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PARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, in New York, Gold was
quoted at 1.41. Cotton, 33.
—The Jerome Park races netted about
$17,000.
—Another ocean yacht race, between the
Henrietta and Fleetwing, is on the tapis.
—lt is stated that of those who become
insane from the use of liquor, eighty-seven
per cent, also use tobacco.
—Philadelphia should be cool; there is
said to be ice enough there to last the city
for two years,
—The great newspaper of Russia is the
Moscow Gazette, which has a daily circula
tion of 50,000.
—The Chicago and Alton Railroad Com
pany is sinking an artesian well at Odell.
—The Irish and Prussians eat more
potatoes than any other nation.
—A paper in Lisbon, Portugal, advocates
woman’s rights.
—lt costs New Yorkers $30,000 every
Sunday to take their “exercise” in Hoboken.
—The latest novelty is a fan which can
be used as a parasol or veil.
—There are over one thousand news
dealers in New York and vicinity, and a
“protective union” is now agitated.
—Coolie emigrants, to the number of
0,528, have been received in the British
West Indies during the year 1867.
—They celebrate paper weddings in Fall
River, the gifts consisting of books, paper
collars, engravings, etc.
—There was a slight frost in Paris on the
nights of June 10th and 11th, after a season
of unusual and excessive heat.
—The height of impudence is stated to be,
taking shelter from the rain in an umbrella
shop.
—A fond mother, in Cincinnati, broke her
arm while spanking a disobedient infant, the
other day.
—A Boston rat built himself a costly nest,
recently, using $2,600 worth of bills belong
ing to Joseph Burge. The money was re
covered.
—An exploring party of twenty one gen
tlemen and two ladies left Chicago on Mon
day, for a two years sojourn in Colorado
and New Mexico.
—Yellow hair is to be fashionable next
supplanting the red. This lightening of
color looks as if there would be a return to
the powder and blanehed tresses of former
times.
—The familiar cry of “ hot corn” is now to
be heerd in the streets of New York at night
—One of those city sounds usually associated
with autumn. The cobs are Southern, of
course.
—lmmigration from Europe to the United
States never was so large as now. One
hundred and thirty of the best steamships
are running, and many of the people coming
are of a high class, having money, skill, and
brains.
—American wine-growers complain that
European wine is preferred, and that it
brings a higher price. This is because peo
ple do not know their own whiskey after it
has taken a trip across the ocean.
Congress having made eight hours a legal
day’s work, it is suggested that they carry
the philanthropic movement further, and
make five quarts a gallon, four feet a yard,
twenty ounces a pound and thirteen inches a
foot. This, it is thought, would be a great
gain to the consumer if—prices would
remain the same.
—Ou the California end of the Pacific
railroad they have already cut fifteen tunnels
in a distance of 137 miles. These tunnels
range from 85 feet in length to 1,659 feet,
and the aggregate length of the fifteen is
6,262 feet. The energy displayed on the
the Pacific road would astonish the Old
World Engineers.
—There are 9,000 Jews and six synagogues
in Chicago. They pay annually $60,000 for
religious purposes, and have just finished a
hospital at an expense of $30,000, which
sum they raised in two days. They claim
six converts to the Jewish faith from
Christianity.
—There is one Jew to seven inhabitants in
Poland: 1 to 33, in Austria; 1 to 42 in
Russia; 1 to 52 in Holland; 1 to 61 in
Turkey; 1 to 105 in Germany ; 1 to 333 in
Belgium; 1 to 412 in Italy; I to 446 in
England ; Ito 463 in France; Ito 595 in
Switzerland ; 1 to 694 in Scandinavia.
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POLITICAL NEWS.
The LaCrosse Democrat’s New York
branch office is directly under the Sun
editorial rooms. It is the worst institutio n
under the “ Sun."
Gerrit Smith says : “ I expect to vote for
Grant and Colfax. I like them both ; and,
in the main, I like the platform on which
they stand.”
The Hon. John Covode will be renomi
nated in the twenty-first Pennsylvania dis
trict. Fayette and Indiana counties are
unanimous for him, and Westmoreland will
doubtless concur.
The “districts” in South Carolina are
what are known as “counties” in other
States. The term has been changed to
counties in the Reconstruction Constitu- ,
tion. ' * i
I The Knoxville (Tenn.) Herald contains i
the following frank admission: “We do i
not ask nor want the negroes to vote either
for or against us, and we propose to dis
franchise them all as soon as we get the
power.”
General Grant’s powers ol smoking are 1
giving trouble to the Democratic journals.
The same papers were troubled with the
smoke this Republican chieftain and his
Republican soldiers ma<|e at Fort Donelsan,
Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga,
■Atlanta, and along the Appomattox.
The New York Znifepeadent says: “Those
who have been watching the ‘Chase move
ment* in the Democratic party, in the fond
expectation that it would usher in a politi
cal millenium, are doomed to a sad disap
pointment. The spasm of good sense that
seemed not unlikely at one time to lead that
party out of its insanity has passed off.” .
“In the early history of the Republic,”
says Bancroft, “white men alone could
claim the franchise in Virginia, in South
Carolina and in Georgia; but in South
Carolina a benign interpretation of the law
classed the free octoroon as a white, even
though descended through an unbroken
line of mothers from an imported African
slave. The other ten States raised no ques
tion of color.” What a comment on the
visible admixture law.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Cotn
mercial furnishes the folloing table of dates
of adjournment of Congress for twenty years
back, when no 4th of March limitation
came in to disperse them. It will be seen
that this body has set into September but
one year since 1848. 1848, adjourned Aug.
14; 1850, adjourned Sept 30; 1852, ad
journed Aug. 31; 1854, adjourned Aug. 7 ;
1856, adjourned Aug. 18 ; 1858, adjourned
June 1; 1860, acriourned June 18; 1862,
adjourned July 17; 1864, adjourned July
2; 1866, adjourned July 28.
N ational Republican
AVGVSTa. GA,.
THURSDAY MORNING July 9, ISfS
Fox- PRESIDENT
Os the United States:
1 ULYSSES S. GRANT.
i **
r FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
, Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
THE CAMPAIGN.
The democrats have liecn asserting for
> some time past that there was no spirit in
the republican parly, and that it did not
3 make any especial demonstration in the
way of pushing on the campaign. They
j have also complained that General Gran i
. does not call forth any enthusiasm among
i the people when he travels. AH these things
plague them very much, and they arc,
doubtless, very sorry about it.
i In the first place, how could the repub
licans make an attack upon a party that
I has no organization and laying around
loose ? When they lay down their plat
form and place their candidates before the
people, they will sec. We promise them
enough of it before November.
As to General Grant, he has no notion
! of campaigning it . The people have taken
him because they know him. The world
knows him, and he will not blow his own
, trumpet; and when the People shall have
called him, as they will, to enter the IV hitc
■ House, he will leave his headquarters and
i quietly assume the functions and perform
the duties of Chief Magistrate.
We promise the democracy that they
shall have just as vigorous a campaign as
they may desire.
—• ♦ •
[From our own Correspondent.
WA SHING TON LE TTER.
i
The National Anniversary—The North and South
—New York Convention —A. J.’s Last Bid for
the Nomination—The Movement oj Capital
Southward—Extensive Operations Projected—
i Blair and his Bid.
Washington, D. C., July 4, 1868.
The ninety-second anniversary of the
Independence of the United States of
America is a very quiet one at the national
capital. Indeed, outside of the old free
States, patriotism to the nation has never
been warmly manifested on this natal day
“ States rights” mon have ever, as a rule,
confined their adulations to the narrow
limits of their respective States : orators and
■statesmen in one section could talk very
eloquently of “dear old Virginia, the mother
of Presidents,” and “gallant, chivalrous,
South Carolina,” without a word for that
Union to which the respective Slates owe
all their importance. In the Northern States
State pride is held in abeyance and our
greatness, as a nation, is the theme for
spread eagle speeches, and the day is cele
brated, as predicted it would be be by the
elder Adams, by the ringing of bells, the
firing of cannon and the display of fire
works. In nearly all the Northern cities
and villages the Fourth of July is always
celebrated with more or less pomp and cir
cumstance ; that abolition document called
the Declaration of Independence is read ;
speeches are made, and the air at night is
filled with pyrotechnics. 1 bis is as it should
be.
It causes men to stop and think of the
past, and to draw inspiration therefrom ; it
las a tendency to keep alivo a love of coun
try so necessary for the welfare of any
people. A Republican Congress puts its seel
upon it by making it a legal holiday. As
the South becomes regenerated rind repub
lieanised the people will more and more
honor the day, and place a higher estimate
—— J y [ u
upon the union of States.
The observance of the day in this city, is
almost wholly on individual account. The
corporation, owing to the mismanagement of
copperhead officials, is out cf both money
and credit; hence our new republican
Mayor’s hands are tied, and there is no
municipal demonstration. Congress has
adjourned over to Monday, the public build
ings and nearly all places of business are
closed, and there is some display of bunting.
The white people are very generally engaged
in the hopeless attempt to keep cool, with the
mercury indicating 100 degrees in the shade.
The colored population has been seized with
the picnic mania, and thousands of the
light-hearted race are enjoyifig themselves
in cool suburban retreats. Here and there,
throughout the city, the youthful portion of
the community indulge, in a moderate way,
in firing pistols, burning fire crackers, and
dashing torpedoes about —much to the dis
gust of nervous people. A number of
excursion parties started out this morning
for a sail down the river, and more remained
in town, to test their capacity for mint
juleps, etc. It is really a dull day in town.
Os course, all are eagerly looking for news
from the Democratic Convention, now in
session in New York. Last night, the same
class of men who bet on Mr. Johnson’s
acquittal, during the impeachment trial,
were offering to bet that A. J. would be the
Democratic nominee for President, but found
no takers. Says one ol this fraternity, “If
money will secure his nomination, he will
get it.’’ They reason tho matter out in this
way: “He has an army of office-holders at
his back, who are anxious to retain their
places ; he has control of the ‘whiskey ring;’
and, consequently, his supply of money is
almost unlimited.” It being conceded that
the Southern delegates can nominate any
man they concentrate upon, “Who,” say the
friends of A. J., “are they the most likely to
vote for?” “Andrew Johnson, to be sure,
their friend and benefactor 1”
The amnesty proclamation issued to day.
is a direct bid by Andrew Johnson lor the
nomination, and shows him to be the lowest
ot low political demagogues. His whole
career, from the’time of holding a village
office in Tennessee to the present day, has
been marked by the meanest political
trickery, coupled with brazenfaced impu
dence. In this business he is an adept. It
remains to be seen whether the Democratic
Convention can be duped into endorsing
this political Pharaoh. It is to be hoped
that they will do so, that “Moses” and all
his apostles may be swept into oblivion in
a bunch in November next.
I have before referred in these letters to
the benefits to be derived by the South by
adopting in good faith the reconstruction
plan of Congress, In this connection I have
some interesting facts to state. Recently a
company of capitalists in Philadelphia have
purchased forty-five thousand acres of land
near Charleston, South. Carolina, upon
which they propose, now that the Slate is
reconstructed, to make immediate improve
ments. They will erect a cotton factory
and various other manufacturing establish
ments. and also cultivate the soil—
and, by the time their works are com
pleted, expect to take into the State at
least five hundred skilled white men, and
give employment, directly or indirectly, to
at least one thousand persons more. This
company has been waiting three years for
the affairs in that State to become settled,
so that they could risk their capital there,
and as the time approaches for the rcstora
tion of civil law, they have taken steps to
go to work. Another party from the same
city, the last week, bought a nice planta
tion containing 750 acres in the same
State, and will take immediate possession.
I have hoard ol at least a score of persons,
having control of large capital, who quite
recently have been negotiating for lands in
different Southern States. The. tide. is
beginning to turn, and by the time civil
government is fairly restored under the
Reconstruction acts of Congress, there will
be such a stream of capital flowing into
that impoverished region as. was. never
dreamed of by the most sanguine friend of
skilled labor. The great majority of these
emigrants will be true Republicans, and
they will in time regenerate the whole
South.
Several years ago no less than six town
sites were purchased by Northern capitalists
on the Rappahanock, in Virginia, either one
of which has a water power fully equal to
that at Lowell, Massachusetts; and they
have been patiently waiting for reconstruc
tion, to enable them, in safety, to commence
extensive improvements. At one of the
points indicated not less than $2,000,000
will be laid out in improvements the moment
it is considered safe to commence opera
tions. This last week a party of gentlemen
from Boston started on a tour up the
Shenandoah Valley, with a view of purchas
ing land.
The admission of the Arkansas and
Florida members o! Congress, and the
passage of the Omnibus bill, lias started this
golden tide southward. If the people of the
South desire prosperity, let them at once co
operate with Union men, accept the situation,
make it safe for capitalists to invest, and,
my word for it, they will rejoice in the end
that slavery has been wiped out and that the
Yankees have come. If they see fit longer
to follow A. Johnson, and that incarnation
of evil, F. P. Blair (the Blairs are all alike),
and seek to upset the reconstruction plan of
Congress, then restoration will be delayed,
but not averted. T ~ ,
Frank Blair, in his bid for the New xork
nomination, proposes, if elected, to use force
to upset the recoustructed Southern States.
Let this movement meet with any popular
endorsement at the South, and it will turn
back the tide of capital now setting in that
direction for at least one year.
Capital.
[From the Atlanta New Era.
The Columbus Prisoners.
TESTIMONY FOB THE DEFENCE CONTINUED.
Sevemh Day-
Pursuant to adjournment the Court met
at ten o’clock on Tuesday morning.
Gov. Brown rc-appcarcd as assistant coun
sel for the prosecution.
Tne record of Monday's proceedings was
read and approved.
The counsel for the prisoners asked that
the court order a copy of the record of the
testimony be furnished the counsel for the
defence-—Granted. The same counsel
requested that subpoenas bo issued for Win.
H. Recd, now in Washington, and C. 11.
Whitley, now in Atlanta, and the court
order Whitley not to leave this city without
permission of the court. The Judge Advo
cate stated that he would subpoena Mr,
Whitley, and then he could not leave the
city. Request in case of Mr. Reed granted.
MRS. COL. E. T. SHEPHERD SWORN.
I live in Wynnton, near Columbus, 1
know Dr. Kirkscey. (Pointing him out)
He is my son-in-law. Dr. Kirkscey lives in
Wynnton with me. The house is one-story,
with hall running through, with three
rooms on each side with doors into the hall.
The house has two large outside doors. Dr.
Kirkscey sleeps in front room on the right
hand sipe.. My sleeping room is two rooms
below on the left hand side. I don’t recol
lect the day of the month Ashburn was
killed, nor the month, nor the day of the
week. I heard that Ashburn was killed
the morning after. Dr. Kirkscey was at
home the night he was killed. He came
home after dark and did not go back
again. I was in his bed room after ho
retired. Ho had a sick baby.* I don’t
remember what time I was in, but
it was very late at night. His wife,
baby and servant girl were in the room
when 1 went there. The Doctor was awake.
I can’t tell how lato at night it was. We
were up unusually late that night, any way.
We had three or-four sick ones. I remained
some time in the room. I did not go to bed
when 1 left the room. I had a little boy with
toothache. 1 was up and down ail night,
trying to ease his tooth. I sent the boy to
the Doctor’s room lor morphine. Dr. Kirk
scey could not have left that room that night
without my knowledge. I am very clear upon
that point. I have two severe dogs. The
Doctor could not have passed these dogs
without their making a noise. He was always
teasing them with his whip, aud they always
barked at, him. The inside doors of the
house are fastened with locks ; the outside
doors with bars, These doors are always
barred at night. My house is about a mile
and a quarter from Columbus. I remember
so particularly that he was at home the night
Ashburn was killed, because when they
commenced arresting so many ot our men,
everybody commenced thinking about it, and
1 had a feeling recollection about that night,
having been up all night. I think I first
heard that Mr. Bedell was arrested. I think
I heard it the same evening. A young lady
come up from Columbus aud told me they
were arresting them. I commenced imme
diately locating my own family, and 1 now
slate that I am certain that Dr. Kirkscey
was at home in bed that night.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
Dr. Kirkscey married my daughter in
October after the surrender. They have
one child, about two years old. It was
threatened with croup that night. My
daughter called me. My room is one door
below hors, across the hall on the opposite
side. Mrs Kirkscey called me from her
room door. My door is always left open at
night. When any one of the children arc
sick I always leave it open so that I can
hear them when they call. The windows
of Dr. Kirkscey’s room are fastened every
night, and I don’t see why that they
should not have been that night. The
windows in all the rooms are fixed that
way at night. I or my little daughter
always attend to this. It is the last thing
I attend to. The doctor always attends to
it himself in his own room when he is nt
home. His wife makes him do it. lor
my little daughter always go around and
see that they are fast. 1 think if any of
the windows in either of the rooms were
opened that night I should have known it.
I slept some that night, but I don’t recol
lect how much. I do not recollect how
often I was down and up. Ide not gene
rally sleep very sound. When 1 am
excited I am more wakeful—especially
when the children are sick. I do not
swear none of the windows in the house
were raised that night. The sick child
wtts lying in the bed beside the Doctor. I
suppose it was abont twelve o'clock at night.
We Were up unusually late that night and
suppose it was about that time. The
chickens were crowing just after. I sup
pose my chickens crow about midnight as
other chickens do. 1 usually retire about
ten a'clock. I don’t remember in particu
lar how late 1 retired that night. I know
it was not as late as two o’clock when I went
into the Doctor’s room. 1 knew it was late
in the night. Dr. Kirkscey is a practicing
physician. He sometimes sees his patients
at night. He has not lately had frequent
calls at night. We raised the dogs we have.
One—a common cur dog—is a very severe
one. The neighbors are afraid of him.
Parties coming at night always halloo and
we send some one out to them. The dogs
are in the inside lot. There are three inside
lots—two front yards and a back yard. At
night the gates are all open so the dogs can
pass around the house. The Doctor couldn’t
have got out without their knowing it. They
bark even if a window was raised. They
always bark when I raise a window. Ido
not say they do every time a window is
raised—l suppose they do. I always pay
especial attention when they bark at night.
They may bark sometiuies that I don't hear
them when I am asleep. I told you I
didn’t sleep much that night. I did not
sleep soundly. I will not swear that they
did not bark at Dr. Kirkscey that njght. I
think the first arrest was made the evening
after Ashburn was killed —1 am not certain.
When 1 heard of Bedell's arrest I began to
reflect about the whereabouts of Dr. Kirks
cey, because they were arresting any one
and every one. Ido not know how many
were arrested. We began to talk of the
Doctor’s whereabouts when they began to
arrest. 1 thought for awhile everybody
would be arrested from the way they were
going on.
[The cross examination was extended very
considerably, but we have not the space to
give the whole of it. We think, however,
that we have given substantially all the facts
elicited by the rigid examination.]
RE-DIRECT.
1 inquired of his counsel what Dr. Kirk
scey was arrested for, and they told me they
could get no information. I did not know,
until charges were preferred, whether he was
arrested as a witness or a prisoner. Others
were arreited as witnesses. No other inci
dent has occurred in Columbus since January
last that created as much excitement as the
killing of Ashburn. 1 remember the occur
rences of the night of the Doctor’s arrest,
because I was up most of the night, helping
his wife to get his clothes ready, and cooking
something for him to take with him. Dr.
Kirkscey stayed at Cook’s Hotel about two
months from the first of January. I lived
in Wynnton at that time. Ido not recollect
of any one night in which he was called up
during the month of March. My husband is
very deaf. Our house was kept particularly
fast on account of robbers. They had been
breaking in all around the neighborhood.
RE-CROSS EXAMINATION.
Mr. Bowers, Mr. Biggers, Mr. Reese, Mr.
Martin and Mr. Brown are our immediate
neighbors. The houses of all these, but one,
have been broken into by robbers. Mr. Mar
tin’s has not. . They were broken into several
times. Nearly all of them were broken into
one night. The day the Doctor was arrested,
the Yankees came over and arrested all of
my servants. They were nearly all frightened
off the lot. Four or five left because the
Yankees told what they were going to do
with them. I have seen one of those servants
since; One came back. 1 know where a
family lives. I do not know whether Dr.
Kirkscey had any conversation with them
before they left. The last time he was
arrested I thought perhaps it might be for
some connection with the Ashburn affair; I
don’t know what I thought about it.
BY THE COURT.
There are four windows to Dr. Kirkscey's
room. Two open upon a piazza, right down
on the floor. I suppose the other two are
not more than two or three feet from the
ground. I think the neighbors I have
mentioned own and keep dogs—little poodle
dogs One of them has five of them. I
hear them barking over the way. Ido
not recollect hearing the dogs bark on the
night of the killing of Ashburn. I don’t
think I was in Dr. Kirkscey's room that
night until I was called. I saw- him last—
before I a»w him at the bed of the sick
child —at supper. Mrs. Kirkscey has called
me into her room many a time before the
night in question. Dr. Kirkscey had on
night clothes when I went into his room.
He was in Mrs- Moore’s room between sup
per and bed time. I hoard them talking,
and knew he was in there. Ido not know
exactly what time he went to bed. Ido
not know when he left Mrs. Moore’s room
that night and retired to his own.
she court here adjourned till ten o'clock
Wednesday morning.
[From the Atlanta Era.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Atlanta, Ga., July 7, 1868.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment,
and was callcd.to order by the President.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Prettyman.
The roll was called.
The proceedings of yesterday were read
and approved.
Mr. Wooten reported the following, which
was agreed to:
Resolved, That the reporters of the press,
members and ex-members of Congress, ex-
Governors of the State, Judges, and ex
Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts,
be invited to seats on the floor of the Senate.
Senator Bruton having arrived, .was re
quested to come forward and be qualified-
Mr. Candler objected to the course pur
sued yesterday, in allowing the President to
qualify members, suggesting that they be
sworn by a Judge of some Court.
The President stated that he had no
objection to the mode suggested by the
Senator, and tiiat as Judge Erskine could
not bo present, Hon. J. L. Dunning, who
was United States Commissioner, would
qualify the members.
At the suggestion of Mr Candler, the
Senators sworn in by the President yester
day also came forward and were re sworn.
A resolution was adopted that the Senators
proceed to draw for seats, and the Senate
took a recess of thirty minutes, to allow the
Secretary t > prepare the tickets.
Immediately on reassembling, the Senators
proceeded to draw for seats, after which Mr.
Nunnally reported the following:
Whereat, It is represented to this Senate
that Aaron A. Bradley, the person returned
as the duly elected Senator from the First
Senatorial District, is disqualified by the
Constitution of this State from holding the
said office of Senator, aud of sitting as a
member of this body, for the reason that he
has been duly and legally convicted of felony.
It is, therefore,
Ord'red, That a committee of five be
appointed to examine into the above stated
allegations, and the facts which may be sub
mitted in support of them, and all other
evidences which may be submitted in the
case, and to report forthwith to this body,
with such recommendation as they may deem
proper thereou.
Mr. Higbee offered a substitute, that the
resolution be laid on the table.
■After considerable discussion, participated
iu by Messrs. Nunnally, Higbee, Candler,
Adkins and others, the original resolution
was adopted, and Senators Nunnally, Higbee,
Campbell, Winn and Speer appointed a
special committee to investigate the matter
referred to in the resolution.
The Senate then adopted rules for the
government of the body, and adjourned to
10 o’clock to morrow morning.
HOUSE.
The House met pursuant to adjournment,
and was called to order by the Speaker.
Prayer by the Rev, Mr. Cloud, Repre
ss tali ve from Clayton.n
The Clerk called the roll.
The minutes of yesterday’s proceedings
were read and confirmed.
The Speaker announced that several
members having arrived, they would present
themselves and be qualified, when four mem
bers presented themselves and were sworn in
by the Speaker.
The Speaker announced that the first
business was the election ot a Door Keeper,
and the House proceeded to ballot, with the
following result:
Anderson, 72; Lineberger, 15; Jackson,
62 ; Chapman, 1 ; Blank, 1.
There being no election, the House was
ordered to proceed to ballot again, with the
following result: Anderson, 75 ; Lineberger,
87 votes.
The Speaker announced that Mr. Line
berger, having received a majority of ail
the votes cast, was duly elected Door Keeper
of the House.
A message was received from the Senate,
announcing that that body was organized,
and ready to proceed to business.
Mr. Tweedy offered the following:
Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed by the Speaker of this House, to
act with such committee as may be ap
pointed by the Senate, to wait upon his
Excellency R. B. Bullock, Provisional Gov
ernor of this State, and notify him that both
Houses have completed their organization,
and are now ready to receive any communi
cation he may desire to make. Adopted.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Tweedy,
McCullough and Lee.
Mr. McCullough offered the following .
Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of
Representatives inform the Senate that the
House is organized, and ready to proceed to
business. Adopted.
Mr. Scott offered the following :
Resolved, That the members, instead of
drawing for seats, will remain seated as
they are. Adopted.
Mr. Phillips offered a resolution that the
rules adopted for the government of the last
House of Representatives of the Georgia
Legislaturejbe adopted for the government
of this House. Adopted.
The House then adjourned to ten o’clock
to morrow.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
GENERAL AGENCY, 1
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co., [
Atlanta, Ga., June 20,1848. J
MESSRS. BARBER, LATHROP
<£• CO., General Insurance Agents, 219 Broad
street, Augusta, Ga., are my duly qualified and
commissioned agents for the Phcenix Mutual
Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Connec
ticut, and I will recognize all their official acts
as such. N. 0. ROCKWELL,
jyß—tf General Agent.
RELIANCE LOAN AND BUILD-
ING ASSOCIATION.—The Eleventh Monthly
Meeting will bo held at the City Hall, on
THURSDAY NEXT, 9th instant, at 8 o’clock
p. in.
Members can pay their instalments at any
time previous to 8. 11. Shepard, Treasurer.
W. 11. EDWARDS,
iy7—2tS4T Secretary.
General Superintendent’s Office, I
Georgia Railroad Co., !•
Augusta, Ga., 19th Juno, 1868. J
BUSINESS TICKETS,ENTITLING
the holder to ride Ono Thousand Miles on the
Georgia Railroad and branches, and the Macon
and Augusta Railroad, can be had for Twenty
Five Dollars, on application to J. A. Robert,
General Ticket Agent.
Ministers of tho Gospel, travelling on these
Roads from point to point, on Ministerial Duty,
will be furnished with authority, by the Station
Agents, to travel at half rates.
E. W. COLE,
Gen’l Sup’t. •
Altanta, Milledgeville, Athens, Covington,
Madison, Greensboro, Washington, and Sparta
papers copy daily one month and weekly five
times. je23—dim
GRAIN AND FLOUR SACKS!!
The old established
“Com Exchange Bag Manufactory”
Is prepared to furnish GRAIN SACKS of any
desired size or quality, and at short notice.
Also,
COTTON AND PAPER FLOUR SACKS
Neatly printed to order.
Information promptly furnished upon applica
tion. W. B. ASTEN & CO.,
je 17—3 m 25 Pearl Street, New York City.
ggj- SCRIP DIVIDEND, NO. 1, OF
THE GEORGIA HOME INSURANCE CO.,
of Columbus, Ga.
Assets Ist of January, 1867 $416,280.87
We have received ready for delivery the scrip
of Dividend No. 1, amounting to 25 per cent.,
of the net premiums paid on participating!
annual policies, on policies issued during the
nine months interval from April Ist to Dee.
31st, 1867. .Dividend No. 2 will be issued
January Ist, 1869.
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.
AUGUSTA FACTORY, I
Augusta, July 1,1868. j
jgjg- DIVIDEND No. 37.—A QUARTER
LY dividend of Five per cent, this day declared,
will be paid to stockholders on demand.
W. E. JACKSON,
jy 2—6t* President.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS-
Assignee’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
House door, in the town of Newnan,
Coweta county, Georgia, between the legal hours
of sale, ou the First Tuesday in August next, tho
following property, belonging to the estate of
William G Herrin, Bankrupt, lots of Land Nos.
13, 20, 21,43, and 102 j acres of Lot No. 12, in the
4th District; and Lots Nos. 192 and 193, in the
sth District of Coweta county, Ga,
Sold by order of Charles G. McKiuley, Regis
ter, free from any incumbrances that may exist
thereon, so that the purchaser will get a clear,
full, and complete titldto said lands. Shifting the
liens of said incumbrances from the said lands, and
attaching the same to the proceeds of the sale
thereof.
Terms cash.
JAMES P. BREWSTER,
jy9—td Assignee.
Sale of Land in Terrell County, and
Lease of Land at No. 1, Augusta &
Savannah Railroad, in the County
of Burke.
WILL BE SOLD, AT THE COURT HOUSE
door in the county of Terrell, betweeu the
lawful hours of sale, on the First Tuesday in
August next (1868), at public outcry, by order of
Hon. A. G. Foster, Register iu Bankruptcy, a
certain tract of Land, situate in said county of
Terrell, State of Georgia, containing two hundred
and two and one half acres, more or less, origi
nally granted to Jouas Skinner, and situate in,
formerly Lee, now Terrell county, in the (12)
twelfth district, and known as Lot No. (160) one
huudied and sixty ; and by Jonas Skinuer con
veyed to Joseph D. Perry.
Also, at the Court House door in the county of
Burke, on same day, between said hours, at public
outcry, by order as aforesaid, a certain lease of
laud, with tenements thereon, situated in said
county of Burke, at or near Station No. 1, of Au
gusta <fc Savannah Railroad, consisting of four
acres, more or less—the same formerly used by
Carter & Perry for a store. Said lease running
for live years from first of January, eighteen hnn
tired and sixty eight, at the sum of two hundred
dollars per anunm, payable yearly.
Sold as the estate of Joseph D. Perry, bank
rupt. and free from encumbrances of the creditors
thereof. Terms cash.
JOHN T. SHEWMAKE.
jy7—lawtd Assignee.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To Rent.
A DESIRABLE BRICK DWELLING
HOUSE, situate corner of Ellis and Monu
ment streets, containing seven spacious Rooms.
For further particulars apply
jy9—3t ON THE PREMISES.
Assignee’s Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA—
Oglethorpe County.
Pursuant to an order from the Hon. A. G*
Fostei, Register in Bankruptcy, for tho District
of Georgia, will be sold at the Court House door
iu Greene county,ou the First Tuesday in August
next, between the usual hours of sale, the follow
ing property, viz:
One half interest in the following lots of land:
Lot No. 467. iu the 4th district, Appling county ;
132 and 12 of Dooly ; 619 in 12th district of Clinch;
231 in 9th district of Pierce; 110 and 402 in
Ist district of Charlton; 132, 96, and 48, in Ist
district of Quinn.
Also, W. 11. Brimbery s interest iu 273 acres of
laud in Greene county, on which ho resides.
Also, the following notes: One on Eli San
ders, s2l, and Joseph Bell S2OO, oue on W. T.
Robinson, $125; two on Wm. O Clegg, S2OO,
$237.
Also, one account on Augustus Ilust, of Griffin,
Ga , for $965; one account on E. A. Yerby, as
executor for Mrs. Marable, $25.
Sold as the property ot W. 11. Brimbory, bank
rupt, for the benefit of his creditors. Free from
incumbrances. J. 11. BRIGHTWELL,
jy9—td Assignee.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for tho Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of 1
M. R. BELL & CO., | IN BANKRUPTCY.
MATTHEW R. BELL, I
ASBURY P. BELL, I
BENJAMIN F MOORE f No. 25.
AND
L. B. SCUDEER, |
Bankrupts. J
The said Bankrupts having petitionedjtlie Court
for a discharge from all their debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested Jto appear
on the 27th day of July, 1868, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, at Chambers of the said District Court,
before Lawson Black, Esq., one of the Registers
of the said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register's
office, in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, ana show
cause why the prayer of the said petition of the
Bankrupts should not be granted. And further
notice is hereby given that the second and third
meetings of creditors will be held at the same
time and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal] Judge of said District Court, this 7th
dav of July, 1868.
W. B. SMITH,
jy9—law3w* Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
Augustus E. Culbreath !• IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J No. 44.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the 21st day of July, 1868, at 10 o’clock a. m.,
at Chambers of said District Court before Garnett
Andrews, Esq., one of the Registers of said
Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register’s office in the
city of Monroe, Ga., and show cause why the
prayer of the said petition of the Bankrupt should
not be granted. And further notice is given that
the second and third meetings of creditors will be
held at the same time and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal] Judge of said Court, this 6th day of
July, 1868.
W. B. .SMITH,
jy9—lawllw Clerk,
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of ]
Joseph A. Huddleston. J-IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. J
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his
election as Assignee of JOSEPH A. HUDDLE
STON, of the county of Meriwether, and State of
Georgia, within said District, who has been ad
judged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by the
Dist rict Court of said District.
ISAAC N. SHANNON,
jy9—law3w Assignee.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, ?
Atlanta, Ga., .July 2, )
rpHW IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
1 21th day of June, A. !>., 1868, a Warrant
in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
LEWIS COOK,
of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton, State of
Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition; and that the payment of any debts
and delivery of any property belonging to san.
Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer
of any property by him, are forbidden by law ;
that a’ meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Register s office,
in the United States Hotel, Atlanta, (5a., before
Lawson Black, Register, on the 13th day of July,
A. I) 1868, at 10 o’clock a. m
CHARLES 11. ELYEA,
jy9-lt U.S. Dep. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, I
Atlanta, Ga., July 2, 1868. j
rpiIIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: 'That on the
1 27th day of June. A. D., 1868, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the es
tate of
BERRY M THOMPSON,
of Danielsville, in the county of Madison, State
of Georgia, who has beeit adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition ; that the payment of any debts
and delivery of any property belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transferor
any propertv by him, are forbidden by law ; that
a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt, to
prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignee? of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy. to be holden at the Law Office of L.
& n. Cobb, Athens, Clark county, Georgia, be
fore Garnett Andrews, Register, on the 30th day
of July, A. D. 1868, at 9 o’clock a. m.
CHARLES H. ELYEA,
jy9—ft u. S. Dep. Marshal as Messenger
I_N BANKRUPTCY.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
WM. O’IIALLOIIAN, >ln Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. J No. 214.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 27th day of July, 1868, at 10
o’clock a. m., at chambers of said District
Court, before Lawson Black, Esq., one of the
Registers of the said Court in Bankruptcy, at
the Register’s office, in Atlanta, Ga., and show
cause why the prayer of the said petition of the
Bankrupt should not be granted. And further
notice is given that the second and third
meetings of creditors will be held at the
same time and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal] Judge of said District Court and
’ the seal thereof, this 7th dav of July,
1868. W. B. SMITH,
jyO-lawow* Clerk.
Assignee’s Sale.
G. W. ADAIR, AUCTIONEER.
By virtue of a decree IN BANK
RUPTCY, in the ease of Franklin H. Gay,
Bankrupt, I will sell on the premises, at the
former residence ot said Gay, live miles south of
Lithonia, in DeKalb countv, on SATURDAY,
let DAY OF AUGUST, commencing at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, free from all incum
- brance, the real estate of said Bankrupt, amount
ing to 1005 J acres, iu DeKalb county, Ga., as
follows: •
152 j acres of Land, lot No. 112; lots 81,82, and
117, each containing 202 j acres, one half the
mineral interest in the latter reserved; 50 acres
of lot No. 80; 195 acres of lot No. 251, and 2 acres
adjoining the last—numbei not known; also, 40
acres of Laud iu Paulding comity, being Lot No.
767, in the 18ih district and 3d section.
ALSO,
Two silver watches, 2 gins, one half interest iu
a mill iu DeKalb county, 1 wagon, cart, carriage,
a lot of lumber, and other articles of personal
property.
ALSO,
Sundry notes, accounts, and rent contracts, be
longing to the estate of said bankiupt. All sold
for the benefit of his creditors. 'Terms cash.
G. W. ADAIR.
jyß—law3w Assignee.
Book and job printing
Executed at this Office
At the Lowest Terms and in the Best Style
Come and see samples
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER
Market House, in the city of Augusta on
the first Tuesday in August next, between ’the
usual hows of sale, two Promisory notes—one
given one day after date, for $518.11, iu favor of
Wright &. Mobley, dated Augusta, January 4th
1868, signed Arthur A. Atkinson ; one ten days
after date, dated January 6th, 1868, for $120.95
in favor of Wright &. Mobley, signed Wingfie],)
M. Rivers. Levied on by virtue of a fi. f tt<l ; n
favor of Hezekiah Bussey vs. Wright & Mobley—
ft. fa. iu the City Court'of Augusta, returnable to
the August term of said Citv Court.
’ ISAAC LEVY,
jyl—td Sheriff City of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House, in the City of Augusta, between
tho usual hours of sale, on tho first Tuesday i n
August next, four shares of the capital Stock of
the Empire State Insurance ■ mpany. Levied
on by virtue of an attachment, returnable to tho
City Court of Augusta, in favor of Sidney Root
vs. Alexander S. Myer and Julius J. Myer, once
copartners under tho name of A. 8. Myer 4 Son
Sold by virtue of a fl, fa. founded on said attach
ment; returnable to tho August t«rm(1868) of
said Court. ISAAC LEVY,
jyl—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
V V House, in the City of Augusta, on the
first Tuesday in August next, tho house and lot
ofL. Dwello, Jr., —House north side Broad street
running through to Jones street; bounded on the
north by Jones street, east by Mrs. Straub’s lot
south by Broad street and wost by Dwollo’s lot’
Levied on by virtue of a tax execution in favor
of the City Council of Augusta for tho year 1867
returnable to tho City Council of Augusta.
ISSAC LEVY,
jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff's Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House, in the City of Augusta, on the first
Tuesday in August, all that lot or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in tho City of Augusta
having a front of thirty-three (33) feet on Centre
street, and known as number twenty-two (22);
bounded on tho north by lot of Mrs. Mary Collins,
widow of Dennis Collins, on the south by lot of
Henry Loon, on the oast by alley running through
from Broad to Reynolds street, on the west by
Centre street. Levied on by virtue of a fi. fa. in
favor of John M. ClarkoASons vs. John Guilfoylc;
also, one City Tax fi. fa. iu favor of the City
Council of Augusta, for the year 1866, returnable
to tho August term (1868) of said Court.
ISAAC LEVY,
jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House, in tho City of Augusta, on tho first
Tuesday in August next, tho house and lot on
Market street belonging to W.V. Keener,Trustee.
Levied on by virtue of a tax execution in favor
the City Council of Augusta, for tho year 1866;
bounded north by Market street, south by Rey
nolds street, east by Butler’s lot, and west by W.
V. Keener’s, returnable to tho City Council of
Augusta. ISAAC LEVY,
jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House in tho City of Augusta, on the first
Tuesday in August next, the house and lot of
John T. King, sixty-six (66) feet, more or loss,
on Houston street, running back one hundred
and sixty six (166) feet, more or less; bounded
north by Matt. Pleasant’s, oast by John M. Tur
ner, south by Broad and west by Houston streets.
Levied on by virtue of two tax executions in
favor of tho City Council of Augusta, for the
years 1866 and 1867, returnable to the City
Council of Augusta. ISAAC LEVY,
jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
TT7TLL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
V » House, in the City of Augusta, ou the first
Tuesday iu August next, the house and lot of
John M. Turner, on north side of Broad street,
fronting 110 feet, more or less, and runningback
to Reynolds street: bounded north by Reynolds
street, east by Peter Johnson’s and IlannahTcdd’s
lots, south by Broad Street and west by John T.
King’s and Matt. Pleasant’s lots. Levied on by
virtue of tax execution in favor of tho City
Council of Augusta, for the year 1567, returnable
to the City Council of Augusta.
ISA AC LEVY,
jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriffs Sale.
WILL HE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House, iu the City of Augusta, between the
usual hours of sale, one house and lot, tho prop
erty of Jerry Bunch, on tho south side of Fen
wick street, fronting 52 feet, more or loss, and
running back 187 feet, more or less, to Calhoun
street; bounded north by Fenwick street, south
by Myer’s lot, cast by lot of C. A Platt, west by
lot of W. V. Kerr. Levied ou as tho property of
Jerry Bunch, to satisfy two fi. fa.’s for City Tax
for tho years 1866 and 1867. The said fi. fa.’s
returnable to the City Council of Augusta.
ISAAC LEVY,
jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States, for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In th" matter of )
ABNER MI M MS, [ IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. )
To whom it may concern: The undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as the
assignee, of Abner Minims, of Milford, in the
county of Baker, and State of Georgia, within
said District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt
upon his own petition, by the District Court of
said District.
Dated at Albany, Georgia, this Ist day of July,
1868. JOS. J. BRADFORD,
jyl—law2w* Assignee.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
JAMES M SHEPHERD [IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. ) No. 43.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
fora discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given Io all persons interested to appear
on the 21st day of July, 1868, at 10 o’clock in the
forenoon, at chambers of said District Court,
before Garnett Andrews, Esq., one of the Regis
ters of the said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Reg
ister's office in Monroe, Ga., and show cause why
the prayer of the said petition of the Bankrupt
should not be granted. Aud further notice is given
that the second aud third meetings of creditors
will be held at the same time and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal.] Judge of said Court, and the seal thereof,
this day of , 1868.
W. B. SMITH,
jyl—law3w* Clerk.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
I United States for the Southern District of
Georgia—SS.
In the matter of ]
WM. W. KENDRICK, [IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. j
A Wai rant iu Bankruptcy lias been issued by
said Court against the estate of
WILLIAM W KENDRICK
of the county of Dougherty, State of Georgia,
in said District, who has been adjudged a Bank
rupt upon petition of his creditors, and the pay
ment of any debts, and delivery of auy
property belonging to said Bankrupt, to him,
or for his use, and the transfer of any property
by him, arc forbidden by law; that a meeting
of the creditors of said Bankrupt, to prove
their debts, and to choose one or more Assig
nees of his estate, will be held at a Court ol
Bankruptcy, to be holden at Americus, in said
District, on the 28th day of July, A. 1). 1808,
at 1 o’clock p. m., at the Court House, before
Frank 8 Hcsseltinc, Esq., one of the Register,
in Bankruptcy of said District.
WM. G. DICKSON,
jy4-2t U. S. Marshal for said
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
J. United States for*ihe Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of 1
NOWELL & FELKER [IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupts. J No. 89.
The said Bankrupts having petitia? , '< 'b e
Court for a discharge from all their debj(f Jra-s .
blc under the Bankrupt Act of March 20,1*5 6
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 21st day of July, 1868, at 10
o’clock a tn., at Chambers of said District
Court before Garnett Andrews, Esq., one ot
the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at
the Register’s Office, in the city of Monroe,
Georgia, and show cause why the prayer of
the said petition of the Bankrupts should not
be granted. And further notice is given that
the second and third meetings ol creditors
will be held at the same lime and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
r , Judge of said Court, and th» seal
[sb L.J this day of , 1868.
W. B. SMITH,
jy4— law3w* Clerk.
jyl-td
jy4—td