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a. Wcrlilii jflnu fei. fllml Joiirnul or the United States. at Journal of the State of Georgia. THE SEW KUA WlI.L VlXDICATI TEE PRINCIPLES AND THE OLICY or the Republican Partt, and Sup- post its Nominees, State and National. CEXEKAE QKAJVT, Phot who caic akd will sdide tbi sir or State safely throeoh xyekt stork. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY: $1 00. Club! of Twenty or more 11 SO each X Copujix month* $1 00 : -SHEDAILY: 1 Copy.oneyear .$10 00 1 Copy aix month* 5 00 Copy, lew tlmo $100 per month. •ATLANTA, GEORBU,: s NOVEMBER 0 (MJR TICKET FOR 1872, Subject to the action of the EepnbUcan National Convention.) FOR PRESIDENT, r .-ULYSSES S. GRANT. a FOR VICE PRESIDENT. ' AMOS T. AKERMAN. Reiinbliean Congressional Nominations. FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. roa TOHTT-TOMT COKG&ESS, RICHARD W. WHITE, of Chatham. KOR FORTY-SECOND OONORESS, VIRGIL im.LYER, or Camden. SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, roa fOBTY-mar and forty-second congress, RICHARD II. WUITELfW, or Dccatnr. THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, TOM K0RTT-FTR3T CONGRESS, MARION BETHUNE, or Talbot. ’^0 tom romr-sEooND congress, JOHN S. BIGBY, or Coweta. FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. FOB FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, JEFFERSON P. LONG, or Bibb. YOB FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS, . THOMAS J. srEER, or Pike. SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. FOB FORTY-FIRST AND FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS, GEORGE P. BURNETT, or Floyd. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE! FIGURES DO NOT LIE! WHERE IS THE EXTRAVAGANCET Who Squandered the People** Money! READ! READ! READ! When Governor Jenkins was inaugurated the total debt of this State was only 82,356,- G35—when be was removed from office, hav ing been in only a fuw months more than two yean, the debtor the Slate was $6,256,635 —showing on increase in the pnblio debt of nearly FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Under the present State Government, the pnblio debt bos not increased a single dollar, v (withstanding tha-oitraordinaiy legislative expenses forced upon the (State tvj-^^aw Democratic rebellion of September, 1868, and under which the colored members were forced The expenses of Gov. Jenkins' administra tion from October 16th, 1866, to October 16th, 1867, wbs 82,700,950,58 less $11,686,73 cash in Treasury at last named date, making the total expenses for tho yoar @2,689,363,- 85. The expenses for Gov. Bollock's adminis tration from October 1st, 1868, to October 1st, 1869, were $1,444,895 00 less $116,695 00 cash in Treasury at last named date, making the total expenses lor the year $1,328,- 800 OO being ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE DOL- LARS leas than the expenses of the eoonon- Icnl "Democracy" under Governor Jenkins for the same length of time. THE PUBLIC DEBT HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED ONE DOLLAR UNDER GOV ERNOR BULLOCK'S ADMINISTRATION. Gov. Bullock at Marietta. We bear Governor Bullock's Marietta speech commented upon in the most flattering terms. A prominent Democrat who heard it, pronounc ed it “one of the most sensible talks he ever lis tened to.” The Governor, Ceing on ex-Rail* road President, and thoroughly familiar with the subject of Internal Improvements o Georgia, never foils to interest his audience on the subject of Railroad enterprises. His Marietta speech (which we published in the Eba of Friday) is being very generally copied and favorably commented upon by the press. “Trfwon Mast be Mstlc Odious.** The people of the United Stntt-s are indebted to on© Andrew Johnson, the present great Mognl of the Southern Democracy, for this euphonious sentence. It was Mr. Johnson, as Military Governor of Tennessee, who as sayed to make “odious” an act which he ad vocated in 18G0. It was reserved for this Southern renegade to advocate tho hanging of men in 1864, for committing an act which, in 1860, ho defended as “constitutional” and ap“ planded as “patriotic.” It was the province of Andrew Johnson to refuse to entertain a peti tion for ihc pardon of a Southern woman charged with complicity in tho crime of as sassination, in I860; and 'then, two years later, to become the champion of the very party in whose interests tho assassination was perpetrated. It was reserved for this same Andrew Johnson to threaten a violation of parole between honorable soldiers, and to seek to bring General Lee before a tribunal “organized to convict" him of Treason, thus imposing tho necessity upon Gen. Grant of issuing an order announcing that the terms of Gen. Lee's parole should be enforced os against Executive usurpations. It gives ns no pleasure to refer to this dis gusting episode in bur national annals. It is a subject which tinges with very shame the cheeks of honest Southern men who thus be hold the depravity and duplicity of one of their former leaders. And yet, it is well that the ekiM of journals in Georgia which habitu ally abuso Grant and deify Johnson, should be reminded of these unpleasant pecadillos of their political Gamaliel. It is all the more appropriate, in view of the fact that these journals now seek to make a littl* political capital out of the death of the lamented Lee, and the refusal of the Congress of the United States, to pass without amendments, the Gen eral Amnesty Bill. Hence, when a Demo cratic paper (like the Savannah News, for in stance,) attempts a play upon the words which head this paragraph, it is fair to presume that the editor is either himself ignorant of their origin, or else, knowing their source, exhibits a contemptuous opinion of the intelligence of his readers. In either case, it is proper that the People be reminded of the origin of these catch-words, and that the responsibility for their use bo placed where it properly belongs— that is, with the present leader of the South ern Democracy. The Reign of Bullylsm. Tho late riot at Albany, originating in drunk enness and resulting in the violent death of a number of persons, is n terrible commentary on that species of hnllyiam and swaggering "manhood" which has long ran riot in cer tain sections of this State. Such scenes are always in inverse proportion to the standard of intelligence, industry and moral worth recognized by any community. They will l>e repeated jnst so long as drunkenness is respectable, and so long as the exercise of shooting men down npon the slightest provo cation, is deemed a chivalrous exhibition of "manhood.” Tho time has arrived in the his tory of this State, when bnllyism should bo subordinated to law, and consequently, when a little judicious hanging would have a salu tary effect npon tho conduct of "gentlemen" who deem man-slaughter and murder a genteel accomplishment. A drunken beast bellowing through the highways unarmed, is one of those public nuisances that shonld be seldom wit nessed in an educated and well regulated com munity; but when a man thus becomes ool taiaruMs demon', it is simply an act of mnrder to permit him to carry deadly weapons where with to outrage the laws of Society and avenge his imaginary wrongs in the act «f wholesale mnrder. Yl'liat la the lint 1 We havo been honestly endeavoring to in duce the Macon Telegraph—one of the ablest and most influential Democratic papers in this State—to define the real issue made by Us party in the present canvass, bat thus for without mooses. If the Telegraph would either renounce "the platform of the Democ racy of the Union” as a whole, or tell ns pre cisely how much of the platform of 1868 it means to odheito to, then we wonld be enabled to arrive at a clear understanding of the is sues involved. But that paper seems disin clined to do either. True, it intimates that the party cannot quite undertake to cany either the Blair manifesto of 1868, or the Stephens letter of 1870; end yet oar Macon friend would foin be recognized as on expo nent cf the high pressure Democracy. Now if it repudiates tho National Demo cratic platform of 1868, and likewise the Steph ens letter of this year—which are practically one and the same thing—it is quite clear that it abandons the whole issue between the Dem ocratic and Republican parties. This propo sition is so seif evident, that we will not insult the intelligence of our Maoon contemporary with specifications or illustrations. The con stitutional amendments, tho laws of Congress known M (ho roooWrnotion uU, tl>. State Constitution and the laws of the State enacted in accordance therewith, all these ore either verities, “fixed foots," legal, and there fore binding npon the individual citizen as much as any other parts of the Federal Con stitution, and other laws of the National and State Governments, or else they ore, as Frank Blair said, and as Mr. Stephens intimates, mere ■nullities." Now to which side shall we -sign our Macon friend ? If to the former, then it is our pleasure to announce that there itnoismu between ms. If to tho latter, then the issue is simply that of 1868. "Only this and nothing more." Mr. BlodgcU'l Speech. The speed! of Senator Blodgett, delivered in Augusta, on Thursday last, is one of those practical common sense talks which respond to the sentiments and feelings of the mas and which Mr. Blodgett knows so well when and how to make. Himself a man of tho peo ple, he addresses the masses in the most sim ple, and, for that reason, telling manner. He seems to aim at nothing gorgeous or grandilo quent. either in language or style, but dis cusses the issues of the day in a manner at ones the most simple and powerful. It is one of those kind of speeches which men are likely to remember, and which will be felt at the day of tho election. The points are well made, and his castigation of a clique of dis- organizera who sought to betray the party into the bands of the enemy, is chaste and digni fied, and, for that reason, all the more severe and telling. His appeal to the Old Line Whigs is particularly opportune, and we appre hend that those who voted for Bell and Everett in 1860, will find some difficulty in rendering an intelligent reason for supporting the dog ma of Disintegration at this late day. We learn that the speech was well received, and that it created considerable comment in Mr. Blodgett's native city. Theology anil Politic*. One of the tiro Methodist clergymen, who ■ was a candidate for Congress from the First Tennessee District, has withdrawn in iavor of the other. His name is Gillenwatera. He wbs a “eirenit rider” in 1858, and n Judge of the Circuit or Superior Court in 1866. He withdraws in favor of tho Rev. (and Hon.) Nathaniel G. Taylor, who was a member of Congress in 1&52, and a Fillmore and Don- bMk»u State Elector in 1856. He is a man of great talents, a Eepnblican, acd will contest the race with R. R Butler. A Rich Poem—"The Haunted Stars." Several days ago we gave onr readers a la- dioroas extract from o pretentious poem, un der the above caption,published in the Sparta Times and Planter. The entire concern was so ridiculous that we were compelled to make fan of it, and it affords us pleasure to see th«t the Times and Planter lias candor enough to agree with ns. That paper compares the Eba to Jeffreys and Gifford, and pays a high com pliment to onr taste in criticism. We supposed that tho Times and Planter wonld discontinue the publication of the poem in question, as its "ridieolosity” sms apparent to every one, but, to our niter astonishment, wo find a second installment in the last num ber of that paper. A careful review confirms our former opinion. The poem goes on* to describo a “skinny" old negro woman, named Notvb, and accuses her master, Mika Orlan, of being a miseegenatiouist, because For eighteen years they lirod alone. The Joyless man and aged crons.'. This is pretty strong, but we can stand it, if Miss “Elzey Hay" can. It occurs to us, however, that "Etzoy'- goes it a little.too heavy when she / aecnses Nerva of having a “fair child” by Mike Orlau. And “her coro net of amber hair" is, perhaps, a little too far fetched—wlicn wo consider the color of her mother. But a delicate consideration for tho feelings of our readers forbids farther quota tions. We appreciate the compliment paid to onr critical taste by the Times and Planter, but we cannot, on that account, speak in com plimentary terms of its doggerel,' U matters not whether it is written by "Elzey Hay” or by Tom, Dick, and Harry. Patience us when we meet with 1 ‘sepulchral sounds,” “shuddering horrors," “secret mischiefs,” and "dark abodes.” We give it np! That poem will take the prize. Tho moral, tho diction, and everything else settle tho matter. In the Dark. A little Democratic paper in one of the Southwestern counties in this State,and which knows even less of State politic* than it does of the English language, makes “apomt" on “tho nine dollars per diem of the Radical Legislature.” Does not Che blockhead know that Andy Johnson's Legislature of 1865 fixed the pay of its members at nino dollars, and that tho Constitutional Convention of 1867 simply adopted the per dim of the (Demo cratic) Legislators that preceded it? f AM ; know further, that itw.is the same body which expelled the colored members in 1868, that voted its members “nine dollars jier day and mileage each way?" aO The Peace Pro.pcct. On the Fifteenth day of the present month, tho people of France hold their elections for the Constituent Assembly. The armistice, however, will extend until about the first of December, so that the new Assembly may be chosen, organized and charged with the bosi- i of legislation, some fifteen days before the close of the armistice. This fact looks favorable to the close of the unequal conflict It is a war which all enlightened nations depre cate, both as causeless in its inception and as one sided in its results. A farther prosecution of the conflict by France, is simply miutnrsa. It would be murder in the first degree, and impose a fearful responsibility on those thoughtless men into whose hands the Pro visional Government of France has fallen. A peace involving no sacrifice of national honor, though by no means omitting a large modi cum of national humiliation, might now be effected in the handa of a wise and skillful diplomacy. And Germany certainly has noth ing more to gain by the farther prosecution of a war which has already accomplished all (and more) than her original purpose in taking np the sword. There is every reason, therefore, to hope that this armistice is the practical ending of a war at ones the shame of France and the disgrace of modem civilization. ‘•Sam Uioivnlow's Ghost.*' Editor Bn: In your Daily of November 1st, I see an extract from the Boston -‘Banner of Light,” purporting to be a communication from the Spirit Land, made by the disembod ied 'film Brownlow," whose ghostship, when in the flesh, had boen a chattel of the venera ble Senator from Tennessee, Rev. Wm. G. Brownlow. The “Banner of Light” has been hum bugged by some spirit of darkness rather of light Senator Brownlow never owned a slave in his life, and was never anybody's “master" in the sense of tho word as employed by this spurious spirit To those familiar with Senator Brownlow’s career, it ia well known that he was always opposed to slavery, and never owned a slave, notwithstanding bis con troversy with Dr. Pryne in 1858, and his Cu ban Annexation policy of that and a former period. He was Proslavery for the sake of argument only. In his first published book (which appeared in 1834) Senator Brownlow aid “I am not. slave-holds, r and I pray God I never may be be.” (See Brownlow's Expo sition and narrative, p. HO.) And he never was a slave-holder, notwithstanding his de fense of slavery for the sake of controversy with Dr. Pryne. Wilhelm. The New Scheme. The proposition to refer the settlement of the Alabama Claims to the individual claimants and the British Government, and thus to take the matter at least temporarially ont of diplo matic circles, meets with faint approval even at the hands of the anti-Adminlstration fac tion. The absurdity of this proposition is shown np in a long letter from a distinguished American jurist, addressed to the Secretary of State, which we publish this morning. EAST TE.VSESSF.E SEWS. Little Frank Shropshire injured by a fall. Criminal court adjourned. During the a sion fifteen persons wen convicted. A new trial has been granted Julia Hoffman, found gnitty of infanticide. Preparatory work on the Custom House has commenced. Concert for the benefit of the Lutheran Church next Thursday. A grand Conservative mass meeting called for last night Man met curb-stone and hurt himself. Pickpockets about the depot Subscription getting up for the benefit of the French wounded. CHATTANOOGA. Fred. Simpson, colored, was accidentally killed at Tunnel Hill the other day. CoL Thos. F. Dudley is dead. Store of J. Knnz burglariously entered. J. Muller knocked Squire Browning down with a hammer the other day. City Marshal Kroft has been suspended. Quack cry. There are three papcis published in a re spectable village in Northern Georgia, each claiming “tho largest city, county and State, circulation.” Of course each “defies refuta tion;” and the announcement is made in each case “for the benefit of advertisers.” Retrenchment and Reform are the charac teristics of President Grant’s Administration. For weeks past, tho work of consolidating the Internal Revenue districts has been under con sideration. This important reform Las al ready been commenced in many of the States. Over five hundred assistant assessors have been dispensed with in the Southern and Western States. New York and Pennsylvania ore to be likewise subjected to this reform. The saving to tho Treasury by this process will be large, and verifies the prediction that the present Administration would correct the abuses and extravagance of its predecessor, i Thing*. Four women were discovered among a body of Turco prisoners. Dumas is now said to be recovering from bis illness. ‘He-winks-at the sky” is a distant relative of Spotted TaiL He never, no, never, winks at any of the Loesses. Jeff Davis and Jobal E. Early were present at the opening of the Virginia State Fair in Richmond. All Boston is humming a new song called Let Me Be." A Roman Catholic newspaper is announced in France with tho title of the Christian Era, the object of which is “to insist on tho intro duction of religious liberty into the Catholic oihnrcb, and its alliance with the genius of modern limes.” The Judge of a court in session at Keene, N. H.. at the time of tho earthquake, ordered the sheriff to arrest the person who was dis turbing the proceedings with so much noise. The officer reported that the oflender had es caped from the State of New Hampshire. ‘ 4 Young First Principles of tho India House” was tho name which Mr. Disraeli, years ago, gave in one of his novels to John Stuart Mill, then a clerk in the India House. 41 Dizzy,” with the presence of genius, had already re cognized a fellow-genius, and deemed him worthy a place on his canvas. Queen Victoria’s prospective son-in-law, the Marquis of Lorn; is said to be chiefly remark able for the symmetry of his legs. Wo had fondly hoped that the Princess Louise would so far vary the custom of royal marriages os to seek a husband whose attractions would natu. rally manifest themselves at a greater distance from his heels. LATEST NEWS, By Mail to the Era.] Order reigns in Mexico. St Louis Democrats are willing to run colored man for Congress. Six men were drowned in New York harbor in one day last week. ^ ' r The North Germanic Confederation 'fur nished 740,000 troops for the invasion of France. An attempt to assassinate King William last week, resulted in the wounding of Gen. V Boon. Garibaldi has been pitching into the Jesuits. Peasantsjthreatened to shoot him if ho didn’t do better. Something or other is to be done abont Schleswig Holstein. The rising in Domingo has been suppressed. Another revolution in Costa Ricajias been suppressed. Charles Summer’s lectures are creating con siderable interest this season. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company lias been permanently organized in New York, with Mar4hall O. Roberts as President Gen. Fremont declines to serve. A gale^n our Northern lakes last week did great damage to the shipping. Now that King William, Bazaine, Napoleon andEngenie have laid their heads together there is no telling what to expect Janauschek draws well in Philadelphia. Jeff Davis made a short speech at the Yir ginia State Fair. A nitro-glycerino horror in Ohio killed four men. The Chinese massacre foreigners because they fear them. Many lives lost on Lake Erie last week. Thirty priests are coming to America to found a monestery. Should policemen be fat, is the question in New York. Plenty of snow in New Hampshire. The antiquarians of Nashville are excited' over a Grecian Bend found on the streets. A Cabinet crisis has occurred in Holland. Doctors Flock and Van Bosse. It is now definitely ascertained that District Attorney A. B. Long, of Louisiana, committed suicide. Lawlessness in Missouri. Lives lost. Several persons shot in a political riot at Norfolk, lost week. The Pope wants a European Congress. A burglar in New York was shot by a spring gun, last week. Burglar’s friends prosecuted tho owner of the gun. He was acquitted. Two more preachers have put their feet in to the Fulton-Tilton muddle. Louis Napoleon is said to hold mortgages on New York property to the amount of ten million francs. run^a traction at the rink.^Mrs. M. A. Meeker, the authoress, is ux town. She CuTabout~re- Another abortion case in New York, with death as the result A quiet little revolution in Uruguay is now progressing. President Grant is a great admirer of Prus sia’s military discipline. German Republicans oppose the project to make King William Emperor of Germany. Ohio had a small tornado a week or two •go- The Legislature of Louisiana is to incor porate a Union League Club. orgo&izod in Paris. Napoleon is having a very nice time at Wilhelmshohe. He feels his position. Another gunpowder plot has been discover ed in Ireland. Fisk ia still kicking np a bobbery in New York. Steamship DeSoto has been in a big hurri cane. Republican majority in Iowa was 41,000. Correspondents say that the Prussians have already commenced reducing thir armies. New York municipal election oomes Off to? The story of Bazaine’s treachery is founded npon the fact that four months’ prorislona were found in the city of Metz. Arnold Brentlinger, of Lima, Ohio, is the hero of a terrible wife murder. Herr Twesten, a celebrated Prussia Repub lican leader, is dead. Insanity as a plea in mnrder cases, in New York, has been superseded by another pica— political animosity. Richmond has a Lee Monumental Associa tion, with Jeff. Davis for President Seventeen States elect Congressmen to day. Another anti-Chineso movement in New York. Chief Justice Chase is still very ilL A splendid portrait of Tonssaint L’Oaver- tnro is on exhibition in Detroit Editorial Raids. It is generally believed that Colonel Jim Phisqno did not go to the Columbus Fair. Aaron Alpeorin, the pet of. the Kn-Klnr De mocracy, is speaking pieces in his District The Savannah News says: “ There is a tear for all who die.” Cheer np, old fellow; nobody Brooklyn's belle’s marriage.’ wants to “ tear” von no! . _ • . wants to “ tear” you up! Tho Madison Examiner calls for money, on one page, and harmony on the other. The Augusta Chronicle, in mentioning an expected duel, kindly “suppressed” the names of the parties. It the duel comes off perhaps one, or both of the parties, themselves, will be “suppressed.” Turtles, in Savannah, -are called “beasts,” by the papers of that city. : y t yr ,.. j j The editor of the Brunswick Appeal has been presented with a pair of scissors. He has been giving “scissors” to liis contempo raries for some time post The Macon Telegraph devotes a column and a half to “A Real Vampire—The Story of Man who Banquetted on the Blood of His Fellow Boarders!” These cheerful little arti- ST.VTE NEWS. home. A champion New York skater is the at- Conatit rationality or the RelieV Law. ^ His honor Judge Hopkins, in his late decis- ired from injuries received at the Atlanta Gen. Colquitt in tho'city;.. .Rain Thursday - night. >.Ti r 'U Quito a number of visiting ministers in town Mr. Oxford was tho name of the citi zen killed in the affray in Ames’ circus. HAWKIXSVIIXE. Two railroad negroes killed in a fight the otboWay.^.. .Little business transacted in the Superior Court... .Episcopal convocation was held'last week. XZWHAK. Political meeting lost Saturday. Speeches by Wright, Caldwell and Freeman. COLUMBUS. River low—Fishermen doing nothing.... Weather warm... .Boat race come off Friday ... .Fair said to bo well attended. WEST POINT. Trade lively.... .Robinson’s circus coming. ... .Rev. Dr. Boring preached last Sunday. Alligator shot near tho toll bridge Ru- of an approaching duel between two mown gentlemen....The colored Bap- are involved in a row. LAGHANGK. Skating Rink to bo established.... .Episco pal 'Indies getting up a Fair People met on Tuesday and listened to an address on Gen. LeCybyBev. Morgan Calloway. SAVA2dAB. * Stevedore on a strike Forty-five marria" ges lost month The French Relief Concert was a success The Florences open at the theater Monday evening....Savannah Base Baft Club challenges ^very Club in the South Welcome rains Female shop-liflers about....The Savannah Free School estab lished fifty-three years ago is doing very well ... .Cotton advanced a quarter of a cent on receipt of the news of an armistice in Europe. THOMASTON. 'Republican meeting last Saturday... .Mon working on this end of the railroad. -V MAOON. Central Railroad train ran off the track Friday, injured a man and demolished five care Harry McCarthey in town....Third stoiy of the new Court House going up. COLUMBUS. Fifth day of the Fair a failure. BAINBUIDOE. Gulico ball last Thursday night Fire men held a Lee memorial meeting the other night Lee memorial Meeting comes off to-morrow. Eulogy by Hon. Jno. T. Clarke. ...Lawless ness on the rampage. Mr. John Molcom shot and wounded iu the dark by unknown persons. * Bob. Jones, colored, convicted of robbeiy has escaped Citizens voted Saturday on the water works question. Negro boy stabbed another dangerously the A regiment of women have actually been other day Six cars smashed up at station ast Frida .Steady rain Saturday. Residence of Mr. Chas. Strong destroyed by fire the other night BRUNSWICK. Dr. D. H. B. Troupe is dead. savanjuii. An effort is bring mode to raise a fond to baild a Lee Monument....The stevedores’ strike has been settled.. .Mayor Screven de signates the 17th as a day of thanksgiving... Peter Doherty was run over and killed by tho train the other day. Fonr survivors of the ill-fated steamship Vanina have arrived in the city. Thirty-six passengers were lost AUOUSIA. Lecture of Rev. It A. Holland much ad mired Chapman Sisters have aniTed... Plato Chisolm, confined on account of inabili ty to pay jail fees, lias been released on habeas corpus The rain commenced on Saturday. Thing*. Philadelphia lawyers are cowhiding each bther. Kentucky has a Christian statesman, which ibis name is Speed. An American traveler reports that “when Spurgeon gets excited, lie howls like a wilder- A New York saloon advertises “ Smythe Cocktails, Fulton Lager and Tilton Wine. Mayne Reid is said to have lost fifteen thou sand dollars by his magazine Onward. It not only went onward, but upward, and took him with it Memphis is tho only city in the United States where there ore more marriageable young men than young ladies. Corns on her feet so that she couldn’t stand up, was what caused the postponement of a des give a spice and variety, without which The amount of familiarity which Kfog Wil- The Savannah Republican says “every man can vote.” Bat not on the “early and often journalism would be monotonous. The Rome Commercial gets off the follow ing; on & political opponent: We cannot call him a brute—because that 1 would be a libel on the commonest cur dog that lives. Wo will not call him a scoundrel, because that v.-ould lay a slander on the char acter of the vilest wretch 1 that ever robbed. Wo will not call him a. traitor, because that would blacken the memory of Judas Iscariot. Does the above sound like Junius? If so how much? The Rome Courier no longer advertises for an apprentice. Failing to get the “It” at first advertised for, the Courier agreed to take a ‘Ho !* Now the question is, which one did the Courier get? And what is tho “natur of the baste?” “Democracy grows,” says the Monroe Wit ness. So does a mushroom. The Cuthbert Appeal is quite enthused over tho lively time in that “burg,” consequent npon the “unmitigated cussedness” of some of the inhabitants. What sort of piece did Bob Toombs speak liam exhibits with the opinions and wishes of the Almighty, ought to qualify him as tho most traascendant spiritual medium of tho :1 A Cincinnati genius accounts for the aurora by the upsetting of dye-pots of gjoiy and the leaking of their gorgeous contents through the firmament The Cincinnati Chronicle tells us ft*t ‘Louis Napoleon us^d to write sentimental peotry for the New York Mirror when he so journed in that city. James Fisk, Jr., will, it is said, bring suit against the Times for $100,000 fora slander ous article accusing him of keeping a mistress under cover of the Opera Company manage ment Mr. J. J. McElhone of the Washington Globe, is said to be the only short-hand man who can write with both bands at the same time—the left taking notes and the right transcribing. This is without parallel. The late Capital-removal Convention at Cincinnati was a decided failure. Only nine States were represented, by sixty-fonr dele-* gates; of these, Ohio famished twenty-four, and Illinois twenty-four, leaving the others to be distributed between Iowa, Kentucky, Kan sas, Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Nebraska, and Washington Territory. No distinguished men wero present,'and nothing was done of any importance, but the Convention came very nearly doing one sensible thing—the adoption of a resolution declaring the agitation for the removal of the National Capital uncalled for and unwise. ion upon Relief seems to have entirely over looked the most prominent feature of the law. -The-folldwing- iaa—portion of the abstract of the law as given by his Honer, of which we itaKciso certaraporticms: The first section of that act provides, in sub stance, that it shall not be lawful for the plain tiff to have a verdict or judgment in his favor in an action founded upon any debt, contract or cause of action, made or implied,'"bfefoie'the first day of Jane. 1865, until he has made i* appear to the Court that all legal.taxes c&anjea- ble by law upon the debt have been duly paid'&ich year since the debt was created. The 2d section provides'that in suits now pending for. Such causes pf action, the plaintiff within sx months after the passage of the act shall file with the Clerk of the Court an affidavit that such taxes have been duly paid for each year since the mak ing of the debt, and that he expects to prove the same upon the trial; and, npon failure to file such affidavit, the suit shall on motion be dismissed. Section 3d provides that in suits upon^ such contracts, the burden of proof showing that the taxes have been duly paid shall be upon the plaintiff withont any plea setting up that defense by the defendant Section 4 provides that in every trial of a suit founded upon such cause of action it shall be a condi tion precedent to a recovery that the debt has been regularly given in for t&ces, and the taxes paid, and that in every such case, if tho tribu nal trying it is not clearly satisfied that the taxes have been duly given in and paid, it shall so find and the suit shall be dismissed. The inseparable and intimate connection be tween this law and the payment of the taxes legally required to be paid, seems not at all to have attracted the notice of the learned Judge. The power of the State to levy taxes is not to be disputed, and its power to affix penalties for tho non-payment of those taxes, is equally beyond dispute. This view of the law places it in entire har mony with the Constitution. Zt ia not in any sense a law “impairing tho obligation of con tracts” but it is a law providing a penalty for the non-payment of taxes. There were, and are certain taxes chargeable by law upon debts. If the creditor has failed to pay those taxes he has violated the law. He is not an innocent party. He comes into Court a law-breaker, and the Legislature says, as a penalty therefor, his remedy shall be abridged upon on such claims for which he has not paid his taxes, and upon those only. The whole of those principles quoted by the learned Judge (and no one has a higher re spect for his learning than the writer) relating to the constitutional provision respecting the 44 impairing of the obligation of contracts,” have no application to tho Relief Law, so- called. . That no State has any power to pass any law impairing the obligation of & contract, is very true. No one who has ever read the Con stitution will deny it It is also an undisputed fact that every citi zen has tho right to the free use and owner ship of his property—his lands, his houses, his goods and his chattels, his choses in ac tion, and all manner of property not personal or mixed, which is his; but it is also true that all jhis property is subject to taxation by the State, and if he fails to pay the tax, his lands and his houses, and whatever is due him upon contract, are subject to forfeiture for his fail ure to pay such tax. Tho law in question docs not impair the obligation of any contract. It only in effect says, “that if any person in violation of law has failed to pay his proper taxes upon the debts due him, he shall not have the same remedy and the same privilege that other citi zens have, who aro not delinquent in their duty to the State, who are not violators of the law, by neglecting or refusing to pay their just and legal taxes.” If it were true that this law modified or abridged the remedy upon contracts to on un limited extent without any distinction what ever; if it sought to make its provisions abso lute upon all persons whatever, then, indeed, some question might arise as to its validity, for the reasons stated in the late decision. But the law in question does make a distinction. It only modifies and abridges the remedy in respect to a certain class, and that class one composed of persons who have not re spected tho law—who have not, in good faith, os good citizens should, returned and paid their taxes. To all others the courts are open as before, the remedy is the same as before. That the Legislature has the power to make such a distinction is os undoubted as its power to establish the tax. The very power to estab- ish the tax carries with it the power to fix pen alties for the non-payment of the tax, and the just and proper penalty is the forfeiture of the property liable to the tax. It is said in the late decision, that this law establishes a 4 'condition precedent” This not true os relates to the contract itself. There is no **condition precedent” established as to the original contract It was the law before, is now independent of any provisions of tho act in question—that the citizen should pay his taxes upon that as well as his other property. It is true that his remedy is abridged, as a penalty for the non payment of his taxes. It is required that the plaintiff must first show the court that he is not liable to the penalty for the non-payment of liis taxes. The view of the law above set forth places it in harmony with the Constitution. It is tho duty of a court always to endeavor to carry out the manifest intention of tho law makers, and it shonld in no event declare law void or unconstitutional if by any means, it maybe well to harmonize with the Consti tution. It is only when an legitimate and proper means to uphhld a law and carry it into effect havo failed, that court is justified in declaring a law void, must be in its nature totally and radically in consistent with, and contrary to the provisions of the Constitution, before it can be consider ed void; and even then, if any part of it can be made to harmonize, those parts must be al lowed to stand. “Ifc is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity and patriot ism of the Legislature to presume a law valid until its unconstitutional ity is beyond an doubt.” The above is tho language of the Supreme Court So it is seen that if there is any doubt the Legislature has the benefit of the doubt and the law must be held valid.— Fletcher vs. Peck, 6 Cranoh, Marshall, C. J. Odgen vs. Saunders, 12 Wheaton, 270. There ore a multitude of authorities to the same ef fect The law on this point is not doubted, It is much to be regretted that his Honor in his decision, gives no evidences of any at tempt on his part to harmonize its provisions with tho Constitution. Entirely overlooking tho intimate relation of the law to the subject of taxation, and the paramount power of the State in that direction, he has appeared blind to everything in the act besides its relation to contracts, and hastened to apply tho well- known-provision of tho Constitution, which hfis but a remote and very doubtful applica tion to t^a subject. Fulton. Aq£.£v1870. Georgo Wilkes, editor of the Spirit of the Times, and James Brooks, editor of the Ex press, are contestants for Congressional hon ors. The election, it is thought, will be close, although the District has heretofore been Dem- It Glynn County. • su n ri'. J&jrcsiBWKgx, CU-, Nov. 4, J$7D- J&lUor Atlanta Veto Era—Deab Sin : At a meeting of the Republicans of Glynn county, held at this place, Thursday. November 3d, instant, Hon. J. M. Colman was chosen by a unanimous vote the President of the Glynn County Republican Club; IT. T- Shuftou, Vice President; C, P. Goodyear, Secretary, and J udge J. F. Rowe, Treasurer of the same. The utmost harmony prevailed. Look out for a rousing majority from old Glynn, ;aily. Republican Congressional Kominntinfi . Convention cf flic Fiftli District. Pureuaut to the call of the State Central ConHnittee of. the Union Republican party the Convention met at Greensboro, November ; G • :«• l.cAudid.iti'-, I*.• r the list and 42d Congress. The meeting was called to order, and on motion Hon. W. H. McWhor ter was called to the chair. After an address the Chair, on motion r Hou. McWhorter Hun^vrlord was elected Secretary. The call of the State Central Committee was read, and on motion a Committee of five were ap pointed, consisting of Hons. Moses A Gard ner, Thomas Brooks, Jesse Wimberly. W. Eh Harrison and A. Colby, on credentials and to draft suitable resolutions. The Committee brpught in the following report: We find the fWlJ^ing counties represent ed with delegates HfNAho proper credentials. Richmond county—Moses Gardner, Thos. Payne, Richard Lamar. Greene county—A Colby, Luke Crittle. Hancock county—W. H. Harrison, E. Bapies. Morgan county—Thos. Brooks, Edmond Pape. Burke county—John Warren, Jesse Wim berly, Alfred Lee. Lincoln county—Platt Madison. Oglethorpe county—Jos. McWhorter, J. BridwelL Glasscock county—Alfred Murphy. Taliaferro couuty—Frank Holden. We respectfully recommend the following named gentlemen os the Executive Committee for the Fifth Congressional District of Geor gia. Richmond county—Win. J. White, Moses A. Gardner, W. H. Stalling. Burko county—Aaron W. Gilbert, John Warren. Jefferson county—Robert Brown, Alex. Stone. Hancock county—Eli Barnes, Asa Carring ton. Wilkes county—IL W. Graham, W. T. Rat- lej. Columbia county—J. M. Rice, Charles Steam. Lincoln county—J. M. Dill. Elbert county—W. IL Heard. Oglethorpe county—J. Cunningham, IL Maxwell. Qroen county—Jack Heard, R. Johnson. Morgan county—Monday Floyd, J. A. War- Talliaferro county—L F. Loyol. Glasscock county—J. Harris. Warren county—Henry Fowler, Thomas Flournoy. Washington county—Daniel Palmer, W. Simmons. Also to represent this District in the State Central Committee, Benj. Conley, of Rich mond, Abram Colby, Greene, W. H. Harrison, of Hancock, E. Tweedy, of Richmond. We also recommend the nomination of the following named gentlemen to represent the Fifth District in the Congress of the United States of America, and hope every .Republi can will stand by the nomination and be at their post on the 20th, 21st, and 22d of De cember: Hon. Thos. P. Beard, of Richmond, 41st Congress; „ Hon. Isham S. FanninjMergan county, 42d Congress. SC We also recommend uORuoption of the fol lowing resolutions: Resolved. That the administration of his Excellency Rufns B. Bollock, meets tho hearty and cordial endorsement of this convention, and that snch has been his constant devotion to Republican principles that his namo is cn- deared to all lovers of liberty throughout the land, and wherever the flag of our Fathers waves and where Freedoms exists. Resolved, That this Convention invito all good citizens of-both political parties to use their beet endeavors to maintain peace and order at tho polls at the next election, to the end that a fair expression of onr people may bo had, and the best interest of the peo- plo of Georgia subserved by placing in office such persons as will ever advocate a system of free school education, and will endeavor to promote the best interests of the whole peo ple of the State and of our common country. Resolved, That the delegates to this Con vention give expression to the wishes of tho Republican voters of this District, that pend ing the present campaign there shall exist no ill feeling on account of a difference of politi cal opinion, bat that every voter will accord to each and all a right to the olective franchise and a free exerciso of snch franchise, and that this Convention: indulge the hope that the prosperity which Georgia has hod under a Re publican administration may be perpetuated till the ravages of war shall not be visible nor felt, and that Georgia willjregain her ante-bel lum name, ‘"The Empire State of the South.” Resolved, That this Convention endeavor to nominate such persons to Congress as will givo the colored voters of the District all the politi cal rights granted them by the Reconstruction Acts, and vouchsafed, eventually, to them by the Great Jehovah, who is the Author of every good and perfect gift. On motion, the proceedings of the Conven tion were ordered to be published in the New Eba and American Union. The report of the committee was unani mously agreed to. McWuoktkb HnsoEBTonn, Sec'y. Lee, Major-General John B. Gordon, Major General Edward Johnson, Major-General R. Trimble, Brigadier-General W. B. Ti ferro, Brigadier-General William N. Pen ton, Major-Gen al William Smith, Brigai General H. A- Wise, Brigadier-General J Imbodcn, Colonel Charles Marshall, Colo Walter H. Taylor, Colonel W. K. Perrin Colonel Peyton N. Wise, General M. Ransom, Captain Robert Pegram, General L. L. Lo max, Colonel Henry Peyton, Colonel J. K French, Colonel R. E. Withers, Major William N. Berkeley, Colonel William Willis, Colonel William Preston Johnson, Lieutenant Mann Page, Privates William O. Cane, of Lonisa county, Va.; Robert Martin, of Fanqnier; G. Hough, of Baltimore, and G- Elder, of Mary land, and Sergeant W. Wirt Robinson. Secretaries—Capt E. S. Gregory, Sergcan George L. Christian, Capt. C. U. .Lawson, Sergeant James P. Cowardin, Capt. W. A. An derson, Private Abner Anderson, Capt. S. D. Houston, Capt. George Walker, and Maj. Wm. B. Myers. Tho report was unanimously adopted amid great applause. TME ALABAMA CLAIMS. A Kcw Plan of Settlement Proposed—111- rect Application by Individual Claim ants to tlie British Government for In- dcmnity-Why the United State* Govern ment Cannot Consent to Such a Proce dure* The following letter to Secretary Fish, is in reply to a series of letters of Hon John A. Parker, who advocates the settlement of tho Alabama Claims by direct application of the individual claimants to the British Govern ment After stating the proposition of Mr. Parker, the writer says: . I Buppose at the outset that the proper ope ration, if not tho letter of international law, would stand in the way if there were no posi tive statute of the conntry to bo infringed. Sorely this most bo regarded as settled in all ordinary cases, that Governments transact with Governments where claims are to be enforced; and this is not a case where the British author ities employed tho claimants to perform a given work for a stipulated price, and might possibly be impleaded in their courts but where reparation is sought for a wrong. These claims grow only out of an alleged wrong which it is the duty of the Government to seo righted, and individuals cannot right Again: These claimants are indebted purely and solely to - what our Government has al ready done for the fact that England ia now ready to recognize any claim whatever on their part, if that Government is so far wil ling, os they allege. If they had stood alone, and onr Government had not interfered, be yond all question not one dollar wonld they ever have been able to recover or England wonld ever have allowed. It wonld be strange, then, it at tho moment when they believe the Government has placed them in a condition to regain their losses, they shonld be permit ted to ignore its authority and value, tom their backs npon it, and expose its honor to the ridicule of foreigners, as if it were an in- capapble or nutrastworthy agent Real pa triotism would hardly proceed in snch a man ner. And suppose they should fail after all? Is tho Government again to take up at all this disadvantage tho cause which they havo so seriously embarrassed. It is to be remem bered that whatever might be imagined, respecting a caso not yet touched, this case, either by tho requirement or the very cordial acquiescalto of these parties, is now, and from tip first lias No Poll Taxes! The Comptroller General has sent to each Tax Collector in the State a copy of the follow ing instructions, from which it wili be seen that no poll tax will hereafter be collected until farther orders on the subject: COMPTBOLLEn GEMEBAL’S OrfTCE, Atlanta, November 8, 1870. To ail and Singular Vie Tax Collectors <f this State: You are hereby directed to observe and conform to tho provisions of the following Act ol the General Assembly, approved Octo ber 25, 1870, to-wit: * Section 1. Be it enacted by tho Senate and Honse of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General. Assembly met, That all poll tax assessed and imposed on the people of this State for the years 1868, 1869 and 1870 is illegal, and not warranted by the Constitu tion of this State, and that Tax Collectors be instructed to desist from collecting the same, and that Tax Collectors be relieved from all such poll tax os appear unpaid in their re spective digests. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this Act are hereby repealed. Approved October 25, In accordance with the above recited Act, yon are hereby ordered to desist from collect ing any more of said poll tax after the receipt of these instructions, and not to pay any com- missions to Tax Receivers on the poll tax as sessed on your digests, and not collected prior to the receipt of these instructions. Yon will in no case refund any poll tax that ; roo may havo collected before receiving these i attractions. Respectfully, Madison Bell, . Comptroller GenepaL Jeff. Davl« Elected l*re«Xdcnt of the Lee Monument Association -» He ko Speech. Last Thursday night a large number of the citizens of Richmond, Va., assembled for the purpose of organizing a Leo Monument As sociation. The Richmond Dispatch mentions Jeff Davis in the following terms: As Mr. Davis arose to walk to tho stand, every person in tho house rose to his feet, and there followed such a storm .of applause as seemed to shake the very foundations of the building, while cheer upon cheer was echoed from the throats of veterans saluting one whom they delighted to honor, Mr. Davis spoke at length, and with his ac customed thrilling, moving eloquence. We shall not attempt, at the late hour at which Write, to give a fall report of his ad- dress. He addrpised his heave*? as “Soldiers and sailors of the Confederacy, comrades and ..... a {0 - Speeches were made by distinguished ex- Confti.derates, and the following permanent organization was agreed upon: Praciflni been, in the hands of our Governdrent There then, it certainly appears, it should remain until finally settled. At least, if the Govern ment chose to permit a different course, yet the claimants could have no right to demand it But further: The money claim is but part of the case made with Great Britain. That of itself became a claim, because of the wrong under which the money was lost; and to assert the dignity and honor of the country and re pair this wrong, so that the like may not again occur to jeopard the pecuniary interests or the interests of peace and righteousness between two great nations, is at least os high and valu able an end ns the recovery of any given amount of money. Would the payment of these claims in tho manner propos ed fairly and frankly moet that ob ject? It might be interpreted, indeed, into an admission on the part of Great Britain that there was some remissness on the part of her officials which might impose upon her a degree of responsibility; and that, I think, she has admitted, and thereon is willing to endure some amount of damages. Bat wonld it repair the indignity of the hasty and un friendly neutrality act? tho indecorum of Lord John Russell’s sneers at “the late United States” while he was the member of the Ad ministration with whom onr country (at amity with them) was jto deal? the injury inflicted by other privateers ? Mr. Gladstone's depre ciating speeches, and the,bad moral influence of their whole course while our dreadful war continued? Could it do all this? I think not On the contrary, it must weaken the position of onr Government fatally, as it seems to me. It would bo a miserable back ing ont from the high, but just position wc have been understood hitherto to maintain, and would go very far to render us contempti ble, and justify Great Britain and any other nation in inflicting indignities: for if only a money consideration should be offered it wonld heal all wounds of honor. But where the dig nity of a nation is at such a point, its useful ness, its grand life, all its moral power over the world are gone. No creditors, for any amount of money, have the right to ask, to hint at, any such sacrifices, on the part of their country. It seems little short of treason.— And that this application was, therefore, promptly denied by onr Government is mat ter of no surprise or complaint There are incidental points deserving no tice. The appeal to the authorities abroad before consulting those at home (it appears an agent was employed) must intimate to the En- nKnl. iVfti 4L.M. I - VI -A?. Z- - A I l 1 .. — ~ * A l. A \. . glisli that there is dissatisfaction here with the way in which the negotiation is Conducted, and of necessity encourage Lord Granville to raise obstacles and to resist a fair settle ment It injures the country; but it likewiso injures their own cause. Tho letter to Mr. Frelinghuyscn—was it courteous to the Government? Was ifc proper toward Mr. Frelinghuyscn? These parties are bent apparently on ignoring the Govern- fc Mr. F. was not to be their agent ment But! or the agent of any private parties, but of his Government to represent its views and to car ry out its purposes To address him, there fore, as if he would side with individuals against his Government seems the height of indecorum, which might very properly have been resented. Sir. Frelinghuysen is a man of more nobility of mind than to be made a tool by any parties, and I know him well. Having been very recently in England, and, having conversed with gentlemen of intelli gence there, I not only feel some special inter est in this subject hut I believe I know some what of tho sentiments common among tho English. .1 believe there is a strong friend ship among them (the people) toward us, aijd they wish these matters of dispute settled and out of the way. But I am also convinced that they should not bo hnddled up by a hollow truce, but be terminated on grounds of justice and right in which the honor or sensitiveness of neither party shaft be needlessly invaded; |n which, however, great questions of interna tional right and ooortesy (an imperfect right) shall bp defined, and the friendship of the two great protesfiyut peoples of the world shall not hereafter fee endan gered, nor their influence for good over tbs civilized world bo impaired, by the stupidity or selfishness, or cupidily and loro of gain, or S lide or ambitjon or ill will of either pariy.— result snch as this growing out of these diffi culties is a consummation most devoutly to bo desired, and would be honor enough to moke any administration prominent wad distinguish ed through all time. But to narrow the whole to a mere question of dollars and cents, and then to place it in tho hands Pf the money changers for collection at a discount, would be an opprobrium to our country. I hope you will pordon this intrusion, my dear sir, for I seo the interests of religion, humanity, pjid aatiox^l cd’-^cement and use fulness bound up with this subject 4»d feg* lieve mo, very respectfully, your obedient serr vant, * * Brick Pomeroy Exit. 'Where now,” asks the Cleveland Leader, “is the rampant and terrible Brick Pomeroy, who three yeas ago went down to New York to teach his brethren of the press that pro fanity, obscenity and foul-mouthed abuse were . tho essential elements of success in journal ism? Quite chopfallen. His money, which he shook so offensively in people’s faces, all spent, his credit gone, the fneuds of his pros- ] >erity scattered, he now retires from the pro fession he could not degrade, and tfei§ ? from the Round Table, a staunch'Democratic pq,- pey\ i§ his epitaph: The .“Deihovr^t, lii^ler tho charge of ifr. J. H. Lambert,is rapidly recovering from pm aai£ v aging influence of ifis late editor, and is doing well."