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E. I) Siny«he It Co's Crockery Home
Tbs reader's attention is directed ti
the adverti enunt of this h use. It it
tlio most extensive establishment of its
Nacharacter in the Southern States, and
has gained a reputation, far and near,
for lair and honorable dealing. Tin
•lock of Crockery, Chinn, Glassware, etc.,
imported the present season, direct from
Europe, is unusually large and splendid,
and cannot fail to meet every require
inent of the wholesale or retail dealer
Price# too, we arc hanpy to annonnoe,
give entire satisfaction. One <<f the Quit
man merchants, who purclioscd his Fall
supplies in the Northern market#, con
eluded to await his return to Savannah
to purchase his supply id Crockery and
Glasswaie, as Messrs. K. I), Smytho A
Cos., furnished a better and more saleable
article, for lens money, and on as good
terms as was offered by Northern bouses
This speaks columns for this deserv
edly popular house; and we do hop a out.
people will not be so stupid as to longer
neglect their own seaport city, their own
and customers’ interests, and lavish their
substance upon Yankee capitalists.
-A. A,. mulouioiiN ti. Ch).
It will be seen by the advertisement
of thits enterprising firm, that the Drug
House of Messrs. E. W, Marsh & Cos ,has
been converted into a Wholesale, estab
lislimeut. This is additional evidence of
the prosperity of the “Forest City,” and
will be hailed with delight hy the mer
chants and druggists of the interior.
Messrs. Solomons & Cos. have on hand an
immense stock in the drug line, us well
as paints, oils, glass, brushes, perfumery,
soaps, etc., etc., and will sell on very fa
vorable terms. They are highly recom
mended as correct and courteous mer
chants.
Their retail establishment will lie con
tinued as formerly, at the old stand of A.
A. Solomons & Cos.
Bryan, llarti-iiiKek. Cos.
We hav« frequently had occasion to
recommend this staunch and reliable
firm to the readers of (he Banner. And
many of our citizens, who have had busi
ness transactions with the house, can
vouch for its promptness and strict in
tegrity. It ranks No. 1 fuming the com
mission houses of SuvnniiuhT See adver-
tisement .
Tlio N£ih-mlih 11 lloiiNe.
Mr. A. B. Luce, the popular proprietor
of tite above well conducted Savannah
hotel, furnishes the readers of the Banner,
to-day, with an excellent representation
of that commodious Imildi g. The “Mur
ehaU” still maintains its reputation as a
first class house, and continues to draw
a liberal shaie of public patronage.
A. H Hnrtridge.
This gentleman is engaged in an ex
tensive Commission and Factorage busi
ness in the city ofSavantiah. It is an old
established bouse—the presentment lonian
succeeding his father, Mr. Charles liart
ridge. 11 e has an experience of twenty
years in the business, and lias always
been foil'd entirely reliable, prompt and
honorable; and we feel perfectly justified
in recommending him to the planters
and business men of this section. lie is
located at No, 03 Bay street.
John C. tinker N. Cos.
It is strange that merchants in the in
terior will incur the additional travel and
expense to go to New York after sup
plies, wjien they can purchase in Suvan
nah goods on equally as good
terms. Messrs, C. Maker & Cos.
keep on hand everything required by
the interior merchant, and inform m?
that they will take any New Yu k bill I
and duplicate ft a* the same price. The
merchant there! y saves his individual
expenses in visiting the North, and also
the freight from New Y’ork to Savan
nah.
Messrs. Carltnrt & Brother.
This firm, doing business at 17 Barclay
street and 22 Park Place, New York, has
been popular with Southern merchants
for many years; and it certainly deserves
the continued good will and patronage of;
the. South. The Messrs Cnrhart are fnl
ky identified with the South in eeling
and sentiment, and lost thousands ofdol-j
lsrs by the late struggle for indepen
dence. At the commencement of the I
war, they closed tlrcir business house in
New York, which was doing a very pros-!
peons business, came to
contributed everything in ti idrqlftwer for
the triumph of the Con No :
tr uer, more reliable, and honorable nten :
live; they deserve a heavy trade from
the South, and we hope it will be extend- i
ed to them. Attention is directed to their
oard in to-day's Banner.
Western Hotel, New York-
This-popular hotel is located conve
nient to business, and is the beadqttai
ters fur Georgians, while in New Yolk
city. It is a first class house, and the
propriefc-0 3 spare no pains to give satis
taction and make guests comfortable.
See card in to-day's paper.
Calif rnia has achieved a glorioas Dem
ocratic victory. The Governor, Legisla
ture. and Cungrest-men are elected
large majorities. This is good news
from t! e Golden State, and we hope it will
be followed up by similar victories in the
Not there States, the present Fall.
I nitration iMVbe
IctTfisnlefatiim. and make | Jeparatiofiptr,
epresimlatmn in the St •/e Convention,
in the event *a»d assenih' >ge i# nanction
ed by a majority of rig altered voters,
rise mere fact of iihjwf i rro- and to the
Convention, ignoexc. of being iml if
ferc.it as to th.j£ ante ■ if delegates
composing the aascinblag We should
select the very best men in tint various
counties, who are qualified icgistra
lion, as representatives - tiit-ti of sound
discretion and judgment, tried patrio
tism, ami allied with the future of the
State in feeling and Interest- so that in
lhe event the advocates of the Military
Bills are successful, the commonwealth
may suffer the least possible detriment.
We entertain not a doubt that the ail
venules of the Congressional policy for
reconstruction will carry t e State by
m overwhelming majority. The Con
vention will assemble, and the luhol be
fore it will be laborious and difficult. 1 be
framing of a Constitution, upon which
the Statutes of the State are t" bo based,
will require intelligence, statesmanship,
and a thorough knowledge of the princi
ples and machinery of republican govern
ment. Blunders in laying the foundation
will eventuate in the destruction of the
building. Defects in the Constitution
will, in the future, produce trouble, and
perhaps contention and strife. Igno
rance and fanaticism, therefore, must be
kept away from the Convention. Bureau
officials (many of whom are already can
didates, not with Banding they are not
citizens,) and ignorant negroes—(who
it read a Constitution after it is
framed) —haveabont aw much business in
the contemplated Convention as a hound
ilog lias in a ball-room. Hie Bureau
gentry have already done the State sul •
cient harm, and the neg- o (the most re
spectable of the two classes, with a few
honorable exceptions) lias not rufficient
brains to be serviceable as a State Legis
lator. He will do very well for a mem
ber of Congress, as that branch of the
government is, at present, below par,
and composed of very weak and shabby
material.
We therefore suggest to the citizens
of the various counties, that it is time
they select good and true men; and when
the appointed time arrives, vote against a
Convention, and cast your ballots for,
and eject, the men thus selected to repre
sent you in the Convention.
The INtlitiLMMMjrigpi^ pP
| ..
that, lias for
republic.
to have discovered the
fact that ho is President of the United
States, and as such, took an oath to pro
tect and defend the Constitution.
The removal of Secretary Stanton from
the Cabinet, and .Ficki.cs and Siikiudan
from the Second and Fifth Military' Dis
tricts indicate a decided purpose to inau
gurate a now order of tilings, and a more
just and liberal policy as regards recon
struction in the South ; and his procla
mation of the 4th ilist., is a declaration
that the military shall not interfere with
tlio execution of the mand ites and pio-
CCBH of the civil courts : thus virtually
placing the military in its proper position
-subservient to civil authority. I lie proc'a
mution in question is the first check that
lias been put upon the m litary rule fas.
toned upon the South, to control the
business of reconstruction ; and it will
be welcomed as an assurance of protec
ti n against the arrogance tyranny and
injustice of demagogues, who have been
clothed with military power by a debased
and unscrupulous Congress.
President Johnson had so long sul) 1
mit ted to encroachments upon the Con
stitution and his prerogative as the Chief
Executive of the nation, and given such
unmistakable evidence of timidity, that
the Radicals were unprepared for the
sudden change of policy— the awakening
to a realizing sense of the obligations of
his position and of course they aie
amazed at the complexion atfairs have
assumed, and are in a delemma as to the
policy proper to pursue.
We feel sangu ne that the President
will continue the good work so oppor
tunely begun, and believe that hence
forth the Constitution aid laws will lie
maintained. True men everywhere, had
almost despaired of the republic the
Constitution of our fathers was buried
beneath the usurpations and corruption
id' the Jacobins —and liberty dethroned
—when the President awoke from his
lothergy, and "struck a key note that vi
brates through the land and revives hope
ill every breast.”
The Macon Telegraph, in referring to
the President's late proclamation says :
We breathed freer after reading this pa
triotic and manly document. It appeared
to us a starting point in anew revolu
tion—a peaceful revolution, from Rad
ical usurpation and military despotism
to the mgs of constitutional law. W e
hope the President means business bv
this proclamation, and that he w ill en
force it against, all the enemies of law,
whether in office or among the pi. pie.—
If this expectation be well grounded why
may not the South, by peaceful and le
gal means gft rid of this vile reconstruc
lion usurpation of the Radical Congress
altogether ? No man—not even their
authors and supporters—has yet preten
ded that the military bills are constitu
tional enactments ; a.id yet they are
not only in practical force but all other
government is set aside to make room
for them. Then, why will a suffering
South submit to the hardship? Why j
will State and Municipal officers consent
to be deposed in order to make room for :
the favorites of military satraps ? Why
will private citizens consent to he acres
|-nvii*. up i. li e wilt
corn'll, Sb*. W !>t: * ‘here h
to #ecmc them in their : gh!s 7 1 In-
President ha# t -I us that tllaws shall
be sustained—at least-, When declared
by the Courts of the United
not avail ourselves of the proU on ?'
There arc many ways in which jtlK! fm'i
tary bill# could be brought under review
in the Courts of the United .States, and j
ptep* should be taken forthwith t-- »<
cure a formal adjudication Upon it. Any ;
deposed sheriff or attorrjp’ in'Georgia
can bring an action in the United States
District Court against his successor, and
thus bring up the whole question of the
constitutionality of the law appointing
military commander# over the Southern
States. Judge Erskine would be bound
to decide on the point raised and we feel
no hesitation in saying that lie would pro
noutice the law uiic institutional and void.
Ilia decision would be law for his district
and the President, if his late procluma
! lion means anything will enforce it as
such. The people would stand by him
in such a contest, while Judge Erkine
would crown his name with immortality
by being the first judicial officer in his
country to throw himself into the breach
and arrest the tide of despotism End in
famy that is sweeping over it. Who
will move in tlio matter ?
Tlie A 111 nest y I’roc Inina t ion.
We publish this important document
entire, In to-day’s paper. It will be seen
tfiat lour classes are exempt from its
benefits. This is to be regretted; for as
remarks the Macon Telegraph, so long as
the Government keeps up the war upon
any portion of the Southern people and
deprives them of the rights of citizens,
just so long must discontent and ill-will
prevail. Our true national policy is to
forgive all and blot out the past, forget
ting it if we can. So long as the Federal
arm is bared for the punishment of even
one man in the South, that man becomes
a representative of the masses and the
object of their sympathy We cannot be
come one people and feel that, we are
bound together by the ties of a cordial
brotherhood, until the Government shall
consent to reciprocate the kindly feeling
of the Southern people,, and treat them
as friends, and not as criminals or one
rn ies.
Hon. B. 11. llill after Gen. Pope.
The sterfing patriot and distinguished
statesman, Hon. B. 11. Hill, is publishing
additional “Notes on the Situation,” in
the qylutnns of the Ch 'onicle /ft Sentinel.
•The notes are embraced in three letters,
addressed to Gen. U. S. Grant, and are a
review of Gen. John Pope’s recent silly
letter. We wish we had space to pub
lish these letters entire, for they admin
ister a scathing rebuke to the General
with his “headquarters in the saddle,”
and completely vindicate the people of
the charges of continued disloyalty, and
a disposition to thwart constitutional
measures of reconstruction.
We make room for two extracts from
Mr. Hill’s second letter. Speaking of
General Pope’s desire to prevent a free
discussion of the Military Bills, he says:
A man bos no to think lln- hills are wrong.
He is disloyal if he does think so—-or rather it he
acts so. He cares not what a man thinks about
the bills; if he only helps to carry them out, he
helps Geneittl l’ope win the light. This Is ex
actly why he esteems all men as patriots who
help him, and all as disloyal who think the bills
are wrong and will not help him carry them out.
Therefore, those who help, however they violate
their conviction ot the right, and will be faith
ful hypocrites for “tlie next si*, months,” he is
going to recommend for promotion - disabilities
to lie removed and then- office! lint those who
honeslly think the bills are contrary to tlio Con
stitution, and will ruin the country, and destroy
the negro race, and cannot conscientiously for
bear saying what they honestly think, and, acting
upon such honest convictions, such men are ter
rible creatures; caused all the past troubles: will
cause more troubles; will never let (tenoral l’ope
win a clear victory! Those must be kept down,
disfranchised, frightened, slant ered and banish
ed! How gracious he has been to bis enemies,
lie has "permitted Rial encouraged the widest,
latitude of speech and of the press!!" Wonderful!
lie permitted what the Constitution says shall
not bo denied shall net even be abridged! That
old Constitution lias a higher rank and an older
commission than Ceil, l’ope and quite as’ much
wisdom That Constitution commands the con
tinent and protects the people. All lesser com
manders are sworn to support that one, lielter
remember that oath. But light breaks! Our mil
itary commander has stumbled upon one Consti
tutions! idea • -freedom of speech and of tile press
though he utters it tike it was original'and hurt
him very much.
The distinguished writer, in the same
letter, next proceeds to classify those who
oppose the Military Bills. The first are
those who favored secession, on principle,
and although Mr. Hill was opposed to j
their theory, he declares that “more sin- j
cere men, better citizens, and truer patri-!
ots have never lived in any country,” and j
then proceeds :
And being sincere, honest and brave, they are
compelled to reject those military bills, as con
ceded to be contrary to the Constitution, and
clearly contrary to the terms of the fight, 'lie
conditions of surrender, the sacred pledge of the
nation, dishonorable to the Government, degrad
ing to the white race. The issue in the war was
as to what the Constitution did really mean. fT’he
difference was holiest, and neither parly were or j
could be rebels. Ilut the issue made by the j
liadica! party ill these Military Hills is. whether !
we shall have a Constitution at all: whether Coil- ’
stimtional liberty shall continue; whether the na- :
lion shall keep its faith and preserve ils honor:
whether under pretence of punishing rebels, the
government shall he subverted; whether in the
name of loyalty, the Union shall be forever brok
en: whether, in the name of philanthropy, the :
while race shall be dishonored and the black
race exterminated; and whether Federal legisla
tion shall promote the "genera! welfare,'’ or shall ’
promote and increase hatred between the see- ;
tions of the nation until tile nation itself shall I
cease to exist, or take refuge from anarchy in des- !
potism. Ah! General, that clear-sighted, honest- -
hearted, truth-telling chronicle, called History,
wilt he at no loss to determine who are the l'e-j
beta —aye. the traitors -and who the patriots in j
this issue. He not deceived Hadioaiism is call- .
oniang secession! Press Hits Radical programme
through, and you wiil indeed, as Tiud. Nie\ ns
says, “create anew Government,” but that Gov
ernment wilt not be a * political paradise." No
paradise can be created by force fraud and per
jury. Hut weeping mourners from Northern
States will deck the graves of the Confederate
fatten; a monument to Jefferson Davis will one
day lift its sunward summit from Hunker Hill;
Appomattox will be visited as the spot where
Liberty surrendered its sword to Power: and j
Fortress Monroe will become the political Mecca
whither sorrowing patriot pilgrims will wend
tlieir way to see the room in which “the last de
fender of Constitutional Government itt .tine; i
ca" was oppressed, insulted and chained.
A Washington special in the Tribune,
dated .vl, says: "General Dope cannot be
considered safe in bis position. Tlio
President gives out that fie will surely
unlove him.”
Ihitiicb Kjfwling Tlie (.'otagics
»mital CaMidatci
The addrearffif Patrick Fulling tb the
; voter« of tfie First Cti£p-Tonal Dis
i Met of Georgia, is givng tie Jingmsh
ed asp.rant for “Cimgressimial honors”
considerable notoriety. Tlio Pic##, in
every . date and “Kiygdoin,” fiavo pub
lished tlio document, with extensive com
miiut; and it inis caused tlio people,
| North, to open tlieir eyes to a realizing
! sense of the perilous condition of the
j American Republic. The Radicals never
j designed, in conferring tfie riglit of suf
| I rage upon tfie negro, tliat lie sliould ex
! ercise tfiat riglit of citizenship to the ex
j tent of seeking for and holding office.
I Tfie sole object contemplated was tfie
! creation of voles, whereby to reinforce tfie
j ranks of tfie dominant party, and there
-1 by continue its present leaders in pow
: oi. The announcement, therefore, of
J Fickling’s candidacy for a seat (between
j Ben. Butler and Tliad. Stevens) in the
council-chamber of tlie nation, lias fell
among them like a bombshell in a slum
bering camp, and created tlie greatest
consternation and dismay. Tno “lead
ers” of the Radical party, have suddenly
discovered tfiat they are no longer '‘mas
ters of the situation,” and tfiat even poor
“Coffee” lias discovered and is about to
out general them in the damnable scheme,
whereby they designed to perpetuate
their reign of infamy, plunder and op
pression, by couverti: g the American
| Republic to a Monarcliial Despotism.
Tfie N. York World publishes Patrick
Fickl'rig’s address, and comments as
follows:
A negro, named James P. Fickling,
lias reluctantly consented to be a candi
date from tfie First Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia, because, although he
would not consider himself “elevated to
a post of honor if elected to the present
Congress,” yet considerations of the grav
est importance to his own race and to
tfie country at large, “impel the convic
tion tfiat llio surest remedy for Radical
evils is for the South to return colored
Representatives.” Ills address to the
citizens and doctors ot the district is
sound, sensible, and from a Radical
standpoint, is impregnable, for fie as
sumes at tfie outset Iliat to empower tlie
negroes to vote implies the right of ne
groes to bo voted tor. If the blacks arc
only to have tfie “privilege” of elevating
white Radicals to office, and are then to
fie ‘ politely informed that tlieir services
can fie dispensed with till the next elec
tion,” it is quite time 1 1 were un
deceived ; for,“argues Fickling, “if "the
co'oi-cd man is worthy and entitled to
the elective franchise, it is very clear
tfiat lie is also entitled to a place in poli
tics in proportion to the number he
brings to the support of the successful
party.” This is tfie precise position tak
en by Mr. Wendell Phillips, who demands
that the Radical Vice-Presidential nomi
nee shall be a negro. The colored candi
date for Congress also claims the offices
at tfie South for the negroes, because,
since the best and most intelligent citi
zens ;il that eeotion ai-o under tiic ball of
Radical proscription, the remaining white
element is summed up in three classes,
with which the negroes cannot political
ly associate.
These classes arc, “the renega'e rebels
who, in 1861, were blatant and rampant
Yankee-eating secessionists,” but who
drifted into Radicalism “because they
have no friends on the other side;” the
whites who compose “that lower stratum
of society which is turned to the surface
only when violent commotions throw up
tlio filtli they feed on;” and “tfie scrap
ings of a ground-swell of New England
fungi, and spee mens that fiavo come
South to gtow respectable on the ‘nig
tier vote’ and get rich by picking up lit
tle things, such as spoons and the like.”
Rbetorotically, these figures will not
bear critical analysis, but they arc the
views of a negro who is intelligent
enough to estimate the real character
and social standing of the Radical negro
drivers and overseers who are now en
gaged in “managing” the colored voters.
Filling decidedly declines to assist in
making his follow-negroes the fourth
class, ai.d subordinate to tho three clas
ses lie describes, and believes that it is
better to trust tlio honor and interests of
even intelligent right-thinking white
men in the South in the hands of “some
reliable colored man," (Fickling, for in
stance) than to select candidates for of
fice from tlie only eligible white “class
es,” whose true character ho endeavors
to expose.
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Union, one of
the dirtiest radical sheets in the entire
country, says that “Joseph Holt, of Ken
tucky, has been known as one of the
most noble, earnest and reliable suppor
ters of tite government”’ and has “earn
ed tlio confidence of tlio people.” The
editor of the Union is afoot , or else be
thinks (and perhaps correctly) all his
readers avofoo/s. Everybody knows that
Joe Holt is one of the most corrupt ofti
cials in the service of the government; :
ami he lias recently added to his uneiivi-;
able reputation, the crime of being ac
cessory to the murder of an innocent
woman.
S*aS” A letter from the City of Mexico I
says Lopez bad published three letters j
in the newspapers denying, that his be-:
trayal of Maximilian was an act of
treachery, llis wife, it is said, refuses!
to live with him in consequence of liis j
bad faith. General Marquez is still at j
large, and but little hope is now enter
tained of his capture. Salin-Salm, who!
was expected to be shot, had been sen- :
tenced tu seven years imprisonment with ■
tho other Generals. Santa Anna is to I
be tried l y court martial. Lozada bad
given in bis adhesion to the government.
A careful estimated list, partly official,
of the number of persons executed since j
1865 by Maximilian’s order shows it to- j
tal of 9244, which is considered a low
figure. _
Axonm Stoky about Booth. —Ben. Ma.!
son, an officer, in a letter dated at New
Orleans, says; “That he knows Surratt
was not in Washington at the time ot |
Lincoln's assassination; that he lias the
best evidence that Wilkes Booth is alive
in a foreign country, aud that John B.
Ear n, a iriend of Booth, aud closely re
sembling him, was killed instead ot
Booth.”
The FTfsid/st j Amnesty Protlt,-
motion.
WhfSeVs, In tin- month of July, K. I)
1861, the two Hoimc# of Congress, with
extraordinary unanimity, .dooluSi that
the war then existing was not waged on
the part oi the Government in any spirit
of oppression nor for auv purpose of con
quest or subjugation, nor for the purpose
of overthrowing or interfering with, the
rights or institutions of tlio States, hut
t> defend ana maintain the supremacy of
the Constitution, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity, equality and
rights of the several States unimpaired ;
and that as soon as these effects should
he accomplished the war ought to cease;
And whereas, The President of the
United States, on the eighth day ol De
cember, A. I)., 1866, and on the twenty
sixth day of March, A. D. 1864, did with
the object of suppressing the then exis
ting rebellion, of inducing all persons to
return to their loyalty, and of restoring
the authority of the United States, issue
a proclamation offering amnesty and par
don to all persons who had directly or
indirectly participated in the then exis
ting rebellion, except as in tli s procla
mation was specified and reserved :
And whereas the President of tiie Uni
ted States, on the 29th day of May, A
I)., 1865, issued a further proclamation,
with the same objects before mentioned,
and the end that the authority of the Gov
eminent of the United States might be
restored, and that peace order and free
dom might be established;,arid the Pres
ident did hy the said last mentioned pro
clamation proclaim and declare that he
thereby granted to all persons who had
directly or indirectly participated in the
then existing rebellion, except as there
in excepted, amnesty and pardon, with
restoration of all rights of property ex
cept as to slaves, and except in certain
cases where legal proceedings had been
instituted, out upon condition that such
persons should t: ke and subscribe an
oath therein prscribed, which oath should
be registered for permanent preserva
tion;
And whereas, in arid by tlie last men
tioned proclamation of the 29th day of
May, A. D. 1865, fonrteen extensive class
es of persons thereui specially described
were altogether excepted and excluded
from the benefits thereof.
And whereas, the President of tfie
United States did, on the 2d day of April
A. D., 1866, issue a proclamation declar
ing tfiat tfie insurrection was at an end,
and thenceforth to fie so regarded ;
And whereas, there now exists no or
ganized armed resistance of misguided
citizens or others to the authority of tfie
United States in the States of ( rgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, North’ ijna
Tenessee, Alabama, Louisiana, aiKan
sas, Mississippi, Florida and Texas,, “fid
the lawa.e"'" he .sustained and enforced
therein by the proper civil authority,
State or Federal, and the people of said
States are well a id loyally disposed and
have conformed, or if permitted to do so,
will conform in their legislation, to the
condition of affairs growing out of tfie
amendment to tlie Constitution of the
United States, prohibiting slavery with
in tfie limits and jurisdiction of the Unit
ed States ;
And whereas large standing armies mil
itary occupation martial law military tri
hnn ils, and the suspension of the privi
leges of the writ of habeas corpus and the
Tight of trial by jury, are in time < f peace
dangerous to public liberty incompatible
with the individual rights of tlio citizen
contrary to the genius and spirit of out
free institution, and exhaustive of tla:
national resources and ought not there
fore, to fie sanctioned or allowed, except
in cases of actual necessity for repelling
invasion or suppressing insurrection or
rebellion ;
And whereas, a retalitory or vindictive
policy, attended by unnccessaiy disqual
fication, pains, penalties, confiscations
and disfranchisements, now as always,
could only tend to hinder reconstruction
among the people, and national restora
tion while it may seriously embarrass,
obstruct, and repress popular energies,
and national industry and enterprise ;
And whereas, for these reasons it is
now deemed essential to the public wel
ware, and to the more perfect restoration
of constitutional law and order, that the
said last mentioned proclamation as
af res aid issued on the 2tUh day of May,
A. 1)., 1865, should he modified, and that
full and bencficieut pardon conceded
thereby, sliould ho opened and further
extended to a largo number of the per
sona who hy its aforesaid exceptions,
have been hitherto excluded from Execu
tive clemency ;
Now, therefore, he it known, That I,
Andrew Johnson, President of tlie Uni
ted States, do hereby proclaim and de
clare that the full pardon described in
the said proclamation of the 29th day of
May, A. I). 1865, shall henceforth be
opeued and extended to all persons who,
directly or indirectly, participated in the
late rebellion, with the restoration of all
privileges immunities and rights of prop
erty, except as to property with regard
to slaves, and except in cases of legal
proceedings under the laws of the United
States ; but upon this condition, never
theless that every such person who shall
seek to aval himself of this proclamation
shall take and subscribe the following
oath, and shall cause the same to he reg
istered for permanent preservation, in
the same manner and with the effect as
with the oath prescribed in the said pro
ciama tkm of the 29tfi day of May, 1865-
namely :
“1 , do solemnly swear or affirm
in the presence of Almighty God, that I :
will henceforth faithfully support protect;
and defend the Constitution of the United !
States and the Union of the Sates there
under, and that I will iu like manuer j
abide by and faittfully support all laws ;
and proclamations which have been made
during the late rebellion with reference !
to the emancipation of slaves. So help i
me God.”
The following persons and no others \
are excluded from the benefits of this !
proclamation of the 29th day oi May li
-65, namely ;
First, The Chief or pretended Chief
Executive officers, including the Presi- ;
dent, tl® Vice President, and all heads
of Departments or the agents thereof in
foreign States and countries, at i all who
held or-pretended to hold in the service
of the said pretended Confederate Gov
ernment, a military rank or title above
the grade of Brigadier General, or Naval
rank or title above that of Captaiu, and
all who were or pretended to be Gov
ernors of States while maintaining, abet
tingor submitting and acquiescing in the
rebellion.
Second, All persons, who, in any way, !
treated otherwise than as lawful priso
ners of war persons who in any capacity !
were employed or engaged iu the inili- j
tary or naval service of the United
States
Third, All persons who at the time j
tfiey may sock--; ain tfie benefits of
tliis proclamation arc actually in civil,
military or naval confinement or custody j
or legally Held, to bad either before q
after conviction ; and all p Maoris win
were engaged directly or indirectly it
the ahsassinati/ui of the laic Pres-'uhmt .j t
tlie Unie-a Stales, drip any plot or con
spiracy in any manner therewith conuec
ted. « .
In testimony I'Yhave' signed
these my hand, and have
caused the seal of the United States to
be thcrcuntifSfflixed* Done at the city
of Washington, the seventh day oi
September, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-seven,
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President :
Ww. 11. Seward, Secretary of State.
What Gen. Pole Contemplates.—Un
der the head, “Important,” tlie Montgom
ery Advertiser copies the following ex
tractor a letter written from Atlanta on
the 2d instant, hy “a gentleman of posi
tion” ; “Iu order to ensure a full vote on
tfie adoption of tlie Constitution, Gen.
Pope favors the election of State officers
at tfie same time. He also holds that
any person eligible to registration is
eligible to a seat iu the Convention, and
will make no order on the subject.”
One of the last acts of the “Five
Points’” favorite child (Gen. Sickles)
was to appoint Beverdy Naeb, a promi
nent uegro of Columbia, S. C., to be a po
lice magistrate. Nash is (or was, a few
months ago) a Conservative, and hy a
speech brought down upon him great in
dignatiun aud threats from the radicals of
his own race.
The Atlanta New Era estimates the
number ot persons registered in the
State of Georgia, at 183,000. What pro
portion of this number are wh tes, we
are unable to say, but our authority says
we have 18,000 majority over the ne
groes.
8*5.,. Tlio “Southern Cultivator,” for
September, that sterling agricultural
pap r, published in Athens, has been re
ceived and continues to maintain its
high position.
Gen. Oanby assumed command of Dis
trict Three on the sth inHl. He was re
ceived with a salute of thirteen guns.
Sickles took s’eamer for the North on
Saturday last, \
Gen. .-’heridaa [ on the
sth Rif-; -a {Leavenworth. The command
of his District was temporarily turned
over to General Griffin, as base a man
as himself.
The Radicals have carried Vermont hy
18 thousand majority. Nothing else was
expected from that quarter.
Registration in Virginia lias been
completed, and the following is the re
sult: Whites, 115,157 : Colored, 101,-
490—white majority, 13,667.
Sensilile Advice.
Among the speakers at the Conserva
tive meeting held at Columbns, a few
days ago, was Benjamin Holmes icolor*
ed) of Nashville, Term, llis speech is
published in tlie Son, and contains much
Bound and sensiblq advice, which no
doubt will exercise a good influence up
on the freedmen in that section. We
commend the following clause to the
colored pc p!c in this neighborhood :
When you go to vote, you must keep
self interest in view, for surely you would
not vote against your own interest.—
Well you are living in tlie South among
Southern men, and as long as you sup
port them, it will be to tlieir interest to
support you, and they will do it. You
have been told hy a certain emissary,
that if you vote the Radical ticket, they
will give you forty acres of land and a
mule. My friends don’t be deluded.—
Don't you knrtw where you will have to
go to get your forty acres ? Weil, I wifi
tell you. Tfiey are trying to drive you
i from tfie country. When you apply for
| your forty acres (if you would ever be
j so silly as to make such an application),
they will send you to Missouri, Texas or
Liberia, aud your mule will turn to a
jackass, and you will be the identical
animal.
The total debt oi Georgia, says the
National Intelligencer, including taxes,
's $6,256,623; the property assets sll,-
018,600, and the rate of State taxation
one-fifteenth of one per cent.
The Nashville Gazette says: Wait till
Georgia gets “reconstructed,” like Ten
nessee, ami the rate of taxation will be
nearer fifteen per cent than one-fifteenth
of oue per cmt.
LAW t AH I).
CAREY W. STYLES
INFORMS his friends that h»* has resumed the !
Practice of the Law in all its branches, in- ;
eluding proceedings in Bankruptcy, ami will give ;
prompt and energetic attention to all business j
entrusted to his care.
Office at Quitman.
seeking his services, and not find
ing him in town, can be pat in communication
with him by calling on J. K. Edmoudson. at Jiis •
j store. * sepUMjl |
Notice to Planters.
Messrs, smith & walker
have made urangemeuts to furnish' their j
friends with
Bagging , Rope , <£*c.,
ou most liberal terms : and to such as ship their ;
Crop through them to Savannah or Baltimore, j
they offer most excellent advantages. The Gua
no market of America is Baltimore, and such per- j
sons as desire to make purchase of Fertilizers, by i
shipping through them can have every ad van t- j
age of sale or purchase.
REASONABLE ADVANCES
Will be made, when the season opens, on ship- j
ments to our friends iu New York. Savannah, or '
Baltimore.
CORRESPONDENTSt
j F. W. SIMS &. CO. Savannah. 1
! S. G. MILES & GO Baltimore. 1
J. J.MIDDLETON Baltimore, j
:D. 11. BALDWIN .New York.
September 13, ISO 7. 32-ts
Bagging, Hope, etc.
1 Hale Gunny Bagging;
J ” Coils Rffpo;
•J Bales Brown Domestic ;
Now Flour. Bacon. Maryland Corn, etc., etc.
Just received and for sale low.
32-ts SMITH A WALKER.
10,000 lbs. Wanted !
THE HIGHEST Market Price paid for IIIDIS. '
32-U 3MITU A WALKE.i.
W HOLES All ■
D R U <?
HOUSE.
THE subscribers have converted their Branch
Establishment, heretofore carried on under
the tame of E. W. MARSH & CO., into an
EXCLUSIVE
WHOLESALE
«Si «» «_J 9S« JE2 *
FOR THE SALE OF **
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
PERFUMERY,
Soaps,
PAINTS,
on s,
PUTTY, GLASS, BRUSHES,
And all articles usually found in a
WELL Sira n ESTEim.j
The interest of Mr. E. W. MARSH in the new.
House will continue aa in ihe old firm and he
will he pleased to have a call from bis friends ~
pSBr THE RETAIL DEPARTMENT will be
carried on as heretofore, at our OLD STAND.
A. A. SOLOMONS & CO.
sept 13 3m
BRU\. HiKTIIIIIU;& 10.,
H|j i ,
■'■Si #ti«iri#|
A N D
■b ■& «> a*, tec■«. ms 9
SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
/CONSIGNMENTS (>f Cotton and other Produce
solicited : which wt* will -oil in Savannah,
Now i ork or Liverpool, as desired, making lib
eral advances.
Special attention given so Purchasing
Planters’ Supplies.
Bacon for sale on consignment.-Ex
SeirZANB FOB SALE “HA
Sept. 13. 18(17. fan
MARSHALL HOUSE,
JIROI GUTON STREET,
| SAVANNAH, GEO RGIA.
rjIHLS first class Hotel has been remodeled
JL and newly refurnished and put in perfect
order throughout. The traveling public may
rest assured thev will find comfortable accommo
dations at this House.
A. B. LUCE, Proprietor.
February 22, 18(!7. Iy
Ac Tully,
PLATS AXl> ORNAMENTAL
PLASTERERS,
BitYAS STREET, BATHHB,
Kalaomining and Repairing Neatly executed.
Lime, Lath, Plaster, Hair, Cement and BuLding
aepl3-ly Material fbr sale.
JOS. CL AG HORN. JVO. cr GUAM
CLAGHORN & CUNNINGHAM,
WHOLES AEE and retail
Grocers and Miip i handlers,
Cor. Bay and Drayton sts., Savannah, Ga.
Keep constantly on hand a complete assortment
lof r.imilv, Plantation and Ship Supplies; also a
choice selection of Liquors, Wines and Seg irs.—
Orders promptly attended to, and quality guar
anteed. sept 13 t>in
CARHART & BROTHER,
Late of Georgia.
Importers £ ddlbolcsalc Dealers in
.Staple and Fancy
020525213339
17 Barclay St. and 22 Park Place,
JWir- lfork. .jSSIk
• September 13, 1867. tin
Western Hotel,
Nos. 9, 11, 13 & 15 Cortlandt St.,
iH. 71. WfNCIIKSTKIt. 1 v , v von K
Thus. E. Winchester. ( * <>ltK
We are in the Center of Bnsinc'-*. and
HEADQUARTERS FOR GEORGIANS.
septlS 33-ly
WEESENFELD & CO.,
WHOLESALE
Clothiers,
2 4‘2 Baltimore St. 1
i BALTIMORE MARYLAND.
| sept 13 3m*
uxats h. LAMKR. JOHN W HCIJIY.
2.867. FAZ.X. TRADE. 2867.
Lucius L. Lanier & Cos.
Importers and Jobbers of
mils «MMMDB*
No. 244 Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE ♦.... MARYLAND.
t attention paid to orders. Stock
complete. Great inducements offered to Cash
buyers. septl3-tm
LAND FOR SALE,
nit •Suclißll.
THE undersigned win offer for sale, to the
highest bidder, on the
Ist Monday in Xovember
next, the following Lands, to wit: ail of Lot
halt of ljut 174; lmif of Lot 172; and fr.e tional
Lo' 19li. Faeh Lot will lie sold seoara’i ly.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
IVbi A. iriOMAS.
September 13,1567. i^-st
WOLFE S SCHI IMS SCHNAPPS
are used all over the world hy the physicians in
their practice.