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EV AD4IR & SMITH.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Augusta to Atlanta, 171 Milos —Fare, $5 50
GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent.
MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 9.05, A. M.
Arrives at Augusta at 6.20, P. M.
Leaves Augusta, daily, at 0.30, A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta at 9.45, A. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 7.15, P. M.
Arrives at Augusta at 5.56, A. M.
Leaves Augusta at 2.30, P. M.
Arrives at Atlanta at 11.45, P. M.
This Road runs in connection with the Trains
of the South Carolina and the Savannah and
Augusta Railroads, at Augusta.
ATLANTA & WEST-POINT R. R.
Atlanta to West-Point, 87 Miles—Fare,..s3 50.
GEORGE G. HULL, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 10.10, A. M.
Arrives at West-Point at 3.10, P. M.
Leaves West-Point, daily, at 3.00, P. M.
Arrives at Atlanta at 7.51, P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 0.30, A. M.
Arrives at West-Point at 5.46, A. M.
Loaves West-Point, daily, at 3.15, A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta at 7.59, A. M.
This Road connects with the Montgomery &
West-Point Road at West-Point.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
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Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles—Fare,....ss.
JOHN W. LEWIS, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at... 10,10, A. M.
Arrives at Chattanooga a* 7.00, P. M.
Leaves Chattanooga at 1.45, A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta at 10.00, A. M
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Loaves Atlanta 7.30, P. M.
Arrives at Chattanooga 5.35, A. M.
Leaves Chattanooga 4.20, P. M.
Arrives at Atlanta 3.45, A. M.
This Road connects,each way,with the Romo
Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Ten
nessee and Georgia Rialroad at Dalton, and the
Nashville A Chattanooga Railroad at Chatta
aoogn..
MACON A WESTERN RAILROAD.
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Atlanta to Macon, 102 Miles—Fare $4 50.
ALFRED L. TYLER, Superintendent.
Macon A Western Railroad Company, )
Macon, Georgia, July 30, 1861. J
ON and after Sunday, 4th of August, the
Passenger Train will run as follows :
Leave Macon 10 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 4 P. M.
Leave Atlanta 11 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 5 P. M.
The 11 A. M. train from Atlanta connects at
Macon with the Central Railroad 10 P. M.
train for Savannah, and South-western Rail
road at 11.45 P. M. for Columbus.
ATLANTA
CLOTHING HALL
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I HAVE just returned from the North with a
largo stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING,
a and am ready to supply the cit-
WM Hens of Atlanta aud the sur- >1
rounding country, with | ■
CHAI'S, PANTS,
VESTS, SHIRTS,
Handkerchiefs, Neck-ties,
HATS, CAPS, SOCKS, and everything else
in the Clothing line, ot good
quality and at LOW PRICES.
L*; JAH "’ho deaire BARGAINS
give me a call.
—ALSO, ON HAND —
Jewelry I Knives I
Combs!
A.n«t other Notions.
M. OPPENHEIMER,
Whiteall street, nearly opposite
msrehlstf Eddle.nan 4 Bank
J. H. LOVEJOY,
B Wholesale A Retail
IMKR,
And Dealer in To
bacco, Wines, Li-
’■»' quote, Cigars. Ac.,
Cherokee Block, Peach-Tree Street,
(.ioorjsin.
febSS ly
\ 1 ’ RISK Y!-3CI barrels Pure Corn Whisky
» ’ in Shire and for » ale by
inneil BUTLfcR A FKTFRB,
THE PUBLIC GOOD BEFORE PRIVATE ADVANTAGE.
WM. H. BARNES, - TROS. P. FLEMING.
V WHOLESALE
PROOUOE (DEMERS
(y AND GENERAL
Assign
MASONIC HALL BUILDING,
<Opposite Passenger Depot,)
ATLANTA, G-EO.
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PROMPT ATTENTION
PAID TO
FILLING
LIBERAL ADVANCES
MADE ON C’ONSIGHSTIVIEJNrTS.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED ON THE
CASH SYSTEM
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Prices Current mailed to customers weekly.
Wholesale Produce House,
NOW ON HAND,
LARD, ) at ( CORN.
LARD, > Barnes, < CORN.
LARD, J A Fleming, ( CORN’
MASONIC HALL.
In Store,
BACON, ) at f FLOUR.
BACON, 1 Barnes, 1 FLOUR .
BACON, j & Fleming, ( FLOUR.
ALL
ORDERS ) at ( AT THE
WILL BE 1 Barnes, 1 LOWEST
FILLED, J & Fleming, ( PRICES.
FOR CASH.
Consignments solicited.
Liberal advances made.
Large Stocks kept od hand.
Orders filled with dispatch.
50 Casks Bacon—to arrive, «
800 Barrels Flour—to arrive.
5,000 Sacks Prime White Corn—in store.
40 Ferkin K’gs Fresh Lard—in store.
General Commission Business attended to by
BARNES &. FLEMING.
Masonic Building,
March 18, 1861. Atlanta, Georgia.
BRYSON & BEAUMONT,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
MEN'S & BOY'S CLOTHING,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS.
CLOTHS, CASSTMERES AND VESTINGS,
Markham’s Iron-Front Building, White
hall, Street,
t. m. BRYSON, I ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
t. u. bkaumont J April 2d, 1861.
Notice.
IN consequence of the withdrawal of the
Steamers between Mobile and New Orle-ns,
the Through Freight Tariff from New Or
leans to Atlanta and Columbus, established in
March 1861, is suspended until further notice.
GEO. G. HULL,
Supt. A. 4 W. P. R. R.
I). H. CRANE,
Supt. M. A W. P. R. R.
COX, BRAINARD A CO.,
Mobile and N. O. Steamers,
june 8 -dtf.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
on Ann POUNDS of first quality of Black
Z* V, VV/v Side Upper Leather, or Kips, for
which the highest market prices will be paid
in cash.
Also, 50 first rate Shoemakers, to bottom
Pegged Shoes, can find steady employment, at
the highest wages—cash paid every Saturday
evening, in full. Apply, on Whitehall street,
at the manufactory of I. T. BANKS.
N. B.: No •• Blue Monday ” craft need apply.
“ Intelligencer ” please copy.
Sept Im.
Attention, Soldiers!
SWORD and Pistol Belts, Camp Chairs and
Stools, Enameled Oil-Cloth, suitable for sol
diers' wrappers; also, MILITARY CAP
FRONTS, STRAPS, and SWEATS, made to or
der, by applying at
H. B. GARDNER’S
Carriage Factory.
Corner Hunter and Forsyth Streets,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Also, all sizes Packing Boxes, as cheap as
the cheapest Carriage work done at the usu
al rates. SeplS-lm.
IN STORK-
150 Gallons Kerosene Oil—(of light color,
and odorless.)
1,000 Gallons Alcohol.
100 Bottles Chloroform.
1,000 Gallons Spirits of Turpentine.
25 Bottles Calomel.
25 Bottles Blue Mass.
1,000 Bottles Quinine.
150 Bottle Morphine,
july 30-ts MASSEY A LANSDELL.
WANTED!
QOME eightorten got ijournyemen Hatters,to
O make Wool and Fur Hats. Steady employ,
ment and good wages. Apply to
mil. J. M. HOLBROOK. Atlant*. Ga.
India Rubber
THE undersigned has a good supply of India
Rubber Coats and Blankets on hand.
Atlanta, Aug. 14-ts. D. MAYER.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1861.
TO THE VOTERS OF GEORGIA.
The time designated by law, when the vo
ters of Georgia will be called upon to choose
a Chief Executive, is near at hand. There
are two candidates for this office before the
people, Joseph E. Brown, the present in
cumbent, and the Hon. Eugenics A. Nisbet.
We do not desire to draw any comparisons
between these gentlemen that would reflect on
either. Both are honest, faithful and capable,
and cither would make Georgia a good Gov
ernor.
Gov. Brown is the candidate of Judge
Whitaker of Atlanta, therefore, his friends
say he is the peoples’ candidate. They say he
is untrammeled by Caucuses, Conventions, or
parties. Judge Nisbet is the nominee of a
peoples’ Convention, composed of one hun
dred and seventy-five delegates, who repre
sented fifty-eight counties. It would be a safe
calculation to say, that these fifty-eight coun
ties represent a voting population of forty
thousand, nearly half the voting population
of the State. Now, I would ask the question,
Who has the best claims to being called the
peoples’ candidate, Gov. Brown or Judge Nis
bet ? How many counties did J udge Whita
ker represent ? How many voters did he
represent? We submit, whether it is not
more evident, from these facts, that Judge
Nisbet is the nominee of the people than that
Gov. Brown is ?
The Convention which nominated Judge
Nisbet was not a Party Convention. It was
called without reference to party, and was in
tended to settle conflicting claims and inter
ests, and to harmonize the people on one can
didate, so that we might present to our ene
mies the happy spectacle of an united people.
It is ridiculous, then, to rail out against Con
ventions, as some of the friends of Governor
Brown are now doing. Conventions undoubt
edly have their evils, as no human institution
is perfect. Joseph E. Brown has been twice
nominated by Conventions; a Convention
was necessary to prepare and adopt the Con
stitution of the United States; and a Conven
tion was necessary to take Georgia out of the
Union. So long as Conventions were the in
strument by which Gov. Brown stepped into
place and power, he had no complaint to make
against them ; but now, that his claims are
ignored, and the people ask him to step aside
that there are others equally as deserving, as
well qualified as himself, he and his friends
have discovered that Conventions are terrible
concerns. They are now the work of aspir
ing politicians and designing demagogues,
ruled and controled entirely by “King Cau
cus.” “Circumstances alter eases.”
The question of precedent is a very strong
one against Gov. Brown. The people of Geor
gia should watch with a jealous eye, this time
honored custom, which is as old as the Con
stitution, as imposing as law. and which has
never, in a single instance, been violated in
the old government of the United States, or
in the history of Georgia. Gov. Brown,
stands before the people us Georgia, asking to
be re-elected for a third term. Such a thing
was ne\ er heard of before. The genius and
spirit of our Government aud of all republi
can Governments contemplate a change of the
Executive officers. If a people did not change
their Executive officers, in accordance with
some rule or precedent, the Government
would not be republican in form. All Exe
cutive offices have patronage annexed to them.
This patronage should not be kept in the
hands of one man too long. Look at the old
United States government, voters of Georgia!
There an example was set by the great and
good Washington, which no man, under or
dinary circumstances, should trample under
foot. He could have held the office of Presi
dent for life, but his sterling integrity, and
unsullied patriotism, would not allow him.—
He had great wisdom, ripe experience, a pro
found knowledge of human nature, and was
well instructed in the principles of republican
government. He had carried the country
safely through a seven years revolution. He
was President of the Convention that framed
the Constitution of the United States, and de
cided all the questions raised in that body—
He was fully acquainted with the letter and
spirit of that instrument. He was chosen, bv
the unanimous voice of the American people,
the first President, and held the office for two
terms. At the end of that time, when press-
ed by his countrymen to serve another term
of four years, he answered, and hear the an
swer of Washington, voters of Georgia !
“No, my countrymen, the precedent is a
DANGEROUS ONE; IT TENDS TO CENTRALIZATION,
AND IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF
A REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT AND THE INTERESTS
of a Free People.”
Let us remember, with a sacred remem
brance, the advice of the Father of his coun
try, given to his fellow-citizens, at a time
when the grave was about to close upon him.
The example set by him has grown into a
sanctified principle, which was never infring
ed under the old government, and which, we
trust, will never be infringed in the new.—
Those pure and incorruptible Revolutionary
patriots, Jefferson and Madison, never
thought of such a thing as aspiring to the
Presidency for a third term. They were too
firmly impressed with their obligation to the
people, and too well instructed in the princi
ples of our government to attempt such a
thing.
If any mortal man, since the days of Wash
ington, deserved this distinction at the hands
of his countrymen, that man was Andrew
Jackson—the soldier, the statesman and the
patriot. Jackson was a strong partizan, and
he lived in times of great political excite
ment. Near the close of his last term in the
Presidential chair, he was approached by some
of his warm political friends and urged to be
come a candidate for a third term. The Old
Hero indignantly refused, saying that his en
emies had always charged'him with being a
tyrant, and were he to run for the Presidency
a third term, that ivould be ample proof that
he was a tyrant! Such was the opinion of
Old Hickory on third terms in office.
Let us now refer, for a moment, to the his
tory of our own State. Who had more warm
and devoted friends, as Governor of Georgia,
than George M. Troup ? A ripe statesman,
a pure and incorruptible patriot, a man of un
questioned integrity, who had higher or
stronger claims to this extraordinary honor,
than he did ? No man ever stood higher
in the affections of the people of Georgia,
than did George M. Troup, and yet at the
expiration of his second term he retired to
private life, more honored and loved by the
people, than if he had let his “ vaulting am
bition overleap” the sacred line which had
been established and observed by the Fathers
of the Republic. Such has been the prece
dent established throughout the entire history
of Georgia, away down the long line of Gov
ernors, from the first Governor representing
her State sovereignty, to the present time.
This sacred precedent has never, in a single
instance, been violated. Gov. Brown, in his
letter to Judge Whitaker, mentions the fact
of the Hon. Jared Irwin having served the
State, as Governor, for three terms. This is
a mistake. The Hon. Jared Irwin never
served the State of Georgia for three consec
utive terms. Such a case was never known
in the history of Georgia, and the Governor
virtually acknowledges it, in his second letter,
by not alluding to the fact. The only case in
the history of the Southern States, in which a
<Tovernor has been elected for three consecu
tive terms, has just taken place in Tennessee.
Governor Harris has been elected Governor
of that State for a third term, under the fol
lowing circumstances: At the time of the
election, there was a Secession and a Union
party in the State. Gov. Harris was an orig
inal secessionist, and did more than any twen
ty men in the State to take the State out of
the Union. He declined, at first, being again
a candidate for Governor, but he was nomina
ted by conventions, which were held in Mid
dle and West Tennessee, and finally acqui
esced in allowing his name to go before the
people. Let it be remembered that Gov.
Harris was the nominee of two of those con
ventions of which Gov. Brown stands in such
awful dread. The Union men of East Ten
nessee, not satisfied with Guv. Harris, brought
out Maj. Polk as the “ or “ Peace
Candidate.” The result was that Gov. Har
ris was triumphantly elected by the people of
the State. The choice showed the good
sense and wisdom of the people of Tennessee,
for had Major Polk been elected Governor
civil war would now be raging in that State,
NEW SERIES: VOL. I-NO. 198.
and our whole Northern border would be lit
up with the fury of the internecine contest.
Maj. Polk received something over 50,000
votes, showing that the Union party mustered
pretty strong at that time. In the case of
Tennessee, we think Gov. Harris was right in
running for a third term, and we think the
people were right in electing him. But no
such circumstinces exist in Georgia at this
time. There is no 11 Union” party in Geor
gia, and there can be no parallel in the case
of Tennessee and Georgia.
One of the strongest arguments which the
friends of Gov. Brown use for his re-election
is, that he has been in office so long, that he
has become familiar with its duties, that he
understands the Executive routine, and that a
new man would have to learn all this. Well,
grant all that Gov. Brown says, to be true,
grant that he has made a good officer, that he
is honest, energetic and capable; all these are
not sufficient reasons for keeping him in office.
This argument is not worth much. Judge
Nisbet is as familiar with the history, condi
tion and necessities of Georgia, as Governor
Browa or any other man in the State. Judge
Nisbet was a member of the Convention
which took Georgia out of the Union. He
introduced the Secession Ordnance in that
body. From first to last, he was one of the
leading minds in that Convention. That Con
vention elected Judge Nisbet a member of the
Provisional Congress of the Confederate
States. He has served in this body from its
first session to its last, with distinguished
ability. Much of the time of the Confeder
ate Congress has been devoted to secret ses
sions. With the whole workings of the se
cret legislation of our new Government,
Judge Nisbet is perfectly familiar. Govern
or Brown knows nothing about this. In this
one thing alone Judge Nisbet possesses a pow
erful advantage over Gov. Brown. Judge
Nisbet is more perfectly familiar with the se
cret workings of the Government than any
other man in the State. In fact, he is the
the right man for Governor of Georgia at this
time. The history of the world has never
before brought forth such scenes as those
through which we are now passing. We are
in the midst of a revolution, and we need a
man at the helm of State who has ability,
wisdom, decision of character and experience.
We need a man who is not only well acquain
ted with the policy of the State, but who is
also well acquainted with the policy and
workings of the Confederate Gavernment.
Judge Nisbet is emphatically that man. No
man in the State is better qualified for the
Governor of Georgia than Judge Nisbet.—
Aside from his public qualifications, he has
all those traits of character and mind which
bespeak the man for this time. Voters of
Georgia, the case is now fairly before you.
You must decide who will be your next Gov
ernor. Will you support a man who is run
ning on the unsafe and unprecedented princi
ple which Washington condemned, and
which Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and
Jackson refused to sanction ? Will you go
for or against the sacred precedent set you by
the lamented Troup, and the long line of
Governors who have succeeded and preceded
him? We call upon you, voters of Georgia,
to stand by the old landmarks ; stand by the
principles taught you by the Fathers of the
Revolution, by the principles of true Repub
licanism, and by the doctrine taught us by
the founders of our New Government.—
Should you sanction this dangerous innova
tion of a third term man, it will rise up and
meet us forever after. “ Nothing but that
highest and rarest of official integrity which
forbids a man to prostitute the public offices
to his own advantage will then stand in the
way of endless succession of aspiring dema
gogues for third, fourth, fifth and sixth terms,
and your Governors will not have warmed
their chairs before the plots for official perpe
tuity shall have commenced.” Put down
this monster innovation, at the ballot box,
Freemen of Georgia, and you will reflect
credit on yourselves, honor upon the State,
and it will entitle the proud old Common
wealth once more to claim her glorious motto
of “ Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.”
SONS OF 76.