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.SATURDAY MORNING April 16, IH«8
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For PRESIDENT
Os the United States:
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
For CJ-overnoi*
OF GEORGIA :
Ho\. R. B. BULLOCK
OF RICHMOND.
FOR CONGRESS :
.1. W. Ci i ft, First District.
R. 11. Whitei.by, Second District-
Wm. P. Edwards, Third District.
Samlei. F. Gove, Fourth District.
C. H. Prince, Fifth District.
John A. Wimpy, Sixth District.
J. Atkins, Seventh District.
Richmond County Nominations.
For State Senator (18th District.)
Hon. BENJAMIN CONLEY.
For House of Representatives —
EPHRAIM TWEEDY,
J. E. BRYANT,
TIIOS. P. BEARD.
For Clerk of the Superior Court—
E. M. BRAYTON.
For Ordinary. —SAMUEL LEVY.
For Sheriff.— A. G. RUFFIN.
For Tax Collector. —W. T. PAGE.
For Tax Receiver. —L B. VAUGIIN.
For Treasurer.— W. 11. STALLINGS.
For Coroner. —W. P. RHODES.
For Surveyor. —E. W. BROWN.
PLATFORM,
Resolved, That we pledge our support to
the Constitution framed by the Constitu
lutional Convention of this State now in
session.
Resolved, That tee 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 Hon. It. B. Bullock, our candidate for
Governor, this day nominated.
Resolved, That wc earnestly request the
triends of Reconstruction to ratify the
Nomination of the Hon. It. B. Bullock in
Primary Meetings, and sustain him by
GORDON n ELIGIBILITY AGAIN.
The corresponc. M , cc between certain
gentlemen in Atlanta a,.j Gcncrld Meade
in relation to General Gokdohv eli'ribilitv
is published. As we anticipated, dlu
whole case was not stated to Gen. Meade.
The Committee merely stated that Gordon
was a Lieutenant General in the Con
tederate army, and held no office before the
war. This is not half the case. The
gentlemen were very careful not to state to
only not resumed his citizenship of the
United States since lie renounced it by
swearing allegiance to the Confederacy,
but he was not even entitled to vote in
Georgia, not being a registered voter. It
would be a singular state of things if a
man could be elected Governor who was
not entitled to vote for a constable. It
would be another singular tiling if a
paroled prisoner of war, and as such still
in the power ami under the control of
another Government, could be the Chief
Magistrate of the State. The Constitution
forbids the holding of any State office by
any citizen who holds an office under the
United States, and it is folly to assert that
officers of the United States shall not hold
office, while its paroled prisoners may;
that the one shall be entitled to all
privileges of citizenship, while the other
shall be disfranchised.
General Meade thinks, if there are no
other facts than those stated by the Com
mittee, General Gokdon is eligible. But
there are other facts. General Gokdon has
not been a citizen of Georgia the time
required by the Constitution for eligibility
to the Governor’s office. He was, at the
commencement of the war, a resident of
Alabama; went into the army from that
State, commanded Alabama troops, and
was commissioned by the Governor of that
State. If that is not sufficient to prove
his ineligibility for want of residence, vve
cannot see liow the proof- can be made
stronger. General Gokdon is an honorable
man and a gentleman, and we shall not
imitate the dirty blackguards who arc
continually bespattering Col. Bullock
with tlicir falsehoods, but if we could
descend to use their slang, we might say
that lie comes up to the definition of a
“carpet bagger,” more thoroughly than
Col. Bullock, for his residence in Georgia
has not been so long.
1 lie Committee arc very careful not to
state to General Meade that (Jen. Gordon
before the war took an oath, as Attorney,
to support the Constitution of the United
States- they merely assert that he held no
office requiring him to support the Consti
tution of the United States. Their assertion
is a mere quibble, and we believe it lias
been decided that Attorneys are officers of
the courts in which they practice. It
matters not whether they are such officers
’ or not, the fact remains that Gen. Gokdon
, took an oath before the war to support the
Constitution of the United States, and
afterwards took one to support the
Constitution of the Confederate States.
This lack was carefully concealed from
General Meade.
But it is useless to argue this matter
further. General Gokdon, if elected, will
be, until the Constitution is fully accepted
by Congress, an officer of the Provisional
Government, and as such will be obliged
to take the test oath. He can not do it,
and lie will not.
COL. BULLOCK'S CONFEDERATE
MILITARY SERVICE.
The Democratic papers make a great
thing out of Col. Bullock's having taken
up arms for the Confederacy, mid ren
dered service iu taking the Augusta Arse
nal. Well, as to the service, it was no
great firing. A ten-year old boy, armed
with a pop-gun, could have taken that
Arsenal; it was meant to lie taken; all
parties were agreed upon that; it only
needed a decent show of force to surren
der like a coy maiden.
Wc don't think wc shall ever forget the
appearance of that draggle-tailed army of
heroes who marched up the North side of
Broad street, on their way to storm the
Augusta Arsenal. It was a dreadfully
rainy day, just sueli as we have had for
the last three or four—s>ch a day as, some
how or other, always precedes or imme
diately follows the decisive battles of the
world—such a day as heroic deeds arc
always done upon. The leader of the
valiant band was the only man, so fur as
we can recollect now, who did not have
hoisted an umbrella. He was mounted on
a steed which might have been a mule, or
might not—wc could not see tor the mist
and rain—at any rate, lie would stop every
ten steps to shake out of his ears a pint or
so of rain water. The rider bore himself
bravely, being encased like a knight of
old in an impervious armor of India rub
ber. Some of his followers were equally
fortunate, though in the thick forest of
umbrellas, it was hard to discover what
the army was like, liow it was clothed and
armed, or wliat it was about. It required
considerable skill and strength for the
warriors to manage their shooting irons
and their umbrellas at the same time, and
a good many of the rank and file parted
company with one or the other before they
got to the upper end of Broad street.
The encumbrances which seemed most
willingly dropped, were their guns. Every
body knew there was going to be no light,
and there would be no use for gnus, and
everybody knew, too, that it was raining
like the deuce, and there was a pressing
need of umbrellas. We are sorry to say
that desertions were very numerous. Upon
passing bar rooms, there was a sensible
thinning out of the ranks, and wc thought
there would lie a complete disbandment at
the Planters’ Hotel, where they kept good
liquors at the bar, just as they do now.
•The more zealous and enthusiastic of the
heroes scorned to desert in that way; they
had providentially secured flasks and
pocket pistols of the spiritual sort, and
merely broke ranks long enough to turn
up their bottle, and a short run brought
them into ranks again..*- We saw iu the
crowd all sorts and conditions of men;
there was the old and solid citizen, whose
protuberance of abdomen, at least, kept
his trousers dry, but was a great hindrance
to his locomotion ; there were curled and
scented dry goods clerks, w hose ambrosial
locks suffered some in the downfall of
rain; there were sturdy mechanics, look
ing at the moist troubles of their more
effeminate comrades with a certain amount
of contempt, there were printers, who,
being used to dealing with “the devil,”
had no fear of any earthly danger; and
there were colored, oluyiunons who. though
not armed with muskets, performed very
important service in holding umbrellas
over their valorous masters. Upon the
whole, the crowd w as a very unique one—
such a one as lias seldom made its appear
ance in battle array on the surface of this
planet, and done such historical deeds.
But to the important point, the one that
the Democratic papers arc most gravelled
about: was Col. Bullock there ? We un
hesitatingly say and asseverate in the most
solemn manner, not that wc know of.—
Among the many good looking, dignified,
and most aldermanic citizens of Augusta, in
that noble Army of Martyrs, we will make
affidavit, if required, that perhaps lie was
not. That, wc hope, positively’ settles the
question. There were numbers so muffled
in overcoats and comforters—so over
shadowed by umbrellas, that one good look
ing man might easily he taken for another.
Nobody in .all that crowd asked us to share
the contents of his flask with him, and as
almost everybody seemed to have such an
accoutrement, the Colonel could not have
been there-—lie would have been sure to
have asked us- we don’t think that he ever
indulges in such pleasantries, but wc should
have considered it a first rate joke if any
one had asked us to have shared in liis
spirituous consolations; considering the
inclemency of the weather and the import
ance of the occasion, w e should have swal
lowed the insult.
We have proved, wc Uiiuk incontrovcrti
bly, that Col. Bullock liad nothing to do
with the taking of the Augusta Arsenal,
anti it is unnecessary to follow that valiant
band to the assault of that i nipregnublc
fortress; it is unnecessary to describe the
tears that were shed, the affectionate em
braces that passed between the chiefs of
the opposing forces, the pulling down of
the “old gridiron” flag, the marching back
to tile city oi the triumphant conquerors
with full hearts and empty bottles, the
“regular burst” all hands went on iu the
evening in commemoration oi their victory.
Behold, are they not all written in the book
of the Chronicles of Secession ? But we fear
that there is not sufficient proof to justify
the recording of Col. Bullock’s name in that
glorious record ! Alas, alas, for the mili
tary fame of our future Governor!
Tub Qustion Decided. —General Meade
settles the question as to Gordon’s elegebility.
If elected he will have to take the test oath.
He will not do it.
«
A number of South Carolina negroes have
addressed a forcible letter to Beverly Nash,
about hi.s attempts to stir up ill feeling
between the blacks and whites, and to brine
about a war of races. They toll him that
the success of his efforts will bo the ruin of
the blacks, and charge him with trying to
lead astray our people.
The New York Herald says that the
Albany Regency and Tamany Hall Wings
have resolved to insist upon Seymour as the
Democratic candidate for President, in
order to save the State, though the great
West may he lost by default.
(com m c n ic atxd.
NEGRO VOTES.
Mr. Editor: I am decidedly in favor of
the Almighty ruling the Universe, including
this little world of ours ; and the proposed
intervention of the “so called” Democratic
parly to take the whole thing off His hands
seems to me so perfectly ridiculous that I
can not find terms sufficiently expressive to
designate ray contempt for it.
The political damnation preaohed by the
quoudam Cols. Wright and Snead, lately,
indicates so clearly their familiarity with the
infernal regions of politics, that even the
nigger and poor white folks are afraid to
trust them. They unfortunately put in too
much brimstone, or, as the Dutch call it,
“Brodwissomsehalten,” which, as the poor
whites and niggers don’t understand Dutch,
may be explained to them as meaning
“bread and butter,” of which, of course,
they claim the “lion's share.” aud after the
election is over, the poor white, as well as
the poor nigger, will be told to “go to Hill”
for their part of the spoils.
Only imagine for a moment, if you can
without a sneer, the supremely magnificent
and ridiculous position in which these fel
lows place themselves when they solicit the
votes of the poor whites and the uegroes !
Poor white man 1 poor nigger 1 don’t you
trust them 1 Abner P.
EXTKAC 1'
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GOV. J. E. BROWN’S SPEECH,
Delivered at Rome, April 101//.
Now, said Gov. Brown, I beg you to par
don me for a few words in reference to my
own position. I have been denounced for
having abandoned the principles for which
we fought. I was an original secessionist. I
sincerely believed a State had the right to
secede from the Union for just cause, and
that she must, from the necessity of the case,
be the judge of the cause. We did secede-
I went with my State in good fikith, and did
all I could to secure success. I confess I
thought I saw our own ruin in the abandon
ment of the principle upon which we sece
ded, by the Confederate Government, in the
adoption of the conscript and other measures,
not now necessary to mention. But I still
did all in my power to secure our triumph.
We fell, and lost all power ol further resist
ance. Our leaders were imprisoned. Our
legislatures were dispersed and our armies
were disbanded. We became a conquered
people.
In this state of the ease, the question
naturally atose, what docs interest, duty and
honor dictate? After mature reflection, I
came to the deliberate conclusion that it was
my duty either to quit this country and seek
a home in a foreign laud, or to remain, ac
cept the amnesty tendered, claim the pro
tection of the Government, and yield it, in
good laith, my obedience and support.
While the Government was not all that I
could have wished, and while the sword had
established for all practical purposes in the
future the construction of the Constitution
against which I had fought, I still preferred
my native land and the Government of the
United States, to any other laud and govern
ment. I, therefore, made up my mind to re
main, and to claim the protection of the
government; and I felt, and still feel, that
the moment I did this, I was bound in honor
to give it my support. I could not stay in
its bosom, accept its amnesty, and claim its
protection, and sting it as an enemy, with
out, iu niy opinion, being guilty of conduct
positively dishonorable. 1 claim that no
man, whatever he may profess, acts honor
able who remains a secret enemy of the
Government after he receives its pardon and
protection
Protection and allegiance are reciprocal
obligations. He who claims and receives
the one, i# .bound in honor to render the
other in FeturnSM claim, then, that my course
is more honorablv than the course of those
who have receirmd the same pardon and
protection -which#, have, and who are still
tuc enemies oi Government .......1.. »-
Jp.». <i when an .....oy offers.
’lie who refuatdr' 0 Surrender at the end of
the war, apkifTeuto otherlands, still bidding
defianceAto the government he sought to
throw off} and remained, and still remains
there. aciSNconsistently and honorably. He
was the enemy ol the government them, he is
still its enemy, and as such he neither ac
cepts its pardon nor receives its protection.
He violates no principle of honor. But the
same cannot he said of him who accepts both
and remains an enemy.
While I was the enemy of the government,
I aefed openly and above board. When I
surrendered, and again pledged it my sup
port, and received its amnesty, I did so in
good faith, and I will act it out in good faith.
I consider you all bound in honor to do like
wise.
I will accept the terms dictated by the
conqueror because, in my candid opinion,
tbo conqueror has the right to dictate the
terms, and the conqueror is bound to accept.
And candor compels me to say that they
are not harder terms than our own people
would, in my opinion, have dictated to New
England, if we had been the conquerors and
they the conquered
Again, I, and many of those who act
with me, arc denounced as renegades from
the ltemocratic party. What Democratic
party? Not the old State Rights Democracy,
with which I have acted all my life. The
present so-called Democratic parly does not
profess a single principle nor entertain a
single sentiment in common with the old
State Rights Democracy. If so, what is it?
All know that the very foundation upon
which that organization rested was the
doctrine of State sovereignty, primary
allegiance to the State, and the right of Se
cession. This was the doctrine of the Vir
ginia and Kentucky resolutions, which were
the text books of the Democratic party.
Rut this is no part of the creed of the pres
ent so-called Democracy of Georgia. The
sword has decided against this doctrine.
Who now claims that the State of Georgia
is sovereign ? Who says she is entitled to
his primary allcgiauee, or proposes to yield
it to her ? She lost her right to primary
allegiance by her inability to afford protec
tion, and maintain her sovereignty in the
field.
Who now maintains the right of secession?
It is certainly not to be found in the plat
form of this new Democracy. Wc not only
lost it hi the battle field, but we were com
pelled before we could receive pardon to
swear to abandon it! Each of you who has
taken the amnesty oath swore to support the
Union of the Slates. When you did this, you
gave up State Sovereignty—primary allegi
ance to the State, and the right of secession.
Here, then, the whole foundation was
knocked from under the old State Rights
Democracy. What other Democratic prin
ciples does this new organization profess ?
Do they oppose a high tariff? No ; it takes
all the money that can be raised by tariff,
and direct taxation to pay the expenses of
the Government and the interest on the
public debt. All agree, then, that it is as
well that the rich! who consume most, pay
on’their luxuries and necessaries such tariff
as will lighten our direct taxes. Do they
oppose internal improvement by the general
government? No, they do not. As we pay
our part of the tax, and as tlie Northern
States are continually getting the benefit of
internal improvements, why should not we
take our part? When they ask for $6,000,000
for the Pacific Railroad, let us ask for as
much, if necessary, to rebuild the levees on
the Mississippi river, and reclaim that mag
nificent country from inundation. When
they ask for a million to improve a harbor
on the lakes, let ns have a million to im
prove the harbor of Savannah. In a word, |
while we pay our part of the burdens of
gownment, let us have our part of its
benefits.
Do they oppose the distribution ol the pro
ceeds of the public lands among the Statos ;
No; after the annual expense of the govern
ment is paid is none to distribute.
Do they oppose a National Bank? Ha3
any one of you a dollar in your pocket that
is current ? If so, it is national issue, or the
bill of a National Bank. There is now no
other currency. The war has firmly estab
Imbed the system ol National Banks. No
party now opposes it.
I affirm that the present so-called Demo
cracy does not even profess to stand upon a
single principle of the old State Rights
Democracy. How, then, do I and those who
act with me betray parly faith when we
refuse to support the organization ? Upon
what does it base its claims to our support ?
Is it the friendship of the National Demo
cracy during the war? They promised us
that the abolitiouists should pass over their
dead bodies before they came to conquer us.
How did they keep their pledge ? Some of
the leaders received high commands in the
United States army. A few were imprisoned
because they stood by us. Most of them
sought as easy places as possible. But the
mass of the Democracy—the rank and file—
came down by hundreds of thousands, with
guns in their hands, and poured deadly fire
into our ranks, till we were conquered.
Without their aid against us, we could never
have been subdued.
Why is it, then, that old State Rights Dem
ocrats owe party allegiance to this new or
ganization ? Perhaps they feel bound to fol
low their old leaders, in whom they have long
confided. Let us examine this a moment.
Who is the acknowledged leader of the so
called Georgia Democracy? Benjamin H.
Hill, who will act with no party that he can
not lead, and who never yet failed to lead
bis party to inglorious defeat. Let any one
point out a single instance in which Mr.
Hill’s party ever triumphed under his leader
ship in Georgia. Whether he was a candi
date before the people for Elector, for Con
gress or for Governor, he was always defeat
ed. Who is the official head of your party ?
Judge Cabaniss is Chairman of the Execu
tive Committee, and that poor old calumnia
tor ot the Democratic party, J. R. Sneed,
who has grown gray iu the dirty work against
Democracy, is tbo Secretary.
The Chairman and Secretary, and a
little clique called the Central Committee,
have taken charge of the concern. They
make all the nominations (one a week for
Governor) and manage the machine with
out troubling the people. In a word, they
dictate and expect the people to follow.
They have made three nominations for
Governor. The first was Judge Reeso, a
clever gentleman, but, like Cabaniss and
Snead, an old enemy of the Democracy.
Second, Judge Irwin, also a clever man,
but we all know he never was a Democrat.
Third, General Gordon, a gentleman and a
good fighter, but when that is said who can
say any more, founded upon his past course
and his past successes ? If we were getting
up another resolution, and wished a good
leader of a division in the army, Gordon
would be the right man. If we want
business conducted with success, and
finances managed with ability ; in a w6rd,
if we want a man to build us up in peace
and manage civil affairs with success, then
General Gordon, judging from his past
success in civil life, is not the man. But
General Gordon is an old line Whig.
Three nominations have been made, every
one old opponents of the Democracy. Like
the story of the Indian and the white man,
who, iu the hunt, killed the buzzard and
the turkey, and when the time came to
make the division, the white man said to
the Indian, “ I will take the turkey and
you may take the buzzard, or you may
take the buzzard and I will take the
turkey.” The Indian replied, “You never
said turkey to me nary time.” So with this
clique of office-seekers, called the Demo
cratic Central Committee—they have
you will Lear fii mind, my Democratic
friends, that they never said Democrat to
you nary time.
I have spoken of the head of this new
organization, and of the officials who assume
to think for and dictate to it. Who, let me
inquire, are its other great lights and main
pillars? Ex Gov. Charles J. Jenkins, a
life long opponent to the old Democratic
party; Judge Nisbet, an old standard mem
ber of the Whig church : Warren Aiken—
you all know Warren—but who ever heard
of his Democracy before? General Ranse
Wright, Cincinnatus Peeples, P. W. Alex
ander, and a host of lesser lights.
My old Democratic friends, look at your
leaders—Ben. Hill, E. G. Cabaniss, J. R.
Sneed, Augustus Iveese, David Irwin, John
B. Gordon, E. A. Nisbet, Warren Aiken,
C. Peeples, and P. W. Alexander, all life
long opponents of the Democracy. Where
are Howell Cobb and Ilersehel V. Johnson ?
Why can neither of them be trusted with
leadership in a Democratic organization ?
Why could neither be trusted as a delegate
to the National Democratic Convention ?
These are the great leaders of the so-called
Democratic party of Georgia, which does not
profess a single principle of the old State
Rights Democracy. If so, what principle ?
And still, you and I, my old State RighfS
Democratic friends, are denounced as rene
gades from tlie Democratic party, because
we do not blindly follow the lead of men who
have stolen our old name without adopting
our old principles. Like the Jackass with
the Lion’s skin on, they frighten us for a
time, but when we hear their voices and see
their cars we are no longer deceived. They
are not Democrats. If the party were to
adopt the principles of the old Democracy
they would leave it like rats from a barn on
fire. Excuse me, then, if I refuse to fall
down and worship these strange gods.
I have said Gen. Gordon is not the man,
in my opinion, to manage the fiuances of a
State, and lead successfully in time of peace.
I always regarded it a safe rule, in the selec
tion of a man to manage the affairs of a State
in time of peace, to inquire, first, whether he
manages his own affairs weil, If you were
employing an agent to manage your individ
ual affairs, you would always prefer one who
manages well for himself. This is the com
mon sense view of business men. Now, the
same rule applies in the management of the
affairs of a State. There is no difference in
principle. The State is simply a larger
concern. Let us apply this test to Colonel
Bullock. He has been for many years the
Superintendent of the Southern Express
Company, reaching through ten States, doing
an immense business, and controlling hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. The stock is
owned by capitalists ot good business sense,-
who look well to their own interest. If Col.
Bullock had been an ordinary business
man they would never have selected him.
He has been able to wield the concern with
dexterity and ease, and with eminent
success.
A few months since he was also called to
the Presidency of the Macon and Augusta
Railroad Company, owned by Southern cap
italists almost exclusively. The city of
Augusta, the city of Macon, and the city of
Milledgeville, are, I understand, all large
stockholders, as are the leading citizens
along the line.' Why did this company
select Bullock as its President ? Because
they knew ho was a first rate business man,
and a first rate manager ol finances. In
these two companies he has had as large a
moneyed interest as the finances of Georgia
to manage, and he has done it with eminent
success. With these proofs of his ability
and integrity, I am not afraid to trust him
with the Treasury of the State. lam aware
I hare been charged with expressions to the
contrary, as that the election of Bullock
would bankrupt the Treasury and ruin
the State. Doubtless the opposition can
prove these remarks, for they can prove
anything they please, but he who says I used
the expressions attributed to me, either
grossly misunderstood or wilfully misrepre
sents me. In charity, Iprefertosupposc
the former. I do not believe Col. Bullock’s
election will have any such effect, and I
have used no such expression to any one at
any time.
POLITICAL ITEMS.
General Grant lias not issued orders for
the suppression of the Ku Klux Klan.
Generals Meade and Thomas proceed on
their own responsibility.
The Cincinnati Gazette says that the
town elections in Ohio and Indiana, on
Monday, so far as reported, show, with few
exceptions, decided Republican gains.
It is rumored that the President's counsel
think the impeachment trial will be closed
by Monday, April 20. Wo sincerely hope
they have the power of looking into the
future.
It is said that many Western Democrats
who have heretofore been Pendleton men
are beginning to speak of Hancock and
J. Q. Adams as the hope of the party.
It is said that General Grant will shortly
issue an order detaching eight companies
of infantry for duty in Alabama, in
addition to the military force now in that
State.
Western papers say that Governor Evans*,
of Colorado, assures the people of the
Territory that, as soon os tho impeachment
trial is over, Colorado will be admitted as a
State.
lion. E. B. Washbuine says that Congress
need not remain in session after the middle
of June. Six weeks, he thinks, is enough
to complete the necessary legislation. Per
contra, several prominent Senators arc of the
opinion that Congress will not adjourn before
the first of August next.
The Republican Convention in the Second
Congressional District, Maine, meets at Au
burn on the 6th of May. Nelson Dingley,
jr., ot Lewiston, and Washington Gilbert, of
Bath, have been mentioned in the Bath
Times as probable candidates for tho nomina
tion.
The railroads terminating at Chicago will
pass delegates to and from the Republican
National Convention free of charge upon the
application of tho chairman of each State
Central Committee for a sufficient number of
tickets for their respective delegates. Appli
cations must be made to the Presidents or
Superintendents of the respective roads.
GENERAL ITEMS.
A bill is now before the New Jersey Leg
islature, to regulate the sale of vegetables bv
weight.
The amount of insurance annually paid by
the South to Northern companies is said to
be six millions of dollars.
Tho election iu Wisconsin shows general
Republican gains over the election in July.
Several important towns are revolutionized.
Five hundred and seventy two adults com
mitted suicide in Paris in 18G6, of which
number four hundred and eighty six were
men.
Reports from the Powder River country
state that the Indians iu that section refuse
to make a treaty until every white man leaves
the disputed territory.
The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the
American Anti-Slavery Society is to assem
ble iu Steinway Hall, New York city, on the
13th of May next.
Rev. William Henry Greene lias been
elected President of Princeton College. At
present he is a Professor iu the Princeton
Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Stephen J. Meaney, the Fenian Head Cun
re-
turn to the United States has arrived at New
York.
It is said the average size of 1,800 farms
in Carolifornia is 666 acres. Massachu
setts has 38,000 farms, averaging 94 acres ;
New York, 196,000, averaging 116 acres ;
Ohio has the next largest number of farms
—179,000, averaging 114 acres; Rhode
Island has 5,000 farms, averaging 96
acres.
The Virginia Convention has passed a
homestead law, by which it is provided
that real and personal property to the
value of 8",000 shall be exempt from
forced sale for past or future debts except
those for tho purchase price of the exempt
property-, wages of laboring men and
taxes.
James H. Leonard, the tim'd survivor of
tho steamboat Sea Bird, which was burned
on Lake Michigan on Wednesday night, says
that he believes more passengers left the
boat at Milwaukee than came aboard, hut he
does not state the number lost. Ten ladies
arc known to have perished, but the whole
number lost, Mr. Leonard thinks, is conside
rably less than one hundred.
The value of the native exports from the
Sandwich Islands last year was $1,605,622,
of which the principal item was sugar, the
amount of which exported was 17,127,187
pounds. Oilier leading articles rate as fol
lows : Molasses, 544,994 gallons ; paddy, or
unclean rice, 572,099 pounds ; rice, 441,750
pounds; wool, 409,471 pounds; colfee,
127,546 pounds ; hides, 304,095 pounds.
Official.
HiADquAKTiiits Tinm> Miutarv District, ]
(Georgia, Florida, and Alabama), >
Atlanta, Ga., April 16, 1808. J
General Orders, Fo. 61.
I. General Orders, No.) 52, issued from these
Headquarters, on tho subject of eligibility to
office, have refcronco only to the qualifications
for holding office under the new Constitution of
this State, should it bo ratified, and after the
State should bo admitted to representation in
the Congress of the United States, as provided
for in the Reconstruction Acts.
11. Tho question having been submitted,
whether tho members of the General Assembly of
this State, to be elected next week, will he re
quired before entering upon their duties to take
what is commonly called the tost oath : the Com
manding General is of opinion that, inasmuch,
as said General Assembly—should the Constitu
tion now submitted to the poople of this State he
ratified by them, and be approved by Congress—
is required to conveno and adopt tho proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, designated as ‘'Article llflB,” before the
State can bo admitted to representation in Coa
gross, it may be decided that members of said
General Assembly are, while taking this pre
liminary action, officors of a provisional govern
ment, and, as such, aro required, under the 9th
section of the Act of Congress of July 19th, 1867,
to take tho TEST OATH.
“I , of , county of and
State of , do solemnly swear that I have
never voluntarily borne arms against tho United
States since I have boon a citizen thereof; that
I havo voluntarily givon no aid, countenance,
counsel or encouragement to persons engaged in
armed hostilities thoreto; that X havo neither
sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise
tho functions of any ollico whatever, under any
authority or pretonded authority in hostility to
tho United States ; that X havo not yielded a
voluntary support to any pretended govern
ment, authority, power or constitution within
tho United .States, hostile or inimical thereto.
And Ido further swear that, to tho best of my
knowledge and ability, I will support and defend
tho Constitution of tho United States against all
enemies, foreign and domestic ; that 1 will hear
true faith and allegiance to the same ; that 1
take this obligation freoly, without any uioutal
reservation or purposo of evasion ; and that I
will well and faithfully discharge the duties of
the office on which lam about to enter, so help
me God.”
Ity order of Major General Mia on.
R, C. DRUM, Ass’t Adj't Gen’).
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AUGUSTA METHODIST UNION.
The first Anniversary of the Augusta Methodist
Union will be celebrated at the St. John's Church,
on Sabbath morning, the 19th last.
Tho Union will meet at 10 o'clock, for the
transaction of business.
At 101 o’clock a sermon appropriate to the oc
casion will ho preached by Kev. G. J. Pearce.
The tlireo Methodist .Sabbath Schools will con
vene at St. John’s, at 3J o’clock p. m. Arrange
ments have been made for the delivery of inter
esting addresses on that occasion,
apis —2t
jjjg-CONSIGNEES PER SOUTH CAR
OLINA RAILROAD, April 17, 180 S.—Charles
Baker, Z McCord, I’A Scranton, T IV Carwile,
llyams A Cos, T Root, J J Brcdenburg, Vaughn
k Murphy, C A Howland, D Stclling, Ga R K
Cos, Fanny Morris, P Jennings, J Kaplan A Bro,
17 5 Farr, O F Choatham, J K, l It], L J Miller,
Z, J T Bothwoll, JI AW, IV C Jessup A Cos, J D
A Bro, Oetjen A Doscher, P C A Cos, Mosber
Thomas & Scliaub, E R Schneider, J McAndrew,
Levy A Asher, Mrs A Frederick, Gray A Turley,
D It IVright A Cos, J M Clark A Cos, Geraty A
Armstrong, J C Galvan.
sgp\V ; E ARE AUTHORIZED TO An
nounce John U. Meyer as a Candida# for Clerk
of tho Superior Court of Richmond, County, at
the election to come off on the 20th inst.
apll— td MANY VOTERS.
jg@“NOTICE Tins.— JACOB R. DAVIS
is nominated as a candidate for Congress from
this (the sth Congressional) District by both
ap9—td* WHITE A COLORED.
CITY TAX DIGEST FOR 1868
has been placed in my hands for collection. No
in dulgcnce beyond that provided by the City Tax
Ordinances can be extended.
I. P. GARVIN,
a or? —lOt Collector A Treasurer.
pig-FOR COUNTY TREASURERS
respectfully offer myself as a candidate for re
election to the office of Treasurer of Richmond
County at the ensuing election.
apr7— td» HENRY E. CLARKE.
g@MVE ARE AUTIIORIRED TO AX
ncuncethc Hon. John Kauris, of Newton county,
as tbo candidate of Relief and the Constitution,
for Senator from tho 27th Senatorial District
which is comprised of the counties of Newton
IValton and Clark. apr7—td
)RTA X COLLECTOR.—WEARE
authorized to announce JOHN A. BOIILER as a
candidate for re-olection to the office of Tax Col
lector of Richmond County, at tho ensuing elec
tion. apra—td*
WE ARE AUTHORIZED Tu AN
NOUNCE the namo of Mr. MATTHEW
SIIERON as a Candidate for re-election to the
office of Receiver of Tax Returns tor Richmond
County at the ensuing election. ap4—td
THE Hon. HENRY W. HILLIARD
will bo supported ns 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
ggp* MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN
HOOD—An Essay for Young Men on tho Crime
of Solitude, and the Physiological Errors, Abuses
and Diseases which create impediments to MAR
RIAGE, with sure means of Relief. Sent in
scaled letter envelopes, freo of charge.
Address Dr. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON,
Howard Association,
fc 1 llm Philadelphia, Pa.
Raiuiway
FROM TIIE SUBSCRIBER, ABOUT
Sjpaa vreok since, a fellow named LITTLE
Mffljb&rldMae liafb'oreJ
•■iiiteJiy tho Democracy—a crowd who would
always steal a negro but never would freo one.
lie is an editor by profession, but a poor work
man ; looks as if ho had been swallowed two or
three times and puked up again—as he has
been, politically. He has no Opinion of his
own ; may be known by his foul mouth and his
shirt tail sticking out. One cent reward will be
paid to any one who will keep him away from
his rightful owner
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Augusta, April 16, IS6B. apl6-3fc
ElENttI L A. BALK
172 KiiOAI) STREET,
NEW SPRING GOODS!
I WILL OPEN TO-DAY A FKIWII ASSORTMENT OF
New Spring Prints,
VERY HANDSOME, AT LOW TRICES.
FIXE CAMBRIC CHINTZ.
NEW PRINTED LAWNS,
new spring Delaines,
CHALLIES, etc., etc.
New Spring Ginghams,
VERY HANDSOME, AT A LOW TRICE.
FRENCH CASSIMURES,
AMERICAN CAS-SIMERES, ami
JEANES.
BED TICKING,’
STRIPES,
BLEACHED SHIRTING,
BROWN HOMESPUN,
PARASOLS, HOOP SKIRTS,
UMBRELLAS, GLOVES,
pHOSIERYa
PERFUMERY, etc]
All of which will be sold at as LOW PRICES
as can bo had in town.
HEYRY 8.. A. IMMi,
172 Broad Street.
mb 2 l-ty
I’baiigc of Fare and Schedule,
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Superintendent's Os tick, )
AUGUSTA .t SUMMERVILLE R. R. CO. f
Augusta, Ga., April 8, IS6S, J
I N ORDER TO MEET THE VIEWS OF THE
-L business public, tho prico of tickets is, from
this date, reduced to tho rate of SIXTEEN
TICKETS FOR ONE DOLLAR instead of
twelve as heretofore, and tho Depot of the Com
pany, on McKinno street, is to be, hereafter, the
established terminus of the City Line.
Tho first cars will lcavo the Depot, on McKiu
nie street, at 7.00 A. M., and every fifteen min
utes thereafter during the day until 7.45 P. M.,
when the last cars will leave tho Depot and re -
turn about 9.00 1\ M.
SUMMERVILLE LINE.
(From Depot to United States Arsenal.)
First car leaves Depot at 6.15 A. M., for tho
U. S. Arsenal.
Cars leave U. S* Arsenal and Depot at 7.00 A..
M., and at intervals of ono hour thereafter, during
the day, until 8.00 P. M., when last car departs
from Arsenal.
Summerville cars leaving Arsonal at 8.00 A. M.,
1.00 P. M. and 0.00 P. M., will proceed to corner
of Rroad and Jackson streets, aud will leave that
point for Arsenal at 8.45 A. M., I 15 P. M. and
6.45 P. M., respectively. .A. HATCH, ~
apS—tf Superintendent
NEW ADVERTISE MEfITS
Whiskey! WhisUi
TEST RECEIVED
J A FINE '-OT OF ffHßh,
Os the following brand, 1
Robinson’s Copper Distilled Tl’Sriu,,
Walker’s NECTAR and OLD CABIVft'"
Also, CLARET WINE. IJ * CT -
For sale low, by
Blacksmith and Wheelvvrigh
TWIGGS STREET, *
ON MILL PREMISES OF R. J; . ,-L,.
. AUGUSTA, GA. l ’
OUGGIES, WAGOXB AND DRAYS
Store Trucks,lron Grating. Iron'of 11
and Hooks, Win low : hutior- ar ,,j
and repaired. ‘ ,a ' S! aia
Platform Seales repaired in the
Bridge Bolts and Braces made'tr,, r s?“ Ee;
short notice. " *6s
Master-builders and others would d<
give me a call before ordering work .w"”
ap!2—eodeow2m» JXO. J £
IN bankruptcy,
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF tta
I United States for the Southern
Georgia.
In the matter of )
The undersigned hereby gives notice s r
appointment as Assignee of ROBERT H r. vf'
of iiichmondconnty, in the State of GeorS f
_ g p lß — iaw2w J K GAK^
] X THE DISTRICT COURT OF Titr
A United States for the Southern Di-t-'i
Georgia.
In the matter of ) ...
MOSESLILIENTHAL ■ IN I! -lXhRCPTCi
Bankrupt. ) No. 71
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the C<mr
for a discharge from all Lis debts provnhl..!?
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d. JBC7
hereby given to all persons interested to r*!
on the sixth day of May, 1808. at 10 o'clock Ai
at Chambers of shid District Court, beforeF-=-
8. Hesseltine, Esq.. one of the Register*
Court ill Bankruptcy, at hi* office comer df Sj
aud Drayton streets, Savannah, Ga.. and show
cause why the prayer of tiie said petition of ti-
Bankrupt should not be granted. And ims
notice is given that the second and third nefflw
of creditors will be held at the same tte'ni
place.
Witness, the Honorable JohnEnki*
Isvw 1 Judge ol said Court at Sava*
1 ' Georgia, this luth day oi l.ri
1868.
JAMES McTIIEBSOX.
aplß—lawrßv
IX THE DISTRICT COURT OF TSI
United States for the Southern District and
Georgia.
In the matter of /, v , v Kßrm ,
HENRY KOSENSTEIX. • > ANKRLPTa
Bankrupt. )
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Cm
fora discharge from all his debts provable nadet
tiie Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice i<
hereby given to all persons interested to appeu
on the fifth day of May 1808, at 10 o'clock ill
at Chambers of the said District Court, Wm
Frank S. Ilesseltiue, Esq., one of theßegisteni
said Court in Bankruptcy, at Lis office, const!
Bay and Drayton streets, in the cityofSanmi.
Ga., and show cause why the prayer of tin ai!
petition of the Bankrupt should not be grand
And further inltice is given that the second a:!
third meetings of creditors "ill he held life
same time and place.
Witness the Honorable JohnErslim
•.. . Judge of said Court, at Savaant
' BKA, J Ga., this 15th dav of April. 1M
JAMES' McPHEBSOX,
aplß—Ltw2w Clerk
BAE ROOMS
MUST EE
uiGsea on Election Days
MAYOR’S OFFICE,
Augusta, Ga., April 16th, 186?.
I N CONFORMITY TO INSTRUCTIONStt
A ccivcd from Military Headquarters, thePr>
prictors of all BAR ROOMS and other places:
the city of Augus a where Spirituous Liquorsw
retailed, aro notified to keep such Bar Roomsik
such other places closed on the 20tb, 21st.2!i
23d, and until 6 o’clock a. in. of the 24th kp
instant.
William C. Dillon, Chief of Police, will Fcetn*'
the above order is rigidly enforced.
FOSTER BLODGETT
apl7—7 l Mayor^
Wanted.
\ SITUATION, EITHER AS BOOK KKF'
-Tl Eli or SALESMAN. Tho best city i*
cnccs given. Address
BOX 131, Post Office.
apl6— 2fc ths&sun
"W anted.
A GOOD COOK, WASIIER AND IB®*
None need apply who cannot come »*•*
recommended. Inquire at this Office,
aplo—3t* ..
Horse Power
AND
THRESHING MACHINES!
\\/K ARE MANUFACTURING
* V Machines of our own pattern, anv P';i
wc believe are superior to any of tho kind -•
or any other market,
STRONG, DURABLE AN D t'HF' P '
Wc also build ~«■
STEAM ENGINES, GRIST MILL?,
MILLS, WROUGHT lltO.N SCREW l"'
TON TRESSES, COTTON TLASTtl 1 ”
GIN GEAR, IRON RULINW
AGRICULTURAL IMTLEMEXIV ,
IRON an lIIRA6S CA'D-'”-'
and all other kinds of Machinery nce-M £
South- Tlantcrs will do well to on UI ‘ 1
making contracts.
TKNDLETON A BOARDMA-
Engineers and M.chwfc
Foundry and Machine Works, Kolloc.
po.site Excelsior Flour Mills.
apro—3 m '
Change of Schedule.-Central E ' B
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, APR
IStiS, tho I’assetigor Tram on Cent. ■
will run as follows :
DAY TRAIN. , 4jA . \|
Loavo Augusta at 1 j P-^
Arrive at Savannah
Arrivo al Macon pfl A.
Leave Savannah
Arrivo at Augusta h^
Arrive at Macon -'33,V H
Leave Macon at ,'jj
Arrive at Augusta P-
Arrivo at Savannah
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Savannah at 33.3. H
Arrivo at Macon &
Loavo Macon at A
Arrive at Savannah , t v
ACCOMMODATION H'AI-V f j.
Leave Augusta at EM'Oi’-f
Arrive at Savannah P. J
Leave Savannah at 3.30 A-***
Arrive at Augusta in Aug Qi!l
Passengers on tho Day Train _ n j ch* Q *
will make eloso connection at Mil t
cars for Savannah and Macon. . n fro®
Passengers on Accommodation . go ge o»
Augusta will run through, wit u conn*'*
cars, to Savannah, but will m ft J e 0 „.
tion and change cars at Milieu to ‘ ton
Passengers for Miltedgville and
take Day Train from Augnsta,hunu»j )wll i
Tho Control Passenger Depot l • (trt iiiS'
Still bo used for arrival and , T j,gK. „
A. r. i" * , K.a*