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KtfeeMg pew fa Official Journal of the United States, Official Journal of the State of Georgia, OENEHAL GRANT, The Pilot who can and wili. guide Ship or State safely through every stork, THE NEW ERA Will Vindicate the Principles and Policy of the Republican Party, and Sup port its Nominees, State and National. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY: 1 Oepyon* your.. ...••....12 * •« «7 Clubs of Twenty or more $1 50 each 1 Copy atx months „„u THE DAILY IS Copy, 1< .n 00 por month. ATLANTA, GEORGIA,: : OCTOBER 12, OUR TICKET FOR 1S72 (8nbject to tbs teflon of tic Bejratliem Xtflontl Convention,) FOR PRESIDENT, ULYSSES S. GRANT FOR VICE PRESIDENT, AMOS T. AKERMAN, Republican CoiigrcsMeiml Xoniiiiallous. FIRST CONGRESSIONAI* DISTRICT. JOB rOBTT-nSST OOSOBXSS, RICHARD n. IViriTE, or Chatham Ton rOETT-SZCOSD COXGHESS, VIRGIL IIII.LTER, of Camden. SECOND CONGREisiOXAL DISTRICT, BOB rOBTY-Fir-Tr AND FOBTT-SBCOND OOXOB2SS, RICHARD II. WHITELEY, or Dccatnr. THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, TO* rOKTT-TXKST OOXOSESg, JOHN S. BIGBV, or Troup. TOB lOnTT-SEOOSD OOBOBXSS, MARION BETHUNE, of Talbol. FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. FOB FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, JEFFERSON F. LONG, ol Bibb. TOB TOSTY-SIOOBD OOHOBXSS, THOMAS J. SPEER, or Pike. SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. FOB FORTY-FIJUfT AND FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS, GEORGE P. BURNETT, of Floyd. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE! FIGURES DO NOT LIE WHERE18 THE EXTRA VAOANOEf Who Sqa*nilcrr<I the People*. Money I READ I READ! READ I When Governor Jenkins was inaugurated the total debt of this State was only $4,356,- 635—when ho was removed from office, hav ing been in only a few months more than two years, the debt of tbo State was $6,256,635 —Allowing an increase in tho public debt of nearly FOUR UILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Under tho present State Government, the public dobt has not inorcosoJ a single dollar, .^withstanding the extraordinary legislative expenses forced upon the State by the new Democratic rebellion of September, 1808, end under which tbo colored members were forced to scccdt. The expenses of Got. Jenkins' administra tion from October ICtb, 1806, to October 16th, 1867, was S4,700,950,5S less $11,586,73 cash in Treasury at Last named date, making the total expensosforthe year $4,689,3(53, 85. The expensee for Got. Bnllook'a adminis tration from October 1st, 1868, to October 1st, 18C9, were $1,114,803 00 less $116,695 00 cash in Treasury at last named date, making the total expenses for the year SI,348,' 400 OO being ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE DOL LARS less than the expenses of tho eeonon- ienl "Democracy" under Governor Jenkins for tho samo length of time. THE PUBLIC DEBT HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED ONE DOLLAR UNDER GOV ERNOR BULLOCK’S ADMINISTRATION. THE ERA FOR THE CAMPAIGN. Persons desiring to subscribe for tho Era daring the campaign, can seonn it at a very low rate. We will send the Daily from now until the 1st of January for TWO DOLLARS, invariably in advance. The Era contains the very latest political intelligence, from every soeiion of the conntiy, and its aim is to be a tot-class netss journal. Now is the time to The Tri-Weekly edition for the same period one dollar; Weekly fifty cents. The Hint District. The Republican nominees for Congress in the Third District ere both good men. Judge Bigby, the nominee for the anexpired term of the list Congress, was an aetire and influential member of the State Constitutional Conven tion in 1867 and 1868, and is now Jndge of the Superior Court. He is a gentleman of fine abilities and has been identified with the Re publican party ever sinoo its organization in the State. Gen. Bethnne, the Republican nominee for the 12d Congress, is at present a member of the House of Representatives, in which posi tion he has made a fine record. He is a gen tleman of fine talents, thoroughly identified with the State, and will mako an able and efficient member of tho National Legislature. Virginia. Republican*. Hon. Alexander Rives, the Republican nominee to Congress, from the Vth Virginia District, is a splendid type of the Old Virginia gentleman. A man of fine talents, culture and extensive information, he will combine the entire Republican strength of bis District, and if- elected (as he doubtless will be) he will be a valuable acquisition to the National Leg islature. The Virginia Republicans appreci ate the importance of selecting candidates for Congress from among . men of education, talent and high social position—an example which Republicans in other States South of the Potomac, might do well to imitate. Mr. Davis and Book Making. Somo of oar Democratic papers seem terfnined to make tho Hon. Jefferson Dn vis late President C. S. A. write a book, if for no other purpose than to apologise for net writing ooe I Mr. Davis will donbUeae profit by the example of Lonis Napoleon, James Buchanan and our own Mr. Stephens, and keep oat book-making, at least for the present. He done a great many irnitio things in life, (as what man has not?) bnt we hare always given him too mncli credit for knowledge of the “practical diplomacy life to be guilty of defending on paper, iho fairly lost in w.™- -r 9 has his TKe State Roads Tho Chattanooga Times, being & representa tive journal of tho fierce Tennessee Democ racy, could not very well say anything favor able to the present management of the State Hoad. As an exponent, therefore, of the Dem ocratic sentiment of Chattanooga, on tho sub ject of the appropriation by our State looking to more effectual means of transportation be tween that point and Atlanta, we re-publish this morning the Times’ article on that sub ject. If the Times’ ossmption that the Hoad is in ‘ ; a miserable condition” is to be taken rela tively, then we regret that the Editor should have known so little of the real condition of the Hood in 18G8, when its management was assumed by the present Administration. If however tho assumption is to bo taken in the abstract, then we have no issue with our Ten nessee contemporary. For whilst it is true that tbo Hoad was never, at any time since the war, in better con dition than it now is; nay whilst it is true that the Hoad is in much Idler condition now than it was two years ago; it is still true that it is in “a miserable condition” compared with what it should be. To do the business that will be required by the shipping trade this winter, the road should be thoroughly re paired and equipped, and to do this in time for the approaching season, the appropriation recommended by the Joint Committee should be made without delay. , This, it seems to us, is tho only way to avoid a repetition of those f‘Freight blockades” which have been of annual occurence ever since the war; and as the question is simply one involving a plain business transaction, and in no wise political, we presume there • nil l»e really no objection to putting tbo road in that condition demanded by tbo exigencies of trade. Hypocrisy In ita Ln*i Analyst*. The class of Democratic “organs” which opposed every measure, State or National, looking to the enfranchisement of the colored man—beginning with the Civil Hight bill and ending with the XVth amendment—are now terribly exercised lest the negroes shall not be permitted their full share of civil offices! They find fault with Bepublican nominations, be cause a black man is not preferred to a white man in districts where the white vote is in the majority. They raise a howl because in an other ^district a colored man was selected for the short term instead of for the long one! Now hypocrisy is a necessary ingredient of politics. It enters more or less into every thing human. Men have come to regard it as a sort of necessary evil, no less than an uni versal one. But to see a political organiza tion which, only a few months ago held that the negro was not a human being, but merely a higher species of Orang Outong, and there fore wholly beyond the pale of either religion or politics; to see a political party which opposed emancipation, opposed the rights of colored men before the law courts, opposed the enfranchisement of the colored man, and which went into revolution only two years ago in order to turn negroes out of offices to which they had been legally elected, and in the exerctft of which they were protected by the new Constitution—to see such party as this note whimpering and sobbing over tho neglect of tbo colored man is disgusting and sickening be yond all comparison. We venture the assertion that there has not been anything like it since tho evil day wherein the Devil entered Eden, and when that astute prototype of the modem demagogue persuaded Eve that hLo was the victim of a merciless tyranny. Misrepresentation*. We find among the Editorial political items of the Cincinnati Chronicle, the following : Chief Justice Drown, of the Supreme Court of Georgia, has declared tho bill providing for an election in that State on tho 20th of Decem ber to be unconstitutional. "What will come of it remains to be seen. The Chronicle and other Hepublican papers will please take notice that the report is with out foundation, and does a Hepublican official great injustice. The report originated with a Democratic “organ,” and was no doubt intended to injure a prominent Republii/an official. The fact that Attorney General Akerman in his great speech—the one to which Mr. Alexander 33- Stephens found it necessary to attempt a reply—referred in complimentary terms to the present Chief Justice, ex-Gov- ernor Brown, seems to havo stung tho Democ racy. The following are the pungent remarks of the Attorney General: There was scarcely but one mim acting in the higher field of politics during the four years of your ascendancy in the Southern States, who showed any growth in political capacity. There was one man whoso intellect grew daring that period. He was a mim who nad been bred in the strictest school of State Rights, and who was so simple as to suppose that when yon made a State Bights govern ment you intended to administer it on State Rights principles. And that man had the manhood to try and hold you, to your own professed creed, and in that effort his intellect grew, and his reputation grew. He failed and the cause failed. That man is one who was for eight years the Governor of Georgia, and he had the sense to quit your party. [Ap plause.] Tho rest of yon did not hold your own. Yon ought to retire from sheer shame. This is too much for the “unterrified,” and they attempt to break its rorce by misrepre senting tbo Chief Justice. A small business, truly, and one that will react upon the authors. STATE NEWS, THE LATEST SEWS. By Hail to the Era.] Hon. Sunset Cox is speakingiUDliio. Yellow fever has killed several persons. in New York. In Iowa the men outnumber the women by 40,000. The Chinese are preparing for war against os settled things, we would not give a Conti- ‘ nental din* for the"'"" ~ '* France. Six hundred musicians serenaded the Queen of Prussia on her birth-dav la^J^usday. Minister Washbuano says thiU^ic* will re main in Paris. The guerrilla mode of fighting is becoming popular in France. The Prussians around Paris are receiving heavy siege guns. Providence, Rhode Island, has had a $125, 000 fire. '• The Schentzenfest at Cincinnati,was quite a The colored voters register 37,000 strong in Maryland. t New York is enjoying a big scare over the yellow fever. Segar, who caned Lincoln some time ago, has been indicted in the District of Columbia. A young thief outraged on . ol^. woman of seventy, in "Washington, the other day. Harry McCarthy is coming City Hall w be used for sleeping purposes during t Fair... .John P. Naglo robbed Mr. Pickets. I of a watch and $40 while he was sitting in 1 buggy on Broad street the other day. Concert las Peter’s Churc! night for the benefit of St The Election Law. Tho fact tlmt ourDomocralio friends am dl»- cussinglho practicability of holding an elec tion in November any bow, Election law or no election law, surprises no one acquainted with tho revolution.iry record of that party. The unwarrantable use of the namo of Chief Jus tice Brown, in connection with tho assumption that the law is "unconstitutional,” may have lead to this discussion. The proposition how- over does not seem to tiike. Sensible men of the party do not like tho idea of taking the risk. They do not wont any more delays about the admission of the State; and irbilst some of the desperate leaders doubtless hare the •ill to nullity, they do not care ta push mat ters to that extremity. There is another feature in the current topics of the Democratic press that causes some un easiness with the sensible men of the party. — They do not like the proposition to ignore the ruing Act, and to enter the contest alter the manner proposed in Troup county—Out is, to buy up rotes for the Democratic ticket In many localities where tho Democratic es read nothing but Democratic “organs,” they may be betrayed with this thing through sheer ignorance oi the penalties attached to this act oi Congress; but a few efforts to pro- onre rotes after the manner suggested by the LaGrango Reporter, will put the law into ac tive operation in Georgia, and thus spoil the whole thing! I> ALTOS. "Work bos commenced at this end of tho Dalton and Morganton Railroad Tbo Fair is in full blast... Andy Johnson is expected. CALHOUN. Superior Court in session. No old c will be taken up A reel estate raffle is an nounced to come off COVINUTON. Col. E. St. drnan is tbo Democratic nomi. neo for Stato Senator. SAVANNAH. Aaron Alpcoria held s meeting the other day and g • himself nominated for Congress. BACON. All the citizens aro at the Fair Grounds.... Aaron Alpcoria was in town yesterday Tho Savannah Base ballists came off victorious at the Fair. . .Tho Green Line excursionists of this city hare held a meeting and voted thanks to their entertainers on their recent trip to Cincimui. A Mr. Norrell was run over and killed by the down train from Dalton Thursday night. Skating Rink will open Tuesday. Frost last Wednesday morning. Superior Court convened Monday last Democrats have nominated W. PA 4sd.run and W. D. J for the House of Representatives. 1 Mr. J. W. Waters and W. N. Cox are dead. A freshet in Carroll county, baa done consid erable damage. HAWKINS VILLE. Cotton coming in rapidly A negro man, in the employ of John Rutherford, was shot at the other night by unknown parties, but es caped. CABTXBSTmiiE. Fine display of stock at the Fair Gov ernor Bullock visited the Fair Ground lost Tuesday An old colored man lost his leg the other day, by allowing a train to run over him. BADHHUDOE. Cotton injured by recent rains A Thes pian Society bos been organized. Citizens hold a meeting next Tuesday, to consider tho propoeed free bridge over the Flint river. School Books and the New School Law. We can veiy readily understand why North ern publishers, os well os the agents of "South ern" publishing Houses from New York and Baltimore, should seek an endorsement of their toxt books by the General Assembly or by the Board of Education. It is well enough, too, when men have any oommodily for sale, to use all commendable industry to introduce their works to the public. But there is some thing very ridiculous in the proposition to in corporate a clause in the School law, binding tbe Teachers of tho State to adopt this series of School books or to reject that, solely upon the ground that the publishing house is loca ted somewhere North of Masons and Dixon's line, or somewhere South of it It seems to be taken for granted that the members of the Honse and Senate are better qualified to judge of the merits of a school book, than are pro- ionnl teachers; and they ore modestly asked to say what English Grammar, Reader,Primer or Spelling book the professional teachers shall use in Pnblic Schools to the exclusion of all others! And the proposition appears all the more modest and courteous, when we reflect that the judgmentof a Legislative Committee, composed of non-professional teachers, shall bo based solely upon the representations of a book agent or derived from the appearance of the title page, or the imprint oi the publisher! And yet this is precisely what was attempted in South Carolina, and what has beendelicate- ly hinted at in Georgia. It is a fine specula tion for Publishers, bnt experienced and com petent teachers will not relish the proceeding. Democracy anti the Sew Constitution. In view of the fact that the Democrats op posed the ratification of the new Slate Consti tution in April, 1868, and then attempted to set it aside by revolutionary enactments in September of the same year, no ono need be surprised at the efforts now being inodo to make inroads upon it in tho way of amend ments. There must be a beginning some where, and tho repeal of ono clause would : r ' ! ' '•••!• I'.t tli,- r . pctl of another! Thus, in process of time, the Democracy Lope *■> gain by strategem what they lost, first, by fair election, and, second, by tbe decision of tho Courts and the Act of Congress of Decem ber last. Prussians petition their lovablo old King '* to expose himself to tho enemy' WKST POINT. A burglar attempted to effect an entrance in tho store of W. A. Jones, the other night, but was driven off Tho Macon Presbytery has hod a very in teresting session. Governor Scott’s militia picket tho South Carolina shore at Sand Bor Ferry A Mrs. Aberly was robbed of thirty-five dollars nt Nixon’s circns the other day Laura Keen’s company' is expected. Chicago wonts a public library in Dearborn pork. Spaniards treat captured Cuban ladies in tho most brutal manner. Lexington, Vo., lost $100,000 Djy the great flood. The New York Gold Exchange gave tho Vir ginia sufferers $2,000. _• Napoleon ground $10,000,000 a year out of the French people, and spent it ell on France. Pennsylvania avenue, Washington City, is to havo four new kinds of pavement. Missionary letters mention an earthquake in Asia, by which 3,000 people were tilled. Garibaldi is stirring up lots of slan among the French. It is supposed that Prussian shells cannot reach the public buildings of Paris The French army in Algeria want to go home and defend Paris. Advices from Hong Kong report more as sassinations of foreigners. Republicans expect to gain one more Con gressman in Alabama. Tho Baptists of Virginia have 787 church organizations. And now oomes a report that Russia is not ready for a fight, nor has she any particular love for the French Republic. The last will of tho late James B. Taylor, of New York, has been found. It covers $2,000,- OOOl- A. T. Stewart kept bis clerks indoors and would not even permit them to take a peep at rarragut’s funeral. The Rev. Tilton is anxious to resign tho Presidency of the Femalo Suffrage Associa tion. SAVANNAH. John Screven is running fm Rev. Bishop Verot has arrived presented him with $500. Mayor Majo . . . The Lamar B«t.; Dr. Irvi ne, of Montreal, Canada, preached in tjie Presbyterian Church Sunday* ... .John Heffeman will spend a month in jail for beating his wife A son of Mr. Seaborne Cox broke his arm Friday while playing “shin ny’\ ...A silver bat and ball will be offered as prizes to tho Base Ballists at the coming Fair j Washington Fire Company has received 500 feet of hose Police have received their new winter uniforms... .Democrrtic Clnbs or ganizing in each Ward... .Extra policemen wanted.. ...Snatch thieves are doing a good business. MADISON. Cotton coming in freely Nixon’s circns failed to come to time. SAVANNAH. Ames’ circus in town.... George Jack, train- hand on tho Central Railroad, mortally In jured by the cars Colored man shot and mortally injured, by accident, at the butcher- pen.'. ..The city election came of yesterday. ....The Jewish citizens have organized a “Literary and Social Circle”... .The mem bers of the old Savannah Fire Company had a pleasant reunion Friday evening. . MACON. Bishop Beckwith preached Sunday CoL S. T. Bailey, a prominent lawyer, was buried Saturday..The Farr closed Saturday. Residence of R. W- Gamble robbed by bur glars Monday afternoon Another attempt- made to firo tin j town, Tuesday morning. Tho citizens offer $1,000 reward for tho incendia ries. D.UILONEGA. S. C. Johnson, Solicitor of the Bine Ridge Circuit, in dead. COLUMBUS. H. L. Wilson a nd It. 31. George of Leo The French Workingmen’s Association of New York denounco the French Repnblic as more despot ici than tho Empire, C.roli excitement in France over the election of members of the Constituent Assembly, which comes off October 16. It is said that Bazoine is willing to surren der if Prussia will guarantee the restoration of the Emperor. Due De Fitz James writes to the London Times that tbe Prussians buried several hun dred women and children alivo at Bazeilles. A swindler has made liis appearance in New York, i-cofessing to be authorized to enlfaft American officers for the Prussian service. Irish sympathizers with France held a pic nic near New York the other day and raised $2,000 for Franco. Paris balloon arrangements aro admirably managed. Mails and even passengers make tho trip in perfect safety. As General Beauregard was in Tennessee last week, we presume that ho is not one of the Defenders of Paris, as tho cable reported. Tho story about thirty-five miners being killed in an Illinois coal mine, the other day, turns out to be a cruel hoax. Tho female teachers in tho New York schools have had the audacity to petition for the same pay that male teachers receive. It is rumored that the President will pardon all the Fenian prisoners—General O’Neil among the rest. Hereafter President Grant will receive no visitors on Gabinet days, nor on other days, until oiler 12 o’clock. Andy Johnson is mannerering for the nom ination to Congress in his district It thought that he will get it The Priests ore again beginning to show themselves in the streets of Rome, but the Pope sticks to the Vatican. German Republicans clamor for a constitu ent assembly, and the reconstruction of Ger- A United States Judge in Utah refuses to naturalize Mormons, on tho ground that they aro not of good moral character. Tho papers are making fun over George H. Pendleton’s speech before the Southern Com mercial Convention. • - if- -jti: Elizabeth Cody Stanton is lecturing on “3Iarriago and Divorce.” No doubt ahe once knew something about it and would like to know more.. Just as Strasbourg surrendered, the Prus sians were preparing to send balloons over the city to drop nitroglycerine . bombs into the powder magazines. Had this been done, tho most terrible slaughter would havo resulted. EAST TENNESSEE NEWS. KNOXVILLE. James P. Prater hung himself, near Cop- cord, the other day. He leaves wife., and one child. Quite a number of distinguished visitor* in the city, attending the.Fair. A colored rider at the Fair was thrown front his horse and severely bruised. The Coronation ball Friday night was » grand afi&ur. Miss Annie Hazen was-crowned Queen of Love and Beauty. Mr. A. J. Albers severely bruised by being thrown out of a baggy. Governor Senter spoke at the Fair. Gen. Beauregard passod through Friday on his way South. Mr. "Wisener has failed to meet Gen. Brown on tho stomp, according to appointment, ex cept at this place, lost Thursday night. The Coronation Ball comes off at the Lamar Honse Friday night Governor Senter is attending tho Fair. Tho last days of tho Fair were remarkable for the un diminished interest manifested by the vast crowds of visitors. CHATTANOOGA. ^ Tho first cotton came in on Wednesday. Tho Stanton House is progressing rapidly- i jonrued from I^uisrilleConventibn.) Tho ball tho other night W&9 a splendid af fair. D;..’ Jau : • More stump speaking to-day. East Tennes see is being canvassed very thoroughly. Buisness men propose having another ecus as SPIRIT OF THE GEORGIA PRESS. THE MAILT ETTA JOURNAL, (DEM.)/ | A paper conducted wifi far more ability than the majority oLour State exchanges, says: If the Democracy is anything—if the party is worth a pinch of snuff—it is as tho party of ~ " ition. If then we are to accept all iet&nd usurpations of radical! difference between Radi calism and Democracy. Let U3 have a.square fight between tho Constitution and usurpation oudTet us hope, as a writer says, that “no double-dealer will get the nomination of tho true Conservatives in 1872.'*;^ • -r:q i/..tvr. [The “Constitution” here referred to is evidently the Constitution of 1860, and not the Constitution of 1870.] ■ .*i" THE QUITMAN BANNER, (DEM.) In a fit of righteous indignation, exclaims: Alas! for poor Georgia! She is fully realizing the situation of a certain man who went from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who wounded and stripped him. [And what seems to be worse still, the same “thieves” who wounded and stripped the proud old State in I860, would repeat the operation in 1870. TSE ALBANY NEWS, (DEM.) In the course of a column or so of bosh and bombast on the Election Bill, and in lauda~ tion of the party of intimidation and violence, breaks out in this classic style: But, beware, Akerman! And you, the ab ject tools by which this monstrus fraud was wrought, beware; for there yet shall rise “a S ower above tho throne” that will cast you endlong into an abyss so deep no fnture can ever serve to resurrect you. When a betrayed people shall rise in the majesty of Truth and Right, and indignantly crush the peijnred, plundering perpetrators of their wrongs, then will your felonies be revealed to the world, and your moral hideousness exposed to pub lic scorn. [Very “fine writing,” that!] THE AUGUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST, (DEM.) In the course of a sovero rebuke of those Democrats who accept the XIVth and XVth Amendments as “fixed facts,” sajs: There never was more stupendous folly than to suppose that Democracy can win a victory worth having by stealing tho night-shirt of Abe Lincoln for an oriflamme. The Radical President and the Radical party mean to de stroy the States by centralizing the Govern ment And foolish Democrats havo the hard ihood to believe that this despotic undertaking can bo defeated by endorsing usurpation and accepting tho enemy’s platform! Was there ever such madness! Was there ever snob stupidity! Alnbnmtt Items. Gov. Smith and others addressed a largo Republican meeting at Selma, the other night Tremendous enthusiasm. One ward in Mobile contains 100 whito la boring men who have banded themselves into a Republican organization called the “War riors.” Good crops in North Alabama. Yellow fever in Mobile canscs a stampede among tho citizens. Huntsville has a skating rink. Joseph Hanson was killed near Opelika, last week, by a fall from his horse. 5. Removal of obstructions from the mouth of the Mississippi river. (Adjourned from Louisville Convention. 6. Construction of permanent levees on tbe 31 issi ssippi ri ver. (Adj ou m cd fro m Louisville Convention.) 7. Finance and taxation. (Adjourned from Louisville Convent ion.) 8. Removal of national capital. (From St. Louis.) A ti l A. 9. To abolish all toll charges on the navi gable rivers of tho United States. (From Cin cinnati Board of Trade.) 10. The enlargement of the more inq >rtan( lines of canal in tho United Stales so as to render them navigable lor vessels propelled by steam. (From Cincinnati.) 11. Tho charges on passenger and freight traffic by rail and water lines. (From Ciucin- nati Board of Trade.) 12. That all railway viaducts over navigable rivers be made highways for railroad compa nies, which will pay their pro-rata toll ou same; and that efforts be made to secure legislation to that effect (From Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.) 13. To abolish throughout the whole coun try all license imposed on commercial tarvel- ers. (Cincinnati Board of Trade:) 14. Free Trade in money. (Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.) 15. A settled policy in the public interest in regard to the disposition of the Government lands. (City of Cincinnati.) 16. Improvement of seacoast harbors. (From Mobile Board of Trade.) 17. Wharfage on the navigable rivers. (City of St Louis.) 18. Ample railroad facilities from the Ohio river to the central South. (From Chattanooga, Tenn.) 19. Direct and reciprocal trade with Brazil and other South American countries. (From Dubuque, Iowa.) 20. Tares and short weights. (From Cin cinnati Chamber Commerce.) Everybody wanted to. speak at once, and in less than ten minutes parliamentary law was lOlgotten, anil iimAxahm -rvigued. Thceo del egates evidently thought they were on •* ’Change^” or at the Board of Trade. How ever they were soon brought to their senses and business commenced. A motion was made to change the name of the Southern Commercial Convention to that of the National Convention. This created a great deal of excitement, and among the most excellent speeches made was that of Col. Ca pers, of Georgia, who said he was not yet pre pared to vote in favor of it He desired it to be referred to a special committee. Allen, of Kentucky, was in favor of chang ing it and make it National in all of its phases. Col. Gaskell favored a change, and hoped it would pass at once. Varney was as apt and plausible as ever. . Kennard of New Orleans favored a change, and said he spoke for the entire Louisiana delegation. Birch of Tennessee opposed the motion. Some considerable confusion was manifest, and for a few moments affairs looked a little dark, ond ill feeling of a sectional character run high. The chair was confused, the dele gates excited, and as darkness come on a mo tion to adjourn was made, which was carried, and ah os endeth the first day’s proceedings of the Southern Convention. 3Iay it be more harmonious to-morrow. B. T. H. PROCEEDINGS OP GREAT SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONVENTION AT CINCINNATI. FIRST DAY S PROCEEDINGS. Cincinnati, Ohio, October 4. The Green Line Excursionists hod scarcely departed from this city before another, and ranch larger body of men, solid in tho com mercial world, and representing the greatest financial and industrial interests known in the country, made their appearance. The Green Liners came more to become ac- quafaxtcAwifh North am men. and share the generous hospitalities of a most generous peo ple. Those here to-day come on a more respoiui- bic errand. They come to discuss, and to lay the foundation of prosecuting gigantic works, and national improvements. They come to plan, and to carry out tho great schemes of trade and commerce, which if consummated, will mark America as tho greatest of all com mercial countries in the world. Twenty-five States aro here represented, and represented too by tho leading financial men of the Union. Rarely does one havo the op portunity of looking upon such a body of men. We find hero Gen. Banks, of Mas sachusetts; Gen. Breckcnridge, of Kentucky; ffon. Johir C. Birch, of Tennessee; Hon. Michael Hahn, of Louisiana; Hon. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio; Hon. W. L. Groesbeck, of Ohio; Hon.. Leslie Coombs, of Kentucky; Hon. H. 3L Mathison, of Tennessee; Hon W. W. Walker, of Virginia; Hon. Wm. Brown, of Maryland; Goy. Throckmorton, of Texas, and many others of prominence and position. TJL T hq ionowing otatco »»<► represented: Ala bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Towa, In diana, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missis sippi, 3Iaryland, Missouri, 3Iicbigan, Mas sachusetts, New York, Nevada, North Caro lina, Ohio, Pennsylvania^ South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. Think now of such d Convention ! Nearly every State represented, for'no" political ag grandizement, bnt each delegate earnest and anxious to'cement all sections of the country into an indissoluble commercial and industrial Union. The hall is trimmed with evergreens, plants and flowers, while shields, bearing the names of each of the States, decorate the galleries. Miisic is heard at intervals, and the smiles of fair women lend ruhlitional attraction to this interesting spot In the absence of lion. Miilerd Fillmoro, R. N. Bishop, Esq., of Cincinnati, called the Con vention to order, and the Divine blessing was asked by Rev: Mr. Robertson. lion. George H. Pendleton then welcomed the Convention in behalf of the people of Cin cinnati.-.Commanding in presence, eloquent in language, and dignified in bearing, Mr. Pendleton was a fit.orator for the occasion.. Committees were then i appointed. Georgia was represented as follows: On Organization-—Hb D. Uapers. Business and order of Business—V., Gaskill. On Credentials—W. W. Lcwellin. In Che afternoon tlie Convention assembled, undjpany new delegates were present, having arrived daring the day. ; r - . . Tlie Committee on Organization report tho name of John W. Garrett, of Baltimore, and President of the Baltimore and Ohio Rairoad, as permanent President. Gen.- Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Permanent Organization, reported that twenty- five States, seventy-)!verities, were represen ted bv three hundred and fifty delegates. Mr. .Garrett was escorted to the chair by Gen. Banks-ond Mr. Cook, who was received with great cheers. Ho spoke but a short time bnt every word was to the point, and proved conclusively that the heart of the great, railroad king was enlisted nobly in the work. Tlie following order of business will at once be token up and discussed : Direct trade between Southern Atlantic cities and Europe, including emigration. (Ad- E. E. Howard resigned the chair to J. H. DeVeaux in accordance with the report of tho Cominitteejon Business. Tho following letter was then read: i AVANsfe; GA.,‘Oct 5,1870: To the Chairman Bepublican Cbnvcntion, Savan nah, Go: Dear Sir : I desire to state through yon to the Convention that I am no candidate before your Convention for either Congressional tenn. Very respectfully, John W. O’Neal. Tho Convention then proceeded to ballot for candidates for tho unexpired term of the Forty-first Congress, which resulted, 1(5 for R. W. White, of Chatham, and 3 for J. W. Clift, of Chatham. On motion the nomination of 3Ir. "White was mads unanimous.. * ? *•* N: The Convention; then proceeded to ballot for candidates for the Forty-second Congress with tho following result: Ho::. Jlillyer 12; Hon. T. G. Campbell 6, It. W. White 1. On motion 3fr. Hillyer’s nomination was then made unanimous. On motion the Hon. Foster Blodgett and the Senators and Representatives to the State Legislature present were invited to the stand. The following resolution was then intro duced and adopted: Resolved, That in Foster Blodgett, the honored Chairman of our State Committee since the organization of our party, we recog nize a zealous and hard working Republican, Republican In tlie First 2. Southern Pacific Railroad. (Adjourned from Louisville Convention.) 3. Obstruction to navigation by narrow span bridge piers. . (Adjourned from Louisville Convention.) Continuous water line communication t the MI: Savannah, Ga., October 5,1870. The Republican Congressional Convention for tho First Congressional District was called to order at 12, m., October 5.1i, 1870, at St Andrew’s Hall, Savannah, Ga., by Isaac Seely, Chairman First Congressional District Com. mittee, who read the call for the Convention in the First Congressional District issued by the State Central Committee; also the call by the First Congressional District Committee. E. E. Howard, of McIntosh, was nominated; the nomination was seconded, and he was chosen by ayes and nayB as temporary Chair man of the Convention. C. P. Goodyear, of Wayne, and J. H. DeVeaux, of Chatham, were each nominated. Their nominations were seconded, and they were phosen by ayes and nays os Secretaries of tntrCon v cniion. It was then moved and seconded that a com mittee of three on credentials bo appointed by the Chair. The question being put to vote by ayes and nays, was adopted. Spencer, of Camden, Mc- Davis, of Thomas, and Houston, of Chatham, were appointed by tho Chair a Committee on Credentials. It was moved and seconded that a commit tee of five, on business, be appointed by the Chair, and the question being put by ayes an l nays, the resolution was adopted. Dr. Harris of Lawrence, Cantwell of Chat ham, Artson of Liberty, Amos of Pierce, and Clark of Bryan, were appointed by tho Chair as the Committee on Business. Credentials of delegates handed to Commit tee on Credentials. Motion to adjourn until 2J p. m., moved and seconded; put to vote by ayes and nays, ond adopted. The Convention called to order at 21 p.*m., by J. H. DeVaux. Minutes of morning Session read and ap proved. * M oi JM Moved and seoonded that Committee on Credentials report Motion adopted. Committee reported the following names as members of the Convention: Moses McDonald, Appling county. Thomas Udderback, Berrien county. Wm. Price, Brooks county. Josiah Clark, Bryan county. Jetm H. 'De¥*ux, 'Win: 'Cantwell and P. Houston, Chatham county. Wm. T. Spencer, Camden county. L. M. Pleasant, Clinch county. Adrian Mungen, Echols county. R. 1L Reid, Effingham county. W. H. Rainey, Glynn county. T. L. Harris, Lawrence county. Wm.- H. Artaon, Liberty county. E. E. Howard, McIntosh county. A G. Amos, Pierce county. M. C. Davis, Thomas county. F. Atkinson, Thomas county. C. P. Goodyear, Wayne county. Report adopted. Report of Committee on Business read And. imjnutial^ execution of adopted. The Committee on Business havo the honor to make the following report: The business' property before this Convcu-; mittee, and in the short timo allowed have agreed to the following: To expedite the per manent organization, we submit the following for permanent officers: For Chairman, John H. Deveaux, of Chatham; for j Secretaries, E. E. Howard, of McIntosh", C. P. Goodyear, of Wayne." Wo would also suggest tho propriety of the Convention nominating a candidate for!the unexpired term of. the. Forty-firfet Congress first, then tho candidate for tho Forty-sec ond Congress. ‘**\'*''** ’I ] We would further recommend the appoint ment of the following persons tq represent tlie Congressional District in tho State Centred Committee: T. P. Robb, T. G. Campbell John W. O’Neal, James 31. Simms ; and J* conclusion, would submit tho following res olution : Resolved, That we believe that economy, justice and wis.iom » h-tnc-tcri. • - N c* Administration, and tii.it it, i.-. tl . .a m'; of every true Republican to maintain and do- fend the samo by presenting a harnniiiioroi and united front against its enemies during the coining campaign. Resolved, Thatwc rccognizo in Rufus B. Bullock an able, conscientious and upright Executive, tho unflinching and nncompromis- ing advocate o? equal rights and human pro gress. *P. S. Harris, Josiah Clark, Calhoun—S. Simpson, Morgan. Clay—J. Wilkes, Fort Gaines. Decatur—J. Griffin, Cambridge. Dooly—S. P. Odom, Drayton. Dougherty—W. J. Winters, Albany. Early—William Thomas, Blakely. Lee—John Jordan, Starksviile. 3Iacon—Lewis Holsonbake, Oglethorpe. 3Iiller—T. Parsons, Colquitt. 3Iitchell—EL Childs, Camella. Pulaski—Dr. Saulter, Hawkinsville. Quitman—Horace Sebiels, Georgetown. Randolph—W. H. Nobles, Cuthbert Stewart—Christopher Jordan Lumpkin. Sumter—Elbert Head, Americus. Terrell—Marshall Wood, Dawsdn. Webster—B. F. Harroll, Preston. Upon motion, The Southwest Georgian, Atlanta New Era and American Union were requested to copy proceedings of this Con vention. Motion, That tho thanks of this Conven tion be tendered our worthy Chairman and. Secretary. Convention adjourned sine die. J. W. Carter, Chairman. L: C. Jones, Secretary. and we recommend his re-election as Chair man of tho Committee at the meeting to be held in Atlanta on the 18th inst Upon motion a committe was appointed by the Chair to wait upon Messrs. White and Hillyer and invite them to tho platform, who accepted tho nomination and addressed tho Convention. Upon motion the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Chairman of this Con vention be directed to appoint a Congressional Committee of ten members for the First Con gressional District The Hon. Foster Blodgett, Hon. T. G. Campbell, Hon. J. 3L Simms, Hon. Jas. Por ter, Hon. J. W. Clift, Isaac Seely, Esq., and Mr. Houston addressed the Convention, advoca ting harm onions and united action, and pledged themselves to support tho nominees of the Convention. The following resolution was introduced and adopted: Resolved, That the proceedings of the Con vention be published in the “Atlanta New Era” and “American Union.*' Upon motion, tho Convention then adjourned sine die. John H. Deveaux, Ch’n. C. P. Goodyeab, ) E. E. Howabd, ( Convention of the Republican Party of the Second Congressional District. Albany, Ga., October 5,1870. Convention met at 10 o’clock, and was called to order by O. W. Arnold, of Dougherty. Upon motion, J. C. Blount* of Decatur, was chosen temporary Chairman, and L. C. Jones, of Macon, requested to net as Secretary. Motion by J. E. Blount, of Stewart, that a committee of five bo appointed as a committee upon permanent organization. klotion by Dr. Gnild, of Calhoun, that a committee of five be appointed as a commit tee upon credentials. Committee on permanent organization re ported: For President, J. W. Carter, of Deca tur; for First Vice Prestdent, William Lewis, of 3Iacon; for Second Vice President, Hon. J. A. Jackson, of Randolph; and for Secretary, L. C. Jones, of Macon. Committeee on credentials reported: Baker—Aaron Woods, Hiram York. Calhoun—O. C. Alexander, Dennis Miko, Dr. Guild. Clay—Calvin Mitchell. Decatur—A. N. Bruton, R. Brown, J. C. J. ■ • Dougherty—C.‘ W. Arnold, H. Scroajfiji Parley, H. Singleton: 7 '' Lee—W. G., Oglesby, F. Jordan, *). I rdan. Macon—S. J. Patterson, Wm. Lewis, W. OlivenL. C. Jones. Milt Ii. II —R. Childs, J. J. Gideon. Quitman—Samuel Sebiels. Randolph -W. H. Nobles. A. Reynolds, D. Taylor, J. A. Jackson. ' Stewart J. E. Blount, Thos. Crayton, J. Jonas, C. Jordan. Sumter D. Barwold, Dr. Simmons, E. Head, C. IJ. Brown. Terrell—Rob t Jones, Alfred Huckclberry. Webster—John Ryly. Motion, by J. E. Blount, of Stewart, that a committee consisting of ono from each county be appointed to select four truo Republicans to serve upon the State Central Executive Com mittee. Committee reported L. C. Jones, C. W. Ar nold, W. H. Nobles, J. E. Blount Motion, by C. . W._ Arnold, of Dougherty, that the Convention, proceed to elect a candi date for the 41st and 42d Congress. L. C. Jones, of Macon, moved that the Hon. R. H. Whiteley, of Decatur, be nominated by acclamation, which was carried unanimously. Upon motion a committee consulting of L. C. Jones, C. W. Arnold, W. H. Nobles and E. Head were appointed to wait upon Mr. Whiteley and inform him of his nomination. (ill 1 rt'nlArtlr T> Yf Convention adjourned till 3 o’clock p. ar. ' EVENING. Committeo conducted^Mr. Whiteley to tho stand and was introduced by the Chairman. He addressed the Convention in a spirited and convincing manner, accepting his noinitation. Resolutions by C. W. Arnold, of Dougherty, which was adopted: 1. That recognizing the great principle of political equality of all men before the law, as secured under the XVth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, wo hereby renew a senso of our approbatipn of that principle pledging ourselves to a faithful, en forcement of tno same/ 2. That in government, wo demand a faith ful, honest economical administration, a strict obedience to the laws, a faithful and ..impartial, execution of the same. The in violability of the national honor, as to its obli- Uonluts occupied tlie attention of yoor Com-, IllsffrUriSlfiMlt' niHT tSfiOteMb- 3. As testimonial to our fidelity to princi ples ihat we advocate, we' point with, pride to the. noble administration . of Gen. Grant, reckoning among ito gz^ ; fM&rf*YAlH9tote the 000, tho reduction of taxation to tho amount of £80,600,000. To that administration we hereby rehew a' sense of our gfatitt: pledge ourselves to a faithful support of the 4. That recognizing os tbe only essential means for the maintenance of free government* a free, fair, honest expression of the public sentiment through the ballot box, we hereby denounce all means tending to the contrary, as unworthy of a free and enlightened people, and tending to undermine the foundation of our government. To an honest, fair ex pression bf that sentiment in the present cam paign, we. pledge ourselves, chocrfnlly abiding the result ; jj' Resolutions by . L U Jones, of Macon, which was adopted: 1. That each county in this Congressional District have an Executive Committee of a Chairman and Secretary to bo located at the county site, assisted by two members from each militia district. 2. That a committeo of one from each coun ty in this district bo appointed to select suita ble Chairmen of an Executive Committee for each county. . areii 3. That an Executive Committeo of fivo men bo organized by tho Chairman of the County Executive in each militia district in this Congressional District. 4. That tho Chairmain of the County Exec utive Committee, through his Secretary,.re port at carl3’ a day as possible, the organiza tion of his committee and the names of tho Chairman of tho Militia District Execativo Committee. VIRGINIA. THE GREAT FLOOD. Destruction of Isife and Property. Incidents, &c. From the Lynchburg Virginian, 2d.] CASUALTIES. Tho statement was made in somo of tho pa- >ers of Saturday that Mr. Wm. Smith and his : amity, the lock-keeper at the Combined locks, had been drowned. Tho report, wo are glad to state, was incorrect Mr. Smith and his wife and children escaped in safety to tlie mountains, and have since been heard from. A negro, however, whose name is not given, who had been employed to set the packet- horses across tho river at the Combined locks, was washed away by the torrent and drowned. Burkholder’s shop. The carpenter shop of R. C. Burkholder & Co., which was washed away Thursday night, was lodged against Ashland Island, about five miles below the city. The budding was stand ing erect on the island, and seemed to have been originally placed there. Mr. Burkholder went down to the island Saturday, and sent over a person to examine the shop, and learned that the sash and blind factory, and material, and contents generally, were just as they were at home. They can be removed and returned without damage. Tho honse itself can prob ably be taken to pieces and brought back home. 3Ir. James Goens acted so gallantly and ex posed himself so freely to save the imperilled islanders that wo think it duo to him that his name should be correctely given and grate fully remembered. We learn that 3Ir. Brazier, also, tho super intendent of the works, distinguished himself by his brave and humane exertions on Thurs day night, and deserves great honor for his la bors in behalf of the unfortunate. A BEGGARED FAMILY. Mr. Nuckols, who saved himself and family, on Woodroof s Island by taking shelter in tho tops of the trees, was in the city Saturday, along with his wife and children. Their ap pearance on the street in the draggled gar ments in which they passed tho storm was pitiable. The little ones were in the mother’s arms, and the larger children went on their bare feet in wretched clothes. They presented fit subjects for pity and alms. INSANITY OF MB. RANSOM. The condition of Mr. Ransom, whoso wife and daughter were washed away from his arms and drowned, Thursday night, in the storm, has been most pitiable, and his grief and agony were so intense as to deprive him of reason. Saturday tho bereaved man appeared On the streets in such a distressed state that a crowd soon collected around him—somo drawn by cariosity and some by pity. Mr. Ransom ‘ violent and passionate gave vent to the most expressions of grief, giving rise, by some of his actions, to the belief that his mind was unsettled, and that ho was in danger of com mitting some rash act upon himself. It was >1 proper to put restraints upon him, and he was token in custody to prevent himself or others during the pt liod of his mental aberration. pv MTT.T.R DESTROYED. One of_thc most unfortunate and onerous consequences of the flood-fcr-tho destruction visited upon tho mills, and the destruction of flour and other breadstufls. The mill of Mr. William Kent, on the canal below the city, was destroyed. The splendid flour mill of Captain Ben. Wilks, on Otter creek, in Bed ford county, was totally destroyed, with a large quantity of grain which had been accu mulating through the summer. The fine bridge recently erected near the mill, to re place the bridge destroyed by the soldiers at the dose of the war in 1865, was swept away. It cost the county $3,000. DEAD HORSES. Seventeen dead horses and mules, removed from the stables of the Messrs. Adams, floated down the canal Saturday morning. It was a sad looking procession. THE CANAL in the locality of Robinson’s Mill is almost dry, and many of the buildings that floated from Sandy Hook are left there. The perpendicular rise in the river, as meas ured by Mr. John Henry at Dean’s foundry, was twenty-six feet STORE WASHED AWAY. Mr. John Wsteon, of this city, who recently established a store at Big Island, had the mis- fourtune to have if carried away with its con tents, inflicting a severe loss on him. MESSRS. FOLKES A WINSTON. Tho losses of these gentlemen were much greater than stated. They had between six and seven hundred thousand feet of fine fur niture lumber carried away. They think that tlieir loss will not fall below $10,000. This is tho second severe. loss they havo sustained within tho last fivo years, their establishment having been fired by the Yankees at fho end of the war. A FERRY is - to bo established across tho river; so that wo.are about to go back to first principles and revive toe scenes of the period when Lynch burg gloried in the appellation of “ Lynch’s "^rny.” RECOVERED. Messrs. L H. Adams &. Bros, recovered on Saturday one of the pair of magnificent bay horses which they lost in the flood. The ani mal was carried over to toe Amherst side of the river, and there secured a foot-hold on the side of the heights. They recovered, also, under the wreck of their establishment; the safe in which their books and accounts were kept. The books were thoroughly saturated, and the backs had come off. The leaves had to be separated and dried singly before they could be used. The Messrs. Adams state that their loss can not be less than $25,000 ^ ^ r™' BODIES I Tho body of Willie Whitlow, about ten years of age, who was drowned Thursday night, was found Saturday afternoon by gentlemen from this city at the fourth look, about eight miles down tho canaL . , “ Hie bodies of Mrs. Ransom and her daughter were recovered Saturday at the first lock below the city. They were found with their hands clasped together. United in life, they were not „ divided in death, om tneaMfte, October IS.] MERITORIOUS CONDUCT. Special praise is accorded Messrs. Henry Dawson, John Woods, James Jones, and OLneien Pettyjohn, for their heroic efforts exerted to save the h.elpleM people. All did well but these aro admitted to have acted in a manner to deserve special mention and ,, cj : AFFECTING INCIDENT. One of too men*M**ho island, named Drake, had been sick fouMfong time, and could not be carried away. His wife remained with him, and thinking herself devoted to a certain death, filled the aiitfsrith the wildest and most S i table lamentations. .She survived uninjured, nt her husbanefwas mado much worse by tho excitement and exertions of the terrible night * Declines. Judge Reese, too Democratic nominee for Congress from the Vth District, declines the race in consideration of private engagements. 5 ' Judge Reese vv< uld not be eligible if 111 t and this mav explain his action in too prem- and this may explain his action : Tho Stephens’ programme of shaking