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WEEKLY LOYAL GEORGIAN
J. 12. BRYANT, - - Editor.
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ADVERTrigMTENTS SfSERTED ON
LIBERAL TERMS.
ADDRESS, “LOYAL G EO II G I A N,”
KEY BOX IC:>, AUGUSTA, GA.
SATURDAY AUGUST 24, ISO 7.
State Central Committee, Union
Republican Party.
Hon. FOSTER BLODGETT, of Augusta,
Chairman.
Colonel J. E. BRYANT, of Augusta,
Acting Secretary.
First District. —Col. A. W. Stone, Col. F.
S- Ha/eltine. James M. Simms, ot Savannah,
ami T. C». Campbell, es Mclntosh county.
Second District. —\\ . 11. Noble, of Ran
ilolpli county; Robert Alexander Clay
county.
Third District .—G W. Ashburn, Oliver
Saunders and Hampton Benton, Columbus.
Fourth District. — 11. M. Turner, Macon ;
(ico. Wallace, Milledgeville.
Fifth District.— Col. John Bowles, Col.
J. E Bryant. W. J. White, S. W. Beaird
Augusta.
Sixth District. —Madison Davis, Athena.
Sere nth. District. — Wm. Markham, At
lanta ; B. M Sheibley, Rome. Ephraim
Rucker. Marietta; William Higginbotham,
Rome.
Platform Union Republican Party,
Adopted at Atlanta July 4th.
Whereas, we, humbly acknowledging j
mir dependence on an overruling Frovi- ■
ileuee, who shapes the destinies of men
ami nations, thank Almighty God for ,
having, through agencies and instrumen
talities in His wisdom selected, preserved
our Government when its deepest founda
tions were being shaken by the mighty
upheuvings of the recent rebellion. And
Whereas, the loyal men ofGeorgia desire
the earliest practicable settlement of the
disturbed condition of the country : and
whereas, we believe that the establishment
ofjusticc is esscutial to enduring peace,
that patriotism should be exalted as a
virtue, and that it is the duly of the State
to cherish all its people; and whereas,
those who assert these principles are called
Republicans, throughout the Union.
Therefore,
H'nohml, Ist. That we adopt the name
of the Union Republican party ofGeorgia, 1
and declare ourselves in alliance with the
National Republican party of the Union,
and for the unconditional support of the
Union of these States.
Resolved, 2d. That we pledge our hearty
support to the reconstruction measures of
the Congress of the United States.
ttesotved, 3d. That it is the duty of the
.State to educate all her children, and to
t4j»t end, we recommend the establish
inent'of a general system of free schools.
" ffrWeWj'U Thai five' Union Republi
can Party is identified in its history and
t>V' its essential principles with the
rights, the interests and tho dignity of
labor, and is in sympathy with the toil
ing masses of society; and that the work
ing men of Georgia will receive at its I
hands every encouragement and assis- i
Wmce that may lie necessary to protect!
their full rights;and, tliat in the mainten
ance of the position taken and theprinci ;
pies we tiave this day avowed, we
cordially invite the co-operation of all j
citizens, without regard to their political ■
antecedents.
Itixoloed, ■). That the U nion Republi- !
can Party of the State of Georgia pledges j
itself to maintain thefrecaml legal rights j
of all men. and we w ill abide by the i
prescribed terms of restoration, in elect- j
ing to office those men only who cam j
comply, in all respects, with the require
ments'of the Acts of Congress, and who j
prefer the Government of the United j
Slates to any other that could be framed. •
JtexiAccd, That we avail ourselves of \
tliis opportunity of expresssing our high j
admiration and esteem for Mnj. Gen. 1
John Pope, Commanding this District. ;
and of cordially endorsing his wise. \
patriotic and statesmanlike administra- j
tion of the Reconstruction Laws, witli !
assurances on our part, that lie shall,. |
at all times, have the encouragement
and support of tin: Union Republican j
Party of Georgia, in his further endea- j
curs to institute a loyal and legal govern
ment for our beloved State.
lhcsolvtd, Tluit the thanks of this Coil- !
vention be tendered to Mr. A. W. Tcnny.
of New York, and tliat we rcipiest him
to furnish u> with a copy of his able,
eloquent and patriotic speech, for publi
cation.
Constitution for Republican Clubs.
We call the attention of our Itepub
lican leaders to the following Consti
tution, which will he a good one for
them to adopt in organizing Republi
can Cluhs :
ARTICLE I.
mimE.
This Club known as the Union j
Republican Club of— , (name of
town,) county of , State of i
ARTICLE 11.
This Club is organized for the purpose
of advancing the interest* of tin: Union
Republican party in this State and through
out the nation. It will strive to elevate
labor, educate the ignorant, anil sustain j
the cause of universal justice.
ARTICLE ill.
OFFICERS.
The officers of this Club shall lie a j
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secre
tary, a Treasurer, and an Executive Com
mittee of five members. The above
named officers shall be elected at the first ;
meeting in Januapy and July in each year,
ami they shall hold over until their suc
cessors are duly elected and qualified.
ARTICLE IV.
DUTIES OF OFFICERS,
The officers of this Club shall perform \
the duties required of similar officers by
ordinary parliamentary usage. The Exe
cutive Committee shall prepare business ;
for the meetings of the Club and make
sueli arrangements as shall secure a tood ;
attendance. They shall also make, such,
efforts as maybe in their power to make !
the meetings interesting and profitable.
ARTICLE V.
QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.
The only qualifications uectsssiy to be
come a member of this club, should he a 1
good moral character and an expressed de
termination to support tin: principles of
the Union Republican party.
ARTICLE VI.
ItEVESUE.
The expense* of this Club shall be de
frayed by voluntary contribution* from j
among the members and other*.
J. E. BRYANT. Editor.
Northern Letters.
National finances—The President and
Secretary Stanton — Trade, Etc.
Correspondence of the National Republican.
New York, August 9.
The monthly statement of the public
debt, for the month ending on the first
instant, contains several points worthy
of attention. The greenback currency
has been contracted nearly four mil
lions; and since June, twenty two
milious of compound notes have been
converted or redeemed, and sixty mil
lions of seven-thirties ; while the
public debt has been diminished
over a hundred and twenty millions
during the year ; the debt bearing coin
interest lias been increased over four
hundred and thirty six millions. In
other words, while tiie people are
receiving the lawful money of the
country, the coin interest is so increased
as to require a large surplus of gold to
meet this regularly accruing claim of
the bondholders. The coin in the
Treasury amounts to over a hundred
and two millions in gold, and over
seventy two millions in greenbacks ;
and this is so much dead capital lying
as a constant temptation to extravagant
legislation. The Htrald urges, with
much point, that this sum would buy
up enough five twenties enough to cut
down the coin interest to twelve mil
lions a year, while, under careful
management, the current receipts ot
the Treasury would meet all the de
mands upon it, from mouth to month.
There is a clamorous sentiment, coming
up from all classes and conditions, for
a more economical administration of
the government.
The issue between the President and
Secretary Stanton is just now a topic of
general interest- The laconic version
of the correspondence said to have
passed between the President and his
Secretary—in which the former says
that grave considerations of public duty
impel him to ask the latter to resign,
and the latter replies that like conside
rations forbid flint lie should comply
with the request, leaves the public in a
state of anxious solicitude for the next
turn of the imbroglio.
The Herald says flic only course left
to the President, if he Mould maintain
the dignity of his office and his own
self-respect, is to suspend the refractory
Secretary, and recognize some oilier
person in the discharge of his official
duties. ;
The World that under Iho
tenure of office hill the President has"
the unquestioned right to remove Mr.
Stanton, because be was not one of
Johnson’s appointees.
The Times declares this a quibble,
and says that virtually, and in a consti
tutional sense, the President reappointed
Mr- Stanton, when be became Presi
dent, and hence flic clause of tho tenure
of office bill, which forbids him from
removing members of the Cabinet
appointed by him, does apply to Mr.
Stanton, and lie cannot remove him
without the sanction of the Senate.
The Herald evidently holds the same
view, hence its suggestion “to suspend
the refractory Secretary,”
The Post says that to remove Stanton
or Sheridan or Pope, is to strengthen
and encourage the enemies of tho coun
try, and calls on the President to
beware how he ‘‘purposely, and with
insane obtusity stands between the
country and peace ; and if he persists
in his efforts to defeat tiie laws, Con
gress, as soon as it meets, will have to
impeach and remove him. The remo
val of Stanton will make anew martyr
for the next Presidential arena.
The Tribune is silent on the subject,
being influenced, it is intimated, by recol
lect ions of personal grievances at the
hands of the Secretary.
There would seem tube little doubt that
Stanton’s position will be vacated—yet,
who can fathom the sensational rumors
from Washington. It is rumored that Grant
is to be called to till Stanton’s place ;
but the astute smoker is believed to be
too smart to identify himself in any
way with anybody’s family broils- His
acceptance of the position would be a
tacit endorsement of the President,
which be lias studiously avoided. “Mum,
is the word, with Gen. Grant.” A wise
man controlleth bis speech, etc.
Trade has not yet fairly opened.
There are a few purchasers here from
the West and from Texas, creating some
demand for domestic goods, the prices
of which—especially for bleached Jiect
ings—are firm and advancing. Drills
have fallen off, owing to large stocks.
Gray printing cloths, long so popular,
are dull and irregular. The fall styles
of ginghams and delaines have not yet
made their appearance. Shawls of
American manufacture are fast driv
ing the coarser articles from abroad
out of the market. Woollen goods are
firm and in active, demand. Foreign
importations continue light, giving
some hope that we may lie able, after
awhile, to balance accounts with our
trans-Atlantic neighbors without sacri
ficing the national securities. Rich
dress silk.-, and fancy goods have had a
heavy run at retail, from the fashion
ables, who have gone to cut a dash at
Saratoga and along shore; and the
displays of gorgeous extravagance are
said to be unusually stunning.
The annual meeting of the Saratoga
Association is now in session, and if
everybody is not gone to that metropo
lis of gaiety, everybody is anxious to
go, to escape the heat and mosquitoes,
which are most intolerable and griev
ous to be endured. What with races,
athletic sports of a band of Indians—
gotten up, regardless of expense for
the occasion—hurdle matches, prize
fights, and other diablerie, the masses
will be amused.
I failed to fulfill my purpose to hear
IT. W. 8., of Plymouth Church, Brook
lyn, on Sunday, that divine having gone
into the country, where he is luxuriating
on spring chickens, and finishing “Nor
wood” for the Ledger. 11. G., of the
Tribune, is writing an autobiography
for that weekly, which is expected to
create quite a sensation. With all his
quaint moral and social ideas, H. G. is
a practical philosopher, whose career is
full of interest and instruction, and it
will do the young people no harm to
read an account of his rise and progress.
Avery remarkable book has recently
been published by a Boston house, the
author of which is Dr. Marcy, a nephew
of the late Gov. Marcy—the object ot
which is to show that all the sects, save
Catholicism, lead to irrcligion; and
that the widening influence ot that
church is to save the country from
Puritan destruction and desulatiou. lie
says that, now that the civil war is over,
he is sure tliat Puri flan ism will com
bine to open a crusade upon tliat
church, which is the only bar to
infidelity, atheism, spiritualism, and
all their horrible results. Whatever
of truth or assumption there may
be in the book, it is readable
as “the product of a Yankee, using
Roman Catholic lore to assail the Puri
tans in their religious households and
homes.”
llerc is a jeu d'esprit which will
afford relief to tlid heat of the dog days.
It is of Iho inevitable chignon, the
earliest definition of which, given by a
writer in tho 17th century, is—tiie
“cliyue, or chyne piece of the neck
also, a Knott or curve in a piece ot
tymber.” Another reference to tho same
subject occurs in Mundus Muliebras, in
1090:
“Behind the noddle every hnggugo
Wears bundle —in English, cab
bage.
Everybody feels relief that the elec
tion in Tennessee passed off quietly,
and all eyes are. turned in anxious
suspense toward the oilier States of
the .South, where the work of reorga
nization is in progress. The course of
those who, like B. H. Hill and Gov-
Perry, are opposing reconstruction, is
generally deplored by the
of both parties here, who feel that it
must result iu concentrating the ele
ments of bitterness and estrangement.
A few like it, because they affect to
believe that it will end in a permanent
disfranchisement of Hill and his friends,
if not in the confiscation of their
properly.
G,.v. Urowii H letters, in soply*to dlitl,
are attracting wide attention here.
. Theatrical circles are interested in
the injunction case of John Lester Wal
lock vs. Barney Williams and J. W.
Florence, for surreptitiously obtaining
a version of the new play of “Caste,”
which Wallack claims ns bis property.
Mr. Florence maintains, before the
court, that he has a right to write from
memory an uncopyrighted play, and
that the protection of the court could
only extend to the possessor of the
manuscript, which Wallack was not.
The ease will be decided to-day, mean
time the papers teem with severe stric
tures on Williams and Florence, for
violating comity and good faith, in
using the property of a lirotjier actor.
“Caste” is a sensational English come
dy, recently brought out in Loudon,
which Mr. Florence has written out
from having seen it played, and is now
running it with great success at the
Broadway theatre. A large number of
literary and theatrical celebrities were
at the court room to hear the result ot
the injunction.
Nothing new in financial circles,
money easy at four and live per cent.;
securities and gold Steady. Weather
hot as blazes. A.
Street Scenes—llroadteuy Jlowcrg —
Central Park — Weather, cb .
New Youk, August RJ.
J‘crimps nothing I can write from
this busy Babel will be more accepta
ble to your readers than glimpses of the
street scenes, which strike tho eye of
the observer at every turn. Entering
Broadway at the Park, which is the
focal point for a large number of street
railroads and stage lines, the novice
from the sandy avenues of your quiet
city is completely stunned by the con
fused jargon of sounds and scenes tliat
greet eye and car. Cars sweeping
along the various tracks, and omnibuses
plying up and down Broadway—on
whose sacred soil the cars have not yet
been allowed to intrude—carts, car
riages, and vehicles of every description
crowding the streets, and often coming
to a dead lock, three or four abreast ;
motley throngs of pedestrians sweeping
in great surges up and down the walks
—some picking their way across the
street, avoiding here the Scyllu of rattling
curs, and there the Charybdis of rattling
wagons —and all hurrying on —on —the
Lord knows where. Let us survey this
moving mass for a moment from tiie
bridge, which crosses Broadway at the
foot of the City Hail Park, just below
the converging point of tiie great swarm j
around us. Up and down Broadway, [
and up and down Fulton, toward Fulton
Ferry oil the one hand, and Jersey
City on the other, and out through the
busy Bowery the great throngs pursue
their way ; while the myriad devices
of trade greet the eye at every turn.
Here at our feet the pimp of the cheap
jewelry emporium invites the passer to
look at the splendid stock “which is
being worked off to close out a con
cern” in the basement hard by. There
the auctioneer dispenses “shocking
sacrifices” to the credulous crowds.
Fruit stands, news stalls, and tables,
where knicknacks of every kind are
sold, cumber the walks; anon the
bootblacks are seen importuning every
passer for “a shine, boss—only live
cents and here a swarm of news
boys recount, in shrill accents, the
AUGUSTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 24,186 T.
latest sensation us the day, “all in the
evening News or Telegram, only a cent-”
Myriads of signs invite the buying
public to the great marble stores
which rear their stately fronts along
Broadway, or to the less pretending,
but scarcely less busy, marts of Chat
ham street and tiie Bowery. Let us
take a car for the Central Park, and,
as we go, survey the map of busy life
spread out on every side. The cars of
the principal lines start from the
vicinity of the City Ilall Park. Leav
ing tiie new Herald building, of marble,
on the right, and tiie Astor House, of
granite, on tiie left, we proceed out
Chatham street and the Bowery to the
Fourth Avenue. The walks teem with
wares of every kind, in which furni
ture, carpets, and ready-made clothing,
predominate. Soda water, apple, cigar,
and news stands, also do much abound,
and tiie three golden balls of the
pawn broker tell where starving pov
erty may pawn the iast relic of better
days for money to keen body and soul
together, until, perchance, employ
ment, or some turn in the run of luck,
will bring relief.
From the City Hall, or more properly
from the Battery, a half a mile below
the point from which we started to Thir
teenth street, tho streets and avenues
cross each other at very irregular angles.
At Union Square—a neat little public
park—we enter tho Fourth avenue, and
proceeded in an air line to the Central
Park, which extends from Fifty-ninth
street to the extreme out-skirls of the
city, at One Hundred and Fifty-filth
street, to tiie neighborhood of Spuyten
Duyvii creek and Harlem river. These
streets extend entirely across the city, a
distance varying from two to three miles
in length, and are fast tilling up with
fine residences and commanding busi
ness blocks.
The Central Park contains , about
850 acres. The land was originally a
wild, rocky, and unsightly swamp, in
habited by a few squatters, and many
frogs and mosquitoes. Under the
skitful care of the Commissioners in
charge of the Park, the swamp lias been
drained, and its vast area is now teem
jngtvith picturesque beauty,and crowned
with the charms of the most artistic
landscape gardening. It is a grand pic
ture, in which tlie artist has used trees,
rocks, flowers, lakes and lawns as the
colors which gild the whole with re
splendent loveliness. The principal
entrance to the Park is at Fifth Avenue
and Filty-niiith street. Leaving the
Mall we pursue a walk to the left, where
the irregular and rocky shores of the
lake are seen, and the shady arbors
invite us to rest a moment and
watch the swans gliding over its
glassy surface, and the boats
as they arc rowed from point to point
by sturdy oarsmen. The Mali is a
straight avenue, a quarter of a mile in
length, %nd two hundred feet wide,
bordered? by elms on either side, and
leading to the Terrace, which is the
principal architectural structure ot the
Park. Parallel to the Mall, and com
manding 11 view of it, is i lloi.Tiollis,
interwoven with twining evergreens.
Here the Green, Music Stand, Terrace,
and principal lake, may he seen, with
many of the serpentine walks that con
situ to the “Rumble.” A graceful bridge
spans a narrow passage across the lake
near the Terrace, and commands some
of the finest view's in the Park. The
“Ramble” is the most ingenious, as well
as most attractive feature of the Park.
Penetrating the most rough and rocky
portions, all the natural advantages of
the spot have been used to produce the
most interesting and varied landscape
scenery. Tho visitor, in pursuing its
labyrinthean defiles, is invited through
smiling lawns, bedecked with shrubs and
flowers, and made musical by singing
birds, more than eighty varieties of
whieli have already made their homes
amid these leafy solitudes. Little wind
ing paths lead out to romantic
nooks, overlooking the lake,
where congenial groups linger to enjoy
the freshness of the air, the fragrance
of the flowers, the murmurs of the foun
tains, and the last blended harmonies
of light and shade. Most of the attrac
tions ol the lower park are due to the
art of tho landscape gardener ; hut in
the upper portion nature has been lavish
of her charms. Bold hills break out
from alluring valleys, and river, lake,
cascade, and forest solitude, crown the
sombre aspects of the scene.
Turning aside from the Ramble, wo
look out on the smooth waters of the
Crotou Reservoir, We are hero sur
rounded by a rich growth of Evergreen,
and a recent writer has aptly suggested
that this portion of the park ho called
the Evergreen Drive. Stretching away
to the right, at Ninety-seventh street, is
a beautiful meadow, surrounded by mas
sive forest trees, grouped in such care
ful order as to give the effect ©f great
extent, and a most pleasing perspective.
Here again the birds are at home, and
these forest wilds, though surrounded
by teeming multitudes, are vocal with
anthems of praise to the genius of the
landscape gardener. Nestling amid
these artificial solitudes is a tiny lake,
whose waters gladden the eye as the
forest trees are mirrored in its crystal
depths.
As we proceed to the border of tiie
Park the frowning Palisades of tiie
Hudson swell away in the northwest,
while the busy borders of Manhattan
villo nestle along the opposite shore.
Away in tiie distance gleam the waters
of Long Island Sound, dotted with
white winged vessels; and still heyonl
the green slopes of Long Island itself
are seen. The flocks of sheep grazing
on tiie green hill sides, under the vigi
lant eye of the quaint old shepherd ;
the buffaloes tethered on the lawn ;
the birds caroling their native songs in
the artificial forest shades ; the merry
groups of young people, sporting on
the spacious play grounds; tiie car
riage* rolling along the smooth drives,
and throngs of pedestrians loitering
along the walks—all present a picture
which, once keen, will linger in tiie
memory as a source of pleasure while
memory lasts.
From the annual leport of the Park
Commissioners, just published, I ob
serve that the total cost of the Park lias
been a little over $10,000,000. Tho
total length of the carriage roads in the
Park is about ten miles ; of the bridle
road, five and a half miles, and of
walks twenty six miles. Nearly eight
hundred animals, reptiles, etc. are con
fined within its limits. Seven thousand
loads of manure have been added to the
soil during the year; 17,70*' trees, and
1.7,318 plants, have been planted. Sev
eral rustic bridges, fountains, and
Arbors of tiie most attractive character
have been added, aud 230 work me u are
Mill busy adding to the attractions of
die place. A great zoological garden
ik to be constructed ; and a grand play
liouse tor children, with games and
Jpys. and even fresh milk for those
•if tender age, is projected. And
ill these attractions are free to all, and
liay lie reached from tho remotest por
jon of the city, lire or six miles dis
jlint, for six cents. Refreshments may
*0 had in the Park, hut it is designed
is exclude all general traffickers, and
{reserve the place, as free as possible,
'join all gainful pursuits. It is to ho the
*fert People’s Park, and as such now
IHTobahly surpasses everything of the
{ind in the world.
pAs evening-draws its lengthening
i badows over the scene, we proceed
! jjtrriedly to the point ot exit, and
Warn as we came, catching a view of
' V-Jiov. erv by gas light, which is worth
! rfcpocial letter.
Ul'he weather is rainy, A few mer-
Cuants from tho South aud West are
coming in, but trade has not fairly
opened. There is no change iu finan
cial affairs. Money is abundant at la.)
per cent, on government securities and
mixed collaterals. Government secu
rities nrc active and steady, and coin is
more abundant. A.
flic Power;/ by Gas Light—The Old
LJlowcry The Eceisc Law The
- Streets—The Police, Business, Etc.
New Youk, Aug. 15, ’i!7.
‘ .In my last I left the reader at the
Bowery, as Saturday night was draw
ing ils sombre curtains over the busy
pulsations of life in the great metrop
olis. Amid the glare of gas lights
ami the rattling of cars, the motley
crowds pursue their way ; mechanics,
with their wives and without their
wives, shopping or chatting at tiie
cqfcncrs and in tiie beer saloons ; work
ing girls, whose hearts are light as
they distribute the well earned wages
of the week in the stores and shops—
some for anew dress or bonnet, and
some for articles needed by the dear
onvs at home; careworn women tug
ging along with their market baskets,
happy now in expectancy of a good
Sunday dinner, and hundreds, hard
featured and rough, to whom Sunday
is no more than any other day, and
who loiter about with no settled home
or business—now iu tho station house
or the tombs, and now at sonic cheap
lodging house. Here is the Atlantic
Garden, an immense beer saloon, with
scats and tables for several thousand
persons; and a music stand and im
mepsc organ, where Orpheus contends
witli Gamhrinus for sway over the
genial throng. Next door Thespis
holds court in the old Bowery, where
hj'Cdrcds of newsboys and hoot blacks,
a tfqr*! ifiliTi- “iTii)n * ttgattftl scrubs, crowd
the pit and galleries, affording to the
curious observer a more interesting
picture of life than can he gathered
from those in front of the foot lights.
The low cellars and dunce houses
which formerly abounded in this part
of the city have recently been the
object of special vigilance from the
police, and we abandon the idea of
making any subterranean observations.
Tho much abused Excise law lets
greatly changed the Sunday aspect ol
the city. The saloons and cellars
where revellers hold their orgies, are
all closed, and suburban purlieus now
reap the harvest ot ruin formerly gar
nered in their reeking preeincls in tho
eity. Excursions are announced to
Ilockatvay, Keyporl, the Fishing Banks,
Glen Cove, Newburg, Newark, and down
the Sound, while myriads of thirsty
souls throng the ferries, and pursue
their revels in Hoboken, Williamsburg,
Jersey City, and numerous other out of
town localities. So that, while the
friends of tlio excise law boast that
Sunday arrests in tiie city have dimin
ished one half under its salutary influ
ence, it is believed that drunkenness
and Sabbath breaking have been in
creased under the statutory rigors whieli
have closed the city rum holes.
The city papers are comfl.iiiliy harp
ing on the shortcomings of the police,
and the sanitary commission ; hut New
York reveals to the senses of the stran
ger few evidences of filth, and the police
are most polite and gentlemanly- I
have noticed with admiration their
uniform courtesy iu giving directions to
strangers, and their care and gallantry
in protecting ladies and children from
the dangers of the streets. They are
certainly a fine looking body ot men,
and dressed in uniforms of blue, with
Pail am a Imts or blue caps, and while
gloves, they make a handsome appear
ance.
Complaints of the dullness of busi
ness is widespread, and thousands are
out of employment. The placards that
strike the eye at every turn, offering
stores, parts of stores, rooms, basements,
aad lofts “to let,” are significant that
the wheels of business arc not
running smoothly. The prevailing
folly ol living beyond the income, seeks
relief in letting apartments, taking - a
few hoarders, or abandoning the city
for a home in the suburbs, and hence
the multiplicity of placards, observable
at every turn, and quite as numerous in
Fifth Avenue, and other fashionable
streets, as elsewhere. The truth is, the
war opened many easy ways lor making
money, and thousands assumed a style
of file under a shoddy prosperity that
they cannot maintain, now that the
reign of shoddy is over.
Wholesale trade is especially dull,
and the lali business, usually active
at this time, has not opened. A few
merchants are here from ’J'exa.s,
and here and there one from
the other Southern districts. The
fine crop accounts give promise of a
large Southern demand for goods, and
those in the Southern trade are confi
dent. of a good business alter awhile.
There is no material change in finan
cial affairs. Money continues distress
ingly easy : and I will illustrate this
expression in the remark of an eminent
hanker, wlm, on being appealed to for
charity, replied: “ Madame, I am sorry
I cannot help you ; hut my means are
all lying idle. I cannot loan my money,
and having no income, I cannot con
tribute lo your wants.” So money that
is unproductive is not really always
wealth. • A,
GEORGIA PRINTING COMPANY, Publishers.
i From tho Augusta National Republican.)
The Chronicle and Sentinel.
Li:xixorox, Ga., August 10th.
Editor National Republican:
Deau Sir :—1 am again called upon
to trespass ’upon your kindness, in
replying to a persona! attack of Ihc
Chronicle and Sentinel of the Lith inst.,
being well satisfied that that newspaper
would not have the manliness to publish
my letter, as it lias failed so far to;add
• “still another” to the several replies to
its first slanderous article by tho publi
: cation of my first letter. L have no
menus of knowing which “I I lie editors
of tliat paper wrote tiie article in
question—whether it was the big Ex
General, and big Ex Governor "Ea t of
the Oconee” —the little namesake of Bt.
I Patrick, or one Moore—nor does it
! much matter. Whichever it may he,
he is perfectly welcome to the eclat ho
: has gained by ilic chaste language he
| uses, and shows conclusively (hat he is
j more familiar with Ihc vocabulary ol
| disreputable associations, aud the
language o(, indecency than that of
gentlemen !
In my other reply to the first onslaught
j made upon me by the Chronicle »(■ Sen■
• tinel, I endeavored to sustain the elnil
, actor ofagcntlcman, and 1 am perfectly
! willing to have the comparison made
i between us, by gentlemen, of both
attacks and rejoinders; but 1 not
willing, nor do I think any other gentle.
; mail would he willing, to submit to the
arbitrament of A. It. Wright, Henry
I Moore, or Patrick Walsh, as to what
does or docs mil constitute a geiillcinaii
| - taking their editorials as evidence of
their capacity lo determine the question,
i Personalities are not to my taste, Mr,
| Editor; and I owe an apology lo you
and your readers lor llicir indulgence
lon the present occasion. 1 hold it to
! be the strongest evidence of a weak
cause—-an untenable position -a low
mind -a denucr resort, aud a feeling of
a vicious nature—whenever pcrsonal
; it ies, such as were indulged in by Ihc
writer oi the article of the 13tli instant,
are used without cause, and without the
i shadow of an excuse. My pursuits in
j life had nothing to do with my letter,
: nor with the slanders it was written to
refute. Why did they not publish the
letter? Why did the y not try to remove,
| it they could, the brand I fastened on
j them ? Why stoop to the lowest cliool
| hoy weapons ? Was that manly ? Was
that chivalrous? Was the physic too
| potent in that letter ?
. Xh-i Ti-Jiiitu, .Ml-...Mii.-W. .w-/like a
| two edged tnyord, and lienee the failure
I to publish iny letter, with the grand
j flourish of “still another.” Hence the
beautiful and chaste language of their
; article I These would-be loaders of
public sentiment having “boxed the
I compass” in regard to Registration,
bitterly opposed at one time to Rcuon
; struct ion of the Government, then
: again shouting and putting and coax
ing and threatening to get everybody
i to register, now blatant with bravo
; words, then softly cooing aud wooing
like doves, now “words full of sound
: and fury, signifying nothing,” then
! repenting and “chewing the cud of
j hitter fancies ‘ —failing at every point
| to raise a muss, not yet quite whipped
[ enough (hot no doubt will he in time),
they resort to the last ditch of a lost
cutis' personalities, personal abuse, ,
and vituperation ! But “1 still live,” j
and I intend to live as long as.l am !
allowed to by the Maker of all the
earth, determined Cos use the best of
my humble ability to c.cpose and op
pose the schemes of tiie Hotspurs of
the South who are trying, by all possi
ble means, to continue their war upon
the Inion of the States, and who are
throwing every impediment in the
way of a reconstruction of the Federal
Government.
Yours, respectfully,
F. J. Robinson.
Tennessee
i was in Nashville on the day of the
election, and visited iu succession each
of the places where voting was going
on- The colored people had been
advised by their friends to vote as early
as possible, and at about nine o’clock
they were out in full force. They were
dressed in their best clothes—dressed,
iu fact, us well as tho white gentlemen
around them, but they evidently looked
upon the affair neither as an idle pa -
time nor a holiday. It was with them
a deeply significant and solemn occasion
when they were called upon to prove
their title to citizenship at the ballot
box, ns they had before shown their
manhood on tho field of battle.
Forming in column with their certifi
cates and tickets in hand, they stretched
solidly for some distance from the ballot
box into the street. Each new arrival,
ns lie came up, made no attempt to
precede or crowd those who arrived
earlier, but quietly took his place in the
rear of the column, and patiently
awaited his turn. Some.of them
remained thus for three hours, iu the
burning sun, advancing inch by inch
toward the box, into which fell contin
ually their quiet bus potent ballots.
There was no boisterousness among
them ; no loud talking ; scarce a
whisper; each countenance looked
grave as death ; it was, indeed, for
them a solemn task; for they
were acting in defiance ot those who
had threatened them with proscription
and starvation in case they persevered ;
and all around them they saw the scowls
and frowns of those who had the power,
at least for a time, to throw them out of
employment, and deprive their wives
and children of bread. But still these
1 solid columns, holding in their hands
what were at once the evidences of their
freedom and tho instruments wherewith
to perpetuate it, moved slowly, deter
minedly, unitedly, and sublimely on.—
Cor. ( ’in. Gay th, ’Mh.
From tho Elberton (Ga.) Gazette.]
The Style of the Times
From the style of some of our
writers and speakers we should imag
ine ourselves living in the latter half of
the year 18(51, when the Confederacy
seemed to be an established govern
ment, and the only great political prob
lems before the people of the South
were whether peace would come in two
mouths or six, and what right we should
deign to allow to the defeated North.
Northern dictation, Northern influence,
Northern polities, Northern emissaries
and Northern fanaticism are phrases
that garnish the compositions of our
hotspurs now as freely as when tiie stars
and bars were waving in sight of the
capitol at Washington ; when Unionism
was exiled from Tennessee, and a prison
and a halter were tiie fate to which we
doomed Brownlow and Andrew John
son it we could catch them ; when we
were gravely discussing whether a Yan
kee or European should ever bo allowed'
to live in the South, and whether we
should ever permit the States north of
the Ohio to enjoy the inestimable bene
fits of an alliance with our wealthy,
our invincible, our proud Confederacy.
Those were pleasant daysiti Southern
camps, when a triumphal march home
ward, ami tho plaudits of a grateful
people were expected soon to reward
the soldiers’toils and sufferings. South
ern lioincs, too, were happy in the anti
cipation of a speedy greeting to the
victorious “ hoys in gray. ” Iho high
spirit of the country, mantling into a
haughty tho breasts of our
Southern statesmen, elated them with
the assurance that they would command
the South, and that ihc South would soon
command the continent.
History, yes, and our own sad memo
ries, tell us that ihcsc bright visions
were “ tile stuff' that dreams are made
of;’’ that each succeeding year dark
ened the prospect, and finally our good
ly Confederacy was blotted out from
among the nations, and its gallant sur
viving champions came home, not in
triumphal procession, hut iu straggling
squads and with sorrowful mien, from
the field of defeat.
Political depression is the inevitable
result ol military defeat in such a war,
and accordingly we have been, aud still
are, deeply depressed. Our conquerors
offer us relief) hitter, indeed, in some
particular.',, hut clogged with fewer hard
conditions than arc usually imposed on
conquered men. Yet, with an audacity
to which the world hardly affords u
parallel, some of our people arc crying
out, “do nothing that our conquerors
desire. Resist them in peace as fiercely
as you fought them in war. Act, and
demand that they should act, on tho
rule that we have always been right,
and they have always been wroo.g.
Reject all llicir propositions because
they arc theirs. Spite them if you
cannot fight them. Keep up with tiie
ballot the quarrel that wo lost iu arms,
And if tliis quarrel goes far enough to
kindle war again, so much the better.”
Such language is agreeable to pride,
hi, '*t coosor Mi - "-it b reas Vn ? Wn.A
our surrender sincere ? When we gave
up our swords, did we also give up our
cause? Are wo in the same position'
as if we had conquered ? i* our
adherence to the Union a hollow pre
tence? Do we mean lo draw our
swords again in the same cause, as
soon as we gain strength enough to do
so under favorable auspices? Are we
preparing again to send forth our
young men to battle mid to death?
Do we wish to gather another harvest
of cripples, widows, and orphans, from
the fertile field ot war?
These are questions tliat we ought
seriously to ask ourselves, and our
language and conduct should conform
to the answer that honest hearts give.
Matters at Washing-ton.
From New York Xiu® , Aug. 13.]
Mr. Johnson is vindicating his repu
tation fur obstinacy, lie has resolved
to rid the government ol all who refuse
to support his policy, and has begun
j with Mr. Etuulon. Warnings and re
monstrances Imvc been disregarded.
The danger of doing tint which exhib
its the Executive in an attitude ol im
placable hostility lo Congress is un
heeded. lie insists upon his right to
throw down the gauntlet, and must lake
the consequences.
How long other members of the
Cabinet can afford to share the odium
which attache; to Mr. Johnson’s pre
sent course, is a problem which their
friends find difficulty iu solving. To
sympathize with the principles pro
fessed by the President, and to con
cede the propriety of tiie views on
which his policy lias until recent
ly been supposed to rest, is one thing, j
To divide with him the responsibility !
of a gratuitous and unprofitable war
upon the measures ol Congress— to take
issue with the Republican party on the
fundamental points of its policy, and
identify themselves with the enemies of
that party and of the Union—is another
and totally different tiling. The hitter,
however, is undoubtedly the position
which every Cabinet officer must hold
who, actively or impliedly, makes him -
self in any manner a party to tho pur
pose manifested in the suspension of
Mr. Stanton. Are Mr. Randall and
Mr. Seward prepared to encounter this
responsibility ? Arc they willing to he
suspected oi participation iu a course
which aims at the decapitation of tried
servants and champions of the Union to
gratify the malignity of Mr. Johnson,
and give effect to the suggestions of the
Jerry Blacks from whom lie now seeks
counsel ? These inquiries arc echoed
by thousands who, amid the conflict of
the last few months, have never lost
faith in the Unionism of these depart
mental chiefs.
Meanwhile Gen. Grant administers
the affairs ol' the War Department. An
attempt will he made to invest the cir—
cuinstance with a significance wholly
unwarranted. Through many channels
It will he asserted that Gen. Grant’s
compliance with the call indicates his
approval of Mr. Stanton's removal, and
consequently ol the policy which exacts
that proceeding. On this head, fortu
nately, there is no rqpm for misrepre-!
Mutation. Gen. Grant has not allowed
his habitual reticence to leave the ;
country in doubt as to his position on j
the great occasion of difference between
Congress and the Executive. He sup- ,
ports flic plan of Congress, and is in |
favor of ils prompt and vigorous en- j
forcement. The Copperhead counselors |
of Mr. Johnson will derive no succor j
' from Gen. Grant. His acceptance of
NO. 29.
the duties of Secretary is temporary and
formal, and will neither bliud him to
I the mischief breeding tendencies of the
; President’s action nor impair the efficacy
i.of the backing he gives to Sheridan,
Pope aud otlie% objects of Executive
hostility.
Other attempts will probably he
heard of designed to damage Mr.
Stanton’s departmental reputation, aud
produce an impression that the sits
pension proceeds from other than po
litical causes. But this manoeuvre will
avail Mr. -Johnson nothing. It is too
late to push this or any similar pre
tence ; for the fact stands out sharp
and clear that Mr. Johnson found no
fault with Mr. Stanton until the posi
tive adhesion of the latter to tho policy
of Congress brought down upon him
i tiie vengeance of his superior. No
j amount of ingenuity on the part of the
j President or his friends will hide or
j alter tiie complexion of the act of
j yesterday, or of the programme into
j which it enters. Mr. Stanton is reY
j moved, not for maladministration*--tir
j corruption, or any wrong doing of any
! sort, hut solely .and simply as a pun
ishment of his sturdy Unionism, and
his unyielding amtagonism to the pro
rebel jifilicy of the President.
Nor will the disclosure of a pretended
plot, in which the perjurer, Conover,
figures conspicuously, divert public
attention from the renewal of strife
which Mr. Johnson is precipitating, or
enable him to arouse sympathy as the
victim®!' conspirators. The Attorney
General, we think, would not have
suffered himself to give even the sem
blance of sanction to the trumpery story
which his Assistant,.Mr. Hinckley has
paraded so ineffectually. It is not
unlikely that Dir. Ashley, in lii3 zeal for
impeachment, held intercourse with
Conover and others equally destitute of
character; hut Gen. Butler, with all his
elasticity of conscience, is too shrewd-a
lawyer to place himself at the mercy of
a convicted scoundrel whose oaths are
not more trustworthy than his testimony.
Ashley and Butler, Hinckley and Cony
ver—what have these names to do with
Mr. Johnson’s mad crusade against
Congress and the officers, civil and
military, who support ils measures of
reconstruction ? The question which
agitates the country is not whether Mr.
Ashley is choice in liis confidences, or
Mr. Butler scrupulous in his controver
sies, hut whether Mr. Johnson is or is
not abusing the trust reposed iu him,
and perverting the power lie wields to
purposes inimical to peace and a
restored Union. It is in its relation to
this question that the suspension of Mr,
Staul.on possesses significance and
peril.
B. H. Hill, of Georgia.
Ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia,
say the Richmond ty-h'g, is replying
lo the windy Ifilmiuatlo' of ex Senator
B. 11. Hill, of tin sa • State, against
rceonstrucliou He barges him with
having bcUsiycjlJtis 1 msiduen -“.. lie
Georgia ijoiivcnCion 10. Vvi.ug tor
secession after having been elected as
a Union man, being induced thereto
by a promise of mi election to the
Provisional Congress. While the Con*
ven I ion was in session Mr. Hill, then
a member both of the Convention and
of the I’rovi.siormi Congress, made a
speech lo the people, in which he said :
“The North would not tight. There
would lie no war. But if the North
should bo so foolish as to go into the
contest, there never was a people on
earth so well prepared for it as wo
were. It should be an uyi/rcssice tear.
The win'should be carried into Africa ;
and when the oili* -i ! tin North wore
laid ia ashes, and the country devastated
and laid waste, then we should hud that
the people ol the North were the ones
to ask lor terms and sue for peace.” lie
pictured the rising glory of the new
Confederacy, and went on to say that,
while this became more com pact ami
secure, disintegration would come as
sure as (ate upon the old Union, and
they would -eek eutrance into this.
And lie very graciously added that “if
they came humble enouyh, as 1 hewers
of wood and drawers of water,' they
might come.”
It strikes us that one who was so
'tuucli mistaken iu his opinions then,
and so far wrong In hU predictions,
might properly be more distrustful of
himself, of the infallibility of his opin
ions and the wisdom of his counsels
now !
We remember very well that when
the Conic.lcrute *ciuytc held ils -cssions
in this city, this Georgia Boanerges was
considered it.; wordiest, windiest aud
leasl influential member. A descrip
tion of him By Wigfall, which will not
hear repetition in print, defined with
striking aptness the. lack of force with
the continual desire to attempt, that,
kept him till the time fumbling at ques
tions before the Senate. The only way
in which he could have served the Con
federacy then was with a musket—
which he never carried. The only way
in which he could benefit the South
now would ho by silence, of which lie
seems incapable.
—Thu number of large fires through
out the United States, during July, at
which ihe lco, was over $20,000 or
upward, was .'l7. and llie aggregate loss
was $3,325,00(1. in June, the total
loss by fire wa.> $1,750,000- During
the seven months of 1807 that have
passed by, the total value of the pro
perly lost by conflagration has been
$25 ~*30,000.
--It is said that the Indians on the
Plains have an ingenious way of setting
lire to houses with their arrows. They
wrap with a rag some powder on the
heads of their arrows, and on the tip of
their arrow head place a percussion
cap. When the arrow strikes the object
lo he fired the cap is exploded, and tbe
powder and rag ignited. The rag burns
long enough to set combustibles with
which it may come in contact on fire.