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fOEWS & HERALD. BY J. H. ESTILL. Clol.W. I’. THOMPSON, - - Editor. Official Paper of the City. lARBEET CIRCaJLATimi IN CITY ABO GOUNTRY. BIONDAV> AUGUST 2*. 1868. foh president, HOll. HORATIO SEYMOUR, Os New York. FOR VICK PRESIDENT, General FRANK P. BLAIR, Os Missouri. State Electoral Ticket, FOR THE STATE AT LARGE : Gen. JOHN B. GORDON", of Fulton. Hon. J4)HN T. CLARKE, of Randolph. ALTERNATES: Gen. W. T. WOFFORD, of Bartow. T. 51. NORWOOD, of Chatham. FOR TIIE DISTRICTS : 1. JOHN 0. NICHOLLS, of Pierce. 2. Col. CHAS. T. GOODE, of Sumter. 5. R. J. MDSES, of Muscogee. 4. A. 0. BACON, of Bibb. 6. Major J. B. CtJMMING, of Richmond. 6. H. P. BELL, of Forsyth. 7. Col. JAMES D. WADDELL, of Fulton. ALTERNATES : 1. J. H, ntTNTER, of Brooks. 2. WM. O. FLESIING, of Decatur. 3. W. D. TUGGLE, of Troup. 4. Dr. IIENRY WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. 6. Gen. D. M. DcBOSE, of Wilkes. 6. GARRETT McMILLAN, of Habersham. 7. Col. Y. A. GASKILL, of Fulton. DEJIOBRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. E. G. CABA.NIBS, of Monroe, Chairman. J I. WHITAKER, of Atlanta. WM. EZZARD. of Atlanta. Dr. J. F. ALEXANDER, of Atlanta. L. J. GLENN, of Atlanta. D. P. HILL, of Atlanta. J. F. COOPER, ot Atlanta. E. D. HOGE, of Atlanta. G. N. LESTER, of Marietta. P. W. ALEXANDER, of Columbus. General A. R. WRIGHT, of Augusta. NELSON TIFT, of Albany. 5. G. SMITH, of Banks county. GEORGE A. MERCER, Savannah. GEORGE S. BLACK, Rome. VAPT. ADMIT I'KD TO HIS SEAT AT LAST. It. is with pleasure that we aunounce that Capt. Rufus E. Luster, Senator from the First District, has at length been admitted to his seat. The State has been loser by his absence from the Senate, in which he will be an able advocate of the honor and inter ests of her people. ■ As His Espress-agency has got pretty well through with his appointments, we see no reason why he should persist in ordering an election to fill a vacancy which does not exist. Stcamtiup Enterprise. fFrom the New Yo.k shipping List, August 19tli ] Savannah, which, since the rebellion, has outstripped nearly all the Southern seaboard cities in the race Ifor commercial supremacy, taking the lead of Charleston and Mobile, and fairly rivalling New Orleans, is about to strengthen her claims for superiority as a trade mart, by adopting direct steamship communi cation with Liverpool. The new “Georgia and Liverpool Line" is to be inaugurated in No vember next by two new iron screw steamships —the Savannah and Satilla—now in course of construction on the Clyde. In due time these ships are to be followed by five others, the Waverly, Leith, Stirling, Riga and Don, as will be seen by the Company’s advertisement else where in our columns. The freight capacity of these steamships will vary from fifteen hundred to three thousand bales, each ship being built with special reference to speed and strength. Thus, slowly but surely, steam is superseding sails on all the great pathways of commerce, and it is by no means improbable that our entire European carrying trade will gravitate to screw ships within a very few years. One of the causes of the decay of the American shipping interests, as is well known, was the partial drying up of the sources of those great Southern staples, Cotton, Tobocco, Sugar, Naval Stores, Rice, dec., through the instru mentality of the late war. But the well springs of these great staples are gradually beginning to flow again, and we shall thus soon have need for more tonnage. It will be well for American merchants and capitalists to bear this fact in mind, and to bear in mind, also, the important truth that steam, instead of sails, will, in the coming year, be called upon to perform the functions of the best portion of the American carrying trade. The only thing about this new Savannah line to be regretted is, that it is under British iu siead of American auspices, and it behooves our countrymen to bestir themselves, or all the fields of American ocean commerce will speedily be as effectually covered by foreign steam lines as is that between New York and the principal European porls. PLAVISO WITH EDGED TOOLS. The New York Journal of Commerce, speak ing of the outrages being perpetrated upon the people of the South by the Radical disunion ists and revolutionists, warns them that they are “playing with edged tools,’’ and says: “We would avoid the mistake of lulling our readers into a false confidence in the permanence of peace under all the provocations that may be given.” The editor says the people of the South desire peace on a sure, permanent basis, and would long since have been “back in the Union in spirit as in fact, but for the agencies at the North, which are exerted le prevent reconciliation.” “These agencies,” says the editor, “work partly above board, through the newspapers and the public action of parties, committees and individuals, and partly by secret, stealthy methods, which we cannot trace, and of which we perceive ODly the disastrous results. Since our last article on this subject, two re markable measures have been introduced in the Radical Legislatures of two Southern States, which measures are so nearly alike in their import as to leave little doubt that they were suggested by Radical plotters at the North with a view to influence the com ing election. We feel confident that the Southern Radicals would not, without the ■mot dordre and tbe pledge of support from Washington, take steps so dangerously bor dering on civil war. The measures to which we refer are as follows: “In the State of North Carolina the Legis lature have hastily adopted a tyrannical mi litia system, under the false title of a ‘Police bill.’ The kind of police which it provides for is the armed police ot France and Spain— a standing army scattered over the entire State, and responsible to one head, Governor Holden. “And these grave perils are to be encoun tered, for what ? Why, to make a sure thing of the next Presidential election ! Thus it is that soulless politicians at tbe North, keep ing their own precious bodies well out of the fray, sport with the passions and prejudices of the impulsive people of the South. It is a very hazardous business.’’ Hon. Alexander H. Stephens bag gone to the White Sulphur Springs of Virginia for the benefit of his health. WHAT THE RADICALS MEAN BA' PEACE. General Grant, in hia luminous lcttor of acceptance, says, “Let us have peace' I —the Radical presses and speakers of the North re-echo the Napoleonic sentence on all occa sions, and the miserable pensioned scalawag organs of the party in the South, when chal lenged to the hopeless task of defending the usurpations, outrages and wanton persecu tions to which the white race in these South ern States is subjected, can only whine, “Let us have peace.” Vile, recreant crea tures, traitors to their country, to the prin ciples which they once professed to 'society, to their race and to their posterity, when they are told of a violated constitution and a usurped and revolutionized gov ernment when they are reminded of the unconstitutionulity of the recon struction acts, of the oppression, injustice, fraud, and overy species of political, moral and social iniquity perpetrated under their pretended authority—without the audacity to attempt a defense of what is utterly inde fensible they seek a cover for their perfidious servility in the cry “We want Peace !” They know that the government of the constitu tion has been usurped aha revolutionized— they know that the constitution itself lm s been trampled under foot, that the State governments have been destroyed, and a lawless despotism erected in their stead, which has its head in the Radical Congres sional Directory at Washington—they know that the people of these States are no longer governed by laws enacted in accordance the forms of Republican governments, by the will of the people, but by the caprice of au irresponsible and revolutionary cabal in Washington, backed by the military power—they knew that that vile faction is seeking to complete the overthrow of the Federal Government of the Oonslitution, and erect in its stead a consolidated mili tary despotism which shall rule all the States without the restraint of Constitutions or laws, and in defiance of tho will of the people. They know all this, and dare not and do not deny it; but they “want Peace !” For office and the hope of office they have consented to become the servile instruments of the conspirators against^the liberties of their country—with them their political fortunes are cast, and in the per petuity of their power is their only jhope of protection from just retribution. They seek no restoration of the Union of the Con stitution, they desire no repeal of unconsti tutional laws, no re-establishment of civil government with the rights and liberties of the people. Their cry is, “Let U3 have peace !” But what is the peace that is promised the country in the name of their great Missionary of Peace ? Is it the Peace that reigned iu Warsaw, the Peace of the Empire, or that peace which all good men desire, which can only come to our distracted country with the re-estabhshment ot law, order, right and justice. General Grant has not taken the paiu3 to define what kind of peace he desires. When Napoleon said, “the Empire is peace,” the world were not long in understanding what he meant. Perhaps General Grant thinks his language is as easy of interpretation by those who understand him. It may bo in teresting to our readers to know how he is nterpreted by the organs cf his party. For their enlightenment on this subject we give the following extract from a writer in the New York Times, a leading organ of the Radical party, who signs himself “Peace.’" This Angel of Peace maintains that the people of the Southern Slates having taken up arms sgainst the party controlling the Government of the United States, in defense of what ihey believed to be their constitu tional and Siaie rights, being defeated, “lost all claims to civil and political rights, to the tights of property, and even life itself, and are completely dependent upon the mercy of the Government which they have defied.” “This,” says the writer, “was the condition of the rebels at tho close of the war, and they have never from that day to this had a claim ot right, excepting such as the generosity of the Government has ex tended to them. ***** xheir rights are exactly such as the Government accords—no more, no less.” This dove-like bearer of the olive branch is highly insensed at the people of the South for their persistent opposition to Radicalism with all its usurpations, outrages and corrup tions. He reprobates Southern obstinacy and turbulence, and, like General Grant, is determined to have peace. The following is his plan of securing the “welfare and peace of tho country.” General Grant himself will hardly be able to improve upon a plan which will apply as well to the Democratic States of the North as to the South—to one State of the Union as another. He says: “I now urge the necessity of continuing, and, if necessary, extending military rule over every Southern State where the factious element shows its head ia a threatening man ner. I would urge this upon the grounds of absolute necessity to the welfare and peace of the country. Nothing short of this will keep the peace for any length of time. * * * The Military Government should be made strong and efficient, but mild and placable, as tar as possible ; and the warrant for such a form of government to continue until the loyal element is at least equal in numbers to the disloyal, would be the same as that which justified the nation in raising armies to subdue the rebellion.” Again the writer says : “Had they (the South) at the termination of the rebellion accepted the situation and all its duties, and proved by their conduct and spirit since then that the old leven of mischief had departed out of them, we should be justified in doing what we have done and are doing in order to restore them to citizenship; but every intelligent person knows that we have iu the first place as sumed as a fact what we from our hearts desired should be such, namely: that the South through their sufferings had become at least a passively loyal people, but our ex perience with the observation of them during the past three years, and more especially the violent and encroaching spirit which ani mates them now, must convince every well wisher of his country that a military Govern ment, for years to come, is our only securi ity against serious Troubles, and probably another civil war.” Perhaps this sort of peace will suit the carpet-baggers and scalawags of Georgia, but we sincerely hope the Democracy of the country will give us some better “security against the serious troubles” which disturb our unhappy country. West Virginia. —The Washington corres pondent of the Baltimore Gazetie says Chief Justice Chase returned last evening in fine health and much pleased with his official visit to West Virginia. He expresses the opinion that the Conservatives are largely in the ascendancy in that State, and will control the Presidential ticket. Affairs in Hath.—Advices from Hayti by the gull cable state that Salnave is pre paring to leave, and intends to favor the United States with his presence. Jhe in surgents captured one of his war vessels, on board of which were his mother and his Minister of War. Salnave had imprisoned the Prussian Consul, and threatened the life of the British Minister, for which insolence the British man-of-war Favorite was pre paring to bombard. PKKPAIimONS FOR CIVIL WAR. A BILL TO RAISE A STANDING ARMY IN GEORGIA. The Heuil Carpet-Uaggor to be Com <nan<ler-iit-CUiet'. It is impossible for any one who is at all informed of what is passing in the political world to escape the conviction that a deep aid and concerted plot is forming on the part of the Radical leaders, the object of which is to control the Presidential election in the Southern States if need be by military force. This diabolical plot originated with the Radical Congressional Commettee in Washington. The original plan was to organ ize and arm the loyal or Negro militia, for which purpese a bill was introduced in Con gress a tew days before the close of the iate session. But this measure, which necessarily embraced all the States of the Union, and could have been applied to the Congressional districts of New York as well as to thosii of Georgia, giving to the partisan Governor of each State a force of two thousand militia and a battery of artillery to each district, .was so shocking to the sensibilities of the American people, and raised such a storm ot remonstrance throughout the country that it was suddenly abandoned. The next scheme proposed and which was urged by the carpet bag representatives of the reconstructed States, who found their way to Washington during the last hours of the session, just in time to get their per diem aud mileage, was to organize and arm the loyal militia after the plan adopted by the political matricede, Brownlow of Tennessee. This scheme, how ever, was liable to some of the same ob jections as tho first—it was a risky matter to undertake to arm only tho loyal—the arms might get into the hands of white men —and it was in turn abandoned. Still an armed force sufficient to overawe an unarm ed aud peaceable people was deemed, indis pensable to carry out the Radical Mme for guaranteeing Republican forms of gov ernment to the States, and to protect those patriotic instrumentalities in the work, the carpet-baggers and scalawags, from personal barm. Then it was that the Jacobin Di rectory at Washington conceived the idea of copying after those liberal governments of France and Spain, in the establishment of an armed State Police, to be unlimited in numbers and under the immediate control of the ruling Jack Cade of each State. This plan, confining the wrong and the burthen of the expense to the subjugated States, while it would be equally effective for their diabolical and despotic purposes, was not so liable to alarm the apprehensions and excite tho indignation of the honest, liberty-loving people of the North. It would place an immense amount of power and pa tronage in the hands of their most servile tools, and give employment and subsistence to the “toil” blacks. With the approbation of the carpet-bag representatives in Washing ton, the mandate ,is sent forth to the chief wire-puller in the several State Legislatures, and almost simultaneously we see bills tor the organization of a military police iu al most precisely the same form introduced in the so-called Legislatures of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Louisi ary, in all of which States we believe the measure has been adopted by a strictly party vote. A friend has sent ns the following copy of a hill which has been introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives by the scowhegan member, Bryant, from Richmond county : AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE POLICE. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and alter the passage of this act, there snail be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, an officer to be enti tled a Constable of the Slate, who shall be commissioned to hold office for four years, unless sooner removed, such officer shall re side ia the city of Atlanta, and keep an office at some place therein, to be appointed by the Governor. Ho shall appoint as many deputies a3 the Governor may direct. Sec. 2. Said Constable of the State and his deputies shall have and exercise all the common law and statutory powers of con stables, except the service of simple pro cess, and also all the powers given to the police or watchmen by the statutes of the State, or the charters or ordinances of the several cities and incorporated towns eon currenly with, such offioers, and their powers as Constables shall extend throughout the State, and said Constables and his depu ties shall at all times obey all orders of the government in relation to the preservation of the public peace, or the execution of ihe laws throughout the State; and it shall be their duty to see that the laws of the State are observed and enforced. Sec. 3. The Constable of the State shall be paid out of the Treasury of the State an annual salary of thousand dollars, in equal quarterly payments, aud his deputies shall be paiij at the rate of dollars per day, when on duty. When required to travel on duty from one city or county to another, they shall be allowed the same compensa tion which is allowed by law to sheriffs and their deputies. The accounts of the deputy constables shall be verified by the affidavits of said Constables, and shall be approved by the Constable of the State before being presented to the Comptroller-General, and when duly audited, shall be paid out of tbe Treasury of the State. Sec. 4. The Constable of the State, with the approval of the Governor, shall make all needful rules for the regulation of the police duties of his deputies. Sec. 5. The Governor shall have power at all times, in any emergency of which he shall be the judge, to assume command of the whole or any part of the municipal, police and con stabulary force in any place, and to author ize the Constable of the State to command their assistance in the execution of crimi nal process, in suppressing riots, and in pre serving the peace. Sec. 6. Repeals conflicting laws. We deem it unnecessary to comment on the provisions of this monstrous bill; it has the merit at least of simplicity and clearness. No one can fail to comprehend its meauing, the objects which it is designed to subserve, or the unlimited and dangerous powers which it confers. We do not believe for one moment that such a biil can by any possibility be passed by a legislative body in this State, the majority of whose members are jwhite men; we would sooner expect to see tbe creature who has the audacity to propose such a measure of outrage and wrong to the once freemen of Georgia expelled from tbe body as a madman and incendiaryi When such a bill is entertained by the men who now claim to exercise the Legislative powers of the State, and becomes a law by their ac tion, it will then be time tor the people whose lives, liberty and property are en dangered to take council bow to meet it. A vert Short Cotton Crop. —The reports from Southern and Southwestern Georgia are very gloomy. The cotton yield is going to be light—unexpectedly light. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT IN CHARLES* . TON. Meeting of tile White Citizens for Ibc Preservation of Law and Order-Ad dress to the President. A meeting of a number of the prominent .citizens and tax-payers of the city of Charles ton was held at the Hibernian Hall, on Friday afternoon. Mr. Daniel Ravenel was called to the Chair, and General Conner stated the.ob ject of the meeting. He said that there was hardly a man present who did not realize the anomalous and perilous condition in which the community was living. There was not within the State a single Court organized for the trial of offenders. The municipal authority was, by its own confession, powerless. Every protection which the law formerly afforded was swept away, and yet at the same time a large portion ot the population was actuated by a spirit of lawlessness, and incited by bad men to deeds of violence, in order that political capital may be manufactured to influence the Presidential election. Nothing but the for bearance and self-control of our people had thus far arrested a conflict. The evil was clearly apparent. What was the appropriate remedy was not so clear. A few gentlemen had endeavored carefully to consider the ques tion. The wisest course" that they could sug gest was, that a number ol the responsible and influential members of the community should address their fellow-citizens, setting iorth truthfully thelfelangers which threatened them, counseling/forbearance, and yet earnestly advising them to prepare themselves to protect their persons and property; and that the Hon. J. B. Campbell should be requested, on behalf of his fellow-citizens, to present the address to the President of the United States, and request him to take such measures for the preservation of the public peace as in his judgment may be deemed proper. General Conner then read the address which had been piepared, and which, on motion, was adopted and signed by all present, and ordered to be published. Copies of the address are left at the offices of the Courier, Daily News and Mercury, where all citizens who are disposed to lend their aid to the preservation of law and order, are invi ted to sign it. Conservative Meeting in Liberty County llinesville, Liberty Cos., Ga., August 17. Editors Neil’s and Herald : Pursuant, to a previous call, a large number of the Conservative party of Liberty county convened at Hinesville, on this day. The meeting was called to order by Dr. J. W. Farmer, requesting the Hon. T Q. Cassels to take the Chair, and William Hughes, Jr., was appointed Secretary. On motion of Colonel William B. Gaulden, a Central Executive Committee for the county, consisting of seven gentlemen, were appointed, and three from each of the Militia Districts of the county. A number of the colored voter.3 of the county were present, having been in vited to come out to hear speakers who would address them. Henry Gwinn, of Bryan county, was then introduced by Col. Gaulden, who spoke at considerable length, and was listened to with great attention, telling bis colored friends that they had .suddenly emerged from a state of slavery into one of freedom; that they needed advice in regard to their true interests and duly, warning ihem against carpet-baggers and scalawags, who Cnly would lead them astray, in order to securertheir -votes;, that ibuir best friends were those with whom they were railed. Col. Gaulden then introduced Francis McNeal, of Savannah, who gave the freedmen some good advice, telling them the importance of casting their votes for Seymour and Blair; warning them against the decepaou of carpet baggers and Radical incendiaries. Tue meeting, after taking a short recess, re assembled, and was addressed iu a few very appropriate remarks by Dr. J. W. Farmer. Col. Gaulden then followed in a lengthy speech, addressing the audience in an able and impressive inarm' r, urging on all the im portance of electing Seymour and Blair; that alone in the triumph of Democratic principles, and the utter overthrow of Radicalism, with all of its diabolical corruptions, depend the salvation of the country from the worst des potism that ever cursed a nation. His remarks to the freedmen were very appropriate; he also showed them plainly what their true interests were; the necessity of their casting lheir votes for our candidates, and the consequences re sulting from a different course. It is to be regretted that all of the colored voters of the county were not present to hear the speeches on the oceasiou, large numbers of them being kept away through the influence of some of their leaders, telling them it was a trap Set for them, etc. The following resolution was offered by William Hughes, Jr., and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we mutually pledge our selves to use every honorable exertion to se cure the electioa of our candidates in the approaching elections, and that we will brand every man among U3, either white or colored, who supports the Radical ticket, as an enemy to his country and a foe to society. On motion of J. A. Girardeau, tbe thanks of the meeting were tendered to the speakers, and the meeting adjourned, with thauks to the Chairman and Secretary, requesting the pro ceedings to be forwarded for publication. T. Q. CASS If LS, Chairman. Wm. Hughes, Jr., Secretary. The Tennessee Loyal Melish.— The Ban ner has evidence to show that the negroes in Kentucky are pouring down to Nashville, under ordt rs to join Brownlow’s Melish. By the friendly aid of the Kentucky negroes, who leave a State where they can’t vote, the Nasiivlilo Radicals boast that they will poll ten thousand majority for Grant in Nashville alone. That helps Grant, aud if he can’t be effectually helped by fraud and violence, he is a gone case. Cheering News from Louisiana. —A bu siness letter from New Orleans to a gentle man iu Atlanta, referring to the political siiuaiion, says “I am glad to inform you that I have never known such a change in the col ored population as has taken place here in the last month. I don’t think there will be one-sixih of the negro voters who will vote the Radical ticket in November, iu Louis iana and Mississippi.” General Rosecrans.— A Washington dis patch says General Rosecrana is on a short vi fit to Virginia, and intends to call on General Lee before returning. Notwith standing the promiuont part he took in put ting down the Confederacy, the Radicals have no more earnest opponent than the General. In a conversation the other day, he remarked that the Radical policy had about as much conciliation in it as the action of the butcher who endeavored to conciliate the calf by knocking it on the head. The bed of the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad, says the Griffin Herald, with all its rights and appurte nances. is offered for sale by the sheriff of Spalding. Confirmations. —On Friday the Senate, in Executive Session, confirmed as Judge of the Superior Court: Ocmulgee Circuit— Phillip R. Robertson, of Greene counl y; ns Solicitor of the same Circuit, Fleming Jordan, of Jasper county. Mr. Robertson is a Babtist Clergyman. While Baltimore is having a fair retail trade, and many visitors, New York is said to be as dull as a deserted village. Hy Telegraph. FROM ATLANTA. Captain R. E. Lester Admitted to Ills Seat, Atlanta, August 22. —The seat made va cant by the expulsion of Bradley in the First District, was granted to Captain R- E. Lester to-day: Yeaslß, nays 11. Captain Lester was sworn in and took his seat. From Vi nulling ton, Washington, August 22.- Hiram Ketch am, ot New York, has been appointed Col lector ot Alaska, and is at the Treasury De part men t to-day receiving instructions. . Mr. Evarts spends two weeks in Ver mont. The Government employees have petitioned to the President against the .Secretary of war’s decision about the eight hour law. she petition argues that the debate and votes pending the passage of the bill indi cated no reduction of wages to follow the reduction ol time. r l he following are the supervising districts under the new tax law: Tenth—Virginia and West Virginia. Eleventh—North and South Carolina. Twelfth—Georgia, Flori da and Alabama. Thirteenth—Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. Fourteenth— Texas. Filteenth—Tennessee. McCulloch has taken no action on Rollins’ nominations for supervisors. Sherman’s dispatches corroborate tbo newspaper accounts of Indian outrages. General Sheridan telegraphs that they aro too horrible for detail. Sherman directs Sheridan to follow and administer summary punishment. Secretary Wells has arrived at New York from his inspection tour. He returns next week. Foreign News. London, August 22.—The passenger train from Holyhead, with Irish passengers and mail, ran into a Petroleum train In conse quence of a misplaced switch. Seven per sona were killed by the collision. The con cussion exploded the Petroleum and caused a fire, whereby eighteen cars were burned to ashes. The international yacht race has been postponed till Tuesday. Lucerne, August 22.—Tho authorities have indisputable evidence of a plan to assas sinate Victoria during her visit Here. Paris. August 22, Messrs. Arman, against whom tho United .States got judgment for building iron dad., have been declared bankrupt by the High Court of Appeals. Bt.ki.iN, August 22.—The ship Liebine, formerly Liebrilz, has been seized by the government for giving emigrants insufficient food and shelter, whereby many died. New Cotton in Cltaileston. Charleston, August 23 —The first bale of new cotton was received here to-day. Genernl News. Cincinnati, August 22.—The cattle plague has appeared in re. Seventeen cows belong ing to one dairy have been stricken and are dying rapidly. New York, August 22,— The Board oi Couhcilmeu, fifteen in number, wore arres ted to-day by ilia Sheriff. The board ad journed and accompanied tho sheriff to the Supreme Court. Alexandria, Ya., August 22.—Judge Un derwood directs tho Alexandria and Wash ington Railroad to be restored to the lessees under requisite bonds. Trains will be re sumed on Monday. Washington, August 23.—Rollins has nominated nineteen Supervisors, three of whom only are acceptable to McCulloch. The nominees are Raid to be extreme Radi cals. It is stated that McCulloch wilt tie the whole matter till after the election,rather than allow the immense patronage which the law gives these Supervisors, to bo used entirely in the Radical interest. Chicago, August 23.—The bridge at Ster ling, Illinois, on the Chicago and Northwest era Railroad was burned to-day. £ruic;4rapi*ic norresponUenea of the Augusta Chroni cle and bentinelJ FROM ATLANTA. Atlanta, Auguff 23, p. m.—la the Senate the special order for to-day was Ihe ques tion seating Colonel Rufus E. Lester, from tbo First District, vice. a. A. Bradley, who was recently expelled. The question was taken up, arul, after con iderablo discussion, it was decided to beat, Colonel Lester. He was then sworn and took his seat. The vote stood, ayes 18; nays 11. The Senate is now considered decidedly Democratic, ana the uame may be said of the House. The more moderate and respectable of both blanches of the so-called Legislature are thoroughly disgusted with. Radicalism, and begin to see and fi-el its evil effects. In the House the bill exempting foreign capital, invested iu manufactures, which was lost yesterday, was reconsidered to-day, and will he so amended as to exempt all manu factures of wooilen, and cotton, aud will probably be passed. The House has finally decided to limit speakers to fitteen minutes. Several propositions have been made to ad journ to an early day. (Probably the small (?) saiary of niue dollars a day ia not consi dered an equivalent lor their valuable ser vices.) The Radicals aro getting disheartened and say that they had better adjourn, as their party can pass no measure. A bill to reorganize the municipal govern ment of Savannah was made the special or der for Monday. The House has accepted the proposition of tbe City Council ot Atlanta, to take the Opera House tor the use of the State Legis lature, so-called. X. Montgomery matron the Prospects. Montgomery Blair made a speech in Alex andria, Va., last week, in which he counsel ed moderation and patience, at the same time with earnest work for the cause of Democratic liberty, and a trust in the honest patriotism of the people. He said : I have a living faith io the people, Norlh and South, and I see in the elections of this and last year that tbe people are awakened to the dangers that surround them, aud that they cannot be deceived by the cant of loy alty to acquiesce in the usurpations of the dictators of ihe secret caucus which rules Congress, and which is now in alliance with the General ot the Army to make him mas ter of the country by tne direct application of the military in the elections. It is this ohseiing uprising of the people of all sec tions of the country which warms your hearts again to the old flag. I assure you that it will be again the symbol of constitu tional government, aud not of your degrada tion aud oppression. Jail Delivery.—Some fourteen prisoners confined in the county jail broke out about breakfast time on yesterday mdVning. We have not learned if any of them have been re-captured by parties who pursued them. This is the third time, we believe, the jail of this county has been emptied this year, and every time through the door. Is it not time the matter was looked into, and somebody held responsible ” If there is no remedy, then the jail had as well be abandoned, and the expense of keeping it saved to the tax-pafyers. There is certainly a screw loose. Columbus Sun. Ex-President Fillmore—An intimate personal friend of ex-President Fillmore, in a letter to the Hon. Alexander H. H. Stuart, of Virginia, says:* “I do not violate private confidence in say ing that ex-President Fillmore and the men who honor him for his patiiotism and statesmanship are firm supporters ot Horatio Seymour.” ±3 utter I _B Litter l— AT 30 WniTAKiR STREET. 30 THE BEST GOSHEN BUTTER, In any quantity desired, lor sale by ang2o-iiiT 0. J. BEATTY, Agenri_ -Pure Leaf X^ard! AT VJ WHITAKER STREET. 30 ' ~ PURE LARD IN FIRKINS, Tubs or Cans, and at retail by anysn :!w 0. J. BBA TTY, Agent. Hand-bills, show-bills, i'usteus find PROGRAMMES printed at the A’etflj and Hsi aid Job Ufict, 111 hay (treat. Special Notices. ISTptice, Savannah, August 12, 1868. Tbo snbscribor to now ready to receive the Special Tax (authorized by the Convention, j also all state and county taxes remaining nnpaid on the Digest ol 1867. C. H. HOPKINS, Jr., aug22-eod»t T. O. 0. 0. NOTICK. CITY DISPENSARY, 1 Savannah, August 21, 1868.) The hours of the Dispensary will in future be as follows: From 8 A. M. to 1 P. M. From 3 P. M. to 7 P. M. ON SUNDAYS. From 10 A. M. to 12 P. M. From A P. M. to 6 P. 11. By order of the Mayor. W. N. VALLE AU, aug2l-tf Keeper City Dispensary. Proclamation by the Governor. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, - ! Atlanta, Ga., August Bth, 1868. J Whereas, By rouson of the resignation of A. Al peoria Bradley, Senator trom the First District, a va cancy exists In the Senate; And Whereas, By section 7, article XI of the Con" stitutlon, Ordinaries of counties are authorized to perform the duties of Justices of the Inferior court: Now, therefore, I, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor, by virtue of tho power vested in me by the second sec tion of article IV. of the Constitution, and by section 1321 of the Revised Code, do heroby Issue this, my writ of election to the Ordinaries of the counties of Chatham, Bryan and Effingham, composing said Dis trict, directing and requiring them to order and pub lish a day for bolding an election to fill said vacancy, by giving at least twenty days’ notice, as required by the law. Qlven under my hand and the seal of the Executive Department, In the Capitol, at the city of Atlanta, the day and year above written. RUFUS B. BULLOCK, Governor. By the Governor: B. B. DbGraffenbeid, Sec’y Ex. Department augH-lawtd Ordinary’s Office, Chatham County, ( August 22,1863. ) Iu accordance with the above proclamation, said election will be held at the Court House, In the city of Savannah, on MONDAY, the 21st day ol Septem ber next, under the dlreotton of tho Ordinary. The polls will be opened at eeven o’olock a. m. and close at six o’clock p. m. The Sheriff of the county and bis Deputies are hereby required to be in attendance to preserve order. HENRY S. WBTMORE, au24—td Ordinary. To the Public. Savannah Gas Light Company, ) savannah, June 4, 1868 ) The Savannah Gas Light Company, wishing to sup ply Gas to its patrons on as cheap terms as may be consistent with a fair return for tbe capital and labor applied in Us manufacture, and believing that the active business which may be reasonably expected during the coming winter In this city, will cause an increased demand; and further, that a diminution in price will induce many to bnrn Gaa that have hitherto had recourse to other means of illumination, which are more dangerous and less cleanly and convenient: and that tbe consequent increase will lessen the cost of manufacture, and thus justify tho Company in making a reduction in price. Tnerefure, it has been determined that from and after the FIRST OF NOVEMBER next, consumers will bs supplied at tbe rate of FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY GENTS PER THOU SAND CUBIC FEET, aud that a further reduction of Fifty Cents per Thou sand Feet will be made to all who shall pay their bills at this office within FIVE DAYS after presentation. J. F. GILMER, junefi-Stawtnovl President. Notice to Gas Consumers. You aro respectfully invited to call at the office of the SAVANNAH IMPROVED GAS LIGHT COM PANY, corner of Bull and Bay Btreets, 2d floor, be tween the hours of 7 and 8 o’clock P. M., to witness and to.ttne improvement in tho light from common cliy gas effected by the Company. With the same light now obtained a deduction o f about 26 per cent, in cost may be relied on. This Company has been in operation about four months, and we would refer to our present pations as to the general satisfaction given. Tbe apparatus is introduced tree of cost. GEO W. WYLLY, President. Dm Witt Bbuyn, Secretary. aug 19-ly Notice. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, 1 Office Macon, Ga., August 13th, 1868. j DIVIDEND NO. 29 A DIVIDEND OF FOUR ($4 00) Dollars per share on tbe stock oi this Com pany, as held on the 31st ulitmo, has this day been de clared by the Board of Directors, from the earnings of the road, for the six months ending 31st ultimo, payable on and after the 17th instant, in United Statce currency. The United States revenue tax will be paid by tbis Company. Stockholders in Savannah will receive their Divi dend at the Central Railroad Bank. JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET, augls-lmo Sec’y and Treasurer. Mercer University. THE FALL TERM OF THIS INSTITUTION will open on Wednesday, August 26th. Tuition for the term, $26. Good board, including washing, fuel and lights, cau be bad at $lB to $25 per month. If the student join a boarding club, bis expenses for the collegiate yea need not exceed $275. J E. WILLET, Sec. Fac. Peafleld, Ga, augls-9 ]Slotice ! TO MEET A NECESSITY LONG EXISTING in their vicinity, Messrs. Uallage; & Fowke will keep their Drug Store open for the compounding of pre scriptions at ail hours of the night from this date. augl4-tf Office, cor. St. Julian st. and Market Square. j027-ly Osborne, Oculist-Optician Office Corner of Congress and Drayton Streets, Is open dally in business hours, for fitting accu batelt, all who need SCIENTIFIC ALLY ADJUSTED SPECTACLES OR EYE-GLASSES OF SUPERIOR CJUAI.ITY. “An ounce o[ caution is worth a pound of cure.” Jy3-3taw-3moe BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE.—This splendid Hair Dye is the best In the world. The only true and perfect Due— Harmless, Reliable, Instanta neous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints, R * medics the 1U effects of Sad Dyes. Invigorates and leaves the hair, soft and beautiful, black or brown. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers, and properly applied at Batohelor’s Wig Factory, 16 Bond street. New York. ]anl6-ly ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN. On the errors and abuses incident to Yonth and Early Manhood, with the humane view ol treatment and core, (ent by mail free of charge. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, m»y2o-3mos Box P, Philadelphia, Pa. What is the Matter with You ? This is tbe familiar question put to evory invalid. In many cases the answer is, “I don't know exactly, but I don’t feel well.” Look at the countenance oi the man or woman who makes this reply, and you will generally find that the eyes are dull and lustre less, the complexion sallow, the cheeks flacid, and the whole expression of the face dejected. Interro gate the Invalid mgre closely, and yon will discover that constipation, the result of a disordered stomach and a torpid liver. Is at tile bottom of the mischief. “That’s what’s the matter.” Whoever has experienced the effects of fARRANT’S EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT in such oases, need not be told to recommend It as a remedy. TARRANT & CO., wholesale druggists, 278 Green wich and 100 Warren streets, New York, bole Pro prietors. Sold by all druggists. marchl2-6m Blank books ruled aud bound to any Pattern at the NEWS AUD UEHALU JOB OtriOß, 111 ay street, New Advertisements. TO RENT, Murom is« October, the dwelling 14a BROUGHTON STREET. For terms, Ac., inquire of Messrs. A. A. SOLOMONS & CO , Market Squire. au24 —ts NOTICE. MY TEMPORARY ABSENCE FROM the oity, Mr. A. J. AYLSWORTH and S. U. TARNEE will attend to my business. an24—4t GILBERT BUTLER. Basting, Iron Ties, and Twine For sale by aug24—lt _ A. MINIS. BACON! BACON! HUMS, CLEtAH SIDES, PRIME, fj HHBS CLEAR KIU SIDES, PRIME. FOR SALE LOW BY 3?u.r*se & I’homas 111 BAY STREET. aug24 3t CORN FOE SALE. pRIME TENNESSEE CORN ON HAND AND for sale by an24—lf SLOAN, GROOVER ft CO. BLACK JACK! BLACK JACK! Come One! Come All! Now 1 is tlie Time to lay in your WINTER’S WOOD, while you can buy it LOW DOWN FOR CASH I WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A TRAIN LOAD of very fine BLACK JACK WOOD. Also, a train load of HIGHLAND OAK WOOD, which we nl,l sell at tee following prices: Black Jack or Oak Wood, sawed any length $8 00 Uosawed, in stick 7 00 Pine, sawed 7 (0 Unsuwed, in stick C 10 Llghtwood, sawed 7 60 Cnsawod, in Btick 6 60 Thankful for the past favors so liberally extended to ns, we solicit a continuance of the same. Oraer boxes may be found at Mr. Jacob Lippraan’s Drug Store, coiner Barnard and Whitaker street*; also at the Post office. Wood Yard at the Canal bridge, jnat below the Central Railroad Depot. _au?4—lf BUTLER & HARDWICK FRESH MACKEREL 7(' PACKAGES ON CONSIGNMENT AND FOR t) sa’o by an24-2t BBARDEN k GAINES. Administiator’a Bald. BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER from the Court of Ordinary of Gumdcu county will be told, on tbe Flit ST TUESDAY liN OCTOBER, ISGB, at the Couit Home door in said county, between tho legal hours of sale, the TRAOT uK LAND known as WHITE OAK, on the While Oak Creek, containing about six hundred acres, more or less, consisting of unim proved swamp and pine lands, belonging to N. A. Brown, deceased. A.so, the interest ol the estate in the widow’s dower, containing good improved plant ing lands and buildings. Also, a part interest in fourteen hundred acres of pine land, well timbered; suited for getting timber. Also, a certain ot of notes aud accounts. terms cash, purchasers paying lor tides. THOd. D. uAh BISON, au24—lawtd Administrator. “ROYAL Inruranee Company Office. DURING my abivnee from the city MU. TBOS. * (iIBBS is my duly authorized attorney. _aagCT3t_ WM. u. COdENd, Agent. Mr. McClellan’s School FOE BOYS WILL RE-OPEN ON THE STH OF OCTOBER, 18G8, with the m.ruc course ol studies as be fore the war. Pupils prepared for business or fitted for college, at the parents’ wish. Ancient and Mod em Languages taught, with a ,ull course of English studies. Caiefnl attention given to beginners. SESSIONd—The school year will be divided Into three sessious. TERMS—S3S par session, with Language?; S3O pet Setsion for bcginueis. Bills payable at the beginning of each se.sion, Thankiul for liberal patronage in years past, the subscriber solicits a share of the public favor. R. M. MdOLSLLAN, A. M. flSrlo the absence of Mr. McClellan apply to or ad dress TJBON A GORDON or DAVID WALDHAUH. auy2i-law6w TOBACCO" 100 PACKAGES, Halves, Quarters and Caddies, Direct from manufacturers. For sale by ang22-tf CHAMPION k FREEMAN. 500 Bushels Corn, IN GOOD ORDER, for sale low to close couslnnHht by ang22-tf CHAMPION & FKEgMIN. New Mackerel. 2Q HALF BARRELS NEW NOS. 1 and 2 MACKEREL Just receive! and lor Stic by aug22-tf CHAMPION ft FREEMAN. C H EE S E! fjQ BOXE3 ENGLISH DAIRY, FACTORY and STATE CHEESE For sale by aug22-tf CHAMPION A FREEMAN. SUGAR AND MOLASSES. JJORTO RICO and MUSCOVADO SUGAR lnhhds, Crushed, Powdered A, B and C Sugar, Molasses in barrels and hhds, For sale by aug'22-tf CHAMPION ft FREEMAN. H AMS! 2Q TIERCES ‘ Bcargraes- SUGAR-CUBED CAN VASSED HAMS In store and for sale by aug22-3t OCTATUS COHSN & CQ. Tobacco! Tobacco! 7Q BOXES MANUFACTURED TOBACCO, VitleC* grades, in store aid for sale by ang22 lw FERRfLL A WE3LOW. AV anted, THREE TILT CARTS FOR GO DATS, to be em ployed filling and grading Gwinnett and Bolton streets. Any one wishing to litre ihe above will please apply to JOHN B. HOGG, i.ug22-2t C.lly Surveyor. BOAR DM IjißON T AND BACK PARLOR, WITH or without Board. For farther information apply st the cor ner of President und Lincoln sts. aazM-ft* LOST, TWO DRAFTS ot Young & Langdon, Darien, Ga., on 8. P. Edmands k Cos., Sav innah, viz: No. 661, Aug- 17, 1868, at sight, in favor D. Bsteman, $249 fOr' No. 69L Aug. 17,1869, at sight, in tavor D. Bateman. SBO. All persons are cautioned against negotiating the above drafts, as payment has boon stopped. aug2o-St D. BATSMAN- A Furnished Bed-chaier for lit k YN THE HOUSE of a small private famby. For X particulars apply by letter to “J. 8.,” Herald office, “J*- 0 J