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PARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, in New York, .Gold was
quoted at 1.44. Cotton, 30.
—lt is computed that no fewer than IOS
Mexican Generals have cth eye to thffTre
sidcacy of their country.
—Some bankers are in correspondence
with the Geveflbvr of South Carolina in
regard to a luan,of.&>oQ,oQo to the State.
. --’Eight more prisoners have escaped
• from Hie Edgefield jail—almost a weekly
occurrence. .
—Canadian laiiorers refusetd take their
wages in American silver unless at a dis
count of ten per cent
' —Seven dissolutions of Parliament have
taken place during Queen Victoria's reigu of
thirty-one years.
■ —Alabama will raise this year four hun
dred thousand bales of cotton, worth
$40,000,000. So says Governor Patton.
—The wheat crop is finished in nearly all
parts of Indiana, and is decidedly the best
they have had for a long time. Corn, too,
' promiqps an exceedingly heavy yield.
—A black bean > n Michigan, recently
adopted a little girl, and made her right
comfortable" in the woods until her parents
reclaimed her.
—The necessary papers have been for
warded to Washington to secure the removal
’of political disabilities from ex-Governor
Orr.
—Stephens, the late Head Centre of the
Fenian Brotherhood in the Ut’itul States, is
teaching English in Paris.
—The wile of Abel Folsom, ot Zimbrota,
Minnesota, was bitten by a rattlesnake, a few
days ago, and died in a few hours, lhe
snake attacked her at the door of her house.
—The cotton crop in the canebrake coun
try of Alabama is better than has been
generally supposed, but the corn crop is cut
off at k ml one-half.
—Among the patents issued last week wo
notice one for a pruning hook to John Stark,
of Thomasville, and one for a panel fence,
to C. W. Sproull, of Rome.
—A Russian bus invented an ingenious
piece of tneehanicism by which, when a
person places a letter in the postal boxes, a
receipt, dated and signed, Js returned.
—A brick chimney in Worcester, Mass.,
one hundred feet high, has been moved four
hundred feet, without slays or props. It is
detached from any building.
—A French wit says that the gibbet is a
species of flattery to the human race. Three
or four persons arc hung from time to time
for lhe purpose of making the rest believe
that they are virtuous.
' —An Irishman who was illustrating the
horrors of solitary confinement, made the
melancholy statement that out of one hun
dred persons sentenced to endure this pun
ishment for life only fifteen survive it.
- —Timothy Roper, in aCt of jealousy and
drunkenness, hanged his wife lo a bed-post,
in lhe Tremont House, iu Janies street, New
York, on Friday night. The woman was cut
down, but not before life.was extinct. Roper
escaped.
—Several |>ersonß have been tried and'
sentenced to life banishment and imprison
ment at Calcutta, for participation in a
“Suttee,"or woman-burning with the body of
her dead husband, in contravention of lhe
English law.
a» *60,000 robbery on the Hudson River
Road, last week, tin returning to his office in
New York, found bis package of bonds on
the floor. It had dropped from his pocket
us he was leaving the office.
—When a crack is discovered in a stove,
through which the fire anil smoke penetrate,
the aperture may effectually and readily be
closed With a composition consisting of wood
ashes and common salt, made into a paste
with water. Plaster this over the erack.
—A singular statement is published in a
Pennsylvania paper, to the effect that the
recent intense hoi weather caused a diminu
tion of twenty per cent, in lhe number of
segurs sold at retail nt various places in that
State.
—Kale Eiel, the accomplice in the murder
of the missionary, Rev. Mr. Coffing, in 1862,
was arrested a few months ago lu the dis
guise of a policeman, near Alexandria, in
Northern Syria, and condemned to the
galleys. The principal criminal, Ahmed,
was condemned to death.
—The acceptance of Commodore M. F.
Maury, L. L. J)., of the chair of Physical
Sciences in the Virginia Military Institute,
enables the Board of Visitors to resume and
ft) put into effective operation this important
State work, which has for nearly twenty years
engaged the earnest attention and coopera
tion of this Board.
—Recent advices from Syria states that
the American colony at Jaffa has uow
dwindled down to less than twenty persons,
mid that Adams and bis wife bad left, for
England, to endeavor to secure recruits.
Siijce their departure the charges made
against Adams have been asserted by bis
deserted disciples to have been well founded.
—There is a story of a celebrated French
preacher, who, on delivering a sermon on the
duty of wives, said : “ I see opposite me. in
this congregation, a woman who has been
guilty of disobedience to her hnsband, and
in order to point her out to universal con
demnation, I will fling my breviary at her
fiend.** He lifted his book,and every female
bead was instantly ducked.
—On Wednesday night last, a man was
found among the charred timbers of the
ft reccet tire in Bridgeport, Conn. The proper
officer was informed, when a jury was
impanelled, who immediately proceeded to
the spot to view the body, followed by a large
crowd. While the jury and cipwd were
standing around the remains, and as the
oath was about to be administered, the
supposed defunct one raised his head,
covered with charcoal dust, and inquired
what they were doing. Verdict, drunk.
—The Ancient Japanese law against the
emigration of the people are beginning to be
disregarded in the existing confusions of the
Mikado’s empire. Some time ago between
three and four hundred of his subjects went
away to Saigon to work under contract, for
some Dutch merchants; and the latest
accounts from the Sandwich Islands say that
an. English ship brought about one hundred
and fifty .Japanese emigrants to Honolulu,
where they were at once taken, possession of
by the emigration agents and engaged for
three years to lalior in the agriculture of the
islands.
—The Standing Committee of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church iu the Diocese of
Rhode Island, hare officially charged the
Rev. John P. Hubbard with requesting and
permitting the Rev. Frederick Denison to
officiate in the congregation of Christ
Church, Westerly, on the 16th of February,
1868, Mr, Denison being known to Mr.
Hubbard not to be a minister of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church. A court is to
convene in the Church of the Messiah, in
Providence, on the. second Wednesday of
September, for the trial of the offender. The
Right Bev. Bishop hag designated as the
court, the Bev. Messrs. R. B. Daane, J. P.
White, H. Wheeler, 8. P. Shaw, D. D.,
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iFor FNEHIDENT
j qf ms United;States:
( fIIASSKS S. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
SCHUYLER COIFAX,
OF INDIANA.
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AN AWFUL BLAST.
Ranse Wbigjit, in Sunday morning’s
Ckronitle <£• Sentinel, is furious over the
prospect of the election of Hon. Foster
Blodgett and Governor Brown to the
United States Senate, to day. He suggests
several plans to defeat these distinguished
patriots, but gives bis party in the Legisla
ture to distinctly understand that they
mast not, under any circumstances, elect
District Attorney Fitch. Says Kansk :
“Tnc people of the State want no adventurer
or recent convert to Democratic faith as their
representative. Let us have a good man and
true to the manor born, or let us have none.”
Clearly this cap is intended for Colonel’
Fitch. We submit that it is unkind to
vhtb this Democratic carpet-bagger as an
after he has proven Jiimself
SO willing to do the dirty work' of the
Democracy in his official position and
muorwise." W RIGHT, nowever, only dis
plays his usual amount of brass, and false
hood too, when he classifies Fitch as a
“ recent convert to Democracy.” The fact
is that the District Attorney was born and
bred a Democrat—he has never been any
thing else—while Hanse Wright is the
freshest kind of a specimen of a “ new
convert.”
“Adventurer’* Fitch, what think ye of
. the men ye have so slavishly served ? f
ANOTHER BLARE.
I' Poor Frank, in a moment of undue
excitement, has written a letter of accept
anbo, addressed, as official propriety re
quired, to the hero of Cumberland Gap,
General George W. Morgan, Chairman,
, etc. The latter is brought out regardless
of any delicacy which might have led its
> writer to.await the action of his superior
on the ticket. He hastens to give the first
• blast, and exhibits, in a rather unmannerly
way, which so tine a gentleman as Seymour
i will duly appreciate, his determination to
: lie the chief figure, if possible, in the
1 pending canvass. But poor Frank’s ambi
tion “o’erlcaps itself.” We only hope he
will not come down “on t'other Hide,”
again joining the Radical party, which he
so lately left.
The letter is a remarkable specimen of
■ rhetoric, to lie the work of a Blair. It
' invites criticism, but is hardly worth it.
’ Containing similar materials, it is worse
made up than his electioneering war letter,
on which he was nominated. It suggests
the temperance pledge still more forcibly.
If Blair, sober, writes after this manner
what would not Brant, in the otl;cr condi
tion, say ?
Many things in this letter are peculiarly
suggestive. When he speaks, for instance,
of “ the old and ever-recurring struggle of
a few men to absorb the political power of
the nation,” everybody is at once reminded
ot the vehement longings and vigorous
struggles of the Blair family. When he
declares that the great guarantees of
liberty “have been ruthlessly trampled
underfoot by the fragment of a Congress,”
it is easy to see what his restless fancy is
meditating on. In his previous letter, he
proposed to “ trample underfoot” in re
taliation. His vague hints about “ those
who would sway and supersede our time
honored institutions” show how lie has
. familiarized his mind with revolutionary
schemes, but are otherwise pointless.
Seymour, the dignified, will look with
‘ disgust upon this rattle-brain rant. He
• will not forgive this renegade Republican
and Alxilitionist for thus thrusting him
self in before his better—a life long, un
swerving Democrat of the pure Hunker
, quality.
Blalr has blundered. •
Personal.—The name of the Hon. J. B.
Dickey, Senator from the 41st District,
appears on the list of those relieved of dis
abilities. Like Mr. Hill, Ik; can complain
iff the ofticiousness of some over-lvnlous
friend who, perhaps, meant well, but whose
interference on his behalf was not required.
Mr. Dickey has always been a true and
consistent Union man, and commands the
respect of a large circle oFfrientls in North
ern Georgia.
POETRY OF POLITICS,
Ingenious minds have found poetry in
all else, and why not in politics I The
action of the late New York Convention
Snd the fattftf some of the candidates for
its nomination have a roused'the slumber
ing muse of political parody which has
been hibernating for the past four years.
'IRK HORIAI. OF SIK SALMON LKJW, IRK
CHIEF OFFICE CHASER.
Not a cheer was I>ear4 from a Democrat’s throat,'
As his nnmo to oblivion they hurried;
Not a Copperhead cad his farewell vote
O’er the grave where Ths FaUcn they buried I
They buried him coldly at Tammany Hall,
The rum down their red throats turning;
They scarcely mentioned bis name at all,
Or mentioned it only with spurning.
They thanked him faintly- a ghastly jest—
Nor over their whiskey they crowned him;
But ho lay like a dead dog, shunned by the rest,
With scarcely a fly to buz round him !
Many and vile were the “cusses” they said
fn scorn of their dupe and his sorrow ;
They Istigbmi with their thumbs to their noses
so red, •
“No, you don’t scW us out to morrow !”
They thought of the long, grand life he bad led,
And they wondered he could be so silly
To roll in the dirt that illustrious head
For an office, like Andy and Billy!
Lightly they laughed o’er his honor now gone, .
And they hissed at his name in derision ;
But patriots turned from the tale with a groan
Fur the glory dissolved »» a vision.
Not half of that council of traitors was dune,
Fre all his base hopes were expiring, <
Struck through, us all like them that
gun
From the Appomattox still firing!
Quickly and gladly his carcass they quit,
With both hands holding their noses ;
They raised up the stone that, covered the pit,
And kicked him down with their “MoSes.”
The distinguished dead had no sooner
Itcen consigned to the grave, in the manner
above described, than tt distinguished
Dutch poet devised the following epitaph :
SHIES’ YOOSTICS CHASE.
Ven I tinks vat now I is,
And vat I use to vas,
I link I trowed myself aw ay
Mitout sufficient eauso.
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[Coricspoiideni e Augusta He; üblican.
WASHING TON L E TTEIt.
A S’fjniJlvanl Dcbhlc—The Ileal /’sr/wse aj the
Ilebel IF niowacy mid Mr. Johnson—lmjivicE
meat Ayala Urged—Southc&i Munlan es Cant
gi'cm a Uult—Thr Military Hill A'teaoi
Floict—The Cajnpaiyn.
Washington. D. C., July 23; 1868.
The most significant debate tlmt haa taken
place in the Senate during th<- pv rutjEe.s-.ion
was that which arose on the section of Air.
Wilson’s Military bill authorizing the Secre
tary of War to furnish the several States
(Virginia, Mississippi and Texas exeeptc-d)>
a certain number of Springfield muskets’
with accoutrements complete. It has been
the practice of lhe Government from its
organ'iipitioii to appropriate two hundred
thousand dollars hunuajly, and heretofore it
has iilways bcm considered a very proper
uteasute; Democracy, 1 well rememißH
in 1860-6te«|ented n large additional npptff
priation fortlie Southern States, uiuh r the
treacherous plea thnt it was tictesaary to,
enable the slave oligarchy to .-protect them
selves ayuiust contemplated raids by the
John Browns ol the North, when the real
fact was the arms were wanted for lhe
then perfected secession scheme o! the States.
Now, when the arms are to be placed in lhe
hands of loyal men for the protection of
loyal State governments, the Democrats of
the Senate, like ci iminala fleeing from justice,
«h > see an accuser in every bush, profess to
see only, in this measure, a movement on die
part of the Republicans to carry the. next
Presidential ejection by force of arms. Mr.
Hendricks was particularly sensitive on this
point, and itilimated "that the Democracy
of the eifuntry would not be satisfied if arms
were used to protect voters at the polls. Mr.
Willey, of West Virginia, and others, illus
, traled the necessity of arming the militia of
the newly reconstructed States by reading
, the official from Texas, showing that,
within three .years, nearly one thousand
’ cold-blooded murders had been committed
by rebels, and, so far as known, not a single
criminal had been brought lo justice, Well
known outrages in other States were recounted
in such numot-rs, that the Democrats could
only put in a general denial of what they
knew to be true. The New York Convention,
the utterances of -Seymour, Blair, Wade
Hampton, and kindred spirits, threatening to
overturn by force the State governments
organized by Congress, render the arming
of loyal people South a positive necessity.
It is not surprising that the rebel Democraey
are indignant, for they see in this measure
a step to thwart them in their cher
ished object to cany the Southern States
in November by violence. Since the war
the rebels, alone, at the Sotltli have been
armed, and the Union men left to their lea
der mercies. A large majority of the rebel
soldiery carried their arms home nt the
time of Surrender or before and after the
surrender at Appamattox Court House,
whole wagon loads of muskets were found
secreted, which men of honor would have
turned into the government, as had been
agreed upon. In face of the threats made
by the rebel democracy, the government
does not propose to allow the union men of
the South to be withohl the means of self
protection when the civil governments are
restored and lhe United States troops are
withdrawn. The organizing of a militia
force completely upsets their plans, and the
distribution of arms means just this: that
loyal people everywhere will have it in their
power to protect their own rights. In all
of the Southern States, more or less, Union
men have heretofore been forced to refrain
from voting; hereafter, under this new
order of things, under restored civil laws
and Union men to administer the same,
they will go to the polls without fear, for if
the civil officers can not afford the necessary
protection, then the loyal militia eau be
called upon to assist. The Democracy would
like to have the United States troops with
drawn at once from the South and the new
State governments turned over to the ten
der protection of the Hamptons and Blairs
of the South. The new government of
North Carolina is not fairly in working
order, but I sec Gov. Holden has already
found it necessary to offer a reward for the
arrest o(jr white man for murdering a colored
man in Wake county. The Governor evi
dently realizes the situation and is determin
ed to suppress all lawlessness. Negro
shooting in North Carolina once only sub
jected the delinquent to a nominal fine, but
under the more enlightened laws to-day the
punishment is death. The rebels of Fay
etteville, in the same State, will soon be
madrto know that law and order must
prevail. The Mayor of that city won re- I
moved a few months ago by (Jen. Canby
aud another appointed to fill the place ,-. no
sooner had the State been rohabilit. t< d '
than the rebellious citizens declared, that as
the. military ]K>wer htvl been removed and
civil law prevailed, tt> remove the Mayor
and re-appointed tke ex Mayor, in direct
violation of a State law framed expressly
for just such emergencies. It comes hard
at firsrtbr a lawless people to live under
laws which ore enforced, but to this the
people througliQßt the Sonth will have to
submit in ths end. Congress has been
considering thd mibject of adjournment, but
I have astomtd ip what is stated above, and
1 believe there will be no adjournment or
recess taken until the new State govern
ments are prepared for self-defence. Should
they do so, everything clearly indicates that
Mr. Johnson will qreatda disturbance. His
conduct for a weeK or more after the New
York Convention was somewhat, mysterious,
but it was believed he would conduct him
self with grewter propriety for the future.
In this all kwo been mwiaken. His Hip
pant message about amending the Constitu
tion, the language used in liis proclama
tions announcing the reorganizing of State
governments South, his veto message, and
the semi-official announcement of his most
intimate friends that ho would continue to
obstruct, so far ns in his power lies, the
reconstruction plan of Congress, to say
nothing of the President’s public avowals,
. how clearly a purpose on bis part to con
tinue the strife with Congress to the bitter
end, and even it it should result in another
civil war. I am no alarmist, but nothing
can avert this result but the firmness of
Congress aud tlie election of Grant and
Colfax. Blair, it is worthy of notice, jeiter
atea in Ids letter of acceptance all of his
revolutionary plans, and he is warmly en
dorsed not only by the most atrocious of the
rebel leaders in the late war, but by repre
sentative men North. Had the purposes of
lhe Democracy been as clearly defined as
now, Mr. Johnson would certainly have
been convicted when on trial before the
Senate; and it is not to be wondered nt that
there is a growing feeling of the necessity
for his impeachment and trial upon new
articles as a matter of safety to the country.
The subject has been freely discussed during
the last three days ; the Southern members
of Congress, and Southern Union men gene
rally, demand his removal, and Northern
men who, one week ago, would not consider
the subject seriously, now begin to feel that
the subject is one worthy of serious consider
ation again. Were it not for the confidence
felt in the overwhelming success of General
Grant at the polls, by which all the threat
ened difficulties will be avoided. Mr. Johnson
would be impeached and removed in lhe
most summary manner. Those who have
doubted before now believe him to be the
most consummate villain of the age; his
present course to those who do not know the
pig-headedness of the man is inexplicable.
It is believed bis sole motive in continuing
to fight Congress springs solely from a desire
to be considered a prophet. He asserted
that the plans of Congress would bring on a
war of races, and he would sacrifice every
thing now to bring about such a result.
This is Andrew Johnson.
Congress has nearly completed all the
work necessary to be done before the winter
session, but will await the movements of the
President. If be vetoes any of the bills now
before him, they will be promptly passed
over his veto.
Mr. Wilson is preparing a bill to relieve
Mississippi of her embarrassment, and it
will probably be presented to-day or to
morrow. The bill will put in power the
candidate who received the highest number
of voles at the recent ejection; provided they
, cautake lhe iron clad oath, and if these
cannot, tlije.n the candidates receiving the
;. uCxt highest votes will be sworn in. This
1.-wiil place the State in charge of loyal men,
for it is well known the Democratic candi
dates were all elected because of their
tervtoes the rebel service.
TTiere is but little excitement about the
Presidential campaign. Prominent Demo
crats daily declaring for Grant and
Colfax.' Hughes, of Indiana (now of tbi»
city,) a prominent Democratic speaker, will
take the stump for the Republican candi
dates. The lack of ahy particular enthusiasm
fur either ticket is attributed to the uertninty
' (if Grant’s triumph.
Nearly all (lie new Senators end Repre
sentatives in Congress, from lhe Southern
States, are now here. As a class, this body
' of men .reflect credit upon the choice of their
.constituents. ,
lhe bill to suspend the duty on steam
plows for another year, has passed both
branches of -Congress. The Commissioner
of.Agriculture, who lias urged this measure,
anticipates the importation of quite a number
of plows during the present year—
sufficient to create such a demand for them
us to cause their manufacture in this
country. Une of these plows, making a
furrow twenty inches deep, would dig up a
new soil upon’ some of the wornout planta
tions of iho South. Capital.
♦♦♦■ - ——
STANBING COMMITTEES OF THE
SEN A IE.
The President of the Senate has nijido
the following appointments of Staudfrig
Committees;
Committee on Institute for the Blind—
Messrs. Speer, Griffin, of the 21st, Jordan,
Collier, Smith, of the 7th, Wooten and Hin
ton. ■
Committee ou Banks—Messrs. Wellborn,
Bruton, Griffin, of the 6th, Hungerford,
Grahaui, Burns and Welsh.
CoinmiUeo on Penitentiary—Messrs. Har
ris, MeWnorter, Candler, Holcombe, String
er, Griffin, of the Oth, and Brock.
Committee on Internal Improvements—
Messrs. Nunnnlly, Speer, Welch, Bowers,
Anderson, Coleman and Hungerford.
Committee on Lunatic Asylum—Messrs.
Smith, of the 28111, Harris, McArthur. Nis
bet, Griffin, us the 21st, Merrill and Hicks.
Committee on Deaf and Dumb Asylum—
Messrs. Dickey, Richardson, Fain, Higbee,
McCutehes, Corbett and Merrill.
Committee ou Finance—Messrs. Harris,
McWhorter, Winn, Jones, Nunnally, Welch
and Bruton.
Committee on General Education—Mi ssrs,
Winn, Smith of the 7th, Hinton, Sherman.
Nisbet, Colman aud Campbell-
Cominitte on the State of the Republic—
Messrs. Brock, Burns, Richardson, Adkins,
Collier, Moore and Bradley.
Committee on Privileges and Elections—
Messrs. Higbee, Hungerford, Graham, Brock,
Hicks, Jones aud Wallace.
Committee ou Petitions— Messrs. Fain,
McArthur, Bowers, Candler, Griffin of the
6th, Stringer and Campbell.
Committee on Judiciary—Messrs. Merrill,
Brock, Wooten, Candler, H Welborn
aud Bradley.
Committee on the Military—Messrs. Mc-
Whorter, Anderson, Adkins, McCutchen,
Moore, Diekay and Wallace.
Gonftoitlee on Public Buildings—Messrs.
Hungerford, Speer, Winn, Sherman, Merrill,
Wooten, and Smith of the 36th.
Committee on -Journals—Messrs. Mc-
Arthur, Wellborn, Smith 'of the 36th, Hol
combe, Corbett, Dickey, and Fain.
Committee on Enrollment- —Messrs. Higby,
McCutchen, Welch, Jordiu, Moore, Hicks,
and Merri 1.
Committee on Engrossing—Messrs. Cand
ler, Brock, Graham, Burns, Jordan, Cole
man, and Fain.
Committee on Agriculture and Mauuiue
tnres —Messrs. Holcombe, Dickey, Bowers,
Anderson, Collier, Adkins, and Corbett.
C >muiitti-e on Pouting—Messrs. Sherman,
Welch, Bruton, Hinton, Richardson, Nisbet,
Wellborn, and Jones.
Committee on Auditing—Messrs. Smith
of the 7th, McArthur, Bruton, Griffin of the
21st, Candler. Coleman, and Stringer.
s— ..
. - A little daughter of Joseph Spiel, of
St. Paul, drank kerosene oil, u few days
ago, and the result was a terrible sickness,
from which she will uot probably recover.
[Communicated.
TILE CAEVASS-ITS ISSUES AED
results,
Editors Rt/mlAican: The absorbing in
terest I fed, as a Union intnnnd a Soothcrn
citizen “to the manner born,” in the pending
struggle for the Presidency, "so vital and so
exciting, must bo my excuse for this com
munioation. Both parties are fairly afield
the fight made, the lines drawn. Now, God
defend the right.
The so-called Democracy of this day—a
conglomerate of all the odds and ends of all
parties—presents Seymour and Blair. What
ever its rank and file be, its leaders arc true
to their ancient instincts—the supremacy of
the slave power, the denial of justice and
right to all the people. Mr*. Seymour is a
smart sort of man, and, in 'ordinary times,
would mako as good a President as any
Democrat. But these are not ordinary times,
and no Democrat can possibly suit the occa
sion. Armed rebellion, conquered in the
field, rears its serpent head in the public
councils and seeks the control of the public
administration. Beaten, at a great sacrifice
of blood and treasure, it seeks to trrnsfer
and reopen the contest in the interest- of the
“lost cause.”
Mr. Seymour is a strangely representa
tive man. He represents at once the spirit
of the rebellion, and the resolve to make
the people pay fully a debt which he thinks
was made tor an unjustifiable purpose—to
save the Union, lie openly preferred
slavery to the Union, and abetted, if he
did not iiiftigatc, the draft riots in New
York in 18w, when thi<?k, black peril was
threatening -dispelled by Grant at Vicks
liurg and Meade at Gettysburg.
Gen. Blair, born a Maryland slaveholder,
reared a Democrat, has, fur the past four
teen years, till 1866, been the most ex
treme, radical, violent, unsafe, and unsound
Republican, the terror of all Missouri
during the war—remembered by the people
of Georgia and the Carolinas with horror
as the great incendiary of Sherman’s army,
and non' stands in his true Satanic colors,
the head and front of the revolutionary
reactionists—the Jacobin destructives—the
enemy of all mankind. The grinding
elements of the organization, the platform
of the party, and the declared positions of
the nominees, fairly make up the issue.
And that isssue. the great paramount issue
of this day is, to restore to power those who
sought the nation’s life, after thirty years
of threats, by actual conflict, to gain by
intrigue what, thanks to Grant and his
victorious legions, could not be gained by
arms, or else a new revolution. Are the
American people prepared to surrender ?
I think not.
Turn we now to the true representatives
of tho nation. With unparallod unanimity
the Republican party presents Grant and
Colfax—the soldier who saved the republic
when McClellan, and Hooper, and Burnside,
; and all had failed ; and the gallant and
popular statesman of the West, who stood
! by the flag without wavering through all
trials. They stood upon the broad, clear
defined platform of their lives and their
: public conduct, sanctioned by the conscience
and the judgment of the great free masses
i of America, who are inflexibly determined
never to surrender to rebels. It is no Del-
• phic oracle, but plain and easily understood.
' It says to all: that the public debt created
for a lawful and just purpose, to suppress a
: wicked, causeless aud cruel rebellion, to
■ save the government of our fathers and to
1 consecrate tho continent to freedom, shall
i be honestly paid to the last farthing’ as
1 honestly contracted; that wherever the
- starry flag floats on our territory no slaves
> shall ever breathe : that the States shall be
speedily restored in such manner as in the
judgment of the conqueror will best secure
the greatest good to the greatest number ;
> that the republic shall be perpetual and
indivisible, and to that end that it shall be
’ anchored at last, after so many years and
so much blood and treasure, fast to the
i eternal rock of equal rights and impartial
i justice. People of America, choose ye now,
r once for all.
, Speaker Uolfax, a second Admirable
r Crichton, is so universally popular, that
nothing can be said against him. He has
r been the choice of the great ruling party of
S the country lor the third office in the
• Government, and has filled the Speaker’s
i Chair acceptably to all for the past six years.
• But flippant ninnies, who for three years
have bowed ;> id cringed to him, now, find
ing that he can no more be cajoled than he
could bo frightened, say tbit Grant is
nothing—a creature of circumstances. So
arc we all, more or less—with ibis difference,
) that Grant makes bis circumstances, and
makes then; bend to his iron will and
subserve the purposes of a calm, thoughtful,
far-casting, patriotic wisdom. They say he
can't talk! Thank God! Give us any
thing else than talk. But he can manage to
talk a little on occasions—and to the point.
, Buckner and Sydney Johnsqn understood
t his talk at Donclson, Bowling Green and
Nashville; Pemberton understood him at
Vicksburg, and Bragg at Missionary Ridge ;
. and Lee and all the world understood him
at Appomattox Court House, where, rebels
to right of him, rebels to left of him, rebels
in front of him, roaring and surging, he
said, from the throats of his blazing guns,
louder than the roar of cannon or the crash
of any thunder, a few plain words, which
the loyal American people dook up and are
repeating yet—“ Unconditional surrendejj
You must lay’ down your arms, and submit
to the Government and the laws.”
The results of the election of 1868—the
success of Grant and Colfax—will be n
“finality” to rebellion, and ail the questions
, rising therefrom. The nation will be rcset
, tied on an enduring, because just, basis, and
we shall have peace and prosperity in all our
borders, an influx of capital and population
, into tlie South, and a complete rejuvenation
of our waste places. The success of Sey
mour and Blair, if it were possible, reopens
, the whole question, renews the fearful, waste
ful, ruinous agitation, and settles nothing,
for the Republican party would renew the
. contest for the right with tenfold vigor in
1872. Its policy must have assured, enduring
supremacy. With Seymour President and a
Democratic House, nothing could be done to
undo the past, for the Senate is Republican
for years. The alternative is that of the
fiery Red Republican, Blair—revolution and
the sword. Which will ye have?
Then, friends, be firm, Steady, forward,
let us be “marching ou,” our slogan,
“Grant and Colfax, Liberty and Union—one
and inseparable, now and forever.”
IXDEX.
• •
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. Il
lustrated. —The American scholar may
feel justly proud of this unrivalled work.
He ought to feel profoundly grateful that
he is thus richly furnished for the study of
his mother tongue. Every scholar—and
especially every minister—ought to have it.
We would like to suggest to elders of
churches and others to see to it that a copy
is in their pastor’s library.— Western Pres
byterian, Louisville.
' —The valuation of the real and personal
property in New York city, liable to taxation
in 1868, is fixed at $908,436,327, against
$831,669,813 in 1867. being an increase of
?76,766,514. This-increase, it is asserted, is
due mainly to the rise of real estate in the
upper wards.. This year the rate of taxation
will be fixed at about $2.50 per $l9O ; last
year it was $2.80.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
GRANT CLUB No. 1, WILL MEHf
hereafter, every WEDNESDAY NttillT at tha
City Hall. Members will take due no tier.
THOMAS THOMAS, President.
Geu. B. Snowden, Secretary.,
jy2l-4t
GEQLUiI \ RAJLIIOAD, .
6,-i-ii i: nr thr. Si i-ekintendent, '■
Augusta, Ga., July 17, 1868. j
AGENTS OF THIS ROAD HAVE
been instructed to commence, on the 21st inst.,
selling TICKETS TO THE CONVENTION! to
bo held in Atlanta ou the 23d instant.
. Passengers paying tuff faro going, will be fur
nished with a RETURN TICKET OBE—
good until 26th instant, inclusive.
. The privilege extended only to those pur-
, chasing tickets before getting on the cars.
E. W. COLE,
jy IS—Bt General Hupt.
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5 The old established
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' Is prepared to furnish GRAIN SACKS of any
'■ desired size or quality, end at short notice.
■ Also,
COTTON AND PAPER FLOUR SACKS
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Information promptly furnished upon applica
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republican state convention
> BOOMS OF STATE CENTRAL COM.I
s Union Rei-üblioan Party of Ga., )•
AUGOSTA, Ha., July 1-1, 1868.)
AT THE REQUEST OF MEMBERS
i of tho Central Committee, I hereby call a
State Convention of the Republican party of
[ Georgia, to assemble in ATLANTA, on Tuesday,
■ tho 18th day of August next, for tho purpose
, of nominating Electors for Grant and Colfax.
. The basis of representation will be the same as
, in the lower house of the General Assembly.
, Republicans are requested to hold meetings in
r their respective Congressional Districts, and
) nominate candidates for Congress. '
FOSTER BLODGETT,
1 Clnn'n State Cen. Committee.
Republican papers in this State will
■ please copy. jylS—td
Official
r Ukadq’ks Third Mn.rnunr District. i
(Department Georgia, Alabama.and Florida). >
Atlanta. Ga., July 92. 1868. )
r General Orders, No. 103.
! Whereas, Official informal! on has been receiv
? ed at these headquarters from the Governor elect
of the State of Georgia, Unit the Legislature of
. said State,elected under the provisions of General
Orders No. 39 aud 40, current series, from these
' headquarters, lias assembled and complied with
I the requisitions of the act of Congress, wliiyli be
• cable a law June 25, 1868, entitled an act to admit
the States of North Carolina, South Carolina,
j Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, to representation
! in Congress; ami, whereas, said act states that on
1 compliance With the conditions therein set forth
1 by any State, the ofticersof said State, duly elected
. and qualified under the Constitution thereof, shall
r ire inaugurated without delay ; it is therefore or
dered :
“ I. That, all civil officers, holding office in the
9 State, whether by military appointment or by fail
1 are to have successors, qualified, shall promptly
yield their office aud turu over to their duly elect
ed and qualified successors, all public property,
archives, books, records, etc., belonging to the
I same.
t 11. Whenever the military commander of the sub-
j District of Georgia, is officially notified of the inau
guration of the State government elect, military an
. tbority, under the ar ts of Congress, known as the
I reconstruction laws, will tie at an end in said State;
s aud it is ma<l»,tlie duty of the eub.-District com
-0 raander to tratisfer-eve'rything Upprctainiup to the
s government ,f-aid State to the proper civil officers,
and to abstain in future, upon any pretext what
■" ever, from any mterlei-ence with or control over
s thacivil authorities of the State, or the persons
e and property of the citizens thereof.
111. On the inangpration of the civil government,
i’ all prisoners held in enctody or by bonds for
‘ offences against the civil law, will be turnedover to
3 the proper civil authority. In the meantime writs
1 olAalieas corpus from United States Courts will be
B respectfully obeyed and the decisions conformed to.
1 Writs from State courts will have respectful re
turns made, stating prisoners are held by authori
> t.y of the United State-sand ean only be released by
writs issued by the United States Courts.
u By order of Major-General Meade :
t S. F. BARSTOW,
jy 24 —lO Acting Ass't Adj't Gne.
if Official.
Appointment by the Governor.
’• Executive Department. [
8 Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1868. J
Edwin F. Blodgett, Esq., of the county of
3 Richmond, is hereby appointed Aid de Camp to
g tho Governor, with the rank of Colonel.
Officers amt soldiers are requested to respect
’ and obey him accordingly.
' Ry order of the Commander in Chief,
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
1 B. R. DzG rafi-'enried, Governor.
, jy“4—lo Sec’y Ex. Dop’t.
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The Institution has on deposit over $750,000,
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Government Drafts on Savannah, Charleston,
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end Certificates of Deposit cashed at the lowest
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Gold, Silver and Government Securities bought
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T ATHENS COMMENCEMENT.
ACCOMMODATE persons wishing .u
iftond Commencement at Athens, a train
will bo run on the Athens branch, in connection
with night passenger trains on tho main line, as
well as one in connection with day trains. ’
Commencement on THURSDAY NIGHT. 30th
iurtadt, Idgtigtaitg lot fifteen nights.
Persons paying full fare going, will be
ftirntshed With return tickm free (go,.J f t)r
thirty days) by the Elation Agent.
,! i «. W. COLE,
Atlanta papers copy. Gon’l Sun’t
jet" . ... ‘
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
ITnitbd States fur the ' SoutlMrn District of
Georgia.
In tho matter ol )
THOS. S. BAGLEY, L IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. )
To all whom it may conoeru ; The uuderaigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as As
signee of Thomas 8. Bagley, of the county of
Baldwin and State of Georgia, within said Dis
trict, who lias been adjudged a bankrupt upon his
■ own petition by the District Gouri of said Dis
trict!
Dated at Milledgeville, Ga., this 21th dav of
July, A. D., >B6B. y
ARCHIBALD C- McKINLEY,
jy2Blawßw Assignee.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF'the
1 Umteji Btutee for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
JOHN ADAMS, !■ IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. ) No. 118.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
Hid Bankrupt Aft 'of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the Btb day of August,lß6B,at ten o’clock in the
forenoon, at chambers of the said District Court
before Alexander G Murray Esq., one of the Reg
isters of the said Court iu Bankruptcy, at the Reg
ister's office, in the city of Griffin, Georgia, and
show cause why the prayer- ot Hie said petition of
the Bankrupt should not be granted. Aud further
, notice is given that the second and third meetings
■ of creditors will be held nt the same time :urd place,
i Witness, the Hvnornble John Erskine,
C jsXAL.J Judge of said District Court, aud the
seal thereof, this day of , 1868
■ W. B. SMITH,
I _ ,jy2l—law-’w* Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for tho Northern District of
Georgia.
In tho matter of I
1 THOMAS A. ADAMS, [■ In Bankruptcy
I Bankrupt. j No. 147.
The reid Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2, 1867, notice ie
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
I on the Bth day of August, 1868, at ten o’clock in
the forenoon, al chambers of the said District
, Court, before AlexanderG Murray Esq.,oueof the
Registers of tbe said Court in Bankruptcy, at the
Register’s office, iu tbe city of Griffin, Ga., and
show cause why the prayer of the sairj petition of
the Bankrupt sironW not be granted.
Witness the Honorable John Erskine,
jsEAL,] Judge of the said liistriet Court, aud
Lite seal thereof, thia 9th day of June,
1868. W. B. SMITH,
I jy2B--2» Clerk.
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS
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i v Gborcia Rail Road Company, )
I Augusta, Ga., June 13, 1868. J
1 qUIE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF
1. Colleges will be hold
! At Covington, Wednesday, June 24th.
At Penfield, Wednesday, July Bth
, At Oxford, Wednesday, July 19th.
At Athens, Wednesday, August sth,
Persons wishing to attend College Commence
ments at either of tho above-nained places win
’ be passed over the Georgia Railroad andßranchea
for ONE FARE—full fare required going; and
Agent selling fcach ticket to furnish return ticket
» FREE. Bet urn tickets good Im Un days—from
Saturday before thc’Coiunieucumcnt Day to Mon
day Evening subsequent to such Cummcncement
Day. E. W. COLE,
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opposite the Railroad Passenger Depot, Atlanta,
Georgia,
FRIDAY, July 31st, 1868,
at 10 o’clock A. M., tho following named Gov
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7 Horses,
f 2 Ambulances,
1 Cart,
3 sets Ambulance Harness,
1 Cartllaruess,
. 16 Halters,
10 Curry Combs,
10 Horse Brushes,
8 Horse Blankets,
2 Shovels,
3 Rakes,
7 Hoes,
I Boning Machine,
2 Grindstones,.
J Bench Screw, ■
2 Saws,
.’> Carpenter's Rule.:,
2 Copying Presses,
3 Skives,
200 lbs. Stovepipe,
I Glue Pot,
I Sand Seive,
2 Wheelbarrows,
1 Dust Brush,
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