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6 must our Church be still, I do sa unknown, but raiskuowu by so many souls ? Would to God that she were only unknown. Anew Apostle would go and invoke, on these shores, the God whom St. Paul invoked beiorc the Arco" pagus, ignoto Deo, the Church which they love in its idea, without knowing it in its reality, and free from prejudices, serious America would welcome him better than giddy Athens.’ ’ In the third part the eloquent preacher points out in what the convert’s apostolate consists. L. T BLO M R CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. AUGUSTA, Ga., OCTOBER 24,1868 AH Communications, intended for publication must be directed to the Editor, Rev. A. J. Ryan ; and all Business Communications to tho Publishers, L. T Blome k Cos., Augusta, Ga. jgcgr A few Advertisements will be received, and in serted on liberal terms. 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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. SaudersviUe, Ga.—E. A. SULLIVAN, P. M. Millwood, Mo.—Dk. JOSEPH A. MUDD. Corpus Christi, Texas.—RlCK'D POWER. Mobile, Ala.—B. McGOVERN. Wilmington, N. C.—JAS. MADDEN. Boirdstowu, Ga.—O. A. McLAUGHLIN, PM. Tho paper can also be obtained from news and periodical dealers everywhere. jftir Specimen copies will be sent to any address, on application. PERIODICALS, Deßow’s Review. —The October num ber of this old and substantial monthly has reached us. Its high reputation is fully sustained. The following is the Table of Contents : I. Exodus. 11. Constitutional Government 111. Albert Hastings. IV. British Rule in India. V. Darien Canal. VI. The Price of Life. VII. The Gothic, African, and Chinese Races. VIII. The Russians in Central America. IX. Former Indigo Culture in Louisiana. X. Henry Brougham, and Sir Robert Napier. XI. The Action of the Tariff upon California. XII. Department of Commerce. The Principal offices of this publica tion are 112 Peydras St., New Orleans, La., and 73 Broadway, New York. Price $6,00 per annum in advance ; Sin gle Copies 50 cents. The Dixie Farmer. —This is one of the ablest Agricultural journals in the South. It can be had with the Banner of the South for $5,00 per annum. Two good papei’3 at a small cost. The Western Catholic, —This is the title of anew Catholic candidate for pub lic favor. It is published every Satur day at Detroit, Mich., by David Barry & Cos., and bears an impress of ability and industry that bespeak for it abundant success, which we certainly wish for it Price of subscription, $2,00 per an num, in advance. The Statesman.— The Leader, pub lished at Baltimore, has given place to the Statesman, tho initial number of which has reached us. It is Democratic in politics, and is an able and earnest ad vocate o r the cause of truth and justice. Our best wishes attend it. The Trade Journal. —The Philadel phia IVestern and Southern Trade Journal is published weekly, by W. C. Harris & Cos., Philadelphia, Pa., at $3 per annum. It is a large sheet, and contains a great deal of interesting commercial in formation, besides the cards of several of the leading business houses of Philadel phia. The Guardian Angel. —This excel lent Catholic Sunday School paper can be had of our Agent in Savannah, Ga., Mr. E. M. Connor. Catholic Sunday Schools should liberally sustain it. The Little Corporal. —This is a very neat little juvenile paper, published by Alfred L. Sewell, Chicago, 111., at $1 per annum, and edited by Alfred L. Sewell, and Emily Huntington Miller. Splendid premiums are offered to Clubs, and parties subscribing with the Janu ary number will get the November and December numbers free, if the money is sent before the end of November. Its motto is : “Fighting against wrong, and for the good, the true, and the beautiful;” and the Press notice it very favorably. ► Aitroval. —It is always gratifying to have the approval of the intelligent and the good. It is for this that our paper strives, and when we receive such a com munication as the following, we think it a BJLBBIB OF fHI pardonable pride which induces its pub lication : Augusta, October 12, 1868. Demr Sir :—While I have been pleased with the spirit of all your editorials, I was especially gratified at the bold tone of your recent remarks to certain fault-finders. I was not brought up in the bosom of the Catholic Church; but rather, educated in violent prejudice against everything that partook of Popery; still, I hope lam liberal-minded enough to concede to Rome what all Protestants contend for and exer cise—the right to defend her own Religion. Many of my prejudices, by investigation, I have found to be unfounded, and would be glad to find all so, as I may upon continued research. lam one subscriber who feels p”oud that we have in our midst a paper which is so far indifferent to public patronage as to express its honest convic tions, both in Religion and Politics, with out fear or favor. U. A. P. [communicated.] * HISTORICAL CORRECTION. Deer Lodge, M. TANARUS., Sept. 28, IS6B. Editors of Banner of the South: I see so many false statements in regard to the battles of war, that, ordina rily, I deem it useless to try to contradict or correct them. But, when I read such false statements , either in your paper or “ The Land we Love," l think they ought to be corrected; for, so far as I know, when the public read anything in either publica tion, it is taken for granted it is true. In your issue of May 23d, entitled, “Reminis cences of the Battle of Spottsyl vania, May 12th, 1804. Jlarris’ Brigade of Mississip pians. and Mahone’s Virginians get the credit of retaking the works, and holding them. Now, the truth is, General Ram seur’s North Carolina Brigade retook the works, and held its position until night,. Neither was this Brigade led by Gen. Lee, but by Ramseur himself. Neither were North Carolina troops ever led iubattloby Gen. Lee. They never needed any such stimulus or persuasion. They did their duty, and their whole duty, on every battle Held wherever they received the necessary orders. For the truth of the above statement, I refer you to Gen. R.E. Lee. Respectfully, R. C. D. LETTERS FROIvf mjR OWN CORRES PONDENT. NUMBER THREE. Dear Banner: You have doubtless heard that “the best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, aft gang a-gley.” It sometimes hap pens so with women’s plans, also. I ex pected to see you long before this time, and yet, here I am, writing from the same place where I wrote my first letter. Circumstances compelled me to defer my trip, and, instead of being in the whirl and excitemeut of crowded cities, I am here in my lonely country place, and I can lift my eyes from my paper, and, looking out the window, let them rest on the grave of the stranger, whose sad fate made me feel so mournful when I wrote my first letter. The sun is shinmg brightly, and the air steals sweetly over the flowers, bear ing with it the song of birds. All is sweet peace, calm and quiet; all but mankind ; for even as I sit here so quiet ly, my heart is possessed witli a feverish unrest, that makes my quiet employ ment irksome. I have been very much amused by questions asked me, concern ing the letter written from the A. & G. R. R., by persons who had no idea they were speaking to the writer of it. Per sons about here are anxious to know who wrote it ; but, as no man or woman “is a prophet in their own countrydo you keep my seeret. I have missed a rare treat by leaving Savannah, just at this time. To-night eliere is to be a Concert given at the Theatre, for the benefit of the “Metro politan Fire Engine.” Miss Golden, and others, have volunteered their services. Os the others, I cannot speak, but I have heard Miss Golden, and trulycanlsay that none can listen to the “silvery notes dropping from the lips of the fair maid en,” without a thrill of pleasure. I sin cerely hope that the Concert may be a grand success. You beard' only a short time ago, of the death of the editor of tho Republican, Mr. Hays. Only a short time ago, and yet the paper is already sold, and another has taken his place. To the great de light of the people of Savannah that other is Mr. J. R. Sneed, the “spunky” editor of the Republican during the war. Have you ever seen him, Mr. Banner ? If you have, you can well believe I would scarcely dare to look into his bold blue eyes and apply such a slang word as “spunky” to him. But, it is said; every body knows what it means; he isn’t here to see me; and I wont take it back. Who does not remember how urgently, time and again, he appealed to the ladies of the South for help, not for himself, but for the poor suffering soldiers? Who does not remember that he was ever the first to do what he wished others to do, also, for them? I hope his paper will succeed as it deserves ; I can make no better wish. Tho “Grecien Bend” does not seem to be thriving in Savannah. A friend of mine has just arrived from New York. I almost expected to see her symmetrical figure deformed by the “Bend,” as she likes fashion, and I told her so ; but she indignantly declared that she would not “disgrace herself in such a manner.” I believe the only eases in Savannah have been among the colored population. Speaking of faghion—can you tell me what “real Jimmy” means ? I heard one lady tell another, last week, that she looked “real Jimmy;” I had never hoard the words used before, and looked in vain at the dress of the lady, to see the “Jim my.” I was under the impression, at first, that it was something new, but as the aforesaid lady was simply dressed in a black walking snir that fitted admira bly, I came to the conclusion that our old fashioned words of neat or trim, would, in fashionable parlance, be rendered “Jimmy.” Hoping that none of your family may get the “Bend” but always look “Jimmy,” I am, as ever, Yours truly, Ruth F. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH. The Defeat of the Democracy — The Election of Grant—The Radicals not in a Major ity—How it has Outraged Nearly all Classes of People—All these Elements Should Combine Against it—Democratic Gains in Congress—Some Account of the Editorial Organixation of the Large New York Dailies—Also of the Mechani cal Department. New York, Oct. 20, 1868. Banner of the South : • The defeat of the Democracy, in the late State elections, is a lamentable event —lamentable, at least,£in its immediate effects, though there is a sweet fruit to the bitter root. For eight years the Radicals) who have just triumphed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, have held the reins of power. In that time they have shed oceans of blood, and piled up mountains of debt. In the election of Grant, they arc preparing still farther for theft and violence; and the question is forcing itself upon the sober second thought of the country, whence do they derive the power to hold such ruinous sway? are they duly commissioned to such atrocities by the American people ? And the answer is evident, that they are not. The Radical party, to-day, docs not number, in its adherents, a majority of the lawful voters of the United States. More than this, even conceding them, for the sake of argument, the Negro vote, they are still in a minority. Lincoln only beat McClellan, in 1864, by some 400,- 000. Add to the McClellan vote, the Southern Democratic vote, and Grant could not possibly be elected, by over half a million votes. When it comes to counting noses, the Radicals are not now, and never have been, a majority of the lawful voters. This is something that may not have struck the reader’s atten tion, but, it is indubitably so. These accursed scoundrels, whose robes are red with the blood of brave men murdered ; whose hands are glistening with stolen gold; these thieves and cut-throats, who have, for these eight years, been the curse of this whole country, are not now, and never have been, a majority of the lawful suffragans in it. Their power is built upon technicalities, and the techni calities must be swept away by an elec toral system which will make every vote tell. With such a system, gerrymander ing, disfranchisement, and test oaths will go glimmering to the shades of night. And when they do go, we shall see whether poor little Benjamin will not get out of the pit and hold up his head in the family, even as the Cedar of Lebanon towers above the brush. Beyond the enunciation of this idea, that we must have an electoral system whereb}- every vote shall tell, let me mention another subject it may be as well for Southern statesmen to consider Vinegar, and not oil, is the menstruum of the Radical par ty. It is, emphatically, the party of pro scription. Its life and soul are bound up in the one word, intolerance. It has trodden, in turn, upon the corns of al most every great class of the voting population, save the straight-out, money grabbing Puritan, and the idea is to recall the memories of these wrongs to those who have suffered by them, and, in their vengeful recollection, to combine these elements in one great party, whose end and aim it shall be to hew down the com mon enemy and persecutor of all. Radi calism has outraged the German element by sumptuary laws, which cut off the countrymen of Schiller and Goethe from their innocent Sunday recreations; for wherever it has power, it forbids them, by law, to have even so much as a mug of bier, or glass of cool Rhine wine, “on the Sabbath day.” It has outraged the warm-hearted Irish, by representing them as not as good as the Nigger, and belittles them in every way. Only two days since I saw a political placard upon a street fence, which represented a gorilla climb, ihg a limb on one side, and on the other a most insulting caricature of an Irish man who was pictured as bearing a close resemblance in form and feature to the ape ! Radicalism insults and assails the Catholic religion on all occasions, and pronounces the Faith professed by two out of every three men, women, and chil dren, in Christendom, a species of Pagan ism. It, likewise, “insults every Metho dist in the South by the persistent efforts of some of its leaders to appropriate to their own uses the Church buildings in the South, built with the money of South ern Methodists, and worshipped in by them year after year. It insults Morality itself, for, wherever it extends its poison ous sway, marriage loses its sanctity, di vorce becomes common, and the awful crime of murdering unborn infants is of freqMent occurrence. Wherever you find a free lover, a communist, aFourier ite, an infidel, any practitioner, in one word, of any of the wild brood of isms, there you find a Radical. More than this, it is useless to tell how Radicalism is sucking* the life-blood of industry, how it is taxing the country more than the country produces, how it is monopolizing the public lands to which the poor man could once fly as a refuge, and how it tortures the South, is too fearfully familiar to repeat. Now, let us combine all these elements of antagonism ; let us make a great party out of the wronged and in sulted; let us have an electoral system where each vote in this party will tell, and we will teach these fellows that, though vengeance be long delayed, it always comes at last. This plan can be carried out. It is not a mere theory, but a prac tical purpose. The germs are already in agitation here, and I may say to you, that, just so soon as the election is over, some heavy batteries wid open in its sup port. As to the late elections, I may say that the Democrats have made a gain of four fifths in Congressmen. From the States voting, there were ten Democrats in the last Congress; in the next there will be eighteen. The present two-thirds Radi cal vote cannot be maintained, and, with out this, there will be no more turning out of Democratic members and putting in of Radicals. To turn from politics, it may be of interest to give some account of the editorial organization of the large daily papers in this city. First, is the editor in-chief, who dictates the policy of the paper; next, the “managing editor,” as he is called, who directs how articles are to be written, what news is to appear, and how it is to appear, and has general supervision of the paper, subject to the editor-in-chief; then, comes the “leader writer,” who prepares the first and most important editorial; then, come the political editors, one taking the politics of the State of New York as his speciality, another those of the North generally, and, another, of tlie South—though, there is no restriction should either choose to write out of his speciality, Then, there is a financial editor, who is deep in the secrets of the money market, keeps an eye on gold, and prepares the bond and stock quotations, and the general mone tary intelligence which appears. The “personal” editor writes of what is doing in the world by distinguished, or notori ous, people. The “foreign editor” se lects interesting intelligence from the foreign papers, and sees to the telegrams which come by the cable. The “nevs editors” read the “exchanges,” or paper.- which are published throughout the coun try, and are sent to other papers, receiv ing them in exchange—whence the name. Whatever is interesting—speeches, no tices of political meetings, nomination horrid murders, love scrapes, Ac., Ac.— are culled from these exchanges, anti made ready for republieation. Then, comes the “local editor,” a most import ant functionary. •Under him, and subjec* to his direction, are a host of reporter who attend the law courts, who make notes of real estate sales, who go to horse-races, and prize-fights, and prayer meetings, and, in a word, all sorts of public scenes and places. The “dramatic critic” attends all places of amusement, operas, theatres, the circus, and soon an 1 so on, and gives his views upon them The “man who does the markets” is, also, a personage. Dry goods, provisions course of trade, and such matters, come under his cognizance. The “cattle mar kets” have, also, their, special writer, and so with agriculture. Then, there is the editor who prepares the weekly and semi-weekly editions that all tho great papers have. And, then, besides thi host, or# a number of outsiders, who. on special occasions, furnish assistance, or, occasionally, write editorials; as, it may be here mentioned, all the regular editors also do, on any striking topie m