Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

A <?hf fluHlt fBMBptMt Oat. 9ft. IM7. _ ! trolled by oolorand mute, show tlmt tlio blacks 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* >*.