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6 j&EMlilll >- O^T'** L. T KT,OMR & CO ~ PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. AUGUSTA, Ga., NOVEMBER 7, 1868 - ——r 4Qgr 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. 4®* A few Advertisements will be received, and in serted on liberal terms. TERMS : One copy, one year, invariably in advance,....s3 00 “ “ six months “ “ 150 Single Copies 10 cts To Clubs.— To any person sending us a Club of 15 one copy, one year, will be given. To Clubs of 20, or more The Banner will be furnished at the rate of $2 50 per annum, 4®“ In all cases tfie names must be furnished at the same time, and the cash must accompany each order. f£g- Dealers will be supplied on liberal terms. News Healers. The Banner op the South can be obtained of the following News Dealers : P. QUINN, Augusta, Ga. C. C. NORTIIPOP, Jr. & CO., Columbus, Ga, E. M. CONNOR, Savannah, Ga. W. C. ESTELL, Savannah, Ga. 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McLAUGHLIN, PM. 4®“ The paper can also be obtained from news and periodical dealers everywhere. Specimen copies will be sent to any address, on application. The Banner of the South. —This sprightly journal is one of the best weeklies upon our exchange list. Every uumber contains some new and gushing tribute to the fallen braves, who are num bered with our gallant dead. Father Byan has a happy faculty of teaching the manly hearts of a cruelly oppressed but noble people, and to every Southron who subscribes for his paper, we will guarantee remuneration in sentiment a lumured lold. "W e wish to see a large club from Franklin. Subscriptions 83.00 per annum, or $2.50 for a club of twenty or more. Address Rev. A. J. By an, Augusta, Ga. MORE ATTRACTION. We shall commence in the issue of The Banner, of the South, of Nov. 21st, the Second Part of THE EARLS OF SUTHERLAND, By Ruth Fairfax, A LADY OF GEORGIA. The accomplished Authoress displays her fine literary talent, by keeping up the exciting interest developed in the first part of this thrilling Story. We have still a few copies of the First Part on hand, and can supply orders to a limited extent. Send in your subscriptions at once. Now is the time to subscribe. THE ELECTION ON TUESDAY LAST- The contest has been fought, and lost— lost to the South, the Union, and the Constitution. The enemies of Civil and Religious Liberty have triumphed, and the Sun of Constitutional Freedom has set in blood and darkness. The States man and Patriot has given place to the Soldier and Tyrant; and the dark cloud of slavery and oppression, to-day, casts its baleful influence over a Nation, disgraced, shackled, and ruined. The People—that mighty power, of which Politicians prate so much—have proved themselves un worthy of the great boon of Freedom which their sires bequeathed them. They have torn down the banner of Liberty, and flung to the poisoned breeze the black flag of Tyranny and Oppres sion. But it is not the province of a brave people to despair, or to falter in the defence of Right and Truth. We are beaten now. But we must not give up the contest. We must renew our exer tions, and perhaps, some day, the light of Truth and Justice will break upon the benighted people of the North, and awaken them to a sense of their folly, their error, and their treachery. To the gallant Democracy who have stood by their principles, we of the South owe a debt of lasting gratitude. They have acted nobly. But, for the poltroons and traitors who allowed themselves to be deceived by Radical falsehoods and misrepresentations, and deserted their colors in the hour of greatest peed, we can have nothing but loathing and contempt; and the consoling assurance that they, too, will have to share in the suffering and shame which they have helped to fasten upon their country. As the smoke of battle clears away, we find the result as follows : FOR SEYMOUR AND BLAIR. New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Oregon—B. FOR GRANT AND COLFAX. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti cut, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, In diana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and West Virginia—2l. DOUBTFUL, OR NOT VOTING. Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, California, and Kansas—s. Thus it will be seen that the Radical victory is complete and overwhelming. But it was not achieved without treachery, corruption, and bloodshed. In Augusta, two lives were lost. Mr. Ruffin, the Sheriff of the County, and a Negro man, named Carroll Dent; the latter, in a riot—the former, in a miscon ceived idea of his official duty. In Savannah, a bloody riot also oc curred, in which some five or six lives were lost. t And so the man of blood goes into office, with the insignia of blood about him, and the responsibility of fraud, cor ruption, and riot, upon him. Let us pos sess our souls in patience, trusting that, in good time, the God of Justice will de liver us out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, even as he delivered our Fathers, in the dim, distant ages of the Past. The Earls of Sutherland —The back numbers, with the First Part of this beautiful and thrilling story, can still be suppled to a limited extent. Send in your subscriptions without delay. SPECIAL NOTICE. Persons sending money to this office are earnestly requested to, either obtain Post Office Money Orders, or Register their letters. In all such cases, the money can be sent at our risk. Other wise, we cannot hold ourselves responsi ble for any that may be lost. OUR BOOK TABLE. Synodus Diocesana Baltimorensis Septi raa; Quae antecedentium etiam com plectitur Constitutiones ; Die 111. Sep tembris, A. D. 1868, In Ecclesia Colle giali S. Mariae ad Semiuarium S. Sul pitii, Baltimore Habita ; Ab Ulustris sirao ac Reverendissitno Martino Joan ne Spalding, Archiepiscoßaltimorensi. (Insignia.) Excudebat Joannes Mur phy, Summi Pontiflcis, Atque Archie piscopi Baltimorensis Typographus. Baltirnorac. 1868. We acknowledge the receipt of a copy of this pamphlet publication of the pro ceedings of the Diocesan Synod of Balti more, held Sept. 7th. It is particularly valuable to the clergy, as containing in structions of importance to them in the discharge of their ministerial duties. The Messenger of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. —The following is the table of Contents of this valuable journal : I. The Hopes of the Church. 11. Simon Peter and Simon Magus. 111. The Angels Guardian. (Poetry.) IV. The General Council and the Sacred Heart. V. Josephine, or the Little Negress of the Pignerol. VI. Religious Chronicle. VII. General Intention. Terms: $2.00 per annum, in advance. Address Rev. B. Sestini, Georgetown, College, D. C. The Seminary Magazine. —This is the title of anew publication in Rich mond, Va, the first number of which we have received. It is a literary and edu cational monthly’’, well filled and nicely illustrated. Terms : $lJ>O per annum in advance. Published by M. W. Hazle wood, P. 0., Box 961, Richmond; Va. A Beautiful Drug Store.— One of the handsomest Drug Stores in the South is that of Messrs. Win. 11. Tutt & Land, in this City, And not only is it handsome in appearance, but it contains a large and valuable assortment of Drugs and Medicines, besides a stock of beauti ful fancy goods, toilet sets, perfumery, confections, etc. These gentlemen are experienced Druggists, and with such a capital .Jock as they always have on hand, and the low prices at which they sell, should have a very large share of public patronage. The Fine Arts. —We do not know of a more delightful place to while away an hour or two than in the Photographic Gallery of Messrs. Perkins Pelot, in this city. They have some of the hand somest pictures to be seen, and a large assortment of Photographic materials, albums, etc., etc. They take all kinds of pictures—photographs, ambrotypes, ivorytypes, stereoscopic views, etc.—in fact, all the latest kinds, and in the most approved style. If you wish to secure a good portrait of yourself, your family,, or your friends, go to Perkins and Pelot, and have it taken without delay. You will be sure to be pleased with it. Spring Hill College.— We invite particular attention to the advertisement of this old established and deservedly popular Southern Institution of learning, to be found in this week’s Banner. We have published two or three commu nications, giving the history and com mencement accounts of the College, to which we refer our readers for full par ticulars of its advantages. We will re peat here, however, that, in facilities for giving a thorough education, in healthi ness of locality, and all the advantages desired for a College, that of Spring Hill is unsurpassed. A Great Newspaper Enterprise As will be observed by reference to the prospectus, Hooves Rural New Yorker is to be nearly doubled in size, wise materially improved, The Rural is already the most popular national weekly of its class; but the proposed change mnst largely extend its circulation and influence. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH. “ Target Companies”—How They * l ßone” — Fetischism —Adjournment of Episcopal Convention—Strong minded Women—Going to Have a Jubilee—The Presidential Election — The Result not' Final—Fighting for Position Consent an impregnable Stronghold—"l will Remove far from You the Northern Army.” New York, Nov. 3d, 1868. Banner of the South : Politics are at fever heat, and "target companies” flourish accordingly. To explain this, let me say that a “target company” is an association of from forty to an hundred fellows, who rig themselves up in a sort of uniform, black pants, red flannel shirts, and glazed caps being a fa vorite attire,?stick guns on their shoul ders, hire a brass band and, under the valiant leadership of about one officer to every five men, march out of the city, to some suburban resort, w T here they drink whiskey, smoke cabbage-leaf ci gars, and bang away with old fashioned muskets at a target, for prizes, in the shape of the most elegant pewter gob lets, and massive sets of silver table ware, made out of tin. These gorgeous festivities taking place in the Fall, when elections are just about to come off, and the targeteers being mostly voters — some of them such accomplished suffra gans that they will vote for you all day —it is notsurpising that politicians anx ious to obtain office should supply the funds. This process is termed “boning,” and is carried to a great extent, this can didate being “boned” for the music, and that one for the hire of the guns, and the other for a prize, and so on. When every body has been bled as much as he will stand, forth go the bold targeteers, the brass band puffing and thumping, in the van, and a big buck Nigger carrying the target, which is generally decorated with ribbons and flowers by the company’s “gals,” bringing.up the rear. This last is a sacred point, tor, unless a “moke,” as a Negro is called by these New York ruffians, carries the target, the company would consider itself abominably ill used. Early in the morning, the main streets resound with the uproar of these gangs going out of the city ; and at the nightfall, back they come, the brass band still thumping, the “moke” still car rying the target., which about one ball in twenty hits, and the successful marksmen proudly bearing their tin jewelry on their noble breasts. Speaking of “mokes,” I must mention a very remarkable article which lately appeared in one of the City papers, which asserts, and gives many extracts from Southern journals to prove, that the lately emancipated slaves arc relapsing into the old African superstitions of Obi. One writer puts the case in almost a laughable way, by saying that the “trooly loil” preachers who swarmed in the South just after the war, proved to the Negro that the old time preacher was a tyrant; that the Ne gro then proved to himself that the “loil” parson was a cheat and a thief; and slave religion thus presenting itself to his clouded mind as a delusion, whether in slavery or out of it, he had no recourse but to fall back on the creed of his cannibal forefathers and begin to believe in Obi After a session of twenty days the Tri ennial Convention of the Episcopal Church yesterday adjourned. Beyond merely routine business, not much was done. Ritualism was dodged, the Tyng case went off on a side issue, though the vote showed the justness of his sentence would have been confirmed had it come to the scratch, the Prayer-book was not amended, nor the Nicenc Creed “recon structed,” as at first proposed. One re markable statement made in the course of debate was that, in several of the New England States, a man’s pew in church was subject to seizure for debt, not much to the credit of “God’s people,” one would say. Furthermore, in debate, it was argued that the “Episcopal Freed men’s Commission” ought to have its name changed, on account of the ignomi ny attaching to the Freedmen’s Bureau, and, accordingly, as the argument was ir resistible, the change was made. Alto gether, the action of the Convention has been safe, and if it has done no good the body can, at least ,say it has done no harm, My old friend, the bony Woman’s rights woman, is hard at it again, bless her dear old peaked soul! She lias broke out in a fresh place and is going to make a woman equal to two men before she is through with it. We are going to have a great popular demonstration at which women are to speak so much louder, and longer, and faster, than men, that nobody can doubt henceforth forever but that they are the superior sex. Bless their souls! Fll bet two dollars and a half, as Artemus Ward used to say, 1 could put a good looking young fellow on the stage when the women were haranguing, and the last one of ’em would step s } )orf oft” aud go to smoothing down her dress and “primping” her hair. And now a word on politics. By the time this reaches you, the election" will have been decided. As the arguments have all been argued and the speeches all spoken; as the testimony is fully i n and the case goes to the jury, there is very little to say, pending the verdict. If Seymour is to be President, well and good; if Grant, why let it be Grant, l n neither case is there reason for extrava gant exultation on the one side, or inde cent dejection on the other. We are all in the hands of One to whom even the great Yankee Nation is of as little real value as a worm. If we are true to our selves; if we keep the faith that is in us if we ask nothing but what is right, and acquiesce in nothing that is wrong; if f i„ one word, we show ourselves worthy of li berty, liberty, in His own good time, will be ours. As I write, I feel something 0 f that solid composure which comes on one at the eve of battle. We may stand, and we may fall, but, whichever it be, let our bearing be such us becomes men equal to any fate. The great struggle now pending, and to her decided ere I write again, is not a fiual fight. will be decided by it but a mere change of base. It is but, after all, a mere im»n oeuvering for position, and, however it go, let me once more declare that if we show ourselves worthy of liberty, liberty will at last, be ours. Some say the spirit of the South will break. It will not break It will not bend. “/ will remove far from you the Northern Army,” is the sol emn prophetic language of the Good Book, that each of us may take to him self to-day. Let him comejtliis Butcher, if it be so ordained. Our souls are our own, and he, with all his legions, cannot conquer them. And unless he does con quer them, all his servile Congresses and all his huge majorities will be but as dust in the balance. Our impregnable fortress is our Consent. Treachery may undermine it; cowardice may throw open its gates; but violence can never take it by storm. Do not believe it, that, if this contest go adversely, the cause of the South will at once lack champions. There are those who see incarnated in that cause every principle of that glorious heritage for which the English Commons fought five hundred years, and, whatever others may do, these men at least will never give it up; never! never! It has been said that “there are as good hearts to serve men in palaces as in cottages,” and believe, like wise, that there yet live some to whom the peltings of defeat are of no more po tency in swaying their convictions than would be the gentle downfall upon them of so much dew. I know such men; up right, inflexible, possessed with so divine and sacred a love of Liberty that you would sooner wrench the soul out of their body than wrest Liberty out of their soul. I might mention such men all over Geor gia, and in Alabama, and South Caro lina, and in Virginia, and Florida, and all thoughout a noble country, now tem porarily downcast, but destined, as the night is followed by the day, to rise, ere long, in majesty and power. As long as they live,l know the South is safe. And back of them stand, in serried phalanx,the outraged, betrayed, outlawed, insulted, down-trodden people, men who have seen their brethren fall beside them, bathed in blood, and never will believe, so long as the world stands, that those comrades now till felon graves; women, whose tears have embalmed the Past, in crystal, and whose hearts are, to-day,the sepulchres o: the loved and lost; little children who ask, sometimes.in the gloaming,where has my brother gone,and why do 1 sec my fa ther no more ? Quench this spirit ? Abuse these peo ple to the level of the savage African ! Never! you cannot do it. All your ships, and your armies, and your gold and greenbocks, and a thousand Grants on top of that, are as little able to do it a' you, with your slave-hearts, are able t know the full fervor of Liberty in a true man’s soul. Tyrone Powers. NEW ORLEANS (LA.) CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH. New Orleans, Nov. 2d, 186S. Banner of the South : “An honest confession is go-.'d for tk soul.” As the soul of your correspondent is in sad need of all the “good” it 111 a . 1 ’ pick up by the way, I’m going to tryJh merits of a candid confession. Ip ul , conceitedly “knowing” Southern Kadicm has been deceived ! That’s what’s tk matter; and I feel better already at Inn ing summoned courage enough to say a Ever since the inauguration ot the R * construction and other Destructive ib° u ruents by the Puritan Party, I have c '■ sidered the political equality ol the rac- - as a fixed fact for the future ; hut 1 )C