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ATLANTA. GEORGIA
Tuosioy Mornlnn,
THIUTY-FIFTH UUTHUl OUTWIT |
Anti-Convontiou-Anti-R*«onatruction-
Anti-Kadioal Ticket.
WHITE MAN’S TICKKT.
J. B. KEY, of the County ol Cloy Inn
\Y. T. WINN, of the Comity of Cobb,
n K ri‘ UN Kit, of tlio County of Cobb.
J. 1’. UAMBLETON, of the Co. ot Fultou.
E. >1. TALI AFEUUO, ortho Co. ot Fultou.
T. T. SMITH, of tlio County ot Fulton.
^ K. O I'LL ATT, ot the County of Fulton.
KlNllan Vt|i.
Tuesday, the 29ih October instant.
Wednesday, the 30th October instant
Thursday, the 3lsl October Instant
Vhe election to be held at the several Comity
treats only. Foils to bo opened at 7 o'clock, A.
M and closed at 0 o’clock, F. M , ot each day.
sswRpmaaaaaft—■>—an—ssampaaft—saw III
Ths Ilnrrssss4»r~" t'smmsn Sense." j and have fully refilled the arguments ot "Com- I
tionoral Fope, bavins full diserelhm In lbs mi „, ttense." Wo assure liiut It Iiaa been done !
premises, liu apporliohvd Georgia according lo : i„ ll() „|,( r ii of factious anntroversv, mul With
the Senatorial District*. The se districts, accord- „vcty respoct lor Aim, but nevertlieieM as a duty
big to the registration, and if the vote Is eon- j n, e country and to truth, it lias been dons
cheerfully.
Tile Klerllon.
Wo are gratified to nnuouuco tlmt every pos
sible preranllon on the pnrt of tbu Military
Autiiohitiks, lias lieen taken, to preserve pence
and order in the city during the three days ot
tlio election ol this week. To the civil, au-
TiioHiTlics tills important duty Is specially en
trusted,the military,only ns an adjunct, should
their assistance ho required. We trust that
tlieio will be no disturbance either at the pulls,
or ut any other place, during the three days
those who are entitled to it, Bro exercising the
privilege ol the elective franchise. Let tho civil
AliTlloMTlBs upon whom the solemn responsi
bility devolves of presutving pcaco and order,
do so promptly, when they are threatened hy
violence, ut every hazard, that Atlanta may ho
saved scenes such us have nppulled and disgraced
other Southern cities! The MILITANT is at
hand, we learn, to co-operate in ease there Is
necessity tor it.
ftas
TlitOul)' Sale Coure* lor Conservatives.
We have urged upon the white voters ot Clay-
t Ml, Cobh, iimi Fulton, that the ouly sale course
lor them to pursue in the election which com-
indices to-day. ami which is to continue to-mor
row ami close Thursday, is not to cot* on (As Con-
coition question at alt, but to vote tor the white
Man’s Ticket, at the head ol these columns,In case
such a Convention shall be called, in accordance
with the Congressional euactment regulating
that question. We have showu them that they
have the clear right of exercising the privilege ot
ooli'ig only for delegate*, and we again reiterate
what we have Hitherto asserted upou that subject.
If they have not—or it Hulbert, ihe Chief liegis
t rat-ir ot the Slate, Bhall attempt lo deny them the
privilege, or designs in his orders to do so—we
place hetore them now authority to prove that he
nsur-'s a power not exercised in Florida, which
is also under Gcu. Pope’s command, the voters
of which State under tlio Congressional recou-
struction enactment, having certainly no greater,
n >: more extended privileges than those of Geor
gia. Our authority isembraced in llie following
Extract from an article in the Tallahassee Flor
idian, which is tally up to the point in question.
Says that paper:
•• The next question for consideration is as to
the propriety ot coting for Delegates. Some sup-
p ue thnt a voter cannot vote lor delegates alone
b ,t that it he votes at all. he must vote one way
or the other on the question of Convention. This,
however, is a mistake; the instructions sent out
b.' the Superintendent ot Registration leave the
matter entirely to the discretion ot the voter-
We quote trom those instructions;
•• MIL The Judges, before commencing to re
ceive ballots, shall cause to be proclaimed aloud,
that the polls arc open. But one ballot shall be
received from each voter, which shall contain
his vote upon the question ol Convention, and
lor (lelegctes, either or both', as be may desire.”
Thus the authorities having control ot the
matter decided that a voter may vote for or
against Convention and for delegates, or he may
/i* r a-L-gnt.* nnd nof vote on the question
of Cuo?«aU(ia. Tfa« langiuur* ol U10 instruction*
is, “either or both as Ue may desire? 5 it is, tueie-
fore, ev.dent that a voter may vote (or delegate*
to the Convention, without being required to vote
on the question ot Convention.
"This being fixed, our advice is, that the white
people of the State shall not cote on the question
of Convention, hut that they shall vote only for
delegate* in such counties or districts where they
are in the ascendancy, or where hy combinations
they may he able to elect Conservative dele
gates."
"sauce for the Goose, should be sauce for the
Hinder.” If 'ti* to in Florida, why should it
not be so in Georgia ? If the Chief Registrator
cf Florida declares tlmt the voter in that State
it, iy vot.- up >n “either or both"—that is, upon the
Convention question, and for delegates, “either
or both” as lie m ty desire—why should the Cliiel
Registrator 1.>r Georgia, declare otherwise? The
responsibility be hit should be so determine !
Prepare then vour ballots, white voiers of
Clayton, Cobh, aud Fulton, and vote only for the
li'Aife Min's Ticket at the head ol our columns.
Ho this, and you will have done your duty.”
White Voter* of Clayton, Cobb, Mi Fnl>
ton.
We have presented you the argument, now go
to the polls aud vote lor the White Man’a Aud
it,i Heal Ticket. Leave not undone till to-mor-
row that which you can do to-day I The polls
me opened, do your duly to your Stute, to your
r.iee, to your God, ns you hope lor the respect
hevealtcr ol your fellow-countrymen In whose
veins the blood of the Caucasian flows pure and
itndefiled! This is a white man’s government,
nud most he so maintained. Act well your
parts, each and overy one of you, lor in ao doing,
ul' the honor lies I
To the polls I To the polls! And lie victory
will he yours! lie that dallies nets, will bide
his head hereafter in shame. He that doubts,
must doubt no longer, or lie will sorrow till the
day it shall be written, “time with him is no
more."
I pretend lo say
| aarily 104 black men tu the Convention, hut they
will have the /lower to send such or white men in
their interest, which is lor nil practical purposes
the same thing. The aggregate registration
\ shows the white* In a majority of nearly two
j thousand. There is surely something significant
in the fact that hy the apportionment the power
is given to tho minority til blacks to elect tin
overwhelming majority of the delegates. These
delegates are for a Convention to torui a Consti
tution lor the Stute, aud should have been ap
portioned ao as to bring torlli as nearly as possi
ble a ported representation ol the popular feel
ing. Hut all power is put into the keeping ol
tho minority. This minority is composed ex
clusively ol colored voters who constitute niuo-
tenths ot the Radical party iu Georgia. Why
was this done? Judging from the results, mid
the political nfllliulion ot General l’opo and
the motive is patent. A ditlereut basis ol ap
portionment was used tor Alabama ami Florida.
Both ol these had, when we last knew ol their
political orgauizaliou, Senatorial Districts t om-
posed of two or more couuties. Wo are unin-
lorinetl of any change. The Columbus Enquin r
says " Alabama liad Senatorial Districts as Well
us Gcoigiu, lint those Districts were disregarded
in Alabama and netc Districts formed.’’ W by
were not the Senatorial Districts ot Alabama,
lor the purpose ot apportionment, as convenient
as those ot Georgia? Thu change iu the basis
was not without some design. Can " Couunuu
Senso” lurnisli a motive for tliu change consist
ent With the faithful discharge ot a most impor
tant trust ? Tito law Itself prescribed for Gener
al Pope a ditlereut busis. It pluiuly says ruler-
cnee shall ho had to representation in *‘lbc most
numerous branch ot the General Assembly,"
while General Pope adopted abasia directly the
reverse ot popular representation. The Senate,
ot a Suite is a body analogous as far as practica
ble to the Senate ot the United Stales. In the
latter the States at State* wilhonl regard to pop
ulation is representuted. This is intended as a
“check" upon tho House of Representatives,
which represent tho masses. lathe former, couu
ties In their corporate and territoral capacity arc
represented and no regard is had to population.
The Third District, which registers only 1,075
votes is entitled to the same representation in
tho Ga. Suuate as the first, which registers 8,470.
As these Districts were not usable to arrive nt
the popular will, it was General Pope’s doty to
torm new Distiicts. Was it practicable to do so,
and thus ensure a just representation of the pop
ular voice V The data was belore General Pope
tor that purpose. From the registration it will
be seen there are as many as 74 counties, entitled
to ut least one representative upon the ratio ot
representation, adopted by Gen Pope, according
to “Common Sense.” Even adopting the Sena
torial Districts as a basis, and there nre sixteen
Districts where one county in each could have
had its own representation, and the other two
could.have been thrown together. Forexample
in the first District, Chatham has 7,142 voters,
enough to entitle it to six delegates, Bryan has
592, and Effingham 742—in the aggregate 1334,
enough to entitle the two combined to one dele-
in»t« Tho colored are registered 677 strong, and
the whites 057. Effingham nnd Bryan on tilts
basis would send one white delegate; and the
District would then be represented by six radi
cals and one Conservative—whereas it now has
eight radicals,' making a difference ol two
delegates against the Conservatives. The same
thing appears in several other districts. This ol
itself would have shewn some regard for the peo
pie’s rights. Among the 74 there are 19 counties
entitled to separate representation, having a reg
istered vote varying from 1,005 to 1,518. Ol
this number there aro seven varying from
1,118 to 1,154. The largest of the nineteen
show a fraction over “Common Sense’s” ratio of
413, not enough to entitle it to an additional
member, while the excess in the most of them is
loo trivial lo consider. Having disposed ot these
counties in the manner suggested, General Pope
could have then “grouped” the counties accord
ing to the necessities, putting sometimes two,
and very rarely three, as he has done in every
cose. He would have bad lesa difficulty in dis
posing of the fractions than he lias had by hie
system. The smallest district hy the register is
the third, which calls for 1075 voters, and it as
signed one delegate. This is very nearly “ Com
uion Sense's” basis, but there are other districts
of over 1600, who have only one delegate, while
there are districts ot the rise ol 1000, and dis
tricts of the rise of 1800, which have tico dele
gates. In the one case there is a fraction of one
half in excess unrepresented, while In the other
| there is a traction of more than one halt in dimi
nution represented by one delegate. Gen. Pope
either had some ulterior design in making these
differences, or tie arbitrarily adopted the Sena
torial Districts from indolence or neglect, and
forced tlie representation to suit. In either case
lie did not faithfully und iairly discharge his
duty. But we find hy examination tlmt General
Pope and "Conimou Sense" differ. The latter
says the proper figure is 1123. By an examina
tion ot the apportionment, the former could have
hnd no regard whatever to tills number as
ratio of representation. In the flrtt district he
has assigned ono delegate to every 1059 voters
in the litili, ouc to every 1142; iu tho 34th, one
to every 1006; in the 10th, one to every 1227;
the Ulki, oiid to every 948; in the 1th, oue to ev
ery 1629; and in the 40Hi, tiro to every 1088.—
lie seems to have made the ratio subordinate
the districts, instead oi the reverse, xvhicli was
“his plain duty.” These figures will show that
General Pope lent himself to parly, or is incom
petent to the discharge ol his duty.
The same complaint came up horn Alabama,
and now conics trom Florida, as will appear by
the following extract from tlm Floridian :
t rxci .v.v.t n correspoxdexce
iron ms intei.uuencih.t
Cincinnati, Oct. 24,1867.
1 semi you an article Iroin the Enquirer o{ this
illuming, in response to certain interrogations
from an Atlanta correspondent ol a gentleman
of this city. The editorial reply is in consonance
with tliu views ol your correspondent, hitherto
expressed, in definition ot the him Northern elec
tions. There is not tliu least difference on the |
subject ol negro sullragu ami reconstruction, be
tween Northern and Southern Democrats. As
an cvidoucc of litis change in popular sentiment,
_ have just hail a conversation with a gentlemau
distinguished in the politics ot this section, with
whom I was Irequcuily and intimately thrown
just previous to and shortly after the beginning
•I tho war. At that time he was Intensely Un
ion, and would listen to no proposition not
founded in tlio continued Union oi tho Stales.—
lie now declares tlmt every act ot the Republi
can party Iroin tlio inauguration of Lincoln was
conceived iu sin and brought forth in Iniquity,"
tlmt their object iu overy act has been to “cheat,
to swindle, nnd deceive the South.” 1 also send
you no article trom that able conservative Jour
nal tlio Xational Intelligencer, which, I think, lor
sound, correct statesmanship will address itsell
forcibly to your readers. It administers a just
and a severe rebuke lo your military command-
cut General John Pope. That the lives and lib
erties of hundreds of thousands ot noble, pure
high hearted people should he subject to such
military dictn, wliould bo damning to any na
lion.
The trip from Baltimore to this point was
rather tedious in some respects, having been out
three days, owing to detentions on the way.occas-
sioned hy the smash up ot some freight trains,
and the ioss oi connections thereby occasioned,
Taking the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the
sceuery all along the line is most inviting to the
lover of nature. From Cumberland to Parkers
burg, a distance of two hundred miles, the eye
is in constant communication with tho varied
chains of the Alleghany mountains. In the
beauty aud sublimity ol these scones, the great
Architect has placed the seal of his magnificence
and power. The season is peculiarly favorable
to the enjoyment ol such » prospect. To tile
blue and tranquil sky ol autumn is added the
mild and placid serenity ol earth. The ntoun
tain forests, broken only by an occasional settle
ment, along their steep declivities and sometimes
on their tops, are arrayed in the richest livery ot
purple, gold, and evergreen. Who knows with
our restless energy and activity, that in less than
fifty years, the demands ot commerce aud travel
ts in the case of the Alps, between France aud
Italy, will require the tunnelling of these
mountains, in order to afford direct Hues oi com
inuuiealion between the Eai-t nnd West ?
In passing Harper’s Ferry, it was with a mel
ancholy feeling that 1 viewed the initial point
of the war—the point at which John Brown, in
siigated by the abolitionists ot the North, invaded
the territory of the South with hostile intent
and for the purpose ol accomplishing the very
results which have since ensued. All through
Western Virginia, I could but think ot the in
justice and vloleuce by which this section was
formed iuto what is liogusly called the “State of
West Virginia,” Aad yet in view ot the natu
ral and striking diflerence between this and
East Virginia, their inhabitants springing trom
separate races, their manners and customs, their
social life, so different in every respect, so much
so, indeed, that in consonance with our ideas of
what constitutes a State, we do not wouder thut
this people should havo deserved a separation
from a race so inffpltcly superler to them in all
instincts aud attributes of a truly noble man
hood. And yet these inequalities, there incon
gruous element* entering into the composition
ot social Bystem, wholly foreign to each other,
in all tli it pertains to a well ordained society,
di I not justify tho outrageous net of dismember
incut, hy which a great and glorious old coin,
mimwciilih, was deprived ol a portion oi her
domain, in express violation of the Constitution,
Having just readied Cincinnati, 1 am unable as
yet to uote the improvements nud changes which
iiave occurred since I visited it last—seven years
ago. During a brief sojourn I may possibly
gather something of interest to your readers.
Rdsskll,
The followino is the article of the Ciucin
nnti Enquirer referred to hy our correspondent
“ Russell,” in tliu foregoing correspondence.—
It comes iu good time, aud will, we trust, be pc
rused hy our readers ere they deposit their votes
this morning in the ballot box.
Till* NOUTItKItN ELECTIONS IN TUB SOUTn—
JUDICAL MISttEFItESENTATIONS.
A private li tter lias been handed us, writru by
a gi-nili'iimu in Atlanta, Georgia, to a gentleman
oi ihi .city, which, alter giving some extracts
Iroin U,e Atlanta Xevc Era, a Radical sheet, pro
Ceeds to my;
" You will perceive tlmt three propositions nre
distinctly enunciated: First, that tin; Democracy
of Ohio I,<id (ought tlie late political battle mere
Iy Ini* parly ascendency or local supremacy
second. that tliu Democracy oppose negro snf-
Iran* in tin* Northern Htti'es, hut favor ii in the
SiiutlcTn; and, third, th'it s ili«’!ngtiished cill-
/■■II ol Ohio ami ptomii Democratic speaker
in it,n I'ite e.mvA-s so stute l uud heliexed. The
two hist named piopjstliuus eoiisliiulu Ilia great
argument ol tliu Republican and Rccoustiuc-
\\ ill '‘('onion Sense ’ uiiuuil.iko lo defend Gen. ijou pres* iu uuv ihMpi,
Pope in liia Florida apportionment ? lie must We would siiy to tlie Atlanta genii man iitat
do so nr yield tho point. In Ids labors he has if these nr..> "tlie great. arguments ul lie.. Ih puh
...» *. mi*. ■» * - > sraasrossss. usst
nihility— and must liuvc much work for nothing. v ,. l v Hm-ry il‘ »nv e.on.-uiiorablii number ol per
il is well the weather is cool, or lie might sink ! sons it*, (leiirgln or in Hie Month should lie so id
under the woik Indore him. Coiiqilaiullmsiilso intormed as nut to know their utter falsity and
, , ,, . . biacness The D-moeruts ol Uliin height lie
hueiitimdtitoGener.il Giant at head quartets, , u|(} l)( , k . jn (hu eivll „ m |
and by the fnllowiug ftn.ii tlio Aational Intelli
gencer we ecu that General Grant condemns Gen
As to tlie second proposition, we Imvc not tliu
least ides tlmt there Is * single Democrat in nil
the Northern States—and there are two million*
of them—who Is not npiawed to negro suffrage,
North nml South. They nil consider It n tUou-
Kiindfold greater evil lor the South than the
North, Imcsubs tho principal |mrt ol Hie negroes
are In the South. It is difficult to llnd language
to describe tho disgust mid Indignation with
which tint Northern Douiocrney regard tho
whole scheme of forcing negro snltrnge upon
tlie South by net of Congress or through an
amendment to the Constitution.
They regard it not only as tho political de
struction ot ten or a dozen tine Htntca, lint also
as a tremendous, it not fatal, blow to their social
organization nnd industrial prosperity. Much ot
tliu reaction In the Northern States agaiust tlio
Radicals is owing to their attempt to Imnd over
tlie South to negro rule. "No distinguished citi
zen of Ohio, and prominent Democratic stienk-
er," ever used tho Inngilagt! attributed to him in
Georgia. We brand It us a pure Hint unmitiga
ted falsehood, made out ot whole cloth.
Tlie Atlanta correspondent is anxious to know
whether tlie South will receive any benefit from
Hie late Democratic success. Well, the tacts are,
we have gained two Democratic United Slates
Senators who are opposed to tliu military des
potism bill, and who are ill lavor ol ils lupenl.—
For Hie House, the elections show such changes
as to indicate, to a certainty, Hint it never could
have been passed If the members had been elect
ed lliia lull, Instead oi last year. It is true It will
require tliu elect ions ol another year to give to
American Constitutional Utterly the adequate as
sistance it requires ; hut ils toes and tlie Irieuds
ot negro kultrnge have received dreadful blows
in tlie late Northern elections.
This correspondent asks advice nsto tlie course
tlie Southern people should pursue in regard lo
the negro-suffrage, military despotism hill—
Whether they should go "11 and organize under
it, or allow tliu negroes to Iiave lull sway, by
their abstaining trom it. This lias always been
a question of present policy, of which those on
the ground are the best judges. We do not see
tlmt in tlie Suites where tlie negro* have majori
ties—where the districts are “fixed up" by the mil
itary dospots to return n majority of negroes any
way, wUure.the whole power of the Government
tins been employed to crush out the white and
put the negro ou top—that any thing can be
made hy having any tliiugtodo with the farcical
“reorganization," iis it is called. Probably, iu
such rases, the more euliiely negro it Is, the
more ridiculous it appears, tliu heller lor its iu-
tliieneu abroad. W lien these negro States, that
lire now being manufactured by the Radical sa
traps, are presented tor admission to Cougress,
nil the tacts connected with them will be care-
tally sifted, and can not lull to have a decisive
efiect upon tlie people.
We have no idea, tlmt, in any event, the off
spring of military despotism and negro suffrage
can be anything but a political abortiou. It will
be short-lived. Suonur or later there will be a
political revolution in the North tlmt will brush
the whole thing, like a cobweb, uway. The
Northern people do not believe in negro suffrage
at homo. They do not believe in it abroad, as
tlie coming elections will declare. It behooves
tlie people of tlie South lo he as patient at possi
ble under the terrible political and social evils
which have been thrust upon them, and lo sub
mit to them, but not endorse them, and to have
confidence that the present condition ot tilings
is but temporary, aud will, ere long, be corrected
liy the sober, aecoud thought ot the American
people.
BY TELEGRAPH.
SHW YORK ASSOCIATED PRESS DtSPATCtlhS
(Front Washington.
Wabuinoton, Oct. 28.—Hon. L. P. Walker,
ol Alabama, Is here.
The complexion ol IhoCongroas which assem
bles on the 2tat proximo, Isas tollow* :
Republicans 42; Opposition 12. House—Repub
licans 144; Opposition 49.
Mesltng In llalelgb.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 28.—A large and eulhu-
aiostic gathering assembled at the court house on
Saturday night, In response to a call piihhshad
in tlie city papers. It was simply an outpouring
THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON, 1867,
—AT—
MRS. J. FRANK’S,
Street, Four Doors Below Old Masonic Hall.
“ The total number "t wlilti s registered in tlio
wlmfj State is reported In he 11,15! — tlie num
ber of blucks 15,441. In nine >>l G, n. Pope's
diPliiets, electing ten delegates, the whites have
clear majorities, tin* mnmbiiii/ districts elect
thirty-six delegates, aud ui<- under tliu control
ol the black*, liy dividing Ii.e 11,151 while
voters liy 10 (the number of dclugntes allowed
them liy'General Pope,) and you Imve one dele
gate loll 15 voters, while tliu negroes, number
ing 15,441 voters, elect one delegate to every 428
voter*!"
The .nilk In III* CocoMM.
We imvu beloiu a handbill, purporting to
lie an address “ lo the voters ot Georgia,” and
signed by “ Henry P. Fahbow,” one of the tu-
tci.se Radical lenders ol this cily, from which
we make the following extract
“ The opposition tailing to vote is no advan
tage to us, hut is a positive injury to us. If ev
ery registered voter in tlie Siatu will vote on the
Convention .question, wu will carry the election
triumphantly. Evmy man who fnils to vote ou
tiie Convention question does more to defeat a
Convention than lie could possibly do by voting
ngidnst it. It loriy-fivu thousand votes are east
nguiibta Convention, nnd only filly-five thou
sand lor « Convention, then the Convention will
he held; because ti majority of the registered
vote* will have been east on tiie Convention
p’.estion, nnd a majority of those csst on that
question will have lieen cast lor a Convention.
Willie, on the other Imiul, should nonu ot the
opposition vole on that question, and should we,
ninler those circumstances, tail to cast over nine
ty-five thousand votes lor a Convention, nil our
work falls to tliu ground by a defeat more disas
trous to every interest of our country thnn any
thing that lias ever vet beliillen tliu people ot
Georgia."
Just so! "Eve ry u;.<n who fails to votcon the
Convention quertinn dees more to defeat a Con
tention than ho could possibly do liy voting
against it." 'I ids is what we advise evrry wlii’.u
voter in tiie Statu to do—net to vote on the Oon
volition question; nml this accounts lor tliu j
“milk in the cocoa nut;" the why ’ tlie radicals are I
urging, nnd insisting that till who vole at nil
must vow; on tbu question of a Convention—eith
er tor, or uguluiit it. White voters ol tlie Slate,
and especially ol Clayton, Cobb, and Fulton, do
not vote for, or against a Cnnveiilion, and you
will savo Georgia from radical oppression nnd
radical rule; liom n< gro juries, negro suffrage,ne
gro supremacy, itrul wh it is more, tbu rulu of
white meu who have voluntarily formed polit'-
cal alliance with tliu negro lo degrade their own,
ami elevate the black rue".
Mechanics aud WorkIndMian.
It you desire to sen negroe* holding lucrative I
positions iu your workshops, and acting os yard-
mattere over you, vote tbu radical, Dunning and
Cole ticket, for it will como to that under the
negro stiflrngo, negro Jury, negro office system.
If you woul I prevent tho Inuiiguriilinn of tun h
a degradation to w I ite m D, i a **'*'* * | the matter could he now remedied, hilt lie tele- | pruonis,'*. Thu eoiiusl, therefore, so tar a* it | over it lol* some minutes. At last he gavu it up.
government nnd country, lie suiu lovdjthe | p, (Jen. Fopo asking if it would liu prnc- wa * |,, r "parly ascuiiih-ucy on tliu part of tlio “jlang me, If I can read it either! ( have for
hull radical, anti-reconstruction, white mun i ■' *-*—'-*-—■■** “ *
To she Voters or (ha 34th Nsnatortal Dis
trict.
I have this day been shown printed tickets for
a Convention, upon which my name appears.
This was done without my knowledge or ap
proval.
1 am not a candidate.
Geo. M. Nolan.
McDonough, Ga., Oct. 29tli, 1867.
Neither is Judge Irwin a candidate in this
Senatorial District. Voters of DeKalb, Gwin
nett, and Henry; and of Clayton, Cobb, and
Fulton; do not be deceived by the attempts be
ing made to force gentlemen to be candidates,
who are not so, and will not serve, ti elected,
in the Convention should one ever assemble.
To the White Voters ot the 36th Senato
rial District* Composed ot the Counties
or Clayton, Cobb, end Fnlton.
The undersigned beg leave to state thnt at a
public convention of this Senatorial District,
they were unanimously nominated as candidates
to represent the county of Fulton in the Conven
tion of the State, ordered by an act ot Congress.
The act of Congress ordering and authorizing
tlie holding of snob a Convention, is well known
as the Shermau-Shellabargur act, and supple
ments. These acts of a Radical Congress,
after disfranchising at least thirty thousand ot
the most intelligent and respectable citizens ot
Georgia, and enlrancbising ninety-three thousand
ignorant negroes, permit voters to vote for or
agaiust a Convention, and at the same time vote
for delegate* to a Convention, should it lie held
The undersigned believe that tlie military au
thoritiea are determined, at all hazards, to hold
such a Convention. Tiierelore, believing such
a Convention, when assembled, will be an ille
gal assemblage, called without any warrant or
authority known u> the fundamental law of the
Federal Union, or ot the Commonwealth of
Georgia, and fraught with great evil to every
interest of the ftt«te, wo shall oppose in
every legitimate way the meetiug of a Con
vention to change tho Constitution of Geor
gia. But it such a Convention is held, the uu-
dorsigned beg leave to itatc most distinctly and
emphatically, should they be elected lo repre
sent iu part this Senatorial District, they will
vote against any uud nil schemes to Radicalise
the Constitution of Georgia. Furthermore, we
distinctly avow, that we shall oppose to the bit
ter eud negro equality and negro suffrage, in eve
ry conceivable phase. And turtlierinore, under
no circumstances will we ever vote to make the
Sbcrman-Sliellabarger act and Supplements a
part ot the Constitution of Gonrgiti. And against
tlie numerous schemes to plunder the people by
onerous taxation, such aa raising millions for
a negro school-fund; to pay “loyal men" for
property destroyed; to build Liucolu monu
ments, &c, we are unalterably opposed, nud will
never sauetiou by our votes. In plain terms, it
elected to tiie* Convention, we shall oppose all
Radical changes, aud will exert ourselves to
keep tilings as they are at present, under the be
lief that n sense ot Justice on the part of the
Northern masses will soon relieve our people of
(lie Radical despotism which is uow working
their destruction.
Having defined, in unmistakable terms, our
position, we charge Hint the ticket, supported hy
the New Era and the Opinion, ot this couuty,
are Radicals of tliu deepest dye.
We charge, furthermore, tlmt said ticket was
nominated in secret caucus in a no called loyal
league."
That said ticket is in favor ol negro equality,
and of negro sufli age, nnd it elected, will con
Rent to make the 81ierraan-Shellabarger act and
supplements a part of the Constitution of Geor
gia—to ail of which wu are unalterably opposed
It we misrepresent the opposing ticket, let tlie
gentlemen composing it define tlmir position?.
Believing that we occupy the true Conservntive
ground, we appeal to nil true white voters nf this
Senatorial District to give us a hearty Hiiupoit
and, above all things, we call mum tlie white vo
ter* of Fulton county lo aid us iu wiping out tie
odium inflicted upon the city of Atlanta in the
recent donation of land for a Lincoln monument.
White men, a«.l Southerners, we say, to the res
cue !
Not having lind tlie opporlmiilv of conh-ii
with our tellow-cnndldntes of (.'"lib and Uluvtnn
Counties, their names are not attached to"this
address, though we feel confident of their perfect
accord with the sentiments herein expressed.
James P. IIamiilktok,
T. T. Smith,
J ames E. Uuli.att,
i B. M. Taliakkiiho.
pope. We suppose “Comnion Sense" will allow
lie |h a “good hook" and genii “authority" lor us.
He should change his lorum, for Gen. Pope’s de
fence, trom the powerless people ot Georgia to
Ids powrilul superior officer at Washington
city. But to the exlilict '■
Tiie Election in Gc.oiioia —Tlio petition
from the people of Georgia, tliu HUh/tanee of
Senator Wape.—We see it slated tint Sena
tor Wade does not intend to quit public life, blit
tlmt lie will seek u nomination for Congress in
political liberty. A lending issue wits ilin etlv j l ' ie °F General Garfield. Is this because
prcM iili-I, wiit-ilis rthe Hon. Benjamin K. Wade, , hu cannot live without office, or because office
who had b.-i n distinguished us H"* champion of, cannot live without him? Mr. Wade lias some
the policy nl loiohig negro suffrage upon 'h 1 ' i qualifications for some public positions, lie is
South by the net ot Congres?, nIioiiIiI lie indorsed , „ ...
by being f t I liy tin* State. The answer honC81 ' Ua,losa ' •M'* 1 straightforward. But Ihure
was in the negative. Through the ellotls ol the ! arc a good many men in Ohio quite as able and
Demo'-rncy Mr. Wiulc will return to private life j useful as lie In any place of responsibility. Tliu
at t he <Apralion ol ins prj sent lui to oI bhi vice,, (;|,. V elund /nailer notifies him that it lie attempts
and he will lie succeeded In tlie Senate by n I ,, •
lieiiioer.il **'101 !*■ utterly opposed to tlie whole | °" n eH * * 10 nomination with General Garfield
heme tlmt i- known .,* tin* i ouy,regional Re j ho will get beaten.—X. Y. Time*.
*° W hen Senator Guthrie was Secretary of tiie
Hi,q i Treasury, lie sent a letter to a friend in Bald-
,|| till) people without regard to parly, all polili-
c-d complexions being represented, lie meeting
was organized hy calling M. A. Bledsoe to tlio
Clmir lion. A. S. Merriman addressed the meet
ing iti a long and elaborate speech against the ,
Congressional plan of reconairuction. Reaolu- |
lions were adopted declaring tor Constitutional i
aud civil lllierty. Delegatus were appointed to
tlie connty Convention to meot here on 1 imrs-
dny, 81st instunt.
xvaablnglou Hems.
Washington, Oct 28.—The British Govern
ment having declined releasing Colonels Warren
and Nagle, they will he tried immediately, and
tlie Stute Department bus ordcied tlie employ
ment ol counsel tor their defense. It is not in
tended by receut cotton regulations, series three,
number five, to require permits and Mils of la
ding lor tlie removal ol cotton from point lo
point within the District, where tlie same is pro
duced. As m case ot removal Iroin such District
a collector should not exact a fee from the tax
payer lor marking his onion.
Collided.
New York, Oct. 28.—As tho steamer Leo,
from Savannah, entered East River, she collided
with the sloop David Sands, through careless
ness. The sloop suuk—three drowned. The
steamer uninjured.
Gsu Pope and bis « Oerymanderlng.”
Washington, Oct. 28.—General Pope decline*
changing the Georgia district*. He reports to
General Grant tlmt he reflected two days betore
adopting them. It is fair to say that the Presi
dent’s endorsement on the complaint amounted
to u strong protest. General Graut’s auswer to
the President mildly agreed with tlie President s
views, hut expressed apprehension that it was
now too late to make changes. General Grant s
endorsement on relerring the papers to Geueral
Pope has not transpired.
The PaclAn Hallway.
Omaha, Oct. 28.—The 600th mile on tlie
Union Pacific Railroad was made yesterday.—
Seventeen miles more will carry the track to tho
base ot the Rocky Mountains.
. Politics at Augusta.
Augusta, Oct. 28.—The Republicans held a
mass meeting to-night, Blodgett, Bullock, Conly
and Beard, candidates tor the convention, ad
dressed the meetiug.
Storm off the Gulf Coast.
New Orleans, Oct. 28.—The Picayune has
tlie following later advices to confirm the de
structive effects ot the late storm upon the Rio
Grande. Elcorvee, of the 12tb, sayB the hruricano
was the must terrible in the memory of man on
this frontier. A perpetual bombardment for a
year could hardly have done as much damage
as happened trom this one night’s storm. Twen
ty-six persons were killed at Matamoras, ten
killed and twenty-one wounded at Brownsville,
and at Brazos, so far aa known, twelve persons
perished.
Schooners Ella and Eadosh were blown high
ashore. Only two housee were left at Clarkea-
ville, none at Bagdad. Loss ot liie at the latter
place not known. Ninety of the inhabitants es
caped by going on hoard a vessel which outrode
the storm. The rest must have perished.
The negro soldiers and their officer* at Brazos
are said to have acted infamously, not only re
fusing all assistance to struggling and sufleriug
famines, but retired to shelter just off the island,
and the soldiers returned the next day to rob
wrecked goods under the remains of warehouses
and dwellings. Onu of them shot aud killed a
citizen who delected him robbing. Their officer*
said do nothing to check their brigandism trom
a long list of damages.
From the Brownsville we extract the lol
lowing:
“ King & Kennedy's warehouse roof blown eft
and building very badly damaged ; County Court
house and Jail completely destroyed—prisoners
all at large; entire square between Fort Brown
and 14th, Levee and Elizabeth streets destroyed,
including the Ranchero office and tho Masonic
Hall; Courier office has roof off; the reeidenoe of
W. J. Stark, correspondent of the New York
Herald, completely destroyed; Custom House
wall down; Piesbyterian Church destroyed; the
post office buildiug has roof off; the hotel and
elegant billiard saloon almost ruined; Episcopal
Church destroyed; between 10th and 1st street*
7 brick, four-frame houses, are either totally de
stroyed or so badly injured as to be uninhabita
ble ;’ the iron building of Wilkins, Heye & Co.
totally destroyed."
At Matamoras 1500 houses and huts were
blown down. The greatest distreu exists at all
points, and appeals made for relief. Out of 7
steamers only 2 can be repaired.
Ten deaths from yellow fever yesterday, and
16 to-day.
BY THS ATLANTIC CABLE.
Foreign (tents.
London, Oct. 26.—A fleet ot iron clads left at
6 this morning. Transports with troops will
follow immediately. Tlie shipment ot war
material is vigorously going on.
commercial Intelligence.
BY TKLlLQRAPIl.
New York, Oct. 28.—Flour |10 to 15. Wheat
quiet and firm. Corn 1 cent lower, Oatsdrnop>
ing, Western 81f Pork heavy put lower at |21
124. Lard dull and looter at 1 | to 13J. Cot
ton quiet at20L Freights firm. Naval stores
dull. Rosin strained $3 75. Slocks active and
strong. Money 0 to 7. Sterling on lime 8} to9,
Sight 94 to 94. ’02 coupons 12f New issue 7J.
Gold 143J.
LETINISO.l
New York, Oct. 28.—Cotton lower. Sales
1,000 bales at 20 cent*. Flour active—State 148 65
to 10 75; Southern #10 80 to 14 00. Wheal
quiet—amber State |2 75. Corn active but 2 to
8 cents lower. Oata steady. Pork heavy at
#2112. Lard 18 to 13{. Groceries dull. Naval
stores dull.
Stocks weak. Sterling, time, 9 to 94. Sight
94- Gold 424 to 424. Coupons of 1862,112j.
Baltimore, Oct 28.—Flour firmer. Wheat
active and 5 cents higher—choice red $2 80 to
2 85. White corn 81 35 to 1 40; yellow (si 87
to 1 40. Oats firm. Rye 55 lo 65. Provisions
dull and heavy. Cotton steady at 19 to 20
Louisville, Oct. 28.—Flour s!i-u|y—superfine
$8 50. Shelled corn in hulk r. I. M>*** pork
dull at $21 Lard 124 to U- Bacon shoulders
144; clear sides 184.
Cincinnati, 0>*i. 28.—Flour dull. C ti dull
at $1 to $1 2. Wlqsky iiiu-liiingrd Bacmi mi
Changed. Lard l‘?J hi 12J
] Nvw oiiixt" , Oe». '*•> '"oiim d - 2 *W>
I Mur!*el ililive .... ! -I Her. i.
I ive.eit.i* 2JH0. diK-ir in f.in
. ilic uuv crop iiiiivcd llna i'i
•j 17; l.'iilia lirnun 12.1 lo Id
shipment at $1 O'; u'ii‘*i h I !
Wilmington, Oct 28.—' o
18. A It’cnicii'loit* rain Htli heavy wind, and
producing very high l.d.i, and suiinieieiiig
wharves on die opposite side i'ic river. Ko
serious damage, ite ivy blow oiiiside No dis
asters yet v<’| 01 h i.
SwaNN.i.II. Oct. 2* i.'ud'Hi opt 111 d M iive,
and full prices pai l. Market r. . "-,1 dull and
heavy. Mi.Idlings IIU. S.ilei .aid lull-. Re
ceipts 4,000 hale-.
t'IIaUI.K*I’iiN, Del. *28. -C’liMoli lisi Hi-live ai d
weaker, dale* hMI linie*. Receipt* 1,0811 bale*.
Middling- IS*.
Ai’iipsTA, Oet 2v —Clifton Mi'Ii r. Sail* -in
liaii s. Ree.uqit* 5iS hull *. Middlings 174 lo 174
MllUILE. Ocl.28.--Market cl."I'd quiet. Sales
50(1 lialeS at 174 lo 18 lor Mid Ilia.'. ReCeqUs
•tor two days 2,0113 bales. Heavy rain vertorduy,
and the weather cloudy and cold. Yellow fever
iulurmcuts (or two days 12.
Ths underlined takes tilimsuio In Informing the clilruns of Atlents and snrronmllng country tint *bo h,,
• Just ruturni.il from Now York with a
LARGE and WELL SELECTED STOCK Of MILLINER'f GOOES
Unequalled In Cholco, Variety end Chce]ino«e, comprlalng the
LA.TEST PATtlSIA-TST NOVELTIES.
Black and Col’d VELVET RIBBONS, SILKS, VELVETS, ORAPES, LACES,
ILLUSIONS, RUCHES, BLONDS, NET8, EMBROIDERIES, ORNA
MENTS and FRINCHE8, FRENCH FLOWERS, OSTRICH and
FANCY FEATHERS, In Craat Variety.
BONNET AND TRIMMING RIBBONS, DRESS BUTTONS, &C., &G\, &C,
Also, n completo stuck of DRESS GOODS, Fancy tiooda, the latent Stylca of
BALMORAL AND HOOP SKIRTS.
A moet anperb flock of CLOAKS, in at! the moat fa-hlonalilc riedrn
.... s - ' ‘ - HAIR,
f>4t Vfi
>'1 I cal th<’ Attention of ths 1 •<! e* tij my mom beautiful selcctiou of HUMAN H
CURLS, SWITCHES, WATERFALLS, Ao. The Xovdtte* of the mason, ti in „ri
siiro, a most marfiiUL-Jtit eucetiwa ot &ua WL-j, oi every uuscnptiou, together witu ft Lr^e stuck of
French and English Cloakings, English Meltons and Astracans, Coating,
CLOTH, and many other good* too numeraii, to mention. Having houeht my goods cxclu-lvoiy for ca h aM
since ths decllue, 1 am cotmdeui that 1 can othir great Inducement*, and request you to examine my etock hafoi,
purcbaalng elsewhere.
MHS. J. FRANK.
IW" Remember the Place, Decatur Street, 4 Doors Below Old Haaonic Hall.
Axriy ratids v AHaxzmiK
oulSS— tUjauSO
HO! FOR CHRISTMAS TIMES!
MAKE THE HEARTS
“SANTA CLAUS
Little Ones Glad!
HAS ARRIVED 1
JACK’S TOY EMPORIUM!
WHITEHALL STREET.
In addition to my unexampled assortment of CANDIES, both Plain and Fancy, and my CAKES, BREAD,
and CRACKERS, a part of the former, and all of the latter manufactured at my Katabhihmetit,
is
I now have on hand lor lnapectlon, s tremendous stock of
MAGNIFICENT TOYS
DRUMSt
Furniture Sets!
WAX DOLL8 !
B0CXC1.VQ BALLS
WAGONS!
S'
1 invite City end Country Dealers to call and trarchnee their Stock* for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS! 1!.'
stock Is ttu largest ever Vrourjhl to Ororgla, and for besutv, challenge* competition; and 1 purchased It with a view
of fllltng orders for every town and vuiaga in upper Oaor^a.
HEADQUARTERS OF "OLD SANTA CLADS!”
For the'next two month*, my Eatahllsement will be the "headquertere” of the above famed Individual. W, in
vite Dealer! to call in time to make tnelr selection, for the stocking, of all the little one* in their respective locali
ties.
_HQl! FQRCHRISTMAS TIMES ! and do not lose tight of the fact that .TACK’S TOY
EMPOHlpiUi on Whitehall street, is the place to make your purchases for the Christmas Ho Mat-
Send your orders, or come yourself.
ocM—tiljaui
FORMERLY ROBINSON & ELDREDS.
ATLAXTA, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, Xovember 8th and 9th.
JOHN ROBINSON’S
GREAT
m imii
Forming aa Oran cl eitouk RnturprUo, ConsolUInttug TEN SHOWS.
THS MAMMOTH ZOOLOGICAL DtTAimUi.Vl* la COJU’OSM) OF THE (,CL*lllOU3 AND HAH®
ANIMALS OF AS1.A, AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA,
Including Ornithological Selections of ths molt beautiful specimen! of FOitt’IGX BIRDS, farming the most ZxtcDiif*
Collection of WILD ANIMALS In the country, supported by
TOE LARGEST COMPANY CF EQUESTRIANS IN AMERICA,
Numbering One HumDvi! und Fi.tj llonei, Including
FIFTY PERFORMERS, FIVE T. V)Y L'.jtVv’c riUEXXEH, THREE POPULAR CLOWS?
FLATUItfi« OF
In the Zoological Departmont
»I lows.
I HERD OF TAPIRS'
ticket, which lippcurs. nulled hr U were, ul tliu
luzsVbcoU of this puper.
which we publlilinl yt-.Urduy, repregeuling tho j cuiiHiruciiou liili, uud u»u nti Iti* iuijurMCu
injustice nl On. Popu’s genynmiiUuriiig of llui j„ ivu it tultuu Ir.i.n tliu in-tit* til tlio Himtliu
Kittle, which illserhniimteH in liiviirol'lhu blacks, |„a,ple. 'fin, vie fm* thivurnnr tiLo allows iti
was rulem-tl In the Hicli tuty of War ad interim, ■ tt Hininriiy til situ I’niigie-wimiul di*lrtclsi would . Uluru. Tli* next morning llie person nthlrezscd
uu l returned uudomctl thereon, in substance, j | mv „ ehelul Hepn senlalives to llm House iu ' appeared in tho department and handed tmek
that It Hueinud to Guttural Grant that the allot- ihvor ol the lepeal of llie UongrciMinnal rewu;- ', ...i^iu.. ..vi- n, 1 ,» 1 ,.t 1 . •• „■
mom Of delet’d a nlin.il.1 be made by counties, rnlorl.uiut. Iy, we cannt.l Heel linn - U,0 1 D .. ’, /T* ***• J c ““ l
insten'i of Buimloriftl ilistrirtH, na directed by ! Imth of‘ CJuujjrnw until n«*\t yimi*, nnd alnill tum* j *nuK« uut one word of ymir leiier Imt llie nig*
Gpii. I‘ope; hut »* (lie day of election, the 2!iili t/uiiio n, ii,iH|v|in's"iilial liy our present deb - ' naiure, ho I have brought tt fur you to translate.”
Inst, was so near at hand lie did uol ttuu how I m,tiun, who wi-ie dueled la.al year upon l.d.u j Thu Secretary knitted Ills brow.*, and puzzled
I hu matter could hu now remedied, Imt In* ide- i | ,rv-U.| isox. The eonuat, therefore, so l:ir a* il ' over it tor some minuted. Al last lie gavu it up.
g. upl.e I to Gen. I’opii m-klng If it would liu pruc- was lor "parly aseuiidi-ucy on tliu pari of ilia | "ilang me, II I can read it either I I have for-
tiealdu to lualtu tliu correction, and dchliing low Democracy," whs a conical iigalnst tin- miliinrj. gotten Its exact contents, Imt 1 know what 1
opinion on tho proposed chutigo. j reconstruction duwputlsin In tho Smith, aud il j wanted to sou you about. 8it down ami I’ll tell
We think wu have dcmuustralod our point, resulted gloriously ugninst that measure. ynfi "
llmnnud. i*V I "I
•nine, and .-",1.1 m
l M.>|ar-cs—first
il 55 i , 60
firm "I 17* n
Foreign Market*.
Ihv viie "AHi.r Mae 1
Liverpool, Oct. 25.—evening.—Cotton closed
very acltvo. Hales 20,000 hah*. Uplands Hj.—
Orleans V|.
I.oniw.;, Oof. 96 —evening.—Consols 94 7-16.
tin lids (18 15 16.
Liverpool, t *, i 2d. -evening—Colton closed
quiet, riaiw Ut>,000 IkiIuh. Ibices uncbangud.
Lard declined; 53a. Ud. Other* unchanged.
Livkrpooi., Oct. 26.—noon — Cotton opened
fli nt al yesterdays rates. Sales estimated 15,000
bales. Tho affair* of tho lioyol Bonk are In o
hopolaoa condition, and cannot resume.
A FLOCK OF AUSIAALIAFJ EMEUS! A itfiftD OF PORCUPINES! THU
PER FORMING ELEPHANT "EMPRESS.” Introduced by Mr. Johnson
l*t otiilnmi ftmnttg ths AurActive Tslem of tlio Arjuft ftir such Artist* a*
M'LLE ALICE, M'LLE FRANCES, MADAME MARGARET, MADAME CEN
TRUM, MR. JOHN WILSON, MR. JOHN ROBINSON, MR. J. MAC-
DONOUCH, MR. CEO. SLOMAN, MR. C. N. RORINSON, SIGNOR
ADOLPH BRANDISI, MR. JOHN LOLOW, Tho American
Humorist and Pollto Looal Clown.
MR. PRANK ROBINSON, Clown par exoellont and Modern Grimaldi; Mrf.
ARCHIE CAMPBELL, Timo-honored Dlsponsar of Wit and Humor;
Tho Nonpareil LEWIS, MR. LEWIS WILLIS.
(HIAND mtVrUITOIT* EXHIBITION t
X Uorivoua Xuciaal I’agt-aul—Tli, llran.l t harlot of Uan,Ot>oron *nj ArhlllM; Living Unm In o|.»n Uviu of n--
tsil Bromo: KnlghM and UhidUlon, la Armor of And -at llom-uu, o> rwortWlhr (lluvriog arid eostlv Orl«.iUi 4“|i
Rees. Till* ftrsiid smt tiu)H«itt|C IYftf$vldn frill !»«• i rccpAcsI t»y the Chftrlot of Oheron, conUlnlng IIIO^. vA. t •
uVkKATIU BILYKS ANU STK1N0 VlkCiiX-rfg.V ot Csaalv YlnV-CU.a Mulclaua.
.TWO PERFOIIMANCBt
•At ft and T O’Cleok. P* >*.