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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-