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THE NEW ERA. VOLUME IV. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1870. NUMBER 30 A Plea In Advance of tbc Act. For tho better protection of the Ku Klax in their oontem{doted aeU of nrnrder and lawless* neee daring the approaching eannao, an ab oard story baa been started by the Macon Tel egraph to the effect that BepaUiean leaden aeek to become accessories to maiden in order that the crime may be charged to the account of the revolutionary Democracy for political- effect. This stylo of partisan warfare is eminently in keeping with the morals of the Kn-Klnx Chiefs, in certain localities in Georgia. It reveals a rottenness of heart and a recklessness of purpose that should pat all good men upon t*t, equally as causeless and suicidal as tint their guard. A party that would incite' •"'hifc Jpd been waged agamst c riots and, by means of organized JWoo- Tli« disappointed politicians • of bands of assassins, attempt bom tbs free exercise organise*^ to awe men their consti- „W„ men Ri»t party, enrag^ at their failure, the cry that onr pee was in danger. T^onLnflnencea of Plymouth tutionol right, os elector., fe a dangerous ele* *as ,n <***£**- ™ influences oiriymouin meut in society. U h jnst such an clement *• Mayflower were destroying the tliia that has kept Mexico in a state of anarchy far years. Bat when these desperate men as say to prepare the publio mind in advance for the perpetration of their wicked deeds, it is certainly getting time for all good and peacea ble citizens to bo vigilant. When men thus proclaim, inadvanee, a purpose to commit mur- der, and then to ialrely lay the crime to the doom of innocent men, it portends anything hut good for society. fUpmrststln Journalism- We have a class of newspapers in Georgia that would be well calculated to damage the character of our people abroad, were they gen erally circulated ontside the limits of the State, dodged by these journals, the Southern people might be regarded at a set of barbarians, os malignant and uncivil os they were ignorant and vicious. But fortunately this is not the case. The class of papers referred to, do sot represent tho Southern people, but only a small faction of disorganizers and malcontents calling themselves '‘Democrats.’' They do not even represent the Democratic party of the State, but only respond to the sentiments and feelings of the irresponsible bummers and ig norant interlopers of that party. What, for instance, wonld a genuine Democrat of the old school think of being represented abroad by sneh utterances os the followiife.' which we And in a Democratic paper published at For syth in this State: Acukkan—don't you c ? has recovered from bis billions attack engendered by the venom of bis little son), and returned to Wash ington. This thing yon call Providenoe is a mysterious affair. It is the men who thus betray feelings of the most refined and delicate nature; who thus confine themselves to the language of gentility and good breeding in speaking of the highest officers of the Government; and who thus evince the deepest piety in their allusions to the Supremo Baler of the Universe—these are the ''gentlemen," par excellence, who ossnme to speak not merely for tho Georgia Democ racy, but likewise for tho Southern people! Wo havo a few exceptional examples of the same kind of ‘‘chivalry” claiming affiliation with the Bcpnblican organization; but fortu nately for onr party, nobody recognizes their claim oven to membership, mneb less to a representative position. Sh.ll we Have a Fair Klrrtlon t Tlio conduct of tho Democracy yesterday upon tho passage of tho Election bill was pregnant with the characteristics of the party. Ono wonld think in listening to tho declama tions of their champions, and witnessing their strategy, that the bill was a most heinous measure, designed to give tho advantage to the Republicans, and placing tho Democracy at a disadvantage. As to the latter contingency, tho Democracy may be right They am always at a disadvan tage when they am not allowed to practice fraud, intimidation and violence, and it is to prevent these practices that the bill is de signed. It is not a law for a part of the peo ple, or for a party, but applies to all, Republi cans and Democrats alike. The very fact that any man opposes the bill is evidence sufficient that bo does not want a fair election, because the bill is for that purpose, and that only. If Democrats were subject to more restraints than Republicans, then they wonld have a right to complain, bat they arc not. How is it the Democracy, a party of sneh mmaculnto parity, are always found opposed to every measure that is intended to provent fhtnd, violence and intimidation in elections? Everywhere, throughout tho United States, upon tho Democratic party rests the stigma of political trend. We need not point to the city of Now York, whero their rascality is so opon and flagrant, bnt in onr own State it is well known that the villainies at the polls for many years have been committed in the interest of tho Democratic party, and the murders and outrages so common of late years have been in the same interest. Ob, Democracy! De mocracy ! what crimes havo been committed in thy name! Now this election bill which will come up for reconsideration to-day is designed to pro mote fairness at elections. What possible mo tive havo the Democracy in opposing it, ex cept that it tends to prevent band? What champions in tho Legislature pretend to speak for the people? By what right they do so is not easy to understand, for a majority of the people ore honest and desire nothing else than a fur and fall expression of the will of the majority. Bnt modern Democracy thinks all fair in politics, and if by band and violence the minority can bo brought into, and kept in power, bo much tho better for the little ring of aristocrats who govern that party and call themselves Democrats, par excellence. Their motto is. Bole if wo can by majorities, bnt we have not a majority, rolo by any means. The 1Var. Tho Latest intelligence bom tho seat of war, confirms tho opinion that the surrender of Paris is only a question of time. The pooplo of that onee gay and beantital city—the gayest and most beautiful in the world—are divided against themselves. Tho strength so much needed in the defensive da-sgainst a common enemy, now thundering at the gates of the city, is being frittered away in a war of fac tions, os was the caso in 1702. With tho surrender of Paris, tho war will probably end. Strasbourg and Metz will be unable to survive tho moral effect of the fall of Paris, and the other important cities, yet un injured, will doubtless see the propriety of ending a fruitless oontesh The terms of peace proposed by thoFrnssian Minister, however bard and exacting, wonld donbtlera be acceded to as (he only available method of terminating a hopeless contest—a contact began by Napo leon ^without cause, and now waged by the Prussian King in violation of his own declara tion that it was the Emperor and not the French people he sought to punish. The English tones condemn Bismarck’s coarse in not making peace with the French Republic. They say that the cause of Franco is not yet lost, and Prussia, may regret her arrogant conduct. Politics In tbc Scliool Room The surrender of Gen. Lee terminated the most gigantic straggle of modem times. The mass— at home and the scarred and veteran legions in the Arid, regarded it os final and de cisive. The political philosophy of the 8onth- era Democracy was only understood by its leaders, and hence the soldiers of Lee and Johnston thought, os they sadly turned their bees homeward, that the war was at an end. They were The thunders of hoe- tile cannon had scarcely died away before' a new war-cry was raised, and the leaders of the Sou thou Democracy inaugurated another con genial Civilization of Jamestown and Yama- craw. In support of this assertion, they point ed the finger of scorn at a few ladies from the North who were teaching school in their midst. Against these'refined and delicate women, Democracy prepared to wage a deadly and re lentless warfare. Men who learned their al phabets bom Yankee primers, or perchance graduated at Harvard or Yale, joined' in t^e insane crusade with that ardor winch belongs to Bigotry alone. Their efforts met with some degree of suc cess. Northern teachers did not core to live in a community where merit was practically ignored, and where every person was tried by the test of Sectional Prejudice. But this was not enough. In the eyes of the leading Bour bons, Southern civilization was endangered by the Northern press. A bitter crusade was com menced against the leading publishers, whose establishments happened to be North of the Potomac. If a Northern magazine contained a complimentary notice of some Southern wri ter or Union hero, the tact was promptly pub lished in the '* Southern" papers, and the peo ple warned to neither read nor handle the ac cursed publication. Nor did the "patriotic' crusade stop even at tots point. TUo Sooth waj flooded with ‘‘Northern Mbngl-book*." They numbered among ttemgpifef the finest text books in our languagef-ivorks of approved merit; and so esteemed inKniope as well as in this country. The Bourbon Democracy issued the decide, “These bodes are dangerous to our Civilization; wo must use ‘Southern’ text books alone!" With the weak-minded and the disloyal, this appeal hj|diis effect. Numbers of broken-down "8oufl(cTn" teachers (some of them hailing bom the North) set their pens'in inOtion, and grammars, histories, readers ana epeedk-books were turned ont in countless numbers. These books were .“Southern," therefore they were good. Excellent logic! It convinced many. The Louisville Board of Trustees adopted a “Southern” ached history as a text-book, because it ignored the Declaration of Independence, and devoted much of its space to ao apology for Secession and a justification of its leaders. Other notice teachers adopted reading books because they were filled with selections bom ■Southern" authors. Speech-books, compiled from the inflammatory barangneMbfiecession orators were in high favor, and grammars have mot with large sales -soIoly--beeau.se the ex amples of fill so syntax were purported to come bom Lincoln's addresses and messages. Tho contest still continues. Sectional pre judice never appeared more absnrd than in this, its latest and most suicidal development Bat it is the last hope of the Democracy. To poison the minds of onr youth with erroneous and revolutionary doctrines, to prepare them for the work of arraying themselves against the constituted authorities—this is the real object of the crusade against Northern school books. A number of Democratic aspirants to civic boners are prominent in the movement, and they receive tho hearty co-operation cf worn-out political hocks who retain just enough mental vigor to make them malignant. We trust for tho sake of tho rising generation that the fathom and mothers of the South will make their voice beard in this matter. Let them proclaim to the teachers, who educate their children, that they demand the best text books in the conutry; and this, withontregard to their authorship or their place of publica tion. Let this be done, and Southern civiliza tion wiU always bo strong enough to take care of itself. A Discordant Note. The ink had acaxoely dried on Judge Ste phens’ second letter, in vindication of “the principles of tho Democratic party of the Union," asset forth in the National Platform of 1868, when the New York Democracy re pudiate both him and tho National Platform itselt. For, at the late State Convention of the party at Syracuse,a Resolution was adopted declaring that all the old issues growing ont of the war and reconstruction “are forever settled!" The XTVth and XVth Amendments ‘fixed facts;” Reconstruction has ceased to be an “nsurpation unconstitutional, nnlt and void;" and tho New York Democracy is henceforth quite willing to accept all as legiti mate, right and properl In other words, they go sqoarely back upon the record, and repu diate alike the men and the measures of 1868. We confess to a little curiosity to see how our Democratic biends in Georgia, will view this unconditional surrender. To ratify it would be of course to abandon the State plat form, constructed at tho Silent Convention of the party held in this city in August lost. It wonld moreover be in bad faith to the party in Tennessee and Virginia, where the XIVtk and XVth Amendments and the Reconstruction Acts of Congress are still regarded ns “ the. moat gigantic wrongs ever inflicted opon a bee people.” Furthermore, it would bo acting very treacherously toward tho organization in Ohio, celling itself “Democratic," and which still repudiates Judge Chase on account of his anti-bell urn Abolitionism, and his post- bellum advocacy of the payment of the Na tional Debt And in California, for instance, where the XVth Amendment is held in sneh abomination, that no man calling a Democrat dare even apologue for its enforce ment this action of tho Now York Democracy can but be regarded as treasonable! Thus, it will be observed that now as in 1856, Democracy may mean one thing in New York, and a very different thing in Georgia and Ohio. The “accept-tho-situation" wing of 1870, corresponding to the “non-interven tion" wing of 1856; and the faction of the “re- spcctability-whito-man's-govemment" of 1870, corresponding to the Dred-Scott-Decision- force-Sleveiy-into-the-Tcnitones faction of 1856. But now os then, the various platforms and crotchets of each wing are all compre hended in tho one little dissyllable, to wit: ana! This is the beginning and the ending of all Democratic aspirations, and it proceeds upon the time honored assumption of its di- vino right to cram. John S. C. Abbott is writing a history of Prussia. It is in this diabolioal way that he revenges the defeat of the Third Napoleon. Old Tit® Barnacles in Georgia. Those who can agree with the Rev. Thomas L. Harris, that Charles Dickens was on in spired man, find in the character of his Lord Decemios Tite Barnacles, and in the shoal of Barnacles whereof old Tite was King Bee, a prophetic representation of much that is now transpiring in the political arena of Georgia. Mr. Dickens created old Tite B. some thirty years ago, when the Reform party (of which the great novelest was even then a quiet but powerful leader,) was just emerging from the chrysalis state. This cre ation was for the purpose of representing a class of English numbskulls who claimed tho di vine right to rule. The aristocratic branch of the Engfl«h Government, or cir cumlocution office, as it was humorously styled, had an insane dread of “Radicals,” and of radical innovations upon the docaying fragments of the old Feudal System ! Their science of government consisted of but one maxim, and rested upon but one precodent. They always studied How not to do it, and their precedent ways a notable paternal Barna cle who had been eminently successful in the practice of How not to do it. Whenever one of the pestiferous “Radicals” suggested an innovation, however dexterously, upon this time honored maxim, or suggested, however courteously, a slight departure from the inex orable precedent, Lord Decimus and his ret inue of Barnacles and Stiltstalkings would go into spasms or gloomily predict the early and irretrievable 4 ‘ruin” of the country. In this way was Albion 44 ruined” several times over. She was 44 ruined ” by the exten sion of an important franchise to all free hold, ers. She was 44 rained” a second time by the extension of the same franchise to all house holders who paid a stipulated rental. She was 44 ruined” a third time by an innovation upon the patent laws of the realm, whereby a cunning artisan might bring a valuable inven tion before the public without consulting the Circumlocution Office, and without contribu ting to its coffers. And in this way the “ruin’ had been steadily progressing for a full half centnry; »s><1 i* w ill fwsrewbg most ro- lentiesdy. There has been a corresponding innovation upon “good old times” in what was once Oglethorpe’s Colony, North America. And those who look for the Armageddon in “Little Dorsitt” rather than in Isaiah, may well con clude that Mr. Dickens* admirable story had “on internal sense” revealed in the past six years of the political history of Georgia.— Thus the State was “ruined,” first by the XHIth Amendment. All remember tho cir cumstances. It occurred in the nature of a compromise between the Bourbon and the Radical, whereby the slave should have the disposal of his person only—the ballot to be held in obeyance. It made ninety thousand na tive citizens amenable to a State government in which they, as free citizens, had no voice what ever. It clothed those citizens with personal liberty, but denied them redress in the civil courts under the usual form of law. The next ‘rain** of the State occurred in the passage of the Civil Bights Bill. This gave all free citi zens equality before the law courts. It was a terriblo blow, and the Georgia Barnacles gravely proclaimed that the country was “ru ined” world without end. The next “rain’’ was more’serious still. It was the XTVth Amendments, which had been once rejected only to appear again in a still more 4 ‘ruinous’’ form, to wit, in the Reconstruction Acts. This rained the State utterly, in that it enfranchised ninety thousand native born citizens. The last “rain” was the XVth Amendment; and yet this had barely done its ruinous work be fore the Election Bill is passed. This last measure gives the finishing stroke to poor old Georgia! It actually protects the ninety thousand enfranchised voters in the exercise of their right to vote for whomsoever, and for what public measure soever they may choose. It oven provides on opportunity for every legal voter in tlio State to cast his ballot without in timidation or molestation. It thus seeks to make our government in practice what it has long been in theory, that is,* democratic in spirit and republican in form. And this, we are gravely told, is to “rain” the State by de feating the Democratic party and giving us a Radical administration! A ProIItie*• Surrender. There ore over ninety-five thousand colored voters in the State of Louisiana; and, until quite recently, the Democracy of that State havo denied this large class of their fellow- citizens constitutional rights which henceforth they will concede and defend! This is certainly a hopeful indication The selfishness and craven spiritednessof this un conditional surrender of the Democratic leaders docs not in the least diminish its good results; though it must be conceded that it docs dete riorate from tho virtue of the concession. Whilst, therefore, we hail this unconditional surrender of hie Democracy as an omen of good to both races and the whole country, \vc know what pangs it cost tho leaders of that party to moke it, and also how little they will gain by it Nevertheless, we cannot withhold our admira tion of the humility that can thus eat so much dirt without receiving tho least reward there for. Twenty negroes wero admitted to the State Democratic Convention, after a three days* discussion over tho 44 propriety '* of the thing; and^now ihirteen of the twenty are in active co-operaSon with the Republican party! In New York, the surrender was, if possi ble, still more unconditional and profitless. When the Democracy of that State wanted to rescind tho State's ratification of the XVth Amendment, less than twelve months ago, and expressed the determination to fight “nigger suffrage” to the bitter end, it did not occur to them that they would live to need negro votes! And now, by way of penance, they make this inglorious surrender in a State where the colored vote is infinitesimal, and where it is, almost without a single exception, pledged to the support of the Republican ticket! What He now Says. At a meeting of Spiritualists in Brooklyn, a few days since, the spirit of J. Wilkes Booth was called up, and in answer to a question as to whether he had seen Lincoln, and whether he was sorry for haling lolled him, he said: “He says he is; that he has become recon ciled to Abraham Lincoln. They walk out daily. He says the assassination was based upon a misunderstanding. They are now good friends. He wasn't in his right mind when he shot him. He yielded to an impulse. He has now gone through two states of progression. He is entering on a third. He says he re gretted his act while he was dying.” Booth has evidently been improved by hi transit As there are, aocording to this faith “seven states of progression,*’ and Booth has already passed two in four years, he will, at this rate, reach the seventh heaven in ten years Affairs in Mexico speak badly for the gov ernment of that country. Agriculture, com merce and industry ore declining; poverty is general and the Treasury is bankrupt. The Democracy and Hr. Akcrnian. The manner in which the nomination of Attorney General Akexman to the second place on the National Republican Ticket for 1872, is attacked by the Democratic press, is but an additional fact favoring the selection. Mr. Akerman Is justly considered by the Georgia Democracy as the most available man for the position to be found in the Sonth. Hod we nominated some second or third doss man, or some lukewarm Republican of dubious record, the Democracy would have doubtless deferred opening the campaign until the nomination had been ratified by the National Convention. As it is, they take time by the forelock, and, by their abuse and misrepresentation, materially enhance Mr. Akerman’s chances for confirma tion. . _ : This is what we anticipated, and we only hope they may keep it up until the Convention assembles. It will cause the Republicans of the East to nnitc upon the man from the South who can thus set the Democracy a howling two years in advance of the election. From the day in which Mr. Colfax's letter was made public, positively declining the re-nomination, and recommending tho nomination of a man from the South or East, Georgia Republicans have looked to Attorney General Akerman as the 9 right man for the position.— The silly effort of the Democratic press, and its secret allies, to create the impression that this nomination was sought or ex pected by Mr. Akerman, or that either he or his immediate personal friends were privy to it, ha« had no weight whatever. Neither Mr. Akerman nor his most intimate personal friends knew anything of such a purpose until thoy saw it in the Eha. Those who know the Attorney General need not bo told this, and this statement is only repeated for the benefit of a few persons North who might otherwise be misled by these false insinuations of certain Georgia journals, published in the exclusive interests of the party of intimidation and vio lence. THE LATEST NEWS. By xuu to tbc Atlanta Era.] The proposition to cede Cuba to the United States is favorably considered in Madrid. The father of Livingstone, the African ex plorer, still believed him to t)0 alive and safe. The theatrical season in New York is unu sually brilliant. The National Guards arc making a deter mined effort to preserve order in Paris. The Universalists in tho North have made a big thing of the centennary celebrations. The good people of Charleston, S. C. f aro crazy over skating rinks, oysters and reform. The Prussians are greatly excited over the arrest of Jacoby, the Republican. Liberal journals in Paris denonnee the arrest. French gunboats are hovering around our Northern ports trying to pounce upon German vessels os they put to sea. Schleswig-Holstein wants to secede from Denmark and would like a little help from Prussia. The Industrial Exposition at Cincinnati did not complete its arrangements until three days after it had been opened to vlsitom. The Brothertou. Brothers, bankers in .San Francisco, have been sentenced to fourteen years* imprisonment for forgery. Paris continues to send out mails regularly by balloon. The Prussians fire at them with out effect Earl Russell has written a letter in wliieh ha maintains the doctrine of contraband of war laid down by Washington, that troops, armed and organized, and ships,-armed and manned, ought not to bo permitted to leave neutral ports. He does not consider anus and coal contraband of war. Victor Emmanuel’s letter to tho Pope, an nouncing the occupation of Rome, is condemn ed in England as too arrogant by some, and too dutiful by others. The fifty mile walk for tho championship of America came off in Boston on the 20th. The winner was J. Adams, of New York, who made tho trip in nine hours and fifty minutes. The New York churches were filled to over flowing by the fashionable last Sunday. Their pastors had returned from their summer tour and the pulpits resounded with the 44 clamor ous report of war.” The people of Paris suffer os much from the 4 ‘roughs” as they would from the Prus sians, Vagabonds and jail-birds have taken possession of the streets, and burglaries aud murders are of almost hourly occurrence. The officers and crew of the American steam frigate Franklin, now lying at Portsmouth, England, made the largest donation for the relief of the suflorers by the loss of the British ship Captain. Tho London press is loud in its praises of American generosity. It turns out that tho indisposition of M’llc Nilsson, in New York the other night, was caused by the failure of Strakosch to make a little deposit of $25,000 as a guaranty. He come to time the next day, and the fair song stress recovered at once. General Ripley, of Confederate notoriety, is making himself generally useful in Paris. He has improved the fortifications, and, one place particularly, between Forts St. Denis and Mont Valorien, he has protected by on elabo rate combination of mines, torpedoes, etc. Napoleon does not fully realize what it is to be a prisoner. He drove ont the other day his imperial carriage and put on os much state as if he still resided at the T cilleries. .As a delicate hint King William sent the illustrious prisoner two of his state carriages. Nap. has kept within doors ever since. The London Times tells a story about the Empress Eugenie which, if true, speaks well for her financial ability. In connection with on American speculator, she is said to have made a large fortune out of government ap propriations. Gen. De Wimefen spoils that melodramatic surrender of Napoleon, by asserting that his perial master did not court death, nor did he t “to die at the head of his army.” He was in too much of a hurry to lay his sword at the feet of King William to think 'about fighting or dying. A fellow by the name of Kipling, who had evidently been tippling, was arrested in New York as tho murderer of Nathan, the other day. It seems that Kipling is a half-crazy fel low, with a weakness for spinning long yarns, and he got himself into trouble by boosting that he killed old Nqjhan. The Canvass tn Onto. We have encouraging reports from our Re publican friends in Ohio. The canvass opened early and has j^en conducted with'energy and spirit. A member of tho State Central Com mittee in a letter addressed to a friend in this State, says- the. Republicans are confident of being able to ca&y fourteen of the nineteen Districts, and that tho Republican majority of the popular vote two years ago, will be fully Republican meeting in Bartow County. Editor Era: A called meeting of the Repub licans of Bartow county was held at Carters- lillo on the 27th instant, and organized by electing the Hon. W. L. Goodwin Chairman, and J. C. Maddox Secretary. A committee on business was appointed, which reported as follows: -Whereas, the time for holding an election -fcr representatives in Congress, for members of the General Assembly, and county officers, fe near at hand; and Whereas, an election bill, familiarly known as the 4 ‘Akerman Bill,” is now pending before Our General Assembly, and which will doubt less become the law—the provisions of which lfill being such as all men, who desire a peace able and fair election,’can heartily approve; therefore, be it Resolved, That, following the recommenda tions of our State Central Committee, we now proceed to select two delegates aud two alternates to represent tho Republicans of Bar tow county at the Nominating Convention, to bo held at Kingston, on the 5th day of next October. Resolved, That a committee of six, residing in different districts of the county, be appoint ed by the Chairman, which committee shall gnate aud recommend suitable persons as ‘gates—such recommendations to lie ap- -ved by this meeting. Winch resolutions were unanimously adopt ed. The committee—Captain E. D. Puckett, W. K. Harris, Robert Parrott, Thomas Duckett, Aaron Collins, and Robert Cooper—reported as follows: We, tho committee, do recommend John C. Maddox and Dr. H. J. Fite as delegates, and Danfe] McGee and Robert Cooper as alter nates, for Bartow county, to the convention to be held as above stated, Which report was unanimously adopted. Resolution by Captain C. C. Blacker—That tho editor of the Atlanta New Era bo request ed to publish tho proceedings of this meeting. Which was adopted, and the meeting ad journed. This meeting was composed of zealous Re publicans, who evinced a wil} to enter tho com ing campaign with that energy whiph is neces sary to succeed. We also noticed several of onr most promi nent and worthy Democratic friends present. §liort speeches were made by several Republi cans, and the meeting passed off the most har moniously and pleasantly of any we have ever attended in our county—a perfectly friendly feeling seeming to exist between the two par ties. Many of the old bitter prejudices which formerly existed are now passing away, and we have cause to hope that the time is near at hand when every citizen will be accorded that right of a free expression of his political opin ion, which each one desires for himself. G.. For th® Era.] The Republican Party in Hall County, At meeting of the Republican Party of Hall county, held in tho Court-house in Gaines ville on the 23d September, for the purpose of mganizing a Republican Club, G. W. Jolm- Esq., was elected President, Benjamau Duuagan Vico President and M. P. Caldwell, Secretary. It was resolved that every trao Republican in the county be respectfully in vited and urged to co-operate with the State and National Union Republican organizations in the coming campaign, and that we pledge ourselves to use dne diligence to disseminate the great principles of said organizations and secure tho election of our candidates, and earnestly and respectfully ask conservative voters of all parties to unite with us. Col. Benjaman Dnnagan and Maj. M. P. Caldwell were appointed delegates to tho Con gressional Convention on the 12th of October, at Gainesville, and G. W. Johnson, Esq., and A. P. Prater, Esq., alternates. The Club adjonmed, earnestly asking every Republican in the county to meet at tho Court-house in Gainesville on the 12th October, to agree upon a candidate to repre sent tho county in the Legislature. Wc hope every district in tho county will bo repre sented. M. P. Caldwell, Secretary, Gainesville, Ga., Sept 23, 1870. Fortbe Eba.] Republican Meeting In Gordon County. Calhoun Ga., September 21, 1870. According to previous notice the Republi cans of Gordon county met in Calhoun tho 24th instant, and, on motion of J. A. Fite, G. W. Bansun was elected Chairman, and John Hill to act as Secretary. On motion of J. A. Fite, Mr. J. E. Parrott was unanimously elected as a delegate to at tend the Seventh Congressional District Con vention to be held at Kingston the 5th day of October next On motion of Dr. B. W. J. Gideon, it was unanimously agreed that tho Republicans of Gordon county postpone, for the present, the nomination of candidates for the General As sembly, and for county officers. G. W. Ransun, Chairman. John Hill, Secretary. The Vice Presidency for 1872. Vice President Colfax having withdrawn from the canvass for the Republican renomination for the Vice Presidency, and, it is supposed, thrown the weight of ms influence in favor of Attorney Genl Akerman of Georgia for the posi tion, the Georgia papers give their sentiments thereupon in their own peculiar language. We give an extract upon the subject from a Georgia paper, rather mimical, we imagine, to the proposed nomination. Akerman is proba bly President Grant’s choice for Colfax’s va cancy. He rather likes Akerman, and the “nearest of kin is nearest the throne.” Per haps the Democracy may have something to say on the subject.—New York Herald, 24/A It is quite needless to say that the “extract rather inimical,” which the Herald gives “from a Georgia paper,” is from one of the Opposi tion sheets of this State. That class of jour nals do not like Mr. Akerman's politics. Tite Canvass in Alabama. The prospects now are that the Republicans will carry Alabama at the ensuing election on the 8th of November next, by greatly increased majorities. The Democracy of that State are divided among themselves; and it is said that tho dissatisfaction is so great that several prominent and influential leaders of that party will be absent during the remainder of the canvass. The Republicans ore well organized, aud this is the secret of their triumph. Senators who voted for Akerman’s election swindle ought to be lashod out of civilized society.—Democratic paper. Such is tho opinion of men who prate hypo critically about 44 free opinion” and ‘ fair elec tions.” The truth is, give the people of Geor gia the right to think and feel and .speak and vote, each elector for himself, and this thing calling itself Democracy” will be at an end. Tho cholera in Havana is. carry ing off vic tims at tho rate of aboat ono hundred per day. The State Road. Rome, Ga., Sept 26, 1870. Editors Rome Daily—Gentlemen: It may not be amiss to give to the readers of your Daily, some figures and explanations pertaining to tho condition ar d management of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, the State’s property: I am aware of the fact, that there are many readers of your paper, os well as others, whose conclusions have been misled, os to what has been done, and to what is being done, with the net earnings of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. I have observed, closely, the management and tho policy adopted by Col. Blodgett, the Superintendent of this Road, from the date of his authority to take possession of it Col. Blodgett entered upon his duties as Su perintendent of the Western and Atiantio Railroad on January 1st last- He found the road in a dangerous condition; he found the rolling stock insufficient; he found the mo tive power wholly inadequate to perform the service required; and he fonnd the road al most totally destitute of wood from one end to tho other. These are facts nncontroverta- ble. What then was best to bo done ? Was it to hazard the lives of tho traveling public, and to wilfully neglect the moving of freights, both North bound and Southbound, placed at the head and terminus of the road, in his charge for transportation, simply to pay money into the State treasury, losing sight of respon sibilities far more important to the.people ha n money ? Would it have been best for the people that he should have recklessly attempt cd to have forced the policy of his predeces sors, and at a time too, when he fonnd the road at its most critical point, to-wit: To have began the patching up business: that by means of such a course he would have been able to have paid into the State Treasury larger sums of money than his predecessors, thereby en dangering life and utterly failing to have trans ported the meat and bread, horses and males, and other indispensables, designed for the people of Middle and Southwestern portions of the State, as well as otbor sections no less dependent. Now, should such a course have been adopt ed by Col.-Blodgett? It is for the people to say whether or not such a course should not have been crowned with condemnation? But what lias been the policy of Colonel Blodgett? Wc will see. He has put the road in better condition than it has been since 1865. He has rebuilt the old locomotives, and many of them are now almost good as new. He has added five new locomotives to the orig inal number, at a cost of sixty-five thousand dollars. He has purchased over ono hundred now box and coal cats, at a cost of seventy-five thousand dolla. j, besides having built nearly tho same numbe r at the State shops in Atlanta. He has bought cue handled and fifty thousand dollars’ worth of iron and ties, and over eigh teen miles of the same has been laid down, and still he works. So, in proportion, other work for the good of the road progresses. Thus, you see, the net earnings havo gone in a direc tion that, in my opinion, tho people will en dorse. Yon will observe that if Colonel Blodgett had paid into tho treasury of the State tho two hundred and ninety thousand dollars paid for engines, iron and cars, together with the forty- five thousand dollars, already paid in for the months of January and FebruaryJLast, thejsuxn total would have been to this date no less than three hundred and thirty-five thousand dol lars. Now, Messrs. Editors, should the people sustain this policy, and Colonel Blodgett can be permitted to go on in this good work, be fore another twelve months shall have passed, the Western and Atlantic Railroad (thk mas ter of railroads in Georgia—-that holds in check her connections, both at her head and her ter minus), will not be surpassed in her elegant coaches, in her supurb freight cars, in her mas terly locomotives, and iu every other require ment necessary for safety, comfort, speed and profit by any road in America. Observer. desk is filled with numerous inquiries from various Department officers in reference to the appropriation claims, Ao., all of which will be answered daring the week so as to promote the executive business. Mr. Akerman is confident that the political troubles in Georgia are at an end. He says the election laws passed by the Georgia Sen ate will doubtless pass the House of Delegates, and that an election will be held in the early part of December. This time is selected be cause it is considered best for both white and colored, and because the cotton season will be over and tho workmen throughout the State, will have a chance to vo's. He indorses the election bill, and says that Governor Bullock and his State officials also indorse it, and de clare that this will assist in having a fair ar d honorable election. He says that the only men who are disappointed, are the members of the Legislature who desired to hold over for two years longer, without the chances of a popular vote, while against these are the thou sands at home who desire the election. He fonnd the colored men throughout tho State exceedingly anxious for an election, and he feels confident that the State will be carried by tho Republican party. Fashion Items. Metal buttons are considered very stylish and pretty when used on c’ark merii 3 dresses. Yellow and red are 1’ie two prettiest contrast ing colors for an ev^ 'iig dress for a brunette: A skirt of sackcloth trimmed with ashes (of roses) is said to be the thing for visits of condolence. The new styles of silks just imported are shaded in rich contrasting colors, and are very beautiful. The prettiest boots for ladies have very pointed toes, and arc laced at the side in stead of buttoned. Jet trimming has come in fashion again, and is used for trimming bonnets, cloaks and dresses. New York Houses show high hats of felt and velvet, but they are essentially vulgar, and cannot be jierpetnated. Tbc most fashionable for next winter will be chinchilla. Ermine has gone entirely out of fashion, aud is now only used for opera cloaks. Young ladies wear very pretty and coquet- ish little bows of gay colored ribbon or agrettes in tlia hair, which aro becoming very stylish. Large gold daggers, with jeweled hilts, have come in fashion again for tho hair, and are used to pin the heavy chatelinc braids to gether. Many ladies who do not liko to have their ears pierced wear a small gold wire bc- liind tho car, which clasps it in front, and holds the ear-ring. The Trianon hat is lowered over the fore head, in the shape of a vizor, and turned up flat against the crown at the back, having the appearance of a sugar scoop. The fabric that is creating the greatest sen. sation is the Turkish brilliontine. It is made of pure wool of the Turkish goat; is heavier than mohair, and h;is a lustre equal to that of satin. Long ostrich feathers are employed on expensive hats, and are arranged to drop low over the chignon. Iu addition to these, and pompons and aigrettes, wc have exquisite spec imens of flowers and fruit. The most striking novelties are the velvet pineapple, with a tnft of leaves at the top and a few leaves on its short stem; Malaga grapes with beautifully tinted leaves, and velvet chestnuts with their prickly shells half open. The Cost of a Flirtation. Some years after the Divorce Couit became a British institution, Lord Chief Justice Campbell remarked, when summing up a case, that in future, at all events, no one could urge that divorce was a luxury ouly for the rich (by reason of its expense,) for here was a suit in which the petitioner was a costermonger, and the respondent the conductor of an omnibns. It would seem, too, from a recent trial, that * breach of promise cases a remedy is equally open to the injured, whether she bo a countess or a cook. A demoiselle employed in the latter vocation claimed £200 from a gentleman’s coachman, and the lady’s counsel stated that he had in his hand 200 letters—his client apparently estimating her damages at a sovereign a letter from the perfidious wretch. At the mention of this awful collection of Je- huian amorousness, and the prospect of hav ing to listen to its perusal with the thermome- tor among the eighties, tho Judge grew pale, and even the stout British jury quivered; but the matter brightened when the learned coun sel made the startling announcement that the style was “prosy,” and he didn’t intend to read it all. The generosity of the plaintiff’s conn- sel in this respect seems to have produced a corresponding emotion on tho part of the jury, for the unhappy groom, for declining to be a bridegroom, was mulcted of £80—more than a year’s wages. Trifling with tho affec tions of tho British female is clearly an ex pensive pastime. We commend the conduct of the jury to tho approbation of the Sorosis. New York World. GEORGIA. Tlic Election Bill. The Washington correspondent of the Cin cinnati Commercial, in a dispatch dated 25th September inst, says: Attorney General Akerman was at his office yesterday, after six weeks absence in Georgia. On his way to this city he was attacked with bilions fever, and lay quite ill at Angusta r Georgia, for a week. He is now convalescent. Mr. Akerman resumed the duties of his offico yesterday, which relieved Judge Richardson as Acting Attorney General. It is his intention to progress ns rapidly as possiblo with tho nu merous cases before h n for tl 3 Supremo Court, and havo till' n ready for an immediate trial on tho reassembling of tho Court Hfc* THE ERECTION BILL, As prepared by Attorney General Akerman and unanimously approved by tbc State Central Committee. " Section !. The General Assemble of Geor gia hereby enacts, That on election shall be held, beginning on tho 20th day of December, 1870, aud ending on the 22d of December, 1870, for members of Congress to serve during the unexpired term of the 41st Congress of the United States, and for members of the 42d Congress; for Senators in the State Senate for each district numbered in the Constitution with an odd number; for members of the H«use of Representatives of the General As sembly; for Sheriffs, Clerks of tho Superior Court Tax Collectors, Tax Rec ivers, County Treasurers, Coroners, and County Surveyors, of the several counties of this State. Sec. 2. That the said election shall com mence on the said 20th day of December, and continue between the hours now fixed by law for three separate days. Sec. 3. That said election shall be managed and superintended at tho Court-houses at the county seat, and at any election precinct that may exist or to be established in any incor porate and organized city or town by man agers chosen as follows: Sec. 4. It shall bo the duty of the Governor of the State, by and with the advice and con sent of the Senate, os soon after the passage of this act as possible, to appoint five fit and projicr persons of intelligence and moral worth for each election precinct established at the county Court-house, or in any city or incor porate town in this State; and said five per sons, or^ any three or more of them, may and shall hold the election at said Court-house and precincts in said city or town. Sec. 5. It shall be tho duty of the Gov ernor to cause the said appointees to be duly notified of their several appointments os afore said; and it shall be the duty of said appoin tees to appear at the said court house and at said precincts in said city or town, on the day fixed by this act, for the said election, within the hours prescribed by law, and hold said election. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Governor to furnish each of tho Judges of the Superior Court with a list of said appointees in the sev eral counties of their respective circuits, and at the next term of said court in each county, after tho said election, it shall be the duty of the Judge to inform hmself if said appointees have appeared as required by this act and held the said election, and if any such appointees have failed to appear, and the absence of his signature to the returns required by law to be made to the Clerk of sold Court, shall be prime facie evidence of such failure, it shall be the duty cf the said Judge forthwith to find such appointee one hundred dollars; provided, that said fine may be remitted on said appomtees satisfying said Judge that his failure so to at tend was caused by severe sickness - or other unavoidable causes, or that ho was legally dis qualified from serving. And provided further, That said appointees shall each of them bo citizens of the county for which they are appointed and voters of the same. Sec. 7. In addition to tho duties now pre scribed by law for the managers of elections, it shall be the duty of said managers to pre serve order at and near tho polls, but they shall have no power to refuse ballots of any male person of apparent full age, a resident of the county, who has not previously voted at tho said election. Sec. 8. They shall not permit any person to challenge any vote, or hinder, or delay, or interfere with any other person in the free and speedy casting of his ballot Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of said managers to prevent rioting, disturbances, and rioting at or near tho polls, and to secure the end it shall be their duty to present more than one person and he, only while voting, approaching or re maining within fifteen feet of the place of re ceiving ballots, and said manager may, if they see fit, require the persons desiring to vote to form themselves into a line, and when a line is thus formed said managers shall present any persons not in the line from approaching the polling place nearer than fifty feet, but in no cose shall more than one vote at any time be permitted to approach the polls nearer than Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of tho Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Town Marshal, Bailiffs and Police officers, the whole to be under the or ders of the Sheriff or his Deputy, to attend at one or other of said places of voting during the election, and obey all lawful orders of saic. managers, or either of them, and to act os conservators of the peace, and for tho protec tion of the voters against violence, intimidation and all unlawful attempts to influence voters or to interfere with the perfect freedom of each voter to cast his ballot according to his own wishes. See. 11. The said managers, or any two of them, shall have power, by patrol, to order the. arrest and confinement during the day of any person disturbing the peace at or near the polls, or disobeying any reasonable order for the enforcement of these provisions for the preservation of order and the protection of voters; and tho Sheriff and his deputy shall also have power, without warrant, to arrest, or order the arrest of any person for the causes aforesaid. Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of said mana gers to receive each ballot and deposit the same in a ballot-box, and it shall not be law ful for either of them, or for any clerk, to open any closed ballot until the polls are closed and the counting of the votes is com menced. Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of said agers to prevent any person, except themselves and the three clerks, by them to be appointed and sworn, to remain in the room when the ballots are received, so near the ballot-box or polling place as to examine the tickets, or to handle any ticket, and they shall have the some power to enforce this os other duties herein cast upon them. Sec. 14. The said managers may select three competent persons to act as clerks in keeping the list of voters and tally sheets, but said clerks shall not be permitted to handle any ballot or examine th* same. Sec. 15. One of said managers shall receive the ballot from the voters, and hand them to a second, who shall deposit tho same in a box, and at no time shall any vote be received un less there be at least three of said managers present Sec. 16. Said managers, clerks and officers, except police officers actually on duty, shall receive from the County Treasurer throe dol lars for each day’s doty at said election. Sec. 17. It shall be in the power of said onagers, or any three of them, to fine any Speriff, Deputy Sheriff, Marshal, or Police leers not more than one hundred dollars, as for contempt, if he fails to obey any lawful or der of said managers, or either of them, for the enforcement of the laws, for keeping the peace, or preserving order, and for tho protec tion of the freedom of (flections on tho day of election. , . * Sec. 18. Said managers shall each of them take the following oath: Idoswear that I will faitlifoliy, fnlty and impartially hold the present election; I will prevent no person from voting who is of appa rent age, a resident of the county, and who has not previously voted at this election; I will not open any dosed ticket antil the polls have been dosed, nor ^rtil l-divulge for whom any person has voted, unless called upon to do so by some legal tribunal. I will permit no one to challenge, delay, or hinder any voter from the free and speedy casting of his ballot. I will in good faith, to tho best of my ability, endeavor to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and the other laws for holding elec tions. I will make. a fair, correct, honest aud im partial return of the result of the election. So help me God. (Any manager may administer this oath to the others.) Sec. 19. Nothing in this act prohibiting challenges at the polls shall bo construed to authorize any oue to vote who is not, by *hc Constitution, a qualified voter in the county of the election ; but all persons not duly qualified to vote are, and shall continue to be, subject to all the pains aud penalties fixed by law in case they vote illegally. Sec. 20. Each of the said clerks shall bo sworn fairly, impartially and truthfully, to keep the list of voters, and fairly and honostly to keep tho tally-sheets at said election. Sec. 21. It shall bo the duty of the ordinaries of the several counties of this .jiato to furnish stationery for the purposes of said election; also, to have ready, and furnish for each of the sets of managers provided for by this act, a ballot-box sufficiently large to bold, the bal lots likely to be cast at said polling place— said ballot-box to be made so that it cannot be opened without serious damage to tho box, on all sides except one, and on that side to havo a movable lid, with an opening there sufficiently large to admit the pushing in of the ballots one by one—said lid to be so constructed as that it may slide' into grooves in tho box, und liave a lock thereon; and it shall be tho duty of the managers to open and examine said box at tho opening of said polls, and then to lock the same aud at tho close of the polls on each day it shall be the duty of each manager to put upon said lid a strip of paper with his name thereon, aud affix the same by adhesion to the box, so that the box cannot be opened without the rupture of said paper, and this being done, the box for the night shall be entrusted to the keepiug of ono of the managers, and another of the managers shall take the key; and it shall be the duty of any such managers en trusted with said box or key to permit no one to tamper in any way with tho same, aud if such tampering be done, the managers en trusted with the same shall be prima facie guilty of haring done the same, and on con viction, shall be punishod as provided in 4608 section of the Revised Code for the punish ment of misdemeanors. Sec. 22. An election manager or clerk, or other officers on duty in the holding of any election, who shall be guilty of any frandulent practice in changing any ballot, or in using any trick or device by which any false retnrn is made, or any ballot-box tampered with, or who shall, in any way, be guilty of any false or frandulent practice or act by which any vote actually cast is not fairly coanted and re turned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction snail bo punished as provided in section 4608 of the Revised Code. Sec. 23. Repeals conflicting laws. Newspapers. Those who would become sculptors or paint ers know the necessity of a sojourn in Rome, where they can study the finest works of art, and avail themselves of the best facilities for improvement. This is sometimes rendered impossible, and is frequently delayed by very slender resources; for richly-gifted with cre ative beauty os they are, youth is often to them a struggle with poverty. This quiet, persist ent effort, this absolute faith in ultimate suc re beautiful features in the lives of these children of art. Thus little Benjamin West made a hair pen cil from tho for of a cat, obtained indigo from his mother, red aud yellow from a party of wandering Cherokee Indians, who also gave him instruction in coloring. Thus he per severed until, as a portrait painter, he attracted the attention of two merchants—Kelly of New York and Allen of Philadelphia—who, by gen erous aid, enabled him to visit Rome. So Claude Lorraine, whether successively an apprentice to a pastry-cook, a valet, a cook, and mixer of colors, and a slow, laborious student “of tho art of painting 1 , i.. some au thorities assert; or, according to ethers, an orphan, alone and on foot, seeking the protec tion of his brother, remaining a few months with him, where he learned something of carving cx engraving in wood; and then, through fortuitous circumstances,in Rome with no friend and little money, revealed resolution and perseverance worthy of his great achieve ments. While few writers find the road to fame, or oven competence, a smooth, level one, poverty is not so great an obstacle to them. Indeod now, when newspapers are in almost every house, and when at public schools all children can acquire some degree of education, thoso who are bom with a talent for writing aro nn- consciously trained for their work. How strong® tho childhood and early youth of these must \> e to them! Each one must feel that he is somewhat different from other children, that he does not think in tho same way or about the same things that Bhey do, that their enjoy ments are not his, that he does not wish to do when he will have become a man what ho hears them plan. As he ponders on this dis similarity, it tronbles him. Is it a defect? He gradually abandons tho effort to bo like them, and turns to reading. Possibly he has neither book nor nowspaper, but a neighbor takes a paper, and he can borrow that. Though at first he understands little that he reads, his comprehension gradually enlarges. Month after month, year after year, his fond of gene ral information is increasing; and without knowing definitely what rhetoric is, he is gain ing a practical knowledge of the differences between concise and diffuse writing, nervous and feeble style; is forming bis own standard, which in future time he can never rest until he reaches. When wc read an interesting book, when wo hear a fine speaker, few of as thiuk how ranch of the instruction has been derived from the daily papers, how largely their editors havo contributed to the formation of style by patient perusal of manuscript and high stand ard of publication. It may be that none of us realize how much the moral tono of a peo ple is influenced in the samo way. Some Fcatum of a Jewish Sabbath. Let us accompany a good orthodox Jewish family through their calm and cheerful Sab bath, and see how thoy keep it and enjoy it. I select an orthodox family, instead of a “Reformed.’/ merely because tho ortho dox Jew is an historical person; os ho keeps his Sabbath, his fathers have kept it for many centuries. The Jewish Sabbath begins on Friday evening, half an hour before sunset, and ends on Saturday evening, half an hour after sunset, or when a star is visible in the sky. On Friday, the day of preparation, tho women and girls of the family are busy providing for the morrow the best food of tho week; for what ever is eaten or drunk during the joyous sacred hours must be the very best tho family can afford. Poor Jews will pinch all tho week In order that their wives aud children may have something delicious to eat on tho Sabl>ath.— But that savory food most be cooked or pre pared for cooking before the Sabbath begins: for our Israelitish brethren observe with just strictness the law which gives rest on the Day of Rest to their servants. They shame ns in this particular. They will not use even their horses on their Sabbath. On a Sunday, about twelve M., you may see iu front of Dr. Adams’ fashionable Presbyterian Church in Madison Square, New York, or around Dr. Tyng’s fash ionable Episcopal Church, in St George’s Square of tho same city, from twenty to forty well-appointed ’equipages waiting for tho last hymn to be finished; but you will never see a vehicle before the superb Temple Immanuel, a Jewish synagogue in the Fifth avenue, al though there aro many families within who could ride homo if they would, in their own carriages. I do not say that the Christians are wrong or the Jews right in this. It is no one’s business bnt their own. But if we bor row the Hebrew’s word “Sabbath” and adopt, verbally, their Sabbatical law, our practice per haps onght to conform in some degreo to our profession. It probably does not severely tax those coachmen and footmen to show off their gay turnouts and brilliant liveries on a fine Sunday morning in the Fifth avenue. But for the heavily-laden drudges of the boarding house kitchen, and the maid-of-all-work in average families, I could wish we were all Jews from Saturday night till Monday morn ing. It is a dastardly shame to compel or per mit women, who have faithfully toiled for us from Monday’s tub to Saturday’s scrub, to work hard oil through tile best 1 >ars of Sun day, merely that we may gorge ourselves with dainty food. The Jews avoid this barbarous as. Their servants rest on their Sab bath.—James Parlon in the Atlantic Monthly for Ot y.:,\