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PARAGfftAMS.
—Yesterday, iu New York, Gold was
quoted at 1.44. Cotton, 30c.
—The Ohio Penitentiary contains 1,074
prisoners, of whom 21 are women.
St. Paul4tas fiad a sfiowefof ants. In
a late gathering of the Grimes family .there
was a large sprinkling of uncles.
—A German of Chicago offers to bet
* eight puncheons of wine, worth $2,000,
that. Grant will.carry Chicago.
—R. IL Curd,- a Liverpool cotton mer
chant, largely engaged in tnc American cot
tontrade, died on Friday.
—A little son of Mr. J. N. Crutcher, of
Frankfort, died from an overdose o( mor
phine, administered through mistake, a few
nights ago.
—Ex-Governor Thomas 11. Seymour, of
Connecticut, is quite ill. His disease, at first
taking the shape of a nervous fever, has now
assumed a typhoid character.
—Hon. A. M. Buchanan died in New
Orleans on the 25th ult. He was on the
Supreme Bench of Louisiana for several
years previous to the war.
—J. Vincent Browne, Collector of Inter
nal Revenue for the Massachusetts liflh
. District, died in Salem on Saturday. He
was formerly Navy Agent there.
Dennis Heartt, the venerable editor of
the Hillsboro’ Recorder, will soon enter his
eighty-fifth year. He is probably the old
est newspaper man in America.
—P. T. Barnum’s summer residence in
Bridgeport, Confi., v??,s hy burglars
recently. An attempt to raise the window
started the ‘'Magnetic Burglars’ Alarm,”
and the thieves mndc good their escape.
—lt is said that Oliver Dalrymple, who
is the largest farmer in the State of Min
nesota, having 1,700 acres devoted towheat
will have cleared SIOO,OOO from the last
two harvests, including the one now being
secured.
—The Marion Crescttd announces the
death of Mrs. Auua M. Seale, wife of Rev.
D. W, Scale, and daughter of Mr. James
Graham. She died suddenly at her father’s
residence, on Tuesday, the 25th ultimo.
—lt is understood that Senator Doolittle,
who requested the privilege of stumping, in
Indiana, has not met with much success;
that he has already cancelled many of his
appointments, and wishes to withdraw from
the State altogether.
—ln the Fenian Convention, on Saturday,
John Savage resigned the Presidency, but
his resignation was not accepted. General
O’Neill jvas axiously looked for to do some
thing to promote union, bnt had not been
heard from.
—The Sacramento lice defends the prac
tice of shooting real or suspected thieves on
sight, whether necessary or not to prevent
loss or protect life, and concludes its article
with these questions : “What is the necessi
ty of thieves living ? Are they not better
dead than alive, and will not society be im
proved by their absence ?”
—The Paris JVe#w bewails the par
tiality of American sailors for Russia, but
might have found an explanation of their
enthusiasm in the fact that in the hour of
trial the Government of the Czar was not
unfriendly, while the other European
Powers were hostile.
General Ford. Vandeveer, of Butler
county, Ohio, a resident of Vnllandigham’s
District, has declared himself in favor of
Grant and Colfax, and has expressed his
willingness to make as many speeches for
the Republican ticket as the committee of
that party in his county desired.
—Judge George W. Woodward, Demo
cratic member of Congress from Pennsylva
nia, recently said, in substance, in a speech
at Great Bend, in Susquehanna county:
“Schuyler Colfax is the best presiding officer
it has ever been my fortune to know. He is
a gentleman and a scholar. The only fault
I have to find with him is, that he is a Re
publican.”
—“The same privileges to one section as
to-the other.” Such is the motto of Gov.
Seymour, from his own lips, if he is elected.
He ought to revise his l>emocracy. Pure
Democracy does not deal with sections of
country, but with human rights. “ The
same privileges to one man as to another'’
■would be a more ennobling sentiment, and
is the essence of Democratic government.
—The j>eace of Europe may be disturbed
at any moment, and the shoek of arms would
scarcely leave the map of the Continent as
it now exists. Spain, forgetful of the past
■when she was mistress of the Old World and .
the New, bnt true to her later instincts,
already hastens to put herself under the
tutelage ot France, forgetful, too, that the
proud Castilian dynasty was once replnced
by a proud Boneparte.
—lfoeton is still “doinjr” the Chinese
Embassy, and the Celestials ore getting
along so that they are almost ready for
natural nation. Some of them can say "1
sWow,” and they all “reckon" and “guess"
like natives. Their curiosity is unbounded;
but it is not true (hat they sent to the har
bor tor a bucket ot waler, with a view of
determining what kind of ten was thrown
overboard during our Revolutionary war.
—intelligence has been received from a
gentleman running on the Chattanooga Rail
road that an immense segment of Lookout
Mountain was detached from near the top,
and rolled down toward the Tennessee with
terrific noise. He says that one solid piece
alone must have weighed 500 tons. It is
thought that some internal forces are at
work disintegrating the mountain. Th«]>eo
ple in the neighborhood are apprehensive of
some impending disaster, and are all flock
ing into Chattanooga.
—The Cuyahoga river, in Cleveland, look
fire, on Saturday, by the falling of a spark
from a steam tug, which ignited the refuse
oil floating on the sariace. Great excitement
• was created among property owners as mil
lions of dollars worth of lumber, shipping,
wharves and store-houses were endangered.
Fortunately lire line of oil was broken above
• and below the fire, and the engines prevented
the flames from setting fire to anything on
shore. So hemmed in, the fire was gradu
ally extinguished for want of fuel.
—A big swindle in Jersey City has been
exposed. Several months ago a man named
Logan purchased some old charters and
started five insurance companies, called
Mariners’, Merchants’, Mechanics,’' Fire
mens’, and First National. He established
■ eflices, and sent agents throughout the coun
try, effecting insurance of over a million
dollars. Names of responsible men were
freely used, without authority, as references.
No losses were paid, and when one after
" another the companies collapsed, no respon
sible parties could be found to answer as
officials.
—Seymour is a politician without being
statesman. Grant is a statesman without
being a politician. During the war Sey
mour cried peace; Grant fought rebels.
Seymour said “any terms;” Grant said,
“unconditional surrender.” Grant asked
' fur more men ; Seymour said, “ stop the
draft” Seymour said, “ Where are the
victories you promised V Grant said, on
the same day, “ Here is Vicksburg.”
Seymour said, “The wv is a failure.”
Grant said, at the front, “ I fight it out on
this line.” Seymour now practically says,
“ Let us have war.” Grant says, “ Let ns
have peace."
NationdHepnblicfln
AUGUSTA. GA.
SATURD ATM 0 R NIN . Septembers, 1 Sit R
ror
Os the United States:
ULYSSES SHBRAWT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
Republican Electoral Ticket.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
HENRY P. FARROW, of Fulton.
AMOS T. AKERMAN, of Elbert.
alternates.
Judge Dawson Walker, of Whitfield,
C. H. Hopkins, of Chatham.
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
let District—A. WILBUR, of Chatham.
Alternate— E. E, Howard, of Chatham.
2d District— E. R. HARDEN, of Randolph.
Alternate— S. F. Salter, of Pulaski.
3<Z District—V,. I. HIGBEE, of Talbot.
Alternate — J. R. Thomasson, of Carroll.
Ith District— Wx. H. WHITEHEAD, of
Butt*.
Alternate— Henry Glover, ol Jasjier.
!>th District— J. E. BRYANT, of Richmond.
Alternate— F. J. Robinson, of Oglethorpe.
Gt A District— J. 8. FAIN, of Union.
Alternate— Isaac S. Clements, of Forsyth.
’till District 1 .
Alternate— F. A. Kirby, of Chattooga.
OOTt PA PE It.
The present Presidential campaign in
volves more momentous consequences than
any previous political contest in the history
of the country. The people of Georgia aft?
deeply interested iu the result, and will
therefore, look forward to the development®
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 measure this need, we will
mail The National Republican from
now to January 1, 1860, 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
newspaper.
Specimen copies sent free to any address
A QUESTION IF, NOT CASTE.
The Columbus Enquirer of the 34 thus
states the question before the Legislature :
If it confers upon thorn (colored mon) this
right, no Democrat will sock to deprive them of
it while that Constitution is the prevailing fun
damental law of the State. If it does not confer
on them the right to hold office, both tho Demo
cratic and Radical members of the Legislature
are bound by (Heir oath* to rapporttbc Constitu
tion to vote for tho expulsiou of the negro mem
bers' Tho question ought not to be, and probably
will not be, made one of parly. It is purely a
question of law.
Our cotemporary fairly states the ques
tion. It should not have been one-of part y
politics, or of caste. It was simply a
question of law, and the Constitution of
the State and of the United States were the
only documents that oould be properly
consulted. The Enquirer correctly insists
that the Representatives were “bound by
their oaths" to decide in accordance with
the provisions, and \ve ns positively insist
that every intelligent member that voted
for turning out the twenty-three on Thurs
day violated their oaths. There is no use in
mincing this matter. There is no c»ca]>e from
1 one or the other horn of the dilemma
j the members so voting were either too
stupid to understand the law, or too
• wicked to abide by it. It is criminally
• fallacious for the Enquirer and other Dem
ocratic prints to quote from the journals of
the Constitutional Convention to show
, what that body did not do. Instead of
quoting articles that were proposed in the
Convention and voted down, if they wpre
disposed to deal Honestly with their read
ers, they would quote those articles which
;• were actually adopted. As ratified by the
i people, the Constitution of Georgia says
that every citizen, twenty-one years ot age,
, not insane, a convicted felon, an idiot,
or a Fourteenth Article exception, may
be elected to the House of Represen
tatives. It further says that negroes
arc citizens. The Fourteenth Article so
declares them. What . Democrat will
assert that the negro is not a citizen ' Will
■ the Enquirer deny that they are citizens I
We trow not. Then, if the claim of citi
zenship is admitted, the question is already
settled. There is no room for discussion.
The Democratic papers dare not publish
the provisions of the new Constitution
bearing on this subject, but they arc
willing to slander the Republican party
by misrepresenting a document which is
unequivocal in its declaration of the rights
of all men.
11 •
Will tub Democrats Usurp Seats not
their own ?—We are curious to sec whether
the Democrats in the half of a House of
Representatives will have the unblushing im
pudence to seat tweuty-tliree candidates re
jected by the people as representatives of
the very people who refused their proffered
services.
P. 8. Since the above was written, our
special announces that the House yesterday
proved itself equal to any infamy. The
rejected candidates are to bo seated. The
voice of the people is to be throttled. The
Constitution is to be trampled under foot.
Bigotry, brass and treason arc trumps, and
the Democrats have a full hand. The
Twenty-Three Rejected will solemnly swear
to support the new Constitution (for nine
dollars a day) and then make a united effort
to overthrow the State Government. The
Democrats already in the House, aud those
elected to stay out, but who are to burgla
riously break in, are lovely cubs of Red Hot
Brick Pomerot. Peijury is to be respecta
ble, treason popular, and usurpation all the
rage.
FALiE PROPHETS.
If the Democrats ever had any hope of
electing their candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency, the result of the
election In Vermont must have convinced
the in that tlieir fond dreams of victory had
no reality in them. Their leaders have no
such hopes, they know with absolute cer
tainty that the election of Seymour and
Blair is an absolute impossibility, yet
they persist in holding out some hope to
their blind and deluded followers. If they
lie nlwut what they know how can it lx*
expected they will do otherwise than lie
about what they only foresee.
To any ono who has studied the tactics
of the Democracy, the falsification of their
promises in relation to Vermont is not at
all surprising—their game is brag. Pre
vious to any election they will make a great
parade of the successes they expect to have
and the States they intend to carry. Thus
in the case of Vermont, they told their
dupes that though they did not expect to
carry the State the Republican majority
would be seven to ten thousand less than
that of last year; that was the calculation
of their chief organ the N. 1". JForW, and
the World was followed by all the lesser
lights throughout the country. What
turns out to be the case ? Instead ol the
Republican majority having decreased, it
has increased more than the amount by
which the World said it would be diminish
ed. Such is the reliance to be placed in
Democratic prophecies.
Wc regard the Vermont election as ol
greater importance than its tangible
results. It is of some importance to the
country that the noble little State still
holds fast to her Republican moorings, but
the signifinance of her large augmented
majority is of still greater importance.
Democratic prophecies and hopes of the
resurrection of their detestable ami traitor
ous party—of great gains, on account of
a revulsion in public sentiment at the
North, and the final triumph of what they
call their principles in tho election ot their
Presidential candidates have proved vain
and delusive. The event has demonstrated
that, so far from the patriotism which
animated the people during the war
having died out. love for the Union, and
hatred of those who would destroy it,
exist in more vigorous vitality, and the
result is an indication, sure and unresista
blc. that the ideas which prevailed then
are in full activity now, strengthened and
made more vigilant by tire utterances of
Southern orators and newspapers. The
people of the North cannot misunderstand
the signs of intended revolution on the
prat of those who, only a few years since,
plunged the country into war by the same
process which they are now practicing,
and it is to Hill, Toombs, Cobb, and the
like, that Republicans owe, in part, the
success which has thus far attended them,
and will continue, till it cuds in the
election of Grant and Colfax.
- ———-
The Constitution.*-The Democrats are
loud-mouthed friends of the Constitution.
They do not, however, mean the Constitu
tion ‘as it is,’ but 'as it was.’ The ghost of
the Lost Cause is ever-present with them,
and the sentiment of revolution is the
vitalizing spirit of their organization. They
do not admit the principle of cither change
or progress. In their estimation, every
thing must be set back to where the Demo
crats left it when the supposed ‘last of the
Presidents' . vacated the White House.
Therefore, the amendments must be re
pealed, the reconstruction acts declared
void, and the ex-rebels again put in a
position to exemplify the doctrine of ‘State
sovereignty.’ ‘The Constitution ns it was’
is what the Democrats are struggling for.
That Setti.ee It.—An . old colored
woman in Columbus having donned tl}o
mourner’s weeds, in token of sorrow for
(he death of a young Democrat, the
.heralds the fact as a “Nut for
Rajlical Howlers.” Well, that settles the
question that Democratic principles are
right and Republican principles wrong.
That an old woman is sorry for a dead
Democrat is a clinching argument against
General Grant. For our part, we aro not
only sorry for the dead, but also for many
of the live ones -and for none inOre than
the poor idiot that thinks the incident he
records is a “nut" hard to crack.
•
Rebel Editor’s Opinion of Jeff. Davis
as a Commission Merchant.—ln his weekly
political pamphlet, entitled “The Lost Cause
Regained," Mr. E. A. Pollard denounces
Mr. Davis as “ a narrow-brained charlatan,”
for his committing the “ last ififamy in sell
ing out the honors of the Confederacy, on
his personal account, to a mercantile house
of Liverpool" He winds up with this
anathema: “Shame upon the man, a blis
tering mark upon the caitiff, curses upon
tho wretch who has dune this paltry and
flagitious thing 1" All but conceited asses
and seedy aristocrats will commend Mr.
Davis for attempting to earn a legitimate
support in an honest and honorable calling.
The only regret is that ho did not turn
commission merchant ten years sooner.
W"' •
Questions. —If the provisions of the Con
stitution giving to “ each House power to
judge of the election returns and qualifica
tions of its own members' ’ authorizes the
turning out of all the colored members,
what would be the consequence if the
Senate, acting for itself, should decide
colored Senators eligible?
What would the Democrats and diluted
Republicans do about it ?
And if the House of Representatives to
be elected two years hence, should, in judg
ing of the election returns and qualification
of its members, by a majority vote, decide
that colored members were eligible, then
what would the Democrats and diluted Re
publicans do about it?
Would not the negro then be eligible?
Ate we to have a biennial contest over
thia eligibility question?
By reflecting over these questions, the
reader will see how utterly contemptible is
the claim that the clause of the Constitution
referred to authorizes the proscription of a
class from' the rights guaranteed to every |
citizen.
A VOICE FROM VIRGINIA.
The following trenchant letter, written
by one of Virginia’s most worthy sons, a 1
relative by marriage of the family of Gen. 1
Lee, is one of the most straightforward and i
truthful excoriations that has met our eye. i
Read, and hand to your neighbor: <
Sin: I have the honor to acknowledge i
the invitation of your Committee to address
the Grant and Colfax ratification meeting,
to be held in Richmond on the 25th instant,
and would gladly accept it but for my
unavoidable absence from the State at that
time. For all the poverty, anguish and
oppression which the people of Virginia
and the whole South have endured with
unexampled fortitude from April 17, 1861,
down to this very moment, the Democratic
party is, in my humble judgment, wholly
responsible ; and all the odium which they
have succeeded in attaching to the Repub
lican party, the Democracy richly deserve.
The peace and prosperty of the whole
country and the existence of the Federal
Union is now more defiantly threatened
than in 1860. Then warlike intent was
indignantly disclaimed. To-day it is pub
licly declared that “secession is not
dead; that the lost cause is to
be regained,’ and that, in the
event of the election of Seymour
and Blair, it is substantially declared that
the Federal army shall be compelled to sub
vert the loyal State Governments now es
tablish «d. Neither by the- bullet or the
ballot can those State Governments be sub
verted for some time to come, without in
volving the whole country in a war of such
magnitude and horror that in comparison
with which the late rebellion was a pastime.
In fact, the Democracy are already as bad
as their word,- and even now a merciless,
savage warfare, to the extent of their power,
is waged against all men, white or black,
native or foreign born, who do not enlist
under tlieir banner, Slavery more intoler
able than that which has just passed away
exists in full force throughout Virginia—
the enslavement of the human mind. The
exercise of the right of private judgement
and freedom of speech is sought to be
punished or controlled by the most inhuman
denunciations,slanders and threats of social,
political and commercial outlawry. Blair
pledges war, Grant pledges peace, and I
honestly bclieVe that upon the election of
Gen. Grant the peace and happiness of our
people wholly depend.
Very respectfully yours,
Robert Bolling.
Inciting Revolution. —The New York
Democrat, the new advocate of the simon
pure Democracy, thus tries to fan the flame
of revolution : ‘ The factory lords and money
lords tire treading upon dangerous ground.
They aro pushing the people beyond their
patience to endure. They will provoke rev
olution,’
This game of representing as imminent
what the incendiary wishes to see accom
plished, is an old one. The meal on that
cat is not thick enough to amount to a dis
guise. The people will not precipitate a
revolution because tho Democrats, who want
a revolution, tell them there is danger of
one. AH the danger there Is lies with the
copperhead and confederate Democrats.
War Democrats and Republicans will vote
together for Grant, Peace and Union.
Dilemma—Now that the Democrats pro
pose taking to themselves the glory of free
ing the ‘nigger,’ as well as of putting down
their own rebellion, and are making efforts to
secure the negro vote, the question naturally
arises: If the negroes go with the Demo
crats and elect Seymour and Blair, will
this be a‘white man’s government’? Once
in power, will the Democrats bo so ungrate'
ful as to summarily dispose of the ‘nigger,’
or will they consent to have a mongrel Dem
ocratic Government ? Fortunately there is
no danger of their getting into the dilemma:
for the good sense of the people will elect
Grant and thus save the Democrats from
themselves.
Prefers Bradley.—Aaron Alpeoria
Bradley, the mischievous incendiary, haying
announced himself as an independent candi
date for Congress, against Dr. Glift, the
regular Republican nominee, the Savannah
Republican, edited by u Northern Demo’
cratic bummer, announces his preference for
the former.
Schenck on Blau:.—During .« recent
public address, General Robert C. Schenck,
Val.CAxdioHAM's opponent for Congress
referred to JFrank Blair in the following
terms:
Frank Blair is a difforont sort of fellow. No
body talks about Frank as particularly genial or
cultivated. He is gonial and jolly enough,
especially whoa he has, well, say two or throe
glasses. ! Laughter.] lie is the best Blair of
the family. I want to say . that for biin, for
Frank has a great, many good streaks, though
he has a great many devilish ones. He is a nat
ural rowdy. He is one of the b-’hoys. Although
he may have some of the treachery which char
acterizes the whole family, I think ho is better
than that snakoy, sly, cunning brother of his,
old Montgomery. Frank Blair was a soldier in
the war, and seems to have made his order for
whiskey very large)
Ax Old Clerk.—A Washington letter
writer thus speaks of a remarkable govern
ment officer:
The oldest employee of the Treasury
Department is confined to his room by
reason of sickness -for the first time for
,more than fifty years. Charles Vincent is
particularly interesting as one of the con
necting links between the past and the
present. He was born in Maryland;
entered business while young, in George
town ; failed about the time the Govern
ment was removed from Philadelphia to
this city, and entering ‘he Treasury De
partment at that time as a clerk, he has
occupied the same position in the Depart
ment ever since*—a period of more than
sixty-four years. He has shaken hands
with every President, from Washington
down to Andrew Johnson. His faculties
remain unimpaired, and he is au encyclo
pedia of all that pertains to this Govern
ment from its earliest foundation.
—e ♦ ♦-
“ The Wickedest Man’’ as a Politician.
—From a brief article in the New York
Sun, we infer that John Allen, ‘‘the
wickedest man in New York,” an account
of whose reformation we published yester
day, has an eye on ar Democratic Congres
sional nomination. John Morrissey, the
pugilist and £iro dealer being a Congress
man, why not the “Wickedest Man?”
The Sun naively remarks:
“We desire to see ono member of Con
gress of-whom it may be said, “His wicked
ness belongs to the past.”
- ■—
—Mr. Beecher's recipe.for making coffee
is as suggestive as it is “ Beecherish:” .
“The best way I know of to makegood
coffee,” said he, “istogo to the principal '
hotels, restaurants, railroad eating houses;
etc., and ascertain just how they make
coffee—their make it as the don’t”
THE A SURE 11 JONES' DELAY.
We subjoin the communication transmit
ted to the Legislature by his Excellency
Governor Bullock, on Thursday last, to
which reference was had in yesterday’s Re
publican. To say the least of it, Colonel
Joses’ delay to make a final settlement
seems strange. We copy from the New
Era:
Executive Defahtmkkt, I
Atlanta, Ga., September 3,1868. J
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
The financial affairs of the State demand
ing prompt and efficient attention, to the end
that her credit may be protected and pro
moted by the adoption of proper measures,
I have used every means at my command,
short of an appeal to the courts, to secure a
settlement between the officers who were
removed by the United States authorities
and the officers elected by the General
Assembly.
By the enclosed communication from the
Treasurer, lion. N. L. Angier, it will be seen
that upon the last appeal made to the late
Ereasurer for a delivery of his trust, the
remarkable plea for delay is given, that he is
erecting a warehouse, and that, therefore, his
private affairs are too pressing to permit of
immediate attention to matters of vital im
portance to the whole people.
I have been informed by the Comptroller
Genera], Hon. Madison 8011, that the late
Comptroller is waiting for n settlement be
tween the late and the present Treasurer,
before making a final and full delivery of
books, papers, etc., in that Department.
An expression of the will the General
Assembly is respectfully invited.
Treasurer's Office, (
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2, 1868. j
His Excellency Rufus 11 Bullock, Governor
of Georgia, Atlanta :
Sir—Yours of the 2d instant, making
inquiries concerning the indebtedness of
the State, and the means adopted to meet
the same, was duly received this a. m.
Feeling the force and necessity of your
inquiries, I regret to be compelled to reply,
that we have not the data upon which to
base anything approaching a satisfactory
answer. In compliance with your instruc
tions, and the action of the General
Assembly, on the 10th ultimo, I hastened
to Milledgeville, hoping to be able to get an
inside view into the condition of the
Treasury, with its liabilities, if not a full
settlement and transfer of books and
papers.
While there I failed to effect either, though
my predecessor, Colonel Jones, was there, to
whom I communicated my mission by letter,
making a demand, etc., aud received the
response that he would be in Atlanta the
following Monday (August 17th), for full
settlement. On the 15th of August, Colonel
Jones wrote that, from indisposition, he
would not be able to come for settlement
until the last of the following week. He
failed to meet either appointment, and I
heard nothing further from him until the
30tb, dated at Milledgeville, August 28th,
stating that he found his business such that
he was forced to go to New York, from
whence he had just returned, and would be
here on the 31st.
To-day I received another letter, stating
that he was erecting a warehouse, the cotton
season boing near at hand, workmen sick,
causing his private affairs to be so pressing
that he could not come before Monday
next.
Several letters have been received, urging
the payment ofdhe State bonds and coupons
past due, and I have been compelled to
reply, no funds in hand, though there ipust
be of seven-twenty State bonds unsold, more
than sufficient to meet present liabilities.
Col. Jones further stated, that he had no
funds belonging the Treasury, aud also
stated that he was not seeking to delay a
settlement, “ but entirely ready and anxious
to get the load off his shoulders."
Very respectfully submitted,
N. L. Angier, Treasurer.
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STATE NEWS.
We learu that 511 bales of the new crop
passed over the Muscogee Railroad yester
day from Montgomery, bound for New Yoik
via Savannah.— Columbus Times.
The Journal d* Messenger states that a
chap with “brass enough to make a kettle
and lip enough to fill it,” named L. W.
Kirby, has been victimizing people in that
community and stealing everything he can
lay hands on. The same fellow has been in
Augusta.
As heretofore stated in the liepublican,
Charles I*. Wilson, nged about fourteen
years, sou of Edward G. Wilson, deceased,
left tlie residence of his mother, in Gordon
Block, in this city, on Monday morning last,
at about nine o’clock, for the purpose of
shooting birds. He had a double barreled
fowling piece, a powder flask, a shot-pouch
and game-bag. He was accompanied by a
little son of Aldermau Gue, about eight
years of age. The two went to the batte
ries and remained together until about
twelve o’clock, when Alderman Gue's son,
having left home without the knowledge of
his parents, and desiring to be at home when
bis father came to dinner, determined to
leave Charles, and they separated near the
toll gate on the White Bluff road. When
Charles failed to come home by nine o’clock
in the evening, Aldermau Gue’s son told his
father whefe, and at what time he left'
Charles. As Charles had never been known
to remain from home later than nine o’clock
in the evening, his family and friends became
alarmed, and his brother and Alderman Gue
immediately mounted their horses and
searched for him, without success, until
midnight, when they returned to the city.
R. Wayne Wilson, brother of the deceased,
E. A. Caldwell, Wm. H. Bennett, Henry
Tow, and Francis Mendel), a lad about six
teen years of age, and a son of E. Meudeel,
Deputy Sheriff of Chatham county, and a
large number of other persons, have been
engaged in the search, day and night, since
Tuesday morning last, and yesterday, a re
ward having been offered for the body, dead
or alive, a large additional force turned out
to search for the lost boy.
As the gentlemen above named were riding
iu the neighborhood of Battery No. 16, on
the high land, about one o'clock on yester
day, their attention was attracted by a flock
of buzzards flying over a little grove of pines
in Norton's old field. As they approached
the grove, they saw buzzards running on the
ground, and when they arrived at that point
they found the body lying on the back, with
the hands closed on each side of the head.
The body was near to an old rice ditch
about a foot and a half deep, and about
four hundred yards from 'Battery No. 16.
The body had no appearance of having
been moved after he tell. There
was nothing to show that there had
been any struggle, except a small suppling
about ten feet from ttie body, which was
broken. His clothing had not been dis
turbed, and his hat lay near his head where
it would naturally have dropped when he
fell. His game bag was lying near bis side,
and a blue army uniform jacket lying at his
feet. His gun, powder flask, and shot pouch
were gone.
The Coroner, Dr. Thomas C. Harden, was
notified, and promptly summoned a jury, con
sisting of the following named gentlemen,
to-wit: E. S-Fulton, foreman ; H. H. Sas
nett, S. C. Farr, John Wolber, John W.
Hunter, and George P. Gray.
The jury found the following verdict:
“.We, the jury, find that Charles P. Wilson
came to his death by a gnnshot wound in
flicted by some person unknown to the jury.”
| Savannah Republican.
The most awful storm, perhaps, that ever
passed over this city, occurred last night be
tween seven and nine o’clock. It was accom
panied by the loudest peals of thunder and
incessant flashes of lightning. About half
past eight o’clock the wind blew a perfect
gale. We never saw more water fall in the
same space of time. The streets, alleys aud
sewers were everywhere flooded with water,
and must have sustained great damage. At
this hour of the night it is impossible to tell
the amount of damage done, but it must
have been very great.— Journal
Messenger, A th.
Tho Macon Messenger says the Macon
Manufacturing Compauy is now running on
half time.
His Honor, JuJgo James W. Greene, has
announced that he will hold Court in Jackson
on the second Monday, the 14th instant, and
in Covington on the third Monday, the 21st.
| Covington Enterprise.
General Grant from a Rbbel Stand
point.—Mr. Pollard, editor of the Richmond
Examiner, and the historian of the “lost
cause,” gives ’he following account of Gen-
Grant’s conduct at the surrender of Lee.
Pollard says :
Indeed, this Federal commander had, in
the closing scenes of the contest, behaved
with a magnanimity and decorum that must
ever be remembered to his credit, even by
those who disputed his reputation in other
respects, and denied his claims to great gen
eralship. He had, with remarkable facility,
accorded honorable and liberal’terms Jo the
vanquished army. Ho did nothing to dra
matize the surrender ; he made no triumphal
entry into Richmond; he avoided all those
displays of triumph so dear to the Northern
heart; he spared everything that might
wound the feelings or imply the humiliation
of a vanquished foe. There were no inde
cent exultations no “sensations,” no shows ;
he received the surrender of his adversary
with every courteous recognition due an
honorable enemy, and conducted the closing
scenes with as much simplicity as possible.
• A
Dialogue.—Col. G. (rabid secesh.) “Well,
uncle Billy, you must vote with me for Sey
mour and Blair this time.”
Billy (old cute darkey). “Well, I did
think, Kurnel, I would vote for Mr. Grant
dis time, being as I never voted for him
before.”
Col. G. “But that’s voting for the Rads,
and what the h—l have those rascally Re
publicans done for you ? you ain’t got your
forty acres yet.”
Billy. “Well, Kurnel, they done paid me
for voting ’ready ; dey gin me my freedom,
dem Rads did.”
SPECIAL NOTICES.
GEORGIA RAILROAD, >
Augusta, Ga., September 1, 1868. 5
NOTICE TO MERCHANTS.—
Until further notice, ou and after Ist of Septem
ber, IS6B, the rate on BACON from St. Louis to
Augusta, by Nashville and Northwestern and
Nashville and Chattanooga Railreads, is reduced
to ONE DOLLAR per 100 lbs.
S. K. JOHNSON,
sepl—7t » Assistant Superintendent.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.—
The Republicans of Richmond County are re
quested to meet in Convention at the Court
House, in Augusta, on SATURDAY, September
sth, at 2 o’clock, for the purpose of electing
Delegates to the Republican Convention of the
Fifth Congressional District, which meets in the
city of Augusta on the 10 th day of September,
to nominate a candidate for Congress.
J. E. BRYANT,
»#pl—st Chm’n Republican County Com.
GRAIN AND FLOUR SACKS!!
The old established
“Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory”
Is prepared to furnish GRAIN SACKS of any
desired size or quality, and at short notice.
x Also,
COTTON AND PAPER FLOUR SACKS
Neatly pi inted to order.
laformation promptly furnished upon applica
tion. r - W. B. ASTEN <t CO.,
je 17—3 m 25 Pear! Street, New York City.
NATIONAL
FlfflDMffl SAVINGS
AND
TRUST COMPANY.
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Chartered by Act ofCoa<rm.
-—oi—
Banking House, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner
of 19th strcot, Washington, D. C.
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BRANCH AT AUGUSTA. GA.,
NO <0 JACKSON ST.
Open every day—Sundays and Holidays ex
cepted—from 9 a. m. to 2 p. 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 bo withdrawn without no
tice. Deposits in specie are repaid in specie.
All other deposits are repaid in “Greenbaoks”
or National Bank Bills.
All the profits belong to the depositors.
Investments are. only made in Securities of
the United States. GffO. H. HARRIS,
Chairman Advisory Committee.
ROBERT T. KENT,
Secretary.
DAVID A. RITTER,
Acting Cashier.
au2l—djtwtf
To Kent.
J 'ROM THE FIRST OCTOBER NEXT,
that Desirable Cottage Residence, No. 196
South Green street, at present occupied by J. B.
Preston, Esq.
Apply to R, S. AGNEW,
sep3—td 360 Broad st.
To Rent.
From the first October next,
the House, No. 70 South Broad street, at
present occupied by Dr. Wilson. It contains
eight rooms, hasjtables, garden and all necessary
outbuildings.
Apply to R. S. AGNEW,
sep3—td , 360 Broad st.
Postponed Marshal’s Sale-
Under and by virtue of a -writ
of fieri facias issued out of the honorable the
Fifth Circuit Court of the United States for the
Southern District of Georgia, iu favor of the plain
tiff, in the following caae, to-wit: George W.
Hatch vs. the Bank of Commerce, I have levied
upon, as the property of the defendant, the Bank
of Comuieice, part of lot of laud numbered ten
’ (10), Jekyl Tything, Derby Ward, together with
all tlie improvements thereon, consisting of a
building, known as the Bank of Commerce Build
ing, situate, lying, and being iu the city of Sa
vannah, county of Chatham, and State of Georgia,
and will sell the same at public auction, at the
Coart House, in the city of Savannah, Chatham
county. Georgia, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN
OCTOBER next, between the lawful hours of
sale.
Dated Savannah. Ga., May 29th. 1868.
WM G. DICKSON,
sep'J-lawfw U. S. Marsh!
Book and job printing
Executed at thia Office
At the Lowest Terms and in the Best Style
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Official.
Pro clamations
BY THE GOVERNOR.
ExaCUTIVB DuPAHTMr.NT, 1
Atlanta, Ga., September 3, 1868. I
To the. Principal Keeper oj the Penitentiary •
Whereas, at the February Term, 1866, of ( |. e
Superior Court of Walton county in this Slate R
W. Chaffin was convicted ou his plea of.g u j| tv
after offence of being accessory after tile fact
simple larceny, and was then aud there venteucwl
therefor, by the Jbdge of said Courl, to be im
prisoned at hard labor in the Penitentiary for th, 1
term of three years; and whereas, the General
Assembly of this State, at a session thereof' held
at Milledgeville in December, 1866, passed a
joint resolution requesting His Excellency Gov
ernor Jenkins to relieve said R. W. Cluillm from
such imprisonment and set him nt liberty, which
joint resolution was approved by said Governor
the 3d day of December, 1866, but. was never
acted upon by His Excellency, leuvine the said
Chaffin still imprisoned in the Penitentiary as
aforesaid under said sentence:
Therefore, by the authority in mo vested by the
Coustitutiou of this Slate, I hereby fully pardon
the said R. W. Chaffin of the said offence, and it
is hereby ordeied that be be forthwith discharged
and set at liberty, and restored to all civil rights
as a citizen of this State.
Given under my hand and Seal of the Executive
Department, at tne Capitol in Atlanta, the day
and year above written.
K. B. BULLOCK,
By the Governor: Governor
B. B. DbGbaffenkied,
Scc’y Ex. Department. seps- st
Assignee’s Sale.
OTATE OF GEORGIA—RICHMOND COUN.
O TY.--Pursuant.to an order from the Bon.
Frank S. Ilessoltine, Register in Bankruptcy for
the Southern District of Georgia, will be sold in
the city of Augusta, at the Lower Market House
on the FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER next’,
between the usual hours of sale, alljhat Tractor
lot of Land on the south side of Ellis street, he
tween Campbell and Washington streets, known
as the Palace Stables, together with all the im
provements thereon. All the above real estate
sold as the property of Marous A. Dehuney,
Bankrupt, for the benefit of his creditors.
This property will bo sold free of all incum
branoes, they having been ordered to bo trans
ferred to the proceeds of sale ot the same.
Also, at the same time and place, will bo sold
all the Notes and Bank Accounts belonging to
and surrendered by Marcus A. Dehoney.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
A. WILSON, Assignee
Augusta, September 3, 1858.
seps—lawtds
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of ] IN BANKRUPTCY.
JACOB AAEON,)
Bankrupt. J No. 167.'
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 29th day of September, 1868, at
10 o’clock a. m.. at chambers of said District
Court, before Charles G. McKinley, Esq., one
the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at
his office at Newnan, Ga., and show cause why
the prayer of the said petition of the Bankrupt
should not be granted. And further notice is
given that the second and third meeting of
creditors will be held at the same time and
place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal.) Judge of said Court, at Savannah,
Ga., this 3d day of September, 1868.
james McPherson,
seps lawJw Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
A United States for the (Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of j
NATHAN ROSENTHAL > IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J No. 61.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Couii
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of Marell 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to allpersons interested to appear on
the 29th day of September, 1868, at U> o’clock a m
at Chambers of said District Court, before Cbas-
G McKinley, one of the Registers of said
Court In Bankruptcy, at the Register’s office
in Newnan, Georgia, and show cause why
the prayer of the said petition of the Baukr»|ji
should not be granted. And further notice is
given that the second and third meetings of cred
itors will be held at the same time aud place.
Witness the Honorable John Erskiue.
(seal.) Judge of said Court, at Savannah, Ga.,
thia 3d day of September, 1868.
James mcpherson,
sepi—lawHw Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Southern District ot
Georgia.
In the matter of 1 IN BANKRUPTCY.
WILLIAM KORNER, I
Bankrupt. . j No. 90.
The said Bankrupt having petioned the Court
for a discharge from all hie debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867. notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the 29th day of September,lß6B, at 10 o’clock a.
m., at chambers of said District Conrt, before
Charles G McKinley, Esq., one of the Registers
of said Court in Bankruptcy, at Newnan,
Georgia, mid show cause why the prayer
of t lie said petition of the Bankrupt should not
be granted. And further notice is given that the
second and third meetings of creditors will be
held at the same time aud place.
Witness, the Honorable John .Erskine,
[skal.J Judge of said Court, at Savannah,
Ga., this 3d day of September, 1868.
james McPherson,
seps—law3w Clerk
TN THE DISTRICT COURT ~6f THE
JI United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
JACOB HECHT, > IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. ) No. 67.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned Un
Court for a discharge from all his debts PF“J*’
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 3d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons I’lteresled
to appear on thc29th day of September, 18458,at W
o’clock, in the forenoon, at chambers of the
said District Court, before Chas G MeKiule)’,
one of the Registers of the said Court in Bank
ruptcy, at Newnan, Ga.,and show cause why the
prayer of the said petition of the Bankrupt
should npt be granted. And further notice is
given that the second and third meetings oi
creditors will be held at the same time and
plac. , ~
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
c i Judge of said Court, at Savannan,
[seal. j j this M day of Bomber, 1868.
james McPherson,
k —law3w ' Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United Sta'tes for the Northern District 01
Georgia.
In the matter of }
WM. H. BRIMBERRT, }TN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. J No. 180.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Coim
for a discharge from nil Ids debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867. notice i
hereby given to all persons interested to appear o
the 22d day of September, 1868. at 10 o’clock a.m
at Chambers of said District Court before
G Foster, Esq., one of the Registers of sa
Court iii Bankruptcy. at ihe Register's otnee
in Madison, Georgia, and show cause wnv t
prayer of the said petition of tlie Bankrupt woo
not be granted And further notice is given 1
the second and third meetings of creditors wm
held at the same time and place. ..
Witness, the Honorable John Erss ,
, , Judge of said Dstrict Court, and W’
[sbal.] geal hereof, tbiß3d day of ScpUmbcr
IB6S. W. B. SMITH,
seps—law2w* _ _
Official. a
Appointments by the Governor.
Executive Dei'aHthest, I
Atlanta, Ga.. August 29tli. 1868.
Ordered— That John Scott/Eeq., of the conn
of Baldwin, be. and he is hereby, appointed vve
eeer of the Penitentiary by virtue of tue a
thority vested in me by the 1636th section of
Code of Georgia. ___
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor: Governor-
B. B. DEGuArrEHRBin,
Sec’y Ex. Department.
eept-3t