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CONSTITUTIONALIST
AUGUSTA. GA.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1872.
JAMBS GARDNER* Editor.
FOB PRESIDENT,
HORACE GREELEY,
OF NEW YORK,
FOR VIOE-PB bBU)EPI T ’
B. GRATE BROWN,
OF MISSOURI.
[From the Mlasouri Republican.
The Bourbons.
Scattered here and there throughout the
country are a few men to whom, by com
mon consent, is applied the name of “Bour
]»ons ” —a name strikingly appropriate, be
cause, as Napoleon said of the royal family
of France, “ they have neither learned nor
foi gotten anything.” These men are all
officers ; there are no rank and ille behind
them, no lighting material In or about
them, nothing which attracts public notice
except their persistent and useless noise.—
Now it is quite natural and altogether pro
per than when a great political movement
like the so called “ Passive Policy,” is sub
mitted to a party proud of its antecedents
and jealous of its principles, there should
be differences of opinion regarding the
adoption thereof, and the utmost freedom
of discussion concerning its purpose, feasi
bility and results. No movement of this
sort can possibly succeed, unless those
most deeply interested in its success have
a thorough comprehension of the case in
all its bearings; therefore the plan of ope
rations should be clearly explained and
every objection promptly met and fairly
answered. In short, the matter must stand
or fill on Its own intrinsic merits, without
resort to any species of humbug or decep
tion.
We claim that this has been done. The
advocates of the Passive Policy have gone
ove the ground literally inch by inch,
leaving no single point or feature unexam
ined, and showing the practical workings
of the policy from beginning to end. There
is no mystery about it, not the slightest
shadow of uncertainty—all is as frank and
open as the mid-day sunlight. We have
showD what we want and how we expect
to get it—have the Bourbons been equally
honest, equally sensible ? No one wishes
or has attempted to compromise their inde
pendence of thought and action, and every
opportunity and encouragement lias been
ottered for the full expression of their views.
Up to tills time what have they said worth
saying? Absolutely nothing. They ac
knowledge that the Radical party is ruin
ing the country; that there is not the small
est chance of winning a purely Democratic
victory; that the platform put forth at
Cincinnati contains the essence of Demo
cratic ideas; that a hearty union of Demo
crats and Liberals will infallibly beat the
Philadelphia nominees; and yet, with all
this acknowledgment, they urge the nomi
nation of a straight ticket at Baltimore.
Purely folly and inconsistency can go no
further. Either these Bourbons desire the
re-election of Grant, and by so doing stulti
fy themselves beyond redemption ; or they
have taken leave of the last vestige of rea
son and common sense. This intermin
able whimpering and grumbling without
the presentation of a single practicable sub
stitute for the plan of which they complain,
is worse than ridiculous—lt is unmanly
and contemptible.
Aud the Democratic masses have so de
cided, with a unanimity as significant as it
is enthusiastic. Bourbon politicians of
high and low degree have ascertained that
the people understand the situation, that
they are intensely in earnest, and mean
business— not child’s play. The Baltimore
Convention will echo and emphasis the
into Hue for Greeley atm Brown ; me aiiieu
forces will sweep the enemy from the field,
aud the Bourbons will be flung aside among
the rubbish of the past, and forgotten.
Judge Hoar, formerly Attorney General,
made a speech in Boston on (Saturday In
praise of Gen. Grant. He said that Grant
had “ labored for civil service reform, am)
had been battled at every poiut byCon
gresp.” Will Judge Hoar kindly afford the
public some explanation of (lie appoint
ment of William T. Clark as Postmaster
at Galveston, Texas, with a salary at
$4,000 a year, that shall lie consistent with
the zeal for civil service reform which he
attributes to Grant? Clark is one of the
most rascally carpet-baggers in all the
South. By a gross fraud he got a certifi
cate of election to Congress, aud took his
scat under this certificate and held it for
months. Finally, however, even the Grant
majority in the House of Representatives
did not dare to keep him any longer, and
he was ousted from the place, aud the mau
whom the people had elected got it. But
Grant, knowing all these facts, has just ap
pointed Clark to a very Important office.
It would be interesting to hear from Judge
Hoar on this subject; and while lie is about
it, he might perhaps say something con
cerning Grant’s passion for reform as ex
hibited in the retention of Brother-in-law
Casey at New Orleans, of George M. Robe
son in the Navy Department, and of Chor
penning Cresswell in the Post Office De
partment.—New York Sun.
[From the New York Herald.
The Gold TTarket—'Failure of the
Speculator* to Affect the Value of
Ciold itlniorlally.
In spite of the Washington Treaty <llm
culty, the drain of specie to Europe and
the ups and downs of stocks, gold has re
mained remarkably steady in price. It has
not fluctuated over three or four per cent,
during a period of some months, and hard
ly even more than a few fractions from day
to day. There lias been no sudden or vio
lent disturbance. Though It has touched
fourteen or fourteen and a fraction per
cent, premium, it soon fell back again to
between thirteen and fourteen. All the
efforts of simulators to create a flurry and
send the price up on account of the difll
culty between this country and England re
garding the Washington Treaty have been
unavailing. At most tbc market has only
"been affected a fraction or two at a time
from this causo. The strong language of
the British Parliament, the thunder of the
British press, the putting down of the
Presidential foot, the no-yielding cry on
both sides, and the apparent dead lock in
the whole business made little impression
on the gold market. Those mercurial gen
tlemen in Wall and Broad streets who
speculate in the precious rental pretended
to be dreadfully apprehensive of trouble,
but all in vain ; they could not make any
body tremble, and gold wo lid not move.
The truth Is, there never was any fear of
serious trouble with Euglaud, whether
-the treaty were consummated or failed.
But, another and more potent cause
of the comparative steadiness of the
gold market is found in the prosperity,
wealth and wonderful progress of the conn
try. A great city may l)e destroyed, as in
the case of Chicago, involving a loss of
.hundreds of millions of dollars at
one swoop; millions of gold a week
may be shipped to Europe; the crops
might fail even in some particular localities,
and yet such things are but like a ripple on
the surface. The country is so full of re
sources, and these of such a varied character
and the people everywhere are so intently
industrious that no calamity but of & most
extraordinary character could disturb ma
terially the even tenor of our business and
progress. Herein lies the secret mainly of
the comparative stead I ness of the gold mar
ket during the excitement over the treaty
difficulty with England. What wc want
really is to make the balance of trade less
unfavorable to ns than it is, to have not
ifluch a disparity as exists between imports
and exports, to got some share of the profits
of the shipping trade and to open new fields
of commerce for the country. Gold wonld
then come to par, and the business of that
iotbed of speculation, the Gold Board,
-wo lid be ended. In the meantime there is
po need to fear that gold will rise above
a few fractious, if at all, hereafter, and the
probhbility is that the tendency will be
downward.
A Florida Judge, the other day, fined a
Jawyer $lO for laughing at him.
fFrora the St. Louis Republican.
Lamon’s “ Life of Lincoln.”
Ward H. Laraon, formerly United States
Marshal for the District ofj Columbia, and
a son-in-law of Judge Stephen _ Logan,
an eminent lawyer of Springfield, Ills., has
presented the public with a ponderous
volume of five hundred and fifty pages en
titled “The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from
his Birth to his Inauguration as President."
This book will be very generally read,
acknowledged to be ft valuable contribu
tion to our knowledge of an eminent mau,
and at the same time cordially condemned
by a large proportion of intelligent people
who are fortunate or unfortunate enough to
possess a keen sense of the proprieties. Truth
is a good thing, but it is possible to get
too much of it, and there are some cir
cumstances where “ ignorance is bliss,” and
it is the supremist folly to be wise. Mr.
Lamon, however, evidently does not com
prehend this fact, and has acted on the prin
ciple that nothing should be suppressed
which could throw an atom of light or
shade on the subject which ho discusses.
A warm personal friend of Mr. Lincoln,
bound to him by ties of gratitude as well as
of politics, aud anxious apparently to make
as fine a specimen of the demi-god as the
material will permit, lie lias yet given us
as ruthless and unsavory post mortem exam
ination as can be found in the whole range
of biographical literature. Were it possi
ble for the illustrious dead to escape from
the ponderous tomb at Oak Ridge, and re
visit for a brief season the scene of his toils,
trials, and triumphs, wo think the first
business transacted during the interval of
resurrection would lie a sound kicking ad
ministered to the enterprising gentleman
who has written his life.
The provocation for this kicking com
mences in the earliest pages of the liook,
and, with ft few insignificant exceptions,
continues throughout the whole work. We
arc told, what, might just as well have re
mained untold, that “ there exists no evi
dence of the marriage of Thomas Lincolu
and Nancy Hanks, (the parents of the Pres
Went) but that of mutual acknowlegment
and combination ;” that while Thomas Lin
coln’s second marriage is perfectly record
ed and verified by the minister’s license, no
fragment of documentary proof can be dis
covered to establish the validity of the first.
Furthermore, It is stated that Mr. Lincoln
seldom or never alluded to his mother;
seemed to have an instinctive dread of re
viving her memory lu any way, and allow
ed her grave to remain in the condition it
now is—covered with weeds and briars,
and consigned to contemptuous neglect.—
Yet lie tenderly loved his step-mother, paid
her the highest respect, and was always
ready to makt her the theme of enthusiastic
praise. In short, Mr. Lamon’s narrative
does much to confirm, and nothing to re
move, the reports which have been in cir
culation in Kentucky and elsewhere for
many years past,. Judicious silence would
have been Highly appropriate in such a
delicate matter as this.
But when love affairs are brought under
discussion, our biographer becomes even
more garrulous and indiscreet. There is
no doubt that the first and only real love
which Mr. Lincoln ever cherished was for
Ann Rutledge, a modest,, attractive girl of
West Salem, whose strange, sad story was
originally circulated in William 11. Hern
don’s somewhat notorious lecture. When
poor Ann, tired of waiting for Mr. McNa
mar, her first love, and hardly willing to
marry her second, Lincoln, solved the em
barrassing difficulty by going beneath the
daisies, this mfeond lover actually took
leave of his senses, and had to be carried
away tr> a cabin in the woods in order to
recover his mental equilibrium. Yet within
a year after an event which plunged him
into a profound grief that was never
wholly obliterated, he paid his addresses to
Miss Owens, and apparently was exceed
ingly anxious to marry her. The lady re
jected him promptly, and he then writes a
letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning, of Quincy,
Illinois, caricaturing his inamorata in the
most outrageous manner, and expressing
: his views or the intended alliance in terms
seldom employed by gentlemen. Not long
after Miss Owens had dispensed with his
services, Mr. Lincoln again passed under
Cupid’s yoke and laid his slightly battered
mon to fiio coDiiury*nuiwiLU!i(£u(]iiig,lim
affection for the person who was destined
to lie his future wife appears genuine—at
least at the beginning—and lie unquestion
ably felt, as his friends did, that he was
making a brilliant match. But, while the
engagement was pending, Miss MatildaEd
vvards, a daughter of lion. Cyrus Edwards
of Alton, Ills., —not a sister of Ninian Ed
wards, as Lamon has it—came to Spring
fleld and spread havoc among the suscepti
ble cavaliers of the capital. Stephen A.
Douglas and Joshua F. Speed both courted
her and were refused, and Lincoln became
so desperately enamored that his friend
Speed was obliged to take him to Kentucky,
where he got rid of another attack of iu
sanity almost as desperate as the Rutledge
lunacy. lie never told his love to Miss
Edwards, and she afterwards married the
late N.D.—not Schuyler—Strong, a lawyer
well known in fit. Louie. When Lincoln
returned from his sanitary expedition, he
was undecided whether to espouse Miss
Todd or allow that lady to choose a more
congenial partner; but after breaking and
mending the engagement, once or twice, he
went one afternoon in November, 1842, to
a Mr. Matheny of Springfield, and remark
ed to him, “Jim, I shall have to marry
that girl!”—and “ marry that girl” he did
the same evening. Both husband andfvife
repented of the ill-starred nuptials at their
leisure.
The biography deals as freely with Mr.
Lincoln’s religious views as with his ama
tory exploits, and furnishes sufficient, testi
mony to put him far beyond the pale of
what is commonly called “orthodoxy.” In
his early manhood he read Volney’s
“Ruins” and Paine’s “Age of Reason,”
absorbed their arguments, and was accus
tomed to retail them out whenever a select
audience could be gathered, lie wrote a
hook In defense of infidelity, which fortu
nately did not find its way into print, and
when political ambition took hold of him,
he was shrewd enough to drop a subject so
damaging to his popularity. But he never
changed his principles, though they may
have been slightly modified. Herndon says
emphatically,“ He was an infidel—a theist.
He did not, believe that Jesus was God, nor
the son of Oo<l; he was a fatalist and de
nied the freedom of the will. He told me
a Oumsand times that he did not believe the
Bible was the revelation of God, as the
Christian world contends. Thepointsthat
Mr. Lincoln tried to demonstrate in his
work were: First, that the Bible was not
God’s revelation; and second, that Jesus
was not the Sou of God. Pages of similar
statements are given, and thanks to
Lamon, the theological status of the late
President Is thoroughly settled.
The political character of Mr. Llnaoln is
also presented in anew dress, and must as
tonish those who have heretofore believed
him the embodiment of honesty, modesty,
and unselfishness. Honest he was, proba
bly, as far as a professional politician can
be; but a more ambitious, more cunning,
more thoroughly selfish political leader
never figured in this country-—if we are to
trust his biographer. An anti slavery man
from conviction, he did not dare avow his
principles until popnlar opinion began to
set in that direction, and then went forward
cautiously and anxiously, fearing all the
while lest he should lo«e Ids chances of ad
vancement. Not a particle of the martyr
was there in his composition; he loved
Rome much, but Caesar infinitely more.
“He did nothing,” says Lamon, “out of
mere gratitude, and forgot the devotion of
his warmest partisans as soon as the occa
sion for their services had passed. What
they did for him was quietly appropriated
as the reward of superior merit, calling for
no return in kind. Ho never wasted his
power to advance a friend.” Not a very
flattering picture this, of "the second
Washington,”—yet its truth is affirmed by
a multitude of witnesses.
The moral of Mr. Lamon’s book may be
summed up in the familiar proverb—“ No
man is a hero to his valet; no woman .an
angel to her maid.” Whatever dignity and
grandeur there may have l>ecu clinging to
Lincoln’s garments, is effectually removed
in these curious chapters; the idol is no
longer either bronze or marble, but rather
common clay, and in some places badly
smirched. The author of the emancipation
proclamation has contributed much to the
history of the nation, and secured for him
self a liberal share of immortality; but in
those graces which adorn manhood, In
those instincts which constitute true no
bility of character, in those qualities which
challenge the admiration and deserve the
imitation of mankind, he was, for the most
part,-miserably deficient. How deficient,
we should not have known had not Mr.
Ward H. Lamon written his life.
The anxiety of the Grant press over the
Democratic Convention at Baltimore is
touchingly tender and disinterested. It
fears we will go estray—abandon our prin
ciples—and a dozen other ghostly appari
tions so disturb its slumbers and its peace
of mind that a softening of the brain is
imminent. The Courier has this symptom
to an alarming extent—and we hasten to
appease its apprehensions. The Democrats
arc going Into this campaign, with the
Liberal Republicans, to put an end to
Grantisra, and restore honest government.
We do not propose to give up a principle,
and are not asked to do so. The Cincin
nati platform is good common ground for
a union of all men who are honestly in
favor of preserving Democratic republican
institutions, and putting an end to Grant’s
encroachments. Because this force will
move in “ light marching order,” it is not
to be presumed it has abandoned its camp
equippage. —Columbian Register.
Shut Up I—The following notice is post
ed at an Oregon port:
Notice.—Anv person employed on this
work —Cape Foulweather Lighthouse—
who shall speak disrespectfully, on or off
duty, of the President of the United States,
of any member of the Cabinet, or any su
perior officer of the Government, will be
immediately discharged.
Henry M. Robert,
Major of Engineers, U. 8. A.
This publication, says the Washington
Patriot, reads like a notice from one of
Ijouis Napoleon's chamberlains. It is
marked by all the vile subserviency of the
worst days of the fallen Empire, and is
quite in keeping with the manner in which
the press of Paris was muzzled for daring
to review the conduct of Napoleon the
Little, or to question the purity of his
rotten and licentious court.
Political Notes.
[From the Monroe Advertiser.
LETTER FROM EX fiOV. JENKINS.
Augusta, 17th June, 1872.
James P. Harrison , Esq., Editor Monroe Ad
vertiser :
Dear Htu: During my recent absence
from the State two very kind and flatter
ing notices of me have appeared in your
paper, which I have just. seen. In the first
you propose me as the Democratic nominee
for the office of Governor. In the second,
you notice a minor that 1 do not desire
that position, but am an aspirant to a seat
on the Bench of the Supreme Court. Be
lieving that in party evolutions the general
opinion should be as much concentrated
as possible in advance of nominations, so
as to avoid distracted counsels, I beg you
will allow me, through the medium of your
valuable paper, to withdraw my name, ab
solutely and unconditionally, from consid
eration regarding both of these positions.
Sincerely grateful to my fellow-citizens for
the bestowal of each in the past, I neither
aspire to nor can consent to accept either
in the future. From my experience in
them L do not believe 1 have remaining
sufficient strength to endure the mental
strain and the physical unrest incident to
each. Allow me to add that, in my opin
ion, the vacancies soon to occur—one in
the Executive and the other in the Supreme
Judicial Department—would be well filled
by the reappointment of the present in
cumbents severally. Such, as a citizen of
Georgia, is my earnest desire.
I conclude by requesting that you will
at once remove my name from the head of
your editorial column, and oblige yonr
friend,
C. J. J ENKINS.
The Chicago Times (auti Greeley) con
cedes the nomination of the philosopher ..t
Baltimore.
A South Carolina paper wants to know
“ if Governor Scot t is his party’s enterpris
ing chief or most enterprising thief.”
The signs of the times indicate that
Horace Greeley will lie the next President
of the United States. Mr. Groesbeck de
clines the nomination offered him by the
CTiree'-caOuiuaces cippoSeu tO' 'mm: vie
Woodliiiil, George Francis Train aud
Grant.
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special Dispatch lo the Constitutionalist.
The Democratic executive Commit
tee Fall a Convention of the
Tarty July 24th, to Nornl
natc a Candidate for
fiovernor, and
tlio doctoral
Ticket.
Atlanta, June 27, 1872.
A meeting of »tlie Democratic Executive
Committee was held last night, and it was
determined to call a State Convention, to
meet the 24th of July, to nominate a can
didate for Governor, and also the electoral
ticket for President and Vice-President of
the United States, and probably two can
didates for Congress for the State at Large.
But should the Legislature not re-district
the State before the meeting of the Conven
tion, the candidates for Congress will pro
bably lie nominated, subject to the future
action of the Legislature.
ASSOCIATED l>Jt ESS DISPATCHES.
NOON DISPATCHES.
The Illinois Convention,
Springfield, June 27.—The Democratic
Convention instructed ttio delegates to Bal
timore to vote as a unit for Greeley and
Brown/ The consultation committee from
the Liberal Convention were received rap
turously. They had seats on the plalfoi m.
The Liberal Convention had every couuty
in the State represented. The joint com
mittee agreed upon Koomer for Governor,
Chas. Black for Lieutenant Governor, and
a full State ticket, composed as follows :
Liberals: Governor, Secretary of State,
Attorney General; Democrats: Lieutenant
Governor, Auditor, Treasurer, aud Clerks
of tho Supreme Court. The Lilieral Con
vention tfien marched into the Democratic
Convention amid the wildest enthusiasm,
where Palmer, President of the Liberal
Convention, heartily endorsed the nomina
tions of the joint committee and. joined
hands with the Democrats in their support.
Governor Allen, President of the Demo
cratic Convention, said lie desired to meet
the advances of the Chairman of the Lib
eral Republican Convention in the spirit In
which they were made, and, like Paul,
forgetting the things that are behind,
strike hands with him in the common
cause. As the Chairmen of the two Con
ventions advanced and clasped hands,
another scene of wild excitement ensued,
the delegates cheering frantically for sev
eral minutes. The selection of the electo
ral ticket was referred to the Central Com
mittees of the Conventions. Adjourned.
Cleveland, June 27.—The Liberal
State Committee had another meeting.
Oue district was unrepresented. Le&diDg
Democrats expressed a desire to concede
the Supreme Judge or Secretary of State,
but the committee decided against any po
sition on the State ticket.
Nf.w Yokk, June27.—The confectioners,
silver workers, harness makers and tin and
sheet iron workers are preparing to strike.
Contracts for building thirty-six locomo
tives have been cancelled, owing to the
strike in Paterson.
mifislNslppl Democratic Convention.
Jackson, June 27.—The Conservative
Democratic Convention was largely at
tended.
Many of the best men of the State were
present: Judge Watson, of Holly Springs,
presided. The list of Vice-Presidents in
cluded two colored men. The resolutions
Instruct the delegates to vote as a unit for
Greeley and Brown, but pledge the Con
vention to abide the decision at Baltimore.
Miscellaneous.
Baltimoiib, June 27.—Ullmau &Cos. dis
tillery burned. Loss, $60,000.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
New York New*.
Nkw Yokk, June 27.—The examination
of witnesses in the Stokes case has com
menced. The court was crowded. Among
the ladies was Mrs, Fisk, Mrs, James
Fisk, on riding to the court house, last
night, to attend to business, was mistaken
for Josephine Mansfield, and hooted, hissed
and otherwise insulted.
Greeley and family last night moved
from the St. Cloud Hotel to Chappaqna.
Mrs. Greeley was so ill that she was carried
to the depot. The youngest daughter is re
covering from the typhoid fever.
Virginia Democratic Convention.
Richmond, June 27.—Ex-Goverror Win-
Smith was appointed temporary Chairman.
Governor Smith briefly addressed the Con
vention upon the business before them, to
the surprise of many, who anticipated a
speech uncompromisingly Democratic and
anti-Greeley. His remarks showed, that
while he considered it the duty of the De
mocratic party to preserve its organization,
in fact, he saw no ether hope of defeating
the present corrupt Administration than by
making a union with those who were op
posed to the party on past issues and were
In harmony with it on questions of the
day. A Committee ou Organization was
appointed.
Insurrection of Convicts.
Auburn, June 27.—The convicts in the
Auburn State Prison are in a state of in
surrection. Two hundred of them have
been locked up and about nine hundred are
moving about the guards, refusing to obey
orders. Some of them are armed witli
tools, &c. The companies of the Forty
ninth Regiment, under command of Gen.
McDougall, have been ordered to the scene
of trouble. It is probable the insurrection
will soon be put down in toto.
Jjcder. — The 'insurrection lias been sub
dued, and 100 ringleaders closely confined.
They will lie kept on bread and water for
some time.
Archbishop Purcell on Strikes.
Cincinnati, June 27.—Archbishop Par
cell, in addressing the Graduating Class at
Bt. Frances Xavier College, last evening,
animadverted severely upon the recent
strikes. He also bitterly denounced the
destructive and demoralizing influence of
Internationalism. Eight hours acceded to
now, five hours' might be demanded to
morrow, as there would be no limit to such
arrogance and dictation. No government
could exist uuder such a system. The
next cry would lie for a division of proper
ty, every loafer and drunkard requiring a
new subdivision every Saturday night.—
The remedy for these evils was libera! edu
cation.
Washington News.
Washington, June 27.—The Supreme
Court entered not pros. In the case of Chas.
W. Butts.
Colonel T. R. Robb, President of the
Board of Commissioners, appointed by the
President to investigate depredations on
the frontier of Texas and Mexico, leaves here
to-night for New Orleans via Savannah, to
join his colleagues. The Board will pro
ceed immediately to the border.
Cuban News.
Havana, June 26.—Pepillo Garzarez,
who lately surrendered to the Government,
went with his officers and a detachment of
Spanish troops to the interior and captured
the Cuban Majors Francisco Drago and
Antonio Echcmendia, Lieut. Jose Aguilie
ra ami six of Garie’s men. Echemendia
and Drago were executed. Jose Agnillera,
the father of the lieutenant, surrendered
the following day with eight men, bringing
thirty one rifles. Both the Aguilleras have
joined the Spaniards, and will probably im
itate their Cuban officers In hunting up
their late companions * for execution. Em
elan Agnro, a friend, and lately a compan
ion, of Ignacio Agramonte, has organized
a company of surrendered insurgents, and
will take the field against Ignacio Agra
monte. His column has attacked Acosta’s
column.
Ohio Democratic Convention.
Cleveland, June 27.—Five thousand
people were present. The Greeley hat was
a marked feature in the crowd. Col. O. J.,
Todd, temporary Chairman, said they had
met to-day to inaugurate anew era in the ,
history of the State and country. All
liberai men could stand upon Greeley’s in
terpretation of the Cincinnati platform.
Committees were appointed, and the cou
u‘'nHnn
Washington, June 27.—Official informa
tion has been received here from Geneva
that the British Government, having ac
cepted the declaration of the arbitrators
that the claims for indirect damages not
involving a money consideration, are not a
subject for consideration by them, Lord
Tenterden to-day formally withdrewfliis
motion for adjournment of the Tribunal,
and then filed the British argament ac
cordingly. Now that the indirect claims
have been disposed of to the satisfaction of
both Governments, the other business lie
fore the Tribunal will lie considered.
The Case >(’ Dr. Ifoiiard.f
All doubts aliout the release of Dr. Hou
ard are now at reet. A telegram received
to-day at the Spanish Legation, from
Madrid, states that the matter Ims been
satisfactorily arranged between the Minis
ter for Foreign Affairs and General Sickles.
The Virginia Democratic Convention.
Richmond, June27.—ln the Convention,
during the absence of the committee, Hoa.T.
S. Flournoy was called upon. He hoped in
a short time there would be no such thing
as achoice of evils,but all would unite under
the Liberal banner borne by Horace Gree
ley. lie said that old white hat covered
the largest head and warmest heart in
America. Me hoped the Baltimore Con
vention would declare it inexpedient to
make a nomination, but that it would cor
dially endorse the Ciucinnal.i nominees.
Remarks were ma.de by Hon. .1 Kitchen,
Major Horace Dacey and others, all of sim
ilar import. Each speech was received
with loud applause, indicating plainly that
the sentiment of the Convention was for
Greeley to to the end. The committee on
organization reported Hon. John Goode,
Jr., of Norfolk, for permanent President,
and Vice-Presidents from each Congres
sional District.
The report was adopted. On taking the
chair the President was outspoken in his
declaration for Greeley and Brown and
the Cincinnati platform. He advocates a
grand consolidation of all the elements of
opposition to Radicalism and despotism,
and arraigned Grant as an oppressor and
dcspoilor. He opposed the idea of anew
nomination and hoped they wonld tako th«
lead iu the Liberal movement.
ItTl*eellaiteou*.
Boston, June 27.—A soda water gener
ator exploded, killing one man and blowing
a leg off another.
A Mran BwfNDX.BR —A compatriot or
Ko?clu8co and a heriditary victim of Maria
Theresa, to-wit, a Polish scissors peddler,
has been practicing an ingenious little con
fidence game on the ladies of the avenue In
New York. Calling at one of the brown
stone fronts, he sends the ianltress for the
lady of the house, and in her abseuce enters
the parlor and possesses himself of a num
ber of the visiting cards that lie on the
receiver. When the madam appears he
proffers bis wares, but c&u afford to be in
different whether she purchases or not; for
upon taking his leave he straightway se
lects one of the cards aud hies him to the
number indicated. There he informs the
mistress of the house that the lady on
whom he first called has given him a card,
which he prodnees, with an earnest recom
mendation that she purchase a pair of his
scissors. The artifice rarely fails, and the
noble Pole lias been carrying on quite a
successful traffic In his cast-iron utensils,
replenishing his stock of credentials when
ever opportunity offers.
A monument in memory of the slain at
the battle of Magenta was unveiled on the
4th inst., at Rome, with great ceremony.
The citizens of Newark, N. J., have de
cided to give a series of annual exhibi
tions similar to those which have been so
successful in the manufacturing centres
of England.
For the past two or three weeks large
numbers of emigrant wagons have passed
through Black River Falls, Wisconsin,
bound north and west.
Photography promises to do almost as
much for man as the steam engine. It
assists the painter and the sculptor, the
astronomer and the naturalist.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
FOS SHERIFF.
TIIE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
gives notice tbat be Is a candid ite for the suffrages of
his fellow-citizens for the ollice of SHERIFF of
Richmond County at the enduing Election.
jeJ6-tf JOHN D. BMITH.
EXCURSION TICKETS TO POINTS ON THE
Q. AND C. R. R.
South Carolina Railroad Office, j
Augusts. Gi., Juno 261 p, 1812. S
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE RETURN
EXCURSION TICKKTH at reduced rates will be
sold to Greenville, Andoraon *ud WalbalU—good
until Ist November.
For sale at Planters’ Hotel and Union Depot,
B B. ITOKKNB,
jet C-6 General Ticket Agent.
STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING.
Augusta Factory, >
Augusta, Ga., June 22d, 1812 \
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders in the Augusta Factory will be held at the
office of the Cos npauy, on SATURDAY nest, the
•JJlli Inst., at 12 o’clock.
W. E. JACKSON,
jeG3 td President.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
THE FRIKNDB OF WILLIAM M. DUNBAR
respectfully announce him as a candidate for the office
ol TREASURER of Richmond County, subject to
' the nomination of the Democratic Convention.
je23tf
NOTICE.
Superintendent's Office, )
Georvla Railroad < miiimny,
Augosta Ua., June 22d, 1812. 1
PERSONS WISHING TO ATTEND THE
Commencement exercises of Oglethorpe College, lo
be held at Atlanta, on the 30th of June, 1872, and
the DISTRICT CONFERENCE OF THE M. E.
I OH U ROH, which will convene at Sparta, on Wednes
day, July 3d, 1812, will lie passed over the Georgia
and Macon and Augusta Railroads for ONE FARE.
Full Faro lo be p.ild going, and the Agent selling the
Full Fare Ticket will give Return Ticket Free.
Return Ticket good lor 10 days.
B. K. JOHNSON
je22-td Bwpeiletendent.
NOTICE.
Superintendent's Office, Georgia )
and M. At A. Hal i roads. \
AtmosrA, Ga., June 18th, 1872. j
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. -THE COM
MENCEMENT EXERCISES of Colleges below
named will be held as follows :
Geoigta Female College, at Madison, June 23d, 1872.
Southern Masonic Female College, at CovingtoD,
June 23.
Mercer University, at Macon, July 3d, 1872.
Einoiy College, at Oxford, July 14th, 1872.
The State University, at Athens, August 4th, 1872.
Persons desiring to atteud any of said Commence
ments will tie passe 1 over the Georgia and Macon &
Augusta Railroads for ON K FARE. Full Fare to be
paid going, and the Agept selling the Full FareTick.it
will give Return TicketFßEE. Rel urn'Pick et good
for 16 days, from Thursday before Commencement
Day. 8. K. JOHNSON,
jel9 taug4 Superintendent.
NOTICE. .
Superintendent’s Office, )
Gbohgia R. R. Company and M A A K. R., >
Augosta, Ga , June 17, 1872. . )
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
will convene at Atlanta, on WEDNESDAY, June
28,1872.
Delegates and Visitors will be passed over the
Georgia and Macon and Augusta Railroads for ONE
FARE—lull fare requbed going, and return tick. Ito
be giv n free.
Return tickets good for ten days.
jslß-td S. K. JOHNBON, Superintendent.
s s s- fta WIRE RAILING, FOR
Jv 'c\ xXIb Enclosing Cemetery Lots
H \J\*> V>> Cottages, Ac.; Wire Guards
Iftjjffit * ' v fclWblor Store Fronts, Factories
Asylums, Arc.; Wire Webbing, Rice Oiotb, and Wire
Work, Every information by addressing
No. 806 Muilot*Air* iSSUpfi la.
6,14-1 v
BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.
Tills Superb Hair Dye is the be it in the. world— per
fectly hunuless, reliable and instantaneous; no disap
pointment ; no ridiculous tints or disagreeable
odor. Tl.o genuine W. A. Batchelor’s Hair Dye pro
duces luMEDiATKi.r a splendid Black or nalura
Brown, leaves the hair dean, toft, Iteautifnl; does uot
contain a particle of lead or any injurious compound.
Bold by all druggists. Factory, 1 18 BOND STREET,
NEW YORK. 0c.t3.1v
FOE ORDINARY RICHMOND COUNTY.
The undersigned respectfully announces himself as
a candidate for re-election to the office of Ordinary of
Richmond County.
myW-tf SAMUEL LEVY.
DR. HOLLAN D,
D F. ft T IST,
Formerly of Augusta, has settled at Thomson, where
he can be found In his Operating Room the first MON
DAY in each month, to remain one to two weeks.
Will then visit the towns on the Georgia Railroad,
and its branches when there is sufficient operating to
justify the visit, Please address Dr. B. G. HOL
LAND, Thomson, <}a. mb3l ts
JAMSa 8. HOOK. JAMRB GARDMBR.
HOOK GABDNKK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AUGUSTA, GA.,
Will practice in the Augusta (lircnit and in the United
Mutes District aud Circuit Courts for the Htate of
Georgia.
Cases attended to in other counties and in South
Carolina by special contract. <lecßJ-tf
Lentous. Lemons. Lemons.
Oranges. Oranges. Oranges.
BOX KB Choice Mr: ejnaJ.EMO.NS
10 boxes Choice M rat ion ORANGES
For sale low by
je262 HYAMS .to NEUFVILT.E.
TRUNKS,
VALISES,
AND
TRAVELING BAOS,
IN EVERY VARIETY, AT LOW PRICES,
WM. C. JESSUP.
j«2B-ltulf
Chocolate aud Coffee
CREAM SODA WATER.
Xt IS THE MOST PLEASANT, REFRESH
ING and invigorating Beverage that can be
need during the hot wenthcr. Call and try it.
No other liko it.
Bold by T. W. CHICHESTER,
Druggist,
je2o ts aBS Broad Street.
TIN -A.ISTJD GKL.ASS
piiar iabs,
EACH PARERS,
PEACH BTON (CHS and HAI.VERS
APPLE PARERS, with Cover and Slieer
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
ICE CREAM MOULDS
ICE PICKS, WATER COOLERS
WATERING POTS, BATH TUBS
REFRIGERATORS, Tiu TOILET SETS
Tin and Iron SAUCE PANS.
MOCKING BIRO CAGES
Wire FLOWER POT STANDS
TRELLIS FRAMES, 6 feel high
WIRE DIBII COVERS, FLY TRAPS
Landscape and Plain WIRE CLOTH, for
Windows and Fire Place Screens
A ho, that splendid Baking Stpvo, TIIE
CHIEF COOK.
For sale at
D. L. FULLERTON’S,
» AUGUSTA, GA.
je9 suwflmAcU
New .Advertisements
TIIE WORLD-RENOWNED
TRAIN
IS COMING.
GIRARD FIT'S OPFKA HOUSE.
Tuesday, July 2d, 1872.
POSITIVELY ONEIUGHT ONLY.
George Francis Train,
“The eloquent, feareleus aud most powerful
speaker ol the period. The famous Nonpareil
of the present ape! The man of the people!
The (riend of lanor! The foe of Kings, des
potism and bigots! The champion of lrelaud !”
Attracting: immense and crowded audiences In
every city throughout the couutrr, will deliver
a discourse TUESDAY, July 2d, 1872, at tho
Opera House.
SusjECT-The CINCINNATI, COLUMBUS,
’ PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE PRESI
DENTIAL CONVENTIONS.
Powerful opposition to Grant, Monopoly,
1 Rings ami Thieves.
Admission, 50 cents ; Parquetfe and Dress
Circle, $' ; Galleries, 25 cents. Seats for sale
at Quinn’* Book aud News Store, Broad street.
Doors open at 1% ; commence at B>£.
je2B td
ESPECIAL ATTENTION
Os Everybody.
Large Sale of Assorted Woods
Tn STORE 271 BROAD STREET, Augusta,
Ga., by the SHERIFF, oo JULY 2d, 1872.
r Stock consisting of Goods in every line :
IIATS, CLOTHING, SHOES
DRY GOODS, HOSIERY
PANTS GOODS, ASSORTED FANS
IJNENB, TOWELING
GLASSWARE, HARDWARE
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY
TOILET SOAPS, FANCY GOODS
PERFUMERIES, YANKEE NOTIONS
JEWELRY, TOYS, ALBUMS
INKS, BLACKING, PAPER
ENVELOPES, WILLOW WARE
WOODEN WARE
And a large lot uot enumerated.
Sale positive. No reserve. Merchants and
heads of families can be sapplicd at less tbau
hall price. Come one—come all.
" Bale to commence at the Market House
TUESDAY, aud principal sale to commence
WEDNESDAY, at the .store, No. £6l Broad
street, and continue from day to day.
_je2B-td
Imported Premium Turnip Seed*
J UST RECEIVED, a full supply of the
above Seed, which are FRESH aud WAR
RANTED AS REPRESENTED, at the An
giistx Seed Store, No. 11 Washington street.
Je2B-3 W. VV. PEMBLR.
MORE ICE mm
WE have a few ICE BOXES left, which
we will eell at
REDUCED PRICES
rather tbau carry them over.
Jones* Smyth & Cos.
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KING HOUSE,
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA.
On the Georgia Railroad, 16 miles this Bide
of Atlanta, is now open to the public. The
building iB new, contains sixty large rooms,
and situated at the foot of the Mountain,
one of the grcaic-t wonders of nature, eur
roundert by grand and majestic scenery, with
three mineral springs oi great healing powers.
To the citizens of Angusta and vicinity
who propose going North in search of health,
the strongest inducements are offered. Fif
teen or twenty large rooms c m be spared at
present. We refer to the following gen
tlemen of your city, who will assure you of
the benefits already derived by their families,
viz.: Peter KeeDau, Esq., Dr. Joseph Hatton,
J. M. Newby, Eeq., and Thomas Armstrong,
Esq.
Kates OF Board— l4o per month. Special
agreements made with < miließ according to
the age and number of children. Address
E. T. WHITE,
je27 6 Manager.
House Wanted to Rent,
JJVoM the Ist of October, a COTTAGE
HQ USE,.containing four or five rooms. Must
be iu good order aud in a good neighborhood.
Address, stating location and price,
If G. MANNING,
je27-2* Augusta Post Office.
LEGITIM ATE
SQUARE TRADE.
Fact*? Versus Fiction.
CASH AGAINST ORBDIT.
Quality ilie True Text of (ltea|mess.
Prices that chow tho Difference be
tween the Sight Way aud the
Wrong Way of Doing
Business.
COMPARISON and COMPETITION
INVITED BY
Christopher Gray & Cos.,
Who have at present on exhibition a
stock of DRY GOODS that in qnality and
price will compare more than favorably with
the so-called so-called “ Bargains ” now before
the public.
Among the latest additions to their stock
will be lound :
500 more of their celebrated ONE DOI.
LAR HONEY COMB SPREADS.
Boys’ LINEN SUITS, $2 to $3.
Misses’ LINEN SUITS, $1 to f2. *
Muses’LAWN and MUSLIN SUITS, *2.
Brocaded Silk GRENADINES.
Silk JA< QITARD, Silk GRENADINES.
SASH RIBBONS, all colors.
GKOS GRAIN BIBBONB, all widths and
shades of colors.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Extra COTTON LACE
HOSE.
And n full line of Linen Damask TABLE
CLOTH.
CORNIER BROAD AND McINTOsll STB.
Je23suwftf
‘•GENUINE LIQUORS.”
W E offer the purest Imported WINE,
BRANDIES and GIN. Trade supplied at
New York prices, cost of transportation
charges only added. Samples can be seen at
our office.
je26 5 HYAMS A NEUKVILLE,
THE FEARFUL SACRIFICE FOR CASH
OP
first CL ASS DRY G O DOS
STILL OOISrTIIsrXJES.
THE ENTIRE STOCK AT REDUCED PRICES.
—.——o-
/\mONG the leading articles are Wamasutta LONG OLOI'II, at 20 cents; New York
Yot k Mills LONG CLOTH, 22 cents; Real LLAMA LACK BACQUES, reduced Iroui sls to
410 • Real LLAM A LACE SACKS, reduced Irom S2O to sl2 50; Real LLAMA LACE SACKS
reduced from $45 to $35; Real LLAMA LACK POINTS, reduced to $4 50, $6, $7 50, $lO and
sl2. Handsome THREAD PATTERNS, LLAMA LACK POINTS reduced.
.TAMES A.. GRAY & CO.
je2B-8 _____
Grand dealing Out Sale
OF
JAMES W. TURLEY,
Fn order to effect a COMPLETE CLEARANCE of SUMMER GOODS, has re
duced the price of his stock to such prices as will command an immediate sale
These BARGAINS are from every department, from a PAPER OF PINS to a
HANDSOME DRESS or LACE SHAWL.
Refrain from giving prices, as It is well known QUALITY IS THE TEST OF
CHEAPNESS.
LADIES WHO APPRECIATE BARGAINS will do well to make an early in
spec lion, aud I am convinced they will all agree that the
CHEAPEST DRY GOODS
THEY HAVE SEEN ARE AT
je23.tr JAMES W. TURLEY S.
COTTON TIE AGENCY.
WARREN, WALLACE &C O.
AGENTS FOR MIDDLE AND WESTERN GEORGIA
KOK THU CKI.ISBRATBD
ARROW AND OTHER TIES.
o
WE AKK. NOW UNDER ADVICES FROM Mk J. J. C. MoCOMB, OF LIVERPOOL,
of the direct shipment to the United Stales of a supply of TIKS for this section. We are j>re
pared to execute orders at Manulat turer’s juices to the.TRADE ONLY.
Auy communication regarding PRICKS and TERMS will receive prompt attention.
WA It Rift, WALLACE A CTO.,
jel9-lm COTTON FACTORS, AUGUSTA, GA.
G RK A/1' UKOTJOJMO ISI
lii the Prices of New and Choice Hoods
/v TT CJ-'TT R' P 1) 011 R.' K.
o
On account of the scarcity of money, I now offer to make up my entiie stock of Bpring
aud ('totbs, Suitings, Gasaimers, Linens and Vestings in the VERY LATEST AND MOST
FASHIONABLE BTYI.E, at such astonishingly LOW PRICES, that every one who needs a
suit c m easily afford to get one.
1 off r also a complete and well selected stock of
HKADY MADK CLOTHING
AND
Gent’s B'urnishing Goods
A I P HIDES I- OWIU rt TII A IST KV K It.
AUGUST DORR,
I 2 sntuthl m 220 Broad and Jackson streets.
True Verbena Water.
X^HIS CHOICE ARTICLE is recommended
to the notice of Ladies particularly, as com
bining the peculiar sweetness A the Flowers
in a concentrated and convenient form.
Sold by T. W. CHICHESTER,
je2o-tf Drnggist.
DENTAL o NOTICE.
DR ZEKE,
(COLORED).
A.N original and a regular Practitioner of
Dental Science in its various branches, with
portliness.
Office and Laboratory—Northeast corner of
Greene aud Campbell streets, Augusta, Ga.
apl4-tiptf
JirJLlnfl Kiy
SWEDISH OJSJ LY.
Just received and for sale by
WM. BL TUTT,
il«4 llroad Mreel.
_ le7 ts _____
STRAYED OR STOLEN,
On last Friday night, 2lst instant, a large
j BAY HORSE, black legs, with mane hanging
on left side; a small star in forehead. I will
pay a liberal reward for the horse, or for in
formation no as I can get him.
Je2fV:t P. DORIS.
STORE TO RENT.
HPfIF. STOKE No. 181 BROAD STREET.
Possession given immediately. Apply to or
address
J. VV. THURMOND,
Je£6-wfeutf Key Box 74, Augusta P. O.
Claret. Claret. Claret.
100 CASES VARIOUS BRANDS,
from 14 to per case, all Imported, for sale
by
je2n2 HYAMS &NEUFVILLE.
Boy Yonr Furniture
before
The Advance Priees Take Place.
w K will sell onr FURNITURE for the
next sixty days at such prices as cannot be
purchased for the uext twelve months. Now
is yonr time to buy.
PLATT BROTHERS.
je2d-2m
BUT FOUR CARPETS NOW
Before the Advance Takes Place.
Carpets have advanced in all the
different markets.
We will offer for the next thirty
days inducements to our customers
that they will not get again during
the next twelve months.
JAS. G. BAILIE & ItRO.
CARPETS MADE AND KEPT MOTH
PROOF, je2s-d*clmif
THE AUGUSTA GILDING,
Looking Glass
AND
Picture Frame Depot,
NO. 3*o BROAD BTIIKKT.
f
All Kinds of Picture Frames, Looking
Glasses, Cornices, Chromos, Engravings.
Old Picture Frames re-gilt and Paintings
cleaned, liued aud varnished.
J. J. Browne,
AGENT AND BUSINESS M ANAGER,
novl daotf
PLATT BROTHERS
Have received their
BT’IUNC* STOCK. OF
New Furniture,
And are opening it dully for inspection. It
comprises all ol the
LATEST STYLES AND PATTERNS
OF
Parlor, Chamber, Dining-Room and
• Office
FURNITURE,
And consists of
KVJCKY ARTICLE OF' FURNITURE
REQUIRED
To Furnish a llouso or Office Complete.
All of which we offer'at
Prices Lower than Ever Offered
before. Call aud examino at our Ware.Kooius,
»1» AND 31* BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA. GA.
Jylß-oct2s-d<*tl2m
Mugridge & Peabody,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
IT BOARD OF TRADE,
OniOAGVO, ILLINOIS.
Flour, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS pur
chased for shipment. Also, bought and sold
on margins.
References : Northwestern National Bank ;
J. & E Buckingham; Central Elevators.
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