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II VO iHIfc tSUBi f.
We bavo ftltl
. -V _y. did not intend I rite
, .r; and their princi
, • f -on,, indeed the only reason
wa= that 4 it make- no 4if
frrence whether they tak<- t
:! .‘they never took an oath to np<
rt the laws and fiopitltobw of the
States 1 efoie the war.’ and they
.... go reason or necessity for do**
.. n m ‘’ We tell all ;*ueh ? .both
j elsewhere, that these arc/
... good reasons why- they, should
t ike the amnesty oath, and, also, that;
:ii sa imme and an 1 • pressing
Duty for so doing.; No man will
(J ~ v , no rnatteF how ardent a seces
it he may have been—or how.
„-:1 he la wre “be inde**
. sodenee of the Confederacy, or bow
ieh he t sgrete the duukoan failure ;
that man will deny that]
, n feited all prot m, and
Rimed all allegiance to the Gor* •
, | n t jit of the I faited . States when
gteU ■ ceded from the ( .’ ion —/’
\o man Will deny that he is now in
i ‘Sion and obo ‘"look to no other
Bfee but the Government of the U ni- ’
; States for. protection of both life
ty. Ji is his duty, tbeß, to
acknowledge his allegiance to the gov- ■,
ernment uniter which he lives, and it
.. . i.; intefeit to become, as soon as
possible, inv< sted with all the rights i
of citizenship. He may if he choose,
livc here, and never cad a vote, or he
qualified as an officeV of the State gov*
inent, but He ex j cl sto he secure
in theenrjoyment oi life, liberty and
property, poder the laws of f lu-... J ‘ni
ted State s c jweroment, as well as those
of bis own State* Can be ask, on the.
one hand, privileges, for which he 18
not wining to render any reciprocal
oblig ■ i* i’ / Hut why stand aloof f
1> > ota believe that slavery has been
abolished contrary to the constitution
of the United State ? ■ if you do, re.;
fusing (o take the amnesty oath ‘will •
never re-establish slavery J :as well
stand on the shores of time and mil ‘
bark the spirits from eternity that hive
crossed ofer the dark river of death
during the four years of war.
Bat there is •< pressing i ■■ ity
fiow for every man worthy of citizen*
ship to take tin*, oath. He is needed
to assist the State ho loves, and whose ’
ban net of wisdom, justice and mode*
ration, covers him, to renew her life,
and to enter once more upon a course
of prosperity and greatness. The right
of suffrage is a sacred right ; the high
est known to the citizen. Will any
nan consent to be taxed, and be dis
franchised at the same moment ? Is
it mainly to occupy such a position f
If forced upoa hhn would he not fight?
Why, then, voluntarily assume such
an attitude towards the government ?
A common sense view of the subject
will convince every just and reasona
blc man that he cannot discharge a
higher duty to himself and his coun*
try than tO-step forward and take the
amnesty oath. Again wc advise eve
ry man who can do so to- hesitate Dot
a day before takiog the oath when an.
opportunity is o ff’ered.— MHlC(!q<vHle
/ n ion .
m OP
i lloiiiltle Prediction.
Professor Leonidas, mi Indianapolis
astrologer, after looking at the rings
around the sun, makes the following
horrible prophecy : —“I observe by
(bn planets that a dreadful plague will
commence in. Russia, originating from
silks brought over Jrom Egypt, Cairo
and Turkey. It pill extend across
the Hattie Sea, desolate. Germany,
cause immense mortality in England,
and then spccad to the United States
This .dreadful epidemic will spot the
people like a leopard, and turn the
flesh to a purple black. The pesti*
lencc will carry off such ah amount of
mortals that there will not be enough
left to bury the dead or give them.
Christian burial. . The streets of our
cities, towns and villages will be swars
tned with the dead and dying. The
groans pod yells of horror will fill ev
. cry breast with consternation. Con
fusion will abound on all. sides. The
death-kid’ll will cease to toll as the
malady rages in fury. The infected
wilt fall.and die wherever they take
if. The stench of .the dead will be.
come so common that the survivors
will not heed it ‘
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It is estimated that the expense of
taking care of the “freedmen” by the
government amounts to hot less than
eighty thousand dollars a day, with a
-probability of its largely overrunning
-•hat figure.
(T[j; Southern (hitfrprisf.’
LU( ItJ9 <BBYAN/eDII 08,
o A.
\u cm sm.
. He are requested to announce th.at Mrs..
Capers has . - imed her . for V
gn i girls in the Methodist Church. At.the
request of several friends,At is con
sented to take a elass of young ladies in
the higher branches of English Literature.
Mr-. OA qualification-as a teacher .apd
disciplinarian arc unqesti6ned . .
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IndVpf nd.f-rit C un.Hiila ts >.■ for thf* Stni*
C!o veil lion.
We arc requested to announce DEN
NING B. MOOBE, HSNBJMITCHELL,
Kbd JAKES McDONALD, as independent
candidates for the State Convention. ‘ •
• Wf afa'request* 1 rj state’ .that Col. A.
T. Mclutyer will . address the people
of thoCoiuitj 511 this Coo rt House oa Sat- ‘
or lay next in conjunction with CdL J, 1:..
Alexander. . •
e OSOa ■ ——*•*
‘. The Savannah Herald says - the Hera.
James L. Seward, of Thomas County, for*
merljr rnernfcer of the National Congi
ana the State .Senate, vu recently pardoo
ed. . .. . . ‘ ;
•• W’or n 7
We had the pleasure of meeting ‘iir otir
sanctum, on Thursday last, Capt., W. W..
OoaboK of Savannah, formerly on the
staff- of. Gen. Mercer, and. later xm that of
Brjg., GenL, Smith. We taire pleasure in
announcing that having again associated
himself with liis old partner in the c-otn-.
mission huhiness, I he'firm of Tixox 1V -Goto*
do* ut Savannah, again tendor tbeir servi-
CCH to't Iff.-ir old friends *&ncL acquaintances j
in Southern Cteorgia. They are too'v
known ioriqsire recommendation, a-nd -we
simply refer the reader to t-heir card in
our advertising columns. ‘ .
IIE 4 Tll OFJ OI I A I9f cLE A iv.
• it is with ‘deep regret sre haveto record
the death of this estimable young, man.
Pdrhaps no young man was. better ‘kpoyrn
in Thomas County, and we are sure none
was more favorably known, than Jons Ji.
slcL*as. Pjrorhis earliest youth he was
accustomed to business, SO exoeL
lent a character that, he was tnil} beloved
■*
by ail who knew him. • He served with dis- i
tinction under commission in the late war
in the 29th Georgia Ileaim-nt, and the dis
ease which caused his deatli had its origin
in his campaign exposures. He died at 2
o’clockP. M., on Sunday the 17th inst. T
and was buried in t lie family cemetery on
the following Moday at 0 o’clock with Ma ;
sonic honors. . • -
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Town toiindl.
Last week we called oh (lie Town Cotin
cil to organize and resume its functions.
We.did this not for any expected
to derive from its operations', ‘ for we do
not See how -the minutest mnlhurnatical
• . i • ‘ .
calculation on the subject could show any
dividend iri our favor; but’ many citizens
in the country are complaining that ncyrocs.
and whUftmn arc killing their cows, -hogs
and sheep, and selling them in this market
—and in to i the citizens of the
country, if not for the protection .'of our
. inn community, the council ought to be
organized.and the laws enforced. This
cattle stealing can not he stoped as long
18 the theft is not questioned in the* mar
ket, hut when every man is obliged to
bring the mark and brand and record t-hern’
with the Clerk of the Market before lie
can sell hi,s meat, much of it will at once be
ended, at least, our own citizens will no
longer be giving it encouragement, by pur*-
chasing tho stolen property.
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Eledioh Day.
Wednesday the.lth day of October is the
day for tlm election of delegates to the
State Convention. Those who have not
taken the oath of.allegiance, let them -do
so without delay that they may exercise
the high and important privilege of voting
for or against the men who are to control
the destinies of the .State, Jt isn privi
lege nay, a duty every man owes to bis
country, to vote, that a decided majority
My be given to one party or the other,
tad the true 80ntitn0|it{a. of the people
obtained: Some of our eotefnpo?ariaa.
arc counseling the, pebple to vote for no
“broken down politicians.” We do not
say this, for the fjuestion now is. who are
no/ the •broken down politicians of the
Si.Mtb ? , ‘riif whale South is bfokqpdowß.
And yf our -opinion the luoketi down poli
tieUiii uire übout at? good u.s the men who
insisted on running them, upop an error
heretofore upr.il.they Mpre.hmktn down.—’ i
What we have to .say i this. Don t vote I
who led you into, error, for
they, map ...- in. . They ; _ Itoyatt*
that they were right then, and they will j
prove it to yoi pew awarfliekii in all j
. .y they wrll-come out wrong i|NO.
When a man sYeafg he is right and qalis j
bqaveh and earth to witness —appeals to !
your- manhood —your (
family iohnsd, sod conjures you by your j
loyalty—y out .Christian virtues‘and alii
your hopes, of peace and happiness—he ]
may still be’ as far from the path of recti
tude and right, as .the'timid doubting man
.—and much further from it than the man j
who.fears to compel-you f may be in i
the’ wrong.’ Politics.is.never right unless !
‘you find yoorsetf on the atrowg side—and
l Sa the secret of the politicians suq* ‘
cess.- - . • I
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COHattli ICATXD.
Jff. Eijitor:--i learn that a report is in
circulation Ibat l.am an “open mouthed”
. negro suffrage min. • When. I first- heard •
this report my c • was not to notice ;
it, but upon* reflection. I think it tetter to
a statemeht. on the subject. - - j
Same time ago the Northern people were J
Very bitter against us.- The feeling among .
them see’med to be, to keep ns under mills :
tary rule until we should eonsent to uni- ,
▼era • gya * lflrage. ‘.At that time it was ]
uncertain what position President J ohnsou !
r would take-; foot the probability'seemed to [
be tbat he would be against-.us also. Uhs 1
der. these elreitpstances I expressed the =
irpinion that jit would J.c better.- for us- t.o
’ adopt a Constitution similar to the constia :
tution of New fork, which mile frs free ne- ;
gro< - ... wn- three, hundred - dollars.}
.worth of real estate pud can-read aid
write to* vote. Thisv.was *y opinion, not}
• • or. .of negro Suffrage,
but because I preferred a small c-vil to a •
great one# Dodersiich a constitution there i
would not be, perhaps more than one liun
dred negro rotes in-the .State,. an 1 this !
would not materially affect us, but if we*
•are to. 1 pt under military rule, we are
utterly ruined. But circumstances have
greatly. Changed since I expressed -that’
.opinion: The President has manfully ta-.
kqn position ob our side.- and there is 4
large, and 1 hope,*.majority party Sat the
Ni rth who stands by him • n this qai stion.
Ido not now think it ueceseory to have,
any stfeb provision in the constitution—l
would upt vote’ for it mysolf, nor twould.l r
ad vibe tiny one rise to do so. .1 am a
ever have been opposed.to negro.suffrage,
• and Would n< t favor it to a limited extent, i
except.to avoid a. still greater -evil. As !
’ the case now stands 1 am opposed to it at
together. But Mr. Editor, ibis report has
been put in circulatiou,’ not to injure- me,
but to injure the regular nominated candi- :.
dates for. the Convention. I favor their
election because they propose to carry out
the policy of the government, and promote
thereby, the interests of the people. lam
no candidate for office, nor Unless my feel
ing.*? change, do l ever expect to.be again,
but I do.feel a great interest in the Welfare
of this community and*of my State. Let
me therefore beg my fellow citizens to be
ware.'how they follow the counsels of rash
mens We have suffered enough already,’
let us not bring other and still heavier ca
. lamities upon ourselves and the country.
• • • r. e. love/*.
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Western A Allantic Railroad, i-
It is confidently hoped . that this
great State work will shortly be turn,,
cd ovebliy 1-he military Authorities to
Gov. Johnson. The Atlanta Intelli
gencer learns that His Excellency re* •
cently met Maj. Gen. Thomas, and,
after a conference with him, appoir ted
the following gentlemen directors.and
officers of the read, to whose conduct ,
it will lie entrusted alter it passes into
civil hand's.:
Directors.- liichard Peters, of AS
lanta; Robert M. Goodman, of Mari
etta ; J. .11. Parrott,. of . Carterville;
Robert Isattey, of Dalton; h
Whitman, of Ringgold.’
Super in tauten L —R obe rt Haugli, of
Atlanta. . . ‘ ‘ . ‘
Treasurer.-*— Miles G. Dobbins,.of
Griffin .—Macon Mirror. • .;
Tlic I own Wentocrats.
The Democratic party of lowa has
dropped, its time- worn appellation, and
adopted that of. “Union/’ /i he vState
Convention adopted . resolutions for
taxing government bonds and against
negro suffrage, which seem to be tlic
cardinal principles of the opposition.
Tbps. 11. Renton, dr., Republican, is
their candidate for Governor ; indeed,
their State tipket is composed princi
pally, it.is said, from the same party.
The New York Herald thinks that
the course of President Johnson will,
in all probabi ity, be sustained by all
the central and northern States, even .
including Maine, thus leaving New
Kngland, with the exception of Maine
out m the cold, We should not be
surprised to see such a.rcsult af the fall
election's, in whic.h event thedaeobins
ill l)C bowling in outer daiknesb.
vr.Domxio.
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lt©i ion in the Rtpuiriic.
Pimentel, the lk<H
the State. .’
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Q Cabral Appointed Protector.
fFrom the New \ork Herald.J
By the arrival of the steamer (Juba
at Ha Yana <m the’ 21st in-, t . we. are hi
receipt .1 Bt.‘- Domingo advices *pio
the Bth of August.
•. The capital and other towns of im
portance (in a . (eogtH doc union:
headed “ Popular Manifestation,” pub
;- Led in St. ‘Domingo on the 4th,)
have protio.unced against Gen. Pimen
tel, who, since January, has been car->
tying OB what be.l the Deform’ ’]
ist government with a high hand, and
have declared in favor of General Jose
Maria Cabral, naming him Protector
of the xepublic ; authorizing him to
take immediate possession ofthe.su
. urn command., and devise, such
measures for the preservation of the
country and the public interests as he
may iu me necessary until anew gov>
ernment can he i
Gen. Pimentel,*wbo,in January la
marched i'nto Santiago at the head of
his troops,.making himself • master of |
the situation .and proclaming nimself
at the head of .the government, is |
charged in .the “Mabifegiatiim” with j
acting since that time in -complete ae- ;
fiauce of all daws, and order ; persecute j
ing the numbers of the provisional
gov< lent, loaoiDg. . citizen.? with |
chains, and threatening them with*
death; setting aside the elections ofj
delegations to the National CoovetL
tiW, ‘ordering their arrest., and causing
new members tp be elected snbsetvi
ent to bril)ery; so. far. fopgetting the j
lawsof humanity, and civilization as to
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publicly offer a reward for the head of
Gen. Polanco* who; before him, was at.
the head of the provincial government;
favoring projects threatening the/*le—
gitimate government of IJaytb—thus
endeavoring to inv Ve rt govern .
ment in complications;|vitl ‘ ‘
lic and m atte. • \ • ) A . . ‘:.ru- \
tkras of justice cr.f b the needs of the
church. ‘ j
liidlau TroiilUp • on tSicFrcm-j
•• ■ . ties* of Toy css* 1
si:vv. ORE.EAxs,;Ang, 20. .
The steamship Mari] o'sa has'arrived
from New York
Nearly a million . dollars . in specie
has arrived here within the last; two
days. • I \ :
Texas advices report the frontier in
a: worse condition than ever before.—
The Austin and San Antonio papers
are filled with accouts of outrages by
the Indians and highway robberies.—
Steps have,- however 4 .- b( cn taken by
the military to afford protection to the
frontier settlers,-
The telegraph is being extended
from Houston to San Aiftonio, Shreve
port and Vicksburg. •
The condition of the blacks is,
with a few exceptions, represented to
be'satisfactory. -
■ The worm continues its ravages on j
the.cotton in the. luwer . counties of
J exas. • . . . . •
. At a public meeting of the citizens
of six counties resolutions were pars
ed accepting the situation, and pledg
ing support to the national governi
ment and . Governor Hamilton, ao.
kncwledging the abolishment of slave*
ry and asking Governor Hamilton to
call a convention.
AY. J. Jones, of the United
States Court of* Alabama at the time
of the secession of that State, and con
tinued in the same position by the suci
ceeding regime , has been arrested at
Montgomery and bonded In $20,000
to await trial. . . . ‘
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Two Hiiital Murders.
Burlington ; l Y., August 28.
Mrs. Ephaim Griswold, a wealthy
old lady, who resides in the west, part
of* \\ ilhston, Y t., about seven
from this city, was-found in her barn
brutally murdered. Her husband.was
absent from home at the time. The
perpetrator of the deed is . as. yet uq
known. A large amount. of money,
was in the house, which is missing.
• Boston, Mass., Aug. 28.
In Concord, Mass., last tveek, a
young man named, Michael McManus
was found dead on the scaffold of a
barn, with a bullet wound through his
load. Brync McDonald, the uncle of
McManus, has been arrested on sus
picion of having perpetrated the deed.
The Mississippi Convention,
The Mississippi CeuStitutionai Con**
. vention. which has . ;tt;fc f c.: a- >-j
-----hare of public attention . - account
,pU hed* its import&nt is fk, and ad
journed sine die.
The following importan
mental measures of Twcocstruction on
the Union basis received ti - sanction
[of that body .
Ist. Repeal of the O .nee of
| Secession passed In ISCI. and all laws
since passed by the Legislature eon*,
fiietuig with tbi.Constitution- of the
United States,or inconsistent with the
standing- of Miss-'.'O'Pi- i as- a. loyal State
in the restored Lnion. .
2d. Slavery- or involuntary servi
ture, except for crime, is forever abol
ished in the State of Mississippii
• 3d.- 4° election for members of
Congress and State officer.-, ordered to
he, held oh the first- Monday in OctO*
her next. ‘..
4tlo A formal- appeal has been
[ made to President Johnson to extend
r.cion to Jefferson Davis..
It also devolved upon- the next
[ Legislature by jpw “for the
;.protection and security of the ‘persons
and property of the mtedmen of the
State, and guard them ami the State
against any evil that may arise from
their sodden emancipation.” •
A manorial wibs alio adopted pray
ing the Goverment to remove neg: •
troops from, the State. • : ‘
A loading Republican paper, of N.
York, commenting upoti the doings of
the Convention, expresses • itself entG
rely satisfied, and says the declaration
that the Secession Ordinance is null
and.void,.involves sn absolute aban
don ment of the doetrino of the right
of secession. ’ Thai it”.is-a full and fi
nal acknowledgment'th at . the- | ederal
Constitution, both of- right- and in
fact—both <]<>■ jnrh. and de flu:tQ~*-\ft
supreme. It says more than thin, on
that score, it is impossible to ask.. , ;
• • The Constitution gmendment, de*
arinj that‘‘neither slavery ‘met in
voluntary servitude, 1 fisher wise than
for .the punishment of brittle,'thereof
the party shall have been convicted,
shall hereafter exist ia the; State-*’• —
adopted bv the strong vote of cighty
gix to elev**is pre^euiinehtly
factory. • It memorial prety
ing for. the freedom ©f the ltebel
Drerfldent, will ban lv IViruisli any
new reasons for such aa. act, and will
carry very little weight, ’*
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Frauds Jnthe Army Fay Kc
paiimeut.
The New York Herald makes men
of fraud,s that -have recently been
dise<jvered in the Pay Departtiien't of
the army,.which indicate an extensive
system of robbery and plunder in that
branch of* the service. ’ The Herald iff
.of opinion that when the'full extent rs
the robbery is known, Hie r< cent fi. .
nancieTng enterprise of that ’ hopeful
youth, Ketchum,. will -sink into insig* ‘
niticancc.- The disclosure thus far in
volve Col-. Binncy, recent Chief -PayY
DiJSter of the Ilichnioud District, with
.it is said; some fourteen of his suhor.’
-dinates. It is stated also that the op*
era Hon Mias extended beyond thd Ilich.
mend District, and that a’ iarsre num
ber-of Northern .paymasters are in-*
voived in similar tram-actions. Simul*
taneously with this, corrupt practices*
of some soit arc discovered in the Pay
Department of New York, and one
party,of*whose guilt there is Undoubted
evidence, has been arrested.. It is aK
leged that the crime in this case in
volves forgery... .
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An editor, who . has good paying
subscribers, has offered up the follow
prayer : “.. . . •
. “ May they live in clover the rest of their
lives,
Have plenty of cash and—rcapital wives ;
May. they know no fear—do'just right,
He temperence get tight;
We wish them full cellars and barns,
May the 7 never neglect their immortal
consarns. . • .
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Alas! how few are they, wlro ean
adopt this language. Aj r e have a few
(like “angel visits”.truly) for whom
we daily lift this supplication. But in
the greatness of our benevolence, we
would gladly include all. Will you
not be moved by the piospect of such
intercessions, and enable us to do so ?
We have it on the very end off our
pen to quote ‘The prayer* of the* right
eous availefcli much,’’ but deem it not
exactly apropos.
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Marrying a woman for her beauty,
says some.modern Seneca, is like eat?
| ing a bird for its Binging. , -.