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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.. » —-S—t 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 *’