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6 L. T . B LOM *R & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. AUGUSTA, GA., AUGUST 22, 1868. TERMS : One copy, one year, invariably in advance,....s3 00 “ “ six months “ M 150 Single Copies lOcts To Clubs.— To any person sending us a Club of 15, one copy, one year, Mill be To Clubs of 20, or more The Banner Mill be furnished at the rate of $2 50 per annum, In all cases the names must be furnished at the same time, and the cash must accompany each order. Dealers Mill be supplied on liberal terms. .- » All Communications, intended for publication must be directed to the Editor, Rev. A. J. Ryan ; and all Business Communications to the Publishers, L. T Blome & Cos., Augusta, Ga. j&3r* A few Advertisements will be received, and in serted on liberal terms. To the Ladles of the South. We want the Ladies of the South to aid us in ex tending the circulation of The Banner op the South; and, in order to give them some encourage ment to do so, m’c offer the following premiums: 1. To the Lady sending us the largest list of subscribers (at $3 per an num,) by the Ist of October next—• a SeMing Machine, worth SOO,OO 2. To the Lady sending us the second largest list of subscribers (at $3 per annum,)by the same date—a Music Box, worth $25.00 3. To the Lady sending us the third largest list of subscribers (at $3 per annum,) by the sameddat a Work Box, worth SIO.OO 4. To the Lady sending us the fourth largest list of subscribers (at $3 per anmun, )by the same date—a Photo graphic Album, worth $5.00 And a copy, one year, (free), to the getter up of the lists cash to accompany all subscriptions. TO THE CHILDREN. 1. To the Boy or Girl sending us the largest list of Cash Subscribers, by the Ist of October next, (at $3 per annum,) M r e Mill a choice lot of Ju venile Books valued at $lO, with one copy, cue year, of Young Catholics’ Friend, or Burke’s W’eekly, as they may prefer. 2. To the Boy or Girl sending us the next largest list, by the same date, a set of Juvenile Books worth $5, or a Gold Pen of the same value, as they may prefer. 3. To the Boy or Girl sending us the third largest list by that date, One Years subscription to The Banner of The South free. Iu any case where the money is prefered, it Mill be given, equivalent to the value of the premium offerod. L. T. Blome & Cos., Proprietors & Publishers. Scm Dealers, The Banner of the South can be obtained of the following News Dealers : P. QUIN, Augusta, Ga. C. C. NOETHPOP, Jr. & CO., Columbus* Ga, E. M. CONNOR, Savannah, Ga. W. C. ESTELL, Savannah, Ga. PHILLIPS k CREW, Atlanta, Ga. M. LYNCH, Atlanta, Ga. HAVENS k BROWN, Macon, Ga. A. OMBERG, Jr., Rome, Ga. P. QUINN, Charleston, S. C. W. DeLACEY, Charleston, S. C. B. DOSCHEIt, Charleston, S. C. E. C. HAGOOD, Selma, Ala. H. C. CLARKE, Vicksburg, Miss. KENNEDY <fc COCKERELL, Natchca, Miss. HENRY GWINNER, Canton, Miss. C. C. HALEY, New Orleans, La. W. C. COLLIER, Nashville, Tenn. GEO. HORTON, Nashville, Tenn. A. SEITLEFF, Nashville, Tenn. It. 11. SINGLETON, Nashville, Tenn. PAUL, TAVEL k IIANNER, Nashville, Tenn. PATTON k PAYNE, Chattanooga, Term. F. M. DOUGHERTY, Clarke-sville, Tenn. W. SCOTT GLORE, Louisville, Ky. BAZIL T. ELDER, St Louis, Mo. J. J. WILLIAMSON, Washington, IX C. M. J. FOGARTY, Norfolk, Va. These gentlemen keep also on hand all the latest publications and periodicals of the day, and will promptly supply orders addressed to them. Agents fur The Banner of the South : General Traveling Agents.— Lieut W. A. WRIGHT, W. B. FITZGERALD, A. WINTER, and JNO. A. COL VIN. Memphis, Tenn.—JOS. LOCHE. St. Martinsville, T. HEARD. Charleston, S. C, —EDW. LEE, and Oapt JAMES ARMSTRONG. Savannah, Ga.—E. M. CONNER. Macon, Ga.—C. J. CAREY. Atlanta, Ga.—T. C. MURPHY and W. J. MANN. West Point, Ga.—P. GIBBONS. Greensboro’, Ala.—A. H. WILLIAMS, Beacon office. Cntkbert, Ga.—G. F. BUCHANAN. Manning, S. C.—ARTHUR HARVIN. Columbus, Ga.— JAS. RYAN. Nashville.—W. C. COLLIER, A. SETLIFF. Knoxville, Tenn.—JAS. MALOY. Louisville, Ky.—W. SCOTT GLORE. Pine Bluff, Ark.—JOHN P. MURPHY. General Agent for Florida.—J. EVANS FROST, Jack sonville, “Mercury” office. Clarkesville, Tenn.—J. W. FAXON. Montgomery, Ala.—W. J. RYAN. Jacksonville, Fla.—C. C. BISBEE. Huntsville, AIa—DAN’L O’C. MURPHY. Columbia, S. C.—PAT’K FAHAY. Petersburg, Va.—ROBT. KENNY. Richmond, Va.—JOHN H. WALSH. Washington, D.^C. —J. J. WILLIAMSON. Maysville, Ky.—Dr. E. W. RUTH. Baltimore, Md.—Lieut. A. McK. PITTMAN. Sandersville, Ga.— SULLIVAN, P. M. Millwood, Mo.—Db. JOSEPH A. MUDD. Corpus Christi, Texas.—RlCH’D POWER. Mobile, Ala.—B. McGOVERN. Wilmington, N. C.—D. DRISCOLL. Bairdstown, Ga.—O. A. McIAUGHLIN, P M. 4Qgr" The paper can also be obtained from news and periodical doalers everywhere. gff Specimen copies M'ill be sent to any address, on application. Joel T. Scott. —Mr. Joel T. Scott, of Columbus, Ga., is requested to report to this office without delay. Our Correspondence. —We point with no little pride and pleasure to our New York and New Orleans Correspondence. These letters are written by gentlemen of varied talents and eminent learning, and are not only valuable for what they contain, hut are excellent models of good writing and profound scholarship. * -«►' New Organ.— We are pleased to learn that the new Organ lor St. Patrick’s Church, in this city, has been completed, and was to he shipped from New York this week. We hope in our next to ho able to announce its arrival. Chas. D. Elder, Esq.—This gentle man’s place of business is at No. 21, Commercial Place, New Orleans, La. He is the Louisiana Agent for the Ban ner of the South, and is authorized to transact any business for us in that State. His advertisement will he lound in ano ther column. Democratic Enthusiasm. —From all quarters of the Union comes the intelli gence of the popular enthusiasm for the Democratic nominees. Everything is hopeful ; but action, action, action, is ne cessary to success, and should, he the watchword and rallying cry of the De mocracy everywhere. Base Ball Match Game. —The Ex celsior Base Ball Club, of this city, and the Oglethorpe Base Ball Club, ot Savannah, will play a match game on the Parade Ground, here, to-day, Saturday. The public, generally, and the ladies, particularly, are invited to attend, and seats will he provided for the accommo dation of spectators. Situation as Teacher Wanted. —Wc invite special attention to the card of Miss V. W., of Virginia, in this week’s Banner. We earnestly urge her claims as a competent Southern Lady, and hope that some good Southern Seminary, or Southern family, requiring the services of a Teacher, will avail themselves of Miss W.’s offer. The Spottsylvan-ja Memorial Asso ciation. — We publish with pleasure the Circular of the Ladies of the Spotsylva nia Memorial Association. The subject is one which appeals to every true South ern heart, and lor this Circular we can didly and earnestly ask a perusal on the part of our readers. BiSHor Persico. —This distinguished Divine was in our city on last Sunday, and preached a very eloquent sermon at the High Mass. In the morning, pre vious to the High Mass, he visited the Sunday School, and deliviff’ed a short but eloquent address to the scholars, urging upon them the necessity of perseverance in their studies; also telling then* that the study of the Catechism would be of little avail unless they put its teachings into practice, and unto the end. The Bishop then gave his blessing to all present. _ Misrepresentation. The Radical presses arc attempting to weaken the in fluence of the Southern leaders and in jure the cause of Democracy, by declaring that the late Confederate leaders are advo cating revolution and war. The charge is false. These leaders—Hampton, For est, Cobb, Toombs, Butler, and others, are urging, with all the energy and elo quence which they possess, the cause of the Democratic party, as the cause of Pence and Constitutional Liberty. They counsel no war—no revolution; but urge the people to work energetically and un ceasingly in behalf'of the great cause which they represent. And as the people of the South followed them cheerfully and promptly* in war, so will they follow them willingly and proudly in peace. MIIll ©I Til UP 1 !, Dr. Couturier.— Our accomplished townsman, Dr. Couturier, will give an Entertainment, at Masonic Hall, on Tuesday evening next, August 25th, consisting of Readings from Shakspeare’s Romeo and Juliet , and King Henry VIII; with Musical Selections, by the Augusta Amateur Baud, Augusta Quar tette Club, and other Amateurs. The programme will, doubtless, be a very at tractive one, and will, we hope, secure for the Doctor a crowded house. Quinn. — Our enterprising friend Quinn, across the way, on Broad street, has re ceived Peterson’s, Godey’s, and Demor est’s Magazines for September ; Harper’s Bazar, Leslie’s Chimney Corner, and Bonner’s New York Ledger for the cur rent week. He has all the latest periodi” cals and illustrated papers. The Literary Pastime. —We have re ceived the first and second numbers of the Literary Pastime, anew journal, recent ly commenced in the city of Richmond, Va., by Mr. A. F. Crutchfield, at $3.00 per annum. It is a well filled and inter esting sheet, and we welcome it to the field of Southern Literature, with our best wishes for its success and prosperity. The Southern Argus and Crisis.— We are in receipt of the early numbers of this new journal, lately established at Crystal Springs, Miss., by Meal’s. E. E. and Jno. W. Overall. It is devoted to the interests of the Southern Cause and to the Democratic Party ; is published semi-weekly at $4.00 per annum; and contains a great deal of inferesting read ing matter. The Charleston Gazette — One of the ablest and most interesting of our Catholic exchanges is the Charleston Ga zette. It is an earnest and zealous co worker in the Lord’s vineyard ; and withal an attractive family journal. It is pub lished by J. I). Budds, Esq., at $2.50 per annum, in advance. Immense success always attend you, friend Gazette. NEW ORLEANS (LaVcORRESPONDENCE OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH. Causes for Wonder—A Depleted City Treasury—Want of Worldly Judg ment —A Little Radical Drama — Radical Falsehood and Slander —Call for Authorship una?iswered —Another Public Call xinanswered —Yankee Periodicals—The Round Table—The Grand Meteor of the 9th inst—Puri tan Formula in the Louisiana Legis lature—Another Radical Trick — Democratic Enthusiasm- “ Cui BonoF “ Why such Ado ?” New Orleans, Aug. 14, 1808. Banner of the South: How we survive is a marvel, sur rounded as we are by causes, physical and moral, which make us incessantly gape with suspended breath, wondering, “ What next ?” The swarms of idle Negroes hanging around the police offices and the Legis lative hive, and the throngs of unoccu pied whites who fill the public streets all day long, and late into the night, make us question, “Where and how do they get daily bread ?” The crowd of pale and agonized-look ing city laborers, and timid, tearful Public School teachers, daily appealing at the City Treasury for their two and three months of hack pay—wherewith to satis fy their landlords’ and their bakers’ hills —and appealing always in vain, is enough to melt the very coldest human heart. Add to this the protracted heavy heat, keeping us all in a continued swelter, and depriving us of strength and appe tite; our daily anxieties, caused by the increasing outrages of the soi-disant Legis lature, Governor, Police Board, and Edu cation Commissioners; the open threats of “ knife, bullet, and torch,” uttered by the official newspapers of the Destruc tives ; and, if the world still continues to imagine that wc of the sugar-bowl State are enjoying the “ sweetest spot of earth, ’ then, I must say, the world has very little judgment. A detail of our citizens’ present suffer ings, were simply impossible; a sketch of them would fill volumes ; mere allusion to them would he too grevious for a letter —consequently, I have not dared more than the above slight hint at some of their effects. The newspapers last week presented quite a little drama, to divert lor a few days the public attention. The Republi can (Destructive organ,) announced in edi torial type, that a respectable Catholic Priest had twice declared his knowledge of a Democratic conspiracy to murder, on a certain day, within two weeks, all the “ trooly loil” in the city. Next day the Bee (honest old Conservative,) in dignantly denied the possibility of any Catholic Priest’s having made any such silly and infamous declaration; and said that it could only have come from some one who had formerly been a Priest, but who had subsequently been de graded from the Ministry and excom municated from his Church', in conse quence of gross crimes and immoralities. The next morning, up jumps (in the columns of all the papers,) an individual claiming as his personal, exclusive pro perty, the character so distinctly drawn by the Bee! He signs himself “ Rev. Maistre, Catholic Priest,” and denies that he ever uttered the remark. This is, by long odds, the most complacent piece of cap-fitting that ever came under my observation. The Destructive organ lias not yet named the “ respectable Priest,” although publicly summoned to do so by the Very Rev. Vicar General in the name of the Clergy of the Diocese. Another public call also remains un answered, viz : that of the people of the State upon Governor (so called) War mouth, to particularize the 150 “ troo loilists” whose murder, within a few weeks, lie officially annouuced to Presi dent Johnson lately. For several years, your correspondent has severely abstained from wasting any of his valuable time over the periodi ‘cals of Yandeedom, such a liolv horror had he of its pretentious egotism and self-sufficient Puritanism. Judge, then, of his delighted surprise on finding, in a late accidental copy of The Round Table, an editorial on “ Reconstruction,” and another on “ Harvard University,” whose sound, sensible, and reasonable views would have done credit to any Rebel, Copperhead, white man, or Catho lic, in the South. And, while on the stand, 1 may as well tell the whole truth, and confess that the editorial style and treatment of subjects in The Round Table, struck me as far superior to those of any other weekly I have seen ; and if the stray copy I saw be a fair speci men of the paper, I would gladly see such a healthy caterer liberally patronized. The grand meteor of last Sunday night, (9th inst.,) surpassed anything of the sort seen here in many years. It appeared about a quarter past nine o’clock, proceeding from the head of the Swan, in a northeast direction, about three or four degrees, and left a blazing line of white light, brightest in the mid dle, which lasted many seconds, perhaps a whole minute, before it totally vanished from sight. As I gazed in admiration, I wondered, was it typical of the glories of the “ best Government the world ever saw ?” As I prophesied lately, our Destruc tive legislators are applying to our State the good old Puritan formula : “ All good tilings belong to the Lord and His people. Tie are his people. Therefore, every belongs to us’” One of ’em has introduced a law that all Ferries, Roads, and Bridges, shall be free for all who at tend Public Schools ! The object is evi dent when you consider that none but Negroes will hereafter attend the Schools, which are to be thrown open to all, with out regard to color, scent, or descent. The good opinion and votes of the poor blacks are thus cheaply purchased by the party who pass such laws ; and, at the same time, a great facility is opened for attending the various “ Loyal League Lodges.” The Democratic enthusiasm and wide awakativeness, surpass all precedent, with their nightly speeches processions, illuminations, banner-presentations, Ac. If they attempt to keep it up at this rate to the end of the campaign, there will he many a broken constitution and bereaved family to attest the folly of such inces sant exposure to night air. And, after all cui bono ? Every honest voter iu the land is already decided to vote against Destruction, and no Destruc tive can he induced to vote for an honest party. Therefore, again I ask, “Why such ado ?” Southern Radical. Wiio Made all That?— lt is related that, when Napoleon Bonaparte was re turning to France from the expedition to Egypt, a group of officers, one evening, entered into a discussion concerning the existence of a God. They were on the deck of the vessel that bore them over the Mediterranean Sea. Thoroughly im bued with the infidel and atheistic spirit of the times, they were unanimous in the denial of His truth. It was at length proposed to ask the opinion of Napoleon on the subject, who was standing alone, wrapped in silent thought. On hearing the question, “Is there a God ?” he raised his hand, and pointing to the starry firm ament, simply responded, “ Gentlemen, who made all that ?” NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH. The Immense Importance of Few York as a Commercial Centre—The Gold Room —The Produce Exchange—, Interesting Description of it—Tiu> Elevated Street Railway—The Death i of Thaddeus Stevens—Hopes for the 1 Resuscitation of Constitutional Liber ty—A Hopeful Grant Man Concede* his Defeat — Grant's Military Career The Duty of the South, Her P and People—Legal and Illegal Gov ernments of the Sotth —The only safe I and feasible plan. New York, 15th August, 1868. The immense importance of this city I as a commercial centre can best be seen by a visit to the Produce Exchange and those parts that there adjacent lie. Pass ing the Gold Room, whence, at high noon, issue the commingling voices of several hundred men, all busy roaring forth “short,” “long,” “corner,” “quarteroff,” “option,” “ten days,” etc., etc., cabalistic terms whereof more in another letter, one emerges in a region, below Wall street and the Bay, given over to immense ware- houses filled with all the bulkier commer c:al products, as wool, tallow, hide?, grain, etc , etc. Threading this region, win re a >me fifty years since thore were only dwelling houses and small shops— for it is only in the last half century that New York has sprung to its huge pro portions—you come to a large building, covering an entire square, the Produce Exchange. Let us enter. At the door is a Janitor who refuses admittance to all save members of the Association owning the building, gentlemen of the Press, and such visitors as may he officially furnish ed with a pass. Once past the Cerberus, you are in a spacious hall, extending over all the ground floor and with a huge stairway extending from the centre of the room to the upper apartments. In the corners of the hall are telegraph offices, and, standing at the door of these offices, one can converse, at a moderate charge, with any person in the Produce Exchanges of Cincinnati, Chicago, or Milwaukie respectively. From these points 1,0 New York is constantly flashing the state of the markets there for every change during the four hours devoted to ’Change, and vice versa from here there goes out the least variation in the cur rent rates of the main staples. Other wheres in the hall are bulletins upon which the rate of gold is marked as it varies in Wall street, and from London there comes half hourly tidings of the price of Consols aud U. S. 5-20 bonds. Changes in tlie same securities in Frank fort and Paris are also put up on these bulletins as fast as they occur, and as the current rates of produce, also, are set forth in the same manner, it is easy to sec, at a glance, how the markets ot Chris tendom stand at any given moment in the business day. Besides these telegraphic bulletins, there are also reading desks where the latest copies of all the leading journals cf this country and Europe are exposed to public view. Apart from these uses, the lower floor of this Exchange is devoted t the sale of beef, pork, lard, tallow, and oil. These three latter articles are sold by specimen, the lard and tallow being exposed to view in the shape of little rolls, in boxes, upon long tables, through out the room, and the oils being kept in long, thin flasks. Meats are sold on de scription, and it is rare any deceit is practised in these sales, an article int proving to he as represented being an offence for which the party misrepresent ing is expelled from the Exchange, and not permitted thereafter to have any share in the benefit derivable from it. More than this, such party is rarely dealt with, even outside of the Association, aud this stringency forces a high degree ut commercial honesty, Ascending to the upper floor, one fin A it interspersed with long tables, on wiii •• are set forth little blue paper boxes con timing all the kinds of flour, wheat, oats, rye, barley, malt, corn, beans, and pea? in the market. In each box is inserted a card, containing the name of the mer chant owning the produce thus exhibited by specimens, and some brief description of the quality of the article. At the flour and meal stands are little pitchers ot water, so that the quality of the bread stuffs may be tested by wetting, and at these, as all the other tables, are the owners or their agents, to answer queries and make bargains. If you fanoy anything shown, and agree upon the price, you take so many hundred barrels, or bushek or so many thousands of pounds: a brb mutual memoraudum of terms is mace, and the nature of the transaction is ini mediately bulletined. In this way manv millions of dollars worth of business arc done in a single session of the Exchange, and at one the crowd thins out, and the doors arc closed. The building itself is exceedingly