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WajjueglMJffl i£.\psitot. WAVNESBOltO', GA. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE—IN ADVANCE: Two Dollars per A-TiTvcnaa. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1875. ■BnMnMHnpsnBaH 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. LATEST STYLES AND BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES! X/fY EXTENSIVE STOCK OF FALL 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.