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' THE FEDERAL UNION, ( Corne.rof Hancock and IVilkinsonstreets.) OPPOSITE THBCOUBT HOl’SE, tmCHTOI, IfISBET & CO., State Printers. Taesday Morning, November 7, 18G5. Bon, Charles J. Jeakin* for (■•Tcrnor, It is generally understood that Judge Jenkins will have no opposition as a candidate for Gover nor of Georgia. It was not rite desire of Judge Jenkins to leave the high and honorable position be now holds, as a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State, much less was it his preference to exchange the comparatively quiet and peaceful life of a Judge on the Bench, for the head of a State just delivered from the throes of a Revolu tion. But the unanimity with which the call was made upon him, and the earnestness with which the position was urged upon him by personal friends, induced him to make a sacrifice of bis own feelings and predilections, and accept the proffered honor. We bespeak for him, in the dis charge of the laborious, difficult and responsible duties of the office, to which ho will, in all proba bility, be called, that liberality, forbearance and confidence, which a truly ju6t and honorable con stituency shonld ever accord to the Executive of the State in times of public and private calamity. The Democratic Party will not chaugr its name, or ita principles. Our neighbors of the Recorder propose that all of the old parties shall change their names, and all who support President Johnson shonld rally under the name of the Constitutional party. The editors of the Recorder can speak for their owp party: it has changed its name many times within the last twenty years, and may change again as often as they please, bet they have no right to speak for the Democracy, and wo feel confident of the truth of what we assert when we say, the Democratic party will not change its name, or its principles. The country has been shaken with a great political eartbquakedt needs qnietand repose; the Democracy see and know this, and they have determined that the country shall not be disturb ed with political contests at this time, even if they have to let their old political opponents engross all of the offices to keep them quist. But the Democracy are not dead, nor do they sleep; they are only resting from their labors, and cherishing all of their favorite principles. It needs only the rallying cry of their favorite chieftains to arouse .viceliag if (he Lcgiilaisr*, Tlie Legislature will assemble at Miiledgevilie on tbe 1st Monday in December next, which is the 4th day of the mouth. While it was the opinion of some that the time fixed for the elections in the State, and for the meeting of the Legislature, was too near at hand fur the people, in distant parts of the State, to make a jndh-ious selection of Sena tors and representatives, yet it was the opinion of a large majority of the Convention that the State had been delayed, unnecessarily, too long in the return to the Union, and that it was very import ant that the Legislature should be convened be fore Christmas. These latter considerations out weighed all othera in the judgment of the Con vention, and determined its action. We do not apprehend any unpleasant or injurious results from the course pursued by the Convention. The canvass will be short—so will the antagonism of rival candidates. That as much intelligence, pa triotism and public virtue will be secured as here tofore, we have every reason to believe, because the people .are not slow to make up their judg ment on the qualifications of members who solicit their suffrages, when tha subject is fairly present ed to them. Jefftruss Davis sal the ltaliaas. We fiud in the Northern papers of late date, a petition from Garabaldi, Tomageo, and three hun dred other distinguished men of Italy, to Presi dent Johnson, begging, in the name of humanity, for clemency towards Jefferson Davis. The ap peal is eloquently written, and will, we think, touch the heart of the President, and help to bring about the pardon of onr late distinguished chief tain. i> (he Ntgra’i friead t We have the authority of two importanfpar- sonages. President Johnson and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, on the subject of the Negro’s attitude toward the white men of the South. President Johnson in his interview, a few days ago with Mr G eorge L Stearns, says, ‘•My position here is different from what it would be if 1 was in Tennessee There I should try to introduce negro suffrage gradually; first those who had served in the army; those who could read and write, and perhaps a property qualification for the others, say $2u0 or .$•250. It will not do to let the negroes have universal suffrage now; it would breed a war of races. There was a time in the Southern States when the slaves of large owners looked down upon non slave owners because they did not own slav.s;— the larger the number of slaves tbeir masters own ed, the prouder they were, and this has produced hostility between the mass of the whites and the negroes The outrages are mostly from non- slaveholdiug whites against the negro, and from the negro upon the non slaveholding whites. The negro will vote with the late master whom he does not hate, rather than with the non-slave holding white! whom he does hate. Universal suffrage would create another war against us, but a war of races. Mr Beecher, in a sermon in Brooklyn on the evening of the 22nd of Octoher, said-He believ ed that every measure for the amelioration of the black race must be done with the cordial consent of the good people of tbe Sonth. ing of laws by the government would never bet ter their condition. The kindness of the white Tbe Staee Debt. A man must be a great fool if he believes that by repudiating tbe State debt Georgia will be ad mitted to all her rights as a State in the Union.— It is not a question at all with the Chase and Wil son party of the North. What do they care about Georgia’s paying ber debt ? It is the negro suf frage question that is going to keep out of Congress, ana we may repudiate every dollar of tbe State debt and yet be kept out in the cold-- What can President Johnson do for us, in that eftse? He asks us to repudiate our debt—can he give ns any assurance that by so doing we will get our rights ? Not a bit of it. He is power less—he is in a hopeless minority, as much so as we would be if our memberes were admitted — Why then sacrifice our honor, and bankrupt thou sands of good and honest citizens for no equiva lent whatever ? Don’t do it. When tbe Convention first assembled, a large majority were in favor of settling the debt in a manner that would have been just to ersditors and honorable to the State. The dispatches from Washington have doubtless had an effect that is gratifying to repudiators. But we presume no one will pretend that the President requires that that part of the debt which was created for peace purposes should be repudiated. Ha redaction *f tbe Legislature. The Convention, by a very decided majority, on Thursday refused to entertain the proposition to reduce the House of Representatives. While many desire to reduce the lower house of the General Assembly, no plan could be fixed on that would satisfy a majority of the Convention. The General Assembly, therefore, stands as it did under the old constitution;—that is, there are Forty-four Senatorial districts, arranged as heretofore, and one hundred and sixty-nine members of the House of Representatives. This was one of the most important subjects which has been before the Convention, and the discussion elicited, was able and interesting. The Cotton of the Stale. A Resolution on the subject of the Cotton purchased during the War, by the State, and appointing a com mittee of seven to inquire into the whole matter, and if necessary send for persons and papers, was adopted by the Convention on Thursday last. ■■■♦— Mb. ITartridge’s Card.—We invite attention to the Card of A. S. Hartridge, Commission and For warding Merchant, Savannah, Ga. Mr. Hartridge has been engaged in the Cotton business since 1848, when his Father, Chas. Hartridge, well known to the people of Georgia, was the head of the house. Since 1853, Mr. A. S Hartridge has done business on his own ac count. Mr. H. has always done a heavy Planters’ business, and it is only necessary to inform our readers that he continues the busiuess at 92 Bay street, Savan nah. Chas, L Coi.by &, Co.—Attention is called to the Card of this large business House in Sa vannah. Its advantage* are great, and its ac commodations will be liberal. Georgia Contention* Fifth day. Milledof.ville. Oct. 30,1865. Tbe Convention met at 1H A M . and was open ed with prayer by the Rev. Win. Flinn, pastor of >be Presbyterian church in this city. Mr. Seward, of Thpmas: Mr. President, I beg leave to offer a resolution. Resolved. That bis Excellency, the Provisional Governor, be requested to communicate to the Convention, at any time, any facts in his posses sion that he may de»-m of public interest The resolution wa» adopted Mr. Anderson, of Chatham: I beg leave to present from the committee of 5 appointed to memorialze tbe President in reference to the par don of political prisoners, the following report: Mili.rdgkvil.LE. Oct. 30th, J865. To His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: The delegates of the State of Georgia, in Con vention assembled, do earnestly invoke the Exe cutive clemency in behalf of Jefferson Davis and Alexander H Stephens, and James A. Seddon of Virginia, A. G. McGrath of South Carolina, Alli son and Davk. Yulee of Florida, and H W. Mer cer of Georgia, now confined as prisoners, simi larly circumstanced. Your Excellency has been pleased to restore Mr. Stephens to his liberty. ' He returns to the grate ful people of this State, as a solemn pledge of the magnanimity which rules the public councils; and his great name and influence will be potent to revive the amity of the past, and to frnctity the wise and generous policy which your Excellency has inaugurated.. Emboldened by this example, impelled by the purity of our motives, and stim ulated by tbe prayers of a numerous people, we appeal for clemency in behalf of tbe distinguish ed persons we have named. Restore them to lib erty and to the embraces of their families; trans late them from captivity to the light of freedom and hope, and the gratitude of the prisoners will be mingled with the joyful acclamations which shall ascend to Heaven from the hearts of this people. Jefferson Davis was elected to his high position by oar suffrages, and in response to our wishes — We imposed upon him a responsibility which he did not seek. Originally opposed to the sectional policy to which public opinion, with irresistible power, finally drove him, be became the exponent of our principl s and tbe leader of our cause. He simply responded to the united voice or his sec tion If he then, is guilty, so are we; we were the principals, he was our ageut. Let not the retribution of a mighty nation be visited upon bis bead, while we, who urged him to his destiny, are suffered to escape. The liberal clemency of the government has been extended over us; we breathe the air and experience the blessings of freedom; we therefore ask that the leader, who, in response to the democratic instincts of his na ture the principles of hi* party, and the solitita- tions of his section, became the head and front of our offending, shall not now be bruised for our in iquities or punished for our transgressions. Mr. Davis was uot the leader of a feeble and temporary insurrection: he was the representa tive of great ideas and the exponent ot princi ples which stirred arid consolidated a numerous and intelligent people. This people was not his dupe. They pursued the cause they adopted of their own free will, and he did not draw them on, but. followed after them. It is for these reasons that we invoke the Executive clemency in his be half. His frame is feeble; his bealth is delicate ; all broken by the storms of State; he languishes out in captivity a vicarious punishment for the acts of his people. Thousands of hearts are | people of the South toward the black is of more them, from the mountains to the seaboard. And j th * n a » the laW8 of the n8tl0n P Ut t0ge,h ' whenever the Democracy arises in its might and I er - puts forth all of its strength, it drives every mush This is strong language ° r r - ecer.an» . . , is the truth. 3 he best friend the negro has in this izen the required time, room party before it as dry leaves are driven by a i .... _,, • xr a *1. a , • c I country. North or South, is bis late majter. It he Under the delusive cry of no nar-1 ’ 91st Nrnnj^rinl Diatriet. It will be seen by reference to our advertising col umns, that Col. E. S. Griffin of Twiggs county, is a candidate to represent the vilst Restrict. He has been j touc hed with his distress, thousands of prayers The mere pass- j a gallant soldier, and is an experienced Legislator. ■ ascend to Heaven for his relief We invoke in his EF'Gen. Fhil Cook is a candidate for Congress ' ! '‘ htlt the generous exercise of the prerogative to! poW0 r of those parsons who made the attempt has . .. ° pardon which the foiu> and principles of the Con | u;*en crashed, and now we want to reconstruct the in the 2nd Congressional District. stitution offer as a beiofieent instrument toa mer- j State governments, and have the power to do it.— cerl'u! Executive. We ask the continuance ot! I’iie State institutions are prostrated, laid out on the uud, and they must be taken up and adapted to the ’ may direct. I now offer the report of the oommit- tee eo the ardinanoe. The ordinance was ‘hen taken np and adopted. The ordinance suapends the levy and sale of pro perty till the adjournment or the next session ot the Legislature, unless sooner permitted by that bodv. — ■ —■ Interview with President '-Jahassa. Hit Governmental Policy. [The following letter and statement, from Major Geo. L. Stearns, of Bostou, appeared in the New York Tribune a few days since, it will be r ad with interest, as the statement of President Jolieson’s po! : cy is made after being received by himself and with his approval.—Eds. Telegraph.] Major Stearnet to the President. Medfoud. Mass., Sunday Oct. 8th, 1865. My Dear Sir : 1 waa so much impressed with our conversation of last Tuesday, that I returned immedi ately to iny room and wrote down such of the points made as I oould- remember, and having pomlere 1 them all the way borne, am to day, more than ever, con vinced that, if corrected by you and returned to me for either public or private use, it will go far to promote a good understanding between you and our leading men. It will also unite the public mind in favor of your plan, so far at least as you would carry it out without modification. You are aware that I do not associate much with men in political life, but rather with those who, repre sentiug the advanced moral sense of the country, ear nestly labor for the good ot our people, without hope of, or even desire for office, or oilier immediate re ward. Tile latter class desire earnestly to understand your plans, and, if possible support y oar administra tion. 1 think the publication of yoor process of recon struction, with tbe reasons lor your faith in it, will commend itself to their cainlid judgment, and: as I told you, inspire onr whole Northern people with con fidence in your administration. The report is meagre and unsatisfactory, but I think it conveys, for the most part, the spirit of onr eonvor sation. Therefore, although the whole tenor of your words led me to believe it was not intended to be kept private, I have restrained from answering the specific inquiries of anxious friends, whom I met on my way home, lest I might, in somu way, I save a wrong im pression on their minds. Truly, your friend, George L. Stearns. The President of the United State* Washington, D C., Oct. 3,1865, 111-3 A. M. I have just returned from an interview a ith Presi dent Johnson, in which he talked for an hour on the process ol reconstruction of rebel States.' His manner was as cordial, and hie conversation as free, as in 1863, when 1 met him in Nashville. His countenance is healt.ij , et en more so than when I first knew him. I remarked that tbe people of the North were anx ious that the process of reconstruction should be thorough, aud they wished to support him in the ardu ous work, but their ideas were confused by the con flicting reports constantly circulated, and especially by the present position of the democratic party. It is industriously circulated in the democratic clubs that he was going over to them. He laughingly replied — “Major, have yon never known a man who for many years had differed from your views because you were in advance of him, claim them a3 his own wlaen he came up to your stand-point 7” I replied I have often. Hr said so have 1, and went on : the democratic party fit. is its old position unten able, and is coming to ours ; if it lias come up to our position, 1 ain glad of it. You and I need no prepara tion for this conversation ; we can talk freely on this subject for the thoughts are familiar to us; we can be perfectly frank with each other. He then commenced with saying that the States are in the Union which is whole aud indivisible. Individuals tried to carry them out, but did not suc ceed, as a rnuu may try to cut his throat and tie pre vented by the bystanders; aud yon cannot say he cut his throat because he tried to do it. Individuals may commit treason, and be pnnished. and a large number of individuals may constitute a rebellion, and bo punished as traitors. Some States tried to get out of the Union, and we opposed it hon estly, because we believed it to be wrong; and we have succeeded in putting down the rebellion. The Th* CaafedsnM* Debt Some vague talk has b'enhad by the failed States of the on,!, nt '^1—- i tiw been pnuh poohed at as anlabamrf® absurd that is right aud has for Xy ■’ ' principle. T.«» theory of the Keder, ' i party in the late war was that the fVnf’;‘ ,a j «. . I ment never baa an existeuce-th at > Ovv figment af a prurient secession fa DP ,! **' b m '. in fat t was a civil war, and th.-u the nT'® 8 ' li 't » were rebellious members of the U Union. Had the rebe.hou been sui t -A. T ' eraey would have been recognized as C., • nationality and would have been res , outside world tor its national obligation "o ' succeed. Who then is rerponrib;,, f . "«ti*ij;,: of eleven States of the United State*v » - or British Consul had been impra-,,/,. ** V.jj. during the war, and the flag of eith. r ***<:*.. violated, where would their Governrw, ** imtj I to for redress 1 Not the Confederacy,. 1,1 E ^| recognised power, but to the United 8t»tL‘ t .* r(1 '' I ed sovereignty over them. Why eoulj A* ’'-U f ,^1 ernments claim payment cf a loan to . ‘ 1 States by their citizeus upon the sain* °f i atiswer to lie giv these Southern sovereigns and the United States Govern. •"' v, | respoueible for their debts, hut the s ) mighty wind. Under the delusive cry ot no par ties, or new parties, tbe opponents of the Democ racy always hope to get into power, and some times succeed and hold it until the country be comes tired ot their rule, and calls upon the D-- mocracy to turn them out. The name of the De mocratic party is significant of its principles; it is emphatically what its name implies, the paity of the people. Every party North and South pro fesses to be governed by the Constitution, so that | does not befriend him, nobody will. C^Some writer in the Atlanta Fra, suggests ‘ c i .. , ,, ,, ; that career of clemency which yonr Excellency the name of Gen. John B. Gordon for Governor of, ^as begun and which alone, we earnestly believe. Georgia. He is ineligible, not having been a cit- ] can secure the true unity and lasting greatness oi ! this nation. Dispensing that mercy, which is in i ___ . , . ' culcated by the example of our great Master on 13^ A resolution, offered by Mr. Lloyd, W4S . high, your name will be transmitted to yourcoun ■ adopted by the Convention, praying the President {trymen as one of the benefactors of mankind.— of the United States, to pardon Commodore Josiah • Yhe ^ Constitut on of our country renewed aud The Dispatches of Governor Johnson «o j Tatnall, and restore to him the small amount of! by your measures, will once more extend the ives.deni and Mr. (Seward. | property he possessed at the time he resigned his lounde d, a, it will be, upon consent and affection. As much interest is felt in this matter, we pnb- commission in the U. S Navy. ; an .I “resting, like the great arch of the Heavens, lish below the dispatches of Provisional Governor , ^ T , ifl e)ection for Sute offi2er9 , in the Stale 1 "P ou R, 1 1 " Johnson, callin" for help in his scheme ot repu-1 f . . . . ,, , 1 he memorial was unanimously agreed to. diatiou" ^ , of New ’iork, took place Monday, 7th of Novem-; Mr Jenkiafl . Mr Pre , identf i t0 sub- I bcr. j mit the following report from the Committee of EF* Fred Douglass is down on Ward Beecher ] like a thousand brick,” for his liberal views to- \ Executive Office, . , ,, . Miiledgevilie, Oct. 31,1865. ) j„.T" timn7«nThrt<.k ” fnr hi. »„ The Committee of 16, to whom waa referred the a constitutional party would have no particular Gen il„ n en of the Convention : j ,,k « * thousand brick, for his liberal views to- me , 9R g P of the Provisional Governor, enclosing meaning. Every man who wishes to rally to the J have the honor herewith to transmit to yon | ward President Johnson and the people ol the * communication from Brig. Gen. Tillson, Assist support of President Jobuson’s policy, need not copies of telegrams sent by me on Friday last, to j South ant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, and "'"Vr T ’ b T E,C '" enC? ' ““I W Hon.-J.me, L. Off. Ims bm electa* 0«. > Democratic. He has always been a Democrat.] The telegrams, and the replies to them before | ernor of Sonth Carolina, by the popular vote. j ing resolution: and as long at he acts upon Democratic princi-1 communicated, exhibit all the official intercourse I A TTr t ^ _. ' Resulted by the Convention, That the wise and pies that party will support him. In a late speech ] I have had with the Government or any of its offi in New York, Gen. Slocum well and truly remark-1 cers in_relat;<>u to the debt of Georgia 13*“ A Western paper says Gen. Grant's name liberal proposition of Brig. Gen. Tills in, Ass is t- (Signed) J. JOHNSON, Prov. Gov. Ga. (COPY.) To Hon. W. n. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C. We are pressed on the war debt. What should the Convention do 7 J. JOHNSON, Prov. Gov. of Ga. [copy] To His Excellency, Andiew Johnson, President, U. S., Washington, D. C. We need some aid to reject the war debt.-*- Send me some word on the subject. What should the Convention do 7 J. JOHNSON, Prov. Gov. of Ga. ed “that many of the Republicans professed to support the President, but that they only acted from interested motives, tbe only true and faithful friends tbe President had were to be found in the ranks of the Democratic party.” This is no doubt true, so far as the North is concerned. We agree with the Recorder in the opinion that there should be but one party now at the South. The great party at the North that is rallying around the President and supporting his policy towards the Sonth, is the Democratic party. If our neigh-! bors of the Recorder wish to support President Johnson they had better join the Democracy at once; for they may rest assured that his patty North and South wili eventually be called the De mocratic party. I EsPThe following resolution as amended be Trial OF Mr. Davis.—Northern dispatches I lovv > passed tbe Convention on Monday. It was say that it has been determined, finally, to bring ; recommended by the committee of sixteen ; on the trial of Mr. Davis for “treason”, in a very ! Resolved by the Convention, That the wise and short time. He will be tried in a civil court and liberal P ro P ositlon of Brigadier Gen. Tillson, As- -r * i i A ™ . . sistant Commissioner of the Freed men s Bureau, it is thought the trial wil. take place at Washing j t0 employ certain oftker8 of this State as agents ton City, or at Richmond. Well, if it must come, j of said Bureau to adjust difficulties between the the sooner the better, in order that public and pri- ! white and colored people of this State, and to • maintain the poiiee of the country, be and the same is hereby accepted, and it is hereby ordain ed by this Convention, that the. Justices of the Peace. Ordinaries and all other civil officers or unofficial citizens of this State, are hereby author ized to perform such services as may be designa ted by said agent in adjusting difficulties between the white and colored population cf this State, in maintaining the police of the country, and other similar matters, whenever requested so to act by said superintendant. Mr. Hook of Washington : Mr. President—I beg leave to introduce the following amendment: Provided that nothing in this ordinance con tained. shall be understood iu any wise to in licate the views of this Convention as to the character of witnesses hereafter to be admitted in certain cases. It being the judgment of this body that this is a matter of Legislative cognizance only. Cougrrw*. Candidates are springing up by mRgio, a* it were. Already we see the names of three gentlemen pro posed in this District, the 4th ; Judge Cabauiss, Judge Loclirane, and l’owliatnu It. Whittle Esq. We be lieve Baldwin will have no candidate in' the field.— Mr. Whittle has retired in favor of Judge Cabauiss. Ilou A. II. 8lrpbraa. The name of this distinguished son of Georgia has been proposed by the Telegraph, as a candidate for Governor of Georgia. We do not believe Mr. Ste plians has yet given his consent to the uoe of his name, in this connection; nor do we think he would be a can didate against Judge Jenkins, whose nomination seem* t<> be very acceptable to the people. At any rate, if Mr. Stephens has not yet decided to be a candidate, we feel very confident he wil! not bo a candidate under anv circumstances. is not Ulysses, but Hiram. Let the Geuer- nut Commissioner of the Freedinen's Bureau, to vate anxiety may be relieved. John Mitchell—The N. Y. Daily News con gratulates tbe country on the release of Mr. Mitch ell from confinement, and the restoration of all his rights, as a citizen of the United States. This announcement may be premature; but we have no doubt that the President will pardon Mr. Mitch ell, if he has not already done so. Judge* of the Muprrior Courts. The Convention, on Wednesday last, adopted a clause in the new Constitution of the State, alter ing tbe present mode of electing Judges of the Su perior Courts of this State. They are, hereafter, to be elected by the people, instead of being nom inated by the Governor, and confirmed by the Senate. As it is too late to discuss the merits of this rad ical change in the Constitution, we can only ex press the hope that the results will meet the ex pectations of its advocates and supporters. The proposition met with very little opposition in the Convention, which was a matter of great surprise to us. Til* Judge* *f the the (Supreme Court. Under the new Constitution of the State of Georgia, the Jadges of the Supreme Court are elected by the Legislature. This, as in the case of Jadges of tbe Superior Courts, is an innovation on the system of nomination by tbe Governor, and confirmation by the Senate. Tie have now got back into tbe old objectionable plan of ma king onr Judiciary dependent upon the popular caprice. Instead of advancing, we have retro graded ; and the lessons of the past, instead of ral speak ont, and settle the mooted question. 0^ The editor of the Watchman, at Athens, Mr. J H. Christy, announces himself a candidate for Congress in the 6th Congressional District- CF*F. W. Alexander, Esq , is a candidate for Congress in the 4th Congressional District. 0* Judge Bigham is a candidate for Congress in the 3rd Congressional District. Term of office of the Governor —Un der the new Constitution, framed by the Conven tion, the term of office of the Governor, is two years. Ho can be re-elected for another term of two years; but cannot be eligible again, until the expiration of four years from the close of his second term. Savannah Hocses.—We invite the attention of oar throwing light on the pathway of tbe present, | refers here and elsewhere, to tbe Card of E. D. have but served to blind and confuse us, and will I wholesale dealer in Crockery Ware. It is the pitch .us, ultimately, into evils, from which the ' onl y 111,080 ln Savannah that deals exclusively In erock- bittar experience of the next ten years will be ! ery powerless to extricate us We deeply deplore the ' We als0 cal1 attention to tbe Cftrd of Me ** r * Tison action of the Convention, touching theElection 1 Faotor ® “ d ColflDli8 * ioa ^Merchants, ^8avaa. of our Judges, both of tbe Supreme Court, be Superior Courts of this State. HP’Hon. Solomon Cohen of Chatham county it a candidate for Congreee, in the First Congressional District of this State. t The Tribune's special says the state- lection j niki These gentlemen are long and favorably recently telegraphed to the Herald. nf: known to the public, and will do to trust with any j about Jeff. Davis’trial is without foun- Cholera at the North —The New York papers announce the Cholera has made its appear ance in Brooklyn, and that Seargant Stilwell of the Police had been prostrated with the disease IWnjor General Blair. Major General Frank Blair recently made a speech at ltolla. Mo. in which he denounced tiie Radicals and Secretary Stanton. lie favors Colonization of the Negroes, and is for the extension of the Amnesty. V.'e will publish it next week. — C*agre**i*aal Diatriet*. According to the recent ordinance passed by the Convention dividing the State into Congressional Dis tricts, the following are the number of counties and representative population attached. No. Counties. Rep Population 1st District. - - - 29 123,583 2nd “ - - 23 124,034 3rd “ - - 15 134 533 4th “ ... 15 123,127 5tb “ ... 15 125,539 fith ... 21 123,640 7th “ ... 14 124,856 — The new Constitution.—We have been unable to procure a copy of the Con stitution of the State of Georgia, adopted by the Convention, in time for our pres ent issue. We have elsewhero noticed many of its leading features. We wili publish it in full, in our next issue. With a few exceptions, it is the old Constitution of the State, ante helium. Mr. Stephens Declines.—We find in the Constitutionalist, a correspondence between Col. John Milledgo, and Hon. A. H. Stephens, frem which we learn [ that Mr. Stephens declines the use of his | ““l. name, as a candidate, to represent the 5th Advance to L H. Briscoe. Sec’y K employ certain officers of this State as agents of said Bureau, to adjust difficulties between tbe white nnd colored people of this State, and to maintain the police of the country, be and tbe same is hereby accepted, aud it is hereby ordain ed by this Convetion, that the Justices of the Peace. Ordinarins and all other civil officers or unofficial citizens of this State, are hereby au thorized to perform such services as may be de signated by said agent in adjusting difficulties be tween the white and colored population of this State, in maintaining the police ot the country, and other similar matters, whenever requested so to act by said superintendent Mr. Hook of Washington: Mr. President, I beg leave to introduce the following amendment. Provided that nothing in this ordinance contain ed, shall be understood in any wise to indicate tbe views of this Convention as to the character of witnesses hereafter to be admitted in certain cases. It being tbe judgment of this body that this is a matter of Legislative cognizance only. The amendment was adopted. The ordinance was than passed. Afternoon Session. Milledueville, Oct. 30, 7865. The Convention met at o’clock, P. M. The following message from his Excellency, Gov. Johnson, was received through bis Secreta ry, L. H. Briscoe, Esq: Executive Office, Miiledgevilie, Oct. 30th, 1665 Gentlemen of the Convention : I have the honor herewith to submit to yon, showing the amount of the money r-ceived and expended by me since entering upon tbe duties of my office: Borrowed of T. F. Metcalf, of Augusta, Ga , in gold. $20,000 00 bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent, per annutnn, and payable in gold on the 6th day of Decem ber. 1S56. or the 1st day of Decem ber, 1867, at tbe election of the Slate. Borrowed of E. M. Bruce & Co., “ “ Augusta Manufactur ing Company Borrowed of J. M Newby, •* “ <7. F McKay, Cash of G. F. Cross, for cards sold, Tl e gold received was so^d at a prem ium of 46 12 per cent, making.... 10,000 00 5‘000 00 2.500 00 5,000 00 2,00() 00 9,300 00 C ongressional District in tbe next Con- 1 gross of the United States. Total $53,800 00 The last sums nsmed were received in cur rency, and are to be paid in currency, and bear interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum from the 6th of October, 1865, payable ont of-the first available taxes collected. The expenditures are as follows, to-wit: Items in warrants iu Comptroller General’s Re port $4,050 00 10 00 ser- 25 00 K r > 00 326 70 40 00 150 to A. Caraker, work and material, F. Williams, work on the State House clock, •. E. D. Btowu for lightwnod furnished progress of events. This cannot be done in the mo ment. We are making very rspid progress, so rapid 1 sometimes cannot realize it; it appears like a dream. We must not be in too much of a hurry: it is better to let them reconstruct themselves than to force them to it; for if they go wrong, the power is in our hands and we can check them at any stage, to the eml. aud oblige them to cotrect their errors ; we must be pa tient with them. I did not expect to keep oat all who were excluded from the amucsty, or even a large num ber of them, but I intended they should sue for pardon, and so realize the enormity of the crime they had committed. You could have broached the snbject of equal suff rage, at the North, seven years ago, and we must re member that the changes ai the South have been more rapid, and they have been obliged to accept more unpalatable troth than the North has; we must give them time to digest a part, for we caonot expect such large nffair* will be comprehended ana digested at once. We must give them time to understand their new position. 1 have nothing to conceal in these matters, and have no desire or willingness to take indirect course* to ob tain what we want. Our government is a grand nnd lofty structure ; in searching for its foundations we find it rests 011 the broad basis of popular rights. The elective franchise is not a natural right, but a political right. lam op posed to giving the States too much power, and also too great consolidation of power in the central govern meat. If I tnterferred with the rote tn the rebel States to dictate that the negro shall vote, / might do the tame thing tor my own purposes in Pennsylvania. OUK ONLY SAFETY LIES IN ALLOWING EACH STATE TO CONTROL THE RIGHT OF VOTING BY ITS OWX LAWS, and we have the power to con trol the rebel States if they go wrong. If they rebel, we have the army, and can control them by it, and, if necessary, by legislation also. If the general govern ment controls the right to vote, in the State it may establish such rules as will restrict the vote to a small number of persons, and thus create a central despot ism. My position here is different from what it would be if I was in Tennessee. There I should try to introduce negro suffrage gradu ally; first, those who had served in the army; those who could read and write, and perhaps a property qualification for others, say $200 or $2d0. It will do to let the negroes have universal suffrage now, it would breed a war of race*. There was a time in the Southern States when the slaves ot large owners looked down upon non-slave owners becanae they did not own slaves; the larger the number of slaves their masters owned, the prouder they were, and this has produced hostility between the mass of the whites >md the negres. The outrages are mostly from non-slaveholding whites against the ne gro, and from the negro upon the non-slaveholding whites. The negro will vote with the late master, whom he does not liate, rather than with the non-*laveholding white, whom he does hate. Universal suffrage would create another war, not against us, but a war of races. Another thing. This government is the freest and best on the earth, and I feel sure is destined to last, but to secure this, we must elevate and purify the bal lot. I for many years contended at the South that slavery was a political weakness, but bthers said it was political strength ; they thought we gained three- fifths representation by it; I contended that we lost two-fitths. If we had no slaves, we should have had twelve representatives more according to the then ratio of representation by States, not districts, and the State apportions of districts. Many years ago I moved in the legislature that the appointment of representatives to congress, in Ten nessee, 'bould be qualified voters. The appointment is now fixed until 1872; before that time wo might change the basis of representation from population to qualified voters, North as well as Sonth, and in du« course of time the State, without regard to color, might extend the elective franchise to all who possess certain mental, moral, or such other qualifications as might be determined by an enlighten ed public judgment. Boston, Oct. 18, 1865.—The above report was re turned to me by President Johnson with the following endorsement. George L. Stearnes. “I HAVE HEAR THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, AND FIND IT RL OSTANTIALLr CORRECT. I HAVE MADE SOME VERBAL ALTERATIONS. (Signed; A. J.” Heavy Gain in Ohio.—In Ohio the Black Repub lican majority of 101,000 in 1863, of 60.000 in 1864, is reduced to 20.000 now. A* the Cincinnati Enquirer pays :—“It indicates the unconquerable vitality of the Democracy that with such a load upon it, it should have entered tbe campaign with energy and zeal. Any other party would have abandoned the contest as hopeless, and made a feeble and spiritless effort.”— And it adds: “Had not the State Convention of the Republicans dodged the issue of negro suffrage, and th- Republican nominee for Governor taken an equivo cal position on it—had they opeuly avowed their real sentiments, they would, despite their previous majority have been badly beaten their citizeus upon the same .,1 be given t< > such a claim wou| u 1 * * ’ ] I them States were separately i,r l ’ r *-T:.’*1 s and the United States Govem.„" ' ' I .v* FW .'.-.ulo for their debts. Rut the ,».* I United Slates has nullified both propt*j,jJ rfi > I declared that the sole sovereignty reside*!tV' J ton. Well, a sovereign is icsponsihL to . I ereign for the money claims ot its f ttj/..,*’' T , 1 the origin of the French and Spanish in as 0I1 ". now being finished by Napoleon alone. ' If the Government of the Unite.! State,, knowledges theob igation as to foreign, i ° £l ' *0 I reason is there in analogy and un.rg.h “Ui its own citizens 7 Stranger thing* ha\- e ^ h .. this assumption of tbe Confederate to com or Federal money standard, p ;nav & d through the workings of party interest* and 'o' 1 "’ U 1‘ I HDCe of party powers. It may cmr.- up tli; v , Ut ? : &; - viewed and enthusiastic American tint v u “ -I ing n powerful impetus from the very violer.ee' ' lion, from fierce war to strenuous peace! ' l ' I comes we aoprehend that the bad example cf A’ t? j may leave Vier people “out in the .-old,' J it may,and certainly it would do infinite h„ : „. credit and sense of honor of the American Gov ert and people abroad and dispose of the point eoi> plaint at home, that while the South is mml,. iu pay the Northern war debt, ner own is di-hnu,-., repudiated. That out of the way, another i,],*, . magnet of attraction would fiiuily biud the r- States together. We suppose that oiue hmuuv ninety out of every thousand men in the count: upon this idea as a preposterous and impossible', bug. Yet we have seen the mustard-seed otn, humbugs grow up in o realities —Mrbik Regu'tr* Advertiser. Trial ok Jetf. Davis.—New York, Oct.2r._TjJ Herald’s Washington special says: General 11.... I late Secretary to the President, is' ordered fc. 1 inand of his regiment. General Grant has purchased and will refi:; winter residence, a portion of the property know: the Douglas Hospital. The Herald states Jeff Davis is to be errairr- simply oncharge of treason. Chas. Speed, fter H scan, Juo. H. Clifford and Win Effrot, arc retain.-'.' the Government as presecutingcounsel. Cims o (. ner aud Chas. R. Gillett for the defence. The Husband Seekers.—The nine iiutrired beau fill nnd accomplished young ladies who were to sailed for Washington Territory two weeks np. Saturday are still piuing in the solitude of their V England homes, and will probably continue to* some weeks louger. Mr. Mercer the au,. llt 1 whom they are to seek homes and husbnims , glorious west expects to be ready to sail next N, day, but it is just as likely that there will be a J I protracted delay of a few weeks. It is iaiu that u*, : j I all Hie young ladies (the oldest is only 23) ar,- ,, educated, handsome, virtuous, energetic, in.instriuu* and possessed of a sincere desire to improve their. dition.” Many expect to become teachers when reech their destination, but ns children are 1,1 1 to be very scaice in that region, it is probableU:I several marriage ceremonies will take place bo , teaching begins. The agent has received vt-rai s- 1 plications for passage from women who lad 1 characteis at one time, but lost them; hut a,; i Jtl have been rejected. The steamship fontiin'u. which has been furnished by the Government to cv. the “Surplus Massachusetts Virginity, ' as a V. - I paper designates the female emigrants, is him I .look preparing for the voyage, and the yo'unir Isdi-iI are still at their home*. They will no: t.me to:. city until the steamer is ready to sail. Departure of Negro Troops from A;-1 lanta.—Several spicy incidents transpire: f early yesterday morning as the train?I were making ready 1o bear hence tliec i-1 ored treops who have been on duty he:- Ouo “Dinah” believing that she had bee: regularly mustered into the United Sts.- J service, made every preparation to folb* her liege lord iu his meanderings. To this 1 end she presented herself at the, train with sevorel small “African tulips,” aval bag gage of a character too varied for de scription, and made anxious inquiries tor her “Charles Agnstus !” We lost sigh: of her in the excitement, and cannot say if she found the object of her f earth; bu’. an hour after the train bad gone she was still lingering around the place We ar? fearful that "Charles Augustus” has trilled with her affections. A gorgeously arrayed mulatto girl 18, with a “killing” balmoral and heavy j display of jewelry, wanted to see “Ser geant John Stephens,” and hurried frorr I car to car in eager search, but the “ser geant” was non est inventus. The whisnej blew—the train started—and she left for “concealment to feed on her dam aged check!”—Atlanta Intelligencer. : V-uiucM in their lina. dfttion. $4,636 70 JAB. JOHNSON, Pro. Gov of Georgia. Mr. Parrot: As one of the Committee appoint ed to report on an ordinance which I had the honor to introduce into the Convention, to sus pend tbe sale of property levied on by sherifls un der Mscntors- until suoh time as tbe Legislature The Federal forces »'* the State.—A Washington dispatch dated Oct. 24, says that Governor Johnson, of Georgia, has written to the President that he desires the United States military forces in this State to be retained. Whilst the State is being organized, be wants the troops to preserve order. The Origin of the Fenians.—The Fenian brotherhood has been in existence for the past eight years. Its founders were t»o of the Irish exiles of 1S4S Co 1. John O’Mahoney and Mitcbel Doheny, both ot whom are well known in the city. The late General Corcoran was in conjunct^ with them. O’Mahoney was connected with this movement in 1848, and though a mere youth he influenced about kitten thousand of tbe peasantry in the comity of Tipperary, where be belonged, to en camp upon the hills of that pbce. Ike military surrounded and dispersed them and O’Mahoney fled to France, where the plans ol the future revolution.uy organic tion were formed. After residing in I r8DCS for a tew years, O’Mnborwy came ^ America, where, aided by Corcoran a-- Doheny, he started the Fenian Brotw- hood organization. For live }’ ear ‘ s brotherhood maintained a semi-secret f f acter, spreading rapidly through"^ United States. Canada, and the provinces, with a regular system • f munication. Three years ago a national conreu was held in Chicago, and the P ur F 0 '^ the organization was boldly avo* et1 ' tbe spread of the movement was g re f_ then ever. The leaders of the | u- are men who have taken downright re ^ ’tion as the business of tbeir lives. ■ , honey, the Head Centre, is ackno^*^ even by his enemies, to be high .' c ^ j ed, of a chivalrous nature, and 3 ® BtreS great determination. The State g> are nearly all wealthy Many Catholic clergymen arein our . and not very long ago a Genera*-“ c ty, president of the Fenian mili' 3r .y. £ret , cil went arm in arm the superior of the Jesuits, to k e V nj , r »l nian procession in Washington. efg i Meager is a member, and the late a men of bis Smith, of the Union anny. was of the brotherhood at the ti® 8 Columbia, S. C., Oct. SO*-** from all districts give Orr for t oit- abont 500 majority over Wade ° t .r Gov Perry was elected to-dsy - for the long term. oO<4r »0c» “Struck ibflo- 1 „„ Ile.”—From the grea*y *PP^. of many of the frsedmen about town. w» judge they had reoantly “stniek Ue-