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fltf (Quitman fanner. F. R. FILDES, - - Editor. QUITMAN, «EO. Fin da v, di:( i: miu:ic *2O. ihc7. Capt James X* RToselcv 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 A Mp**«*fly j»hl© b «h**ir«*d, amt if not cffrcUil, «iil W withdrawn from iW maillot.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" *. El 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