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rA RAG RAMS. —Yesterday, in New York, Gold »u quoted at 1.391. Cotton, 29J. —lion. Roverdy Johnson has been con firmed as Minister to the Court of St. James. —The cotton receipts »t Norfolk, from October 1, 1867, to June 1, 1868, amounted to 141,398 bales. There is great excitement in Bath county, Virginia, on account of lha recent discovery of raluablo silrer mines there. —The largest Roman Catholic Cathedral in tho United States is about to be erected in Brooklyn, N. T. It is expected to cost #1,200,000. —New York has two hundred thousand tons of ice more than last year. Iho cost ol the whole amount in store is OTer three mil lion dollars. —The level of Lake Michigan lately rose four feet in fire minutes at Hacine, and in five minutes more it had sunk six feet. No cause is assigned for the strange phenomenon. —Two silver dollars of the coinage of 1804 were lately sold at Newark, N. J.—one ol them f>r $l5O, and the-other for the enor mous sum of #8,641. There were only five dollars coined that year. —lntelligence from Japan was telegraphed, from England, a few days ago, svhich was eighteen days earlier than the news which the papers of this country had received sev eral days before by way of San Francisco. -Dr. Jacob Bigelow remarked at the dinner of the Massachusetts Medical Society, that he was indebted for his good health to the joint agencies of temperance, hard work, and nbseuce from medicine. —The tide of emigration has already begun to pour West, and the western frontier counties of Minnesota are rapidly filling up. One day last week eight teams in one train passed through Preston, and others arc passing through daily. The eitixens of Gloucester, Mass., have voted unauiuiously not to license the sale ot distilled or fermented liquors, to be drunk on tho premises. One hundred and five ballots were cast against distilled, and one hundred and two against fermented liquors. —The new Constitution of Florida is said to have been modelled after the Constitution of New York, and particularly in the clauses providing for the adoption of amendments by two successive Legislatures, and their subse quent ratification by the people. —A convention of delegates is to meet at Bristol, Tennessee, on the loth day of July, tor the purpose of inaugurating the Ten nessee and Virginia Steamship Transporta tion Company, to establish a line of steamers between Norfolk ami Liverpool. England. A codfish weigbingforty pom ds recently fell a victim to his own gluttony, at Little Harbor, N. Q. He got into a weir, and was helping himself to the small fry, when he was left high and dry by the tide. When onened. thirty-three fish were found in his stomach, none of them do- omposed. —A man named Edward Perry was left upon one of the islands of Lake Superior last fall to attend to the light house. Winter set in and no vessel could ie,ach the island. A few days ago his dead body was found in the light house. The poor man uad starved to death. There is living in New Haven an obi soldier of Napoicon I, who fought all through the campaigns of the Empire, including Waterloo. This vetoran, who bears the name of Bertrand, is now in hit eightieth year, and, with his wife, of the same age as him self, is dependent upon the kindness of friends for his support. —The doctors of Chicago have examining tiiat precocious Cincinnairpersr 1 * of three years who has all of a full grown woman. T M ,.,-e tik*t it is wonderful, and wi*l send the child woman over to Europe *°r the delectation of the medical savan*- yj r _ p, \\\ Ctate«, of Chicago, during the past ve«*> has given twelve hundred emu.- for the erection and furnishing of the Woman’s Home in that city ; and there has been expended by other citizens of Chicago ou the U'.me over fifteen thousand dollars. The design is to furoish a home for a worthy class of women who receive sural! wages. —Peanuts in North Carolina, where they are chiefly raised, have almost taken the place of cotton as the great staple, and bring their cultivators annually SIOO per acre. Eight thousand bushels on a single plantation is considered but an average crop, while from ten to sixteen thousand bushels is not regarded as a very extra ordinary yield. —Horace Greeley said at a Grant ratifk-a tion meeting at New Y’ork, a few nights since, that Colfax was the first person ever nominated for President or Vice President who was born in that city, and that he had known him tor a long tint--, and recollected helping him to mount a barrel when he was only nineteen years of age, that he might speak for Henry Cloy, in front of the old National Hall. —1 he light spr.ng dress goods which the ladies are displaying so profusely upon the streets, cost but a sixpence a vard in Europe, and are made mostly of’ cotton, with just enough wool to alter the com pliction. After they have passed through the United States customhouse they ure worth thirty five cents a yard; hut'when they are sold at retail the ladies pay fifty cents a yard for them. A few weeks since the trustees of Wil liam and Mary College received from Eng. hud a remittance of some SB,OOO, the secnn-.ulaird proceeds of a legacy left them for the college in 1742, by an English lady hy the name of Margaret Whaley. The original legacy was £.>o sterling, to be !• j.plied bv the executors of the Whaley estate to William and Mary College, and has Into hitherto unknown or forgotten, until accidentally discovered by a lawyer in searching over some old papers. On the 14th of M.<v, the Electoral Col lege* of Peru were still casting their votes for President, being so far almost unanimous for Balta. The strong probability of war lietween Cbiii and Peru v», exciting some attention and apprehension. The vellow fever was on the increase, the deaths' aver aging two hundred and fifty a day. Among the recent victims were Captain Blakelev inventor of the Blakeley gun, and Bigniir Fort ana, the baritone opera singer. It is no secret that a conspirac y is on f.iot to reinstate Prado. —Some time since our copperhead cotem porariea were greatly distressed that Mr. Stanton should bold on to the Wnr Office when the President proposed to turu him out. Now would it not be fair for the jour nals that were so greatly pained by Mr. Stanton - * persistenee to advocate the Presi dent's resignation on the same grounds 7 The will of the people that elected Mr. Johnson has been expressed through a large majority in the Senate, pronouncing him guilty of high crimes aud misdemeanors iu office, and declaring that he should be removed. If the Democratic principles are sound, he ought to resign at once.— X. }' Tribune. National Uepnblican AlKtintTA, It A. SATURDAY MORNING, Jane 13, I8«8 For PRESIDENT Os tjib United States: HiVSSKS S. GRANT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: Summit Colfax, or INDIANA* rbffdlifax platiohm. The National Republican party of tho UnH*i SUtW, assembled In National Convention, In the city of cago, on the ftQtti day of May, 1818, make the following Declaration of Principles : lat. We congratulate tho country on the assured she ets* of the reconstruction policy of Congress, as evinced by the adoption. In a majority of the State* lately in rebellion, of Constitution* securing equal civil and political rights to all. and regard it as the duty of the Government to sustain those institutions, and to prevent the people of such States from being remitted to a state of anarchy. 3d. 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 alt the loyal States properly belongs to the people of those States. , „ . 3d. Wt denounce all forms of repudiation ns a na tional crime, and the national honor requires the pay ment of the public indebtedness, in the utmost good faith, to all creditors, at home ami abroad, not only according to the letter, but the spirit of the laws under which it was contracted. 4th. It is due to the labor of ilie nation that taxation should be equalised and reduced as rapidly ns the na tional faith will permit. sth. The national debt, contracted, as it has been, for the preservation of the Union for nil time to come, should be extended over a fair period for redemption, and It is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of in terest thereon, w henever it can honestly be done. tUh. That the best policy to diminish our bunion of debt is to so Improve our credit that capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower rates of interest than w e now pay. ami must continue to pay, so long as repudiation, partial or total, open or covert, is threatened or sus pected. 7th. The Government of the United States should be administered with the strictest economy, and the cor ruptions which have been so shamefully nursed and fostered by Andrew Johnson call loudly for ndl:a! re form. Bth. We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, aud 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; lias used his high office to induce other officers to Iguore and violate the laws; lias employed his executive powers to render insecure the property, peace, liberty and life of the citisen; has abused the pardoning pow er; has denounced the National legisla ture 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 an engine of wholesale corruption; and has been justly impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and properly prononneed guilty thereof by the vote of thirty-five Senators. Ihh. 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 ised by the law of nations, and at w ar with our national honor and independence. Naturalised citizens are enti tled to be pi otected in all their rights of citizeuship as though they were natural bom. 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, and if soarrested 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 and orphans of the gallant dead are the wards of the people, a sacred legacy bequeathed to the nation’s protecting care. 11 tli. 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. Tills Convention declares its sympathy with all the oppressed people which are struggling for their rights. TO on: COUNTRY SUBSCRIBERS , We lire now soAtoag out bills (winch arc long past .1- ) fur Subscrip! ion. Those recei” :n ” a reminder will please at once r , .nit the amount, else their papers will be discontinued. For the Campaign! Til K CHEAPEST IMI'KR IV H EOf*<* f A : The Presidential Campaign, for 1808, will be the most important that has ever claimed the attention of American citizens. Our Republican friends, who realize the advantages to he secured hy the dissemi nation of political truths through the medium of a well conducted daily journal, should, at once, organize Clubs for the purpose of increasing the subscription list and efficiency of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN published every morning (Monday ex cepted) at Augusta. On., the home of the Governor elect. 1 in: ltiu’i r.i.tcan modestly claims that it has done good service in the Union cause, and for the promotion of pure and undefiled Republicanism, since the party had an existence in Georgia. It will be guided, as it has been hitherto, hy uncom promising loyalty to the Union, and will resist every attempt to weaken the bonds that unite the American people into one Nation. The Refi f.lh an will heartily support General Grant and S< iilvekh Coi.kax for the responsible positions for which they have been nominated. It w ill advo cate retrenchment and economy in the public expenditures, ami the reduction of onerous- taxation. It will advocate the sjK-cdy restoration of the South, as needful to revive business and secure fair remune ration for labor. Tin. Reitci.k an will always have all the NEWS--domestic, foreign, political, social, literary, and commercial - its pro prietors using entel prise and money to make the REST 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 ot the world's doings in the most luminous anil attractive manner. And. in order to place Tiie National Rkih iii.k an within the reach of all who desire a ,l„ily WL , present the following low terms of subscription • FOR THE CAMPAIGN," {/'».*»« note till ike first of December.] One Copy 25 Five Copies 10 00 Ten *• ..,..18 00 Twenty “ 33 0© The Democracy arc in trouble. They fight against getting used to defeat. The action of the recent Republican Conven tion, its harmony, its sound, just, and comprehensive platform and popular nominees, have convinced the wiser among the Democratic leaders that it is a forlorn hope upon which they enter in the coming campaign. They desire to avoid an issue upon the righteousness ot the late war on the part of the Government; upon the abolition of slavery: upon the honest payment of the national debt, and upon the just reconstruction of the Southern States. And yet (us has been well re marked by the Providence /Ve*») every leading Delnocrnt, from Johnson to Doo little, from Vallandiglinm to Seymour, and from Pendleton to Franklin Pierce, have a record which, to face in a popular election, would l>c equal to storming a battery of grape and canister. Not a lending man in the party is available. Andrew Johnson the party can not take, although they support him for the patronage lie may be able to bestow to further their ends. lie would be a millstone about the neck of the party which would bury it in oblivion without shadow of hope of resurrection. In this strait, a few of the more sensible look to a complete and fundamental revo lution of the party, as its only means of safety as an organization. They have talked about Sai.mox P. Chase as their candidate. They have felt the pulse of the party. They have sought to bring the party to a position on the subject of slavery and kindred questions in advance of the Republican party, and, stealing its pro gressive thunder, go to the country on principles more in accordance with the spirit of Democracy, and less in harmony with the decayed and fogy platforms which have forced the Democratic party into de feat. They know the incorruptibility of Chief Justice Cii ask on the great issues of liberty and equality against slavery and aristocracy ; and if the party summersault could be made, if the unterritied Democ racy could be brought to change front and take the most obnoxious pill ever offered to a sick patient, and if Chief Justice Chase would take their nomination and run as their candidate, they flatter them selves that a little hope would dawn upon their prospects. There are too many “ifs” in the way. The Democracy may be struck with light ning “individually and collectively,'’ by a shaft, because such a thing is possible : so may the Democracy get down upon their knees and cat the dirtiest kind of dirt for success; may nominate Chief Justice Chase because it is jtomble, but neither are within the range of ordinary proba bility. The Chief Justice wuy accept a nomination at their hands upon a doubtful or precise platform, but lie also may be struck with lightning. We regret that the position of the emi >,fnt «tot<uu»on makes it imnropcr for hint to announce authoritatively his real optn ions of all this twaddling rumor which is afloat. HE COXS Til UC TI ox. In the House of Representatives, yi-tor day, the “Omnibus bill -1 was passed—by a vote of one hundred and eleven to twenty eight. It now goes to the President forliis signature. Will he withhold it ! We think not. Ini: Tk.oiim.kils. Senator Doolittle (who lias in v r done much), in a recent speech against the admission of Alabama, under her loyal State officers elect, asserted, on behalf of the di-unionists of that section, that “they will trample the reconstruction acts of Congress Under their feet, - ’ and the Washington Chronicle thinks that in this defiant language more is meant than meets the ear, for Mr. Doolittle is a recognized leader of tho Democratic party and a trusted counsellor of the recreant President of th • United States. Mr. !>., and those bo so unworthily represents in iiis bellicose speech, may be assured that his language is most untimely, as it comes a “little 100 late or much too earlv. - ’ To consummate this “trampling” of the laws of the land “under their fee'” wilt require, first, that the loyal millions of the country shall forget the horrors of the rebellion, and secondly, that the patty of which Mr. Doolittle is the exponent should triumph throughout this broad laud. Well may the Chronicle assure tho sensational expounder of the “tramp ling” system that if this nation is ever doomed again to tread the wine press of domestic war, it will crush the last seed of rebellion out of the republic. The tram p lers will be trampled. Judge Chase.—ln another column will be found the report of a recent interview la-tween Judge Cham; and a colored Republican of North Carolina. The frank and manly avowal of the Chief Justice is what might have been expected of him; and had he been talking to a Democrat, instead of a black man, he would probably have added some other things—such as his views respecting State rights, the elevation of the cur rency to the same value as gold, the independence of the Judiciary and of the Executive—which would have shown them that there is very little difference between his principles end those of the Democracy. “Axyboiiv.” Tlie democracy just now arc in the search of a candidate in very much the condition of the matrimonially inclined old maid in the story. She had gone into the woods to pray that Provi dence would supply her with a husband. In her fervor she heard a response : “who She proceeded with her supplications, and again the answer; “to who?” With in creasing warmth, she went on, and from the tree, a third time, came the query: “to who?*' Confident now that her prayer was beard, she cried: “anybody, oh Lord!” Ami the owl flew away, and left the old maid in the situation in which the de mocracy continue to day. • [Communicated. Charleston, Juno 11,1808. Rain, rain, rain—a kingdom for a cloud less day! To the ilisjoiJforts of not a few persons, a severe rain storm has prevailed for several days. No change, however, is wrought in the fixed situation hereabout’ From morn till eve, you hear tho saino lumbering carto and other vehicles, and the usual refrain from men, women, and boys: “Snap beans,’titers, cabbage, mul let,” etc. What between the Circus and a recently captured (so called) devil fish, lovers of amusement and the curious have had enough to engage their attention for a few days. But the devil fish was a delusion. Examination proved it to belong to the “clam cracking” species. This stranger has a bird-like head ; a mouth bony struc. tured ; lie measured five feet two inohes from wing to wing, and four feet from nose to tail. The burnt district having been nearly fenced in, does not present such a desolate appearance as before. The pavements on tho principal streets have been greatly improved. A citizen of this place discovered the idea of paving the public walks with a composition very similar to mastic roofing. The ingredients are, I believe, tar, gravel, and cement- The composition makes a very fine pave ment indeed. The authorities of Augusta would net wisely if they would adopt it. It must he cheap ; it certainly is durable. Quis. Novelty. —lt will be a novel sight to see that party, the members of which have bawled themselves hoarse in their contin uous and incessant shoutings, “This is a irhite hum's gorernmtnt” turning square round and in the National Convention which meets in New York on July 4th, resolve that universal suffrage must hence forth be a plank in their platform. There is no end to marvels, but this must cap the climax of all marvelous deeds. Thk Whiskey Tax. —We trust that Con gress will reduce the whiskey tax to 20 cents, if not below that figure. It is hardly possible that the hill, as reported hy Mr. Selicuck, can, under existing circumstances, pass the House ; at least, we trust it will not. Congress has a good work before it, and it should go straight forward to consummate the overthrow of the whiskey ring. Public safety, the welfare of the government, and the purity of elections, demand this. PR OS Cl! IPTION I. Y THE PAST— OUR DUTY IX THE FUTURE. Wc clip the following item from an exchange: ‘ The Mobile Tribune claims it has done more titan any other paper in that vicinity to ‘make radicalism odious.’ It says that no declared Radical can carry on business in Mobile, or associate with gentlemen, and proudly boasts that it has brought about this state of things." Wo have no doubt the statement is entirely true. But there is a lesson hero for us all. Radicalism made odious means that no Republican shall he permitted to associate with gentlemen; that he shall not be allowed to carry on business ; and that his family is to be excluded from genteel society. Radicals in Mobile arc kept out of busi iieis. How ? Why, all trade is taken from them ; they arc undersold, and cheated in Court and out of Court, with no hope of redress, and as a last resort, tbe torch of the incendiary finishes the work ; aud thus r.o Radical is permitted to carry on business in Mobile. Tin: victim of this barbarous treatment is as good a man as any of his enemies : lie is honest, sober, industrious and charitable, but be is a Radical, and that is euough to render him odious, an outlaw, and an out cast. We have heard that the excommunica tion of Emperors, by the l’ope, has made them so miserable that they travelled to Rome and humiliated themselves before their Holy Father. We have been told that private citizens thus excommunicated, found comfort only in death. We have been told that Puritanic persecution drove Roger Williams into the wilderness of Rhode I-land, and that Episcopal intolerance made dissenters odious in colonial Virginia ; that in many eves men have been made odious for opinion’s sake, and persecuted to death ; but in an enlightened ag-' like this we have been taught to believe that such warfare against humanity is only practiced by barbarous nations and savage men. In deed, there arc white barbarians in the South, as savage and cruel as the uncivil ized negro of Africa or the tawny native of America. The Southern heart is tired with the flames of he’d. Men are murdered for being Radicals, who never injured a human being, and whose only offence is freedom of thought. They are driven out of genteel society, the tongue of slander pursues them to retirement, and sp ires not the wife or daughter. he bullet of the assassin and the torch of the incendiary are ever ready for them and their property. They are made aliens in the land of their birth, and so far as the powei of their enemies goes, life is rendered miserable. With us in North Carolina this proserip tion will soon be a thing of the past. Rut we can never forget or forgive. It is our duty hereafter to reward friends, and give enemies nothing —not one stiver more than the law allows or God commands; to build up a society amongst ourselves, which shall proscribe no one, but which shall not admit traitors or barbarians until they repent and become civilized ; to give our countenance in business and every pecu niary favor to friends, and leave our enemies win re they have placed themselves. This course has been forced upon us. As long as the sun shines and rebels pursue the same course, we have only this alternative left. We have seen darker days than we shall ever see again, and avo can maintain ourselves without their assistance hereafter, as we have been obliged to do heretofore. We do not complain ot political proscrip tion. To the victor belongs the spoil*. Hut when the oSices passed fiom our hands, hate and vengeance pursued us into private life, and into every business relation. And this was done because AVe were logul. It wits a bitter cup to drink, but we have drained it to the dregs, and there is nothing left now tor any one. We might say to our enemies that wicked inventions return to plague the inventor; we might commend their poisoned chalice to their own lips, but the Ilepublican party is above such im liable meanness, ami it has too bitterly learned to scorn such prac tices, in m.m or woman, to imitate them now. All we intend to do is to sustain our selves against every foe, auJ resort to their weapons only when obliged to in self defence. The devil, like other spirits damned, is afraid of fire. Raleigh Standard, [From tbs Syracuse Journal. MR. CHASE AND THE PRESIDENCY. Washixutom, June, 1868. Reference has quite often been made of late to the advice given by the Chicl Justice to leading colored men from the South. James 11. Harris, of North Carolina, is well known as one of the ablest and most active Republicans in the South. On Thursday last, after his return from Chicago, be called upon the Chief Justice. Like other leading men of his race, he had consulted with Mr. Chase. Several intima tions had been given him of the surprise the Chief Justice felt because he had not cnlled ns usual. Soon after the ordinary civilities were exchanged, Mr. Chase began to talk on politics by asking hour they felt down South. Mr. Harris replied, “that many of the Republicans were feeling rather bud, nnd that they were uncertain of the future, espe cially since the failure of impeachment.” “How is that?” asked Mr. Chase. "I shall speak frankly to you,” replied Mr. Harris, “if you will allow me, Mr. Chief Justice. The truth is, that we not only fear the effect of impeachment, but we fear much more divisions among our friends. We are told, Mr. Chase, that you yourself are engaged in a movement for the organization of a third party. We have always felt the highest regard for you, mid there was a time when we hn i hoped to see you the Re publican candidate. We saw no other party out that, and cannot now.’’ Mr. Chase replied very emphatically that he “never had any thought of organizing a third party movement; had never been consulted thereon, and would not consent to run on one.” Harris then told him that there was a great deal of talk about his being a Demo cratic candidate, on a platform o! universal amnesty and universal suffrage. In substance Mr. Chase replied that he had always been an anti-slavery man and always expected to be ; that he never had gone down to any man or party. In 1818, in Ohio, neither of the great parties could elect a Senator without the aid of the Lib erty party. The Democrats made a proposi tion to its members, and agreed for their support to repeal the black laws and elect a Free Soilcr to the United States Senate. He was himself elected on that coalition, aud the bill repealing the bluek laws passed as he had himself drafted it. He had not gone down to them—they had come ap to him. If his friends placed him in a similar position now, he was in their hands. He also said that as was stated, he had always been opposed to impeachment, con sidering it wrong and ill-advised, whether in principle or policy. For this he had been grossly abused. Alluding to reports in news papers, he stated that he had not been in the White House for many months. In response to a fear expressed by Mr. Harris that the division in the Senate might prevent tho Southern States being admitted to representation, if the President vetoed the bill, the Chief Justice was emphatic in assuring the North Carolinian that, in his opinion, the President would not veto any such bill. He then passed on to a defence of Mr. Johnson, declaring that he could not be charged with opposing the Reconstruction laws, and asked Mr. Harris if good com manders had not been selected ? The latter referred to Hancock, to which the Chief Justice said lie thought the General did wrong at New Orleans. Senator Iloss catno in while Harris was present, and an introduction took place, the Chief Justice presenting him as a man who refused a unanimous nomination to Congress. Harris said, in doing so, he had only the good of his race in view. Ross said that he had heard of him, and should have been glad to have seen him on the floor of the House. Ho further remarked that this was meant seriously, though he was charged witn being a renegade to pwitj i>n4 freedom, and that it would yet be found who was the true man. MONEY AND MURDER. Up to about the commencement of the late rebellion, there lived in New Orleans a woman of bad reputation, who main tained one of those glittering palaces of pros'itution so common in all large cities, and whose place was visited by men of all classes of society, but trorc especially those of affluence. The house alluded to was frequented by men of position, rank, aad fortune, and the woman was the kept mistress of a man who was quite wealthy, lie was reputed to he worth at least 8100,000, most of which was iti real es’ate, and his wealth was used in “keeping up appearances" in the mansion of which we speak. The woman was one who, from all appearances, “accepted the situation’’ not from necessity but choice. She saw in the future enjoyment only in the possession of gold. She was a woman of middle age, not very handsome, but what is termed as “good ] •<.k- lg.” Her disposition was rather quiet than otherwise, and, all in all, she was a woman who might by pure sophistry win the admiration of any fool who did not have any better sense than to part with his money and give it to such a person. Like his mistress, he revelled in luxuries, and, it is supposed, was finally induced to give his entire wealth to the object of his affections. Ceriaia it is, however, it was given to some one, and after that he became a nobody in tho estimation of her who had secured her object. Just before the breaking out es the war the man died suddenly. Ilis death was thought to have been brought about by violent means ; yet to save his friends from that disgrace which would certainly follow a judicial investigation, nothing was said or done concerning the matter. After death, the man’s friends sought after his property, and were severely disappointed to find that he had none ; or if he had had any, it had been converted into money, hut hy whom none could tell. A private investigation was ordered hut before its conclusion the rebellion broke out and put a temporary veto upon the thing, and the matter was suffered to lie over until peace should be restored and further efforts to sift the mystery could svith safety be under taken. The war bill fair to be of long duration, and all business arrangements Avere lost in vicav of the excitement of the hour. The woman referred to took advan tage of the occasion ta come North, and, it appears, went to a prominent city in one of the extreme Northern States, where she plied her old vocation, and opened one of the most magnificent places for the resort of the lewd characters in the country. Under an assumed name, she was enabled to pass unrecognized ; in fact there were few persons avlio ever visited that extreme Northern section of the country from New Orleans, and under the circumstances she had little difficulty in maintaining a se cluded position. In this place she remained until after the war closed, when she removed to Detroit, and, it is said, purchased a residence on one ol the principal street*, at a cost of consid erably over s.'>o,ooo, and she has since re ntained there. After the close of the war. the relatives and friends ol the deceased renewed their investigations into matters pertaining to his death, ami they not only came to the conclusion that he had been murdered, but that his mistress had first ob tained possession of his property, and had then been chiefly instrumental in putting him out ol the way. An experienced detec tive recently tracked the woman to Detroit, and has communicated his discoveries to the New Orleans authorities. We understand that n complaint for murder will be made out against the woman, mid wo are informed the proof is not Avanting to establish the charge. EXPOSURE OF A MALIGNANT SLANDER. Washi.notox, May 28, 1868. To the Editor oj the South Haul Register: The Democratic paper of our city copies from the Indianapolis Sentinel an article signed “N. M. Moore,” asserting that, as a soldier, he called on me in the winter of 1862, and that the following then occurred : A finely dressed gentleman came imme diately behind me; a colored boy met us in the reception room. He asked us for our cards; the citizen laid his upon the silver waiter. I informed him I had none. He then left the room. In a few minutes Mr. Colfax made his uppeurauce. He spoke in a very affable way to the citizen gentle man, not deigning to notice me. In a short time the gentleman left, and Mr. Colfax turned short around, and in no very ,amiable way said: “ Well, what will you have?” I then, in cs few words as possible, explained the object of my visit. In reply, he said lie had no time to fool away with soldiers. The whole story is utterly false, and if its author swears to it, as he says be is willing to do, he will swear to a wicked and malig nant falsehood. I do not kuow any such man. I never had a silver card waiter in my life. I never used such language as he alleges to any human being who called on me —man, woman, citizen, or soldier. Nor is there a single fair or just man at my home, of any party (I do not include in this the editor of the Union), who believes that I could, or would, reply to any soldier who called upon me that “I had no time to fool away with soldiers.” Many Indiana soldiers know that, at that very time, I was spending one day each week in visiting soldiers at the hospitals, and, in addition thereto, attending to their business at the departments. It is shameful that political opposition should induce th° manufacture and publication of such vile fabrications. Schuyler Colfax. 11 OX. E. STARNES. In the Supreme Court of Georgia, June term, 1808. the following proceedings wc-re had: The committee appointed to prepare a minute on the death of lion. Ebenezer Starnes, submitted the following report: Again we are called to note the passing away of a brother and a friend. Since the last term, the Hon. Ebenezer Starnes, of Augusta, formerly a Judge of this Court, has been taken from us. It is fitting that a memento of his virtues, and a mark of the respect in which he was held by his brethren ot the Bench and Bar, should be recorded here. The deceased was still in the prime of life and in the midst of a large and labo rious practice when the summons came. Ilis death was sudden, and its announce ment fell with a shock on the public ear, without even a note of warning, or a moment’s preparation to hear it. In the community where he lived no man was more respected, or commanded a larger share of their trust and confidence. He had lived in the same city from youth up. Beginning life with no peculiar advantages of fortune or family connections, and not gifted with those brilliant qualities that strike and dazzle the public eye, his rise in life was steady, regular, and due to patient industry, perseverance, and un swerving integrity. He became Attorney Genera! of his Cir cuit, then Judge of the Superior Court, then Judge of the Supreme Court: and in every station acquitted himseit with credit and honor, adding to bis daily increasing repu tation, and heie.g more nnd more appreciated by the people of his State. For the last thirteen years of his life he filled no office, but devoted himself to a heavy and lucrative practice at the bar. But his professional engagements, absorbing ns they were: did not cool his pitriot-m, or prevent his active participation in every good work. During the late civil war ho was the head and soui of that most useful and beneficent institution, the Georgia Relict Association, and many a suffering soldier felt the effects of his un wearied efforts in its behalf. At the time of his death he was engaged, wish zeal and energy, in the duty assigned to him by the bar of the State, of raising a monument to the late eminent and beloved Chief Justice. Activity, assiduity, and zealous effort marked his movements iu every position in which he was placed. Asa lawyer he was faithful, laborious, able, and eminently suc cessful. Asa Judge, he was patient, inves tigating. impartial, and a lover of justice. His written opinions in the Georgia Reports are the monuments of his high qualities as a judge. His demeanor at the bar was that of the high toned gentleman. No man was further from any approach to littleness. For trickery and finesse he had an abiding contempt and aversion. Truth and candor were conspicuous in all his dealings. His life and success offer to our young brethren a bright and useful ex ample ; for, what he was, they can make themselves, by the use of the same means, industry, patience, integrity and honor. We submit the following resolutions: Resolved, That we have heart! with deep regret of the sudden and untimely death of Hon. Ebenezer Starnes, formerly Judge of! this Court; that we sympathize with his j family and friends in their bereavement: and j that, in testimony of our respect for his high i qualities of mind and heart, that the Court ! be requested to order that the foregoing j preamble and resolution be entered on the I minutes of the Court. Resolved, That the Clerk be requested to cause these proceedings to he published in the papers ol this city and of Augusta, and that a copy of the same be sent to the larnily of the deceased. W. T. Hull, \X. T. Gocld, G. T. Barxes, Committee. Shall tub Democracy Bid eor the Negro Vote? —The New York World, in reviewing the political situation, stys: “The only odcu question is, what course the Democratic party shall pursue with refer ence to this fact ? Shall we attempt, in the face of these disadvantages, to carry the Southern States, or shall we give them up as hopeless? If we make any serious attempt to carry them, we must divide the negro vote : and the most effective method of doing that is a problem which demands our most earnest consideration.” That question is tinder serious considera tion. It is no joke. The World and Gov. Seymour seeking to “divide the negro vote Avill be a new and thrilling event in our politics. AHEAD OF ALL COMPETITORS ts RICH ARDSOX’SNEW .’’lETIIOl) FOR THE PIAKO FORTE, | )KINO THE ONLY BOOK THE TKACUBR I I requires, and the hook every pupil is at tracted to. Its lessons arc adapted to pupils of all ages, and its exercises attractive and usetol in every stage of advancement. This book has, on accou >t of its actual merit, become the standard work of Piano instruction, and the only one which every well informed teacher and scholar uses. Price, s3.7s—sent postpaid. OLIVER DITSON A CO., Publishers, 277 Washington. SL, Boston. CUAS. 11. DITSOX A CO, jell-ts 711 Broadway, New York. | funeral notice""^^^B The Friends ami ZT 9 Mr. and Mr*. AUGUSTUS specially invited to attend tfc, , “'H-9 former from the Catholic Cbur-t' J»y) morning, at lo t - t!otk- ' TBls 'VU,.9 m l ' CONSIGNEES' l’EirCTS>9 RAILROAD, Jane 12, c A w M A Cos, I, K A bro, barren C& c A n J, 9 Derry l Cos, C K Mustin 4Cof t p £ iH J b Platt, F A Maug C ,rB V J M( ” B ~J ^9 J W A pci, 0 b, Jn. rtl Ar" B iS">9 Flagler. ' ‘‘• wt ftlttM JB@“ sc it u~ div 11, \i. ' N 9 THE GEORGIA HOKE Ix4 U , v „’ o? 9 of Colombo?, (Ja. “ ASCB «,■ Assets Ist of Jaauar7 ;i r',7 H ***** We have rective.J ready ~r Wi ■ o. Dividend .’.’o. 1, ao .ar-iie, of the net premium paid annual policies, on pgiek, nine months interval from > '=, 3tet, 1887. Dividend January Ist, 1882. ’ *NB Persons to whom S:r:p i, B to call at once and receipt f.„- ihicc^'^^B hall a c\ut> i I j 7 - i ”‘ I NEW I IN I U. S. MARSHAL s OFFICE, ) I Atlanta, oa. jj ! I rplllS IS TO GIVE NOTICE TV,, 1 I 1 10th day of Jane. A D ft* •'M tate" of* BaUkrnptCy f k v ILLIAiI CII END KICKS of liome, m the county of Fiovd I of Georgia, who has been .Bi.lL.****> ropt on Ins own petition ; tut the debts, anil delivery of any i, r --i-rtr’lieU I said bankrupt, to him or fer of any property by him. are forbidlenth!' that a meeting of the creditors of said fiSI to prove their debts, aud to choose <JT2j assignees of his estate, will he held»U Bankruptcy to be holder, at tbe Wv office, in the Lotted Stater Hotel, AtWfil’ gia, before I.awj>u Black. Itcgister iooe day ot June, A. L), 1868. at 10 o'clock » , CHARLES H. ELtla .lelJ—lt t, S. Pep Marshal as Meaaw, IN bankruptcy?" U. s. MARSHAL S OFFICE. ) Atlanta. Ga., June 11 18og THIS «TO GIVE NOTICE: That u- j X ftlth day of Jane. A. D.. 1868 aWe i :4,l t i" Bankruptcy was issued a<ai*t the » tate of ALBERT M RIXEY, of Rome, in the conntv of Fiovd and Su, 0 f Georgia,who has beeu adjudged Baakrmtotis own petitiomand that the payment ofanv iluisj delivery of any property belonging toaidßak rupt, to him or for his use, and tbe transfer of m property by him. are forbidden hr law thsi meeting of tire creditors of said 'BanW. * prove their debts, and to choose one onson assignees of his estate, will to held at i Cobsg Bankruptcy, to he lioldea at the Kegisersofee in the United States Hotel. Atlanta, Georgia lieforp Lawson Black. Reghter. on the Sts |» of June, A. D. 1868. at 10 o'clock a. tn CHARLES H. ELTEA, mylJ-lt t. S. Dep. Marsha; - Messenger. Asiatic Oitol tau China, ALMOST EVERY CASE CURED WITH TAIN KiLLEK. I } LAD i; i•!.[/ LKTTEBFEOM Xi. Uev. K. Tci; Mi—: :.,try h Chim. sot visiting iiir-: • i . K-.- Washington. Pa.. Jane 25,1386. Mtssr.i. I\ y lhin< tl* .V .-r ie%ct.R.L Dear Sirs -Dariak' . r -: :rr 'r of !«k iea years as a M>>i :i irv in s - i CLer. I your venerable Pain K be: .» removiy for that fearfal sc ctvr. Cholera. In administering the l-sc:- :. - I foscuiiaoa effect»ial dve a te.-.s- v.:'- : Pain krill of ho; w.-ittr wr.~ silta: ika. after ah nit tifreen Liinrr-.'. I- iire aabie* spooafa! ot the same - v r 'y nintite relief was ohrahie-l. A;; !y ap-t)ba:»a*» the cxtri-ruiti-s lhu.hv ;.* wiia Fsa Killer, ilear a.-nt rub the limb' lnskly._ OtuN* who had the cholera, n;. * *• .r fully ill tiie w;-y s-a*fi a- v*_. nzh: est ot ttt recovered. »ar«. trily. R TELFORD. I? an attack with ce. or Cramp C die. den : delay ase e: *•*? Killer. *o!«i ny a l meiiALc driers. cents, dl cents, and $1 per Lottie. 11aNHxrrvx. Kvxsu. April!'• Gentlemen— * * * I want t» sty more al>nut the Pair. K: hr. I cyaaJerit raluolie medic* m\ aud always ■’ : n I have travelled ac ed dea. sr. ' 1 1 Live -_•* Kansas, and never without tacrf » In mv nractire 1 used it frse.y fer ***““ Cholera! in I'L. « ::: V ; "' " ; A, other modi; me I also nsrd . t.-* ix<&* ISoh with the same • >i ro; . n Truly, yours A liUMD ’ <tvaTo, Cl®; Cholcin i- ** ! rvgwt »■' »? J^Li cholera has prevailed here ot .mt » * • exrent. For the !a-t litre riftv Ol sixty fatal c.,.-ef <• •-JO.* ported. Isi iild .. :J : -i : ‘'L.lbibil recentlv tr. iu tin- Mission U f with considerable success * ‘Jwt- If taken !:-.:s hi- ,'' '- ' '* the dl-rnSe. ~nAKDINkb jtv'iifore. is* [From tire IVrtLtw JL-athli-i Summer Complaint and Bowel co®plaints seem - u * ‘ prevailing clearest, and any at everywhere acceptable. :c.:J ! -;;U jjr! very desirable acquisition. Inn p,T» seen, heard,and experience- we - - Pain Killer is this JesUerata-r-. f.a-cdHK method of u*mg it. we qa :e nea l4 '. m “Forcommon bowel 9 spoonful in uaill of new mnk 5111 . ,L.km equal par!.-, stirred well r ce; b( tor children, according to the : -- e - . , 3*o severe, bathe tbe bowels and ■ v cine. This mode of treat® - .- -' .. f. Sc the cholera morbns. sodden *topp*S - peal the dose every boar •Tire quickest way I ever »*“*,;* fits cured was by takiug one Killer in one gill of milk an- —., —*(tiat well together aad drank -tot - e to bathing the bowels freely wit. the dose be repeated every hoar a is relieved.” . &*r tk* If every perse a who cos reasxt, * ioak disease would provide tbevtselve* ' of this medicine, and use as e***®!®* \-’j w .-k** believe a great amount ot saaenas —hi would be saved. _JX- ' Sale of Land in Burke \ 1 .'ILL BE SOLD. ATTHSIVI*^ W door in the town o, M-. connly. tiroex». between tea■ Tl Esl)if three o'clock p. m . on the or*r^ IN JULY next, at public ' al '/ nJfcjafW.'-* Hon. A. G. Footer, Register “AjSTV* - certain tract of Laud, situate -•'V.rfted rountv of lturke. containim: twv, f more * or lose, atijomiu* Held* John C. Poyt hre-ss. deceased. > Wjf estate ot Alexander Bearn ret. »». *' tract oonveved to bin; hf AYsm, set *** Cullen, lets fitly acres, imlummc and surveved tor Joseph l * \- Sold free from encumbrances sad * said Joseph I>. Perry, by or 'fc r JL rt s*. tne estate of said jell—JJkwtd