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PARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, in Now York, Gold was
quoted at 1.131. Cotton, 31}.
—The tears of the congregation are the
praises of the minister.
Large excursion parties leave San Fran
cisco to witness the volcanic displays in the
Sandwich .Islands.
—One firm in New York rents out about
1,000 pianos, from which they receive an
annual income of SBO,OOO.
—Calico, the well known cotton cloth, is
named from Calicut, a city in India, from
whence it first came- Calico was first
brought to England in the year IG3I.
—Moses Yale Beach, formerly proprietor
of the New York Ann, died of paralysis at
his residence, al Wallingford, Conn, on
Sunday morning, at the age of 68.
—There are two directly opposite reasons
why a man can not sometimes get credit;
one is because he is not known, and the other
is because he is.
—Mr- Thomas Coates, of Scotland, the
great Paisley thread manufacturer, has
lately presented bis fellow citizens with a
public park of the value of SIOO,OOO.
—Mr. Hewlett was strangled in Wil
loughby Lake, N. IL, last Thursday, by a
huge watersnake, which coiled about his
neck and overcame him in spite of his
struggles.
—Before a West Point cadet can get
leave of absence he must take a pledge that
he will keep sober the three days immediately
•succeeding his departure and three days
immediately preceding his return.
. —A countryman seeing in the financial
article published that six per cent, is paid
for “earrying” specie, offers to come to the
city and “carry it, for reasonable distance,
for not more’n two par cent.
, —Lamartine is very sick. His death is
looked for every day. His despondency,
owing to bis financial reverses, is so great
that liß freely declares that he longs for the
grave.
• —The Boston free bathing houses have
been opened for the season. The city has
■fourteen of these establishments, some of
them devoted exclusively to women and
girls.
The body of General Thomas Francis
Meaghf r, it is said, was found, and buried
near the spot where found, within a month
after the sad accident of his drowning.
■ —An American girl has had the honor of
receiving from the Paris police the compli
ment of- being the most expert thief they
•ever met, and of going for three years to a
French prison. ’
—A boy was killed at St. Paul a few days
sinde by the explosion of a generator in a
pop factory. Three or four other persons in
tile establishment had narrow gpcapes from
flying pieces of the boiler.
—lt is proposed to completely inclose
ships’ compasses in a magnetic hollow tube,
which Faraday shows neutralizes all local
magnetism and leaves the needle to be
affected by tcrrestial magnetism alone.
—Brigham Young preached a very odd
sermon at the funeral of Heber C. Kimball,
i-n which he said he would rather bury his
disciples by the score than have them leave
the Mormon church.
—The Emperor Napnleon, though appa
rently in tolerable health, is said to be
really far from well, being aware that be
is afflicted with Bright’s disease, or albu
minuria, and that a cold or a fevSr might
at any moment remove him.
—lt is stated that the Garibaldian recruits
now being enrolled secretly in Italy wear a
black shirt instead of the usual scarlet, on
the breast of which are embroidered in
white letters, V. M. (Vengeance- for Men
tana). •
—The New* York Stock Exchange are
out with air offer of $5,000 reward for the
conviction of the perpetrator of the recent
forged railway certificates. The Open
Board also offer an equal amount—that is,
SIO,OOO in all.
—The class of 1868 at Y’alc College
graduated 108 men. During its four years
it has numbered 168 men. .The freshmen
class promises to be remarkably largo,
nearly 200. The secret society known as
the Spade and Grave is dying of unpopu
larity.
—The smoke from the late excitable
volcano in the Sandwich Islands floated off
in a line of 1,000 miles across the sea ; and
so thick was it, 500 miles from Hawaii, that
Capt. Stone, of the brig Kamehamcha V.
was unable to take an observation-
—lcebergs are met by almost every
steamer going to or from Europe now-a days.
If those coming this way knew what they
have to expect, we think they would get up a
picnic party on one of the icebergs and wait
for the next steamer.
—The German universities are unusually
full this summer, the number of students
being greater than ever before. The numbet*
of American students attending the regular
lectures at German universities is also
constantly on the increase-
—To reduce the temperature of a dining
roum—bring a friend borne to dine some
afternoon when your wife wishes to dress
early to go to the opera. The coolness with
which youreeß- and friend will be received
will giro a refrigerating tone to the whole
house.
- —An automaton chess player is making
Paris crazy. There is a man in the machine,
but where or how be is placed in it is a
mystery which baffles the shrewdest. It is
.the original Maetzel apparatus, which
created such intense excitement twenty-five
years ago. A complete explanation and
exposition of it may be found among Poe's
miscellaneous writings. •
—The law in New York is that “no boy
is permitted to seize a dog unless he has
reached the age of eighfeen.” The difficulty
of determining the age of the dog is similar
to that experienced by the Provost Marshal
of Norfolk some time ago, when ordered to
kill every “fourth dog.’’ It was impossible
to tell which was a “fourth dog.”
—A man in Lowell, Ohio, was nearly
frozen to death last week- He crawled into
an ice house to try and keep cool, he was
discovered a few hours afterwards frozen
quite stiff, and insensible. He was, with
the greatest difficulty, restored to life, and
will probably never get over the effects of
his imprudence-
—One of the most experienced detectives
of New York has expressed the conviction
that the financier who forged and altered
the stock certificates of the Erie and other
railway stock has neither gone to South
America. ner Europe, but that he is on
Manhattan Island, and will be overhauled
in a few days. It may be no easy job to
ferret him out, but the hundred thousand
dollars reward provides the necessary stim
ulant.
—Refrigerators are now lined with slate,
which is considered a great improvement
upon the zinc lining, which is liable to cor
rosion, and to the danger oi imparting a
disagreeable, if not poisonous, taste to food
coming in contact with it Slate is a elean
and economical substitute for metal, aod is
coming into universal use. It is cleaned
with little or no trouble, and is always cool
and sweet
•
NfltionalHcpubliciin
AUGUSTA. <iA.
FRIDAY MORNING. July 23, 180 S
For PKESIDEN'I’
Os the United States:
ULISSES S. GRAM.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
STAND FIRM!
Republicans throughout the country
should stand firmly to their colors in the
trying hour of the republic. The acquittal
of Andrew Johnson is but the Bull Run
of the civil conflict upon which the country
is just entering. It should, be met with
courage, with confidence, with determina
tion. It is but the signal call for three
hundred thousand more. They will be
forthcoming, when required. Like all our
disasters, it will stimulate to higher re'
solves, to more vigorous action, and will
purify the grand army of progress as with
fire. So long as the ranks stand united
aifd resolute, the cause can receive no per
manent injury from the deflection, or even
the desertion of a few leaders. Their places
can lie promptly filled by promotions.
Their power vanishes with their leadership.
Unsustained by the Republican masses, no
dozen men can cast even a cloud in our
pathway. Let the grand column move
fearlessly forward its progress can not be
resisted, nor its purpose thwarted.
Those who fall oirt will be only such
as would lie worthless in the conflict. They
can neither damage our cause, nor advan
tage that of the enemy.
The council fires must be rekindled. The
ranks of the Republican column must be
purged and consolidated. Union, energy,
organization, are Watchwords which will
lead to victory. There are plots and coun
terplots in progress of invention, nil
designed to divide and conquer the great
party of progress. They trill all Tail.
77//? DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
By nominating Gov. Seymour as their
Presidential candidate, we presume the
Democracy intended to rely in the North
ern States solely upon the votes of mem
bers of their own party. While the
selection of Judge Chase would have
drawn largely from the Republican ranks,
and, paradoxical as it may seem, from
each of the extreme wings of the party,
and would also have been sustained by an
influential class in financial circles who
scarcely belong to cither party, but incline
toward Republicanism, Gov. SeymoUr, on
the other hand, is too stern a Democrat,
too inflexible a partisan, and has too long
been recognized in the North and East as
a strict party leader, to hope to receive any
votes outside of his own organization, lie
will be zealously supported in thaf"scction
of the country by Democrats of nil phases
of opinion, but his friends can hardly be
looking for aid from any othef body of
politicians.
In the West it can not be questioned that
Mr. Pendleton is by far the stronger map.
The Democracy of that section have gone
wild in pursuit of a loose financial policy, ■
which is much better represented in the
well known opinions of Pendleton than
in the oft-repeated sentiments of Seymour.
He is but a superficial and inexperienced
politician who believes’ that u string of
resolutions studded with dubious phrases
intended to avoid rather than encounter
and harmonize conflicting views, and
adopted by an impatient crowd under the
joint operation of the previous question
and the summer solstice, is going to exert
the slightest influence upon the matured
convictions of a statesman like Horatio
Seymour. And, knowing all this, the
ardent advocates of the greenback tboories
of Pendleton in the West will look with
some distrust upon the representative of
the bond-holding magnates of the East I
and Seymour will do remarkably well if
he can obtain the entire Democratic \ote
of that powerful section of the Union,
without looking for even the slightest
accessions from any other class.
In the Southern States, and especially
those recently restored to the Union, Mr.
Chase would have been "a much stronger
candidate than cither Seymour or Pen
dleton. He would have received every
vote that will now be given to the former,
with a few unimportant scattering excep
tions, and would have obtained in addi
tion a large and influential support from
the freedmen. Gqv. Seymour’s dqflcieacy
in this regard might have been supplied
by wisely selecting a candidate for the
Vice Presidency. But General Blair —
who was formerly an Emancipationist in
Missouri, afterward a Radical Republican,
and then a fierce tighter in the Union
armies—has recently declared himself in
favor of overthrowing the reconstructed
State Governments by force if need, be,
thus depriving the freedmen of their right
'oi suffrage. Thi«, so far as' the colored
vote is concerned, and also that of all
white men in the South who favor this
reconstruction policy, is a heavy blow
straight in the face; and the ticket can
not hope for any aid in.this portion of the
country outside of the Democratic party.
The result, therefore, of this survey of
the field is, that in the North and in the
Soutlirthe Seymour and Blair ticket is
no stronger than the Democratic party
while in the West it is rather weaker.
From this standpoint the impartial eye
will not regard the prospects of its success
as bright, but, on the contrary, rather
gloomy. *
The elder out of the $600,000
during the forty-five years of his literary
labors, it is said, has not one dollar left.—
During the last year his plays have made for
the theatres in which they were performed,
respectively, La Reine Margot at the Gaiete,
$36,000; 'Kean at the Odeon, $16,409 :
Antony at the Cluny, $15,000. This is the
author’s capital—lo per cent, on the net
receipts being his part—better after all than
stocks.
M’lil'MlW OF muma.
Civil Law Triumphant.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS,
The Banquet.
GEJf. MEADE’S SPEECH.
[From the New Era.
Ata quarter before twelve, Wednesday,
July 22, 1868, in Atlanta, Gn., the House
was called to order by Speaker McWhorter,
and Mr. Hudson, of Harris county, intro
duced the following:
Resolved, That thaClerk of the House be
directed to inform the Senate that the House
is now ready, to receive the Senate in its
Hall, for the purpose of inaugurating the
Governor elect.
The resolution was adopted unanimously
and with applause.
While the Clerk was in the performance of
this duty, the members of General Meade’s
staff’, the members of General Sibley’s staff’
and the officers of the Po.-t entered the Hall
and occupied seats that bad been reserved
for them on the right of the Speaker’s stand.
Among them we observed General Win.
McKee Dunn, Judge Advocate of the 'Third
Military District, and Col. Sweeney, cam
mandant of the Post of Atlanta.
At 12 o'clock precisely, three raps of the
Speaker's gavel brought f,he House to its
feet, and announced the arrival of life Gov
ernor elect and the Senate. The Governor
eleet entered the hall, accompanied by Joseph
E. Brown, ex-Goveruor of Georgia. His
whole demeanor was characteristically
modest. It were not improper tor one to
fancy that there could be read upon his
handsome face a pardonable satisfaction that
the people of the great State of Georgia had
honored him by exalting him to the Chief
Magistracy of the Commonwealth. He looked
the picture of health and manliness, and
walked with a firm step to his position on the
Speaker's stand. Governors Bullock and
Brown were followed immediately by Hon.
John Erskine, Judge of the United States
District and Circuit Courts for Georgia,,
accompanied by General Meade, 'the Judge
whs clad in his judicial robes, aud looked
therein the solemn, dignified that hp
is. The next couple was the Honorable B.
Conley, President of the Senate, and General
C. C. Sibley, Commander of the District of
Georgia. These were followed by the Senate
in a body, most of whom had to r'emain
standing during the ceremony of iiiaugura
tion. Governor Bullock, ex-Goveriior Brown,
Judge Erskine, General Meade, and Mr.
Conley, President of the Senate, occupied
the Speaker’s stand. While this was going
on, tbe crowd arose and applauded. As soon
as quiet was fully restored, the Governor
elect arose, and, in a firm, distinct enuncia
tion, delivered the following
INAUGURAL address.
Fellow Citizens, Senators and Represents,
lives :
We are assembled here to-day under the
fostering earc and protection of our General
Government. Through its clemency we are
permitted to inaugurate a civil government
for our State, that willsupercede the military
power which has been supreme in our midst
since the failure of tin attempt to-establish
the sovereignty of separate States, in opposi
tion to the Constitution and Union framed
by the people of the United States. The
misfortunes that have followed a misappre
hension of the allegiance due by the individ
ual citizen have become a part of our history,
aud need only be referred to when there may
be danger of its repetition.
We have good reasons to congratulate
otyselves that we have so rapidly abandoned
our erroneous opinions ; and that under the’
benign influence of the liberal laws of Con
gress, we have progressed successfully toward
a restoration of our proper place in the
Union.
And especially should we rejoice that this
lias been accomplished, notwithstanding that
in pursuit of a proper policy we have been
distracted and divided among ourselves Uy
the failure of the National Executive to act
in harmony with the will of the people consti
tutionally expressed. Only twelve months ago
a number of citizens assembled in this city
and framed a political organization iu
sympathy with the principles and the
policy of a majority of the people of the
whole country, and to-day we witness what
has been accomplished through the agency
of that patriotic body—tbe Union Republi
can Party. A constitution has been adopted
that guarantees to all free and universal
education ; equal political and civil rights ;
and restores to us self government. It
should not be forgotten that this Con
stitution has been “formed by dele
gates who were elected under the law
which gave flic bondman the irresistible
weapon of the ballot.
The wisdom and moderation with which
this privilege has been exercised, should
overcome all prejudice, quiet all fears, and
lead us to appreciate the justice of ctdran
cliisiftg the freedmen.
With a territory of magnificent propor
tions unsurpassed in richness of natural
resources, wc have but to apply ourselves
to its developments to reap a bounteous
reward.
By united efforts iu the cnforecineut of
civil law, securing to every one the lawful
expression of their political opinions, and
the enjoyment of the results of their
labor, wc will invite within oyr borders an
increasing population to share with us the
comforts of our climate aud the wealth of
our agricultural and mineral productions.
Humbly trusting in the'sustaining grace of
the Great Ruler yf all, I shall endeavor to
perform the duties of the high position to
which you have elected me, by a strict
adherence to the provisions of the Coiislitu
tion, and in slieh a manner as to bring upon
us His blessings in a peaceful, progressive
prosperity.
The address was frequently interrup'ed by
loud bursts of applause. At its conclusion
the applause was vociferous. At the close
of the address tbe Governor .announced that
he was ready to take the oath of-oflice at the
hands of the judicial representative of the
United States. Thereupon Judge Erskine
arose, and the Governor having laid his hand
upon a Bible, the oath was read to him from"
the new Constitution of the Slate, which he
distinctly pronounced after tbe Judge, thus
sealing, as it|were, his obligation to use his
office wisely and well for the good of the
people who have elevated him to the po-ition.
While looking upon his open,, honest face,
we could not doubt that he so considered Jiis
obligations.
The President of the Senate then pro
claimed Rufus B. Bullock, Governor of the
State of Georgia, for four years from the
date of his inauguration.
Immediately after the administration of
the oath, the Senate retired to its chamber,
the House adjourned until Friday, and the
large crowd dispersed, all satisfied that there
was a future iu store for Georgia and her
people. As the crowd began to disperse, the
intelligence of Georgia’s redemption was
thundered into the cars of the people of the
city "from the throats of the cannon at .the
Capitol. As boom after boom reverberated
through the city, the most stoical of the
peeple couid not restrain a thrill of feeling
which told'tbem that an important event had
transpired—au event affecting their interests.*
To most oi the people the booming of the
salute sounded like a “jubilate'' over a
redeemed and regenerated commonwealth,
and while tbe peals were echoing and
resounding, one could almost fancy that the
intelligence of Georgia’s resurrection was
throbbing through the grand national pulse.
Before tk reaches our readers the
intelligence will be flashed to every State
of the Union, that Georgia is again a
coequal member of the national unity;
that her people have resumed their vows
of fealty to the “Old Flag.” And soon
congratulations and welcomes will be
flashing back, giving evidence that the nation
is rejoicing over the lost that is found,
the prodigal that has returned. Let the
past be dead and buried, and let us meet our
brethren of the press on fraternal grounds,
putting away the old bitterness, hiding the
ugly corpse of feud beneath the mantle of
charity, and unitedly labor from this time
onward, for the material restoration of the
State. Amen, and amen I
After the ceremony of inauguration was
concluded, the Governor returned to his
apartment at-thq National Hotel. Thither a
large number of hifr friends followed him,
and a reception was improvised. Quite a
number called, among them many of tbe
most distinguished men of the Slate, and
warm congratulations were passed. A pleas
ing orowd was it that assembled in the parlor
of the National. Each countenance spoke
plainly the pleasure felt al being there, and
all seemed confident that the spoken con
gratulations came from hearts that were
rejoicing over the result of the gerat political
struggle.
While these congratulations were pro
gressing, Mr. E. B. Pond, the excellent and
energetic proprietor of the National, was by
no means idle. He and his assistants were
hard at work, and very soon improvised one
of the most elegant banquets ever spread in
Atlanta, to which the Governor and his
guests were invited. The tables were soon
surroundad, and here the good feeling fairly
overflowed and ran from heart to heart,
until there was a general mingling of cheer.
Ihe splendid luncheon was partaken of,
mid over glasses of fine sparkling wines,
toasts were given and responded to iu the
most friendly and cordial manner. The
first toast was to the military, to which Gen.
Meade responded in an eloquent and brilliant
speech, which was received with rounds of
applause.
SPEECH OF GEN. MEADE.
Gentlemen: As the senior military offi
cer present, it becomes my duty to respond
to the complimentary toast just offered by
His Excellency, the Governor of the State
of Georgia, and so courteously received by
you. And in speaking on. my own behalf
and that of every officer present, I am sure
1 can say that it is with the greatest satis
faction and pleasure that we yield to the
civil authorities that power which under
the law it has, until this day, been our
duty to exercise. And 1 know I can go
farther and say, that in the discharge of
the delicate, embarrassing, and often pain
ful duties which wc have been called on
to perform under a law which had no
reference to our volition, our public or
private opinions, that we have been guided
by a conscientious desire to do what our
judgments dictate to be right, and only to
do what we considered right, regardless of
personal or political considerations. No
one in this whole land is more re
joiced at the restoration of civil authority ;
no one regrets more the emergency
which for a time required it should bq subor
dinate to the military; no one prays more
earnestly that it may never again be deemed
necessary to place the military paramount to
the civil power, than does the humble indi
vidual who now addresses you. And 1 feel
confident, gentlemen, as well-wishers of our
beloved country, you will all unite with me
in praying for the prosperity and success of
the administration of the Governor this day
inaugurated—in asking God’s blessing on
hirn and his efforts so to administer the
affairs of the State with wisdom, justice
and moderation, that peace and prosperity
may reign throughout tbe land, and the
people of Georgia be restored to the benefi
cent sway of eivil law—the only law that
iffionld be, supreme—may be led by the
cnjuyracnt cf the blessings which follow a
good government, to forget the wounds of
tbe past, and that they ever were under
military rule-
Gentlemen, I conclude with giving yon the
health of Ilis Excellency, the Governor of
Georgia.
The Governor responded to tlie sentiment
in an eloquent and feeling upeech, plainly
showing how sincerely he felt the position he
occupied, and the high and responsible
duties resting upon him.
Other toasts followed, and speeches were
made-by Gen- Win. Dunn, Hon. Hiram
Warner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Bench
of Georgia, Ex-Gov. Brown, Judge O. A.
Lochrane,-of Macon, Judge Erskine, and
Hon. 11. K. McCay, all of which were
breathings of rejoicing over the restoration
of civil Jaw and the return of Georgia to
the Union. .
The Columbus Prisoners.
THE TRIAL SUSPENDED.
Tbe Twentieth Day.
The Commission met at 10 o’clock
Wednesday morning, pursuant to adjourn
ment.
The.record of Tuesday’s proceedings was
read ajjd approved.
General C. C. Sibley, President of the
Comtuissiou, then handed to General Dunn,
the Judge Advocate, the following communi
cation from General Meade, suspending
further proceedings in the case :
Heabciuaiutiis Third Military District 1
(Dep. Georgia, Florida, and Alabama), !-
Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1868. j
Brer I Brig. Gen. C; C. Sibley, U. S. Ar,
President Military Commission:
General—lu view of the action of the
Legislature to-day, and the probable imme
diate admission of the State of Georgia, and
consequent cessation of military authority,
the Commanding General directs that the
Commission, of which you are President,
suspend all further proceedings in the trial
of the prisoners charged with the murder of
Ashburn. The prisoners, however, will be
re tained in custody until further orders,
Vfry respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. C. Drum, A. A. G.
The Commission then adjourned.
Jfey- There is something significant in the
half-hearted way in which the leaders of
.various wings of. the Democracy give in their
adhesibu to the nomination of Mr. Seymour.
Mr. Pendleton began his last speech by
professing that he had recovered from his
disappointment aud was now ready to support
the ticket.- Judge Thurman, in-a speech
the other day at Columbus, expressed the
keenest regret that Pendleton had not been
nominated. Mr. Hendricks compliments
Gov. Seymour very highly, but feels dismal
about his prospects in the South- And
finally. Mr. Doolittle -makes no secret of
bis opinion that the Democratic candidate
ought to liave been either James R.
Doolittle or a military man! and is frank
enough turn vow that although he means to
vote with the party, it is not because be
likes the candidates, but because he approves
es the party. Gov. Seymour undoubtedly
has warm personal admirers in many parts
‘of the country, but to say that the De
'mocracy as a body are pleased with his
nomination would be a great tqjstakc.
[Correspondence Augusta Republican.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Th'. Reconstructed States—Antecedents of the New
Member) of Congress—North and South Carolina
and Louisiana—The Raid on the Freedmen’*
Bureau—Business Before Conyrest-Mr. John
son’s Last Mystification.
> Washington. I). C„ July 20, 1868.
The last has been a wccx of decided pro
gress in Congressional business aS well ns
the work of reconstruction. Foor Senators,
from States not represented in Congress
since 1861, have been added to the roll, rep
resenting North Carolina and Louisiana, and
the Senators elect from South Carolina are
here, and will be sworn in to-day. Seven of
the States lately in rebellion have members
in the House, and before Congress takes a
recess all but three of the Southern States
will be fully represented again in the Halls
of Congress. This, the practical part of
reconsftuction, is the sorest trial of all to
the Copperhead Democracy, tor they see in
this very step the lie given to all their
charges against the Congressional plan of
reconstruction. As a whole, the new mem
bers of Congress will compare favorably in
point of intellect, practical knowledge, and
usual worth with any who have preceded
them from their respective States; and those
who, ih their opposition to the reconstruc
tion plan of Congress have belittled them
selves by scurrilous and indiscriminate
abuse will long bang their heads for very
shame, if the secession mania has not
entirely consumed that scarce Commodity in
the South. Senators Abbott and Pool, of
North Carolina, arc the peers of any men
who have proceeded them in Congress from
that State, and, more than that, they never
could be induced to turn traitors to their
country. Mr. Abbott is a native cf New
Hampshire, graduated at Andover, Mass.,
is an editor by profession, and at onetime
edited the Boston Allas. He entered the
army at first alarm, and graduated in 1865 a
General. His advent into North Carolina
was over Fort Fisher, which, all things
considered, was a good naturalization.
Liking the looks of affairs behind Fort
Fisher, he concluded to locate permanently.
Soon after the war, he organized the Bladen
Land "Company, and is largely engaged in
the lumber trade. He has probably been
the means of introducing more money and
business into the State during the last three
years than any fifty of the rebels who
opposed his election.
John Pool, the other Senator, is a native
of the State, and stands al the very head of
tire legal profession in that State. Both are
men possessing great force of character—
ready debaters and men of fine physical
appearance.
Messrs. Harris and Kellogg, Senators
from Louisiana, were both born at the
North; the former in Wisconsin, where" he
conducted a banking business, and the latter
in Illinois. Mr. Kellogg has been Collector
at New Orleans, and Mr. Harris is engaged
in cotton planting. They are intelligent
business men, and can do more for the eleva
tion of their native States than a thousand
Soules and Benjamins.
The two Sanators clgct from South
Carolina are able men. One, Mr. Robertson,
is a native of the State, and always a Union
man. The other, Mr. Sawyer, is a Northern
man by birth, hut has resided in South
Carolina twelve years. He is a man of fine
literary attainments and a ready debater.
These men will build up where the Calhouns,
Butlers and Rhetts would tear down and
destroy. .
Os the members of the House from Lou
isiana :
Mr. J. Hale Syplcris about thirty-one years
old, a graduate of Union College, Ne w York,
a lawyer by profession, and was only forced
into polities by. the necessities of the com
muuity in which he resided at the close of
the war. The opening of the war found him
a law student in Ohio. Abandoning his
studies, he enlisted as a private and was
regularly promoted, before the wa| closed,
through every grade, except lieutenant
colonel, to. the office of brigadier general.
He invested fifty thousand dollars in a
Louisiana plantation at the close of the war,
put a brother in charge of it and resumed
his law studies. For the last three years, be
has been in a successful practice in New
Orleans.
J ime.-; Msua, for the .Second District, is a
native ot Maine, was paymaster in the army,
and is the only Democrat in the Louisiana
delegation. His seat is contested by Colonel
Jones. , 1
Mr, Newsham, of the Third f/islrict, is a
native of Illinois, a lawyer by profession,
thirty-seven years old, held the rank of
captain in the army, and, at the close of the
war, resumed the practice of the law in his
adopted State.
Mr. Tidal, of the Fourth District, is a
native of France, and has byon in the
country six years. He is an educated French
gentleman.
Mr. Blackburn, of the Fifth District, is
about forty five years old, a native of the
State, and an original loyalist. He is the
Brownlow of the State. As the editor of the
Hornet's llliad, he has been particularly
obnoxious to rebels, and, only last week, they
destroyed his office.
Os the members from South Carolinh :
Mr- Whittemore is about forty-four yeahi
old, a native of and educated in Massachu
setts, a clergyman by profession, and a
chaplain in the army during the war, since
which time he Iras been educating tho people
of his adopted State iu their duties under the
new order of things, in which he has been
very successful. He is an able debater, and
will prove a much better Representative of
the State than either of the men who aban
doned the House in. 1861.
Mr. Gosa is a native of the State, fifty
years old, and engaged in mercantile pur
suits. He was always loyal and took the
test oath. The other members of the House,
from this State, will probably take their"
seats to-morrow, with the exception of Corley
of the 4th district, who can not take the
oath. His disabilities will be removed,
however, at an early day. He was always
an Abolitionist, but held an office correspoud
ing»to that of a Justice of the Peace, in the
State during the war.
Os the Georgia members elect of the
House, Dr. Clift is the only one now here.
North Carolina is now fully represented.
Mr. Hcalan, of the Ist district, is a man of
education and large experience. He Was
born iu Ohio, and at one time represented
his native county in the Senate of that
State, and subsequently was a member of
the Minnesota Senate. He is Collector of
Internal Revenue at Newbern,and publishes
a newspaper at that point. Mr. Jones, from
the 7th district, is a native of the State,
forty-six years old and is editor of the Ashe
ville Pioneer. He was President of the
Republican Convention held at Raleigh,
March 1867. He was elected to Congress
in 1865 but couldn’t take his scat under
the regulations established by Congress.
He was always a strong Union man. All
of the other members are good and true
men. The South, to day, is represented by
better men than ever before.
IREEDMKN'ff BUREAU.
The Democracy, failing in every way to
get up an excitement against the Republican
party, continue to make spasmodic attacks
upon the Freednrtn’s Bureau. Dignified
men like Brooks,of New York, gel up in the
House, and state a barefaced falsehood, and
get Boyce, of Pennsylvania, to confirm the
statement, with an ir. Such a scene occurred
one day last week, when it was unblushingly
stated that the Bureau had cost the Govern
ment fifteen million dollars per annum!
Another member figured out sixteen million
dollars since organized, and so on, when
these very men hud all the facts before their
eyes, showing the whole cost of the Bureau
to have been less than six and one half
millions I and as good use, I venture to
state, as ever was made of public or private
capital. The Democrats are so reckless,
that it rarely happens any one feels like
contradicting them in any statements made
about the Bureau, Recently they have made
attacks on the official character of General
Howafd, which has only excited the risibili
ties of members of the House. The idea of
a rebel sympathizer injuring the character
of General Howard is. entirely too absurd to
be contradicted.
Tho Funding bill is looked upon as good
as defeated by the House amendments, but
all other prominent bills will probably be
passed in some shape. •
The President's lust message is a some
what mysterious affiiir; propositions to
amend th • Constitution come w’ith rather
bad grace from Andrew Johnson just at
this time. Hud he submitted a proposition
three years ago to render a President and
Vice President ineligible for reelection, it
might have been considered. The proposi
tion to amend the Constitution so as to
allow the people to vote directly for Sena
tors, look as though he was preparing for a
possible emergency ; that is, when a ma
jority of tho people will differ from a
majority of the Senate, when he hopes to
be set right upon the record. He does not
much like going out of office and to die
with the Scotch verdict of “not proven”
hanging over him like a blaek pall; so he’
recommends the only possible chance there
is for him to be whitewashed. He hopes in
vain, however, and his words will be un
heeded as is tile passing wind.
The President's attitude is also a mys
tery ; it is surmised by many persons that
should Congress adjourn, he would at once
remove every office holder obnoxious to
him, and use all his influence for the rebel
ticket. As he can do nothing worse than
he has done heretofore, there may be some
foundation fer this fear. Capital.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
g@“GRANT CLUB NO. 1, WILL MEET
hereafter, every WEDNESDAY NIGHT at tho
City Hull. Membcs will take due notice.
THOMAS THOMAS, President.
Geo. B. Snowden, Secretary.
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PER SOUTH CAR
OLINA RAILROAD, July 23, 1868.—CEmory,
F Datnish, J Small, E II Summers, Ga R R Co,
J W Bacon <t- Bro, Augusta Factory, W C Jessup
A Co, Wyman A May, J II Blauvelt, Mullarky
Bros, C A Co, J D A Murphy, J M Clark <t Co,
A 4 K, I Levy, T Root, 11 F Gallaher, W K
Huso, Fraser <t- 8, B Stollings, Stevenson A 8>
F A S, A P Boggs, TH Morgan, Geo T Jackson,
II A W, 0 4 B, Z McC, CB, W Brenner, Jas A
Gray A Co.
GEORGIA RAILROAD, |
Office of the Superintendent, [
Augusta, Ga., July 17, 1868. J
jfcjy- AGENTS OF THIS ROAD HAVE
bee" instructed to commence, on tho 21st inst.,
soiling TICKETS TO THE CONVENTION to
bo held in Atlanta on the 23<t instant.
Passengers paying lull faro going, will be fur
nished with a RETURN TICKET FREE—
good until 26th instairt, inclusive.
Tho privilege extended only to those pur
chasing tickets before getting on the ears.
E. W. GOLF,
jy IS- St • General .’■'upt.
GRAIN AND FLOUR SACKS!!
The old established
‘‘Com Exchange Bag Manufactory’’
Is prepared tv 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 A CO., .
je 17 3iti 25 I’earl Street, New York City.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
ROOMS OF STATE CENTRAL COM. 1
Union Republican Party of Ga., >
t* Augusta, Ga., July 1.4,1888.)
AT THE REQUEST OF MEMBERS
of tho Central Committee, I hereby call a
State Convention of the Republican party of
Georgia, to assemble in ATLANTA, on Tuesday,
tho fourth day of August next, for the purpose
of nominating Electors for GAant and Colfax.
The basis of representation will be the same as
in the lower bouse of the General Assembly.
Republicans arc requested to hold meetings in
their respective Congressional Districts, and
nominate candidates for Congress.
FOSTER BLODGETT,
Chiu’n State Cen. Committee.
fSsj' Republican papers in this State will
please copy. -Jyls—td
To Builders.
General Sui’rui.NTr.N dent's Office, ]
Georsia Railroad Co., >
Augusta, .Ga., July 16th, 1868. )
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
at the office of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company, in Atlanta, until the first
day of August proximo, to furnish material and
build a FIRST CLASS FREIGHT WARE
HOUSE AND OFFICES for this Company in
Atlanta, Ga. —two hundred and seventy-five feet
long, fifty feet wide, and front for offices, three
stories. Full information may be obtained and
plans and specifications seen at the office of Mr.
Corput, Architect and Civil Engineer, Granite
Block, Broad street, Atlanta, Ga.
The Company reserves the right so accept any
bid or refuse all.
E. W. COLE,
jy!B—l2t General Sup*.
Anthracite Coal
IN ADDITION TO THE COAL ADVERTISED
in another column, I shall have a cargo of
CHOICE PHILADELPHIA PARLOR COAL
for early delivery, and at a small advance above
tho cost of importation.
jy 17—Iw CHAS. A. ROWLAND.
U 8. INTERNAL REVENUE.
COLLECTOR’S OFFICE, 1
Augusta, Ga.. July 14, 1868. J
11/ ILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
Vv at 10 o’clock a. tn., on FRIDAY, JULY
24th, 1868, at the United States Bonded Ware
house, rear of the stereos W. A. Ramsey A Co.,
8 Boxes CHEWING TOBACCO—no brand.
19 « « « D. W. Steete
5 “ « “ A. Fuller,
■fi - « « “ no brand.
33 COPPER STlLLS—with fixtures.
3 IRON STEAM BOILERS.
Said articles having been seised for violation
Os the Internal Revenue Laws of the United
States. WILL. D. BARD,
jy 15—2 t 15a24 Collector 3d Dist 6a.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA.—
At Blakeley, the Sth day of July, A.D. 1868.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of !■>»
appointment as assignee of James B. Jones, of
Blakeley, in the county of EaGy and State of
Georgia witliia said District, who hai) been ad
judged a bankrupt upon his own petition by the
District Court of said Dietrict.
GEORGE B. SWANN,
jyll—l»w3w Assignee, etc.
_ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Powder Magazine
Notice is hereby given that tu p
City Magazine is now ready for the stun,,.,
of Powder. SASIUEff LEVY
Augusta, July 23, 1868. Chm’n Com
' I* 2 *- 3t J .
, Official.
Appointment by the Governor.
Executive Dsh-aktmknt. '
Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1868.1
1 Edwin F. Blodgett, Esq., of the county
Richmond, is hereby appointed Aid de Catap (
the Governor, with tho rank of Colonel.
I Officers and soldiers are requested to respect
and obey him accordingly. ’*
By order of tho Commander in Chief,
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
B. B. DeGbaffenhied, Governor.
’ jy-H—l6 Sec’y Ex. Dop’t.
Official.
; Headq’hs Third Military District, >
, (Department Georgia, Alabama,and Florida) '
Atlanta, Ga., July 22. 1868. ' j
General Orders, No. 103.
Whereas, Official information has been receiv
1 ed at these headquarters from the Governor elect
■ of the State of Georgia, that the Legislature oi
; said State, elected under the provisions of General
Orders No. 39 and -10, current series, from these
headquarters, has assembled and complied with
I the requisitions of the, act of Congress, which be
; came a law June 25, 1868. entitled an act to admit
the States of North Carolina, South Carolina
, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, to representation
iu Congress; and, whereas, said act states that on
compliance with the conditions therein set forth
l by any State, tho officers of said State, duly elected
- and qualified under the Constitution thereof, shall
t be inaugurated without delay; it is therefore or
dered:
* I That all civil officers, holding office in fte
t State, whether by military appointment or by fail
i ure to have successors qualified, shall promptly
' yield their office and turn over to their duly elect.
. ed and qualified successors, all public property
’ archives, books, records, etc., belonging to the’
i same.
i 11. Whenever the military commander of thesub-
District of Georgia,' is officially notified of the inau.
guratiou of the State government elect,military au
thority, under the acts <>t Congress, known as the
reconstruction laws, will be at an end in said State;
t and it is made the duty of the enb-District cotn
i rounder to transfer everything appertaining to the
j government of said State to the proper civil officers.
• and to abstain in future, upon any pretext what
ever, from any interference with or control over
i the civil authorities of the State, or the persons
! and property of the citizens thereof.
111. Qu the inauguration of the civil government,
all prisoners hold in custody oy by bonds for
i offences against the civil law, will be turned over to
the proper civil authority. In the meantime writs
of habeas corpus from United States Courts will lie
respectfully obeyed and tho decisions conformed to.
Writs from State courts will have respectful re
turns made, stating prisoners are held by aulliori
, f- ty of the United States mid can only be released
by write issued by the United States Courts.
By order of Major-General Meade :
S. F. BARSTOW.
jy‘24- 1(1 Acting Ass’t Adj't Gen.
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Publishers, 277 Washington St., Boston.
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AUCTION SALES-
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 tbs
usual hours of sale, two Promiaory notes—one
given one day after slate, for $518.11, in favor of
Wright &. Mobley, dated Augusta, January 4th,
1868, signed Arthur A. Atkinson ; one ten days
afterdate, dated January 6th, 1868, f0r5120.9’5,
in favor of Wright &. Mobley, signed Wingfield
J M. Rivers. Levied on by-virtue of a fi. fa., in
favor of Hezekiah Bussey vs. Wright 4 Mobley—
fi. fa. in the City-Court of Augusta, returnable to
the August term of said Cit v Court.
’ ISAAC LEVY.
jy I—ld Sheriff City of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House, in the City of Augusta, between
the usual hours of sale, on tho first Tuesday in
August next, four shares of the capital Stoqk of
the Empire State Insurance Company. Levied
on by virtue of an attachment, returnable to the
City Court of Augusta, in favor of Sidney Root
vs. Alexander S. Myer and Julius J. Myer, once
copartners under tho name of A. S. Myer 4 Son.
Sold by virtue of a fi. fa. founded on said attach
ment; returnable to tho August torm(1868) of
said Court. ISAAC LEVY,
jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s- Sale.
\ V ILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
’ » House, in tho City of Augusta, on the
first Tuesday in August next, between the
usual hours of sale, the house and lot of
L. Dwvlle, Jr., —House north side Broad street,
running through to JoneN street; bounded on the
north by Jobds street, cast by Mrs. .Strfuib’s lob
south by Broad street and west by Dwelled lot.
Levied on by virtue of a tax execution in favor
of the City Council of Augusta for tho year 1867,
returnable to the City Council of Augusta.
ISSAC LEVY,
jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
\V liE SOLB AT THE LOWER MARKET
’ ’ lloHto, in tho City of Aiigmta, on the first
Tuesday in August next, between the usual
hours of sale, tliq bouse and- lot on Market
street belonging to W. V. Keener, Trustee.
Levied on by virtue of a tax execution hi favor
the City Council of Augusta, ter tho year 1866;
bounded north by Market street, south by Rey
nolds street, cast by Buller’s lot, and west by W.
V. Keener’s, returnable to the City Council of
Augusta. . ISAAC LEVY,
jyd—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, between the usual
hours of sale, the house" and lot of John
T. King, sixty-six (66) feet, more or less,
on Houston street, running back one hundred
and sixty-six (166) feot, more or less; bounded
north by Mktt. Pleasant’s, east by John M. Tur
ner, south by Broad and west by Houston stroelt..
Levied on by virtue of two tax executions,/ 1 ’
favor of the City Council erf Augusta, for tu.”
yours 1866 and 1867, returnable to tho City
Council of Augusta. ISAAC LEVY’,
_jyi—t-J City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
\KILL BESbLD ATTHE LOWER MARKET
’ ’ House, in the City of Augusta, on the first
Tuesday in August next, between tho usual
hours of sale, the house and lot of John
M. Turner, on north side of Broad street,
fronting 110 foot, more or less, and runningback
to Reynolds street; bounded north by Reynolds
street, east by Teter John son’s and Hannah Todd’s
l<Jfi, 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 the City
Council of Augusta, for the year 1867, returnable
to the City Council of Adguata.
ISAAC LEVY,
jy4 td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff* Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House, in tho City of Augusta, on the
first Tuesday in August next, between the usual
hours of sale, one house and lot, the prop
erty of Jerry Bunch, on the south side of Fen
wick street, fronting 52 tcet, more or less, and
running back 187 feet, moro or less, to Calhoun
street; bounded north by Fenwick street, south
by Myer’s lot, east by lot of C. A T’lalt, west by
lot of W.-V. Kerr. Levied on as the property of
Jerry Bunch, to satisfy two fi. fa.’s Tor City Tax
for the years 1866 .and 1887. The «»id fl. fa.’e
returnable to the City Connell of Augusta.
ISAAC LEVY,
jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusto.