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N R PN D ;gsw‘"’ SE if‘ I picketed, and when the fight comes not ono of them would ever get out of this town alive. We dont intend they shall ever get outof the country. But I want it distinetly understood’that I am op posed to any war, and will only fight in self-defense, If the militia atiack wus, we will resist to the last, and if necessa -Iy, I think T could raise forty thousand men in five days, ready for the field.” “Do you think, General, that Kuklux have been any benefit to the State !” " #No doubt of it. Since its orgaviza fion the Leagues have quit killing and murdering our people. There were some foolish young men who putmasKs on thcir faces and rode over the eountry, frighten ing negroes; but orders have been issued to stop that, and it has ceased. You may say further, that three members of the Kuklux have been court-martialed and shot for violations of the orders not to disturb or molest the people.” * “Are you a member of the Kuklux, Qeneral 1” " “I'am not; but am in sympathy and will co-operate with them. I know they are charged with many crimes that they are not guilty of. A case in point is t{e killing of Bierfield, at Frankrin a few days ago. I sent a man up there es pecially to investigate the case, and re port to me, I have his letter here now in which ho states that they had nothing to do with it as an organization.” ‘ ~ “What do you think of negro suf frage 1" . %I am opposed to it under any and all circumstances; and in our convention quged our rarty not to commit them- ' selves at all upon the subject. If the negroes vote to enfranchise us, I do notl think I would faver disfranchisment.— We will stand by those who help us.— And here I want you to understand dis tinctly, I am not an enemy to the negro, We want him here among us; he is the enly laboring class we have, and more than that I would sooner trust him than the white scalawag or carpet-bagger.— When I entered the army I took forty seven negroes into the army with me, and forty-five of them were surrendered with me. I said to them at the start: ‘This fight is against slavery ; if we lose it, yoa will be made free; if we whip the fight, and you stay with me and be good boys, I will set you free. In either ease ‘{ou will be free’ Those boys stayed with me, drove my teams, and better Confederates did not live.” “Do you think the Kuklux will try to intimidate the negroes at the elec tion 1" ~ “I do not think they will. Why, I made a speech at Brownsville the other day, and while there a Lieutenant, who served with me, came to me and inform ed me that a band of radicals had been going through the courtry claiming to be Kuklux and disarming the negroes and then selling their arms. I told him to have the parties arrested.” “What do you think is the effect of the amnesty granted to your people ¥’ “] believe that the amnesty restored all the rights to the people, full and com plete. I donot think the Federal Gov ernment has the right to disfranchise any man, but I believe that the Legis latures of the States have. Tho objec tion that I have to the disfranchisement in Tennessce is, that the Legislature which enacted the law, had no Constitu tional existence, and the law, in itself, is anullity, Still I would respect it until changed by law; but there is & limit beyond which men cannot be driven, and I am ready to die sooner than sacri fice my honor. This thing must have an end, and it is now about time for that end to come,” “What do you think of Gen. Grant t” I asked. “I regard him as a great military commander, a good man, honest and lib eral, and if eiected will, I hope and be lieve, execute the law honestly and faithfully. And, by the way, a report has been published in some of the pa pars, stating that while General Grant and lady were at Corinth, in 1862, they took and carried off, furniture and other ‘{)roperty. I here brand the author as a iar. I was at Corinth only a short time ago, and I personally investigeted the whole matter, talked with the people with whom he and his lady lived while there, and they say that their conduct was every thing that could have been expected of a gentleman and lady, and deserving the highest praise. lam op posed to General Grant in every thing, ‘ but I would do him justice.” The foregoing is the principal part of my conversation, and I leave the reader to form his own opinions as to what General Forrest means to do. I think that he has been so plain in his talk that he cannot be misunderstood. Menpuis, TENN., Aug. 29, 1868, | After leaving General Forrest’s office yesterday, I met Mr. Glass, editor of the Trenton (Tennessee) Gazette, who accompanied me to tic office of Harris & Pillow, by whom I was courteously received. llaving had some friendly acquaintance with Gen. Pillow, I laugh ing remarked as we shook hands: “That I had come in to get his political opin ions for publication, that the public gen erally might know where to find him.” «Well,” said he, ““if you can take an old, deuf work horse and force from him ’any labor, you may be able to get from me some expressions of political’ opin jonn". s & e ; “Why, General, I hope you entertain no Opin‘i.aj upon public matters which ‘you wouldwish to conceal ¥’ k “None in the world, sir; but at this time I do not consider it cither good pol icy or a part of my duty to take any public part in political matters, and I am decidedly averse in my feelings to newspaper notoriety.” ’ ~ “But, sir, Tenncssce seemsto be in a ‘very unsettled condition,.and the peo ple of the North are anxious to know the scntiments of your people, and especial ly of the representative men of the State; whether a conflict will ensue; and if it does, what your course, ¢s lead ers among your people, will be.” “First, then, 1 donot claim to be a’ representative man. I haye taken no part in political matters since the close of the war; have not wriiten a letter on the subject or made a speech, although frequently invited to do so. Your peo ple up North do not understand the very peculiar condition of affairs in Tennes see, and, therefore, any expression from men who were identified with the rebel lion is liable to be misunderstood, even by the best meaning people; aud when they are taken in connection with the violyent and foolish speeches of some of our people, we are looked upon as very bad fellows. lor myself I desire and \intcnd to live in this country, and I de 'sire to live in peace. I am willing to sacrifice every thing, save honor to live in peace and order. But T believe in war in self-defense and in defense of honor. From a life long acquaintance with the people of Tennessee, I believo they think and feel as I do. 1 regard the present State government as uncon stitutional, and it certainly is odious to the people, and bitterly oppressive and proscriptive; yetlam willing to submit for a time to the laws, but not to per sonal wrongs. Our Southern people will not resist any thing but outrages. If the militia are called out, they will be men who cannot, or will not make a liv ing at any kind of labor, and accept the thirteen dollars per month because it will be easily gotten. With muskets in their hands, and under the present law, which prohibits their indictment for any act done under orders of their officers, and upon Governor Brownlow’s proclama tion authorizing them to shoot down the Kuklux wherever they find them, they will only have to call a man Kaklux to have the authority of law to kill; and this will be the consequence of their be ing called out. When this occurs— when these fellows commence their out rages—they will be resisted, and resist ed bitterly, although I think these troubles will be confined in the localities in which the outrages are committed, and upon the persons perpetrating them. Ilf Federal troops were stationed throughout the country, there would be no trouble ; their officers are gentlemen, from Gen. Grant or Thomas, down; so far as I can judge them. “The State government is oppressive, and lam not willing to submic to the state of affairs if it continue in the fu ture. If the people had known that this fate awaited them, they would not have surrendered. Their homes are burned, their women ravished, the men assassin ated, and when any of the guilty parties arc sentenced to the penitentiary they are at once pardoned by Gov. Brown low. This state of things cannot last and the peace of the country continue.” “General, what are your views on the subject of negro suffrage ¥’ “I am opposed to it, and would be in favor of disfranchising them at once. 1 would give them the privilege if they were found, after a time, to be intelliv-‘ gent and worthy of it. I believe in giv ing to the negro all personal and civil rights, and protecting him in them.” “(teneral, was you what is called an orginal secessionist ” I asked. “I was not, sir. I opposed secession, and purely upon the ground that Iloved the Government. I made speeches against secession, and did all I could to avert the struggle, but when it came 1 \took the side of my people, and I do not 'regret it. At this time I can not say that I love the Government as I once did, but ifit were in danger, I would give to its aid any ability 1 may pos sess.”’ st oA BNI Bl i Governor Harris I found to be one of the most entertaining and captivating gentlemen I bave met in a great while. In stature he is a little over the medium size, is fifty years of age, has dark brown hair, considerably bald, a beauti ful keen black eye, rather a handsome face, somewhat disfigured by a stiff mustache, but almost always wearing a pleasant smile. I informed him of the object of my visit, and was somewhat astonished to hear him reply that he held no political tenets. | “But it is not possible, Governor, that you have no interest in the condition of social and political affairs ¥” “Qh, yes, I feel adeep interest in these matters; but my position is that of l a spectator merely of the affairs of the State. I think if the State Government would pursue a paciiic, tolerant course, that quiet and order would at once be ‘ restored.” . “What do you think will be the result ——-_—_?___.—_—____—————-——— of calling out the militia under. the bill now before the Legislature !’ “I very much fear the result if the Governor should think proper to eall out his troofs, for while thc people de sire peace, I think: many pertonal con flicts will result, but hope that it will not become general. I have counselled my friends to forbearance in every thing to ward the Statc authorities.” ““What do you think of the Kuklux, Governor 1” “If there is such a thing in the world as a Kuklux, I have never seen him.” “What do you think would be the proper policy for the Government to pursue to settle our troubles ?” “I believe that if all the people were enfranchised, the troubles would, in a great degree, be allayed, but I do not believe that perfect harmony will be re stored until the franchise is extended. Under present legislation, the intelli ‘gence of the State is disfranchised, and the power traneferred to the ignorance and dregs of society. The people will never rest under the mismanagement and exorbitant taxation which is being ‘imposed upon them, but they hope for relief through legislation.” Throughout the whele conversation the Governor seemed reserved, and de sirous of avoiding any expression that might look like a desire to participate in politics ; yet he secined to fear the re sult if State troops arc called out. I nextvisited Hon. J. M. Tomeny, United States Marshal. He informed me that he never had the least difficulty in exccuting any process from the courts. He does not fear any trouble if the mil itia are not called into the field ; bat if they are, their pressence would be made a pretext forafight. The United States troops never had any difficulty with any of the people. If the militia should be sent to Memphis, a fight will be inevita ' ble. but it would be local. I asked him if he thought the rebels would make any attempt to intimidate negroes 8o as to control their votes. ITe said he did not think they would ; that it scemed to be the policy of the Democrats to try to win the negro, that such had been their policy in Mississip pi, and they had succeeded upon it. Mr. Tomeny is a Republican, and is participating in the canvass on the Grant platform. I also met at the same place Colonel Bingham, late editor of the DBulletin, when it was a Democratic paper, and Captain J. R. Alexander, of Tipton County, who served throagh the war with Forrest. Colonel DBingham said to me: 3 “We will not tie up the hands of our Northern friends by resisting anything, but we will charge up our griecvances against these radicals until after the elec tion, and then we will give them hell.” I told Captain Alexander what Gen eral Forrest had said to me. He seem ed astonished, and answered me by saying “that if General Forrest should come up into Tipton County, he might blow his bugle for three months, and he would not get ten men ; that he had fol lowed him through the war, but he would not tollow him or any other man into a ticht against the State or General Gov ernment, or any of its laws.” In these conversations I bave given the names of the gentlemen with whom I have talkedin order that the reader may understand that they are genuine. I informed each of these gentlemen that I would publish their opinions as ex pressed, and I believe each of them to have been candid. LEGISLATIVE. On the 12th the resolution declaring negroes ineligible to office was under discussion in the Senate and upon the vote being taken, the negro Senators were relieved by a vote of 24 to 11. # Radiealism is somewhat astounded :P the results of radical reconstfiction® in Georgia. They find that the. world moves, and alas, for them, sometimes in reverse of their own motion. | In the House on the 14th,"nin'.fl__fe Senate very little matter of general in ‘terest transpired. The Senate Rcfiej }bill was made the special order by th¢ [ House for Thursday morning. Tg Jury System, adopted, or likely to adopted, will be more rigid with refer ence to capacity and character, and will ‘be confined to the white people. ~ On the 15th the time of the House was consumed in the [discussion of the report of the Committee declaring Fyall a negro ineligible. The vote was 90 to & The Convention at Kingston of the 7th Congressional District adjourn ed, as we stated, without making a nom ination. The Committee appointed re ported through its Chairman—Col. Wm. Phillips of Cobb—a veries of rasolutions lamenting the condition o 7 the country, socially and politically and urging pa triotic action for its redemptica. The Counvention adjourned subject to the call of its President. THE MARIETTA JOURNAL. Morieite, Georgia. . m—— —————— Friday Morning; Sep. 18, 68. M | SRR, o 2w Y FPOR PRESIDENT: Mon. HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: General FRANCIS P. BLAIR. OF MISSOURIL e ey OPINIONS Of CONFEDERATE GENER ALS. , We have had, within a few days, the Correspondence between General Rosencrans and Generals Lee, Beaure gard and others, on the condition of the country, in general, and the South in particular, in which these Southern gen tlemen avouch the pacific intention of the Scuthern people, while they express the desire for the restoration of Consti tutional liberty. We give in this paper reported con versations with other Confederate Gen erals, equally interesting if not quite as reliable. 5 The N. Y. Tribune has contribu ted largely to the sensation arising from the conversion of one JOHN ALLEN, a keeper of a low brothel and known lat terly as the ‘“wickedest man in New York.” JouN ALLEN was low and infamous, but by no means the ‘“‘wickedest man” in New York, if wickedness is estimated by the evil commitfed. There are men in New York who said, ‘“let abolition come though thousands perish in the conflict,” and who now say, “let the Af rican have political power though mis rule, anarchy or civil war should follow.” These men, who can conceive of no bet ter modes of progress than through vio lence, such as we have witnessed and fear, surpass in deviltry the wickedness of a thousand JOHN ALLENS. Z°Mas. WiLuiax T. WINN, our State Senator, defined his political posi tion on the 10th inst., when he said in the Senate: “I came here as a recon struction democrat, and I believe that this is a legitimate body.” On the negro question we are highly pleased with the views he expressed on the 11th. Upon the motion declaring the ineligibility of the negro to office, he said— “No Senator denied that under the law he had a right to vote; further the (onstitution is silent. He is a citizen and entitled to all the protection as such. If he can hold office, then Senators here may as well give up their seats in future. He feared that the desire was to retain them in power to put scalawags and car pet-baggers in office. [Applause in the gallery suppressed by Chair.] He could find nothing in that Constitution confer ring the right to hold office. He voted for that Constitution as a Constitution Democrat, believing it the best we could do; but if negroes are to hold office, then he begged, if possible, to take back his vote on that subject. The Senator from the 19th had said, they being citi zens had that right. We argue, there fore, that women have the same, being ewizens and under the pratection of the laws. As to the convention, they never 50 declared. [Here Mr. W. read from mj“:al of the Convention, when Mr. i rrisTmoved to strike out the section g‘upthe right—the vote being : yeas, b 125 ; nays, 12.] Will you depart from the record? Did they m:an this, or something else?t They quote the Code in defence of this lovely nigger, this bul wark of their party, when the beginning of it says that persons having one eighth of negro blood are not entitled to held office. It is a noted fact that there are certain persons in Georgia who can not hold office. I would mention Mr. Toombs asone; he can vote and nof hold office. The negroes are not alone in this matter. There are thousands of noble patriots who are similarly situated. The right to vote does not carry with it the right to kold officc. Women are citi zens, butthey have neither the right to vote or hold office. You seek, however, to place over the intelligence, the virtue and pairiotism of Georgia, the rude, un educated, and brutal barbarian, the ne gro. The Senator from the 19th wishes progress. He seeks, therefore, to pro gress from the status of that of a white man to that of a negro. [Laughter.] I will never scek this level, cither to gain office or anything else. I tell you, Sen ators, this. 1 @ white man’s government. The Democratic party have so said, and no matter how you act, you cannot change it. What! is it possible. that we should suffer those to make our laws who are ignorant barbarians? Thirty six willions of people, intelligent and enlightened, will never permit it. Some, for ofhee, pelf, and plunder, will permit it, and would plunge this government into a war of races to accomplish their purpose. Fix their status and let them have protection to their lives, liberty, and property. Anything that will con duce to further this I am willing to assist in, but to make the negro® my equal, never.” : e~ P I ' 7" The N. Y. World speaking of the late action of the Georgia Legislature in ‘the expulsion of the negroes says, “itis “demonstrated that the whole thing (the restoration of rightful State govern ments) can be managed without resort ing to any action outside of the new State Governments, or to insurrection against them.” Of course it can.: S ———= NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. —_————————— ] GRASS SEED! WE HAVE ORDERED AND WILL receive in a few days, a lot of fresh Grass Seed. Red Clover, Orchard Grass, Red Top, Timothy, Lucerne, Blue Grass, &c. : R. T. Brumby & Sons. Marietta, Sept. 13, 1868. Thompson’s Fever and Ague Powders, For the Permanent Cure of Chills and Fever, Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague, or any form of Fntermittent Fever., ? % B TIIERE ARE NO DISEASES SO DEBlLl tating in their effect upon the constitution as the above, and none more difficult to curé. The Fe ver and Ague Powders will cure cases of the longest standing, as well as prove a preventive in the form ing stages of the disease, Beinlg purely Vegetable, they act with certainty on the disease, totally eradi cating it from the system, and preventing a return at any tuture period. Prepared only by HENRY M. CRAWFORD, No. 41 Market Street, Philadelphis. - Sold by WM. ROOT & SONS, sole Agents, Ma-~ rietta, Ga., and by storekeepers generally. \ sep. 18, '————‘——‘—'_"-."v—'—_‘-“_-*’ ADMINISTRATORS SALE. BY virtne of an order of the Honorable the: Court of Ordinary of Cobb county, Ga., will’ be #old before court house door in the city of Mariet- ' ta said County of C obb, during the legal hours of sale ou the first Tuesday in November next the fol lowing real estate to-wit: i Lot of land Number 229 in the 20th Distriot and 24 Section containing 160 acres more less, and the South West Corner of lot Number 230, in the 20th Distriet and 2d Section, containing 40 acres more or less— both of said lots lying and being in said county of Cobb. - ~ Sald at administrators sale as the property of the estate of James Parks, deceased, late ut‘sai({c«nmty, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said de ceased, Terms Cash. This September 13, 18687 E. M. PARKS, Adm’r. © GEORGIA COBB COUNTY : ~ Whereas, Margaret R. Leavell applies to me for letters of Guardianship of the persons and progeny of Julia A. M. Leavell minor orphan of Jasper Leavell deceased, of said county and of the persons'and prop erty of Lucinda J., Josiah J., and Anderson J. Lea vell, minor ophans of E. T. Leavell, late of said county deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all per sons concerned to file their abjeetions it any they have in my oftice on or before the first Monday in November next—otherwise letters of Guoardianship will be granted the applicants at that term of the Court of Ordinary for said ecunty. Given under my hand as Ordinary at office in Ma rietta, this Sept. 7, 1868, " E. A. DOBBS, Ordinary. NOTICE.--T\VO mouths after date application will be made to the Honorable the Court of Ordina ry of Gobb county, for leave to sell the lands belong ing to the estate of John Kiser, late of said ocounty deceased, for distribuiion among the heirs. % Sept 11 1868. M. C. KISER, Executor. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. ALL persons having claims against the estate of John Kiser, deceased, are requested to present them in terms of the law and those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate Ipa}fmeni. , Sept. 11, 1868, M. C. KISER, Executor, .. - NOTICE—Two months after date appiication will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Cobhb county for leave to sell the real estate belonging”to the estate of E. F. Leavell, deceased, for the “benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased, this 7th of Sept. 1868. 2 : ia JOHNSON WILLIAMS, Adm'r.: : e S A itiemeeliidile NOTICE-—Two months after date application will be made to the Gourt of Ordinary of Cobb county, for leave to sell the real estate belonging ta the estate of James M. Johnson, late of said county deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts of said deceased. H. M. HAM%!ETT, Adm’r. Sept. Ist, 1868. ————————————————— e —————_————————— NOTICE—Two months after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Cebb county for leave to sell the real estate belonging to the estate of Mary A. Manning late of said county deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Sept. Ist, '6B. H. M. HAMMETT, Adm’r. . ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. ’“HLL be sold, by order of the Court of Ordinary of Cobb County, Ga., before the Court House door in the City of Marietta, said County of Cobb, on the first Tuesday in November next, during the legal hours of sale, the following Real Estate to-wit: Lets of Land Nos, 7,8, 67, 136, 137, 216, 217, and 20 agres off of the East half of Lot No, 138, and 30 acres off of the East and North portions of Lot No. 79, and 24 acres off of the West portion of Lot No. 66. All of said Lots lying and being in the 16th, District and second section of said County of Cfind said whole Lots containing 40 acres eack m less, and the whole of said iand amounting in the aggregate to 354 acres more or less Sold as the property of the Estate of William Gresham, deceased, late of said County of Cobb, for the benefit of the heirs and credi» tors oty said deceased. Terms Cash, G. B. BENTLEY, and JANE GRESHAM, Administrators. Sept. 18th, 1868.—40 d. -_— 55" BrANKS of all kinds printed to or der at the JoURNAL OFFICE very low, -