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■ I ■ ' ■ I ——• — • 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. 1 NATIONAL FKIWMAN’S SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY. o Chartered by Act of Ce«<rew«. ——o Banking House, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of 19th street, Washington, D. C. 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 FIVE CENTS UPWARDS, RE 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. an2l—d&wtf 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 T. 8. ATWATER, * Bag Manufacturer, my3o—d3m . 49 and 42 Whitehall st., N. Y 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. mh24-ly ' ' ■ 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 je23—ly HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 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. The Politioal Manual for"lß6B,' separator 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 ,