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PARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, in New York, Gold was
quoted at 1.47}. Cotton, 29)c.
—The 16th of Jaly was the hottest day
that England has had for fifty years.
Since the let of July, twelve policetiien
have been maimed or murdered in New
York.
—The Edinburg is the oldest of the great
English reviews. It has been established
sixty-six years.
—An act of the Legislature of Tennessee
now makes habitual drunkenness a cause
for divorce on the part of either the hus
band or wife.
—Very good ox tail soup can be made of
tbe devil fish. This is a good thing to be
known by those persons who, when wishing
to make soup, can not lay their hands on
an ox tail.
—Oapt. Joseph Richard Wheatley, of Har
risburg, Ky., and late of the C. 8. A., has
been appointed Lieutenant in the French
army.
—Bekling, the London banker, who com
juitted suicide iu the New York, was in
the habit of giving SIOO a year for the sup
port of children of deceased soldiers of the
late war,
—They have a new style of fishing in
Columbus. Newspaper thieves fish out
papers from under doors early in the morn
ing, with crooked sticks.
—W, M. Wadley, Charles T. Pollard, W.
S. Holt, H. C. Semple, 11. A. Ware and A.
Taylor have been elected Directors of the
Western Railway, connecting Montgomery
and Selma.
—The Swiss have at last begun to make
practical use of the glaciers. Near Mar
tigny, small tubes of crystal clearness are
cut from the ice, packed in boxes, and sent
oil' in fast trains to the large cities of
France, where they arrive with little waste.
—A nurse has been arrested at Geneva
on a charge of poisoning successfully eight
persons whom she had under her care.
The only explanation given for the crimes
is a sort of homicidal monomania, as she
docs not appear to have derived any profit
from the death of these persons.
—Among the latest inventions is a rubber
bath tub, about three feet in diameter when
spread out, which can easily be stowed away
iu a lady’s satchel. It is described as “just
the thing'’ fur city people who are passing
the summer at farm houses, where conve
niences for bathing are not very good.
—The use of the Irish language is dying
out in Ireland, and it is estimated that,
twenty years hence, what is almost tbe oldest
tongue in Northwestern Europe will cease to
Im used. The beauties of Celtic literature
can never, however, be preset ved in any
other language.
—A young lady, in Richmond, recently,
puddled a would-be burglar so severely
with a press-board, that it is thought that
he will be unable to sit down for some time.
She found the intruder under her bed, and,
seizing tbe press-board,' accelerated his'
movements considerably.
—Seba Smith (Major Jack Downing)
died at his residence, “The Willows,” at
Patchogue, L. I, on last, alter
a long and painful illness at the age of
sevopty fivfc. lie was born in Buckfield,
Me., Sept. 14, 1792.
—An English engineer has just laid
before the Emperor of France the plans
for a monster raft, to be placed on three
steamers, each supplied with an engine of
1,00(1 horse power. This raft would convey
trains in all seasons, from Calais to Dover
in an incredible short space of time, and at
fabulously diminished fares.
—Montana papers report that the steamer
Guidon is to bo taken overland to around
the great falls above Benton, and hereafter
ply a« a regular packet in waters till now
undisturbed by a steamer’s wheel. They
describe tbe mode of transfer by saying
that “ths beat will be placed on skids and
snaked overland by bull trains.”
—John Mickle, E. Parker, W. Parker,
W. Kelly, J. Huckabee, J. Pickett and
Drs. Glenn and Nelsou, and two others,
in all eleven white men aud one negro,
constitute' the parties charged with the Dill
murder in South Carolina, who were recently
released from the Charleston Jail on a
recognizance of three thousand dollars each.
• —A mower in Luzerne county, Pa., cut a
rattlesnake in two with his scythe. Shortly
after, he took bold of the piece to which the
ht-ad was attached, when he was bitten on
tbe thumb- A bandage was placed lightly
round the arm, when the poison caused the
hand to barst, and could not be prevented
from penetrating beyond the bandage nnd
reacbinir the heart.
—A waler-spout descended and burst in
one of the canons near Cottonwood Station,
Kiwisae, on the 16th ultimo, killing three men
nnd a number of horses. The canon was
swept almost entirely free of timber, and the
old elm tree which had been a landmark for
years to the travellers <m the plains, wall
uprooted and swept down into the Platte
river.
—lt is said that there are now al the Paris
Conservatory two girls who will surpass, tbe
one Rachel, aud the other Mlle. Mars. The
tragic aetress, Mlle. dTlericourt, is a tall,
majestic, welt made girl, of extraordinary
beauty. The successor to Mlle. Mars is a
fascinating blonde, of great beauty. They
have both distinguished themselves hi the
Conservatory, where they have taken the
|Bkighest honors.
|M[— It isn't what , people eat. but what is
BWHigested, that gives strength and flesh ; it
isn't what people say, but what they mean,
that determines acts; it isn’t the color of
the sky, but the direction of the wind, that
shows what the weather is to be; it isn’t
what is on a lady’s face, but what is in her
heart, that indicates her nature. Make a
mem.
—Some of the New. York papers give
tabular statements of the number of deaths
from sunstroke durin j; the last twenty years.
The smallest number was in 1859, when
• only five case* occurred —four iu July and
one In August The largest number, how
ever, by far, occurred during the present
year, and, if we mistake not, all in July,
counting up no less than eight hundred and
thirty three, a larger number than had died
from this cause during the twenty years pre
ceding.
—The heels of fashionable shoes worn by
ladies are so small at the bottom as to afford
little or no support to tbe ankles. Thia in
part accounts for the peculiar walk of those
who wear them, and this is causing many
weak and sprained ankles for which there is
no cure. An ankle once sprained is ever
altei liable to be iujuired by a very slight
cause- No lady who values her comfort in
life, and her limbs, upon which she 'depends
for locomotion, will wear high heels tapered
off as is now the fashion.
—Artificial ice -ia manufactured on an
extensive scale at New Orleans, and is sold
at three-quarters of a cent a pound. The
manufacture is said to be very attractive
from tbe pumping of the water from the
turbid sewer near al hand to the slipping
out of tbe polished, glistening slabs of
alabaster looking ice from the tin moulds in
which congealed. The first works
in thia country were established at Augusta,
Ga., during the war.
NationaUkpubJkan
AUGUSTA. GA.
SUNDA'V| MORNING August 9. 184$
For PRESII >
Os the United States:
ULYSSES S. (fJRAM.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
The present Presidential campaign in
volves more momentofts consequences than
any previous political contest in tbe history
of the eptmtry. The people of Georgia are
deeply interested in the result, and will
therefore, look forward to the developments
of the campaign with increasing interest.
The dissemination of reliable news, and of
sound constitutional views on the important
issues of the day are essential to the success
of the Republican party.
To supply iu a measure this need, we will
mail The National Republican for any
four months prior to January I, tSGV, at the
low rate of $1.50.
! We appoar to the old supporters of the
Republican to aid us in extending its
8 circulation. We pledge ourselves to devote
all our energy and ability to the success of
a
j the great cause in which the Union Repub-
I lican Party is embarked; and to spare
neither labor nor expense in making The
. National Republican a useful and reliable
. newspaper.
' Specimen Copies sent free to any address.
ATTEMPT JO LEGALIZE EEAUD.
r We have already published in The Re
i publican the provisions of the bill intro
' duced in the House of Representatives by
» * t
, Mr. Shumate, of Whitfield, ordering an
‘ election in this city for Mayor and mem ■
bers of Council on the 2d proximo. The
. Chronicle <t- Sentinel speaks of these provi
, sions as “fair and liberal” and “just and
■ proper.”
This bill may possess all these virtues in
r the judgments of men who take the part of
a disorderly crowd as against the sworn
, pcaqc officers of the city; but in the minds
' of all unprejudiced citizens, it is an insidi
ous attempt to legislate the Democracy
into power.
At present we Lave Only lime and spaqe
to point out a few of flic evidences of the
I monstrous frauds concealed in Shumate's
l bill:
I. The time designated for the election
(the 2d September) is fraudulently short.
The bill can not possibly become a law
I before the loth. Tbe law as it now exists
j allows three montlis. The proposed law
; allows less than fifteen days for registra
' tion. We fail to sec either the justice or
r propriety of this reduction of the time for
t registration.
11. The term tor whith it is propped to
!• elect a Mayor and Council is absurdly
1 short. The idea of electing a city legisla
r turc for only six montlis is ridiculous.
r When the qnestion is decided hy the people,
. it is to be hoped it will lie settled until the
regular election in April, 1871. Too fre
quent elections are very expensive nnd
, corrupting in their influence. No good
1 citizen can possibly desire an election in
'* September and another in April next. also,
j 111. The amount required by the bill as
y a tax on each certificate of registration is
» onerous, illegal and unconstitutional. The
'• law, as it now stands, requires the payment
* of one dollar as the Registry Clerk' s fee,
0 “which shall be in lieu of any poll tax.”
a Mr. Shumate's bill requires that each
y applicant shall pay a tax of one dollar
* before receiving his certificate of registry,
j without saying, or moaning, that such sum
shall “be iu lieu of any poll tax.” Fur
u thermore, the new. Constitution of Georgia
i, (now in force) forbids any jail I tax, except
a for school purposes, aud then not to exceed
’ one dollar.
r IV. The registration oath conflicts with the
i Constitution of Georgia, in that it requires
• each citiaun applying lor a certificate of
registration to swear Unit he Iras been a
s citizen of Georgia two years, atnl a resident
e of Augusta six months previous to his regis-
1 tration; whereas, the Constitution of the
y State only requires six months’ citizenship of
a the State to entitle a man to vote for Gov
s ernor, Members of the General Assembly,
B and other County and State officers. We
bold that the General Assembly has not the
g power to deprive a citizen, constitutionally
t privileged to vote for Governor, from voting
, for municipal officers.
' V« The bill compels every voter to present
his certificate of registration to the persons
r holding the election; otherwise, he is pro
t hibited from voting. The object of this is
as frauduleut and corrupt as the men
2 who conceived it. There is no provision
’ for the reissue of lost or mislaid ccrtiti
’ tates. Tiie Olject is to buy and steal a
I sufficient number of certificates from Re-
• publican voters to give the Democracy a
1 majority; but, we are assured, that our
j friends in tbe Legislature are not such
j idncMpeept as to he caught napping. If
- any election should be ordered, tbe affi
davit of a voter as to his hating regi? ;
f tefed should lie conclusive. This is the
1 law now; its wisdom and justice has been
’ long proved by«practice.
, VI. Finally, thi* bill practically dbfran
i oAmgi every colored citizen of Augusta. Tbe
’ registration oath requires each person to
swear that he is entitled to vote “accord
ing to the terms of the Act of the General
Assembly of this State,” etc. Now. what
colored man can take this oath ? They
are not entitled to. vote according to the
terms of any Act of the General Assembly
but by the provisions of the Constitution.
No wonder the Augusta Democracy went
to a man rending three hundred miles
from the city to- get a father for this
Wicked fraud.
We have thus hastily pointed out to the
readers of The Republican a few of the
rotten spots in this smooth-faced bill. We
have no doubt the Legislature will prompt
ly reject it. At the same time we wish it
distinctly understood that there is nothin;;
that we more desire than a speedy and fair
election. Tub Republican courtsit; tbe
city government is anxious for it; the
Mayor and Council, conscious of the recti
tude of their conduct, and with an abiding
faith in the intelligence and patriotism of
the people, challenge their enemies to take
issue with them before the voters of Au
gusta. Nous vermis. 1
THE LATEST CLAIM.
The latest claim of the democratic jiarty
is put forth by S. 8. Cox. familiarly called
‘Sunset Cox? He claims, ns cardinal
virtues of the party, ‘magnanimity and
forbearance? We suppose that he means
‘magnanimity’ in allowing a few rebels to
precipitate a dozen States into the gulf <3f
treason and revolution, without seriously
opposing them, even if n permanent rup
ture and destruction of the nation was
sure to follow. Not alone the defence of
their act, that would be theoretical mag
nanimity ; but to be democratically mag
nanimous, in fact, was to send back to
them, under military escort, laborers who
built the breastworks for their entrenched
armies, and without whose services the
rebellion would have come to grief much
earlier. If that is the ‘magnanimity’
claimed for the leaders of the party, we
concede it.
If he means, also, resisting rebellion after
the most approved, kid-gloved and draw
ing-room style, with plenty ofrdrcss parades
and no fighting; with careful defence and
no agressions, a la McClellan, then we
concede magnanimity. If he means a high
official going down into the midst of rioters
where orphan asylums arc being sacked
and burned, innocent men murdered, and
the calling of the fiends ‘my friends,’ and
assuring them that they have rights, and
that the provocation to these ihurders shall
be removed, even if our loyal armies are
depleted to such an extent as to make the
success of the rebellion without question ;
if that is ‘magnanimity,’ after the demo
cratic, Seymour pattern, we admit it.
If to pardon unrepentant rebels, the
leaders, the really guilty men, whose souls
arc loaded with the crime of a thousand
murders, anil to pardon without evidence
of their sorrow, er reformation, but rather
with a full knowledge that they were in
grained and malicious rebels at the time
the official signature was attached, is an
evidence of ‘magnanimity,’ then we con
cede that also. And so of New Orleans
massacres of Union men, in the interest of
rebellion and rebels, and the appointment
of the perpetrators to office, and so also of
the bestowal of government patronage upon
rebels and copperheads, who devoted their
little all of ability to the support of the
lost cause. It is a specimen of ‘magna
nimity’ after the democratic model, mean
ing and significance, which can only be
paralleled by the programme marked out
by Frank Blair for the future of the
party, to wit: to break down all the free
governments ot the late rebel States, re
mand the country into a state of anarchy,
ami reestablish the rule of tbe few and the
enslavement of the many, by the force of
the military arm of the nation.
‘Forbearance’! Yes, we have had enough
of that particular kind tosatisfy one nation
for a century at least. We believe what
Sunset Cox nnd the leaders of the demo
cratic. party do not believe, that when
traitors rebel and attempt to destroy the
government, we should fight thetn to defeat
as General Grant fought them. We believe
tluit no rebel thus defeated, or the friends
who supported him nnd his cause, should
be placed in positions of honor or profit in
the government they sought to destroy,
until by thorough repentance and reforma
tion they show themselves worthy subjects
upon which to bestow a genuine national
magnanimity and a true forbearance and
Christian charity. That is our platform,
and it does not suit rebels, or their aiders
and abettors, any better than did the stern
ami relentless crowding of the butternut
hosts to defeat by the armies of Grant,
Siiebman and Sheridan, suit Jefe. Davis,
Lek, Beaurßoakb, ami the present South
ern democratic adherents and supporters
of Seymour and Bi.aih. It is good, loyal
doetrine, however, as the democrats will
find out in November.
THE CAMPAIGN.
Mr. I’artou.asks, “Will the coining man
drink wine ?” If he’s a good Democrat
he’ll prefer whiskey.
A St. Louis correspondent predicts that
Grant will poll a much larger vote in
Missouri than did Lincoln.
Why is the Wliite House like a plate
glass window ? Because there is no need
of opening it to Sey-mour.
Gen. N. B. Forrest will not addresß a
Seymour and Blair ratification meeting at
Fort Pillow. The statement thut he will is
untrue.
“Grant hne got to work early if he ex
pects to get a victory,” quoth a Democrat.
“lie ‘Worked’ Early once in the Shenan
doah and got one.” quotli u republican.
The Ohio State Journal says: “Positively
no niOTe puns will be allowed in this paper
on the name of Seymour. We are not in a
condition to see more of them. Any one
quoting : ‘There are more things in heaven
aud earth, Horatio,’ shall be dealt with in
a miscellaneous manner. Any one iuquiriug
who thhrC. Moore is shall be subjected to a
Ilorntion by our English contributor. Any
one inquiring where tbe Democracy struck
this seam ore, shall be smelted. We don’t
wish to eeem o'er fastidious in this matter,
but contributors are warned to desist.”
The following is the record of Frank
Blair's collegiate experience:
We observe that the Northern papers
e’aim that General Blair, the Democratic
nominee lor-the Vice Presidency, isagradu
ate of Princeton, New Jersey. This is an
error; General Francis P. Blair is a graduate
of the University of North Carol inn.
’ [North Carolina Sentinel.
Brother Pell is in error, us well as the
Northern papers. Francis P. Blair, Jr., the
Democratic candidate for tbe Vice Presi
dency, was expelled from both Yale and
Princeton. He afterward entered the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and left before
graduating, to avoid being expelled. For
information, Brother Pell is respectfully
referred to Governor Swain, the President of
the University.— North Carolina Standard. 1
GRANT AND COLFAX.
Hang out the great illustrious names
Os noble men and noble deed,
Who ne’er their country’s trust betrayed,
Or faltered inAor hour of need.
Lot all the people from afar
Behold the nation come at loagth,
From base intrigue and bloody war,
To heights of grand and stable strength.
Now sweeps the darkness from the sky,
And looking o’er long years of pain,
With tense of danger over nigh,
From men el lust greed and gain
Wo see the rainbow arch of peace
Stretch o’er the land from shore to shore,
A promise of our glad release,
A pledge that traitors rule no mure.
THE HOPE OF 11 THE LOST
CA UHE."
Robert Toombs, one of the most fiery of
secessionists, chafing with baffled hate of tbe
Union, denounces “Radicalism” as “the
greatest criminal the work! ever sawand
declares shat the “mea of the South should
fly to the arms of Northern allies to assist in
crushing the viper out of existence.” In
1861 the viper that Toombs nnd his fellow-
Deiuocrats wished to crush out of existence
was the Union army, lie-is a mighty de
fender of the Constitution, is Toombs. Also,
he is a shining Conservative. What a con
stitutional and conservative millenium we
should have if only Toombs were back in
the Senate and Howell Cobb in the Treasury
Department 1
For Howell Cobb, also, has been “sear
ing’’ General Grant and the Republican
platform “with the fires of his indignation.”
If we remember correctly, although a Gen
eral during the war, Mr. Howell Cobb did not
take occasion to sear General Grant with any
other kind of fire. Mr. Cobb—one of the
original rebel conspirators in the Cabinet of
Buchanan, who did what he could to ruin
the credit of tbe country, and then rati to try
to destroy it—is now of opinion that “the
election of General Grant upon such a set of
principles would be the greatest calamity
thtrtconid possibly bcfallthe whole country.”
But the election of Seymour and Blair upon
a platform of repudiating the debt and of
trampling reconstruction “into the dust,”
would be the most constitutional and con
servative of boons.
Henry S. Foote, also —familiarly known
as Hangman Foote, from having told Sena
tor Hale that he would be hung if he came
to Foote’s State—has been “painfully ap
prehensive that” Mr. Seymour “did not
entirely concur with Mr. Pendleton and his
political friends upon the great financial
question now pending.” But inasmuch as
Mr. Seymour was brought forward by “Mr.
Pendleton’s best friends, and urgetj to keep
the ’field as a candidate by the noble-mind
ed and much calumniated Vallandgham,”
why, Mr. Henry S. Foote regards the nom
ination as “one of the most fortunate results
which could possibly have occurred."
The Richmond Enquirer thinks that
the letter of Gen. Blair has “the ring of the
true metal, and is the most fearlest exposi
tion of Democratic and Conservative prin
ciples which we have yet seen.”
The Petersburg Express thinks that
Blair's views “are perhaps more satisfactory
to the South, and more consistent with tbe
views that have always obtained among our
most judicious statesmen, than those which
the crisis has called forth from any other
leading mind in the country. He is a bold,
fearless soldier—one who dares assert the
truth, and no/ over punctilious as to the
means which he adopts to secure its vindica
tion.”
This is the old story. When the Demo
crate, during the war, nominated McClel
lan and Pendleton, the rebel leaders were
painfully anxious for a Democratic success.
They knew it would serve their cause.
Those leaders are now equally anxious for
the election of .Seymour and Blair. It is
for the same purpose.
They know it will serve their purposes.
But does anybody believe that the pur
poses of Toombs, of Cobb, of Semmes, of
Wade Hampton, of the rebel newspapers,
arc those of patriotic men? “I believe,”
said Wade Hampton, at Gen. LeC's College,
on his way to the Democratic Convention
at New York —“I believe the cause for
which Stonewall Jackson fell will yet
triumph.” t He hopes and works for a
Donjooratic success, and all the conspicu
ous, unchanged rebels work and hope for
the same result, because they know that
nothing but “the election of Seymour aud
Blair can revive tbe lost cause,” and give it
the triumph in which they yet believe.—
H'lrpeds Weekly.
A LIE NAILED.
-1 "Heuiford limes Story.”-—Gen. Grant's
Brother.
1 We find the following in the Hartford
[ Post of the Ist instant:
I On the 24th of Joly the Hartford Times
published the following editorial article:
Gb.n. dinsr’s Brother.—Nothing is said in
the Kndical ring about Gen. Grant’s brother,
Orville tyrant, Kskpj a prosperous and respected
merchant of Chicago. Why not? Why did the
brothers not see i aeh other when the General
stopped in Chicago ? We understand that Orville
Grant ictuses to vote for his brother, considering
him unlit by his ehiirnette and habits, to occupy
the I’r. siilential chair ; and that be lately pre
sented to a Chicago Church of which he is a
member the Sum of SSOO, and to the Chicago
r'emociatic Club the sum of SI,OOO. Aclergy
man wluisujgited to him that it would have
been better to reverse these gifts, was informed
by Mr. Grant, in reply, that upon careful con
rideratioa of the state of the country end the
cheractehof the two candidates, he rathe? thought
ho ought to have doubled the present tot the
Democratic Club. '
The statement is w>‘ miante'dn its details,
the story narrated with so much circum
stantiality, the figures stated with so much
exactness, aud the conversation with the
clergyman so fully eet forth, that one would
scarcely suspect it of lieinjr “a lie out of
whole cloth." Orville L. Grant is, as the
Times says,, “a prosperous and respected
merchant of Chicago." And that any one
should manufacture such tt ‘yarn" about
him, knowing that it could not help being
stamped as a falsehood as soon as it reached
Chicago—was so absurd' a supposition that
it helped to give credibility to the story.
That the Tinies should resort to such
methods of electioneering is not strange—
but Unit it should tell so foolish a lie, and
one so easily exposed, is wonderful. It
can not be accounted for, except upon the
theory that the Times meant to take advan
tage of the fact that “a lie travels a league
while the truth is putting on its boots."
This, story has gone already all over the
country, and to a great many places where
it can net be contradicted.
Ti e whole story is false in every word,
syllable and letter, from beginning to end.
A gentleman ot this city, with whom Orville
L. Grant has business relations, wrote hitn
immediately on the publication of the above
quoted paragraph in the Times, asking if it
were true. Mr. Grunt responds that it is
entirely false, and adds :
I hoi sound as a out on Grant and Colfax—am
string in tbo Republican faith, always have been,
and hope to be, and have no idea how any person
could get an impression.)o the contrary. If you
bear any one say that O. 1,. Grant will vote the
Democratic ticket, yon can use tnv name in con
rradietingit.
This comes to Hartford over the signature
of Orville L. Grant, and stamps the Times
story as a falsehood. Will the Times with
draw, qualify, retract, or undertake to
explain its course ? The story lias been
widely copied and circulated in Democratic
papers, not one in ten of which will ever
■publish the truth about it. But we call
irppu the Times to inform iU tuader* where,
how, and for what purpose this lie was
manufactured.
. The Georgia Legislature*
Atlanta, Ga., August 7, 1868.
SENATE.
The following message from the Governor
whs received:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, )
Atlanta, Ga., August 7, 1868. J
To The .Senate—The resolution of the Senate
calling for all the papers and evidence pertaining
to the contested seats of Senators, adopted July
25th, 1?68, did not reach this office until the
morning of the 3d inst.
After a careful examination of the documents
on file in this office, I find that all the papers
then in my possession on this subject were for
warded to the Senate on the 17th ult. I here
with transmit the only paper referring to Sena
tors that has since been received, being a protest
from a citizen of Cass county, in the 12th Sena
torial District, against the right of Mr. John T.
Burns to act as Senator, on tho ground that he
had in his possession property belonging to the
State unaccounted for.
Kurus B. Bullock, Governor.
Mr. Burns moved that a Special Com
mittee be appointed to inquire into his eligi
bility.
The President said he believed steps had
already been taken in that direction.
Mr. Holcombe asked for leave of absence
on account of sickness in his family, every
member of which was down sick.
After the transaction of some further
trivial business, the Senate, on motion of
Mr. Holcombe, adjourned.
house.
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, rose to a question of
privilege, and stated that the House had
kindly granted him a leave of absence for
two days. That, by an unfortunate detention
of the Georgia train, he had been detained
at'Unioti Point for eleven hours, and conse
quently arrived an hour too late to take part
in the election of State officers. That had
the train arrived on schedule time, he would
have been here several hours before the
election took place. That such a long de
tention on the Georgia Road, he presumed,
did not occur once in twelve mouths. He
regretted his absence, but could not prevent
the accident to the train. He regretted
another thing, and that was, that one of the
papers of this city should have thought proper
to make an unkind, reckless, and he thought,
unmanly attack upon him and seven other
Democrats who were absent, charging them
with treachery and infidelity to the Demo
cratic party, without taking the trouble to
investigate the cause of their absence. That
the author of the article in question knew,
before his paper went to press, the cause of
his (Scott’s) detention, and the anxiety and
impatience he had manifested to get here,
and the mortification lie felt in being de
tained. He knew, also, that others who had
been denounced as treacherous and ‘'so
called” Democrats, had good excuses for
their absence. That in devotion and fidelity
to Democratic principles and to duty he
would not acknowledge the superiority even
of the editor referred to.
That the article in question was calculated
to produce an erroneous and unjust impres
sion upon the public mind, in conveying the
idea that eight Democrats only were absent;
that every other member of the House was
present, and that the odium of the defeat of
the Democratic nominees is attributable to
the absence of the eight mentioned. The
fact is, 23 were absent, viz : 13 Democrats
and 10 Republicans, and had every absentee
been present and voted it would not have
changed the result in a single case. The
vote fcr State Printer was the most closely
contested election. How did that stand ?
Bard received 99 votes, Burke 93, Bryant 1,
Reid 1. Add to Mr. Burke’s vote the two
scattering, and the vote would have.stood 95
to 99. So had the absentees been present
and voted as they usually have done, it
would not have changed the result even in
the case of Printer.
Mr. Ford’s colleague explained that the
child of that gentleman was and is still ex
tremely ill, and hence his absence yesterday.
Mr- Turnipseed—A bill to change the
line between the counties of Clay and Cal
houn.
Mr. Gober —A bill to change election pre
cincts in Cobb county.
Mr. Turner —A bill to extend certain priv
ileges of John G. Park.
Mr. Fowler—A bill to compel plaintiffs in
fi.J'as. to pay for advertising, and for other
purposes.
The Committee on Agriculture and In
ternal Improvements made a report adversely
to a bill to incorporate the Georgia Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
The same reported a bill defining the
liabilities of Life Insurance Companies in
this State.
Mr. Turner moved that 200 copies of the
bill just road be printed for the use of the
House. Carried.
Mr. Talliaferro—A bill for the relief of
James 1. Miller, Receiver of Tax Returns of
Fulton county for 1864.
Mr. Brassell—A bill to repeal an act en
titled an act to prohibit the sale of spirituous
liquors in the town of Fayetteville.
Mr. Ballenger—A bill to change the line
between Floyd and Gordon counties,
Mr. Madison—A bill to prohibit unlawful
living and cohabiting together.
Mr. Seale —A bill to regulate the bond
of county officers of Georgia.
Mr. Seale—A bill to change the 1456th
section of the Code, so as to reduce the
height of fences to four feet
Mr, Tweedy —-A bill to authorize muni
cipal authorities to define the privileges of
pawnbrokers.
Mr. Tomlin—A bill to relieve the people
cf this State from taxation for four years.
Messrs. Price, Caldwell, Darnel, Carson,
and Beard, were granted leave of absence.
Mr. Kilis—A bill to relieve physicians
and freedmen.
Mr. Welcher introduced a memorial from
citizens of Talbot county, stating on oath,
that John 8. Costin, colored, now represent
ing that county is not a resident of the same.
Referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.
Mr. Welcher—A bill to regulate the
amount of official bonds of Wilkes county
officers.
Mr. Harper—A bill to require Judges Os
-Supreme Court to hold four terms each year.
Also, a bill to organize six additional
judicial circuits in this State.
Mr. Rosser—A bill forbidding the inter
marriage of white and colored persons in
this State.
A resolution requiring the Governor to
•order elections in the unrepresented counties
of Telfair and Irwin, which had been re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee, was re
ported upon favorably.
Mr. Turner thought that it would be im
possible to get a fair expression of the peo
ple of Irwin at this tune. He would like to
see the bill divided. He was not prepared
to vote for ro much of it as applied to Irwin
county.
The resolution was adopted and trans
mitted forthwith to the Senate.
Mr. Williams, of Morgan—A bill to pro
vide for the collection of debts iu certain
cases.
Mr. Tumlin—A resolution that all an
nouncements made from the Clerk’s desk
relative to the meeting of committees, be
read Wore adjournment Carried.
BILLS OX THIRD KEAIHX'G.
A bill to prohibit ths sale of spirituous
liquors on election days, was passed without
amendments, and transmitted forthwith to
the Senate.
■ A bill altering aud amending the 110tb
section of Irwin’s Code of Georgia, delating
to qualifications of Solicitors Generals, was
withdrawn.
’A bill for the relief of Sarah M. Budd, of
the couuty of Pulaski, was lost.
The House adjourned to meet to morrow
at 10 o’clock.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
IST otice.
I HAVE THIS DAY QUALIFIED A6 THE
Sheriff of Richmond county. All the duties
of the office, of every description, will bo dis
charged exclusively by my Deputy, WILLIAM
DOYLE. Office at City Hall.
ALBERT Q. RUFFIN,
au9—lt Sheriff R. C.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
WJI. 0- NORRELL, [IN, BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J
To all whom it may concern : The undersigned
hereby gives notice of liia appointment as As
signee of Win. O. Norrell, of Richmond county,
State of Georgia, within said District, who has
been adjudged a bankrupt upon his own petition
by the District Court of said District.
Dated at Augusta, this 7th day of August, A. D.,
1868. J. L. MAXWELL,
au9—law3w Assignee.
Assignee’s Notice.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In tho matter of )
GEORGS SHARP, Ju, J-IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee of the estate of George
Sharp, Jr., of Atlanta, comity of Fulton, and
State of Georgia, within said District, who has
been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition
by the District Court of said District.
NOAH R. FOWLER,
au9—law3w Assignee.
Assignee’s Notice.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
A United States for the Northern District of
Georgia. ,
In tho matter of )
TYRUS T. SMITH, [iN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. , )
Tho undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap
pointment ns Assignee of the estate of Tyrus T.
Smith, of DeKalb county, Georgia, within said
District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon
his own petition by the District Court of said
District. NOAH 11. FOWLER,
all!)—law3w Assignee.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Tlifo
A United States for tho Northern District ol
Georgia.
In the matter of j
JAMES D. THOMPSON, f IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. I
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap
pointment as Assignee James D. Thompson, id'
Atlanta, Fulton county, State of Georgia, within
said District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt
upon his own petition by the District Court of
said District. NOAH K. FOWLER,
an'J—law3w Assignee.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for tho Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
WILLIAM G. HERRIN, 1 IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J
To the creditors of William G. Herrin, Bank
rupt : This is to give you notice that the Court
has ordered the second q, neral meeting of the
creditors of the above named bankrupt to bo
holden at the Register’s office in Newnan, Ga..-
at 10 o'clock a. in.. on the 31st day of August,
A. I).. 1868, fdr the purposes named in the twenty
seventh sectlouof the Bankrupt Act of March 2d,
1867. ‘
Dated at Newnan, Ga., on the 6th day of Au
gust, A. I)., 1868.
James p. brewstee,
auD—law2w Assignee.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
A United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In tho matter of )
PAUL JONES, Sb, |IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J No. 281.
The said Baukiupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Aeto.f March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 7th day of September, 1868,at 10
o’clock in th: forenoon, at chambers of s:dd
District Court, before Lawson Black, Esq., one
of the Registers of tho said Court in Bank
ruptcy, at the Register’s office in Atlanta,
Georgia, and show cease why the prayer of the
tho said petition of the Bankrupt should not be
granted. And further notice is hereby given
that the second and third meetings of creditors
■will be held at the same time and place.
This the 7th day of August, 1868.
W. B. SMITH. ’
au9—lt* • Clerk.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
PATRICK HAYDEN, [IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. ) No. 358
The said Bankrupt having petitioned tho Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
- hereby given to all persons interested to appear on
the 7tn day of September 1868, at 10 o’clock in the
l forenoon, at Chambers of the said District Court,
before Lawson Black, Esq., one of the Registers
of the said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Keg
istei's office, in Atlanta, Georgia, and show
cause why the prayegt of the said petition of the
Bankrupt should net be granted. And further
notice is hereby given that the second mid third
■ meetings of creditors will be held at the same
. time and place.
This the 7th dav of August, 1868.
W. B. SMITH,
atilf—lt® Clerk.
FN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
A United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )IN BANKRUPTCY.
Patrick A M Gallaiibr >
Bankrupts. ) No. 356.'-
The said Bankrupts having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from • their debts provable iiudiT
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the 7th day of September, 1868, at 10 o’clock a.
m.,at Chambers of said District Ufoirt before Law
son Black, Esq., one of the Registers of said
Court in Bankruptcy, at tlie Register's office, in
Atlanta, Ga., and show cause why the prayer
of the said petition of the Bankrupt should not be
granted. And further notice is given that the
second and third meetings of creditors will be
held at the same time and place.
This the 7th day of August, 1868.
W. B. SMITH,
au9—lt* Clerk
IN BANKRUPTCY.
rpnis 18 TO GIVE NOTICE : That on the
.1 Ist day of August, A. u. 1868, a Warrant in
Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
' GEORGE W LOGAN,
of Macon, in the county of Bibb, and State of
Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition, and that the payment of any
debts, and delivery of any property belonging to
such Bankrupt, to him, or for bis use. and the
transfer of any property by him, are forbidden by
law ; that a meeting of the creditors es said Bank
rupt, to prove their debts, - and to choose one or
more Assignees of his estate, will be held at a
Court of Bankruptcy, to be lioldeu at the Regis
ter’s office, iu the Court House, in Macon, Ga.,
before Alexander G Murray, Esq., Register, on
.the 25th day of August, A. D. 1868, at 1 o’clock
p. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
anti—lt U. S. Marshal its Messenger.
•J. J. BROWNE,
/JAR VER AND GILD EK.
Looking Glass and Picture Frames
COBNICSS, BRACKETS,
C(IXSt) I. ii TABLES
MADE TO ORDER,
Old PICTURE and LOOKING GLASS
FRAMES REGILT, and OIL PAINTINGS RE
STORED, LINED and VARNISHED,
AT 135 iiKOAD STREET,
* Au«ust4, Ga.
au9 lwtf
NOTICE.
Having this day disposed of my
entire stock of MILLINERY and FANCY
GOODS to Mrs. C. A HICKS, of Burke conidy,
recommend her to my former friends
and patrons.
I will be found at my Old Stand, where parties
indebted to me will please call and settle their
accounts.’
Mrs. M L. PRITCHARD
Having this day purchased from
Mts. PRITCHARD her entire stock of
MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS, I will carry
on the iHisinessas before.
Mrs. C. A. HICKS,
augt—lw of Burke County, Ga.
NATIONAL
FRIDMAN’S SAVINGS
AND
TRUST COMPANY.
. —o
Chartered by Act «>1 - ei«w,
OFFICERS :
J. W. ALVARD, President.
LEWIS CLEPHANE, FirlH Vice President
D. W. ANDERSON, Second Vico President
DANIEL L. EATON, Actuary.
SAM L. HARRIS, General Inspector.
Banking House, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner
of IVth street, Washington, D. C.
o
BRANCH AT AUGUSTA, GA.,
NO 40 JACKSON ST.
Open every day—Sundays and Holidays ex
cepted—from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m, and Saturday
evenings from 6 to 8 p. in.
DEPOSITS OF ANY AMOUNT FROM
FIVE CENTS UPWARDS, RE
CEIVED FROM ANY
PERSON. ,
Deposits can always be withdrawn without no
tice. Deposits in specie uro repaid in specie.
All other deposits are 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 tho Bank at
least thirty days.
All tho profits belong to tho depositors.
Branches have been established in tho princi
pal cities from New York to New Orleans, and
accounts can bo transferred from one Branch to
another without charge or interrupting tho in
terest.
The Institution has on deposit over $750,000,
and this Branch has on deposit over $13,000. ’
Wo draw •xohange on New York, and all the
prominent Southern cities, at tho lowest rates.
Drafts on New York, are payable at the Bank
ing House of Jay Cooke & Co.
Government Drafts on Savannah, Charleston
Washington and Now York, also Bank Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit cashed at the lowest
rates.
Gold, Silver and Govornmayt Securities bought
and sold.
Investments arc only made in Securities of
the United States. GEO. 11. HARRIS,
Chairman Advisory Committee.
ROBERT T. KENT,
Secretary.
sam l. Harris;
Gen’l Inspector <k Act. Cashier.
jy2s dAwtf
Official..
Hbau’uhs Thibd Military District,
(Department of Georgia,Florida diAlabama,)
Atlanta, Ga., July 30, 1868.
General Ureters. No, 108.
I. Tho several States comprising this Military
District, having by solemn acts el their Assem
blies eonforined to tho requisitions of tho acts of
Congress, which became a law June 25, 1868,
and civil guveramont having been inaugurated
.in each, the military power vested in the District
commander by tho Reconstruction laws, by tho
provisions of these laws ceases to exist; and
hereafter all orders issued from these Head
quarters and bearing upon the righto of persons
and property, will have in the several States of
Georgia, Alabama and Florida only such force
as may be given .to them by the Court and
Legislatures of the respective State.’.
11. —To conform to the changed condition of
affairs, the. commanders of the several sub-
Distrie’s, hereafter to bo designated as Districts,
will, without delay, withdraw all detachments of
l troops, whether infantry or cavalry, and concen
trate their command as hereinafter directed.
HI. —In tho District of Georgia the following
posts will be occupied:
Dahlonega—Ono company of Infantry.
Savannah —Two companies of Infantry.
Atlauta —Seven companies of Infantry.
The above posts will bo occupied by the 16th
1 Regiment of Infantry, whoso Colonel will
designate the ..companion, and also assign tho
Lieutenant Colonel to the post of Atlanta, and
tho Major in .Savannah.
IV. —ln the District of Alabama, tho posts to
be occupied will bo—
Mobile—Two companies of Infantry.
Huntsville—Eight companies of Infantry.
These posts will bo 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 beadquarters at Huntsville.
The Colonel commanding will assign tho
' Lieutcnnvt Colonel to the post of Huntsville,
J and the Major to tho post of Mobile.
The 15,thBcgiinont of Infant ry, lirev. Brigadier
J General 0. L. .Shepherd commanding, will, as
soon as practicable, after tho receipt of this
order, bo concentrated at Mobile, with a view to
, its transfer to Texas, in compliance with orders
■ received from the War Department.
On relieving Brevet Brigadier General Q. L.
Shepherd 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 to discharge said
duties ponding tho action of the Commissioner
of the Bureau.
Company G, sth Cavalry, now at Muutgomery.
on receipt of this order, will be put en route for
Atlanta, Ga., whore, on its arrival, it will, in
conjunction with Company C, Sth Cavalry,-form
tho escort and guard of tho Major General Com
manding, and will report direct to these head
quarters.
V. —ln the District of Florida tlio posts to bo
ocupied by the companies of the 7th Regiment of
Infantry will be
St. Anrustiue —Two companies.
Tampa Bay—Two companies.
Jacksonville— ix companies.
The headquarters of tho Regiment and the
District will be at St. Augustine, and tho Colonel
commanding iviil a.wigu the Lieutenant Colonel
to the post of Jacksonville, and the Major to that
Os Tampa Bay.
VI. —The discontinuation of posts and tho
cessation of control over civil matters, will
enable District cemmauders, and chiefs of Staff
Departments, to make large roduetious in the
personal and material of their oommaads and
departments. All unnecessary stall officers,
clerical labor, eto., will at once be ordered to their
companies, and every effort made to retrench
exiandituros ami enforce economy. Inspecting
officers arc instructed in their inspections to give
special attention to the manner in which tho
above is executed, and to report any failure to
comply with the same.
By order of Major General Mbadx :
S. F. BARSTOW, A. A. A. G.
Official: Gkorsb Muadb, A. D. C.
Postponed U. S. Marshal’s Sale-
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
otfari facieu issued out of the honorable the
Filth Circuit Gourt of the United States for the
Southern District of Georgia, in favor of the plain'
tiff, in the following case, to-wit: George W.
Hatch vs. the Bank of Commerce. I have levied
upon as the property of the defendant the Bank
of Commerce, part of lot of land number ten (10),
Jekyl Tything, Derby Ward, together with all
the improvements thereon, consisting of a build
iug, known as the Bank of Commerce Building,
situate, lying, and being in the city of Savannah,
county of Cliath-Am, and State of Georgia, and
will sell the same at public traction, nt the Court
House, in the city of Savannah, Chatham county,
Georgia, on the FIRST TUESDAY iu SEPTEM
BER next, between the lawful hours of sale.
Dated Savannah, Ga , May 29tli, 1863.
W.M. G. DICKSON,
jino—lawft U. S. Marrfiaß ’
gOUTHERN DISTRICT" OF SB.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee of the estate of WIL
LIAM H. PHILLIPS, of Macon, in the county
of Bibb, and State of Georgia, within said Dis
trict, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon
his own petition by the District Court of said
District.
Dated at Macon, Ga., this Ist day of August,.
A. D., 1868. JOSEPH E. MURRAY;
au4-law3w Assignee, ct<s
QJOUTBERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, SS.
O In Bapkruptey, at Macon, this Ist day of
Angus t, A. D., IS6S.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee of HENRY CLARKE,
o< Macoif, mi the county of Bibb, and State of
Georgia, within said District, who has been
adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by
the District Court of sail District.
au4-law3w JOSEPH E. MURRAY.
