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PAX AG It AMS.
-Yesterday, »•» Ne * , York > Oo,d WM
quoted at 1.41. Cotton, 28|.
—No one»* * roter in Liberia unUw of
African deacont, and not even then if not a
|His.«Mor of real estate,
_ ] ( i a asserted that there are to be no
more public capital puniahm-nta in England
—that Barrett’* execution ha* been the last
ot them.
The Commissioner* of the San Fran
ciaco Funded Debt report a largo surplus on
hand, and the profit of the year’s oparatioaa
is nearly $130,000.
—Great exertions are being put forth in
California to complete the Central Pacific
Railroad to Salt Lake in advance of the
Union Pacific Railroad.
At a recent aale in Paris, the followi.iß
were purchased for account of the British
Museum: A small antique bronzestatue
for #1,000; an armed athlete, $3-0, and
two cameos, #OIO.
The St. Paul Railroad, since it* ab
sorption ot the Northwestern, has now
neatly 2,000 miles of road underjw control.
No railroad corporation in the world np
proaciien the St. Paul in magnitude now.
There are now in the country about
6.400.000 spindles, which cost $23 each, or
#130,000,000. The capital used to work
them is not less than #12.30 a spindle,
which is $80,000,000 more—making #240,-
000,000.
—The Adventists of Meriden, Conn., in
their collective deliberations Inst Sabbath,
decided, through the medium of a broken
slate and a piece of chalk, that the world
would "surely come to an end on the 2d day
of October.”
—The immigration, from Piussia to
America this year, it is expected, will reach
250,000. It is composed chiefly of inhabit
ants cf the northern provinces, who arc for
the most part Protestants, and have a small
capital at their command.
—Foreign polities are even more singular
than the political events of our own country.
At a recent fete in Pestti, the Emperor
Francis Joseph sat at a table with a dozen
persons who had been condemned to death
by him some few years since.
—The receipts of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for
May, 1868, were #6,520 below those of the
corresponding months in 1867. From
March to June, this year, there has been a
falling off in receipts of $21,732 as com
pared with last year.
—Hon. John J. Mcßae, formerly Gov
ernor of Mississippi, died recently in
Honduras Several years ago he was a
member of the United States I’ongrcss—
first in the House and then in the Senate.
11c was also a member of the Confederate
House of Representatives at Richmond.
—The manufacture of rubber heel stiffen
ing, anew thing in boo; and shoe manufac
ture. has recently been begun at Chelsea,
Mass. Th esc stiffening* are said to be !
superior to leather, for flic reason that they
will not "run down,” and are unaffected by
water.
—The estimates ot receipts from internal
revenue for the present fiscal year, ending
June 30, were $208,000 000- Commissioner
Rollins estimated $224,000,000. The actual
receipts will reach only $190,000,000, or
#35,000,000 Its* than had been anticipated
by the Revenue Department.
—The Treasury Department is busy in
preparing a schedule for paying the interest
on five-twenties and the ’Bl bond*, which
falls due on the Ist of July. The amount
of interest which the Government will pay
out amounts to $32,000,000. The Treasurer
will anticipate the interest, and begin pay
ment toward the last of the present month.
Kentucky friends of John C. Breckinridge
say he is anxious to be pardoned, come home
and return to the practice of law in Ken- ;
lucky. He will soon leave Europe for j
Canada, where lie will remain until he gets
permission, in the form of a pardon, to goto
Kentucky.
—On the Ist of July a banquet will be
given in London to Cyrus W. Field, under
the presidency of the Duke of Argyle, "as
an acknowledgment of the eminent services
he has rendered to the New and Old World
by his devotion to the interests of Atlantic
telegraphy through circumstances of pro
traded difficulty aud doubt”
—The estate left by ex-Preaidcnt Bu
chanan is estimated to he worth $300,000.
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, his niece, i* to
have the Wheatland property. Among his
other bequests arc $2,000 to the poor of
Lancaster City, in addition to the $ 1,000
previously donated ; SI,OOO to the Presby
terian Church of Lancaster; and $5,000 to
his late housekeeper.
—An explosion recurred in the steam
saw mill of Stephen Clark, near Cumber
land, Md., on Wednesday morning. The
entire building was shattered, and Dr. 11.
Scott Thurston, the clerk, and Morris
Sibley, the engineer, and a man named
Parks, were instantly killed. Two other
workmen were badly injured. The disaster
i* alleged to have been caused by the
carelessness of the engineer.
—Six months at the present day is a sutfi
(ient length of time for a prolonged visit to
the Antipedes. On December 2d, 1867, an
English nobleman, LirJ Lyttleton, accom
panied by his son and another gentleman,
left England, and, travelling by the Panama
route, made a thorough survey of his exten
sive possessions in New England. The party
has returned to England, after having made
a tour of the world iu a period of time
which, nt the commencement of the present
century, would about have been sufficient to
visit Home.
—The sarsaparilla digger* at Yucatan are
asserted to be descended from the ancient
Aztecs of Southern Mexico, and to retain
many of the peculiarities supposed to char
acterize their ancestors. Provided willi
narrow spades, a coil of rope and a bag of
water,they penetrate the boundless forests of
Centra! America, supporting life upon the
wihl banana as food, and sheltering them
selves under the thick leaves of the trees.
The demand in the United .Stale* for the
sarsaparilla root gives employment to large
nuinbeix of this primitive race.
The Chaseilcs met at Philadelphia oil
Thursday, to the "number of about fifty
gentlemen, from various part* of the coun
try.” Frederick P. Stanton, whilom Gov
ernor of Kansas, presided. The following
permanent officers were appointed : Presi
dent, Hon. Win. S. Price; Vice Presidents,
John J. Cisco, of New York ; Charles D.
Truman, of Pennsylvania ; .Enoch T. Cur
son, of Ohio; Wm. Prescott Smith, of
Maryland ; Hon Frederick P. Stanton, of
Virgiuia; John Paul, M. lb, of Illinois;
Amo* Sprague, of Rhode Island; T. H.
Sweter, of Massacliusefls; Hon. James R.
Doolittle, of Wisconsin ; Gen. N. L. Jeffries,
of the District of Columbia; Edward T.
Latham, of New Jersey ; Hon. James Dixon,
Os Connecticut; and General S. W. Crawford,
of Kentucky. Secretaries, John W, Frazier,
of Philadelphia; George F. Gordon, of
Philadelphia; John J. O’Brien, of New
York ; John Oberly, of Illinois. Resolutions
were adopted looking to the Chief Justice’s
nomination, and providing for the appoint
ment of a committee of one hundred to keep
aud bring the matter before the National
Democratic Convention.
National Ucpublicon
AU«tTHTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING Ju “*. lT ' ,M ®
For I’li 10S11)l’*IN r l
Or tiik United Statics:
I MSSI-S S. «RAIT,
FOR VICK PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
Or INDIANA.
iibpirlicak platfobm.
The XaUoual Republican party of the United Slates,
aa»etnbled In National Convention, in the city of Chi
cago, on the 90th tier of May, 1808, make the following
Declaration of Principle* :
let. We congratulate the country on the Assured euc
cana of the reconstruction policy of Congreu, ai
evinced l»y the adoption, in a majority of the State*
lately in relifelHon, of ConaUtutious securing equal civil
and political rights to all, and regard it a* the duty of
the Government to auatain those InMltutiotis, and to
prevent the people of such States from being remitted
to a state of anarchy.
90. The guarantee, by Congress, of equal suffrage to
all loyal men iu the South was demanded by every con
sideration of public safety, of gratitude and of justice,
and tnnat be maintained, while the question of suffrage
In all the loyal States properly belongs to the people of
those States’.
3*l. We denounce all forma of repudiation as a na
tional crime, and the national honor requires the pay
ment of the public indebtedness, in the utmost good
faith, to ail creditors, at home ami abroad, not only
according to the letter, but the spirit of the laws
under winch it wras contracted.
4th. It is due to the labor of ihe nation that taxation
should be equalized and reduced as rapidly as the na
tional faith will permit.
sth. The national debt, contracted, as it has been, for
the preservation of the Union for all 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, whenever it can honestly be done.
tith. 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 we now
pay, ami must continue to pay, so long as repudiation,
partial or total, open or covert, U 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 r.tdical 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 his high office to induce other
officers to ignore and violate the laws; has employed
his executive powers to render insecure the property,
peace, liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
pardoning p«w^r: has denounced the National Legisla
ture as unconstitutional; has persistently and cormptiy
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 pronounced guilty thereof by the vote of
thirty-five Senators.
9th. The doctrine of Great Hritain 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, aihl at war with our national
honor and independence. Naturalized citizens are enti
tled to be piotectedin all their rights of citizenship as
though they were natural born, and no citizen ot 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 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 tbo country. The bounties
and pensions provided by law for these brave defenders
of the nation are obligations never to be forgotten. The
widows ami 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 Uie
oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encour
aged by a liberal and just policy.
12th. This Convention declares its sj-inpathy with all
the oppressed people which are struggling for their
rights.
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KKCONB TRUC TED.
In a few days, for the Unit time ia our
history, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia. Louisiana, North Carolina and
South Carolina, will have govrraßteata
framed according to tlte will anti support
ed by the ballots of a majority of the
whole people. Virginia, Mississippi and
Texas remain, but the work in those States,
though delayed, will be the more likely to
succeed it the organization* in the recon
structed States go into immediate and
successful operation.
"You can never reconstruct the Union,”
said the Democrats in 1865. The Repub
lican party lma tried it. "You never mean
to reconstruct the Union,” said the Demo
crats when the reconstruction bill was
passed. The admission of seven of the
teu revolted States, within a year from
the passage of that bill, is the best proof
that could he given, both of the sincerity of
the Republican party and of the wisdom
and practical good seme of its measures.
These are indeed glorious proofs of the
wonderful changes wrought by the Repub
lican party. To-day seven loyal States
come forward front the ruins of the war—
those lately in arms "accept the situation, ’’
and by thousands vote tile Republican
ticket. Industry will thrive, and the
people ot the State will contend with each
other, not with arms, but in honorable
rivalry to repair the ravages of war, anti
restore tlte prosperity and enterprise which
rebellion prostrated. To every citizen,
indeed, there comes a vision of a future
brighter than his State has ever seen, and
of a prosperity greater than could ever
have been realized under the old system.
In these bright hopes all citizens have an
equal share, and they will gladly accept
from the new governments that protection
and civil order which will enable them to
realize their anticipations.
ENTHUSIASM.
It is charged that the nomination of
General Gh.vnt has been received without
enthusiasm. We are all too well satisfied
to make any great noise until we see the
disunion candidate. Then, the country
will behold a display of ‘enthusiasm’ for
the Republican hero that will eclipse the
days of llu: hi sox and Taylor. Every
body. except traitors, loves Grant, and
their love will be made known all over the
Union by such exhibitions of popular en
thusiasm as America has never seen
before.
The Republican party does not worship
men. It rewards patriots, and glorifies
their good deeds. It remains to the petro.
lcum codfish of the North and aristocratic
oligarchy of the South to deify a man,
despite his faults or crimes. The enthu
siasm of the one party is as different from
the other as day from night. One looks h>
the establishment of great principles—it
is a high moral enthusiasm; while the
other looks to place, and office and salary,
and is directed towards individuals. One
is the expression of the true Republicans
of the land; the other, of corrupt dema
gogues, and aristocrats, and traitors to free
government in America. That i* the dif
ference.
I VII. I T IS MODE US 1) EM I> ( 7.\ 1 C Y ?
This pertinent question is easily an
swered. The true definition is not hard
to learn. All the leading presses of the
South all the leading men of the South
who claim alignment with national De
mocracy, echo and re-echo the sentiment
every day. It is opposition to the Gov
ernment of the United States of the same
kind and of the same venom as that to
which we owe the attempted dismember
ment of the Union. To day there is as
much disposition on the part ot the Ku
Klux Democracy of the South as there
ever was to array themselves against their
government, and the oath of allegiance
they were so anxious to take in I#U5 is
violated in letter and spirit every hour of
the day. In view of the status of these
rebels, would it be wise on the part of the
Government to allow them another oppor
tunity to league together in armed resist
ance ? We think not. Wc fear that too
much leniency ha* already been shown on
the part of the powers that be to the
enemies of peace, law, and order, and we
hope that this last move from the friends
of the murderers of the lion. Mr. Asliburn,
by seeking lobby influence at Washington,
will meet with signal and deserved defeat.
\Vc are well satisfied that this is no time
to show pity, but hold that the stern
mandates of justice require examples to
be made of violators of the. law, espe
cially where evidence said to be so con
clusive and so irrefutable is ample to
convict a number at least of the men now
in prison at Atlanta of the foulest and
most cowardly murder recorded in the
annals of crime in Georgia. The murder
of Asliburn was designed to be but the
commencement of a concocted plan,
secretly formed by the Ku Klux leaders
in the South tor the wholesale murder of
all the prominent Republicans of the
country, while they “deny with an oath”
any p&ticipatiou whatever in tiie secret
begotten elans, whose organization ex
tends over the whole South, where it is
well known to exist.
If they dared to avow their purpose it
would be but the reiteration ot the plans
ol the conspirators of other days. Know
ing their impotency to offer open and
manly resistance by peaceful means, to
what they are pleased to term mal-admin
istration of our government, they seek, by
murder and assassination, to effect tlieir
object, We again repeat that it is no time
to show leniency to criminals, if, upon a
fair trial, they may lie convicted of base
crimes : nor would it be wise to allow such
cases as the Asliburn murderers to be tried
other than by a Military Court. It, is
useless to talk of conviction where money
in any quantity can lie had to prevent it,
as would be the case with this respectable
clan of midnight conspirators and assassins
from Columbus. Those murders and nssas.
(filiations would not have been confined to
any special locality, hut the best nu nos
the country would have met the fate of
Ashburn had not the promptness of the
Government arrested the matter at its
beginning. The end has not come, if
threats weigh anything as coming from<
certain leaders of modern Democracy; ami
for the sake of the colored race and the
loyal nun, women and children ol the
country, wc hope early steps will he taken
to organize fully a Htate guard, to take the
place of the troops now so necessary to
preserve the peace ot the South, when
they iany be removed from the Southern
States (as has been the prayer of the Ku
Klux clans this many a day), but which
wc hope will not lie dnfic iu years to come.
Once more in the Uniou, and living under
the ;egis of our country's flag, and pro
tected by the government, the conscien
tiously loyal man may re-cape the dangers
that now surround him; but we prefer to
have, as an additional safe guurd, the pro
tection given by the liayouet rather than
be liable to assassination, which, from
threats already made, seems to be the fixed
purpose of disloyal leaders and their un
derstrappers throughout the whole terri
tory of the South.
VOTES OF THE STATES.
In the course of the debate in the Senate
• ... >
a few days since, on the question of including
Alabama in the admission bill, Mr.Trumbull
made the following statement of the votes of
die Southern States :
In North Carolina there were registered
179,633 votes, half of which is 89,826. There
were east for the Constitution 92,500 voles,
being 2,074 more than a majority of the
registered vote. There were 71,820 votes
cast against the Constitution.
In South Carolina thfire were registered
127,432 votos, half of; which is 63,716.
There were cast for the Constitution 70,758,
being 7,012 more than a majority of the
registered vote.
In Georgia there were registered 191,501
votes, half ot which is 95,750. There were
east lor the Constitution 89,007, showing
less than a majority of the registered vote
by 6,713 votes.
In Alabama the vote cast fur the Consti
tution was less, by 13,099, than a majority of
the registered vote.
In Louisiana there were registered 129,651
votes, half of which is 64,827. There wero
east for the Constitution 66,152, being 1,325
more than a majority.
In Florida there were registered 28,003
votes, half of which is 14,001. There wore
east for the Constitution 14,511, being 510
more than a majority.
PENNSYLVANIA.
From a private letter we quote the follow
ing, in allusion to the coming Presidential
campaign:
We are just catering upon a fierce contest
in old Pennsylvania. We mean to win, as
we did heretofore, whenever a Union Repub
bean victory was needed. If it is true that
Pennsylvania is the battle ground, then even
victory is certain, simply because, at a Pres
idential election, when a full vote will bo
polled, wc can not be bealen.
Wc hope our friend's hopes will be realized,
and that the “Old Keystone” and the “Em
pire” of the South, as ho says, may bo found
side by side in the great final triumph next
November. Our best efforts shall be put
forth in that direction, and wc have no fears
of success in the race in Georgia, if the
Republican party i* true to itself, and
labors, ns we know it can, for the election of
Giiant and Colfax, and the continued su
premacy of its principles.
The Dkm and for Kkfohm in the Reve
nue service is not confined to any party.
Though the Democrats, for party purposes,
are most noisy, the Republicans are even
more anxious for a thorough reform, for in
that party arc found tlte greater proportion
of the substantial tax payers of the country.
The resolution adopted by the Chicago
Convention, which demands reform in tlte
revenue service, was not an empty and
unmeaning declaration, but the great body
of Republicans heartily endorse, and will
bold their representatives to a strict ac
countability if they fail to give it speedy
attention. It, is in the power of Congress
to end these frauds, and the people demand
that it shall be done.
An Honest Confession. —We have,
more than once, remarked that the self
styled “respectable” party claiming that
"this is the white man’s government,” is
opposed, to universal suffrage mainly be
cause the colored voters seem to prefer the
Republican ticket. And. as a chapter in
the history of the present times, we append
the following from the Columbia (8. C.)
Phoenix, a Democratic paper:
As for ourselves, wo shall not decline the
honest conservative colored man’s aid.
when, invested as he has been with the
right to vote, he comes forward and offers
to help us to save the Commonwealth. To
win in ihe eomiiig light, we must accept
every r, emit wc can get.
But let it not he a.-suntod that we propose
to secure the colored voter by any means
inconsistent with our own principles or his
interests The negro votes. We may not
like it. The negro, nevertheless, does vote,
and this fact we can not ignore. Now, that
philosophy is the best which bravely looks
events in the face, and accepts, with
equanimity, that which is. lienee, in view
ol surrounding circumstances, wo advocate
the poliey of winning the colored man’s
vote, for his own interests, and our own
interests. And this, wo conceive, is one of
tho most important objects to be kept in
view. Vote the colored man, for you vote
him for your own benefit, and you cote hint
into a future for his own race.
Uecoxsti:ccnos.—Congress has at last
done what we wish it had done sooner—
pa«aed a hill readmitting the six States of
North and South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Louisiana, nnd Florida, to representa
tion in cither House, and restoring them to
all the rights of self-government which
they dissipated by rebellion. Arkansas had
already been restored by a separate act; so
that there will remain hut Virginia, Missis
sippi, and Texas, which (through no fault
ot Congress) tire not yet ready for restora
tion.
We rejoice that tho cavils which would
have delayed the restoration of Alabama and
of Florida have not prevailed in either
House, ami we hope to see all these States
represented in both before the 4th ot July.
What hinders Virginia ? It she is waiting
for means to hold an election, why not
supply Ihe needful? Hurry up the work of
Reconstruction ! Tribune.
.st
The Tribune thinks that the vole* of (lie
.Southern States will ho about equally di
vided between the two parties, and that the
battle ground will ho in the States ot Con*
nocticut, New York, Now Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, and Ohio. The electoral vote of
Now York Is 33, Pennsylvania 26, nnd
Ohio 21.
[Communicated.
NON. ED. RANDOLPH HARDEN.
Mr. Editor —You need not tie reminded,
I presume, that, during tho recent heated
and bitter contest, it required no small
amount of nerve for one to sympathize with,
to say nothing of advocating, the ratification
fl the Constitution, the election of Governor
Bullock, and, generally, the principles in
volved in the Reconstruction Acts of Con
gress. But while the contest was heated and
bittur everywhere, it was intensely so in that
portion ol the Stale denominated the "Black
Belt,” lying between Macon and Columbus,
and Albany and the Chattahoochee. To
maiutaiu one's position, under the storm of
abuse, odium and contumely Heaped upon
recoustructionist* there, required the exercise
of mi unusual amount of moral courage and
devotion'to principle. The possessors of this
ennobling quality, as manifested by their
outspoken sentiments and brave and bold
action, are entitled to consideration at the
hands of the people, nnd of the “powers that
be.’ We doubt not a grateful constituency
will remember, und, in due time, reward
them. •
Among the goodly number of noble spirits
standing prominently out ns co-worker* in
the great cause of reconstruction, "to the
manner born,” and whoso talents and merits
have already been recognized, is that of him
whose name heads this communication. De
scended from the best of old Virginia's
stock, and connected with the most distin
guished in Georgia, he stands unimpeachcd
for patriotic devotion to the interests of his
State and section, and is recognized by all
who know him as possessed of fine talents
and capacity, and unquestioned private and
political integrity. The estimate placed upon
these is best known by the following honor
able, if not extended record :
He was for eleven years a prominent
officer of the Western and Atlantic railway,
giving tho highest satisfaction. In 1851 he
was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court
of the United States for Nebraska Territory
by President Pierce, which position lie held
for four years. He served in the first Legis
lature which assembled in Omaha City. In
1861 he was appointed Judge of the Su
preme Court of the United States for Utah,
but resigned at tho expiration of three
months. He was also a delegate to the
Charleston Convention. Besides this, he
has filled numerous other private and politi
cal positions of more or less importance—all
to the satisfaction of gratified constituencies.
During the late memorable, embittered
Gubernatorial contest, Judge Harden, true
to his early open and honest espousal of
reconstruction, did good service in behalf of
the ratification of the Constitution, the elec
tion of Gov. Bullock, nnd the success of
those supporting both. Iu common with
Gen. McCay, Mr. Whitclcy, and others in
that section, equally true and deserving,
though less prominent, Judge Harden has
been the subject of unstinted abuse and
denunciation. Amid it all he has been true
to principle and its advocate*.
Judge Harden, thus distinguished (or
honorable service and unflinching devotion
to what he regarded the good of his section
of the country, deserves recognition at the
hands of the people. It is hoped he will
receive it. His ability and experience emi
nently fit him for Judge ot the Superior
Court ot the Circuit in which he resides. He
has probably borne as much abuse, and is
more prominent than any other gentleman
of the legal profession who espoused our
cause. He deserves the appointment, and
in awarding it to him, Gov. Bullock will
undoubtedly gratify his trustworthy constitu
ents in that Circuit. Clarke.
GEN. GRANT AND THE JEWS.
The most insidious efforts are being made
at this juncture in Indiana, as well as in
other Western States, to prevail upon the
Jews to declare at masse that they will not
vote for General Grant on account of his
well known Vicksburg order. Two circulars
have lately becu addressed to a great many
Jews ofßepubliean proclivities in the West
ern States, for the purpose of inducing
them to join in this crusade against the
I Republican candidate for the Presidency-
One of them is dated and mailed at St.
Louis, ami signed by a certain Isaacs, who
styles himself a “Jewish officer,” but who,
it is said, can not be found in that city at
all. The other is got up in Chicago, and
is not signed by anybody, but it is full of
preposterous falsehoods concerning the
opinions which, it asserts, General Grant
entertains in regard to the Jews in the
United States. To judge by these circu
lars and the constant harping of many
Democratic papers in the West on the same
subject, it i evident that desperate efforts
will be made all Summer to alienate the
inass of the Republican Jews from General
Grant.
If this line of policy bad any prospect of
success, the matter would be serious
enough, for there arc in Illinois not loss than
30,000 Jewish voters, and in Indiana at least
15,000 ; and, inasmuch as live sixths of them
have hitherto always voted with the Repub
licans, a wholesale defection on their part
would endanger the election of Grant and
Colfax in Illinois, and render the election of
the Democratic ticket in Indiana cer
tain beyond a doubt. But these efforts
are wasted. The Jews now already declare
indignantly that appeals of this kind are
insults to their common sense, and that if,
as certain Democratic politicians have ad
vised, mass meetings of the Jews should be
called for the purpose of making demon
strations against Gen. Grant, their loading
men would be the first to denounce the
movement and the designing politicians who
originated it.— Y. Times.
Gen. Beauregard, who is now stop
ping at the New York Hotel, says, in
reference to the probablo course of the
Southern delegations in the Democratic
National Convention, that it is extremely
improbable that the voto of a single South
ern State can be cast for the Democratic
candidates; and, therefore, the Southern
Democracy have no right to advise, much
less to insist, upon the adoption of any
special nominee by their Northern allies.
Tho duty of the South is this: Accepting
its situation, it will do its utmost to sustain,
whatever candidates shall appear most'
available and most likely to secure success
in the judgment of the Northern delegations.
For Gen. Hancock all the white men in tho
South would turn out and work with great
zeal, if he should happen to be the nominee;
hut if in the judgment of the Northern
delegations success could only be secured
by the nomination of Salmon P. Chase, upon
any other platform than that of absoluto
negro suffrage, then tho Southern white
Democrats would gladly work for his elec
tion also. But if, unfortunately, the North
ern delegations should put up such a
platform us the Pendleton people of the
West propose, out-lleroding that of the
Republicans on the negro suffrage question,
then the whites of tho South would stay at
home, and lot their Northern brethren take
the chances of success or defeat without
their assistance. Such are tho views of
Gen. Beauregard and thoso whom ho repre
sents.—JV. I”. Sun.
Col. I. N'. Morris, of Quincy, Illinois, well
known in former yeats as a prominent
member of the Democratic party, made a
political speech in that city on the 30th ult.,
in which lie came out boldly and unequivo
cally in favor of the election of Geo. Grant
to the Presidency.
PAPAL RECRUITS.
The statement that the Sovereign Pontiff
or Romo has chosen the United State* as
recruiting ground for his army again comes
***, a p ro** the cable ; this time with the
addition that he <f h&B scut an agent to enlist
troops,” and that Garibaldi has written
several earnest letters to his friends and
the authorities of America discouraging the
project.
We hope, for the honor of the American
nation, that means will be taken to resent
this insult if the alleged intentions of the
Pope shall be authenticated by tacts. No
sovereign lias the right to enlist troops on
American soil, and onr Government will be
held to strict accountability by the people
for permitting such an invasion of their
rights and breach ot the law*.
This general ground of objection is suf
ficient a* against all sovereigns; but if
there is anything which could add to the
repugnance with which the American
people would witness an invasion of their
territory to recruit for foreign Powers, it is
that the strength thus secured will be used
for the purpose ot maintaining an eccle
siastical despotism and preventing that
unity which is the first great essential to
Italian liberty. While the temporal power
of the Papacy exists there can be no free
dom ol religion, of political opinions in
Rome; and even now it is full known
none but Catholics can worship there, the
Protestant chapels that were set up as part
“of the domestic establishments of the British
and American embassies having been driven
out. Rome is to day far more intolerant
than Constantinople, for the Protestant,
Catholic, Greek, Christian, Ameriian, Ghelir,
and every other sect is tolerated by the
Mussulman, while the professed head ot the
Christian Church tolerates nothing but the
sect of which he is a member.
The Paj ml Government is a government
of priests, and by virtue of their vows, these
priests arc celibates. Here are two strong
arguments against the government itself.
An essential clement ot goveruraent is
force, and the doctrines ot Christ need to
be taught by men whose vital principle is
non-resistance. A priest can not use force
without bringing the sanctity of his calling
into question, yet the Pope is constantly
invoking ils aid to protect his government,
which, unlike that of Christ, is most de
eidedly of this world. The very nature ot
his spiritual calling unfits a priest for
secular government. Besides this, and as
an additional ground of objection to a
government by Catholic priests, they arc
celibates, aud we hold that no celibate is
qualified to govern in a Christian State.
The Christian State is based upon the
family, und the family is the offspring of
monogamic marriage. The family is the
basis of society, and it is au accepted
political axiom that the duly of government
is to protect society. A man who does not
marry, who never has experienced the
tender relations of husband and lather,
who knows nothing experimentally about
the family, is unfit to role
The crowned priest at the head of the
Papal State proclaims it as the first and
most sacred of his duties as a civil ruler tc
administer the affairs of the State with a
view to the welfare of the Church. He is
supreme in a sense that no other ruler in
the world claims to be. He is directly
empowered, and infallibly directed, by the
Spirit of God to govern the Church for its
best interests, and the people as secondary
and subservient to them.
It would be extremely offensive to the
American people to permit un army to be
recruited on our soil to uphold this effete
ecclesiastical government, so in'olerant that
nine tenths of our people cannot worship in
its dominions : and to day the great burden
to the accomplishment of Italian unity and
freedom. — Washington Chronicle.
- ■—.
Attempted Suicide.— About nine o'clock
yesterday morning, Bridget Haney, an Irish
woman, thirty years of age, attempted to
commit suicide by drowning herself off the
Battery, near Moreland's Wharf, but was
rescued before her rasli purpose could he
accomplished. It appears, that finding the
water at the point indicated very shallow,
she walked oat and lay down, awaiting the
rising tide to pro-luce tli>- fatal effect, a* it
would have done in a few moments had she
not been discovered by two colored fisher
men, who drew her out of the water; not,
however, before she had taken in a consid
erable quantity of the brine. When extri
cated she was insensible, audit was presumed
that she had taken an opiate before launch
ing into the dock. She was sent to the City
Hospital, and soon recovered, but refused to
give any account of herself or of the reason*
whicli prompted her to self destruction.—
Charleston Courier.
A Whole Congregation Poisoned at
Lovk Feast. —The Chicago Tribune of the
10th has a special from Napicrville, about
twenty miles west of that city, giving an
account of the poisoning of the whole con
gregation of a church at that place on Sun
day last. Tho church was celebrating a
love feast. The meal had been prepared in
a copper kettle, and allowed to remain in it
all day, till the liquor had become oxydized.
The scone that followed beggars description.
In different parts of the church were the
sufferers ; some lying on the floor, and all
suffering the most excruciating pains.
Medical assistance was at once summoned,
but it was a long time before the entire
number (about one hundred and thirty)
could he attended to. About twenty of the
number wero regarded as in a dangerous
condition, but none have as yet died, and it
is hoped that all will recover.
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Is prepared to furnish GRAIN SACK.* of auy
dcsired size or quality, and at short notice.
Also.
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Neatly printed to order.
Information promptly furnished upon applica
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fiaar CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL
RAILROAD, Juno 111, IS«B.—O’D A M, P K
Morris, G K A liro, M II ,f- Cos, IV H Tutt, J D
B A Itro, 0 A D, J W Appoll, J C Moore ,C Cos,
P Jiansbcrgcr J Cos, Robert MoKnight, Platt
Bros, R F Urquhnrt, J L (low, T Richards A
Son, A S, J G Italic A Bro, II I< A Balk, Charles
Spaeth, U M A S, W E Brodnax, Rov J K
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L K 0, J M Clark A Cos, Mrs E L Walker, D R
Strother, Diana Sumerall, S D Heard.
jUg- SCRIP DIVIDEND, NO. 1, OF
THE GEORGIA HOME INSURANCE CO.,
of Columbus, Ga.
Assets Ist of January, 1567 $08,280.87
Wo have received ready for delivery the scrip
of Dividend No. 1, amounting to 25 por cent.,
of the net premiums paid on participating,
annual policies, on policies issued during tho
nine months interval from April Ist to Deo.
31st, 1887. Dividend No. 2 will be issued
January Ist, ISfitb
Persons to whom Scrip is due are requested
to call at once and receipt for same.
A. G. HALL, Agent,
jo7—lm 221 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
Tribute of Respect^
Accost*, cj, j
At a meeting of it,B,, irdof , '
Augusta Mutual
preamUean.l resolution,.
Wszasxs, la , h , pros*** „
reflected and worthy Treasurer &r H *
Banana, ha been taken from „’ t J*** t
* f r °' r “' ed iU»e« ,f *»*
which he bore with unshakzn f,* *»*>,
signation, he expired,
loved, paiakssly linking 1 **** ti
"Calmly, as to a night'! no.
Like flowers at set of
To say that wo deeply deplore ft. .
would but feebly express our
tribute to the prime virtue, *‘3"*
of our departed friend am
dropped upon hi; bier, the s.rro. t!?**
the many heart! in our community k **
ho was always true and generon---
Public spirited, and luring no ** 1 cili «»,
aiding in whatever tended to
and as an officer or our A ***"' P*
efficient in the discharge of every *
ia gone! and, as a token of th, Si
entertained for him by this
Resolved, That recognizing, u ’ “
justice and mercy ~f ( i<Kj in S’ ff- do, 4,
not but grieve at the lu., <*
officer, whose eminent hu mo-, " J? 1 *
attention to the interest nt „ar . . V*** l *!,
social qualities, have endeared him f llSss -«i
of us, and enshrined bis meiaurv h, **
Resolved, That ne tender
thica to his afflicted family, with th^*' I **
tho (Jod of the widow a-7.J
guide and protect them. llber, «’ Bay
deducated to hk^tucimfry‘ R
Resolved, That the Secretary v .
ariuctcd to furnish his family''*;,!, , 1 “7 »-
these resolutions, and that thev k» » r,. c °Prof
the city papers. ' J
. A. C. DeCOT tU< P,. =iJ
A. Ekes.ver, Secretary. ’
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Office Hours"
IJNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, THEOFRci
'~L houri of 'he Clerk of Council willke C *
From ‘J o’clock A. M. to 2 P. M.
JAMES N ETtj;
City Ilall, June 16, 1858. it,
je 17— 61 U * L
City Ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE, to provide for the cum;
arm management of persons condemn t .
labor on the Public Works of the Cin I
Augusta. • 11
Ist. Be it Ordained f the Cil , Cbuofs/ri
gotta, and it is hereby Ordained bs tb “7
Os the, same That there shall fi.Sj
Conncil, to be known as superintendent -/-u
■W orking (Jang, at a salary off I,2oopern,™
which officer may be employed, suspeaM «
discharged, by the Mayor, at any licit dS*
his official term.
2d. He shall be subject at all times mi,
order of the Mayor or the .tail Committee. It
shall be his duty to receive fr m the Jailer each
morning, Sundays excepted, those per;'-;*
to work who have been sentenced to Ishern
the Pnhf.c Works, and shall, with nefc curi
as the Mayor and Council shall furnish him,
take charge and direction of the same,aßdit«
that they- faithfully work, lie shall prevent ill
intercourse between citizens and the prisoaers
while they are under his charge. Ue!ha:i K !
force rigid discipline, and shall punish issubor
dination in such manner as shall be approve!ij
the Mayor and .Tail Committee.
3d. It shall be the duty ot the Mayor to order,
or procure, for the prisoners such clothings;
the Jail Committee shall Jc i-le to be suitable;
w hich clothing shall be worn by them untii their
discharge. Bat no ci -thin tools, or other
artic cs shall be purciias .and for the use of to
Working Hang except by order of the Jixjw «
Chairman of the Jail Committee.
4th. The labor of the males, in thelfortisj
•Jang, -hail be devoted !■> the prq-arstinif
rocks tor the Mc Adamizicv 1 lae public streets,
unless otherwise directed by -rc-dilorderfrti
the Mayor or Chairman ■ f tic Jail Committee.
sth. The boats of labor shall he from6tol!
a. in., and fp-ut 2 to 6 p. at., which h-urs shill
not be changed except by cri r f the Mijm
or the Jail C. mmittce.
lie it farther ' C','— /, Tin! all f'riinaaees
or parts of Ordinances militating ngaitst this
Ordinance be, and the same aic berzhy repealed.
Dime in Council, this loth uay of June, A.D.
186S. Attest; Jambs N. Eus,
jel7—lOt Clerk of Council.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
TN ORDER TO MAKE CLOSE CONKEC-
L TION wiih *the Secocd Train on
South Carolina Railroad, and hater cinoeciiiti
on the Branch reads, the Trains the ricergia
Road wiii run, on and after THUKSDAV,Jss
18th, at 5 o’clock a. m., as follows:
DAY rASSEKGES TRAIS.
(Daily, Suinlays Excepted.)
Leave Augusta at 7.O#A. S.
Leave Atlanta at j’* 1 ? y'
Arrive at Augusta at -5-41 L*•
Arrive at Atiantaat 6.3JP.a
NIGIIT PASSENGER ASP VAIL TRIO.
Leave Augusta at n
Leave Atlanta at *' '
Arrive at Augusta at - -‘ai v
Arrive at Atlanta at •
BERZELIA rASSEVGSR TEA IS.
Leave Augusta at *•]**'„‘
Leave Berzelia at J J
Arrrivc at Augusta
Arrive at Berzelia "«• 7
Passengers for MilledgeviJe, asais e on,
and Athens, <«a., must take Pit ftwv
Train from Augusta and Atlanta.
Passengers for West Point, Mntgoni J7>
Selma, Mobile and New Orleans. “«**“"*
gustaon Night Passenger Tram at
to make close connections. . ,
Passengers for Nashville. C«nntb,
Junction, Memphis, Louisville, A
can take either train and make rlopcwoiiw*-:
THROUGH TICKETS and Bagg*S*
through to the above place*. _ 4RS
PULLMAN S PALACE CARS
on all Night Passenger Trams. ,
No change of cars 'on >i-ht . .
Mail TrsiDS l,ctwccn Au S" st * {• \v,*COLEt
a«M»J ■
Augusta, June 16, 1863. )tIIJZ
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l United States, for the southern I>-
Georgia.
In the mutter of )
MICHAKD M. I.EVY.J IN I<A - NKKI
Bankrupt. ) v>., nndtfife ll "
To whom it may concern : Thj ts the
hereby gives notice of hi# *P1 H irta , a* l
assignee of Michael M- Levy.o
countv of Hancock and Suite ot
said district, who has been aujm
upon his own petition, by the 1
said District. |M «
Dated this 12th day of June. ** j^^oßS,
je ir—law3w Aaiguce for M.
Barber, Carr & Coa
GENERAL INSURANCE A6®»
.. it AjOrt
V COPARTNERSHIP EIRM,
A has this day been formod
of carrying on a (iLNLRAL
BURIN ESS. The farther
friends is respectfully solicited by •“ , H l*
Augusta, lia., June 13, IBbB.