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gaiig inquirer*
JOHN S. Editor.
CXJl.IJMJJt'8. OA.
Tuesday Morning, Jans 8, 1860.
Constitationnl Union nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT,
croiiisr BELL,
OK TENNESSEE.
VICE-PRESIDENT,
EDWARD EVERETT,
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
I exceeds m unfairness and
The Vote on Itevla’ Resolution*.
In tha National lnielHgeneer of (be 25tb
Inal., we find (be proceeding# of (be Senate
upon Mr. Davi#’ reaolutiona. The firat four
of ih# aeriea were adopted on that day. Of
theae, tbe Aral three contained proportion#
diaputed by no one but Black Republican#,
and accordingly we find tbat non# but Black
Republican# voted againat them—even eoma
mambrra of that party aUting that they
would support them if aaparated from tbe
connection in which they wera found, but
that they regarded each separate resolution
aa a part of a aeriea arranged for a apecial
party purpose, and would tbarefore oppose
all. Some of theae proposition# ware, tbat
no State or it# people have a right to inter'
fere with the domestic affairs of any other
State; that negro slavery in the Stale# in
which it exist# ie recognixei^by the Consti
tution, and that no change of opinion in
the non-alavcholuing Btatea eince the adop
tion of ihe Conaiiiaiion can juetify either
open or covert attack# thereon; that it ia
tha duty of the Senate to reaiat alt attempt#
to discriminate batween the Slates in rela
tion to persons or property in the common
Territories of the Union. Theae three res
olution* were adopted by volea of 36 to 1U,
30 to 20, and 30 to 18—only Black Kepub-
licrne in tbe negative.
The only resolution of tha four which
really involved a practical iaeue, and upon
which parlies are now distinctly divided or
dividing, was tbe following:
4. Resolved, That neither Congress nor
n Territorial Legislature, whether by direct
legislation or legislation ot an indirect and
unfriendly character, pos#o#»es power to
annul or impair the constitutional right
of anv oilixori ol tha United Statee to take
liia slave proparly into the common Terri
tories, and liters hold and enjoy the aamo
while the Territorial condition reitinins.
This waa also agreed to by the following
vole s
YEAS—Messrs. Benjamin lliglrr Bragg.
bright. Brown, Cfioariut, Clay, Cltiigniaii,
Criiiouden, Davia, Fitzpatrick, Green,
Gwm, Hammond, Hemphill. Hunter, Iver-
Mason, Nicholson, Pearce. Polk, Powell,
Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Thornton, Toumba,
Wiglnll, and Yulco—35.
NAYS—Mcssra. llinsham, Chandler,
Clark, Collnnier, Dixon, Doolittle, Keaacn.
den, Fool, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin,
Harlan, Kihc, Pugh, Simmons, Sumner,
Ten Eyck, i'rumbull, Wade, and Wilson
—21.
The names of tbe Northern Senators who
voted fur (his resolution are in italics.
The two Southern Opposition Senator# —
Crittenden and Kennedy—voted in the
phiatry any I A Reluctant Confession. 1 The Opelika and Oxford Railroad. I The liloody Affray In Chattahoochee,
party trick tbat ha* ever come under our We copy in full, from tha Tima, if j Mil" Enquirer: Ou r attention baa b«n i Editor Enquirer .—I saw in your laat
observation. Had We been guilty of mak- article admitting the mistake it made in j called to an editorial article which appeared *.,k’e iaeue, * report of a bloody tragedy
ng an accuaation so unfounded againat a ! charging Mr. Bell with voting to receive in the Daily Sun of your city, of tbe 25th j which occurred in Chattahoochee county,
femocrat, we should feel that wa had done i abolition petitions. In regard to it# protest , inat., which we think doe# u#, aa Director#
( .im an injustice which ycif# of explanation ! againat the style of our remonstrance, we of the Opelika Ac Oxford Railroad Company,
uid apology could not atone for. • take occasion to aay -that we had no special [ great injustice, and ia calculated, if not
Tbe truth ia, while Northern DoraocraU reference to tha Timet in characterizing the intended, to place us in a falsa position.
affirmative, aa did all the Southern Senators it on tho table.
in Congress were voting with tho abolition-
iata on this question, and whiio Southern
Democrats were engaged in the disreputa
ble occupation of fixing up for theta contri
vances by which they might dodge tbe Vote
on Ihe question of receiving abolition peti
tions, John Bell was againtl their recaption
and fillring all attempt# ot evaaion. He
and Hanmond, Pinckney, Pickene end
Wiee wtie tot meeting tho question fairly
and squarely ; all the Northern and many
Southern Democrat# were for receiving the
petitions or dodging the question ol rccep-
tion ; and Caleb Cushing, Isaac Toucey,
and other *'#hining lights" in the Demo
cratic rank# of the prevent time, acted with
John Quincy Adam# and other abolitionist#
insisting on the reception and granting
the prayer of the petitions !
Mr. IIcll on Abolition Petitions.
We have concluded to finish at onco our
review of Hon. John Bell's record on the
disposition of abolition petition#, so that
our readers may have a connected report of
bia courae on tbat question.
Wa have seen that for aeveral sessions at
the early stage of this abolition movement,
he waa an extrerao opponent of tho rccep-
lion of the petitions. But it wa# very diffi
cult to get a direct vote on this uirnplo
question of reception, for the tea#on that
the Democratic party, constituting a large
majority of the llouar, were split upon it,
and there waa a constant effort to keep the
subject before tho House in such a shape
aa to prevent this division. Tbe political
complexion of the House of 1836-'7 wae
shown by the vote for Speaker, which stood
—Jas.K.Polk, A dm., 132; John Bell, Opp.,
84. Yet this llouao always voted to receive
abolition petition#—Mr. Bell olwaya voting
no, while nil the Northern Democrat# and
a number of Southern one# voted to receive
them. One of thcao votes wa# taken on
the 9th of January, 1837, when Mr. Adorn*
presented a potitiou praying for the aboli
tion of tlsveiy and tho slavo trade in tho
District of Columbia, and tho question of
reception waa raised. The Houbo voted to
receive the petition—yea# 137, nays 74.
John Quincy Adams, Wm. Slade, Caleb
Cushing, and all 'lie abolitionists in the
House, voted to receive, and were allied in
this vote with auch Northern Democrats aa
Franklin Fierce and Isaac Tourey, and with
eni u( Gal,"Cava"Jd(inauh”’uf ’’iWu!, and
others. John Bell voted, with Glasscock of
Ga., Dixon II. Lewis of Ala., Pickens and
Pinckney of 8. C., and tho majority of
Bouthern members, against receiving (bn
petition. Tbe petition buving been recei
ved, Mr. Bell voted to lay it on tho table,
which waa carried by the union of tho
entire Boutli with some of tho Northern
members—the abolitionists, J. Q. Adam#,
Caleb Cushing, otc., voting ugaiuat laying
present. All tho Black Republicans in their
seat# voted in the negative, as did Mr. Pugh
of Ohio, a Dougina Democrat. Mr. Doug
las himself was not present, but would of
course have voted against the resolution.
It ia aimed directly at him and hie doctrino
of Territorial sovereignly.
Mr. Clingman, of N. C., a Southern
Douglas man, then offered an additional
resolution, intended to explain away or
neutralize the 4th resolution copied abovo.
The following ia his resolution :
Resolved, That tho existing condition ol
the Territories of the United States does
nm require the intervention oi Congress lor
the protection of property In slaves.
The effect of tho passage of Clingman's
resolution will ho to declare that tho altoli-
lion of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska by
squatter sovereignty legislation does not
present auch a case as the 4th resolution
contemplates l—that U is only n littlo
abstract party declamation intended for
"bunaum,” and that it ia not designed to
distract the Democratic parly !
Without corning to n voto on oitlier
Clingman’s resolution nr the remainder of
Davis’ aeries, the Senate adjourned.
P. On the 26th, Brown of Miss.
noted to strike the »not M out of Cling-
tnan s resolution. Tho motion received
only 6 votes, via: Brown, Hale of N. U.J
Iverson, Johnson of Ark., and Yulee. The
question being then taken on Clingman's
resolution, it waa adopted by 3 majority-
only Bright, Lane and Ilica from the North
voting for it, and the following Southern
Senator# againat it: CUngotatt, Johnson of
Penn., Folk, Crittcndau, Kennedy, and
Toombs.
Clingman then offered a resolution de
claring that “it ia not intended at this time
to assart the duty of Congress to provide a
eysicra of laws for the maintenance of
slavery." (A very particular man ia Mr.
Clingman.) This resolution wav rejected,
Clingman being the only Bouthern Senator
who voted for it.
Mr. Brown of Miss, then offered a reso
lution declaring that it is intended to assert
wlul Clingman's resolution denied. Thie
got only 3 voice.
An amendment that there is no Consti
tutional light to take and hold alaveain the
Territories was aim voted down, 17 Co 31.
Another (Wilson «.f Maas.) that slavery
ia wrong in iteelf, baa no legal claim to
Const!.uliona! protection, etc loat, 33 to tt.
I malty, at if to undo about everything
thit had previously baon done, a motion
(Htlaof N. II.) to reconsider the Cling-
inan resolution waa adopted, and the
result of it oil was that the resolution waa
rejected )
misrepresentation of Mr. Bell on this qurs- i fj,,, Editor of tbat paper, in noticing
tion as a “party trick." We bad »ten Mr. ! communication which appeared in the Sen-
Bell an ropreaentod by so many Democratic j pa bliahcd at La Fayette, Ala., which
reference to a proportion
papers, that wo could not presumo all of [ nTl j c i c
On tho 18th of January, 1837, Mr. Hawes
offered a resolution that all abolition peti*
ions ihirsnflor received bo laid on the tnblo
lid no further action taken on them (this,
if course, involving their reception.) Ilia
resolution was adopted—you# 129, nay* til);
hut the yens and nay* are not recorded.
This disposed of them for (lint session, but
great numbers continued to cotno in, and
presumed chiefly by J. Q. Adams and
Caleb Cushing, who appear to have been
general consignees of this kind of abolition
At a subsequent session —Congress being
■till dulu ;ed with abolition petitions in infi
nite variety—another dodge to keep the
Democratic parly together waa invented in
n Democratic caucus und reported to the
House. It was the paltry subterfuge of
raising tho question of reception whenever
an abolition petition with olio red, and tlfrii
laying the question of reception on the
table. Of course Mr. Bell—who had all
the time endeavored to meet (hit question
mid crush tho agitation in a fair and mnnly
way—would have nothing to do with such
a miserable time-serving shill ns this. Dut
it was paaaed na u Democratic measure, and
abolition petitions increased faster than
Democratic votes in a Northern city after
tho arrival of emigrant ships from Europe
just before an election. Thu question of
reception waa regarded na an open one, and
the abolitionists "spread themselvca" in the
wotk of annoying Congress and disturbing
the peace of the country by thia system of
wartaro against slaveiy. Finally, Mr. Ball,
seeing that it was useless to try to procure
a rejection of tha petitions, and that Dem
ocratic party dodges only increased thu
agitation and annoyance, camn to tho con
clusion that thu beat mode of dealing with
tha quealion waa to let tho petitions be
received and referred to a committer, with
instruction# to report against their prayer.
In a speech mado in 1858, alter stating that
he had at firat voted againat receiving iho
potitiona, he thus explained the cause of
Uis change of policy ;
In u year or two I found that thin coursr on Ihi
part of Southern uuuiiher* tended to multl|dv Iho
umnbsra, the power, and the lutUumee oltK- hWI
tion aoctslle* of the North. Then, speaking only to
my colleagues, tho BspraeenlaUves of my own Mate,
1 pointed out to them Ihe mUohlovoii* tondenvy ol
waking a quvslloa on the right of petition- an old,
traditional, and popular right, which I thought It
to Intertvrs with, particularly when It
“ ‘ • petition*,
could do no poaathlr hanu to receive Ih
refer them to a committee, und haw i
thorn at the end of each *c»«loi, 1 ti
danger, at that period,
and from his look* and hi* manner and
he rnanlfwled, It waa evident that ho would l.o
chopped liila miwee piece# heforehe would aurren-
der that right. At that vrrt tlino hr t»l<l ... .
valely that If Oroac prtltl,
tlyam to have made a mistake; but the truth
supposed our neighbor had been mis
led by taking their assertions for fact, and
was not making the charge as n "true bill"
of its own investigation. At all events, we
are glad that its article of yeater.lsy relieves
it of all suspicion of wilful participation in
the "party trick.”
Cut tho Timet is still floundering in error
to one of Mr. Bell’s votes, and its article,
therefore, does not do him full justice. It
finds that Mr. Beil, apparently departing
from bis policy to obtain a direct vote on
the question of receiving or rejecting aboli-
n petitions, voted on one occasion to lay
the table an abolition petition which tho
Houae had received and referred to a com
mittee, hut which vote of rcferonco had
afterwards been re-considered on motion of
Mr. Fatton ol Vo. Mr. Dell, and we believe
every other Hoothcrn member, voted with
Mr. Fatton for the re-consideration of tho
of reference, and tho motion waa
carried. Thia vote, however, did not re
consider the reception of the petition by the
House—the petition had beiti received, und
was before ii for disposition. Tho motion
to lay on the table was made by Mr. George
W. Owens of Ga., who stated that his
object was to lay tho petition on tho table
with a view to arront the debtle (which had
then been long continued) on a motion to
commit t ho wanted to Iny iho petition and
the motion to commit on tho table. This
motion evldc utly divided what wo may well
the fire-eating portion of tho Bouthern
here on thia question (of whom Mr.
Boll was one.) A largo majority of the
Southern members voted with Mr. IJcll for
tho motion—among them Fincknoy ol H.
and J. Y*. Mason of Va. (Franklin
Fierce also voted that wuy, but w« d<» not
mention the fact to streuglheu Mr. Bell's
position—only to show the Democracy that
they aro in danger of trending on some
body'# corn#.) Of the 67 votes in the
negative, only 20 were given by Southern
men ; tho remainder wore cast by Northern
members, including such rank abolitionists
as J. Q. Adams, Diland Hull, YVi'i. Blade,
Lrjvi Lincoln, and Caleb Curdling ! Mr.
Briggs of Maas., who bad presented tho
with Adam* and other# in the ntgslivr.
Now, would it no: have been a "Uod-tond"
to tho Timet if it hud found Mr. Bell in
iucb company aa that on ■ question of thia
kind? And is it not ungenerous in it to
rlook Mr. Bell's many attempts during
the session to procure the rejection of Aboli
tion petitions by a direct vote, and to pounce
upon this solitary iniunco in which, wuh
a largo majority of the Mouth, he voted to
lay on the tnblo a motion whirl) remotely
contemplated a direct vote, but which m ail
probability would have failed, ua so many
Attempts had failed before it, to procure ouo !
But, if nny "loop on which to hang n
doubt" aa to Mr. Bell's position could be
touml in thia vote on tho queution thus
complicated, it mutt bo regarded ns thor
oughly dispelled by his action a few week#
afterwards, during the same session. Huinu
Bouthern men, disheartened by the failure
Upon fadure to procure a direct voto on the
quealion of reception, and tho rejection of
the petitions, curno to Iho conclusion that
It was best to rccuivo and refer them, And
have them reported against by a committee.
Of this number was Mr. Fincknoy of 8. (J.,
who, on tbe Bill of February, 18.10, intro
duced ronolution# providing that all abolition
petition* and all motions pending in refer
ence to them should bo rcfcrri'd to a select
committee, with instructions to report that
Congress has no constitutional authority to
interfere in any way with slavery, and thul
it would he a violation of public faith,
politic autl dangerous to thu Union for
Congress to moddlo in any way with sluvcry
in the District of Columbia. Tito question
upon these resolutions was divided, »nd the
vote was first taken un the simple queattuu
of reference (which of course involved tho
reception of tho petitions.) On this luanch
of the proposition Mr. Bell voted in the
negative—aguintt the reception und refer
ence; but it prevailed over his opposition,
and ho thou voted for tho instructions.
Doss not hia action on thia ocr.it.ion prove
what wo huvu aaid, that ho wa# an "extreme
and ultra opponent of abolition petition*"?
II more proof ia wattled, wa will follow his
record further—wo will show him voting
squarely against receiving these petition#—
until at length tho Democratic policy of
evasion was vslshluhcd, and true Bouthern
men bud to give op all hopeot rccuring the
fiat rejection of the petitions, und Home ol
them (Mr. Bell of tho number) finally to
consent la their reception, coupled with n
distinct refusal by Congress to entertain
their prayer, na ilm only mode then effec
tual to quell utt uholitimi excitement and
nuisance which thu Democratic evasive
policy waa but nursing and magnifying.
Another Convention Culled I
We ropy the follow mg Iron) thu Augusts
('onttitutionalist ;
Nat ton x t. DniorRArv or Groruia.—V/e
trust that every county in Georgia will
■end delegates to a Convention
National Democracy, to ho hold at Mll-1
ledgevtlle on the -tilt ol June. Kflnrta nre
being made, and have already been made,
to prevent tht 1 party from sending delcgnti t .
to tho adjourned National Democratic Con
vention nt Baltimore; but wn trust that
tho National Democrats in this >Stnto will
ace to tt that they have delegations at
iMilIrdgrvillo
i select til as" thr'seat . ..
Hided hy two Ur** slavtholillngMates.
* ■ • j g r Bachanan,
r.heav thtsltong Uu»u»b«
of Pennsylvania, on the subject Ilf r#c*lvtiiK *t>„tl
•outh.ru
—Uou thcyl
place their frUuda *.» ihe North hy lioltilug (hstt this
petition shall Hot be received.
‘■We have Just «■ llUle right to Interfere with
slavery In Ut« Mouth As
made by the President and Director* of tho
West Point At Tennessee River Railroad
Company to us aa the President and Direc
tors of tho Opelika Ac Oxford Railroad
Company, which proposition was to pay
half tho expense of grading the road from
West I’oiut to La Fay efts, provided the lat
ter would commence their road nt West
Point instead of Opelika, says: “The pro
posal was rejected by the directory, but tbe
ScntintC s conespomlent gee* on to demon
strate tbat tho directory were wrong, and
that not only could an immense saving of
tuooiy bo effected, but a far belter connec
tion for all practical purposes could bo made
at West Point tbur. Opelika could afford.”
This is news to us. Wo had seen tho
urticlo in the Sentinel, but so far from see
ing the demonstration# that we were wrong,
and that he l ter connections for all praclicul
purposes could bo made nt West Point than
Opelika, wn had seen the statement* and
estimate# wero ao far from tho fact# that wo
did not think them worthy of notice. Wo
can and do now arnmer Iho question of the
Editor, both for ourar.lvr* and the stock
holders of tho Company we represent, that
tho rejection of their proponitidh will not bo
reconsidered, but will remain rejected for all
time to come. Tho proposition was rejec
ted by us, not out of any hostility to West
1’oint, but bsesuse it was not to out interest
accept it
, Wc*t Pc
flail t
• paying tribute
icpled tlicir pro-
o so for all limn
made the
position and commenced
would have continued to do si
to come. For that reason the
proposition, and for ihn *nrr
rejected it. f
Wo did tint undertake thin enterprise
merely to get n railroad to LaFayettc, with
out regard to ita value when built; hut we
considered well our points of connection,
and the advantage# to bo derived from ihoite
connection#, be loro we moved in this matter. .
And if the Editor of tho Sun will exarnin«
hia map, wo will show him why wo rejected
tho proposition made, and udhnrud to our
original plan: It i* precisely IH miles from
tho depot at Opelika to La Fayette. It ia
raitroaiT cViinoV’K'e'^conflrJSssiu iLieT
Point to LaFayoSte nhort of 14 miles. La-
Fayette has the advantage of West Point
in its healthy location, and its accessibility
by good wagon roads at all #ca#ons of tbe
year. Then tho queution uri#es, whom will
we trade—sell our cotton and buy our gro-
cerid*? It is nearer from LaFayelto to
Charleston or Savannah by wuy of OjH’lika
and Columbus than by V/cst Point und
Atlanta. Then, whether (when rvo get our
road built to Optlikn) wo trado to tha
Atlantic or Gulf ports, LnFnyctte is 3 mile*
nearer to market than Went Point, and we
will he 17 miles nearer to market than wo
would have been had we accepted the West
Point proposition and commenced our rood
there. But hud we commenced our road
there, West Point would have had 14 mile*
tho advantage of U*, both in freight and
travel.
Let us look to the connections nf the
north end of our road : Wo connect with
the Ala. Ac Tenn. Rivera Railroad at Oxford
(marked on moat mapa Boiling Hpringa.)
That road with it* connection* will noon bo
completed to Guntersviile, Oie last Legisla
ture having furnished the means to purchase
iron. Tito road from Winchester, Tenn.,
to incut the other at Guutrrsviilo m advan
cing rapidly, 'i'lte road from Gadsden to
Chattanooga, called the Wills' Valley Road,
i* nearly ull graded. When these connec
tions aro made, it will he 80 miles nearer to
ChatlQliongii from LuFayrtte by this road
tlinti by West Point arid Atlanta, und about
IttO miles nearer to North Alabama, Nash
ville or Memphis. With these facts Indore
us, we would have been faithles# to our
trust if we bad occupied tho oflur made.
When Ihi# road is built, the Tennessee
produeo for this section of Alabama, and
Coluinbu* and Bouthwestern Georgia, must
over it. The people of
w these facts, and hence
. The Editor of the •N’*n-
i) facts, and his article was
t intended more to tantnlixe
ttcriAMUtly paa
West Point kr
their restlcsstir
Uriel knew the
regarded by us
Itis West Point Pro llano Pnfdt
poudent than for anything else.
With tho abovo named advantage#, La-
Payctte would command two.thirds of the
wagon trade that n»w goes to West Jh int.
With these facts before us. we have no f^an<
of being tapped hard enough lo hurl by
this West Point Ac Tenn. River Railroad
Company, nor by any eastern Company
from whom they may wish to get help.
Men who hove money are apt to look well
hef >ro they invest it in such enterprises.
We hnvo to remark in conclusion, that
our paints of connection with other road#
aro nettled. Wo mado a call on our stock
holders for a small amount oi their stock to
The I * ,u P 0 ' 1 * ' n ' 10 con,lnfnco work with ; thi t
111- call has licet) pomptly responded to bv
them. Wo have employed Mr. C. P.
Roger*, a competent engineer, as our ;>ci-
manent engiuesr, (be formerly lived iu your
city.) lio haa located our toad from Opr-
lika to LaFayettc, and will sheriff go on
on .Saturday the 19th of May ; anJ aa your
authority waa only verbal reporta, I think
it i# due to justice to give a statement of
that double homicide, founded upon the
testimony of *ix concurring witnesses, as
written down on the summary trial.
After having carefully examined tbe
written testimony of the witnesses of this
bloody affair, I nm enabled to arrive at the
folhwing facta:
M. 8. Doolittle met in tho road, near the
mills of 8. D. Harp, two young men by tbe
name of Helms, who were brothers. Doo-
little met them in a friendly manner, and
asked them lo take a drink with him, which
they refused to do. Doolittle then asked
them if they were mad with him, why they
would not drink with him ? James Helms
replied that his being mad with him (Doo
little) would not prevent his drinking with
him. Doolittle then asked James Helms if
ho told one James Royals tbaRhc intended
to whip him (Doolittle)? TbisJainc* Helms j
denied, but remarked, I can tell you what I
did say. Doolittle then got out of his buggy.
Jsrnos Helms told his brother William to
hold his gun, threw off bis hat and abof-
hag. doubled up hia fiat, and started towards
Doolittle. As he approached in a fighting
manner, Doolittle dared him to strike, and
at the name time drew bis knife. James
Helm* then turned to his brother and told
hmi lo hand him the gun, #nd a* William
passed the guu to James, Doolittlo cuught
it hy the muz/lc; and while .lame# Holms
and Doolittle were holt) hold of tho gun, a
convocation ensued between them. Doo
littlo said to James, lot’* quit and not fight,
and that if Jsuios would let him alone he
would let them olonc—which wna agreed to.
About this timn William Helms slipped up
behind Doolittle and Htabhod him in Ihe
bock with a knife. Doolittlo then turned
lo protect himself from William, and com
menced returning hi* (William’s) Mows,
when James assaulted him in tho back
repeatedly. Doolittle then called nut to the
bystanders not to let two men kill ono there.
No ono interposed. Doolittle, whiio fight
ing William in hia front, made a bark-
handed lick and struck James in the neck,
who was fighting him (Doolittle) in tho
rear. Thia proved to be a fatal lick, sever
ing tho nrtery—and J amirs staggered, fell,
and diod immediately. Doolittle then left
to serum hi* horse, which had run oil during
the fight. After tbi# was done, he slurted
to the in* acaiatancfl-—being
•...ti, ..uunded—-ami uii no approRCiieu ui»
fighting ground, William Helms pic ked up
hia gun, holding the breech up, and started
towards Doolittle in a fast walk,with the gun
in a striking position. A* ho appmached,
Doolittlo (old him not to hit him with thr
gun, for ho had already killed him. Wil
liam etill advanced, and struck Doolittlo
with tho gun. Doth fell to the ground. As
they fell, Doolittlo mado ono lick which cut
William*# throat.
William and James Helms were both
young muu, ages IN und 21, both very itout,
weighing ICO und 180 pounds. Doolittlo
is over 40 year# ol age, and weighs about
125 pounds.
'i'hus ended this larncnlahlo affair, and it
now await# judicial investigation, and it is
lor a scrutinizing public to #sy, from the
evidence, who hss transgressed the law.
JuRTICK.
Cusseta, (1*., May »H, I Min.
Legislature has no right inherently de
rived, nr otherwise, to either abolish or es
tablish slavery in a territorial condition, ie
art advocate and defender of the doOtrine of
protection. John Bell on the record stands
committed to that position ami. doctrine.
Has John Bell, or the Kansas bill makers,
deceived you ? Did John Bell ever tell you
that tiie Kanras bill was the "heat bill
ever passed by Congress lor the South ?’*
Think of it; who did tell you that? Well,
as tbe Democratic leaders told you that,
and deceived you* trust them no longer.
John Bell in the .Senate said, it you pass
tbat bill Kansas is a freo Stale ! Was be
rigbt.or wrong ? He never told you, as the
Democratic leader# and Pres# in Georgia
did, that " there was a good chance to
make Kansas a slave .State’' under tbe
Kansas bill. John Bell cojld have voted
tor the Kansas hid, went with the Demo
cratic leaders, and he enuid have had any
position be wished. But no. the old Ro
man ol Tennessee wa* honest, conscien
tious in the rectittido of his purpose to se
cure the lights oi lus section and save ihe
country. He preferred standing alone,
looking m tune, the correcter of wrong
and the rewardor of right, a* tho justarbi-
ter of his courao arid action.
IlaRfEi.
the table
ardent Southern rn
It he "druinndcil
ird tthow#
bis doubt*, l>
•Infill Hell and lift Kiiruu*".
Mr, Editor Enquirer: Whoare John Bell*!
enemies ? Who is it «Last denounce John
Bell f 1 censure the Democratic leaders
iliat put upon the South and country the
Kansas hill. Who iu it that cries out "free
noil nflinitioM** nt tho South t 1 answer tho
press of party leaders, whoso action nlono
is controlled by corruption, and marked by
n aurrender ol the rights ol the South and
tho equuli'y oi the .States in thu territories.
What lias John Boll done, that lie should
be ostracised by the South f John Boil did
not vote for ‘hit *'eurted and wretched thing
of uncertainties and unmeaning generalities,"
the Ruhno* bill. Joint Btli did not vote for
squatter sovereignty in tho Kansas bill!
John Bell did lint voto for tho bill that did
repeal the legislation of 1850. John Bell
mil not voto lo exclude tho Boilth from ihe
territories by "unfriendly legislation." John
Bell did not vote to disturb, in I854, the
pcnco and happiness of tho country. John
Ucll til I85I did not voto to build up a strong
sectional party at ibe North ugaiust tho
Boutli. John Boll, in 1RM, did not vote in
agitato tho question ol Slavery "for party
purposes.'’ John Bcli, iu 1851, refused by
hi# voto lo put iho "issues of lifo and
donth" upon hi* country. John B.-ll has
never m t 'oiigress gtr> h a rule that would
leave thr rights of the South and Ihe equality
of Ihe States in the territories in doubt* Ho
tun stood by tho constitutional rights of the
Boutli Imrn thu day bv entered Congn.-s to
the day ho rotired.
When be voted against tho Kansas hill
ho wa# denounced as u traitor lo tho rights
ol the Soutli and liuuted by the Democratic
lt-ddor# with the ferocity ot • tiger and the
ransacking invasions of an hyena, I put
the question to tho pcopln of Georgia, mid
1 wish them to think on tho fact* wild calm
ly ask themselves, what has John Bell done
dial tho people of Georgia may not vote
for him lor Presidcn
who stood by Georgia t
battled for Jndgo White in 1836 for I'
dent. Do you, people ol Georgia, condemn 1 egc*. and o:he
Columbus Times, May Uh\
Mr. liell on Abolition Petition* Mgalu.
rrecicd by our cotcmporary ol
tho Enquirer, ol iho mistake wo madver-
niiy made in a recent issue of tho Timet,
that lion. Jonn Bc!l voted iu CoulTios lor
tho rcccptien of Abolition petition#, (t
would have comported rnoro with the dig
nity and courtesy ol that journal had^it
adopted a stylo of remonstrance at the
or ot tho Tunes quite distant from that
tho charge of party trickerv or wilful
ingenuity. Upon a cursory reading of the
journals, bkc tnnny others who worn ini*-
fuund the name of John Bed in
tho negative on a vote to lay Anolitjon pc-
wuout on the tabic. Without analyzing
the votes taken upon different phases ot the
question, throughout many days of dis
cussion. it appeared conclusive, that Mr.
Bell, in un accordance with Ins votes with
tho Republicans iu tho Benato, against the
repeal ot tho Missouri Compromise, Le*
compton Constitution, Ate., had also pmvod
fits consistency hy favoring the reception of
Abolition petitions. Wo clioerfuliy put
him right, as his political sin# against the
.South are already a# " red as scarlet.”
But the Enquirer, in it# hot /.«nl for the
promotion ol Mr. Bell and challenging uu
inspection of his record, goes further man
tho facts warrant, m* to his opporition to
Abolition petitions.. With a houstlul air it
•ays:
"lie (Mr. Holi) voted ugsinst such mo
tions to lay on the. table, becatiso ho do-
manded a acjtcrtoa ot the. petitions," and
wa* sustained by such ardent .Southern
men as Hammond, Pickens and Wise. In
the absence of any explanation of tho voto
ot Mr. Bolt in tho debates from hi* own
lipa, wa assume tho statement ot tho En
quirer to bu correct lor argument sake.
How does the record bear it odi t
On page 1‘J'jti, of the register of Con-
gressioriiil debate*, we find that there wero
three motions before tfie iiouso upon a
memorial to tboliah alavery la the Diatriet
of Columbia : one to ciinmtt, another lo
lay on the tublo, and a third to reject. It
t# admitted that to arrive at the iuv(j<> H to
. uiw.i«ns were hr*t to
be disposed of, by lining voted down. Here
wo find .Mr. Bali's name wilt) .Messrs.
M>i*»-, Hammond and others, in the nega
tive upon a vote to lay uu tf, e :alile, which
wus carried over their head*. .So far ao
good. Upon the anununccmcm ot tbe
abovo vote, Air. Patton, of Va., moved to
reconsider tho voto by which a petition for
the Abolition ot slavery in tho District
had been referred to a committee by the
lioUHO a few days previou*.
Tbe object ot this motion was, n* stated
by the mover, to bring up the qtiootioti so
Unit '.hero would bu no dodging that it
might bo inct " (airly and directly,” "that
a vote might be taken upon its rejection.
Mr. Owen* moved to lay tho petition, and
tiie motion of Mr. Patton to commit, "on
the table." This wna a " parliamentary
nianumvre to avoid n direct vote. It wus
so considered, nod Mr. Wise asked the
question, “hnd not thu motion to reject
lliu motion to lay on the tablet
~ ‘ motion to reject
ho Ultatr decided that ...
n# then before the House,
thu aye# and lions to lay
) the call
peti ■■
the tu/ilr, we find the name oi Mr. Bell
recorded in tho aflirtnative, and that ol
Messrs. Patton, Hammond, Pickens, Wise
and otlicrs, in the negative. Doe* tbi# look
hku "ho (Mr. Bell) and Hammond, Pick,
liny, I’ickaiia u„.i Wine, worn tor mooitng
ihe question fairly and aquaielyf”
That John Hell was lot “lighting nil at-
tempt# tit evasion;” that he wa* against
"dodging tho questionthat he was stand
ing hand to hanu with such "ardent South
ern men as Hammond, Pickens, Wise" and
otheis and "domanded-a rejection of the
petitionsf” Bo says the Enquirer. Hso,he
might to have voted with his allies,Mcs*rs.
Wise. Hammond and Pickens ! Ho ought to
have fought thin attempt at evasiun sud re
corded Ins voto in tho negative, that tho
qiiShttou of rejection might bo fairly tested.
Mr. Boll voted one day against
laying the petitions on the table and t
"sustained by Hutnmond, Wise and Piel
ti another day for laying t
, bo 1
sustained bv thosi
t rejection ol tiio peti
I opp
another. It lie deserved thu encomium# ol
the Enquirer in the ono instance, lie de
served us censure in iho other. Ho was
cither right or lie was -wrong, and ilie
lie got thu benefit of all
ho %
r slim
odes ot the
ted patriotism a
John Bell, who ts repudiated by hie owi
party in Alabama, whoso nomination In
the Presidency hn* not been ratified by i
single county in Georgia, and whose recot'
aittpiimentsry to
and
< patriot.
The 7% a shoe Region of California.
A correspondent ol the San Francisco
Bulletin, writing April 12th, gives a gloomy
view id the condition of affairs in Hie
Washoe region. Owing to the severity ol
the winter and tho scarcity ol hay largo
number* ot rattle had died, and were con
tinuing to dio at tho dato of writing, at
which time snow-storms were prevalent.
Nearly one-hall id the stock ol the whole
region had perished, and fanning opera
tions would he grrartv crippled in conao-
quutco. T o add to the embarrassment of
the tanners, potatoes ard gram were so
scarce a# to command $200 to $300 per Ion
tor the former and $500 to $600 pur ton tor
the latter. Them was neither law nor
shadow of law to restrain reckless adven
turer#, and every man does what seem# best
in Ira own eye# for liim*clf, grasping and
appropriating
Tho National Democracy have nothing j Ml '* BUrv *T
do with the secession meeting at Rich, until Me
n y to iu-. ou
ing with the .South j
Daro you condemn him fur votin
Glasscock of G«or|i| in Congrcs# tn
I Do you condemn him fur voting w
I .South to cztrnd the Missouri lino
Tennessee, and t ’ ,,, Pty and impudent claim can make th
|{ | hi#, all the dcs:ril>|o lands and mines,
, timber,
natural framhisi
From the N\ V. Dally News (Dein )
The Candidate# tn the Field.
Tho Republicans and ih# Americans have
pul their standard bearers belom the people.
For the latter it is just to ray that Me»sr*.
Bell and Everett aro well known, nut only
tn our own country, but throughout tho
orld, na abic, patriotic and tried tatesmen.
They have both filled with honor and great
cred.t tome ot the ftigest offices in the gilt
people or known in the land. They
l only ftairctriien but scholar# of
whom our country is justly proud, and
whom we all would dckgbt to tionor. Be
sides this, they aro National Un'.on men,
and supported by a prole sed Na ional Uu*
ton party, and will be supported iu every
State of the Union.
On ttie oihir band, who ore the nominee#
of the Republican party ? Mr. Lincoln has
been a member ot the Legislature of Illinois
and a member ot thu iowtir House ol Con
gress from Illinois, flu has split rails,
inaulod Democrats, and was whipped and
mauled—thoroughly in return—when a can
didate lor the United States Senate, by
Stephen A. Douglas. This is fits hutory—
Bum is #11 that t* known of him or about him.
Hi# name was never heard tn many parts
ot our country or in Europe until the nom
ination. Of Mr. Hamlin but little more
be »xid. He wa* elected to the Senate
the United States by the Democrats of j sitton
Congressional
Washixston, May 21'.—To- <s
agreed td tho IJ.Tuse onienamk/" 1
homestead bill, by a vote 0 | 2« t,
ihe Democrats excepting Ric«V *
matively. Slidell recited tic'*
the charge* prelered against / , ;
ence to the Houma# land 3 r anIi ' ‘
R.lMr " a.
VVamjihoton, May 30 I n ri,« o
day the Oregon War Debt b,’
The Postal Deficiency bill comes
row morning. u ** '■
In l:,0 H.jum, a bill fn, ,h, r , v .,
..lid Icn.rencr. wa. paiscit. ww
n million .ndih.il doll.,,
WAinmoion. May 3i— T .. pi
ness transacted in the So-ive '
unimportant. They were in K llc S ‘
aton on the Mexican treaty. ‘ *
In the House, the Senate hill f Q ,.
lief of the recaptured African* ,
c-d and made tho special ordt- f or v ’
The bill to establish u Governme-
ing office was passed by n , aree " ' ■
Washikoton, /une 1.—8es** e
Hale introduc-d a rea<j|m i0n L 1
concerning a Naval Depot tt Hr "
Georgia. The rosolutiun wr* adV*
The Postal delic oncjr h.; w is , ’
and discussed at a great !,
Maine, became u traitor to their principle#,
und was re-elected by tho Republicans.
He is not known a* a siatesman, an orator,
eras a man ol oven mvdtum talent#, hav
ing never disungutsncd himself in any way
except by his desertion ot tho D.-mucraBc
party.
States, and deduct thoretroni all those who
are opposed lo the John Brown raid, and
tho oincr extreme $bolitiou measures and
doctrics ol the Republican party; also, taito
from it oil those honest, conservative men
who fear a dissolution of the Union, or
great dissatisfaction and trouble it the Re
publican candidate# are elected, and also
every native American in principle who
supported Frenu ’ * r " " “
of L
ity < HPi
lor Fremont. Where, ti en, we ash. can
tnrro be hope for the succe*# ot tho Repub
lican ticket next Fall f If they point to
the rcvalaiion* of the Covodo Committee
and tho defalcations of Democratic officer*,
they should remember that these will
help the Union parly as much as it will
them, and that the Democrat* can morethan
balance the odiiMiu by tae corruption ol
tlicir Sinto Legislature*. Should they
pofflt to the division# of the Democratic
party and ‘.he possibility of their nominating
two candidate#, thuy should remember:lint
if such event must occur it would benefit
the Union party somewhat but the Repub'
fflpccltl Oorrupendant*) of ttw i'lcayun# J
New Discoveries ot Gold on tltc Isthmus.
Minatitlan, Txnt'A.VTErEc, f
May lti, I860. j
The latest new# trom the interior i# very
favorable to tho Liberal party, and gives
promise of an ultimate,.it not speedy, tri
umph. Tho political news, however.
j tbe Isabel m 4
oluical
a* nothing compared with
tho great gold mine excitement wli.ch now
absorbs the whole attention ot our people.
An engineer of tha house of Jeckcr Ac
Co., in Mexico, who bus been engaged in
surveying the • lands ot this housu on the
Isthmus, returned some days ago with the
specimens ol u»id. lie reports to have
hia i water* ot thu Clialchljapa, under thu
Bterra .Madn-. This report threw the peo
ple ol Miuunilan into a great excitement.
A nteotiiig was held in order to raise the
n«ce#tary funds to fit out partie* for the
untie#. Mr. McAllen, with tour moro
American#, and u number of workmen,
have since started for (he now Ei Dorado.
Tho porsou wlio discovered the now mine#
brought down a liuiidsmnu specimen, worth
about 95, whicti lie assorts that ho gathered
in about two hours, with a small pan.
it is very urobablo that thu rcporl9 will
provo lo bo true, as it i# positively ascer
tained that gold i* to bo found in all tho
streams on thu isthmus. Several lino
parties have been out prospecting, and
always succeeded in finding gold, though
not in sufficient quantities to pay lor work
ing ui that uino, u/t account ot thu scarci
ty ol Wuier ; hut aj soon a# tho rainy
season eels in, (audit is clone at hand,)
there will then be no cause of coniplunit.
Trie parties here wuu havo marled uro old
(JalUorma mittuta.
New York Movement Eua Seymour.—
The New York Tribune any# :
The belief is more and more gaining
ground, in circle# likely to he well informed,
ritBi thu New \ urk lender# ol ihe Democ
racy have cast the l«*i v»i# they ever in
tend to c##t for Douglas, and that they
Hill array themselves at BuUttuure iu June
■ round the standard oi their own beloved
Soft ex-Goveruor.
On thu whole, there can bo little doubt
but that the Xuw York delegation are now
in that delicate position familiarly des
cribed in Democratic politic* as "on tho
clean cheat.” It is to nrtest this defuc.
non (fiat thu meeting at tho Cooper Justi-
■litute ha# been called; hut it i* not yot I*
cosy to #sy how tar it will proveefiicacioua. r
The Herald also speaks ul an effort to j
ard Mr. Seymour, but aay#
•jrefed and the hill a
verttee for proposals tor that t ,
bill was paa*td.
There wa# nothing of interest i» 3 -
in the House to-duy.
A personal misundrraiandinp
Hon. <»• s. Houston, ot Alabama
Gharle# li. Train, of Maeaxctriiv
pied sever#! hour#. It rtauiuu u
apologising to the House l r d
it* role#, when a resolution ol c «
withdrawn.
In the Bcn&to to-day, tile ci#j««
House postal deficiency hill, (
Death of Jud^c Daniel.
Richmond Va., May Jl.—Juds- p,
Daniel, one ot tiie Judges ol -
Court ot tho United .State., ; u ‘
to-day.
From MlllcdpeviWc.
MlU.EneXVlLLB, May 31.—A |e !;
ceivtd boro to-day atatt# i n ,„
Howell Cobb will be hero on .
nt tho Convention. Seoator T . :
A. H. Stephen#, Judge War;*t-r
Henry R. and other ,;i , r ,
gentlemen a r “ delegate*, amJ a .
indicate that there will be excit :
From tho PI air,*,
St. Louis, May 3L—The :
Pony Express i* in, but no
beyond Ball Lake, being drmi
Indians.
Seizure of tho City of ?
New York, May no.—The i
of Norfolk wa# n .z d hero to
United Biaie# authoriite*. un<i
ol being a slaver.
Slaver# Captured.
Pensacola, May 31.—The «ie.-: s ;.
vestoii, from Havana, via K-y ('.«»•
cd this morning, reports ihu r»;t.
slaver, name unknown, witu tit.
and thirty Africans, by t/w Cru#d Ur
island oi Cuba. Key West uaie*
28th inat., slate tho arrival »t in.'
der, with tho prize, supposed Fame
Tho Captain and crow of tho bn
liani, committed t.»r (riu4 in .Nuveinti
thu Captain ot the Wilufire, ba> . i
leaieif on their own bonds.
Mississippi Btuto Democratic l
tion.
Washington, May 31.-—A teJegr
patch trom Jackson, Mins., signed \
Kimball, #sy# : The Democratic
• ion that met here yesterday wa* i
ge#t that was ever held in tho fciiai
laming the courro of thu
Charleston, and also that delcgi
legu
>nd and Balt'.u. j
will r
t do.’
"ile lias been too long and too intimately
conflicted with tho Alabany Regency—(be
clique who are responsible lor the brushing
up of tho Cliari«#ton Con vein ion. ]t i#
thuir gamo to »tnp him for tho race n# soon
so they ran kill oil' Dong n*. But they are
in too bad odor with the boutli to succeed
in this scheme. Thuy wuro sufficiently
touml out «t Chariest n. The opinion*
expressed of thuiu by Judge Brook#, to
their faces, in one Convention, by Air.
Bayard iu mouther, and tn the speeche*
which we published ycstcidsy ol Mr. Yan
cey in Alabama, an I of Mr. Hu'lcr in Mas
sachusetts, aro ihe prevailing seniirn- ms of
tbe whole counvev, North and South."
Alt lor Uto Host.
BiesHid aro th.’^Hliat aro blind, for they
shall see no ghosts.
Blessed are they that are deal, for they
need
tedious stories,
(Uu«*cd arc they that are afraid of thun
der. tor they shall hesitate about getting
married, and keep away from political
.thing,
Blessed is he that Is ugly in form and
features, lor the girls shan't molest him.
Blewed i* she that would gel married
but can't, for the consolations of the goijiel
Blessed
have no n
Constitutional Union Meeting.
New Orleans, May 30.—There wai
mas* meeting «»t thn Bell ami Everett j.a:
to day, at Odd Fellow*’ Hail. Tho tin,,
ing was largely attended, it was re»o,.
to admit no other platform thaU tho L\
stitution.
Latest from Uaiaua.
New York, May 31.—The atenmslnp . s
Louts, front Havana, with date* to the J,‘i
ha# arrived. Sugars were active, amt N
12 wa# quoted at 8 a ti reals. Fruju
9 higher.
Latest from Mexico and Texas.
New Orleans, Juno L—The straim.i
Austria ha* »rrivrd from Brazos S*m .c
with dates to tho 2'Jth, and specie u t,
umount oi $55,000.
A specie conducts, with $1,500,000, lr
left Zacatecas for Tampico to bo shipped
England via New Orican#.
Brownsvillo advice* slate that Cor un
•'ill finger* near the Rio Grande, and iu
of an attack on the American #iJe ol t,
river aro entertained.
Programme of Hie Japanese.
WasUINOTOS, June 1.—The Japiinexe u
leave her# on iho Dtb for Baltimore, I’m:
delpbia, Buffalo, Niagara. Albany,
and arrive ml New York <«n thsUOih. whr
j they will remain until tho Niagara i-ai,*,
die 7thof July.
Failure of b. Cherry Co.
I Norfolk, June 1— It ua* rcposie# :h
■ K. Cherry 6c C»., Commission merchant
hod failed. Their liabtlitte# sere ottuliu
dad thousand dollars.
Latest from Ilouduras.
j New Orleans, Juno I.—Tho schoon
John A. Taylor, with Runtnn dan** to i|
Mlh ul'.,arrived here to day. The ralific
tiunoJ the treaty between England and II
Uay I aim ad# will bu tranalencd to llo
dura# had liecn announced. The whole ul it
duns. The people of the Island had he
an indigtiatiun meeting and deviated then
■Hyp* independent,and wefe about to Iran
pnvil-
- .. jises of
In view of (hi# state of things,
. W|| |, I the community tra# filled with apprehension
' , -nd alarm. In regard to the character ol I
*• the 111100*, the writer says tbat a muck!
th the j larger per centago of the renowned discov- I
n the fries nr® more worthless than even the most
Boutli Carolina Scuds to Richmond.
Columbia, Juno 1.—The Democrat!
State Convention of South Carolina, yn
terday elected Hon. R. B. Rheti, li t
Jarlington, lion. j. J. Mtddluoi
.A. Burt. Delegate* to tbe Hu s
and ([•
mond Convention, fn
halt the number were ofirred lo tho*
Charleston ConV'
titond, and will reftiM*
party that rocognixv* the llichmot d C'
vomion.
We ask tho National Democrats ol tho
State, then* to ecr.d delegate* to MilUdgo-
villo.
Ono or two counties, in which the Seces
sionists wore sustained, are already respon
ding by calls for other meetings.
The Atlanta Confederacy (Stephens
or Douglas paper) says—but wo think tho
fear is "father to the thought”: “From
every indication, and from daily and hourly
.-- T - developments, it ts plain to discern that
Ho "* ,,owdl CM> w ‘"
-i.utoor Ub.nj.hw .v.r .U.l«a,urc.a ...r ,xl.t, tho l're»u]('ciey hy tho KictnuonJ Convcn.
M»l«. tUtMuuso, ,obl«u TO)., 1M. rt,hV’ . . , . .
* 1 lion. Ami wo think u nun likoly that
Eating as B.d an Uninkino Tho Al- ! U, 8 |,r ’ of I'«nn.yl.»ni., will ho placed on
Uni. InltUigtncer her. from good outhor. lic '‘ rl ’" lh him - Thi * '* evidently Iho
ily “Ih.t • now Ttmptrance p.por i. .bout i B *" , ° ol , lh< ' -VdmmUlrnlion and Iho policy
lo bo ttuwd in that cily—lh. late organ ol 1 ol ltl " '» lloorgia."
Ih.t ordor preferring ,h. hu.y lboa.ro ol IF" The BaiuW^.'^.n, of Iho
pohliSl w.rf.r», 10 Iho cool, teaching Orlc.r,. Picayune wtilo.; -You may
mlTO«.ey of cold wale, doc,in../' | pul „ dcwn . , UtJ ,. ct M f,
W. proamuo Ih.l m.«. lh. Temp,,. , 0[ U ,„ , u j wi.hom .Mn
nrg.n ha. boon en/„ W Ore, which iho of . doubt. Other Mate, may
Jului Hell on Abolltlou* Petition#.
"That lion. John Iltll Uiv OppMlUon rsaiHitst*
for Pieaiatm, volrd Iu t'oiiRm* io receive ftbuUUou
pstUUnw, wo one rtentes.'*— limes.
Hi*deny it, bro#dly, squarely, «ud in (be
most emphatic manner, and call for lb#
proof. I be Times refers to the “Register
of Debates in Congress iu 183ft," to sub
stantial# its assertion. That i# th# very
authority which we h#«# been examining,
and we ssy that it prove# Mr. Belt to have
b#an an extreme and ultra opponent o! .
abolition w-.i,u>. if '* . petition. tVheuceI# thl# il*l.t .Irriv. l' «\»i, »
* 1,10,1 P^BItOns. He wa# against #1 yubllcau goveruweut e\Ul vrtth.mt U Mao t
dodging or evasion of tho question, ant.
cousisttnlly demanded a vole on tbe ques
tion of reception, utterly scorning and
losthtng the miserable Democratic expe
dients to evade it. He voted against mo-
Uous to lay ft(lc h petitions on tbe table,
bec ause be Jems tided a rejection of the
petitions, and iu this vote he was sustained
by such ardent Bouthern men aa Hammond,
Pickens and Pinckuey of Bouth Carolina,
Mason and Wise of Virginia, and othrrs
whom the Democracy now laud as Bouthern
Eight, taadcra. Wh.n..« th. fairgnaaiioo good poopfa of that por.ua.ion con.id«, I lh „ v ,
U » C *P, U< I" °' *“ #«■ , b.d a. dunking Ulo article. Thera U no I U.h.Ud.'m^ili.o" '' r '“
' , W * ,be rfr *P 4ion doubt whatawr that chamicel action at j
ZT ' " U *•“ C0 - i -* 11 — " ■-*" C '" O- Th. nowT— r^N.w Vulk
t “""* •• pouoonu. oa th. Ol.ctMau j Ba^anato, Dig. haa anuead upon hi. dal
tic., baaing given bond iu tho turn of
j^lSOjOtH).
I#y next (lib of Juar). worxjiect
tbe grading and masonry of the
road from Opelika to LaFayettc. Wo ire
going to work with the mean# wu have, and
expect to trust to Providence nnd our o*u
energies for enough moro to complete uur
10 We moat reapootfully a.k the EJit0[ „ f I «5*i'»"ho Kan... bill in I Sit. when Cobb,
. rioih, s..„ ,hl. Toomh. and Ivcr.on ol Corel., and lien
or voting againat aholiahmg tho -lare-iir.no | „p„„ MnB c „ P | ll || y CI , min . di j kl , ln
t\ tho District ol Columbia, in 1850 I Do tljetr contents subjected to tho scrutiny o
iou condemn hint for voting lor the doctrine | and honestly-applied tests,
held by your plulos-
“I nt>n-inierven<
opUical Berrien? Which, was, hands o(\
l>oth by Congress and tho territorial legisla-
Date you condemn him for voting
the Daily Sun t
paper; and if x
copy thi* article
havo committed any error j
jsmin of Louisiana, and Davis ul Miss
sippi, in I8tifl, are repudiating that which
our Climate, of di.tanco. o, connection., | j ohn Boil haa boon ao un.poringiy do-
nounccd t Ha# John Bell had any agency
in bringing ahoat the atato of things now
existing in tho United State# t Has any act
of his tended to build up sectional parties f
Nay, did he Dot uo all that lie could to pre-
vent tha things pridicted hy bun in 1851
coining to past? Then, ns tune has shown,
lie wn right and :ho Kansas; bill makers
_ ! wrong. Is it not just tho people should
rttcr dated manifest their approx-al of his rouse by
kcr, Ga Mav 98 “‘'‘ng their votes lor bun? People of
' " * * I Georgia, John Bell ia the friend and aup-
ips 0 corn, osu and 0 j your r i c ht». Neither threat nor
better. 1 h* warm spring persuasion could influcnco John Bull to voto
and frequent shawers of ram during the j away your rights in tho Ksuaa# bill in 1854.
forepart of tho year are continued up to the John Bell was tor protecting your rights in
he will do us a favor to point it out.
Yours, respectfully,
E. G. Kiriuaus, President,
J. II. Forman,
W. F. Msddor,
\V. If. 8mith,
J. C. Towles, Directors,
Opelika Ai Oxford K. R.
LsKsyitte, Ala., May 80,1-A).
-——
Kxtrsrt of I
Our prospects for c
cotton wi
"• ,r * •* attempt to prove | eirjclu»ine whiskey of 1866, and make
> r Bril fricadiy to abolition petition*. It injwrtou# )o the constitution
present writing, and the present condition
of the crops promises to the farmers (if they
can keep down the gras*) an abundant yield
U* their labor#. And if the Constitutional
Union Party shall succeed in the election
of their candidate#, we shall iu truth l>o a
contented auJ happy people.
1854, as he ever hod been, repudiating Con
gressional and Territorial legislation, which
ii the true doctrine of non-intervention;
and in that doctrine ol non-intervention ii
to be found the doctrine of protection.
Any man who believes Congress haa
Cbcroltoe Mapttsi t'uuvrntlon.
e learn from the Banner «.V. Baptist that
tin# body uict at Marietta, G*., on Friday
the ISth iust. Rev. E. Dyer ws« elected
Moderator; M. A. Mercer, Secretary, and
T. 11. Stout, Assistant Secretary. Dele
gates were present from Alabama, Florida,
Tennessee, besides those from Georgia. A
collection was taken up for the Cherokee
Indian Mission* amounting to over $20U.
The convention adjourned over to visit (be
Georgia Military Institute, whore they were
received in a becoming manner, and most •
appropriately addresred by Maj. Capers of
the Institute. Tho address was responded I
to in a most happy mauucr by the Modera
tor. At night ■ perches were made by
Messrs. EJmonds, Russell, Dayton aud
others. Rev. J. R. Chamber# volunteered
"to go lo the Chetokees to preach” as \
Missionary the ev«rlssting truth# of the i
Gospel lo that people. The Usuoer «Sc B*p- i
list say*; "Thi* meeting on Ihe whols was j
oue ol iulerrsl. aud we trust of profit, and |
very lew thing# occurred that were d.sa-
grceable.”—Atlanta Intell.
VST In tho Cauvaa# of 1868, between
Judge Douglas and Mr. Liucoln, tor the U.
8. Senate, the popular voto was : For mem
bers of tho LsgfsUtcue—fivorabU Vo Lin
coln, 125,576; members favorablo to pofg.
las, 121,100—Lincoln’s mii(yRj | 4,325.
IxTxaxsnxu Expkbimrmt—G. \V. Lx-
msr. Erq., is trying an experiment with
tbo various manure#, now in common u#e,
which cannot Dtl to interest agricultural
ists. lie has devoted an acre each, to
thirteen dillWeut manures, ten of which
comprise the different Gusnoi*#, Phosphate*
sod CompounJ irtirln*, an l three of which
consist of Colton Seed, Stable Manure, and
Balt and Ashes. Each acre is planted in
corn, 2.1*It) bills t * the sere, and thu man-
ufactuml munurcs propoitioned according
to the directions. auuilu , „
The result of this ex|>erirocnt, though \| r . Rhett *u iko to tbat effect,
not recessxTity a test rf the va'uo of all the worked long and hard to preserve the*U
manures, in their adaption to different roil", with (tie Cr*n#titution, 11c was still rc
is an important one, and we shall from | »■.heretofore, in good faith, to exhatii
time to timo "report progress” until tbe
bkrvest »how* the result.—Augusta Dis
patch.
themaeives to
they took tho position of dictating win
j were tojgo or accepting of the nominafioii#
and conservative, nnd will go to Kicbni'mi
I with no x'tew but to nominate and try t
und candidates on sound principle*
Tub MiMtsstffi Rivicr oncs FoanAnLa.—
A fact was revested in coutt^t New Msvtrid,
in this Btate, which is not a little startling
in a scientific point of view, as tending to
show that tha Mississippi river of to-day is
not the stream it wn# half a century ago.
One of the oldest inhabitants of New Ms- j John, Bell, of Tenncstce, for President
drill stated on oath that he had known th* ! Edward Everett, ol Massachusetts, lor
nr... ..l-_ Vice President.
Tins is a very strong ticket, and a very
Bell and Idvercu—Democratic Beu-
tlmcDt.
The Osceola (Mo.; Democrat, a paper that
hss the Democratic Biate ticket 9\ its
ms*t head, says:
The National Union Convention, recent
ly avsrmblcd at Ualttmore, with the great-
harmony and unanimity, nominated
more than fifty years, sn l that when
he first kuew it, it wa# ■ mu h smaller and
shallower stream than it now is—so (hal
low, indeed, that be bad w*d*d and forded
it otten. 8«vetal other old rcsi If uts of
New Madrid confirm this statement, and 1 E
declare that the river at that point, now I
good
A correspondent ct the St. I^uis Repub
lican, writing from Washington during tho
sitting ot the convention, *»y* that th«
have lire inside track, and that
prudent they will keep it.
tlun > rail. «... lonl.bl. b.U . i r.°T c " uin ; *•
- vi r y : v usiis Charleston C-onvunt,on to effect a nomins-
,lon h>. .fry ra.urrMl, chugod lira
... ^ | aft ect o| the campaign.
XX hat and w hebe f—A balloon passed j Many, who previous to the Chsrlcaton
over this etty rum South-east to North* Convention, regarded the Bsltimoro Cou-
esat on Monday. It was m»‘*ing good | venfion sn insignificant affair, are impelled
speed, ana was at a gres* eievafion, but I to view it now in quite a different light,
ittpeared descending fridually wheu last j It has suddenly loomed up and assumed
lh. Tfnitorif*, .ad ih.. ih, T.rr.rari.1 j by . ra.jon.,, ... b.li,,,. of ,i gk , ,o,fv i ^.d^bcWuIc iiieu
C»» »ny 0,0 ..)> u , wh „ c(t „ ,
[Charleston Cournr Mth.
j The MassacUuseua Murrain,
j Boston, May 24.—At a meeting of the
j Goverqor and Council, to-day. a proclama
tion was issued convcniry sn extra »c**ion
I of the legislature on Wednesday next, to
adopt measures lor tha prevenfi>.n of tfio
the proportions of a national convention.
I upon the action of which the destinies of
j the Union may yet be suspended. Harmo-
| ny, unanimity and an'hustasin prevailed
throughout all its deliberations, which is
far more than can be said of moat national
oonvso|ions.
Events yet to occur may make It the im
perative duty of every <»n# who desires the
perpetuatin'! 01 the Union in peace, to au;’«