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PAM A GRAMS. —Yesterday, in New York Gold «■ <|uoted at 1.39 J. Cotton, So|. * —The Massachusetts Senate hat refuted to pats the bill forbidding the application of rorporeal punishment in the public schools to females. —Ue». Dr. Barnes Sears, agent of the Poe body educational fund, while in Mississippi, Iqtcfy, expressed the hope to make a tour of the South with Mr. J’oabodv next winter. —The Michigan Southern Railroad earned, in May last, $400,486, and in May of last year, $337,149, showing an increase of $42,737 this year. —The first lightning rod put sp in this country by Dr. Benjamin Franklin is now to be seen on the old house, 32 Daniel street, Portsmouth, N. H. —Two boys have been fined in Loudon for cursing and swearing in the public streets, under the provisions of an act passed in 1746. The New York h thane declares that “personal explanations'’ in Congress have become an unbearable nuisance, and says that hereafter it will print no more of them except as advertisements on the usual terras. The New York Republican State Com inittee have resolved to call a State Conven tion for .the nomination of Governor and other Slate ofticers, at Syracuse, on the Htli of July. The Cincinnati Chamber ol Commerce have adopted a rule, to go into effect July Ist, that barrelled flour is unmerchantable unless the head is lined; if unlined, the seller or owner must pay for lining. —Suicide is so common in France that they have had to invent a suicide catcher, corres ponding to a cow catcher on engines, to lift from the track those persons who throw themselves across the rails to be run over by the cars. —Steel rails for railroads are decidedly getting into favor. Upwards of 1,000 tons have been ordered for the Camden and Amboy lines in New Jersey, and the New Haven Company proposes to lay its entire track with them. —The American Dental Convention at New York, on the 3d, elected Dr. John M. Crowell, President; Dr. J. A. McClellan, Vice President: Dr. J. S. Latimer,Secretary; Dr. J. 11. Smith, Treasurer. It was resolved that the next annual meeting of the Conven tion be held at New Haven, Connecticut. —A noteworthy incident of the visit of the Chinese embassy, now in Washington, was the hoisting of the flag of the Empire of China at half-mast, on Thursday, in honor of the memory of cx-President Buchanan. It was the first Chinese embassy flag ever raised in this country. —Six hundred and seven Masonic Lodges were represented in the Grand Lodge re cently in session at New York. The annual reports are favor .hie. Receipts of the year, $67,922; number of members, upwards of six thousand five hundred; filly one new Lodges received warrants, and twenty eight dispensations were issued. —Some of the newspapers of this country have lately been publishing a scurrilous story about anew phase in the insanity of “poor Carlotta.” The foreign journals make no mention of any such condition of the archduchess, but state her bodily and mental health is good, and that hopes are entertained of her complete restoration. —The British convict establishments re quire au annual expenditure of $603,760. The establishment in Western Australia, with 1,430 prisoners, costs $340,110; Tasmania, with 863 premiers, costs $182,770; New South Wales, with 300 prisoners, costs $72,175; Gibraltar, with 95 prisoners, costs $13,705. The earnings of the convicts amount in all to $58,815. —The National Typographical Union has chosen Albany, N* Y., as the place for die next nnnual meeting, and adopted resolu tions against the international copyright law, in favor of an eight hour law for Gov ernment workshops, and recommending a tax of ten cents on each member of the suborinalc Unions for a reserve fund to aid weak Unions in contests with unscrupulous capitalists during the ensiling year. Fall River, Maas., contains 507,900 spindles, 11,500 looms, and manufactures 1 14,564,000 yards of clolli, or 04,977 miles, which would encircle the earth two and a half times. The amount of coal consumed is 32,482 tons, 47,990 gallons of oil, and 656,6*10 pounds of starch. The number of hands employed is 6,750. The pay rolls of the various corporations amount to $20,000 per month. The number of spindles in Lowell, Mass., is but 439,138. —The military authorities have obtained p .-session of the Court House and Academy, at Huntington and Durham, Canada, lor the accommodation of troops to be stationed on the frontier. The Seventy-Eighth Highland ers are under orders for Quebec, to relieve the Thirtieth Regiment, who return to Eng land. It is believed the Government does not attach sufficient importance to the E. nian rumors to induce them to retain the Thirtieth Regiment. A if tier Las been received from Gen. McClellan, in reply to one from a frimil, asking permission to present his name (or nomination at the 4th of duly Convention. The General earnestly begs that this shall not be done; urges the nomination of anew man—a statesman who will command the respect admiration, and enthusiastic support o! the combined anti Republican elements of the whole country, and pledges himself, as soon as the nomination is made, to couie home and canvass wherever needed j n behalf o( the New York nominations. GEN. GRANTS ACCEPTANCE. General Grant's letter accepting the nomination is the first public distinct utterance of political sentiments and opin ions which he has made since he acquired a national position. He had previously stood identified with the Republican party only by his military career and bis official acts, iiis letter is eminently judicious, cautious, pertinent, pointed, comprehensive, and satisfactory, home of our cotcmporu ries are disposed to construe the exhorta tions to “Peace,” which al‘e the only reiterations it contains, as indicating an implied rebuke to the advocates of ini - pcachraent. They infer therefrom that General Grant would have political peace and quiet at the cost of submission to the usurpations of a misguided and passionate President. To test the accuracy of such views it is only necessary to reflect that the resolutions of the Convention declare that •Johnson was justly convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors by the votes of thirty five Senators, and that General Grant not only indorses the resolutions hut commends them for their wisdom and moderation. (Jen, Grant also promises to administer all the laws “with the view of giving peace, quiet, and protection everywhere.” This uems to imply that in those sections where State Governments may fail in securing protection to tile weak, Gen. Grant will see that the shield of the national strength is thrown over them. The experience of past administrations proves the wisdom of his reservation of the right to go forward with the people in adopting new policies us new emergencies arise. In view of such contin gencies hit pledge returns to the simple promise to respect the will of the people. Mr. Colfax's views on every political issue were already so well known to all that no letter ol acceptance could make them more explicitly understood. —N Y. Tribune, NationalUtpnbliam AtKH iti''. TUESDAY MORNHMI J o "® 9 - For FHESIDENT Ok nils CJ.vrfKD States: ULYSSES S. GRANT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: Sumyler Colfax, or is MAX A. RKPUHMCaN FI.ATrOHM. The National Republican party of tbo t T iiile<l State*, assembled In National Convention, in the city of Chi cago, on the SOth tier of May, IS«S, make the following Declaration of Principles : Ist. We congratulate the country on the assured sue cess of the reconstruction policy of Congress, ai evinced by the adoption, in a majority of the States lately in rebellion, of Constitution* securing equal civil ami political rights to all. and regard it as the duty of the Government to sustain those institutions, and to prevent the people of sitch States from being remitted to a state of anarchy. 2d, The guarantee, by Congress, of equal suffrage to all loyal men In the South was demanded by every con sideration of public safety, of gratitude and of Justice, and must be maintained, while the question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs to the people of those States. 3d. We denounce all forms of repudiation as a na tional crime, and the national honor requires the pay ment of the public indebtedness, m the utmost good faith, to all creditors, at home and abroad, not only according to the letter, bnt tho spirit of the laws muter which it was contracted. 4th. It is due to the labor of ihe nation that taxation should be equalized and reduce* 1 as rapidly as the na tional faith will permit. 6th. The national debt, contracted, as it has been, for the preservation of the Union for all time to come, >hould be extended over a fair period for redemption, and it is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of in terest thereon, w believer it can honestly be done. 6th. That the best policy to diminish our burden of debt is to so improve our credit that capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower rates of Interest than we now pay. and must continue to pay, so lung as repudiation, partial or total, open or co\ert, is threatened or sus pected. 7th. The Government of the United States should be administered w ith the strictest economy, and the cor ruptions which have been so shamefully nursed and fostered by Andrew Johnson call loudly for ridUal re form. Bth. We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic death of Abraham lincoln, and regret the accession of Andrew Johnson to the Presidency, who has acted treacherously to the people who elected him and the cause he was pledged to support ; has usurped high legislative and judicial functions; has refused to exe cute the laws; has used liis high office to induce other officer* to ignore and violate the laws; bus employed his executive powers to render insecure the property, peace, liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the pardoning power: ha* denounced the National Legisla tor® as unconstitutional; has persistently and corruptly resisted, by every measure in his power, every proper attempt at the reconstruction of the States lately in re bellion; has perverted the public patronage into au engine of wholesale corruption; and has been Justly impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and properly pronounced guilty thereof by the vote of thirty-five Senators. 9tli. The doctrine of Great Britain and other European powers, that because a man is once a subject, he is always so, must be resisted at every hazard by the United States, as a relic of the feudal time, not author ized by the law of nations, and at war with our national honor and independence. Naturalized citizens are enti tled to be protected in all their rights of citizenship as though they were natural born, and no citizen of the United States, native or naturalized, must be liable to arrest and imprisonment, by any foreign power, for acts done, or words spoken, in this country, ami if so arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty of the Government to interfere in his behalf. 10th. Os all who were faithful in the trials of the late war, there were none entitled to more especial honor than the brave soldiers and seamen, who endured the hardships of the campaign and cruise, and imperilled their lives in the service of tho country. The bounties and pensions provided by law for these brave defenders of the nation are obligations never to be forgotten. The widows nnd orphans of the gallant dead are the wards of the people, a sacred legacy bequeathed to the nation's protecting care. 11th. Foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources, and increase of power of this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encour aged by a liberal and just policy. 12th. This Convention declare* its sympathy with all the oppressed people which are struggling for their rights. TO Ol'Ji COUNTRY SURSCRIIIERS. We are now .-.omling out bills (which nro lon# |>aM due) fur Subscription. Those receiving a reminder will please at once remit the amount, else their papers will be discontinued. For the Campaign! THE « m:\I»EST BAKER IX REOIUH 4 ! The Presidential Campaign, for 1808, will be the most important that lias ever claimed the attention <>t' American citizens. Our Republican friends, who realize the advantages to be secured by the dissemi nation of political truths through tho medium of a well conducted daily journal, should, at once, organize (.’litbs for the purpose of increasing the subscription list and efficiency of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN published every morning (Monday ex ceptcd) at Augusta. 6;i„ the home of the Governor elect. The llki’l iilh an modestly claims that it lias done good service in the Union cause, and for the promotion of pure and ttndcftled Republicanism, since the party had an existence in Georgia. It will be guided, ns it has been hitherto, by uncom promising loyalty to the Union, and will resist every attempt to weaken the bonds that unite the American people into one Nation. Tun Rni'iunit an will heartily support General Grant and Soil:yi.ku Coj.fax for the responsible positions for which they have been nominated. It will advo cate retrenchment and economy in the public expenditures, and the redaction of onerous taxation. It will advocate the speedy restoration of the South, as needful to revive business and secure fair remune ration for labor. Tut-. Kt-n't ni.icAN will always have all the NEWS—domestic, foreign, political, social, literary, ami commercial its pro prietors using enterprise and money to make the 11EJST possible Newspaper, as well as the CHEAPEST. Its conductors will study condensation, clearness, point, and will endeavor to present its readers, daily, with a summary ol the world's doings in the most luminous and attractive manner. And, in order to place Tm: National Rkim nr.tc an within the reach of all who desire a tjootl ibtili / m irspapcr, we present the following low terms of subscription “FOR THE CAMPAIGN,” | From now till Ike first of December^ Ono Copy 25 Five Copies jn 00 Ten “ 18 00 Twenty “ JJS 00 OUR CANDIDATES. lit the Republican nominees, Quant anil Coi.cax. we have two more illustrations of the Amcricnit way in which some rise to the highest political honors Ity the sheer force of their own inherent qualities. Both of them have been working men, according to the most practical meaning of that word. Neither of them had names; neither of them lyul fortunes; neither of them had the advantage* of the higher culture. A few years ago both of them were poor, un known, struggling workers —one a printer, the other a tanner— one a country editor, the other an unambitious trader. In widely different careers they have risen, and by means as widely different as their characters. In three stormy years, Quant rose to greatness on the battle-field; more slowly Colfax has risen to promi nence in the political arena. The grave, stern soldier the shrewd, bland politi cian the quiet worker, l«>th depended upon themselves for success, and wrought out their careers by the exercise of their own native powers. It is to their own character nnd deeds alone, that they owe the fact that they are now in the front of the nation and their party, and in the ele vated position of candidates for the two highest offices in the gift of the American people. * • FIRST PRINCIFI.ES." The “Conservative’’ journals declare that after the next I’residcntial election we shall go back to “first principles,” and that the form of government established by our fathers will be restored nnd more firmly established. And our neighbor tip street—the new convert, who is going to the 4th-of July convention—vows that the Conservatives of the North are determined to make a final, decisive, and successful struggle to bring back the' administration of the government “to its ancient land marks”—“to the very letter and spirit of the Constitution.” Some folks would be pleased to be informed what all this means. What are the “first principles” of which the ex- Know Nothing orator speaks? What is meant by the very letter and spirit of the Constitution? We believe our Conservative friends generally consider slavery as the most important of all the “firstprinciples”; and certainly in the good old Democratic days this great first principle was pretty well eared for in tho administration of the government. YVill the Conservatives insist upon going back to slavery ? Hardly. The great complaint ot the ox Governor East of the Oconee, and of the Conserva tive party, is about “Negro equality.” This is the curse, say they, under which the country groans. Now, no one knows better than the <«/ interim “Governor’’ that there is no such thing in the South as actual social equality. All this outcry again -t the real condition of things is because the Negro is free, and because lie has been given the ballot in order that he may protect himself. If the Conservatives say that they do not wish to revoke the freedom of the Negro, bnt only to take from hint, or keep out of his hands, the ballot, this is evidence enough that they expect to be able to deprive him of the rights en joyed by other men if they can only prevent him from being a voter. We repeat—and challenge contradiction to the assertion that the only equality which the Negro claims or enjoys with the White Man, is an equality of rights: the right to his own labor, the right to sue in the courts, the right to hold property; and when the Conservatives talk about destroy ing Negro equality, they simply mean to take away from him these rights. We wish to hear, distinctly, wlmt is meant by “first principles.” Tell its what you mean by “the Constitution.” If the Democratic party gets control of the gov ernment, do you propose to recognize the abolition of slavery 1 -will you repeal the civil-lights bill ! One more query: lias the great Demo cratic party, that is about (in the opinion of the Chronicle) to win such a triumph, and to carry the government back to first principles, fallen so low that every little outside organization feels at liberty to ap point delegates to its National Conven tion ? * CA MPA ION TA CTIUS. It is perfectly evident that our respecta ble (so called) opponents mean to run the campaign upon Denunciation as their capital stock. The chief item in the Conservative manual is the rabid and inflammatory use of Epithets. This is their Alpha and Omega. “Scalawags,” “carpet baggers,” “aliens,” “place hunters,” “office seekers,” “color probists,” “white niggers,” etc., are specimens of the elegant gentlemanly rhetoric of the respectable Opposition. Well, we are perfectly satisfied that they should resort to such anjumenU. No reasonable man was ever converted to, or driven from, a righteous cause by the use of epithets. We, therefore, adjure the Conservatives to “sail in” with the full strength of their opprobrium and calumny -taking the Macon .Jmtrnnl and the Augusta Cnronirle as models. Wo give them credit for an aptness and an accom plishment at tile business, which is the result only of culture in that particular direction. Irishwomen of Billingsgate and the graduates of city stews and Iho vile dens of the town rejoice in the same low bred standard of character. The differ ence, however, is, that while the latter do not pretend to be liiayvcls of gentle breading, the Conservative canvassers affect to be and boast that they are Iho living models of high breeding in Georgia. God save the commonwealth ! Don't Do It. The poor old Chronicle if; Sentinel , starving lor want of patronage, is saying harsh things of Gen. Meade, in the hope of having the establishment closed, and thus saving the heavy losses, in the cost of publication, which the proprietors are continually sustaining. HON. FOSTER ULODQETT. Our gallant and glorious friend, Hon. Foster Blodgett, has returned tcfhis home in this city, from the Chicago Convention, and from an extended tour through the North and Northwest. He reports a perfect ground-swell of enthusiasm for Giunt and Colfax from Minnesota to Now York. Such confidence has had no parallel since the good old fashioned days of “Tippecanoe and Tyler too.” A million of ex-soldiers at the North, nearly half of whom arc of Demo cratic antecedents, are thrilled with joy at the bare mention of theij grent chieftain’s name in connection with the Chief Magis tracy of the Nation. jTheirg is no lethargic confidence. It has all the vigor and vim of a patriotic soldier’s fiery courage. It is as untiring ns Northern energy, and will increase in power until the close o! the polls in the first Tuesday in \ -v mber next. The people of the North teel and say that, four years ago, when (he country had been well nigh mined hv incompetents and bunglers, and when a speedy cessation of hostilities, by the defeat of the Confederate armies and their unconditional surrender, was an absolute necessity, they deinauded that Ulyssrs S. Graxt should have supreme control of all military operations. President Lincoln, fully coinciding with the people in their sagacious confidence in General Grant, cheerfully gave him unrestrained control. The result of this policy is a part of the his tory of the nation. General Grant brought au end to the war. The masses of the people. North and South, supposed that the end of the war was the beginning of peace- But they were disap pointed. The Toombs and Ren Hills of the South, encouraged by the incompeteney and treachery of Anlrew Johnson, set to work to practically defeat all the ends supposed to have been accomplished by a victorious war. It is true, there is no war in the country— neither is there peace. The people of the North now say that they desire peace. They say that, as they called on General Grant four years ago to secure a cessation of active hostilities, they now intend to place him in an office whereby he can secure for than ihe blessings of peace. Gen. Grant is emphatically the peace candidate, and, as such, no well-informed person at the North, of any party, doubts his triumphant election. The Democratic party there have no hope of electing their candidate, whomsoever he may be. All their energies will be exerted to secure the election of some of their pets to Congress this Fall. That is the utmost they expect. The thousands of friends of Mr. Blodgett throughout Georgia will be glad to know that he is enjoying excellent health. And we may say to his blind and malicious enemies, that none of their vile machina tions can possibly succeed in either injuring his character or impairing his usefulness. When Grant shall have been elected President, and the last hope of lording it over the people shall have departed for ever from the hearts of Toombs & Cos.; when peace shall have spread her angel wings over the grand old hills and beautiful valleys of Georgia; when trade shall be revived in all its branches; when the intelligent stranger, with his energy and capital, shall settle among us and help devclope our boundless resources— then will the wisdom nnd patriotism of Foster Blodgett be universally acknowledged, and those who aro now traducing him will hang their heads in shame. f EFFECT OF RECONSTRUCTION.. In the city of New Y ork, on Saturday last, Georgia State Bonds, seven per cent., brought ninety-six cents—a higher rate than has been obtained since the war. It Avill be remembered that, in 1366, Governor Jenkins offered these Bonds in the same market, limiting them at ninety two, and they were withdrawn in conse quence of not bringing that price. So much for the first fruits of Recon struction. Will our cotemporaries across and up the street make a note on’t ? * Respectable.— ls to be a rebel to one’s country makes men so honorable and highly respectable, why is it that “rebel” editors make such stupendous efforts to prove that all the loyal men of Georgia were once honorable, high minded gentle men. because they were all once rebels like themselves? A traitor to his country is but another name, according to the views of rebels, for a gentleman of the first standing. The rebel editors are, logically, traitors to their country, and, having their own tails cut oil’, they want to cut off the tails of all loyal, honorable, high minded gentlemen, and bring them down to the degraded level with them selves. Misery and poverty love com pany—so do rebels and traitors. DiFKietix.T Dilemma. Vallandigham, through the Dayton Lahjer , administers a sharp rebuke to those Democratic news papers which are opening the canvass by assaults upon the capacity und military services of General Git ant. He speaks ol this as “the weakest and most foolish thing that the Democratic press or Demo cratic orators can do.” The strength ol the Democracy in the canvass, ho thinks, lies in the fact that the country wants a statesman, rather than a soldier, for Presi dent. If they overlook this consideration, and try to run any soldier against Git ant, they will throw awav their chances of success. That is true. The fact is they hare no chances if they don't run a Soldier, and they throw them away if they do. That is rather a difficult dilemma. I’kusonai.. Mr. I’omcroy, of the La Crosse Democrat , gets another dig from one of his Southern friends. The Southern Opinion, adverting to the rumor that he w:»s in the United States army during the will', says: “We can say to our friends that they need give themselves no trouble to uinko any inquiries. ‘Brick’ is not a lighting man. If lie was, he would have been in the Con federate army during the war, the place where all brave and honest men wore found, who claimed to believe the doctrines he advocated. ’Brick won’t light.” Mr. P. must long since have arrived at the conclu sion that these gentlemen are hard to please. THE “JEW ORDER." In tbn midst of the war, when the array was being demoralized by speculators seek ing permits to trade, and it so happening that most of these traders at the time were Jews—that mean class of Jews who cared more for money than they did for their country, and did not care how the money was obtained so that it wns secured—Gen. Grant issued an order of which tho following is a copy : HEADQUARTERS 230 ARMY CORPS,) Dki-artmknt or ths TtumssKE, ) Oxford, Miss., December 17, 18(52. J General Order No. 11. The Jews, as a class, violating every regula tion of trade established by the Treasury Depart ment, also department orders, arc horeby expelled from the department within twenty four hours from tho rocoipt of this ordor by post commanders. They will soo that all this class of people aro furnished with passes and required to leave; and any one returning after such notification will bo arrested and held in confinement until un opportunity occurs of sending them out as prisoners, unloss furnished with permits from these headquarters. No pusses will be given this people to visit headquarters for the purpose of making personal application for trade permits. liy order of Major Ucncral Grant. John A. Rawlings, A. A. O. Official: J. Lovell, Capt. and A. A. G. Ihe class of Jews referred to were “viola ting every regulation ot trade established by the Treasury Department, also Depart ment orders,” and for these offenses they wgre expelled from the army and ordered to get outside of the lines. In like manner thieving Gentiles were frequently ordered to leave. This order is reproduced by the Cincinnati Enquirer, which insults the “respectable” Jews’of the country, by asking them to make common cause with the army thieves, and thus drag themselves down, ns a class, to a level with those who are a disgrace to any people. There are mean men among the Jews as there are among the Christians, and about in the same-proportion ; but we have never before heard of an appeal to Jews or Gentiles, as a class, to oppose a General or a Judge because rascals were prohibited from or punished for stealing. Information Wanted. —Wo are tired of this thing. Everybody we meet says: “YVhere is Foster Blodgett?” We have not been iniquitous enough to keep the “run” of him for a long time, nnd consequently, do not know where he is. We do know, how ever, where he ought to be, and if any of his friends need to be informed on that point, we don’t think they will have much difficulty to ascertain.— Atlanta Intelligencer. YVc have no sort of doubt that such men are “tired” of Foster Blodgett— -he has always proved to be too much for them. YVe can, however, for the information of “old aunt Hannah,” inform our courteous cotem porary that Mr. Blodgett is in Augusta— attending to his business ; and we venture the assertion that, when the General Assein bly meets, the representatives of the People of Georgia will send him “where he ought to be”—to the United States Senate. * —— . ♦. Military. —Somebody has discovered that the Republican ticket is purely mili tary, being made up of General Grant and Col. Fax. Its strongest supporter, as a consequence, is General Satisfaction. fFrom our Special Correspondent. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. The I.atc Municipal Election—Great Excitement —-Two Lives Lost—The Colored Yotirs Their Good Behaviour — Gen. Scho/icld a Republican Death of “the old Public Functionary” — The Presidential Canvass—A Bogus Circular — The Chinese. Embassy. Washington, Ik 0., .Tune 11, 1808. The impeachment excitement only sub sided to give place to one still greater, so far as the National Capital is concerned' Never, in the whole history of this city, was there a political canvass so bitterly con tested, or whero more of the worst passions of men were aroused. The Opposition ele ment here is made up pretty much the same as it. is in cities farther South, with this dif ference : we have the meanest of all treason able trash to contend against, in the shape of Northern Copperheads, besides ex-rebels, Conservatives, etc. Last year the mongrel Democracy lot the municipal election go by default, and the Republicans swept the city ; but as some of the officers held over, we did not have full control of the government. This year every man who could he dragged out was registered on both sides, and the contest was an exceedingly animated and close one. We elect Bowen, the Republican candidate for Mayor, by a majority of 71. The Democrats have a majority in the Board ol Aldermen and Cotincilmen. The vote is so close that this may he reversed when tiie returns are officially canvassed. The Rebel Democracy endeavored, by every means in their power, to inti mid ate the colored voters, and on many occasions attempted the use of force to keep them from exerciaitig their dearly bought privileges at the polls, hut generally unsuccessfully. 'The colored men acted with wonderful forbearance—in no instance, it is ' believed, assuming the offensive, but simply stood on the defensive, in which they were supported by all good citizens. A serious outbreak was only preveuted on several occasions by the prompt and efficient action of the police. As it was, one white man was killed by a colored man (in self-defence, it is believed), ami, yesterday, while two inebriated Democrats were quarreling about some trifling election matter, one deliberately shot the other dead in his tracks. There is much bad blood yet aroused, principally by whiskey, however, and a very little indiscretion may yet pro duce more fearful results. Loyal men, at least, are prepared to aid in suppressing any outbreak. The impeachment excitement has pretty much died out. Andrew Johnson is held in check somewhat by the remaining articles, which can be revived at any time: hut some of his subordinates have already commenced the removal of Republican clerks. At least a dozen lmve been removed by the Secretary of the Treasury, for political offenses, and the air is filled with rumors of a general clearing out of the Department of all pro nounced Republicans. Gen. Schofield was selected by the Presi dent as Secretary of War, doubtless, to pour oil upon the troubled waters. Though not. a politician, ho is now, and always has been, a sound Republican. The guards have boon removed from the War Office, and, for the first time since 1800, the War Department is run upon a peace basis. _ The Corruption Committees arc still taking testimony, but it is not expectod they will report for some time to come. The press thought this section ol the country had fallen into a singular mistake in regard to the Oregon election: it is an nouoced by papier* on both aides that we have lost a United States Senator. Such i* not the fact. The prescut Legislature is elected for only two years, and will have no opportunity to vote at all lor a Senator. Senator Williams’ term does not expire until 1871, ana Senator Corbett’s not’till 1873. To day pretty much all business is sus pended in the Capital on account of the funeral obsequies at YVhealland, Pa., of ex- President Buchanan. The departments and banks arc closed, the public buildings are draped in mourning, flags are at half mast, and minute guns have been fired. The events of the last seven years prove that Mr. Buchanan’s whole life, like that of John C. Calhoun, was a tailure ;he sacrificed every thing lor place and power, llis name will be handed down to posterity with that ot many other able men, who did the bidding ol the once great power, wielded by those who trafficked in human liesh, and of all the long list, lie proved to bo the worst enemy ol the many professed friends of the South from their stand-point—for bad he, in 1861, acted up to the spirit of the age, the great irrepressible conflict would have been post poned to another age —slavery, with all its horrors, would have still cursed the soil, and “State rights,” lor years to come, would have caused many more able men to crawl in the dost. In the bauds of au inscrutable Providence, James Buchanan was to this nation au instrument of good, without hi3 so knowing or intending it. So much in justice to the dead—tor you see, I do not believe in that sickly sentimentality which prompts men to speak of the dead only in terms of praise, believing that the lives of all public men should be held up as examples ot good or evil influences, that those who come after them may shun the evil and accept the good. The Presidential canvass is in a quiet state, so far as the Republican party is concerned. The action of the Chicago Convention has nonplussed the Democracy; the unanimity of the Convention, and, above all, the character of the candidates, is such that their ammunition of our oppo nents is all dampened. The World and kindred sheets have made a feeble attempt to belittle Grant; hut even Mr. Vallandig iiain has taken them to task for it, as being the worst policy in the world. Grant is simply human, not divine, and while he uses, occasionally, stimulants—as General Rawlins said to me to day—he is not a drunkard. The President is using ail of his influence to “match him” with Hancock; but no one believes lie can ever obtain a “two thirds” vote in a Democratic Conven tion. Andrew Johnson has just been saved by the two thirds rule, and that same rule will save his friend from discomfiture and defeat. If the ‘expediency’’ men are to control Democratic affairs, Mr. Chase will be nominated ; lie is a long way ahead of Hancock. Belmont, who supplies all the British, and pretty much all the American gold, as to that matter, believes in the solid argument of money, and not in expediency; and the Eastern Democrats will think twice before allowing the purse strings to be closed against them. The embassy from China is with us, and will be officially introduced at the White House to morrow. Mr. Burlingame is winning golden opinions from all sorts of people. The mission marks au epoch in Oriental civilization, the importance of which, as affecting the commercial relations of the country, have not been over-estima ted—indeed are generally fully appreciated. The members of the embassy apparently enjoy the attentions they receive iiugely, and express themselves delighted with the wisdom displayed in selecting as their chief an American citizen. To-day, a “recent circular” has been un earthed, purporting to have been issued by the Union Executive Committee, calling upon all Republican office holders to contribute five dollars each towards defraying the ex penses of the approaching canvass, and, as an inducement, giving them to understand that their wishes .-.s to appointees in their respective localities will be considered. It is hardly necessary to say the circular is a Democratic trick. There is no Republican Committee known ns the Union Executive Committee; but do not bo surprised if the World should publish it as genuine, and that all of yonr Democratic contemporaries should follow suit, and swear ii genuine. Capital. PROPOSALS. U. 8. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, ) Atlanta, Ga., June 2d, IS6S. J Sealed Proposals TN TiIIPLICATE, AUK INVITED UNTIL 12 JL M., on Juno 20,1865, for furnishing tho United States Subsistence Department with FRESH BEEF, of a good marketable quality, in equal proportion of fore and hind quarter meat—necks, shanks, nnd kidney tallow, to be excluded—in such quantities as may be from time to time required, and on such days as shall ho desig nated by the Commanding Dffiocr, for a term of six months, commencing July Ist, 1863. To be delivered tv the V. 8. Troops at Augusta Arsoual, and at the City of Augusta, Ga. Payment will be made in Government funds, monthly, upon delivery and acceptance. Bids to bo directed to tho undersigned, and marked “Proposals.” Til OS. 0. SULLIVAN, Bvt. Lieut. Col. & C. S., V. S. A., jeo-- dfc Chief O. S. 3d Military District. Proposals for Transportation. Office Acting Ass't Quartermaster. I Augusta Arsenal, June 1,1868. 1 SEALED PROPOSALS (IN DUPLICATE) are invited to do the hauling of Government Stores and Supplies between tins Arsenal and the Railroad Depots and Wharves in the city ot Augusta. Forms for proposals and terms to be complied with ran he obtained by application to the under signed. Bids will be opened al 1(1 o'clock, on Thursday, the 25th inst. Bidders invited to be present. D. W. FLAGLER, Bvt. Lt. Col. U. 8. A., jeti—lit A. A, Q. M,, Augusta Arsenal. Governmeut Proposals for Fuel. Office Acting Ass't Quartermastku, ? Augusta Arsenal, June -I,lßt>B. ) CJEALED PROPOSALS (IN DUPLICATE) o are invited for entering into contract to de liver (o the Acting Assistant Quartermaster, at tlie Augusta Arsenal: 80 Cords Merchantable Hard Wood, or 150 Cords Pine Wood ; and ■ld, ooo Lbs. of Anthracite, or 00,000 Lbs. Bituminous Coal. Delivery to commence in July, 1808, and not ices than one fifth of the whole amount to he do livered per month till all is delivered. Separate bids nniv tie made for any one ot the above items, and 'bids must stale price charged per cord or per thousand pounds. Rids must he made in duplicate, and bidders must bo prepared to give sufficient bonds for the laithful execution of the contract. , .... Forms for proposals may be obtained on appli cation at Ibis office. Rids should be endorsed on the outside, “Proposals to furnish >' ood or coal, and addressed to the undersigned. Bids will be opened at 10 a.m., on Thursday, ihe “.Till ilift. Bidders invited to be present. D. W. FLAGLER, Hvt. Lt. Col., U. S. A., jefi—tit A. A. Q. M , Augusta Arsenal. ASSESSOR’S OFFICE, ] IT. s. In TK UN At, Rkvbnub, ad Dist. of Ga. > Augusta, May 27th, 1868. ) Notice is hereby given to jasper MITCHELL to come forward and show cause (if any ho has), why the Wagon, Harness, Whiskey, eto., etc , seised by Deputy Collector Chas. Smith, ut Greensboro, on tho I9tb inst., also Whiskey seised by Assistant Assessor J»s. h. Brown, on tho 22d inst., at tho same place, shall not bo forfeited to the United States for violation of tho Internal Revenue laws. ,1. BOWLES, my 28—Ifli Assessor. SOCIAL HOTICEs^I SCRIP DIVIDE Ni> vTT 1 TJIE GEORGIA HOME >- Oil of Coinmbus, Ga. ■ Assets Ist of January, ]&67 ■ ttUAlgfl We have received ready f or «ut; I of Dividend No. I, a ß<m *ti.g V/ 1 of the net premium* j, a jq 0 **l,l annual polictas, on pol.cit, n.ne months iutenal f rum ... * ,r “S(k| 31“, 18#7. Dividend No. 2 , in . V -| January l,t, 180 V. I ** I Persons to whom Scrip i, 4,, I to call at once and receipt for haul 4 CAHRAr.,, 1 -*g~ - 2il I IST THE TENTH LY Meeting of the Mance Association will bo held at the Cii, THURSDAY NEXT, Uth i„ lta J 1 , p. in. ' 5 4 «tkl Members can pay their 1 1 Treasurer, S. 11. Shepard, uohl of tho same day. W. 11. EDWaSM ie7—2tSAT - I ADVEETISEaEKIsT^ Assignee's Notice. IN TIIE DISTRICT COURT oe 1 United States for the Southern dLw® ' Georgia. | In the matter of \ | HI BAXKBCPTcj A"*Wi&Sft signee of the estate of Robert F city of Macon, in the county of Ribbands!" Georgia, within said District, who has 1 judged a baukrnpt upon ids own netitimTv 7 District Court of said District P ™' *»» Dated at Macon. Ga., this sth day of J™, jeH-lawSw gT I’C TH , E o I,[3TKICT COURT w ml Georgia? * Swtherß I In the matter of j I “"SJGjr* The undersigned hereby gives notice ofhk I appointment as assignee of Leroy PollsniTi ■ Chattahoochee county, State of Georgia it? I in said District, who has been adjudgedaßM I rupt upon his own petition by tEe Dto I Court of said District. “ ■ Dated at Perry, Ga., the 4th of .June, AD I im - J- A. HOLTZC-LAW; o '' I je9-law3w Assignee, etc. I TX THE DISTRICT COURT OT THI I 1 United States fur the Northern District «f I Georgia. I In the matter of ) I WILLIS S THORNTON [in BANKRUPTCY I Bankrupt. ) I To whom it may concern: The undersigned I hereby gives notice of his appointment a/As. I signee of the estate of Willis S. Thornton,* Georgia, who has been adjudged a Eankraji upon his own petition, by tie District Coot of said District. Dated at Ncwnan, 6th day of Juno,A.B 188S. ISAAC N SHANNOK, ’ j t‘J—l a w3t Assignee, etc. IN BANKRUPTCY. rpillS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the X Ith day of June. A. D., 1868,a Warrant in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate ol CLARENCE V WALKER, of Augusta, in the couifty of Richmond,and Slate of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankraptoa his own petition ; that the payment of any debts, and delivery of any properly belonging to said Bankrupt, to him or for 1 > u?t\ and the transfer of any property by him. arc f ’ bidden by law; that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt, to prove their debts, auci to choose one or more assignees ot his estate, will be held at a Court of Bankrupt- y, to be holdeu at the Register’s office, Warren Block, No I, 3d floor, n- in No 6. Jackson street, Augusta, Georgia, before Albert (J Foster. Register, on the Ist day of July, A. D.. 1868. at 11 o’clock a m. WM. •. DICKSON, jeO—lt U S. Marshal as Messenger 15 BANKRUPTCY. mills IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the X DL day of June, A. lb. IS6B, Win rant in Bankruptcy was L-?ued ngaiust the es tates of H. .v N K. SOLOMON & HENRY SOLOMON of Augusta, and NATHAN E- SOLOMON, of ilie county of Troup, and the Sate ol Georgia,' who have been adjudged Bankrupts on their own petition,, and that tie paymeut of any debts, and delivery of any property belonging to such Bankrupts, to men, or lor their use, and the transfer of any property by them, are forbidden by law; that a meeting of tho creditors of said Bankrupts, to prove their debts, and to choose one or more Asig nccs of their estate, will be held at a Court ot Bankrnptcv, to be holden at the Reg ister's office'. No 1. Warren Block, 3d floor, roo« No 6. Jackson street. Augusta. Ga.. beforeal“n G Foster, Esq, Register, on the Ist day ot Jntv, A. I).. 1868. at ll> o'clock a. m. WM. (5. DICKSON, j e <l 1 1 U. 8. Marshal as MetsenKr IN BANKRUPTCY rpiIIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: Ibtm* 1 Ist day of May. A. 1). Bankruptcy was issued aeumst thei estxWM T PEARLSTIN & SON. THOMAS MBh STIN. of Charleston, S. C.. ami LA • PEAKLSTIN. of Forsyth, m county £■**> Stale of Georgia, who have been adjndg , rapt# on their own petitions,and tbatffieptjjt* any debts, and delivery ot any property to such Bankrupts, totliem. or lorthe r ,®f”i e ,w transfer of any property by them, are hi law; that a meeting of tlm creditors of Bankrupts, to prove their debts,audio *** or more Assignees of their estate; wii! hs Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden ts theMS£ ister's office, ill the Court House, gj before Alexander G Murray. Register, <» anda -'' ’>*' b‘V- D.LWo^ock^ V. 8. Marshal a^Mes^SfL lN BANKRUPTCY. tTP IDS IS TO GIVE NOTICE : A titb day of March, A. 1 rant in Bankruptcy was: issueri againstlbee ISAAC V I.NSIGN, uIJ of Forsyth, in Hie county of ■ “j sßil! t State of Georgia, w bo has been nipt on his own petition; and •• property b« of anv debts, and delivery ' d •' f f ,, r qis a*, onging to said Bankrupt, to am. and the transfer ot any property b hidden by law; that a meeting ;t w i|pc |ioo» said Bankrupt, to prove their dr =, k t do one or more assignees ot hia <--*•- - j , j e „ a ; the at a Court of Bankruptcy, to j[ ac on,G»- Register's office, m the Court Houw .^ r ,«i before Alexander G Mnrrav, *V, .gSf* the 23d day es June, A. Ik .l*#- “j^goS, jo_u jiSKu-isae- Glt EAT BARGAIN TO BK UAB 11 202 Broad Street, Al fiBSTAi 6*.’ UNTIL THE 10th of JUN ■> And all Goods uot sold by that <■“' BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION. Thoao Hi Waul oICMBA* 1 Boots and Shoes- HAD BBTTSH Call in at °ncU’ ASH cur what nor «»' As the Stock now on Hand will b«C' Out FOR CASS, To Make Room for an J^ng, NKW STOCK OF GOOD* jeS—tf