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PARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, in New York, Gold was
quoted at 1.46 J. Cotton, 29|c.
—A new steamer is building in France I
which will, it is thought, cross the channel in I
three quarters of an hour.
—Moro than three fifths of the chaplains
in the army and navy of the United States
are Episcopal clergymen.
—Un to Saturday night 45,000 cart loads
of mud and dirt left by the late flood in Bal
timore had been removed.
—lt is estimated that the people of Texas
will, this year, realize $5,000,000 from
their cotton crop and cattle.
Mr. Anderson, of Newbern, N. C., has a
curious ducumber vine, which has produced
two hundred cucumbers this season.
—Havana is to have a new daily pub
lished in English, and edited by one of the
writers for the New Orleans press.
—The orange crop in Florida is unusally
promising, and has been generally engaged
at S2O a thousand. Other tropical fruits
are growing finely.
A Prussian chemist has invented a new
method of warfare on the battle-field ; it is a
powder, that makes a whole regiment sneeze
for half an hour.
—On Thursday night the spoke factory
of Bushby & Co., in Philadelphia, and
machine shop adjoining, were
entirely destroyed by fire. Loss, $25,000.
Two hundred thousand children were
flogged in New York last year, Sweet,
sweet indeed, are the pleasures of child
hood’s hours.
—At a ball in Bethel, Conn., recently,
some of the jealous uninvited ones thrust a
two hundred pound hog into the door. The
hog was quite a lion, and created a great
sensation.
—A seven thousand dollar U. 8. internal
revenue stamp was placed on a seven million
dollar mortgage execution at St. Louis on
Monday. Such a stamp is rarely met with
on a single document.
—Commissioner Rollins has notified ten
revenue agents, twenty-si* special agents,
and about three hundred revenue iuspectors,
dial, under the new law, their services are no
longer required.
—Large quantities of. dead fishes are
observed to cover both shores of the river
St. Francis, in Canada, so much sd that the
air at a distance is entirely vitiated. This is
attributed to the elevated temperature
acquired bv the water where it is unusually
shallow.
—Captain John Travis, the well known
sbot.-challengesany man in the United States
to a trial of skill with the pistol, for a stake
of from $2,500 to $5,000, his opponent to
shoot in the usual way, while he is to hold
his pistol upside down or backward.
—The leading journals of both France
and England are urging the interference of
their governments to put a stop to the
destructive war which has been carried on
so long between Paraguay and Brazil
—ln one of the city churches, Sunday,
there wasn’t an average of a single person
to the pew. Il might be inferred that the
religious interest in the society is a little
thin, though it may be said that there is n
ouenesss>f purpose in the pews.
—Frank Smith, of Baltimore, has suc
cessfully dried sweet potatoes. With a
simple peeler and shear they are prepared
rapidly, and dried as fruit is dried. They
lose two-thirds of their weight in drying,
and are quite hard and white. They have
only to be steamed and they are restored to
their original freshness.
—Observance of etiquette is sometimes
attended with serions results. The French
Emperor and Empress lately stopped in the
garden of Fontainebleau to speak with one
of the head workmen. Court etiquette
obliged him to stand uncovered. He was
sunstruck in consequence and has died.
—The poor grasshoppers are the recipients
of many an editorial puff in the lowa papers
just now. All sorty of deviltry is laid to
them. The latest is that a millionaire of Des
Moines went in swimming the other day,
and found on coming out that the grasshop
pers bad carried away his clotßiug. lie
made his way home in a cool costume,.
—lt will be remembered that the Bey of
Tunis refused to pay his French debts be
cause he had, as be said, uo money. After
wards, when France threatened war, he
hastened to make a convention in which he
g remised to pay. It is now said that the
,ey had forgotten that he had forty million
francs concealed in a cistern, and that he
has drawn on this fund to pay his debts. No
one would think of doubling this sovereign’s
veracity.
—One of the chief peculiarities of tiro
Missouri bottom is said to be the great
growth of sunflower). For miles and miles
they extend in unbroken and profuse
luxuriance and utter uselessness. They, it
is said, were first brought here by the
Mormons, when they were emigrating
westward from Nauvoo, and have since
spread until they have extended for a
thousand miles along the river.
—The sugar crop in tha British West
Indies this year promisee to be an exeep
tionably Targe one, although some of the
islands —Barbados and Antigua especially
—have been suffering from drought. -In
the latter, notwithstanding the severity of
the dry season, the young canes retain a
and, in some cases, it is asserted,
a flourishing appearance, which is
RFattributable to the steam plow, now in
general use in th* island, and to superior
tillage.
—Judge Abell, of New Orleans, made a
supplemental charge to the Grand Jury on
the 29th ult., soon after the fatal duel in that
city, in which he strongly denounced duel
ling as murder when death ensued, and
urged upon them the duty of promptly in
dicting any persons guilty, of it. He said
that the challenging of one person by an
other to mortal combat, upon a trivial of
fence, could find no justification in reason,
religion, or morals, and the practice ought
to be discouraged by every lover of order.
—Gen. Sherman has notified the officers
ofhis old command that a limited number of
maps of the campaigns of 1863, 1864 and
1865, by the Western armies, are received at
his headquarters tor distribution. All per
sons who held command of a brigade, or of
a higher command, ean have a copy by
sending their names to him or to Col. W. h.
Merri’b United States Engineer, St. Louis,
Misscti'i. Other parties desiring a copy may
apply by letter, and when all entitled as
above have been supplied, the remaining
maps on hand will be sold as far as the
supply will go.
Woolwich, England, is at tiro present
time suffering from a visitation, viz.: the
appearance of thousands of mosquitoes, which
have been imported on the rigging of
ammunition vessels from Bermuda and
other military stations where the mosquito
abounds. There is scarcely a man, woman,
or child, out of the eight thousand inhab
itants of the locality, who has not been
bitten and disfigured. Their sting pierces
through ladies’ dresses, stockings, and
other portions of wearing apparel, the
swelling and irritation lasting four or five
days. In some cases the stings have been
so numerous, jn case of children,, as to
endanger life.
National Republican
AtrGHJHTA. QA.
TUESDAY MORNING ~..?...AugusF 11, l»«f
For r>ltl<2Sll>ElNT
Os the United States:
ULYSSES S. (mRAM.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
The present Presidential campaign in
volves more momentous consequences than
any previous political contest in tiro history
of the country.. 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 in a*measnre this need, we will
mail The National Kkfublk.'an for any
four mouths prior to January 1, 1869, at. the
low rate of $1.50.
We appeal to the old supporters of the
Republican to aid us in extending its
circulation. We pledge ourselves to devote
all our energy and ability to the success of
the great cause in which the Union Repub
lican Party is embarked; and to spare
neither labor nor expense in making The
National Republican a useful and reliable
n ewspaper.
Specimen copies sent free to any address.
CITIZENSHIP.
Wisdom has clothed the freedman with
the full rights of citizenship, not only
because he is a friend, but because to refuse
those rights would be fatal to the future
peace of the country. Tiro same spiritwhich
waged war in defence of the injustice of
slavery, would wage war. in defence of the
injustice of the disfranchisement of millions
on account of color. To remit tiro freed
man to whatever condition his late masters
may assign him, is to concede to them a
power over him for which at some coming
day they will be as ready to take up arms
against the national existence as ever they
were.
True statesmanship insists upon settling
the colored man’s status by one war,
instead of inviting another. The ex-slave’s
children will be made powerful and dan
gerous by increasing knowledge, and to
safely reconstruct the Union while acqui
escing in their disfranchisement is as im
possible its safely to attempt to prevent the
flow of the Mississippi to the ocean. It is
additionally the dictate of duty to settle this
question now, because the late war not only
grew oiit of slavery, but made the slave a
freedman, and this invested him and his
posterity with the power to render the
question of disfranchisement for color an
endless occasion for strife. The settlement
of the war is thus necessarily most incom
plete without the final adjustment of the
freedman’s status.
The Union loving musses of the people
have therefore no alternative but to
maintain and carry forward the work of
reconstruction, now in advanced progress,
and which the Democracy insists upon
undoing. The claims of the loyal white
men of tiro South, who have too long been
left to suffer, with the freedmen, the
persecutions kindled by Johnson’s pcr
fidity, still add to the .imperious necessity
for a fresh national Republican victory.
»
Some prominent men in the South appear
to be laboring under the illusion that the
war is not yet over. For instance, a Con
federate name Williams in addressing a so
called Democratic mass meeting at Shreve
port, La., the other day, pitched into the
North in the following stylo :
"We arraign them in the name of our own
dearly beloved Confederate dead [cheers], whose
bones are strewn all over the Southwest killed in
battie by the atrocious cruelty of the Radical
Government. [Cheers.]”
Unfortunately for the argument of Mr.
Williams, about as many of the rebels who
fell in battle against their country were
killed by bullets fired by the Democrats us
by Republicans ; he proposes to
make the Lost Cause triumphant in the
approaching election, he does nothing but
array together the mass of the patriots,
Democrats as well ns Republicans, under
the banner of Grant and Colfax. The cry
now, as in the dark days of yore, will be:
Down with the traitors, up with the stars I
Rally round the flag, boys ! Rally once again I
Shouting the battle cry of Freedom I
Uphill Work.—The campaign, -so far,
has been uphill work for the democrats. The
nominations fell dead, the programme mis
carried, and things look blue all around the
wigwam. We see it stated that the Chair'
man of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee of Pennsylvania Informed a friend in
Pittsburg, a few evenings ago, that it would
be a hard job to carry Pennsylvania against
Grant and Colfax ; and to prove it, he
demonstrated that, last Fall, the democratic.
Judge was elected by less than a thousand,
with the democrats polling ninety-four per
cent, of their whole vote, and the republicans
seventy-five' per cent, or less of theirs.
Figures, so far, do not tell well for the demo
cratic Cause. *
-r
Men who have no moral character them
selves, and are irresponsible for fheir own
infamous acts of villainy and rascality, can
afford to lie and slander and abuse gentle
men. These infamous slanderous wretches
deserve nothing but the eternal scorn and
silent contempt of all gentlemen in this
world, and the terrible indignation of a just
and righteous God in the world to come.
Republicans at home and abroad know how
to treat the vile slanders of the rebel press.
Just ns soon as the rebel press begin to pour
forth their vollies of abuse on any Repub'
lican, he is set down by all good and sensi-1
ble men as a gentleman. * |
[Cc r respun den ec Augusta Republican.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Dell Timet in Wanhington—Thi- Cominieeionthip
of Internal Jtevenue—An Ail Interim to be Ap
pointed— Cdlieetor for Alaska —Expiation in
He Capital— An Officer Restored—Tl" Ku
Klujc—Erpeiieee of the Government.
Washington. August 7, 1868.
Dull hardly conveys on idea of the condi
tion of Washington just at this time; the
hotels are all deserted —not a dozen arrivals
in a day at either of the large hosieries.
Large numbers of private citizens have left
on their usual tour for pleasure or business,
and as to Congressmen, why you can count
them on the fingers of one hand. Senator
Trumbull remains at the side of his dying
wife, while Sumner remains here, away from
his, finishing up some business pertaining
to our foreign relations, and Thad. Stevens is
prostrated on a sick bed. With what wonder
ful tenacity the old man clings to life. Six
months ago his obituary was in type, no one
supposing then he could live through the
late session of Congress ; but the excitement
seemed to keep him up, and the moment that
body took a recess, a relapse occurred, and
it is doubtful if his voice is ever heard again
in the Capitol.
It was authoritatively stated at the White
House to-day that the President had been
advised by Attorney General Speed to ignore
the qualification affixed to the resignation of
Mr. Rollins, Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, and that his resignation had been
accepted and filed with the Secretary of the
Treasury, to date from the sth instant, ft is
moreover stated, upon pretty high authority,
that Mr. McCulloch is urging Mr. Jeffries,
who was rejected by the Senate, as an ad
interim appointment. It is pretty certain
the President has to make an ap
pointment during the recess, but as to who
the individual may be is yet a matter of
doubt The appointment of any one will
secure the reassembling of Congress on the
third Monday in September.
The President has also decided to appoint
a Collector for the port of Alaska, and,
strange as it may appear, there is a host of
applicants. The position is not likely to be
ot any great value for years to conic, and
what should prompt men to » residence in
that inhospitable climate is beyond my com
prehension.
The Cabinet had a loritr session to day,
when the application of the Governor of
Louisiana for troops was considered for more
than an hour. A Circular will be issued by
the Secretary of War, covering the entire
ground of the State Governments calling for
troops, with the view to answer the whole in
one batch. The President thinks the present
force iti the Southern States sufficient to
preserve the peace in any emergency lively
to arise.
A gas main in the crypt of the dome to
to.thq capitol exploded to-day, doing consid
erable damage to the surroundings. The
funeral parapbanalia of President Lincoln,
storedin the crypt for safety, was somewhat
damaged, by fire. The prompt action of the
police prevented the fire from spreading to
other parts of the building. The sergeant
at-arms of the Senate, with a party of ladies,
left the crypt only a few minutes before the
explosion.
Lieut. 8. W. Barnhart, 4th U. 8. cavalry,
.dismissed by courtmartial in September,
1868, was yesterday restored to his rank and
position by the President, upon the ground
that the original charges were groundless.
Barnhart was General Custer’s Assistant
Adjutant General for a long time .during the
war.
Evidence is daily accumulating here,'
showing the evil intentions of a large body
of the ex-rebels throughout the South. It
is quite apparent that they are thoroughly
organized, and determined to play a desper
ate game to carry the Southern States in
November. The evidence will belaid before
Congress upon its reassembling in. Se
ptember.
The expenses of 'the Government for July
are officially announced as $47,549,000.
The Department of State has been officially
advised of a large number of French citizens
who desire to locate in this country, and they
have been informed of the advantages of a
settlement in this country.
In Louisiana, during July, 4,347 acres
were added to the productive area of that
State under the Homestead Act of January
21, 1866. Capital.
LETTER FROM ATHENS.
Athens, Ga., August 4, 1868.
Editor National Republican:
We arrived here this morning bright and
early. The “world and his wife” seems to
be congregated here. “Codfish aristocracy”
are spreading themselves in all sorts of
ways. You could not appreciate a descrip
tion so well as a veritable personal view.
Tinsel, and show, and glitter, and the
smallest modicum of genuine sterling char
acter dot the same. Some of the big
mastiffs of modern pseudo democracy, of
course, are on hand. Hill, “our Benny/’
lives here, you know. The great gasome.
ter, Toombs, and his confrere of other days,
Howell Cobb, are waddling about as usual,
rather sure because sixty year old Senato
rial aspirants are nowhere ; sick of Miller,
the man whom the Democratic gods at
Atlanta chose to grind the mill. What
these Democratic magnates may settle
upon, Ido not, of course, know; but after
the Constitution (Atlanta) says “they are
ahead of the music,” we suppose they
will rather “halt and dress.’’
While the aristocratic Democracy were
‘serouged’' into the Chapel-for commence
ment exercises, and were listening to the
vapidisms of the gosling speeches, another
scene was commenced. A band of music
was forming a procession of the colored masses
in town, which marched to the Knox
School Building, and for three hours there
were from two to three thousand eager
listeners to the speeches delWered. They
hailed from Jackson, Clark, Hart, Madison,
Elbert, Greene, Oglethorpe, aud other con
tiguous counties. We were oti hand and
took notes, but we have notfthe time to write
them out fully. Suffice it to say, that a
more peaceable, quiet assemblage of the
same magnitude I have not seen, nor an
audience wlj# Were so attentive and so
appreciative of the information given to
them. ImCother days, when Cobb, and
Toombs, and others spoke to the “bhoys,"
and drilled them for so many hours into
what they called Whig or Democratic prin
ciples (as the case may have been), there
was no such peace and quiet—no such
attention, and no such decorum. Democratic
whiskey, in those days, caused many a
bloody nose and other disturbances. At this
meeting there was none of it.
For fear I might do injustice to the
speakers, 1 forbear any attempt nt giving
you a sketch of their remarks. I will only
Bay this much—that they were plain,
practical truths, uttered by all of them—
truths that cannot be refuted or shaken,*
and the enthusiastic crowd gave forth their
sentiments by repeated cheers, for their
only hope of the future, Grant and
Colfax.
A match game of base ball came off this
evening between Gate City Club and the
Club of this city, wherein the G. C.’s gave
the latter a clean licking out, scoring 38
to 13.
The accommodation train to night will
carry off a large number of visitors, and the
regular train of to morrow many more,
leaving this present busy scene in a state
of collapse.
Your scribbler will hie to morrow
towards sulphur water and blue inonntaine,
and see if chills and fever cannot be driven
out of him and left behind in some cove.
Yours, etc., B.
THE PIG OR PUP PLATFORM.
The following story will be appreciated by
every man who will analyze the platform of
the Democratic parly, recently adopted at
New York :
Some years ago a gentleman lived a few
miles from Louisville, Kentucky, who had a
fine breed of dogs. A friend, living about
five miles from him, secured the promise of
a pup from him, when old enough to be taken
from the mother.
When the time came, the donor wrote a
letter of presentation, and, causing one of
his negroes to place the pup in a bag, gave
him the letter, and ordered him to take the
letter and pup to Mr. . The negro
shouldered the bag and trudged along until
he came to a grocery on the roadside, about
half way to his destination, at the door of
which sal a half dozen of young men, who
knew the negro and his weak points. Hailing
him, they asked him what he had in his bag,
and where he was taking it.
The negro, unsuspicious of evil, told them
all about it, on which they told him to come
iu and get a drink. Nothing loth, he set his
bag outside of the door and went in and
drank, and, whilst some of the party kept
him in conversation inside, others of them
stole the pup and substituted a pig in the
place of it. After drinking, the negro came
out and shouldered his bag, unconscious of
the change, and proceeded to his destina
tion. Arriving there, he sent the letter to
the gentleman to whom it was directed, who,
glad to have his present, gave orders to"
admit the bearer. When brought into his
presence ho told the negro to get him out.
The negro did so; when piggy appeared,
the negro, all astonishment, declared it was
just as master sent it. The gentleman,
thinking himself insulted, wrote a very
indignant letter to the donor, and, ordering
the negro to take his pig back, gave him the
letter for his master.
The negro again proceeded on his way,
until he came to the grocery, where the
same crowd still stopped. On observing
him, they hailed him, to know why he was
bringing back his pup: the negro told
them the reason, and they again asked
him in to drink, and while he was doing so
they substituted the pup for the pig, After
drinking, the negro went on his way with
his burden, and arriving at home gave his
master the gentleman’s letter. The master
was astonished at its contents, and ordered
the bag to be emptied, when lo and behold
there was the pup ! The negro, in amaze,
raised both hands, aud cried oqt, “ ’Fore
God, master, he am pig or pup, just as he
please.”
Now, let any honest man read the plat
form, and if the pig or pup platform is not
the true name of it, then it will be hard to
find one lor it.—Nt Louis Democrat.
♦ O ■■
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
On the sth of July, 1859, Captain N. C,
Brooks, of the Hawaiian bark Gambria,
while cruising to the west northwest of the
Sandwich Islands, discovered a group of
islands and shoals in latituce 28 deg. 12 min.
north, and longitude 177 deg. 12 min. west
from Greenwich, not hitherto given on any
chart. On making the discovery, Captain
Brooks landed on one of the dug a
well, erected a flagstaff, and
of them in the name of the
leaving notice to that effect.
On the 13th of May, 1867, Allen McLane,
Esq., President of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, addressed a letter to the Sec
retary of the Navy, calling the attention of
the Navy Department to “the great import
ance in special connection with the China
Mail Steamship line, of obtaining, at the
earliest practicable moment, full and com
plete information touching the chain of
small islands in’ the North Pacific ocean,
stretching from the Hawaiian group in a
general west northwesterly direction.” Mr.
McLane particularly mentioned one of these
groups, wliich he designated as Brooks’
Island, as possibly destined to “prove of
early importance as a coaling station” for
that Company’s China steamships, and for
United States vessels cruising in those
waters, and requested that a full survey
might be made of these islands by a trust
worthy vessel.
On the 28th of May, 1867, the Department
issued an order, with the requisite instruc
tions, to Rear Admiral 11. K. Thatcher,
commanding the North Pacific squadron, to
detail the iMckawanna or some other suit
able vessel, to search for the island above
referred to, aud, having found it, to take
possession of it in’the name of the United
States, and to make an accurate and com
plete of it as practicable. Accord
ingly the Lackawanna, Captain William
Reynolds, was sent on the expedition ; and
under date ol the 30th September, 1867,
Capt. Reynolds reported that he took formal
possession of Brooks Island and reefs for the
U nited States ou the 28th of August previous.
The report of the surveys made by Captain
Reynolds substantially confirms Captain
Brooks’ original statement: He describes
the two islands designated as Brooks Island
as being long and low, and chiefly formed of
coral shells and sand.
The vegetation of the island consists
entirely of shrubs, herbs,' and coarec
grasses ; none of the shrubs arc over three
to five feet high. On both islands several
wells were dug, and water found at depths
of from four to seven feet. Surgeon Ken
nedy tested the water taken from these as
far as the materials he bad at hand per
mitted. When first collected the specimens
were so full of sand and organic impuri
ties in a state of suspension that it was
necessary to filter them. After filtration,
tested by different reagents, they were
found to be hard, free from organic impu
rities in solution. There was every evi
dence that wells, properly sunk to a good
depth, would afford a good supply of pota
ble water. Immense numbers of sea birds
are constantly hovering over nnd alighting
upon these islands. The lagoon is full of
fish, seal, and turtle. The seal is the
common hair seal, and is not of much
commercial importance. The fish belong
principally to the mullet, mackerel, and
perch families.
Captain Reynolds describes the harbor as
formed very much like that of Honolulu, as
rather more roomy and. as safe, but with not
quite the same depth of water on its bar ;
which, however, appeared to be available
for vessels drawing less than eighteen feet.
During the seventeen daya that the Lacka
wanna remained at the Islands, the lowest
point which the thermometer reached was
<2, while the highest was 89 degrees. The
greatest rise and fall of the tide observed
during the neap tides was eighteen inches,
the lowest fifteen inches. The circumference
of the reef inclosing the Islands is forty-two
miles. Its shape is irregular; its diameter,
from North to South, nine aud a half miles;
from East to West, siqteea miles. The name
of "Midway Islands” has been adopted by
the Navy Department for this group.
• ■*«-*-.
. The Wade Hampton, C-obb, and Toombs
speeches in favor <lf Seymour and Blau:
arc having the same effect upon the Demo
cratic party that the guns of Sumter had—a
dissolving effect I
“Carpet Baggers.” —Some newspapers
and politicians are seeking to make
" carpet baggers” a term of reproach, as
applied to the Representatives and Senators
sent to Congress from the Southern or
reconstructed States.
We cafi see no valid reason why a man
whb has indentified himself with a State
where he resides, whether his residence
there has been long or short, should not be
elected to Congress. Indeed, it often happens
that these men called adventurers, or
“carpet baggers” are the very best men ot
the community. They are the pioneers of
freedom and good government, and in most
instances are the men who build up States
and establish comnitinwealtbs.
We cannot see, viewing the question in
the light of true Democracy and in connec
tion with the genius of our institutions, what
better right a man born on the soil of a
State has to represent it than the man who
has resided there one or two years. The
latter individual may have as much or even
more at stake than the former. He may be
better able to represent all the interests of
his adopted Stale and of the nation than he
who “is native and to the manner born.”
Carpet bagger, therefore, is not a term of
reproach.—• Washington liepublican.
It is rumored among the upper circles that
the gentleman nominated for Vice President
by the late Democratic Convention has
entered into a matrimonial engagement with
a lady whose family can boast of a very
ancient date, even contemporary with Cain
and Abel, and can be traced down through
succeeding ages. This alliance was ap
proved by said Convention, including the
Presidential nominee, who is to give away
the bride. Her name is already known,
which is Ann R. Key. The banns are to be
published next November, and if no delay is
Grant-ed, the marriage will take place on
the 4th March thereafter. The attendants
on the bride will be: Miss-Construction, Miss-
Chief, Miss Rule, and probably Miss Ery.
Guests invited: Wade Hampton, Governor
Wise, General Forrest, Jeff. Davis, Pendle
ton, Vallandigham, and “Brick ’ Pomeroy.
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A Tennessee Mystery. —A singular story
was copied, some days since, from the Nash
ville Gazelle, of a discovery of a large cave
opening on the river bank near Ctfrthage, in
that State, by a party who rescued from it a.
solitary man, who, owing to long confine
ment in the cave, was at the point of death,
and too feeble to give any account of him
self. A letter has since appeared in the
Gazelle, which states that the man taken
from the cave has now somewhat recovered ;
that he gives his name as Erastus Lenelen ;
says that he is a native of Pittsburg, Penn.,
and is now in the thirty-eighth year of his
age. He further says that for four months
past he has been detained a prisoner in the
cave by parties with whom he came to that
section bf country from some point in Penn
sylvania. When questioned as to the names
of these parties, their occupation, and the
cause of their cruel treatment, he replied
that he had the strongest possible reasons for
present secrecy, but would, in proper time,
divulge the whole affair.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE TW ELFtT{ RI:GULAK
Meeting of the Reliance Loan and Building
Association will be held at the City Hall, on
THURSDAY NEXT, 13th instant, at 8 o’clock
p. m.
Members can pay their instalments to the
Treasurer, 8. H. Shepard, until 5 o’clock of the
same day. W. 11. EDWARDS,
aull—3t Secretary.
ORDINARY.—THE OFFICE
HOURS of the ORDINARY of Richmond County
arc from 9 a. m. to 1 p.m., and from 3 to 5 p..m.
daily, except Sunday..
SAMUEL LEVY,
auß—tf Ordinary.
AND FLOUR SACKS I!
Tho old established
“Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory”
Is prepared to furnish GRAIN SACKS of any
desired size or quality, and at short notice.
Also,
C.OTTON AND PAPER FLOUR SACKS
Neatly printed to order.
Information promptly furnished upon applica
tion. W. B. ASTEN & CO.,
jo 17—Sin 25 Pearl Street, New York City.
REPUBLICAN STATE CON VENTION
ROOM t OF STATE CENTRAL COM. 1
U>rro» Republican Party or Ga., >
Augusta, Ga., July 14, 1868.)
AT THE REQUEST OF MEMBERS
of tho Central Committee, I hereby call a
State Convention of the Republican party of
Georgia, to assemble in ATLANTA, on Tuesday,
the 18th day of August next, for the purpose
of nominating Electors for Graht and Colfax.
The basis of representation will be the same as
in the lower house of tho General Assembly.
Republicans are requested to hold meetings in
their respective Congressional Districts, aud
nominate candidates for Congress.
FOSTER BLODGETT,
Chm’n State Con. Committee.
Republican papers in this State will
please copy. jy!s—td
"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 will be found at my Old Stand, where parties
indebted tome will please call and settle their
accounts.
Mrs. M- L. PRITCHARD
HAVING THIS DAY PURCHASED FROM
Mis. PRITCHARD her entire stock of
MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS, I will carry
on the business as before.
Mrs. C. A. HICKS,
aug*—lw of Burke County, Gh.
White Servant Wanted.
IVANTED. immediately, a compe
» » TENT WOMAN (German preferred) to
Cook and Wash for a family of three persons.
Good recommendations required.
Apply at 210 Broad street.
aug6—tf Augusta, Ga.
Assignee’s Notice,
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
GEORGE SHARP, Jn, IIN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J
The undersigned hereby gives nolice of his
appoint meat as Assignee of the estate of George
Sharp, Jr., of Atlanta, county of Fulton, aud
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.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
-L United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of J
WILLIAM G. HERRIN, I IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. )
To the creditors of William G. Herrin, Bank
rupt : Thia is to give you notice that the Court
has ordered the second g. neral meeting of tha
creditors of the above named bankrupt to be
holdeu at the Register’s office in Newnau.Ga..
at 10 o'clock a. ni.. on the 31st day of August,
A. D.. 1868, for the purposes named in the twenty
seventh section of the Bankrupt’Act of March 2d.
1867.
Dated at Newnan. Ga.. on the GUi day of Au
gust, A. D., ffi6B.
JAMES P. BREWSTEE,
au9—law2w * Assignee.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LEMONS’ LEMONS IT LEMONS!
nn BOXES, JUST RECEIVED, and for
Bale, wholesale and retail, by
W. B. GRIFFIN,
Corner Jackson and Ellis streets.
aulO—3t *
PAINTER & FINCH,
BUILDERS and contractors.
Manufacturers of sash, blinds
and Doors.
Every description of Wood Work executed to
order, neatly and with dispatch. Particular
attention given to jobbing and repairing.
Newton House Building, Washington street,
Augusta, Ga. aull—eodlm
STATE OF GEORGIA—
Uichnioud County.
Whereas, Alfred Charles Holt applies to me
for letters of Administration, de bonis non, on
the estate of Adan Rowe, late of said county, de
ceased.
These ure therefore to cite aud admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office, on or before
the second Monday in September next, to show
cause, if any they have, why said Letters should
not be granted.
Given under inv baud aud official signature, at
office in Augusta, this lOt-li day of August, 1868.
SAMUEL LEVY,
anil—lm Ordinary.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Second District of
Georgia.
In the mutter of 1
GEORGE SYMMS, '-IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankiupt. )
To whom it may concern: The undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as As
signee of George Symms, of Augusta, Richmond
county, Georgia, within said District, who has
been adjudged a Bankrupt upon the petition of
his creditors bv the District Couit of said Dis
trict. JOHN S. DAVIDSON,
aull—law3w Assignee.
1 N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
1 States, for tho Southern District of Georgia.
In tho matter of i
CHAS. W. DOUGHTY, L IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. )
To whom it may concern: The undersigned
hereby gives notice of bis apppintmeut us As
signee of Charles W. Doughty, of Anrusta, Rich
mond county, Georgia, within said District, who
has been adjudged a bankrupt upon his own peti
tion by the District Court of said District.
JOHN S. DAVIDSON,
au 11—law3w Assignee.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
TN THE MATTER OF THEODORE A.
1 GOODWIN. Bankrupt.
Will be sold on the First Tuesday in Septem
ber uext, at the Court House in Savannah, Ga.,
between the usual hours of sale, by virtue of an
order from F, S. Hesseltine, Esq., Register in
Bankruptcy, all those tracts of land in Chatham
county, Georgia, the property of Theodore
A. Goodwin, being live hundred and sixty (5611)
acres, more or less, together with one hundred
(100) acres, more or lets, called “Oakland,’’
bounded on the west by the northeast branch of
Little Ogeevhee river -, the other boundaries being
such as will appear by reference to plat of re
survey of said “Oakland” tract, certified by John
McKinnon, County Surveyor of Chatham county,
Sept. 13tb, 1799. excepting the reservation of one
acre on which the Oakland Cburch stands, on the
cross road from the Ogeechee to White Bluff
road. Sold subject to a mortgage, nud the lien of
judgment on said mortgage, in favor of Emauuel
Heidt, as Administrator on the estate of James
E Heidt, deceased, for the sum of $3,867.50, with
interest from May 7, 1861, on half that amonut,
and on the other half IrOm May 7U1,1865.
And, also, one hundred and seventy five acres
in same county, bounded by lands of Jacob Wald
bnrg.John Daley, Isaac 1). Laßochc, and Mrs.
Mary Marshall. Sold subject- to mortgage and
judgment in said mortgage for s3,t!o() and interest
iu favor of Emanuel Heidt.
E.’L. NEIDLINGER,
Assignee of P. H. Goodwill, Bankrupt.
aulO—td
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
THOMAS SWINT. >IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. ) No. 255.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all hie debts provable under
ths Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear on
the stn day of September, 1868, at 10 o’clock in the
forenoon, at chambers of the said District,Court,
before Charles G. McKinley, one of the Registers
of said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register’s
office, in the city of Newnan, Ga., and show-cause
why the prayer of the said petition of the Bank
rupt should uot be granted. -
Witness tne Honorable John Erskine,
[etcar..l Judgeof said Court, and the seal there
of, this 28th day of July.Lß6B.
w. b. Smith,
aull--law2w* Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
THOMAS G BARNETT lIN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. ) No. 105.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the 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 3d day of September, 1868, at 10 o’clock a. in ,
at Chambers of said District. Court, before Alex
ander G Murray, one of the Registers of said
Court, in Bankruptcy, at the Register’s office in
the city of Griffin, Georgia, and show cause why
the prayer of tho said petition erf the Bankiupt
should not. be granted. And further notice is
given that the second and third meetings of cred
itors will be held at the. same thne aud place.
Witness the Honorable John lErekine,
[seal.] Judge of said District Court, and the
seal thcreoftbisßtliday of August, 1868.
W. B. SMITH,
aull—law3w* Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District ot
Georgia.
In the matter of 1 IN BANKRUPTCY.
Jonathan J. Milner, >
. Bankrupt. 1 No. 7.
The said Bankrupt having petioued the 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 Ist day of September, 1868. at ten o’clock a.
m., at chambers of said District Court, before Al
exander G Murray, Esq., one of the Registers Os
said Court in Bankruptcy,at the Register’s office in
city of show cause why the prayer
of the said petition of the Bankrupt should not
bo granted. And further notice is given that the
second and third meetings of creditors will be
held at the same time aud place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal.J Judge of said District Court, and tho
seal thereof, this Sth day of August,
1868. W. B. SMITH,
aull—law3w*Clerk.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
A United States for the Nortberu District of
Georgia.
In the matter of ]
GALES JENKS, >IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J No. 37.
The said Bankrupt, haviug petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is
lierebv given to all persons interested to appear on
the 4th day of September,lß6B, at 10 o'clock, in the
foreuoon, at chambers of the said District Court,
before Alexander G Murray, Esq.,oue of the Reg
isters of the said Court? in Baukmptcy, at the
Register’s office, in the city of Griffin, Ga, and
show cause why the prayer of the said petition of
the Bankrupt should not be granted.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal] Judge of said Court, and the seal
thereof, this the Blh day of August,
1868. W. B. SMITH,.
anil —law3w* Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT. COURT OF THE
United States, for tho Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of i IN BANKRUPTCY.
Littleton R. Brewer, >
Bankrupt. ) No. 306.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d,. 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persona interested toappeai on
the 4th day of September, 1868, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon,, at chambers of the said District Court,
before Alexander G Murray, Esq., one of the Reg
isters of the said Court iu Bankruptcy, at the Keg
ister's office in the city of Griffin. Ga., and show
cause why the prayer of the said petition of the
Bankrupt should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable John Erskiue,
Iseai.J Judge of said District Court, and tlia
seal thereof, this Bth day ql A"g nßt .
1868. W. B. SMITH,
’ aull—law3-v* Clerk.
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AND
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OFFICERS :
J. W. ALVORD, President.
LEWIS CLEPHANE, First Vice President.
D. W. ANDERSON, Second Vico President
DANIEL L. EATON, Actuary.
S\ML. HARRIS, General Inspector.
Banking Hous*, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner
of 19th street, Washington, D. C.
BRANCH AT AUGUSTA, GA.,
Nil 40 JACKSON ST.
Open every day—Sundays and Holidays ex.
copied—from 9 a. 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 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 the profits belong to tho depositors.
Branches have been established in the princi
p4l cities from New York to Now Orleans, and
aeoounts can be transferred from one Branch to
another without charge or interrupting the in
terest.
The Institution has on deposit over $750,000,
and this Branch has on deposit over $13,000.
Wo draw exchange on New York, and all the
prominent Southern cities, at the lowest rates.
Drafts on New York, are payable at the Bank
ing House of Jay Cooke A Co.
Government Drafts on Savannah, Charleston,
Washington and New York, also Bank Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit cashed.at tho lowest'
rates.
Gold, Silver aud Government Securities bought
and sold.
Investments are only made in Securities of
the United Slates. GEO. H. HARRIS,
Chairman Advisory Committee.
ROBERT T. KENT,
Secretary.
SAM L. HARRIS.
Gen'l Inspector Act. Cashier.
jy2s—uiAwtf
Offlcini.
Hcxd’qrs Third Military District,
(Department of Georgia,Florida ifcAldbamli,)
Atlanta, Ga., July 3*, 1868.
General Orders, No, 108.
I. Tho several States comprising this Military
District, having by solemn acts of their Assem
blies conformed to tho requisitions of the acts of
Congress, which became a law Juno 25, 1868,
and civil government having becu inaugurated
in each, the military power vested in the District
commander by the Reconstruction laws, by the
provisions of these laws ceases to exist; and
hereafter all orders issued from these Head
quarters and bearing upon the rights of persons
and property, will have in the several States of
Georgia, Alabama and Florida only such force
as may bo given .to them by tho Court and
Legislatures of the respective States.
11. —To conform to tho changed condition of
affairs, tho commanders of the several sub-
Districts, hereafter to bo designated as Districts,
will, without delay, withdraw all detachments of
troops, whether infantry or cavalry, and concen
trate their command as hereinafter directed.
111. —ln the District of Georgia tho following
posts will be occupied:
Dahlonega—One company of Infantry.
Savannah —Two companies of Infantry.
Atlanta—Seven companies of Infantry.
The above posts will bo occupied by tho 16th
Regiment of Infantry, whose Colonel will
designate the Companies, and also assign the
Lieutenant Colonel to the post of Atlanta, and
tho Major in Savannah.
IV. In tho District of Alabama, the posts to
be occupied will be—
Mobile—Two companies of Infantry.
Huntsville—Eight companies of Infantry.
These posts will be garrisoned by the 33d
Regiment, of Infantry, Brevet Brigadier General
Thomas 11. Roger commanding, who is hereby
assigned to the command of the District of
Alabama, with headquarters at Huntsville.
The Colonel commaading will assign tho
Lieutenant Colonel to the post of Huntsville,
and the Major to the post of Mobile.
The 15th Regiment of Infantry, Brev. Brigadier
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 tho War Department.
On relieving Brevet Brigadier General O. L.
Shopherd of the command of tho District of
Alabama, Brevet Brigadier General Huger will
also relieve him of the duties as Assistant
Commissioner, Bureau Refugees. Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands, and continue to discharge said
duties pending the action of tho Commissioner
of tho Bureau.
Company G, sth Cavalry, now at Montgomery,
on receipt of this order, will be put en route for
Atlanta, Ga., where, on its arrival, it will, in
conjunction with Company C, sth Cavalry, form
.the escort and guard of the Major General Com
manding, and will report direct to these head
quarters.
V. —ln tho District of Florida tho posts to be
ooupiod by tlie.companics of the 7th Regiment of
Infantry will be
St. Augustine—Two companies.
Tampa Bay—Two companies.
Jacksonville—-ix companies.
Tho headquarters of the Regiment and the
District will be at St. Augustine, and the Colonel
commanding will assign tho Lieutenant Colonel
to the post of Jacksonville, and the Major to that
of Tampa Bay.
VI. —The discontinuation of posts and the
cessation of control over civil matters, will
enable District commanders, arid chiefs of Staff
Departments, to make largo reductions in the
personal and materia! of their commands and
departments. AJI unnecessary staff officers,
clerical labor, etc., will atones be ordered to their
companies, and every effort made to retrench
expenditures and enforce economy. Inspecting
officers are instructed in their inspections to give
special attention to t’no manner in which the
above is executed, and to report any failure to
comply with the same.
By order of Major General Meade:
S. F. BARSTOW, A. A- A. G.
Official: George Meade, A. D. C.
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Postponed U. 8. Marshal’s Sale-
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
of fieri facias issued out of the honorable the
Fitlh Circuit Court 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 laud number ten (1» ,
Jekyl Tything, Iforby Ward, together with all
the improvements thereon, consisting of a build
ing, known as the Bank of Commerce Building,
situate, lying, and being in the city of Savannah,
eonnty of Chatham. nn<i State of Georgia, and
will sell the same at public auction, at the Court
House, in the citv of Savannah, Chatham county.
Georgia, on the FIRST TUESDAY in BEPTEM
BER next, between the lawful hours of Bale*
Dated Savannah. Ga , Mav
WM. G. DICKSON,
aus—law4i ■ U. S. Marshal.