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BY J. H. ESTILL.
Col. W.T. THOMPSON,
Editor.
Official Paper of the City.
iAB«E»T B18MUTIQII III CITY AMP » UIITBY '
MONDAY. JUJVY ao. *« 88 '
FOB paBSID* :lfT >
Hon. HOBATIO SEYMOUR,
Of New York.
YO» VICK PB18IDEIIT,
General FBASK P. BLAIR,
Of Missouri.
NOTICE
CON-
Chairmen of Democratio or Conservative
Clubs in this' State and Florida, especially
thoBe along the lines of the Atlantic & Gulf
and Florida Railroads, ajre.requested to send
their addresses tothe undersigned at as early
a day as possible.
W. T. THOMPSON,
Delegate to the late National Democratic
Convention.
THE BAT1F1CATION MEETING TO
NIGHT.
It is to be hoped that the demonstration
to-night will be worthy of our city and of
the patriotic cause in aid of which it is in
voked. From one extreme of the Union to
the other the hearts ot the true meu of the
country respond with enthusiastic hope to
the declaration of principles and the nomi
nations of the National Democratic Conven
tion. Throughout the South, in every
part of our own State, the people are
organizing for the contest which is to deter
mine whether we are again to enjoy the bles"
sings of Constitutional Republican Government’
or to become the hopeless subjects of the most
odious of despotisms.
The meeting to.-night is to give expres.
sion to the sentiments of the people of
Chatham county in reference to the ac
tion of the late National Convention, to ap
point delegates to the Slate Convention
which assembles in Atlanta on Thursday
next for the nomination of Presidential Elec
tors, and the adoption of measures tor
thorough and efficient organization of the
Democratic and Conservative men of the
State in view of the approaching Presiden
tial election.
It is expected that the meeting to-night
will be in snch force and its action in such
tone as will cause its influence to be felt
throughout the State. No community has a
deeper stake in the triumph of the Democ
racy and the overthrow of Radicalism than
Lave we of the commercial emporium of
the State, and it is due alike to our charac
ter and our interests that we should not lag
■behind in the great movement for the xescne
and deliverance of our common country from
impending ruin and degradation. Let no one
whose heart is in sympathy with this move
ment stay away from the meeting to-night.
In onr local column we publish the pro
gramme of proceedings of the evening.
THE MONSTER DEMONSTRATION AT
ATLANTA.
The Atlanta Constitution of Saturday says:
‘ ‘The grand assemblage of the Democracy
at this point on the 23d in9t., promises to be
decidedly the biggeBt thing of the kind ever
gotten ap in . Georgia. It is expected that
he *®present-
:n to SKTW mat me Btob.
TUB DJBWWHACY IE KARNEST.
The frauds and villainies resorted to by the
Radicals in carrying the recent elections in
the southern States, together with their
openly avowed purpose of excluding from
tbe electoral college such of the Southern
States as may east their votes for the Demo
cratic nominees, admitting only those whose
votes they can control for iheir own candi
dates, has aroused the just indignation of
the Democrats of North and West. General
Blair bat expressed the prevailing sentiment
of the Democrats of the great West when
he declared in his letter that if a majority of
the white people of the country cast their
votes for the Democratic nominees, they
should be inaugurated at Washington; and
it was with a fall knowledge of the determl
nation ot the Democracy of the North to
have a fair election—an honest count of tbe
Presidential vote—that General Hampton
made his appeal to the party in his speech
at the Union Square ratification meeting in
NfcT? 'T T k, in the following words:
We can'-bave no relief unless this great
Democratic pajty will come oat and pledge
TO DEMOCRATIC AND
SERVATIVE CLUBS.
The Secretaries, or the Presidents or itself that we snail have a fair election—tbat
_ . .« _ 1 r~i CnrilVi okall
ij'Cnrtrifip'.inn
Kates, bat we
nf many of the delegations will be very large.
- 'i’his, together with the mass meeting to
transpire at the same time, will attract hith
er an immense number of good and true
men of Georgia. /
“The committee appointed in this city to
make snitable preparation for the grand de
monstration, are actively at work. On the
night of the 23d, the city will be generally
illnminated, wheih, together with torchlight
processions, bonfires, etc., will render the
occasion a lively one. Many of the ladies,
whose hearts are warmly enlisted in wrest
ing tbe State from negro domination and
Radical rale, have signified their intention to
illuminate their private residences; and when
the women (may Heaven smile on them) en
gage in a cause, the success of that cause
m»y be safely reckoned upon. Eminent
speakers from a distance will be present, and
we can surely promise all who may attend,
that it will be their privilege to participate
in one of those glorions meetings which
characterized the good people of Georgia in
the olden time.
“The stand now being erected on the
square fronting the American Hotel will,
judging trom the ground it covers, accom
modate ten thousand persons. We are glad
to see this, for certainly a place of less di
mensions would not ba in keeping with the
occasion.
tbe white people of the South shall vote; and
I want yon all to register an oath that when
they do vote that these votes shall be
counted, and if there is a majority of white
votes, that you will place Seymour and Btair\
in tbe White House, in spite of all the'
bayonets tbat shall be brought against them.
I only want to see the election fair, and if
they do that, even with the incubus of black
rale, we can carry tbe Southern States.
The leading Radical organs profess to be
greatly alarmed for the peace of tbe country,
and repudiate in the strongest terms what
they call the revolutionary sentiments of tbe
Gen. Blair's letter and Gen. Hampton’s
speech. But it is very evident that the
Democratic party are not to be driven from
their ground by the denunciations of those
Radical journals who seek, by exciting the
apprehensions of the country to justify the
meditated villainies of their party. In the
coming election the Democrats are resolved
that there shall be a fair ballot and a fair
count; and if the violence which the pious'
will be with those who use their official posi
tions to prevent a free and fair exercise of
the people’s choice in the election of Presi
dent and Vice-President. Replying to i
jeremiad of the New Tork Times on this
subject, the World, after declaring tbat if
finds nothing in Gen. Hampton’s speech to
disapprove, says:
. We should deprecate the necessity of a
resort to force, but we pour scorn upon the
craven, tbe pusilanimous notion that free
men may not vindicate their rights by arms..
Courage to resist oppression is the ultimate-
security for good government. Tnis, at
least, was the opinion of our brave fore
fathers when they took care to provide in the
Constitution that “the right of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be infringed "
The right to bear arms implies tbe right, c
a sufficient provocation, to use them. The
only debatable question relates to the snffi-
ciency of the provocation.
If tbe Democratic party shonld fairly elect
the next President, and tbe Republican Con
gress, by miscounting or throwing out votes,
shonld declare General Grant elected, noth
ing could be plainer than the right of tbe
Deople to vindicate their actual choice.
Suppose, to iiinstrate the principle, that the
result of tbe election should depend upon
the electoral votes of the newly admitted
State of Florida; tbat the three votes ot
Florida should be Democratic; and that Con
gress shonld throw them out and declare'
General Grant elected. Now, on the suppo
sition of a fair election in Florida, ought the
Democratic party submit? The question
answers itself; only a negative answer is
mrn
THE ENTHUSIASM IN GEORGIA.
Oar Afiguats, Columbus and Macon ex
changes contain glowing accounts of the
most enthusiastic demonstrations in those
cities in ratification of tbe platform and nom
inees of the National Democratic Conven
tion. The Columbus Son says of the meet
ing in that city oh Thursday night—
Tbe demonstration last night to ratify
the nomination of Seymour and
a magnificent success. It ahoweifrthe peo
ple are in earnest and that thL- section
will go largely Democratic a* the
November election. The procession was. a
splendid one—onr best citizens were ihit.
It was estimated by hundreds. Two brass
bands were in tbe line and gave forth spirited
airs. In the procession were large numbers
of freedmen. The colored portion of onr
population are becoming disgusted with
Radicalism and allying themselves with tbe
TRIAL OF THE COLUMBUS PRISONERS
The proceedings of Thursday and Friday, the
fifteenth and 1 sixteenth days of the trial, are
quite Voluminous, and as but few new features
were developed, we make only a synopsis from
the fall report in the Intelligencer of the lead
ing points which we have not previously pub
lished :
Mayor Wilkins continued his testimony in
was reference t0 character of the accused He
stated that his duties as Mayor led him to be
frequently out at night in different parts of the
city, but he did not recollect having ever met
Chipley, and only saw Bedell on one or two oc
casions, returning from a visit to some young
ladies. He also stated that he knew several
men in Columbus who very much resemble Mr.
Chipley in appearance, and might easily be
taken for him.
Bennett, Stephens and fietts, witnesses for
the prosecution, were all well known to Mayor
while men of the South. The long line of w / who testified that he would not believe
n t-rnnanarAn. either of them on oath. He testified that the
gleaming torches, quantities of.transparen
cies with numerous suitable inscriptions,
thousands of spectators, a large proportion
ladies—tbat thronged the pavements, and
the splendidly illnminated houses and stores’
tremendous cheering and brilliant display of
fireworks, formed a scene of enthusiasm and
exaltation that is rarely witnessed. The city
appeared to have turned out en masse. The
illumination was almost general along Broad
street, and nearly so on Oglethorpe. v SoUefto7f}pnerid of the Circuit at the time of
Decidedly the best hit among the “ H e attended ih! ;
parencies was one borne by Joe Clark, the
colored barber, who has just been released T" “Yv'jnstiee^Rostock. He also testified
T»kn Qtnnlop nnlnrwft nhnvn the mililnrv Oil 0!lttl,
John Stapler, colored, whom tbe military
authorities and Whitley kept thirty-three
hours in one of these instruments at Fort
Pulaski, peeping out of it Underneath was
this inscription: “Slavery Abolished, the
Sweat Box Substituted.”
The Enqnirer says: A very significant fea
ture of tne Democratic demonstration on
Thursday evening was the presence and very
active participation of a large number or
treedmen. They seemed to enjoy the occa
sion even more than the whites. Some of
them had transparencies and mottoes of (heir
own getting up, and these were (as John
Randolph said of Ben Hardin’s wit) as keen
and rough as a kitchen-knife whetted on a
brick-bat. - The Radicals are evidently losing
their control of the negroes. Every occa
sion tbat draws party Hues exhibits a con
siderable accession of colored men to tbe
Democratic party. 1
and peaceful Radicals so much dread and OKN . me A UK and tub iswkat box.
deprecate, shonld ensue, tbe responsibility
The Macon Telegraph having published the
story of the Sweat Box torture as applied to
the prisoners in Fort Pulaski, to extort evi
dence against the Columbus prisoners, and
having stated upon the authority of a citizen
of Macon that Gen. Meade had admitted the
truth of the report current in the papers, the
editor was called upon on Friday morning by
an officer under order from Gen. Meade, who
demanded the editor’s authority for the state
ments contained in his article. The order of
Gen. Meade directed the officer to arrest the
author of the report in regard to himself in case
he should persist in his statement. The editor
gave as his authority Mr. Wm. R. Johnston, a
well-known citizen of Macon, who publishes
on l^e f°l |owin £ card:
possible. That the Democratic party woulcf mere bandinage, playfully addressed to the lit-
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resist, and make its resistance effectual, we
have no manner of doubt. We sbonld have
on onr side the two main elements of sue
cess—right and numbers. The superiority
of onr nnmbers would be foundation of our
right; for tbe Republican party fairly out
voted ns, it would be our duty to snbigjl.
declare the Republican
candidate elected, our right to resist will
be unquestionable, and our power to resist
successfully will depend upon the same su
periority in numbers which made us a ma
jority.
Tue chief advantage of republican institu
tions is, tbat they keep the preponderance
of physical force always on tbe side of the
government If the minority grows into a
majority, they have only to await the next
ejection to come peaceably into power; and
for this reasen a resort to force is always in
excusable under republican institutions, so
long as tbe elections are fairly conducted.
But if, by a change in public sentiment tbe
minority have control of tbe government at
tbe time of an election, and keep themselves
in power by refusing to count the votes by
which they are defeated, the very case arises
for which tbe Coostitution guarantees the
right of all citizens to bear arms. The power
of forcible resistance by a swindled majority
is. in the last resort, the oniy security of re
publican institutions. Deny the right, and
yon give fall license to any unscrupulous mi
nority which happens to be in power to ren
der its authority perpetual.
It is quite true tbat tbe RepubUcans will
have tbe counting of the electoral votes in
the coming Presidential election, and that it
they dishonestly exclude those given to Mr.
Seymour, the Constitution provides no peace
able method of redress. It is all ia vain to
say tbat we may wait four years and try the
result of another election; for if we submit
to the dishonest precedent we have no se
curity tbat we shall not be again cheated aud
our electoral votes again thrown out. Tnis
is an evil that must be met on the frontier.
It ia not in the power of Congress to prevent
the Democratic party from ascertaining, in
Mnvpmhoi' nriinibAx : _ °mi
Macon, July 17, 1868.
Editors Macon Telegraph :—I have been
called upon this morning by Lieut. James Ellis,
as authority for the statements of an editorial
article in your paper upQh the subject of tor
ture inflicted upon witnesses in the Ashburn
trial, held in confiaement at Fort Pulaski.
Your article is based substantially upon the
statements I made in general conversation in
your heariug. I heard Gen. Meade make, as I
thought, bona fide statements in substance as
you represented. They were made in a private
house in Atlanta, in the presence of a lady and
her little daughter, to the latter of whom the
conversation was chiefly addressed. General
Meade denies making such statements as actual
facts, and as I have no intention to call his ve
racity in question, I am forced to conclude that
what I took for serious statements of facts was
tie child with whom he was sporting at the
time, and that I was thus misled in the pre
mises.
In your article you said the tqrture had been
applied to Marshall, Betts, and a negro. No
names were mentioned by Gen. Meade, nor did
X so state.
watch and chain presented to Charles Marshall
were given by a number of young men who
knew that he had been an active worker with
the Democratic party, and telt a sympathy for
him when he was reduced. Two officers of the
Internal Revenue Department were among the
number who contributed.
The greater part of Friday was occupied with
the evidence of Mr. -John Peabody, who was
'Ashburn’s murder. Be attended the inquest
and had the evidence of the witnesses taken
Witness stated tbat in bis conversation with
Capt. Mills, Commandant of the Post, he said
that the City Council had done nothing more
than to offer a reward for the murderers, and
he thought the reason was because, as indi
viduals, they did not care much to know who
the parties were, and that Capt M. agreed with
him and said that was a very-natural feeling in
the community. He was ready to do his duty
as prosecuting officer after the proper legal
steps had been taken, but no one applied to
him to prosecute any one, and if they had he
could not have done it himself. HU knowl
edge of the character of Bennett and Stephens
was derived from having had cases in Court
in which they were interested. The mother
and annt of the latter both told him that he
was entirely unreliable. When Bennett was
convicted of an offence in court, Ashburn’s
son was the principal witness for the prosecu
tion. Mr. Chipley paid hU fine for him.
Dr. Thomas B. Chapin testified that on the
night of the murder Bedell came to hU office
for some medicine, as he was sick. He pre
scribed blue mas», and told him to take it at
bed-time, bathe hU feet in warm water, and
take a seidlitz powder next morning.
Mr. John W. Brooks, a druggist, testified
that he put up the prescription about 10
o’clock, and next morning Bedell came for a
seidlitz powder, from Which he felt reasonably
certain that be had taken it. It would have
made him toe sick tq.be able to go out that
night. This witness also testified that there
are a number of young men in Columbus who
bear a close resemblance to Mr. Bedell, and
might easily be mistaken for him at night.
SATURDAYS DISPATCHES.
From New Orleau
New Orleans, July 19.—In the legislature
yesterday a bill was read to establish a parish
constabulary force to consist of not less than
twenty nor more than one hundred for each
parish, the members and officers ot which
are required to take the teat oath in addition
to the Constitutional oath.
In the House the Committee on Election!
reported tbe'member elected from DeSoto
Parish, who is white and a Democrat, in
eligible. The House seated his competitor,
who is a black Radical, by a strict party
vote of 60 to 16, notwithstanding the mi
nority of the committee recommended a
new election if he was decided ineligible by
the House.
A prominent feature oil the stand at the
Democratio ratification meeting last night
was the number of clergymen. Two colored
representatives of colored Democratic Claba
were also on the stand. A large number of
negroes were in the procession. The-princi
pal streets of tbe city were as light .as day
with the illuminations. Tbe offices of tbe
Democratic newspapers, the principal busi
ness houses and places ot public resort
blazed with light, and were covered with
suggestive inscriptions.
Crowds of ladies without escorts filled the
streets. The most perfect order was main
tained; not a single disturbance was heard of.
Captain Wm. Wbann, President of the
Good Intent Towboat Company, died of apo
plexy last evening.
Democratio and Conservative Ratifica
tion Sleeting ot, tbe Citizens ot tbe
First Congressional District.
A meeting ot the citizens of the First Congres
sional District will be held in the city of Sivannah,
at Masonic Hall, on Monday, July 20th, at eight
o'clock p. m., f .r the purpose ot ratifying the nomi
nations of the late Democratic Oooventioa for Presl-
dent and Vico President of the United States; also,
for the purpose of appointing delegites to the mass
meeting of the Democracy of Georgia, to be held on
-Die 23d instant, at Atlanta, and to the Convention
for the purpose of sejedtlng a Presidential Electoral
ticket.
Oomc one I come all 11 who are desirous of having
oar lost liberties restored.
o\J flWifcc* x . . UOI1U n LUft
tended fbr me public prints, ana' | nmj un Utea JahnJdlHgr
it TTTAnlRa nnVilicItarl W HI R EJSAASts
it would be published.
Very respectfully,
Wit. B. Johnston.
Constitution saj&Rradley’s case, I vo^ whfoh JSf patches at night.
e having, been convicted oi a felony, does Theyjc^nno* p^raven^us fro^countinf unot-
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not properly come under the investigation
ordered by General Meade in regard to the
eligibility of members of the Senate. The"
editor says he is assured that Senators do not
purpose to “associate with a felon and a vul
gar blackguard,” but will in good time rid
the Senate of the filthy creature. Will they
gratify Mr. Sumner by transferring him to
the United,States Senate?
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The Third Party Movement.—The Cin-
ciLhaii '"--ai^-orcial, alluding to the abortive
attempt ci a few political adventurers to form
the nucleus of a new political organization,
says: .
The third party movement has come to a
premature end. Nobpdycan be fonnd to
lead the forlorn .hope. ■ Chase declines, Hen
dricks would not touch it, and as for Pendle
ton, he was a Seymour man from the begin
ning, mid insisted that a leading member'of
the Ohio delegation should hunt him ud and
say as much.
Tbe Crops In Ware County.
Ware County, Ga., July 17,
Editors News and Herald. :
The crops in this country are not g00( j.
we have not made a good crop since 1861.
As a general thing with all of U3 in this county,
in the planting time the ground was too wet,
then we had a very dry season, which lasted
for some time, until the crops were much in
jured. About the first of June rain fell in
some places, but in portions of tbe county the
dronght still continues. I have suffered much
- by the rain. I have been farming tor thirty
years, and I never have seen as much rain fall
in one month before. In Jnne it rained to the
depth of three feet at my plantation, and ten
miles from me there was no rain of any conse
quence. I fear that many in this county will
not make provisions enough to do them.
There has not been as much cotton planted
this year as last, and it is not very promising,
though as a general thing I think about the
same quantity will be made this year as last.
H. V. J.
ficially. No political swindling can prevent
0 “f .^ now .! Q S *>y the middle of November
whether the preponderance of physical
strength is on our side, if they are in a
majority we shall submit like good citizens,
and swallow our chagrin as best we may.
But if we fairly carry the election and are
cheated out ot our victory by a dishonest
counting of the votes, we shall find some
other way to make the demonstrated supe
riority of our numbers recognized.
Tbe World speaks the determination of the
Democratic masses of the North and West.
Let not our people, therefore—disgusted and
disheartened as they have been by the mock
eries and frauds to which they have been
subjected in tbeir State elections—abandon
the hope of the ballot-box. Let us go iuto
the Presidential contest, upon tbe result of
which each vital consequences to the whole
country depend, with a resolute determina
tion to carry Georgia for Seymour and Blair.
Her nine votes may be needed to seenre the
success of the Democratic party in the ap
proaching contest. Shoald they be so, we
may rest assured that they will not be ex
cluded from the connt.
Democratic Enthusiasm xn Kentucky.—
The enthusiasm excited in Kentucky by the
nominations of Seymour and Blur is unpre
cedented, n3is indeed the case all over the
country. The ratification meeting at Louis
ville on Tuesday night last is said to have
been the largest meeting ever held in that
city. Some twenty-five thousand persons
participated. The torchlight procession is
described as truly magnificent. Stirring
speeches were made by Governor Bramlette,
Humphrey Marshall, Boyd Winchester and
others.
Fowl Knnler in Tbomai County—Excite
ment Among the Loll Citizens.
Boston, Thomas Coustv, July 17, 1868.
Editors News and Herald :
We have had in this neighborhood, lately,
a little Grant and Colfax “ratify” among tbe
“nation’s wards” that may be of interest to
your readers.
A Mr. M , near here, being annoyed by
frequent nightly raids on his melon patch, de
termined to try a little strategy, hoping to
frighten the thieves and save at least a por
tion of the fruits of his toil. To this end he
invited a neighbor to come and watch with
him on a certain night, armed with a double
barrel shot gun. Equiping himself in like
manner, the two went to the melon patch after
dark aud held a “council of war.” They de
cided on the following plan of operations:
Providing themselves with a live chicken,
they fired both barrels of their guns into the
fence at the usual “getting over” place for
“/oil” folks. They then cot the chicken’s head
off and spattered the blood about ou tbe rails
and on the ground leading- from tbe spot.
The next day it was' given ont tbat Mr.
M had shot somebody in his melon patch.
The “lately enfranchised” became excited at
odfce, and determined to avenge the shedding
of “loyal” blood by an unreconstructed rebel.
They presumed, of course, it was a negro that
had been shot, and a Radical negro at that, as
nobody else is in the habit of going into other
R D Arnold,
H K Jackson,
A R Lawton,
John it Hares,
Wm Law,
AN Miller,
Thos E Lloyd,
rteo A Mercer,
J R 8 tUcQy,
Waring Russell,
Jos S ulagnorn,
T Olio Tolley,
B Berile,
John Screven,
Robert. E Alien,
A McO Dacca,
Nathan Uaz in,
Henry Bryan',
Chas E O'Sullivan.
Jas it sbeldon,
J P White,
John H Lopez,
Acting on their suspicions and the oft re
peated advice of certain disinterested carpet
baggers, about forty of the dusky “unmis-
takables,” armed themselves and set abont lookr
ing into so fowl a murder. They applied to
iome of our magistrates for a warrant, but as
they could’nt describe the killing, or the man
pilled, or indeed anything in connection with
’the affair, they failed. They then went to Mr.
M ’s and demanded tbat they be allowed
to search for the body. Of coarse he offered
no objections. The swamp was well hunted,
but no dead African could be found- They
dispersed without offering any indignity to Mr.
M , though by no means satisfied. An
idea prevails among them that the “horrid
Kn-Klux” hid the “loyal deceased” in the same
hole in the ground tbat they came out of.
Grant and Bullock and Congress had better
send down a “committee.’’ Something has
been done, and somebody has “gone and done
it.” _ The writer will give them any assistance
in his power in their laudable search for cam
paign evidence and “persons'Rid papers.”
Truly, Aucilla.
Enthusiasm foe Grant.—The enthusiasm
for Grant is about to break out strong. Upon
his arrival at St. Louis a few days since, an
enthusiastic individual presented him with a
ter bill for $8 50, contracted when Samuel
Hiram Ulysses was a drunken loafer about
that city.
Destructive Fire in Newton, Ga.—The
Columbns Sun says: We learn from a gen
tleman who was an eye witness to the scene,
that a destructive fire occurred in Newton,
Baker county, on Sunday night. The .fire
broke oat in Odotn & Bro.’s store, and ex
tending rapidly, burned the stores of H-
Urine, Mr. Scalley, Mr. Davis. Major Wil
liams, Levi Adams, George Taylor (colored),
barber; Shepherd (colored), shoemaker.
Losses—Odom & Bro.’s loss about $1,000:
insurance* $2,500. L. Crine lost bouse and
stock, about $10,000; insured $5,000. Mr.
Scalley, stock and warehouse, about $12,000
or $15,000; insured for $5,000: some stock
saved. Mr. Davis loss $1,200; insured $600.
Major Williams store, house aud stock,
$8,000; no insurance. Levi Adams' bouse
and stock, loss abont $700; no inBnranoe.
George Taylor, barber, loss abont $200; no
insurance. Shepherd, shoemaker, loss $250;
no insurance. Other houses caught fire, but
were saved without material damage. Court
House, Hotel and seven stores escaped de
struction.
—A party of brigands recently made a
decent apoa the railroad near Rome, and
intercepted a train which, to their intense
disgust, contained a company of Zouaves.
When last seen, the brigands were making
two-forty time for the monnUim.
Vu.iJ...
Wm F Law, ■
Allred B Smith,
U J Solomons,
B H Hardee,
H A Palmer.
Henry A McLeod,
James skinner,
Thos McGuire,
Lewie Kajton,
H H Eayton,
John McOouaghy,
Thos U Walsh,
S M Lalfiteau,
Henry Blnn,
C E Byes,
V Berlynski,
U KHBraen,
jobn nunnery,
W H Coburn,
Geo HDina,
B B Kerri d.
L Mehr ens,
Geo S Barthelmess,
J B Sibley,
Jobn U Staley,
T J McNish.
W O FerrlJl,
LevlS Bart,
S Yates Levy,
H D Bailor,
Charlton H Way,
T M Cunnlnzhsm,
Wm M Wadley,
J F Waring,
nomlnlck A O’Byrne,
J M Berrien,
Isaac Bueseil,
Fred H Bloli,
John P Herr, ck,
Julian Hartrtcge,
J G Mehrtens,
CHaas,
G B Lamar, Sr,
John C Ferrltl,
M 3 Cohen
c M> CnnDlngham,
Jas £ Grady.
C Bidgeley Goodwin,
T M Norwood,
F W Sima,
John F Wheaton, .
L J B Fairchild,
John Ryan,
Michael Lavin,
John Williamson,
Terence Nn^ent,
A M Barbee,
NO Mills.
James Stewart,
Wm Wray,
Wm Houe,
Hiram Robert*,
FDLee,
H Gillum,
M H Williams,
J RJohnson,
J V Connerat,
Nathan Hess,
Kdvrard Kissbsum,
James W Banded,
Wm E Long,
D T Scranton,
Henry B Symons,
Levy K BjcE,
W M Davidson,
George Arcbioald,
K W Drummond,
LJ Gnllmmrdn,
Robert Habersham,
Jos o Thompson,
UAMaglli,
1 HMarsn, >
Frank 8 Ferrill,
Adam Boolder,
Anirew Goebel,
Lawrence CunnFli,
J 8 Barnard,
—Nogar u uud.iQ.
John It iquon,
JHBstlll,
O fiBtanardeone,
Thos H Harden,
Geo W Lamar, Jr,
Geo A Mool|,
Win W Gordon,
O H Williams,
J F Pelot,
Phillip M Bussell, Sr,
Alfred Sent,
Henry F Bennett.
Jobn'R Thomas,
Michael {'inn,'
John Kenney,
John F o'Byrne,
Joseph J O’uyrpe,
G w Germany,
Robert H Anderson,
Jas B Read,
John W Anderson,
George O Wiliong,
Wm J Clements,
Chas J White,
Solomon Gardner,
Francis McAleer,
John E Memandeg,
L Fried,
E Brown,
Wm Rutherford,
John Redly,
BooeitHo.ntyre,
J Houston,
Simon Gcretman,
John Cooper,
A J Hcvrthor,
Christopher White,
F White,
ULlfej'iUqger,
R A Crape,
A G Thanes
J Potter Williamson,
Wm DB Mitlar,
J L Agnew,
Frod M Bull
S Gackenhoimor,
M Selig,
Ignis Newburg,
EJ Acosta,
WB Bryan,
L A Dreyer,
W R Symons,
SP Bell,
Thomas Smith,
JFCann,
JFHBlois,
A E Delaine.
John M Garrard,
Jos A Solomons
W T Thompson,
W O inomss,
By Telegraph.
From Texas.
New Orleans, July 19.—Later accounts
from Millican, Texas, report the disturbance
not vet at an end. The negroes sent defiant
replies to orders from civil officers and agents
of the Freedmen’s Bureau to disperse, but a
small squad of soldiers are on the spot.
From Washington.
Washington, July 19.—A storm is pre
vailing nortbwerd, with heavy thunder and
lightning. Slight rain here. The tines
northward are interrupted.
SA TURD AYS DISPATCHES.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Change ot Mode ot Electing President.
Washington, Jnly 18.—The following ia
tbe substance of the Message sent to Con
gress to day :
Quoting Jackson in support of his views,
and arguing tbat by the present system the
will ot the majority of the people is liable to
be defeated in the choice of the President^
arguing in favor of the election of Senators
by the people, instead nf State Legislatures,
and limited instead of life tenure of Supreme
Judges, aud pointing out the interest the
Chief Justice and Vice President have in
cases of Presidential impeachment, the Presi
dent’s closing arguments are as follows :
Time, observation and experience have
confirmed these convictions, and as a matter
of public duty, and with a deep sense ot my
constitutional obligation to recommend to the
consideration of Congress snch measures as
I deem necessary and expedient, I submit
the accompanying propositions, and nrge
tbeir adoption and submission to the judg
ment of the people.
He proposes tbe following amendments to
the Constitution.
Tbe Presidential term shall be six years.
Slates shall be divided into equal districts,
corresponding with the number of Represen
tatives and Senators in. Congress, land each
district shall count as one rote for tbe Presi
dent and Vice President respectively. Tbe
person in each district receiving the highest
number of votes from voters qualified to vole
for the popular branch of the State Legisla
ture within said district receiving tbe vote of
the district. These facts shall be certified to
Governors of States, to Senators in Congress
from snch State, to tbe President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the Honse. The
Federal Congress shall be in session on tbe
second Monday in October 18 — and
in every sixth year thereafter, and the Presi
dent of the Senate, both houses being pres
ent, shall connt the votes. The persons re
ceiving the highest numbers s.ball be Presi
dent and Vice President respectively, if they
have a majority of the votes cast, otherwise
a second election occurs between tbe two
highest for each office. If at-the second elec
tion both receive a like number of votes of
districts, the candidate receiving the highest
number of votes in the largest number of
States shall ba President. The same rules
apnlv fc> .Vice-President; but incase a second
not for President, then the Benate shall elect
the Vice-President from tbe two candidates
receiving tbe highest number of votes of dis
tricts. No President or Vice-President shall
be eligible foi a second term. In case of the
President’s removal by any cause, the office
devolves on the Vice-President, and in case
of tbe Vice President’s removal, the Presi
dential office devolves on the Secretary of
State, following whom as successor comes
the Secret aries of the Treasury, War, Navy,
Interior, Postmaster General, and Attorney
General, who shall exercise the functions of
that office until the disabilities is removed,
or a new election' ordered.
The Senate of the United States shall be
composed of two Senators from each State,
chosen by electors of State Legislatures;
sball bold office for six years, each Senator
having one vote. Judges of the Supreme
and Inferior Courts shall bold twelve yeara.
<^|The President, after the adoption
Orssd MstlSutlsa Meeting In Mew Or
leans.
New Orleans, Jnly 18.—A mass meeting
for the ratification of the Democratic Pres
idential nomination was held to-night, prob
ably tbe largest ever assembled in Louisiana.
Lafayette square and the ■ streets in’ the vi
cinity were densely paoked. The Vice
Presidents number over three hundred of tbe
most substantial and respectable* citizens of
the city. Tbe resolutions are eminently patri
otic and conservative, folly endorsing the
platform and nominations of the New York
Convention promising the cordial support of
the Louisiana Democracy. The fourth
resolution repeats the words of the platform,
that secession and slavery are dead beyond
the power or wish of any sime man any-
whero to revive- Other resolutions condemn
the constitution under which Louisiana is
now received into the Union and character
izes thoee now exercising power as having
been imposed upon the State in violation of
the Federal Constitution by the exercise of
absolute authority from without. They view
with mistrust and alarm the course pursued
by tbe Legislature now sitting; express grat.
itode to President Johnson tor his efforts in
tbeir behalf; address themselves to the in
telligent colored people of tbe State, towards
whom they have none but feelings of kind
ness ; cite the recent election in Mississippi
as an instance of what can be done 'By a
proper coarse towards the negro population.
A resolution was also adopted of high com
mendation of the course pursued by t he
officers and soldiers of Ate United tits es
army towards citizens daring the late admin
istration of military authority in this State,
tendering them heartfelt acknowledgements
for their uniform disposition to regard citi
zens of tbisState as brothers rather than as
subjects ot vindictive oppression.
The streets in the vicinity of Lafayette
Square and along the route tbe procession is
to move are brilliantly illnminated and
thronged with ladies. The enthusiasm is
remarkable, bat amidst it perfect order
reigns. Tbe procession has been passing
the telegraph office for half an hour; the end
is not yet viable 10:30.
New Advertisements.
Atlanta.
Atlanta, July 18.—No action was had to
day in the Senate. In the House all the mem
bers were declared eligible. Resolutions were
offered that the action of the House and the
documentary evidence be transmitted to tbe
Governor, and through him to Gen. Meade.
Triumph of Use Gaa House Strikers.
Philadelphia, July 18, The gas work
men have carried their point and are again
atwork.
The Drought ia Canada.
Ottawa, Canada, July 18.—The effect of
the dronght is most disastrous to the crops
in the surronnding country.
Special Notices.
^^r(Mon
AAtnM.
CLINTON NO. 54, P. A. M.
regular meeting will be held THIS'
(Monday) EVENING, 20th lost, at 8 o’clock
tr.mnic Hall, cjraer Bull and Broughton
streets.
Members of the Order in good standing are fra
ternally Invited to attend.
By order of O. F. BLANCHO, W. M.
Levy E. Byoe, Sec’y. jy20-lt
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY;
The meeting of the Scientific Section of this So
ciety la poatponed till TO-MORROW (Tuesday)
EVENING, In order not to interfere with the Demo
cratic and Conservative meeting to-night.
By order of the Chairman.
jy20-tt B. HALLON, Secretary.
-WORKIITGHVEAJNi’S
Mutual Loan Association of Savanna)].
; The Regular Monthly Meeting of the Association
will be held at the Firemen’s Hall, on TUESDAY.
12th Inst., at 8 o’clock, P. M.
jySO-St J. H. SAUSSY, Sec’y.
Homd Insurance Company.
Savannah, Jane 10,186S.
Stockholders who have not paid op the Install
ments called for, commencing on the 1st April last,
are notUed to do so at once, or their stock will be
■old at public outcry.
By Older of the Board of Directors.
U. A. COHEN,
■ fell' Secretary and Treasurer.
It is a fact that, while Democrats are
highly pleased at Grant’s nomination, the
Radicals seriously dislike tbat of Seymour.
Why don’t they reciprocate onr pleasure over
their nomination.—Chicago Times.
—A boy, eight years old. in one of our pub
lic schools, haviqg been told that a reptile “is
an animal,that creeps,” op being asked to name
one on examination. day, promptly and tr{,
umphontly replied, “A baby.”
—Mr. Quilp finds that water resembles equity
when it is just-ice.
—A German resident of New York says
Tammany Hall is well named, as it ia the
home of tammany politicians.
. ^9P- Wallace Cam
ming, assignees of the Bank of the stale of Georgia
for assistance and dire tlou in the execution of their
trust and for a dlacharge:
Upon reading the petition of the a all Anthonv
Porter and Wallace Camming, assignees as aforesaid
itia ordered, on motion of Jackaon. Lawton A Bit'.
lngor, solicitors for the petitioner., that the ealdu.
algnees do proceed at the expiration or s'x monr
irom the date of the first public.tion of thls'order ^•
hereinafter provided, to pay out and dtstrlbnte the
asseta and money in their handannder the aaldat.
sigoment, after deducting all expense, of the .aid at.
signalent, to the creditor, of the said The Bank of
the State or Georgia who .hall by that time have d™!
assignees, pro rau.c-
cording to their legal priorlUor; and that they than
tbenceiorlh be relieved from all obligation to credi
tors wbo ehal: not have presented their claims within
the time aforesaid, and beatllherty to apply for n
final discharge from the said trust
And it 1. farther ordered that a copy of this order
be published once a week for three month, tn one
pnbllc gazette In each of the cities of Savannah, An-
gna'a, Atlanta, Montgomery, Louisville and New
York. w. b. Fleming,
Judge EaatamDistrict of Georgia.
Jnly 13th, 18M.
Slate of Georgia, Chatham County :
I, William H. Bnltocb, O.crk of the Superior Coart
of the County and St itt aforesaid, do hereby certify
that tbe writing on the aforegoing page, conclnded
on this page, ta . true and correct copy of the order
of the presiding Judge of the Superior Court, as
above act forth, in tbe above entitled case.
Given under my official signature and seal of office
at Savannah, this fifteenth day or Jnly, A. D. one
thousand eight hundred and sixty- eight.
WM. B. BULLOCH,
Clerk Snperior Court of Chatham Connty.
jjao-lawJ®
ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN.
On the errors and abuses Incident to Yosth and
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
Box P, Philadelphia. Pa.
VU J ’ R °K
tist,
Office, cor. St. Julian st and Market Square.
Je27-jy
FROM WASHINGTON,
To the Public.
Savannah Gas Light Company, 1
(savannah, Jane i, iSSS J
The Savannah Gaa Light Company, wishing to sim
ply Gaa to its patrons on aa cheap terms as may be
consistent with a fair return for tbe capital end labor
applied in its manufacture, and believing that the
active business which may be reasonably wpwsmi
daring the coming winter in this city, wiilcsase an
of the I Increased demand; and farther, that a diminution in
proposed amendment shall divide tb* Judges I price wffl induce many to bum Gas tbat have hitherto
into three classes, expiring on the fourth, I had recourse to other means of illumination, which
eighth and twelfth year, so that one-third I are more dangerous and less cleanly and convenient
may be chosen every fourth year. | and that the consequent increase wilL lessen the cost
Of manufacture, and thus justify the Company In
making a redaction In price.
Important Cabinet Meeting—Congres- I Therefore, It has been determined that from and
plonal Proceedings—How trie Radical I after the FIRST OF NOVEMBER next, consumers
Antopaatons Vot e. I will ba supplied at the rate of
Washington, Jnly 18.—It is stated that five dollars and fifty cents per ihou-
the three hours session of tbe Cabinet yes-1 saijd cubic feet
terdaywas very important, and that some I and that a farther reduction if Fifiu Cents per Thou-
Etecu tive suggestions regarding the Presi- sand Feet will be made to all who ahafi pay their bills
dential election will be sent to Congress to- at this office within five n.va Dre »entation.
day, and tbat the veto of the bill regulating I y
the Electoral College will be withheld until I jnnesstawtnovx
Monday.
The Senafe last night passed the Alaska I U/kni L as n ... w n
treaty, with amendments ignoring the joint Wllal IS 1116 MSuCI* With YOU .
power of the House with the Senate and the This is the question put to every invalid.
President in making treaties. The bill, as in many oaes the answer to “I don’t know exactly,
it passed the Senate, simply appropriates, I but I don’t feel welL” Look at the countenance of
money t° fulfil the stipulations of the treaty, the man or woman who makes thla reply, and yoa
The SenatealsopaMedWlaaeUingtheBt. j will generally find that the eyes are dull and lustre*
YACHT RACE,
Rowing Match.
— AND —
RIFLE SHOOTING 1
Vernon House,
WHITE BLUFF,
On Thursday, July 23d, 1868,
AT 12 1-2 O’CLOCK P. M.
Notice.
Greo. TST. TSTich-ols*
PRINTING
— AND —
Publishing House
89 & 91 BAY STREET,
lUP STAIRS.)
JOB P R1NTING 0FFIC E,
Book Bindery
AND
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY
TI/TY UNSURPASSED FACULTIES enable me te
1VA execntoallwo'k in the above* lines with tbe
Utmost Disimicb and in snperior Style.
EVERY DEPARTMENT COMPLETE!
INCLUDING
PRINTING OFFICE,
BOOK BINDEBI,
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY,
aud PAPER RULING ROOM.
The only establishment in tbe city having all these
facilities combined.
A full stuck of PAPERS, LEATHERS and MATE
RIALS on band.
Orders solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed.
jy20—ly GEO. N. NICHOLS-
K
NOTICE.
AYING RESIGNED THE DISPENSARY, MV
Lets will now be accurnmndatoA at-zzyNzW
STORE, earner Whitaker street and Cangre**
DRUG
street lane.
jy20-3t
G. 2. HEIDI.
University of South Carolina,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
advantage for thorough training In the Literary and
g^«“Mc branches, and in the Schools of Law and
The aggregate expenses for the Session of nice
, Vora Student in three Literary or Set
e Si ifi0 i!So'^ 3ls ’*boat$290 ; lor aStudentmlaw,
about 92S0; nnd lor a foil course In the Medial
school, about 3370. These sums Include less for
tuidou and use of library, board, room rent. fnel.
lights and washing. - rant, mu,
for catalogues, or farther Information, addtea
Rev. C. BRUUE WALKER. Secretary of Faculty.
R. W. HAKNWRLL.
1120—lawlOw chairman of Fa city.
NOTICE.
fTIAX PATERS who have failed to pay the Second
A. Quarter Tax duo on Real Ef tat 5 and Income and
Commissions, also tne Monthly Tax on sales dee
10th instant, are berth/ notified that if payment a
not made by inassth instant executions will lone,
in conformity with city ordinance
JOHN WILLIAMSON,
■iV 20 — at City Treasurer.
HAY!
100
HAY!
J. F. GILMER,
President.
jySO.
BALES HAY
For sale by
tf WILLIAMS, WARD Jc MdSUBg.
the cheek, fiaeffi, midi
Island and Dea Moines' Rapids, exempting I °f tte face dejected- Interxo-
certain vessels trading wi& Canada W
tonnage fees, and the Civil Annrnhrintini, I . . 3TIlATI0; ', Oie result of » disordered
bill.
Tbe House considered the Funding bill.
The so-called Southern representatives j
conduct themselves quietly, voting with the
•totuach and a torpid liver, is at the bottom of the
mischief. <That’g what’s tbe matter.” Whoever
h«s experienced the effects of
TARRANT’S
Radicals on all questions. Their prompt I EFFERVESCENT BELXZER APERIENT P<
party votes on subjects which have been* se
riously discussed for months, -and upon
which the most shrewd legislators SIB doubt
ful, provoke smiles on the floor df either
House.
Among the rejections to-day was that of.
Collector Smythe, of New York, as Minister
to Austria. • .
Mr. Burlingame, Minister from China, is
in snch cases, need not be told to recommend it as a
remedy.
TABBANt A CO., wholesale druggists, 378 Green
wich and loo Warren streets, New York, Sole Pro
prietors.
Sold by all druggists. marcbl2-6m
Mr. Roriingame, juiuieier jrum Filina, is n . n
giving the press a grand dinner to-night, LllSSOlUtlOn Of CO-PartnerShip.
which is a very handsome nffiur. - r
A trand ratification of the nominations of T®® OO-PABTNERSHIP HERETOFORE exist-
^iszsstt&ssszfe.
u _The business ot the lsie firm'wm be settled by
wm. p. Harding and j. b. patten.
, 0HN a maker.
J. B. PATTEN.
WM. P. HANDING.
Savannah, Jnly IA ISSS. EDWARD IVERS.
to preseni
formed
»tfttf name cf
A CO- I
Fourteenth Article was presented.
Applications from the Georgia and Missis
sippi Conventions for loans were indefinitely
postponed. ...
The bill authorizing corporations created
by Federal authority to firing suits in Federal
bill reqniring five hundred feet span ! NOTICE OF CO-PARTNEKSHIP.
in bridges over navigable streams provoked I
considerable discussion as to the uselessness I TlHS UNDERSIGNED HAVE
and danger ot snch bridges, and retorts from | PARTNERSHIP under tho m
friends of tbe bill that the opposition was
stimulated by two railroad companies, whicb
ddsired to build cheap bridges over the Ohio.
The bill was postponed.
The bill protecting naturalized citizens
abroad was discussed to executive session,
after whicb tbe Senate adjourned.
House.—Ninety days were allowed the
Election Committee to investigate disloyalty
in tbe Missouri contested election.
The Louisiana
representatives, Messrs.
Vidal, Sypher, Newshain, Mann and Black
burn, and from South Carolina, Represen
tatives Goes and Whittemore, were’admitted
to seats.
The Tariff bill was recommitted to. the
Committee on Ways and Means, which kip*
it for this session.
T* s Funding bill was resumed, and dls-
c” se d to adjournment
’ \
ROGERS, DASHER & CO.,
. And win continue the
Wholesale and Retail
jDRY GOODS BUSINESS
At tbe OLD STAND of the late JOHN a MAKES A
QO„ comer Broughton and Whitaker streets.
JOHN S. ROGERS.
ISRAEL DASHER.
JOHN S. SHIVERS.
Savannah. July It. 1S68. EDWARD IYEBS.
ROGERS, DASHER & CO., having
bought out the entire stock of onr late firm, wm
continue the DRY GOODS BUSINESS, and we coi-
dlaUy recommend onr old friends and customers to
continue the aameliberc-' mttronage which they have
extended to hi. ' *v
jylfi—tf JOHN C. MAKER * CO.
OFFICE WANTED OE BIT STREET,
guITABLE FOR A COMMISSION BUSINESS.
The River side preferred.
Address BOX 118. jXM St
SOUTHERN !
MASONIC FEMALE COLLEGE!
rriHE PALL TERM OP 1868 BEGINS AUGUST
—GC3TSVC3 J. Oeu, A. It., Be-
r of Mathematics, Criticism and
Her. W. D. Atkinson, A. H,
Language?, Moral Philosophy
Tbo bylveater A. Hough,
Science; William Fisher,
Virginia O. Conyers, In-
Department.
THEFaLLTERM: '
Scientific Department, *25 00
:—~ 200
Music 2000
4C0
lent isoo
, fuel and lights, wiil
at from $1T to *20 per
id Ledge has enabled ns
■ experienced corps of instruc
tor, at a coat to onr patrons fer leas tnan tbe same
or even inferior advantages can be preenred else-
\9fcere.
^11 the proceed* of tuition, over a certain Hatted
amount, will bo appropriated in payment of the
Doard of Indigent pupils—daughters of living and
df ceased Mason?.
Tne daughters of an indigent Masons will be taught
free ct tuition in the Literary Department.
XS~All communications in refe« enco to the CoHege
must beaddrcMedtothe Preaidfnt, at uoviagtoE,
Georgia. DAVID E. BUTLfcR, p. G. M.,
pgo—tf Chairman Executive Committee.
Molasses.
,;di A JS9
DA HOGSHEADS. OF MOLASSES ia store 2nd
jiU for sale by
jyl4—tf WILLIAMS, WARD & McINTIRE.
GDSBY CLOTH BOPlT
BALES EXTRA HEAVY BAGGING,
500 E ° LLS AMEEICA1T BAGGING,
4,00 COILS SUPERIOR HEMP ROPE,
Landin ' from schooner Cranmer and brig Isabella
Jewett, a ,dfor sale by
jyU—1 OCTAVUS COHEN k CO.
MOOSES AND SYEUP.
__ seSjmv
Now landing and foraalotow by
YACHT RACE.
Pint prize, *50; second prize, $25.
The following Yachts have already been entered,
while others are expected to enter the exciting con.
teat:
G. H. Arledge enters yacht RAINBOW.
E H. Kirlin enters yacht JANE L.
Waring Basse] enters yacht LIZZIE.
T. W. McSiah enters yacht ANNIE B.
F. Schuster t
rowing match.
Fbr a parse of S25, between tbe celebrated race boats
KING COTTON AND VETO.
RIFLE SHOOTING.
Prize—A SUPERB OOLT’S REVOLVING RIFLE.
All marksmen are cordially invited to be present tad
contest for the prize.
The fast sailing steamer MARY ELLA will
leave the foot of Drayton street, for White Bluff, at
■even o’clock A- M., Thursday, July 23d. Bare for
the round trip only $■.
O- Omnibnee, will Dave the Screven, Pulaski and
Marshall Houses at ten o’clock A. H., tor White
Bluff. Fare for the round trip *1 50 JySO
T HE firm of L. J. GUILMARTIN A CO. was dis
solved on the let Instant b7 mutual consent, ED
WARD W. DRUMMOND withdrawing.
The outstanding business of the late firm will be
attended to by
Laurence J. Guilmartin& Join Flannery
who assume all liabilities of the late firm, and who
will continue the
FACTORAGE
Commission Business
under the same firm name, at tbe old stand, Ids
RAY street. l j guilmartin.
jy2~—Im JOHN BLAHNEBy.
A r\ HOGSHEADS MOLASSES,
•+VJ 35 barrels New York Sager House Syrup,
JET ' ' ‘ '
jy!4—6t
REl.L 1
JH