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dl ‘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