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PARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, in -New York, Gold was
quoted at 1.45 J. Cotton, 30c,
—A fashion paper says that a black silk
dress and a Roman scarf constitute the stan
dard afternoon costume.
—A Mexican bandit is in prison fyr his
third murder, with the prospect o( release
and more sport.
—Moro books from the royal family of
England. Prince Allred’s voyage around
the world is to be printed.
—Czar Alexander has pledged his Alaskan
money in payment of a loan from n Ham
burg banking house.
—The arable land of the United States
amounts to silty-two million farms ol one
hundred and sixty acres.
—Human bones have been found sixty
eight feet below the surface of the ground
in digging a well 150 miles west of Omaha.
—Those persons who sprinkle their pave
ments and the streets in front of their houses
are pubiie benefactors in these days.
—Wo had just such weather as we are
now having in 1854, just before the cholera
Appeared.
■ —Newspaper publishers in Bavaria arc
imprisoned for inserting advertisements of
patent medicines. Tilton would have
been hung long ago if he had lived there.
—A sensation seeker from the country
- has gone to New York to sec the dead and
dying about the streets that he has read of
in the papers.
—Madame Italia Garibaldi, the lately
married wife of Menotti Garibaldi, proposes
raising a battalion of aaiaxotis. Two of her
friends arc now in England endeavoring to
recruit for the force.
—The propriety of erecting monuments
in Westminister Abbey in honor of Brougham
and Farraday is widely canvassed in London,
and the proposition has been warmly advo
cated in and out of Parliament.
—Several persons 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
the English law.
Commissioner Hollins has notified ten
revenue agents, twenty-six special agents,
and about three hundred revenue inspectors,
that, under the new law, their services are
no longer required.
—lt is a common saying that the lower
order of animals have not the vices of man,
yet it is certain that some of the insects are
back-biters, and all the quadrupeds are
tale-bearers.
—The following are the receipts from
. customs at the below named ports from
July 13th to 18th, inclusive: Boston, $377,-
188.52; New York, $2,189,404.03: Phila
delphia, $149,296.12: Baltimore. $171,-
572.11. Total, $2,877,461.37.
—Some one said that the superphosphate
of lime was sure death to encumber huge.
A man tried it and found it worked like a
charm. After putting it on neither bug nor
plant has been seen since—all burned up in
two hours.
—People may tell you of your being un
fitted for some peculiar occupation in life ;
but heed them not, whatever employment
you follow with perseverance and assiduity,
will be found fit for you —it will be your
support in youth and comfort in age. .
A gentleman while walking in his
garden caught the gardener asleep. He
moulded him soundly for his laziness, ,and
ended by telling him that such a laggard
was not worthy to enjoy the light of the
sun. "It was for that reason, exactly,” said
the gardener "that I crept into the shade.”
—A gallant writer has recently recorded
bis opinion to the effect that the virtues of
the ladies exceed the magnitude of their
skirts, and that their faults are as small ns
their bonnets. That chap is looking forward
to female suffrage, and intends to run for
some important office.
—Suicide is all the rage at Naples.
People have to walk in the middle of the
street to escape injury by the falling bodies
of t)iose who dash themselves from the high
balconies. One old man took the fatal step
because he bad caught cold and wns afraid it
might settle on his
—Among the latest inventions is a rubber
bath tub, about three feet in diameter when
spread out, which can easily be stowed away
in a lady's satchel. It is described as “just
the thing” for city people who are passing
the summer at farmhouses, where conve
niences for bathing are not very good.
■—Cohen, the rascally Berlin druggist,
who sold bad drugs to the army hospitals
during the campaign in 1866, has been
sentenced to five years imprisonment, coupled
with .several other penalties. As soon as his
sentence had been pronounced he broke into
loud imprecations against his lawyer, who,
he complained, had defended him outrage
ously.
—Telegrams from a number of localities
in the States of Illinois. Wisconsin, lowa,
and Minnesota, with two or three excep
tions, announce the crops of small grain
unprecedented, both in quality and quan
tity, and the corn never looked better. It
is asserted that, unless some blight should
comes both the small grain crop and the
corn crop will be the largest ever gathered
in the Northwest.
F* —A prominent lawyer, in conversation
with a friend the other day, remarked that
there was actually danger of his literally
starving to death. “Why, is not your credit
good at the butcher’s ?” asked his friend.
“It'sNiot that,’ - was the reply ; “the fact is,
I have no appetite for breakfast, 1 never
have time to go to dinner, and when I get
home to tea, I am generally too drunk to
eat.”
—Working animals must be well fed if
one expects them to work well. Oxen
worked all day and turned into the pasture
for the night, without grain of any kind, can
not be expected to do much work. Give
horses thorough daily grooming. A gill of
nil meal, mixed with the feed at each meal,
will give a glossy coat, and is an excellent
■ingredient in any mixed feed given «o them
or other animals.
—Private letters from a very reliable
source in Paris, speaks of an approaching
war between France and Germany as inevi
table, to commence probably before the year
is out. Some event of great .importance,
precipitating the result, it is hinted, will
occur as soon as Count Bismarck returns to
Berlin. These views, it is said, are very
widely entertained in commercial and
■financial circles, and merchants and bankers
alike are shaping things accordingly.
—On the first of January next, the
JFreedpien’s Bureau will be discontinued,
except the educational branch, which
Congress may or may not continue longer,
by appropriations at the next session. The
expenses of the Bureau until July Ist were
covered by appropriations made by the last
Congress, and as its expense has been
greatly reduced, and is still bning contracted
rapidly in States now fu ly restored, the
additional cost of the six months between
July and January will be very small. It is
urged that in some localities the Bureau is
still absolutely necessary, and that General
Howard, who remains in control, can
contract it as fast as he deems expedient
NqtwnalHepnblican
AUGUSTA. <i/V.
SUNDAY MORNING .....August 2, 1848
For I’ItKSIIJEIN'T
Os the United States:
ULYSSES S. (xRAJIT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
PATRIOTIC LETTER.
With pride, wc call attention to the
patriotic letter of Hox. Foster Blodgett,
addressed to the Richmond county Rcpubli
can Convention. It breathes the true
spirit. It is full of the fires of patriotism.
There is no selfishness in it. It is what we
should have expected of Mr. Blodgett,
and furnishes evidences that when he was
defeated by a Democrat for Senator, a true
man was sacrificed. t «
THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.
Wc have heretofore announced that a
PontHicial bull, convening an Ecumenical
Council of the Bishops of the Catholic
Church on the Bth of December, 1869, was
promulgated in Home on the last day of
June. The convocation .of such a body of
Ecclesiastics will be a marked event in
history. Twenty have convened already
from the Council of Nice to the present
time, fight of which were held in the East.
The first was held in A. I). 325, and from
that period to 870 eight were assembled.
For two and a half centuries after A. D.
870, no council ol this kind was held.
From A. D. 1123 to 1545, thirteen were
held. These were the years When the
Church was struggling for supremacy in
Europe. History has recorded its triumph
over obstacles, and the culmination of its
glory, until the Roman crosier became
more powerful than the royal sceptre, and
the voice oftlie Vatican more terrible than
the trumpet blast of the fiercest warrior.
The Reformation followed in quick
succession, but so (irmly rooted was the
Papal authority thought to be, that the
Church had no need of Councils to check
the progress ot Lutheb and his followers.
Instead of summoning Councils, it pursued
him with anathemas, and hoped by words
of threatening to stay the tide that vyas
destined, ere many centuries had passed
away, to reach the most devoted kingdom
of the Church, and possess it in the. name
of truth and the Lord of hosts.
But its words died away in echoes, pro
ducing no effect upon the faithful disci
pies of the new religion. State after State
threw off the grasp of Rome, until the
best and the strongest openly renounced
its authority and embraced the doctrines
of the Reformation, and those that re
mained within the fold —that kept pace at
all with the enlightenment of the age—
were only nominally Catholic; while
Spain and Austria, once the mightiest
kingdoms in Europe, clung to the Church
in its fading glory, and became in canse
quence but feeble powers when compared
with their Protestant rivals.
To-day, however, the Pope realizes the
danger that threatens the Church, and this
BuH, just promulgated, exhibits a fear for
the future entirely consistent with reason
but without a parallel in history. Pio
Nino well understands the logic of events
and knows that it is irresistible. When
Austria has risen from the dust of humilia
tion and bigotry to assert her dignity ns a
free aud sovereign empire, and to demand'
that Rome shall not interfere with her laws
or dictate her policy, the Pope may well
inquire for his supporters, and finding him
self divested of his friends, will need to
summon a council to decide upon the
future. It is no wonder that the call
breathes a despairing tone that betokens a
most troubled spirit, for Pio Nino hopes to
transmit to his successor an uudiminished
sceptre and an undinimed crown. But he
sees that the march of events will soon
sweep away the last bulwark of the Church
in the once Catholic Europe, and leave it
but an empty name and with but a shadow*
of its former glory. With an energy quick
ened by despair, he resorts to this last
measure for the purpose of retaining yet
longer his hold upon the nations, which is
consciously- growing weaker day by day.
We can hardly realize that the words of
this summons arc spoken by the representa
tives of- that hierarchy whose foundations
arc rooted in the centuries, anil whose form
was once worse than death. From the
proudest height of history, it has fallen
low indeed to utter a cry so forlorn and
sad as to evoke pity even from its enemies.
But it is not yet dead, and we may expect
efforts to be made for regaining its lost
supremacy that shall rival those of
Augustine and Sinola for the salvation
of the race. The death throes of a giant
are often more effective and terrible than
the most vigorous efforts of his life.
The Chinese Treaty.—The Chinese
treaty, as ratified by the Senate, was amended
iu some particulars. The section in. regard
to a uniform system of coins, weights and
measures was stricken out, as a subject
open for subsequent consideration. Some
amendments were made to the section in
relation to citizenship, declaring that all
Chinese residents in this country should
enjoy the same rights of naturalization as
any other nation. Ou the subject of the
Chinese to the public schools of the United
States, the Senate held the ground that they
should be admitted to all the privileges of a
citizen of the most favored nation—that is,
that the Congress of the United States has
no right to indicate who should not be. ad
mitted to State schools. Facilities to attend
such schools must be regulated %y Suite
laws. In regard to admission, to all institu
tions of learning established by the Govern
ment of the United States, the citizens of
China were to have the same opportunities
as any other applicant.
•
Two Germans last year bought eighty
acres of land in Southern Tennessee, and
paid for their lot with the proceeds of the
first crop of four acres of strawberries set
out last fall.
THE POSITION OF SENA TOR HILL.
The Democrats have industriously circu
lated the report that lion. Joshua Hill,
Senator elect, was practically a supporter
of the doctrines of Seymour and Blair.
The manner of the election of Senator
Hill certainly gave the color of truth to
this assertion. His success was a triumph
over the organization of the party, and as
such—and for that reason afooc -wc re
gretted his success. We knew Mr. Hill
too well' to believe for a moment that,
liecnuse legislators witli bad politics voted
for him for Senator, he could thereby be
induced to support their bad policy
Already has Mr. Hill justified this opinion
of him. In n speech at Atlanta on Friday
night, he
“Boldly announced himself as in favor
of the election, in November, of Grant and
Colfax, a#l opposed Seymour and Blair.
“lie declared that the result of the
election of the former would lie peace and
prosperity to the whole country, but in an
especial manner to the Southern States.
To Use his own language, ‘it will be the
salvation of the nation.’
“lie thinks that the election ofSeymour
and Blair could not be otherwise than
injurious. That it will ciuse new and
wider divisions to take place, when the
old ones arc healing so slowly.”
Well and truly said. We agree with
Senator Hill that the election of Grant
“will -be the salvation of the country.”
Inasmuch, however, as the Democracy
have made the people believe that this is
hat the Senator elect’s position, we re
spectfully suggest that he owes it to him
self aud to the country to canvass the
State of Georgia for the Republican candi
dates.' Wc have no doubt he will do this.
We hope to announce in the Repi hlican
a list of appointments for the distinguished
gentleman. +
—w - **♦
The Momentous Issues of the times will
give to the Presidential canvass now near at
hand no ordinary degree of interest aud
importance. A general diffusion of correct
information in regard to the great questions
before the country was never more necessary
than at the present time. An old American
orator once exclaimed, '‘lntelligence is the
life of liberty” ; and it may with truth be
said, that the. -satety of the Republic is
insured by scattering political information
among all the people. This is the work
which the Press has to do, and we call upon
the friends of Republican principles in every •
State of the Union to aid in this work of
placing reliable newspapers and documents
within the.reach of every voter in the land.
—
State Elections This ' Year.—State
elections occur in the following States,
Commencing in Kentucky, August 3d, in al]
of which Representatives to Congress are to
be elected. We predict an overwhelming
majority of at least ten«to one of the Repre
sentatives elect:
•August 3, Kentucky.
August 13, Tennessee. •
September 1, Vermont.
September 8, California.
September 14, Maine,
October 6, Nebraska.
October 13, Pennsylvania.
October 13, Ohio.
October 13, Indiana.
October 13, lowa.
( October 22, Wist Virginia. •
November 3, New Yont.
November 3, New Jersey.
November 3, Delaware.
November 3. Maryland.
November 3, Illinois.
November 3, Michigan. '
November 3, Wisconsin.
November 3, Minnesota.
November 3, Missouri.
November 3, Kansas.
November 3, Nevada.
November 3, Massachusetts.
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Mr. Robert Toombs, before the war,
declared the purpose of the South to be to
call the roll of slaves at the foot of Bunker
Hill monument, He has jnst made a speech
at Atlanta, in which he makes the following
indisputable statement:
“I will tell you another fact, which is
enough for this' time—that as the late war
was produced by the defeated Democratic
party in 1860, we shall never have peace till
it is restored in 1868.”
e *
The Democratic papers' are casting
about to find some way to attack General
Grant, but the look is not a hopeful one.
From the time that Governor, now Senator,
of Illinois, made him, without any
solicitation on the part of Grant, Colonel of
the 21st Illinois Regiment to the consumma
tion of his grand series of victories at
Appomattox Court House, there is not a
single point where they can predicate a
charge against him, or make apparent a
single mistake or blunder.
The War fqr the Union and its Logi
cal Results. —Without acknowledging that
they are ashatned.of their great success, that
they repent of their adhesion to the great
principles on which they conducted the recent
war, the American people cannot support a
party opposed to that war, and whose success
would be a signal for the abandonment ot
the moral and political advantages gained to
the nation by the war. It is in virtue of the
war that we stand as we do in the eyes of
foreign nations. One of its great effects was
to aggrandize our fame abroad, to show us
in*our ' true proportions before those who
thought us insignificant brawlers, and to
make us known as the leaders of' thought
the very head and front of progress to all
the peoples.
In this blaze of active struggle, this con
centration of our life that was crammed into
the four years of war, we have become as an
example to all the nations of a people
devoted to freedom, enlightenment, progress ;
and we must not belie that impression by
going backwards. We must uot say we are
sorry for tlje great things we did by giving
our suffrages to a party that would have
prevented us from doing them. Through the
political sequences of the war we must
adhere to the great leader who guided us
safely through the struggle, and help him
still to keep the country right, and keep
down those violent political elements' that
would swerve us from the direct path Io one
side or the other. We must stand by Grant
as the best hope of the nation's safety, ami
the only guarantee that we shall not be false
to ourselves.— N. I’. Herald.
—Lord Stanley has informed the House of
Commons that the decision of the lowei
Spanish courts establishiug the legality ot.
the seifure of Towado, has been confirmed
by the Supreme Court of Justice, the highest
tribunal in Spain. Lord Stanley made tin
disclosures as to what action the Government
of Great Britain would take iu view of this
decision. _ •
[Correspondence Augusta Republican.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Ctmgreeeional Receee —Alarm of Southern
Afen—The “Lout Came”—A Ru htur knveked
Down— The Unemployed —The “RccueenC Sen’
utore and Counsel Provided far —The Chinese
Treaty—fudge Lynch and the Democracy—
Commieeinner of Internal Revenue.
Washington. D. C., July 29, 1868.
In spite of the remonstrances of every
loyal Southern man in Washington and many
Northern Republicans, Congress has taken
a recess for fifty-six days i. e., until the
third Monday in September. Fifty-six days
is a short time, truly, but time enough for
bud men to hatch vp mischief enough to
require months to overcome. Men specially
interested in the Southern Stales feel gloomy
enough, for they tear the man in the White
House may attempt some new diabolism.
On the other hand, it is urged that he can
not do much harm, if so disposed, and the
opponents of reconstruction at the South wilf
see it is for their interest not to further
aggravate Congress, or fire the Northern
heart, by unlawful acts. But the informa
tion uvniing up from the South daily, through
private sources, mainly for the publie chan
nels, are in the hands of unreconstructed
rebels, and, consequently, they furnish only
one side, leads us hefic to fear the worst.
The rebels, to day, are more outspoken,
more overbearing, than at any time since
they professed to surrender in good faith.
The only exception to this is the popolous
places where there is still a respectable
military force. They ring the changes, too,
on the hope to which the New York Conven
tion gave rise, that the “lost cause” is no
longer lost, but under the leadership ot Sey
mour and Blair, is likely to be a success. It
seems as if the Southern hot-spurs never
would learn anything ; dear bought experi
ence is no teacher for them; if it was,
they would realize what every candid
Democrat at the North admits, that
there is no possibility of the rebel
Democratic ticket being successful iu No
vember. Wise men at the South should
know this, and cease further opposition to
what they cannot help. The equality of the
races, before the law, is a fixed fact, and
can never be revoked. It is a very easy
matter for a man to row a boat over Niagara
Falls, but not so easy to row one up the
Falls; that is as likely to be done as that
the rights of the colored race ean again,
legally, be taken away. An attempt ofthc
kind would cause a more bloody struggle
than the slaveholders’ rebellion.
There is positive information in official
quarters of an alarming condition es affairs
at different points in the Southern States.
The Ku Klux organization is gradually
being extended over the entire country, and
it is said there is au organization in this
city. One fellow, a few nights ago, boasted
of "his connection with the gang, in presence
of an army officer, who warned him that the
National Capital was Dot the proper place to
boast, of such matters. Ku Klux was irre
pressible, and got knocked down for his
insolence.
The loyal men of this country have stood
about till the insolence they feel willing to
boar, and I predict that, after the 4th of
Mar h next, it will be hard to find an
outspoken rebel. The Government in the
hands of‘ true men, acting in harmony, the
offices of each State held by loyal men,
backed up by a loyal militia, there will be
no more trifling. The last of secession will
then be stamped out if necessary.
Much interest is felt here in the Georgia
Senatorship contest —the hope being that
the Empire State of the South may send her
best men. •»
Congressmen are hurrying out of the city
as rapidly as possible. Speaker Colfax and
several others were on their wending way
westward within two hours after Congress
hud adjourned. Each train takes aw.ay a
delegation, and all will begone by Saturday,
except a few who have business hereof their
constituents’ to attend to.
There are thousands of men and women
here out of both employment, and money,
who would like to get away if they could,
immediately after the New York Convention,
thousands ot Democrats came here, expect
ing the President would receive them with
open arms and give them all offices : he has
not shown any disposition yet to beat the
bush while others catch the game ; in other
words, his,disappointment is too recent to be
very active in behalf of the rebel nominees.
Office seekers lately have much money, and
the class now here form no exception. The
President, Congressmen and heads of De
partments arc daily besieged by place hunt
ers, but where one gets what he seeks, a
thousand go away disappointed.
The Chinese treaty lias a deeper signifi
cance than is generally supposed. Next to
the abolition of slavery, it is the most import
ant of the age. The natives of China, on
the Pacific coast have heretofore been t reated
as belonging to n lower order of civilization
than the negro. The laws of the State of
California exclude them from enjoying the
privileges usually enjoyed by foreigners.
Under this treaty, they can become citizens,
and arc entitled to all the privileges of
citizens of the most favored nations. That
this people will eventually immigrate to this
country in large numbers, in the not distant
future, is almost a certainty. They will do
for the Pacific States what the Irish and
Germans liave done for the Atlantic States.
ThO tax payers of th? country ought to
feel grateful for the reduction of tax on
whiskey. It is so low now as not to tempt
manufacturers and office holders to be
dishonest, and, as a consequence, the
“Whiskey Ring” has no surplus fund with
which to buy Senators or aid in the election
of Democratic candidates. Personally, Mr.
Johnson feels thanktul doubtless that the
bill did not pass before the impeachment
trial.
The fact that all of the “recusant” Sena
tors ha ye been rewarded by the President
since the impeachment trial causes much
comment in political circles. All of his
counsel have been provided for, also, with
the exception of Judge Nelson—Mr. John
sor.'sr other self; but then it is intimated
that Andy may have divided with him the
$50,000 in greenbacks received from New
I York.
Judge Lynch is making sad havoc among
the Democracy of Indiana, no less than six
having been Kung within a week. It is
reported that Hendricks hurried home to
save the party from annihilation in that
State. Had "the New York Convention re
mained in session a sow days longer it is
Relieved some of the delegates would have
been sent up the river, to board at the
expense of the State. As it was, sixty of
them were locked up in the different station
Imuses over night.
There is a hitch iu regard to the office of
Commissioner.of Internal Revenue, Com
tnissioner Rollins resigned, conditionally,
upon the appointment and confirmation of a
successor. The President claims that he
has nothing to do with the conditions but
that Mr Rollins ceases to be Commissioner
the moment he accepts the resignation, and
he proposes now to appoint a Commissioner
ad interim. This, if attempted, will be
resisted. ' Capital.
f ' -♦♦♦• —* —-
The Western Union Telegraph Company
owns 90,009 miles of lines, and its total
capital is said to be over $40,000,000.
The Georgia Legislature.
SIKATE.
Atlanta, July 31, 1808.
Upon the confirmation of the Journal, Mr.
Candler informed the Senate that certain
portions of the Journal partook of unparlia
mentary usage in regard to the body being
an Executive session.
The Senate resumed the unfinished busi
ness of yesterday, which was the appeal
taken by Mr. Candler from the decision of
the Chair, deciding that the Senate should
go into Executive session with closed doors.
The Chair explained that there was no
Executive session until the doors were
closed.
Mr. Merrell moved to aeconsider so much
of the action of the Senate yesterday as
referred to going into Executive session;
which was agreed to. «
The question recurred upon the motion of
Mr. Harris to grant the request of the Gov
ernor to withdraw his message making cer
tain nominations.
The motion to withdraw prevailed.
Mr. Higbee offered a resolution relating
to the rules which shall govern the Senate
whilst in Executive session. One of the
rules makes it obligative to sit with closed
doors. The rules were suspended, in order
to take up the resolution.
Mr. Candler moved that a Special Com
mittee be appointed, io take into considera
tion the adoption of rules for government of
the Senate in Executive session.
The previous question was called for and
sustained.
The resolution of Mr. Candler was lost.
The first rule was adopted—setting a day
apart (or certain nominations.
The second rule, sitting with closed doors,
was adopted.
The third rule, enjoining secrecy, was
adopted.
On adopting the whole, the yeas aud nays
were required, and are—yeas 21, nays 15.
The Senate took up the resolution of the
House in reference to authorizing the Su
perintendent of the State Road to pay Ran
som Montgomery, formerly a slave, $502 50
and provide .for him a home for life, etc.,
for valuable services rendered in extinguish
ing fire.
On motion of Mr. Candler, the resolution
was passed by a constitutional majority.
Mr. Campbell introduced a bill to declare
the charter of the city of Darien null and
void.
By Mr. Coleman—A bill authorizing the
Governor to appoint a successor as Tax
Receiver of Chatham County, occasioned by
the death of W. 11. Hopkins.
By Mr. Corbitt—A bill to organize Dis -
trict Courts, and define their jurisdiction.
The rules were suspended, and the Senate
took up the message of the House, refusing
to concur in the amendment of the Senate
authorizing the Treasurer to advance cer
tain pay to members, and receded from their
amendment.
By Mr. Wooten —A bill to provide for the
holding of Superior Courts in the fall terms.
By Mr. Adkins —A bill to reduce the
bonds of civil officers.
By Mr.Higbee—A bill for the removal of
any county site.
On motion the rules were suspended and
leavejof absence granted to the Senator from
the 27th.
Mr. Speer moved that when the Senate
adjourn it adjourn Until Monday morning
at 10 o’clock. Agreed to.
By Mr. Brock —A bill to make bills of
indictment amendable.
The Senate then adjourned.
• house. «
.Speaker McWhorter being absent, Price,
protein, Speaker, took the chair.
Mr. Lee moved to reconsider the concur
rence of the House in the Senate resolution
consolidating certain of the standing com
mittees of the House. Reconsideration pre
vailed.
Senate bills were read for the first time.
Mr. Gray, of Walker, offered a hill to fix
the salaries of State Treasurer, Com ptroller,
Secretary of State and State Librarian.
Mr. Darnell—A resolution to distribute
Irwin’s Revised Code among the various
civil officers of this State.
Mr. Hall, of Merriwetber- —A bill to
provide for the distribution of property in
this State.
Mr. Williams, of Morgan-—A bill to
’enaonrage internal improvements, railroads,
and manufactures.
Mr. Duncan—A bill to authorize F. F.
Taber to practice medicine ; also, a bill in
reference to bringing, suits in Justices’
Courts.
Mr. Taliaferro —A bill to grant Slate aid
to the Air Line Railroad. Two hundred
copies ordered to be printed.
Mr. Gullalt offered the following : *
Whereas, One Chatters is occupying a
desk and seat on this floor, claiming to be a
member of this House, and claiming
privileges as to stationery, occupancy of a
seat, etc.
Resolved, That said Chatters be notified
to vacate his assumed seat, and be deprived
of his assumed privileges.
Mr. Bryant moved to refer to Committee
on Privileges and Elections.
The whole matter was laid on the table.
Mr. Joiner (colored), of Dougherty—-A
resolution to fix salary or Judge of Supreme
Court at $4,000, jurreney, per annum ; also
a resolution to reduce Sheriff’s bond of
Dougherty county from SIO,OOO to $5,000-
Mr. Powell—-A bill to levy an extra tax
sufficient to pay each married soldier in this
State not less than SOO per annum.
Evidence in the cases of Platte, Madison,
and Alfred Richardson, Representatives
from Clarke county, whose seats are con
tested, was presented by Mr. Soott
Mr. Anderson introduced a resolution
referring all bills on relief to a special
committee. Also, referring certain other
things to appropriate committees.
Mr. Tumipsecd offered a bill to punish
persons who alienate or dispose of the
same property twice.
The resolution to appoint a committee of
three to visit Milledgeville and investigate
the condition of the Penitentiary and,
after come discussion, referred to the Com
mittee on Penitentiary.
The House took up the substitute of the
Senate for the House resolution suspending
levies and sales, when Mr. Turmpseed
offered the following amcnemeat: “Except
in all cases of debts contracted since the
first of June, 1865, debts due for taxes,
officers’ coats, and where the debtor is
fraudulently conveying and secreting his
property for the purpose of avoiding the
payment of his jnst debts, or where the
aebtor is causing his property to be removed
beyond the limits of the State, or where he
absconds, or where he resides without the
limit of the State, or where he resists a legal
arrest, or stands in defiance of a peace
officer,’ -
the dsscussion on this amend
ment, the House adjourned to 10 a. m. to
morrow.
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—ln Salem, Massachusetts, the other day,
a runaway, horse was dashing up Central
street at a furious rate, when a w.ell dressed
lady rushed in front of him with her sun
umbrella spread, aud flourished it toward
the frightened animal. The horse, thus
suddenly checked, went down on his
haunehes, and was kept there by the lady
until the driver came up and took care of
his team. The lady quietly walked off, as
though nothing unusual had occurred.
A naturalist says that a single family of
jay birds will consume twenty thousand
insects in a season of three months. Spare
the birds.
SPECIAL NOTICES-
ACARD
At a Regular Communication of Webb’s Lodge
No. 166 A. - . F.’. M. 1 ., held in the Masonie Halb
iu this City, on the fourth Monday in July,
A.’. L.'., 1668, a resolution was unanimeustly
adopted to appoint a committee to express to
our Brethren, wherever dispersed, and to the
public generally, the views of this Lodge on the
subject of “ Masonic LoTTrnnva,"
Therefore we, the undersigned, do, on behalf
of Webb’s Lodge No. 166, declare that these
Lotteries have wol now, aud never have had, any
connection with our Order, direct or indirect,
and it is our opinion that no such connection
ever ought to exiet, as being at variance with the
time-honored principles which have always
guided us.
We further state that, at the Annual Commu
nication of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, held in
1867, it was •
“Resolved, That this Grand Lodge disclaims
all connection with the institution known as
“The Georgia State Lottery, for the benefit of
the Masonic Orphan’s Borne.”
This is-our supremo law, and all good Masons
will, wc know, govern themselves accordingly.
As to Lotteries in general, it is not our province,
nor do wo desire U* express any opinion con
cerning them. • R. S. AGNEW,
W. K. IIUSE,
C. F. LEWIS, W.M.
au2—3t Committee-
jjq-GRAIN AND FLOUR SACKS!!
• The old established
“Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory’’
Is prepared to furnish GRAIN SACKS of any
desired size or quality, and at short notice.
Also,
COTTON AND PAPER FLOUR SACKjj
Neatly printed to order.
Information promptly furnished upon applica
tion. W. B. ASTEN ,t CO.,
17—3 m 25 I‘carl Street, New York City.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
ROOMS OF STATE CENTRAL COM.)
UsroM Republican Party or Ga., >
Augusta, Ga., July 11,1868.)
fa# AT THE REQUEST OF MEMBERS
of the Central Committee, I hereby call a
State Convention of the Republican party of
Georgia, to assemble in ATLANTA, on Tuesday,
the 18th day of August next, for the 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
their respective Congressional Districts, and
nominate candidates for Congress. *
FOSTER. BLODGETT,
Chm’n State Cen. Committee.
JES" Republican papers in this State will
please copy. jyl6—td
NATIONAL-
■iw saw
AND
TRUST COMPANY.
Chartered by Act of I'MitrcM,
7O
O F FIC ER S :
J. W. ALVOU D, President.
LEWIS CLEPHANE, First Vice Ppsilent.
D. W. ANDERSON, Second Vice President.
DANIEL L. EATON, Actuary.
S iM L. HARRIS, General Inspector.
Banking House, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner
of 19th street, Washington, D. C.
o
BRANCH AT AUGUSTA. GA..
NO 10 JACKSON ST.
Open every day—Sundays and Holidays ex
cepted—from 9 a. m. to 2 p. in*, and Saturday
evening’ from G to 8 p. m.
DEPOSITS OF ANY AMOUNT FROM
FIVE CENTS UPWARDS, RE
CEIVED FROM ANY
PERSON.
• ■ -
Deposits can always bo withdrawn without no
tice. Deposits in specie are repaid in specie.
All other deposits are repaid in "Greenbacks”
or National Bank Bills.
Interest payable in January, May and Septem
ber, in each year, and by special rule on deposits
of $56 and upwards remaining in the Bank at
least thirty days.
All the profits belong to the depositors.
Branches have been established in the princi
pal cities from New York to New Orleans, and
accounts can be transferred from one Branch to
another without charge or interrupting the in
terest,
The Institution has on deposit oyer $756,090,
and this Branch has on deposit over $13,000.
Wc draw exchange oif New York, and all the
prominent Southern cities, at the lowest rales.
Drafts on New York, are payable at the Bank
ing House t>f Jay Cooke A Co.
Government Drafts on Savannah, Charleston,
Washington and New Yitfk, also Bank Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit cashed at the lowest
rates. v s
Gold, Silver and Government Securities bought
and sold.
Investments are only made in Securities of
the United States. GKO. 11. HARRIS,
Chairman Advisory Committee.
ROBERT T. KIiNT,
Secretary.
SAM L. HARRIS,
Geu’l Inspector J- Aet. Cashier.
jy.2s—d&wlf
Official.
Headq'ks Third Military District, I
(Department Georgia, Alabama,and Florida), >
Atlanta, Ga., July 22. 1868. )
General Orders, Ro. 103.
Whereas, Official informati on has been receiv
ed at these headquarters from the Governor elect
of the State of Georgia, that the Legislature of
said State,elected tfhder the provisions of'Gonoral
Orders No. 39 and 40, current series, from these
lieadqnsrters, has assembled and complied with
the requisitions of the act of Congress, which be
came a law June 25,1868. entitled an act to admit
the Slates of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, to representation
in Congress; and. whereas, said act states that Ou
compliance, with the conditions therein set forth
by any State, the officers of said State, duly elected
and qualified under the Constitution thereof, shall
be inaugurated without delay ; it. is therefore or
dered ;
I. That all civil officers, holding office lathe
State, whether by military appointment or by fail
ure to have successors, qualified, shall promptly
yield their office and turivover to their duly elect
ed and qualified successors, all public property,
archives, books, records, etc., belonging to tfie
same.
11. Whenever the military commander of the sub-
District of Georgia, is officially notified of the inau
guration of the State governui'euteleet, military au
thority, under the acts of Congress, known as the
reconstruction laws, will be at an eml in said State;
and it is made the duty of the sub-District. com
mander to transfer everything appretaining to the
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
the civil authorities of the State, or the persons
and property of the citizens thereof.
111. On the inauguration of the civil government,
all prisoners held in custody or by bonds’ for
offences against the civil law, will be turned over to
jhe proper civil authority. In the meantime writs
of habeas corpus from United States Courts will be
respectfully olieyed aud the decisions conformed to.
Write from State courts will have respectful re
tarns made, stating prisoners are held by authori
ty of the United Stateau nd can only l>e released by
write issued by the UaiMd Elates Courts.
By order of Major-General Mkadx:
S. F. BARSTOW,
jy 24—10 e . Acting Ass't Adj’t Gue.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OF IUOSE
MEETING, at Aik«, s c A
instant, a SPECIAL Train' ,ho 4th
lows: “ lAIN lun’as fol.
Leave Union Depot at 15 a m u .
at 6 p. m. ' •
Fare for the trip, One
JOIIN MARLey
-J Agent S. (-. I; |,
City Sheriff’s Sale. T
WILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TIIK<
©AY IN SEPTEMBER, at the L,,„?
Market House, in the City of August-betweeJ
tho usual hours of side, one House audTjot No
417 Broad street, bound North by Jonea street
East by L. Richards, South by Broad street, ami
West by F. Richards ; said lot has a front on
Broad street of 40 feet, more or leas, and run
ning back to Jones street 159 feet, more or less
Levied upon as the property of Thos. Crittenden'
to satisfy one tax Ji. fa , issued by the City Conn*
ed of Augusta against said Thomas Crittenden
for his city taxes for tho year 1867.
Augusta, Ga., July 31, 1868.
'ISAAC LEVY,
au2 - td _ City Sheriff.
THE SILVER CHORD,
A COLLECTION OF FAVORITE
Songs, Ballads, Duets aud Quartets,
WITH
Pianoforte Accouipamlinent,
THE HOME CIRCLE, known by all as a
most admirable compilation of pieces for the
pianoforte, finds a lit companion in this superior
collection of Songs with piano accompaniment
songs that have become as household words in
nearly every community—with many new candi
dates for pifblic favor, not so well known, but
which, when known, will be appreciated, are all
hero. Every one having a piano and a voice
will not fail lo look at this book. Ono look will
convince them that it is just what they want
and, having purchased it aud given it a more
thorough examination* they will bo fully satis
fied that "no piano is complete without it.”
Price in Cloth, $3; in Boards, $2.50; Full
gilt, sl, mailed, post paid.
OLIVER DITSON A CO.,
Publishers, 277 Washington St, Boston
CHAS. 11. DITSON & CO.,
jy3l—tf 711 Broadway. Now York
Real Estate Sale.
WILL be sold, free from all incumbrances on
the premises, in tho city of Rome, Ga., on
TUESDAY, 18th day of August, 1868, at 11
o’clock, A. M., all that tract or parcoFof land,
situate, lying and being in tho Coosa Division
of the city of Romo, being that part of Lot
Sixteen which begins forty-four foot from the
lower corner of Broad street, fronting on said
street twenty-two feet, together with a Two
story Brick Building thereon.
Also, Lot Number Sixteen, being in the Coosa
Division of said cily, fronting seventy-seven
feet on Broad street, extending bqpk to a, street
name unknown, together with a Two story Brick
Livery Stable thereon.
Also, a Blacksmith Shop on tho same 1 ot.
Also, at the same time and place, sundry notes
and accounts.
Sold as the property of James J. Morrison,
baukrupt. Terms cash. *
NOAH 1" FOWLER,
jy3l—law3w Assignee.
ATHENS COMMENCEMENT.
r |AO ACCOMMODATE persons wishing to
J attend Commencement at Athens, a train
will bo ran on the Athens brar.(f, iu connection
with night passenger trains on the main lino, as
well as one in connection with day trains.
Commencement oti THURSDAY NIGHT, 30th
instant, and continuing for fifteen nights.
Persons paying full faro going, will bo
furnished with return tickets free (good for
thirty days) by the Station Agent.
E. W. COLE,
Atlanta papers copy. GenTSup’t.
jys -7t _
Assignee’s Notice of Appointment.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
I United States fur tho Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of I
JOHN 11. McCLUNG, j IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J
To whom it may concern: The undersigned
hereby gives notice, of his appointment as A»-
eignnee of the estate of John 11. Mi-Clung, in the
comity of Macon and State of Georgia, within
said District, who Ims been adjudged a bankrupt
upon his own petition, .by the District Court of
said District. 8. B. BROWN, Jr.,
Assignee
Fort Valley,- Gai, July 28, 1868.
jylflb—lhw3w
Coal! Coal! Coal!
'■pilE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
1 appointed agent for tlrn
CASTLE ROCK COAL MINES,
will bo receiving, from this time, and during
the Winter, One Thousand Tons of the above
VERY SUPERIOR. COAL.
This Coal will be sold FAR BELOW THE
PRICE OF WOOD, in proportion to its value
as fuel. In tho altered condition of our system
of labor, its advantages arc important, and
should be considered by all consumers:
Ist. It is ’cheaper.
2d. One third less labor is required to han
dle it. *
3d. All temptation to pilfer is removed.
4th. Great security against the accidents of
fires.
It will be sold, at tho Coal .Yard (Georgia
Railroad at
eleven lloliarg per Ton I
Or TWELVE DOLLARS,
Delivered in any Portion of the City!
To parties taking a CAR LOAD, prior to-Sep
tember Ist (when rates of freight are advanced),
a deduction of
l our Oollarw per tar Load
will be mado. CHAS. A ROWLAND.
jy T6-t,f _ __
ALBERT G. HALL,
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT,
221 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
LIFE, AND MARINE INSURANCE
effected to any amount in the most reliable
Companies in the country.
The following Companies are especially repre
sented by him :
Tho QUEEN INSURANCE CO., of London and
Liverpool.
The GEORGIA HOME INSURANCE
Columbus, Ga.
The NORTH AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE
CO., of Hartford, Conn.
The JEFFERSON INSURANCE CO., of
Scottsville, Va.
The NORWICH FIRR INSURANCE CO., of
• Norwich, Conn.
Tho JAMES RIVER INSURANCE CO., of
Montreal, Va.
Tho INSURANCE k SAVING CO., of Rich
mond, Va. T
Tho UNION FIRE INSURANCE CO., ’of Balti
more, Md.
The VIRGINIA INSURANCE CO., of Staun
ton, Va.
ALSO,
The MANHATTAN LIFE INSUR iNCE CO.,
of New York. Cash Assets, $-1,391,773.45.
je23—ly
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 .United States for the Northern District ot
Georgia.
In the matter of j
WILLIAM H. C. PACE, |
(Surviving partner of the )IN BANKRUPT! 1
firm of Pace & Hicks), |
Bankrupt. J
To all whom it may concern: The undersign
ed hereby gives notice of his appointment as
Assignee of Wm. H. C. Pace (surviving part’
ner of the firm of Pace & Hicks),of the town of
Franklin, in the county of Heard, and State 01
Georgia, within said District, who has been an
judged a bankrupt upon his own petition by 1
District court ofsajd District - T ,
Dated at Newnan, Ga., this ~3d dav of July,
a.d. . 1868. Isaac n. shannon,
jy 25—law3w • Assignee.
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