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PARAGRAMB.
—Yesterday, in New York, Gold
was quoted at 1.34|. Cotton 24|c.
—Massachusetts has 496 Congrega
tional churches.
The word genius is not found in
the Bible.
The Mobile Register advocates
the selling of cotton for gold only.
—The Queen of Holland is visitng
in England.
Brigham Young is said to be the
third largest depositor in the Bank of
England.
—Two battalions oi the English
army are to be withdrawn from Cana
da.
—St. Petersburg has one thousand
ladies engaged in fortune telling for a
living.
—Mr. and Mrs. Colfax, it is said,
propose to spend a portion of the com
ing whiter in Europe.
' —Without counting Alaska, the
United States has 1,500,000,000 acres
of public lands.
—lt is estimated that the guano on
the Chincha Islands will bo exhausted
iti another year.
—The New York “beautiful for
everess” enamels the face and makes
the hair golden for $7 only.
—Wicked men stumble over straws
in the way to heaven, but climb over
hills in the way to destruction.
—The English language, for all the
cuds and wants of human speech, has
been surpassed by any language upon
earth.
—Apples are now carried to China
in good condition by packing them in
ice, and readily sell at Hong Kong for
two dollars per dozen in gold.
—The Boston ZAx? calls Professor
Watson, of the Michigan University,
who discovers all the asteroids, a
“planet bagger.”
—The gold fields of Auckland me
still drawing diggers. On the Thames
there are now estimated to be 14,000
diggers.
—Prince Charles, of Houmania, is
engaged to the Princess Thyra, third
daughter of the king of Denmark.
He is to wait for her to grow up.
—Mrs. Sarah Page, of Canaan,
N. 11., has is in her possession a Bible
printed in 1599, “by the deputies of
Christopher Barker, printer to the
Queens most excellent majesty.”
—San Francisco is overrun with
fleas of huge size, and elegant “ back
scratchers” in ivory, it is said, are a
common ornament of the parlor table.
—A “Honeymoon Car” is to be
placed on Pacific Railway, when
completed, for the benefit of bridal
parties.
The Supreme Court of Missouri has
decided that shares of national banks
are triable, like those of other nonivd
corporations.
—Stockton, California, has an arte
sian well a thousand feet deep, which
discharges 360,000 gallons of hot
water daily.
—A Vermont editor informs his de
linquent subscribers that he is keeping
house, and is willing to take all sorts
of eatables—but no beans. He has
not such a depraved appetite as to like
them.
—The armies of Europe, according
to the estimates of a French collector
of statistics, are composed of 2,557,526
soldiers in active service, and 671,893
drilled reserves.
—ln a Pittsfield (Mass.) factory are
three female operatives, one of whom
has been engaged there forty-two
years, mid the other two thirty-eight
years.
—The Rona relates a story of a
monk by day and a brigand at night,
lie is said to be a very holy friar and
a very bold robber, so that it is diffi
cult to say in what role he most excels.
—There is much complaint in some
quarters that the thousands of carpet
baggers in California should have had
the indecency to outvote the only one
American born voter in the State.
—ln England, recently, a harvest
thanksgiving was celebrated in a rural
church. The communion table, chan
cel railing, pulpit and lectern were
decorated with various kinds of grain,
fruit and flowers.
—“ Bridget, I told you to let me
have my hot water the first thing in
the morning.” “ Sure,” replied Brid
get, “ and didn’t I bring it up and lave
it at the dure last night, so as to be in
time, Sir?”
—lt is estimated that three thou
sand to five thousand men have gone
to the pineries of Michigan to get out
logs for the coming lumber season.
The number is said to be unprece
dented for this season of the year.
—‘The fires in the Oregon woods are
driving the wild beasts into the settle
ments, endangering the lives of the
people. Children are attacked by
cougars, and in Lynn county a girl
nine years of age was killed and eaten
by one of these animals.
—lt is a good thing to have perse
verence. Few or none succeed with
out it It is of inestimable value to
the young, and is usual at every period
of life. To plain ladies who desire to
get married, it is positively essential.
Even with such when well exercised it
rarely fails.
—There was a queer scene in a
Brooklyn court the other day, when
two wives and two “engaged'’ sweet
hearts confronted a gay deceiver.
When he was convicted of bigamy,
and sentenced, all four women covered
their faces and Wept.
—ls. you want to wed and don’t
choose to wed a woman—the best
thing out in that line—then marry a
Library. Books are the best of com
panions. If you get a doubtful, indif- <
■ferent or bad one, it is easily got rid -
of. Perhaps—who knows—it is not ]
so with a woman. Os books you are
sure. They are cheap, comparatively, ’
and don’t change dress every quarter '
or so. ’ <
NationalHepnblican
AUGUSTA. GA.
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SATURDAY MORNING. . \ -Nov. 26,1H68
iiYIW /»
Inion-—Libert >— Justice.
This is a Republic where the Will of
the People is the Law of the Land.
|U. S. Grant.
“ Watch over the preservation of the Union
with zealous eye, and indignantly Jrmon upon
the first dawning of every attempt to alienate
any portion of the Country from the rest, or
to enfeeble the sacred ties, which now link
together the various parts."— Washington’s
Farewell Address.
PLATFORM
Adopted by a Republican Uoucention oj
Augusta, at a meeting held at the City Hull,
Monday evening, Nov. 23, 1868.
Whereas, The citizens of Augusta are
about to elect municipal officers for the en
suing year; and whereas, it is eminently
proper' that a party which presents candi
dates for the suffrages of the people should
make known its principles. Therefore, be it
Resolved., That, as the Republican party is,
and always has lioen, the friend of the labor
ing classes, that our ticket be called the
Workingman’s Ticket, and that we present
the following resolutions as our platform :
Resolved, That it is the duty of the Munici
pal Officers of the city to protect all its citi
zens in the enjoyment of all the rights guai
anteed to them by law, the colored citizen as
well as the white, the poor as well as the rich.
Rcsolred, That as a measure of economy,
the salary of the Mayor should be reduced,
and the Workingman's Party pledges itself
to such reduction.
Resolved. That the whole license system is
wrong and oppressive, and that taxation
should be exclusively on property and in
come.
Resdeed, That all produce passed over the
Bridge, for the consumption of the city, in
cluding cotton and wood, should be passed
free from toll.
Revolted, That the City Council should not
involve the city in debt unless it be absolutely
necessary in conducting the Municipal Gov
ernment.
Resolved, That the above Preamble and
Resolutions be published in The National
REP! BLICAN.
The following additional Resolution was
also passed at the same meeting:
Revolted, That the nomination of candi
dates for Mayor and Aldermen be postjioncd
until Saturday, the 28th inst.
JOHN REYNOLDS,
David Porter. Chairman.
Secretary.
—...
The Ball Rolls.
As the minds of the working men of
Augusta grasp the just principles of
the Working Men’s Party on equal
taxation and kindred subjects, they
desert the ticket that holds antaoro
o
nistic views. Our platform needs no
explanation. It explains itself. It is
so transparently just and fair that
every child of ordinary intelligence
can understand it. Everybody can
see at a glance that the man with SIOO
or SSOO capital should not pay the
same license as the man with a capital
of $25,000. Work, and this
rotten system will be abolished and
the Working Man’s equalization sys
tem established. The issue is in the
hands of the men most interested.
Will you not go for your own inter
ests? The man who calls you a “Scal
awag” for so doing is a liar. That’s
all.
An Unjust Charge.—A Democrat
yesterday, in our presence, urged very
vehemently that the evidence of the
incompetency of the present municipal
Government was the alleged fact that
the city employees were unpaid. This
identical individual, after much delay,
paid his taxes in coupons on city
bonds, issued by the very clique who
are now trying to get back into power.
If this old clique had been mindful of
the city’s interests, these coupons
would not be hawked about the street
for the men who unnecessarily issued
them to purchase at a discount.
Hypocrites.—lt is filling the hearts
and consciences of men with indigna
tion to see old negro-traders, who in
old times were proficient with the
lash, again attempt to carry on their
old trade by’ buying colored votes.
M c appeal to colored Republicans, by
the stripes they received in the past,
to spurn these place-hunters.
Given it Ur.—The Democratic
press of Georgia have about given up
the idea of making a Democrat of
General Grant. We doubt not the
President elect has been sounded, and
has given the “sounders” distinctly to
understand that he is not the person
they took him for—that he is not base
enough to be elected on one set of
principles, and then to turn round a la
Johnson, and administer the Govern
ment on another and diametrically op
posite set.
Satisfai tory.—A gentleman visit,
ing Atlanta, a day or two since, in
quired of a sprightly little newsboy
vhy so many persons held their hand
kerchiefs to their noses. “Because ”
■eplied the boy, “the Era again has
ts rear open.” The explanation was
leemed satisfactory.
“Now you see it, and now you Don’t ”
The Atlanta Era, of the 25th, con
tains an editorial which is chiefly re
markable for its two-faced character.
The heading of this article aptly ex
presses the character of the one in the
Era. The editor attempts to play’
the role of the “Artful Dodger,” but
he does it in such a bungling manner
as to excite a smile of derision. He
says he has confidence in Gen. Grant
and Congress. No doubt each will
feel relieved and encouraged when
they learn of the fact.
It is with reluctance that we criti
cise the course of the Era. It would
be much more agreeable to us, person
ally, to commend, could we do so with
justice to the Republican people of
Georgia. But it is the duty of the
National Repuhlican not only to
meet and battle with the avowed
enemies of the principles of the party,
but also to protect it from the effects
of the evil counsels of real or pretend
ed friends. “One traitor is worse than
ten Turks.”
The Era commences its article by
substantially apologizing for having
charged that Georgia was carried for
Seymour by fraud. It didn’t mean
anything by it; did not so charge “to
influence Congress one way or an
other.” Now, wc have charged that
the State was carried, not only by
fraud, but also by intimidation and the
most revolting violence, and we have
published conclusive proof of the
charge from day to day. Ami we
avow that we have done so that the
whole people of tlje United States,
including Congress, should know the
facts, and knowing the facts, that the
latter.should refuse to count the Elec,
toral vote of Georgia, and in addition
should provide some remedy for the
protection of the white minority and
for the poor, defenceless blacks.
We have an illustration of “Now
you see it and now you don’t” in
nearly every sentence of the Era's
article. For instance: “Now you sec
it:” “We have no wish to influence
Congress to any action respecting our
local affairs,” (“and now you don’t see
it”:) “farther to appropriate legisla
tion the provisions of the Constitutional
Amendment.’)
Will the Era say whether the pro
visions of the Constitutional Amend
ment have been complied with by the
Legislature of Georgia? We hold
that it has violated that Amendment
in two notorious instances: the voting
of rebels, or ex-rebels, to draw it mild,
who held office before the war and
have not since been pardoned, and the
ousting of the colored members. But
the Era says: “ Our wish is for
things to stand as they arc." This is
the wish of every member of the Ku-
Klux in Georgia; it is not the wish
of any true Republican in the State.
Here is another “Now you see it
and now you don’t see it:” “Those
(the Southern) States are now in a
condition to take care of themselves,
and we think Congress will permit
them to do so.”
“And now you don’t”: “It will
demand a faithful compliance with the
Reconstruction acts, and we do not
believe that a single State will be per
mitted to violate even the most in
significant provisions of those acts.”
The “ single State” of Georgia has
violated the most material provisions
of this amendment, and yet the Era
hopes that “ immediately upon the
assembling of Congress in December,
the Georgia 'Senators will be admitted
to their seats.”
The trouble with I lie Ara is, that it
is afflicted with the pocket neuralgia.
If the nervous pain of the pocket can
be kept firm and easy, he cares little
for the fate of the Republicans scat
tered throughout the State, who are
now at the mercy of men who favors
more than Robesperian bloodthirsti
ness.
The Knox-Frierson Affair.—
Wc were sure the Dcrtioeratic account
orignally published of the shooting of
young Mr. Fribkso.n by Major Knox,
at Athens, was colored against the
Major. We have since received the
Athens Watchman, a Democratic
paper, which says that the examining
magistrate, before whom Major K
was arraigned, dismissed the charge
against him. This would not have
been the case had he been to blame.
Poor Men Driven out of Busi
ness.—Rich dealers always favor high
licenses. Why ? They wish them so
high that poor men cannot afford to
obtain them and go into business.
Remember this when you vote on
Wednesday next.
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Better Look to His Laurels.—
The Atlanta Era speaks of the “Fab
ulous K. K.’s.” Our “Shyster” had
better look to his laurels.
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Can’t Learn to Say it. —The
so-called Christian Democrats cannot
learn to say, “Oh, Ixird, Thy will,
not mine, be done.”
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Ought to Know.—The editor of
the Era, says that lying is easier than
editing a daily newspaper. He ought
to know.
The Democratic Spirit in Wilkinson
County.
The following records an intolerable
state of affairs in the county of Wil’
k inson:
ll’dq’rters Agt. Bureau IL, F. & A. L., i
Irwinton, Ga., October 16,1868. j
Captain M. Frank Gallagher, A. A. A. Gen
eral, Atlanta, Ga.:
Captain— l have the honor Io report that
numerous complaints are being made at these
headquarters l»y freedmen, who have been
laboring on plantations owned by whites,
the past year, that they can not get an equi
table settlement or division of their joint
crops. I have endeavored to assist them
through the Civil Courts, but in this county
(Wilkinson) it lias been impossible to procure
anything like justice to the freedmen, and
their cases have generally been dismissed l>y
the Courts with costs to them. In fact,
hardly a white man in the county, Who is
employing freedmen, lias done, fairly by
them, unless the freedmen would promise to
vote the rebel ticket at the coining election;
and under existing regulations, with the
authority of the Bureau so materially cur
tailed, it is impossible that they should be
protected. The whites here are all armed,
and at the first exhibition of dissatisfaction
on the part of their employees, threats of
violence are used to intimidate, and not
unfrequently the grossest outrages are com
mitted upon them. 1 attempted to procure
bills of indictment against various parties,
for wrongs inflicted upon freedmen, but the
Grant Jury invariably refused to sustain me,
and this result has caused great rejoicing
among that clement of society here, that
believe “the negro has no right which the
white men is bound to respect.” I therefore
make this report, not expecting that immedi
ate assistance can be granted by this Bureau,
but that this state of affairs may be recorded,
the better to enable the authorities to mark
their future action. The feeling against the
Bureau and its officers is intense, and I liave
been compelled to go a distance of three
miles from this village in order to procure a
place to stay. A suitable military force will
be absolutely necessary at the election, in
order that anything like justice should be
done the freedmen. In fact, they will have
to be protected in the exercise of their rights,
or t hey ran not vote.
* * * « «- «
I am, Respectfully,
Your ob’t servant,
(Signed) 11. D. F. YOUNG,
Agent, etc.
A true copy:
M. Frank Gallagher,
Brevet Capt. U. S. A., A. A. G.
* ■ ■ ——
A Comparison.—lion. Joshua Hill
is to the Republican party of Georgia
what Wm. 11. Seward is to the Re
publican party of the State of New
York.
Our Washington Letter.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 24.
The latest novelty is the introduc
tion hereof the much talked of French
Velocipede, and the fashionables are
all agog to test them. This is but
another evidence that there is nothing
new under the sun, for as long ago as
the reign of George the Third, Beau
Brummel, a Court dandy, engloved
with yellow kids, Sroused the lethargy
of the fashionables in Hyde Park, by
putting bi an appearance mounted on
a two-wheeled Velocipede. His ad
vent caused as much alarm then as did
the appearance of a similar person
and ' chicle on one us die Pai is pioni
enadcs recently, when the Queen of
Madagascar, who had not been sur
prised at anything she had seen before,
fainted at the sight of this machine.
Fortunately for the reputation of the
nation Queen Emma is not now under
the wing of Secretary Seward or site
might seize upon a similar opportunity
to- swoon on the Avenue, and that
would be a deplorable event.
Speaker Colfax is married at last.
The press throughout the country
knew that such an event might hap
pen at any time during the last three
months and accordingly married him,
on paper, a great many times; he was
not really married however until last
Wednesday, in Ohio, when a niece of
Senator Wade was made happy. Mr.
Colfax, with his wife, arrived here
Friday and immediately repaired to
their residence on 17th street opposite
Lafayette Square, where Mr. C. resided
last year. The bride is very much
such a woman as the bridegroom is a
man—plain, practical and endowed
with great common sense. Their resi
dence will be a great centre of attrac
tion during the approaching fashionable
season.
In addition to what I have hereto
fore stated as work laid out for Con
gross, Senator Morton proposes to
introduce a bill for the redemption of
greenbacks, to stop the sale of gold
and redeem the legal tenders. lie
believes this will place greenbacks on
a gold basis by 1871, and will there
fore oppose any contraction of the
currency. This plan causes much
adverse comment, a majority of the
leading Republicans favoring some
plan by which specie payment can be
resumed as early, at all events, as the
beginning of the next fiscal year.
Quite a number of Congressmen are
already here, preparing work for the
winter—each one developing some
favorite scheme, to benefit the country,
of course. The “ Whiskey Ring” is
also largely represented, the members
of which will make a bold effort to
increase the tax on liquors of all
kinds—the present tax not leaving
margin enough for them to operate
upon. The movement can hardly be
successful in face of the report of
Commissioner Rollins, to the effect,
that by the present tax a larger reve
nue is returned to the Government
than under the high tax system.
There bids fair to be a railway
mania. A whole school of visionary
schemes are already laying their plans
to secure largo appropriations from
Congress. The Pacific Railroad—a
really national work—will bo urged
as a precedent. There are half a
dozen propositions already developed,
by which to connect the Commercial
Metropolis and the Capital of the
Nation. As a positive necessity exists
tor relief in tins direction, it is proba
ble some definitel action may be taken
during the approaching winter. There
are as many more projects on foot for
Southern connections, and between
the two, all classes of citizens resident
here arc interested. Mr. Jencks’ bill
for remodelling the Government De*
pertinents, somewhat after the English
plan—to secure the permanency and
efficiency of employees—is gaining
rapidly m public favor. A majority
of the leading Republican journals
throughout the North are advocating
this, or some plan whereby to accom
plish the same objects. If ever carried
into effect, it will place Government
employees outside of politics, positions
and promotion being only secured by
peculiar fitness.
General Michler, Superintendent of
Public Buildings, in his annual report,
reiterates all the magnificent schemes
heretofore laid before a Committee of
Congress by him, and adds many
views for the beautifying of the Na
tion’s Capital. The plan provides for
boulevards, promenades, extensive
parks, drives, etc., involving an ex
penditure, of tearing down and build
ing up, of millions of money. Some
people believe our worthy Super
intendent’s exalted views of a
perfect National Capital will be
realized at an early day, and arc pre
paring accordingly for a great increase
of business. While his plans are ad
mirable—on paper—and would gratify
the cultivated taste and the pride of
the people, I do not think the man
lives to-day who will see his projects
perfected; and principally because of
a contention, which has been increase
ing in bitterness for years, as to the
location of the Capitol. A majority
of the Western members of Congress
have steadily opposed doing anything
going to fix the Capital permanently
at this point, and, therefore, oppose
all appropriations for enlargements
not required for immediate purposes.
Indeed, the people of the Northwest
have gone so far, through their repre
sentative men, as to estimate the cost
of taking down the public buildings
here and transporting and putting
them up so far west as St. Louis.
Eight million dollars is the estimated
cost.
Now that the election is over, the
Atlantic Cable furnishes us with the
only means of excitement. The last is
the progress made by Minister John
son in settling the Alabama and other
claims against England by a mixed
commission. The State Department
here has received no such advices as
the English news agent telegraphs;
and it is not likely our Minister would
first divulge State secrets to the agent
of the Associated Press, located in
London.
General Grant most of the time re
mains very quiet at his headquarters,
transacting, with systematic regular
ity, all business pertaining to the
office of General of the Army. Poli
ticians for the most part keep at a re
spectful distance. The General’s un
ostentatious habits have not deserted
him ; he works as hard and appears as
often, unattended, on the streets as
before he was nominated for the Presi
dency. Even his most bitter oppon
ents during the canvass now declare
that his election by the people will
prove to be the salvation oi the coun
try. Capital.
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Bobtail Fashions.
A Blast from Fanny Fern Against
Feminine Follies.
When I say that the street dress of
the majority of respectable women of
New York to-day is disgusting, I but
feebly express my emotions. 1 say
the respectable women, and yet, save
to those who know them to be such,
their appearanctrieaves a w ide margin
for doubt. The clown at the circus
wears not a more stunning or parti
colored costume; in fact, he has the
advantage of being sufficiently “taut”
—to use a nautical phrase —not to in
terfere with locomotion ; while theirs
—what with disgusting humps upon
their backs, and big rosettes upon
their sides and shoulders, and loops,
and folds, and buttons, and tassels,
and clasps and bows upon their skirts,
and striped satin petticoats, ail too
short to hide often clumsy ankles—
and more colors heaped upon one poor
little fashion-ridden body than ever
were gathered in one rainbow’—and
all this wom without regard to tem
perature, or time or placer—l say this
presents a spectacle w hich is too dis
heartening even to be comical.
One cannot smile at the young girls
who are, one day—Heaven help
them!—to be wives and mothers.
Wives and mothers ! I say to myself,
as I see the throat and neck with only
the protection of a gold locket be
tween itself and the cold autumnal
winds. Wives and mothers! I say,
as I see them ruining their feet ami
throwing their ankles out of shape, in
the vain endeavor to walk on heels
like corks, fastened far into the middle
of the sole of their boots; and those
boots so high upon the calf of the leg,
and so tightly buttoned across it, that
circulation is stopped, and violent
headaches follow. Wives and mothers!
I say, as I see the heating and burden
some panier tackled on the most deli
cate portion of a woman’s frame, to
make still surer confirmed invalidism.
What fathers, husbands, brothers,
lovers, can think about, to bo willing
that the woman they respect and love
should appear in public, looking like
women whom they despise, is a marvel
to me.
Why they do not say this to them,
and shame them into a decent appear
ance—if their glasses can not effect it
—I do not know. Oh, the relief it is
to meet a lady, instead of a ballet girl.
Oh, the relief it is to see a healthy,
firm-stepping, rosy, broad-chested,
bright-eyed woman, clad simply with
a dress all of one color, and free from
bunches and tags! 1 turn to look at
such an one with true respect, that
she has the good sense and courage,
and good taste, to appear on the street
in a dress befitting the street; leaving
to those poor wretched women whose
business is to advertise their persons
a free field without competition. If I
seem to speak harshly it is because I
feel earnestly ou this subject. I had
hoped that the women of 1868 would
have beeu worthy of the day in which
they live. I had hoped that all their
time would not have been spent in
keeping up with die chameleon changes,
of fashions too ugly, too absurd for
toleration.
It is because I want to be some
thing, to do something higher and
nobler than a peacock might aim at,
that I turn heart-sick away from these
infinitessimal fripperies that narrow
the soul and purse, and leave nothing
in their wake but emptiness. Nor is
it necessary, in avoiding all this, that
a woman should look “strong-minded,”
as the bug-bear phrase goes. It is
not necessary she should dress like
her grandmother, in order to look like
a decent woman. It is not necessary
she should forswear ornamentation,
because it were better and more re
spectable to have it confined to festal
and home occasions and less to the
public promenade. She is not driven
to the alternative of muffiing herself
like an omnibus driver in January, or
catching consumption with her throat
protected only by a gold locket.
Oh, how I wish that a bevy of young,
handsome girls, of good social posi
tions, would inaugurate a plain lady
like costume for Street and church
wear. I say’ young and handsome,
because if an old woman does this, the
little chits toss their heads and say,
“ Oh ! she has had her day, and don’t
care now, and wc want ours.”
Now, that's perfectly’ natural and
right, too, that you should have y r our
youth; that you should, as girls say,
“make the most of yourselvesbut
in doing so don’t you think it would
be well not to lessen or cheapen your
selves ? and I submit, with all defer
ence, to your dress-makers and mam
mas, that every one of you who appear
in public in the manner I have dc
-scribed, are doing this very thing—arc
defiling womanhood, and are bringing
it into derision and contempt, whether
you believe it or not.
Sale of Wild Lands for Taxes For
bidden.
It will be seen by the following cor
respondence between several citi
zens of Macon and Madison Bell that
the sale of wild lands, by’ Collectors,
for taxes is strictly forbidden. The
Comptroller General has exclusive
control over this matter. We have
seen a good many tracts recently ad
vertised, and some may have been
sold. If so all such sales are totally
null and void:
Macon, Ga., Nov. 17, 1868.
To Hon. Madison, Jleil, CamplrolU r General:
Dear Sib :—We, the undersigned citizens
of Bibl) county, and ownersand representa
tives of a large number of lots of wild land
in Worth county, which lands have been
given in and paid all taxes, (State, County
and Convention,) due under the laws of
Georgia, and which lands are now advertised
to be sold by’ the Sheriff of Worth county’ in
December next for taxes, respectfully ask
that you will take such action as will stop
the illegal proceeding, and oblige,
Yours very’ respectfully,,
Wm. B. Johnston," Wm. B. Parker,
James R. Butts, T. R. Bloom,
Mix «fc Kirtland, John T. Napier,
Albert Mix, C. B. Findlay,
L. N. Whittle, !,. A. Jordon,
R. B. Findlay.
CoMi’TROi.LEp General’s Office. ')
Atlanta, November 23,1867. f
To .ho HOOJ.O. Tux Collector, i IBG7) Worth.
County-:
In conformity with the request contained
in the foregoing petition, you arc hereby
ordered and directed to stop the publication
and sale of all wild lands lying in your
county, whether the owners have returned
them out of the county or not. You will see
by’ reference to sections 873 and 875 of
Irwin’s Code, that you have no authority to
sell wild lands, and tliat it is the duty’ of the
Comptroller General, exclusively, to adver
tise and sell sucli as have not been returned,
in the manner and form therein prescribed.
You will, also, forthwith make a full and
explicit report in the premises, to this office,
at your earliest trossible convenience, before
the day of public sale, and you are earnestly
forbidden to sell or cause to be sold any of
such wild lands, until you report as directed,
and until further orders. And you are
further informed that any sale of lands in
contradiction of these orders will be illegal
and of no effect.
Respectfu’ly, Madison Bell,
Comptroller General.
Georgia—Hibh County.— This is to certify’
that the within named parties, residents of
Bibb county, have paid all taxes, both State
and Convention, due to this State.
F. M. Heath,
Tax Col. Bibb county. Ga.
Macon, November 17, 1808.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Assistant Svperintendbnt’s Office,)
GEORGIA RAILROAD, V
Augusta, Ga., November 19th, 1868. j
Delegates to the North Georgia Conference M.
E. Church, to be held at Griffin, Ga., on the 2d
December, will be passed free, returning, on pre.
sentation of certificate of membership from the
Secretary of the Conference.
S. K. JOHNSON,
no2l)—2w Ass’l Sup't.
Assistant Superintendent's Office,)
GEORGIA RAILROAD, I
Augusta, Ga., ovember, 20th, 1'368. J
Until further notice the SUNDAY BERZELIA
TR AIN will ue discontinued.
S. K, JOHNSON,
no 20 —Ini Aes't Sup't.
ASS’T SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE, i
Georgia Railroad,
Augusta, Ga., November 14th, 18C8. )
ON AND AFTER MONDAY,
November 16th, 1868, the Night Train on ihe
Washington Branch will run only twice a week
—Monday and Tuesday nights—leaving Washing
ton at 10:90, p. m. Returning, arriving at Wash
ington at 3:20 a. m.
S. K. JOHNSON,
novis—tf Assistant Superintendent.
MAYOR'S OFFICE. 1
AUGUSTA, GA., November 23, 1868. J
WHEREAS, THE LAWS OF GEORGIA
require tiiat all bar-rooms, and other places where
spirituous liquors are sold, shall be closed on
election daye, and forbids the carrying of con
cealed deadly weapons; and whereas, By Legis
lative enactment, an election for Mayor and
twelve members of Council for the city of Au
gusta will be held in said city on Wednesday, the
second day of December, proximo ;
Therefore, I do hereby issue this, my proclama
tion, ordering and directing that all bar rooms,
and other places where spirituous liquors are sold
or kept for sale within the corporate limits of said
city be closeo throughout the said second day of
December as aforesaid, and remain closed until
six o’clock of the morning of the third of said
month : and 1 do hereby exhort the citizens of
Augusta to a faithful observance of the laws in
regard to the carrying of concealed weapons,
especially on the day of said election.
William C. Dillon, Chief of Police, is specially
charged with the rigid entorcement of the re
quiremeuts of this proclamation.
FOSTER BLODGETT.
no2l—td MayorC. A.
Conetjtutionalist copy till day.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
IN bankruptcy.
U. 8. MARSHAL’S OFFICE i
G*-. November 25 l>six (
rpHIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on i
1 14th day of November.A. I), i-gys w‘”
ranUn Bankruptcy was issued against the estate
EDWARD L. CONNALLY.
of Zebulon, in the county of Pike i
State of Georgia, who has been ad fudged
Bankrupt on Ins own petition, and that th.,
payment of any debts, and delivery ot anv
property belonging to such Bankrupt, to Idm
or lor his use and the transfer of any propertv’
by him, are forbidden by law; that a meet Z
ot the creditors of said Bankrupt, to
their debts, and to choose one or more A«.t„
nees of his estate, will be held at a Court ?c
Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Retn
ter’s office, in the Farrar Building Griffin
before Alexander G. Murray, Register on th,’
Bth day o> December, A. D , at 2 o’cleet
p. m.
JOHN C. DICKSON
no2B—lt U. 8. Pep. Marshal as Messenger
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. 8. MARSHAL S OFFICE. )
Atlanta, Gi., November 25 18«a ■
rpms IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That on
J. 20lh dayof November, A. D., 1868, aW.
rant tn Bankruptcy was issued against’ the f*
tate of
JAS. G. SPEER.
of in the county of Fayette ana
State of Georgia, who has been adjudged a
Bankrupt on bis own petition, and that th
payment of any debts, and delivery ff
property belonging to such Bankrupt to him
or for his use, and the transfer of any mon,.,!?’
by him, are forbidden bylaw; that a meeting
of the creditors of the said Bankrupt, to nror
their debts, and to choose one or more Assio-*
nees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be holden at the llvister’J
office, in the city of Newnan, Ga., before Ch., S
McKinley, Register, on the 18th day of tv’
cember, A. D. 1868, at lOo’clock a m e
JOHN. C. DICKSON
_no2B— It U.S. Marshal as Messenger.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 'fHF
JL United States for the Southern District of
' Georgia.
In the matter of )
NOAH A. McGRATH, iIN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J N o . 410.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from al) his debts prova
blc under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d 1867
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 21th day of December
1868, at 10 o’clock a. m., at Chambers of the
said District Court, before Alexander G
Murray, Esq., one of the Registers of the said
Court in Bankruptcy, at his office at Macon
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 ot
creditors will be held at the same time and
place.
Dated at Savannah, Ga,, this 25th day of No
vember, 1868. jas. McPherson,"
no2B—lt Clerk.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
X United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of 1
HENRY M. NINON, 'IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J
To all whom it may concern: The undersign
ed hereby gives notice, once a week for three
weeks, of his appointment as Assignee of
Henry M. Nixon, of Marshallville, county of
Maeon, and State of Georgia, within said
District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt
upon his own petition by the District Court of
said District.
Dated at Oglethorpe. Ga., October 25,1868.
A. 11. GREER,
no2B—law7w Assignee.
ASSIGNEE’S SALE.
BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER FROM THE
Honorable District Court of the United
States, I will sell to the highest bidder, for cash,
before the Hotel Door, in the Town ot Geneva.
Talbot county. Ga., within the legal hours of
sale, on the "17th day of December, A. D., 1868,
that valuable tract of Farming Lauds, with all its
conveniences and splendid improvements, lying
near the town of Geneva. in the IGtti District of
Talbot county, Ga. known as the Mcßryde
Place, whereon Heury 11. Waters now resides,
containing 625 acres, ’ more or less. Possession
given on Ist January, 1869. or sooner.
Also, at the residence of said Waters, on tlie
same day, 1 will sell ae above specified, the un
•xempted personal property belonging to said
estate, consisting of 3 mules, 3 cows, 1 calf, 1
yearling, 1 good family carriage, 1 splendid log
wagon, 1 good six-horse wagon, and 1 pair fine
silver candle-sticks. All sold as the property cf
Henry 11. Waters, bankrupt , for tli>• benefit of
creditors. ISAAC N. SHANNON,
no24—lawtd Assignee.
Administrator’s Sale.
By VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE
Court of Ordinary of Richmond county, will
be sold, at the Lower Market house, in the city of
Augusta, on the first Tuesday in January next,
within the usual hours of sale, all that lot "of land,
with the buildings thereon, known as number
ninety-four Reynolds street, in the city of Au
gusta, belonging to the estate of Wm. 11. Cooper,
deceased. The house is conveniently adapted to
a small family, and in a good neighborhood. The
lot is large aud well situated. Terms cash, the
purchaser to pav for papers and stamps.
JOSEPH P. CARR,
Adm’r estate W. II Cooper, dee d.
BEAUTIFUL HAIR,
AND
Ornaments for the Hair!
C. BALZEAU,
r PAKES GREAT PLEASURE IN INVITING
A the attention of his old friends and patrons,
(the Ladies especially) to the new un i splendid
assortment of
HUMAN HAIR,
which he has jnst received direct from Paris, and
otters at prices
Fully 25 per cent. Fower than the
same cun be purchased at retail
tn the city of New York!
Having had over twenty five years experience
in the Hair Dressing busmegs, he flatters himself
that he very thoroughly understands all Diseases
ofthe Hair and Scalp, and will be happy to treat
such on the most liberal terms.
Consultations given gratis, both for ladies and
gentlemen, at bis rooms. No. 198 Broad street,
south side.
Wigs,
Curls,
front Bands
chignons,
and Braids,
always on hand, or manufactured, to order at
short notice. uov22—eodvt.
TO ALL THOSE IM
WANT OF MONEY.
THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
announces to the people of Augusta and vi
cinity, that he is now ready to
Advance Loans,
In Sums from ONE DOLLAR upwards,
On such Collateral Security as Clothing,
Watches, Pistols, Jewelry, Diamonds, etc., on
the most liberal terms.
Office, 282 Broad street, Augusts, Ga.
nol7—3m P. MORRIS.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT-
Nortbcrn District of Georgia.—No. 302.
THOMAS B. MOSS, Bankrupt, having
petitioned for a discharge from all bia debts prov
ble in Bankruptcy, all persons interested are no •
fled to appear on the 11th day of December 1
at 19 o'clock a. m., before Register hoster,.
Madison, Ga., to show cause why the prayci o
Bankrupt should not be granted. The second
third meetings of creditor.-; will lie held at
same time and plach. W. B. SMIIH.
nov22-2t* tlerk ’
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT-
Northern District of Georgia-—N *”•
B. V. WILLINGHAM, Bankrupt, having
tinned for a diw’large from all bis debts pr.
in Bankruptcy, all persons interested are uoime
to appear on the 14th day of Deeeuibet.
at 10 a. in., before Register Foster, at Madtwn.
Ga.. to show cause why the prayer of he i>au
rapt should not be granted. '1 tie second and it
creditors
1 n<>22—**