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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1875.
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AIMIliVG THE HICTATOI5.
Synopsis of the Radical Caucus En
forcement Bill.
The following is a full synopsis of
the caucus,bill as presen cod. It is en
titled “An act to protect electors and
to prevent fraud at.elections'*:
Section 1. That if two or more : perf
sons within tho jurisdiction of the Unit-
od Statos or of any of tho States of the
* Sec. 14. provides that whenover any
such unlawful combination, as defiued
in the revised statues aud uudor this
act, shall bo organized or attempted,
and so numerous aud powerful as to be
able, by violence, to set at defiance
and overturn any State authorities, in
all such cases such combinations shall
be deemod a rebellion against the Unit-
od States, and during the continuance
of such rebellion within the limits which
shall be prescribed by the proclamation
of tho President of the United States
it may bo lawful for the President of
the United Statos, in bis discretion, to
suspend tho privileges of the writ of
haboas corpus; and it is provided also
that all tho provisions of the section of
the act of March 3, 1865} relating to
habeas corpus, are hereby revived in
full powers.
Tfie proposition of ibis infamous mcas
ure by the lladioal caucus has:filled the
minds of true patriots of all parties
with alarm for tho safety of the Ito|
Union shall forcibly overthrow a State
government, or any of tho constituted I public. The Conservative papers, with
authorities of tho same, or interfero in many of the most influential Kopubli-
any forcible or unlawful manner with- can journals of the North ahd \Vcstj
the duo execution of tho laws of a denounce it in terfns of strongest re pro
state, or of the United States, or con- bation, whilo the most servile Radical
spire for such purposo with tho intent orgaos hesitate to give it their endorse-
to oornmit a crime, tho person so of* mont. The Cincinnati Enquirer e'xpros*
fending shall be doomed guilty of a fel
ony aud punished with a fine not ex
ceeding $10,000, and imprisonment at
hard labor not cxccodiug ten years.
Sec. 2. If two or more persons shall
conspiro to usurp by forco any such
government, or any department thereof,
or shall attempt to subvert or usurp
such State government, or shall actually
overthrow the government of any State
such person, upon conviction, shall bo
deencd guilty of a crime and fined not
loss than $5,000 and imprisoned not
exceeding two years.
Sec. 3. No citizen of tho United
States entitled to vote at an election
for Representative in Congress, uuder
the Constitution of the Uni tod S tates,
or under the fundamental conditions
prescribed iu any of the acts of (Ioni
ses tho uniyeral seutimeuts of the Do
mocracy of the West in. tho following
indignant commit. The editor says :
Since the action of Louis Napoleon
iu hia coup d’etat in French Assembly
in 1851 there has been no measure pro
posed in any oivilized country in a time
of peace equal to that which the Grant
Imperialist Congressional caucus pro
poses to enact over what are known as
tho Southern States. To a largo, extent
it appears to have been copied from
Napoleon's proceeding. It* involves
these points: First, the right to sus
pend the writ of habeas corpus. Second,
the power to declare martial law.—
Third, the power to control the elections
by the executive authority..
This is Imperialism. This is a sub-
H) version ot American liberty It ( does
gress admitting any of the States lately not requiro that Grant should march
iu rebellion, shall-bo deprived of such upon Congress and disperse it, as Crom-
right to vote by any action of such
States, whether by act of tho Legisla
ture or amendments to the several
State constitutions. If any officer charg
ed with conducting such election shall
well did the English House of Com
mons. and as the two Napoleons did the
French Assemblies, in order to put an
end to popular freedom, it is just as
well accomplished when the power is
refuse at any election for Congress to given him, to which wc have alluded.—j
receive the vote of anv such jitijeh in i Qf yvbat avail is authority it other booties
recoive the vote of any suc.h citizen in
consequence of any such action, he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction be fined from $500 to $1,000
and imprisonment not exceeding one
year..
See. 4. Any persons using fire-arms
or other deadly weapons against any
persons at any place on the day of re
gistrations for the Congressional eleer
, .ti.Qns fqr the purpose of jntimidating or
injuring such persons, while such elec
tion is in progress, and who shall do
the same before any election, shall be
guilty of a crime; penalty $500 to $2,-
000; imprisonment not exceeding three'
years; Provided, That if any persons
shall carry concea'ed fire arms or other
deadly weapons at such elections or
place of registration, this shall be taken
as presumptive evidence of the intent
to intimidate under this act.
Sec. 5. provides that aDy registration
officer or supervisor appointed under
the laws of any State who shall refuse
to permit citizens to vote or to regis
ter, or to aibw *them sufficient oppor
tunities to register or to obtain proper
information, shall also be deemed guilty
of a crim'e; penalty, $500 to $1,000 ;
imprisonment, six months to two years.
Sec. 6. ielates to ballot-boxes, poll-
lists and other papers connected with
elections. It declares the abduction
or mutilation of any of those papers a
crime, punishable by a fine of $500 to
$3,000 and imprisonment two to five
years.
Sec. 7. provides that if any person
against a man who can set aside all
legal rights, at his pleasure,, imprison
whom he chooses and as long as he
chooses, with authority to s nd before
a drum bead court-martial in his inter
est liia opponents, to be shot or hanged
at pleasure ? If then, in additoip, his
official creatures and his soldiers are to
control tho electibns, Lave the appoint
ment of election offioers,. register their
names in order to vote,'besides having
the returns all made, through and by
the direction of tho Executive officers,
what is there for an Emperor to desire ?
Under tho United States Constitution
the power to suspend the writ, of
habeas tor-pus must be exercised by Con
gress, aod then only for two reasousj
namely, wben “cases of rebellion or in
vasion the public safety may require it.”
It is a power that can’t be delegated by
Congress to the President to use at his
discretion. With the same propriety
Congress might delegate any other of
its functions to the President. The
right to suspend the habeas corpus as
it exists in the proposed act is nothing
more nor less than a proposal .to put
the lives and liberties of forty millions
of people within tho control of the
President without the least restraint
upon him. Where is there any “do
mestic insurrection” in the South ?
Nowhere. Even Congress has no au
thority to exercise this vast power;
much less the President. An iosurreo-
tion is not a mob. It is very far from it
The law, although applying by its terras
eball be killed wbilo acting under this t0 gg iffiggj i n f aCt applies to the
l n nr cimli IS-11 1.1 n nr c n oil .no m ti ruin. • i 1 nr . ... 1 .
law, such killing shall be murder, pun
ishable with the death penalty.
Sec. 8. confers civil, and criminal
jurisdiction under this act on United
States Courts.
See. 9. provides for the appointment
of general supervisors of elections in
all Congressional districts in tho same
manner as it is now provided in any
North and West as well. Congress has
no right to make a discrimination in its
statutes. Grant has precisely the same
authority to-destroy the State govern
ments of Ohio and Pennsylvania that
he has to destroy those of Louisiana or
Arkansas. What ho can do in one
State uuder color of law, he can do in
every one of them. His proposal, there-
town from ten to twouty thousand in- forej to - era -throw the existin
habitants. The supervisors.m'ay be ap- j m ent of Arkansas is an act of treason
pointed ..from any part of.tbo district, agaiDst our institutions. Tbe'elections
and are to bo appointed by the Judge provide a for. under this bill are a shame-
lul mockery. iney are to be superintend
ed by Federal officers who virtually,have
thfe entire result in their hands. If
of the United States Circuit 1 Courts !
thirty days before registration. There
is to be a chief supervisor in every dis
trict.
Sec. 10. provides for the extension
of the existing law as to deputy United
States marshals., so that marshals may
be appointed in every county and parish
in every Congressional district..
Sec. 11. piescribes for the extension
of the officers in charge of the ballot-
boxes on the day of election ; make it
their duty to count the votes before
leaving the ballot-boxes, in the presence
of the supervisors of election or deputy
marshal, and to immediately send a cer
tified oopy of the returns to the
chief supervisor of the district, and o
the Clerk ot tho National House of Re
presentatives.
Sec. 12. provides that no officer act
ing under this act shall receive compen
sation, and that the ballot-boxes, papcis,
&c., shall be retained by the custodian
until the close of the first session of the
Congress to which they relate; also
prescribes means whereby contestants
in Congress may obtain certified copies
of the ballot.
this bill becomes a law, it is not the
formal proclamation of the empire, but
it amounts substantially to the same
thing. If adopted, we should not have
the consciousness of the people of Great
Britain and France that their legisla
tive assemblies were overthrown by the
bayonet before their Caesars came'in to
power, but we should have the unenvi
able distinction of having legi lative
assemblies so base as to invite their
own overthrow, and the destruction 'of
the liberties of those whom they were
chosen to preserve.
The DiFFERENCE.^-The Chicago Tri
bune says that n Mr. Benjamin F. But
ler is slow to understand that the Re
publican party is done with him.” Now
wouldn’t it be woll for the Republican
party not to decide too hastily that
Mr. Benjamin F. Butler has done with
tho Republican party ?
The Glories of Aiicflesit Niuevnli.
Tho result of the Excavation on the
Site ot the City—Valuable Historical
ltecofds.
The rogular semi-monthly meeting ot*
tbo Long Island Historical Society, was
held last evening iu the Chapel of the
Pucker Institute in Brooklyn,: The
Rev. Dr. Storrs presided, Pi.of, W.
Henry Green of Princeton roada^paper
entitled “Arclitoological Resaprohcs on
the Site of Nincveth.” Prof.. Green
spoke of the historical value of tbo in
scriptions found at Ninevetb to ibe
student of Bible bistory, and gjive a
short acoouut of tho beginning of tbo
exouvations at the site of Nineveh by
Puul Emil Bottu, a French officer who
uad already been engaged in explora
tions in Asia. The Nineveh explorations
evoro begun in 1842, but mude little
progess for seVeraJ jmonths. Tholocal
Turkish officers bolievod that their ob
ject was either to find treasure or to
discover inscriptions which would show
that the country hud formerly belonged
to some European nation, and acoord-
ingly retarded the work by every mcaps
in their, power. The result of -the ex
plorations was the acquirement of n iueh’
valuable and ourious l/story of Assyria
and its; ancient Kings. One of the
most notowbrtby of itheso. Prof. Gfeen
said, wps tSurdop, who is also mentioned
in tbo Bible as a .King of Assyria. It
was during his reign that tho Palace of
Nineveh was built.
Prof. Green here gave a cojnplcte'
discriptian of tlio palaop, and its sur
roundings as foj: as can ,be ascertained
from tho. ruins. The peculari^y of its I
architecture was that tho angles were
all right angles, hoth of the. palace, the
buildings adjacent, and of the walls sur
rounding tho, city... The walk a$o.oov
ered with slab ot gypsum, on whjob ure
carved representations -of the rKiug
With his subjects meeting him with gifts.
Inside tho palace wall arc ndornod with
similar ornatnouts;'and also with tablets
containing much of the history pf the
kings of Assyria There is a full ac
count of the reign of King Sardon, from
which it appears that he was a very
enterprising mouarch, and was always
engaged in successful expeditions against
the nations near him. Among ''other
triumphs in tho first year of his ireign
he conquered the Saipariaps. Thpre is
also a statement of, the eclipses during
his reign, and one of these is mentioned
as happening about the time of the con
quest of Samaria. Thi^eclipse has,re
cently been calculated, and fouijd to
have taken place in the year 722 PC 0.,
which is-the date given in the Bibljo of
Sardo'n’s, victory over the Samariane.—
On one|d| the tablets is an - acopu»|; ot
an embassy sent from: an island “s^en
days distant” to eongartulatc
on. bis victories, aud it is believed ( that
island was Cyprus, a stone haviug/been
discovered*tkere- containing an ancient
inscription which referred to those victo
siua. Tho account closes with the assas
sination of Sardon in the. eighteenith
year of his reign.
•Quite Explicit Enough.—Thespirit
of inquiry which characterises this age
is restless in tho extreme, and majhy 1
questions are being agitated which had
much better be let alone. The Origin
of Evil, the Descent of Man, the Mate
rialization of Spirits, and .many other
cognate subjects are being investigated,
and are agitating men’s minds, andiup-
setting their former faith in a manner
that is much to be deprecated. -But
the question which has just occupied
the attention of the United SMites
Circuit Court in New. York is of more
thrilling interest than any of those ihen-
tioned, and might have resulted in up.-
settiug not only the fait i, but thpttom-
achs of many good Christian men and
women who have not been moved; ip
the least by Darwin'or Spencer} or Huxr
ley, or Tyndal, or Dale Owens, or:"'the
Spooks, or anything of that kind. The
question that tbo Court had to d$side
was : “What is a Bologna Sausage ?”,
its decision-, being, rendered necessary
by some Custom-house squabble with
importers. Fortutiafelyj the’ court did
not go much into detail, and merely
decided that Bologna- Sausages' arc
“dried sausages.”- Every lover of Bo
logna, and'every redsohable man} wo
man, and child in the country will conr
aider this- answer quite'explicit iyimigL.
Let us hopC that tho question will not
be pressed for an answer more eiharts-
tive pf- the -subject. Why should we be
too curious about these groat mysteries.
“Where ignorance is bliss,
’Tis folly to be-wise.”
C. y. WALKER’S
Furniture Booms,
319 and 321 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, g
E legant furniture at low fig
ures, all styles direct from tlie Fac
tories, consisting of
Chamber Suits, Dressing Case Suits,
Bedsteads, lounges, Washstaiids,
Chairs, Tables, Desks, Etc.
These goods have been selected iu person,
at the Factory, and I guarantee to sell as
cheap as any house South. Give me a call.
C. Y. WALKER, \
ALclion Commission Merchant V
And Furniture Dealer,
317, 319 and 321 Broad Street.
oc29-2m
Will be found a full line and fine assortment of all
kinds and classes of
Goods of the Very Best Quality,
upon the most liberal terms ; exceedingly low in price
but very high in quality—embracing all kinds of goods
usually kept in a wholesale and retail
and Grocery Store,
CONSISTl-NTGI- OF
DOMESTICS. CALICOES, DRESS GOODS, BED TICKING,
KERSEYS, LINSEYS, KENTUCKY JEANS,
CASSIMERS, FLANNELS, BALMORALS,
LADIES’ AND GENT’S UNDERSHIRTS,
LADIES’ AND GENT’S GLOVES, HOSE, HALE-HOSE
LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HATS,
gents’Burnishing goods, clothing,
STATIONERY, JEWELRY,
SHOES, BOOTS, UMBRELLAS,
TIN-WARE, POT-WARE, WILLOW-WARE, CROCKERY-WARE
CARPENTERS’ TOOLS, CUTLERY, FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
. GROCERIES, . CAN FRUITS, -DRUGS, PERFUMERY,
&0., &C., &C., &C., &C.
In addition to the large stock he has on hand, he will
continue to receive immense quantities of goods to re
plenish as he sells, so that none will fail to get suited
when they call to examine his stock.
:o:-
W. K. THOMPSON.
GEO. S. QEINDEL.
JESSE THOMPSON.
ADVERTISE IN
THIS J2X
HU HHBRpi
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
nmn unuTTiun ltimnmr
I B «Ml|: lllii MMl MILS, auuiifij
I3a lusters, Vera.nd.a3i.s^ c£30.
DEALERS IN
DRESSED 1 UNDRESSED LUMBER,
LATHS AND SHINGLES,
A LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND,
j PRICE LIST FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.
i ™.„, IB STREET, IEM EEfflM, 11 YAP.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Legal Advertisements.
/ 1 E01lGIA»I!iii‘kc County•
VJT W/usreiu. Accjubt/n L. V+TTKUltpMi ozeefutor
of tho Jnst will anil tOMtoinoiit of Win» yaitorzi/M^
Inin of liurko County, dceonped, upplitft to mo tut
Loltei rt DiuinisHory from nuld o»lut«;
Thosd ai’o, (lioreforc, to cito and admonlzh all
])ornotiH inierotftud to bo and apiioar at my office
on,or before, Dio FIRST MUNDA Y IN A1AY
NEXT, to show cituee (if any they can) why uajd
leuyo should uo| bo grunted.
Given under my bund and official elgnature, at
W ay nos hoi» o, tljla February l»i, 1676.
febll--4w #, V. J.AWtfUN, Qrdluary^
/ 1 KOUGilA—IturUe County,
vl Wlitreas, Hkvkki.y Jt. (Jdi'u, at ftftmlnUfriu
tor of Will-Hm Griffin, deceased, npplidu to tbo
Court of Ordinary for Lett era bimamory frotu
Bitid ad in i Ji it? l ru t ion. - » .
These ure, therefore, to cite and ndtuonipb all p ft*
boom Interested to be and appear at my office oiwur
before, tlie First MON DA Y IN A P/tJL NEXT t
to allow cause iff uuy they cun) why said Adiniulv-
trufor should not be dismissed fVom said trust,,
Given under iny'linnd mid official BigiiHture^at
Waynesboro, this January 4th, 1876.
Jail7 4w ifl. Jf/LAW-KON, OrdHnMy,
/"t EOItGIA—Bur Ice County.
VT Whereas, James Change nppHeu to trie for
Letters of AcLininisD'uUon tie bunts non own tttta-
mentu annexo upon the, esiaXt of Joe ob Ciiaucejafe
deceased of s.im county: ; ■
These a re, therefore, to cite nnd admonish ail
ersous Interested to be and appear ai myoiliet in,
or before, the FIRST MONUA V IN MARCJ!\
1876, to Bliow Chubb (If any they can) vAiy said
letters should not be granted.
Given uudor my baud and official signature at
Waynesboro, this Ifebrimry 1st, 1876,
' f<d>4-4 w E. F. LAWNOy, Grdlngry.
B UHHE SlIEmi F SALES.
Will he sold, in the town of Wtfy^pes-
Pboro, Oa., on the FIRST TUJSSJJA YlfJN
MARCH NEXT, between the legal hours
of sale, the lollowiug property, torwit:
Two Mules, Fifty Btisliels or Corn, more or
less, and about Three Hundred.pounds of
Fodder; levied on as the properly oiEdwin
Blount, . to satisfy a 0. fa. issued from the
Superior Conrfc of Bifrko Comity, mfa'tor
of Joseph Wilkins rs. Edwin Blount.
J. W. II. BELL, Sheriff.
February 3. 1875—4-4w
NOTICE l
jlllRTY DAIS AFTER DATE application
will be made to the Court of Ordinary of
Burke:County, for leave to sell ali of the Real
Estate of Adkin D, Lewis, late of said ^ouuiy,
deceased, for the purposo of settling and closing
up said estate. 1 EDWARD BYRD,
Administrator, de bonis non.
January 21st, 1875—28- 1m
ASSIG-NEE^ NOTICE.
O OUT HERN DIST. OF GEORGIA—SS :
O ■ At Augusta, the 2oth day of January^
A. D., 1876. ffhe undersigned hereby gives
notice of his appointment as Assignee of
James Grubbs, of the Coujily of Burke and
State of Georgia, within said District, wh»
has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon, bin
own petition by the District Court of said
District.
EDWARD M. HABERSHAM,
fel>4—lm Assignee, &c.
i v bankruptcy!
OOUTIIERN DIST. OF GEORGIA—&S,
The undersigned hereby gives notice
that at a meeting of the Creditors of RILEY
REE"V ES.-Bankrupt-, held'at the Register’s
Office, Central Hotel, Augusta, Georgia, on
the 20th day of January, 1875, lie was ap
pointed Assignee of the estate of said Riiey
Reeves, of Lester’s District: in the County
of Burke, and State of Georgia, within said
District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt
upon liis own petition by the District Court
of said District.
FRED T. LOCKIIART, Assignee.
feb3-r—3w
fgXiyjtai-nywj.m uh-ji J * "innw—■
Jne. D. Miiimerlyn,
A gent fok the " 7
FOLLOWING FIRST-CLASS
Insurance Companies:
The New York Life,
Cash Assets, $18,500,000
Liverpool and Loudon and Globe,
Cash assets $21,000,000 gold.
“ (America) 8,300.000-
Piedmont and Arlington.
Atlantic and Pacific, and The People's.
jc22 Waynesboro’, Ga.
Millinwy and Fancy Goods.
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AT LOWEST PRICES!
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1TX ANU WINTER MILLINERY AND
FANCY GOODS, embracing all the
NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON,
in greater variety than ever, is thoroughly
complete. . \ ^ - 9 . :
All orders will continue to receive my
prompt personal attention.
BRIDAL ORDERS A SPECIALTY!
Mrs. M. BICE,
198 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
-oc22-lm
L. J. GUILMAItTIN.
JOHN FLAXNEKY.
L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO.,
COTTON ^ACTORS
AND - .
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
(KELLY’S BLOCK)
BAY STREET, SAVANNAH. GA. • :
Agtsfor Brndlcy’s Phosphate,
Jewell’s Mills Yarns and Domestics, eto
Bagging and Iron Ties for sale at lowest
market atos.
. Prompt attention given to all business
'.entrusted to them.
Liberal Cash Advances made on consign
ments. aug27-4m
I umbei for Salo!
T - HO my former patrons and friend*: I
I have, and will continue to keen*, on
[hand, a full supply of LUMBER, which I
will sell for 50c. less per thousand than it
can be bought elseNvhere. Shingles, also,
kept constantly on hand. Call and see me
at the stables. II. T. GODBEE*
February 18th, 1874—19-tf ' ;
SHINGLES
On liand for Sale!
I WILL DELIVER THE BEST
SAWED SHINGLES
ANYWHERE IE WAYWESBORO AT
S5 per 1,000
| deoiO H. V. GODBEE,
TO R.BKTT !
T WO LARGE ROOMS IN RESIDENCE and
one in Kitchen for rent. Suitable for a
small family. Apply to
janll-tf Mrs.M.J. DIXON.