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PARAGKAMS. —Yesterday, in New York, Gold was quoted at 1.44. Cotton, 2 c. —Mr. Stephen Massett is giving his enter tainment in California. —The Chinese embassy have sailed for England. —Grading on the Denver Railroad has commenced. —The McGee assassination trial was con tinned in Ottawa, yesterday. The testimony is circumstantial, but strong against Whalen. .—Figaro publishes ip prose a French version of the “ Bridge of Sighs," by Toni Hood, with the remark that is for the first time given in that language. —Napoleon is making so many French &mators of small calibre, that the French are beginning to call the Senate the “Second Hotel des Invalides.” —Lydia Thompson, the pretty cause of innumerable suicides and duels in Russia and Germany; is coming to a New York theatre. —The National Telegraph Union com menced its Sixth Annual Convention, at the Delaven House, Albany, yesterday. The Convention will probably be in session two or three days. —A military company passing through the streets of Ithaca, was called to halt by a lady on the sidewalk, who called out from the ranks her young husband and received a kiss, when the company was again ordered to march. —General Toombs has made another ’ speech denouncing General Grant- But for the magnanimity of General Grant, this Bobodil of the South would to-day be hiding in the swamps of Georgia. —Hon. James E. English has been chosen President of the “Seymour Monumental As sociation,” formed for the purpose of secur ing a suitable monument to the late Ex- Goveruor Seymour, of Connecticut. —The fashionables are now hurrying back from Saratoga in good earnest. In one of the Hudson river cars, a few days ago, the conductor says, lady passengers must have worn some $70,000 worth of diamonds. —By the ireshet in South Jersey, last week, property in Camden county was dam aged $60,000 worth; in Gloucester, SIOO,- 000 worth; and in Salem, over SIOO,OOO worth. The total loss to owners of mill property will not fall short of $300,000. dogs have always been exempt from the penalties of anti-caninc legislation. In 1838 London had an ordinance fining dogs running at large forty pence—always except genteel ones. How old are all our 'municipal laws? —Gen. James Shields, who twenty years ago was United States Senator from Illinois, and some pears later from Minnesota, is now i > his fifty-ninth year, a Democratic candidate for Congress from the Sixth Dis trict of Missouri. —Matilda Heron has concluded to devote her entire attention to the instruction of young ladies for the highest rank of the drama. Terms from one to five hundred dollars per quarter. Poor pupils will be in structed for nothing. —The “wickedest woman” at South End, in Boston, has been discovered. She goes to rile on Sunday, never goes to church, at tends from sixty to one hundred dancing parties during the season, drinks up her hus band’s medicine (whiskey), and smokes fra grant Havanas. —We learn from the Princeton Standard that there is a new young millionaire in Now York. Ills name is Louis E. Nugent, and he is heir to the great Nugent estate. He has $700,000 in cash, and is about 24 years old, and Very handsome. Not engaged. —Two Sucker girls, driving in a buggy on a plank road, were stopped and asked for 101 - “How much is it?" “For a man mid a horse,” replied the gate-keeper, “the charge js fifty cents.” “Well, then, git out of the way, for we are two gals and a mare. Git up, Jenny!” And away they went, leaving the man in mute astonishment —Six newspapers are now published at Honolulu, three of them in English and three in the Hawaiian language. The joint sale of- the English papers is computed nt 2,200, that of the latter at 7,800. There are 600,000 native inhabitants, and about 5,000 foreigners ; one newspaper, therefore, for every sixty-five souls. —Neither Wendell Phillips, Lloyd Garri son, nor Thaddeus Stevens was the author of the oft-quoted saving : “The Constitution is a league with hell and a covenant with death.” It is the perverted sentence of J. Q. Adams, who said that if the Constitution meant so and so, “it was a league,” etc. —General Packard (Republican) and Judge Earrand (Democrat), the rival candi dntes for Congress in Speaker Colfax’s Dis trict, Indiana, are canvassing in company, and nightly hold joint debate*. The District used to be a close one, and on more than one occasion was carried by the Republicans only through the great personal popularity * of Mr. Colfax. * Referring to the report that General Forrest complains that his speeches are “mangled and distorted” by Northern jour nals, the Pittsburgh Commercial says : “It surely must be a dreadful thing to have one's Speeches mangled, but there is one tiling worse, and that is to ’mangle’ the bodies ot those who have fallen ngutirig the enemies of the Republic.” —Mr. HoHtio Seymour has again and again expressed a confidence in his election as “serepe” »s the confidence of Hon. Sam Tilden. The Vermont election increases his confidence; the Maine election will make it positive; and when, in November, he finds it was nil misplaced—why he will enjoy the defeat as a “ blessing in disguise”—which it will be. —The French are certainly ingenious iu their modes of experimentalizing. Last year they used dead men as their targets for practice; this year they are testing the action of the Chassepot rifle by firing at live horses. The Loudon Star thinks they had already killed Garibaldians enough for that purpose. But it seems they had not. If, now, they would only try their new rifle on a few live Prussians, they might be able to test not only the action of the Chassepot, but the reaction of the needle-gun—killing two birds with one stone. —An anecdote is told of a German stu dent in theology, who, after waiting an unconscionable time for admission, ap peared before the examiner “bearded like a pard.” The learned examiner fell back astonished, exclaiming: “ A student in theology with a beard I” “ A beard ?” cried the* student, with an air of equal astonish ment, and putting his hand up to his face— “bless me! why it must have grown while I have been waiting iu the ante-room ?” —The Russian people have been recently greatly excited by the preaching of an old Muscovite peasant named Alexis Alexan drovitch, who, after a seclusion of several years, appeared in the district of Samara, declaring himself n prophet He is now going m>», IS p!-“, asnesneing the < approaching destruction of the Crescent and I the substitution of the Greek Cross for it, . an the dome of St. Sophia, at Constantino- ( pie. The Russian Government allows every liberty of action and language to this popu- 4 lar agitator. 1 National Republican AUGUSTA, GTA. WEDNESDAY MORNING ..September 16, 1866 PRESIDENT Os the United States: ULTSSES S. CftAWT. 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. 11. Hopkins, of Chatham. FOR THE DISTRICTS. Ist District — A. WILBUR, of Chatham. Alternate— E. E. Howard, of Chatham. 2d District — JNO. MURPHY, of Dougherty Alternate —S. F. Salter, of Pulaski. 3d District—K. I. HIGBEE, of Talbot. Alternate—J. R. Thompson, of Carroll. 4lh District—Vlm. H. WHITEHEAD, of Butts. Alternate— Henry Glover, of Jasper. sth District— J. E. BRYANT, of Richmond. Alternate— F. J. Robinson, of Oglethorpe. Wi District—S. C. JOHNSON, of Dawson. Alternate— Isaac S. Clements, of Forsyth. 'till District—J. L. DUNNING, of Fulton. Alternate— F. A. Kirby, of Chattooga. COL. THOMAS J. SPEER’S SPEECH. We present this morning the instructive and manly speech of Col. Tnos. J. Speed, State Senator from the Macon District, on the question of the eligibility of colored members. It will repay perusal. It is from the head and heart of a native Geor gia, thoroughly identified, before the war, with the institution of slavery, aud an earnest advocate of the Confederate cause before that cause was hopelessly lost. He is a bold and fearless man—an honor to his State, his section and his country. The howling of Demagogues and the piteous squeals of cowardly Republicans has no effect on Col. Speek. Every inch a man, he speaks out like a patriot. Reap his speech. THE MAINE ELECTION. The result of the Maine election is highly gratifying. It demonstrates tire truth ot our repeated declaration that the name and fame of Grant, together with the revoluntionary declarations of the Blairs, Toombs, Cobbs, aud Hills, has aroused the patriotic order of the North to a pitch unequalled since the bombardment of Sumter. The Ku Klux and Democratic organs pretend to be satisfied at our ma jority. We arc glad that for once both parties agree. Wc are more than satisfied. We have enough and to spare. In 18C6 wc carried nearly every Northorn State. We are now making gains on the vote of that year. Grant is destined to “rule the country he has saved.” Personal.—A communication has been handed into this oflice, demanding the name of the author of a communication, written and signed by “A Dooly Colored Man,” and mailed nt Montezuma, Georgia. The writer characterizes the communica tion as a “string of falsehoods." We have reexamined the communication, and tlic name of our indignant correspondent is not used, even by implication. The com munication was genuine, and the proprietor and business manager is wholly irresponsi ble for its insertion. The writer of this is entirely responsible. If our aggrieved cor respondent will, in respectful language, satisfy him that injustice has licesi done any portion of the Seymourites of Dooly, he will cheerfully make the correction. No charges have been made against the party alluded to, and wc fail to comprehend his right to speak for either the citizens or his party. We are willing to do justice, and if our Dooly correspondent has done any body injustice, we will make the amende. The individual penning the above is per sonally responsible for anything he writes, and wishes it distinctly understood that he will stand to the rack. ► Vote i*on the Man.—ls the Republi cans had nominated Gen. G hast the would. Indeed, they were the first to ittntion his name in connection with the high office of President. Then why not vote for the man Grant. Hr is brave, noble, generous, self-reliant, inde pendent and patriotic. He will prove a better friend of tlie South than any.lnwt licking politician in the whole North. It is not bad policy for the people to look out for No. 1, and it would be exceedingly good policy for them to vote for a No. 1 man for President. He is sure to win. Al ways bet on the winning horse. An Explanation by Comparison.—Sup pose that the Southern Confederacy had been established, and John Minor Botts, W. W. Holden, Andrew Johnson, or some other distinguished opponent of secession, were now a candidate for the Presidency, with Gen. Lek on an opposite ticket. Is it not reasonable to suppose that the Grev backs would cast their ballots almost unan imously for Gen. Lee ? Certainly they would. Well, U. S. Grant is the Lee of the North. What the South would do for Lew tire North will do for Grant. Op position is useless. Only $86,565.84 Per Annum. -Colonel Hulbert, Superintendent of the State Road, has already reduced the running expenses of that road at the rate of $86.. 665.84 per annum, without the slightest effect on the working management of the road. Yet foe Commissioners wish to take the place of one Superintendent. $9 Per Day and Mileage.—There arc over twenty members of the Georgia Legis lature, elected to stay at home by the peo ple, now drawing $9 per day out of the depleted Treasury of the people. This is economy and respect for the will of the people with a vengeance. GRANT AS REVEALED RY HIS PRIVATE LETTERS. Jhe following private letter of Gen. Grant, written in 1863, before his capture of Vicksburg, reveals his private senti ments, modesty, and noble impulses better than could a .volume of outside panegyrics. Read it, Georgians; and sec the hidden treasures concealed by native modesty un vieled in every line and sentence: MtLi.iKEn Bend, La., April 21, 18G3. Dear Father : Your .letter of the 7th,of April has just this day reached me. I hasten to answer your interrogations. When I left Memphis, with my past experience, I prohibited trade below Helena. Trade to that point had previously been opened by the Treasury Department. I give no per mits to buy cotton, and if I find any one engaged in die business I send them out of the Department, and seize their cotton, (or the Government. I have given a few fami lies permission to leave the country, and to take with them—so far as Memphis—their Cotton. In doing this I have teen deceived by unprincipled speculators, who have suc cessfully smuggled theifiselvcs along with the army in spite of orders prohibiting them, and have been compelled to suspend this favor to persons anxious to got out of Dixie. I understand that Government has adopted some plan to regulate getting the cotton out of the country. Ido not know what plan they have adopted, but am satisfied that any that ean be adopted, except for Government to take the cotton themselves, and rule out' peculators altogether, will be a bad one. I feel all army followers, who are engaged in speculating off the misfortunes of thoir country, are really aiding the enemy more than they possibly could de by open treason, should be drafted at once and put in the first forlorn hope. I move my headquarters to New Carthage to morrow. This whole country is under water, except strips of land behind the levoes, along the river and bayous, and makes operations almost impossible. I struck upon a plan which 1 thought would give me a focthold on the east bank of the Mississippi before the enemy could offer any great re sistance. But the difficulty of the last one and a half miles next to Carthage makes it so tedious that the enemy cannot fail to dis cover my plans, I am doing my best, aud am full o( hope for complete success. Time has been consumed, but it was absolutely impossible to avoid it. An attack upon the rebel works at any time since I arrived here must inevitably have resulted in the loss of a large portion of my army, if not in an entire defeat. There were but two points of land, Haines Bluff and Vicks burg itself, out of water at any place from whieh troops could march. These are thoroughly fortified, and it would be folly to attack them as long as there is a pros pect of turning their position. 1 never expect to have an army under my com mand whipped, unless it is very badly whipped and can’t help it; but I have no idea of being driven to do a desperate or foolish act by the howlings of the Press, It is painful to me, as a matter of course, to see the coursq pursued by some of the papers. But there is no one less disturbed by them than myself. I have never sought a large command, and have no ambitious ends to accomplish. Were it not for the very natural desire of proving myself equal to anything expected of me, and the evidence my removal would afford that I was not thought equal to it, I would gladly accept a less responsible position. 1 have no desire to be an object of envy or jealousy, nor to have this war continue. I want, and will do my part toward it, to put down the rebellion in the shortest possible time, without expecting or desiring any other recognition than a quiet approval of my course. I beg that you will destroy this letter ; at least, do not show it. Julia and the children are here, but will go up by tho first good boat. I sent for her to come down and get instructions about some business I want attended to, and see no immediate prospect of attending to my self. Ulysses. Closed ut For a .Week. —We learn that the I’hotographers of this city have deter mined to take a week's holiday, as the Democrats of both sexes, have such long faces, since the reception of the news from Maine, that it is impossible to take natural pictures of them. It is no use, Sir Photo graphists. Better take them as they are now. They will be a devilish sight longer after the October elections, and in Novem ber their faces will be as long as a shadow just before sunset. At that time the sun of their revolutionary hopes will set for ever. • • * On Ho!—The bummer editor of the Sa vannah Republican says that the labors of the Seymourites to carry Maine were “com paratively insignificant." What a whopper! Did not George 11. I’endletox, Sunset Cox, Richard O'Gohman, and nearly every prominent politician in the East, canvass the “Pine Tree Statu ?” If the Republican had said the labors of his party were “com paratively iusigni'ficaut" in results he would have hit the nail mi the head. Heard, From.—“ Y.,” the telegraphic correspoudent of the Ku-Klux organ in this city, turns out to be a prominent member of the Damfhool family. He charges Colonel Hulrkrt, Superintendent of the W. & A. Railroad, with the responsibility for a recent collision on that road. Everybody, except the family of Damfuools, knows that it is not the Superintendent, but Master of Trans portation, that has charge of the running ot trains. The Master of Transportation is said to be a Democrat. Don't Troubli Yourselves, Gentle men.—We notice that the Bainbridge Argus aud Macon Journal if- Messenger have got up u lively, newspaper discussion over the question as to whether the accession ot Governor Brown, Hons. Foster Blodgett and James Johnson 'to the Democratic party would be a thing to be proud of. Don’t trouble yourselves, gentlemen. These dis tinguished Georgians know the treasonable and revolutionary designs of your party too well ever to-sympatbize or act with it. They have taken a through ticket for the Union and for freedom. I ——— —“ Brick Pomeroy” is trying to find out what kind of clay he is made of. Following out the investigation, he wnile to Senator Pomeroy, inquiring to what branch of flic Pomeroy family lie belonged ? The Senator replied that “ Brick” might take which branch lie pleased, but he (the Senator) belonged to the other branch. —ls the word “cabled” is allowed, an ' exchange -is of opinion that we shall then 1 have people “stcamboated '’ to Albany, "car- 1 ed ’to Philadelphia, “schoonered' to the 1 oyster bods, and ‘ slooped” through Plum * Gut. r —New York city expended $3,020,832 for school puqioseslast year. THE ASHBURN MURDER IN GEORGIA. Official Report of General Meade. Headq’ks Thud Military Dist., | (Dep’t Georgia, Florida and Alabama), [ Atlanta, Ga,, July, 1868, ) Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding U.B.Army, Washington, D. C.: General—The numerous malicious and false statements that have been given to the public through tho press, for political aud partisan purposes, in relation to the trial and the treatment of witnesses and prisoners im plicated in the murder of Mr. G. W. Ash burn, of Columbus, require on my part n special report, which is herewith made, and to whieh I beg to ask 1 may be authorized to give that publicity which my vindication requires. The accompanying papers con tain all the. instructions, orders, and tele grams that have emanated from these Headquarters, and the replies made thereto. A careful perusal of these papers will give an accurate history of the whole transaction, and will exhibit the part taken by each in dividual, whether military or civil, under my control. A brief synopsis of these papers, and a succinct statement of the facts of the case, is herewith submitted : On flic 30th of March last, a little after midnight, G. W. Ashburn, ex-member of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, was assassinated at •a house where he was boarding in the town of Columbus. Immediately on receiving notification, I instructed tho commanding officer of Columbus, Capt. Mills, 16th infan try, to make every effort in cooperation with the civil authorities to detect and arrest the criminals. Capt. Mills having reported, the civil authorities were disposed to act with energy, I declined the frequent recom mendations of parties to remove them, but subsequently, Captain Mills reporting that the energy of the civil authorities was all show and merely assumed, and that he could place no reliance on them, 1 removed the Mayor and Board of Aidermen, together with the Marshal and his Deputy—appoint ing others and appointing Captain Mills Mayor. About the 6th of April, nearly a week alter the assassination, Captain Mills having obtained sufficient.evidence to war rant his acting, arrested, by my older sonic ten citizens of Columbus, either as partici pators,'accessories. or having some knowl edge of the facts of the case. These per sons were subsequently released on bonds to appear and stand their trial. Finding that owing the character of this crime, in a great measure political as well as social, there was no effort on the part of the com munity where it was committed—cither through the authorities or among the citi zens—to ferret out the guilty, I deemed it proper to ask of the War Department that a competent detective officer should be sent to report to me, that he might assist Captain Mills in his researches. On the 18th of April, Mr. Reed haying arrived from Wash ington, was sent to Columbus to report to Captain Mills. On Mr. Reed reaching Columbus, and being made acquainted with the evidence then procured, he earnestly urged that I send for a Mr. Whiteley, then in Kansas in the]service of the Internal Re venue Department. My application to Com missiouerltollins being courteously received and acceded to, Mr. Whiteley arrived about May Ist, and was immediately sent to Captain Mills. Soon after his arrival at Columbus, Mr. Whitely re ported he was satisfied Capt. Mills was on the track of the criminals, and had arrested some of the principals, but that it was utterly impracticable to obtain any testi mony from any party in Columbus, as their lives would be forfeited if they dared to disclose what they knew, and he recom mended that certain parties whom he be lieved had a knowledge of the affair, should be removed to some secure place, where, being protected, they could, without fear, disclose such facts as were in their posses sion. Upon receipt of this communication 1 authorized the transfer of the parties named to Fort Pulaski, and directed the commanding officer of the post to permit the detectives, Whitely and Reed to have free access to the prisoners, and to have a general direction of their treatment. At the same time I cautioned the detectives that in their efforts to extract the facts as known to these parties no unusual, or cruel, or physical means : should be resorted to." The result of this movement was the disclosure ot most im portant facts, by several parties who had not ' dared to speak out until under the protec -1 tion of the Government. From the state ments made by these prisoners, a number of B others were arrested, and brought to Atlanta early in June. Being compelled to go 1 North myself, and other circumstances, - delayed the organization of the Military v Commission till late in June? Finding on , my return the most false and exaggerated statements in regard to the treatment of prisoners and witnesses, I called on Gen. Sibley, commanding the sub-distriet of Geor gia, for a report on their treatment at this post (Atlanta), and on Capt. Mills and • Capt. Cook for reports as to the treatment of those confined at Columbus and Fort Pulaski respectively. 1 also called on Mr. Whiteley, the detective, for a report on the same sub ject- All these reports are herewith sub mitted, and it will be seen from them, and , from the affidavit of the prisoners themselves attached to Mr. Whiteley’s report, that the 1 exaggerated statements which, for political purposes, the press have given circulation to, are all false, and have no foundation be yond the fact admitted by Mr. Whiteley, that he did operate on the fears of two negroes, Wells and Stapler, whom he believed knew something : but that, soon finding they knew nothing, they were released, Aud, with the exception of threatening to shave their heads and confining them (or some hours in the cell at Fort Pulaski, previously arranged for the punishment ’of refractory soldiers, they were well treated, and were in no wise in jured. The trial.has been in progress now some twenty days, and the evidence for the prosecution made public. It is for the De partment and the people of the country to judge whether, with the evidence as adduced on the trial, I was not only justified but compelled to arrest and bring to trial the parties implicated. My conscience is free that throughout the whole transaction 1 have been animated by but one purpose, which was to secure the ends of justice and vindi cate the law. The character of the crime, the social status ot the parties implicated in its commission, and the doubt as to the guilt of the several parties—had no influence on me except to increase my determinatian to bring the fact* out, even ut the risk of for a time putting persons to inconvenience who might subsequently prove innocent. Hence marly arrests were made of parties who were subsequently released, on its being proven that they were neither participators or had any knowledge of the case. In all these cases these parties were well treated, and on being discharged were paid the usual witness fees from the period they were.removed from their business. Had the civil authorities acted in good faith and with energy, atid made any attempt to ferret out tho guilty— or had the people of Columbus evinced or felt any horror of the crime and cooperated in any way in detecting its perpetrators, much that was seemingly harsh and arbi- 1 trary might have, and. would have been avoided—but the case required prompt and ! decided measures, which I (fid not hesitate 1 to titke; and am satisfied now that when the wbcic truth is imvle n»»blie ; »» it will lie l»v ! the documents accompanying this report, 1 and the evidence on the trial, that every 1 right-thinking man will justify me. ' Very respectfully, your obedient servant, ' George G. Meade, ’ Major-General U. 8. A. I SPEECH OF HON. THOS. J. SPEEB, Senator froa 22d Dirtrict, Ga., ON THE RIGHTS OF THE COLORED MEMBERS.TQ RETAIN THEIR SEATS IN THAT BODY. Mr. President and Senators.: I desire, very briefly, to submit the reasons that will actuate mo in casting tny vote upon this all-important question. I would infinitely prefer remaining silent, and simply vote upon the question, were I not conscious of the fact that my motives will be impugned aud grossly misrepresented by the excited populace. It is, however, a pleasing reflec tion and a great solace to me, in my gloomy moments in these days of social ostracism, rowdyism and terrorism, to know that, upon the Democratic side of this hall, are intelli gent and charitable gentlemen. And if I would not be accused of flattering them—a thing which Ido not intend to do—l should say they are men who have ever been true, during this session, to the principles of the party and men which they are representing, and I am proud to know that there are amongst them those that accord to me hon esty of purpose. I do not propose to go into the constitu tional question of the subject now under consideration, because I never propose to speak about anything that I do not know, and not being a lawyer or states man, I shall sav very little upon that point. But, in my humble judg ment, the second section of the Bill of Rights in our Constitution, the Civil Rights Bin, and the third section of the fourteenth article of tho Constitutional Amendment, give to colored persons the right to vote and hold office. Another reason for my vote on this question is, that we, as a Senate, have no jurisdiction in the case. We cannot give the question a finality, or pre vent continued vexed and unprofitable agi tation —a condition of things whieh all good men must deplore. Let the question go to the proper tribunal for determining consti tutional law, and receive its final status and quietus, and I am satisfied. Reference has frequently been made here, by Senators who were members of the State Constitutional Convention, to what the Convention “ intended” upon cer tain subjects. I, too, was a member of that Convention, and in reference to that 10th section, so often alluded to here, I will say that fully two-thirds of that Convention believed that, even after it was stricken out, negroes would still have tho right to hold office. The remainder—about one third—believed that it was a doubtful question, and would have to be settled by the Courts or Congress, aud tbc principle reason assigned by the majority for having it stricken out, was that tho Constitution would never be ratified with that provision there. These reasons were given pri vately. Now, I ask you Sena tors which were right, the two- thirds of that Convention, which had not a doubt upon their minds on the subject, or the one-third who had “grave doubts,” and simply desire to shirk responsibility, and leave it to the future. The Senatorial District which I represent proba bly contains as much intelligence as any in the State, and during the canvass I was often told that the Constitution which we had framed gave the negro every right in common with the white man, and this state ment was not confined alone to the politi tician —the clergy, and every other profes sion asserted it most unequivocally. Every Democratic paper in the State, and fully ninety-nine-onc-hundredths of the voters of the Democratic party made similar state ments, including the great head-centre, who, in times that tried men’s souls, was too pru dent for bravery, and who is now too brave , for prudence. [The Hon. gentleman meant, we presume, Mr. B. 11. Hill]. Why, Mr. President and Senators, I do not honestly doubt but what three-fourths of the Demo cratic party in thq State would have voted for that Constitution if they had thought or believed that it did not confer on the colored man the right to hold office or serve as a , juror. I will venture the assertion that the ’ Senator from the 39th District [Mr. Hol combe] whois a Democrat to the back-bone, t the present Democratic elector for the 7th Congressional District [Col. Waddell], and Colonel L. M. Trammell, all of whom f were members of that Convention, and ] Democrats, good and true, made speeches j in Northern Georgia in which they affirmed that under that Constitution a negro had ’ every right in common "with a white man. j And to-day, doubtless, the Senator from the [ 39th will vote to unseat the Senators from f the 2d and 20th. Oh ! consistency thou art a jewel. 1 call upon the great I Am to witness the truthfulness of the assertion that I am now going to make : I never told a negro that he had or had not the right to hold office, or that he was better than a white man, or that he would get 40 acres of land and a mule for voting the Republican, or if he voted the opposite ticket that the Democratic party would re-enslave him and bis children, I never expended a dollar to purchase their votes with mean whiskey or tobacco, but I did tell the most intelligent of them that if honored with their votes I would never voto to deny them any rights guaranteed to them by' the acts of Congress and our State Constitution, and, so help me God, 1 will suffer my right arm to be severed from my body, and my tongue to cleave to the roof of my mouth before I will be guilty of denying these Sen ators of their seats to which they have been legally elected by their constituents, aud in accordance with our Constitution ; for, were I to do so, I would certainly think that I had been guilty of the crime of perjury. I am not called upon to vote whether I thiuk these men, on account of color, are not ineli gible to seats upon this floor, but whether, under our Slate Constitution and the laws of Congress, they are entitled to it. As before stated, I never advised a colored man to run for any office; but still, there were two elected from my District to the Legislature- Turner from Bibb, aud Glower from Monroe. I thought at the time it was not politic or expedient for colored men to aspire to office, unless remarkably well qualified to fill the positions to which tfiey aspired with credit and honor to themselves. The same advice I Would, if -called npon, most unhesitatingly give to white men. But I am not called upon to decide whether colored men are qualified to seats as legislators, but whether, under our Constitution and the Reconstruc tion acts of Congress, they arc eligible; and, viewing it from my standpoint, I consider them quite as legally entitled to seats in this Legislature as ‘ though their complexion were white as snow or dark as jet. I have always believed that there should be a qualification for voters, and that it should be an intellectual or literary qualifi cation ; and werw such qualification required, I believe it would be the means of elevating all of our citizens, without regard to color or previous condition. I have seen white men led and driven to the polls like so many cat tle or hogs.to the slaughter-pen, aud voted by those controlling them, without the poor ignorant, deluded creatures having the faintest conception of what would be the result to which their voting would ultimately lead. In the memorable days of secession, there t were thousands of voters in this State who • voted frtr secession in obedience to the die- ] tation of their leaders,‘and ns a party mens- , ure, who did so' ignorantly, and thereby plunged the South into one of the bloodiest revolutions in the annals o! history; and these deluded dupes soon repented iu sack-cloth aud ashes for the suicidal war they had inaugurated in obedience to the behests of their leaders. I merely advert to these facts as going to show that, according to my opiuion, if our votprs were intelligent, they would thereby lie better prepared to vote understandingly Upon all questions of vital importance, upon which they are called upon so often in our govern ment to cast their suffrages. It was not seriously contemplated, at the commence ment of this session, to declare colored mem bers of the Legislature ineligible. It is true, the Senator from the 3 llh District introduced a resolution of inquiry, but the principal object of that resolution was a thrust nt Ex- Governor Brown, and intended to prejudice : him with the colored members of the Legis lature—he then being a candidate I'orU. S. Senator. I have no disposition to make public my declarations on this subject of the eligibility of tire negroes to scats in this body by Honorable Senators on the Democratic side of the Senate, which have been made to me privately since this Legislature has been in session, and which I will not personate or particularize. Ido most positively assert that several Democratic Senators have said to me that they were clearly entitled to their seats under our Constitution, and that we would have to endorse and subscribe to it until our Constitution was amended or modified by the manner prescribed in said Constitution or the reconstruction acts of Congress were declaret) null and void. Mr. President, it is almost useless to re fer to the construction given of our Con stitution by the Democratic party in the recent canvass as it well known by the files of their public press, and a reference to the speeches ot their 1 oaders during the canvass, and also by the well authenticated fact of that party nominating to office, and voting for and electing negroes. My opinion is that this action of the Legislature is made without any regard to the Constitution and the acts of Congress, but simply as a party measure in further ance of the triumph of the principles of a party, and to subserve some ends iu this State not yet made public. We behod certainly a strange spectacle in the action of this Legislature, in the voting out of their seats of persons who have been legally elected, and that too in accordance with the Constitution by persons who are themselves clearly ineligible to seats in the Legislature under the 3d Section of the 14th Article of the Constitutional Amend ment If negroes arc ineligible to scats in the Legislature, 1 ask why did the Repre sentatives vote them lull pay for tho time they had served, thus robbing the Treasury of the State of thousands of dol lars ‘I As to the eligibility of negroes to hold office under our Constitution, we have the assertions of the Democratic party iu the recent canvass, a large majority of tho Republican party, and more recently, of some of the ablest jurists in this State, who say that if the negro has the right to vote he has the right to hold office, and does not require any enabling act to give him the right to do so. In conclusion, I desire to say a few words to the negroes of the -State : If it should be irrevocably decided that they are not entitled to hold office, I would earnestly ad vise them to vote for the Democrats to the back-bone—men who will never deceive them,and who will not prove treacherous and desert them after they have ridden in to power by their votes. A Senator who was elected as a Republican,has said agreat deal about what he conscienciously believes, and that same Senator has said to me, since the 'agitation of this question, that he believed the Con stitution did confer upon the negro the right to hohl office, and that Congress would so decide. Yet, that Senator has since risen in his seat, and, in a harangue before this Sen ate, has held to the couUary. Truly, a re markable change has come over the dream of that gentleman. I repeat, that if the negroes should not be able to hold office, they should, by all means, vote for Demo drats to tho backbone, who will not prove recreant to the trusts reposed in them, but will come up fairly and squarely and do for them just what they hate promised, without any hesitancy, and that, too, boldly, fear lessly and independently, and without regard to outside pressure, and will uevea be found shirking aud dodging upon important ques tions—as Republicans, Senators and Repre sentatives, have done in the Legislature. The maxim of Crockett, to “be sure you are right, then go ahead,” is my polar star, and I intend to vote as I conscientiously believe that I should do, without any regard to the approving smiles of the women, the plaudits of the lobby, the denunciations of the press, or the threats of midnight fiends and assassins. It is true,. there is no one that likes the approbation and esteem of his fellow-citizens better than myself, but I don't desire their esteem at the sacrifice of princi ple and in open violation of the Constitution that I have solemnly sworn to support. SPECIAL NOTICES. Office Ass't Suf’t Georgia Railroad, 1 Augusta, Sept. Uth, 1868. j RATES ON VIRGINIA SALT, COAL AND LAND PLASTER.—UntiI further notice, on and after the 15th instant, tho ‘ following will bo tho chargo per car load of 16,000 lbs., on Coal from Chattanooga to Augusta $33 10 Coal from Coal Creek via Knoxville to Augusta 45 lu Salt from Bristol to Augusta 76 65 Land Plaster from Bristol to Augusta.' 5t I# 8. K. JOHNSON, sopls—-30t Assistant Superintendent. GKAIN AND^FLOUiTsACKS! ’ The old established “Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory” Is prepared to furnish GRAIN SACKS of any desired- sizo 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., je 17—3 m 25 Pearl Street, New York Ci(s. United States Marshal’s Sale. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—SOUTH ERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. JOHN T. DORAN, Libellant,) vs. | IN Sloop Marum and Caroline, ) Iler Boats, Tackle, Apparel I ADMIRALTY, end Furniture. Under and by virtue of a writ of tenditione exponas issued out of the Honorable the District Court of the United States for the Southern Dis trict of Georgia, in the above entitled canse, dated Sep»eml>er 10, 1868, to me directed and delivered, I will sett at Public Auction, on TUESDAY, the 15th day of SEPTEMBER install’,, between the, legal lioiu-s of sale, before tlie Court House, in the city oi Savannah, Ga., the Sloop Mariam and Caroline, her Boats, Tackle. Apparel and Furni ture. Dated at Savannah, Ga,, this 10th day of Sep tember, 1868. WM. G. DICKSON, ‘ sepl2-td U. S. Marshal, District of Georgia, IN THE DIS TRICT COURT OF THE UNITED States, for the Southern Dirtrict of Georgia. In the matter of i CHAS. W. DOUGHTY, [ IN BANKRUPTCY. Bankrupt. To whom it may concern: The undersigned hereby gives notice ot his appointment as As , signee of Charles W. Doughty, of Angusta, Rich niond conntv,Georgia, within said District, who has been adjudged a Imnkrnpt upon hie own peti tion by the District Court of said Dirtrict. JOHN S. DAVIDSON, au U—lawJw Assignee. .NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. INBANKRUPTCY. rpHIB 18 TO GIVE NOTICE: That on (h 1 11th day of September, A. D. 1868, a Wan in Bankruptcy was issued against the estat 7? BEALL A MUIIPHY, 1 of ,iu the county of Harns, aud StateofG« gia, who Imve been adjudged Bankrupt, on own pelitions-.ami that the pay ment'of any debts u, i delivery of any property belonging to such rnpts, to them or lor their use, and the transfer i any property by I hem,are forbidden by law that meeting of the creditors of the said Bankrupt, , prove their debts, and to choose one or assignees of their estate, will be held at a Court i Bankruptcy, to beholden at the Register's Newnan, Ga., before ChartesG McKinley Register, outbe 6th day of October. A. ljl’lxiil at o o’clock a. m. ’ WM. G. DICKSON sepll— It U. 8. Marshal as Messenger. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 'fm United States for the Northern District of Georgia. 0 In the matter of ) JOHN W. ADAMS, [IN BANKRUPTCY Bankrupt. J No. 123. *’ The said Bankrupt having petitioned the' Court for a discliarge from ali his debts provable mid., the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice h hereby given to all persons interested to anneai-»» the 6tn day of October, 1868, at 10 o'clock a i U U at Chambers of said District Cdhrt before Alex G. Murray, Esq., one of the Registers of e ,ii Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register's office in the city of Grifiin, Georgia, 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 meetings of creditors will he held at the same time and place. Witness, tho Honorable John Erskine I seal 1 Judgo of said Dstrict Court, and the IBEl 8E '■* seal thereof, this 12th day of fient’hcr 1868. W. B. SMITH, sepl6—law2w* Clerk. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF tITe United States for the Northern District of Georgia. In the matter of ] WILLIAM C. NUTT, jIN BANKRUPTCY Bankrupt. J No. 206 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 toappearon the 6th day of October, 1868, at iq o’clock in the forenoon, at chambers ofthe said District Court, before Alex G Almray, one of tlie Registers of the said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register’s office in the city of Griffin, Ga and show cause why the prayer of the said pets. tion of the Bankrupt should not be granted. And further notice is given that tbc second and third meetings of creditors will be held at tjie same time and i>lacc. Witness, the Honorable John Erskine, [seal] Judge of said District Court and the seal thereof, this 12th day of Sep tember, 1868. W. B. SMITH, scpl6—it* . Clerk. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE JL United States for tho Northern District of Georgia. In th* matter of i JOHN B. ORR, YIN BANKRUPTCY Bankrupt. ) No. 193 * The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court lor 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 6th day of October, 1868, at 10 o’clock in tho forenoon, at chambers of the said. District Court, before A G Murray ,'Esq., ouc ol the Registers of the said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register’s office in the city of Griffin, Ga., and show cause why the prayer of the said petition of tbc 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 and place. Witness, tho Honorable John Erskine, [sbal.] Judge of said Court, this 12th day of September, 1868. W. B. SMITH, sepld— It* Clerk. ; TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE j 1 United States for the Northern District of Georgia. In the matter of )IN BANKRUPTCY. * W. S. EVERRETT, !■ t Bankrupt. I No. 313. : The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court l for a discharge from all his debts provable under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 18<ii, notice is hereby given to all persons interested tS appear 1 on the 7th day of October, 1868, at 10 o’clock a. ) m.,at Chambers of said District Court before Law 1 son Black, Esq., one of the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at tho Register s office, in Atlanta, Ga.. and show cause why the prayer ’ of the said petition of the Bankrupt should not be i granted. And further notice is given that the > second and third meetings of creditors will be .held at the same time and place. ’ Witness the Honorable John Erskine, [seal, j Judge of said Court, this 12th day ol September, 1868. W,. B. fiSIITH, t seplli—lt* Clerk, ’ TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE ' ’ I United Stater, for the Southern District of Georgia. I In the matter of i I TIIOS. W. MANGHAM, >IN BANKRUPTCY. Bankrupt, ) No. 376. The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court for a discharge from all his debts provable under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is i hereby given to all persons interacted to appear ou , the.2d <lay of October, 1868, at 1(1 o’clock in the j forenoon, at chambers of the said District Court. , before A G Murray Esq., one of the Registers of 1 the said Conrt in Bankruptcy, at Macon, Ga., and ! show cause why the prayer of the said petition of f 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. Dated at Savannah, Ga., this 11th day of Sep- 1 tember, 1868. JAMES McPHERSON, sep!6—lt ’ Clerk. Assignee’s Sale. W’ILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT House door, in the town of Sparta, Han- ' cock county, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN OC TOBER next, between tho legal hours of sale, tho following prpperty, to wit ; Five hundred and sixty-seven and one half (567 J Acres of Land, more or less, on the oast bank of the Oconee river, in said county, and adjoining lands of Wilkins Harper, Wyatt Har per, and Alpheus Butts. Also, one judgment and execution against John Bass, of Newton county, principal and interest amounting to $919.19. Sold as the property of Josse G. Butts, senior, Bankrupt, of Hancock county, free from the in cumbrance of lions, under a decree in Bank ruptcy. Terms cash ARCHIBALD C. McKINLEY, scpl6—law3w , Assignee, ctc_ Postponed Assignee’s Sale. 117 ILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT > ’ House door, in the town of Sparta, Han cock county, -an the FIRST TUESDAY IN OC TOBER next, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 3 o’clock p. m., the following prop orty, to wit: Four hundred and sixty two (462) acres of Land, more or less, situated within one mile the village of Linton, in said county, and ad joining lauds of J. Stone, J. W. Duggan, and Stanley. Also, the following promissory notes and other evidences of debt,-viz: Ono Note on D. S. Brown, as guardian of J. E. Brown, for $856; one Noto on John F. Mulligan for $393; one Note on J. A. I’. Kobsog for $l3B ; one At torney’s Receipt for a Noto on F. S. Howard for $175 ; one Receipt from William Ingram for a Note on G. M. Burton for $218.75. Sold as the property of James R. danse, Bankrupt, of Hancock county, Georgia, frce from tho incumbrance of lions, by order of Hon- A. G. Foster, Register in Bankruptcy. Terms cash. ARCHIBALD C. McKINLEY, sepl6—law3w Assignee. QOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, 88. O At Macon, the Ist day of September, A.V-, 1868. The undersigned hereby gives notice es Io - appointment as Assignee of GEORGE M- LU WAN, of Maoon, in the ’county of Bibb an State of Georgia, within said District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own peti tion by the District Court of said District. sep!6—law3wJOHN P. FORT-_ SOUTHERN DISTRICT -OF GEORGIA- At Thomasville, Georgia, Sept. 14th, The undersigned hereby gives n ®Jj e ® ®l vi appointment as Assignee of JOSEPH 10 ' colored, of Thomasville, in the county of Thom* and State of Georgia, within said District, »•» has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon hie own P e tition by the Di-trict Court of said District. 11. H. TOOKE, salt—law3w* Assignee. Wanted to Rent. A. sMAbL WITH E ONE OR TWO ANDA KITCHEN, ndjaccnt to the office. rapDl-tl APP ' 7 THIS OFFICE-