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THE
ERA
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1870.
NUMBER 35
The Slate < umpnign-Wliat la the lame!
Tho issnes before the people at the ensuing
election, in this Shite, are either those of 1868.
or they aro of a mere personal and extrane-
ons character, and therefore of littlo impor-
tace. The -XIYth and XYth Constitutional
amendments aro certainly no longer legiti
mate political questions. They are Tcrities; and
if accepted by the Democracy a* such, then
the issues of two years ago, growing ont of
them, aro questions no longer. And the same
b true with regard to the Acts of Congress on
the subject of Reconstruction. If those acts
are to be accepted, acted upon, and respected
as the Supreme law of tho land, then the is
sues growing ont of them aro indeed re* judi-
cala, and the questions of 1868, are issues no
longer.
It therefore remains with the Democratic
party of the State, to say what shall be the
character of the canvass, and to decide what
shall bo the issues at the election. If that
party, os an organization, endorses fully the
National Democraijp platform of 1868, and
therefore accepts tho Messrs. Stephens as its
leaders, then it is qnito plain that it favors eith
er roTolutlon or nullification; and hence in that
case the battle of 1868 has got to bo fongbt
overogoin in Georgia. If the party really bolds,
with Mr. Stephens, that the Constitution of
tho United States is not binding on the con
sciences of Georgians, in so far as respects the
recently adopted articles thereof, then the
issue is a vciy ample one. It is adapted to the
comprehension of every one. It is essentially
Nullification on the one hand and Legitimacy
on the other. The question is simply. Shall
the Constitution be respected and obeyed as a
whole, or shall snch parts of it only as the Se
cession leaders may elect, be reoognized as
the fundamental law of the land? The other
inane (should any issne be mado) is corralloy
to the cue effecting the validity of the Amend
ments. It is. Shall the Reconstruction Acta
of Congress and the acts of the State Govern
ment set np in virtue thereof, bo respected end
enforced, or held to be “nullities, revolution
ary and unconstitutional?'
Both tin so issues are embraced in the Dem
ocratic platform of 1868, and we believe the
Democrats in tho Seventh District actually
placed their candidate for Congress squarely
upou this platform ! But we doubt very seri
ously whether this was not the action of a fac
tion rather than of a party; and this doubt is
strengthened by the resignation of lodge Ste
phens asCQpirman of the State Committee,
and the elocfeon of a successor who has been
very careful not to toneh the issne (if there
be any issue*) now between tho two political
parties proper.
On the question of Internal Improvements—
measures so auspiciously inaugurated by the
present Administration—there can, of course,
be no serious issue. All men ere presumed
to rejoice in the rapid improvement, and ma
terial prosperity of the State, and this without
referenoe to tho name or traditions of tho
party represented by tho State Government.
Likewise, all are presumed to be favorably dis
posed toward a System of Public Instruction, a
measure which looks to the elevation and en
lightenment of the masses, and thereby to the el
evation of the intellectual, moral, aud politica
status of the State. Aud so of the Homestead
Exemption feature of the Republican party.
Surely no Georgian in bis senses can seriously
object to a measure having fir its object a
close alliance between the personal interest of
tho citizen, and the material improvement and
prosperity of tho State.
It is plain, therefore, that thero can be no
real issne of moment, at the ensuing election,
except between iboso who support tho Consti-
tntion as it is, and those who would have it as
it was in 1860; between those who would nul
lify tho Reconstruction acts of Congress, and
those who wonld recognize and enforce them
ns the law of the land; and consequently be
tween those who would pradically'nndo the
whole work of Reconstruction and those who
wonld not. In other words, the real issne is
between the revolutionary faction of the De
mocracy and the conservative masses of tho
Btate;or, in plain terms, Shall we re-open the
National issues of 1861, and tho local issues of
1868, or shall wo regard those questions os
settled?
The President and Cabinet.
Had General Grant declined the nomination
of tho Chicago Convention, two years ago, no
one doubts bnt that hB would have been ten
dered the nomination by the New York Con
vention that nominated Seymour. And this
would have been done without any conditions
precedent on the part of the^iominee. Gen.
Grant wonld not havo bcenm^£f to define his
position or recant his settled convictions. De
mocracy has always subordinated its principles
to availability, and wonld not have hesitated
to do so in this instance. And this wonld
have been all the more natural in view of the
fact that Democracy is seldom agreed es touch
ing any one thing in any tvro of the States of
the Union. As it was, the nomination of poor
old Seymonr, with Blair as the chief character
in the farce, was merely a tnb to the whale. It
was not prompted by any hope or expectation
of carrying the election, hut as a preliminary
step to domesticate and train the Southern
Democracy for available service in 1872.
In view of these facts—and we presume no
one will gainsay them—tho puny misrepre
sentations and abuse of the President, by the
New York World, and its echoes iu&lliK and
other States, border very closely u^u the lu
dicrous. Tho resignation of Mr. C'iSs and
the certainty of Grant’s nomination by the Re
publicans, is the occasion for a renewed ex
hibition of peevishness. The World discov
er! that Cox Is a martyr to an honest impulse.
Its feeble echoes in Georgia, not folly under
standing the matter, bnt presuming that "it
is all right” make haste to take the one, and
proceed to write the ex-Mlnistcr into Demo
cratic favor at the expense of a man whom
they bate, only because they cannot use. One
little mito of an organ in this State,gri>vs enthu
siastic in the cfiase,'and in the exuberance of
its zest cries out that.
Grant wants tools, not baoot public functionaries.
And when tie vlrtnou* port of his party want him to
do right, they must Ox it op to advance Grant's par-
This style of disputation is the very highest
specimen of the Jogictanls skill. It is perfectly
irresistible. Given the assumption (and an
assumption in law with these learned polemics)
that Gen. Grant “wants tools and dishonest
public functionaries," then of eonrso the resig
nation of a Cabinet Minister is prlma fade
evidence of his (the Munster’s) integrity.
The conclusion, of course, is baaed solely upon
an assertion, nothing more; bnt then it should
always be borne in mind that Democratic
papers aro not in the habit of making false
assertions. The well known character of each
journals in Georgia, precludes the supposition
that they wonld misrepresent a political an
tagonist under any circumstances. And they
cany the same nice sense of equity, and make
the came logical discriminations in their dis
cussion of the merits of Republican Govern-
ore. Apropos of JJov^BulIock, for instance.
Given the assumption tend the assertion is of
course infallibly tn®ffoof or no proof) that
the Governor seeks advancement of his
“personal scheme*;” ergo the Republican
camp followers who, like birds of
prey, hover on the outskirts of tho party
only tho better to aid tho Democracy,
are, par excellence, the honest men of Uta party.
One of them should have been Speaker of tho
House, bat he was not Another should have
been nominated to Uie United States Senate,
bnt he eas not A third sbtnld bava re
ceived the nomination to Congress, bnt did
not A fourth should be recognized as (he le
gally dieted Senator from Georgia, bat he
not A fifth should have been reoognized by
the Attorney General and the Federal ad
ministration as the month piece of the party
in Georgia, bnt unfortunately is not And so
on throngh the wholo gradation of pnblia
position. In the opinion of this virtuous and
courteous Democratic press, those who sup
port the Administration. State or National,
should be reoognized as “a faction;" whereas
it is most shockingly true that they are uni
versally conoeeded to bo tho party, or rather
the reoognized representatives and exponents
of the party in Georgia. This is shocking 1
■ ‘«J}cfrat I* Dfath*”
bach is-the frantic chores of tho Macon
Telegraph. Of pourae referenoe is hod to the
defeat of the revolutionary Democracy, In the
approaching election; - and, consequent;, to
the political death of the old stagers of 1860—
both of which contingencies are among the
things desired by tbe ungrateful People of
this State!
Among tho avowed principles of that party,
anil of those leaders who thus fear defeat and
political death, ore tho following: The
Government of the United States is a League,
Pact or political Alliance, for specific pur
poses, between indepcndint Sovereign States;
consequently, tbqt the §tqte is superior to
the Federal Government, in that tho creator
or principal, is greater than the creature or
ngentjhcnco, that the ultimate allegiance of tho
citizen isjdno the State, and not to the Federal
Government; and thence that it is the “con
stitntional right” qj any one State to
(whenever it chooses so to do) its connection
with tho Union, and to demand tho allegiance
of the eitizon as against the authority of tho
Union 1 Tree, this was the issne in 1881, and
(he judgment was against the Democracy; bnt
then the leaders of that party hold that “ tho
yar settled np political question,'’ and hence
that the Surrender meant nothing; that tbe re
newed allegiance to the Federal authorities
really meant an adjournment of the issue, and
that “tho time may yet come" when the doc
trine of Stato Sovereignty or Disintegration
wjl) be triumphant 1
Corrollay to this proposition is this: That
the XlVth and XVlh Constitntional Amend
ments are “illegal and of no binding force;”
(bat the Reconstruction acts «t Congress are
“usurpations, revolutionary, null and void;'
that the Stato Government set np in Georgia
in yirtue of those acts, is illegal; and hence
that its acts are illegal, and that tho bonds
issued by State authority most bo extudiated;
consequently that tho Homestead law, the
Public School law, and tho system of Interna,
Improvements, so auspiciously inaugurated by
the present Government, must be nullified,
Mid the State placed in tbe old grooves under
the old pilots (and their henchmen) all this
in the year of Grace one thonsand eight hun
dred and seventy.
Southern Pairs.
Agricultural Fairs are bolding high carnival
ir» i)io Southern States at tbe present time
though numerous Fairs, including tho Cotton
Fair at Augusta, have already come- off.
The Sonth Carolina Institute arc holding their
first J'tiir at Charleston, this week. The Vir
ginia State Fair luia o]tened at Richmond, and
continues until November 8th. Tho South
Carolina and Alabama Union Fairs on the 0th
and 11th of November, the formernt Columbia
and tho latter at Selma, and the programme
closes with the Fair of the Capo Fear Agricul
tural Society at Wilmington, N. C., which will
continue from November 11th to 17th.
“The State Halt he Saved."
The Macon Telegraph still wants to “save
the State.” A few days ago it uttered the
opinion that the State wonld be reined be
yond redemption unless the People carried the
ensuing election. In this opinion, it was our
pleasure to concur almost entirely. And now
our Macon friend has gone and amended his
opinion by inserting “Democrats” where the
word “people” occurs. We regret that wo
cannot accept this amendment It certainly
needs explanation. If the telegraph will now
tell ns precisely what it means by the word
‘Democrats," then we can comprhend its plat
form. If by “Democrats" it means those
who adhere to the Seymonr and Blair platform
of 1868—that is, to tbe Stephens platform of
1870—then we are sorry to soy that we cannot
concur in the opinion that the State is ‘-re
ined” unless “Democrats" are elected to office 1
The people of Georgia hare some experience
under that species of “Democracy P They
tried it in 1861, and they hare repented it ever
since. Thero has been a very general desire
among the masses for a change over sinco the
lose of the war. They certainly have no do-
ire to re-instate a party which precipitated a
civil war, and converted onr prosperous fields
into cemeteries, and onr cities into a wilder
ness of ruins. Tho people are quite satisfied
with tho past efforts to utilize the dogma of
‘State Rights.” They regard the issues of
ten years ago settled; and they have as littlo
confidence in the judgment of those party
leaden who bold that the war settled no polit
ical question, and who maintain that the is
sues of 1861 are merely adjourned, not settled.
General Young, the Democratic candidate
for Congress in the 7th District, has conclu
ded to make a speech. It will, of coarse, be
something new in its way. It will be ad
dressed to those who do not believo in the
validity of the Constitutional amendments.
It most respond to tbe sentiment of those who
still consider tho Reconstruction acts “usur
pations, revolutionary, noil and void." It
must of course tickle the fancy of those who
would still “disperse tho carpet-bag State
Government, set np in virtue of the Recon-
stroctioe Acts, and this at the point of the
bayonet if necessary.” It most be adopted to
the approval of those who would reorganize,
revive and re-establish in power the Secession
Democracy of 1861; and therefore must advo
cate the exclusion from office all who do not
sr faithful allegiance to tho party of intim
idation and violence. Tho General made a
dashing Cavalry officer daring the war, but
inasmuch os we do not remember that he ever
yed to make a speech, either in Congress
or ont of it, we have some cariosity to see
‘what be will do with it”
LATEST NEWS.
Editorial Raids.
By Mail to the Era.] , j The 1[ “ cou Telegraph and Messenger has
Jim Fisk pretends that he controls tho votes something to say about “A Gloomy Outlook.”
of 25,000 workmen on the Erio Railroad. ~ n.-* -i -'
Prof. Langston, of Howard University,
colored lawyer, is lecturing in Virginia.
company of French volunteers call them
selves the “Wild Boors of Ardennes.” %
It is understood that a petition will he pre
sented to the Congress to abolish the Patent 3
Offico.
Bozaine was attacked by women after the
surrender of Metz.
Ring William came very near being cap
tured the other day by Franc-tireurs.
Baz&ino was afraid of assassination at the
hands of his own men toward the last
The surrender of Metz created greaj excite
ment all over France.
Several illegitimate children of Madame
Jumel ore claiming her estate.
In tho Cincinnati Medical College, yonztffl
ladies attend the clinical lectures with tlf
male students.
Victoria’s second daughter proclaims Uer .^ Um editorial columns but every one knows
self a free thinker. thit ll U ' IoE K a at 1110 bead of 1110 FT 1 "'
. , a , v The Sparta Times and Planter publishes a
In England it is thought that tho and ril . u ,., N its rCiul , r ,
to keep up tho connec-
After seeing one number
j preserve the paper
lion with the next"
for peace in Europe are more remote toanJ
ever.
A nitre-glycerine explosion at Cleveland,
Ohio, the other day, killed four persons and
shook the houses.
It is thought that Lyons will be the next
at of the French Government, if it lasts.
Charles Summer terms the present war in,
Europe a war of surprises, and advocates a
general disarmament
Rev. Richard Hugh Bagby, a well known
Southern Minister, died in Richmond Snnday
night • h J
Jim Fisk’s speech, at a Democratic meeting
in New York, excites ridicule.
When a balloon falls within the Prussian
linra tho .Kronant generally boras the mails.
William Cullen Bryant lias come out in a'
book of poetical selections.
Four doctors bare died of yellow fever in^ From our exchanges we learn that several
Mobile this season, I prominent Democratic candidates in this State,
A valuable salt mine lias been discovered in | are sick. They ore sensible enough to see what
Pennsylvania. 1 is coming.
Jute chignons ore burning up a goal many I The Savannah News is enthusiastic over the
nice girls. belles of that city. If there are so many
A gay Baltimorean had to pay $275 for kiss- | boU «» 3 do ™ lboro wh y don ’‘ men rio B
inga ladies' hand—only this and nothing j lbem accordingly?
Tho French country people care nothing
Tbe Guillotine to be Revived.
First came tho semi-official announcement
by the dliilante Gambctta, that the capitulation
of Bozaine was treasonable, and also much gas
conade about an indomnitablo purpose of the
French Republic never to betray Us trust!
This stupid pronuneiamento was received
hero with jeers by some, and with pity and
commisseration by those really la sympathy
with the French Republicans. And now we
have the announcement that a Woman’s Club-
most probably a “Sorosis," presided over by
lineal descendant of the Amazonian “Yen-
geance” of "98—is clamoring for the erection
of a Gnillotino 1 What next? Is tho tragedy
of the Reign of Terror to be again re-enacted
in Faria? Is it really true, as Macaulay inti
mates, that the mercurial Frenchman is inca
pable of conducting a successful Revolution,
or of organizing a respectable system of free
government? Lamartine tells us that the
and French Revolution was lost throngh the]
same agencies that destroyed the first, to-wit:
tho supremacy of demagogues who represent
ed the slams of Paris rather than the popular
sentiment of the nation. The Girondists were
betrayed by one of their own number, who
afterwards rose tp leadership in the Reign of
Terror; and the Revolution lost its claim to
decency and respectability when it disgraced
its pause with the blood of its own advocates.
So it was agaifi in '48, and so it will probably
be again in ’70. We are lasing confidence in
the ability of Parisians to govern themselves.
TUB LATEST NEWS.
B, Stall to the Era]
Belmont and Jim Pbiaque are friendly.
A French girl of Tours propose* to create a
sensation as a second Joan of Arc.
The sale of private libraries in New York is
a singular feature of the season.
Tho divorce business is booming in Chicago.
The assessed value of real estato in New
York has nearly doubled sinco 1865.
Miss Juliette Austin, of Milwaukee, has just
retained from Berlin. She i* a musical pro
digy.
The English residents of Paris ore under
the protection of tho American Minister Wash-
borne.
Italians in New York held a jubilee over the
liberation of Rome.
There is a strong feeling in England in favor
of the liberation of tho Irish political prison
ers.
French workingmen aro growing insnbo-
iWnate.
An almost incredible want of discipline is
said to exist among the French.
Over thirty-five thonsand German widows
have signed a petition requesting King Wiliam
to make peace.
The testimony in the colored cadet case at
West Point has been sent to Washington. Re
mit of the trialimknown.
Stephen Pearl Andrews has been defining
the difference between spiritualists and spirit
ists.
There are races all over tbe Sonth this fall.
A Richmond lady was burned to death last
week by treading on parlor matches.
Annie Dickinson still wears her hair short
like a man.
More Aztee ruins hare been discovered.
Napoleon dresses in citizen’s costume.
Tbe bombardment of Bitche was attended
with nntold horrors.
Quite a number of paroled French officers
have emigrated to Switzerland. They are dis
gusted with affiiits in Franoe.
The official account of German losses foots
np 53,430.
EAST TENNESSEE NEWS.
KNOXVILLE.
Henry Steers, a brakeman, was accidentally
killed on the railroad, about three miles from
the city, tho other day.
Hon. T. J. Freeman's ill health compels
him to leave the city.
Hon. Horaoe Maynard is making an active
political canvass. v >
Tbe Wild baud* and tbe Monopolists.
The letter of his Excellency, Governor Bul
lock, on the subject of tho late Act of the Gen
eral Assembly providing for the reversion of
wild lands to tho State, will arrest the atten
tion of the reader. Tho Governor shows tint
the Act was not only a gross violation of the
Constitution, hut likewise an instrument of
monopoly and oppression in (he hands of tho
moneyed classes. In this, as in other n
nres of tbe Administration, the welfare of tho
Psoflz—the poor laboring man no less than
the capitalist—is the great aim of the Execu
tive. Under tho wise policy which he has
adopted, every man in the State, however
poor, will have an equal opportunity with tho
more opulent and fortunate, of becoming a
land owner in Georgia . •
The Rome Courie r assays an apology for its
gross misrepresentation of the Era. The cor
rection is not what wc wonld expect from an
able and occomplishcd jonrnallst,bntit is more
than we expected from the Rome Courier,
is not such an amende as wonld be made l.y;i
journal solicitous for Uio good opinion of in
telligent men, or as woqltl be offered by one
familiar with, or capable of appreciating tbe
courtesies of refined and cultivated society;
and yet it is just sucb an one as wo should ex
pect tbe Home Courier to be satisfied with 1
Tbe Empress Engeni
row 100,000 francs of
her arrival in England.
t condescended to bor-
in English banker,
W. P. Bathbun will run for Mayor.
Grand Annual Ball of tbe Comet Band comes
off Wednesday night
Boat Club give a ballon the night of tbe
21th.
Two heavily-loaded cars ran off the Western
and Atlantic Railroad the other night
Mat Rogers stabbed Fritz Iindemann, at
school, the other day. Lindemann died in a
few hours. Rogers was arrested and bailed.
The Marietta Mass Meeting ami Qov.
Uallock.
The Marietta Journal, speaking of the Rail
way Mass Meeting held in that city on Mon
day last, says:
Tbe President of the meeting addressed tho
large nwembty with a fi%- remarks explanato
ry of the object of the meeting, stating the
importance of earnest, speedy co-operation ot
the citizens in building the projected Railroad
from M:\rkttatoElijah. After this he intro
duced his Excellency, Governor R. Bullock.
Got.Bollock am
ous salutation, addresssed the meeting, taking
a sensible and practical standpoint in favor of
the Railroad. His manner was easy and un
embarrassed, experiencing, apparently, no
difficulty in the flow of words. He is a man
of fine commanding appearance—in fact he is
a splendid specimen of a man physically. As
to his moral and mental statue, wo have but
little conception, only his speech did him
disgrace.
Chief Justice Brown was tho next “speech-
ist” introduced. The Ex-Governor mado c
good speech in tho interest of our Railroads,
llis remarks were of wide range, bringing into
view facts incontrovertible as to benefits of
Railroads, and especially those contemplated
from Marietta, llis speech w
to tbe point.
We suppose that it refers to the present condi
tion of the Bourbon Democracy:
Tbe Southern Times and Planter has heard
of people “jumping out of a window-and
imagining themselves sky-rockets.” What a
brilliant imagination the editor of that paper
must have, but we never thought him bold
enough to jump out of a window before!
The Gainesville Air Line Eagle has some
thing to say about tho diamond mines of Hall
county. “Diamond cut diamond” is tho
motto in that section.
The Rome Commercial speaks of its “Lit
erary Department.” We have glanced over
the paper and are forced to the conclusion
that the editor refers to the blank spaces which
tend so much to enlivon his paper and render
it interesting. •
The Rome Courier speaks of a boy appren
tice as 4 ‘It I” Funny boy, that. We should
I rail him a she-he !
L “Played Oat” is the latest motto of the Sa
lt .a&h News. We found it straggling down
of that paper nobody wants to “keep up the
connection with tho next!
The Savannah News speaks contemptuously
of “Georgia Crackers.” That journal is al
ways insulting tho bono and sinew of tho
country.
Tho Cartersville Express says that there is
no accounting for cotton or wind. We see the
connection—-it takes cotton to 44 raise the
wind.”
If the editor of tho Romo Courier desires to
borrow an English grammar we can accommo
date him.
Gen. P. M. B. Young is going to* Floyd
county to speak. And now the question is
where will Floyd county go, if Yonng executes
that threat?
about the war. They are interested in pota
toes alone.
United States troops are being distributed
throughout Alabama for the protection ol
voters of both parties.
Jeff. Davis thinks the Virginia Valley Rail
road a good thing.
A Democratic demonstration camo off in
Baltimore last Monday night
Tho Red river troubles in Canada aro not
settled yet
Rev. George Richards, a Connecticut cler
gyman, died tho other day of a broken heart.
He had bc-t-n accused of admiring ti _ __
feet and shoulders of the female members of
his congregation.
Quebec has a Chinese preacher.
It is understood at Washington that Cha-
hoon was illegally convicted of forgery at Rich
mond.
Fanny reading—the criticisms of the. Au
gusta papers on Edwin Forrest!
Mesdames Woodhull and Claflin stick to
their offico all the time. There is a man in it
The Romo Daily advises everybody to vote
for water-works. Too early for temperance
'’doctrines to prevail in that village.
The New Orleans Times kindly informs its
! readers who Southey was. And now what is
the Times?
The Macon Journal tells of a “gay and fes
tive girl” who tried to enter a chamber on a
[ bidder and broke her arm. The girls up here
;lon’t persecute tho boys thi£t way.
The Romo Commercial speaks of Gen.
I tonng as “tho gallant yinmg leader!” Is
j Young a Young-leader? Is ho not led by his
i*e
STATE NEWS.
rtv?
Weather warm and dry....Great demand
for dwelling houses Hiss Cooper thrown
from her horse and severely injured James
Radcliffe severely injured between the bump
ers of a train... .The new Local of the Gazette
has one whole column for a salutatory.
JLLCOX.
The Canal and Manufacturing Company are
making their survey A slight rain. ...The
Qoadrille Club gave a soiree Monday evening.
... .The second term of the Institute for Col
ored Ministers begins on the 15th inst
low.
A grand banquet to be given as soon ns the
survey of the Coosa River is completed....
Democratic meeting last Wednesday, with
Dnnlap Scott in the chair.
TALBOTXOS.
A good many citizens havo gone to the Co
lumbus . Fair.... .Wagon ran away with tho
brass band last Friday, and smashed them up
..Rev. J. H. Corley is tho new Baptist
pastor.
SAVANNAH.
Medical College opened Tuesday... .Michael
Kirby, of the British ship Maud, accidentally
drowned Laura Keene, the Florences and
Edwin Forrest are coming.. .The telegraphio
fire alarm has been pat into operation.
AUGUSTA.
An idiotic white girl was picked up in
the streets the other day in a starving condi
tion Several more pickpockets arrested...'.
Edwin Forrest meets with great success.,..'
Messrs. Robert Curry & Son robbed of $10,000
last Friday.
COLUMBUS.
Rarly preparations for a fine display at the
Fair Pickpockets have arrived.... City
Council request that stores be closed during
the Fair.between the hours of 12 an and 8 p. at,
Four bonds of music at the Fair... .Old
Rock, the new fire engine, has been tried, and
gives great satisfaction.
DAHLONEGA.
Superior Court meets next Monday.
I„- • ; . i .. MACON.
On Monday, W. A. Huff was nominated by
the Republicans as Mayor amid great enthu
siasm. Tho meeting was immense. Bands
were playing in the city in honor of the nomi
nation.
- Replanting Teeth.
A new feature in dentistry is recorded in
tho Transactions of tho Qdontological Society
of London. It consists in tho replantation
of teeth which havo been extracted. In
other words, it has been found that, in cases
of inflammation about tho roots of a tooth,
tho latter may bo taken out, scraped and
cleaned, reinserted and mado to do duty again.
The method of procedure is to remove tho dis
eased tooth; clean out its cavities, filling them
up, after cleaning with carbolic acid, with cot
ton wool impregnated with tho same; next to
scrape the fangs, but preserving tho mucous
membrane about tho neck; and after bathing
in a solution of carbolic acid, return to its
place. Tho London Lancet says, speaking of
tho process: “Mr. Lyons carried this out in
fourteen cases for Mr. Boleman, with success,
in the case of biscupids and molars, no
lengthy "and I chanical appliances being used to keep the
teeth supported until they had become firm.”
girlTu New'Orleans dreanis that she 5 a
man. If sho don’t get one pretty soon there
will be the deuce to pay.
Rome has an “Amateur Historical Club!”
Too funny for comment
The Tolbotton Standard says that “a whole
neighborhood married last week.” Wo shall
advise a young medical friend of ours to lo
cate at that place.
The reason why clerks stare so much
pretty women is because their business re
quires them to “have an eye to figures V*
The Savannah Republican squeezes out
three-quarters of a column of “solid” agony
over the “Fall of Metz.”
Some scoundrel stole the Chapman Sisters*
“tights,** in Savannah. He must havo been
*in a tight”
If tho Tolbotton American aspires to bo a
sort of a newspaper primer it must reform its
orthography.
The editor of tho Sondersviiio Georgian
conuldn’t go toany of tho Fairs, in conse
quence of editorial duties. A poor excuse.
He might be absent six months and no ono
could discover it by reading his paper.
Hon. D. Scott has been officiating os Chair
man of a Democratic meeting in Romo. Wc
advise him to stick to that line of business.
Ho has a talent for jnct that sort of thing.
The Romo Commercial rejoices over a “solid
paper.” We are convinced that it refers to an
issue wo havo not yet seen.
The Rome Daily has no editorial matter.
Sensible. What’s the uso of putting it in un-
ss the people read it?
The Savannah News having denounced the
women of Now England as “bold and brazen
faced,” the husband of one of the denounced,
residing in Savannah, mildly; protests in the
Advertiser.
The Augusta Constitutionalist calls Harper’s
Weekly “a venomous sheet” That is exquis
itely fanny, coming us it does from that con
cern!
Macon sets up a howl for the “legitimate
drama.” A legitimate dram would be better
suited to that locality.
The Columbus Sun speaks of W, A. Huff of
Macon as the “young elephant of Georgia.
An elephant “in a huff” must be a sight
Tho two Milledgevillo papers (names for
gotten) aro just as wild as ever. We do not
know that there is any truth in the rumor that
they are to be turned into Sunday School pa
pers.
Tho Columbus papers think enough of Hob
Toombs to notice bis arrival in that city.
Touching devotion.
A number of our exchanges urge tho build
ing of new court houses. Not a word said
about jails.
The Newnan Defonder wants “the identity
of Southern character to he preserved.” It
-.inn is it to the extent of a column and a half,
and, of conrse, “means business.” J -
The Miicon Journal speaks of a woman ii
that city shot at a “fancy ball.” Some peo
ple entertain singular views regarding the
courtesies of civilized society.
Tho people of Savannah are "mending their
ways.”
A revival and re-vival are going on at Car-
tcrsville.
The Dalton Citizen tickles tho Savannah
News, in return for another tickle.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel sagely
remarks that “Forrest plays like Forrest
Wo quote the above as a model of intelligent
criticism.
The Rink ut Rome had to “closo up" for re
pairs. So did some of the skatists.
Macon has an institute for colored ministers.
| Aud now let ns have one for white ministers,
Executive Depakutkt, I
Atlanta, Ga., October 23, 1870. f
John TF. Wilson, Esq., Dear Sire In reply
to your enquiry in relation to tho act recently
passed in reference to Wild Lands, I beg to
say that I havo declined to give my approval
to the bill reverting to the State the wild lands
which havo not been given in for taxes, and
said bill therefore is not a law:
Tho bill as presented to mo is a clear viola
tion of the Constitution in two respects.
It reverts to the State a large body of land
belonging to its citizens without any notice or
process. It is true it gives to tbe owner one
year to come forward and redeem his land," but
it makes no provision for giving notice even
by publication that the land is reverted. The
resnlt will be that at the end of tho year, by
the terms of tho law, thousands of acres of
land will be conddBiTely reverted and tho
owner know nothing of it
Again, the Constitution of both this State
and the United States, prohibits tho passage
of an ex pod facto law—that is, a law putting
new or a heavier penalty upon an act than
existed at tho time the act was dono. The
owners of these lands, by failing to return
them for taxes, incurred the penalty of the
act of 1866—to-wit: after due notice the lands
were to be sold at publio outcry to the highest
bidder, in the counties where they lie; and
then, after the sale, the owner might have two
years to redeem them. That act of 18G6 also
provided that if the land sold for more than
the tax, tho surplus teen! to the owner.
Thia act simply reverts the land to the
State, without regard to its value. It only
gives the owner one year to redeem, nor has
he any means of knowing that his land has
been reverted.
Clearly this is a new and heavier penalty
for the failure to return the land, and is ob
noxious to the constitutional objection that it
is an ex post facto law.
Thus much upon the law of the matter.
I am clear however that the act is not foun
ded in good policy, and that the act of I860,
requiring these lands to be sold to the highest
bidder, is not only more just, but is more in
harmony with the present condition of tho
State.
Inevitably, under tho proposed bill, all of
these lands of any value would in a few weeks
be in the hands of monopolists and specula
tors. I am informed that for months these
sharpers have been examining the lands and
ore now ready with lists and powers of attor
ney to absorb all tbe valuable lots before tbe
public generally aro aware that such a law lias
been passed. The limitation in the law of
five lots to one name, is bnt a poor protection
against this, sinco it is easy to procare names
of men who care nothing abont it, and who
are wilting to permit their names to be nsed
at tho will of the speculator.
The act of 1868 requires these lands to be
sold to tho highest bidder—and this I shall
direct tho Comptroller General immediately
to do.
They will be put np in small lots—begin
ning at 10 acres nntil they bring sufficient to
pay tho tax.
In this way tho poor people of the country,
especially tho colored people, will bobble for
almost nothing, to get a home of from ten to
one hnndred acres of Innd; speculators and
even substantial formers will refuse to buy
small parcels of land. Their ideas are too
largo for this—they must have all or none
But poorer people, and especially colored
people, may, and perhaps will, be satisfied with
tracts of from ten to one hundred acres.
Were the present bill to become a law, long
before the people generally knew of its exist
ence, the keen monopolists wonld have ab
sorbed all of the lands of any value. But by the
Act of 1866, requiring them to be sold to the
highest bidder, they will be brought within
tho reach of tho humblest citizen. I shall bra
careful, in directing the sales, to have them of
fered in small parcels, beginning at ten or
twenty acres. If poor men want homes, they
will have thus an opportunity to get them un
der circumstances where speculators and mo
nopolists will have no inducements to inter-
fere.
For these reasons I have not approved this
Act, and I shall, os I have said, as soon os pos
sible, direct the disposition of these lands by
pnblic sale in the counties where they lie,
parcels at from ten to one hnndred acres, as
may seem best in each locality, with the firm
belief on my part that in this way, better than
any other, an opportunity will be given to the
industrious poor, and especially to the num
berless colored people, to acquire homes of
reasonable extent
Veiy respectfully, Euros B. Bullock.
Things.
Connecticut grants 491 divorces a year.
The Hon. H. Bucher Swope is lecturing on
the Bible.
Miss Kate Stanton, niece of Mrs. E. Cady
Stanton, is studying law in Providence, R. L
Miss Kate Field says she received $500 from
the publishers of tho Atlantic Monthly tor her
article on Mr. Fetchter’s Hamlet
Mr. Geo. S. Nichol, of Franklin, Tennessee,
recently coughed out a boll which entered his
right eye six years ago.
The female member of the Iowa bar adver
tises herself on “attomeyess-at-law.” She has
not yet had a case-ess.
The Cincinnati Commercial invidiously re
marks that George Francis Train is “tbe big
gest fool in the world.”
Thomas Enchanon Read bos contributed an
Republican Meeting in Monroe County.
Meeting of tho Republicans of Monroe
county, held at Forsyth on Saturday, October
29th, 1870 at 1 o’clock, p. m. The meeting ivas
organized by calling Mr. Vf. H. Delyon to tho
chair, and appointing D. Hayno Spearing
Secretary, On taking tho chair Mr. Delyon
announced tho object of the meeting. He said
he understood it to bo a meeting of the citi
zens of Monroe county to endorse, tho action
of tho Macon Convention, and to endorse tho
nominations made by said Convention, and
called for remarks from all gentlemen who
would tike to speak on the occasion, and an
nounced that any one present who would like
to refute any thing tho speakers said could have
the privilege of mounting the stand. The
Hon. Jefferson F. Long came forward amid en
thusiastic applause and addressed the meeting
for two hours and advised the people to rally
around their standard bearers, and closed
amidst the plaudits of 3,000 Republicans who
mede the welkin ring.
The next speaker was A. H. Gaston, Esq.,
who spoke about being unjustly dealt with
by Mr. Long and others, and that he was will
ing to do anything to promote tho wetiiire of
the Republican party,and as soon os Mr. Long
would Refute /Certain charges made against
him, ho would cease all opposition to him,
and have his (Gsston) namo withdawn from
the canvass.
The next speaker was Hon. Geo. Clower,
Representative of Monroe county, who advis
ed harmony in tho ranks of tho Republican
party, and exhorted tho people to come to the
rescue and rally under the banner of Speer and
Long. He pointed ont tbe benefits that the
Republican party bad conferred on bis people,
and advised them to strain every nerve to
elect their nominees, and retired amidst the
shonts of tho assembled multiduJe.
A set of resolutions was offered by Mr.
Oliver.
Whereas, We, the people of the county of
Monroe, in moss meeting assembled, do heart
ily endorse the nominations made by the Con
vention held in the city of Macon in the
county of Bibb, on the 5th day of October,
1870; therefore be it
Resolved, That wc, the Republicans of
Monroe county, pledge ourselves to support
said nomination as made by said Convention
namely: The Hon. T. J. Speer for the Forty-
second Congress, and the Hon. Jefferson F.
Long for tho nnexpired term of the Forty-
first Congress.
Resolved, That wo heartily endorso tho ad
ministration of his Excellency tho Governor
Rufns B. Bollock, and as a Christian patriot
and gentleman he stands unrivalled, and his
name shall be green forever in our memories,
and wo respectfully invite all Republicans to
co-operate with ns in these resolutions.
And be it farther Resolved, That the pro
ceedings of this meeting be published in the
American Union and the Atlanta Dailt New
Exa.
On motion of Mr. Peter Williams the
resolutions were unanimously adopted. The
meeting then adjourned.
Extract from the minutes.
Speabinq, Secretay.
and Hon. Yirgil Hillyer, as Representatives to
Congress (torn tbe First district of Georgia,
made by tho Congressional Convention held
in tho city of Savannah on tho 5th day of Oc
tober, 1870.
James Johnson, of Chatham, offered a reso
lution recommending fiiat his Excellency,*. ■
Governor Bullock, appoint Geo. W. Wilson as
district Judge for the First district, which was
received, and on motion, laid on tho table.
On motion, a vote of thanks was tendered
to G. T.' Watson, Chairman, and Isaao Seel^k
and Peter Hoaston, Secretaries, for the effi
cient manner in which they have conducted
the meeting.
On motion it was
Resolved, That tho proceedings of the Con
vention be published in the Atlanta New Ent*
and American Union.
On motion the Convention adjonmed sine*
die. G. T. Watson, Chairman.
imitation of Lord Macaulay’s lays, entitled
“A Lay of Modem Rome ” to too Philadel- “ qUs> of ’ E ffi ngha ~; nominate i H on . 'james
First District Senatorial Convention.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 27,1870:
Tho Republican Convention for toe First
Senatorial District was called to order at 8
o'clock p. H., October 27th, ot Washington
Hall, Savannah, Go., by R. Vf. White, Beerer
atea# Com
mittee, in toe absence of tho Chairman, who
stated toe object ot toe Convention.
On motion of F. D. Butts, of Effingham, C.
T. Watson, of Chatham, was chosen Chair
man.
On motion, Isaac Seeley and Peter Houston
were chosen Secretaries.
On motion, toe Chair appointed a Commit
tee of three on credentials, consisting of Wm.
Cantwell, of Chatham; F. D. Batts, of Effing
ham, and Henry Gwinn, of Bryan.
Credentials ot delegates were then hand
ed to toe Committee.
Committee reported the following as dele
gates elected to the Convention, viz;
POE CHATHAM COUNTY.
C. T. Watson, W. M. Walsh, S. A. Young,
Isaao Seeley, Joseph Edwards, Peter Houston,
Wm. Cantwell, B. D. Lucas, H. Z. Buckmyer,
D. W. Smith, F. J. Keaton, James Johnson,
David Sneed, Friday Mann, Daniel Williams,
John Sneed, Watkins Weston, Henry Coleman,
Launoy Gordon, Cato Keaton, Panl Kelly,
Harry Williams, Robert Simmonds, Wm. Wal
lace.
POE BBXAN COUNTY.
Henry Gwinn, J. C. Hatley, T. Campbell,
Isaac Bosh, John Hannon, T. Weston, John
McTsrae, J. Clark. >
TOE EFFINGHAM COUNTY.
F. D. Batts, Phillip Pierce, Jatfics Johnson,
Robert Reed, H. Burcksteiner, Edward Mason,
Louis Gordon, Stephen Young, and that Dan*
iel Williams, Cato Keaton and William Wal
lace of Chatham, and John Hannon and J. C.
Ratley of Bryan, were not present
Report received and adopted.
Moved by F. D. Butts,of Effingham, that toe
chairman of toe delegation from Bryan coun
ty and too chairman of too delegations from
toe militia district of Chatham county cast
too votes of the absent members of their dele
gations, which was carried after discussion.
Moved by Peter Houston, of Chatham coun
ty, that a two-thirds vote be required to nomi
nate. Motion carried.
Moved by Isaac Seeley, of Chatham, that
toe convention proceed to nominate a candidate
for Senator by taro twee vote. Tho roll being
called, each delegate os bis namo is called
by toe secretary, shall rise is his placo and au
dibly announce the namo of too conidate be
votes for. Motion carried.
Tho convention then proceeded to make
nominations of candidates. S. A. Yonng, of
Chatham, nominated William Cantwell; F. D.
SPIRIT OF TIIE GEORGIA. PRESS,
THE ATLANTA INTELLIOENCEE (DEM.)
Opposes the proposition of the City Council of
Atlanta, to appropriate one hnndred thousand
dollars (in city bonds) for toe establishment
of Free Schools. It rays:
There are many good citizens who would
like to know by what authority the Legisla
ture passed the bill authorizing the bonds to
be issued, and how it is that toe Mayor and
Council can tax the citizens without first sub
mitting toe question to toe legal voters of toe
city. Wo think under toe circumstances that
too Council ought to reconsider their action,
for toe purpose of giving the legal voters at
least an opportunity of expressing toeir
wishes for or against too measure.
THE SAVANNAH NEWS (DEM.)
Has an article on the subject of “Federal In
terference .in State Elections” -wherein the
doctrine of State Sovereignty, Ac., is advoca
ted in the usual formula andTwito tho|{nsual
verbiage.
THE AUOUSTA CHEONICE AND SENTINEL, (DKM.j^^
Whose editor has read Blockstone, has an arti
cle on * Tho new State Bonds,” wherein it is
claimed that “tho doctrine of caveat emptor
(“ ‘let the purchaser beware,’) will apply dnr-
1 ing toe process and continuance of Radical
‘Reconstruction,’’ and hence that it applies to
too new bonds issued by toe present State
Government. (Here, then, is the issne. De
mocracy announces its purpose to repudiate '
toe State debt and nullify the acts of tho Leg
islaturc. Let voters make a note of this!]
THE MACON TELEOEAPH (DEM.)
Is greatly disgusted with toe Democratic jour
nals of Atlanta for not publishing a list of the
appropriations made by toe Legislature at its
lost session. [The Democratic papers hero
have more tact and sagacity than toe Tele-
grph seems to givo them credit for. They
know that there are lists of Yeas and Nays also.
Edged tools are not to be handled with im
punity!]
THE DALTON CITIZEN (DEM.)
Has come to the conclusion that
Tho Administration at Washington does
support Bullock in his iniqnitons conrse;
and that conrse is, as past actions prove, too
enforcement of a Radical majority at toe next
election, oven by too aid of bayonets.
THE SAVANNAH EEFUELICAN, (DEM.),
UnderAtoo^caption of “Will Ho Resign?”
Federal General Lewis, who has been sp
linted School Commissioner of tho State of
eorgio, is, wo believe, dn officer of the old
regular army, and hence presumed to possess
that high sense of honor, propriety and self-
respect that we have always associated with
toe character of a true soldier. Whatever
General Lewis may be, his appointment does
not meet toe approval of toe people of Geor
gia, whose school system he is to superintend,
or of any considerable portion of them. And
the opposition is a reasonable one. With a
knowledge of this fact, will he continno to
hold a position where he is unwelcome ? Wo
shall see.
[For “the people of Georgia,” read “too
leaders of the Constipated Democracy,” end
the sense will be more apparent? The party
that stands unalterably opposed to Public
Schools and to a general diffiuion of knowl
edge, wonld not bo satisfied with any Pnblia
School Commissioner.]
A New Novel, by Disraeli,
Mr. Disraeli is said to be engaged on anoth
er novel There certainly never was a book
which elicited snch a variety of opinions as
has his “Lothair.” One of toe London critics
remark, in its honor, that it has “no vulgar
isms, no criminals; and that it is characteri
zed by on utter avoidance of all sensational
writing, and is full of vivid sketches and capi
tal sayings.” The Irish press, who hold ex
treme views with regard to too Pope’s rights
and supremacy, claim that it is too most im
moral publication of toe day. Opposed to
this Is the opinion of one of the leading Bish
ops of England, that it is an “extended para
ble’” and the most valuable anti-Catoolic pub
lication that has ever been issued. When it was
first published application was made to havo
the whole book telegraphed to America, bnt
the directors objected, as doting too time it
would necessarily take to transmit snch a vol
ume the public would be deprived of all use
of the wires.
phia Evening Bulletin. Anne Brewster, in
her letter from Rome to that paper, rays that
it is being translated into Italian. It cele
brates too entry of too Italians.
Tbe following qneer nuptial notice appears
in the Wytoeville (Va.) Enterprise: Married,
on too Sto instant, in too streets of Seddon, ed and nam0 withdrawn.
Bland county, Va., sitting on toeir horses, by
toe Bev. J. H. Hoge, Mr. A. W. Kidd and
Rebecca Kidd, both of Bland county, Va.
The most ludicrous incident related in con- received 7, James M. Simms 30, and A. W.
nection with the earthquake occurred at Bev
erly, Mass., where a pupil in ono of too schools
was in toe act of sitting down, when toe shock
occurred. The teacher attributed the shaking
of too building to toe abrupt maimer in which
too lad took bis seat, and punished him for
toe offense -by requiring him to stand three
quarters of an hour.
Fanny Fein thinks that woman’s millenni
um is coming, because store-men now furnish
dresses ready-made. She says : “I am anx
ious toe day should como when a woman with
a slender purse, can step into a storo, as does
a man into a tailor shop, and fit herself out
with garments thoroughly and well made, for
toe whole season, in less than half an hour,
aud then have it off her mind-”
Tho Homo Commercial docs not liko too
census. Let it go in and make it bigger, then.
M. Simms; James Johnson, of Chatham, nom
inated George Washington Wilson; Isaac See
ley, of Chatham, nominated Hon. A. W. Stone.
Mr. Wilson appeared upon toe floor and re
quested too privilege of asking that his name
be withdrawn as a candidate. Request gront-
Tho Convention then went into an election
for a nominee, with too following result:
Votes cast 38, of which William Cantwell
Stone 1.
On motion of Mr. Cantwell too nomination
of Hon. James M. Simms was declared unan
imous.. ■
On motion too Chair appointed Messrs.
Cantwell of Chatham, Henry Gwinn of Bryan
and F. D. Butts of Effingham, a committee to
wait upon Hon. James M. Simms and inform
him of his nomination. •
On motion tho following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That Isaac Seeley, of Chatham,
F. D. Butts, of Effingham, and Isaac Bush, of
Bryan, bo appointed tho Executive Committee
of tho Republican party for toe First Senato
rial district.
On motion of William Cantwell, of Chatham,
the following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That this Convention do heartily j she had plighted her
ondorse toe nominations of Hon. R. W. YVhite | edge of papa.
Editorial Raids.
The Rome Courier asks its readers to “re
member amateurs.” If that paper desires to
be gratefully remembered it had better “sub
side.”
Tbe Savannah News goes into ecstasies over
a pile of bomb-stones and caps the absorb
rliirmr of its stupidity by calling Forrest “too
greatest living tragedian in the world 1” Yo
gods 1 How con wo expect dramatic genius to
visit us after that?
The Rome Courier tries to gloss over its
rapid decline by saying “We never experi
enced a finer fall.”
The Savannah News has something to say
about “The Right Spirit.” What was too
size of that demijohn ?
The Republican, of Savannah, fears scarcity
of brick. No danger, so long as it is toe fash
ion in that city for every young blood to carry
a brick in his hat
Tho Savannah News graciously admits that
it did not intend to denounce all New England
women as bold and brazen-faoed.
Although bacon is scarce in Calhoun a rink
is wanted. It will take a sharp fellow to “savo
bis bacon” when he mounts skates for the
first lime.
The Savannah Nows still maintains that
radicalism is too same cvcrwherc. Well, in
ono sense, toe somo thing can bo said of tlio
News.
Tho Cartersville Standard, in describing a
recent elopement in that locality, gets off the
following superb bust:
Aud behold! os toe grand luminary of day
rose in the east and threw his rays of splendor
over too works of nature, and sparkled iu his
dazzling beauty as ho glided upward, too
cherished pet of too household had vonisliod—
whither no one knew. But mere conjecturo
was enough to solve toe matter. Her flight
was beyond tho limits of too State,
and onco beyond the State’s jurisdic
tion, she became too bride of tho one to whom
without tbeknowl-
