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‘ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson.
VOLUME XIX.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16,1867.
NUMBER 41.
UJffhli) Jntflligeurrr.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, October 16, 1807.
Ladlen’ .Itrmorltl Anorlmlon ol Spottayl-
va.nl a Conuiy, Virginia.
We take pleasure in publishing the following
eloquent appeal made by our distinguished fel
low-citizen, General. J. B. Gordon, in behalt
of the ‘‘Association” referred to above, and ap
pend to it also the address of the Ladies—its of
ficers—explanatory of the noble ends at which
they aim. The interest which General Gor
don manifests in the noble cause he tbue es
pouses, we trust will impart itself to thousands
and tens of thousands in the South who have
not yet forgotten the battle fields of Chancel-
lorsvllle, the Wilderness, and Spotteylvania Court
Hou-e, nor the “Confederate Dead,” whose
“scattered ashes” there, were once their own
"flesh and Wood." General Gordon has
touched a chord in the Southern heart that will
vibrate, we have no doubt, earnestly and re
sponsively to his eloquent appeal:
AN APPEAL.
Atlanta, Oct. 5,1867.
I have Just received a letter, with the enclosed
circular, from the “ Ladies’ Memorial Associa
tion,” of Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia.
I need not urge your and other papers through
ilie South to publish and call atten'ion to this
circular; nor need 1 add anything to the pa
thetic appeal of the ladies of Virginia, for aid
in “ rescuing from oblivion and desecration tbe
Confederate dead ”—the relics of our fathers,
husbands, brothers, sons!
Many of the dead heroes from Georgia, and
other Southern States, lie in neglected graves,
on the battle fields of Virginia. Chancellors-
villc, The Wilderness, Bpottyivanial Names as
classic as Marathon—as sacred as Bunker Hill 1
We have not the boundless resourcess of tbe
government, to gather into costly cemeteries the
remains of loved ones; but the women of the
South, w ho Blood around the couch of the dying
—heroic and devoted still, in adversity and pov
erty—have not finished their mission of love
until they have gathered the ashes of the dead
and sprinkled flowers on their graves. Shall
we not aid them in making a shrine for the
Southern heart—a Mecca for the Southern pil
grim ? Let its evidence our sympathy, by send
ing io those uoblo ladies our contributions,
though they but equal the “ widow’s mite.”
The appeal of the Association is made to no
sectional sentiment; and wo cannot fail to heed
it without (in tbe language of the circular,)
“irampl ng upon tbe most righteous and sacred
emotions of our humanity." No generous man
of any section can fail to applaud the motive,
which prompts the South to hallow tbe spot
where rest the bones of those who fell obeying
her commands.
Any contributions sent to me at this place, for
the uext month, will he promptly forwarded to
Spottsylvania. J. B. Gordon.
The Ladies of Spottsylvania county, Virginia,
and vicinity, have organized a Memorial Asso
ciation, tor the purpose of rescuing, from oblivion
and desecration, the Confederate Dead, and of
paying to their memory that repsect and honor
which they have so justly deserved.
That this object will commend itself to the
sympathies and co-operation of the Southern
people, we feel assured.
For these scattered ashes were once your own
“flesh and blood 1"—arc the remains of your own
dear/—the relics of father, husband, and son.
They have moreover perished in behalf of a
cause once inwrought with every fibre and sym
pathy of our souls; and to which they and we
sacrificed, in conscious rectitude, every interest,
and they even life.
To leave them unhonored and uncared for,
would he to stuliity every conviction of our con
science, and trample upon the. most righteous
and sacred emotions of our humanity.
The purview of our association is national. It
covers the great battle fields ol Chaucellorsville,
the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania C. H., together
with the scattered and solitary dead of the
vicinity, and thus is seen to include this entire
region with the exception of Fredericksburg.
Among these dead heroes of the army of
Northern Virginia, are representatives of every
Southern State 1
In the furtherance of our object, we have al
ready progressed tar beyond our expectations.
A beautiful site, containing fifteen acres of
land, situated about half a mile lrom Spottsyl-
vania (J. II., between the Confederate and Fede
ral lines of buttle, has been secured, laid ofl, and
apportioned to the dead of each Slate.
Those who perished on the Spottsylvania C.
II. battle field—those who died at its field hos
pitals, ami all the scattered dead in its immedi
ate vicinity, have already been interred. With
the exception of $300, received from other
States, thus much has beeu accomplished
by means raised in our own and the adjoiniug
counties. Our home resources are now exhaust
ed, ami unless we obtain the means to complete
our sacred purpose, from the people of the
Southern States, it must be abandoned.
But we have no such expectation, and now
confidently appeal to the people of these States
to help us in our enterprise.
Help us through your Legislatures, as cities
and communities, and as individuate, and let the
work no longer he retarded by your want of
sympathy and co-operation.
' Contributions should be sent to any of the
subjoined officers.
Mrs. Dr. A. J. Boulware, Fresideut
Mrs. John R. Samuel, Vice President.
Miss Emily Browne. Rec. Sec’ry.
Miss K. C. French, Cor. Sec’ry.
Mrs. Ro. C. Dabney, Treasurer.
Spotlsylvauia Court House, Jan. 7,1867.
The Convention—What Is the Best Policy. Conservatives will abstain from voting on the
We yield most of our editorial space this question. Many thousands of the registered
morning to the following sensible article from i voters will not vote, and if to these be added
the Augusta Chronicle <£ Sentinel, of the 6th in- j the Conservative strength we have strong
st&nt, commending it to our readers, as embra- j grounds for the hope that the iniquities of the
cing views which, in the main, upon the impor-1 Sherman hill cannot be saddled upon us.”
tant topics it treats, meet our approval. We •" ~
commend the article to the special attention of . rhe ConTenUon _ A pportloi>iiieiit
our readers:
Who is Responsible for the Death of
Maximilian ?—It seems quite clear, from the
revelations of the European press, that the
French military authorities in Mexico torced
upon Maximilian the bloody policy which was
atterwards invoked for his own destruction.—
General Bazaine is proved to have demanded it
at his hand, aud to have enjoined upon his offi
cers to take no prisoners. This greatly aggra
vates the odium heaped upon the Emperor. On
the other hand, it is charged, in high Imperial
quartern in Paris, that Napoleon was induced to
v, iihdraw his army from Mexico, and thus aban
don Maximilian to his fate by promises on the
part ot our government which were never ful
filled. It has beeu said that Mr. Seward, through
au accredited official, assured the Emperor that,
if he would withdraw his troops, we would be
come responsible for the safety ol Maximilian,
aud see to it that no disastrous results should
follow. It was in reliance upon this promise
that the French army was withdrawn—but the
promise itself was not fulfilled. We are not iu
position to know what foundation there is for
this actions allegation; but we do know that
it is urged in high circles in Paris in extenuation
<>t the Emperor’s course.—A”. Y. Time*.
Expedition Required.—A Reverend doctor
of Georgia has rather a slow delivery; which
was the occasion of an amusing scene in the
chapel of the luuatic asylum. He was preaching
and illustrating his subject by the case of a man
condemned to'be hung and reprieved under the
gallows. He went on to describe the gathering
of tne crowd, the bringing out of the prisoner,
his remarks under the gallows, the appearance
of the executioner, the adjustment of the halter,
the preparation to let fall the platform, and just
then the appearance in the distance ot the dust
covered courier, the jaded horse, the waving
handkerchief, the commotion in the crowd. At
this thrilling point, when every one was listen
ing iu breathless silence, the doctor became a
litiie prolix. One ol the lunatics could hold in
no longer; he anise in the congregation and
shouted, “ Hurry Doctor, lor mercy’s sake hur-
rv' They’ll hang the man before you get
“ After mature deliberation on the subject, and
a careful survey of the whole ground, we have
arrived at the conclusion that the best course for
the Conservatives to pursue in the coming elec
tion, will be to abstain from voting on tbe ques
tion of ‘Convention’ or ‘no Convention.’
“Some time since we urged the assemblage of
a Convention of the Conservative elements in the
State with a view to harmonizing upon some
plan which might save the State from the con
trol of the Radical negro party. We felt, and
so stated, that in unity of action and harmony
ot feeling alone could we hope to succeed. Our
advice was not heeded. A large majority of the
Conservative presses of the State favored the
movement, but the apathy of the people pre
vented its consummation. If that Convention
had been held we would not be in the sea of
doubt and uncertainty which now threatens to
swamp the best interests of the State. This al
lusion to the recent past is not made for the pur
pose of complaining with our people. It is too
late now to attempt concert ot action through
the medium of a Convention. The only alterna
tive left, us is, for the press of the State to unite
upon that line of conduct which promises the
best chance of success, and urge, through its
columns, its acceptance by the people. e be
lieve all the opponents of the Reconstruction
hills can lie united upon the proposition to avoid
voting for or Hgainst a Convention.
“The third section of the Supplemental Re
construction bill is as follows :
Sec 3. That at said election, the registered
voters of each State shall vote for or against a
Convention to form a 'Constitution therefor, un
der this act. Thoso voting in favor of such a
Convention shall have written or printed on
their ballots by which they vote for delegates
ns aforesaid, the words ‘For a Convention.’—
Those voting against such Convention, shall
have written or printed on such ballots the
words ‘Against a Convention.’ Persons ap
pointed to superintend said election and
to make return of voters given thereat, as
herein provided, slinll count and make return of
the votes given for and against a Convention,
and the commanding General to whom the same
shall have been returned shall ascertain and de
clare the total vote in each State, for and against
a Convention. If a majority of the votes given
on that question shall be for a Convention, then
such Convention shall be held, as hereinafter
provided ; but it a majority of said votes shall
he against a Convention, then no such Conven
tion shall be held under this act; provided, that
such Convention shall not be held unless a ma
jority of such registered voters shall have voted
on the question of holding suck Convention.
“ It will be seen that the proviso to this section
requires that “ a majority of the registered vo
ters of the State shall vote upon the question of
holding the Convention,” or there shall be no
Convention held. We believe that, by the skill
ful manipulations of the registry lists by the
Registrars in the State, and the absolute control
which the Radicals have obtained over the ne
gro population, a majority of the registered vo
ters are in favor of holding a Convention. If
the opponents of Convention then vote upon
that question, they will only aid the Radicals in
securing a call of the Convention. We, there
fore, fully agree with our esteemed cotemporary
across the street, in the following remarks upon
this question, which appeared in the Constitu
tionalist of the 4th instant.
That paper says:
From the adroitness and party juggling mani
fested by registration in this State, not less than
from the sweeping disfranchisements of Con-
gress.it is very generally conceded that the trlends
of Convention outnumber their opponents. It
is idle, therefore, to vote against a Convention
with the hope of defeating it; hut, inasmuen as
Congress has ordained (hat, without a majority
of registered votes, the Convention question be
comes a dead one, it would not he amiss for
those who have hitherto opposed the call to ab
stain from voting, with at least, the chance of
helping by such vis inertia to cfiU6e the scheme
to tail by default ot the necessary ballot.
This we hold to be the only method left ; and
is, perhaps, the better alternative ot washing our
bands of a dirty business. We will retire from
a contest where laurels are impossible and leave
the field to negroes and white mountebanks who
may revel, for a time, in the triumph of villainy,
but shall not revel forever, unless the people ot
this country are knaves and imbeciles.
“While we advise our people to abstain from
voting on the "question of holding the conven
tion,” wc are not prepared to go further and in
sist. upon their “abstaining from voting at all.’
We believe that it would be the better policy for
the Conservatives in every District, where there
is the slightest chance of success, to put in nomi
nation and vote for their best men for the Con
vention, abstaining at the same time from mak
ing any endorsement on their ballots either for
or against a Convention. By this plan, we secure
all the benefits which could possibly arise from
not voting, and in case a majority of the regis
tered voters of the Slate should cast their ballots
for a Convention, we secure in that body some
gentlemen of respectability aud intelligence, who,
even though they should be in the minority there,
might do much good in correcting, amending
and shaping the action ot the Convention iu
such a manner as to make it less objectionable
to the people and less destructive to the true in
terests of the State. Upon this point we differ
from the Constitutionalist, which says:
It is argued by some that we should send our
best men to the Convention. How many ot our
* best men ’ could or would go, and, if elected,
what gi»od could they accomplish in the face ot
mob leaders and mob influence to be arrayed
against them? It we had a grudge and wished
to gratify it, we should be satisfied to see our re
spectable private enemy put to bay and brought
to shame iu the Convention.
“We believe much good might be accomplish
ed in the Convention if it is held, by the pres
ence there of “our best men,” and for ourselves
we can see no good reason why any gentlemen
and patriot should decline to serve the people in
Though an exile “from my own native land,”
as our old friend Homer says, I feel a deep and
abiding interest in all that concerns her and her
people. I need not say, then, that I have looked
with anxiety to every step in the process of re
construction, “so called,” as our former fellow-
citizen, Mr. Wtn. H. Seward, used to say. When
I saw the election order, the apportionment of
delegates appeared so different from what it
would have been under the census of 1860, that
I determined to spend an hour or two in making
a closer comparison. I send you the result.
Dividing 188,728, the number of registered
votes, by 169, the number of delegates, we find
the quotient 1,116, as the number entitled to a
delegate. Now, dividing the number of voters
in each district, we find the number of delegates
to which it is entitled. But the division in each
case leaves a remainder, and so much is lost in
tliis way, that the quotients added together give
only 151. To make up, then, the full number of
159, we add one for each of the eighteen highest
remainders. This is the process by which the
apportionment under the registration appears to
he made.
Applying llie same method to the population,
white and colored, under the census of I860, di
vide 1,057,286 by 109, we obtain 6,256 as the ba
sis of representation. Then dividing the popula
tion of each district by this, we find hut 143;
and so we add one for each of the 20 highest re
mainders to make up the full number 169.
Below is the result:
No. of Dirttct Del. by Registration. Del. by Population.
1
2
0...
8...
9...
10...
11...
12...
13.. .
14 ..
15.. .
1(1 ..
17.. .
18..
19.. .
20.. .
21..
22..
23.. .
24.. .
8..
2..
1..
1. .
1..
2..
a!!
3 .
3..
4..
4..
3 .
5..
4..
1..
27.. .
28.. .
29.. .
30.. .
31 ..
32.. .
33.. .
84.. .
35.. .
36. .
37.. .
38.. .
39.. .
40.. .
41.. .
42. .
43.. .
44.. .
7.. .
5.. ..
6.. ..
4.. .,
8.. .,
6...
5....
5.. ..
3.. ..
a...,
5 ..
4
3
2
3
5
7
6
6
3
3
2
2
5
3
3
169 169
By an inspection of this tabic, it will be seen
that, by making registration, instead of popula
tion, the basis of apportionment, three districts,
viz.—the first, the eighteenth, and the thirty-fifth
—have gained two members each. This is, doubt
less, owing to the large accession of population
iu the cities of Savannah, Augusta, and Atlanta;
this accession in the two former being mostly, if
not entirely, ol negroes.
Eight districts, viz.—the ninth, tenth, eleventh,
thirteenth, fourteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, and
twenty-second—have gained one each. Iu all of
these the preponderance of colored voters is very
great, except the fourteenth, where it is only
twenty-four.
Fourteen, districts, viz.—the fourth, twelfth,
twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, thirtieth,
thirty-third, thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth,
forty first, forty-second, forty-third, and forty-
fourth—have lost 4/te member each. In ten. of
these districts, the whites have the majority; in
five, the colored.
In twenty-one districts, represented by sixty-
five delegates, the white voters have the majori
ty ; in twenty-three districts, represented by one
hundred and four delegates, the colored voters
have the majority. If, therefore, parties divide
upon the issue of color, the colored party must
control the State. It is important, therefore, if
possible, to avoid such an issue.
I see but one possible good to result from the
present apportionment. For fifty years, in con
sequence of the anomalous territorial represen
tation adopted in Georgia, a minority of the
people have controlled the legislation of the
State. Iu every convention a minority", repre
sented in the small counties, have prevented re
form. For the first time population is propor
tionally represented, and it is possible that the
future representation of the State may be based
more truly upon the democratic idea. This is
possible, though even in tbe proposed convention
the apportionment on that anomalous thing, our
Senatorial Districts, gives the black minority ot
the people a majority in convention of thirty-
nine votes!, EsCUL.
King Charles the Second, at Perth, Scot
land, addressed a letter to the Provost and town
ot Dundee, thanking the inhabitants for their
loyal devotion to his house and fortunes. For
some reason the letter was two hundred years
Getting to Dundee, yet Perth is only one hour’s
ride lrom that city. The letter was lately dis
covered. among the papers of the Wedderburn
family. It is now in the Charter Chest ot Dun
dee.
this hour of trial aud danger. Upon this latter
point however, we desire no controversy with : Elopement Extraordinary.—A fond pa-
our neighbor, or those who entertain similar rent jj ean j hi s daughter and her fellow plan an
views. The objects which we all have at heart | e i 0 pe me nt. The next day the old man waited
and the same—the destruction of the Radical j ty, e young one and addressed him thus:
party in the State and the preservation of the j ..y ou are a g ne> brave youth, and I don’t object
rights and liberties of the white race. ^ e are j to you lor a son-in-law. Here’s a hundred 40 aid
not disposed to quarrel about the best method of j in au elop emenL May you live happily in the
obtaining this desirable result. This line of same boose, and may no accident occur to
policy which we propose does not conflict with j t jjrow the least shade on the sunshine of your
the leading idea of the Constitvtionali.x the de- jyj j request is that you elope with my
Quixotism SedivivuM.
The Atlanta Intelligencer, of yesterday
morning, copies, in its editorial column, an ar
ticle from the Augusta Chronicle, as follows:
W. L. Scruggs.—The contemptible creature
whose name heads this article having placed
himself without tbe pale of responsibility, by a
refusal to respond to a “ call” made upon him
by a gentleman, for satisfaction for calumnies to
which be had given publicity, we cannot aflord
to kick him into respectability by noticing the
scurrillous allusions to us in bis filtlre sheet, in
its issue of the 3d instant.
This paragraph contains two separate and dis
tinct falsehoods—-falsehoods that were well known
to Jared L Whitaker, Editor and Proprietor
of the Intelligencer, when he propagated them.
They are,
1. That J “ calnminated ” sonic gentleman.—
And,
2. That I placed myself “ without the pale of
responsibility” by refusing to respond to a call
lor satisfaction.—Atlanta Opinion, 9th inst.
In answer to the foregoing extract from an ar
ticle in the Opinion of yesterday, we have to
state, first, that its writer, Mr.'Scruggs, has gar
bled the article from the Chronicle & Sentinel
which was republished in the' Intelligencer.
That article was “propagated^ by this journal
as follows:
[From the Chronicle & Sentinel.]
W. L. SCRUGGS.
The contemptible creature whose name heads
this article having placed himself without the
pale of responsibility, by a refusal to respond to
a “call” made upon him by a gentleman, for
satisfaction for calumnies to which he had given
publicity, we cannot afford to kick him into re
speclability by noticing the scurrilous allusions
to us iu his fiitliy sheet, in its issue of the 3d in
stant.
I11 justice to some of the gentlemen whose
names he parades in his dirty sheet, we desire to
state that we have heretofore recognized two or
three of them as gentlemen, and we have as yet
had no reason to change that opinion. To them
it is scarcely necessary for us to say that they
were not iu our mind’s eye when speaking of the
“white niggers ot Atlanta.” The cowardly cur
who conducts the “nigger organ” at Atlanta
knew full well whom we alluded to, but true to
his iustiuets ot baseness and depravity, seeks to
fix upon gentlemen the odium which he knows
attaches to himself.
Mr. Scruggs, it will be seen in the foregoing,
copies but one paragraph of the article that
was copied into the columns of this journal;
omitting, as he does, the second paragraph—
which, if he had published it, it would not be
necessary for us, with the intelligent fair-minded
reader, to make known now, why it was repub
lished iu this journal—we make the following
explanation: Our intention then was, nothing
more nor less than to give to the Editor of the
Chronicle tfc Sentinel who wrote the article copied
—a gentleman whom we highly esteem—the
benefit of our columns, “in doing justice to some
of the gentlemen whose names” Mr. Scruggs
had paraded in the Opinion, residents of this
city, and who, otherwise, as we anticipated, and
as it has turned out to be, would possibly never
have seen the justice which had been rendered
unto them, through the columns at least of the
Opinion. Of this we have th«f evidence now be
fore us in the article of Mr. Scruggs upon which
we are commenting, for, aa will be seen iu the
extracts from his own article wb ch appear at the
head of this notice, he has carefully abstained
from publishing the article of the Chronicle &
Sentinel, as it appeared in that,paper and in the
Intelligencer, garbling to*fiuit liimseli aud
make out of a had case the best uppearance.
In the second place, Judge Whitaker denies
any knowledge of what Mr. Scruggs affrms to be
two separate and distinct falsehoods—-falsehoods
that were well known to Jared I. Whitaker, Editor
and Proprietor of the Intelligencer when he
propagated them." Judge Whitaker neither
knows now, nor did he previous to the publica
tion of the charges of which Mr. Scruggs ot the
“OpimWcoinplains, know that they were, or are,
falsehoods. His opinion in reference to that ques
tion ot veracity lie has never yet made known.
When he chooses to do so, he will not hesitate
to do it publicly, or through the columns of this
journal, should it be required. All that he will
now say is, that lie lias at least as much regard
tor, and belief in the veracity of tbe Editor of
the Chronicle & Sentinel as he has lor Mr.
Scruggs of the “Opinion." It is false that
Judge Whitaker knew, or does know, what
Mr. Scruggs, of the “Opinion," affirms he does,
and as a falsity he brands the charge.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Tbe murderer Caught.
Cartersville, Oct. 7,1867.
The negro who was found guilty of murder in
this county and condemned to he hung, and
twice respited by General Pope, aud who was
turned out of jail by a United States soldier,
while the soldiers who guarded the jail were
“ sleeping most probably,” has been arrested and
brought hack to jail by the negroes who reside
in the neighborhood where the murder was
committed. The freedmen who made the arrest
deserve all praise. I am informed that all the
negroes in the neighborhood of Adairsville are
anxious that tbe -murderer should be hung, and
ibis is strong evidence of the justice ol his con
demnation. And is it not a little singular that
all the negroes living in the neighborhood should
desire the negro executed, while General Pope
lengthens out his days, the jail guard sleep, while
another soldier breaks open the jail and turns
the murderer out?
The soldier who broke open the jail was ar
rested for some alledged offense and put in jail,
but when he had committed a high offense in
breaking the jail and turning out a murderer, he
was suddenly sent off to Nashville, as I am in
formed. Will any other soldier now be sent to
jail, and then sent to Nashville, alter the negro
is turned out again ? General Pope ought to
look into this matter, for no one believes that he
would countenance such things as are believed
here; and some believe that the soldier was put
in'jail to turn out the negro, and was then sent
ofl to avoid punishment
The negro was seeking to kill two other ne
groes and a white man, and his arrest by the
freedmen has probably saved the lives of others.
Surely he does not deserve much more clemency.
Guik.
feat of the Convention. We only propose to go
a little further and “hedge" against the possibility
of the success ot the conveniionists.
“This plan of abstaining from voting has just
been tried in Alabama. It was not suggested
daughter; she’s a mighty fine girl, you know,
but somehow her mother and I could never tra
vel smoothly with her; we don’t know her good
points; slope with her to such a distance that
she won’t return to her loving father and mother
Tery generally in the State until within a few more _ Good-by, sonny, and may yon be
days before the election. In many parts of the ; j la ppy '' There was an elopement that evening
of one. The young man went, unaccompanied.
State the Conservatives were not fully advised
as to the coutse which their friends would pur
sue. The returns, however, so far as received,
show that if the Convention is not defeated in
that State, the majority for it will he very small.
From partial returns of the two first days voting
! in fifteen counties which we find in the Mont-
He thought everything could not be entirely
right, when the old man was so anxious to get
rid ot the girL The father looks upon this act
as a very neat bit of strategy.
'i he meat objection to smart children is that
when tney commence having whiskers they leave
ofl having brains. By toremg children you get
so much into their beads that they become crack-
vd iu order to hold it.
A citizen of Connecticut has invented a
gomety Advertiser, it appears that but 85 528 1 printing press, which he claims will strike ofl
votee were cast where there bad been Cl,400 j lour thousand copies of the New Testament per
registered. We are quite confident that the diem, or four hundred copies of a newspaper
Convention can be defeated In this State if the j par minute.
Politico-Religious Movement.
On the 2d instant the following notice was
sent to this paper by the Rev. Wesley Pretty-
man, with the request that it he published as a
news item:
“The Geop.sia Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church will be Organised in Atlanta
October 10th. Bishop Clark, op Cincinnati, pre
siding.”
We complied with the request of the gentle
man, but took occasion to express our opinion of
the movement by characterizing it as a politico-
religious one; and inasmuch as we saw.in the
proposed organization an utter ignoring of the
time-honored Conference of Georgia, we felt
bound as a public journalist to warn our people
of what we believed to be a radical innovation.
Aside from this view of the subject, we failed to
appreciate the necessity for a new organization
of the kind in Georgia, the doors of the Metho
dist Church South being open to all strangers.
But as to how far we were correct in pronounc
ing it a politico-religious movement we will let
facts speak. At the session of the Ohio Confer
ence, held in Urbana in August last, the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously passed:
“ Rev. W. 'S. Studley, from the Report on the
State of the Countiy, read the following, which
passed unanimously:
“ Resolved, That we heartily approve the re
construction acts of our National Congress, and
especially those measures which aim to make all
men equal before the law.
“Resolved, That we deprecate the apparent de
termination ot the President of the United States
to misinterpret aud refuse to execute, accordiug
to their true meaning ami intent, the laws ot
Congress respecting reconstruction, and his re
moval of certain executive officers, who have
sought to accomplish faithfully tbe will of Con
gress and of the loyal people of the land.
“Resolved, That we reject the political heresy
of ‘State Rights,’ and that we indorse fully the
wholesome and patriotic declaration of Chief
Justice Marshall, that ‘America is my country,
and Congress is my Government.’
“Resolved, That we lament the endeavors of a
partisan press, and the itinerating advocates of
leniency to traitors, stimulated by the policy and
6UGgestious of our President, to injure the public
credit by their persistent clamors for a repudia
tion of our national liabilities.
“Resolved, That we will never consent to a re
linquishment of those high objects which were
gained at such a sacrifice of blood and treasure,
through the conflict of loyal with rebel forces in
the field.
“Resolved, That in cur prayerful judgment
‘treason should he made odious,’ and ‘traitors’ of
high degree should henceforth be made to oc
cupy ‘back seats’ in the conduct of public affairs,
cupy
till the spirit of loyalty lakes the place within
them of hatred to 'the principles of republican
equality.
“Resolved, That we extend our sincere sym
pathy to those officers of the Government whose
honest enoeavors to do right have subjected them
to the malediction of a perverse executive ; and
we call upon Congress and the General of our
armies, to continue to stand firm in their attitude
of opposition to traitors and to ‘heady’ wicked
ness in high places.
“Resolved, That the protracted disturbance of
our public affairs demands a rigid inquiry into
the prime causes of that protracted disturbance,
and a prompt enforcement of the constitutional
provision for impeachment against any officer of
the Government to whom it may justly be ap
plied.
“Resolved, That recognizing the efficacy of
Christian prayer and effort in time past, when
our national unity and even existence were in
peril, we will henceforth labor and pray that
treason and strife may come to an end in all our
borders, through the submission of the factious
and disloyal to the equitable demands ot an en
lightened Christian patriotism.
Mr Weed says: “Mr. Lincoln’s first intima
tion of a desire for a renomination was given to
tiia early and fast friend, Leonard Sweatt, Esq.,
and ourself We were eoasipping with him,
leisurely, one evening, in December, 1863, when
Mr. 8. remarked, ‘I suppose you are thinking
about a re-election Y Mr. Lincoln replied—
‘Sweatt, how did you know that the Bee was
buzzing about my ears? Until very recently I
expected to see the Union safe and the authority
of the government restored before my term of
service expired. Bat as the war has been pro
longed, I confess that I should like to 9ee it out
in this Chair. I suppose that everybody in my
position finds some reason, good or bad, to
gratify or excuse their ambition. 3 ”
Tire Washington Star, of the 5th instant, says
the President has not yet considered the applica
tion for pardon of A’ex EL Stephens, of Geor
gia. The papers are now on file at the Execu
tive Mansion and will be taken up by the Presi
dent next week. He is strongly recommended
for Executive clemency, and there seems to be
no doubt that the pardon will be issued.
''Resolved, That the great Christian common- r -£ n -g( on - t y National Intelligencer.
wealth of Ohio ought to purge itself at once and y y
forever of all unrighteous discriminations between
the men of high and low degree among its loyal
citizens, and that we, therefore, approve heartily
the pending amendment, which proposes to
strike out the word ‘white’ from the Constitution
of the State."
These resolutions appeared in the Western
Christian Advocate, and clearly exhibit the animus
of the Ohio Conference, and the church of which
t is a part. Bishop Clark, who is to preside
at the so-called “Georgia Conference” to be or
ganized in this city to-day, was once'attached to
the Conference where originated the above reso
lutions, and we respectfully submit that they
[clearly illustrate th6 real character of the move
ment. We venture to assert that no political
convention of wire-workers and intriguers of the
Radical party could have taken a bolder posi
tion than did the Ohio Conference at its session
in Urbana. The resolutions are such as we might
expect to see eminate from a caucus of political
tricksters. We deem this much necessary to ap
prise our people of the character of the proposed
organization.
Washington Correspondence New York
Express.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
General Augur will be a member of the Indian
Commission, to act during the absence of Gene
ral Sherman. Colonel Belger, formerly a dis
missed Quartermaster, has made application to
be reinstated.
A contract, was to-day closed by the Postmas
ter General with the Mobile Trade Company for
steamboat mail service three times a week on
the Alabama River, between Mobile and Selma,
commencing October 10. Offices will at once be
established at all important landings. This is'a
new route.
court martial.
Brevet Colonel Thomas W. Sweeny, in com
mand of the post of Augusta, Georgia, has been
tried on three charges: First, for having a cyp-
rian in his barracks all night on two occasions;
second, for an indecent exposure of liis person
in tbe streets of Augusta; and third, for sending
troops outside of his command to interfere with
the civil authorities. The court found Sweeny
not guilty of the two first charges, hut on the
third°he was found guilty, and -was sentenced to
be suspended from rank and pay for a period ot
six mouths, to he confined within the limits ot
his command during the same period, and he re
primanded by a general order. General Pope
approved the sentence, with a rebuke.
Lieut. Peter G. Van Winkle, Third United
States Cavalrv, wa3 recently tried by court mar
tial at Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the charge
ot drunkenness on duty. He was found guilty
and sentenced to be cashiered from the 15th of
August. 1867.
OFFICERS MUSTERED OUT OF SERVICE.
Under the orders of General Grant, the officers
of the Veteran Reserve Corps who were on duty
as agents have been mustered out of service, and
about fifty auxiliary agents discharged. Very
little has yet been done toward filling the places
of anv agents with enlisted men. because all dis
trict commanders report that no men can be
spared till after the Southern elections.
general grant
Contradicts the statement published that during
■an interview with several Republican Congress
men he said if it was the will ot Providence or
the desire of the American people that he should
become President, lie would not resist the one
or disappoint the other. The statement that
General Grant has refused to revive the conside
ration of claims against the War Department is
untrue. He has reserved several orders issued
by Cameron and Stanton, and has ordered the
re-opening of cases unfavorably passed upon by
his predecessors. ^ ^
Death of Henry Timrod, Esq.—Scarce a
single reader will receive the announcement in
tliis morning’s telegrams/ of the death of Henry
Timrod, without a feeling of regret. His life
was one to win admirers and friends, not to ere- j
ate enemies. Dwelling in the secluded realms of
thought and fancy, and laboring with the tools Sun.es uistoler oi thv
of the mind, he wrought out creatures that con- j the government pays t!
Federal Repudiation.
What is repudiation ? It is the corrupt, des
potic, and reckless expenditures by the Radical
Congress, in schemes for the perpetuatiou ol
their power, and for preventing the restoration
ot the Union. It is uot the interest of the pub
lic debt that so strains the credit of the Govern
ment, and necessitates oppressive taxation. It
is not the public debt alone which paralyzes in
dustry and production at home, and tarnishes
the credit of even Government securities abroad
It is the fact that the Government is iu the
hands of a party which can only retain power
by a system of corrupt and excessive taxation
through supporting expensive military establish
ments, and by the exclusion of the staple-pro
ducing States from the Union, and by thus re
pressing our commerce and navigation and pro
ductive power.
Our cittou-trade no longer reaches the mar
kets of the world, and while declining still fur
ther, through the interference of the Radical
authorities with the labor of the freedmen, this
Radical Congress imposes a discriminating tax
upon the production of the article; hut it should,
at some time, or in some measure, come again
in competition with the supply from the East
Iudies and other foreign sources.
The Radical Congress has destroyed our navi
gation and ship building, and given wliat re
mained of our foreign commerce to the marl
time nations of Europe. But if we had ships,
we have nothing lor them to carry; lor Congress
is determined that the productive power of the
Southern States shall not he allowed to revive.
Congress expends, directly and indirectly, hun
dreds of millions a year, wrung from the people
by taxatiou, to create a new political power iu
the South—the power ot the lately emancipated
slaves, as the governing power of the South, and
also as the power by the aid of which it can ex
ercise despotic rule over the North. .
The Radical Congress thus heaps upon the
c ountry au increasing load of debt, for their v< ry
system cannot lie sustained except by decreasing
our meaus to pay iuterest on our debt. They
are obliged, for the purposes of their party, to
repress the energies of the South, and render it
a barren waste, and fit only for the habitation of
ignorant, idle, and semi-barbarous communities
ol newly emancipated blacks.
“ tVliat encouragement is thus afforded tor the
belief that this Government can retain the confi
dence of any intelligent people in the world? —
Who can place reliance on the national faith ol a
country which is thus governed ? -x hat wonder
is it that our public securities, already below
those of any other country in the world, are
falling in price abroad ? It cannot he doubtt d,
either, that the Radicals at the coming session
will, by their course of action, bring the country
to the very brink of revolution and ruin. The
Radicals are the repudiators. The Radical policy
is repudiation.
The people of the Northern Radical States
justify aud adopt revolution, anarchy, and repu
diation, when they again endorse and accept
Radical rule. It no glimmering of returning
reason onthe part ot the people of the North
can be discovered at the coming election, repu
diation, now treated as a mere hug-bear, will
stare us in the face.
Congress will no doubt pursue the repudiation
track the coming session, bv destroying the reve
nue through a false, fraudulent, aud oppressive
mode of taxation, and also by increasing the ex
penditures, in the desperate effort to reduce the
whites of the South to the condition of slaves
to the negro Radical power established over it.
That will insure practical repudiation, the ef
fects of which will he felt abroad and at home,
in the discredit of republican faith and repre
sentative government.
The country is able to pay its debt, just as
9ure as it is able, at once, to resume its former
condition of prosperity, power, peace, aud union.
Let the Radicals give 11s hack our Union. Let
them restore our commerce, and free agriculture,
North and South, from the burdens which they
impose upon it, and the public debt will never
be felt as a burthen, and the public credit will
be immediately put on a footing with that of the
best governed countries ot the world.— Was^-
Cosimercial Prominence of Savannah.—
We extract the following from the New York
Journal of Commerce. Coming from a paper of
such standing as a commercial sheet, the com
plimentary notice of Savannah and the enter
prise of its merchants and people is especially
gratifying:
“Savannah is taking the lead among Southern
cities. With the exception of New Orleans, Sa
vannah is the first commercial city south ot the
Potomac. This is owing, in a large measure, to
her complete railway connection with neighbor
ing States, by which facilities are given lor the
expeditious transportation of freight and pas
sengers. These established, a mercantile marine
of corresponding magnitude necessarily follows.
The trade with Savannah employs fiye lines of
steamers, of which three are to New York.—
Still another to this city is just going into ope
ration.”
We can add that the prospective line alluded
to is already running. The heights to, from and
through Savannah have largely increased by the
new enterprises of the past two years, and we
cannot see why this increase of business pros
perity should not continue in still larger propor
tion, if the merchants and citizens will exert
themselves for the object.—Savannah News &
Herald.
The acqueduct which supplies Washington
City with water was chiefly built under the su
pervision of Jefferson Davis when Secretary of
War. His right hand man, however, in this
business was Major M. C. Meigs, and as that of
ficer’s name was cast upon every iron pipe which
was laid, the public are now wondering whether
the honor thus conferred was the work of Jef
ferson Davis or M. C. Meigs. They do queer
things in Washington.
Mrs. McCarty, a wealthy lady ot Chicago,
was entering a street car in that city, not long
since, when she was garroted and robbed o!
$4,000, which she had in her pocket. A few
more such feats as this in Chicago will give it a
reputation equal to New York.
The following conversation occurred between
a graceless boy and his teacher:
“What does your father do when he sits down
at the table ?”
“He asks for the brand}’ bottle.”
“I don’t mean that. Well, then, what does
your mother do when she sits down at the tank ? ”
“She says she will wring our necks if we spill
any grease on the floor.”
The official Gazette of Havana has just pub
lished the law of July 11, 1866, for the total sup
pression of the slave trade. The supreme gov
ernment lias ordained that a general census be
made of all the slaves living in the Island of
Cuba, from and after October 1st., and all free
colored people provided with warrants showing
them proper registration, under a penalty. For
eign vessels are to be prevented from registry in
Spanish ports.
Forney talks about the President as the ser
vant who wastes the public property at Wash
ington. How about the Senatorial penknives
and shears, you Treasury leech 'i
A person applying lor the benefit of the
bankrupt law cannot obtain a discharge from Ills
debts if he litis lo^t any portion of his estate in
gaming within four mouths of the filing ol the
application. No debt created by a bankrupt in
any fidue. . character can be discharged under
the bankrupt law, but sncii debt may be proved
with others, and the dividend will be credited
on account.
The Richmond Whig learns r an the United
R
moad dist riel that
tioop-j in aud around
quered the apnlause and esteem of the world— j 116 c ' l ”.' ) ! Richmond >1 - ‘ l >ur 171 '
H , , . , _ . ing a million and a ban dollars tv-r annum.—
himself went not forth to the strife. Young in at y e d totae amount ex pended in the Coin-
years, but old in achievement, he has cleft for : mfesaiy, Quarimn'v u-r’s, and Subsistence De-
himsclf a niche in the temple of fame, over partments. mmces tic- amount approximate, in
which we now see hovering for an instant—his l he aggregate, c-lOO-t .
spirit a rainbow formed by the light of genius? j Th> slatement tfcatf General Grant has refuse 1
shining through the waters of truth.—Charleston , to receive the c jnsid .ration ofJJ war ultima is
Mercury, 8th inst. | untrue.
AU Sorts.
The Government will not fight a rise in gold
based, as the present one is believed to be, upon
foreign complications and tbe decline of our
bonds. It prefers to hoard, in order to be pre
pared for any sudden emergency.
The democracy of Brandenburg county, Indi
ana, thus “resolves” the legal tender greenback
question: y
Resolved, That if greenbacks were good enough
pay for men who risked their blood in behalf of
their country, they should be good enough pay
for those who only risked their money.
The Sun, (neutral,) reviewing the Demc
platform, comes to the conclusion that-“ob
whole it has just what its framers intended ' it
should have—the element of strength. It wilt
draw out an immense Democratic majority in
New York and Brooklyn.”
The Mobile Times says James Gibbs, a col
ored Conservative, a tailor by trade, ran against
the Radical ticket in Baldwin county, and whip
ped it out, although only five whites appeared at
the polls. He’s a trump.
We learn from the Clayton Banner that In
Barbour, as in Russell and Montgomery, many
negroes went to the polls armed with guns. In
Clayton, three of their number were accidentally
snot by the careless handling of fire-arms, and it
was said that one ot them was mortally wounded.
Quite a Difference.—General Howard’s
report certifies that the negro population has de
creased 1,308,000 since “freedom.” The regis
trars report the black increase at from eight to
fifty-five per cent. There i3 no fraud in the re
gistration—oh no!—Columbus Sun.
Mr. Charles Dickens lately paid a high
c- irnpliruent to the London proof-readers. He
s dd that lie could gratefully acknowledge that
he never went through the pages of any book
he had written without something being pre-
nted to him by a proof-reader—something
overlooked, some slight inconsistency, some lit
tle lapse lie had made ; iu short, without having
set down in hi ck and white, some indication of
h iving been followed by a trained mind, and not
merely a skillful eye.
Many an author, mauy an essayist, many a
newspaper correspondent, besides Dickens, can
truthfully hear the same testimony. The “proof
reader” is a great institution in tho world of let
ters. Ho saves many a v’riter from uttering the
greatest of absurdities. He must be known to
bo justly appreciated.—[So. Intelligenoeh,]
A sailing carriage, designed for crossing the
plains, has been made at St. Louis. Its wheels
are ten feet high; it has two upright jib sails on
each spoke of the two wheels on one side of
the wagon. The steering gear acts on the for
ward wheels. The body is shaped like a boat,
aud hung low, and will bo used as a boat in
crossing streams.
The heroes of’76 rebelled against the “mother
country ” because they were taxed without being
allowed representation in the English Parlia- .
ment. For more than two years the people of
ten States of the Federal Union have been heavi
ly taxed to support the Federal Government, and
yet have been denied representation In Congress.
Ohio White Boys in Blue.—This is the
name of a political organization there, which is
made up of soldiers who have been in service,
'or under fire, but go against equalizing them
selves with, and fraternizing with, the negro.—
They did not fight, they say, even to free ne
groes, but to restore the Union. Such an organ
ization ought to be instituted in all the States.—
We have about 80,000 ot them, here, in New
York and Brooklyn alone.—N. Y. Express.
It is curious to note the distinctions of color
as applied to disease. There are the yellow fe
ver, the black vomit, the green sickness, the
white swelling, the scarlet fever, the yellow
jaundice, and as Mrs. Partington says, the brown
“creeters.” And now we have, as a climax, tbe
“blue death” on board the hospital ship at quar
antine, Mew York.
On a beautiful Sabbath morning last month,
an accomplished young lady of this city remark
ed to her friends how sweet it would be to die
and go to heaven on such a day. Nature was
lovely, earth-was quiet and the early church
bells were calling creatures to the worship of lhe
Creator. We do not know that the words were
premonitory of the sequel—but on the following
Sabbath morn her wish was gratified. The An
gel of Death knocked at the door and in triumph
she yielded her soul to the keeping of her God.
And the day was as lovely aud the earth as
quiet as belore, and the early churcli bells called
tbe people to Ilis praise.—Petersburg Index.
General Grant contradicts the statement
that said if he was nominated he would run for
President.
Hugh Crawford Pollock, a young Scotch
man, and a private soldier in the Filth United
S ates Cavalry, has just fallen heir to a baro
netcy and £5,000 a year. General Grant Baid he
might go home to stay.
Tiie name of Geu. D. D. Colton, formerly
C lairman of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee of California, is mentioned in.connection .
w tii the succession to the United States Senator-
si ip ot John Conness. General Colton is a man
0! note, intellectually, politically, and financially.
French bankers and merchants have little of
tl e boldness which characterizes English and
A nencan financial operations. It is due to the
uncertainty of Imperial politics. When peace
and war are arranged by one man in his closet,
lor reasons of which the public knows nothing,
safe commercial operations on a great scale are
impossible.
The Methodist have twenty thousand churches
in the United States with accommodation for
over six million peopie. It is the most numerous
sect in the United States.
The Tennessee Legislature meets on next
Monday. A dispatch to the Cincinnati Commer
cial says that it seems to lie conceded that Gov
ernor Brownlow will be elected to the United
States Senate, iu place of Patterson, whose term
expires on March 4th.
Wil H. Ketchum, a well known stock broker
of New York, fell dead while eating supper at
a hotel in Philadelphia, Thursday night.
The Minnesota Historical Society has been
making scientific observations upon a paleolo-
gical skull. The society lias concluded that it
is a turtle shell.
Esgltsit workingmen are bitterly hostile to
labor-saving institutions. A man who invented
a machine for saving one-third the labor of pa
per-hanging, not only found difficulty in getting
access to the leading members of a large firm,
but got a black eye and an indefinite amount ot
abuse from workingmen.
An adroit rogue succeeded in a clever swin
dle at Nashua, H. H., on Thursday, ne managed
to bump his head against a pane of French glass
iu a store window, breaking it completely, and
on the ■storekeeper demanding pay i<*r fhedatn-
j aire done, el-xirru- l that he had no n.-ouey. On
• being searched a $100 hill was I and i.i one- of
his pockets, which the merebaat lock, returning
the man $90 in change. The latter then eneak-
ed off, and the $100- proved to be ft counterfeit
