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uPARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, io New York, Gold was
quoted at 1.44|. Cotton, 25Jc.
—Jenny Lind lives in strict refaetnetit.
—The Princess Dagm&r writesliotiuete.
—Dan Rice is a doctor.
—Harriet Hosmer is in New York City.
—Edwin Foryest is to appear at Niblo’s
Garden, New York, October 12.
—Maggie Mitchell has appeared in a
new pathetic eccentricity, called “Lorie.”
—lt is said that there are but 300,000
Indians left.
—“ Stove pipes” are very Frenchy in style
this UH,
•—lt is said that the tea most in favor
among unmarried ladies is bans he.
—Hoti. Gerrilt Smith has given Oswego
, $3,000.
—Tennyson has an income from his works
of trbout $7,000 per annum.
—lt is the fashion now to say that a man
a little the worse for liquor is on a ‘Grecian
bend?
—Alexander Dumas, pare, can’t remem
ber the names of all the books he has
written.
—A ship-load of Indian scalps has arrived
in Paris, to apjiearon fashionable heads next
season.
—Stewart has commenced proceedings
against a house in Cincinnati for a “ little
bill” of $85,000.
. —The chief restaurant of Hamburg, Ger
many, employs 215 persons, among which
figure 80 cooks and 75 waiters.
. —Chewing the leaf of the red stalked
plantain is said to be a certain cure for
tobacco chewing. But which is worst?
■— Poughkeepsie landlords economise
room by encouraging matrimony qmuSg
‘their boarders.
Bob Scott and Dan. Hunter, Western pu
gilists, were recently hung by a vigilance
committee in Louisiana, Mo.
—Seven hundred pensioners lire in and
around Detroit, and the amount paid them
reaches about $400,000 annually.
—The Canadian authorities are trying
James Whelan for the murder of the lion.
Thomas D’Arcy McGee. The testimony is
strong against the prisoner.
—A National Conference of the Unitarian
churches will assemble at New York on
October 6th, when Rev. James Martineau, of
London, will deliver the opening sermon.
—A valuable jewel, stolen from the Royal
Treasury nt Lisbon, two years ago, was re
cently recovered at Athens. It was a dia
mond worth $150,000.
—The gushing and muscular girls of
Brooklyn uro organizing a base ball club,
and, of course, are ready to make up a
match.
—John Currier, Jr., of Newburyport, has
launched more shipping than any other
builder in New England. His thirty-first
vessel is now being framed.
—Ono of the wealthiest citizens of Nash
ville received bankrupt notices from his
debtors during the last week amounting to
the big sum of $208,000.
—People in Paris pay street musicians not
to play, and hence, men with clarionets
under their arms, who can't play a note,
drive a good business by simply threatening
music.
—W. H. English, former member of
Congress from the Second District of In-
. dinna, and famous in the administration of
Buchanan for the celebrated “ English
bill,” now supports Grant and Colfax.
—This year at the London auctionsan
unusually large numbers of letters, purport
ing to jje autographs of Soolt, Byron, and
Shelley, have been disposed of. It is known
1 that there is something like a regular man
ufactory in England for the fabrication of
autographs.
w-Manufactured birds, of most anomalous
plumage, arc how displayed in the. windows
and show-cases of some of the New York
milliners. The tails of birds of paradise
are annexed to humming birds, red birds
and other varieties of the feathered tribes,
and the effect, as may be expected, is very
remarkable.
—Here is a peculiarly French description
of the people of Bavaria: “ The Bavarians
aro a happy people. They have money,
which make happiness, and a King who
makes tnnsie. They drink much and often,
and smoke ns they drink. They sleep long,
eat five times a day, and make love between
their meals.”
—•“ Brick Pomeroy" is trying to find out
what kind of clay he is made of. Following
out tiio investigation, he wrote to Senator
Pomeroy, inquiring to what brunch of the
Pomeroy family be belonged ? The Senator
replied that *' Brick - ’ might lake which
branch he pleased, but he (the Senator)
belonged to the other branch.
—The New Orleans Republican says:
“ We asked an old resident yesterday if he
saw the Democratic celebration on Satur-
• day evening, lie replied: “ 1 saw a long
procession of Gen. Grant’s paroled prison
ers, is that what you refer to ?”
- John Hickman, the fearless Democrat
who led in the great revolt of 1858 against
the slave power, and contributed ao effec
tively to all its subsequent defeats, has
taken the stump for Grant and Colfax in
Chester county, Pa.
—Every campaign has its jokes, and this
of 1868 is bearing a very good crop
already. The richest one of all, thus far,
is an oration on *’ Radical Extravagance,”
delivered in Portland by Richard O’Gor
man, u New' York Copperhead officeholder,
with emoluments of $150,000 a year.
—An ingenious German, residing in
Newark, New Jersey, has constructed a
coffin, is which he permits himself to be
buried, and after remaining under ground
tor any length ,of tune, digs himself up
again, and emerges cheerful and perspiring,
amid the applause of the spectators, who are
permitted to witness this intensely humorous
performance for the ridiculously small price
of fifty ccnp! par .bead.
—Two Cleveland men sat down, worn and
exhausted, in a Detroit hotel, the other day,
• in a cool and quiet place, and soon both fell
asleep. Some practical joker immediately
procured a photographer, who secured a
good negative of the sleeping gentlemen,
from which several photographs were fin
ished, which sold readily for over $lO each,
—There was a grand torch-light proces
sion on Friday night ol all the Tanner clubs
of Chicago. It was an imposing display.
There were 7,000 men’in line. There were
fifteen or twenty bands and a large number
of flags and transparencies. Roman candles
were burned in the procession. The streets
•were crowded with
—“ Probably the -largest bear ever seen in
this region,” says the Sparta (Wisconsin)
Eagle, “ was killed last week near Cataract,
by R. H. McMahon, assisted by several
neighbors. ITe was caught ia‘a steel trap,
but we understand ran away with it into
the swamp, where he was followed, and
after taking five * blue pills,” .made an un
oonditional surrender.”
NationalHepnblkan
AITHVSTA, GIA..
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THUBSDAYMoRNING September 17, UM
For I’IiKSITYETNT
Os the United States:
ULYSSES S.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
(>/'
Republican Electoral Ticket.
FOR THE STATE AT I.AKGS.
HENRY P. FARROW, of Fulton.
AMOS T. AKERMAN, of Elbert.
altkt.vates.
Judge Dawson Walkeii, of Whitfield.
C. H. Hopkins, of Chatham.
for Tin: DISTRICTS.
Is/ District—A. WILBUR, of Chatham.
Alternate— E. E. Howard, of Chatham.
2<Z District- J NO. MURPHY, of Dougherty
Alternate— S. F. Salter, of Pulaski.
3d District— E. 1. HIGBEE, of Talbot.
Alternate— J. R. Thompson, of Carroll.
4A Du/rt'd—Wm. H. WHITEHEAD, of
Butts.
Alternate— Henry Glover, of Jasper.
5/A District— J. E. BRYAN'!’, of Richmond.
Alternate— F. J. Robinson, of Oglethorpe.
6/A District— B. C. JOHNSON, of Dawson.
Alternate— lsaac 8. Clements, of Forsyth.
7/4 District—3. L- DUNNING, of Fulton.
Alternate— F. A. Kirby, of Chattooga.
OUR PAPER.
The present Presidential campaign in
volves more momentous consequences than
any previous political contest in the history
of the country. The people of Georgia are
deeply interested in the result, and will
therefore, look forward to the developments
of the campaign witli increasing interest.
The dissemination of reliable news, and of
sound constitutional views on the important
issues of the day are essential to the success
of the Republican party.
To supply in a measure this need, we will
mail The National Republican from
now to January 1, 1869, at the low rate of
$1.50.
We appeal to the old supporters of the
Republican Io aid us in extending its
circulation. We pledge ourselves to devote
all our energy and ability to the success of
the great cause in which tliL Union Repub
lican Party is embarked; and to spare
neither labor nor expense in making The
National Republican a useful and reliable
newspaper.
Specimen copies sent free to any address
WHO lill)8*
We have S2OO to bet on Grant's and
and against Setmouh’s election in Novem
ber. Como along with your greenbacks,
Democrats, and you shall be accommo
dated.
• •• —
TESTIMONY FROM THE ENEMY.
A correspondent of the Ku-Klux organ
of this city writes despairingly of Demo
cratic prospects in Northeast Georgia. In
a letter dated at Clarkesville, he says :
The contest for President is going to bo much
closer in this section of country than you have
any idea of. The Democracy have hard work
before them. The old “Tory” spirit prevalent
here during the war is cropping out now under
the name of Radicalism. A groat many people
here have taken it into their heads that, if Sey
mour is elected, wc will have another war. They
take no newspapers, have no knowledge of what
is going on outside of their immediate neigh
borhood, and it is almost impossible to convince
them that it is not so.
Here is a candid confession that the
hard-fisted yeomanry of the mountains
retain their old love for the Union, and
will support General Grant in November.
The gratuitous fling of the sweet-scented
wanderer at the want of education ot the
people fully proves them to possess strong
common sense and a patriotism invulnera
ble to the.seductivc arts of wily politicians.
If they arc so ignorant, how is it they so
well understand the proclaimed intentions
of Frank Blair ami other Democratic
magnates* The sneers of “Viator - ’ at
those who sustained the Aug during the
war, us “Tories,” very appropriately comes
from those who are endeavoring to make
the cause of the Union appear odious in
the eyes of the world, and to restore their
old leaders, who were the guilty cause of
all our misfortunes, to the places of power
in a Government which they voluntarily
and treacherously Abandoned in 1861.
The wmnd and men of the mountains
are ignorant, and why ? Well, education
does not give its possessors brains, nor
does a lack of education enable the
wicked and crafty politicians with educa.
tion to delude them. But who is to blame
for this ignorance ? Was it not the un
friendly legislation of the very politicians
that arc again attempting to tire the South
ern heart and precipitate another conflict of
arms ? They are responsible. The South
ern Democratic leaders have always been
opposed to the education of the masses-
It was their policy to use the poor man as
a v6ter, but to debar his sons from an edu
cation which would enable them to con
test with the old leaders the right to the
honors and spoils of oflice. The Demo
cratic party are still oppose?! to jiopular
education. The Republican is and ever
has been die warm advocate of the most
liberal system of common schools. Its
hope for permanent success lies in securing
to the rising generation the benefits of a
good business education.
Il is the duty of every poor white man
in the State, the father of sons or daughters,
to vote for the candidate of that party that
is pledged to educate his children at the
expense of the State. They are the children
of the State (as well as the children of their
natural parents), and it is the duty of the
State to prepare them for the great battle
of life. And it is nothing but right that
the State should prepare, by taxing the
property of the wealthy and influential, for
the education of the Jieirs of poverty.—
We repeat, the Republican jairty has
always been the friend of education and
morality. In the North the stranger can
estimate,the Republican majority by the
number of school-houses and churches in
u Mighborlioal. The precincts of crime
and debauchdiy breed Democrats—the
school-house and church, and virtuous
fire-side, inculcates those principles of jus
tice and right that finds its natural politi
cal exponent in flic ranks of the Republi
can party.
1860 Over Again. In 1860 we charged
the Southern Democratic leaders with a
purpose of precipitating war on the coun
try' They desired it. The sequel showed
that we wore right, and that they know
ingly deceived the people. They are
doing the same thing in 1868. Wc now
charge these same leaders with revolu
tionary intentions; and they make the
same denial that they made in 1860. They
meant war then and they mean war now.
They deceived the people then, and they
intend to deceive them now. It was the
fault of the politicians then; it will be the
fault of tlic people now, if they allow
themselves to be duped.
A burnt child should dread the fire. Pol
iticians fatten on the commotions and con
flicts of war; but the people mourn. Wise
men should beware of the politicians.
They are the country’s worse enemies, and
arc ever the disturbers of the public
peace.
Read Him Out.—The Atlanta Constitu
tion is artfully, zealously, and effectively
reading Gen. Wm. T. Woffobd out of the
Democratic party. The logic of the C'ozt
stitiitioh is unanswerable, and Wofford’s
claims of being a simon-pure Seymour
and Blair Democrat is all humbug. He
was a Reconstrnetionist, anil now claims to
support candidates who propose to inaugu
rate a revolution to overthrow that Recon
struction.
Put it to him, Styles. Don't have any
carrying of water on both shoulders. Whip
him into your wild party or drive him into
the party of peace. Wc believe his heart
is with us, and we shall be thankful if you
will drive him off as a struggler. If the
Democrats elect him to Congress he will
never support Frank Blair’s programme.
Don’t trust him. •our advice to the peo
ple is neither to trust the Constitution or
Gen. Wofford.
Thoubi.e among the Democracy in HtJo
siekdom.—Hon Lafk Develin, u prominent
Democratic editdr in Indiana, a delegate to
the New York Convention, and member of
the State Central Committee of his party,
has taken down down the State ticket from
the masthead of his paper.
“Thoro’s trouble in the camp, I tell you,
There’s trouble in the camp, I know.”
But we don’t care how much.
Foil Seymour and Blair.—All the con
script officers of the South are for Seymour
And Blair. They don’t mind forcing peo
ple into an army—or accepting little
bonuses to keep the wealthy and prosper
ous out of the war, and in speculation.
WuiSTLixa. —The local of the Ku-Klux
orgafl whistles bravely to keep up his
courage since he received tho news of the
defeat of his party in Vermont and Maine.
He is very like the historical chap who
whistled to keep his courage up, while pass
ing a graveyard.
Dos’t Visit Such Places.—The little
luminary at Columbus, called the Sun,
says that if Governor Bullock or ourselves
will visit its otliee wc will receive n
“ kicking.’’ No, wc thank yon. Neither
the Governor or ourselves visit places
.of prostitution- We were raised better.
Demoiiai.ized.—A correspondent of the
Ku-Klux organ says that, although the call
for the Democratic Congressional Conven
tion to assemble at Gainesville on the Bth
hud been published for weeks, ten counties
were unrepresented, and no nomination
could be made. The proceedings were,
altogether unsatisfactory and inlmrmo'
niops.
.—.--
WhataCommenta ky !—TlicSkymoukites
in Tennessee already conduct themselves in
such a revolutionary manueY that President
Johnson, whom tho Georgia Democrats
were rondy to accept as their candidate for
the Presidency, has been compelled, to give
instructions that the army be used to compel
his party friends to keep the peace. What
a commentary on the peaceful professions of
the Democratic leaders I
, r
Hamilton C. Jones, Esq., died in Mor
ganton, N. C., on tlio 12th instant, in the
“Ist year of his age. He was a prominent
lawyer, editor and Whig politician in his
day. He was the author of “Cousin Sally
Dillard,” “McAlpin’s Trip to Charleston,”
and other humorous efforts.
-
Cathoi.ivs ox Color.—The Catholics
are laboring among the froedmon in Balti
more. In their schools and churches white
and black sit together. The priests openly ’
declare the doctrine that “God makes no
distinction, and the church cannot.”
• ’Commenting upon the above paragraph,
the Cincinnati Catholic. Telegraph, tho
leading organ of the Catholic Church in the
West—which is edited by Very Rev. Ed
ward Purcell, a brother of the Most Rev.
Archbishop Purcell, says:
Tho above is from the last number of
the Prabylericui IVitncss. When was the
writer of that item born—where has be
lived? He must have been taking a Rip-
Vnn-Winkle snooze for some eighteen hun
dred years. The Catholic Church has
always dope this. Blachs and tchdes study
and recite and cat side by side at the Col
lege of' the Propaganda, Rome. There are
now seventeen negroes being educated for
priests in one institution in Naples’ Last
year a negro student carried off the highest
prize uttbe Propaganda, Romo. The same
equality prevails in her churches through
out the world.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
OF GEORGIA, of the Soldier's and
Sailor's National Republican Cosnmiltee.
Major E, T. Pillsbery and Colonel J. F
Brown, Savannah, Ga.
Captain John Murphy, Albany, Ga.
Colonel John Bowles, Augusta, Ga. ■
Major John Knox, Athens, Ga.
Captain John A. Madden and Sergeant
Seaborn Jones, Waynesboro’, Ga.
Sergeant S. Netan, Macon, Ga.
Captain J. Mathewson and Lieutenant
Charles Sherwood, Atlanta, Ga.
Captaiu C. B. Blacker, Cartersville. Ga.
Headquarters at Atlant*, Ga.
THE AUGUSTA BILL—GOVERNOR
BULLOCK'S VETO.
Below will be found tho brief but unan
swerable message of His, Kxccllency, Gov.
Bullock vetoing the Augusta Municipal
Bill. Thc'.Goveruor clearly establishes the
unconstitutionally of that bill, in that that
it disfranchises legal electors. It will be
seen that the House has not only overidden
the Constitution by the passage of tl»c bill,
but has also trampled on all parliamentary
law in dcchumg the bill passed over the
Governor's veto, when the facts are the re
verse. The message speaks for itself:
Executive Department, ]
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 14, 1868. j
To the House of Rpresctdalives;
A bill to be entitled an act io reorganize
the municipal government of the city of
Augusta, which originated in the House of
Representatives, is herewith respectfully
returned without the approval of the Exec
utive, and with a respectful request that the
House reconsider the same.
While the provision of the hill which re
quires certificates to be presented by the
voter at the same time of voting is object
ionable—the same system havin’; been
tried in the city of Augusta some years
since, and abandoned by the almost unani
mous consent of the citizens—the objection
which withholds my approval is altogether
of a Constitutional character.
The second section of the second article
of the Constitution of this State declares
that “every male person born in the United
States, and every male person who has been
naturalized, or who has legally declared his
intention to become a citizen of thd United
States, twenty years old, or upward, who
shall have resided in this State six months
next preceding the election, and shall have
resided thirty days in the county in which he
offers to 1 vote, and shall have paid all taxes
which may have been required of him, and
which he may have had an opportunity of
paying, agreeable to law, for the year next
preceding the election (except as hereinafter
provided) shall be deemed an elector, and
every male citizen of the United States, of
tje age aforesaid (except as hereinafter pro
vided), who may be a resident at the time of
the adoption of this Constitution, shall be
deemed au elector, and shall have all rights
of a n elector, as aforesaid.”
So far as the question of residence is con
cerned, both in the county and the State,
necessary to constitute an elector, it is fixed
by the Constitution at six months in the State
and thirty days in the county, and it is not
in the power of the Legislature to change it.
It is the constitutional right of every citizen
of the United States, who has been six
months a resident of this State, aud has re
sided thirty days in the county in which he
offers to vote, to exercise the elective fran
chise in any election that may be held under
the Constitution and laws of this State, or if
he were a citizen of the United States and a
resident of this State at the time of the
adoption of the Constitution, he is a legal
voter, aud the Legislature has no right to
pass any law denying his right, or hindering
him in its free exercise, if he has complied
with suqli registration law as the Legislature
may constitutionally enact, and with the
requirements in reference to the payment of
legal taxes, etc.
l*he bill, in its 19th section requires
that, upon challenge, the citizen shall,
before he is allowed to exercise the rights
of an elector, take a solemn oath that he
has resided in this State for the last twelve
mouths, and in the city for the last six
months, and it is, therefore, clearly in con
flict with the Constitution.
The Constitution clothes the citizen with
the rights of an elector wlien he has resided
in the State six months, and in the county
thirty days. This bill compels him to
swear that ho has resided in the State for
the last twelve months. The provisions of
the Constitution, and those of the bill, are
irrec.oneilia.bly in conflict The Constitu
tion fixes one period of residence, while the
bill fixes another and a longer period. 1
eannoq therefore, approve the bill
Rufus B. Bullock, Governor.
• [From our own Co-respondent.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
e
The Mctiliug of Oonyress— The late Elections
John ft. Surratt-—Maine Election—‘Arrival of
— lieiomincncemcnt of Foreign
at Alexandria, V'«.
Washington, September 13. 1868.
Congress will undoubtedly reassemble on
tho 21st. instant. The question of transact
ing business will be determined ut that
time. All the prominent politicians who
have recently visited the capital concede
that Cfraut can be elected by the electoral
votes In the Northern States alone, and the
main question to be settled is to determine
the policy at the present time, of legislating
further for the Southern States. Parties
deeply interested and on the spot feel con
fident that Congress will not take another
recess until provisions has been made to
preserve the peace at the South. The Pre
sident himself anticipates this course, and
hence hfs moderation of late aud prompt
acquiescence in the demands of the loyal
monos Tennessee. Mr. Johnson has no
good blood for either political party, but he
is particularly anxioqy to serve his term
out. and the possibility of other impeach
ment articles haunts him’like the night
mare—as ths fear of assassination did for
two years.
New Mexico and Colorado have undoubt
edly gone Republican. The telegram pur
porting to have come from Colorado, and
published in lire IForld, showing a Detno
oralij victory, is believed to have been got
u?p to effect the Maine election, which conies
off to-morrow.
Montana, as is well known, was carried
this fall by the Democracy. A well-known
gentleman who reached this city yesterday,
direct from that point, gives u satisfactory
explanation of that election. He says Mon
tana is filled up with deserters from the
draft and ex-rebels from Missouri and the
Southern States ; and also a large number
of Southern men, of rebel proclivities, are
there, but who, not liking the smell of gun
powder, came North early In the war, and
brought up iu the Wesleru wilds. No won
der it majority of the people of Montana
endorse Seymour and Blair.
Another move will be made in the Surratt
litrco next week, when his counsel expect to
have a not pros entered agaiust foe assassi
nation iadictment, when it is possible he
may plead guilty to some minor ‘charge.
All eyes are anxiously turned toward
Maine- If the result ol to-morrow s effort
gives an increased Republican majority, as
is confidently anticipated, then Grant will
receive such a majority as was never before
heard of, in November. It will indicate that
the popular current runs all iu one direction,
and this alone will sweep along with it, in
other States, all the weak-kneed and doubt
itig.
Congressmen, to the number oi twenty
five, came straggling into the city during the
List week, and forty or fifty niote. lt is known/
will be here early the present week. Speaker
Colfax is expected on Thursday, and Senator
Morgan and General Schohek about the
same time. The Blairs —lather and son—
art trying Viry hard" to prevent the reassem
bling of Coiigrcss, but their influence with
Republicans is exceedingly limited, and the
effort will prove abortive.
Bincklcy had another long interview with
the PresidefiLyesterday, and he subsequently
nnaounced bis intention of going to New
York Monday- or Tuesday “on busincsa of
great importance.” I’erhapa he will take
the place there of United States District
Attorney Courtney. Binckley is opinionated
and conceited, consequently it is impossible
to fathom his purposes by what he says.
That he is brewing mischief is generally be
lieved.
The bark Ferrier cleared on Friday last,
nt Alexandria, Va.,4or Havre, France. This
vessel takes out a cafgo of lumber on ac
count of Joseph Thornton, a carpet-bagger,
who has large landed possessions iti Fairfax
county. He intends to load other vessels.
The Ferrier is the first vessel fully loaded at
foil for n foreign port since-- well, since
George Washington used to ship tobacco,
if we mistake not. As soon as Virginia
gets out of her Slough of Despond, Alexan
dria will enter the lists with Baltimore for
commercial supremacy. Enterprising car
pet-baggers are buying the binds and wait
ing for the good time coming.
Capital.
LEADING NORTHERN DEMOCRAT
ON THE SITUATION.
a
Speech of General J. Bowman Sweetzer, of
Pennsylvania.
At a meeting of the veteran soldiers and
sailors of Alleghany county. Penn., on
Thursday last, Gen. J. Bowman Sweetzer,
Democratic candidate for Congress in 1866,
made the following remarkable speech l
General Sweetzer is the representative of
tens of thousands of Democrats who repu
diate the revolutionary programme of their
party and will vote for Grant :
FeUow-cilizens: We have met to-night for
a purpose that is clearly set forth in the call
for this meeting. We have met to organize
for another campaign under our old leader.
We have testified our confidence in him.
He has led us to victory in the field, and he
will lead us to victory at the ballot-box over
those who seek again to bring about confu
sion, anarchy and war. That such is the
design of those who support the opposing
candidate for the Presidency is no idle
fancy. It is declared in their platform ; it
was declared previous to nomination in the
letter of their candidate for the Vice Presi
dency, and there is every reason to believe
that this declaration caused him to be se
lected. What, under these circumstances,
is our duty? Is it not our duty to use
every honorable means in our power to
avert the threatening danger? Have not
those we fought in the field organized
under the leadership of the Democratic
candidate, and is it not, therefore, our duty
to organize and fall in under the leadership
of our old comrade ? It may be said we can
do our duty as citizens at the ballot-box
without such organization, but, my friends,
is that our whole duty ? Have we not a
further duty to perform than merely to
vote? Any citizen can do that, though he
was never within forty miles of battle. Wc
can do something more ; wc can testify to
those who speak flippantly yet confidently
of nullification by force, first, that we intend
to avoid, if possible, any such calamity, by
elevating to the highest office in our gift
the soldier who desires peace, and who will.
preserve it so long as it can be done con
sistently with national honor; and second
ly, if war must come, that we will stand by
him and have him to lead us. Now, my
fellow citizens, allow me to say that I do
not stand before you a mere partisan, and,
to convince you of the truth of what I say,
let me give ycu a little of my political his
tory. I was a Whig as long as the Whig
party existed. During the administration
of Taylor and Fillmore, when the famous
compromise measures were passed, 1 was
United States District Attorney here, and
as an officer of the law it became my duty
to execute the Fugitive Slave law, and I
did it regardless of consequences to myself
and of the opinions of those who opposed it.
I did this because I considered it the duty
of all good citizens to obey the law so long
as it remained on the statute books, how
ever much it conflicted with the individual
opinions ; and I considered it my duty
as a sworn officer of the law to execute
it, repulsive as it was to me and my feelings
as a man. From the commencement of the
war, 1 did everything in my power to keep
the peace with the people of the South, lu
the language of General Grant, I was not
au Abolitionist. I was not even an anti
slavery mum Idi 1 not join the Republican
party. 1 did not vote for Lincoln. I voted
for Douglas and the Democratic Union ticket.
I thought I had done about all they could
ask of me. I felt conscious of having done
nothing to stir up war; nevertheless, nothing
but war would satisfy them, and, fellow-sol
diers, much as I abhor war, I could not for
get my duty as a citizen, and like many of
you, I went voluntarily into the field and
contributed to the extent of my ability and
strength to maintain the honor of my coun
try and my flag. In 1864, I voted for Gen.
McClellan. I was in the Army of the Poto
mac from its organization- I had confidence
in him;'l thought he had been harshly
treated; and when he was nominated at
Chicago I voted for him, Pendleton, peace
platform, and all. I did not like the plat
form ; but I was willing to trust McClellan,
notwithstanding the platform. But, my
friends, I thought I saw in the action of the
leaders of that Convention a determination
to rule or ruin. I thought I saw a determi
nation on the part of the Peace Democrats,
who figured largely in it, and made its plat
form, never to let a victory be won by the
party unless It brought with it their vindica
tion of inducement, and placed them in po
sition and power. I determined that, here
after, I would see the ’cards dealt, and know
that they were not marked by the dealer in
advance, before I again consented to take a
hand. I was opposed to the reconstruction
measures of Congress; I was opposed to the
impeachment of the President. The Senate
acquitted the President, and I think they did
right. Congress passed the reconstruction
measures, and the President vetoed them.
Congress passed them over the veto by the
constitutional vote The amendments were
adopted by the requisite number of States,
and they are now the law of the land, and so
long as they arc I will sustain them. Well,
my friends, we now come down to the pres
ent crisis, for crisis I consider it to-be. We
aro approaching another Presidential elec.-
tion, and it is necessary for you and for me
to take sides. Wc must declare for Grant or
for No man can stand neutral in
this great emergency. Then !c<us deter
mine at once fonwhom we shall be, if not
already done. Every otto knows who nomi
nated Grant, and how it was done. The
great American people nominated him lo’ng
before the Chicago Convention met. The
politicians would have been glad to have
had some one else if they could, some one
not quite so much given to potting things
through on his own line would have suited
them better ; but they dared not to disre
gard the voice of the people, and so the
Convention seconded their verdict. But how
about Seymour ? Who nominated him, and
bow was that done ? Ostensibly the Demo
cratic party nominated him; but who
controlled the action of the Convention?
86 far as I am able to judge from the
result, the Peace Democrats of the North
aiul the IFcr Democrats of the South made
the nominations and the platform. The same
Ohio delegation that voted McClellan down
at Chicago determined to rule or rain. They
wont there armed invincibly, us they sup
poseik with Pendleton and the greenback
dodge, with a specious appeal to the mer
cenary spirit of the people, whereby they
thought this great nation could be induced
to ignore the life struggle through, which
it had just, passed, to forget the now made
graves of its fallen herocr, and to look with
indigerent, unsympathizing eyes 'upon the
maimed and halting figures of the brave
comrades who are still among us, but they
failed to nominate their mau, and failing in
this they determined to nominate the next
best representative of their principles and
their policy, and iu this they succeeded.
Hancock would not do, nor Farragut, nor
nor Chase, nor Hendricks, nor Johnson ;
no one would suit£them who thought we did
right to fight for the flag. So much for the
action of the peace Democrats of the North.
Let us look at the action of the war Demo
crats of the South. What did they do ?
They directed the most important features
in the platform. Gen. Hampton tells us he
framed and inserted the paragraph declar
ing the Reconstruction acts to be usurpa
tions and unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void. Then, having secured a war
platform they nominate a fighting Gcperal
to fight it through. If elactcd they
want another war : more blood, more taxes,
fellow citizens. 1 don't, and therefore I
determined to oppose that combination,
these nominations, and. their platform. I
determined that no such flimsy barriers as
party tics and party lines should keep me
from doing what I believe to be my duty
to myself and to my country, and 1 deter
mined to go for the jnan who wants peace,"
for the man who does not talk war but
fights war when it is inevitable. I deter
mined to go for the man who conquered a
peace and saved the life <xf the nation ; for
the man whom we have tried and found
true in every trust; in whom the people
have ooufideuce ; aye, even the people who
were lately in arms against him, and
wherefore should they not confide in him ?
Has he not been as generous and honora
ble towards a fallen foe as he was chival
rous and brave in battle ? No victor ever
gave more generous terms; no victor ever
kept more truly his plighted word. Aud,
fellow soldiers, because I So determined 1
am here to-night to take part in your pro
ceedings to assist in organizing these
veterans. Then fall iu! Never mind
about your party. Let the politicians at
tend to that. Fall in ! Take tho touch of
the elbow. Heads up ! Eyes to the front!
Let us make one grand charge along the
whole line, aud then, let me tell you, on
the day succeeding the November election
you will hear a shout go up from the vol
leys and hill-tops, from the crowded city
and secluded village, and from every nook
and corner of our broad land, for Grant,
victory and peace, that will forever silence
all dissenters at homo, aud give renewed
assurance to the nations of the earth that
the starry banner shall continue to “ Wave
o’er the land of the free and the home of
the brave.”
SPECIAL NOTICES-
OrriCE Ass’r blt't Ghoboia Railboad, I
Augusta, Sept. 11 th, 1868. J
JB®“REDUCED RATES ON VIRGINIA
SALT, COAL AND LAND "PLASTEJI.—UntiI
further notice, on and after the 15th instant, tho
following will bo tho charge per car load of
16,900 lbs., on
Coal from Chattanooga to Augusta ...$32 10
Coal from Coal Creek via Knoxville to
Augusta...... 45 10
Salt from Bristol to Augusta 76 65
Land Plaster from Bristol to Augusta...... 51 10
S. K. JOHNSON,
sepia—3ot Assistant Superintendent,
GRAIN AND FLOUir - SACKS ! I
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^ —3m 25 Pearl Street, New York City.
Aetna Fire Insurance Co.
OF HARTFORD. CONN.
William Shear
IS THE
AGENT OF THIS COMPANY FoK
AUGUSTA AND VICINITY,
And is the ONLY A b’TIIOKIZED TEMOJT to
notify parties when ’their Policies will expire, or
to renew the same, or to is?ue new Policies for
the Company. LUCIUS J. HfiNDEE, ’
sep 13—Iw President.
September 12 th,
Koi* lient.
rpME UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR
A RENT, from the iirst of October ultimo a
Small Farm, coutaini ng twelve and three quarter
acres, with dwelling, out houses, and good water,
at present occupied by Mr. J. V . Mooro.
ALSO,
From the iirst of January next, a Fann of three
hundred and seven acres, on wlii.eh is a dwelling
and all necessary qut-houses. Both tho above
being about six miles from the city of Augusta, on
tile Washington road.
He also offers for rent his Saw Milh situated
about live miles from the city, near the Washing
leu road, with tho use of an abuudaut supply of
timber, a good carrylog, etc. Possession given
immediatelv. WILIJAM SKINNER.
seplS—l2t
Assignee’s Sale.
W ILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
House door, in tlio town of Sparta, Han
cock county, on tho FIRST TUESDAY IN OC
TOBER next, between tho legal hours of sale,
tho following property, to wit:
Five hundred and sixty-sevon and one half
(5674) Acres of Land, more or less, on the oast
bank ui 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
$949.11'.
Sold as the property of Jesse 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,
sepld—law3w Assignee, etc.
United States Marshal s Sale.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—SOUTH
ERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA.
JOHN T. DORAN, Libellant.)
vs. |‘ IN
Sloop Mabiam amp Cabolixe, )•
Her Boats, Tackle, Apparel | ADMIRALTY,
snd Furniture. J
Under and by virtue of a writ of venditione
exponas issued out of the Honorable the District
Court of tbtaUnited States for l lie Southern Dis
trict. of Georgia, in the above entitled cause, dated
September iff, 1868, to me directed and delivered,
I will sell at Public Auction, ou TUESDAY, the
15th day of SEPTEMBER instant, between the
legal hours of sale, before the Court House, in the
city ol Savannah, Ga., the Sloop Mariam and
Caroline, her Boats, Tackle. Apparel and Furni
ture.
Dated at Savannah, Ga., this 19th day of Sep
tember, 1868.
‘ WM. G. DICKSON,
eepl2-td U. S. Slarslial, District of Georgia.
Licenses!
OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, I
Auscsta, September 7, 1868. j
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
the annual Licenses issued to Draymen,
Hackmen, and to vendors of Liquors, will expire
on the last day of the present month. Parties
wishing to renew their Licenses should attend to_
the matter at nnce. _ „ •
JAMES N. ELLS,
repg—lot Clerk of Council.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Official.
P.vo cl amatio ii
tJIFIIF i
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Whkresb, official Information has been
cei vod at this Department that a murder w».. re
milted in the county of Chatham, near th.
porate .mute ot tficcity of Savannah q.. ti...,,”
of Angust, Ultimo, upon the body <>j Chartl 3 ',’ 1
Wilson, a youth of fourteen years of age
unknown person or persons, aud that ’J. e
known persons have fled from justice “ u
I have thought proper, therefore, to i™
tins, my Proclaiuation. liereby offering
of Two Hundred Dollars for the
and delivery of the said unknown person
sons to the Sheriff of said comity and State
And I do moreover charge and require a „
officers in tins State, civil aud military t i
vigilant in endeavoring to apprehend 'th. Lu
unknown person or persons, in order that h. "
they, may be brought to trial for the offend
with which they stand charged.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of u
State, at the Capitol in the city of Atlanta,this ut
day of September, iu the year of ourland.mzbZ
hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Ind e
of the United States of America, the ninety th?,?
RUFUS B. BUUWK
By the Governor; Governor
David G. Corr iso,
Secretary of p latlJ .
sep 17—Bt
STATE OF GEORGIA—
Riekmimtl Cvsnlu
Whereas, Daniel Brogan applies to u, ( '. f,„
Letters of Administration de bouis iu>u on nJ
estate of Martin Brogan, late of said county a?
ceased — ’’ ’•
These m e therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of gajj j
ceased, to be and appear at my office, on or before
the fourth Monday in October next to show
cause, if any they have, why said Letters shoald
not lie granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at
office in Augusta, this ftitli duy of Sentemlwr IRfR
SAMUEL LEVY ’
sepl7-lm Ordinary.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT Os THE
I United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of 1
BENJAMIN F. WILLIS, L IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. | )
To whom" it may concern : The undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as Ai
signee of Benjamin F. Wallis, of Hie county of
Franklin and State of Georgia, witbin said
District, who has boon adjudged n Bankrupt
upon bis own petition by tho District Court of
said District.
Dated the,29th day of August, A. D., 186 S.
JESSE F. LANGSTON,
sopl7— law3w* Assignee, etc.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of ;
JOHN B WHITEHEAD >IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. ) No. 158.
Tlio said Bankrupt having petitioned the Cpuil
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt A c t March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the 9th day of October, 1868, at 3 o'clock p. ui,
at Chambers of the snid District Court, before
Frank S Hesseltine, Esq,, one of the Registers of
the said Court in Bankruptcy, at his ollieo at the
office of Wright & Warren. Albany, Ga.,and show
cause why tlio prayer of the said ]ietition of the
Bankrupt should not be granted. And further no
tice js given that the second and third meetings
of creditorswill beheld at the same time aud place
Dated at Savannah, Ga., this 15th day of Sep
tember, 1868-
james McPherson,
sep 17—It Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COUkT OF THE
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In tho matter of )
JOHN TALBOT, YIN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. ) No. 240.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his dbbts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 9th day of October, 1868, at
3 o’clock p.m., at chambers of the said District
Court, before Frank 8 Hesseltine, Esq., one of
the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at
the office of Wright & Warren, in Albany, Ga..
aud show cause why the prayer of the said
petition of the Bankrupt should not tie granted.
And further notice is given that the second and
third meetings of creditors will be held at the
same time and place.
Dated at Savannali, Ga., this 15th day of Sep
tember. 1868. james McPherson,
scpl7—lt Clerk.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. S. MARSHAL’S OFFICE. I
i Atlanta, Ga., September 15, 1868. (
rpHISTS TO GIVE NOTICE; That oathe
JL :ff’th day of May, A. D., 1868, a Warrant
in Bankruptcy was issued against tlio estate of
SAMUEL B. HEARD,
of Calhoun, iu the county of Gordon, aud State of
Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt '®
liis own petition; aud that the payment of any«ebl»
and deliver) - of any property belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or lor his use, and the transfrr
of any property liy him, are forbidden by law
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be Holden at the Register s offle®-
in tlio United States Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia,
before Lawson Black, Register, on the 12thday
of October, A D 1868, at 10 o’clock a.m
JOHN C. DICKSON,
sepl7— It U. S. Hop Marshal as Messenger _
I’ N’ THE DISTRICT COUKT. OF THE
United States ter the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of <
L WHENCEM SHAFER !■ IN BANKRUPTCY-
Bankrupt. J No. 389-
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts proya
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, I'' 1 ";
notice is hereby given to all persons ,
to appear on the 13th day of October, 1868, »
9 o’clock a. m., at chamljers ot said Distnc
Court, before Frank S. Hesseltine, Esq., ot>[
of the Registers of said Court in Baiikruj'teJ' l “
his office at tlic corner of Bay and
streets, Savannah, Ga., and showcause
prayer of the srtid pietition of the Bankrui 1
should not be granted. And further notice a
given that the second and third meetings o
creditors will be. held at the same time an
place.
Dated at Savannah,. Ga.. this 15th day ot- l i
tember, 1868. JAMES McrHElfoON.
sep 17—-It
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF T D ®
L United States for tho Southern District»
In the matter of )IN BANKKII D -
David B. Tomlixsoh, >
Bankrupt. J No. JL
The said Bankrupt having Phoned t“
Court for a discharge from all his debts ‘
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March A, ■
notice is hereby given to all persons mten (
to appear on the Ist day of October. lo'®> . (
o’clock a. m., at chambers of said Di
Court, before F. S. Hesseltine, Esq , one o
Registers of said Court iu Bankruptcy, at
office at the corner of Bay and Drayton sire ’
Savannah, Ga., and show cause why the IW
of foe said petition of tho Bankrupt ,|. a t
be granted. And further ’notice is given .y
the second and third meetings of creditors
be held at the same time and place- , q, p
Dated at Savannah, Ga x this 15th '
tember, 1868. JAMfe McPBERSOX
sepTf-lt
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA,
O At Macon, the Ist day of September *•
18« S. " . .... his
Th« undersigned hereby gives notice
appointment as Assignee of GEORGE j
GAN, of Macon, in the county of
State of Georgia, within said District, wu
been adjudged s Bankrupt upon kw o’? 1 I
tiori by the District Court of said District-
scpl6-law3w JOHN P. FOhT-.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
At Thomasville, Georgia, Sept. 14“> * f jis
The undersigned hereby FJ® 8 ooK 6.
appointment as Assignee of JObr.l “ * u
colored, of Thomasville, in the county of <b()
and State of Georgia, within said I ' str,c ‘' r e
has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his
■titton by the Di-tflet ■
s # l6-l.w3w< ’ AMifiD *’