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Or Jailij frrss. THE LARGESTJIKCILATION. AU&OSTA, HA.: SUNDAY MORNING March 25,1866 Job Printing In Plain aud Fancy Colors, neatly, cheaply and promply executed at this Office. Having fast puwer presses, the best material, and skilled workmen, enables us to do Job Work at the lowest figures and best manner. To Correspondents. It “Classmate” will send us his name, we will insert his communicatio..s. It is an imperative rule with us that all articles sent for insertion, must have the writer’s name attached. A Convention of Colored People. It is proposed to hold a State Conven tion of Freedmen in this city, for the purpose, principally, of sending a dele gate to Congress. This object is promi nently set forth in the published circu lar calling the Convention, and the proposition is nssumed that, because the colored people are now free, they should be represented in the Councils of the Nation. We do not see that one is necessarily a sequence of the other. This Government was founded by white men for white men, and the negro was considered as an inferior race by the fathers of the Republic, and by all the honest statesmen of the land up to the late war. If that war had not been in augurated, the negro would still be a slave, and.might have so remained for ever. His freedom, then, is not the result of any right, natural or acquired, but of an accidental occurrence—a war which resulted in the defeat of the slave holding section of the Union. The negro was given bis freedom as a cor ollary of refusal on the part of his mas ters to submit to the National authority. The masters refused to submit —and the slave’s freedom was consummated. After a while, the armies of the Union Overcame those of the Confederacy; the cause of the latter went down in blood and ruin, and the flag of the former waved in triumph over our wreck and disaster. Under the protection of this flag, the freedom which had been given to the negro by proclamation, was given form and substance ; but this freedom while it relieved the freedmen from the bonds, and submission, and pun ishments of slavery, did not make him the equal of the white man. All the laws of all the Congresses in the world could not make him that ; could not tit him for the stern duties of citizenship ; though be might be made fit to enjoy his freedom, and his quasi citizenship, if the proper steps were taken fov that purpose. What folly it is, then, to talk about conferring the right of suffrage upon a race totally and irredeemably disqualified tor the exercise of such an important privilege 1 to talk about send ing a. delegate to Congress to represent Georgia 1 Why tills privilege, although guaran teed to us by the Constitution, is denied to us by the Radicals in Congress, who are putting unwise notions into the heads of the negroes, only to strengthen t ieir own hands, now so heavily and unjustly laid upon the South, and to keep us in a degraded Territorial condition for several years to come. Although this Republican privilege of representa tion is denied to us, we are still vouch safed that other privilege, common to Republics, Monarchies, and Empires— taxation. The negro has, therefore, no greater hardship in this respect to en dure than the white people have; and we can see no reason he should complain, when we do not. We assume, then, that the negro has no right of citizenship, either natural or acquired—that his freedom is only an accident; and that representation without taxation is no greater injustice to him than to his white brethren. To agitate this question at this time can do. no good; and the proposition to hold a Convention is unwise and mischievous. It i3 from no friendly regard for the black race that the proposition is published; but simply, as we believe, to add strength to our enemies in Congress, and to create enmity between the freedmen and the white people of the South. How much bettor it would be to teach these freed people the first duties of their new posi tion—industry, temperance,honesty, and frugality; to teach them that freedom means labor or starvation; and that “honesty is always the best policy.” They have been turned adrift upon the world, imprudent, idle, and wasteful, to make their own fortunes,to work out their own destinies; and yet they have a Bureau to protect them— to provide for the helpless, aud to assist them to obtain employment—-which is an advantage greater than any the poor.white man possesses. Still, they are not allowed to be satisfied with this. They must bo taught by wicked aud designing men that they are entitled to still greater privileges —that the agitation of political issues is of more importance to them than the performance of those duties to which we have already alluded; and that the white race of the South is inimi cal to them. All this is wrong, injurious to the negro, prejudicial to the peace and prosperity of this section ; and will, we sincerely hope, prove to be as com plete a failure as it is a humbug. -.Veto Advertisement#. Spring Trade! Kew (ioods. fJiHE FOLLOWING Goons, JUST RECEIVED, ARE OFFERED FOR SALE LOW : 50 barrels Sugars 30 doz Shovels 50 bags Coffee 1 0 doz Hakes 10 chests Green and 10 doz Forks Black Tea 100 doz Penknives 100 barrels Flour 10 doz Hat Traps 100 bbls Potatoes 100 kegs Nails 80 boxes Soap 100 boxes Glass 100 boxes Starch 10 Washing Ma -1000 boxes Sardines chines 30 bbls Crackers and 8000 yards Gunny Biscuits Bagging 30 kitts Mackerel 200 lbs Rope and 10 bbls Pickles Twine 10 kitts Salmon 3000 lbs Plow Lines 10 kitts II Fins 20 doz Buckets 10 kitts Tongues and 30 nests Tubs Sounds, 30 doz Brooms 30 State Cheeso 100 sets Measures 200 boxes Candles 30 doz Baskets 1000 lbs Hams 60 doz Sifters 2000 lbs Shoulders 5 bbls Dried Apples 100 doz Preserved 30 boxes Lemon Fruits Syrup 30 boxes Tobacco 20 doz Arrack Punch 30 boxes Maccaroni 20 doz St. Domingo 30 boxes Raisins Punch Nuts of all kinds 20 doz Whiskey Brushes of all kinds 20 doz Old Brandy 00 doz Briar Pipes Choking Wines Clothes Pins and Spices of all kinds Lines Preserves of all kinds Whitewash Brushes 1000 prs Shoes, Gaiters Blacking A Brushes and Slippers, of all 500 boxes Segars sizes and kinds Kerosene Oil Piano & Table Covers 100 doz Planting Etc., etc. lloes DRY GOODS Os Almost Every Description, CARPETS OF ALL KINDS, MAXUXACTURED RUGS AXD MATS, WINDOW SHADES, WALL PAPERING FLOOR OIL CLOTHS DAMASK & LACE CURTAINS TABLE OIL CLOTHS PICTURE NAILS AND TASSELS CORNICES, BANDS, TINS, HOOKS All of tho above GOODS wo offer to the Trade, at WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES! JAS. G. BAILIE & BRO. 205.8r0ad Street, mh2s—lm Augusta, Ga. KELLY & KAYAIAIIGII,, House, sign, and DECORATIVE PAINTERS, 330 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., mb2s-3m Opposite Planters' Hotel. Lumber ! lumber ! ! TA EDMOND & CO., XL Will keep a supply of the different kinds of LUMBER, And sn|v to order all Bills left at the Lumber and Wofld Yard of JOHN TILKEY, on Georgia Railroad., in rear of Osmond’s Workshop. mh2o-0 A Wifßß’S LODGE, No. 166., F.-. A A.*. M.\—Tho Regular Monthly /\j/\ Communication of this Lodge will ■ be held at Masonic Hall, TO MORROW (Monday) NIGIIT, the 26th inst., at 7 o’clock. Tho Brethren “will take notice thereof and govern themselves accordingly.” By order Christopher F. Lewis, W.\ M.\ Wm. R. DAVIS, mh26—lt Secretary. 11. €AIII\, 143 BROAD STREET, Wishes to dispose of his stoek, consisting of 300 COFFINS, Mahogany, Poplar, Covered, and Pine. Also, OLD FURNITURE LUMBER, etc. mh2s-l» ’ HOOP SKIRTS^ rpRAIL HOOP SKIRTS PLAIN HOOP SKIRTS COLORED HOOP SKIRTS In Great Variety AT MRS. PUGHE’S, 190 Broad street. MEW SPRING GOODS QF EVERY KIND FOR LADIES’ WEAR AT MRS. PUGHE’S 190 Broad street. New Advertisements. Mew Spring and Summer GOODS. TUST RECEIVED, AT 314 BROAD J street (Clark*& Brother’s Old Stand), nearly opposite Planters’ Hotel, a beautiful line ot Foreign and Domes tic DRY GOODS, which, having been purchased since the recent great fall, can and will be sold considerably below the market price. IN LADIES’ DRESS GOODS we offer— Black and colored SILKS Black and colored GRENADINE Black, white and colored ALPACAS Black BOMBAZINE * Striped and plaid MOZAMBIQUE Black and colored BAREGES Strip and CHALLIER and MOHAIR GOODS Printed CHALLIES Printed LAWNS (Jaconet) Printed LINEN LAWNS French GINGHAM LAWNS Check and plaid GINGHAMS Black Crape MARITZ DELAINES and PRINTS India MULLS NAINSOOKE, plain striped and cheeked SWISS MUSLIN, plain and figured JACONET MUSLIN, plain and puffed TARLETANS, white and colored Victoria and Bishop LAWNS Colored TAPPATINS anew and beau tiful style In HOSIERY— Ladies’ and Misses’ W. C. HOSE Ladies’ Black Cotton HOSE Ladies’ Black Silk HOSE Ladies’ White Silk HOSE , Gents’ Cotton Half HOSE IN HANDKERCHIEFS— Ladies’ and Gents’ L. C. H’DK’FS Ladies’ and Gents’ Hem-stiched H’DK’FS Ladies' Embroidered H’DK’FS Gents’ Cotton and Silk II’DK'FS IN GLOVES— Ladies’ and Gents’ black and colored KID GLOVES Ladies’ and Gents’ Lisle Berlin GLOVES Ladies’ Taffeta Silk GLOVES Ladies’ Black Silk MITTS CUFFS and“;COLLAIIS, in Lace, Cambric and Linen, separately or in setts IN VEILS— Silk, Lace, Love, Barege, and Grenadine VEILS IN DOMESTICS and WHITE GOODS— Linen and Cotton SHEETINGS Linen and Cotton PILLOW CASINGS Irish LINEN Bird-Eye and Scotch DIAPERS Bleached and Brawn LONG CLOTHS various brands Linen Damask TABLING Linen Damask NAPKINS Linen Damask TOWELS Twilled and Huckaback TOWELING Fine White FLANNELS IN GENTS’ WEAR— Black French BROADCLOTHS Black French Doeskin CASSIMERES Linen DRILLS Farmers’ and Brown DRILLS French DUCK Colored LINENS IN’ LADIES’ SKIRTS— Bradley’s Duplex Eliptic (EMPRESS TRAIL) LAPETT SKIRTING INDIA TWILLS MOHAIR BALMORALS IN PARASOLS— Fine Black SILK PARASOLS Colored SILK PARASOLS Fancy BEADED PARASOLS IN STRAW GOODS— Every variety and style of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s HATS and BONNETS, Trimmed and Untrim med Also, a great variety of RIBBONS, FLOWERS, RUCHES and HAT ORNAMENTS. IN TRIMMINGS— BUTTONS, CORDS, BRAID, TRIM MING RIBBONS of every style and color LACES, EDGINGS, etc., etc. Aud our usual stock of — Lubin’s and other EXTRACTS, POW DERS, SOAPS, PINS, NEEDLES HOOKS and EYES, BUTTONS, and all those little articles usually * kept in wholesale and retail stores. All country merchants wil(. find it to their advantage to look through our stock before-purchasing elsewhere. ” Buy cheap and sell cheap,” is our motto. J. D. A. MURPHY & CO. mh2s—6in Corn an«l Oats. Having perfected our ar rangements, we are prepared to supply CORN and OATS, in quantities to suit purchasers, and will sell from ware house or to arrive, either from Steamer or Rail Road. In store and for sale low— -1000 sacks prime WHITE CORN 1000 sacks heavy FEED OATS Prime NORTHERN HAY to order. CURTIS & CO., mh 17-lm 36S Broad Street. CHOICE PERFUMERY \J COLOGNE WATER BRUSHES , TOILET SOAPS, And almost evory article for the Toilet, for sale by PLUMB <fc LEITNER, jaS—tf 212 Broad st., Augusta. QALICOES CALICOES MUSLINS MUSLINS, AND DRESS GOODS of all kinds at MRS. PUGHE'S, 190 Broad Street. New Advertisements. Mrs. IX. McKinnon, (251 Broadway.) ORNAMENTAL HAIR BRAIDS CURLS WIGS ROLLS Trimmings SILK GILT JET BUTTONS' tassels SPANGLES CORDS RUCHES RIBBONS SPLENDID ASSORTMENT /"UPS \J LACES NETS FEATHERS FLOWERS WREATHS INSERTINGS and EDGINGS. PARASOLS and SUN UMBRELLAS QROCHET NEEDLES XjUGIC RUFFLES QIL SILK Kid, silk and COTTON GLOVES SILK MITS SPLENDID ASSORTMENT HOOP SKIRTS and CORSETS, (some extra sizes.) Dress goods— BAREGE TARLETON CHINTZ SWISS MUSLIN DOTTED MUSLIN ORGANDIE MULL CHAMBRAY GRENADINE LADIES’ GENTLEMEN And CHILDREN’S POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS From 15c. to S3O BIRD’S EYE DIAPER FRENCH DIMITY JIJEAD HANDKERCHIEFS MRS. MCKINNON HAS JUST returned from New York with a fine stock of DRESS and MILLINERY GOODS, as above, and will be pleased to see her customers at the Old Stand, 251 Broadway, Augusta, Ga. mh2s—l in Headquarters F OR BOOTS AND SHOES. V'o are now receiving direct from the manufacturers, a splendid assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES, To which we shall make constant additions. WE HAVE NOW ON HAND Fine Sewed COOTS and SHOES CONGRESS GAITERS, OXFORD TIES, Ladies’ Misses’ and Childrens’ SHOES In every stylo and variety. All of which we offer at remarkably LOW PRICES. Country merchants are invited to call and examine our stock and prices be fore purchasing. CHURCHILL A JOHNSON. mli2s—6t OATS, HAY, FLOUR, Etc. QQQ BUSHELS WHITE OATS 50 bales Eastern HAY 100 bales North River HAY” 25 barrels Hiram Smith’s Double Extra FLOUR 100 barrels Superfine FLOUR 50 bags RICE 3000 pounds choice City Cured HAMS Rio, Java and Laguayra COFFEE Just received and for sale low by _mh24-2 CIIAS. ESTES. HATS AXD BOXXETS. STYLES, 1 N GREAT PROFUSION OF LADIES’ and MISSES’ HATS and BONNETS Trimmed and untrimmed. AT MRS. PUGHE’S, 190 Broad Street. Amusements. QOXCEBT HALL. FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY ! Messrs. Verney and Boswell respectfully announce to their friends and the public generally, that they will give a GRAND DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT in WEDNESDAY EVENING, March 28, When they will be assisted by the QUEEN SISTERS, who have kindly volunteered their valuable services. mh2s—3t Lost, Strayed, Stolen, Ac. Horse Stolen. J AST NIGHT, MY BLIND HORSE J_i was stolen from my stable. He was a Sorrel Horse, about sixteen hands high, with a white blaze in the face, and a white place on his mane* A suitable reward will be given for him. mh22—st* L. ROLL. STRAYED OR STOLEN. A BAY HORSE, ABOUT TWELVE hands high. He has a blaze or star on his face. When last seen, was on Walker street, near the Lutheran Church. Any in formation of his whereabouts will be thank fully received and liberally rewarded by L. TRAVIS, mh2o-6t 96 Walker st. Paper! Paper I Paper! TYRANCIS M. STONE, MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN WRITING PAPER, RULED AND PLAIN, NEWS, BOOK, AND WRAPPING, PRIXTERS 1 CARDS, INK, BRONZE, ETC., ETC. BLANK BOOKS, ENVELOPES, and STAPLE STATIONERY 141 WALNUT STREET, CINCINNATI, OHIO. SSS@, Particular attention given to mail orders. Paper of any size and weight made to order. mh2o—lm Gold! Gold!! Gold!!! FISK GILDS FINE SIGNS, FANCY GLASS CARDS Or anything else—“so called” PAINTS FURNITURE, SIGNS, FANCY ARTICLES, TIN WARE, and LETTERS TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Etc., Etc., {OPPOSITE POST OFFICE) Mclntosh St. AUGUSTA, GA. mar22—tf J. J. BROWNE, Q.ILDER, LOOKING GLASS AND PICTURE FRAME MAKER. OLD FRAMES RE-GILT, TO LOOK EQUAL TO KEW, OLD I AIHTI YGS CAREFULLY CLEANED, LINED AND VARNISHED. ALL WORK WARRANTED, AND DONE AS CHEAPLY AS AT THE NORTH. 137 BROAD STREET, § mblfi-fim Augusta, Ga. Xluttcr, Cheese, Fruit. Q CHURCHILL, CORXER McIXTOSII AXD REYXOLDS STREETS, HAS JUST RECEIVED 16 firkins choice GOSHEN BUTTER 12 large fine Factory CHEESE 30 boxei fresh ORANGES 10 barrels APPLES in fine order 75 barrels Planting and Eating POTATOES 5 barrels pure old CIDER VINEGAR ALSO A lino assortment offresh GARDEN SEED, together with many other articles for sale low. mb23—fit New Goods! Latest Styles! GOODS DRY GOODS DRESS GOODS LADIES’ AND MISSES' HATS LADIES’ BONNETS MANTILLAS HOOP SKIRTS SUNDOWNS ALL KINDS OF BRAIDS, TINSEL CORDS, HAT and DRESS ORNAMENTS And every article required by Ladie9 in their Wearing Apparel. For sale at very moderate prices, by MRS. PUGHE, 190 Broad street. Auction Sales. Vf EN T lOn TiF CTTY AND Country Merchants and retailers re quested.—Auction of Bacon, Hams, Batter Flour, Shoulders, Lard, etc., at Wholesalm For sale by auction to close ewnsigwureor,' on TUESDAY, March 27th. at 10 o'clock,* m., on the premises of Kenneth, MeLea A Cos., 202 Bay street, Savannah : 200 bbls low priced Flour 300 bbls Superfine Flour 250 bbls Extra Flour 200 bbls Baker’s and Family Floor 21 packages low prieod Shoulders ’ 18 packages Sugar Cured Hams and Shoulders 35 packages choice Breakfast Baeon, without reserve 10 bbls very choice Clear Bacon 5 bbls new smoked Bacon Sides, heavy 3 boxes choice Bacon Strips 30 bbls Mess Pork 20 half bbls Fulton Market Beef 5 bbls newly smoked Beef 100 packages Lard 35 packages Butter Together with White Beans, Layer Raisins and Pickled Herring. The above goods will be sold in lots by wholesale, and a portion of them withont reserve. Merchants from the ceuntry are particularly requested to attend. The goods can be examined at any time before the sale. BLUN A MEYER, mh2s—2t Auctioneers. By Bell, Wylly & Christian, AUCTIONEERS. AIXTIOX SALK. QTEAMER AMAZON.—WILL BE O sold for cash, at public outcry, and to the highest bidder, in front of the Exchange in the City of Savannah, at 12 o’clock pre cisely, on WEDNESDAY’. 28th March, 1 Sfili, the Steamer “AMAZON,” as she now lies in the Savannah River, about four Biles below this city. Sold per order of Board of Survey, on account of aud for the benefit of all concerned. BELL, WYLLY & CHRISTIAN, Auctioneers, mh2o—9t Savannah, Ga. T. Savage Heyward & Sons, AUCTIONEERS, sell ‘ EVERY MONDAY WEDNESDAY AND 'FRIDAY We hold ourselves RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL GOODS ONCE IN OUR POSSES SION—if stolen, lost, or in any way not forthcoming. LOSS BY FIRE EXCEPTED. mbß—tf Municipal Election » A. D PICQUET, ESQ., WIU be supported for COUNTY JUDGE at the election on the second Wednesday ia May next, by mh23—td MANY Y’OTERS. A LARGE NUMBER OF THE Citizens of Augusta will support the follow ing gentlemen at the Municipal Election ia APRIL next: FOR MAYOR. HON. FOSTER BLODGETT FOR COUNCIL. FIRST WARD. JAMES T. BOTIIWELL, HENRY T. PEAY, JOHN U. MEYER. SECOND WARTT. GEORGE COOPER, EPHRAIM TWEEDY, JOHN PHINIZY, Jr. THIRD WARD. GEO. R. CRUMP. DR. WM. H. TUTT, JACOB B. PLATT. FOURTH WARD. M. O’DOWD JOHN T. MILLER, CHAS. ESTES. mhll-td ZW° THE FOLLOWING NAMED gentlemen will be supported for MAYOR and MEMBERS OF COUNCIL at the ensu ing election in April next, by Many Voters: FOR MAYOR. JAS. T. GARDINER FOR CITY COUNCIL. FIRST WARD. A. P. ROBERTSON, JAMES T. BOTHWELL, JOHN U. MEYER. SECOND WARD. JOSHUA K. EVANS, JOHN PHINIZY, Jr., D. H. DENNING. THIRD WARD. JACOB B. PLATT, W. A. RAMSEY, ALEXANDER PHILLIPS. ] FOURTH WARD. CHAS. ESTES, M. O’DOWD, JAS. GARRAGAN. _mh20 —td rgp* MR. JAMES T. GARDINER »K§S be supported for -VIAY’OR, at the ap-IM proaching Election, in APRIL next, mhIS—ts MANY VOTERS. Mg WE ARE AUTIIOBIZEITIi‘|I announce HENRY E. CLARKE as aCuH didate for COUNTY TREASURES, at *■ Election in APRIL next. mhlheffl SECOND WARD.—The follw-H ing named gentlemen will be supported MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, in WardNoJH at the Election in APRIL Next. W. J. OWENS. . D. H. DENNING, mh3-td J. k. EVANS. H INDEPENDENT TICKET.-® The following names will be supportedfe 99 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL in Ward No. at the ensuing Election in APRIL next 9 JAS T BOTHWELL § A P ROBERTSON, pi mh2— td JOHN U MEYEK. JP| FOR Gil ARLES TO X * I yiA SAVANNAH. The new and elegant fast Steamer, j “Z. B. VANCE,” J. J. GUTHRIE, Command®* Will have quick dispatch for the Ports. For Freight or Passage, having State Room accommodation, apply to H. EDMONDSTON A CO . II mh2l-tf Agents, Jackson street. HE