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• paragkams.
—Yesterday, in New York, Gold was
quoted at 1.44{. Cotton, 30jc.
—General Tom Thumb offers all his real
estate in Bridgeport for sale at a bargain.
—Hon. Edwin A. Kccble, a distinguished
member of the Murfreesboro, Tenn., bar, is
dead.
—East Tennessee rejoices in the finest
corn crop raised in that section for forty
years.
—A Republican organization under the
namd of the "Carpet-Baggers” has been
started in Cincinnati.
—The Prince of Wales is very anxious for
a new grant from Parliament to pay his
debts- He has £IOO,OOO sterling a year
already.
—Josh B'llings says he has “ seen some
awful bad throte diseases completely cured
in three days by simply jineing a temperance
society.
. —Goy, Haight has received from France
a silver medal, which was awarded Cali
fornia at the Paris World Exhibition for
display of cereals.
—Nelson Cullings, Esq., formerly an
active member of the Democratic Executive
Committee of Baltimore County, Md., has
come out for Grant.
—Gen. Sol. Meredith, of Indiana, famous
as the commander of the “Iron brigade,”
has come out like a true soldier and taken
the stump for Grant
—Gen. Buchanan, the recent Conserve
live Commander of 4he Fifth Military Dis
trict, has authorized the announcement tc
be made that he is a supporter of Grant
Judge A. W. G. Carter, for many years n
prominent in Cincin
nati!, has abandoned that organization, and
signified his intention to take part in the
present campaign for Grant and Colfax.-
—lowa has 200,000 organized Tanners,
besides numerous Grant and Colfax Clubs.
A large meeting will be held at Ottumwa on
September 7th and Bth, at which a host of
good speakers will be present.
—Robert W. Johnson, formerly Senator
from Arkansas, and Gen. Albert Pike, the
poet, lawyer and journalist, have associated
together at Washington city in the practice
of law' and the prosecution of claims against
the government.
—The artesian well at St. Louis is of no
use. It yields salt water, and it is thought
that if they bore deeper it will not yield
■fresh. However, they are trying. It is now
3,235 feet deep, aud gaining two feet a day.
—An ill-natured woman at Saratoga says
that “ some women dress to please each
other; some to please men, or rather one
man, for as a general thing they despise
men’s opinions on millinery. But the most
dressy woman don’t dress to please anybody;
they dress to worry women.”
—Mr. Joseph Rabbitt, aged 68 years, for
many years employed in the Western Union
Telegraph Company’s office, in Louisville,
committed suicide last week by shooting
himself through the heart. Domestic
troubles are said to have prompted the rash
deed.
—What strange creatures girls are 1 Offer
one of them good wages to work for you,
and ten chances to one if the old woman
will spare any of her girls ; but just propose
matrimony, and see if they don’t jump at the
chance of working a whole lifetime for their
victuals and clothes.
—The late Queen of Madagascar was
buried in a silver coffin worth $30,000, and
a box ot coin, which it took fifteen men to
carry, was buried with her. The mourning
requires all her subjects to shave their heads
and go barefoot for ninety days. They must
also sleep on the ground, and do no work for
that time.
—There’s a split in the Democracy of the
Ninth Ohio District. The nomination of
Mr. Warren P. Noble was distasteful to a
part of his party, who bolted, and put in
nomination Judge Robert E. Lee, of Craw
ford. The Republican candidate is General
Gibson.
—The second son of the celebrated Mar
shal Bugeaud, Duke d’lsly, keeps a store in
Stettin. His father left very little property,
and his sous left the country in order to
make money. The son who emigrated to
Stettin has accumulated a handsome fortune.
He dropped his ducal title as soon as he
settled in that city.
—An anecdote is related of the last words
of the celebrated Bohemian, Guicliardel.
On his death bed be continually cried out
Abs 1 Abs! The sister of mercy naturally
thought he required “absolution, and went
to seek for a holy father, but it turned out
that the dying man was asking for absinthe.
—Senator Thnyer, of Nebraska, after au
extensive tour in the East, expresses firm
belief in the election of the Union ticket
lie thinks the sudden unmasking of the
Tammany ticket destructive of Democratic
hopes- Men “kin eat crow,” but it requires
a long series of toasting to make the bird
palatable. (Longer than November.)
—They had a political trot at Rowlesburg,
Va., last Saturday evening. Democracy
named war-berse W. G. Brown and an Ohio
gelding, Needing. Unionists named James
C. McGrew and Charles Horton. The race
lacked excitement, as both the Democrats
were distanced the first )»eat and men with
drawn.
—Rattazri. the Italian Prime Minister,
has a wife whose-power of satire is so fear
ful and so boldly exercised that she is the
tenor of Court circles. Wars have been
fought for less spiteful remarks than her
• recent hit at Eugenia: “If the Queen of
Prussia is an excellent connoisseur of works
of art, the Empress of the French is herself
a work of art.
—The editor of a journal in a small West
ern town bought five pounds of powdered
sugar. He found that it was mixed with
plaster, and announced in his paper the next
day that if the grocer who had so shame
fully cheated him did not make amends, he
would publish his name. Before 9 o’clock in
the morning he had received five packages of
five pounds each. There were just five
grocers in town.
—Just before the death of’Mr. Bowditch,
the navigator, and actuary of the Massa
chusetts Hospital Insurance Company, he
sent for Mr. Nathan Appleton and said :
“ Mr. Appleton, you have made a great deal
of money, and have all that you can desire.”
“ Yes,” replied Mr. Appleton, “ I think so.”
“And you propose to quit business.”
“ Possibly.” “ Take my advice and continue
in business. It is a great mistake for men
to go out of business. We all require some
active pursuit; it is a law of our nature, and
besides, a great business well managed is a
positive benefit to the community.”
—The Fayette County Union, an lowa
paper, in its issue of the sth of August, has
an article against Nasby, the reverend divine
of the Confederate X Roads, which shows
that it feels that there is no joking in the
matter. It remarks: “ Were we Andy
Johnson we would remove this X Roads P.
M., or stop his writing such nonsensical
letters. He no doubt means well enough,
but such awkward and uncouth expressions
and such grammar and orthography will
tend to.show that Democrats are as ignorant
as Republicans charge, and on the whole,
will injure ths cause more than it will do
good.”
NationalUeptiblican
AUfrUBTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING September 2, 18158
1 -sg-
For PRESIDENT
Os the United States:
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
Republican Electoral Ticket.
i
: STATE AT LARGE.
Electors. Alternates.
A. T. AKERMAN, I>. A. WALKER,
[H. P. FARROW, C. 11. HOPKINS.
DISTRICTS.
1. Aaron Wilbur, E. E. Howard.
2. E. R. Harden, 8. F. Salter.
3..E. J. Higbee, I. R. Thomas.
4. W. 11. Whitehead, 11. Glover.
r 5. J. E. Bryant, F. J. Robinson.
6. J. Fain, J- S. Clement.
, 7. W. W. Boyd, ' F. A. King.
j v OUR PAPER.
Tho present Presidential campaign in
s volves more momentous consequences than
any previous political contest in the history
of the country. The people o( Georgia are
I- deeply interested in the result, and will
therefore, look forward to the developments
of the campaign with increasing interest,
n The dissemination of reliable news, and of
“ sound constitutional views on the important
a issues of the day are essential to the success
of the Republican party.
' To supply in a measure this need, we will
i mail The National Republican" from
f now to January 1, 1869, at the low rate of
11.50.
. 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; aud to spare
neither labor nor expense in making The
National Republican a useful and reliable
newspaper.
Specimen copies sent free to any address
Notice.—We have several choice utter
ances by Blustering Bob, at tho Central
Hotel, last week, and would bo pleased to
have more of the same sort. It is true, most
of them* are too vulgar for publication, but,
; nevertheless, we like to preserve such evi
dences of the beastiality of the leader of the
" respectability” party. Republicans who
may have chanced tc hear the harangue will
please advise us.
Democratic Forbearance. The
Chronicle compliments the Democracy of
Warren for their “ forbearance” in not
“ injuring” the Sheriff of the county, on
Saturday last, for “ intruding his misera
ble carcass in a public crowd on the Court
House Square.” What better evidence is
needed of the bloody spirit of the revolu
tionists than the bare statement of the
fact that the presence of the regularly
elected and commissioned Sheriff’ of a
county on the Court House Square should
come near “ producing a collision ?” This
is not our statement, but tlrat of the
Chronicle. Comment is unnecessary. When
it is not safe for the officers of the law to
come within the shadow of the Court
House, does any one imagine that it would
be safe to restore the rebels to power?
RqBtKT Toombs, one of the leading Dem
ocratic speakers in Georgia, is charged by
the Augusta National Republican with
making a direct effort, in a recent speech, to
i incite his hearers to assassinate the present
, Governor, because of his Republicanism.
L “ lots did not kill him!'* hissed Toombs,
r with a vengeful scowl, and proceeded to de
t nounce them for having furnished the Re
publican Governor of the State. Yet the
. only'objection made to Governor Bullock is
his politics. He is known to be a sober,
moral, honest man-— Cincinnati Chronicle.
For the information of the Chronicle, and
of all law-abidiug people everywhere, we
repeat that Toombs expressed great indigna
tion that Governor Bullock had not been
killed, which fact is so notorious that no
Democrat in this city will have the hardi
hood to deny it. Aud if the good people of
, the North do not desire to sec the revolution
ist’s wishes carried out, they will support
Gkant for President in November.
Buying Colored Votes.—The late slave
holders nre now boasting of their ability to
buy the votes of their late slaves. In plain
terms, these Democrats propose to take the
profits which they made from the labor of
the slave and buy him over again. The
negro-trader is not the salesman .in this in
stance, but the Democrats expect the colored
voters to sell themselves, with their wives
and little ones.
People's Edition. —We have received
from the publishers, Messrs. Lee & Shep
ard, Boston, Massachusetts, a copy of the
People’s Edition of the Life .and Public
Servises of General Grant and ScHUyleb
Colfax, by Hon. Chas. A. PhiJlps, late
Speaker of the Massachusetts House and
President of the Senate. This volume
differs in character from most of the biog
raphies recently published, in that it is a
vivid portraiture of the men, from boyhood
up, and refers to their public acts to
illustrate their character.
Col. Farrow Accepts. —Colonel 11. P.
Farrow, one of the candidates for Elector
for the State at Large on the Republican
ticket, has written a letter announcing his
determination to canvass the State. Col.
Farrow says:
Being most deeply impressed with the con
vietion that the present effort of the Democracy
to overthrow legally and constitutionally estab
lished Governments, in violation of the laws and
the Constitution, mast, and wi 1 assuredly result,
as did their effort te secede from and overthrow
the Government of our fathers, in a most disas
trous and ruinous war, I feel it my duty as an
American citiren to do now, as I did in 1860, and
no matter what may be the personal sacrifice,
use all the powers with which God may have
blessed me, te save our country, if possible, from
M great a calamity as would inevitably result
from the success of the Democracy in the pres
ent orbit.
THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS’
CONFERENCE.
We have not attached much importance to
the late conference of General Lee and
other leaders of the Confederacy, with Gen
eral Rqsecrans, our new Minister to
Mexico. There can be' no doubt that Rose
craxb has never, nor will ever, forgive
General Grant for succeeding where he
failed—in other words, for being a greater
man than himself. His failure at Chicka
mauga practically laid him on the shelf,
and we have heard little from him since
until his recent appointment of Minister to
Mexico, which has again given his name
some prestige. The General assured the
correspondent of the Tribune, after the Con
ference, that the “ rebels have forgotten the
past, and are sincerely repentant.” Now,
every one knows that none of the rebels
have "foigoUen the past,” and as to “being
sincerely repentant,” they all claim that they
have done nothing which should be repented
of. Did General Rosecuans ever see a
“ repentant” rebel that had not abandoned
the Democracy? Never!
The Northern Democracy anticipated a
great advantage from this conference.
They claim General Lee as the leader of
1 Southern sentiment. No greater mistake
r could be made. Whqn there is war, then
> Lee is the leader, but when a revolution is
to be precipitated upon the country, such
distinguished non-combatants ns Cobb,
Toombs, Hill, and others, are the leaders.
’ The blustering element brought on the last
war, against the judgment and advice of
such men as Lee, Longstreet and others.
When the fight commenced, the politicians
were counted out. So it is now. Gen. Lee
could not, if he would, and, we fear, would
not, if ho could, control the reckless politi
cians who wo'uld rather “ reign in hell than
serve in Heaven.” The wild spirits of
the revolution have the bit in their mouths
and arc rushing headlong to the devil.
They have the control of thousands of
young men, broken <Juwn in fortune, who
would rather fight than work, and who are
even now panting , for vengeance on the
blacks because they arc no longer their 4
slaves, and on Southern Unionists because
they are friends to the stars and stripes,
free labor and education —peace instead of
war. Would that the facts were otherwise;
but the truth should be told “ though the
Heavens fall.”
“Case of Deception.”—R. B Hall
Representative from Glynn, publishes a card
iu the Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday,
accusing Mr. O’Neal, the able Representa
tive from Lowndes in the House of Repre.
sentatives, with deception in getting the
aforesaid Hall to support a bill attaching
the county of Lowndes to the Brunswick
Circuit, and further alleges that Mr. O’Neal's
object was to get into the Brunswick Circuit,
so that he could get the appointment of
. Judge for himself. In order to demonstrate
the falsity of this charge against Mr. O’Neal’
it is only necessary to refer to article 3,
section 3, paragraph 4 of the Constitution,
which forbids any Senator yr Representative
’ receiving any appointment or commission
from the Governor, either with or without
the consent of the Senate, “during the time
for which he shall have been elected.” As
Mr. O’Neal is a Representative,-he can not
receive the appointment of Judge, and,
knowing this fact, we have no idea he ever
sought it. Mr. Hall's charge against the
from Lowndes is simply an illustra
tion of the. old adage, of “ measuring other
’ people's corn by his own half bushel.” Ho
lives in the Republican comity of Glynn,
was elected On the Republican ticket, yet he
has acted with the Democrats ever since he.
took his seat. Having deliberately deceived
y or betrayed the white and black Repabli
li cans of Glynn himself, he is ready to charge
3 “ deception” on others.
t . - -mr -
• Change of Tactics. —When the Demo
’’ crats held their great indignation meeting
here, to support the lawless against the
b officers of the law, they claimed that there
s was no city government here, and" professed
’ a desire that an election should be ordered
at once. One of the speakers predicted
that* 1 one would bo ordered in ten days.
Moro than a month has elapsed, and now
! that the Republicans arc striving to get the
5 ’Legislature to order an election immedi
ately, the “indignationists” are working
. vigorously to prevent it before December.
Significant.—ln Sunday’s issue we men-'
t tioned the independent candidacy fur Con'
gress of Gen. Wt T. Wofford, in the 7th
District, and the efforts of the Atlanta revo
lutionists to force General P. M. B. Youxo
’ on the people. The Rome Courier signifi
-1 cnntly remarks: “If the nomination (at
■ Kingston) is fairly made, we expect to sup-
I port the nominee.” Stand from under, wire
! workers.
- s
I Happy Illustration. —The last number
of Harper's Weekly contains a most signifi
cant illustration of the revolutionary Demo
cratic idea of a “ white man’s government.'
I A Fifth Avenue bondholder and one of the
Five Points bruisers are lovingly grasping
, each other by the hand, Fort Pillow Forrest
cardially approving, while each has a foot on
t the neck of a colored United States soldier,
. and’ on the stars and stripes. On the right
a colored school-house is on fire, and on the
left a colored orphan nsylum is in flames,
» and a negro banging to a lamp-post. Under
neath the illustration is the declaration of
the Democratic platform, that the laws of
Congress are usurpations, unconstitutional,
revolutionary and void.
♦
Toombs as the “Friohtful Example.”
The Democrats are circulating the report
that Bob Toombs is to go North to canvass
for Seymour and Blair, This is a mis
take. It is stated that the eminent tem
perance lecturer, John B. Gough, has
secured his services for the ensuing lectur
ing season. Mr. Gough is to do the talk
ing, and Blustering Bob is to accompany
him as the “frightful example”. of the
terrible consequences of drunkenness.
The Galena Tanner.—The Galena tan
ner is at home iu Illinois, fixing up his old
vats for the fall business.
\lm Grange lieporter. ,
Yes, aud his “fall business” is to thor- t
uughly t>ti the revolutionary Democracy. 1
[Communicated.
A FEW WORDS TO REPUBLICANS.
In the Country, 1
August 28, 1867. J
A herculean effort is being made by the
Ku-Klux Klans of Georgia to intimidate
and bribe Republicans, both white and black.
A word of warning, I think, is all that is
necessary. Beware of their lies ; assert your
independence, and, if need be,*show the
cowardly sneaks, who dare not meet you
openly, that there are others who can play
the game of bullets as well ns they 1 This is
all that is needed. Knowing well, as they all
do, from Ben Hill down to the little fledge
lings who have not yet escaped from the
nursery, that the true Republicans know
they are right, and know their rights, too—
and knowing, will defend them to the last
extremity. There will be no great show
from Democracy at the polls or elsewhere.
The gas and bombast of Toombs, and Cobb,
i and Ben Hill arc merely ebullitions of the
. impotent. Paroled prisoners of war, neither
' of these gentry deserve or should receive a
' moment’s consideration, except to learn their
I aims, which, under the influence of strych
nine whiskey, they always divulge when on
the stump. Every time either of them
speaks, it but cements and concentrates the
Republican party. I have not yet kirown it
i to fail in a single instance.
. Going through the great tribulations of
• the war foisted on them by these men and
their confreres, the people of Georgia who
were robbed of their sons, brothers, hus
bands and fathers, and their property too,
i can not so soon forget the ruin brought
upon them, nor will they. They desire no
1 more “conscript officers,” nor tax gatherers,
> nor robbers of their corn cribs and meat
houses. lam much mistaken if this is
; not so. What "the people of the State of
< Georgia now own —for all the privileges
they now enjoy—for “life, liberty and the
1 pursuits of happiness” now accorded to
them, teoy owe all of it to the Republican
party. They owe their ruinous state at tho
end of the war to those men now represented
by the present Democratic leaders. Surely
they can not and wjll not again follow the
lead of those men who avow a wicked de
termination to bring about another war ?
, Will they?
Great effort is being made in my section
‘ to conciliate the negroes—our “colored
friends,” now—but I do not think there is
much chance for Democracy, when they avow
their determination to enslave the colored
men, if they should get into power. I know
,men who are hounding on “irresponsible
poor white trash,” as they used to call them,
in every way they can, to blind them and
others to their real designs. The poor white
men of Georgia owe more to-day to the
Republican parly than even the colored men,
for Congress aided the latter, and the first
were placed on their feet again by the pro
visions of the new Constitution, made by the
Georgia State Convention, composed of a
large majority of Republicans. These facts
should be proclaimed on the housetops. It
1 is the duty of the patriotic journalists and
speakers to make these facts known every
where. They are undeniable and irrefutable.
The “homestead law” deserves'to be printed
" in gold, and that every man in • Georgia can
! or will receive its benefits. There are other
! provisions in this Constitution that commend
it to the thinking men of the State, of all
conditions in life.
Unless Providence, who rules in the coun
cils of the nations, again designs more
tribulation for our war-cursed land, I have
hope that the day is not far distant when
peace shall reign supreme ; education, pros
perity and progressive development of all
our vast interests become a fixed fact, and
war be no more on the earth. Devoutly
hoping for these blessings, I shall continue
to work ns I have done, and aid all that I
can in bringing them about.
In the meantime, with Cromwell, let us
“ Put our trust in Providence, but keep our
powder dry.”
Yours in the faith,
Brantz.
STATE NEWS.
Mr. Willis M. Rgssell, editor of the Bain
bridge Argus, who for twenty-eight years
spoke very indistinctly on account of’ the
loss of his palate by scrofula, has his power
of speech entirely restored by the insertion
of an artificial palate.
The Americus Citizen, so long suspended
by the sickness of Dr. Andrews, reappeared
on Friday.
The Americus Republican proposes a daily
issue on and after the Ist of October.
Mr. William Hay, telegraph operator at
.LaGrange, died in that town on Wednesday
last, from congestion of the brain.
On Saturday the police succeeded in cap
turing Alex. Turner, against whom there is
strong evidence that he was concerned in
the murder of Air. Sheffield- He was taken
on Cotton Avenue, and will be tried this
morning at 10J o’clock, at the City Hall.—
Journal d- Messenger.
Thc'Sfilma, Rome & Dalton- Railroad was
compleltd to Cave Spring yesterday. There
remains Kut sixteen miles of tract to lay to
reach this place. Colonel J. J. Printup has
the grading completed to this point. We
may expect to be communicated by rail with
Selma by the 15th of October. — Rome Com
mercial. ‘
—Governor Bullock has,caused to be paid
into the State Treasury twenty thousand
dollars, being the net earnings of the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad for the mouth of
August. It is well understood by railroad men
and tha business public that the months of
July, August and September arc always the
dullest of the year. The wise and economic
management of Colonel Hulbert is, there
fore, displayed in the satisfactory result
above stated.
We arc informed that the night Express
train ou the State Road was fired into on
Friday night, a few miles this side of Ma
rietta ; no damage done. The ball passed
near Mr. Tom Boyd, Express messenger.—
Atlanta Constitution.
We regret to learn that Rev. A. P. Wood
fin, on account of prolonged ill-health, has
resigned the pastorate of the Baptist Church,
in this city. This was done and accepted
last Sabbath.
Rev. W. N. Chourdaiu has been invited to
fill the pulpit temporarily.
The Coosa Baptist Association will meet
at Cave Spring on the Saturday before the
second Sabbath in October.— Rome Courier.
Mr. Riley J. Johnson, one of life oldest
and most respected of our fellow-citizens,
died at the residence of his father-in-law,
Mr. John Rush, on Friday last, and was
Imried, with Masonic honors, Saturday morn
ing. An honest man and a true Christian is
gone. His obituary will appear in our paper
during the next week-— Rome Commercial.
The Methodist Episcopal Church in
Cuthbert, with furniture, organ and library,
was burned on the 31st ultimo, alKmt day
light. Loss about $6,000.
—The sale of Chinese toys is very large,
just now, in Boston. Some of the dealers
have affixed “Chinese” to about every article
m their stores. “Mr. Wnxeni, have you any
real Chinese sewing silk ?” asked Mrs, Jones,
at the maroon-front store, yesterday. “Fine
lot, fine lot, ma’am, fine lot, just from Can
ton. Can sell it at a very low figure, too.”
Shows her a package just ui from Cantors,
Mass., adds a hundred per cent, to the price,
and sells a gboss of skeins. 'Mrs. Jones
regards heijfortune as very felicitous in get
ting hold of a genuine article all the way
from the Flowery Kingdom.
REBEL TREATMENT OF UNION
e PRISONERS.
LETTER FROM GENERAL 8. A. MEREDITH.
" i
Editors Buffalo Commercial Advertiser:
My attention has been called to a sensa
tion story published in the New York World,
entitled “ A Terrible Revelation,” purporting
to be a statement of Robert Ould, concern
ing the exchange of prisoners. Were the
matter not so serious, the reasons given by
this noble patriot for publishing his romance
might be considered the best joke of the
season, to-wit: “To correct the many mis
representations of the late Confederate
authorities in relation to prisoners,’’ and ■
“ that he feels it due to the truth of history
to bring the facts set forth to the attention
of the country.” When an unrepentant
traitor like Robert Ould-has the unblushing
impudence to attempt to impose on North--
ern freemen his vindication of the “truth of
history,” its connected with the late rebel
lion, or the treatment of our soldiers, inten
tionally starved and slaughtered in rebel
pens, I also feel it incumbent on me (as he
remarks) to “ make a statement.” The first
interruption of the cartel was caused by
Jeff. Davis' message to the rebel Congress,
January 12, 1863, wherein he announced his
determination to deliver all officers of the
United States captured after that date to the
State authorities, to be dealt with according
to the laws of those States; providing for the
punishment of criminals engaged in inciting
servile insurrection.” That is, our officers
captured in battle were to be handed over to
the State authorities to be hung.
The second difficulty occurred in relation
to negro troops, and the officers commanding
them, whom the rebel authorities promised
to treat in the same manner, but without
taking the trouble to deliver them to the
State authorities. In many instances no
quarter was granted to that class of troops,
or to the officers commanding them. Some
were executed without trial, though that
mere form would not have benefitted them in
tbo slightest degree. When in August, 1863,
I demanded that negro troops and their
officers should be treated as other prisoners
of war, and exchanged, this “vindicator of
the truth” peremptorily declined, with this
remark: “We (the rebels) will die in the last
ditch before giving up the right to send
slaves back to slavery. Another cause of
the suspension of the cartel was its constant
violation by the rebels, in making illegal de
clarations of exchange, for the purpose of
putting men into the field, aud there is no
doubt whatever that all prisoners paroled by
the United States authorities were imme
diately returned to active duty in the rebel
army. Many officers and men captured at
Vicksburg were in the battle of Chicamauga.
Thus the rebels were making use of our
well-conducted prisons as recruiting depots
for their army. Another insuperable ob
stacle to returning exchanges was iu the
matter of paroles. Mr. Ould had some
18,000 or 20,000 which he claimed as valid.
Most, if not all of these paroles, were taken
by guerrillas, bushwhackers, and detached
commands in the West. No possession was
ever had, nor delivery was ever made, and
no rolls were ever furnished. On the capture
of a town by a rebel cavalry raid, the com
mand remained long enough to take the
parole of unarmed citizens there, and then
decamped, leaving the paroled men behind,
and forwarding the paroles to Richmond.
And the rebels had the assurance to require
the United States Government to exchange
prisoners legitimately captured in battle for
such paroles as these 1 On the 25th of
November, 1863, I offered to send imme
diotely to City Poiut 12,000 or more Con
federate prisoners, to be exchanged for
Union soldiers confined in the South, This
proposition was distinctly and une
quivocally refused by Mr. Ould.
And why ? Because the damnable plans
of the Rebel Government in relation to
■ our poor captured soldiers had not then been
fully carried out. Let Mr. Ould leave the
truth of history to take care of itself, and
vindicate, if he can, the intentional, pre
meditated and barbarous treatment by the
rebel authorities, of our soldiers in the rebel
prison pens. When, iu 1864, the hellish
plan was almost consummated, and they
1 held as prisoners thousands of loathsome
> skeletons’, let him confess that then his
r emasculated Government was willing to let
1 the United States authorities . bury its dead
in exchange for a fresh and healthy arm ot
1 60,000 men, to be immediately put in the
1 field against General Grant. We conclude,
Messrs. Editors, these, and these alone, were
Y the causes which prevented the exchange of
prisoners, and these causes were in opera
t tion until the close of the war. The difficul
ties in the way were insurmountable, and
' were so looked upon by the United States
authorities. General Grant had no more
’ power to overcome them than any officer who
1 preceded him.. He took the only means in
1 his power to effect the release of our pris
oners, and, in 1865, succeeded iu accom
-1 plishing hi-- purposes, much to the disgust,
' no doubt, of such patriotic vindicators of the
“truth of history” us Mr. Robert Ould.
1 Yours, very truly,
s S. A. Meredith,
> Late Brigadier General and United States
1 Commissioner for Exchange of Prisoners.
1 Brffalo, August 25, 1868.
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BRANCH AT AUGUSTA, GA.,
NO 40 JACKSON ST.
Open every day—Sundays and Holidays ex
cepted—from 9 a. m. to 2p. m., and Saturday
evening- from 6 to 8 p. m.
DEPOSITS OF ANY AMOUNT FROM
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CEIVED FROM ANY
PERSON.
Deposits can always be withdrawn without no
tice. Deposits in specie are repaid in specie.
All other deposits are repaid in “Greenbacks”
or National Bank Bills.
AU the profits belong to the depositors.
Investments are only made in Securities of
the United States. GEO. H. HARRIS,
Chairman Advisory Committee.
ROBERT T. KENT,
Secretary.
DAVID A. RITTER,
Acting Cashier.
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GRAINBAGS!
]VEW AND SECOND HAND BURLAP,
11 Linen, and Cotton Bags, suitable for Wheat
Corn, etc., for sale in quantities to suit.
Bags leaned for the transportation of Grain, bv
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* Bag Manufacturer,
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, SS.
In Bankruptcy, at Macon, this Ist day of
August, A. D. 1868.
The nudersigued hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee of ANDREW J.
MARTIN, of the county of Crawford, and State
of Georgia, within said District, who has been
adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by ,
the District Court of said District.
SAMUEL 0. WEEMS,
au4-lawa3 Assignee.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
• GEORGIA RAILROAD, ) j
Augusta, Ga., September 1,1868. (
NOTICE TO MERCK AN TB.—
Until further notice, on and after let of Septeiu- (
bar, 1868, tho rate on BACON from St. Louis to |
Augusta, by Nashville and Northwestern and I
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroads, is reduced '
to ONE DOLLAR per 100 lbs.
S. K. JOHNSON, i
sept—7t Assistant Superintendent. ]
jgig- REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.—
The Republicans of Richmond County are re
quested to meet in Convention at tho Court
House, in Augusta, on SATURD.AY, September
sth, at 2 o'clock, for tho purpose of electing
Delegates to tho Republican Convention of the
Fifth Congressional District, which moots in the
city of Augusta on tho 10th day of September,
to nominate a candidate for Congress.
J. E. BRYANT,
sepl—St Chm'n Republican County Com.
N otice.
Clerk of Council’s Office, 1
Augusta, August 29, 1868. J
yyHOUGHTON INSTITUTE TEACII
ERS.--At a regular mooting of the Olty Council
of Augusta, held «n tho Bth instant, the Clerk
was instructed to give notice that at tho next
regular meeting an election will be held for
Teachers of the Houghton Institute.
Tho City Council will meet on FRIDAY, 4th
day of September, 1868. A Principal (male)
and throe Assistant Teachers for the Institute
will bo elected.
Applicants will ploasa hand in their names, at
this Office, by two o’clock on Thursday, the 3d
proximo; JAMES N. ELLS,
aug3o—4t Clerk of Council.
JB@“ ORDINARY.— THE OFFICE
HOURS of tho ORDINARY of Richmond County
aro from 9 a. in. to 1 p. tn., and from 3 to op. in.
daily, except Sunday.
SAMUEL LEVY,
auS—tf Ordinary. _
GRAIN AND FLOUR SACKS!!
The old established
“Ctfrn Exchange Bag Manufactory”
Is prepared to furnish GRAIN SACKS of any
desired size or quality, and at short notice.
Also,
COTTON AND PAPER FLOUR SACKS
Neatly piintod to order.
Information promptly furnished upon applica
tion. W. B. ASTEN & CO.,
je 17 —3ni 25 Pearl Street, New York City.
“Westward the Star of Empire Takes
Its Way.”
Secure a Homestead
IN (4IIIOIIMA.
T HE
IMJIIfiRAST HOMESTEAD AWK,
OF CALIFORNIA,
Incorporated under the Laws of the Slate,
November 30?/i, 1867,
For the purpose of providing
Homes for its members, aud thereby induce
immigration.
CAPITAL STOCK $1,000,900
Divided into 200,000 shares, at $5 each, payable
in United States currency.
Certificates of Stock issued to subscribers imme
diately upon receipt of the money.
No Person Allowed to Hold
More than Five Shares!
A circular containing a full description of the
property to be ifistributed among shareholders
will be sent to any address, upon receiptof stamps
to cover postage.
Information as to price of laud iu any portion-of
the State, or upon any other subject of Interest to
parties proposing to immigrate, cheerfully fur
nished, upon receipt of stamps for postage.
AU letters should be addressed, “Secretary
Immigrant Homestead Association. Post Office
• Box No. 82, San Francisco, California.”
an 16—3 m
HENRY L. A.BALK
IT® BROAD sfREEf,
NEW SPRING GOODS!
I WILL OPEN TO-DAY A TBESH ASSORTMENT OF
New Spring Prints,
VERY HANDSOME, AT LOW PRICES.
FINE CAMBRIC CHINTZ
NEW PRINTED LAWNS,
NEW SPRING DeLAINES,
CH ALLIES, etc., ETt-
NeW Spring Ginghams,
VERY HANDSOME, AT A LOW PRICK
FRENCH CASSIMERES,
AMERICAN CASSIMERES, aud
JEANES.
BE4> TICKING,
STRIPES,
BLEACHED SHIRTING,
BROWN HOMESPUN,
PARASOLS, HOOP SKIRTS,
UMBRELLAS, GLOVES,
E HOSIERY!
PERFUMERY, bio
AH of which will be Bold at as LOW PRICES
can be had in town.
HENRY L. A. BALK,
172 Broad Street.
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ALBERT G. HALL,
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT,
221 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Fire, life, and marine insurance
effected to any amount In the most reliable
Companies in the country.
The following Companies are especially repre
sented by him:
The QUEEN INSURANCE CO., of London and
Liverpool.
The GEORGIA HOME INSURANCE CO., of
Columbus, Ga.
The NORTH AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE
CO., of Hartford, Conn.
The JEFFERSON INSURANCE C«, of
Scottsville, Va.
The NORWICH FIRE INSURANCE CO., of
Norwich, Conn. . j
The FAMES RIVER INSURANCE CO., of <
Montreal, Va. ’
The INSURANCE 4 SAVING CO., of Rich
mond, Va. -
The UNION FIRE INSURANCE CO., of Balti
more, Md.
The VIRGINIA INSURANCE CO., of Staun- ■
ton, Va.
also,' 1
The’MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., ’
of New York. Cash Assets, $4,331,773.45. i
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A CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT
Hand-Book ot Polltlca for 18es
SSECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE
DENTIAL Campaign, Contain. a u
matter in the Political Manuals of JB6« ]«/'
and 1868. Compiled from official sources.’Gi’
the whole Political action of the Governm?'’
including Impeachment, Reconstruction
ral Politics, Platforms, Aeceptanco of C*,,
dates, etc., from April, 1865, to July ,J;
Tables on Debt and Taxation, Revenue and Er
penditures, Banks, Southern Registration a „i
Votes. Election Tables from 1860 to date z».
pages, Bvo., cloth, $2.50, post paid.
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cloth, $1; paper cover, 7o cents, p os t
Address EDWARD McPHERsON, P
Clerk of the House of Representatives
sepl—tNov3 ‘Washington, D.C. '
Postponed U. S. Marshal's Sale
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OP A WI it
of fieri facias issued out of the hotwnU>l» a
Fifth Circuit Court of the United States f ur q
Southern District of Georgia, iu favor of the nlai
tiff, in the following case, to-wit: Geon™ w
Hatch vs. the Bank of Commerce, I liave levi i
upon, as the property of the defendant, the
of Commerce, part of lot of land number*) ,
(10). JekylTyuiing, Derby Ward, together
all the improvements thereon, consisting of
building, known as the Bank of Commerce Bml4
ing, situate, lying, aud being iu the city ot s'
vunnah, county of Chatham, aud State of Geonih
aud will sell the same at public auction at th
Court House, iu the city of Savannah, ChathJ
county, Georgia, on the FIRST TUESDAY I?
OCTOBER uext, between the lawful hours 1
sale.
Dated Savannah, Ga., May 29th, 1868
• WM. G. DICKSON
sep2-law4w U. S. Marsh).
Letters of Guardianship.
STATE OF GEORGIA—
Richmond County.
Whereas, James M. Palmer applies for Ut
ters of Guardianship of Rebecca Francos Odum
William Stephen Odom, and Martha Jano Odoun
minor children of James Harris Odom, d ( '
ceased—-
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular, tho kiudrod and friends of ! S y
minor., to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause, if
they have, why said Letters should not «
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at
office in Augusta, this 31st day of August, 18f;
SAMUEL LEVY, '
sei—3od Ordinary.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFTiEORUir:
. At Quitman on the 11th day of August, 18t«.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap .
pointmont as assignee of JOHN B. HOLST, of
Quitman. in the county of Brooke aud State ~f
Georgia, within said district, who has been ad
judged a Bankrupt upon hie own petition by the
District Court of said District.
SAMUEL W. BROOKS,
sepl—law3w Assignee, etr.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA,!
At Quitman on the 28th day of August, IB6S.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as assignee of JAMES 8. HARRIS,
of Quitman, in tho county of Brooks and State
Georgia, within said district , who lias been ad
judged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by
the District, Court of said District.
S. S. KINGSBERY,
sepl—law2w Assignee,
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA.-
At Quitman on the 28th day of August, 186 S.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of liii
appointment as assignee of 11. M. MITCHELL,
ot Quitman, in the county of Brooks and State of
Georgia, within said District, who has been ail
judged a bankrupt upon Iris own petition bv the
District Court of said District.
8. 8. KINGSBERY,
sepl--law3w Assignee.
OUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA-
At Quitman on the 28tli day of August, 1868.
Tlie undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee of BAM’L W. BROOKS
of Quitman, in the county of Brooks aud State of
Georgia, within said District, who has been a<i
.judged a bankrupt upon his own petition, by the
District Court of said District.
S. 8. KINGSBERY,
sepl—la3w Assignee
official.
Proclamations by the Governor,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ;
Atlanta, Ga., August 27, 1868. |
To the Principal of the Penitentiary :
Whereas, At the Octotar term, A. P,, 1867,
of the Superior Court, held in and for the county
of Dooly, in this State, Francis S. Mitchell wu
tried for, and convicted of, the crime of murder,
the verdict of the jury having been aecompa
nied with a recommendation -that he be im
prisoned for life; and was in pursuance of such
verdict and recommendation, then and there, by
the presiding Judge, sentenced to bo imprisoned
in the Penitentiary of this State for and during
bis natural life; And, whereas, from a careful
examination of the testimony as given in before
the jury on said trial, it is not certain that the
death of deceased resulted from the bln
inflicted by the said Francis 6. Mitchell, u
deceased was, at the time of tho infliction ufih>
blow, in a state*of intoxication, and seriously ill
from the effect of intoxicating liquor :
Therefore, by virtue of the power and autlmr
ity in me vested by the Constitution of tin
State, I hereby commute tho said sentenced
imprisonment for life in the Penitentiary of thi-
State, so passed as aforesaid, upon the mH
Francis S. Mitchell, to imprisonment at hid
labor in said Penitentiary for, and during e
period or term of five years, and no longer, con
puting tho time at which ho, the saiJ Francis -'
Mitchell, was first arrested for tho said homiedt
to-wit: from the tenth day of April, A. P., IK
up to, and ending on the tenth day of April, A
D. 1872; and it is hereby ordered, that st the
expiration of said period or term of flvoyssft
the said Francis S. Mitehcll be discharged fros
said Penitentiary, and set at liberty.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the
Executive Department, at tho Capitol in Atlant*,
the day and year above written.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
By the Governor: Governor
B. B. DeGItAFFENREIO,
See’y Ex. Department.
v
Executive DsrAintiaVi', I
Atlanta, Ga m August 27, 1868. )
Whkrxa., It has boon certified to this re
partmont by mistake, that, at AU electi on hcP ll
tho county of Houston, in this State, on tho J"
22d, 23d and 24th days of April last, J.
was duly elected to tho office of Tax Coilock'r®
said county of Houston, and was, therefore, 4t
tho 20th instant, oommurioned as such;
whereas, it now appears, from a full and caret
examination and counting of the ballots castn
said election, which ballots and election r° ,urn ;
arc now on file in this Department, that at tal
election, E. Fagan received fifteen hundred
ninety-five votes for tho said ofiico of Ta) '
lector, and that tho said J. Swift received for “
same office fifteen hundred and seventy fivovo ‘
giving E. Fagan a majority of twenty
over the said J. Swift for said office:
Therefore, To tho end that said mUteke m i
be corrected, and the person elected eoin®'
sloned, as the law requires, it is ordered,
That the said Commission so issued as » 0
said by mistake, or under a misapprehension -
to a true state of the poll, of the said elct ' ’
to J. Swift, as Tax Collector of Houston coump
be, and the same is hereby, revoked, and th.
same be for,hwith returned to this P°P art <a „ c
to be cancelled; and that a Commission -
forthwith to tho said E. Fagan, as Tax Co ,
of the said county of Houston, by virtue o
having received the highest number of vote-'
said election fyr the said office. .
Given under my hand and the Seal or
Executive Department, at tho Capitol, in At*'
the day aud year above written. _
R. B. BULLOCK
By the Governor: ' ‘ Govern'
B. B. DeGbaffenbiew, 3t
Scc’y Ex. Department,
Appointment* by the Governor-
Confirmed by the Senate, Auyust 28, f
Honorable Noel B. Knight, of the c “ u “‘ V lhe
Cobb, to be Jndge of the Superior Cour
Blue Ridge Circuit for the term of mg® l 7 o f
Honorable Henry P. Farrow, of the eu •
Fulton, to be Attorney General of the o
Georgia for the term if four years.
ang3o—St --
"X NOTICE .„
To Retailers of Spirituous Liquo
Retailers of spirituous
whose Cohnty License have expired,
have not yet taken out sueh license, ar*
notified that they must renew or t*** ® or J
same forthwith, or they will bo dealt WIW
ing to law. SAMUEL p®
au 25—19 t Ordinary Richmond Coun ,