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CONST IT UTIONAIST.
AX J GUI ST A SIX* A.
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 3, jBCB.
THE RADICAL MUMBO-JUMBO.
According to his friends, the Hon. Ben.
Wade— honorable after the most approved
Radical model—lias been speculating about
his inauguration and wliat he will do when
the White House portals open to receive
his worship and the Marine Baud toots
with brazen lungs, “See the conqueiiug
hero comes?” Honors change maimers in
some folks; but wo can scarcely hope they
will, when ill gotten, transform this bull
of Bashan into a sucking dove. Thus be
lieving, the I Lon. Ben probably told the
truth when sketching the preliminaries of
his administration thus:
“The very first thing J should try, if such a
thing as we are talking about should happen,
would be to see to it that the real Union men
of the South are protected. Those people
down there have made us enough trouble
first by their treason, and since the surrender
by their coniinual turbulence. i don’t believe
thev have ever been ruled with a firm enough
band, tam ol course in favor of giving them
justice always; but they must not into sere
with the rights of others or disobey the laws.
If the “ real Union men” have not been
protected at great expense to the country
at large, during the last, three years, we are
at a loss to know how the Hon. Ben will,
without crushing taxation and military oc
cupation of the North, better their condi
tion. By “real Union men” we suppose lie
means Georgians from Skowbegan and
other remote and unpronounceable districts
whose breed of statesmen is interminable.
“ Continual turbulence” must be interpret
ed as asserting privileges guaranteed by Con
gress, but not asserting them to suit the
Wadeites. Voting down a constitution is
a flagrant “ interference with the rights of
others,” lienee the South is to be punished
for doing exactly wliat Congress permitted
her to do, but in the way Congress least
expected. Out, upon the foul hypocrite!
who once bawled out blatantly tor State
Rights, “ right of revolution” etc.
This is one view of the rising sun, the
old rum-sucker whose nose, like Bar-
DOLPii s, can not be looked upon without
suggestions of hell fire. Here is another
picture quite in keeping and, as Artemus
Ward hath it, “ only more so.” Says that
great artist, the Richmond Enquirer
Examiner:
“ 1 1 won’t give yon a ticket to ihe trial, sir !
Your paper is the G—d damnedest meanest pa
per iu Ohio. It’s a Chase organ all the time.
1 don’t owe it nothing, and its recommenda
tion don’t amount to nothing with me, sir.
TVith these ornate, courteous and strictly gram
matical sentences did Senator Ben \\ ade, a tew
days since, greet the respectful application of
Mr. George Alfred Townshead, a Radical cor
respondent of a Radical p iper, lor a ticket ot
admission iuto the reporter’s gallery of the
Senate. To the literal aud exact truth of the
above language he announces hiinselt ready to
verify, and two other God-fearing gentlemen
are equally ready to do the same.
“ The rising sun of Radicalism looms red,
groggy, blasphemous and fearfully ungrammat
ical, and even to those who propose putting
him into the White House from their hatred ot
President Johnson, he must suggest the disa
greeable alternative of “ swapping a devil tor a
witch.” The “ sitting r-ttn” may have hi. weak
nesses, but in deptH'tinenl, education, sobriety
and decency of manners, lie is incomparably
the superior ol Ibe reeling, prolane, nngammat
ieal old Silenus, for whom a Senete, —which
reminds of of those corrupt bodies which were
the disgrace ol Rome in the days id Ihe basest
and most dissolute ot theUtvsars.- is preparing
a victim and a triumph. Never did a nation
fall more suddenly than this, (or between
'Washington and Wade, between ihe \ irginia
Godlike to the Ohio noglike, fifteen centuries
of slow decadence should have rolled. But
from a lofty pinnacle ol dignity and greatness
we are about to tumble like a drunken sailor
from the top-mast into the depth ot the slough
national degradation.
“The starch, (lie frills, (In' diamond shoe
buckles, the grand maunei, the stately courte-
By, tbe balanced sentences, the well-weighed
language, the decorous sobriety of Ihc Wash
ingtons, the Madisons, the Marshalls, the
Pinckueys—where are they now ? The South
bus beeu banished from Washington ; and io ! a
coarse, besotted vulgarian, a hog in manners, a
satyr in habits, when congratulated upon his
brilliant prospects of becoming our next Pres
ident, is reported liy liis Radical admirers to.
have said that. ‘ be would like to go to the
"White House some;’ but that ‘he never bad
the Presidential fever very bad,’ and that, he,
told 1 told a man ’tother day when he com
meuced pumping him about his intentions
■when he got to the White House, that he
hadn’t forgot the picture in the old spelling
book, of the woman who counted her
chickens before they were hatched.’—
What a splendid tribute is this to the advan
tages of the ‘ pictorial system of instruction !’
Senator Wade has forgotten his mother’s early
caution against rum and profanity, no trace ot
Lindley Murray remains, he never seems to
have heard either of Chesterfield’s letters, or
of the work entitled ‘ The Habits of Good So
ciety but the pictures iu Webster’s old blue
backed spelling book remain as well preserved
in the whisky of the surcharged lobes ol his
braiu as a 6uake in a vial of alcohol. How the
whole nation must deplore that there were no
pictures iu his grammor, and that he was not
provided in his youth with an Illustrated copy
of the Ten Commandments and a temperance
tract with wood cuts depicting ‘ tbe drunkard’s
doom!’ ”
Quite Comfortable. —The people of
Alabama must be pretty well off. We
judge so from the fact that there is report
ed “a heavy demand for gold to till coun
try orders.” A writer in the Mobile Tri
bune suggests that it is hoarded in fear of
revolution and distrust of greenbacks. He
likewise opines that a ‘ tender pity” for
creditors—a la Jok Brown — has some
thing to do with this personal method of
relief. Old stockings are in the ascendant.
Tart. —A Tennessee paper says the
threatening Ku Klux letter received by
Representative Muhins, of that State, was
only a warning from the fool killer that lie
Was coming along.
Radical Reconstruction. —The faith of
Congress is thus clearly expressed in an old
New England rhyme:
“ You shall and you shan’t.
Yon will and you won’t;
You'il be damned if you do,
You’ll he damned if you aon’i.”
THE FIF PH CONGRESSIONAL DIS
TRICT.
The resolution of the Democratic Con
vention of the Fifth Congressional District
to abstain from the nomination of a candi
date to represent the party in Congress, is,
we opine, wise and prudent. It is a noto
rious fact that a Democrat elected from
one of the “loyal States” lias very little
chance of admissioirto either house of Con
gress ; how farcical, then, would it be to
expect ft better fate for a Democrat from
the South. If the negroes choose to seize
upon this opportunity to test the “spirit of
tltc age,” the “ broad philanthropy ” of
those honorable legislators who claim to
love Ethiopia better than America —nobody
need complain.
Coming Political Events.
To those who wish to “ keep the run ” of
politics throughout the country, the following
compendium of information concerning events
to occur, will be useful for reference :
CONVENTIONS.
March 31—California, Republican, Sacra
mento.
April B—Nevada, Republican, Carson City.
April 15 —Illinois, Democratic, Springfield.
April 29—Nebraska, Republican, Nebraska
City.
May I—Louisiana, Republican, New Orleans.
May s—New Hampshire, Republican, Con
cord.
May 6—lllinois, Republican, Peoria.
May 7—lowa, Republican, Des Moines.
May 18—Minnesota, Republican, St. Paul.
May 19—National Soldiers’, Chicago.
May 20—National Republican, Chicago.
June 10—New Jersey, Democratic, Trenton.
June 18—New Jersey, Republican, Trenton.
July 4—National Democratic, New York.
! July 4—Soldiers’ and Sailors’, New York.
STATE ELECTIONS.
April I—Rhode Island -general.
April o—Connecticut general.
April 0— Michigan new constitution.
April 0 to B—Florida —reconst!uet.iou, State
and Federal officers.
April 7—Wisconsin- judicial.
April 14, 15, 1(5 —South Carolina—recon
struction.
April 17, 18—Louisiana—reconstruction.
April 20 to 25—Georgia—reconstruction.
April 21, 22, 28—North Carolina—recon
struction.
May 4,5, G—Florida—reconstruction.
PROGRESS OF RECONSTRUCTION.
Virginia —The Convention has attained its
seventy-sixth day and io drawing to a close.—
Tire registry has undergone one revision (with
another promised) belore the election.
North Carolina— Election for and imdet
the new constitution begins Apt il 21. Candi
dates lor Governor: William W. lloldeu, Re
publican ; Thomas 8. Ashe, Democrat.
South Carolina— Election for and under
lie new constitution begins April 14. General
Robert K. Scott is the raidical (and thus lar the
only) candidate lor Governor. ”
Georgia— Ejection for and under the new
constitution begins, April 20. Candidates for
Governor: Rufus 11. Bullock, Republican;
David Irwin, conservative.
Florida —Election for and under the new
constitution begins May 4. Harrison, Reed is
the Republican (and thus far the only) candi
date for Governor.
Alabama — An applicant before Congress,
with prospect of admission.
Mississippi— Convention in its sixty-ninth
clay, and will probably conclude its labors next
week. General B. B. Eggleston, President of
the convention, is the Republican nominee lor
Governor.
Louisiana— Elections for and under the new
constitution begins April 17. Candidates for
Governor; Henry O. Wariuotli, republican ;
James G, Taliaferro, independent. Mr. Talia
ferro was president of the convention and is i
native Louisianian The question at issue is
between the “ natives” and “ carpet baggers,”
and the democrats favor Taliaferro while de
clining to interfere.
Texas—Convention just elected but not yet
convened.
Arkansas —Election belli last week ; result
not known. General Powell Clayton was the
republican, and only candidate for Governor.
Os the republican candidates for Governor
above named, Holden is a native ot North Car
olina ; Scott is a native oi Pennsylvania, enter
ed the service from Ohio and is in charge of
freednien’s affairs; Bullock is a native ol New
York, resident in Georgia before and during
the war; Reed was recently a Wisconsin edt
tor ; Eggleston is a native ol New York, who
entered the military service from Ohio; War
moth is a native ol Illinois and entered the
service from Missouri ; Clayton a native oi
Pennsylvania, entered the service from Kansas.
Anecdote of Lincoln.—Mr Lincoln
lias liarl to father many stories, ami some
not to his credit; but the following, from
the New York Times, in reference to the
efforts of certain Senators to get Mr. Sewanl
and Montgomery Blair out of the Cabinet,
illustrates very forcibly Mr. Lincoln’s
shrewdness and tact in managing the Con
gressional meddlers, which the Times ob
serves, was a great deal more effective than
Mr. Johnson’s efforts in that line. But to
the story:
A committee of nine, with Senator Collti
mar at its head, waited upon the President
to present to him this paper. When it had
been read, Air. Lincoln said he approved of
it heartily, but he thought the Senators hud
made a mistake. He was willing and
anxious to consult their wishes in the mat
ter, but he wanted to ask them one ques
tion—not to answer until they had given it
due reflection.
“ Yon say," said he. “ that i ought to
have a Cabinet., every member of which
agrees with me in opinion. Is that exactly
wliat you mean ? Don’t yon really mcau
that 1 ought to have a Cabinet, every mem
ber of which agrees with you in opinion.—
Isn’t that what you really* want V” And
telling them to sleep on it and come
back when they had answered it satisfac
torily, he dismissed them until they should
see fit to return. “ But,” said he, when re
lating the story, “they never came back.”
Vallanpigham’s Organ on New Hamp
shire.—The result of the electiou in New
Hampshire yesterday again proves the les
son of all history that in unsettled and rev
olutionary times, in all countries, and per
haps at all times in a young, growing, vig
orous country like ours, the bold party is
the one which wins. And it is our delibe
rate conviction that the prompt impeach
ment;, oil the one baud, of Andrew John
son, and, ou the other, the sweet alacrity
with which he submitted, trusting in “God,
the people and the courts,” but without
11 keeping his powder dry,” or making any
preparation before venturing to provoke
Congress to battle—unless, indeed, it was
he that bought that nitro-glycerine in New
York —turned the scale and gave to the Re
publicans the victory in New Hampshire.
Last summer and fall hesitancy, “ policy ”
and dissension characterized the Republi
can party, as boldness, earnestness and har
mony did the Democracy, and we were vic
torious everywhere. Since October and
November the picture has everywhere been
reversed. Unity and audacity again char
acterized the Republicans, and* timidity and
policy the Democrats. The senatorial elec
tion in Ohio, the senatorial election in Ken
tucky, the refusal of the Maryland Legisla
ture to re-elect Senator Thomas when de
nied his seat, the. triumph of the New York
World politicians in the National Demo
cratic Committee, the inaction of the Ohio
Legislature, and various other similar cir
cumstances, indicate that the Democratic
party, just now, is not the the “ unterrified
Democracy ” of “ Old Hickory’s ” time.
[Dayton Ledger.
Rascally— Robert Webster, usually called
Bob Yancey, who gave the nigger ball in
Atlanta in honor of Bullock, in a published
card says, that the white scalawags who promis
ed to pay part of the expenses of the frolic
have failed to respond. Bullock ate aDtl drank
but did not pay a cent, not even a postage
stamp— Col. Sun.
Dr. Ford’s Lecture.— We alluded briefly
yesterday to the lecture of Dr. L. D. Ford, be
fore the Young Men’s Library Association on
Tuesday evening last. And although we are
sure that no synopsis can do justice either to
the eloquent speaker or to the subject which he
discussed, we cannot feel satisfied without at
least attempting to c-all up the leading points
of the address and giviug them to our readers.
After a clear, succint and graceful recapitula-.
tion of his former address—showing the origin
and the distinctive uniqueness of the old United,
States Government, and illustrating its spe
cific mission as the conservator, guard and
witness of the sacred cause of freedom; after
showing that, through the influence of a fanati
cal and dominant parly, this cause had been
abandoned and sacrificed by the so-called
United States, and then taken up and gloriously
maintained for lour years by the Confederate
States; and after showing thaL the results of
the war left this cause apparently lost—crush
ed by mere brute force and brute men—the
way was prepared lor introducing the special
subject ol the evening: Was this cause really
lost ? —and, if not, where was it ?
VVc cannot follow the lecturer iu the masterly
and philosophical argument to show that such
a cause: could not be lost—that it was too evi
dently the gift of God—it was- too invaluable
to humanity—its influence upon the govern
ments and peoples of the world had been too
great, while it was vital and potential in this,
to suppose for one moment that such a gift
had been bestowed merely to be withdrawn.
This view as supported by two or three beauti
ful and apposite analogies drawn from the
Scriptures—lhe antediluvian religion preserved
with Noab, while the race that had supported
it was destroyed—the ease also of Elijah sup
posing himself the only worshiper of the true
God ; hut the Lord told him : “ I have left me
seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which
have not bowed utito Baal.”
But il the cause was not lost—if its precious
remains were safe —where was that, cause ?
And who was to take it up ? Evidently Ruck a
cause could not be borne by individuals; it
must be espoused by some nation. What na
tion was able to it ? None in the Old World.
Hie very genius aud spirit of every one of
iiicnt had been from the beginning, that gov-
ernments were to be administered for the sake
of governors, not the governed. Could this
cause be. taken up by the so-called United
States? Hero the lecture was positively
scathing, excoriating, withering, as with words
of lire it detailed the utter and absolute repu
diation of constitution, of justice, of human
rights and liberties. The wretched, false arid
tyrannous “simulacrum” of the old United
States was hastening to its doom: “we saw
the storm coming—we saw through it—and
we lilted up our heads with joy.”
But where teas the lost cause?—lt was here
in the hearts of the brave men who had battled
for it—men who had been schooled in its
principles from their earliest infancy—who had
been reared in its very atmosphere—who had
been trained to understand, to appreciate aud
to love it, in their colleges, at the hustings, by
their fire-sides—and who had finally periled life
and fortune to maiutain it. But alas, this was
not a safe depository; men were liable to trans
fer its consideration from the warm logic of the
heart, to the cold logic ol the intellect. Aud
then who can copy the picture that was painted
ol the renegade hypocrite —eulistlog in the
tight, shedding his blood, receiving honor au:l
office ; the trust and confidence of a free people;
and Wien bartering himself, his cause and iris
honor for paltry gain.
A safer depository was the hearts of the noble
women of the C'onlederacv. There it lived a
green and precious memory. Its chances were
calculated not with the slow figures of the in
tellect, but with the rapid arithmetic ol the
heart. In casting the horoscope of its ior
times, they read the desircß of their souls as
Mm promises of God. These depositors could
never forget ihe sacrifices the} - had made, the
blessed services they had rendered, the hearty
devotion they had offered. And they would
implant this cause iu the hearts of their chil
dren ; teach them to love it—tell them the story
ol ils struggles and its fall, and fire them with
the hope of its rise.
And, finally, it lived with the martyred host
who bad fallen in its defense—Leonidas Polk,
Sydney Johnson, Stonewall Jackson, Bartow,
Cobh, Semmes, aud the multitude of soldiers,
known and unknown, who had made it sacred
by their blood. These men, though dead, still
speak. The cause that fell with them, lives
Willi them. And their death will yet show, in
a different department of human interest, an
other illustration of Ihe voice which has sound
ed through Ihe centuries with universal accep
tance, that “ the blood of the martyrs is the
seed of the church.”
We are conscious of the inadequacy and
meagreness of this report; but we trust the
able lecturer will pardon us the attempt to give
a wider circulation to his cardinal points, how
ever imperleetly they may be stated.
The conclusion drawn from the whole prem
ises was very striking and forcible. It was
briefly this : If the government which has ap
propriated the name, purloined the treasure,
prostituted the sword and desecrated the sym
bols oi the United States Government, formed
by our fathers, is not the same government,
blit one, as the lecturer contended, totally dif
ferent in genius, inspirit, in object,in the mode
of its administration—then reconstruction is
impossible, a misnomer—a word that carries a
falsehood in its very face. We may form a
union with that government—but it will uot be
a reconstruction ; it will be a union with des
postism— a government tegardless of constitu
tional obligations, lights and liberties. Let us
by no act or ours affiliate with any such wrong;
let us regard it -while it. stands only as a beacon
light of warning raised above the sunken
rocks, and proclaiming through all onr night
of gloom, that approach to it is danger, and
contact with it, death.
Fast Time. —We have received a call from
Mr. F. P. Watson, General Passenger Agent,
for Ihe railroads leading from Augusta via
Colombia, S. C. aud Danville, Va., to Washing
ton. This route Northward is now in the most
admirable order and provided with all the lux
uries and conveniences of travel. Sumptuous
coaches, elegant sleeping cars, fast time and
smooth rails nil among the attractions of the
route. A considerable part of the way is
through a mountainous district, abounding in
pleasant views, cool atmosphere, generous fare
and delicious water. The new schedule
Isas gone into operation and parties going North
will find that the time of travel is as short, and
the charges as reasonable as by other popular
lines.
Fire Department— Mr. J. D. Kavnnagh
desires us to state that, while ibankiDg his
many friends in the department lor their gen
erous support, he most respectfully withdraws
his name from the list of candidates for the
office ot Secretary of the Augusta Fire Depart
ment.
Washington County.— The of
Washington county have nominated for the
State Legislature, Messrs. R. W. Flournoy and
Wm. Q. Brown.
Gen. Early. —This distinguished soldier,
says the Lynchburg Virginian, is still at Drum
mondviile, Canada West, and expects to re
main there some time. His health has improv*
ed, and is much better than it was last year.
Superior' Court.— This court adjourned
yesterday. Asa matter of general interest we
publish the following important decision by
Judge Gibson: Robert Walton, and W. A.
Walton assignees, etc. vs. W. D. Ellis and
other creditors. Application to participate in
the funds by several creditors: —
It is not well settled in Georgia when or at
what time a decree or proceeding iu Georgia
may be said to be enrolled, and, without pre
suming to settle in this case, judicially, this
question, I will undertake to intimate the opin
ion in such cases that if the decree of the jury
after being made the judgment ol the court aud
entered by the registrar or clerk upon the min
utes can be disturbed on motion or by petition,
there would be but little certainty in legal ac
tions. The solemnity attached to such proceed
ings ina court of equity in this country should
be much greater than that in England, lor there
this whole proceeding is in the hands _pl the
chancellor and his own appointed master. It
may be true that they have their “parchment,”
which is no more than durable and lasting pa
per of very superior quality ; and iu England
great importance is attached to enrolled pro
ceedings. In this country the contents of a
paper, more than the paper upon which it is is
valued ; here, too, a jury of twelve men is call
ed to the special aid of the chancellor to iletci -
mine and settle all issuable facts, and ihe equi
ties of parties, hence, when such tacts are so
determined, and all the equities fully settled in
the mode pointed out, it should be considered
as final unless reversed iu some superior tribu
nal.
Iu tins case the proceedings had progressed
thus far and a final hearing had, which action
had been entered by the clerk on the minutes
of the court, and the action ol this court and
the parties thereto had been filially concluded
aud settled, except to have the decree
of thd couit executed. And enrollment
iu Englaud could mean and be no more than
final action upon the cause pending in the ob
servance of prescribed forms, bad not all the
lorras prescribed in this case beeu complied
with and what remained further lor this court to
do with the same V 1 know of nothing, and the
learned council have not suggested any thing.
Do tire petitioners or movers suggest even that
the decree does not do what was fully intended ?
and, as the court was then advised, full equity
in the premises ? Were there any mistakes or
inaccuracies? It is sufficient to say mat none
are charged by tiie petitioners. There is, how
ever, one ground upon which petitioners ought
to be heard, and this request may be allowed
upon that. Wtiilstlhis is a bill filed by assignees,
it is certainly for the benefit of the creditors oi
the Bank, both known and unknown, as well
as themselves, and they are called upon to ap
pear at this present term of the court and prove
their several demands, or claims upon the fund
assigned to plaintiff for their benefit; dw ing the
term petitioners appear and satisfactorily ex
plain their absence, and, whilst it may lie said
they came at the eleventh hour, are they not
entitled to their penny ? and whilst the more
fortunate creditors may murmur, it can be
truly said “ I do thee no wrong, take that thine
It is therefor# ordered that each of said credi
tors he allowed to file their claims and partici
pate in the distribution of said fund, with leave
to any ot said objeetiugjcredltors to file an issue
of fact as to any matters contained iif said peli
tions in teu Atyrfrom the adjournment of tire
court.
Fashion.— Wednesday was “ Opening Day ”
in New York—that is, the day ol the season
when the modistes display for the first time
their spring fashions. The streets were throng
ed with ladies, and all the principal establish
ments were crowded with their patrons, who
criticized wliat they considered “a sweet thing
in bonnets,” and called this article of dress
“ hateful,”“ perfectly splendid.” The
salient points ot the new styles appear to lie
that bonnets are smaller and more flimsy than
ever, that the sensible fashion of wearing short
street dresses is to he continued, and that eve
ning dresses may be cut in almost, any way,
provided they may be furnisued with a trail
long enough. One reporter says that there
never was a time when greater latitude was al
lowed in full dress toilettes, but he evidently
means longitude, for he adds : “ Provided Ibe
train is long and the skirt narrow, ‘ the rest of
the dress may be left to Providence.’ ” And
when the fashions leave come to such a pass as
this, it is quite certain they arc no longer pro
per subjects for newspaper discussions.
Cotton Culture and Debt.— To ex
pect a planter to make crops of cotton
without incurring debts to be reimbursed
from its proceeds, is to expect what never
has been done and never will be done in
the cotton culture. We will take for ex
ample a crop of two hundred bales, valued
on the plantation ready for shipment at
SIO,OOO, and we will suppose that one-fifth
of this amount is clear profit to the planter.
To produce the two hundred bales then
will require sr-cash capital of SB,OOO to pay
for labor, meat, corn, mules, feed, plows,
axes, hoes, spades, harness, blacksmith’s
bills, bagging, bailing, etc.
Is it to be expected that any planter will
have so much ready money at his coni
mand to carry him through the year? Os
course not. The SB,OOO we have supposed
supplies a constituant part of the crop
without which it cannot he made. Cotton
will not grow spontaneously \\ithout culti
vation. A bale of cotton can no more be
made without certain expenditures of mo
ney than a yard of calico. If is idle to
suppose that, planters can be out of debt
and have the means of producing a crop
without going into debt. Debt in some
form or other, whether to the factor, or the
banker, or the capitalist, arc essential to the
successful culture of cotton.
Thf. Mayor of Petersburg. —The tele
graph has announced that Rush Burgess is
appointed Mayor of the city of Petersburg.
The following from the “ local brevities” of
the Petersburg Index tells who and what
Burgess is:
“Mr. Rush Burgess voted in IHfil to
ratify the ordinance of secession, and for
Jefferson Davis for President of the Con
federate States. How can Jte take the
iron-clad ?
“ A butcher, a voter for secession, a sup
porter of President Davis, a purveyor for
the Coufederate Commissary Department, a
deserter, a loyal leaguer, a confiscating
agent, a registrar; a nice preparation for
the mayoralty of an important city,
isn’t it ?”
The Richmond Dispatch says : A gentleman
from Hanover informs us that, a widow lady
residing near Ashland was rewarded Saturday
by the finding of a treasure valued at #1,900.
During the latter part ol the war, when Han
over was so frequently subjected to the visits
of raiders, this lady placed in an earthen pot,
three gold watches, with chains attached, be
longing respectively to herself and two daugh
ters; five plain gold rings, two ditto brooches,
nine ditto sleeve buttons, a gold snuffbox, one
dozen silver table spoons, one dozen, tea
spoons, a silver urn, tea-pot, creaut jar, and
sugar-dish, and several hnudred dollars in
twenty dollar gold-pieces. The jar was buried
at night, very hurriedly, and the place marked,
as it was thought, in a most unmistakable man
ner. Since the termination of the war, every
effort to find the treasure has proved unsuc
cessful until last Saturday, when strangely
enough, the hiding place was discovered by a
dog, who ran a mole into a hole which led
directly to the earthen jar.
The Georgia State Medical Association
—For the benefit of the medical fraternity
throughout the State, we will remark that the
Georgia State Medical Association will assem
ble in the city of Augusta on the second
Wednesday in April, being the Bth.
fFrom the London Fun.
A Leap Year Lay.
DY A PROPHETIC! SOUL.
Oh. ladies! who Hie privilege
Obtain this year of “ popping,
Fray ponder ere across the li.cdi'o
Os prudence you arc bopping :
For Sixty-Eight perchance may be
A dear, and not a cheap year,
Unless you take advice front me,
And “ look before you Leap - Year !
Os course, J know, a single lot
Is singularly dreary -
Ilßt very many wives, 1 wot,
Are only double weary,
Their lives are simply sums of grief,
On wretched year lhey heap year
To make a burden past relief;
So “ look before you Leap ’’ Year.
John Anderson and his good wife,
In fair anil stormy weather,
(I’he song says) down tile liill of life
Went hand-m-hand together.
Their years were but a gentle slope
This year may prove a steep year,
Should you try marriage; so i hope
You'd “look before you Leap "—Year.
You dream of wedded happiness-
A junction sans collision !
Your matrimonial views, I guess,
Are very baseless visions)
He warned, and do not this year make
Your “ waking out-of-sleep " year;
Dream on-my friendly warning take, -
And “ look before you Leap”—Year.
Well, ’spite, of me, you would, I see
A worsen- half-annex stiff -
Beman and wife ! Oh, don’t you be
Bis-sex't till next Bissextile!'
A lottery all marriage is,
But this is the worst Sweep year!
So take the tip I offer—’tis
“ Fray, look before you Leap -Year !
Leap Year, " Seated Proposals.”
A chap at Louisville issued a leap year
invitation and sent the following notice
to the contractors for publication in the
Courier:
To Contractors.— -The undersigned feel
ing the need of some one to find fault with
and grumble at when business matters go
wrong; and being lonely with no one to
hate him,'and whereas, having arrived at
the proper age. he is therefore determined
to “come out.”
Healed proposals will be received till 12
o’clock midnight, of the 21st December,
18GS.
Applicants must possess beauty, or its
equivalent in currency
She must possess a sweet and forgiving
disposition, and, when one cheek is kissed,
turn the other, (this is if the right man is
kissing.)
Bite may not chew gain.
Nor we ir long dresses on (lie st reets.
Nor frequent sowing circles.
Nor go around begging for charitable
purposes.
Nor read tiie paper first in the morning.
Nor talk when I am sleepy.
Nor sleep when I am talking.
Nor trade my clothes to wandering Ital
ians for flower vases.
Nor borrow money from my vest pockets
while 1 sleep.
Nor hold a looking glass over my face at
such time to make me tell all I know.
Bile must believe in the sudden attack of
chills, and make allowances for their effects
on the nervous system.
When her “ old bear ” comes home from
“ meeting- a few friends,” rather affection
ate, she must not. take advantage of his
State and wheedle him into trips to water
ing places.
And above all, site may not. on such oc
casions put epecac into the coffee she pres
cribes for his “ poor head.”
She must not sit up for him when he
happens to be detained to a- late hour on his
committee.
But when lie does return, tired and sleepy,
she will be expected to roll over to the
other side, and give him her own warm
place.
A lady possessing the foregoing qualifica
tions, positive and negative, can hear of
something to her advantage by inclosing a
red stamp.
All proposals must be accompanied by
satisfactory evidence of ability of the ap
plicant to support a husband in the style
to which he has been accustomed.
Couldn’t Get the Knurr Flop. —ln the
year 1843; during the Miff-rite excitement.
in the usually quiet town of Durham, old
“Aunt Sally H ," who would “weigh
nigh on ‘to two hundred pounds,” “ got up,”
one evening in meeting and in the midst of
a warm season of exhortation she arose and
said:
“Oh, brethren and sisters, bless the Lord,
i’ll soon get away from this wicked world ;
fm going to meet the Lord in a few days.
My faith is powerful strong ! Oh, yes, pow
erful strong it is ! So strong,” continued
the old lady, extending her arms and mo
tioning them like a goose on the wing,
“that it does seem as if 1 could digit right
away now and meet the Lord in the air.
The minister who was as great an enthu
siast on “ going up” as the old lady, encour
aged her by exclaiming:
“Try, sister, try ! Perhaps you can fly,
ifyonr faith is only strong enough.”
“ Well I can,” she exclaimed, ‘I know I
can, I will!''
She was standing near a window which
was raised because of the oppressive heat,
—for it was summer. With her handker
chief in one hand and her fan in the other,
she mounted the seat and thence to the top
of the pew, and gave a leap into the air with
a flying motion of arms, expecting to ascend
heavenward. But the law of gravitation
was too much for both her faith and gravi
ty of the audience. Down she came with
Hn c-normous and not very angelic grunt,
shaking the whole house with the concus
sion.
She arose, folding her wings, and with
great meekness sneaked back into her seat,
evidently disappointed.
The next evening some of the young folks
asked her ;
“Aunt Sally, why didn’t you fly last
night, when ypn tried so hard
“ I couldn’t get the right flop,” was the
meek and conclusive reply.
False Rumor or a Quarrel Between
•the President and One of His Counsel. —
A correspondent of the Evening Telegram says :
“I am authorized to state that the n port tele
graphed hence of a quarrel between the Presi
dent aud Mr. William Evarts, one of his coun
sel, is entirely without foundation. The first
that either Mr. Evarts or Mr. Johnson knew
of the difference between them was when their
attention was called to the paragraph in the
newspapers. Mr. Evarts is among the most
trusted of the President’s couusel, and is on the
•best and most intimate terras with his client.
This statement is of the same character as the
stupid running the course of the
Radical press to the effect that the counsel for
the President intend to summon one hundred
ot the most prominent lawyers to testify in the
impeachment trial in regard to the Tenure of
Office act.”
Mr. Beecher’s Opinion or the Genus
Yankee. —“ The lower class of a New En
gland village is chiefly’ composed of the
hangers-on—those who are ignorant and
imbecile, aid especially those who, for
■want of moral health, have sunk, like sedi
ment, to the bottom. Perhaps nowhere in
the world can be found more unlovely
wickedness—a malignant, bitter, tenacious
hatred of good—than in New England.—
The good are very good, and the bad are
very bad. The high moral tone of public
Sentiment, in many New England towns,
and its penetrating and almost inquisito
rial character, either powerfully determines
men to good, or chafes and embittert them.
This is especially true when, in certain
cases, good men are so thoroughly intent
upon public morality that the private in
dividual has scarcely any choice left. Un
der such a pressure some men act in open
Wickedness out of spite, and some secretly;
and the bottom of society wages clandes
tine wav with the top.
Sergeant Bates in Danger. —lt is repoited
that an emissary of the Radicals has gone
South for the purpose of picking a chance to
shoot Sergeaut Bates, that the people of the
South may gain the credit. This is one of the
most nefarious of all the acts of the Radicals.
The perambulating Sergeant is urged to be on
his guard.— Norfolk Day Book,
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Congressional.
Waiisington, April 1.
Sen ate. —After reading the Journal, which
was interrupted by Sumcrs’ ineffectual attempt
to declare Chase’s casting a vote illegal, the
question of evidence which was interrupted in
yesterday’s open proceedings was resumed.
Both managers and counsel consumed their
hour, and Chase was sustained by a strict
pat ty vote.
Pending the discussion, the managers declin
ed answering what use they intended making
of the disputed evidence as it would expose
their plan of prosecution. The question at
issue was whether, what Thomas said, and did
could be received tinder this ruling, il. was pro
ven Thomas said he intended using force and
to break the door down, and that afterwards he
said he was deterred from using force by bis
arrest. The next contest arose over the ad
missibility ol wliat Thomas did and said pre
vious to receiving orders to take lire War Office.
Chase ruled it out; Drake appealed, and the
appeal was sustained by 28 to 22. The mana
gers stated previous" to a vote they intended
proving by this evidence that Thomas in the
line of his conspiracy had attempted to corrupt
employers of the War Office.
Butler violently assailed Gen. Thomas dur
ing this controversy as having been disgraced
by Lincoln and Stanton and that aside from
assailing the President in his conspiracy, grati
fied his revenge.
Under this ruling it. was proved that shortly
after Thomas’ reinstatement as Adjutant Gene
ral, he called up the heads of bureaus and chief
employees and informed them that strict rules
would be relaxed.
The cross examination elicited the (ait that
these speeches were confined to employees ol
Ihe Adjutant General’s Department, and that
no allusion was made to Thomas’ probably be
coming Secretary of War. This point created
quite a buzz. Further evidence showed that
Gen. Thomas said he intended applying to Gen.
Grant lor force to put him in possession.
Bin three witnesses were examined.
Adjourned.
■Washington.
Washington, April 1-Noon.
The. ease of Strong, fugitive from Virginia,
and arrested under a requisition lrom Schofield,
is progressing in the District Supreme Court.
The Senate had no legislative session.
The House on assembling went iuto commit
tee, and proceeded to the Senate without trans
acting any business.
At 12 o’clock the impeachment trial began.
The Supreme Court adjourned to Monday,
when the term will close. The galleries arc
thin. Two circuses are in town, and compete
successfully with the imp achment show.
Sumner’s motion that Chase had no right to
give the casting vote yesterday, was defeated
by a vote of 21 to 27.
Butler takes the lead almost entirely with the
managers. He is tboir emergency man. The
practice is very sharp, precisely after the man
ner ot police courts, except that the thrusts are
more keen.
The Senate, in executive session, re-elected
John Hancock as Steadmau’s successor.
The. debt statement will show two millions
increase.
Revenue to-day, $971,000. Customs for the
past month, fifteen millions, unusually large.
Hancock received his department officers to
day.
Chinese minister Burlingame has arrived at
San Francisco.
The Strong case was argued and the decision
reserved.
The .President's counsel have summoned the
following witnesses: John McGinnis, New
York, Lewis D. Campbell, ex-Mexican minster,
Burt Able, 8' . Louis, General James B. Stead
man, General Win. T. Sherman, General Lovell
Rousseau.
Foreign.
[ISY THE CABLE. |
London, April 1.
Gladstone favored the abolition of the Irish
Church establishment, and staled that since
(lie repeal of penal laws against Catholics ; the
number ol protestants in Ireland was only a
fifth of the population, hence the injustice of
making a whole country support a ehureli for
support of so small a minority, 110 praised
the catholic clergy for firmness aud loyalty iu
opposing fi'iiianism. Gladstone vehemently
opposed Stanleys motion to postpone. Glad
stone was heartily cheered. Stanley replying,
said, the Irish people eared more lor land than
church, and moved a postponement without
definite action.
The House adjourned.
London, April 1.
The negotiation between Denmark and Prus
sia, regarding the Schleswig-Holstein territory,
continue. The latest telegrams say Prussia
decidedly objects to Denmark’s proposition.
M adrid, April 1.
'fffe Spanish government will grant Cuba an
army organization similar to her own.
Georgia.
Savannah, April 1.
A. A. Bradley, the Boston negro, is circu
lating through the city and country the follow
ing incendiary circular, causing considerable
excitement:
“ Notice—all bad men in the city of Savan
nah, who now threaten the lives of the leaders
and nominees of Hie Republican party, or
president mid members ol the Union league of
America—if you should strike a blow, Ihe
man or men will be followed and the house
in which he or they take shelter will be burned
to the ground. Take heed—mark well, mem
bers of the Union League. Rally, rally, rally,
for God, life and liberty.”
Xjouisiana.
New Orleans, April 1.
Tire Democratic Central Committee with
draws the ticket nominated by them, and re
commends the meeting of various ward clubs
to choose delegates to a city aud parish con
vention, Lo meet April 4lh, to decide the ques
tion of local nominations, and if nominations
are decided upon the committee still adhefts
to the suggestion that full Congressional, legis
lative and judicial tickets also be put in the
field, and that the present incumbents, as far as
practicable and consistent with the interests of
the party, he nominated.
John Gauche, a wealthy merchant, and well
known as a member of the Common Council
appointed by General Sheridan, died this ruorn
iDg.
Mississippi.
Jackson, March 81.
The constitutional convention adjourned
today to give the hall to Hie immigration con
vention, which assembled to-day. It is nu
merously attended by prominent citizens from
several States. Committee have been appoint
ed and will to-morrow submit a plan ot immi
gration.
Jackson, April 1.
In the convention the report of the legisla
tive committee was adopted on third reading.
The immigration convention submitted a
plan of immigration which provides lor form
ing a stock company whose object, will be to
purchase, lease and improve land, and have the
power to borrow money on mortgages.
ISTorth Carolina.
Wilmington, April 1.
The political excitement is intense all over
the. State. Roth candidates for Governor, Joo.
A. Graham and ex-Governor Vance, aud other
leading men arc canvas slug the State. It is
calculated that not less lhau two hundred
speeches per day arc being made in different
counties. Both parties appear confident of
success, but the Conservatives arc exhibiting
more cnerGy than the Radicals.
Raleigh, April 1.
Sargeant Bates, carrying his flag, arrived
here this morning. He was received by the
Mayor and Commissioners, and tendered the j
hospitality of the city. He was repeatedly i
cheered, and C. M. Busbee, Esq,, an ex-Con- '
federate soldier, delivered a short and tasteful
apdress of welcome. He is stopping at the
Yarboro’ House.
The canvass on the constilu Jou is going on
briskly.
Mr. Holden, the Radical candidate for Gov
ernor, and Mr. Ashe, the Conservative, are I
both in the field. Both sides claim the victory, j
The-white people of the State have not been so !
much aroused in any electiou 6ince 1844.
Virginia.
Richmond, April 1.
Iu convention the resolutions inquiring into
the conduct of Judge Uuderwood were called
up. He made a statement, denyiug having of
fered any bribe to the executive committee, to
be paid by Sprague it they favored Chase for
the President. The resolutions were then in
definitely postponed—yeas, 50; nays, 17.
Hawkhurst, chairman of the executive com
mittee, rose afterwards and re-asserted his pub
lished statement.
A colored member was iu the chair to-day
for tiie first time since the session began.
Marine News.
Mobile, April 1.
Anri veil—British slop Maud, lrom Boston.
Charleston, April 1.
Arrived—Brig We lister Kelly, from Boston,
Sailed—Steamer Vicksburg, from Provi
dence.
Markets.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
London, April 1 -Afternoon.
Conr.nl:, unchanged. Bonds quiet at 72@72%.
Liverpool, April 1 -Afternoon.
Cull,on, though active, is somewhat easier in
tone now ; prices advanced to 11% lor uplands
on spot and afloat, and 12 for Orleans ; ship
ments from Bombay for ihe week ending the
21st tilt., 84,000 bales. Provisions active.
London, April I—Noon.
Bonds, 71%@73.
Liuvupool, April I—Noon.
Cotton active and excited ; prices unchanged;
sales, 25,000 bales. Bread stuffs, 41s. 9d.
London, April I—Evening.
Consols, 93. Bonds, 78%.
Ftankfort, April 1.
Bonds, 75%.
Liverpool, April I—Evening.
Cotton closed buoyant; sales, 30,000 bales;
uplands, on the spot, 11%~afloat,
Orleans, 11%. Breadstuff* and provisions, un
changed.
New York, April l—Noon.
Stocks active ; money very active at 7; ex
change, 9%@9%. Gold, 138%. Bonds—old,
9% ; new, 6%; Virginia, 57 ; Tennessee ex-cou
pons, (59; new, <57*%.
New York, April I—Noon.
Flour, s@loc lower. Wheat, 1c lower. Corn
lc lower. Pork dull—new mess, $24 90. Lard
dull. Cotton excited and higher; sales 0f5,000
bales at 28 for uplands ; freights firm. Turpen
tine quiet ai 68@66%. Itosiu moderately active
at $3 25 for common.
New York, April I—P. M.
Sixty two coupons, 9%. Tennessee, (58;
new, 07%. North Carolina, 61%. Virginia,
new, 49. Gold 138%. Slerlklg, 9%.
New York, April 1.
Cotton %e better, clot ing quiet alter much
excitement; sales, 14,000 bales at 28. Flout
10@15c lower ; State, $9 30(d 1 1 25; Southern,
$9 85@14 75. Wheat dull, l@2e lower. Corn
heavy, 2e lower ; white Southern, $1 17(3)1 18.
Pork steady. Lard, 15%@16%. Turpentine,
66@66%. Rosin, $3 25(87. Freights firm.
* New Orleans, April 1.
Cotton excited; prices advanced ; sales, 8,000
bales ; middlings, 28(828%; receipts, 312; ex
ports, 3,511. Flour steady and firm ; superfine,
$lO ; double extra, $lO 75. Corn higher, $1 05
@1 10. Oats firm ai 78(880. Pork quiet mid
firm at S2O 85. Bacon firmer; shoulders, 12@
14 ; clear sides, 16%@10%. Lard quiet; prime
tierces, 17%; kegs, 17%(§i17%. Gold, 139%@
140; sterling steady aud unchanged. New
York sight % premium.
Cincinnati, April 1.
Flour quiet. Corn firmer at 88@89. Pro
visions buoyant, higher with a speculative feel
ing. Mess pork, $25; shoulders, 11% ; clear
sides, 15%. Lard dull at 16.
St. Louis, April 1.
Flour—better feeling. Corn stronger at 88
<3)89. Pork improved at $25 ; clear sides, 15%
@15%; closing at 16 ; shoulders, 11%;
Louisville, April 1.
Mess port, $25 ; shoulders, 12 ; clear sides,
15%.
Mobile, April 1.
Cotton market ;closed firm; middlings,27%;
receipts, 351 bales; sales, 3,700 bales.
Baltimore, April 1.
Cotton linn at 27%. Flour unchanged.
Wheat unchanged. Corn dull; white, $119;
yellow, $1 13(3-1 15. Oats active at 88@93.
Mess Fork active at $25 50@25 75. Lard quiet
at 17.
Wilmington, April 1.
Spirits turpentine firm at 62. Rosin active;
common, $2 20; strained, $2 25@2 30; No. 1,
$3. Cotton advanced %c. ; middling, 26. Tar
advanced 10c.; sales at $2 25.
Savannah, April 1.
Cotton opened firm, and the market became
excited ; sales 3,240 bales ; middlings, 27% ;
receipts, 800 bales.
Charleston, April 1.
Cotton irregular and excited; sales, 2,000
bales ; middlings, 28%, holders askiug 29@30 ;
receipts, 353 hales ; exports, to Great Britain,
2,907 bales ; coastwise, 965 bales. HfK
Augusta Market.
Office Dan.v Constitutionalist, (
Wednesday, April 1--P. M \
FINANCIAL —
GOLD.—Buying at 138 and selling at 140.
SlLVEß—Buying at 133 and selling at 138,
COTTON—There lias been an active demand to-day
at 28®26X for middling. Tiie market closed firm,
with but little offering. Bales amounted to 1,179
bales : receipts, 46S bales.
Note.—Sales of 125 bales were made late yesterday
and not reported.
BACON—Western Shoulders, 13%; B. B. Sides,
16X ; Clear Ribbed Sides, 16X; Clear Sides, 17; Hams,
18@22 ; Dry Salted Shoulders, T 2% ; Dry Salted C. R.
Sides, 15.
WHEAT-White, $3 00®3 25 ; red, $2 76(02 80.
OATS—BO(3)BS.
CORN-Mixed, $1 18 ; white, fl 20.
NOTICE.
TO CONSUMERS OF
Soluble Pacilic Guano.
HE high character attained by this GUANO
for superior excellence lias, it appears, instigated the
appropriation of the same name to articles of little
or no real value, which, we arc credibly informed, arc
freely offered in Now York and other markets with
assurance of genuineness. Hence it becomes neces
sary, both for the protection of consumers and the
PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY,
lo call attention to tha fact, in order that proper cau
tion may be observed.
The only guarantee the purchaser can have is that
afforded by the name of the Company’s general
agents stenciled on the packages, and buyers are ad
vised that unless the. name of Jno. S. Reuse &. Cos.,
General Agents, Baltimore, is found stenciled on the
bags, the Guano is fictitious, and not genuine.
•r. O. MATHRWSON Jt CO.,
BELLING AGENTS,
mh27-d6*c2f Augusta, Ga.
MMES. SEGIN~
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BONNETS,
HATS,
DKEBB and CLOAK
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On WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1868.
Particular attention wifi be paid to all orders in
both tranches.
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