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RARAGftAMS.
—Yesterday, iu nTw York, Gold was
quoted at 1.44 J. Cotton, 27c.
—Twenty-one theatres will amuse New
York the coining season.
—Striped and spotted linen for gentle
men's wear is quite fashionable.
—Fashion authorities announce three-cor
nered visiting cards.
—Silks will be dearer this Fall and Win
ter. Reason why—short supply.
—The eotton crop in Florida is a failure
this season. Cause—the caterpillar.
—Over six miles of track have been laid
in one day on the Central Pacific Railroad.
—The growing tobacco crop in Virginia
the best, and promins the largest yield, of
any since 1860.
—Peaches were selling last week in East
ern Texas at from fifty to seventy-five cents
per bushel.
To judge by her poems, Adah Isaacs
Menken was a sort of she Walt Whitman.
In a literary sense, we mean.
—The Standard, of London, announces
that the present Parliament will be dissolved
on the 9th of November.
—lt is proposed to establish a magnificent
race course, with an annual Derby stakes,
near Cork, Ireland.
—A man who had been mortally wounded
in an affray, was recently married at Ironton,
Ohio, on his death-bed.
Mr. A. P. Dudley, of Calcveras, Cal.,
has left the rebel Democracy, find is now
speaking iu,behalf of Grant and peace.
—St. Petersburg has five daily papers—
four published iu Russian and one in
French.
—Pollard's Political Pamphlet is said to
lie very successful. Os the first number
109,000 copies were circulated.
—The first private execution in London,
under the new English law relative to capital
punishment, took place yesterday.
—A disrespectful writer save that the Em
press Eugenie exerts her woman’s privilege
quite royally by being in au almost perpetual
quarrel with her husband.
—A young gentleman speaking of a
young beauty’s fashionable yellowish hair,
called it pure gold. “It ought to be,” quoth
K—:—; “it .looks like twenty-four carrots."
—An irate and locked-out husband in
, Chicago cut aii artery in his arm iu break
ing a window to get into his house and bled
to death.
—Dr. Boynton, Chiqdain of the House of
Representatives, has resigned the pastorate
of the First Congregational Church iu Wash
idgton, to take effect at the close of the
pteseut Congress.
—An evening journal says that Mont
gomery Blair has received a letter announc
ing that F. P. Blair, jr., will be in Philadel
phia next week, and in Washington on the
19 th instafit.
• —lt is becoming fashionable to take tea
in the daytimelu France, and lovers of the
“ cup'loat cheers but not inebriates’’ hope
. soon to see the French drink ten instead of
wine at breakfast.
—ln a letter to the Tribune, Mr. Alfred
11. Guernsey intimates that the volunteer of
the World is Gen. W. F. Smith, and calls
upon him to throw off his disguise and appear
under his own name. '
—The annual incrcascjot the population
in Minnesota is reckoned at 20,000 births,
20,000 Yankee immigrants, 10,000 Scandi
navians and 10,000 of othrt nationalities.
—Some Parisians are grumbling because
Haussiiian, Prefect of the Seine, wishes to
place a marble statue of the Prince Imperial
in the Hotel do Ville.
—Some Democrat, discontented with the
news from Vermont, says that the only luck
the Democrats ever had in that State was
when they carried St. Alban’s, during the
war. That time they came in from Canada.
Mr. D’lsraeli will hot commit himself on
the question of woman suffrage. He says
that the question of putting their names on
the list is purely a question for the revising
barristers, in which the government will not
interfere.
—There is one Democrat in Goshen, Ad
dison county, Vermont He was on the
doubtful list this year, but finally voted for
Edwards, saying: “1 gues.-. I’ll do so this
time, but all h—ll can’t keep me from voting
for Grant and Colfax in November!"
—As the oyster season is just setting in, it
may be interesting to persons who are fond
of Saddle Rock oysters, to know that there
are no such mollusks in existence. The
famous Saddle Rock beds have given out
long since.
—-A site for a Roman Cotholic cathedral
for the diocese of Westminister, and as a
nn-inurial of the late Cardinal Wiseman, has
-.been secured in the immediate neighborhood
of Buckingham Palace, and the work will
be commenced without delay.
-—Christopher Frederick Schoenbeiu, the
distinguished Swiss chemist, died at Baden
Baden recently. Schoeubein was famous
tor the boldness and originality of general
izations, and although inferior to several
contemporaries as an experimenter, never,
perhaps, hud a superior as a theorist. He
discovered ozone and anti-ozone, invented
gun cotton, and stimulated inquiries leading
to many other valuable discoveries.
—The velocipede mania in France Shows
no sign of relapse. Races with these ma
chines are now a favorite amusement with
the French people. At a recent trial of
speed at Enghlen, near Paris, a velocipede
with two wheels ran a mile in four minutes
and iwculydive seconds, which is at the rate
of fit teen miles an hour, while otic with
three wheels was more than two minutes
longer in accomplishing the same distance.
—When sovereigns travel In Europe, com
moa folks have to get out of the way. Thus
a correspondent of a London paper, an
nouncing the arrival of Queen Victoria at
the summit of the Furka pass, Switzerland,
says : "The entire Furka howl has been re
served for her Majesty aud suite, who pro
pose to stay there three days, and notict has
been given that during this time bo trav
ellers will be received at the hotel, but that
refreshments will be served in an out
building."
—A prominent character in Swedish his
tory has just died at Stockholm. Count
Otto von MOrner was born in 1781, and,
during his long lite of eighty-seven
took a very active part in the politics ot his
country. It is to him that the present
Swedish dynasty is chiefly indebted for its
possession of the throne. In 1810, on the
death of Charles Augustus, Count von
Mdrner immediately went to Paris and
offered the Swedish crown to Marshal Ber
nadotte. The Marshal then presented him
self for election as Crown Prince, and Count
von Mdrner labored so zealously in his be
half that the election resulted in his favor,
notwithstanding the ill-cqncealed opposition
of the King and his Court. Ultimately,
Bernadotte was crowned King as Charles
John of Sweden, and Count von MOrner was
appointed his Aid-de-Camp. The deceased
was very intimate with the chief members
of. the royal family, and occupied several
important civil and military posts.
NationnlUcpublifiin
'AUGUSTA.. C*A •
SATURDAY MORNING September 12, 1869
~For
Os the United States:
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
For Congress*
Fjhbt District—J. W. CLIFT.
Second District—WM. P. PIERCE.
Third District—J. H. CALDWELL.
Fifth District—C. IL PRINCE.
Seventh District —JAMES ATKINS.
Republican Electoral Ticket*
for Tin: state at large.
HENRY P. FARROW, of Fulton.
AMOS T. AKERMAN, ol Elbert.
alternates.
Judge Dawson Walker, of Whitfield.
C. H. Hopkins, of Chatham.
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
I. District— A. WILBUR, of Chatham.
Alternate— E. E. Howard, of Chatham.
2d District—JßO. MURPHY, of Dougherty
Alternate— S. F. Salter, of Pulaski.
3d ZHsft-iei-E. I. HIGBEE, of Talbot.
Alternate— J. R. Thompson, of Carroll.
4th District—W*. H. WHITEHEAD, of
Butts.
Alternate— Hknry Glover, of Jasper.
sth District— J. E. BRYANT, of Richmond.
Alternate— F. J. Robinson, of Oglethorpe.
6/A District— S. C. JOHNSON, of Dawson.
Alternate— lsaac S. Clements, of Forsyth.
7lh District—J, L- DUNNING, of Fulton.
Alternate— F. A. Kirby, of Chattooga.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY.
Our paper is unusually interesting this
morning. In addition to our ordinary
amount of editorials, correspondence, tele
graph, local, and current political news, a
portion of the evidence recently given
Wore Justices Piiinim and Reynolds,
against Chief of Police, Wm. C. Dillon,
and Lt. Chas. Evans, charged with killing
Cornelius A. Red, will be found in to
day’s issue of the Republican. When we
state that this evidence, as published, was
copied from the official records by Col.
11. D. D. Twiggs, one of the counsel for
the defence, its accuracy will not be ques
tioned. Wc give this evidence to gratify
the desire of the public to read and judge
of the real merits of the case when divested
of all personal or political prejudice. We
have printed a large number of extra
copies containing this testimony, which
can be had Uy application at the Repub
lican counting-room. It will be observed
that the testimony this morning was all
presentcd'by the prosecution.
The publication of this interesting and
important testimony will be continued from
day to day, until the entire evidence shall
be made public. A very largo installment
•will appear in our Sunday edition.
•
THE PROSPECTS.
We never doubted that Grant would
carry Georgia by a handsome majority.
Our distinguished candidate for President
is much stronger than was Got. Bullock
in April last, and will poll a much heavier
white and colored vote. The Democrats
have recently rendered us essential service.
They have recently sent out of Atlanta
more than twenty active campaigners
who will go into this contest
with an energy and courage that will
unite their race almost to a man. Toombs,
Hill and Cobb, too, have rendered u. 9 val
uable service. They are driving the more
decent Democrats into the support of the
peace candidate, and have disgusted many
more. The white Republicans, mid Grant
men who are not Republicans, talk very
little, but they will use that mystic little
piece of paper— the ballot—with terrible
effect on the 3d of September, Buying and
bullying Republicans have played out, and
the Stale is sure for Grant.
WATCH THEM.
We warn our Republican friends not W
relax any effort lor the success of our Con
gressional ticket under the impression that
no election will be held on the 3d of Novem
ber. .There is no law now for the holding of
an election for Congressmen, and the Demo
crats affect to be opposed to the passage of
lan enabling act by the Legislature. It
should not be forgotten, however, that you
ean not tell what a Democrat means by
what he says or writes. So we can not tell
the real intentions of the Democrats by their
professions about an enabling act- From
the treacherous aud unscrupulous character
of the leaders of that party, we conceive it
to be highly probable that, just before the
election, a law will be passed ordering an
election.
We must be prepared for this emergency.
We must uot permit them to take a snap
judgment on us. Our candidates should
make just as thorough a canvass as if there
was no doubt about an election being held.
By doing this they will be prepared for any
emergency, and the people will be aroused
to the importance of the contest. If the
■ election is not held, the zeal of our candi
dates for the success of the Presidential
ticket will secure for them the candidacy
whenever an election shall be ordered. The
party should, and will, remember its work
ers. Then to work, boys. Yours is the
cause of Peace and of Union. It is the des
tiny of your party to redeem the waste
places of the Sunny South, and to secure to
all God's children the blessings of civil and
religious liberty.
—— —<l *-—» —■
“ That’s What's the MATtEK."—Who
believes that, if Blair, Toombs, Hill,
Cobb A Co. were enjoying the honors and
emoluments of official station, they would
be encouraging the people to renewed acts
of violence and bloodshed. They would
step to power on the dead bodies of their
dying countrymen, and laugh at the mise
ries of those made widows and orphans by
their insatiable ambition. Then why will
sensible people follow such leaders 1
THE CINCINNATI GAZETTE AND
THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
Wc are somewhat surprised to find the
following editorial in the Cincinnati Gazette
a Republican paper, in its issue of the 9th :
The State of Georgia has been rMtorod to her
normal relations to the Union. Her Sonator*
and Representatives are in Congress ; hor new
Constitution is in force; hor State machinery is
in full operation. Doubtless, the expulsion of
twenty odd members from the lower House was
an outrage. There are regular methods, how
ever, of settling such questions, and interference
by Congress, doos not seem, just now,
to be advisable as one of them. The
work of reconstruction for Georgia is
ended. It is too late now to be appealing to
Congress to reopen and revise it. The State has
boon sot on its legs, to stand or fall, according
to the vital powers of its organisation.
The Gazette, is mistaken when it states
that Georgia’s “ Senators and Representa
tives arc in Congress.” No Senator has
been admitted, and not all of her Repre
sentatives. There has been no legislation
of both branches of Congress to decide
whether Georgia has legally complied with
the requirements of the Reconstruction acts.
The latest act of Congress was that which
provided that military authority should
cease in certain States when the Constitu
tional Amendment was ratified by the Legis
latures of these States. Upon the presump
tion that Georgia had legally complied with
the demands bf the Government, the House
of Representatives hastily admitted, not all,
but a portion of her delegation. The Senate
did not act. Now, we are of the opinion that
Congress has not decided that Georgia has
complied with the inexorable demands of
the loyal men of the Nation ; neither can it
so decide, unless it is willing to abandon
its own high ground of right and justice.
An inquiry will satisfy Congress that a
fraud was practiced by thirty-nine usurp
ers in the House of Representatives,
wco are ineligible, and that if the colored
members are ineligible under the Con
stitution as claimed by the Democrats,
the Fourteenth Amendment has not, nor
could have been legally adopted. If Con
gress had the right to demand its ratification
at all, it is both its right and duty to de
mand its legal ratification. The action of
the House of Representatives jn admitting a
portion of onr Congressional delegation cer
tainly has uo binding effect on the Semite ;
neither can the Georgia revolutionists take
advantage of their own wrong to perpetuate
their own power, Assuredly the Gazette
does not comprehend the animus and pur
poses of these revolutionists. Unless Con
gress interferes they will not stop until they
place John B. Gordon in the Executive
Chair of the. State, to which Gov. Bullock
was fairly elected, j ust as they have placed
defeated candidates in the lower House of
the General Assembly.
If we cannot appeal to Congress to whom
can we appeal? One act of usurpation will
follow another until every department of
the State Government will be in their hands,
when those who arc not Democrats will be
in an infinitely worse condition than they
were under the Johnson governments. The
Southern unionists have suffered much and
can suffer more for principles dearer to them
than life. If needs be, they will not com
plain if z deliverance tarries until after the
Presidential election. We would not have
our Northern friends jeopardize their
own success. We have been schooled to
sufferings, humiliating defeats, and vituper
ative abuse. We may be destined to suffer
on, but wc grieve to read such chilling
paragraphs as the one published above.
Conscription and War. —The politicians,
by instigating the late war, caused the whole
Southern country to swarm with conscript
officers, who were very willing to drive others
to the battle-field, mid leave women and child
ren at hometostarve. Blair’s programme will
cause this unhappy stale of affairs to return,
with this unhappy state of affairs to return,
with redoubled misery. Vote for Grant and
peace. JLet Time cure our present ills. War
will make matters worse, and hasten the very
degradation which the South would avoid.
Listen not to the fiery words of the ambi
tious demagogue. Oilice* is his object,
to obtain which lie wonld crimson your rivers
with the blood of the people.
-
Why they ake Hated.—These noble
Confederate soldiers who have confidence
in their generous conqueror, and will sup
port him for the Presidency, me hated and
despised by men of much less honor and
bravery. And why ? What is their of
fence ! When they surrendered to Gen.
Grant they took an oath to return home
and obey the laws of the country. They
are keeping that oath. They arc opposed
to another war, because they have prom
ised to oppose it. This is the extent of
their guilt. They will not commit moral
perjury by supporting candidates pledged
to another revolution.
What was Ixist.— Toombs. Cobb <t Co.
fired the Southern henrt and precipitated
the people into the Into war on n mere ab
stractiou. These leaders sacrificed nothing
and lost nothing. The people lost their ne
groes aud their substance, besides sacrificing
the best blood of the section. The leaders
gave the people bad advice then. By heed
ing it, devastation and ruin was brought to
every hearth. The politicians are giving
equally bad advice now, and a worse fate
awaits the masses if they again permit them
selves to be deceived by the unprincipled
demagogues who prefer to rule iu hell to
reigning in heaven.
The Logical Simvbnve.—The Democrats
claim that colored men were not eligible at
the time of their election. Then they were
never legal members, and eould not. comply
with the acts of Cdngress. This tact being
admitted, if the State is remanded to her
Provisional condition, Congress will have
gone back upon its pledges, and deserved
all the denunciation the Democrats hava
systematically heaped upon it.
The Augusta Republican reminds its
readers that wc arc the individual who, as
editor of the Augusta Dispatch advocated
the revival of the slave trade. — Athens Ban
ner.
The Augusta Republican reminds its
readers, and the people of Athens, that the
editor of tjic Banner was but recently our
editorial hireling, and that he wrote red
hot Republican articles.
JUDGE GIBSON—WAR AND PEACE-
The dyspeptic genius that presides over
the editorial columns of the Warrenton
Clipper is very much displeased at a recent
speech of Hodl Wm. (Jjbson in Warren
ton. Judge Qibson desires peace, and
feelingly appeals to his late comrades in
anus to follow him in the effort to main
tain peace, as they had followed him on
the battle-field in defence of the Con
federacy. But the sapient editor does not
want peace, and he oracularly announces
to the iTistinguisbed jurist anil noble
patriot, that the old Forty-eighth Georgia
“ will follow hi war but not in
peace.’ - “We thank t hee, Jew, tor
that word.”' It is a manly if not
a patriotic confession of the warlike
purposes of the sham Democracy. He
broadly and unequivocally declares that the
soldiers of Colonel Gibson arc willing again
to follow him if he is for war ; but not if he
is for peace. With ail due deference, we
think that the soldiers tire fur peace, and
will not be driven from its advocacy by the
bilious ravings of Iranliu madfueu like the
commander of the little Warrenton craft.
The troubles into which the people were
innocently led eight years ago were caused
by such war-like utterances as the editor
indulges. The people would save the re
mainder of their liberties and property, and
will not again hazzard the loss of all by
engaging in an unequal contest of arms.
Grant says, “.Let us have peace.” He is
Judge Gibson’s man. He is our man. lie
is the people’s man.
CONNERYAFIVE CONGRESSMAN
NOR GRANT.
Hou. Nathaniel Boyden is the only
Conservative member of Congress from
North Carolina. He is one of the most
distinguished lawyers in the State, and be
fore the war, was an M. C., and filled many
other oilices of dignity and responsibility.
In announcing himself a candidate for re
election he declares his preference for
Grant and Colfax. The wise and pure
of all sections arc rolling to the standard
of the ‘generous and brave men that heads
our ticket. Roll on the ball.
Wno Honors the Soldier ?—There are
more ex-Confederate soldiers, acting as Po
licemen, under the present Mayor and Coun
cil, than there were under any city adminis
tration since tho close of the war. The
noisiest defamers of the city officials were
speculators,skulkersand bomb-proofs during
the war.
Not much of a Job.—The revolution
ists in the House of Representatives an
nounce to Governor Bullock that they arc
the “keepers of their own consciences.”
They havn't much of a job.
-
A Fact. —It is a fact that the politicians
got up the last war, and the people did the
fighliqg. Politicians’ war and people’s
light. Grant and Peace should be the
people’s watchword, and let Toombs, Cobb
& Co., take care of themselves.
Don’t Believe it.—Somebody has in
formed Dunlap Scott, of Floyd, that
Deed Scott and Chief Justice Taney arc
dead. He don't believe it.
Good Nomination.—Col. Jas. Atkins
has been nominated by the Republicart Con
gressional Convention in the 7th District
as the candidate of the party for Congress.
| From the Washington Chronicle.
THE ENTHUSIASM FOE GHANf.
The complaint that there is no enthusiasm
lor General Txrant soems to have died away,
like a thousand other silly calumnies, lie
who doubts the strength of the Republican
candidate need only be referred to die con
fessions of the Democratic leaders.
George IT. Pendleton telegraphs from
Ohio to John 11. McClernard: "Just got
home. The condition of the canvass in Ohio
is such that 1 withdraw all my appointments
in Indiana.” Aud Horatio Seymour, on the
24th of July, 1868, sounded the key-note of
despair in his letter to Hon. Colin M. Inger
soll, of Connecticut, when he said: “Mg
friends hate plunged me into a sea of trou
bles. Ida not know how the canvass will
go, but now that 1 am in the fight I shall do
the best I can.”
These were not only confessions ot defeat,
but tributes to the overwhelming popularity
of Grant, and they have been singularly fol
lowed by declarations of hundreds ot inde
pendent Democrats. In the California pa
pers, just received, we find the proceedings
of a largo Republican State Convention, held
at Sacramento, on Wednesday evening, the
12th of August, at which the Hon. A. P.
Dud ey made a speech containing the fol
lowing language: "I have been a voter for
twenty-eight years. By my bald head you
sec I have grown gray in the service of my
country, and I have never but once failed
to vote with the Democratic party. I had
the honor of being a Presidential elector in
my district- on the Breckinridge ticket.
Since the war has been over I have
tried to get on quietly with the» Demo
cratic party; aud I stumped the State
for Haight (the Democratic candidate
for Governor) last year. I talked War
Democracy, but now the issues are fairly
made between Grant and Colfax on the one
pan and Seymour and Blair and their plat
form on the other. The living issue to-day
is this : Was the war to put down the rebel
lion, right or wrong ? In the old State of
New Hampshire —that was when this old
hat was new (pointing to his bald pate) —
she had always twenty-five thousand major
ity for the Democrats ; since then she has
pone Republican by an overwhelming ma
jority. So 1 am not the only renegrade
Democrat of my native State.”
Colonel Sibley, a member of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee of Califor
nia, personally led the way by a declara
tion for Grant and Colfax. .The spirit per
vading California extends along our whole
Pacific border. The leader of the Oregon
Democracy, Hon. J. W. Nesmith, if not for
Grant, was at least among the first to
nominate him for President, for, on the
11 th of February, 1864, in the Senate of
the Uniting States, he declared': “There
is no honor that I would not confer on
Grant, as I expect myself to vote for him
for President of the United States, Being
willing to cast my vote at that time for
him, I shall not be willing to-day to do
anything to degrade him.”
——
—General Sheridan not only wants Grant
and Colfax elected, but he desires the suc
cess of John A. Griswold, Republican can
didate for Governor of New York. He said,
recently, “1 do hope John Griswold will be
elected, and il he-i.% I'll throw up my hat
and burn my boots.” Gallant Phil. wiH have
an opportunity ,of performing both these
feats in a lew weeks.
—Jarvin Raymond, father of 11. J. Rhjm
mood, of the N. Y. Times, is dead.
ALL RIGHT ON THE GOOSE.
Editor National Republican: Our friends
have made a very considerable political
fuss about the illegal municipal government
of the city, alledging byway of argument
that when the bayonet was sheathed or
the military was withdrawn, wc, of course
relapsed to our old statu quo and the men
representing the old dispensation should be
restored to their official positions. Now it
the old adage which I use to adopt the idea
to the comprehension of our said friends,
“what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander,” is logically true, I would like to
know what they consider the effect of the
withdrawal of the military rule from the
State. Is all that was done under the mil
itary regime, resulting from the folly of se
cession, to be ignored ? If so, what becomes
of all the legislation which has transpired ?
If our municipal authority became illegal,
why is not all other authorities in tho same
fix ? What binding effect can result from
our Legislature ? If the citizens of Augusta,
as advised, are not obliged to pay their
taxes, how can any State tax be collected bv
any law made by the present Legislature
unless some distinction is made between the
goose and the gander ?
The sustaining of the veto of the Savan
nah municipal bill by the Senate is claimed
to be good sauce for the goose ; will the
same result to the Augusta bill be as good
for the gander? Perhaps our lobby mem
ber can tell Serio Ludrico.
[From our own Correspondent.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Heart Sess ion of Congress— What «» thought of
the Georgia Legislature The Secret of the New
York Convention— IFAy Seymour was Nomi
nated— The History of the Paet — The Proposed
way io Elect Seymour and Biair—The Blairs—
Public Debt Statement—H. Ward Beecher.
Washington, September 7, 1868.
Among other distinguished arrivals, to
day, is General Banks. He is no enthusiast
hut a man of great moderation. In reply to
an inquiry as to the probabilities of Congress
reassembling on the 21st instant, he saw, “I
do not sec how it can be avoided.” He then
referred to the revolutionary course of the
Georgia Legislature in denying the right of
colored men to hold office, as the culminating
point, and reference was made to various
other reasons familiar to your readers. The
prevailing opinion here is that Congress will
reassemble, and that Georgia will necessarily
be resolved back to her former position as a
portion of a Military District, for, if colored
men are ineligible as legislators, then all the
acts of the present Legislature are null and
■void; hence the adoption of the 14th amend
ment to the Constitution is null and void,
and the members admitted to Congress will
have to be turned out, nolens volens. The
revolutionists of Georgia have placed them
selves in an awkward position. It is a mys
tery to people here how intelligent people
can be so blind to the plain requirements of
law. President Johnson, to-day, when told
what had been done, laughed heartily, and
declared tho members who voted to expell
the colored members were “blind.” The act
shows more than political blindness —it was
a criminal blunder, which is likely to put
Georgia back in the category with Missis
sippi, Texas, and poor old Virginia.
The secrets of that monstrous affair, the
New York Convention, are gradually coming
to light. We have the statement of Colonel
Brown, in Kentucky, as to the duplicity
practiced to secure the nomination of ex-
Governor Seymour, confirmed in various
quarters. It is proven, beyond question that
Seymour, with the New York delegations,
favored and urged the nominations.
Great efforts have been made during the
campaign to bolster up Seymour's loyalty
during the war, and particular stress is laid
upon the fact that President Lincoln thanked
him for sending forward troops so promptly
in 1864, about the time of the battle of
Gettysburg
If you have not done so already, you
should publish the way this mailer is ex
plained, and for I his purpose 1 annex aa
extract from a recent speech of Gov. Tod
of Ohio:
“ Seymour is an intelligent man. I know
him well. He was Governor at the same
time I was Governor. Mr. Lincoln called
for volunteers. I sent him only thirty thou
sand, while Seymour scut him fifteen thou
sand. The President went around compli
menting Seymour, and saying nothing about
what I had done. I took Mr. Lincoln to
task for this. I said, * How is it you are
complimenting Seymour for his fifteen thou
sand men, and neglecting to compliment
Morton and me ?’ His answer wns perfectly
satisfactory. He said, ‘ Why, Tod, 1 never
thanked Mrs. Lincoln for a cup of tea in my
life.’ [Laughter and applause. | The truth
was, Morton and I had done nothing more
than what was expected of us, while Seymour
had. He had never done the like before,
aud never did afterward. It was not neces
sary to keep a Major General in Indiana,
and Illinois and Ohio, to correspond with
the President, as it was in New York. In
those States the Governors acted as the
President's correspondents aud agents. You
will remember that remarkable dispatch of
Gen. Dix to Gov. Seymour, saying: 1 1 beg
to let you know that I have troops enough at
my command to take care, not only of the
rioters, but of you.’ ” ,
There is the whole story in a nut-shell.
Mr. Lincoln’s disposition was such, that if a
copperhead or rebel showed the least indica
tion of returning reason, he loved to foster
and encourage it.
The recent somersault of Frank Blair does
not surprise any one who knows Frank or
any of the Blairs—they are all alikp, and
were always determined to rule or ruin. The
elder Blair had his bout with Jackson, and
was more than half inclined to favor the
the schemes of Calhoan in 1833. He at
tempted to ruin General Scott, because he
(Scott) would not adopt a plan of campaign
in Florida, prepared by General Jessup (a
relative of the Blairs). Jackson thwarted
this scheme. In later times, Montgomery
Blair, while holding a seat ns Postmaster
General in Mr. Lincoln’s Cabinet, was ob
taining passes for rebels to carry supplies to
their friends within the enemy’s lines, and
he also appointed to office in Maryland some
of the very men who were drilling and pre
paring to aid in the capture of IVashington
in 1861. These facts are within my own
personal knowledge, and were well known to
the Government soon after their occurrence-
The public debt statement was made to
day. In round numbers, Uncle Sam owes
$2,535,614,313.03, less $107,641,971.08 in
the Treasury.
A delegation of Richmond merchants is
Imre to-day, urging the establishing of a
bonded tobacco warehouse in that city. Mr.
McCulloch will probably accede to the re
quest, as it will be a large saving to the
tobacco manufacturer.
Speaker Colfax is expected here about the
16th instant, and Frank Blair about the 19lh.
Indian affairs look sqnally.
Cafital.
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, —l’he first of a series of "National
Games’’ was played in Vermont on the Ist,
between the "first nines” of the Grant and
Colfax aud Seymour and Blair Clubs.—
Througlmut the game the Seymours “muf
fined” badly, owing to too stiff a breeze from
the North. The next game will be played
in Maine.
“ZZ. F. II."
Editor National Repubtttian :
I would like very much to know if the
“ 11. F. R.,” to whom you have alluded as
a signer of the Rosemans prontuioiauiento
is our quondum dry goods shopkeeper who
made a fortune during the late war by
selling calico at $6 per yard to our soldiers’
wives, while their husbands were in the
fight ut sll per month in Confed, money.
I daresay, if it is, he would l>c glad enough
to have another war and take his chances
in “ running the blockade.”
“T. P. 8.,” I presume, is a branch of
a branch that helped the Confederacy very
much by speculation, and so forth, during
the war.
It is certainly amusing to see such men
as General Lee and A. H. Stephens hum
bugged by a military adventurer, but it is
supremely ridiculous to see all of them
humbugged by the signatures of tho parties
referred to.
In charity, we may say, pity the sorrows
of these poor old rebels. Curley Q,
SPECIAL NOTICES.
J®- 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.
Also,
COTTON AND PAPER FLOUR SACKS
Neatly printed to order.
Information promptly furnished upon applica
tion. W. B. ASTEN A CO.,
jo 17 —3m 25 Pearl Street, New York City.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
For Rent.
The undersigned offers for
KENT, from the first of October ultimo, u
Small Farm, containing twelve and three-quarter
acres, with dwelling, out-houses, and good water,
at present occupied by Mr. J. W. Moore.
ALSO,
From the first of January next, a Farm of three
hundred and seven acres, on which is a dwelling
and all necessary out houses. Both the above
being about six miles from the city of Augusta, on
the Washington road.
He also otters for rent (bis Saw Mill, situated
about five miles from the city, near the Washing
ton road, with the use of au abundant supply of
timber, a good carrylog, etc. Possession given
immediately. WILLIAM SKINNER.
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QTATE OF GEORGIA—
kJ Richmond County.
Whereas, Edward O’Donnell, Administrator
on the estate of Richard Quinn, late of said
county, deceased, applies to me for Letters of Dis
mission.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all,
and singular the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and appear at my office on or
before the first Monday iu March next, to show
cause, if any they have, why said Letters should
not be granted. ’
Given under my hand and official signature ut
office in Augusta, this September 11th, 1868.
SAMUEL LEVY.
sepl2—lamfiui Ordinary.
United States Marshal’s Sale.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—SOUTH
ERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA.
JOHN T. DORAN, Libellant, ]
vs. j IN
Sloop Mariam and Caroune, }■
Her Boats, Tackle, Apparel. | ADMIRALTY,
and Furniture.
Under and by virtue of a writ of venditione
exponas issued out of the Honorable tho District
Court of the United States fur tiie Southern Dis
triet of Georgia, in the above entitled cause, datqd
September Hi, 1868, to me directed aud delivered,
I will sell ut Public Auction, on TUESDAY, the
15th day of SEPTEMBER instant, between the
legal hours of sale, before the Court House, in the
city oi Savannah, G<i., the Sloop Mariam aud
Caroline, her Boats, Tackle, Apparel and Furni
ture.
Dated at Savannah, Gti., this 10th day of Sep
tember, 1868.
WM. G. DICKSON,
sepl2-td U. S. Marshal, District ot Georgia.
An Opportunity to Planters.
ASSIGNEE’S SALE IN BURKE.
WILL BE SOLD, AT THE RESIDENCE
of Adam SlcNatt, Esq., in Burke county,
ou the 28th day of September, 1868, the following
property, to wit: Two Common Bed-Steads,
Three Bureaus, Two Dozen Chairs, Five Rocking
Chairs, Three Tables, Two Tete-a-Tetes, Five
Washstands, One C’andle-Stand, Three Lamps,
Two Side-Boards, Two Book-Cases, Four Pairs
Andirons, Two Pairs Shotels and Tongs, Ten
Goblets and Tumblers One Mule, One Horse, Olio
Yearling, One Two-Horse Buggy, Ono. Peddler
Wagon, One Rake, Two Garden Hoes. Five
Planting Hoes, Twenty Plows, Five Axes, Two
Garden Spades, One Forty-Five Saw Gin, One
Set of Running Gear, One Sugar Mill, etc., etc.
ALSO,
Will be sold before the Court House door in the
town of Waynesboro, Burke county, Ga., an the
FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER. 1868, all
the Real Estate of the said Adam McNatt (now in
Bankruptcy), consisting of (2,214) two thousand
two hundred and fourteen Acres of Land, more or
less, >n said county of Burke (excepting fifiy acres
with dwelling, set apart to the Bankrupt), lying
in the 71st District of said county, mostly ou tba
waters of Little Buck-Head Creek, and constitu
ting a very valuable tract; and,
ALSO,
Richmond county Imnde, 150 Acres, udjoiuiug
Bath Lauds, ou Little Spirit Creek, formerly
property Os James McNair ; aild a Fine Summer
Residence iu Bath, with six aud one half acres
adjoining, the health of which is not surpassed by
any locality in the South.
Sold under an order of the Hou. A. G. Foster,
Register in Baukruptcy, free from all incum :
brances ot the creditors.
Waynbsboro. Ga., Septembers, 1868.
11. H PERRY,
sepll—law3w Assignee.
CITY ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE To Fix tho Term of Office of
the Teachers of the Houghton Institute, and
for Other Purposes.
Sec. I. Be it ordained by tho City Council oj
Augusta, and it ie hereby ordained by the authority
of the same, That the term of office of the Prin
cipal (male) and three (3) Assistants (females) of
the Houghton Institute, this day to bo elected,
shall be for and during the time preceding the
regular meeting of the City Council in the month
of September, eighteen hundred and seventy
two (1872), and until their successors are duly
elected.
Sect. 11. An election for said P-rineipal aud
Assistants shall thereafter (eighteen hundred and
seventy-two) take place at the regular meeting
of the City Council in the month hereinbefore
mentioned, quadrennially. .
Sec. 111. From and after the passage of this
Ordinance, there shall be held but one session
per day in the said Institute—beginning at 8J
o’clock a. m., and closing at 2 o'clock p. m.
Sec. 4. It is hereby made the duty of tho
Principal of the Institute aforesaid to report to
the City Council, quarterly, tho coudi tion and
manner of conducting tho same, together with
all information relating thereto.
Sec. V. All Ordinances, or parts of Ordi
nances, militating against this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Done iu Council September sth, 1868.
FOSTER BLODGETT, Mayor.
Attest : JAMES N. ELLS, Clerk of Council.
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’ CITY ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE to amend the Thirty-eighth
Section of tho General Ordinance.
SBC. I. Be it Ordained by the City Council of
Auyueta and it ie hereby ordained by the au
thority of the tame, That the Thirty-eighth Sec
tion of the General Ordinance is hereby amend - -
ed so that the price "of dray licenses shall be
twenty dollars instead of thirty as heretofore.
Sac. 11. And be it further Ordained, That *ll
Ordinances and parts of Ordinances militating
against this Ordinance be and the same are here
by repealed.
Done in Council September sth, 1868.
FOSTER BLODGETT, Mayor.
Attest: JAMES N. ELLS, Clerk of Council.
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official.
Proclamation by the Governor.
Whereas, Law abiding eitirens from «...
sections of tho Skate unite i 8 communications'?
this Department, setting forth that misgtedei
persons are stirring up strife among tho T 1
by unlawful acts of violence against tho S ’’
and property of eihsens, on account of p. 5;.?,"
opinion; and that persons distinguished
their hostility to the Government of the it,.-, ,
States, and of this State, are promoting said ‘ ,
of violence by publicly denouncing the l a „s,
revolutionary, unconstitutional and void 8 *i
declaiming iu a mannner tending to exci’tore
sistance to tho lawful authority of the State ;
to persuade others to join in 5 combined t
anoo to, and a disregard of the civil rights nf
citizens ; and whereas, it is further cominn. •’
cited that the inevitable result of said act s f
violence and insurrectionary appeals is ahead
becoming manifest in tho rapid spread of a d'
position on the part of those who maintain th
validity of the laws of Congress, and of the Stat
Governments established thereunder, to prot
themselves by arms from said acti of yp.ijJ!"
and from said combinations against their civ'i’
rights; and whereas, tho General Assembly bai
adopted the following preamble and resolution
‘■Whereas, It being the practice of a portion
the citizens of this State to assemble in l ar
numbers with arms, for the purpose of exercisin' 0
in military tactics, and for other unlawful
poses, without authority of law, and to tho terr
of the good citizens thereof: Resolved there'
fore, by the Senate and House of Representative.
That His Excellency tho Governor be and he is
hereby respectfully requested to issue his procla
maton prohibiting such armed ’and unlawful
assemblages. But the right of the p oople ,
peaceably assemble for the consideration of »
matter shall not be impaired by any proclama
tion of the Governor.”
Now, therefore,!, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor
of this State, and Commander-in-Chiof of the
army and navy, and of the militia thereof do
issue this my Proclamation, commanding »n
citizens to abstain from any acts of violence
against persoqmr property, or from persuasions
which will tend to excite to violence or unlawful
combinations, and from all interference with- tho
constitutional right of persons to assemble for
political or other peaceful purposes; and to yield
prompt and respectful obedience to the offi cc „
of the law under all circumstances; and aho
charging upon the said officers the exercise of
great vigilance, that tho majesty of tho civil law
may bo vindicated, and great caution that all
their acts may bo fully j ustilied by and done in
pursuance of our Constitution and laws. And
to make known that no authority has been
granted by the Executive for the formation of
armed or unarmed organizations:, any kind *
character; and that the drilling or exercising in
military tactics, with arms, of any organized
body of men within this State, except the army ■
of the United States, is unauthorized, unlawful
and against the peace and good order of the
State, and must bo immediately suspended.
Tho following extracts from tho Constitution
and the Code are commended to tho thoughtful
consideration of the public:
ARTICLE I—CONSTITUTION.
Sue. 1. Protection to person and property is
the paramount duty of government, and shall be
impartial and complete.
Seo. 2. All persons born or naturalized in the
United States, and resident in this State are
hereby declared citizens of this State, and’ no
laws shall be made or enforced which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities u s citizens
of the United States, or of this giate, yi deny to
any person within its jurisdiction the equal pro
tection of its laws. And it shall bo the duty of
the- General Assembly, by appropriate legisla
tion, to protect every person in the due enjoy
ment of the rights, privileges and immunities
guaranteed in this section.
Sec. 5. The right of the people to appeal to
the courts, to petition government in all matters,
and peaceably to assemble for the consideration
of any mutter shall never bo impaired.
Sec. 6. Every person chargbd with an offimoo
against the laws, shall have the privilege and
benefit of counsel, and shall be furnished, on de
mand, with a copy of tho accusation and a list of
witnesses on whoso testimony the charge against
him is founded, shall have compulsory processes
to compel tho attendance of bis own witnesses,
shall be confronted with tho witnesses testifying
against him, and ahull have a public and speedy
trial by an impartial jury.
Sec. 9. Freedom of speech and freedoim of the
press are inherent elements of political Wberty,
But while every citizen may freely speak, or
write,or print on any subject, ho shall he respon
Bible for tho abuse of tho liberty.
( I Sec. 10. Tho right of the people to bo secure
in their persons, house*,papers andeffeets against
unreasonable searches and seizures shall not bo
violated, and no warrant shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation,
particularly describing the place or places te bo
searched, and tho person or things to be seized.
Sec. 11. No person shall be molested for his
opinions, or be subject to any civil or political
incapacity, or acquire any civil or political ad
vantage in consequence of such opinions.
Sec. 11. The right of the people to koCp and
bears arms shall not be infringed.
CODE.
Sec. 4249. Insurrection shall consist iu any
combined resistance to the lawful authority of the
State with intent to the denial thereof, when the
same is manifested by acts of violence.
Sec. 4250. Any attempt, by persuasion or
otherwise, to induce others to join in any com
bined resistance to the lawful authority of the
State, shall constitute an attempt to incite iusur
rection.
Sec, 4251. Any person convicted of the otfence
of insurrection, or attempt at insurrection, shall
be punished with death, or if the jtiry recommend
to mercy, confinement iu the Penitentiary for a
term not less than five nor more than twenty
years.
Sec. 4252. If any person shall bring, introduce,
permit, or circulate, or caused to lie introduced,
circulated, or permitted, or aid or assist-, orbeiu
auy manner instrumental iu bringing, introducing,
circulating, or printing within this State, anv
paper, pamphlet, circular, or any writing lor the
purpose of exciting iusiirrecliou, riot, orconspi
racy, or resistance against the lawful authority of
the State, or against the lives of the inhabitants
thereof, or any. part of them, such person or
persons so ott'euding shall be guilty of a high mis
demeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by
confinement iu the Penitentiary for a term not
less than five uor longer than twenty years
The conditions upon which parole was granted
to these persons in this State, who were prisoners
of war; are that the persons paroled “ will not be
disturbeA-by the United States authorities so long
as they observe their parole and the laws in force
where they reside.'’
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
By the Governor : Governor.
B. B DeGkaffenueid,
Secretary Ex. Department. . sepll—3t
Executive Department, ?
Atlanta, Ga., Septeinbea 9,1§68. j
OiiDEREti; That James 51 Bishop, Esq., of the
county of Dawson, bo, and ho is hereby, appoin
ted Compiler of tho Laws of the present session
of tho General Assembly, by virtue of the au
thority vested in mo by tho 1045th section of th*
Code of Georgia.
RUFUS Bl BULLOCK.
By the Governor: Governor.
B. B. DkGraekknueid,
Sec’y Ex. Department. sepll—3t
Executive Department, i
Atlanta, September 9, 1868- f
To the Ordinary of Jladieon County :
Whereas, Thp House of Representatives hare
given official information that a vacancy
occurred in the representation from the county
of sladison, by tho death of the Hon. J. y.
Moon ; and whereas, in all such cases it is made
the duty of tho Governor to issue a write!
election, directed to tho Ordinary of the county
in which such vacancy may occur—
Therefore, I, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor, and
Commander-in-chief of the army and nayy o!
this State, and of the militia thereof, do issue
this, my Writ of Election, requiring you, after
giving due and public notice thereof, at least
twenty days, to cause an election to be held, in
and for said county of Madison, in manner and
form as prescribed by law, to fill said vacancy.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Exocu
live Department, at tho Capitol, in Atlanta,
the day and year above written.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
By the Governor : Governor.
B. B. DeGraffenbbid,
See’y Ex. Department. sepll—
To Rent.
I-iROM THE FIRST OCTOBER NEXT
tlfo House, No. 70 South Broad street, at
present occupied by Dr. Wilzon. It contains
eight rooms, hxajstables, garden and all necessary
outbuildings. .
Apply to R. S, AGNEW,
»ep3—td 360 Broad
To Rent.
That neat cottage residence
No. 202 South Telfair street, between Koi
lock and Cumming streets, at present occupied
by Henfy Edmonston, Esq.
Apply to R. S. AGNEW,
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