Defense —
•hthuson and hie Rupee —'7run( and Butler—
Speculations n« to the Result of the Trial
North Carolina Adventurer Emancipation
Celebration.
Washington, D. C., April 11, 1868.
The proceedings in the high court of
impeachment have attracted considerable
interest during the last threo days, because
people were curious to learn upon what the
defense would rely for an acquittal. As
before intimated, as it now fully appears,
Mr. Johnson has no legitimate line of defense,
and does not pretend to rely upon an at
tempt to justify his conduct, or even legal
technicalities alone for an acquittal, but
rather to the chauces taken by the reckless
gamester, who stakes his all on the turn of
a die ; we find him, consequently, not only
abandoning, but attacking the characters of
his dupes, with a heartlessness peculiar to
selfish and unscrupulous politicians. Even
the unfortunate and superannuated Thomas,
who sacrificed his own self-respect to serve
the master of the White House, does not
escape, for while Manager Butler has him
in the pillory at the Capitol, Johnson at the
YY’hite House is pouring into the ears
of his numerous super-serviceable corres
pondents a detailed account of his dupe’s
infirmaties subsequently published in a
Western paper. If Thomas is superannuated
and was so elated at the questionable honor
of being appointed Secretary of YYar ad
interim, as to get drunk, as the President
alleges, these fiicts only place in a still
bivader light the offence committed in
selecting such a man to perform the duty
assigned him, after every available distin
guised soldier had spurned the bribe. Through
his correspondent, “Dala,” of the Baltimore
Sm, the President seeks to break down the
influence of Butler and Grant; he alleges
that there is no truth whatever in the state
ment that these men have settled their
differences, and the only reason why Grant is
not put upon the stand, is because a majority
of the managers will not give their consent.
But if Butler is really so anxious to examine
Graut, the defense in the very nature of the
case would make haste to gratify him—for
next to an acquittal, the President wants
most to retaliate upon those who have been
the means of thwarting his revolutionary
schemes. The bitter feeling entertaiued by
Johnson towards Grant is shown in the fact
that he has stooped s i low as to seek for a
justification of his own short-comings, by
accusing Grant of being drunk, not only
while swinging round the circle with him,
but at the White House. Allowing this
statement to be trub, the impartial reader
will fail to see how it is to benefit his un
manly accuser.
These arc only some of the miserable
subterfuges resorted to by the defendant
to affect his case before the High Court of
Impeachment. Counsel have rather over
stepped the mark in representing Mr.
Johnson as innocent as a sucking dove, for
I believe he would rather have the reputa
tion of being a knave than a fool, The
managers of the whiskey ring are also
rather overdoing the thing by the money
they offer to stake on the result of the trial.
If money can secure an acquittal, I believe
there is an abundance obtained for that
purpose. Madam Rumor goes so far as to
allege that $500,000 is the price to be paid
one prominent man for his influence. The
amount appears largo, but the “whiskey
ring” had better spend millions of dollars
than have the President turned out of
office. So far as the Senators are con
cerned, I do not believe there is one who
can he approached improperly, and still it
is hinted a certain well known woman,
who, under ordinary circumstances, can
influence quite an array of public men,
seams to be more interested in Johnson's
welfare than the circumstances war
rant. But, notwithstanding all the
outside pressure, from whatever source
it may come, I believe the trial will
bo to the end a fair one, and a
just verdict rendered. Some over zealous
politicians affect to believo that an acquittal
would be disastrous to the Republican par.y.
The party lias flourished two years and more
since Mr. Johnson commenced opposin'',
and can, if necessary, bear up under the
inflection a few months longer. Fortunately,
it is Andrew Johnson, and not the principles
of the Republican party, that is on trial in
the capital; the principles of the party have
been on trial for the last eight years twice
have they been ratified by the people, who
will do so again in November next.
We have the most encouraging accounts
of the canvass now going on in North Caro
lina, and there is no doubt but what the new
Constitution will he approved by a, majority
of the voters, and all the principal Repub i
can candidates elected. I). R. Goodloe, an
old time Abolitionist, but now the candidate
of the “sore heads” on the Union side, for
Governor of that Slate,has been her* for several
days endeavoring to bring such influence to
bear against W. W. Holden, the regular
Republican candidate for Governor, as to
compel him to withdraw ; but he meets with
no encouragement- The Hon. Mr. Goodloe
was a Johnson office holder, and used what
little influence he had to defeat the call for a
Convention in December last. His strength
may be judged by the fact that, in his own
county (Warren), out of 800 white and 1,200
colored votes cast, he only received 40 votes
for the Convention. His eflorts to defeat the
Republican cause will be equally futile at
the present time-
To show how keenly alive both parties are
here to everything pertaining to the great
trial, I will state that the fact that* Miss
Maggie Mitchell was present one day in the
.gallery with one of the President’s special
correspondents was seized upon for a para
graph. One class of correspondents praised
the President for his gallantry in supplying
an actress with a ticket, while another class
saw something ominous in the alleged fact
that Miss Mitchell’s mother is a sister of the
late J. B. Booth, father ot the assassin of
Abraham Lincoln. If the alleged consan
guinity is true, it is hardly possible that the
President knew it, or if he did, gave no
thought to the fact. If he did, what of it ?
EMANCIPATION DAT
will be celebrated in this District with un
usual eclat. The colored people will turn
out cn masse —some 30,000 in all; and all
the churches, political and other organiza
tions, will join in the general procession.
CAPITAL.
, We would no more touch the hand
ol a man in the Southern States who has
given a negro vote than we would touch a
poisonous toad.— Louisville Journal.
How about touching the hand of a
modern Democrat, eh ? You were the
champion once of the great Clay Whig
party. Where are you now? Strange is
the bed you have crawled into, and it must
surely he a hard pill to take.
Rates. —The Radicals in the Convention
evinced their love for “the old flag,” jester
terday, by voting down a resolution recog
nizing the commendable effort of Sergeant
Bates in behalf of national reconciliation.—
Richmond Whig.
They ought to have sent a Sergeaut-at-
Arins, and took him by the neck and crop, and
pitched the worthless skunk across the street.
There never was a more consummate pot
house humbug in the United States.
PARTY DISCIPLINE.
The Macon Regency having attempted to
lecture the independent Fitch, of the Griffin
Star, for speaking the truth (one of the
things not allowed by the Regency), he
“talks back” in the following manly style :
YVfl can also assure our Macon friend that
our nerves are not in the least troubled by
having our editorials copied into Radical
papers. Such papers show their good sense
by occasionally thus giving their readers
something decent to read.
YVe have never yet seen occasion to with
draw what we have said about Mr. Bullock.
YVe take a great pride in having independ
ence enough to publish our opinions of
public men and measures, freely and frank
ly. We do not consider it our mission to
blackguard all our political opponents, or
to cover with indiscriminate praise aud
fulsome flattery our political friends. YY’c
commend the right wherever we find it, and
condemn the wrong as irrescrvedly.
If a few men like Fitch were on “the
Committee,” there would be more brains in
the “clique.” *
[ Correzpondence of National Republican.
The following is an extract from a letter
from “the Seaboard,” dated April 11th,
1867 :
A large aud enthusiastic meeting was held
yesterday at Thomasville. Hon. J. L. Seward,
Dr. J. W. Clift, and Hon. Isaac Seeley,
speakers. The news from that section good.
The coast country will roll up a heavy ma
jority for the Constitution and regular ticket.
The President of the Fifth District Regis
tration Board writes me from Blackshear as
follows :
“Registration foots up 89 in a11—25 col
ored, 64 white. Only five expressed them
selves against Ratification; nearly all ihe
balance expressed themselves in favor.”
That’s the way the tide is running now.
All’s well.
7 HE MEETING A T ROME.
Editor Era : YVe had a glorious meeting
of the Reconstruction party here to day.
The City Hall—which is a very large room—
was crowded. About two-thirds of the au
dience were white men, mostly from the
country, and about one third black.
Col. Atkins, our candidate for Congress,
lead off in the discussion, and made a telling
speech of nearly two hours’ length, which
was well received by the whole audience.
He was argumentative and, at times, elo
quent.
Ex-Gov. Brown followed Col. Atkins, in a
speech of over two hours duration, which
was a clear, logical argument. He took up
the new Constitution, and discussed its
various provisions, and demonstrated to every
unprejudiced mind that it is the true interest
of the people of Georgia to accept it, and
elect Col. Bullock.
Governor Brown’s whole speech was cour
teous and respectful to the opposition ; but
the argument was overwhelming aud unan
swerable.
Governor Brown was followed by our noble
candidate for Governor, R. B. Bullock, who
made a short, but plain and practical speech.
It was chaste aud forcible, and was listened
to with great interest by the audience. At
the close of his speech, Col. Bullock read
the address which he published to the people
ot Georgia some days’ since, and stated,
that if elected Governor, he would carry out
the pledges contained in it in strict good
faith.
The large audience, for more than four
hours, during the speaking, were us attentive
and respectful as any I have ever seen at a
public meeting.
The meeting was a decided success, aud
will have great effect for good. All is right
in his country. Floyd.
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A Picture of a New York Politician. —
The following is a photograph of a New
Y ork politician of the so called Democratic
school, which we produce for the benefit of
some in this meridian who we think must
have sat for the picture, and who, we are
sure, cau he recognized by the least judge
of perspective, full face, side view, or any
other phase iu which such characters afe
taken. Read it, and inwardly digest, to
wit :
. There is no nobler, no worthier duly de
volving on the good patriot than that of
instructing and enlightening his fellow citi
zens with regard to the functions and opera
tions of the Government under which they
live. He may be prejudiced in his views
and mistaken in some of his conclusions ;
yet if he is honest and candid—above ail, if
he takes care to state facts precisely as they
exist, and never mislead his hearers as to
w'hat has actually taken place—he can
hardly fail to do good. Let him give his
tory her honest due, and he can hardly lead
his hearers far astray by his deductions and
arguments.
But of all evil doers, the political liar—
one who habitually and enormously falsifies
occurrences and statistics, thereby deceiving
and miseuiding honest, well meaning men,
whose leisure and opportunities for studying
documents are inferior to his own—is among
the basest and most wicked. He is like a
belligerent who poisons fountains, burns
hospitals, and decoys the enemy’s vessels
into his power by displaying a flag of dis
tress. No malefactor more richly deserves
the scorn and execration of mankind. —New
York Iribune.
Virginia Convention. —There is some
prospect, the Lord be praised, of the
baboonery at the Capitol dispersing in a
few days. Yesterday they resolved to
adjourn on the 14th. May we or our
descendants never look on their like again.
Amen and amen I —Richmond Whig.
Neither yourselves or your posterity will,
probably, ever have the opportunity of
looking upon a more conservative Con
vention.
Ben. Hill’s Last Letter.— We never
believed in total depravity till wo read the
last infamous letter of this Nero of the
nineteenth century. Ben. has pulled out
all his hair in rage, and has been drinking
freely of wormwood tea, sweetened with
snake root syrup. The man who could
dictate such a letter would sell the State,
and barter iu human blood, in order to
gratify the ragiugs of his ill-nature and
mad ambition. Mr. Hill has proven to the
people of Georgia that he is the possessor of
a bad heart, and that he ought never to be
trusted with any position of honor or trust.
—New Era.
I)a. Livingstone. —At length we have
direct news from Dr. Livingstone himself.
All the information received about him
heretofore made his safety only probable,
not certain. Now, Sir Robert Murchison
has received a letter from the great traveller,
announcing that lie is in good health, and
that his journey of exploration* has been
•uccessful. Dr. Livingstone will soon re
turn to England, where a grand ovation
undoubtedly awaits him.
Gen. Meade has taken a hold hold of
the secret rebel gangs of Georgia and
Alabama. How different these midnight
conclaves from the Union Leagues ! The
poor blacks meet to educate themselves in
liberty and law, to prepare for suffrage and
schools ; the .educated whites meet to pre
pare lor midnight assault, housebreaking
and murder.— Washington Chronicle ;
[From the New York Times.
HIE ENGLISH THRONE.
Mr. Disraeli has been weak enough to
resort to the* old cry of English poiitusians
at times of extreme party excitement—
that the Throne is in danger. 11c closed
his extraordinary speech on the Irish
Church question the other day by attempt
ing to frighten the House of Commons with
his awful threat; hut it seems it had no
more titan its usual effect, for immediately
afterward the House voted, by a largo
majority, to take the preliminary step
toward the disestablishment of the Irish
Church.
It is one of the valuable uses of the Eng
lish throne to be pressed into party service
in this way. It is one of the misfortunes of
its too frequent use that it has ceased to
have any particular effect. If it were only
brought out iu the most solemn and impres
sive manner, on the grandest and most
critical occasion, it would unquestionably
exercise a tremendous power. It it were
believed, it would produce a wide spread
panic, and would result in the defeat of any
measure which called it forth. That throne
is something which must not be shaken,
whatever else is overthrown. It is too great
and high, too old and venerable, too valuable
and imposing; it is too deeply planted in
tho national heart to be rudely tom up, or to
be imperilled by any of the schemes of the
passing politicians of the day. Parties may
come and politicians may go, but the throne
abides forever. And the great party leaders
show their keen appreciation of this Eng
lish feeling by their ominous allusions to its
perils when all their other arguments and
appeals are powerless.
It is one of the elements of strength and
endurance for the English Throne that the
English people never hold it responsible for
the wrongs and evils under which they suffer.
No one blames the Queen for the political or
social ills of England. No one accuses her
of a desire to prevent the extension of the
franchise, or to hinder the elevation of the
working classes, or to maintain any of the
abuses that are complained of in any quarter.
Consequently, no one ever thinks of attack
ing her throne, or ol seeking to gain their
end through its destruction. They may
blame the Tories, or the Whigs, or the Par
liament, or the aristocracy, or bad laws, or
an expensive administration ; and they may
assail either or all of these with all the bit
terness of political warfare ; but the throne
is the one thing iu England which every
body always rallies around. Iu France, at
the close of the last century, the people
charged their sufferings directly to the
throne; and as a consequence the King
was brought to execution. In 1' ranee, at
the present day also, the system of per
sonal government causes the throue to be
charged with all the evils of the country. Iu
England, centuries ago, the throne was in
like manner held responsible. But in Eng
land, at the present day, the system of
ministerial responsibility relieves the throne
from all such charges. The crown always
accepts the dictation of the country as
expressed through the voice of Parliament,
aud at the same time remains itself always
unaffected by the changes. The Queen
accepts Disraeli as freely as Derby, and
would accept John Bright or Robert Lowe
as freely as Disraeli. She accepts Reform
or Liberalism as freely as Toryism, and will
assent to the disestablishment of the Irish
Church as readily as she lately assented
to the suspension of habeas corpus in Ire
land.
These things give an immense and exccp
tional strength to the English throne ; aud
save it from any such dangers as angry and
disappointed politicians like Disraeli are in
the habit of portraying, in order to frighten
Her Majesty’s loyal subjects, and retain their
own hold upon power.
GENERAL ITEMS.
To authors and others ; llow to tilt a
page—let him have six square meals a day.
Once step too much—that on a lady’s
dress.
Ohio has 12,009 acres devoted to the
grape culture. '
French papers mention an unusual ac
tivity in the silk business at Lyons.
Five hundred dollars is the entrance fee
to a London club called the Creme de la
Creme.
Twenty thousand French seamen are
engaged in the fisheries on the Grand Banks
of Newfoundland.
Fifty seven vessels are among the Bahama
Islands, collecting sponge for use in uphol
stery.
YY’auted—a needle and thread, to sew
a patch of potatoes on ths pants of a tired
dog.
In a game of cards a good deal depends
on good playing, and good j,laying depends
on a good deal.
Mr. Charles Dickens has sent home tor
investment .616,000 as the first proceeds of
his American tour.
Meetings are being hold all over England
in favor of the diseudowment of the Irish
Church establishment.
The peach trees in Southern Illinois are
now in full blossom, and the gardeners there
promise ripe strawberries in about three
weeks.
Olive F. Floyd died in Boston. A good
obituary notice is published of her—“she
served as a domestic in one family sixty five
years.”
There is a young lady in Camden so
refined in her latigttago that she never uses
the word “blackguard,” but substitutes
“African sentinel.”
Notice to correspondents: Anonymous
communications sent to editors only bring
one third the price per pound that they did
daring the rebellion.
Sir Roderick J. Murchison has been
elected a foreign member of the Paris
Academy of Science, in place of Professor
Farraday, deceased.
Young Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte,
grandson of Madame Patterson, of Balti
more, has been appointed orderly to the
Emperor Napoleon.
The Rev. John Henley Bromby, said to
be the oldest clergyman in Englaud, died
last month. For til) years he was vicar of
Holy Trinity Church, Hull.
An old woman, over ninety years of
passed through Charleston, a few days ago,
on a pedestrian trip from Soutli Carolina to
the mountains of Virginia.
The Auditor of Montana states that,
owing to improved machiney and the dis
covery of new gold and silver fields in that
Territory, the yield of the precious metals
will he ten times more than last year.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher’s income
last year, as reported by the tax collector,
was $38,248. That includes the profits on
Norwood and other literary labor outside of
his ministerial duties.
I’oel Swinburne lias just written a song
entitled, “Kissing her Hair.” It is sug
gested that modern practices have rendered
this title absurd. It should have been,
“Kissing Some One Rise’s Hair.”
New Orleans papers speak of numerous
capitalists there from the North, and heavy
speculative purchases of plantation lands at
cheap rates, without any intention of imme
diate cultivation.
There is not now a single theatre in
operation in Tennessee. The Memphis
theatre having been kept open at a loss for
some time closed last week. The Nashville
theatres have been closed for some lime.
A slump speaker at a late meeting declared
that be know no east, no west, no north, no
south. “Then,” said a bystander, “you
ought to go to school and learn your geogra
pby.”
A monster Salmon was last week sold iu
the Paris markets, caught in the Rhine near
Stransbourg, which measured two metres in
length (nearly eight feet), and brought 1,100
francs ($220.) Whew.
A diminutive attorney, named Else, once
asked Jekyll, “Sir, I hear you have called
me a pettifogging scouudred ?” “No, sir, I
never said you were a pettifogger or a scoun
drel; but I did say you were little Else.”
The employees of the London underground
railroad had a dinner the other day, at which
a director made a speech, telling them to
always bear iu mind three s’s—signals,
safety, sivililg.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Telegraph says, that the last new thiug in
dress is a “puff petticoat,” which sticks out
in a bunch, and causes the female form
divine to look rather like the Gnathodou or
Dodo.
“They saw no man save Jesus only,” was
tho text of Mr. Tyng in the Baptist church
on Sunday. It is said that. Stubbs and
Mnjtfro consider the use of this tex a piersonal
slight, anl will again unlimber their can
nons.
Swinburne and the Menken have been
photographed together. Theory and practice.
The Pall Mall Gazette is clear that if th*
picture ho not genuine a gross outrage has
been perpetrated, but declines to commit
itself as to which has been libelled.
A man recently sued another for use of
room, lights, fuel, meals, etc., while he was
courting the plaintiff’s daughter. The court,
justly indignant at this attempt to reduce
courting to a matter of dollars aud cents,
decided that there was no cause of action.
It is related of two old Scotch ministers
that one asked the other if he was not
sorely tempted at times to go fishing on Sun
day afternoon. “Oh, mou,” replied his
fellow laborer, “I’m never tempted long ; I
jist go.”
On some railroads it is customary to have
a lock on the stove to prevent the passengers
from meddling with the fire. A conductor
being asked why they locked the stove,
replied that “it was to prevent the fire from
going out.”
Pretty gill to Charles—“ Charley, how far
is it around the world ? Isn’t it twenty four
thousand—” Charles (who adores pretty
girl and puts his arms around her) —“That’s
alia mistake, my love; it is only about
twenty four inches. ’ She was all the world
to him. “Dear, Charley.”
An exchange says : Two young ladies
“want introductions to husbands.” YVith
pleasure. YY'e have been a husband a long
time, and our secretary is in the same con-
dition. The young ladies'may call, but wc
don’t sec what particular good it w ill be.
Two physicians are attending a rheumatic
patient ot Bloomington, Indiana, and the
ocal paper asserts that Dr. Miller’s side of
the man is getting along very well, but the
other side, in charge of Dr. Turner, has not
been heard from.
A most irreverent song about tho Empe
ror’s last pamphlet, is now being hummed
in the streets of Paris to a popular air. It
roads as follows: “Have you read the
pamphlet? If not, don’t, for it’s not worth
reading.”
The Deseret (Salt Lake) News, of recent
date, speaks of expecting large additions to
tho Mormon population of Utah the present
year, and agitates the prosecution of new
industries, such as the culture of cotton, and
the manufacture of woo:, cotton and silk.
On the first anniversary of the birth ol
a young gentleman in Ludlow, Vermont, his
mother invited all the youngsters under one
year old, with their mothers, to a banquet.
The attendance was large, and the affair
harmonious, though squally at times.
A little girl, showing her little cousin,
about four years old, a star in the firmament
one clear night, said : “That star you see up
there is bigger than this world.” “No, it
ain’t,” said he. “Yes it is." “Then why
don’t it keep the rain off?”
A dry goods clerk relates that a stylish
young lady requested to sec some lavender
kid gloves, and was shown several different
shades of that color. Being a lit tie puzzled
by the variety, she ingenuously asked,
“Which of those pairs are the lavenderest?”
The Louisville Couriers ays Masonry wears
upon its forehead the gathered scars and
wrinkles of a thousand years, aud yet it is as
vigorous to day, as resolute of moral pur
pose, as if it boro upyivits frontier only the
glittering dew of youth.
An old Marquesan chief on being told by
u missionary that in Heaven there was no
war, or hunger, or thirst, or sickness, or
death, replied “That will be a good place
for cowards and folks who are afraid to tight
and too lazy to climb bread-fruit and cocoa
nut trees.”
Mrs. E. A. Skinner, of Randolph county,
Mo., lias been exhibiting a patch work cotton
quilt, composed of seven thousand five
hundred different pieces, all very neatly
stitched, aud ail done by hand. Jt is sug
gested that the patience of Job would be
no where in such au undertaking as this.
Tho wheat crop is unusually promising in
Forsyth county. Several farmers have slated
to us they never had better prospects for an
abundant yield of that, best of cereals thin
this. Wc have heard of one gentleman’*
crop that is knee high, and heading.—For
syth Advertiser.
At a bold dinner table atTuscumbia, Ala.,
two “gentlemen” seated opposite each other,
simultaneously arose and commenced a duel
with revolvers. One was shot dead and the
other wounded. The room was full of people
at the time. Is tho heroic age of Alabama
indeed returning?
“In press—the Chicago Bible (patent ap
plied for.) Among the new features ol this
edition will be a ‘family record,’ suited to
the wants of the day. In addition to the
pages ordinarily devoted lo births, marriages
and deaths, several leaves will be added for
divorces.”
M. Indennericli, the Executioner of Paris,
has improved the guillotiue and its manage
ment to such an extent that be can cut off a
man’s head in six seconds from the*timo he
reaches the scaffold, if the victim is only
accommodating. He is rich, but follows his
profession from philanthropic motives.
A child in an English Sunday School,
being called upon to say her text, promptly
delivered herself of the following: "He that
hatched me, hatched my Father also.”
After some questioning it was discovered
that the passage which the little innocent
intended to repeat was, "He that hateth
me, hateth my Father also.
An Englishman lately called at one of
the Paris postofliecs to inquire how much
it would cost to send him home to England
by mail. Ho was weighed, and the calcu
lation was 8,046 francs. The sum was
counted out, but the clerks objected to
sending this new species of parcel, aud the
police being called, the gentleman was
taken to his hotel as insane.
An improved racing hurdle has been in
vented. It presents the appearance of a
close board fence, the boards of which arc
hinged at the bottom to a base of timber, the
upright boards being held in position by
stays ol gutta-percha. If a horse hits in
going over, the stay gives by stretching, and
the board falls down, so that it is really no
more an obstacle than the paper hoop the
acrobat leaps through iu the circus.
SPECIAL
CONSIGNEES PER~SOUTII P A n
OLINA RAILROAD, April 13, 18*3._ C g ‘
R Douglass, lieratj A Armstrong, v/ y j*','* 1 '
M Frazier, J Janfts, 011 P Scott, Og i r ’
T K A Son, J O Matbairion A Cos O’hr ‘x
Mulherin, II II Hickman, J Oalvao, C A p,n*
O F Cheatam, J W Moore, L J Pattern C »J *
J T Gardner, RJ! liullock, M J| yac . . *
Fleming A Rowland, W O Gibson, J w Mo 2 ’
A Cos care of Jennisgs A Smith.
gjg-WE ARE AUTHORIZED!^A\
nounce John U. Meyer as a candidate f or q ~
of the Superior Court of Richmond, Count
the election to come off on the 20th ioet
apt i td Many vonog.
LETTER FOR MRS. HOGAN and
at Mr. Robert Campbell's, No. 13 Mclntosh «,
which he is anxious for an opportunity to del *
ap 12—3 t
NOTICE THIS.—JACOB R. DAVIS
is nominated as a candidate t'.,r Congress f r
this (the sth Congressional) District by both *
apt'—t i WHITE A COLORED.
*@~THE CITY TAX DICES! r
has beeu placed in my hands for collection >;
in dulgence beyond that provided by the Citylj.
Ordinances can be extended.
I- P. OAK VIS
ayrT—lOt Collector A Treasure:.
BSg“FOU COUNTY TKEASCbIB
respectfully offer myself as a candidate f or n .
election to tho office of Treasurer of Rithie; 1
County at the ensuing election.
apr7—td» HENRY E. CLARKE.
©sr'VE ARE AUTHOPJRED = ToA’k
ncunce the Hon. John Harris, of Newton ecus-,
as the candidate of Relief and tha Constituy ’
for Senator from the 27th Senatorial Dior •
which is comprised of the counties of Yu.. '
Walton and Clark. apr7—td°
figF for tax collectorZweare
authorized to announce JOHN A. EQHLEBm
candidate for re-election to the office of T al cf
lector of Richmond County, at the ensuing eV
Ben- apro—td-
ffefp YY’E ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN
NOUNCE the name of Mr. MATTHEW
SHERON as a Candidate for re-election to tie
office of Receiver of Tax Returns for Richmond
County at the ensuing election. apf—y '
ASP THE Host HEN BY YY. ffILUABD
will be supported as a CANDIDATE FOR COS.
OKESS from the FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT of Georgia, at the election on the
20th of April next, by MANY VOTERS.
mh24-td
NEW ADVERTISEAE£NT-r~
VALUABLE
Ileal Estate tor Sale,
A VERY DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT
n. on Broad strtet, containing two itore; aai
a very desirable residence—all iu good order.
Terms very liberal, viz: One third cash, bal
ance iu one and two years, wish interest from
date. Mortgage to secure the payment of hi
last two notes. Property to be insuredandpolicy
assigned. Apply to
W. L. GRIFFIN,
apU—3t Cor. Jackson A Ellis Sts.
Assignee’s Sale.
AT7ILL BE SOLD ON THURSDAY, THE
■ • 23d day of April, ISOS, in the city of Sava:-
nah, at 1 o’clock p. m., by Messrs. Belli Hall.
Auctioneers, at their auction rooms in said city,all
of the notes and accounts rendered in b? David
Davidson, bankrupt, as belonging to his assets
also, a lot of ground in Waresboro. Ware county,
Georgia, containing from two to three acres of
laud, with the buildings thereon, consisting of a
dwelling house aud stores.
PETER V. ROBINSON.
ap 11—td Assignee
IN BANKRUPTCY.
rpms IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
A 6tii day of April, A. !>.. ISiiS, a Warns:
in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
' WM 15 DAVISON,
of Augusta, iu the county of Richmond, aud Suit
of Georgia, who lias been adjudged a Haul::;:
on his own petition - that the payment of uy
debts and the delivery of any property belong
to said Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and tb
transfer of any property by him, are forl-ik
by law; that a meeting of the creditors of sM
Bankrupt, to prove their debts, and choose tu
or more assignees of his estate, will be held at a
Court of Bankruptcy, to he holden at the Reg
isler’s office, No. 1, Warren Block, 3d floor, Bni
No. 0, Jackson street, Augusta. Ga.,before Alter.
G Foster, |Esq, Register, on the 12th day of Ms;
A. D., 1868. at 3 o'clock p. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
apl-i—lt C.S. Marshal as Messeuge.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
'■jpuis IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on tie
JL 6th day of April A. D.. IS6B, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against tie :
tate of
ROBERT L MILLER
of Scarborough, in tho county of Screven
ot Georgia, who lias been ad jiiilsi 1 a Bant:;:
his own petitionthat tile payment of an-K'r
and delivery of any property ’ lu-longiDg ’ --
Bankrupt, to him or for his use. and tlietrt»t
of any property by him, are forbidden ir
that a ineet’ng of the, creditors of said BZ’
nipt, to prove their debts, and to choose#*®
more assignees of his estate, will he held a' s
Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Bs
User's office, No. J, YVarren Block,odfloor, k'-
No. 6, Jackson street, Augusta. Ga . beforeAa -
G Foster, Keip, Register, on the l'-i: day ot Ik-
A. D., ISiiS at 12 o'clock m.
WM. G. DICKsO.V
apll—lt U. S. Marshal as Mteu^
IN BANKRUPTCY.
'■pins 18 TO GIVE NOTICE: Tluto» u
1 ~>Stli day ~f March, A. D 1«8, **-.
rant in Bankruptcy was issued iivaiaA
CHRISTOPHER D KIXDLAV
of Macon, m the county of Bilik,
of Georgia, who lias Been ;ul| ndge-i any'
rapt on his own petition; and t™ j
payment ol any debts and delivery es sh
erty belonging" to said Bankrupt, to - l|,m
liisuse, anil the transfer of any property a' --
are forbidden b\- hnv: that a mectM® ‘
creditors of the said Bankrupt, to prove hii*-;-
aud to choose one or more
will he held at a Court ot HaiikinpN)-"V,
Bankruptcy, 1.0 be hohien at the Keguuo' •
in the Court House. Macon. Ga.,lido:e
G Murray, lit:;.,Register, on the --J da.' 0 1
A. IV 1808, at "J o'clock m.
W.M. <..;DlCkso>
apM—lt u. s. Marshal
IN BANKRUPTCY. ,
U. S. MARSHAL S
. Atlanta, Ga.. April I
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE:, ®
—7til day of April, A. O. 1S». »%'
iu Bankruptcy was issued against theyy- -
JAMES L SAI-BSBLRKI.
of Atlanta, in the county of la ton,
of Georgia, who has been adjudged:! .
his own petition : that the payment o ■ g;
aud delivery of any property bc"' ll h
Bankrupt, to him or lor his use, an* l '
of nnv property by him, are forbidden
that a meeting of the creditors 01 -a
to inove their debts. aiui to ronrtv*
assignees id his estate, will he new “ u ei #r:
Bankruptcy, to be hohien at tne ■ u
otliec in the United States Hotel. j,.; :
fore Lawson Black, Register, on da- 01 ' '
April, A. IV. ISOS, at I(I o clock a-ni-
CHARLES 11.
apll lt C. S. Pep.
IN BANKRUPTCY
V. S. MARSHALS U> ICw,,
Atlanta, Ha.. April lb ‘ ,j*
rivals LS TO GIVE NTHllb.
JL 9th day of April A. IV 'L, ( |ie e
rant in Bankruptcy was issaoit .
tate of ~,-vnv
Ila. JOSEPH s HI.NIO
of Now tun, iu the county ot fi £
of (Jeorgia. who lias boon adjuutft* • , Vil r fc--.
his own petition : that the V ,;l > ,n S j„jr u>
ami delivery of any proport} > .I,(ruin- 1 :
Bankrupt, to him or for his ufo.; |„iv
anv property bv him. are ioiouu t . •'
a meet ini' of the creditors
prove their debts, and to cu ~(Al ^
assignee 4of his estate, will belt ‘
Bankruptcy, to he hohien «u
in the city of Newmui,
McKinley, Register, on the -Jib
1868. at 10 o’clock a. m. . i,-|,yl-.A
CHARI.!'.* ! .Jr,
apll—it C. S. Hep. Marshal as “