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PARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, in New- York, Gold was
quoted at 1.49}. Cotton, 29jc.
—More than a thousand spirit and tobacco
smugglers were convicted in Greet Britain
last year.
—Robert M. Douglas, Son of Hon. Stephen
A. Douglas, has entered upon his duties as
Private Secretary to Gov. Holden, of North
Carolina.
—A colored man in New Haven, named
Frank Howard, has six toes on each foot and
five fingers and a thumb <Jn each hand —all
perfect.
• —A gentleman at Salt Lake has a silk
factory of ten thousand worm power, and the
■work is said to lie highly creditable to the
operatives.
*■ —The Revenue Department has declared
in favor of the adoption of the Tice metre,
for the prevention of frauds in liquor distil—
. leries.
■ —The widow of ex-President Tyler, with
h< r daughter, is in Washington, this being
her first visit to that city since she presided
• at the White House.
—“Owing to the peculiar arrangement of
the programme, no piece can be repeated,"
was the answer Jones received from liis
landlady upon asking for a second piece of
pie at dinner.
—A report comes from Havana to lovers
of pine-apples that the Cuban doctors, who
•ought to know, jay the fruit is bad this year,
and can not safely be eaten,-either by in
valids or healthful persons.
•—Two Germans, last year, bought eighty
acres of land in Southern Tennessee, and
paid for their lot with the proceeds of the
first year’s crop of four acres of strawberries,
sell out last Fall.
Between three and four hundred em
ployees of the Treasury Department, mostly
females, will be dismissed between August
1 and September 1, on account of the
reduction in the appropriations for their
pay.
—Little Susie, looking atwome pictures
of winged angels, exclaimed : “Mamina, I
don’t waut to bo an augcl.” “Why not, my
dear?” “Humph, leave off all my pretty
clothes and wear fodders like a hen !”
- -William B. Astor, of New York, is re
.ported to be worth one hundred and twenty
million-of dollars. He pays a tax on one
half di that sum, and his real estate is worth
double its assessed value.
—The female Blondin of California, M’lle
Rosa Celeste, whose terrible feats on the
ro|>e and wire have made her fatuous, is now
on her way from California to emulate Bion-,
din iu crossing Niagara Falls.
—A Paris eccentric advertised that he was
gouty, of a violent temper, and horribly
quarrelsome, but that he would settle $20,000
a year on a young aud handsome wife He
received forty-six applications, and is uow
married.
r-The great crater of Kilauea, Sandwich
Islands, for many years inactive, has again
become a thing of life. The glare of its
• fires east be distinctly seen from Hilo, a
distaiicc iff forty miles. No damage is re
ported.
.—Seedless water-melons are raised in
Caddo Parish, Louisiana. When the vine is
about two feet long it is covered, and when
the steam takes root it is divided between
the pld and the new root, and the melons
produced are seedless.
—Prices in Alaska are givey as follows ;
Deer, $3 to 24 ; grouse, 25 cents each ; wild
" geese, 75 cents to $1 ; ducks, 25 cents each;
snipe, 50 cents a dozuu ; clams, 25 ccuts a
basket; halibut, as much as you can carry,
75 cents; cod, 50 cents for a big fish;
salmon, during the season, from 10 to 25
cents each,
--Napoleon recently remarked that his
assassination would strengthen his dynasty.
He aUo took occasion to say that the only
hope of Franco lay in himself and his son,
ami that the only attraction his position had
for him was that he was thereby useful to
the prosperity and grandeur of France.
—The Norfolk Journal says that a gen
tleman in Southampton county, Va., sold
SIO,OOO worth of strawberries off of ten
acres of land last season, and-that two gen
tlemen who had jointly conducted a small
truck farm, five miles from Norfolk, cleared
$25,000 by the sale of berries and vege
tables.
—A New York boot black has made the
important discovery that boots are barome
ters, to a certain extent. lie avers that in
the close, muddy weather of a week ago, it
took him twice as Jong to get up a “shine"
as it does on clear, breezy days, and that he
can beat , the bDrometer at predicting rain
simply by his observations in this direction.
William C. Park, tin eccentric resident
of Niagara Falls, and un Englishman by
.birth, died a few days ago at the age of fifty
five. He was a great student-of the English
language, and al one time prepared a
grammar, which he submitted to Lord Derby,
who spoke in the highest terms of the book.
Many of the author’s views are said by sci
entific meu to be isovel as well ns valuables.
—For a debt of $486, the Sheriff of Clay
county, Indiana, levied upon a through
freight train to St. Louis, on Tuesday night,
arid kept $50,000 worth of goods for twenty
four hours. The Superintendent of the
road paid the debt at Iff- o’cldbk, and re
lieved the train. The Sheriff chained the
train to the track while the train was wait
ing-
—There are to be two French trans-
Atlahtic cables. The Great Eastern is en
gaged to lay them. The more the merrier,
for oompOtition will living the prices down
and wc shall have our special daily dis
patches from London, Paris and St Peters
burgh on the same scale that we have our
specials from all parts of the United States.
—A lady passing down Park street, New
Haven, on a recent morning, was tossed by
a cow five or six feet into the air. and es
caped with only a few bruises. The oow
appeared to be perfectly satisfied with one
toss, as she did not attempt any further
demonstration, and the lady ran into a
neighboring residence where she was cared
for. .
—A lady from Atlanta, Georgia arrived
at the Falmtmth Hotel, in Portland, Me.,
lats-week, from a visit to the Kenebec. On
arriving at the hotel she discovered that she
had bees robbed of all her money, not hav
ing enough to pay her carriage tare. In
forming some gentlemen at the hotel that
her father was a Mason, and proposing to
leave her watch and chain for security for
some money, the brethren sent her away
with a pass home and a handsome purse in
addition.
—A method of refining sugar, without the
use of albuminous substances or animal
charcoal, has recently been submitted to
the French Academy. It consists merely
in adding milk of lime to the syrup, mixing
intimately in quantities dependent on de
gree impurity. The lime is afterwards
separated by a current of carbonic acid,
(passed gs long as the Jiauid is alkaline),
followed by boiling for a snort time to de
compose the reuniting bicarbonate,
filtered and decanted liquid yields pure
white sugar. The quantity of lime varies
from 4 per cent upward.
NfttionalUcpiibliian
AUUUSTA.'HA.
FRIDAY MORNING August 7. lbfi«
For PRESIDENT
' • Os the United States :
ULISSES S. GRANT.
, FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
1 Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
THE
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' OF AUGUSTA, OA.
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THE 'iSSUE.
It is couccdixl that the coining election
for the Presidency is one of the most im
portant, if not the most important iu its
results of any election ever held in this
country. The issue is very plain, simple
and easily comprehended by the most
obtuse citizen who exercises his franchise.
In tew words it can thus be stated :
Wc have had a fearful rebellion and war
of years in duration. It was begotten in
the breasts and brains of a few thousand
slaveholders, who sought, by a rupture of
the Union and the establishment of«a Con"
federacy of the slave States exclusively, to'
make their anti-democratic, anti republi
can and barbarous system permanent. The
slaveholders and their sympathizers had
made themselves necessary to the success
of the Democratic party, had dictated jts
platforms, named its nominees for Federal
office, and generally controlled its policy
and action.
Not satisfied with having their peculiar
institution of barbarism in their own
States, they sought to make the system
natianal. The approaches to this point
were carefully made but firmly pressed.
The right of the stave master" to take his
slave from the free States, in the most
open and offensive maimer, was claimed
and obtained under the Fugitive Slave
Law, so called, passed by-a Democratic
Congress, ami executed by Democratic
Presidents. The right to hold slaves in
the free States was also demanded, and at
the outbreak of the rebellion was before
the United States Court for settlement.
Slavery bad shaped the Court in its in
terest, and the issue of the case was
morally certain to be in the interests of
slavery.
The slaveholders then claimed equal
rights with freedom for their institution,
in all the Territories of the Union, North
or fjjouth. An appeal was taken from
Congress, and the Democratic party, then
wholly controlled by the slaveholders—
the men who subsequently rebelled—to
the people, and the issue fairly put up.
Abraham Lincoln, the candidate of free
dom. was elected, and the American peo
ple said, “no more slave territory." Foiled
of their purposes, the minority, the hand
ful, appealed to arms. Their representa
tive men in the Cabinet and Congress left
their places to violate their oath, buckle
on the sword and destroy the government.
The freedom party, with Mr. Lincoln at
the head of the nation, met the issue on
many a bloody field. Thousands of good
Democrats, who were loyal in spite of their
leaders, went to the field, fought bravely,
aud many yielded their lives for the holy
cause.
The leaders of the Democracy sympa
thized with the traitore. Those in the
army, iu command, fought rebels, or pre
tended to fight them, in such a manner as
to discourage both-the loyal army and
people, and made haste to return the es-'
caped bondsmen inorder that the armed
enemy might have laborers to carry on the
war. Those in Congress voted against
supplies and generally obstructed, iu every
possible way, the raising of money or troops.
The wicked farce of the Democracy was
ended by the nomination’of"George B.
McClellan as the peace compromise can
didate, alike acceptable to the traitors in
arms and their Democratic sympathizers.
North and West
He was roundly defeated by the people
and Mr. Lincoln wks reelected. The re
bellion was put down, in spite of the
blatant treason uttered by Vallandtgiiam
and his knights of the Golden Circle ; in
spite of the draft riots, murder aud arson,
committed by “the friends" of Horatio
Seymour; in spite of the importunities of
“my adjutant, whom I have sent to Wash
ington to stop the draftand in spite of
all the bowlings of the Democratic press.
Grant and SinotMAx aud Sheridan. and
all other loyal general, pushed Lee to the
wall, drove Jeff. Davis into a hurried at
tempt to escape, accepted the surrender of
Lee, saw his rebel army dislwmded, and
saw Jeff. Davis a prisoner in Fortress
Monroe.
Andrew Johnson went over to the
Democratic party, and gave the rebels and
their sympathizers a new lease of hope.
What they failed to gain by the sword they
hoped, through him, to gain by diplomacy,
or by resisting the will of the people as
expressed through a loyal Congress. It
has Iteen an administration of Democratic
vetoes, every one of which bos been aimed
against freedom, and to suitserve the inter
ests of the traitorous scoundrels who caused
so much sorrow and bloodshed. Under
this policy we had New Orleans inasstiorcs,
and a general lifting up of defiant rebel
heads.
Steady to their one purpose, as destiny
itself, the People have moved upon the
works of slavery. It has been utterly mid
totally abolished by law. While Mr.
Johnson has been distributing pardons to
rebels, profusely and indiscriminately’,
where the laws did not interfere; while he
has been strengthening the wicked purposes
of men still unsubdued, though soundly
whipped, the Joyal Republican Congress
has been making laws in the interests of
freedom, in spite of Executive vetoes,
controlling by legislation the mad doings
of the rebels anil their Democratic agents,
and in spite of all the rebel influences
brought to bear upon the country, have
seen State after State reconstructed upon a
sound Republican basis of freedom and
equality, and have admitted their Repre
sentatives into the Senate and House of
Representatives.' Other States are now
preparing thoinSelvcs for a like purging of
their society of the virus of chattel slavery,
aud treason, and .will soon be admitted to
representation. The Union tis a whole will
be a harmonious unit very speedily, if not
disturbed by the elevation of the sympa
thizing rebel element to place and power.
The issue in the coining campaign is,
simply, whether the people will yield all
they have won by their treasure and blood,
or whether their loyal verdict given on the
field and at the ballot shall be faithfully
carried to completion. Gen. Grant aud
Suiiuylek Colfax represent the latter
view; Horatio Seymour and Frank P.
Bla'ir, the former. With Grant and
Colfax wc shall have peace, law and am
ple security for free institutions. With
Seymour and Blair, we shall have an
upheaval of society in the South, an ar.
bitrary despotism of one man, backed by
his orders to- the army, and a renewal of
the jealousies and strife on the part of the
born-to-rnle elemeut of the South.
We believe that the country wttntajtewe.
Such riotous spirits as Frank Blair are as
much out of place in our Union now as a
rebel angel would be among the liannoni
ous dwellers of the heavenly country. Tlie
issue is, peace or a renewal of disturbance.
With the latter will come repudiation,
dishonor and a general political debouch
ment. Let us have honesty, equality, free
dom, peace and prosperity. The election
of Grant and Colfax will insure them
all. *
The Richmond Enquirer and Examiner
says that the white men of the Southern
States “have seen the day when they could
use the bullet, and if God, in His anger,
permit the necessity to arise, they will see
it again.” Our cotemporary forgets that,
through the magnanimity of Gen. Grant,-
many, very many of these gentlemen are
now under a solemn parole of honor never
again to take up arms against the United
States until they arc regularly exchanged
by the Confederate Government. Until
that day eomes, we’ submit in all kindness
that it would be more becoming for them
to lie silent on the subject, of fighting.
Even the excitement of a Presidential can
vass, and their ardent desire to aid iu the
election of their favorite candidates, can
not justify paroled prisoners in using lan
guage of such incendiary character. *
The Assembly of Georgia, which is
largely Republican, hna passed resolutions
promising to bury party prejudices and
work for the enactment of laws which will
establish peace and harmony among the
people of the State. If Toombs, Cobb, Ben
jamin 11. Hill A Co., will make like resolves,
the people of the State will be benefitted
immensely. *
*—to <-—-♦
Dr. Homer Viruil Miller, one of the
new United States Senators from Georgia,
was, during the war, surgeon of the eighth
Georgia (rebel) regiment. He has.been a
bitter opponent of the Congressional plan of
reconstruction, and supported Gem Gordon
for the office of Governor of the State. Ho,
like Mr. Hill, was born in South Carolina.
• •
' Tuts Irish People, a neutral paper, pub
lished in New York, has the following in
reference to August Belmont:
Irishmen—lrish Democrats —tho man who
has unblushiugly proclaimed himself, in an
American court of law, an agent of Eng
land—your old enemy—the desolatorof your
paternal hearths —is the identical individual
who is actual Chairman of the Democratic
National Executive Committee.
Mr. W. H. Russell, the well known cor
respondent of the London Times, throws
some light upon tlie question of Mr. Sey
mour's loyalty in the following passage from
his published “Diary North aud South. Mr
Russell is describing a dinnerparty in New
York in 1861 :
“The occasion offered itself to Mr. Horatio’
Seymour to give me his views of the Const!
tution of the United States, and by degrees
the theme spread over the table, * * *
There was not a man who maintained that
the Government had any power to coerce the
people of a State, or to force a -State to
remain in the Union or tinder the action of
the Federal Government. * * Although
they admitted the Southern leaders bad
meditated the treason against the Union
years ago, they could not bring themselves
to allow their old opponents, the Republicans,
now in power, to dispose of the armed force
of the Union agaiusl their brother Democrats
in the Southern Slates. * > * * * Mr.
Seymour is a man of compromise, but his
views go further than those which were
entertained by his party two years ago.
Although secession would prod ict revolution,
.it. was, in his opinion, a right founded on
abstract principles, which could scarcely be
abrogated with due regard to the original
compact." ,
GOVERNOR BULLOCK.
Steadily, ever since the election of Colonel
Bollock, the opposition press and people, of
the Stale have been puling and whining
about the fanciful doom that is hanging
over the old -Commonwealth. They profess
to see nothing but bankruptcy, ruin and
negro equality, while they avowedly despair
of any future for the people of the State.
Such mouthing! are but vaporings of spume,
that have foundation. only in a mqrtal
fancy, and should be passed by as an idle
wind, hardly able to ruffle the bosom of a
lake.
There is not the faintest shadow of a
foundation that Gov. Bullock is other than
a warm friend to Georgia. Whatever affects
the interests of the people of tho State
operates similarly upon his interest. lie has
no present or prospective interest discon
nected front Georgia and her people.
Whatever affects the liberty and lives of
others affects his life and liberty. What
ever affects the property of others affects his
property also. lie has nothing outside of
the State, and, of course, has no wish or
desire to so shape his administration as to
militate against the common weal. It is
sheer folly to anticipate anything of the kind.
Were he a mere adventurer, the bulk of
whose property was in another State, and ha
here on a sort of speculating tour, there
would then grounds for appre
hension ; but not now, for a residence of ten
years in Georgia, during the whole of which
time he has held the respect of those who
best knew him) disrobes him of the character
of an adventurer and makes him a child of
the State by adoption.
Having, during his residence iu the State
as a private individual, cordially co operated
with and materially advanced various works
of internal improvement, we have the right
to foresee that all enterprises that promise
to develope and increase the commercial
and other resources of the State, will have
his favor and support as tar 18 it can bo
given. The Air Line Railroad, which
promises mure to the people of Georgia than
auy other projected enterprise, has already
enlisted his sympathy, and he will do what
ever may be in his power to advance the
great and beneficent project. His practical
mind enables him to discover the benefit
that the whole State will derive from the
completion of this enterprise,and he earnestly
desires to see the work advance as rapidly
as possible.
Again, he would be glad to see young
Lowells rising all over the State, manufac
tures springing up wherever practicable, the
working classes provided with all kinds of
employment, the tide of immigration turned
hitherward, the lands of the State occupied
and cultivated by industrious and economical
husbandmen, the mines of the State worked
to their fullest capacity, the children of the
State educated at the public expense; in
fact, he desires a full development of what
ever tends to make the people of'Georgia
wealthy, happy and progressive.
In his distribution of the offices in his gilt,
Governor Bullock will be guided by the rule
of merit only. He has everything to make
by bis official conduct. He has no spite to
gratify, no wrongs to avenge, but is stimu
lated by every couceivable object to make
only such appointments as will do honor to
himself and protect'the interest of his con
stituents.
We do not profess to know who will be his
advisers, but we are satisfied they will be
good men—men whose counsels will be wise
and prudent, whose judgment will enable
them to discriminate between patriotism and
mere party purposes.
If, then, the above line of policy will
bankrupt and ruin the State, we are willing
to admit that the people are in some danger,
but we ore willing to admit the danger on
no other grounds ; and those who have been
raising the hue and cry will discover that we
are right,'and that their apprehensions (which
are mostly professed) are “baseless as the
fabric of a vision."— Atlanta Era.
HON. BENJAMIN CONLEY.
It is a source of great satisfaction to aiiy
dclib. r.-itrve assembly, to show that their
proceedings are directed by one of good
practical sense, of experience ahd acquaint
ance, in parliamentary laws, of gentlemanly
address and dignity of manner, together with
firmness of decision, and an honest desire to
deal fairly with all parties. Such pn one
the Senate have been fortunate enough to
secure in the election as President of their
body, of the Honorable gentleman whose
name heads this article. We have observed
with what readiness and correctness he
makes decisions on points of order—puts the
previous question and extricates the body
from any temporary confusion t|vat may have
bfOjn created by reason of amendments, all
of which often occurs in the best regulated
assemblies.
To do till this, in away to save time,
give satisfaction to the various speakers,
many of whom may be contending for the
floor at once, requires a cool head and a
well balanced temperament, not to be con
fused or thrown off his guard himself, thus
to give dispatch to business, so that every
member may have u fair chance of being
heard, and the rights of the minority pro
tected. Mr. Conley seems to be more titan
admirably qualified. We feel satisfied that,
ns thesession advances and the business
becomes more complicated, by jeason of
amendments, changes, etc., the body will
feel safe in his hands, and that whatever
they do for the State, will be as will done,
and iu as pleasant, agreeable a manner
under him as under ;uiy other President
that Ims presided over the deliberations of
a Georgia Senate. Wo venture still inure
the assertion, that if the Seriate do not have
a pleasant session it will not be Mr. Conley's
fault. — Atlanta Era.
The Great Gkansifanher of Grant.—
An interesting relic and memento of the old
French and Indian wars in this country has
been on exhibition in the Department of
Arms and Trophies of the Sanitary Fair at
Chicago. It is the aiuster-rod of a militia
couqiauy raised by Captain Noah Grant,
great grandfather of General U. S, Grant,
and bears date March 26, 1755. Captain
Grant and hisbrother, Liqut. Solomon Grant,
were afterwards killed at the battle of White
Plain*, New York, in the Revolutionary war.
Affixed to the names on the roll is the
amount Os wages received by each soldier,
generally for the period of twenty-five weeks,
which was probably the period they were
requited to sqrvc. The money is reckoned
iu pounds, shillings and pence. The pay of
Captain Grant for that period was at the rate
of less than $350 a year, and not quite a
dollar a day ; and the pay of a private for
the same krui was something less tlmu $2 a
week. It will readily be seen that the dif
ference between the pay of commissioned
officers and privates was not so great in this
coantry a hundred years ago as it is to-day,
the pay of a private at that time being about
one-third as large as that received by a
Captain.
Louis Napoleon has had a season of
moralizing over his position, the contingency
of bis death by violence and the result of
such an event to France, as well ws’hisowu
family. It is well for him an 1 all other
monarchs to remember that
“Within the hollow crown
That ronnits the mortal temples ol's king.
Keeps iteath his court."
The Republican papers deserve credit
this season for journalistic enterprise. They
n'ot only publish in full tlie speeches of
tbt*ir party leaders, bat marry by Wade
-Hampton and other lights of the 1 femocracy,
which might otherwiwe never be read by
Northern Democrats.
[From the Spirit of the Tiaot.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE CAMPAIGN.
During the last two weeks, we have been
constantly in the receipt of letters from sub
scribers of all shades of politics, asking us
our real opinion as to the Presidential con
test between Grant and Seytnoar, and some
times requesting to know the theory upon
which we base the opinions we have already
printed on that subject. To*tbe first of these
two classes of questioners we answer, that
we never print anything we do not mean ;
and to the second, who have complimented
us with a belief in our sincerity, we will
cheerfully give all the reasons in our power.
In the first place, let us. say, that we give
our opinions and explain the reasons for
them, not as a party newspaper (which the
Spirit is not, and never will be), but simply
as a shrewd, observing journal of the time,
which takes note of all the great events that
are transpiring around it, and which would
be ashamed to be without an opinion upon
that paramount event which is absorbing
the attention of the nation beyond all others;
aivl still mere ashamed to have an opinion
without the conrage to express it. The man
who indulges in opposite views to ours, and
who desires to limit this liberty in us, is one
with whom we do not desire even the most
casual relations. Such a man is not entitled
to the valuable knowled »e which is always
to be gained from an intelligent and honora
ble adversary.
Immediately upon the nomination of
Gen. Grant by the Chicago Convention
upon the 20th of May, we expressed ihe
opinion that he would be elected President
of the United States, whatever candidate
might be opposed to him. When Seymour
was nominated by the July Convention as
his rival, we reiterated that opinion ; and
now that the issue has been joined for full
three weeks, and the contest has, on one
side, at least, risen almost to the height of
fury, we desire to repeat that opinion, and
to add to it our further firm belief, that the
victory of Grant will bo so signal that it
may be likened to a march rather than a
contest, and will hardly wear the look of
anelecticn at all. We also believe that
Grant will carry the State of New York,
and tha. John A. Griswold, who is now
nominated on the Grant ticket for its
Governor, will defeat any candidate who
may be set up against him, and for these
reasons:
The inquirer will, at the outset, note-the
fact that politics is no longer a sentiment,
but an industry ; no longer a doctrine, but
an occupation. Polities are in fact just as
much a business industry as the spinning
of cotton, the making of shoes, or the
raising of wheat and corn. And it is
governed by the natural instincts of all
industries, viz: employment and profit.
Now, the revelation of the impeachment
trial demonstrated the fact that there are
more than forty-one thousand office holders
under the national administration. There
are undoubtedly five times that number
organized under the sub machinery of
the States ; and for each mau in office there
are always two or three who have been put
out, and two or three fresh aspirants who are
desirous to get in. Here are fully a million
of men whose attention is withdrawn from
the wholesome industries of the land to be
devoted to tW unprincipled industry of poli
tics, and whose personal interests extend,-in
one way or another, to several nitons more.
This baleful, blighting, witheriWßjtodustry
has been fostered into existence
happy defect in our Constitution which p’er
mils the President to intrigue for reflection,
and which, under the maxim that “to the
victors belong the spoils,” has created a
system of dependence and corruption unpar
alleled in any government in the world. In
fact, no other government can become so
bad, except where, under a reflective sys
tem, the Chief Magistrate finds Ct to bis
interest to encourage and patronize all the
worst men in the land, in order that he may
be re-elected. In no other country, therefore,
except one that has a reflective Presidential
system, can such a demoralizing pursuit of
politics grow up as wb behold around us
here ; and which, in place of the handful of
parasites who hang upon the European
courts, presents the disgraceful picture of a
million of courtiers (for that is the true name
for party politicians) bending their heads for
the dirty bread of public patronage in Re
publican America.
But without pursuing this feature of our
theme, let us come back to the fact which
bears directly upon the opinion we have
raised, to wit: the fact that politics in
America has, uuderlhese devilish influences,
become an established business pursuit,
based upon the snb-industries of lying and
stealing, and is actuated, of course, like all
pursuits of business,, by the instincts of
enjoyment and profit. Taking the problem
at this point, wc find the .public almost
universally believing that General Grant
will be elected over Seymour ; and though
the politicians of the Seymour “ring'' will
protest, till they are black in the face, that
they entertain a contrary opinion, they will
accept no bets against Grant, even at the
rate of two to one. This may be said to be
no argument; nevertheless, it is a very
significant sign in a party which is very
fond of betting ; and it warrants us in the
expectation that when the progress ol the
canvass confirms the want of confidence in
the prospects of the conservative candidates,
the mercenary army which is now swarming
under the shadow of their banners in the
hunt for spoil, will abandon the copper
camps and turn their faces to the rising
suit. Governbd by no principle, sustained
by no sentiment, and actuated simply
by a thirst for gain, these men
will, not be willing to be put beyond
reach of the snug little nooks in the Custom
House and Post Office for four long years,
but will join the conquering army under
Grant. Other and'better influences will,'of
course,. animate other aud better men to
swell the ranks of the only man who can
give the country peace, but the stampede of
the courtiers, who are even yet shrieking out
for Seymour, will be enough alone to set the
tide into a flood. In no State are this class
of political parasites keener or more unprin
cipled than In the State of New York ; and
we shall not be surprised, therefore, to see
Grant and Griswold, under the influence of
these men’s desertion of a sinking cause,
get a majority of fifty or sixty thousand, in
this very State. So far as the country at
large is concerned, we hardly know where,
after naming Kentucky, Maryland and Dela
ware, we can put our finger on another
doubtful State. Indeed, we believe that even
little Delaware will go for General Grant—
and shall expect —(with a few more such
revelations of the rebel intentions in case of
Seymour’s success, as was given by Wade
Hampton in h:s late Charleston speech)—to
sec Maryland herself unite with the victo
rious throng. The instincts of property will
thus- codperate with the greed of place-men,
for even Democratic politicians who have
interests to preserve will see the ‘’cherished”
rebel sword brought forth again, as promised
by \\ ade Hampton, to drench the land once
more with wasted blood. Even they, far as
they will go for party, sigh for peace.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
I nited States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the Matter of i
REDDICK C. PEARCE, UN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt )
To all Whom it may concern: The undersign
ed hereby gives notice of his appointment as
Assignee of Reddick C. Pearce, of Colnmbus,
conn tv of Muscogee, State of Georgia, within
said District,who has been adjudged a bankrupt
upon his own petition by the District cdurt of
said district.
Dated at Newnan, Gn., this 23d dav of July,
A.D a lß«s. s ISAAC N. SHANNON,
jy2s—law3w Assignee.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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 SACKS
Neatly printed to order.
Information promptly furnished upon applica
tion. W. B. ASTEN A CO.,
jo 17—3 m 25 Peart Street, New York City.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
ROOMS OF STATE CENTRAL COM.)
Uxiox Republican Party or Ga., >
Augcsta, Ga., July 14, 1868.)
AT THE REQUEST OF MEMBERS
of the Central Committee, I hereby call a
Stale Convention of the Republican party of
Georgia, to assemble in ATLANTA, on Tnesday,
the ISth day of August next, for the purpose
of nominating Electors for Grint 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.
Republican papers in this State will
please eopy. jy 15—-td
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice.
Having this day disposed of my
entire stock of MILLINERY and FANCY
GOODS to Mrs. C. A. HICKS, of Burke county,
I cheerfully recommend her to my former friends
and patrons.
I wilt be found at my Old Stand, where parlies
indebted to me will please call and settle lheir
accounts.
Mrs. JI. L. PRITCHARD
Having this day purchased from
Mrs. PRITCHARD her entire stock of
MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS, 1 will cany
on the business as before.
Mrs. C. A. HICKS,
aug?—l of Burke County, Ga.
Assignee’s Sale.
REA L. ESTA TE . *
WILL HE SOLD, FREE FROM ALL IN
CUMBRANCES, ou the premises, m the
city of Atlanta, SATURDAY, August 29, IH6B, at
JI «’deck A. JI., that valuable Lot and Store
House thereon, situated on Urn east side of White
hall street, near Dodd's corner.
Said Lol fronts 22 feet on Whitehall street, ex
tending back KM) feet. The building is of brick,
two stories high, witfi a dry basement aud bakery
therein.
Sold as the property of E. E.Winn, Bankrupt.
Terms cash. ’ NOAH R. FOWLER,
ang7—.lnw3w Assignee.
Assignee’s Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA—
Oglethorpe County.
Pursuant to an order from the Hon. A. G.
Foster, Register in Bankruptcy fur tire District of
Georgia, will be sold, at the Court House door at
Lexington, in said county, on the first TUESDAY
in September next, between the usual hours of
sale, eighty acres of Land in said county, adjoin
ing lands of David Graham and James Cunning
ham, with a frame Dwelling thereon.
Also, a small Office Lot in said Lexington, now
occupied by Dr. B. V. Wellingham as a Doctor
shop, 20 feet by 10, adjoining G. F. Platt's Store
Lot,and others.
Also, the House and Lot in said Lexington now
occupied by said Wellingham and family as a
dwelling, containing one acre, more or less,
owned not long ago by Thos. S. Gresham, and
sold by him to said Wellingham, being once
owned by George R. Gilmer.
Also, eight hundred and thirty acres of land in
said county, on Broad River, adjoining lands of
James Mattox, William Stovall, and lauds owned
by Nathan MattoxVit the time of his death. Alt
of said, real estate sold as the property of B. V.
Wellingham, bankrupt, for the benefit of bis
creditors, free from incumbrances.
Terms cash. BENJ. F. HARDEMAN,
augi—td Assignee.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the mattpi'of )
JAMES T ROBERTS, LIN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. .» No. 58.
Tlio said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all bis debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, J 867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the 3d day of September, 1868, at It) o'clock in
the foreuoou, at chambers of said District Court,
before Garnett Andrews, Esq., one of the Regis
ters of the said Court in Bankruptcy, at, the Reg
ister's office in Monroe, Walton county, Ga , and
show cause why the prayer of the said petition
of the Bankrupt should not be granted. And fur
ther notice is given that the second aud third
meetings of creditors will bo held at the same time
and place
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal.] Judge of said Court, and the seal thereof,
this sth day of August, 4868.
W B. SMITH,
au6—law2w* Clerk.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA,
O 8 B.—lu Bankruptcy at Augusta, this sixth
day of August, A. D., 1868.
Ti>e undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee of Salmon Morris, of the
county of Warren and State of Geotgia, within
said District, whuhas been adjudged a bankrupt
on his own petition, by the District Court of said
District. PHILLIP MORRIS
Atlanta Era eopy. aug7—law3w
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
A United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
CHAS. P. McCALLA, >IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J
Tire undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee of Charles P. McCalla, of
the city of Augusta, county of Richmond and
State of Georgia, within said District, who has
been adjudged a bankrupt upon his own petition;
by the District Court of said District.
JACOB K. DAVIS,
dug 7—law3w Assignee.
Selling* oil at Cost.
Mrs. M. TWEEDY
OFFERS HER ENTIRE STOCK OF
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,
CONSUMING or
BONNETS,
HATS,
FLOWERS, and
• RIBBONS,
With a variety es other articles too tedious to
mention, at and below cost, in order to make
room for Lor Fall Stock, at
Sls BROAD STREET.
an4-lw - Opposite Central Hotel.
To Bent.
PR’OJI THE FIRST OF OCTOBER NEXT
A that Desirable Dwelling on the S- W. corner
of Broad and Kollock streets, lately occupied by
Frank 11. Miller, Esq. ft contain- nine moms,
with an abundance Os closets and other con
veniences, besides a Water Closet and Bath
Room, aud has also Gas in most of the rooms.
Apply to . R. S. AGNEW,
jy3o—lm 366 Broad st.
Georgia—Warren County.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED
States, for the Southern District of Georgia.
In the matter of 1
11. 11. FITZPATRICK, y IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. I
Pursuant to ah order from Hon. A. G. Foster,
Register in Bankruptcy, will be sold at pnblie
outcry, before the Court Home door in Warren
tou, in the county aforesaid, on FIRST TUES
DAY’ IN AUGUST next, between the 'legal
hours of sale, one Tract of lomj, lying in said
contrty in the fork of Rocky Comfort and Golden
Creeks, containing six hundred acres, more or
lees, free from the ei..ambrauce of lieu., etc. This
land does not include the dwelling and improve
ments. Sold as the property ?I Henry IL Fitz
nUtrirk, Bankrupt. By order of Hen. A. G.
Foster, Register in Bankruptcy. • Terms cash .
LEVI FOWLER,
June 22d, 1868. Assignee.
je‘2s—lawt-J
NATIONAL •
FREEDMAN'S SAVING
AND
TRUST COMPANY.
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Chartered by Act ofCong rem
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OFFICERS :
J. W. ALVORD, President.
LEWIS CLEPHANE, First Vice President
D. W. ANDERSON, Second Vico President
DANIEL L. EATON, Aclnary.
SAM L. HARRIS, General Inspojtor.
Banking House, Pennsylvania Avenue,
of 19th street, Washington, D. C, rner
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BRANCH AT AUGUSTA. GA.,
NO 40 JACKSON ST.
Open every day—Sundays and Holidays M
copied—from 9a.m.to 2p. m., and Saturday
evenings from 6 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 P p ec ; e
All other deposits arc repaid in “Greenbacks’'
or National Bank Bills.
Interest payable in July, November and March
in each year, and by special rule on deposits
of SSO 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 bo transferred from one Branch to
another without charge or interrupting the in
terest.
Tbo Institution has on deposit over $750,000
aud this Branch has ormdoposit over $13,000.
We draw exchange on New York, .and all the
prominent Southern cities, at the lowest rates.
Drafts on New York, aro payable at the Bank
ing House of Jay Cooke A Co.
Government Savannah, Charleston
Washington and Now York, also Bunk Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit cashed at the lowest
rates.
Gold, Silver and GovornmentSceurities bought
and sold.
Investments are only made in Securities of
the United Stales. GEO. 11. HARRIS,
Chairman Advisory Committee.
ROBERT T. Kent,
Secretary.
SAM L. HARRIS,
Gen’l Inspector it Act. Cashier.
jy2s—dAwtf,
Official*
llaAn’qns Third Military District,
(Department of Georgia,Florida A-Alabaiua,)
Atlanta, Ga., July 30, 1868.
General Orders. No, 108.
I. The several States couiprisiug this Military ’
District, having by solemn acts of their Assem
blies conformed to the requisitions of the acts of
Congress, which became a law June 25, 1868,
aud civil government having been inaugurated
in each, the military power vested in the District
commander by the Reconstruction laws, by the
provisions of these laws coases to exist; and
iioroaftor all orders issued from these Head
quarters and bearing upon tiro- rights of persons
and property, will have in the several States of
Georgia, Alabama and Florida only such force
as may be given th them by the Court and
Legislatures of the respective States.
11. —To conform to tbo changed condition of
affairs, the commanders of tbo several sub
Districts, hereafter to be designated as Districts,
will, without delay, withdraw all detachments of
trdops, whether infantry or cavalry, aud concen
trate their command as hereinafter diroclcd.
111. —ln the District of Georgia the following
posts will bo occupied:
Dahlonega—One company of Infantry.
(Savannah —Two companies of Infantry.
Atlanta —Seven companies of Infantry.
The above posts will b» eccupied by the 16th
Regiment of Infantry, whose Colonel will
designate the companies, and also assign the
Lieutenant Colonel to the post of Atlanta, and
the Major in Savannah.
IV. In the District of Alabama, the po’tste
be occupied will be —
Mobile —Two companies of Infantry.
Huntsville—Eight companies of Infantry.
These posts wi[l be garrisoned by the 33d
Regiment of Infantry, Brevet Brigadier General
Thomas 11. Huger commanding, who is hereby
assigned to the command of the District of
Alabama, with headquarters at Huntsville.
The Colonel commanding will assign the
Lieutenart Colonel to the post of Huntsville,
and the Major to the post of Mobile.
The 15thRegimcnt of Infantry, Brev. Brigadier
General 0. L. Shepherd commanding, will, as
"soon as practicable, after the receipt of this
order, be concentrated at Mobile, with a view to
its transfer te Texas, in compliance with orders
received from the War Department.
On relieving Brevet Brigadier (loncral 0. L.
JSbephord of the command of the District of
Alabama, Brevet Brigadier General Huger will
also relievo him of the duties as Assistant
Commissioner Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands, and continue tp discharge said
duties ponding the action of the Commissioner
of the Bureau.
Company G, sth Cavalry, now at Montgomery,
on receipt of this order, will be put bn route for
Atlanta, Ga., where, on its arrival, it will, in
conjunction with Company C, sth Cavalry, form
the oseort and guard of the Major General Com
manding, and will report direct to these head
quarters.
V. —ln the District of Florida the posts to be
ocupied by the companies of the 7th Regiment of
Infantry will be
St. Augustine—Two companies.
Tampa Bay—Two companies.
Jacksonville— ix companies.
Tho headquarters of the Regiment aud the
District will bo at St. Augustine, and tho Colonel
commanding will assign the Lieutenant Colonel
to the post of Jacksouville, and the Major to that
of Tampa Buy.
; VI. —Tho discontinuation of posts and the
cessation of control over civil matteps, will
enable District commanders, and chiefs of Stall
Departments, to make large reductions in the
personal and material of their commands and
departments. All unnecessary staff officers,
clerical labor, etc., will at once be ordered to their
companies, and every effort made to retrench
expenditures and enforce economy. Inspecting
officers aro instructed in their inspections to give
special attention to the manner tn which the
above is executed, and to report any failure to
comply with the same.
By order of Major General Mkadk :
S. F. BARSTOW, A. A.A.O.
Official: Gborgr MeAbr, A. D. C.
Postponed U. S. Marshal's Sale ;
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
of fieri facias issued out of the honorable the
Fifth .Circuit Court of the United States for (“c
Southern District of Georgia, in favor of the pin"!'
tiff, in the following case, to-wit: George W
Hatch vs. the Bank of Commsrce. I have levied
upon as the property of the defendant the Bans
of Commerce, part of lot of land number ten (H 1 )-
Jekyl Tything, Derby Ward, together with “'
the improvements thereon, consisting of a build
ing, known a» the Bank of Commerce Buildinf-'-
situate, lying, and being in the city of Savannah,
county of Chatham, and State of Georgia, anil
will sell the same at public auction, at the Court
Heusc, in the erty of Savannah, Chatham county,
Georgia, on the FIRST TUESDAY in SEPTEM
BER next, between the lawful hours of sale.
Dated Savannah, Ga , May 29th, 1868.
WM. G. DICKSON,
au5 —law ft U* S.
gOUTHEKN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, SS.
, The undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee of the estate ot
LIAM H. PHILLIPS, of Macon, in the count)
of Bibb, and Stste of Georgia, within said Dis
trict, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt, opt™
his «wn petition by the District Court of saw
District. ‘
Dated at Maoou, Ga-, this let day of A«7 US! ’
A. D., 1868. JOSEPH E. MURRAY,
auUlawJw Assignee, etc.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF HKOKGIA, 86-
In Bankruptcyrat Maeon, this Ist 4ay oi
August,zt. D., 1868. .. .
The undersigned hereby glv<» notice oi
appointment as Assignee of HENRY 1
of Macon, in the county of Bibb, and State
Georgia, within said District, who h®? .
adjudged a Bankrupt upon Iris own petitiot
the District Court of said district.
ant-lawSw JOSEPH E. Ml KRAY.