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OLD SEIUSJS, VOL. LXXVI.
Chvouidf & Sentinel.
UkSiIY MOOIIE,
a. ic. witrcsiiT.
PATRIC K WALSH, Associate Editor.
T Lit AIN OK SIHSC HI PT ION.
AL'Ol HTA, GA :
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Ni w 1.0,j 1.0 At] ,I.la Gi ; he
tclligenccr, of Sunday last, announces that
Mr. J'rv.-in Maguire will henceforth be the
Local Elitor of that journal. We extend
the right hand of fellowship to brother
Maguire, arid wish him a good time
generally in bis department.
I.X plan ati)EY. From information, j
which wo have since received, we are satis- ]
lied that injustice has been done Major i
Carr ;n classing him among the white
washed. We learn that he has never vol-!
•untar ,v sought from Congress any relief !
from the disabilities imposed by the Re
construction acts.
An Onsci.-KK Paraciuwl—Our local
friend of the Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer ,
in his .Sunday’s is.-ue, lias the following
paragraph :
The Weather.--The tun shone out
yesterday for the first time since New
Year’s I lay last.
Have you all “been layinglow and keep
ing dark all that time? or did the Me
lingerie overshadow your city with a cloud
of gloom and sadness ? or do you all just
intend to “keep shady” during the heated
term. “There’s the questions for you. ”
Fleas? enlighten us, as, tike all locals,
we are vastly interests 1 in “Meteorology”
and want to know.
Personal.—Our handsome friend,
Col. Jus. W. Meredith, has really left for
New York, and the Charleston Hour ter
thus discour.-os iq on the objects of Iris de
parture. Our Charleston cotcmporary is
mistaken. The Colonel has gone to the
(Convention to receive the nomination for the
Vice-IVcsideney ; but as this is strictly
confidential we don’t wish anything said
of it:
• ■ni.. James W. M kreditii.—Wo learn
that Col. .1 nines W. Meredith left Augusta
.yesterday for llio North. Humor says he
Inis i-ecojvetl a telegram from tile Presi
dent, reqiicstinghiH immediate attendance
ill the Capital, to confer upon important
State mutters. A friend from A ugusla
says it is reported the Colonel has been
tendered a plaint in the Cabinet. Colonel
Meredith will visit New York, and attend
the meeting-, of tho Democratic Conven
tion. Nome 'of his friends contemplate
urging Ills claims before that body for the
Vice Presidency. Wo do not give much
credence to either of tho above rumors,
inasmuch as a Convention of tho hand
some men of the country isto assemble in
New York shortly, and wo believe Col.
Meredith wilt attend it as a delegate from
our. Sister State. Tho latest report, how
ever, is that the Colonel’s object in going
North is to receive a most superb portrait
of an Egyptian l’rineess which has been
sent to linn by the Pacha of Egypt, as a
token of the respect in which ho (Col. M.)
IS hold by the ladies of that distant coun -
try. Wo presume the Colonel will allow
Ins friends an opportunity to soo the t>or
tmil which has been ho highly spoke'll of
by those who have already enjoyed that
pleasure.
Burke's Weekly.—The June number
ol this favorite juvenile publication is re
ceived. It completes tho volume, and is
accompanied by a handsome title page and
index. Anew volume, enlarged and
greatly improved, will commence with the
number for July 4, and the present is a
good time to subscribe. Every boy and
girl iu the South ought to take this excel
lent paper, and we boliovo that thousands
will do so if they can sco it. Send for a
pccimcn. Terms $2 00 a year. J. W.
Burke & Cos. Publishers, Macon Ga.
A New Fen and Eraser.—We arc in
debted to Mr. Martin Kenkl for a pen
holder with eraser and pen—something
new and ( eonvcniont. The pen writes j
well, and is of different qualities—hard
and soft. Tho eraser is a blade on (lie
end of tho holder, under tho socket,
which can be removed when the former is
needed. This blade can also bo used for
sharpening pencils. Altogether, it seems
to be worthy of a trial, and as Mr. llenkl
will will upon our citizens, we commend
his pens to their attention.
The Land We Love for July has been
received, and contains fifteen articles from
the best writers if the South. Compara
tive Generalship is the first of two articles
on Grant’s military career. The causes of
“Decay of Religion at the South” are
treated in a masterly manner. “Cicero’s
Oration for Maroellus” is a sprightly clas
sical article over the well known uom do
piumt ol’S, L. C. Dr. Ramsey completes
his interesting history of the revolt of the
State of Franklin. Fros. Blake furnishes
one of his best agricultural articles on
“Lime as a Fertilizer.” Miss Porter
gives a pleasant story. The poetry is from
Mrs. Preston, of Virgiuia, Mrs. Daviess,
ot Kentucky, Mrs. Clarke, of North Caio
liua, and the lamented Henry Titnrod, the
last piece ever written by him.
Bishop Beckw ith s Residence.—The
President of the Standing Committee
authorises us to inform the clergy and peo
ple of the Diocese of Georgia that Bish
op Beckwith has accepted the offer made
hint by a Committee of gentlemen in
Macon some time ago, and selected that
city as his place of residence. A suitable
house will be provided for him there
against his return to tho Diocese in the
fall.
Obi) FELLOW SHIP IN AIM ST A.
Dedication of the Oilil Fellows’ Hall.
AN INTERESTING OCCASION.
Monday ni; at last was an era in the his
tory of Odd Fellowship in Augusta long to i
be remembered by the members of that |
popular and wide spread Order. It was I
the occasion of the dedication of their new
Hall at the southwest eorner of Ellis and
Jackson -treats.
TllK OlUt;IN OF TUE ORDER IN AUGUSTA.
It is now some twenty-four years since
the Order was started in this city, the first
charter being issued to Washington Lodge,
Mo. 7. on f ■ 7th of August, 1544, and the
second to Mi. r Lodge, No. 11, on the 7th
of Aug a Ist' The original charters
of these L dyes now occupy pi ace > in the
Hall. From a very small beginning the
Order grew to considerable proportions,
and now contains in its ranks numbers of
our most respected citizens.
the new hai.l.
The Order has gone about “from pillar
to post' as it were for several years, in
regard to a Hall, some occupying rooms at
the Masonic Hall, then in Warren Block,
then over Schreiners' and over Wyman A
May’s carriage repository, until a few
months ago, Mr. Wiley B. Griffin, an
energetic and enterprising citizen, eon
•ceivedand carried out the idea of erecting
a building that would serve as a Hall for
the Order, as well as a convenient place
of business for himself, and at the same
time prove an ornament to the city. In
this lie deserves great credit, and the
thanks of the Order as we!’, as of the com
munity.
The building is of brick, 43 feet front by
l-o feet deep, three stories high, ornament
ed by a dome which also serves as a light
to the Lodge room, aud on the t- p front
is the emblematic thrgg links of chain in
gilt. It was designed by the late H. M.
Akeroyd, Esq., architect, and built by W.
J. Rutherford, Esq , and is akogeth r
very handsome, ornamental building. The
front floor is occupied by Mr. Gtiffiu for
bis auction aud commission business.
The second floor is occupied by suits of
: offices, lawyers and doctors. And on the
| third floor is the Odd Fellows’ Hall. This
| consists of a vestibule, an ante-room, a
! reception room, a regalia room, and the
Lodge Room. This latter is about 31 by
7b feet, and is one of the handsomest
Lodge Rooms in the South. The forni-
I ture :s all tasteful and appropriate, while
| even the carpet is emblematical of the
Order. The chandeliers are beautiful, and
1 everything about the room is orderly,
tasteful, and appropriate. The entire
building is well supplied with gas and
l water.
THE DEDICATION CEREMONIES.
On Monday evening, according to pre
: vious notice, the Dedication ceremonies
| took place. The Hali was handsomely
decorated with flowers and evergreens, all
the arrangements being under the direc
I tion ol Dr. Brookfield, who deserves much
! credit for the admirable taste and order
j displayed. At an early hour the large
room was crowded by the members and
| citizens generally, attracted thither by the
j novelty of the occasion, this being, we
believe, the first regular dedication of an
Odd Fellows’ Hall in Augusta. Among
tho large assemblage was visible numbers
of the beauty and fashion of our city, who
graced the event with their charmed
presence arid added so much to the attract
iveness of the scene.
At the appointed time, tho brethren
being properly arranged, the exercises
were opened by an overture admirably
! executed by the Amateur Musical Club,
whose liberality and kindness gives so
much ze.-t to tlic public entertainments
and charities of ourcity. This was follow
ed by an Ode sung with great effect by
the accomplished Quartette Club, who
are always ready, like the Amateurs, to |
assist wherever their services arc needed.
This being concluded, the Noble Grand,
C. A. Robbe, of Augusta, Georgia, de
livered the keys of the Hall to the Most
Worthy Grand .Master Thomas P. Flem
ing, of Atlanta, Geo., who received them.
This ceremony was followed by a prayer
by tbe Chaplain, and the recitation of the
CXXII Psalm by the Grand Master with
responses by the brethren as follows :
and. M. I was glad when they raid unto
me, Let us go into the houso of the Lord !
11. Our toot shall stand within thy
gates, O Jerusalem!
•V. M. Jerusalem is built as a city that
is at unity in itself.
It. Whither the tribes go up, the tribes
oftho Lord, unto the testimony of Israel,
to give thanks unto tho name oi tho Lord.
(J. M. For there are set thrones of judg
ment, the thrones of the house of David.
It. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ;
they shull prosper that love thee.
G. M. Peace ho within thy walls, and
prosperity within thy palaces.
It. For my brethren and coinpahions’
sakes, I will now say, Peace be with tiiee!
(J. M. Because oi the house of the Lord
our God, J will seek thy good.-
It. No may it be.
The members then tang the usual open
idg ode “Brethren of our Friendly Order.”
After this, the three Heralds came for-
ward and were presented by the G. M.
with various emblems, as lollows: (I he
First Herald, representing “Friendship,”
was presented with a gobletof water, which
he sprinkled upon the floor; the Second
Herald, representing “Love,” was pre
sented with a vase of flowers, which were
strewn about the room; and the Third
Herald, representing “Truth,” presented
with a cup of wheat, which he scattered
about the room. Between each of these
presentations the Chaplain recited a brio!'
prayer, with responses by the members.
This ceremony being concluded the Am
ateur Band performed another suitable
musical selection. Then came the follow
ing “Dedication Ode,” which was sung
by all the members, by the Club, and by
the ladies. It was rendered with grand
and powerful effect:
“in God we Trust!” was sweetly sung
By every “Morning Star” on high, _
“In God we trust!” right gladly rung
From “Nous of God” in loud reply,
When out from chaos systems rolled,
From darkness, light in rosy you ill,
And Earth, wrapped in her clouds of gold,
Awoke to “Friendship, Loveand Truth.”
“In God we trust!” tho golden Sun
And silver Moon yet seem to say;
Ami million Stars, that round them burn,
Repeat the anthem night and day,
And still our Earth—from hill and vale,
From all that liye and breathe and
move,
Where foot doth tread, or waves a sail—
Responds with Friendship, Love and
Truth.
“In God we trust. 1” tho builders said.
And deep in Earth they sunk the wall;
In Hope the corner-stone was laid,
And raised the building overall.
No accident lias marred our trust—
No loss of life draws forth regret—
Complete our llall, it is but just
That it to Thee wo dedicate.
Here may we with Fidelity
lu Covenanted Love relieve,
And Friendship with Remembrance be,
Till Truth her sovereign power give.
May Hospitality here reign
With Toleration’s kindly love,
And Faith each pilgrim soul sustain
Until we reach Thy Tent above.
“In Thoo we trust!" and thus to Thee
We offer all— for all is Thine I
That thy co-workers we may bo
On Earth, in word, in work divine.
When brethren want, or death lays low —
When orphans cry in helpless youth—
When widows weep in ohet rless wo—
Ob, grant us Friendship, Love and
Truth.
The Grand Officers here made proclama
tion that the Lodge was now duly and
properly dedicated to the uses of Odd
| Fellowship.
| Then followed another song by the
Quartette Club.
After which Fast Grand Master Rev.
j C. \V. Key delivered a brief but very
able, eloquent, and appropriate address,
which was listened to with evident pleas
ure by the large and interested audience.
With a closing ode by the biethren, and
■ benediction by tbe chaplain, the audience
was dismissed, alt evidently pleased with
; what they had seen and heard.
CONCLUSION.
We congratulate the members of the
Order on the beauty and convenience ofj
their Hall, and tender to one of them our ;
thanks lor the courtesy extended to us in
procuring our report ot the dedication
ceremonies.
l’lle it on.
Hon. ,T. B Young, a Democratic Repre
sentative from Kentucky, was elected to
Congress by a majority of fourteen hun
dred votes over his competitor, a Radical
named McKee. Various pretexts were
resorted to in order to prevent him from
taking his seat; he was accused of ‘Tender
ing aid and comfort to the rebellion, ” but
this charge eou:d not be sustained. A novel
expedient was then resorted to. It was
charged that lie was voted for by ex-Con
federates ; aud, although the Kentucky
Legislature restored civil rights to alt who
had participated in the war in behalf of
the South, Mr. Young was deprived of his
seat to make way for his Radical com
petitor. The following colloquy in the
House explains the whole matter ;
Mr. Jon - inquired of Mr. Cook whether
he did me know that the Kentucky Legis
: lature hau ; n-.-ed a law in ISOS restoring
t their civ rights all who had participated
; in the rebellion.
Mr. C vk said he was not aware of the
fact,, but even if it was so, the Kentucky
Legislature had no right to declare that
the whi lo Confederate army, which was
I largely composed of Kentuckians, should
vote in the election of members of Con
; gress.
Mr. Jones remarked that that might
I be the gentleman's opinion, but the Cuii
j ,<t it at inn gave to the States the right to
regulate suffrage, aiul no law of Congress
1 had yet Li> h jmsseel in contravention of it.
Mr. Cook denied the proposition that
| men who had been engaged in armed hostil
ity to the government had the right to vote
for members of the House , and claimed
that the same right which authorized the
government to send troops into Kentucky
to subdue armed rebellion existed to pre
« vent the destruction of the government by
the election of disloyal persons. It was
not competent for the Legislature of
Kentucky to make electors of men who
i were not people■ of the State oj Kentucky ;
and if they were public enemies they were
not people of the State of Kentucky.
This is an evidence of the determination
I of this unconstitutional body to exclude
J every man from the Southern States who
is not known to be a Radical. There were
no voters to elect Democratic representa
tives from the South except ex-Confede
‘ rates, and -as Mr.; Young, of Kentucky,
• has been unseated because some of his
constituents served in the Confederate ar
my, so will all Representatives from the
: South be excluded who do not worship at
the shrine of Radicalism. This precedent,
j if followed up, makes Congress a self
perpetuating body, and as a consequence
tbe supreme power in the land —a power
which can only be crushed by the united
action of the people of the whole country.
The more outrageously unconstitutional
; and tyrannically oppressive are the doings
! of this Congress, the sooner will the day j
| of deliverance come for our oppressed
South. The expulsion of the Kentucky '
| representative helps the people of the
! South. It is another illustration of the
despotism which, if unchecked in its mad
career, will soon engulph the whole country
in destruction and anarchy.
Torquemada’s Inquisition.
We are pained to learn that, under the
tortures of tho n_w Bastile and its inhu
man keepers in Atlanta, one of the Colum
bus prisoners has been forced to turn
State’s evidence, and to prevent further j
suffering in hi3 own person, has consented
to implicate in the assassination of Ash- j
burn some of his fellow prisoners.
We hope that this rumor is untrue, but ;
fear that it is not. What the value of |
such evidence would be before a legal court
we very well know. What credit may be j
given to it by Torquemada’s Inquisition we j
can only conjecture.
We blush for our race and for the cause
of the Soutii to kmiw that any amount of
physical suffering should have induced an j
hitherto honorable man to make such an |
infamous and degrading confession even if \
a were true.
The New York Convention.
The Convention to be held in New York
next Saturday, will be by far the most im- j
portant meeting of a political party which j
has ever been held in this country, not I
even excepting the celebrated Convention j
which drew up the Declaration off Inde- i
pendence. It will decide whether this, j
couniry is to be governed by a centralized |
irresponsible power, and the lives and J
liberties of millions are to be left at the j
mercy of a party whose whole history has j
been marked by tyranny and robbery, or j
whether the Government is to revert back {
to first principles, guaranteeing to each j
State a republican form of government, j
with the right to regulate and administer j
its own domestic affairs, affording protec- j
tion to every citizen from illegal proceed- j
ings, and confining the powers of the
General Government to its legitimate
sphere. The voice of this Convention is
to decide these important issues, big with
the fate of a nation. For our ourselves
we are free to confess that the faith fti us
is strong that the Democratic part* will
take a position on the great questions now
agitating this country which is hound to
overcome all opposition. The people of
all sections are anxious to aid in this con
summation. The Gazette of Baltimore, a
very able conservative journal, expresses
its views as follows ;
“Seldom, if ever, has there been as
much interest manifested in any party
movement as is now felt in regard to tho
meeting of the Democratic National Con
vention. In Washington and New York
tho excitement is at lever heat, and from
all parts of the country we learn that the
most intense anxiety about the forthcoming
nomination prevails. In fact, there is a
groat deal more than a mere party move
ment in the matter. Tho Nominating Con
vention is called, it is true, under the
auspices of tho Democratic party, but it
is called at a time so critical, and under
circumstances so peculiar, that its appeal
to the people will be responded to by thou
sands upon thousands who never have
voted the Democratic ticket. The issues
now pending are far graver than any which
have been submitted to the country since
tbe Government was first founded. From
the close of our civil war down to this time
a successful faction has been laboring to
subvert the Government, in order to secure
its own political ascendancy. Had the
Southern armies been successful we should
have had two Republics, both governed
in the manner and form prescribed by the
founders of the old Union. The Radical
party has not left us one. One-half of the
country only is really represented in the
Government. One-half of it is living under
a military despotism. White citizens are
disfranchised iu many places, and iu many
others they are ruled by negroes. The
Constitution is defiantly violated whenever
it presents an obstacle to any partisan
scheme of Cougress. The vital principles,
of free government are ignored mili
tary commissions arrest, try and punish
citizens, it is felt throughout the coun
try that, unless this revolution is at once
arrested, the utter ruin of the South will
be speedily effected, and the now triumph
ant faction will lay its despotic hand upon
the North. For these reasons the people
arc looking anxiously to the Convention
which meets on Saturday next to nomi
nate a candidate far the Presidency.
While they will no doubt give a ready
support to the nominee, the selection of
the gentleman who is to represent the
reaction against Radicalism is a task of
some delicacy. Here in Maryland Mr.
Pendleton is the choice of the people.
Our exchanges from every part of tho
State proclaim that fact. He is regarded
here as a statesman of acknowledged
capacity and tried firmness. Better than
this, he represents the principles for which
the Democratic party is contending. The
people of this State do not want to elect a
Radical for the purpose of beat
ing Grant. They do not think
it expedient to take up a candi
date merely because nothing being known
of bis political record, there is nothing to
be said against it. They are in downright
earnest, and they believe that the result of
this contest must decide whether the form
of government left us by our fathers is ever
to be restored. They are anxious to dis
pense with claptrap in this frightful crisis'
and are willing that the real questions in
volved shall be fairly met. They do not
think the five-twenty bonds should be paid
in gold, and they are ready to say so, no
matter what bondholder may be offended.
They wish the South released from mili
tary thraldom; they insist that the Fed
cral Government shall be restricted to its
mere constitutional functions; they
heartily oppose the Reconstruction
ures of Congress, and they have a thorough
distaste for negro suffrage. It is precise
ly because Mr. Pendleton is willing to say
these things boldly and take the con
sequence of a frank expression ol his opin
ions. that the people of Maryland believe
him to be the very man for this emergency.
Almost all the Democratic journals of the 1
State express these views, and they will
doubtless find utterance through our dele
gation in the New York Convention.
The entire Democracy of the South,
while willing to abstain from any promi
nent participation in the proceedings, will
give Pendietou an undivided support, as he
is the man who, beyond and above all
others named in connection with the
Presidency, represents their views. If,
however, the Convention, in the exercise of
its wisdom, should determine otherwise,
the people of the whoie South will work
with one accord for the election of the
most available candidate. Any man, in
fact, who is pledged to the restoration of
the South to her eonstitutionai rights in
the I r.ion and a return to the government
of the fathers of the republic, which go\-
ernment offers no premium to negroes
and Traitors, will be supported unani
mvusly by the people of the Southern
States.
“Fawney’’ says that the refusal of the
Democrats in Congress to vote to relieve
“twelve hundred white Americans of the
South'’ from political disabilities, has
made “twelve hundred active and deter
mined Republicans!” Oh get out!
They wore already Radicals, and the Dem
ocrats acted very consistently in voting
against relieving them. What some of
them were “relieved of” we don’t know.
They certainly didn’t behave any ways bad
against the United Kingdom during the
war, to deserve a pardon now that we
know of. But they were Radicals seeking
pardon, and Democrats had no business
voting (or them.
Ol K NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
I (SFXCI4I. COEXK-rOSPZUCX of T3I CnSCKiCU a SIN-.-^FL.
New York, June 26th, 186S.
Dear Chronicle .—The last forty-eight
| hours have added greatly to the list of del
i egates to the Convention, now in this city,
and brought a great increase in the number
I of visitors, drawn hither either by interest
in politics or curiosity. Most of the dele
gates from California and Oregon have ar
rived, but another contingent is expected.
Thetoneof thought and expression current
j among the Democratic representatives of
| the far West, is peculiarly marked. The
topics of conversation pertain almost ex
clusively to their sections, and each and
every one of them bear themselves as the
arbiters of the country’s destiny, possessed
of power to control and to mould, and de
termine what shall be considered national
interest. They discuss almost exclusively
tbeir interests and welfare and their public
men, as if the day of their power was at
hand and almost in their possession. Their
style ol talking does not go down well in
Gotham, and an aside criticism frequently
imputes,“arrogance” to these loyal citizens
of our.“territorial Republic?” Continued
intercourse with Western men continually
suggests to the Southerner the thought |
that whilst the jurisdiction of the national |
Government has been enlarged and cen- !
trahzcd*~the central power has been weak- j
ened, and is weakening day by day. It is !
very certairyffiat many utterances fall from j
this class of our fellow-citizens of the J
Great Republic which would be pronounced |
treasonable if uttered within Meade’s
satrapy, and subject the offender to milita
ry arrest and incarceration either within
the cells of Fort Pulaski or at the barracks
of Atlanta, but they are only styled “gas”
in this latitude, and poo-poohei as harm
less bravado.
Most of" the Western delegates have
been instructed before leaving home, but
there seems to be a sort of expectation that
other instructions are to be communicated
in telegrams, whicli are to govern their
actions. Among all these delegations, no
matter of what complexion, universal suf-
frage is indignantly scouted ; not because
it covers negro suffrage or from any par
ticular sympathy with the South, or affects
the sectional differences of this kind which
for so long a time has divided the North
and South, but solely because of their own
estimates of their own interests in the fu
ture. Californians are particulaily out
spoken, and affirm,in no measured language,
that they will never submit to a national
policy which must eventually end in placing
ail power in the hands of any pig-tailed
mandarin of the celestial empire, who
chooses to lead a swarm of Mongolians
from their ancient hive of 400 millions or
more, to become naturalized American cit
izens, in the fertile, unoccupied plains of
the Pacific United States, and along the
slopes of Sierra Nevada. They re-echo tie
late European cry for consolidating nation
alities _as the germ of the true doctrine.
Italy for the Italians, Germany for Ger
mans. They demand free intercourse with
all nations, and races, and kindred, and
tongues, and full protection under the laws
for the interests of all, of whatever race or
color. The same laws forall, but no conces
sion of political privileges. The Americans
sojourning or residing in Canton or Pekin
must accept and be amenable to Chinese
laws. John China-man residing in San
Francisco must take the laws of the United
States as he finds them. Their motto is
no enlargement of tho naturalization laws.
The supporters of Pendleton are de
cidedly the most enthusiastic of all oti the
ground. This enthusiasm is not unmixed.
It savors somewhat of indignation, di
rected chiefly against the alleged efforts of
the moneyed interest to defeat the Pendle
ton nomination by the use of greenbacks.
This has served to stimulate the exertions
of both parties, or, rather, both divisions.
It is now claimed that the vote of a single
State (Virginia! will give Mr. Pendleton
the requisite two-thirds, and secure his
nomination. The Chase men demand, if
one Southern State votes, all should vote ;
and affirm that now this is eminently
proper, because the recent action of Con
gress on the Omnibus bill admits the vote
ol the greater portion of the South, and
indicates that ezery Southern State will
be permitted to cast their Presidential
vote. Therefore, the South should enter
the Convention as equals, exercise every
prerogative, and aid in shaping the destiny
of party for the future. It is rumored
that a caucus conference of Southern dele
gates will be asked to consider the pro
priety of altering their course in this par
ticular, it being taken for granted that the
expressions of the Southern Press repre
sents fairly the views of the different dele
gations.
The Tammany Hall approaches rapidly
to completion. The exterior of the building
is quite imposing, although greatly inferior
to most of the public buildings in New
York. The grand hall is a magnificent
room, a parallelogram of one hundred and
twenty-six feet by one hundred and ten
feet, with a distance from floor to ceiling
of fifty feet, a semi-circular gallery running
along the whole front, and a short distance
on either side twenty-eight feet from the
floor. In the centre of the room is suspend
ed a huge chandelier (not yet uncovered)
twelve feet in diameter and fourteen feet
high, carrying three hundred and twenty
one burners. On the right of the stage
looking toward the audience is an entabla
ture, containing the following inscription :
ns9.
“This stone is laid by the Tammany
Hail Society, or Columbian order No. 1 on
the 12th day of May, 1811, the 24th year
of the Institution and the 35th of Ameri
can Independence,being the first stone of a
building erected for preserving and
strengthening that patriotic chain which
unites its members, andforaccommodating
Republican brethren.” Then follow the
names of Clarkson, Crolius,Grand Sachem
Garret, Sickles’ Father, and the officers,
council of Sachems, building Committee,
&a”
_On the left, the wall is adorned by a
similar entablature inscribed as follows :
ises.
“The corner stone of this building was
laid July 4th, 1867: John T. Hoffman, !
Grand Sachem”—succeeded by a similar j
specification of' the officers of the Society,
as in oae On the right, beneath which is in- j
scribed the following statement, perpetuat- j
ing the inuaguration, yet to take place. |
“It was inaugurated July 4th, 1868, upon \
the assembling of the National Democrat- j
ic Convention to nominate candidates for ;
President and ‘Vice President ot the j
United States.” The., lofty ceiling ]
and side walls are beautifully frescoed i
The central portion of the ceiliDg j
being adorned by well executed figures !
representing Liberty in the usual style, Jus
tice blind and armed with a Roman sword,
Prosperity, &c., Ac., whilst along the sides i
there are being placed medallions represent- i
ing the coat of arms and bearing the names
of the different States of the Union. The
interior is not yet finished. Hundreds of !
workmen engaged in bringing it to comple- I
tion prevent a fair survey of the room, or !
rather permit only an obstructed and par- i
tial inspection. When completed it is said
there will be ample accommodation for
seating four thousand people upon station
ary seats, but that twice that number can be
seated by the introduction of chairs and
movable benches. The entablature cover
ing the grand entrance contains a colossal
figure of the Great Indian Chief “Tam
many.” nineteen feet six inches in height.
Who Mr. Tammany was,or why this colos
sal representation of him, it not known to
your correspondent; but it is fair to pre
sume he was a good Democrat. Perhaps
he was the Jupiter Olympus of Democ
racy among the Red men before the Anglo-
Saxon deluge of humanity began to cover
the plains of the new Worid; and his figure
has been assumed as the symbol of irresisti
ble Democracy of the nineteenth century
from the days of Clarkson Croiius down to
those of John T. Hoffman and for all time
to come—Radicalism and General Grant’s
! bayonets permitting.
Avery curious case in law and politics,
with regard to the American Flag, has ex
| cited some talk in an up-town parlor within
the last ten days. A certain citizen of Mew
York was charged, during the war, with
rebel sympathy, and it was demanded of
him in flag-showing days he should show
his colors. Accordingly he hung out an
American Flag containing thirteen stars.
Being rated before General Dix he affirmed
; that the true American Flag contained only
thirteen stars, and that no law had ever
i been enacted which authorized placing an
additional star upon the Flag upon the ad
-1 mission of each new State. The proposition
: was not gainsayed, but the offending citi
zen found to his loss that it would be safer
I for him to seek the protection of the Cross
of St. George. He has now returned and
j meditates a law-suit to determine his rights
I as measured by the award of damages bv
. a jury.
Grant’s nomination fails to excite en
thusiasm. The people generally speak
very kindly of him, bat the kind speeches
are always accompanied with an ominous
! shake of the head when the election is
spoken of, and there is generally a vague
reference to the hardness of the times and
the dullness of trade.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, IS6B
There is an evident disposition among
business men generally to try anew rule.
The Republican party has had the control
of the Government since the close of the
war. It was even expected that trade
would revive. This expectation was met
by great activity at tbe outset, and business
men were satisfied. The action of Con
gress, in repudiating the President’s re
construction policy, gave rise to distrust.
Merchants could see no settlement of po
litical questions. In the meanwhile trade
languishes, “with no prospects ahead,”
j and Congress sinks one thousand mil
lions of dollars upon the army and recon
struction, aod what not, which should
j have gone to reducing the National debt
and National taxes. Money is diverted to
j speculation, in National bonds, and rail
road stocks and real estate. The cost of
living is kept up, while the means for
living diminishes, rusts out in rents and
; taxes. The market rates for loans until
\ recently rule at so high a rate as to forbid
j loans except upon National securities.
The National Banks, it is true, make
money, and declare their semi-annual
dividends of 5,6, 7 and 8 per cent, and
th ir stockholders receive this benefit, but
time stock holders are not of the masses,
1 and this only prejudices the struggling
masses against them. Such is the
business view of the present situation,
and it the action of the Democratic
Convention is prudent the whole of the
business community, the laborers and the
! mechanics will vote with them without re
| gard to party at the ensuing Presidential
j election. Strikes are the order of the day.
i The wages of tneTaborer is high, it is true,
I but relatively with due reference to the
i cost of living they furnish but a bare and
I meagre support. Besides this, die me
| chanics were taught assiduously that noth
ing prevented their boundless prosperity
but the_ power of the slaveocracy. That
power, if it ever existed, has been destroy
ed, but the mechanics and laborers’ condi
tion has not improved, but Las grown
worse. Mingling among this class of our
worthy citizens, your correspondent has
become thoroughly convinced that the
labor of the South before the war contri
buted more to their sustenance by furnish
ing cheap raw material than will be pos
sible in the future, and that the war be
tween capital and labor is now to begin.
Let the South, as she has always done,
support _ the honest laborer against the
money cliques,(and millionaires, and manu
facturing lords, who have always saved
their interests by an affectation of great
regard for human rights and the sufferings
which it was their custom to impute to the
poor slave.
The Soldiers’ Democratic Convention is
likely to_ be a success. Gens, llosecrantz,
Buell, Gragcn, McCook and a host of oth
ers will be here. Southern soldiers will
receive from them a fraternal welcome,
and an organization will grow out of this
movement that will play no mean part in
the future history of this country.
Gov. Seymour speaks to-night, and it is
said will unfold views which will harmonize
all interests —Chase interests, and Pendle
ton interests and all others.
The betting at the Club Rooms main
tains about the same relation as communi
cated in my last. The States certain for
Democracy as displayed, are as follows:
Connecticut, 6 New York, 33
New Jersey, 7 Pennsylvania, 26
Ohio, 21 Indiana, 16
Illinois, 13 California, 5
Oregon, 5 Minnesota, 4
Nebraska, 3 Kentucky, 11
Maryland, 7 Delaware, 3
Total, _ 158
Even betting on
Virginia, 10
West Virginia, 5
North Carolina, 5
Georgia, 5
Texas, 6
Arkansas, 5
Kansas, 3
Maine, 7
54
Bets four to one, five to one, and in small
sums six to one that the Democratic can
didate will be elected. The sums vary
largely from one to four hundred dollars.
Georgia Plains.
New York, June 27, 1868.
Dear Chronicle: —Again the current
of opinion respecting the course of the
Southern delegatus in the approaching
Convention shifts, as the position
of the South becomes better un
derstood. It has been assumed and in
dustriously circulated that the South had
recovered “her old arrogance,” and sought
to decide between the claims of the respect
ive candidates whose names would be
presented for the consideration of the Con
vention, and her delegates would demand
the enunciation of certain principles in the
forthcoming platform. Intercommunica
tion has served to dispel this slander—a re
vival of the old lying tactics which has been
so effective in days past in stirring up sec
tional feelings. This charge of assumption
and arrogance is now considered and treat
ed as a device of the enemy. It certainly
elicited some feeling at first, which was
heightened somewhat by articles in the
Charleston Mercury , ailuded to in a former
letter. In public and in private it has been
again and again reiterated that Southern
delegates only desired to avoid being placed
in the position of arbiter between the re
spective claims of contestants for the nomi
nation, and that they wereunwillingto have
the parts go before the people of the
West and North in the Presidential
campaign, exposed to the charges of
having a candidate thrust upon them by
the South. These views are now fully ap
preciated and understood, and now the de
mand comes from all sides that the South
shall go into the Convention untrammelled;
but tfiat every Southern State shall be
represented as before the war—
as never out of the Union —with all their
rights and privileges, as co-equals. Your
readers will uot fail to observe how
unanimously this demand has been urged
by the Democratic press throughout the
Union. It is_ affirmed with emphasis by
the Democratic leaders now here, not
withstanding many from the South doubt
the wisdom of a full compliance. The
representatives of Virginia and Texas
debated the matter of meeting this de
mand. _ It is probable that these States
will omit to vote on the first call, which,
according to usage, will be by States in
their alphabetical order, or, in the par
lance of the gamester, will pass; and sub
sequently upon a call being made of such
States as have not voted will cast their
vote for the candidate having the ma
jority of votes already cast. It is probable
that this course will be followed by all of
the Southern States, although there is a
strong disposition exhibited, and some
efforts made to unite the South
in a steady, continued support of
Andrew Johnson. The universal wish
for harmony is manifest and finds ex
pression in earnest words and by
earnest efforts on the part of leading men.
! There is not a shadow of a doubt but that
the whole action of the Convention will be
enthusiastically harmonious. The Demo
cratic party is more compact, more
thoroughly organized, possessed of more
| strength and confidence than Southerners
estimate. The adherents of Pendleton are
enthusiastic. They speak of him with
pride and affection, as the true representa
tive of Western Democracy and claim that
he is not only a good man, a true man, but
the strongest man that can be nominated ;
and that, if nominated, he will carry, and
is the only man that can carry, Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana It is
I even claimed that he will carry Wisconsin,
j It is an undisputed fact that Pendleton’s
influence will be sufficiently strong to
abolish the two-thirds rule, which has been
so long of force. This is admitted by the
warmest supporters of Chase. But Mr-
Pendleton’s friends disclaim all intention
; of exercising their power in this particular,
and ask solely that if their chief receives a
decided majority on the first ballot that,
in accordance with Democratic usage, they
will trust to the magnanimity of the Con
vention to make his nomination unanimous.
The leading political feature of the
week has been the oration of Hon. Horatio
Seymour, before a crowded audience at
Coopc-r Institute. Mr. Seymour is one of
the few men that possesses the art of
treating questions in political economy and
statistics in a popular and acceptable
manner before a mixed audience. His
speech was listened to with eager atten
tion. It is an admirable arraignment of
the financial management of the Republi
can party. Mr. Seymour is evidently im
pressed with the idea that the political
power of the countiy is in the towns and
cities, and that those who are technically
styled the business men of the country
hold the balance of power, and will de
termine the coming election. His speech
admits, covertly, the existence of the long
talked-of' ‘war between capital and labor, ’'
and charges, boldly, that the Republican
party wars against the laborer by reckless
expenditures and high taxes, supporting
these charges by the official statements of
their own records. Mr. S. has, undoubt
edly, touched with a master-hand the
' master-key of politics in this re
gion ; but, in the opinion of your
correspondent, estimates too highly the
power of the agricultural interests —the
Honest farmers of the country —and pre
termits the discussion of that policy which
develops towns and cities at the expense
of the country and the farmers. It may
safely be predicted that this policy, which
already makes living so high in cities, and
bears so heavily upon the productions of
the farmers, is destined at no distant day
to be overthrown by the ballot or will end
in a unancial convulsion. J t can scarcely
be doubled that the inhabitants of our
overcrowded town and cities are now liv
ing at a rate that will speedily consume
their surplus accumulations, and that the
policy of the Government lends every en
couragement to municipal rather than
agricultural civilization. Can this last ?
The estimates of the number of visitors
to New York during the ensuing week in
creases daily, and room rent goes up with
them. It is asserted that the inducement
of cheap transportation will bring from
your own State at least five thousand
persons. New York merchants and bank
ers are discussing the effect of low fares
upon their interests, and declare that the
future policy of New York must be more
marked in this particular than in the past,
that cheap'transportation must be so cheap
ened to Now York as to draw everything
and everybody to and through the metropo
lis. Money is now as easily commanded as a
loan for any sound enterprise at the South
which promises such results. The Macon
and Brunswick Railroad Company has,un
der this influence, completed pending nego
tiations for the sum necessary to finish
their undertaking, placing the whole of
their bonds endorsed by the State at a fig-
ure above ninety per cent. Arrangements
have been perfected which will enable this
company to complete their work in eight
een months. Some efforts are being made to
negotiate aloan for the Macon and Augus
ta Road, but it does not appear probable
that they will be successful. The prevalent
idea is that this road is encumbered with
debt and must eventually pass into the
hands of the Georgia and South Caro
lina Roads, who have endorsed its bonds.
Your Governor elect’s name as a director
and ex-president, lends no credit to this
company, and the opinion is pretty freely
expressed that he sold the venerable Presi
dent of the Georgia Road very handsome
ly when he obtained his overpowering in
fluence to secure his election as President
of this Company on account of boasted
financial skill and influence.
An editorial call of the New York Ob
server for a Union of ail Protestants against
the political influences of the Roman
Catholics, excites no little comment. Os
course such a union does not embrace the
South, unless, perhaps, the colored citizens
are included as likely to be useful. The
Simpson Methodists of the North have
already declared Southern Methodists to be
excommunicated as rebels and heretics,
and l have yet to learn that any very great
amount of Christian charity has been ex
hibited by other denominations toward re
cusants of the South. There arc un
doubted influences at work to effect an or
ganization which will recognize religious
faith as essential to sound political prin
ciples. Men speak openly of the coming
contest for supremacy with what they are
pleased to style the Latin races.
Merchants anticipate good crops and an
improved fall trade, especially with the
South. Large calculations are based upon
the fact assumed that the coming cotton
crops will yield a handsome revenue to the
Southern farmer, and that it will be ex
pended in the liberal style of tbe ancient
Southerner. Nevertheless the quantity of
gold sent South for sale is a subject deftly
inquired into and discussed. The general
conclusion, however, is that money at the
South can no longer be invested in slaves,
and must necessarily find its way into the
channels of trade to their benefit. There
fore, good times are coming.
Wendell Phillips has consigned Chief
Justice Chase to the lowest depths of his
classical hell, and all who spell negro with
two g’s. Wendell is troubled about “the
course of events” touching his investments,
and his loss of material for sentimental
wind-work, and therefore (to use the latest
coinage of the Tribune) “spew3 out his
oratorical vitriol” upon everybody outside
of that happy land of Cannaan East of the
Iludsou. Georgia Plains.
FROM WASHINGTON*.
Correspondence of ihe Baltimore Gazette.
The Arkansas Carpet-Baggers — Paine's
Bill for Arming the Negroes—No Fi
nancial Report this Session—The Feel
ing at the West—lllinois for a General
Greenback Currency.
Washington, June 26, 1868.—The Ar
kansas carpet-baggers are highly indignant
with Speaker Colfax for not certifying their
pay due them from the sth March, 1807,
tho beginning of the present Congress.
Colfax was unwilling to go farther back
than the date of their election, and they
are already complaining of the “bad treat
ment of the South.” The State of Ar
kansas may be considered fairly in the
Union, since her members are now in the
full discharge of their official functions in
prosecuting the claim for “pay.”
The notice of Paine’s bill for “arming
the militia” did not do full justice to the
distinguished gentleman, who endeavored
to have it passed “on the sly.” As soon as
Mr. Eldridge called for the reading of the bill
Mr. Paine withdrew it. This being re
garded by some as a suspicious circum
stance, curiosity was aroused to ascertain
what the bill was. It is ascertained the
scheme was for arming the “loyal” ne
groes by furnishing each Congressional dis
trict with 2,000 Springfield rifles and two
field pieces. Should Mr. Paine again pre
sent it the scheme will be ventilated by
those opposed to arming the negroes to
force loyalty upon the whites.
It is now well asserted that the Com
mittee of Ways and Means will make no
report on financial matters during the pres
ent session. It is regarded as all imj
portant to the interests of the Radical
party in the next Presidential (canvass that
the question of finance should be complete
ly ignored. Yet there is reason to believe
that tbe financial issue will have to be met
by the respective parties in the coming
contest, lion. S. S. Marshall, of Illinois,
who has just returned from the YYest, says
he never saw anything like the excitement
in Illinois over the currency question. It
absorbs every other issue and extends over
the entire coilntry. Ho says the people
demand a payment of tho public debt as
rapidly as possible and with the “legal
currency” of the country, with a view to
reduce the debt which bears a gold in
terest. Greenbacks for the people and
greenbacks for the bondholder is the uni
versal cry throughout the West. Judge
Marshall also reports that the vote of
Illinois is regarded as certain for the New
York nominee.
Alta Vela is about being again revived
by the claimants. A copy of their memorial
has been presented and the subject will be
laid before Congress in a few days. The
right of these claimants to indemnity can
not be questioned by any one who is
cognizant of the facts. The memorial
charges Secretary Seward _ with almost
every species of crimes, including du
plicity, falsehood and corruption.
The Democratic Platform —The Vith
Amendment—The Jacobin and the Dem
ocratic Theory about it—Bogus Repre
sentatives from the South.
Washington, June 26, 1868.—Within
the past week or two there has been a re
markable change in public sentiment here
in reference to the platform to be framed
and the sort of candidate proper to be se
lected by the Democratic Convention.
But a short time ago nothing was heard
but suggestions of caution and inuendous
of concessions upon groundsof expediency.
Now the most timid are urging a straight
out course —a plain, downright and earnest
issue with the Radicals upon all their in
famous heresies. Politicians who lag be
hind will, it is thought, be suffered to re
main in their chosen attitude.
A curious question has just been mooted
here. The loth amendment (that abolish
ing slavery), if the Radical theory be cor
rect, has not yet been ratified. The Jaco
bins are estopped from denying that the
votes of the Southern States are necessary
to make valid a constitutional amendment:
for in the organization of the present bogus
States, a condition is imperatively demand
ed of the ratification of the 14th amend
ment. It must be admitted by the Radi
cals themselves that the Legislatures
which ratified the 13th, and those which
are now called upon to adopt the 14th
amendment, cannot both be legitimate.
They regard the former as spurious. The
Democratic theory is that the abolition of
slavery is complete and final, that it was
made so by the adoption of the 13th
amendment by the votes of three-fourths
of the States, continually given, and the
party, throughout the country, South as
well as North, is now willing to regard
that question as settled, forever. But it is
plain enough that the doctrine of the
Jacobins must lead to complications in this
respect. They dare not plead want of
foresight in such an important matter.
They must permit (in order to conceal
their bungling statesmanship) the whole
of this question to remain for the present
in statu quo , but open for cavil hereafter.
What if, in after times, when new political
issues shall swallow up the present ephem
eral negro agitation, sufficient strength may
be given to political organizations North
and South that will put them iu a position
to take the present Radicals at their word
and assume that the Southern States
which ratified the 13th article were, indeed,
illegitimate?—that in fine all the acts and
doings of the Legislatures of the eleven
seceded States from the surrender of Lee
to the full restoration of their rights in the
Union under the Constitution are null and
void? The principles of the Democratic
party, if triumphant in November, it must
thus be plain, are the only means which
are sure forever to stifle agitation on this
subject, not to say the only certain guaran
ty that slavery will never be revived !
The bogus representatives from the
South have for a few weeks been dropping
down here like frogs from the clouds, and
like their prototypes they at once seek
some hiding hole. I hear the majority of
them are wretchedly clad, and are obliged
to lie concealed until proper habiliments
can be produced, Anew sort of currency
has consequently, to some extent, got into
circulation. It consists of advance checks
upon the Secretary of the Senate and
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House for pay
“when admitted.” As there can be no
possible doubt of their “admission,” be
they black or white, and as the regularity
of their “election” will never, it is known,
be so much as looked into, these prospect
ive cheeks have been freely taken by the
tailors, who find no difficulty in getting
them cashed by honestshaversatfifty cents
on the dollar, thereby securing a handsome
profit on their goods.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer, Junc 30.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MILITARY COM
MISSION
Assembled for the Trial of tlic Columbus
Prisoners.
FIRST day.
Monday, June 29. —The court mot
about 10} o’clock A. M., when the follow
ing order convening the commission was
read by the Judge Advocate :
Hd’qrs Third Military District, 1
Department of Ga., Ala., and Fla., V
Atlanta, Ga., June 23, 1868. J
[Extract. 1
General Orders No. 136.
11. A Military Commission is hereby
appointed to assemble at McPherson Bar
racks, Atlanta, Georgia, at 10 o’clock A.
M., on Monday, the 29th Juno, 1868, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, for the trial
of such prisoners as may be brought be
fore it by orders from these headquarters.
The commission will sit without regard to
hours.
DETAIL FOR TIIE COMMISSION.
1. Brevet Brigadier General Caleb C
Sibley. Colonel 16th Infantry.
2. Brevet Brigadier General Elisha G
Marshall, Colonel C S A.
3. Brevet Brigadier General John J
Milhau, Surgeon USA.
4. Brevet Colonel John R Lewis, Major
44th Infantry.
5. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Robert E
A Crofton, Captain 16th Infantry.
6. Brevet Major Samuel E St Onge,
Captain 16th Infantry.
7. Brevet Major George M Brayton,
Captain 33d Infantry.
Brevet Brigadier General Wm McKee
Dunn, Assistant Judge Advocate General
of the Army, is appointed Judge Advocate
of the commission.
By order of Major General Moade.
R. C. Drum,
Assistant Adjutant General.
The following arc the charge and specifi
cation which were read at this stage of the
proceedings, in order that tho prisoners
might understand them, and not for the
purpose of arraignment;
Charge and specification preferred
against Elisha J. Kirkscey, Columbus C
Bedell, James YV Barber, William A
Duke, Robert Hudson, William D Chip
ley, Alva C Roper, James L Wiggins,
Robert A Wood;
Charge — Murder.
Specification —ln this: that the said
Elisha J. Kirkscey, Columbus C. Bedell,
James W. Barber, William A. Duke, Robt.
Hudson, William D. Chipley, Alva C.
Roper, James L. Wiggins, and Robert A.
Wood, on the olst day of March, I*6B, in
tho city of Columbus, in tho county of
Muscogee, State of Georgia, in anu upon
one George W. Ashburn, then and there
being in the peace of the said State, feloni
ously and willfully did make au assault;
and did then and there feloniously, unlaw
fully, willfully, and with malice afore
thought, discharge pistols loaded with
powder and leaden balls at the said George
W. Ashburn ; and wdth the said balls, dis
charged as aforesaid, did wound tho said
George W. Ashburn in tho left leg, above
and near the ankle joint; and with the
said balls, discharged as aforesaid, did
wound the said George W. Ashburn in the
lower part of tho nates; and with the said
balls, discharged as aforesaid, did wound
the said George W. Ashburn in the fore
head, which said wound, inflicted in the
forehead as aloresaid, was mortal, and of
which said mortal wound, inflicted in 'he
manner and form afoicsaid, the said
George W. Ashburn then and there died;
and the said Elisha J. Kirkscey, Columbus
C. Bedell, James W. Barber, William A.
Duke, Robert Hudson, William D. Chip
ley, Alva C. Roper, James L. Wiggins,
and Robert A. Wood, the said George W.
Ashburn, in tho manner and form afore
said, feloniously, unlawfully, willfully,
and of their malice aforethought, did then
and there kill and murder, contrary to the
laws of said State, the good order, peace
and dignity thereof.
(Signed) W. 11. Smith,
Capt. 16th Infy Brv’t Maj. U. S. A.
Acting Judge Advocate.
The names of the prisoners were called,
when each one answered “Here.”
The prisoners were then asked if they
had any objection to be tried by any mem
ber of the court, when they answered in
dividually and under instructions of their
Counsel, Mr. Chipley said, he had no ob
jection personally, but would not waive
the right to object in the future.
Mr Bedell had no objection on personal
grounds, but would not waive the right to
future jurisdiction.
The remaining prisoners did not offer
any objection bn personal grounds.
The officers of the court were sworn,
also Mr Eugene Davis, as a reporter for
the Government.
The prisoners were then arraigned and
the charge and specification read to them
a second time, when the Judge Advocate
was about to interrogate them as to their
guilt or innocence, Hon A II F tephens,
rose and requested an adjournment until
to-morrow, for the purpose of'filing pleas
for the defendants, as he had not seen
any of them before, and had not until a
short time before seen the charge and
specification.
The Judge Advocate requested Mr.
Stephens to reduce his application to writ
ing, which he did.
The board of officers then retired to con
sider the application of counsel; soon after
which they returned, and as there was no
objection offered by coansel on either side,
or by any member oi the court, the appli
cation for adjournment was granted till 10
a. m. to morrow (this) morning. The fol
lowing counsel appeared for the defence
and were admitted:
Alexander 11. Stephens,
Martin J. Crawford,
James M Smith,
James M. Ramsey,
L. J. Gartrell,
Henry L Benning,
Robert J. Moses.
General Benning and Major Moses were
absent, but are expected soon.
The counsel for the prosecution are.
General Dunn, Judge Advocate, with
Mr. Joseph E. Brown and Major W. 11.
Smyth, assisting.
The Right Man.—The Washington
Intelligencer in an interesting article on
“Pennsylvania,” concludes with the follow
ing timely and just observations;
How much may bo in the name that
should ring out clear and high from the
central city of the continent? One that
will simply unite the Democratic party is
not enough. Our nominations and entire
action must be sueb that there will be no
impediment to the hearty 00-operation of
every citizen who is disgusted with the
course of the Republicans in Congress for
the past three years, and who is ready and
anxious to restore the Constitution. There
are many such, and we have a hand and
welcome for all of them.
We must have a name, civic or military,
that will not only put the opposition in a
state of “dissolution and thaw,” but large
ly disintegrate them in practice. They are
now in a situation of fear and trembling,
and their last solitary hope of success lies
in our nominating someone who cannot
call to our standard the leading elements
of opinion in large ways among the people.
They want one whose cup is but half full,
and not him whose cup runneth over.
As to the plan of campaign, or the plat
form of which the Jacobins are so solicit
ous, we would simply suggest that it can
not possibly be a defensive one, with a line
of retreat marked out. If there is to be
no such “word as fail” among us in the
battle about to be gained, we shall advance
against the line of battle of the enemy at
all its notoriously vicious and weak points.
These conquered, and the enemy routed,
horse, foot, and dragoons, then will come
NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. NO. 27.
in play the statesmanship that shall retrieve
the desperate fortunes of a nation now
trembling upon the very verge of destruc
tion. ,
Important Military Order.
Hxadquakthrs Third Military District. )
(Department of Georgia, Alabama and Florida,) >
Atlanta, Ga., June 25. 1565. )
General Orders, No. 90.
From the returns made by the Boards of
Registration of the election held in the
State of Georgia for a Governor, members
of the General Assembly, and other offi
cers, under the provisions of General Or
ders, No. 40, issued from these Headquar
ters, which election commenced on the
20th day of April, 1868, and continued
four days, it appears:
1. That, at the said election, Hon. R. B. |
Bullock received a majority of all the votes
ca ®t fhr Governor of the State of Georgia.
2. That, at said election, the following
named persons were elected Senators in the
General Assembly of said State from the
respective Senatorial Districts in which
they were chosen, viz;
1A A Bradley. 23 W J Anderson.
2 T G Campbell,Sr.24 B B Hinton.
3E D Graham. 25 E J Iligbeo.
4J M Coleman. 26 A D Nunnally.
5 A Corbit. 27 Join Harris.
6 Joshua Griffin. 28 W F Jordan.
7 M C Smith. 29 Josiah Sherman.
8B F Bratton. 30 JII McWhorter,
9 R T Nesbit. 31 Wm F Bowers,
10 F 0 Welch, 32 J C Richardson.
11 C B Wooten. 33 A M Stringe r.
12 CR Moore. 34 Milton ACandler.
13 Wm B Jones. 35 W T Winn.
14 John J Collier. 36 W C Smith.
15 W T McArthur. 37 W W Merrell.
16 H Hicks. 38 Walker Brock.
17 McWhorter Hun-39 A W Holcomb.
gerford. 40 C J Wellborn.
18 Benj F Conley, 41 John Dickey.
19 Joseph Adkins. 42 John T Burns.
20 George Wallace. 43 Joel C Fain
21 William Griffin. 44 B B McCutchin.
22 T J Speer.
3. That, at said election, the following
named persons were elected Representa-
tives in the General Assembly of said
State from the counties to their names re
spectively atttached, viz :
Appling ; Isham Raddish.
Baker : A M George.
Baldwin : Peter O’Neil.
Banks : William R Bell.
Berrien ; Thomas Paulk.
Bibb : H M Turner, J Fitzpatrick, and
J E J Franken.
Brooks : W A Lane.
Bryant : W L Houston. ,
Bulloch : W M Hall.
Burke: MClaiborn, John Warren, and
Jno A Madden.
Butts : T M Hark ness.
Chatham : C K Osgood, Jas Porter,
and Jas M Sims.
Camden : Virgil Hillyer.
Campbell: W S Zellars.
Carroll. John Long,
Cass, or Bartow : F M Ford and M J
Crawlord.
Catoosa: A S Fowler.
Chattahoochee : W A McDougald.
Charlton : F M Smith.
Chattooga : C C Cleghorn.
Calhoun : FranklinL Pepper.
Cherokee-: NJ Perkins. ’
Clarke : Madison Davis, and A Rich
ardson.
Clay : B A Turnipseed.
Clayton : A E Cloud.
Clinch : G Lastinger.
Columbia : J M Rice, and Romulus
Moore.
Coffee : J R Smith.
Coweta : F M Scroggins, and P Sewell.
Cobb : W D Anderson, and N N
Gober.
Colquit: WW Watkins.
Crawford : W G Vinson.
Dade: Jas C Nisbet.
Dawson : Joseph L Perkins.
Decatur: BF Powell, and John Hig
don.
DoKalb : WII Clarke.
Dooly •' Hiram Williams.
Dougherty: Phillip Joiner, ami A 11
Head.
Early: H C Fryer.
Echols: R W Phillips.
Effingham: Morgan Rawls.
Elbert: U 0 Tate.
Emanuel: J A Brinson.
Fannin : Alexander Hearn.
Fayette . PII Brassell.
Floyd : Dunlap Scotland M Ballanger.
Forsyth : J C Kellogg.
Franklin : James A Harrison.
Fulton: E M Taliaferro, J E Gullatt
and VP Sisson.
Gilmer: James M Ellis.
Glasscock : J H Nunn.
Glynn : R B Hall.
Gordon : R A Donaldson.
Greene : lIL McWhorter and A Colby.
Gwinnett : Louis Nash and R M Parke,
Habersham : W S Erwin.
Hall : David Weichell.
Hancock : WH Harrison and E Barnes.
Harralson : W N Williams.
Hart: James Allen.
Harris: W J Hudson and Samuel
Williams.
Heard : M Shackleford.
Henry : J A Maxwell.
Houston : J W Mathews, C C Duncan
and II R Felder.
Jackson: A T Bennett.
Jasper : T M Allen,
Jefferson: Benjamin Ayre and Alexander
Stone.
Johnson : J W Meadows-
Jones: W TMcCullough.
Laurens : George Linder.
Lee : Samuel Lindsey and G F Page.
Liberty : W A Golden.
Lincoln : Platt Madison.
Lowndes; John W O’Neal.
Lumpkin: W P Price.
Macon: Robert Lumpkin and FII Fyall.
Madison: J B Moon.
Marion: William M Butt.
Mclntosh: T G Campbell, Jr.
Meriwether: PW Chambers and W II
F Hall.
Monroe: W A Ballard and G H Glow
ers.
Miller-: F M D Hopkins.
Milton : G M Hook,
Mitchell: J M Burtz.
Montgomery: John J McArthur.
Morgan: A J Williams and Monday
Floyd.
Murray: J N Harris.
Muscogee: JamesG Mall and Abraham
Smith.
Newton: A II Lee and John F Harden.
Oglethorpe: James W Ankins and
James Cunningham.
Paulding: S F Strickland.
Pickens: S A Darnell.
Pierce: R W Carpenter.
Pike: R A Seale.
Polk: 1, II Walthall.
Pulaski: J M Buchan and S F Salter.
Putnam: S C Prudden.
guitman: LC, A Warren.
abun: McKinzey Fincannon.
Randolph: W M Tumlin and David
Goff.
Richmond: E Tweedy, J E Bryant and
T P Beaird.
Schley : Thomas F Rainey.
Seriven: >V JL) Hamilton-
Spalding: J T Ellis.
Stewart: C C Humber and J K Bur
nunft.
Sumpter: G N Harper and John A
Cobb.
Talbot: Marion Bethune and J T Cos
tin.
Taliaferro : W F Holden.
Tatnall: Robert C Surrency.
Taylor: Frank Wilchar.
Terrell: F M Harper.
Thomas : J R Evans and W C Carson.
Towns : Geo W Johnson.
Troup: JII Caldwell and J T McCorm
ick. _ •
Twiggs: Haywood Hughes.
Union: John II Penlaad.
Upson: John C Drake
Walker: W B Gray.
Walton : John R Sorrels.
Warren : John Neal and S Gardner.
Ware: Joseph D Smith.
Washington: R W Fiournoy and Wm
G Brown.
Wayne : G W Rumph.
Webster : G S Rosser.
White: CllKytle.
Whitfield : J E Shumate.
Wilcox: Darling Johnson.
Wilkes : Richard Bradford and E Bel
cher.
Wilkinson: C II Hooks.
Worth: Jas M Rouse.
By order Major General Meade.
R. C. Drum,
Assistant Adjutant General.
The prestige claimed for Gen. Grant by
Governor Brown as a leader with which to
“steady the ship of State,” we presume
was won at the Wilderness with five to one
pitted against Gen. Lee, at Spotsylvania
C. H., with three against one, South of
the Rapidan with an excess in his favor of
72,000, and at the battle of Cold Harbor,
with an excess in his favor of 78,000; or it
may be the one hundred and seventeen
thousand Federal forces in which he was
minus, killed, wonnded and missing, on
reaching the James river after these en
gagemeDts. Figures won’t lie.— Atlanta
Constitution.
Dr. Thomas F. Green, the Superintend
ent of the State Lunatic Asylum, was in
Macon a few days since. He reports that
there are now nearly four hundred patients
in his institution, of whom fifty are negroes.
The building is very much crowded, not a
room being vacant.
State Items.
The Atlanta Constitution announces the
arrival on the 23d of five more prisoners
in that city; one was chained and marched
to the barracks between two bayonets.
A convention will be held at Rome or,
the first Tuesday in July for the purpose
of appointing delegates to the State Demo
cratic Convention, which will meet in At
lanta on the 22d.
Governor Bullock, so-called, has issued
his proclamation convening the Legisla
ture on the Ith of next month. He has
made the time so short in order that the
Democrats in the remote counties may not
be notified in time to be present.
The Nashville Gazette thus speaks of the
new Atlanta daily : “Some eonstittftional
fool has just started a ‘Conservative’
Chase organ at Atlanta, Georgia, called by
way of sarcasm, we suppose, "The Consti
tution." He is behind the times.
A! 9 o’clock Tuesday night two negro
burglars forced an entrance into the dry
goods house of I. Friend, in Macon, and
after throttling the proprietor, succeeded
iu rifling his store of a considerable quan
tity of valuable goods.
Mr. W illiam G. Wood, a prominent
merchant of Savannah, died on the 25th
ol this month, at the Screven House in
that citju He had been suffering some
time from congestion of the brain, which
was the cause of his death.
An intense struggle is now going on for
the Judgeship of the Eastern Judicial
Circuit, as it is considered a certainty that
Uie present incumbent will be removed.
1 lie celebrated Aaron A. Bradley, black
negro, and one P. B. Bedford, white ne
gro, are the contestants.
The number of desertions from the Fed
eral lorces have been very numerous this
year. Seven more of them were arrested
and brought into Atlanta, on last Thurs
day, under guard.
Several hundred negroes congregated at
the depot in Atlanta, and filled the ears
for an excursion to Augusta, a few days
since, but not having raised the requisite
amount, of fare, the conductor, to avoid
any collision, quietly uncoupled the cars
and came oft' without them.
A fire occurred in Coal Springs, Wilkin
son county, or. the night of the 6th inst.,
destroying the store house of Mr. Willis
Allen with its contents, and also the
Masonic Lodge. The u:e was evidently
the work of an incendiary.
The Macon Telegraph speaks of a visit
to Middle Georgia of an eminent and of
ficial gentleman from Italy with reference
to the selection of a favorable country for
an Italian settlement and the culture of the
silk worm.
Rumor hath it that a young lady
living near Powder Springs was fatally
poisoned by using a twig for a tooth brush
wherein the locusts had deposited their
eggs. Six boys have also died in Tennes
see from eating mulberries poisoned in the
same manner.
Eight negro men have been recently con
victed in the Superior Court of Thomas
county for kidnapping a man of their own
color in Florida, severely beating him and
then forcibly bringing him to Georgia.
They were all sentenced to the Penitenti
ary.
On Wednesday night a person called at
the house of Warren Harris, near Fort
V alley, for a young man living there,
named Newton Barber. Barber had re
tired, but got up and went to the gate,
where he was shot down and died instantly’.
There is, as yet, no clue to the murderer.
An engineer named Seaborn Jones was
killed at Notasulga on Wednesday last, by
Mick Ferrell, a young farmer formerly from
LaGrange. The cause—liqueur.
Torquemada Meade issued his order on
Tuesday, the 25th of this month, declaring
officially who have been elected to seats in
the State Senate and House of Representa
tives. In the 15th District, where no elec
tion was held in two counties, one W. T.
McArthur is declared elected.
One Jordan Mulkly has been arrested on
suspicion of his being the -perpetrator of
the cruej murder committed in Fort Valley
recently. It appears that ho and the mur
dered man were rivals for the hand of a
young lady and the latter was the favorite—
hence the tragedy.
The President’s order to General Grant,
in relation to the Columbus prisoners, has
had the effect of frightening Torquemada
Meade. In expectation of a visit from the
Investigation Commission appointed at
Washington, he has visited the prisoners’
dungeons and ordered them to be enlarged
to twice their original size.
We learn that a terrible tragedy oc
curred in Irwin county a few days since,
about five miles from Bowen’s Station, by
which a family lost two sons, who were
killed by the murderous hand of a negro.
The names of the young men were William
and Daniel Lake, sons of Mr. James Lake.
The negro’s name was Williams.
Mr. Brown who killed one negro and
wounded another while they were making
an attack on his plantation in Seriven
county, has surrendered himself to the
civil authorities.
The trial of the Columbus prisoners com
menced in Atlanta on yesterday oefore a
military commission. General Sibley is
the President, and Gen. Dunn the Judge
Advocate of the Board.
The Savannah News says that the case
of Mrs. Mason, who shot her son-in-law,
Lieutenant Moore, will probably be settled
without recourse to the law- Lieutenant
Moore is now considered completely out of
danger, and neither himseli or bis wife
desire to prosecute Mrs. Mason.
Ihe provisional or temporary capitol
which the municipal government of At
lanta has. in pursuance with their contract
with the Convention, fitted up for the
assembling of the Legislature, is almost
finished, and will certainly be ready for
occupation by the Fourth.
A prominent Radical from Monroe
county, who was a member of the late
negro convention, says that one-half the
negroes in that county will vote the
Demooratie ticket in the ensuing Presi
dential election. He is disgusted with his
colored brethren, and is of the opinion
that no confluence can be placed in their
political faith.
V here Bishop Beckwith shall live, a
question which has so seriously agitated
the Episcopalians of the State, we learn
from the Macon Journal & Messenger,
has at last been settled. A lot has been
purchased on College street in that city,
near the residence of Mr. Cubhedgo, and
upon it will be erected a handsome edifice
for the Bishop.
A card has been signed by all the Co
lumbus prisoners confined in Atlanta,
stating that their treatment by both offi
cers and soldiers has been unusually mild,
and that the Government detective has
been very kind, showing all the respect due.
from one gentleman to another.
At the last meeting of the stockholders
of the Georgia Railroad Company, an
order was passed to build anew freight
depot at Atlanta. The new building will
be located between the old depot and the
Government corral. It will be 50 feet by
275, with a three-story front for offices*
The structure will be of stone mountain
granite.
The trial of the Columbus prisoners
i commenced in Atlanta, on Monday. The
| prisoners all plead not guilty and asked
time to prepare a plea, which was granted
them.
We learn from the Cuthbcrt Appeai
that Ben. Jeffries, the murderer of Peter
Grant, in liandolph county, about three
mouths ago, has been captured and lodged
in the jail at Cuthbert.
A heavy gale of wind swept over Savan
nah on Thursday last at night which did
much damage to trees about the city. On
South Broad street several large trees were
I utterly ruined.
j At a meeting of the bar of Savannah on
; Friday last, with unanimous approbations
Committee composed of the leading law
yers was appointed to urge Gov. Bullock
to retain Judge Flemming as Judge of that
circuit.
Messrs.„Cash, James and Lawrence
reached Columbus, on Sunday, from the
military prison in Atlanta, from whence,
after being kept in close confinement for
two weeks, they were informed that it was
all a “mistake” and discharged.
At a recent meeting of Meade's military
City Council in Columbus, an election for
city officers took place. Among the newly
elected were Harry Watson (negro)
keeper of the city hospital, ana Oliver
Saunders (negro) Clerk of the market.
Mr. W. Pearlstein, of Forsyth, acciden t
ally shot himself last Sunday night, while
carelessly handling a pistol. The ball en
tered a few inches above the knee and
lodged in the knee joint, llis leg will
have to be amputated.
Torquemada Mfu de in anew Role. —lt
is understood that tie reason Meade left At
lanta and went to Washington, and while
there tried to get transferred from this
command, was in order to avoid the conse
quences likely to result from a betrayal of
hospitality with which he is charged.
By a private letter from Athens we learn
the death of James T. Sanson, a prominent
citizen of that place, and late the Demo
cratic candidate for the Legislature. The
Hon. B. 11. Hill is also dangerously ill with
typhoid fever.
