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fltf (Quitman fanner.
F. R. FILDES, - - Editor.
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l« rurniitht»r'un**l ll.mh-ihl .V/«*nt. to iir«M*tin» jiml
r«****i|H for «ult*<-rij<tinM» an*i wfiverlbiiiK for tin*
(j */»tmu n lit l n tier.
The Quitman Banner for sale
Fur t!«p ptirpt-M* of a elm a-©* of ll»**
pi’o|»ri<'tor of tin* t/tiHiii'ii, /{nutter oflW* III* IH* nr to
|»|wt »-tal#loliiticr»l for wd**. It i* i*rniipt«*te In
rrrry purlirukr. ami oiu* of tin* Im**4 pnyh»K«*n
lorprimi* in tin* Flat©. To h < n-li jrtirelin-fr hii
•*xe«*fh*nt htirpiSn b off* ml. A Mp**«*fly j»hl© b
«h**ir«*d, amt if not cffrcUil, «iil W withdrawn
from iW maillot.
JT&'V or Loral now* mv third pa" *.
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We ptiMihli lo*dny what tin* Martin
Te/eyra/th stylos Gov. Hiuw im ‘ fust incs
sage” to the Atlanta Reconstruction Con
volition. It is a danger him document
intended to deceive and mhdea 1 the peo
ple of Georgia.
Tlm* Radicals have become ala i »od at
the recent demons (ration by theConHcrv
utives ii Con trillion, at Mw- hi, and
doubting iheir ability to stern the current I
its holiest indignation, and have a Consti
tut ion roc gnizing mgrOMuflYiige, ratified
ly the muMrtoH, If.own comes to the res
cue, and suggests that the nauseous dish
Is,* covered with condiments, so that its
disagreeable flavor may Im disgut«csl, and 1
tl»c i ncrant Ikj induced to overlook the
poison, so they gra-*p the charm.
Without douht tliis letter of Gov. ;
Brown, stamp* him as one of the bn nest
eharlittaiiK of tliis corrupt age. Coder
the garb of a philanthropist deeply la
menting the unfortunate condition of the
country—he attempts to betray i people
who have delighted to do him I onor, and
force them, by net of their own, t» Com*;
•itit polit eal and loeial suicide, lie tells
llie Convention (of which he is the cliiel
director) that it iniot incorporate in the j
Const it U ion about to be framed, a clause j
hyatizing robber g <>t honest turn; and for j
fear tha honor may iw rp he sway, and
a majority of the “unfortunate poor” pre- I
fi»r f too rtg to th ,nuv, he would appeal |
to them as liisburnls uml fathers, to ratify
the Constitution, ft* cause if secures io them
u homestead, exempt from orccutiou and
sale, to the value of two or three thous
and dollars ! l’luto dropped his head in
shame, when the debased Southern trait
or placed the infamous bribe before high
toned chivalrous Georgians. Shame for
the man shone for even tin* demagogue
—and sharue for the traitor, so steeped in
infamy and lost to honor, as to attempt,
by bribery, to prevail oil the people to
convert th 8 grand old Com non wealth
into a thrice accursed Ilayti or St. Do
mingo !
\\ liilst we Oppose all legislative en
actments fur the relief of debtors, if for
no other reason, because they would be I
cont ary to that provision of the United
States Constitution forbidding the enact*
ment of laws invalidat. i»g contracts, yet j
we are of opinion that the poor and tin-;
fortunate of every State should be pr<.
tected in the possession of a comfortable
homestead; yea, wo go further, and favor
an urn* inline t to the Constitution ot the
United States, protecting every citizen,
from the St. Lawrence to the Kin (Jrande,
in the possession of a homestead from
execution and sab*. J/oneet motives,
however, do not influence Gov llrewn in
the advocacy of the measure .* his sole
motive is the screening of the hideous
for tures of tjie new Constitution : the clo*
tiling of a Innthcsomc monster in a garb
that will entice, deceive ami mislead.
That the Convention will heed the ad
vice give If by the Kx-Governor, it > one
entertains a doubt. He is the master
spirit controlling its deliberations; and
therefore this "fust message” may be ;
considered a hey note of the character of
Constitution to he adopted. The peo-!
pie will not l*c* deceived They never
will consent to lower the atumiurd of
franchise, and surrender the government I
of their State to the hands of ignorant j
negroes, for the poor cquivolent of a j
homestead exempt hmi execution. Hon* :
«*r, pride and patriotism still have a lodg
ment in the heart* of Georgians, and
lltey will not ho duped by designing
demagogues ami Southern traitors.
Th* Atlanta Mongrel Convention
Our readers would not lu* benclitted
in the least, by reading the proceedings
••f the black and tan assemblage, mis
called the * flcorgiu Ueconstructioii Con
vent ion,” now in session at Atlanta.
Theietorc wo decline filling our columns
with the dirty unprofitable stulf. The
C< hi vent ion consumed four or live days
in effecting an organization and the bal
ance of‘the tine has been consumed in
listening to the impuaent harangues of
snch ignorant black Rconndicls as A. A.
Bradley, of Massachusetts, one* of the
ilelegan from ha loam. 1 lie as-Jem
ldago an i ' j r Heeding* are a disgrace
to the *Stute, a . it w II 1o u rediet when
it accomplishes its disreputable work j
and adjourns.
The only work accomplished thus lai
is the adoption •fa Kelief Ordinance and
reso utioiis m • ereuce to the Cotton
Tax. They will be found elsewhere.
On tile 1 tith an Ordinance was intro
duced hi vacate all .'-date olliccs after the
Ist of .1 anoai v next, when they shall be
filled by Cen. Tope.
On the same day sixteen standing eoin
m tus's were announced: and only three
itegnx-s wa re on the same. The Mol
grids ar»* n- t dealing fair with the “man
am! brother
It is «aiJ that the Georgia Sttprem*
Court, in Session at Milhtigev lie, made
u di*eistoii last we«*.; t d«daring the Stay
law (ihcuEttiiluliniial.
Anno ii If on ;in lal if or.
Out Savannah exciiaiigna, of M n lay,
eoniMin llie futiOcular* of acowaidly ami
! murderous assault, made by two hohh of
i Col. . If. lloiki rs, on Mr. J n.v K
11 a V km, editor of the Jtejitibl han* llie
I cuiiHf* of Hit a*sa u!t wns an article pub
| lisle and in the J!>/.a!, lit an of Saturday
: 'Horning, supposed to it fleet upon tl.e
! character of Col. Hopkins, in having ta
ken the test oath. The Xnr* ts llrrahl
miy# that “the attack was of a cowardly
and niuligmint nature, and without a
single redefining incident.”
W'e have not room to give the panic
iilars in full ; but tun reports agree in
•dating (hat ( apt. «.!. H. and Koniurr Hop
kins entermi tie counting-room of the
/trjtuhlu an, and greeting Mr. ll.vyks, as
though in fi iendsliip, one held him firmly
by the hand whist the other dealt him
murderous blows over the head and
body with the butt of a loaded whip.
Mr. Uavkm bleeding profusely, escaped
from the bouse and naught refuge in a
neighborin' store. He was cairied
to his residence totally insensible The
Messrs. Hopkins we e arrested and held
lo bail in the sum of SI,OOO each. Sun
day evening Mr. Jlayk* condition grew
rapidly worse, and it w is the opinion of
his physicians (hut lie would not recover
from his injuries; therefore his assailants
were again arrested and committed to
Mr. Hanks is a bold, fearless, indepen
dent writer, and we believe otnnrirtifiouii
in his political opinions. He lias for
mouths bitterly opp sed . egro suffrage,
and lately dbcovering that the military
Kecoustruction Acts of Congress were
designed f« r the advancement of Radic
alism, and not for the benefit «>f the peo
ple interested he has thrown all the pow
er of his mind towards the defeat of tin*
Mongrels and their base schemes in (ieor
gia. His scathing pen has spared neither
men itor measures. For this he Inis been
denounced by the Radical party uud
press—and now lie« ut Death’s door, for
during to exercise the rif/hl of on Ameri
can join nalist.
Tne Hon. 11. S. Firm, (who has as
sumed temporary charge of llie editorial
columns of the llr/mhliran,) commenting
upon this cowardly assault, says that
“liliul affection is a sentiment recognized
as sacred by all gentlemen, but when it
assumes the form of assassination, it be
comes a cowardice of so contemptible a
character, that the bachelor who reads
mav bless hitnscli that he has lead a life
of celibacy. It was a brave deed and
bravely was it done for two able and
armed men to assault hii unarmed man,
vailing their malignity under the smile
of a friendly salutation.
Unit rage fan be defined as a refinement
of ijuackery and cowardice as in im
provement upon chivalry, if such con
duct from such characters can go uncon*
detuned.
A more unmanly and dastaidly act it
was never our bad fortune to chronicle.
‘•fly St. I’mil tin? work goon bravely on !”
'Flic Malmma ItudicaK'oustifution
Hie Uonsfitntion framed by the Ala
bama Radical (•onvention, is so extreme
ly obnoxious, that even ihc negroes re
pudiate it. The Montgomery Adcerfiwr
of the 12lli, contains the preamble and
resolutions adopted by the League in that
city, denouncing the new Constitution
and calling on the colored leaguers to aid
in defeating it. It declares that the del
egates to the Convention went far beyond
the province of their duties and instruc.
tions, and fr lined a Constitution disfran
eliising uml proscribing a large portion
of the most intelligent and law-abiding
citizens of Alabama, and characterized in
every feature by a fiendish motive of re
venge and hatred. Tiny resolved,
First. That in tho opinion of this Conn
eil the said Constitution is un infamous
fraud upon the rights of the people of
this State, and will, if ratified, inevitably
result in tile debasement of the white
race and dint ruction of the black.
Second. That wo cam.ot, consistently
with our obligations ns members of the*
Union Loyal League of America, give
aid or support, in any manner whatever,
to this ndui'iottH srlicim, to d\strovat
one fell swoop, the peoco, happiness and
prosperity, for all time to come, of the
whole people of the State of Alabama.
Third. 'Flint we, as Union Republicans
and as members of tho Montgomery
Council of the. Union League of America,
call on all law-abiding and Union loving
c lorcd men of Alabama to unite with us
in our efforts to defeat the adoption ol
this Constitution, which embodies princi
ples dangerous to constitutional liberty,
prmnotivc of civil war between the two
races, and destructive ol all the ends of
good government.
Fourth That wo denounce ns con*
ti mptible an effort on the part of a few
! of the members of this Council, who are
{ mere political adventurers, to break up
the sam? because they have failed to]
! make it subservient to their vile political ;
; scheme.
! It is stated that the disaffection is broad
spread, and that a “burst up” will take
place in the “Loyal Lcaa es” throughout
the State. The cause is, the objectiona
ble tea tures of the Constitution framed '
by the Convention, and tho caucus of
members of the Convention, who nomi
nated t »r State oH'k cis all whites, leaving
the blacks out in the cold,
i The Conservative* are also organizing
I everywhere, and the present prospect is,
that the Constitution will Im: defeated by
an overwhelming majority.
The A •hrrlift r says that a call lias been
issued for the organization of a Cos serv*
ative club in Montgomery. It declares
its objects shall be : “First : The cultiva
tion of a spirit of mutual confidence and
good feeling between the two races in the
! S utli, without which then* ran be neith
er ptace nor prosperity nor repose to
j either. Second. To support, in the ap
preaching election, the policy of our own
tried people, neighLus and friends, whosi !
i capital furnishes us employment and
wh<*sc nnifs shelter us, in pivton nee t*>
that iiutugura.ed by st: ngeis and their
! allieM Third. To discourage by all means !
I in our power that ivar of rnees which
evil counsels and ‘guoranei* no*Hi to be
i hastening; and which once inaugurated
j will result in our midden mid speedy doH
(ruction.
\t fiat tin* tlab*?nii llaihenl fan*: if a ion Pro
po«e* t» do ah to Sufrrajjc.
'flu* Constitution submitted to tlr? peo
; pie of A humtna by the Military Recoil
j affliction Convention contains pro* isions
I says tin* Mail , which if ratified, will ac
| complish the following reHults :
1. To perm tev tv negro t*» vot ? wh it
ever his eompetency or ir»comj>efeiicy,
who ban been in the State six months
l and in the county three months.
' II To permit to vote only such white
i men as may have been in tho Statu six
I months and in the county three months,
i who will swear never to change the pro
posed constitution, so far as it affects
: the question of suffrage,
j 111. To deprive of the privilege of vo.
! ting and holding office—lst. All whites
| who may he disfranchised by the pro-*
‘ posed eonsfitufional amendment (14tl»*
Article) ami by the Reconstruction Acts,
that is to say, all who icld any office,
t Federal or .State, of tho lowest grade,
J iMjfore the war, and afterward gave aid
or sympathy to tho (Jonh derate cause.
This provision, according to the Regis
tration returns, will disfranchise thirty :
| thousand white men of the Utato.
2. AH whites who shall have been con
! victed of treason at any time before an |
| election. Ah marly every white man iu j
Ihe State who applied for pardon under
the $20,000 clause of the Fresident'.sjam
nesty proclamation, w.i» compelled by
order of Judge Rusteed, of tho U S. D s
i triet Court, after his property was libel
led, to plead guilty to treason in open
convt, it follows that this provision d?s-!
! (VancVises every white man who applied
for pardon under that clause, embracing
not less than ten thousand of our best
citizens.
1. All whites who have conscii ntions
j Hcmples about taking a lest oath to the
effect that tlrcy will never vote or use
the r influence to change the basis of
suffrage, whatever may be the evil effects
of the proposed system—in other words,
a test oath swearing away their liberty
of thought and action.
The first two of these excluding pro
visions take the suffrage away forcibly
from tin: hands off rty thousand whiles,
and the last clause will take it away
conscientiously from all but the lowest
classes, who care nothing for the sagac
ity of an oath nor the liberty of thought,
In short, tlie-o disfranchising proposi
tions of the Reconstruction Convention,
propose to give the State government of
Alabama and the municipal government
of all but six counties of the Stste, to ne
groes who have had no opportunity to
i prepare themselves with a knowledge of
even the simplest duties and obligations
of government.
Such a government llm nrymrs hare no/
ash'd /or and the whiten will not endure.
Such a Constitution has not been de
manded by the Republican party nor b>
Congress. The proscription for which it
provides has been expressly repudiated
at every primary meeting of negroes iu
Alabama. The people of the North have
j denounced the scheme from ocean to
| ocean. Will Alabama endorse it Will
; tin? white race vote their own degreda-
I tint! t Will the black raj© vote their
I own destruction ?
Tlie Kelief Ordinance.
! In the Atlanta (’onvention, on TI urs
j day last, Mr. It. B. Bullock, < f Augusta,
said that circumstances occurring within
twenty-four hours past, had rendered it
a matter of great importance to have
some immediate action on the* subject of
iclief, and he woulr’, therefore, beg leave*
to introduce an ordinance on that sub- j
ject.
Foster Blodgett moved the previous
(pleation on the adoption of this ordinance
which call was sustained, and, the oidi
nance being put upon its passage, was
adopted by the Convention by a heavy
vote and with applause. This is the or
dinanco ns passed :
AN OnniN ,NCK roll IMMK.niATK rkmef.
\V it Kit k as, The question of alfording
some relief to the people ot Ceorgia from
the harden of indebtedness which is now
oppressing them i« likely to be aetvd up- j
on by this Convention at some future
day; and
Wnkuk as. Large amounts of property j
are now levied on and about to be saeri- .
lilted it Sliei ills’salts; and
Wiikukas. The debtors in snch cases j
should be entitled to the benefits which j
may be conferred on other debtors by the j
future action of this Convention. There-!
I fore,
| 7»V it o 'dained by the people of Georgia
in (Convention assembled, ; i it is here
by ordained by authority of the same, i
That from and after the passage of this
| ordinance, all levies which have been or j
may be made, under execution issued ;
from any court of t is State, shall besus- •
pended until this (Vuivei tion shall have j
taken, or refused to take, final action up- ;
on the matter of relief; and that all sales
under execution iu violation of this ordi* j
nance shall be mill, void, and of no cl •
feet.
Law Tr.r wniANT—A Cokhk.ct Military
1 k .her. — The Macon Te/eyra/th says that
G n. Hai.coik has ordered the writ of!
habeas corpus to be respected in the case
> f two men arrested in New Orleans up
on a requisition of Gov. Fenton, of New
York, under a charge of obtaining goods
under false pretences. He visited the
, Uhii l of Police’s oftice in person, stating
| that ho would detain any train or sink
i any ship attempting to take away the
prisoner in defiance of the writ.
It was supposed l*v everybody that ;
i tin: question of Convention in South Uar
| olinu and Mississippi, had been decided
in the tagative ly the }»eople. There
was very little doubt of the fact ; but
the Sal raps have anauged tue vot * t<>
suit the Radicals made a majority for
Con vent ions, and older the same to con
x nc. Fare" ell liliei't v !
Frn?n th<* Atlanta New Era.
Kelief 1-clJer fmin Kxtiovemor
Josepli E llruw n
Atlanta, Oa., Dec. 10, IS6I.
Hon. JJI Vat roll:
Fir,—lu compliance with your requist
I reduce to writing the substance of my
r marks • tiring our conversation upon
the subject of elief to the people of Geor
gia.
i The war has resulted in tho deal rue*
! tion of hundreds • f iniliimis of dollars'
i worth of property in the State, to any
| nothing of the destruction iu other States
! Much of this was destroyed by the action ,
| of the Confederate Government, but inucb i
| the larger part grew out of the abolition j
of slavery by the Government of the Uui
; ted States, and by the action of the State |
I udder the dictation of the I’rcßident of
I tin* United Stales.
j Thus, tue p operty in the hands of
! debtors, wit.i which they expected to j
make payment, has been destroyed bv ■
the Government. Thousands of honest,
prudent men, who contracted and jlits prior
to tlie war, which bore a very small pro-,
} portion of the property owned by them, ;
have been impoverished by the war, and j
if forced to pay'these debts in the pres ;
©nt condition of tlie country, they must j
l»c turned out of doors with their families,
homeless and penniless.
This is neither equitable nor just. Such ,
debtors have not involved themselves by
profligacy nor bad management. They
acted prudently and judiciously when the ,
debts were contracted. Had not their
property been destroyed by the Govern
in' nt, they would have made payment,
i and had ample means left. The war, f>»r
which they were no more respous b e
i than tin* credit* rs, has caused tlie Gov- '
I eminent to destroy their property with-,
out compensation. In such a state m ;
j things, 1 hold that it is right that tin* j
loss be divided between debtor anil cred
itor, and that stay laws, anil homestead j
laws, and any other laws which may be
necessary to divide the loss by inducing j
creditors to compromise and aottlo oo j
reasonable terms, are right in principle !
and sound in policy; and the neglect to
pass them is a derelic ion of duty on the j
! part of the representatives of the people, j
I need not refer to the bankruptcy and
rum brought upon us by the fall ot cot
ton to less than half the price expected
by our planters when they made the ex
penditures necessary to raise the present
crop. All see and know what has been
the result. They cannot meet p ©sent
liabilities, much less pay debts contracted
prior to, or during the war. They are
obliged to have relttn.
U is said that our Supreme Court will
soon declare tlie Stay Law uncoustitu
lional, and turn loose the Sheriffs upon
our people. If so, property will cluing©
hands very rapidly from the people to the
lew speculators who may have money,
but very little money will be realized by
the sales to go in extinguishment of the
indebtedness of the people. Should such
be the case, i see but one safe remedy,
and that is, in the forpiation of the new
constitution of the State, to deny to all
coutls anil ministerial officers in this
State, for a reasonable time, any jurisdic
tion to enforce any contract made prior
to the end of the war, by judgment, exe
cution or otherwise. If this should b<
characterized as an extreme measure, 1
reply, the emergency is an extreme one,
and tlie public good, as well as the |>eace
of society, demands the application of the ;
proposed remedy.
In one class of cases I would make tin*
denial of jurisdiction perpetual. A sold
B a slave, in 18(10, for SI,OOO, and took
his note. In 18(C) the Government took
the slave from B, and made him free. II
| A had kept him, the Government would
| have done the same. Alias lost nothing
j but the hire of the slave for the time B
! held him. Tho equities of Iho case re
quire that A give up B’s no.**, and that
B pay him hire for the time he used the
slave.
Insert in the Constitution of Georgia
a provision that no Court shall ever en
tertain jurisdiction of, or enforce any con
tract, the consideration of which was a
slave; but tlie Courts of this State may
entertain suits for the hire ot slaves, and
the work is accomplished.
Tho Courts then (the Judges being
sworn to support this Constitution) can
never give ju Igmcnt on the note or en
force any execution on such judgment,
but they may compel B to pay what tlie
j jury may find is justly due f>r hire. In
additiou to these measures, I think wise
| statesmanship and sound policy require
an enlargement of the homestead allowed
‘by law to ©ach tajUiily Thi** should be
I incorporated into the bill ol lights as one
of the most sae.ed provisions of the Con
stitution
Each family, w ithout regard to race or
color, should be allowed t«> bold one thou
sand dollars' worth ot land, of which they
may have become honestly possessed as
owner, together with the dwelling house
and all necessary out-houses, the value
! of which should not be counted iu isti
mating the value ot the land, unless in a '
city, town, or incorporated village, the
Improvements are worth more than th** 1
i usual average > f dwelling houses. This
; should be held sacred t». ihe family, and !
j free from levy and sale umlei «».*y judg
| incut, execution or other process issued 1
i by any Court in this State.
The calamities of the war justify this ,
when applied to past indebtedness, in j
! much the larger class of coses. No in* j
justice Could result from it, in » ase of fu
ture indebtedness, as no one would give
I credit on tne faith ot ft.
Asa matter ol public policy, it should ,
Commend itself to every one who realizes
the present condition »»f the country.—
Slavery is abolished. The large landed I
aristocracy of the State is broken down.
'Hie old plantation system must l>© aban
doned. We must divid the country into
small tracts. Those who own large tracts
should sell, at reasonable prices, small
farms to those who cultivate tho soil.—
Fills would attach our people more linn
ly to their present homes, ami induce oth
ers to settle among us. Population is
the true wealth of a State.
We have vast resources to ih v hp.— !
Wo need more labor and more capital. —
We should so frame our Constitution and
laws, and so regulate our conduct as to
invite both, lie who brings capital, or ,
muscle and nerve, into Georgia to aid in
| hei development, and conducts himself 1
as a peaceable citizen, is her friend, no
matter where he was born, or what ho is
called. If you adopt a liberal homestead j
law securing the*home to the family, no
matt* i how unfortunate or profligate the
husband and father nay be, you invite 1
men < fsma 1 means to leave States which
have ■ ot ! .*nacted such laws, and invest
their money in laud in Georgia, where
they would have an assurance of a home
for themselves and families during life,
and lor toe widow and the orphan when
they aie gone, no matter what niisfortmie
may belu.e them. There should also be
a icasm exemption of personal pro
perty.
Lj*.. >:ng I may remark that sev
i ~r a ! of tiio Plato* of tlie Union have
| groatly enlarged tlmir lionwftoad law*
! witliin tlie last few year*. Some exempt
l as in cell as throe tli< limn ml ilollars. it is
■ j a milter of jir-tt contra:illation lliat tlio
humanity of tlie pn'sent lime ropuiliales
tlie Lai liaroua laws of past ag s, wlneli
not only incarcerated tlie bnaband fa
debt, without auv charge of fraud on I is
part, but turned t‘ic wife and children 1
into the streets helpless bej'j'ars, when
ever the husband, from any cause, made
engagements he could not meet.
Trusting that the Convention, over
which you preside, may act wisely and
promptly on ibis important question, 1
am, very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, Jus uni K. Bnow.v.
The Methodist Conference.
The lirst session of the South Georgia
Conference, M. K. Church, South coinple
ted its labors and adjourned on Monday
evening.
The meeting next year will he held at
Albany.
The following appointments were
made :
Savaxv.ui District. —J W Hinton, Pre
siding Kldcr.
Savannah —Trinity, G G N McDormcl;
City Mission, I) 1) Cox.
Springfield Circuit—K II llowsen.
Pylvania— .1 M Si"k< s.
Hetliel—S S Sweet.
Isiuisvilh —lt R McWilliams, DII Mur
phy.
Waynesboro—-I S Hopkins.
Alexander- -T I! Lanier.
Gipsotl—l> I. Timmons.
Swaynesboro—J l> Mmldiii.
Sandersville—J M Austin.
Sainlersvillc Circuit—J J Morgan.
Washington—To !*• supplied,
Macon District. — Charles E Jewett,
Presiding Kldcr.
.Macon-—Miilbiny Street, J S Key ; ;
First Street, .1 It Smith ; City Mission-
James Jones, .1 W Burke.
Macon <;ti«it w c lta«».
Jeffers* nville—J K Ainsworth.
Fort Valley Circuit—K A II McGhee.
Perry Station—VV Knox.
Hayucsvilte |\V W Stewart,
l'awkfnsville Mission—W F Robinson
V enn;.—ll J Rent?..
Irwinton Wesley Lane.
Golden—C W Smith.
Octnulgeo Mission—Tube supplied.
Knoxville Mission—Tube supplied,
Wesleyan Female College- .1 M 801 l
liel, President ; W (' Bass, C W Smith,!
Professor; Kditnr Southern Chr stain
A vacate, K II Myers.
Con Mitt's District- It B 1-ester, Presi
ding Kldcr.
Columbus—St I.tike’s, J E Evans; Ge
rad Mission, J R Littlejohn; St Paul's,
A M Wynn.
Muscogee Circuit—S D Clemmons.
Upatoy Mission - V K Tigner.
Butler Circuit—E W I, Anthony; one
to supply;
Talliottoii—R W Dixon.
Talbot circuit—€ A Ftilwood.
Hamilton and Colored charge—W A
Park.
Pleasant Gr-ve—X VV TeJnoll.
Buena Vista E T Embey.
Stewart-—\V P ILinson.
Lumpkin—VV S Baker
Cassetta—l) O’Di'iscidl,
Am Kiwi's Duistkirt—J 15 McGhee, Pre
siding l.ld -r.
.Inter ions—C P Jones.
Magnolia Springs B F Breedlove
Bethel—(i VV Bright.
Starkeavillc Mission -J G Worley.
Albany Station- II It Moore.
Dawson Circuit T T Christian,
f'lithbert and Georgetown -J 0 A
Cook.
Randolph .I V’ Mills.
Oglethorpe and Mt J M Marshall.
I Swift Street Mission -To lie supplied.
| Worth and Irwin Mission—To lie sup .
! p’ied.
Florence S1! VV oarer.
Weston C A Crowell.
Ell iville— R iq Willi am son.
Bain name T. District. —George C Clark,
Presiding Elder.
Bainhridgc-A G Dean.
Decatur e r nit W M P Bond.
Springlield-Jaim s Harris.
Thomasvitle Matum- X I! Ousley.
Camitlu X A McK ibben.
Ocolueka: U F Evans.
Morgan : I! VV Flournoy.
Colquitt : To be supplied.
Trinity and Blakely : J II Harris.
Fort Gains: E J Baldwin,
GrooversviUo : J VV Talley.
Brunswick Distrut J W ,Simmons,
Presiding E! ler
Brunswick and St Mary's: R J Corley
j (5 -ntrcville :To I e supplied.
VVuyn -sville : X B Moon-house,
j Boctortown Mission :VV M Kennedy
tLJmosvillo Mission : G G Childs.
Ocinulgec : VV E Conley.
VVunesboro : W T McNlic act.
Irwin : To be supplied.
Vtocklown : M II Fielding.
Nashv lie : .1 I. Williams-
Va-dosta J J Giles.
Quitman : J M Hendry.
Marwin : P C Harris.
Moulin : To ho supplied.
Actam.uu District : L Ii Payne, Pre
siding Elder.
Dar en au.l Mclntosh : VV Hays.
Keidvilie VV !.l Watt.
Dublin: To be supplied.
.Statesboro : W II Wvlv.
llinesvillc : J F, .Xrntell.
Bryan Mission : To be supplied.
Mount Vernon : VV M C Conley.
Jachsonville : W B Bussey.
Pulaski and Wilcox Mission : To be
supplied.
Sunday School Agent : I. Pierce.
Agent Kmn.y College: F F Reynolds.
Agent Andrew Female College : J P
Dm.ran.
\V. P. Harrison, transferred to Xorth
Georgia Conference, Sup. \\ esley Chap
el.
0. L. Smith, North Ceorgia Confer
ence, at Carteraville.
W. P. Junes : West Florida Confer
j once
J Scaife ; Montgomery conference.
T. B. 11 -rbeu: Transferred to Illinois
conference.
COLORKB CIRCUITS.
Fort Vailcy : J. Anderson.
Knoxville: Paul Barnett.
Perry : J. Staley.
RAINBKiOOE PISTRICT.
Bainbridge colored charge-—Adams
Bouton.
lh-catur ; A. Gadscn.
Foulstown : Robert Miksen.
Tliomasville : B. Thomson.
Duncanville : A. Jackson.
Colquitt : Peter Colquitt.
Jenningsville : TANARUS« bo supplied.
Calhoun : C. (Jilqnitt.
Trinity : T> lie supplied.
Brooks and Lowndes : C. Ashley and
\V. Price.
A resolution has b eu adopted by the
At'anta C- nventkm, to prevent discrim
ination by common carrieis, on account
oi color. j
The I'otiw Tax.
On Friday last, the Mongrel Conven
tion at Atlanta adopted the following
preamble and res dutious, asking a re
peal of the cotton tax:
Whereas The successful culture of cot
ton in Georgia is essential to the pros
pol ity- of the people and the full develop
1 memos the material interest of the Bute
and whereas, the encouragement given
to its production abroad, during the war
lias largely increased that production,
which has, in connection with utliqj- c.-ius
; es, so reduced its value as to seriously
endanger its continued cultivation as a
leading staple by her own people, there
s re.
Resolved, That the Convention do te
eomim-nd the repeal of the cotton tax,
and, if practicable, the application of the
repeal of the present crop.
Resolved, That tlie Convention consid
ers its repeal essential to the continued
successful cultivation of cotton as the
great staple of the country, and as a
' measure of relief to both agricultural
i capital and labor.
Resolved, That the Convention, having
confidence m the earnest desire ol the
i Government of the United States to aid
j in restoring the prosperity of the people
i of Georgia and tlie development of all
1 her material interest do hereby request
the {'resident of the Convention to for
ward a certified copy ot these resolutions
to the President of the United States,
the Presidi ut of tin Senate, and the
Speaker of the House of Representative;
with a request that that they be presen
te<l at an early day to both Houses ot
Congress.
lifter of Gen. TlioiuiH Jr.
We find in the Leuven worth
Commercial a terse and pointed letter ui
Oeit. Thomas Kwiiig, Jr., brother-in-law
of Gen. Sherman, upon the political site*
atioo, which we tra isfer with pleasure
to our Columns. It is addressed to Col.
0. A. Haasett, of Lawrence, Kansas, and
is as follows :
Washi votin', Nov. 10, 1#67.
Dear Colonel :—I have your letter of
the 10th instant, advising me, of the for
mation of Grant clubs by many of our
comrades in Kansas, and asking n»y
| opinion of tlie movement.
! 1 tarn »t!y wish to lHi in accord with
• the great part of my Kansas and army
friend*, and still hop.* to unite with them
lin wnppo. ting Genera! Grant for Fresi
dent. But I want first to know mhe the r
I tie approves the reconstruction measures
I for it he does. I cannot support him. I
j regard them as mischievous —begot ot
j revenge, misdirected philanthrophy, and
lust of power. I would as soon expect
i a house to stand oil the crater of a living
! volcano as a State where whiles and
j blacks, being nearly equal in n 'inbers,
| the whites are proscribed and the black*
| made rulers. Such a Government can
! not long have the heartfelt sympathy <»f i
I any large body of white men anywhere.
! lUuotl is thicker than wahr, and Northern
j whites wilt stfmje&hise with Southei n whiten
j m their struggle to shale off the incubus of
j negro rule. if there were no preju
! dice of race to affect their action,
t • N irtluni people would still ref jso t«>
lopiodnce in the States of the l iron
111 ayti or San Domingo or any other gov
! moment and civilization the negro race
has established since the flood. To pun*
! iah the Southern whites for their treason
the Northern people might possibly for a
in< be willing t» nfilici them with such
i governments. But self interest forbids
it. It were like the fabled war of the
j belly and tbo members. The North al
| ready groan* under the pumshmeut now
j being inflicted on the South and must
! pay for the whip. Tlie negro govern
menttf, when formed must be propped up
i by Xortlie n bayonets, ami the North
most pay for tin- bayonet*; and however
| cosily they can never lately bo with
- drawn. When reconstructed, each one
of those States will be like a magazine
all secure while carefully guarded out
i ile hut when left unguarded a chance
b irk will blow it and all about it to
| b : di v .l.
Entertaining these views, I would not
support any candidate for the Fri g deucy
| who endorse* the reconstruction meas
j ores even if they were lawful, still less
as I consider when wholly imcoiiatitii
turns', and full of danger us pieced tits.
1 write you thus explicitly, becanse, I
j value your opinion, and want you to
j km w how I tniok and leel. and mean to
act oil the sti p 'minus questious which
jli around and before us.
Yours, faithfully,
Thomas Enixu, Jr.
Last week a collision occurred between
| i> party •>' negroes and the civil authori
ties at Eibcrton. in this State, in which
the Sheriff was killed, and several others
white and black wounded The difficulty
is reported to havo originated at a ball.
I A Bank messenger was robbed, on last
j Saturday, in the streets of I’hiludclpiiia,
’of $2,000,000. The robbers escaped.
A pretty heavy haul—and should’nt be
] surprised if the messenger eon.es ill fur a
liberal share
l iiv. last week a mob of about fif
ty armed negroes 'Wctened Nr attack
the students of the Georgia v»:,. r i>,ity
at Athens. The students armed in tufa
and a difficulty was imminent but troops
were ordered out and dispersed the ne
groes.
- -
Baixbripge Excursion—The exevrsion j
to Bainbridge, announced to take place |
on the 20th (to-day), is postponed, on
account of the President of the Road and
the M yor of Savannah being absent.
£ptrial Notices.
Womlers ofthe IfMli Century.
| It cannot he dunietl that the medicine* of Prof.
Kayton arc the wanders of the nineteenth centu
ry Ask any of your neighbors who ha* e used
them and the) wilt assure you that they never j
had anything that was their equal for relieving
: and curing pains, and for extirpating diseases
from the svstein.
Kaytovs Oi-ki m Vitae, is an almost infallible i
t-ure for KUtfiimaUsm. Neuralgia. Toothache.
Nervous Headache. Earache. Brakes. Sprains,
| Swellings. Burns. Ac. Kay res'* M vote Curk is j
an excellent remedy for Sudden Coughs and Colds
Sore-throat. Heartburn. Sonr Stomach. Lfiarrbtra.
Dvsentarv, Cramp Cholics. Ac. Kayton s Dy>-
ihspth* Pills. are the best pills on the American
j Continent, for Dyspepsia, Costiveness. Liver j
I Complaint. Billiotis Disorders. Sick Headache
and aQ diseases arising trom a disordert*d liver.
Sioniach Bowel-Ac. They are entirely vegetable.
These remedies are for sale by druggists gen
e ally, but if the druggist has not any of these
remedies on band. i*»> not let him sell rot' any
th in<; ej-se in TiiE’u it_vue Ask him to order them
lor you. and if he refuses to do so, do it yourselt.
Bui under no circumstances allow an inferior and
perhaps worthless arJelc to be palmed off on you |
robbing you ol both your time and money, ami
perhaps making your disease worse. -Idiliess
all orders to Prof. H. H. Sat)ton Savanuah. (la. |
For sale in Quitman, at Drs. Briggs A '
du.g store.
MARES’
NIT2OGENIZED
SUPER-PHOSPHATE
O F
LIME,
A VALUABLE AND POWERFUL
Fertilizer,
For Cotton ,
Corn,
Wheat,
Peas,
Garden
Vegetables,
A:c., ite.
IT IS roMCOSKD <»f ingredients each in and
of iu-elt a vigorous
Fertilizing Agency!
They are used in their IT RE STATE, and corn*
biued in the Supcr-Pbosphatc free from
adulteration ami perfectly aoluble. Those who
used it this year thus artbrd Testimony of its
; value :
Qt itmnn, (»a., November 15, ItO’.T.
My opinion having be* II solicited in referetjee
to Mape A Super-l'bosphale of Mine an a Ffriittv-r,
1 most cheerfully make the following statements :
Being desirous to fully test this fertilizer. I se
lected poor land for the planting of cotton, had it
properly prepared, and upon every alternate
four row s 1 spread the bine and had it carefully
! covered with the plow, using at the rate of one
| hundred and fifty pound* to the acre. The result
! <rtur trulyantontxh!nj. The rows of cotton upon
which the lime wa* used, yielded fully double the
j neighboring alternate. It was a f rt : r test, and I
am fully satisfied with the result", and therefore
1 reenminend Mnpe** Super-Plioephnte of Lime tta
an eietlUui FertUher. M B. lllMilU.
Vai.im»«t\. Ga.. October 7. D<»i7.
! M< **>'.«. Parse it' Thomas:
(ietitleineu In reply t«* vout enquiry in regard
to the result in the use of Mape'tf Super Pbo»-
| phate ot Lime during the present year. 1 have to
■ say that it met my most Hungiiine ex|M*ctati«m-.
I he efteets of tUt u>e upon corn, fiea* and garden
vegetabbn. was most marked. I cannot give
< arctu! cstiUMttes. as neither land or Phosphate
w.i" measured If it can always be kept up to
the standard, it must take the preference of all
Fertilizers now in use. Yours truly,
I*.C. Penulctov
Rk veil Branch. S. C., November 2, is#;7.
Gentlemen Your letter of Octolwr 2d. ha*
; just route to ha*'d, inquiring about .NfapeN Sujter-
Phospbate of Limo. The ton purchased for me
I front you by Messrs. Wade A: Go., was received
i the D>th of April last. I had 'he land laid off
w ith a good turning plow, and spread down oft*
hundred and *i\ty pounds per acre on very |mor
pine laud and covered it with the plow. This
was l"vel laud. This land has made at least
| one-third more than it would have made without
manure. To be satisfied. I planted some of the
| -ante land without any manure ; this was clay
I land. A small piece of .sandy land whs tried-the
same way. and the yield is about one-fifth more.
! It will uot pay on sandy land.
I tried it on a gravelly hillside the same way.
with a little trash out of 'lm* woods, and it will
make at least double. This cotton is as high a*
a mans head.
A piece of bottom land was frb-d next. Thi*
land was rich enough, but a!way* ru«ted. and my
object was to st-t* ii it would prevent it. Thi* is
i as fine cotton as I have seen this year, and will
| double. 1 left four rows in the middle of this
piece without any manure and it rusted in Au
gust. while that which was manured was gre«*n
uktill it was eaten tip by the catterpillars. All
this was on cotton.
By being called away from home, I did not try
it myself on corn, but uiy son applied it to a fewr
i hills. The n-sult was quite satisfactory.
1 tried it on garde.i vegetables, and the yield
was highly satisfactory. I should have liked to
have tried it on melons, fruit, and in every way,
but the small quantity 1 had was not sufficient.
I should have liked to have trh*d it on turnips
this fall, but my means have been no much re
duced by the lab* war 1 felt unable to incur the
expense.
Everything I tried it on did well. It stood the
cool weather in the spring time, perfectly green,
ground finely, which is a great item in the cotton
plant It has beat the Guano in this mighlmr
bood. .tnd, where the catterpillar has left it alone,
it is green now and blooming yet.
But the planter need not expect to realize
much without cultivation. What will make cot
urn grow w ill make grass do the same. .My crop
was perfectly clear alt the vear.
My belief is. that it is the’ beat manure now in
u - wd » ar,.at many planters that have seen my
crop are or opinion. This, gentlemen,
i. uluol thiukof the , hllTe lu
explain the best I could how every t .s.|
Your obedient servant.
D. A. WißKocr.
Wasihnuton Cik nty, October 2, 1867.
Dr Parsons, AyttA, frn*drrsciUt :
Ib-ar Sir—At your reAjui-st, 1 have carefully
noted the effects of the Peruvian Guano and
Mape’s Super Phosphate of Lime. I bought of you
last winter. I applied as nearly as possible the
same amount ot each. af-Aiut seventy-five j*ounds
per acre. The quality of the land was ole. field.
Planted and cultivated alike. Map*-h Super-
Pho>phate has developed as good a crop, pouml
for pound, as the Peruvian Guana. The crop ia
about three to one better than nothing. I used
U in both corn and cotton with the same success,
and as .Mape's Super-Phosphate is one-third
ch»*aper than tlie bc't Guano, f am wtafW that
Mape's Super*Phosphate is far the most et'onomi*
cai for planters to use here. \ ours truly.
Titos. S. Salt rr-.
For »ale per ton (2.000 pounds) at * #
C.YSII.^T
Send for large pamphlet containing fall
directions for use, etc.
PURSE & THOMAS,
GENERAL AGENTS,
No. IXI Bay Street,
SAVAN> AH. (JEOR «I A. _
DpKi-iulKr re. V : tin