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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-30
GEORGIA, |

l. Lafayette McLaws, Clerk of the Superior
Court OF Richmond county. do hereby certify
that the foregoing is a true copy of the order OF
the Court in the case stated as recorded on the
Book of Minutes of the Ceurt, On the 1st day of
July, 1868. folio 619.
- Witness my Eand and seal of
80 said Court, this LIST day of July.
| 80" 1868.
- LAFAYETTE MCLAWS,
Clerk Superior Court K. C. Ga.
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The following table showing the gros
earnings of fourteen prominent railroad
companies for the month of September and
the first nine months of the year, in 1867
and 1868, viii give some idea Of the bust
ness of the West:
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Prices uhich Defy Competition

All Chairs made by US have our names stem
ceiled on the bottom, as We are not afraid to
have them compared with others. We solicit
the patronage of dealers, and all those who
wish to encourage home industry and enter
prise, and especially ask that our work and
prices be examined before purchasing elsewhere.
RICH Il kRIEG.
Ware. Rooms, No. IL North College Street.
Factory, corner of Summer, Madison and
Cherry Streets lOctl5 d&wtk
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exports Of specie from New York to for
eign ports from January 1 to October "a
in the wears noted.

The New York Times of the 18th inst.
says;
The import entries for the past week
amount to S4,999,1O6, against the total
entries Of $751; 54 same week last year.
The export clearances Of domestic produce
amount to $S,S51, 454, against $4,355,743
same week last year. The customs of the
week are S2,290,S12. The receipts of cot
ton, coastwise and by railroad, are 19,767
bales.
The gold values of the import entries Of
foreign merchandise. at New York, since
Jan. l, 1868, are as follows, the entries Of
foreign specie being omitted
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DEMOCRATIC MEETING NEAR Ross STATION,
SOUTH CAROLINA RAuRoAD.-1n pursuance ol
call, large majority Of the whites Of this
vicinity assembled at the Old Muster Ground
middle Box, and, on motion, DR.. T. J. Harley
was called to the chair, and T. b. Minis re-
auested to act as secretary pro tenn.
DR.. Harley said the object Of the meeting was
to form Club. The roll was opened by the
secretary, and after numbering thirty-seven
names, the chairman appointed committee
to draft resolutions for the consideration Of the
meeting, of which John Bowman was appointed
chairman. A short time expired, when the
committee reported as follows:
Whereas, We hail with joy the deep feeling
which our friends North express in our deliv-
erance from Radical misrule, and believing our
safety and the peace and prosperity Of our
country depend upon the success of the Demo.
cratic party; therefore,
Resolued, That we form Club to be called
"The Democratic Club Of Ross Station"
ResoLoed, That we endorse with satlsfa :tion:
the platform, and heartily approve OF the noml.
nations of the late National Democratic Con.
yentior.
Reso1red, That we will do our utmost for the
promotion of the party, pledging ourselves to
poll our votes for Horatio Seymour for Presi-
deat and Francis P Blair for president; dn
Reeolccd, That we affiliate with other CLUBS
of our County and State. 6
The Club being thus organized, the chair
appointed committee of the eldest members
to nominate permanent officers, which resulted
as follows:
Dr.J.B. wIGaINs, President.
p Rr; l T. ,{iNs :; MARIEY' vice-Pfesidents.
g. W. FABIAN, Treasurer.
J.F. GRAY, Secretary.
After sending forth general invitation to
all classes and colors, the meeting adjourned
to meet the following Saturday.
T. q. MINIS, Secretary pro tenn.
Near Ross Station, July 26.
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Our wash1ngton Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, August 5.-Further adyices
from Kentucky fully confirm the magnitude Of
the victory by which the Democrats have elect
ed Stevenson to the gubernatorial chair Even
the Republican papers concede that his major
ity will exceed 1000.
The result Of Democratic conference held
yesterday in New York City indicates that
Hoffman will be nominated as the Democratic
candidate for Governor.
General Grant has recommended the remis
sion OF the remainder Of the sentences and the
release from Imprisonment Of all persons now
in confinement under sentences OF military COM
missions, organized under the reconstruction
acts in the States, in which said acts have
cessed to be operative.
The following is q yell authenticated Cabinet
scene; Browning led of declaring himself for
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DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN WILLIAMSBURG
A large a2t' enthusiastic meeting Of the citi'
zens OF Williamsburg District was held in the
courthouse at Kingstree on the Sd instant. /
was the largest assembly of citizens that have
met together since the war, and was composed
of gentlemen from all parts Of the district.
Hon. James McCutchen was called to the
chair, and R. G. Logan requested to act as
secretary. The chairman, in his usual clear
and forcible manner, explained the object o.
the meeting, after which, on motion of Col
John G. Presley, committee Of five, consist
ing of COL John G. PRESLEY, Col. s. T. Cooper
". c. Barr, Esq, DR.. s. D. NJ. Byrd, and 7. NJ
Keels, ESQ.,, were appointed 70 prepare and
submit to the meeting resolutions for its con-
sideration and adoption. While the committee
was preparing the resolutions the meeting was
addressed by W. L. Lee, ESQ.,, c. W. Wolfe,
ESQ.,, and Mr.. Il. A. Fripp, urging the people
to organize and work to secure the election Of
the Democratic nominees for President and
Vice-president of the United States.
The committee submitted the following re-
solutions, which were unanimously adopted:
Resolued, That the Democratic party OF
williamsburg District do heartily endorse the
nomination Of Horatio Seymour for President,
and Francis p. Blair, Jr., for Vice-President OF
the United States.
Resolyed That We fully approve Of the plat.
form of principles adopted by the National
Democratic Convention at its late session in
New York.
Rescued, That we pledge ourselves to use
our utmost endeavors to secure the election of
the nominees and the triumph OF the Demo
cratic party in the coming election.
Resolved, That in the opinion Of this meet
ing the success Of the Democracy is the only
hope of the country to secure the return O.
constitutional government and relief from ne
gro rule.
After the adoption Of the above resolutions
the following gentlemen were elected delegates
to the Convention to meet in Columbia on the
9Th inst: W. L. Lee, Esq, Colonel W. H. Cock.
field and Captain J. E. Scott.
Democratic Clubs we're formed at each elec
ton precinct in the district.
1t was resolved that the proceedings of the
meeting be furnished the Charleston papers
for publication.
On motion, the meeting was adjourned.
JAS. MoCUTCREN, Chairman.
R. c. LOGAN, Secretary.
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R. c. LOGAN, Secretary

The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times, which has recently become bit
ter Radical sheet, says: "The last bulletin
from Democratic headquarters reports better
state of feeling among the friends Of Mr.. Sey-
mour. There appears to be no substantial rea-
son for this, unless it be that the party is
measurably recovering from the demoralza-
tion occasioned by the first announcement OF
the nomination. But certain it is they are get
ting in better heart, either with or without
cause, and are taking active measures for Wig
orous campaign. They propose to rely less
upon the dissemination of documents, how
ever, than upon the moro effective methods Of
critical canyassing and old fashioned stump
speaking"
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The southern State Governments.


MONTGOMERY (Ala.), August 5.-The Senate
has passed, with one dissenting vote, bill re-
moving all political disabilities. The cond ltion
of such removal is that the applicant shall
merely file an application with the Probate
Judge. No oath is required.
ATLANTA, August 5.-A resolution has been
offered in the House Of Representatives, that
all persons holding municipal offices in the
State, By virtue of any military commission
be removed, and all the Offices thus vacated be
resumed by those removed, who shall be re-
ouired to act in their respective capacities un-
til the time for holding elections. The bill to
incorporate the Georgia, Air Line Railro ad has
been made the special order for next Monday.
TALLAHASSEE, F1A., August 5.-The Legis-
lature to-day passed bill, authorizing the
Governor to appoint a secret police through
out the State, whose numbers and pay shall
be left to his discretion.
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Affairs be instructed to inquire into the ex-
pediency of organizing battalion OF State
troops, to be placed on duty as guard in the
State Penitentiary, subject to the control OF
the Governor of the State.
The resolution was agreed to, and the
House then adjourned.
Such is history of one day in the South Caro-.
lima Legislature under the new regime.
The Tax bill is now in course Of preparation.
I can ascertain nothing concerning it's details,
such is the secrecy with which it is being pre-
pared, but can state generally that it is based
on the idea that all property must be taxed ac-
cordinp 70 its actual value. Its friends claim
thai it will relieve Charleston of it's load, while
at the same time it will provoke antagonism
from large landholders, who cannot afford to
cultivate the whole Of their extensive tracts.
The bill is being prepared by outsiders. Penn
sylvania, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts,, and
one or two other States, all have their hand in
the pie, but South Carolina will represent it on
the floor. Provision will be made, I under
stand, for enforcing the payment Of the poll tax
imposed or the freedmen, 80 that they will be
compelled to pay their share for the privileges
they enjoy.
Governor Scott has received notice that
s25, 900 have been deposited to his credit in the
Office ofthe United States Treasurer at Charles
ton as part of the educational fund. 1t will be
expended in building school houses, and will
be that much saved in taxation to the people.
It is intended to use a portion Of this sum at
once to build a school Eouse in GreenyiIe.
Doubtless other districts will come in for their
share. - The cost Of school houses that willac
commodate from one hundred to three hun
dred pupils ranges from $500 to $500.
hear that J. q. jerks will be the Republi-
can candidate for Congress in the place Of O.
@. Bowen. The State Central Committee is to
be chosen in few days.
The Circuit Judges will be elected within the
next fortnight. Among the names favorably
mentioned are Judges Munro, Dawkins and
Williams. PEHSoNNE.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Letter nom Governor seymouF-He ac-
cents ths Democratic Nomination. I

Letter nom Governor seymour-He ac-
eepts the Democratic Nomination.
Is NFw YosK. August 5.-The Hon. Horatio
Seymour has written letter formally accept
ing the nomination by the Democratic Con-
yention. He Saws that it was unsought and
unexpected, but he was caught up by an over
whelming tide, which is now bearing the coun-
try ON to great political change, and he finds
himself unable to resist it's pressure. The
resolutions adopted by the Convention accord
with his views. he had delayed formal ac-
ceptance Of the nomination until the adjourn
ment. Of Congress, for the purpose OF seeing
: what light the action Of Congress would throw
npon the interests Of the country. The Con-
gressional party has not only allied itself with
the military power, which is to be brought to
Dear directly upon the elections in many of the
States, but holds itself in perpetual session with
the ayowed purpose Of making such laws as it
shall see fit, in view Of the election soon to
take place. Never before has Congress taken
q menacing attitude towards elections. Under
the influence Of Congress some of the States
are proposing to deprive the people Of the
right to vote for Presidential electors. There
by .the first bold step has been taken to des-
troy the right Of suffrage. He refers to the
neyer-ending demands Of the ta1-gatherers,
and says that the men who we're admitted RS
representatives of some of the Southern
States. and who, with declarations upon their
lips that they cannot live in the States they
claim to represent without military protection,
owe their seats to the disorders at the South,
and that very fact prompts them to keep it in
state Of anarchy. In vain have the wisest
Republicans protested against this policy.
There is hardly an able man who helped to
build up the Republican organization who has
not within these past three years warned it
against these excesses, while many have, from
the same cause, been driven from their ranks.
Personally, the Presidential Office had no at
fractions for him. During the war he had
given 5000 commissions to officers Of the
the army, land he knew that they now demanded
The Union for which they fought. The largest
meeting Of these gallant soldiers ever held had
endorsed the action Of the Convention, and he
did not doubt triumph which will bring back
peace and prosperity to our land, and give
once more the blessings Of wise, economical
and honest government.
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sum of three dollars per day for the time act
ually employed in such election. -,
SEC. 1S. In all future elections, after the
first herein provided for, the managers shall
be appointed by the Mayor at least ten days
prior to the holding Of the election. -,
SEC. IA. All statutes providing agalnst nle,
cal voting, or the bribery and intimidation
Of voters, passed heretofore, and not inconsis'
tent with the present constitution, are CON
tinued in full force; but all acts or parts OF acts
inconsistent Herewith or supplied by this act,
are hereby repealed.
SEC. is. At all elections held under this
act it shall be the duty Of the Mayor, or per
son 80 acting, to order all baT:rooms OF puo;aae
drinking places within the limits OF the city
to be closed from six o'clock Of the evening
preceding to sunrise of the day following SAID
days of election. All violations of said order
shall be punishable with fine OF not less than
fifty dollars, or imprisonment for not less thar
three months.
Tomlinson moved that the election be limit
ed to one day. Ransier moved that each ward
be constituted polling precinct, and Council
was authorized to employ persons to revise
the ordinances and ezpunge all distlnc tions
occurring because of race aEd color.
The bill was passed declaring vacant al
State, county and municipal Offices, except
such as are filed by the elections Of Apnl'and
June, and any case Of refusal to surrender the
Office, books, records, &c, to be considered
misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprison'
ment.
"A bill was passed allowing holders Of titles
issued by the Tax Commissioners to be record
ed in the same Office Of the Registrar OF the
Mesne Conveyance. There are twenty-five
hundred of these land titles in Beaufort alone.
In the Senate a bill Of incorporation for the
Wando Company was passed.
Nash gave notice ola bill to define the law 0!
contracts for hire.
The bill Incorporating the Educational Soci
ETY. of Columbia was engrossed.
The bill authorizing loan to be negotiated
by the Governor of s125, 900 was passed-yeas
16, nsys5.
A bill for the preservation of the State Capi'
tol was passed.
Also, the bill for the accommodation of the
Legislature. It authorizes the Governor to
fit up the College Chapel for the regular 8 es-
sion.
The bill establishing State police force re-
ceived it's first reading. A joint resolution
was adopted appointing committee to inves
tigate the recent fracas. The Committee on
Railroads reported resolution appointing 6
three persons to represent the. State in the
spartanburg Railroad.
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THE NEWS FOR THE CAMPAIGN
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CLUBS.

The Importance of the great political con-
teat unon which We have now fairly entered
renders the dissemination among the people
of sound political views and accurate and ear
~ information of the progress and incidents
of the canvass, matter Of peculiar interest
and .e1pediency. Every individual who has
any stake in the welfare of these Southern
States, should give an active, personal and un-
aaoeine support to the candidates Of the
National Democracy-sEYMouR and BIAIR. A
s;.4sriiumph OF the Radicals win result in the
inter desolahon and ruin OF the South, and
the placing ot, an ignorant and brutal race IN
all posiaohs and places Of honor and trust, to
the exclusion Of the white race. The govern
ment must be wrested from the thieves and
nlnndarers who now have control OF it, and
nowerTplaced in the hands Of party pledged
10 give peace to a distracted country, and 70
: make it q government for white men, and not
for negroes. 1t is only necessary that the pep
: p.e sheuld :he thoroushty: informed to- accom-
plish this, and TEE News viii bean admirable
means Of difusing this information. In order
to place the paper within the reach OF all, We
]. have adopted q scale Of reduced rates OF sub
5scrilption for the four months covering the
: Presidential canvass, and offer besides peculiar
Inducements for the formation Of clubs. We
"a. ara determined that TIE NEWS shall be the
cheapest and best newspaper in the South.
Its blows win fall thickly, steadily and rapidly;
and Il the friends Of law, order and the Con-
st;tution do their duty by extending its circu-
s5elation, ,ita hbors can be made powerfully effec-
Z i've for good. We appeal, then; to our readers
to examine our remarkably low terms, and 60
to work with viii to get up large clubs for
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Crop Reports.

sAvANNAH, August 5.-Accounts Of the crop
in Middle Georgia represent the plant as very
small but healthy. Unless it rose rapidly not
more than half the cotton that was made last
season will be realized.
Accounts from Florida state that the worm
is on the increase, especially among Sc island
cottons. The rains, also, in many places, hsve
caused the fruit to shed.
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Seymour and Blair, and concluding his re-
marks with the assertion that there should be
harmony in the Cabinet. Welles and McCul'
loch followed, somewhat in the same strain
urging immediate changes in the Cabinet, un.
less Seward, Evarts. Randall and schoheld
who are absent. act in accord with the Presi'
Jonf
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dove, the wolf to the lamb-the peace Of death.
Let the Radical rule be firmly fixed, let them
once grasp the reins Of government, and that
peace Of death will prevail forever in this fair
land Of ours. Not only here will it prevail, but
from Maine to California, from the Atlantic to
the Gulf. The peace Of death-because that
government for which our fathers fought would
60 down in blood anarchy and confusion, and
upon it's ruins would rise the empire OF the
despot. It is then in the interest OF peace
TINT speak to you here. I wish to dlsabuse
the minds Of people here, and OF my frlends at
the North.
It was my good fortune when in New York
few Confederate officers. Among them were
some Of the most distinguished Federal Gene
rals-Ewing, Steadman, Granger and others.
After dinner they called on our Southern peo-
pie and drew them out in after-dinner speeches.
was called on, and I spoke with the same
frankness with which I now speak to my own
people. I told them that at the commence
ment of their difficulties there were some Of
the leading men ofmy own section who thought
that was lukeWarm in the cause. I told
them that I believed that there would be
war, and that when it came I intended to do
my share Of the fohting. I was here inter-
rupted by one OF the Federal Generals, who ex-
exclaimed in very good humor, SPY God
think you did do your part" [Oheers.] l said
that had gone into the war because / believed
that was right, and now declare that was,
in all sincerity, one Of the warmest advocates
in the interests Of peace. desired it from the
bottom Of my heart. w0s not speaking with
o false or double tongue, but in perfect SINGER
ity and franknese. There were the soldiers
whom had fought. They said they had rather
believe mon who had fought for their country,
and who now wero willing to declare past issues
dead, and who we're willing to stand upon a
common platform. than they would tho men
who now professed to be more violent than
when the war was raging. "a voice. u had Q
boy who served under you'll Yes, / had
many brave men from Barnwen III my
command, That was one reason Why I
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they did In Inc n8nt now pdsseu, outluk WHICH
they gave up all that they had to assist the sol
dlers Of their country. Maid, mother and wife
devoted oil their energies to sustaining the
cause in which their fathers or sons we're en-
gagged. But would prefer to speak Of your
women now in words which paint their deeds
more beautifully than couldhope to do:
The maid who binds her warriors sash,
And, smiling, all her pain dlssembles,
The while beneath the dropping Lash,
One pearly tear.drop hangs and trembles;
Though Heaven alone records the tear,
And fame shall never know her story,
Her heart has shed drop as dear
as eer bedewed the field u g.cry.
The mother who conceals her grief
AS to her heart her son she presses,
Then breathes few brave words and orief
Kissing the patriot boy she b.esses;
With no one but her secret God.
To know the pain that weighs upon her
Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod
Received upon the field OF honor.
The wife who grds her husbands sword,
Mid little ones who weep and WONDER
Then braYely speaks her parting EoIo,
Although hel heart be torn asunuer;
Doomed nightly, in her dreams 10 hear
The bolts Of war around him rattle,
Has shed as sacred blood as Ger.
Was poured upon the field OF battle.
Tremendous cheering.]
Gentlewomeu of South Carolina! I again
thank you for all that you haYs done, and beg
of YOU to give US still your encouragement
and help. Tell all your kinsmen to 60 ear
nestly INTO the fight Adjure them by all they
hold dear, never to falter or tire. Remind
them that in Carolina, Maryland and Virginia,
they we're ministered to, as I was, by the wo-
men Of the South; and tell them that upoa
the manner in Will Ii they do their duty now
depends the future fortunes of their mothers,
their sisters and the whole suffering South.
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