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TUESDAY MOKNINO April 21. 1883
F-or PHEHIDENT
Os the United States:
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
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For Governor
OF GEORGIA :
Ho*. R. B. BULLOCK
OF RICHMOND.
FOR CONGRESS:
J. \V. Ci i ft, First District.
11. 11. Whitei.ey, Second District-
Wm. P. Edwards, Third District.
Samuei. F. Gove, Fourth District.
C. IT. Prince, Fifth District.
John* A. Wimpy, Sixth District.
J. Atkins, Seventh District.
Richmond County Nominations.
For State Senator (18th District.)
llox. BENJAMIN CONLEY.
For House of Representatives —
EPHRAIM TWEEDY,
J. E. BRYANT,
THOS. P. BEARD.
For Clerk of flic Superior Court —
E. M. BRAYTON.
For Ordinary. —SAMUEL LEVY.
For Sheriff.—A. G. RUFFIN.
For Tax Collector. —W. T. PAGE.
For Tax Receiver. —.J. B. YAUGIIN.
For Treasurer. —W. H. STALLINGS.
For Coroner.— W. P. RHODES.
For Surveyor. —E. W. BROWN.
PLATFORM,
Resolved, That tee pledge our support to
the Constitution framed by the Conslitu
tutional Convention of this State now in
session.
Resolved, That ice present to the friends of
Reconstruction in Georgia this Constitution
as our Platform, and ice urgently request
them to ratify it.
Resolved, That ire pledge our support to
the Hon. R. B. Bullock, our candidate for
Governor, this day nominated.
Resolved, That ice earnestly request the
friends of Reconstruction to ratify the
Nomination of the Hon. R. B. Bullock in
their Primary Meetings, and sustain him by
their votes.
HON. BEN. WADE.
The Era has the very Best authority for
predicting that within twenty days, at the
farthest, this gentleman will be President
of the United States. In consideration of
this important fact, we again urge upon
our people a spirit of caution and modera
tion. It is very difficult to tell what fate
may await the thoughtless opposers of the
Government, and as we love the South and
her noble sons and daughters, we say again,
be wise, be moderate.
The Era has accepted the terms of the
Government in good faith, as the very best
ones that could possibly be had under the
circumstances. Why should we not
all accept and make the best we can out
of a bad bargain ? We are the conquered
—they are the conquerors. They have the
right, by the law of nations, to dictate
terms, and we have the right to reject
them and pay the penalty. Have we not
suffered enough already? Wc think so.
Then, let us he wiser in the future, and
settle our troubles in the shortest and best
wav possible.
[From the Era.
COL. R. B. BULLOCK.
Wc have no disposition to disparage the
candidates of the anti-Unionists. In re
viewing our course during the canvass, now
closing, we are gratified to find that we
have not indulged in the disreputable
practice of abusing them, but treated
them all as geutlemen.
But while glad to recognize in them
citizens of ability as well as gentlemen, we
are proud to know that, the reconstruction
candidates are no less able, no less gentle
men, no less worthy the confidence and
esteem of the people. Asa gentleman
and a man of ability and unimpeachable
integrity, Col. Bullock is the equal of any
citizen of Georgia ; while in administrative
qualities he has no superior and but few
equals. A remarkably successful super
vision of the immense interests confided to
his almost absolute control by the Express
Company, embracing a territory equal to
three large States; managing men of
every variety of intellect, disposition and
personal qualities ; examining questions ol
fact, and law and equity constantly
presented, afford ample testimony as to
his very superior mental capacity and
power.
A high appreciation of these very impor
tant characteristics has been manifested by
his election »s President of a very important
line of railway (the Macon, MiJledgcville
A Augusta), whose stock is held by the
heaviest and shrewdest capitalists of Augusta,
Macon, and the country traversed by it.
Such men would not endorse, or confide such
immense interests to a man of only ordinary
ability; and the sneers ol Mr. Hill and
others will simply recoil with redoubled
power upon themselves.
The contemptible attempt made in some
quarters to cast a shade on Col. Bullock s
irreproachable private character, will hap
pily injure those attempting it more than it
will him. It is the shameful device of des
perate men upholding a desperate cause.
It has been reported that Col. Bullock
has threatened, it elected, to visit his revenge
upon such as may have been prominent in
opposing his election. lie has said no such
thing—made no such ungenerous and un
becoming utterance. His whole courie has
been one of conciliation, and his bearing,
together with what is known of his character,
give the lie to the report. Col. BdlloC*,
himself, prouounces the report false, and
authorizes us to brand it so.
If elected, Colonel Bullock will not be
the Governor of a party, but of the State of
Georgia. He will appoint, or give his in
fluence toward electing, to the different
offices, men whose moral character, integrity
and capacity qualify them to fill the positions
with credit to the State, and with au eye
single to the good of the State. He will
enter upon his duties with a profound sense
ol his responsibility, and with a determina
tion to discharge them without fear or favor,
and for the best and highest interests of nil;
and with a heart not only free from malice
and ill will, but overflowing with kindness
and good will toward all his fellow citizens.
Such a man challenges admiration, and is
entitled to high position. He will make a
Governor of which the great aud glorious
old Commonwealth of Georgia will have
reason to he proud.
[From our Special Correspondent.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, D. C., April 15, 18(38.
The impeachment trial, if not so interest'
ing to the general public as heretofore, is
vastly more so to legal men and persons
who take any particular interest in the
results. The latitude allowed the counsel
for the President, and the irregular votes by
the Senate ou the admission of evidence
call forth very general criticism. While
the political friends of the President find
little or nothing to commend in the proceed}
ings, the President himself, it is stated, has
during the last week, expressed both sur
prise and satisfaction at the impartial course
of the court. It could hardly be expected
that a mixed body like the Senate, composed
as it is of professional men and laymen,
should always be strictly and technically
regular in its ruling, or always conform to
the'strict rules of evidence. The very fact
that the body is sometimes inconsistent
shows a desire on the part of a majority o(
the Senators to be impartial, and if there is
any bias at all, it is in favor of the de
fendant. For instance, on Tuesday, it was
decided lo admit testimony showing the
private views of the accused as expressed to
General Sherman; when, on the Saturday
before, the same testimony had been ruled
out, and a majority of the counsel wished to
withdraw the witness ; but Mr. Stanbery,
who has a pretty thorough knowledge of
human nature, persisted in making a fresh
effort, aud achieved a success of which any
lawyer might well feel proud- The only
barm to result from the introduction of such
testimony is, that it opens the door wide for
the admission of irrelevant matters, which,
if persisted in, there would be no end to the
trial. Bnt I suspect the Senators were
particularly desirous to admit the testimony
of General Sherman, knowing, as all did,
just what it would be, to preclude the possi
bility of a charge of unfairness, for the
testimony in itself has no special importance.
It is not probable that any more such
testimony will be admitted, howdVcr. The
Senators were also influenced somewhat in
this exceptional course possibly, to admin
ister a slight rebuke to manager Butler.
Being a man of strong resentment, and
having many personal indignities to resent,
when a man like Thomas is placed in his
power as a witness, he shows no mercy, and
pursues a course of cross examination which
hardly comports with the dignity that should
characterize all the proceedings of a high
court of impeachment. The people care
more about eliciting the whole truth thau
securing conviction only by strictly following
the rules of evidence; and acting upon this
belief, the court being a law unto itself, has
allowed considerable latitude on both sides
EXPORTS and imports.
Bureau of Statistics. Mr. Delmar’s
Monthly Report is just issued. He furnishes
the following statist'es of imports and ex
port;-. The Pacific ports arc included:
I'ARMS IN ARKANSAS.
Commissioner Wilson, of the General
Land Office, has just received returns from
the local office at Clarksville, Arkansas,
showing that during the month of February
last two hundred and fourteen farms, com
prising 13,295 acres, were added to the
productive area of the State of Arkansas,
under the Homestead Act of June 21st,
18‘GG, During the ironth of March 16,493
acres were taken up at Sioux City, lowa,
and 10,073 acres at Ironton, Missouri, the
greater portion with Agricultural College
scrip, and the remainder, tinder the Home
stead law, are sold for cash.
The Rev. Dr. Gurley, of the New York
Avenue IYvsljyteriau Church, sails for
California at an early day to recruit his
health.
In the case of Gen. Thomas vs. Stanton,
for trespass (damages $150,000), the de
fendant, through counsel, has plead “not
guilty.” It is expected the ease may be
placed on the calendar—“some time or
other,” says a Copperhead.
De Maul!, who was supposed to have
been killed by tho K. K. K.'s, about the
time Ashburn was assassinated in Colum
bus, Ga., has been heard from. He was
more scared than hurt.
TIIK NEW DEPARTMENT
created by the President, and of which
General Hancock has been appointed com
mander, is attracting especial attention,
and particularly because it will involve an
estimated extra and unnecessary annual
expenditure of about $1,000,000. Every
body is puzzled to know what the new
District has been cyeated for, unless it is, as
before stated, the President intends to
resist Congress if convicted. The Depart
ment, as organized, is second only in
importance to the AVar Department itself,
and much more extensive than Army
Headquarters.
The President is quite indignant with
the Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial for publishing what
purports to be the substance of a conversa
tion between the President and the
correspondent, in which Grant and Thomas
are both accused of using intoxicating
drinks to excess. It appears that the
President was in one of his mellow, voluble
moods, and expressed himself without
reserve, and forgetting how his language
would appear when printed. He does not
deny that he made the statement sub
stantially as published, but seems to think
it was, or should have been, private.
THE PRICE OP RATIONS.
An erroneous impression has gon abroad
as to the cost of rations issued to Freedmen.
Thirty cents is the regular commutation for
a soldiers’ rations, but the rations issued lo
Freedmen, consisting only of meal and
bacon, does not generally cost more than
six cents each.
THE REGISTRATION
of voters commenced in this city on Mon
day last, and indicate thus far an increased
number of colored voters. Both parties arc
fully organized, and great efforts arc being
made to have every person registered who
has legal residence here. It is not supposed
that the colored population has increased
any since last year, but as is well known,
thousands of men through various causes
did not then register.
THE GAMBLING HOUSES I'OR LADIES
just noticed in these letters, have attracted
the attention of the authorities, and an effort
i« being made to correct the evil. One of
the houses it la reported has already been
closed to avoid a deaceut of the Police.
SKKUBAKT BATES
with that flag arrived hero to day,’ very
properly escorted by a rebel officer, who
believes that in fighting to destroy the
nation he committed no crime. Aside from
the gamin the arrival created no excitement.
Bates will have his board bill paid for a few
days at the Metropolitan by the Democratic
Committee, and then leave for Wisconsin.
the sanitary condition
of Washington is not very satisfactary. Out
of a population of about 106,000 there were
deaths during the month of March—a
larger per centago than in any city north
of this point. Consumption and Pneumonia
claimca 61 victims.
THE LINCOLN MONUMENT
was unveiled to-day oil Court House square.
The moument is the result of a sudden and
unexpected outburst of loyalty and patriot
ism on the part of Mayor Wnllack, and is
paid for byjsubscription. The monument con
sists of an octagon base and plain cylindri
cal shaft of white Maryland marble, thirty
two feet high, upon which is placed a statue
of Lincoln, in Italian marble, eight feet
high. The artist, Mr. Flannery, is a local
tomb stone manufacturer. The real Lin
coin Monument—one to commemorate his
deeds—is yet to be erected, and when in
position no man of the class of Andrew
Johnson will be permitted to unveil it.
an advance.
The authorities here have taken an
advance step by authorizing the German
language to be taught in the public schools,
for which three teachers are to be employed
at an annual salary of $1,200 each.
CAPITAL.
The Last Threat. —The LaCrosse Dem
ocrat, a paper which the Rochester Union
and other immaculate “Conservative” organs
mildly rebuke for representing too literally
the doctrines of the Democratic party, con
tinues its threats of assassination. Its last
mtterance of the kind is contained in the
following paragraph :
“There is need of Mr. Ben Wade to be
ware ! The people of this country have
borne much from obscene clowns, druukards
and fanatics; very much more than they
will ever bear again. It were far better that
the tyrant who is forced into the position
once filled by Washington, Jefferson, and
Jackson, should be hutled out of existence
by the bullet of the patriot than that thirty
five millions of Americans should suffer
under his despotic dyuasty. Mr. Wade will
stand upon tender ground ; a single false
step and the mine may ,be sprung. It
requires but a spark to set the whole coun
try on fire. Remember: Sic semper iyran
nrs!”
No one will fail to notice that these threats
of assassination emanate, without exceptions
from the Democratic party. In the South
the threats are being put into execution.
The agents of the bloody work are members
of the Ivu Ivlux Klan, an organization main
tained solely by Southern Conservatives.
Would it not be consistent for the party to
adopt the policy cl political assassination as
one of the planks of its next national plat
form ?
[From the Toledo Blade.
Nasby.
.1 Very Peculiar Laic Suit at the Corners —
Pollock vs. Bigler — AF/ie Witnesses Sub
pceiued, and the Way llic Dispute teas
Settled.
Post Ofeis, Confedrit X Roads, |
(wieh is in the State uv Kentucky)
April 2, 1868. j
The Corners is continooally eggsited.
Scarcely does one fever get herself allayed
afore another is set agoin, and the result
ia the community is kept a bilin perpotoo
ally. There ain't nothing like peece here.
Pertiekelerly does this occur when Bascom
runs short. His barrels contain the troo
oil which flows onto the troubled waters of
our passions, and when them is out, there’s
a miniatoor tophet to wunst.
The last eggsitement was probably the
most pekoolyer that ever happened to any
people, tho it wus nothin more than cood
be expected to grow out uv the altered
relashuns uv the races to each other. It
wuz wun uv the legacies left us by the
tyrant Linkin, and by no means the lcest
uv em.
Under the old patrlarkle system, it wuz
the custom uv the niggers to go by the
name of their trooly patriarkle masters,
which wuz nessary, and not only nessary,
but proper. Onto every plantashuu ther
wood be Ceesers, llannibals and Pompeys,
and the only way to distinguish em wuz
to call em Ceeser l’ogram, Hannibal
Gavitt, etsettry. This anserd very well ez
long ez they wuz in a state uv skriptooral
servitood ; indeed, the proud Caucashen
masters rather liked it than otherwise, ez
the frekensy with wicli their names wuz
called indikated the extent of their pos
sessions. But sence these cusses hev sot up
fur themselves, it aint so pleasant. Now
that they kin own property and perform all
the functions uv men, the same ez cny
one else, it hez becom distasteful to the
Corners. It is a singler fact that the
Corners liez diskivered, since the niggers
wuz set free, suthin they never knowd
afore, to wit: The nigger hez an odor
onlike the white. When they wuz slaves,
and used to nussem and play with em, and
wait on em, and sich, this odor wuz not
perceptible. It lias developed sencu email
cipashen. Jes so with their names. In
their normal condishen it wuz well—sence,
its a degredashun the Corners won’t brook,
no how.
Deekin Pogram and Issaker Gavilte per
tikerly chafed under it. They mourned and
lost flesh under the inflickshen. “To think,”
sed tho Deekin, “uv a hundred niggers
bearin the honored name uv Pogram 1” “To
think,” sed Issaker Gavitt, “uv a hundred
niggers bearin the illustrins name uv Gavitt!”
And so they pertishuned the Legislacher, at
Frankfort to releeve em by passin a law
perhibitin niggers from bearin the names uv
white men wich wuz their former masters.
The fact leeked out, and this imbrolyo wuz
the result.
Pollock, the Illinois store keeper, wieh is
a disturber, immejitly sued Joe Bigler for u
store debt, and bed him hauled up afore
Square Punt. Joe immejitly subpenaed all
the citizens uv the Corners ez witnesses, and
hed em all in the Court Room. “Come,”
said Deekin Pogram, “sware me and let me
go. I don’t know nothin about this matter
anyhow.”
“Not yet,” sed Bigler, “I hey other testi
mony wieh I shel put in. Mr. Constable, call
Hannible Pogram. The Deekin started ez
es he hed bin shot
“And ez we kin save the valyooable time
uv this court by swarin uv em in a lump, yoo
may call also Pompey Pogram, Joolius
Pogram, Ceeser Pogram, George Washing
ton Pogram, (so named becoz, like the first
G. W., he coodent tell a lie, wich is nroof
concloosive that he is a pure black and haint
got no Pogram blood in his vains,) Mellissy
Pogram, Abslura Pogram, Cleopatra Pogram,
Paul Pogram, Marie Antynett Pogram,
Bonaparte Pogram, Churles Wesley Pogram,
Abel Jackson Po—”
“Wat does this mean ?” shreeked the
Deekin, ez they all filed into the court room.
“Wot do yoo mean by briugiu into this yer
court all these d—d niggers.”
“Wat and I mean? Wat diffreuce is it t®
jool They’r my witnewes—by these intelli
fent freemen I perpote to prove that yer
’ollock a perjered villain atm a most uucon
shunablo swindler.”
And he grinned at Pollock who winked
wickedly at him ia return.
“And I," sed Pollock, “tasave time mite
ez well hev my witnesses sware. Issaker
Gavitt, stand up.”
Issaker arose.
“Now, Mr. Constable, call Pompey Gavitt,
Melindy Gavitt, Augustus Gavitt, Petronelia
Gavitt, Lycurgus Gavitt, Abslum Gavitt,
Moses Gavitt, Judith Gavitt, Jefferson Ga
vitt, Adam Gavitt, Martha Washington
Gavitt, Paskel Gav—”
"Am I to be sworn with ail these niggers,”
roared Issaker, red in the face.
“Reely," sed Squire Punt, “I can’t permit
this.”
"But yoo must,” sed Bigler. “Ez desprit
a wretch ez this Pollock, ez deeply ez he liez
wronged me, ez much ez I loathe, hate and
despise him, he shel hev fair play in a court
uv justis. Even shood he beet mo and crush
me neath his iron heel, I insist that he shel
hev his rites. But the Squire bed better
swear mine first.”
And ez they generally don’t like trouble
with Bigler, the Squire, pale as a gost, for
he didn’t know what wuz comin, swore the
pile.
“Now,” sed Bigler, “Ceeser Pograrn, stand
up. Ceeser, do yoo know the nacher uv an
oath ?”
“Yes sah.”
"Who wuz yoor father, Ceeser ?”
“Don’t know, sah.”
“Is your mother in the room, and hez she
bin sworn ?”
“Yes, sah.”
“You may set down for the present.
Will Melissy Pogram arise ?”
The wench got up.
“Now, Melissey, state to the court the
paternity uv yoor son.”
“I object I” shrieked the Deekin. “What
liez that to do with yoor owin Pollock a
store debt ?”
“Is this yoor case ?” retorted Bigler.
“Are yoo defendant or plaintiff herein?
Melissy, answer. . No, Melissy, on second
thots, to spare the blushes uv the Deekin—
to cast the mantle uv oblivion over the
peccadiloes uv his yooth—yoo needent
answer. Do you want to cross examine the
witness, Mr. Pollock ?”
“No!” returned he.
“Lycurgus Gavitt, stand up. What rite
hev you to hear the name of Gavitt ?”
“It wuz my fadder’s name.”
“To wich pertickeler Gavitt do you
allood ?”
“The lately deceased Elder.”
“Then you are half brother to Issaker ?”
“I is.”
“You may sit down. I will state to the
court the objick uv these questions, which,
without explanashen, may appear irrele
vant. Mr. Bigler and I agreed unani
mously ez to how this soot should be
conducted. Niggers alone knowd the coz
uv difference that unfortunitly ariz between
us, and knowing that the pure African wuz
unworthy uv beleef, we determined to
yoose only sich ez cood show indisputable
descent from good trustworthy Caucashen
citizens. Hence this preliminary eggsami
nashun. We hev here the niggers uv
rnixt blood from every plantashen in the
naberhood, and we shel reject all who can’t
show mixt blood. Their evidence must be
taken, for to doubt the word uv the sons
and daughters uv sich men wood be the
heighth uv presumpshen, and au insult
which they wood be justified in resentin.”
“Certainly,” sed Bigler, “and let’s git at
it. Bonaparte Pogram, stand up.”
“Hold,” skriekt the Deekin, observin
that Mrs. Pogram hed just stept into the
room ; “how much is at ishoo in this yer
soot?”
“Ninety one cents and the costs that hev
acrood,” sed Pollock.
“I’ll pay it,” remarkt the Lleekin, ner
vously, “ruther than hev this farce go on.
Don’t call no more uv em—don’t. Here’s
the money.”
“It can't be,” sed Bigler, “I’m hound to
crush that Pollock.”
“Don’t percecd—-don’t,” yelled Punt, Mc-
Pelter, and every other white man in the
room, ez they notist their wives droppin in
one by one, “it’s reely too small a matter
reely it is.”
“Well,” sed Bigler, “ez there appears to
be sich a yoonanimous desire therefor, I hev
»o objeeshen, on them terms, to forgive
Pollock.” and the cusses embraced in open
court, while the Deekin, McPelter, and the
reit uv em wuz a paying the niggers their
witness fees.
Er they wnz a leaving the court room,
Bigler sung out:
“Deekin, es yoo send on that petishen to
Frankfort, I shel send on a protest, provin
that evry one uv tho niggers who bear yoor
name hev a nateral rite to it. Let it alone,
Deekin, let it alone. Es the niggers kin
stand the name, yoo ought not to object.”
And he and Pollock rolled off together,
laffin vociferously. It wez a plot alween em
to annoy the Corners. Wood, O 1 wood that
we cood be delivered from em.
Petroleum V. Nasby, I j . M.,
(wich is Postmaster.)
RECEPTION OF THE PRINCE AND
PRINCESS OF WALES.
Dublin, Wednesday, April 15.
The fleet bearing their Royal Highnesses,
the l’riuce mid Princess of Wales, entered
the bay this forenoon. Its arrival was an
nounced by a royal salute from all the ves
sels in the harbor.
The Heet came to anchor off Kingston
shortly before noon, and soon afterward the
Prince and Princess of IV ales landed. They
were received by their Excellencies the Lord
Lieutenant,of Ireland and the Marchioness
of Abercorn, and conducted to the special
train of cars which was in readiness to con
vey them to Dublin.
The Lord Lieutenant was accompanied by
the officers of State, the Commauder-iu-
Chief of the forces, and a large deputation of
the principal local authorities. A guard of
honor occupied the pier and lined the ap
proach to the railway station. All the
wharves and buildings commanding a view
of the scene were thronged with people, and
the space near the station was entirely filled
by the crowd, who cheered incessantly as
the Itoyal party passed on to the cars.
The train proceeded slowly to Dublin.
When it had arrived at Westland Row, the
terminus of the road, the Prince and
Princess and their attendants alighted.
A military guard of honor, under Major
General Cunyngliamc, was drawn up,
forming a hollow square, The .Mayor and.
members of the Corporation of the City of
Dublin advanced and presented an address
of welcome to the royal visitors on the part
of the citizens. •
The Prince and Princess and suite, and
the Lord Lieutenant and officers of State,
then entered carriages, and a procession
was formed, which passed through the
principal streets of the city to the Castle.
The streets, windows and housetops
along the route of the procession were
densely crowded with spectators, who, by
their cheers and cries, manifested the
wildest enthusiasm. The buildings on the
line at march were richly decorated with
flags, flowers and tapestry. The day was
fine, the sun shone brilliantly, and the
display was a complete success.
'1 he procession reached the castle at 2
o’clack in the afternoon, when the Prince
and Princess were conducted to the State
Departments prepared for their reception.
One of the noticeable features of the
decorations was the frequency with which
the American banner was displayed with
the flags of England and Ireland.
PERSONAL.
Princess Sulm Salm has been taken
under the protection of the imperial family
of Austria.
r Twenty of the last Freshman class at
Yale College, failed to pass a satisfactory
examination in arithmetic.
llepworth Dixon is lecturing in England
on the history of voting in the United
States, and strongly advocates the ballot.
The N. I'. Times calls the Cincinnati
Commercial’s correspondent, “Mack,” “the
Great North American Interviewer.”
The husband of Adah Isaacs Menken
obtained a decree of divorce against her
on the ground of adultery committed with
John C. Heenan, in New York.
Robert Bonner of the Ledger has pur
chased six lots at the corner of Fifth Avenue
and Ffty sixth street, New York, for $147,
000.
Hon. .Tas. Guthrie was stricken with
paralysis, at Louisville, Ky., on Thursday,
and serious fears of the result are enter
tained.
Mullaly, editor of the Metropolitan Re
cord, is firing the Southern heart in Mis
sissippi. He eulogizes slavery, rebellion
and the Kukluxists.
The oldest doctor in the world, Prof.
F. Verdugo, Salamanta, Spain, died lately,
aged one hundred and five years. He had
practiced medicine eighty years.
It is feared the Universalists of Wey
mouth, Mass., may lose their beloved pastor,
Rev. Olympia Brown, as she has been offered
SI,OOO over and above all expenses, to de
vote the next year to lecturing upon the
enfranchisement of women.
Mr. Wm. Wheatley, the actor and theatri
cal manager, has sold out his interest in
Niblo’s Theatre, to Jarret & Palmer, his
partners, for SIOO,OOO. He intends to retire
from business altogether. The arrangement
is to date from September next.
Miss Hester C. Payne, of Dorchester
county, Md., has just recoved $6,000 from
John L. Wrightson for breach of promise of
marriage. The parties arc intensely res
pectable, and the developments at the trial
are pronounced by the local journals “a»
good as a play.”
Captain Mason Barney, the veteran ship
builder of Barneysville, Mass., was found
dead in his bed Thursday week. His age
was eighty-seven years. It is some years
since he launched his one hundredth
vessel, and ho has launched many since
then.
The secret diplomatic history of the
Confederacy states that Sir Henry de
Houghton, one of the wealthiest baronets
of England, contributed in all over
£200,000 to tho Confederate cause, and
that he held at the close not far from one
tenth of the whole Confederate cotton
loan.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Stigmatypy is the last new thing. It is a
mode of printing pictures from movable
type, and has just been tried in Boston.
There are 102 public billiard establish
ments in Chicago, with over 300 tables. The
total amount paid for this game in that city
is estimated at over $300,000.
A fellow in Newburvport Mass., has been
boasting that he has a brother twelve feet
high. It turns out that he has two half
brothers, each six feet high.
The professors of medicine in the Michi
gan University threaten to resign because a
school of Homoepathy has been" established
therein.
The clams at Narragansett Bay, undis
turbed all the winter on account of the depth
of ice, are now coming out unusually large.
One man, in Pawtucket, (lug ten ousuuis ui
a single tide, and sold his yield for fifteen
dollars.
Five hundred young men, from all parts
of Italy, have entered for a tournament,
which is to take place ou the visit to Flor
ence of Prince Humbert and his bride. The
King has given them the Boboli Garden to
exercise in.
An old lady of Randolph county, Mis
souri, has completed a patchwork cotton
quilt, composed of seven thousand five hun
dred different pieces, all very neatly stitched
and all done by hand.
A woman who was recently arrested in
London for begging in male attire, confessed.
that at various times during the last seven
years, she had acted as stoker on a Cunard
steamer, purler ou the Great Western rail
way, sailor and bartender.
At the conference of the Massachusetts
Adventists, in Boston) it was decided to hold
twelve protracted meetings during the year,
and Saturday evening, Elder Simpson proved
from the same old figures- that 1868 is the
year of deliverance, and no mistake.
The Emperor of Russia has consented to
grant a delay in the payment by the United
States of the sum stipulated in the treaty for
the transfer of the Territory of Alaska, and
the time assigned tor the payment is the first
of 4lay next.
Judge Trigg, of the Federal Court at
Memphis, recently, granted an injunction
prayed for by the town of Hickman, Ky.,
restraining the Governor and Comptroller
of Tennessee from issuing State bonds to
recover issues of the Nashville and North
western Railroad. Tho Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad will propose to take
charge of and run the Nashville and
Northwestern Railroad.
The New York Herald, in a desperate
strait for a sensation, has had a dispatch
telegraphed from Washington, to the effect
that a Radical conspiracy is on foot to
extend the term of office of President to 10
years, to strip the Supreme Court of power
to pass upon the constitutionality of any
act of Congress, to elect Grant in the
doubtful fStates by the bayonet, and an
unlimited inflation of currency by means
of national banks.
The Assassination of Darcy McGee.—
01/atcd, April 16.—The examination into
the assassinatiou case was resumed before
the Police Magistrate this morning. Four
persons were arrested in Montreal on sus
picion and brought here yesterday. The
evidence continues to accumulate, all point
ing to Whelan as the assassin. It i3 reported
that a special Commission under the Great
Seal is to be appointed for the trial of
Whelan, and that a fund is to be raised
here and in Griffintown for his defense. A
brother of Mr. McGee is here, and recognizes
Whelan, having met him at his brother’s
house. Montreal is filled with detective
officers, and it is said that the expert Allan
Pinkerton and some of his men are here
incognito.
Evening. —The investigation in the assas
sination case was resumed this morning,
and continued all day. Many witnesses
were examined. New testimony was elicited
of a most damaging kind, against Whelan.
The Court has adjourned until 10 o’clock
to morrow morning.
1 1 - —-M
ISTotice.
PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED BY
tho undersignetl till the 30th instant, for
erecting a Powder Magazine ou tho Water Works*
Lot, near the Basins, according to jilans and
speoiticatioD3 which may be seen at my storo, No.
123 Broad Street.
Tho Committee reserve the right to accept any
one of the proposals offered, or to reject tho whole
of them if they exceed tho estimate they have for
the work. SAMUEL LEVY,
ap!7—td Ohm'n Com. on Magaziue.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN
aounce John U. Mcyar as a candidate fur Clerk
of the Superior Court of Richmond, County, at
the election to come off on the 20th inst.
apll—td MANY VOTERS.
•jgrNQTICKTHIS.—JACOBR. DAVIS
is nominated as a candidate for Congress from
this (the sth Congressional) District by both
ap9—td WHITE* COLORED.
FOR COUNTY TREAS UHER .—I
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@“WE~ ARE AUTIIORIRED TO AN
ncuncc the Hon. Jons Harris, of Newton county
as the candidate of Relief and the Constitution,
for Senator from the 27th Senatorial Distri ct'
which is comprised of the counties of Newton
Walton and Clark. apr7—td
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.—WE ARE
authorized to announce JOHN A. BOIILER as a
candidate for re-election t 6 the office of Tax Col
lector of Richmond Cuunty, at the ensuing elec
tion. apro—td*
WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN
NOUNCE the name of Mr. MATTHEW
SIIERON as a Candidate for re-clection to the
offico of Receiver of Tax Returns for Richmond
County at the ensuing election. ap4—td
®sg“ 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
MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN
HOOD—An Essay for Young Men on the Crime
of Solitude, and the Physiological Errors, Abuses
and Diseases which create impediments to MAR
RIAGE, with sure means of Relief. Sent in
sealed letter envelopes, free of charge.
Address Dr. .1. SKILLIN HOUGHTON,
Howard Association,
fel— 3m Philadelphia, Pa.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT-.
Fast
EXPRESS LINE
S O TJIE lORTH.
Great Atlantic coast line rail
waya via Wilmington and Weldon. New
and fast schedule now in operation, with completo
and continuous connections from New Orleans,
Mobile, Montgomery, via Atlanta or via Colum
bus, Macou and Millcn, to Augusta ; thence via
Kingsville and Wilmington to Richmond, Wash
ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York,
Boston, and all principal pi inti North*
No change of Passenger Cars between Weldon
and Acquia Creek. No omnibus transfer at
Petersburg or Richmond.
At Weldon passengers havo choice cf the fol
lowing routes, viz: Cristield and Annamcssic
Line, Washington or Inland Line, Baltimore or
Old Bay Line. Tickets good by either route.
Via Via Via
LEAVE Annames- Richmond it Old Bay
sic Route. Washington Line
Augusta 5.50 a. m. 5.50 a. m. 5.50 a. m.
Kingsville 2.30 p. ra. 2.30 p. in. 2 30 p. m.
Wilmington 5,00 a. m. 5.00 a, m. 5.00 a. m.
"Weldon 3.30 p.m. 3.30 p.m. 330 p. m.
Petersburg 7.00 p. m
Richmond 8.45 p. m
Washington 7.30 a. m
Portsmouth.... 7.45 p. m 7.45p.m.
Baltimore 9.25 a. w. 9.25 a. m.
Crisfield. 2.30 a. m
Wilmington, Del 7.45 a.m. 12.26 p.m. 12.20 p. m.
Philadelphia.. .. 9.00 a. m. 1.30 p. in. I.3Up. m.
N. Y. (Arrive.) 1.00 p. m. 5.20 p. m. 5.20 p. m.
Baggage checked through. Elegant Sleeping
Cars on all night trains. Through Tickets good
by either route, until used—with option of Pas
sengers of stopping at terminal points—can be
obtained in Southern cities at tho Ticket offices
of all Railroads forming a part of this great
'— -u„. W"Age nF, 1 " * n
ap2l—tf 130 Broad st,, Augusta Ga.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, >
Atlanta, Ga.. April 18, 1868. j
rrvillS IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That ou the
JL 17th day of April, A. I>. 1868, a Warrant
in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
STEPHEN T DIGGERS,
of Atlanta, iu the county of Fulton, and State
of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bank
i-upt on his own petition; that the payment of any
debts and delivery of any property belonging to
said Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the trails
ferof auy property by him, are forbidden by law ;
that a meeting ot the creditors of said Bankrupt
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will he held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to he holdeu at the Register's office
ill the United States Hotel, Atlanta. Ga., before
Lawson Black, Register, on the 7th day of May,
A. I)., 1868, ah 10 o’clock a. m.
CHARLES H. ELYEA,
up at—lt U. S. Dep. Marshal as Messenger.
Blacksmith and Wheelwright,
TWIGGS STREET,
ON MILL PREMISES OF 11. F. URQUHART,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Buggies, wagons and drays
REPAIRED.
Store Trucks,lron Grating, Iron Doors, Hinges
and Hooks, Win-low Shutters and Gates made
and repaired.
Platform Scales repaired in the best manner.
Bridge Bolts and Braces made to order and at
short notice.
Master-builders and others would do well to
give me a call beforo ordering work olsowhorc.
apl2—codcow2m i: " JNO. J. EVANS.
PALACE STABLES,
150 Ellis St„ Augusta, Ga
A. WILSON, PROPRIETOR.
These stables are supplied v/ith
the very finest HORSES, CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES, Etc., for Hire, and at prices to suit
the times.
Persons wanting Carriages for Funerals and
all other occasions can get supplied at the Palaco
Stables with as genteel a “turn out*’ and at as
low rate as any othor stables in the city.
Horses kept by day, week or month at reasona
ble charges.
There is also a first class Veterinary Surgeon
attached to this Stable, whose services can be
procured by all who desire them. Charges
moderate. apl9—lra
j LIQUORS]
Whiskey! Whiskey !
JUST RECEIVED
A FINE LOT OF WHISKEY
Os the following brands
Robinson's Copper Distilled TUSCAROUA.
Walker's NECTAR and OLD CABINET.
Also, CLARET WINE.
For sale low, by
TV. 11. GRIFFIN,
aplS—tf Cor Jackson 4 Ellis Sts.
BAR-ROOMS
MUST BE
Closed on Election Days-
MAYOR’S OFFICE, \
Ai gusta, Ga., April 16th, 186S. i
fN CONFORMITY TO INSTRUCTIONS RE
-L ceived from Military Headquarters, the Pro
prietors of all BAR ROOMS and other places in
the city of Augusta where Spirituous Liquors are
retailed, are notified to keep such Bar Rooms and
such other places closed on the 20tb, 21st, 22d,
23d, and until 6 o’clock a. w. of the 24th April,
instant.
William C. Dillon, Chief of Police, will see that
the above order is rigidly enforced-
FOSTER BLODGETT.
ap!7—7t Mayor.
11ST q
Fire, Marine, Inland
AND
ACWNmiIRAH
Phenix Insurance Company,
L’ i
Manhattan Insurance Company, '
New ju
Howard Insurance Company,
New Ru
Standard Insurance Company,
Commerce Insurance Company,
New Yft',
Lamar Insurance Company,
New Lri
Fireman s Insurance Company,
New Y'M
Astor Insurance Company,
New
Commercial Insurance Company
New &
Mercantile Insurance Company.
New Yorl
Phoenix Insurance Company,
The above arc all FIRST CLASS*™*
PANIES with ample means to meet their Li*’
ties. i-:: '
All losses promptly and equitably adjustei
WM. SHEap
Augusta, April 7th, 186S.
ap7-3m
3? ILLS,
DR. RAILWAY'S
R .ju.ntmg tile Liver, Stomach, Bowels jq
I. lii.-v% One Pill at Night. For Obsiiait,
1). ,-aecs and Chronic complaints 4 to
every 24 hours. Asa Dinner Pill, one fij
1 1; ■ hour before dining will ensure i red
lYp- tile, and healthy digestion. *
rif. ISAI>WAI’’S PILLS are
t . TS»OPNUED PROM VECt
’i'AESJ.R EXTRACTS, Coated
ii fOi Sweet Gum, and arc the
Lest, quickest, and safest Purge.
Eve, Aperient. Ami-Bilioni and
fkiHiai-tie Medicine known to
Medical Science.
One es Dr. Railway's Pill*con.
talus more of the acllvc princh
pie of cure, and will act quicker
on the Elver, Rowels. Stomaclt,
Siidneys, Bladder, Blood, 4c,
than four or sfx or tho ordlnarj
common Purgative CathartU
fill* sold under various namei,
or than ten grains of Blue Mass.
TRUE COMFORT FOR THE AGED AND
OTHERS AFFLICTED WITH COS.
TIVENESS AND PARALYSIS OF THE
BOWELS.
ONE TO THREE OF RADWAY’S PILL!
once iti 24 hours will secure regular eyacu
tions from the bowels. Persons who for 20
years have not enjoyed a natural stool, u 4
l.ave been compelled to use injection t, hr)
been cured by a few doses of Radway's PIE
read This.
New Albany, Ind., March 12,1667,
For forty years I have been afflicted will
costivcness, "and for the last twenty Wacom,
polled daily to resort to injections to seem
an evacuation. In December last I com
menced the use of Radway’s Pills. Ate
taking a lew doses, my liver, stomach, and
bowels were restored to their natural strength
once a day, and, although 60 years of age.
feel as hearty and strong as I did 40 yec#
ago.
Dr. I'adway, N. Y. Thos. Redpath, J.P.
MECHANICAL DISEASES.
Persons engaged in Paints, Mineral!
numbers, Type Setters, Goldbeaters, Miners,
as they advance in life, will be subject to
paralysis of the bowels; to guard against this,
take a doso of Radway’s Pills once or twice
e week as a Preventive.
DR. RADWAY’S PILLS CURE ALL
DISEASES
Os tlie Stomach, Liver, Bo*
cl q Kidneys, Bltuldcr, Nor von
Diseases, Slcadaelic, Constipa
tion, Costivcncss, Indigestion
Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Bilious
S ever, Inflammation of tM
Rowels, Piles, and all deranp
incuts of the Internal Viscera,-
One to six boxes warranted
effect a positive cure. Purely
vegetable, containing no ran*
etirjr, minerals, or dcletcrW
Drugs.
Dr. Radway’s Pills sold W
aSS Druggists and Country I»
chants.
Price, 25 Cents.
IIIGII U.XDORSEMENT FROM ®
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PRUSSIA.
DR. RAD WAY
Ia in receipt of an important official J*
meat, signed by the Professors ot u
Medical College of Breslau, Prussia,
embodying the result of u
analysis of
RADWAY'S REGULATING P®
“ The Faculty of the College statem M
report that after a careful and t ( ,fh/
tion, they have the honor to state
pills are not only free from every wh*
injurious to health, but are composed
of substances and elements P ro ®,. .(j
digestion, and certain at tho same!®
act favorably upon the nervous syst®
&c. They state, further, that
rumors set afloat by the •, 0 f ah
caries originated “in a mean sp , ,
jealousy, excited by tbe gjeat V rJ (
tamed by the PiUs within a
period.” ,
Signed on behalf of the College,
DB. PHIL. THEOBALD
Director of the W<chn«J«'
DR. HESSE, Firtf J***
INDIGESTION!
In cases where natural . e^ ac ? j^j ar g(i
difficult to secure, and a ,‘l u ' c .* Pil i s aidp'>
essential, take six of j er in
verize them,—take the pd|P . fV will of*’
or preserves,—in halt an * 10 “ *, JisW**
rate. We have known the most “
pains of Gastritis, Bilious
tion, Congestion, &c., stepi >j froo®
Urn'd irritating humors exp«
bowels in thirty mmutes by « w
It is however, better in ch«“s“ „ r
the pills as they are, anl1 pills P<
dissolve in the stomach. The . I( ji,
in the highest degree cathartic,
tonic, and diapharetie prope jyjtS*
do not weaken or debihUte lJje
any of its organs, and
regular and healthy. co<
izc the circulation of occur
tion or inflammation * " . pn*»
system is under
cents per box, or 5 boxes tor _
SUMMER RATES'
——f Cos* 1 '
Notice to Consumers >01
/AN AND AFTER T OE rl^ e , t , ther»»
U and until Ist of October ■«»
Coal from Atlanta to Augu»t («!«
One and a Half (11) Cents P gotß.
lbs.) per mile. *
. \f fl rcb
Georgia Railroad, Augusta,
*p3—3ol