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VOLUME XV.
HOME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 18, I860.
NUMBER 29
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of all Stylos.
f, Quality and Prices Challenged.
THE FARMERS
HE requested to examine my largo as-
sorlmcntof Plantation Bridles, Col In is,
Milling and Team Goar complete, at the
•invest Possible Cash Prices,
negshnd fienriiindc to onW, nml repaired
i .tioft notice. My stock will bear inspee-
(ni. come and see before purebniiiig.
/rd-Soo Advertisement in another column.
1.218110. O, U. EVE.
Saturday Morning, May 12,1800,
Position of tho Opposition Party on
tho Question of Slnvory in tho Ter
ritories.
As there has boon somo little dispute
in regard to tho consistency of tho posi
tion of tho Party rocomly taken ut
Milledgovillo, with tho plattorms hero-
toforo adopted, wo give below portions
of tho Platforms adopted in our State
Conventions of 1855, 1857 and 1859,
If there is any inconsistency or mate
rial difference between theso or oitlior
of thoso and that adopted on tho 2nd
inst., on tho subject of tho rights of tiio
South in tho Territories wo must con
fess wo have failod to diseovor it, Tho
fact is tho Opposition party of Georgia
led off on,and has constantly maintain
ed with determined energy an uncom
promising hostility to “.Squatter Sover
eignty,” and ovory true man is heartily
rejoined to now seo a largo portion, and
as we beliovo a majority of tho Demo
cratic. party of tho South taking tho
same position. It is now tho groat quo
tion of tho country and nil who ngreo
ought to unite and strivo together for
just and constitutional adjustment of
this much vexedquostion. It is
no timo to stickle about party names or
to be led astray through blind prejudice
and wero it nccossary, any man, or par
ty, bad hotter bo inconsistently right tin
consistently wrong, lint read tho follow
ing extracts and judge for yourselves:
PI. AT FORM OF 1857.
The American party of Georgia, in
Convention assembled, animated by
love of count ry and a jealous regard for
tho Constitutional rights of tho people
of tho Union, and especially of tho
people of Georgia and her Southern
sisters, do adopt and rc-aflirm the fol
lowing declaration of principles, made
and promulgated by tlie American Con
vention of Georgia,* Deo. 1855:
1. Tho maintenance of this Union of
co-equal sovereign States, ns our Fath
ers made it, as the paramount political
good—paramount in its adaption to the
security of our rights and tho happiness
of the people.
2. The means by which wo propose
' maintain this, is obedience to the
Constitution of tho United States, and
all laws passed in pursuance thereof as
sacredly obligatory upon individuals
and States.
5. Tho Territories of tho United
States wo regard as tho common prop
erty of all tho States as co-equal Sover
eignties and assueh open to settlement
by the citizens ol the States with their
proporty us u matter of right; and that
no power resides cither in Congress or
tho Territorial Legislature, or the peo
ple of tho Territories while a Territory
to exclude from settlement in any ter
ritory any portion of the citizens of this
Republic with their property legally
held iu the States from which they em
igrate. Wo repudiate therefore the doc-
tine commonly i-alied Squatter Sover
eignty in the Territories.
(». The right to vote is a privilege ol
iti/.enship, and should not bo exton-
Territory before they are uulurahz-
Wo believe, also, that tho further agi
tation of tho subject of slavery will end
no practical good to any portion of
tho country, ami should therefore cease,
regarding tho principle ns settled, both
by legislative enactment and judicial in
terpretation, that tho people of tho Ter
ritories, when thoy come to form a
State Conststutlonmii/at no’othcr time, (by
unfriomUy legislation or otherwise,)
shall decide tho question for thomsolvos.
Wo furthermore ropudiato tho doc
trine of “ Squatter Soyoignty,” in all its
forms, as an invidious and certain modo
of excluding tho South from tho com
mon Territory of tho Uuion, and stand
ready to opposo sternly and uncompro
misingly all who advocate that doc-
tririno.
Editorial Visit.—Wo had tho pleas
uro of receiving a short call on yester
day from Col. C. R. llanloitcr, editor of
tho Atlanta American. Wo nro glad to
learn from him of tho prosperity of his
paper, which all things considered is
one of tho host in tho South.
Rumored Nomination of John Bell
or Tenn.—Wo nro informed by a friend
just from Chattanooga, that a tclograph-
le dispatch was rocoivcd thert on Thurs
day night, that John Dell 1ms been
Nominated for President,
Cohuttaii Springs.—Thi« is said to
bo ono of tho most delightful summer
resorts in tho South. Several of our
citizens have realized great good from
the Mineral properties of tho waters and
it will doubtless bo much frequonted
tho coming season. Seo advertisement.
fir
ii.e.—Thero is
or any whore
no use for going to T
el so to find good cotton lauds. Mr.
J. J, Morrison offers 2000 acres for sale
on which ho has made ten to eleven
bales to the hand. See advertisement.
“Tin: Peoples’ Saving Store.”—Wo
are requested to give notice that, by
about the liith hist., a large and splendid
assortment of Stnplo and Fancy Dry
Goods will ho oponod at tho Store late
ly occupied by Dluck, Blount & Camcr-
an. It is a new firm and new Slock of
Goods, and the best way to learn what
they have got, will bo to call and see
for yourselves.
r-r-'In the
.,y ; lo|,, : lus.
NEW
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IGROCERS!
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N'oi.unoro Fluur, Mo® SliRnr nf nil
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ont kinds, Dried Frails, nnd Preserved
aits. Alt kinds of Nuts, Candies, Cigars,
Iiacoo, Fine Liquors, Ae., Ac.
c tyisli it Distinctly Understood that
We will Sell on Credit to
11 responsible men, who aro
i tho habit of paying at tho
uno agreed upon.
Wo will duplicate upon timo to prompt
frying luon, any cash purchase
icnll nnd satisfy yourselrcsn
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA.;
benevolent Institution established l»y speci
al Endowment, for tho Relief of the Sick
»Jid Distressed, afllictcd with Virulont nnd
Epidemic Disonses, and especially for
Cure of Discuses of the Sexual Organs.
IX EPICAL advice givon gratis, by tho
*1 ting Surgeon, to all who apply by Ict-
L with a description of thoir condition,
igc, oeeupntion, lmbits of life, Ac.,1 and in
isos of extroino poverty’, Medicines furuish-
I free of charge.
Vnluablo reports on Sperniatorrha?n, i
llier Disonses of the Sexual Organs, and . ..
NEW REMEDIES employed in tho Dis-
■Rwy, sent to the nfllictod in sealed let-
r envelopes, froo of clinrgo. Two or three
ainps for postngo will bo ncceptablo.
Address, DR. RKILLKN HOUGHTON,
CUR Surgeon, Howard Association, No.
•nth Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. I
dor of tho Directors.
EZRA I). HEART WELL, Pres,
ono. -Fairchild, Seo’ty. fsbOtrily.
NOTICE.
A CCORDING to tho statuto of the Stuto
y»- 'vo hereby, give notice, that tho Clork
• tho Inferior Court has received, and has
t ins office, tho now Standard Weights and
'ensures, and all persons couccrncd arc hero-
i' "otifted thereof*.
C. II. SMITH, .T. I. C.
L. D. BUDWELL, J. I. C.
SAMUEL MOBLEY, J. I. C.
J. R. TOWERS, J. I. C.
WM. McCOLLOUGII, J. I. C.
wayl-iwlin.
Tlu
of I ho subject of sla-
tlolimtl
fork i(..-lris hi
uit ovci-y |>o!i( i
of Handbooks,
nothing in thc»m,
refer to nothing,
ill agreeably ilis-
•o in tho habit of
, which aro gonoi
many title page
i and index of this
liier merits; thov are
: were, between which
is embedded. The
bly palatable, and will
al ta,
itatic
•cry should ecus
•outh are plain, pulpabl.
mil understood, and wo believe they
houhl no longer bo treated us open
juestious. We will maintain our guar
anteed constitutional right, ami our
ight of property in slaves, Georgia lias
olcmnly decided what sho will regard
s futuro grievances on this subject, and
rhat her remedy will bo when these
{riovunoos shall bo inllioted. Wo will
land by tho Georgia Platform. Wo
holiovo tho continuous agitation of thi**
mndo by politicians for
personal nnd party promotion, and U
hurtful to tho South, tho institution of
.slnvory, and tho pcrniiiuuncy of tho
Union.
Wo assert nnd maintain the followin,
additional points as a part of our Xu
tional nnd State creed.
That wo have seen nothing which w
regard as new iu tho plan of adjustment
suggested by Gov. Walker, ami approv
ed by tho Administration, for tin; settle
ment of tho Kansas question. In our
judgment, tho principles maintained,
and tho policy advised, aro identical
with tho principles set forth in the Kan
sas Nebraska Hill, as advocated by the
National Democracy, with tho Cincin
nati! Platform, nnd Mr. Buchanan's
lettor of acceptance and Inaugural Ad
dress. Tho American Party have, again
and again, warned tho country against
thoso dangers and uuli-Soulhcnt doc
trines, and having already taken our
position upon them, wo submit that po
sition to tho people of Georgia for thoir
decision, and tho vindication of tho
3orrcotncss of our cause, and tho patri
otism of our natives.
That tho Into decision of the Supromo
Court of the United States, iu tho caso of
Dred Scott, is hut a judicial endorsement
by tho highest legal tribunal in the land,
of tho position heretofore held by tho
American Tarty of Georgia, upon tho
slavery question in tho Territories.
Tho following is tho position of the
opposition of Georgia as sot forth in tho
Stuto Convention at Macon, on tho 20th
of July, 1859, and if read in connection
with tho foregoing will givo ono a full
knowlodgo of tho position of our party
in Georgia upon tho slavo question:
“2. Resolved, That, ns tho institution
of slavery existed in tho States of tho
Confederacy, prior to tho adoption of
tho Constitution of tho United States,
and tho right to hold slaves as property
was conceded by tho framers of the Con
stitution, and fully recognized therein,
therefore, slnvory oxists independent of
tho Constitution ; and, as slavery is ro-
cognizcd and sanctioned by the Consti
tution, nnd Congress, which derives all
its powers from that instrument cannot
legislate on tho subject of slavery, except
for its protection wlioro it legally oxists ;
that tho Territories aro tho common
property of all tho States, and therefore,
the people have the right to enter upon
and ocoupv any Territory with their
slaves, ns well as other property, and
aro protected hy tho Constitution and
Flag of tho Country ; that Congress has
no right to legislate slavery into, nor ex-
cludo it from n Territory, and that wo
hold that tho doctrine of, “non-intor-
vention ” with tho institution of slavery
in tho States, Territories, or tho District
of Columbia, docs not, nor was it intend
ed to conflict with tho assertion of tho
rights of tho citizens ol tho soveral
. States who may choose to settle in tho
soveral Territories.
day displayed b;
ouch party of the ^elections mi
cr.d of the leading points of.
cal history
allu led to,
siderabh
the arrangement of
unmonduble knowl-
l noon—ities of tho
In ft
elating tin
though
irnlili;
l by tin
■utlv
poltti-
“lantly
well
ilocu
of the most
l political idiosyn-
ling flutes men are oxliih-
(liter-
lltril
able
leejjisi
It fr
Tho Platform Adopted,
Tho Resolutions adopted by tho Con
vention nro os follows, and add nothing,
as will bo seen, to tho declarations of tho
Cincinnati Platform, on tho subject of
slavery :
Jlesolvod, That wo, the Democracy of
tho Uuion, in Convention assembled,
hereby declare our ntlirmunce of tho
resolutions unanimously adopted and
declared as a platform of principles
by the Democratic Convention nt Cin
cinnati in 1850, believing that Demo
cratic principles aro unchangeable In
thoir nature whon applied to tho same
subject-matters.
“ Resolved, That it is tho duty of tho
United States to afford ample and com-
pletoprotection to all its citizens,whether
homo or abroad, and whether native or
foreign.
“ Resolved, That ono of tho necessities
of tho ago, in a military, commercial,
uml postal point of view, is speedy com
munication between tho Atlantic and
Pacific States; and tho Democratic
party pledge such constitutional Govern
ment aid as will insure tho construction
of a railroad to tho Pacilio coast, at the
earliest practicable period.
“ ResolvedThat tho Democratic party
nro iu favor of tho acquisition of tho
Island of Culm on such terms as shall ho
honorablo to ourselves and just to
•Spain.
“ Resolved, That the enactments of
State Legislatures to defeat tho faithful
execution of the fugitive slave law nro
hostile in character, subversive of the
Constitution, and revolutionary in their
Hoot.”
As reported by tho Minority of tho
Committeo, this Platform embraced the
following preamble and resolution, hut
it appears to have been objected to by
Southern delegates,uml at tlicirinstance
trioken out:
'• Inasmuch as differences of opinion
exists in the Democratic party ns to tho
nature and extent of tho powers of a
torial Legislature, ana ns to the
powers and duties of Congress, under
the Constitution of tho United States,
tituiion of slavery within
the To,
iries
feed, That the Democratic party
will abide by the decisions or tho
Supremo Court of the United States on
tlui questions of constitutional law.” •
Arrest of a Burglar am! Thief.
Patrick Callahan, alias AVheeler, alias
Wagnan, was nr r os tod .yesterday in
Montgomery, by detective Marshall,
McGibbony,* on a charge of theft. Pat
rick was brought bank to this city, in
charge of that ofllcor, nnd had a hear
ing this morning beforo Esquire T. L.
Thomas. On being arrested, bis person
was searched, when six gold watches,
and thirteen dollars in money, together
with somo burglars’ tools, known as
“outsiders,”was found. Two of tin
watches wore recognized ns being the
property of Messrs. Veal & Wood, Jew
elers of this city, bv Mr. Wood,
tho firm. Tho other watch wiw i
by Mr. John W. Crew. Conductoi
Georgia Railroad, as bis proport;
Crew was also robbed of a diamoi
valued at seventeen dollars, ni
hundred nnd twenty dollars in
at tho same time and place at
hlswatcl
’ has vet beei
The cn-e was
rick, am*, be wa>
of $1000, which
therefore he wa
•isyc
?d.
5 uguin.-t Pat-
i old.—Atlanta Con/.
last issiu:
Herald,
•d of the Net
-rticloi
i the
-The .Slates
M\n»N it Augusta R. R.—An election
was held in this county on Tuesdns last,
1st., says the Federal Union, for “Sub
scription” or “No subscription” to the
Stock of tho Macon and Augusta Rail
road. A very large majority of t ho votes
east wero for “Subscription,” only
about *10 votes having boon polled for
“No Subscription.”
X. E. AND S. W. Rail Road.-Wo
learn from the Futaw (Ain.) Observer,
that tho Directory of tho North Fust
and South West Alabama Rail Road, on
Wednesday evenning last, complied
with the demand ofth
quiring personal
Go
get the $218,000 loar
turo to this rail road,
the company to j
ity,
irder to
hy tho Lcgisla-
This will enable,
a good portion
of tho iron for the road.
PiioriTAiu.!: Mining.—We learn direct
ly from an oflioial source that the Cop
per Minos of Tennessee are yielding ore
which averages U per cent., in quanti
ties far exceeding thoso of any other
Mines in the country. Tho Union Con
solidated Company who own nnd work
under one management, a nirtner of
Mines nt Ducktown, reports that tho
production in February, was very large.
It amounted to 855 tons of copper ore,
or about M0 tons of ingot copper (280,-
000 pounds.) This is worth in the gen
eral market $68,000; nml niter deduct
ing $25,000 lor tho expense of mining,
smelting, and bringing to market, Ac.,
yields a nett incomo of $45,000 for one
month, or at tho rata of half a million
a year.—Scientific Artisan.
Sale or the Tiiomaston and Barns-
vili.e Railroad.—-According to notice,
the Tiiomaston and Bnrnsvillc railroad
was oxposed to public sale by the t
iff of the county, on last Tuesday,
Peter W. Alexander. Esq., in behalf of
nmnorous stockholders, becamo
purchaser, at tho sum of thirty tli
and dollars—tho estimated indebtedness
of tho lato company. A now company
was immediately organized, and the
road will soon undergo complete ropuirs
and wo hope, will bo extended.— Thom-
aston (Ga.) Pilot, April 23</.
Masonic orders iu tho United
States now embrace 4,792 lodges, and
195,170 member. 1
y-A Chineso morclmnt in San Fran
cisco, tersely cave an American friend
his ideas on tho Japanose Embassay’s
reception in this country as follows:
“Japanoso groat man now—Amer
icans want nioro Treaty—by’n hy Trea
ty bo signed, Japanese like , any body
—just liko Chinese—just like dam nig
ger.”
IlEAVvYitANsroRT of Silver.—'Thirty
Logs of silver, (a Government transfor,)
on route to now York from New Orleans
passed through Alexandria on Friday
morning, in charge of Adams’ Express
Company.
slavery question, iu which the real qu<
tion is honestly and forcibly stated, with
an apparent view of informing the
North what Justice, tho Constitution
and the South demand and what the
Free States must concede, if they desire
tho South to remain in tho Union.—
Bf.nnett states tho point with great
, and tolls tho Northern people
plainly—“Hero is the great, fat South-
plucking it!
live It.
You must do thus and so,* or you will
lose tho bird!”
There is more common-sense states
manship, of lutein tho Herald than in
all Washington—nml moro show of jus-
•ction and evidence of the com
prehension hy the editor, of the spirit of our
people, than in all New York, besides.—
Southern temporizers should read tho
Herald to engender a proper contempt
for themselves and their miserable po
licy .—.Montgomery Mail.
A Mysterious Affair.
Wo have, ns a matter of policy, dofer-
Mutnier of Electing President and
Vice-President*
Somo erroneous statements rotative to
tho manner of electing President and
Vico President, whon tho doctors fail to
choose, having been published, wo copy
from tho constitution of tho United
States the following article in roforonco
that subject:
A rt. XII.—-The doctors shall moot iu
thoir rospoctive States, nnd voto hy bal
lot for President nnd Vico President;
ono of whom, at least, shall not bo an
inhabitant of tho sumo State with them
selves ; thoy shall name in thoir ballots,
tho person voted for as President, and
of all poisons voted for as Vice-President
and of tho number of yotes for each ;
which lists thoy shall sign and certify,
•nd transmit sealed to the seat of the
iovoriimoiit ol'tho United States, direct
ed to tlin President of the Senate, tho
lent of tho Somite shall in the
nee of tho Senate and Houso of
Representatives, open all tho certificates
and tho rotes shall then bo counted;
the person having tho greatest number
of votes for PrcsUlont, shall bo tho Pres
ident, if such number be tho majority
ol' tho whole number of electors appoint-
Aml If no person have such major
ity, then from tho persons having the
highest numbers, not exceeding three
•n the list of those voted for as Presi-
lent, the House of Representatives shall
boose immediately, by ballot, tho Pres
ident ; but in choosing the President
votes shall be taken by States, the
resell tat ion from such State having
i vote: a quorum for this purpose shall
-Et of a member or members from
■-thirds of the States, and a majority
of all tho States shall bo necessary to a
oioo; ami If tho House of Repre-^n-
tivos shall not choose a President,
lenovor tho right of choice shall do-
4vo upon them, beforo the fourth day
of .March next following, then tho Vice-
t shall act as President, as in
of tho death or other constitu
tional disability of tho President. The
rson having tho greatest number of
tes as Vice-President, shall bo the
Vice-President, if such number bo a
majority ot the whole niimhernf electors
appointed ; and if no person lmvo a
majority, then from the iwo highest
list, tho Senate shall
chonso tho Vice-President; a quorum
for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds
of tho whole number of Senators, and a
majority of tho wholo number sliall be
jessnry to a choice. But no person
istitutionally ineligible to tho oflico
of President, shall bo eligible to tho
othco of Vice-President or tho United
Stales.
KiipWo extract tho following curt
remarks from tho New York Herald,
upon tho present crisis:
“This is tho spectnelo that is present
ed everywhere in tho Union, at tho
present time. Tho Know-Nothing
leaders were abandoned long since by
the people, because of tho intolerance
which thoir political theories displayed.
The ultra pro-slavery leaders have lost
the great mass of their followers, bo-
cuu.se the people abhor thoir fallacies.—
lo-.nMli-ii- iniilc dm! Hlo, liocniMoVl.
be-nnning to bo seen that they practi
cally destroy the rights of tho people
bile pretending to maintain them.—
iio masses aro rapidly falling away
om the Black Republican leaders, us
seen iu the recent eloctions in Con-
•ctieut, Rhode Island ami Wisconsin,
senuso they begin to perceive tho rov-
utiomuy and desirqotivu designs that
limato them. TJius the political leud-
s uro being everywhere abandoned,
id conventions and cliques aro con-
limb'd by the in.-tineiive udhereiice of
■o people to the true theory of self-
ivornud Stales, having diflorent social
ganizations, cun exist and prosper in
political confederation.
What tho people now, ovory wlioro,
long for is a political organization that
shall discard fanatics and fallacies to
gether, ami, returning to the plain nnd
improgiiftblo theories of tho founders of
tho republic, proclaim a political creed
lonsoiuiiit in all things with tho inhe
rent idea of the American mind, and
•onservativo of tho rights of solf-gov-
3riimont, and of the vast interests of
this great and growing community.—
They will not accept tho ideas of the
~i. that any inherent right of
Correspondence of tho Now Orli ntis Delta.
Cortiims ami the 1C. G* C*
Brownsville, April 19.
Tho rojiort has reached town this nf-
tornoon that Cortiims had roturnod
from Monterey nnd Saltillo with a largo
force, nml that ho has already crossed
tho Rio Grando into Texas, or is about
to do it, with his new force which num
bers somo six hundred, consisting of
300 Indians, 100 negroes, and 200 Mex
icans. Ho avoids the lower Rio Grando
and will tnnko his attack on Star county
this time, as that is a section which has
heretofore escaped his ravages, nml is
pretty thickly stocked with valuublo cat-
tlo.
I hardly think, mysolf, that he 1ms
crossed tho Rio Grando as yet; for I
think he has too snlutnry a fear of tho
Rangers to ninko any • such demonstra
tion ivliilo they nre in tho neighborhood,
and when it is well known that they are
about to bo withdrawn. But that he
will make tho crossing is almost as cer
tain as that ho has done so before ; for
thero is nothing to restrain him from
doing now what ho did do threo months
ago, uml thero is u great opportunity of
driving oil'immense hordw of stock in
this his last and most powerful attack.
Of tho K. G. C.’s tho writer says:
Tho road is dusty with thoir constant
movement, uml from this place to Go
liad it is said there is a continuous
caravan of them, coming in small par
ties uml largo parties, on horseback and
iu wagons, armed ami unarmed, with
money ami without.
It is reported that 300 of them nro in
this vicinity nnd on the way from Goliad
and their camps uro tho liveliest places
about Brownsville.
A company ot thirty cuino in to-day
from Baltimore, under Lieutenant Phil
lips, and another party arrived on Sun
day, from Harrison county under Lieut.
Gummago. They aro all men of true
grit, too, and of unexceptionable beha
vior. for there has been no drinking or
rowdying hereabouts since their arrival,
Tho Mexicans and tho Knights move
along very quietly, but the report of an
advancing force of 2000 men from the
interior toward this frontio", lends color
to tho supposition that our neighbors
over tho river are looking out and pre
paring for severe squalls.
If Cortiims does make another attack
on the frontier, it isconUdontly believed
that Gen. Houston will load an invading
column which will conquer and annex
1 •owledgo
A THOUGHT.
The roso that's bont with summer rain,
Or filled with early dew,
Shods richer porfumo o’er again,
And glows with lovelier huo;
Tho pearly drops that light within
Its loafy chnlico rest,
But frosher beauties for it win,
Its fragrant oharms attest.
So, hearts bowed down with woight and
euro,
Or crushed by bitter griof,
Show clearer what thoir virtues aro,
Whilo waiting for roliof;
Each tender sign is sweet that springs
• From hearts by sorrow riven ;
If on its parting breath it brings
Somo clonrer liopo of Iloavon.
A Little Tiiiko.—A woman sat upon
tho stops of a dark prison, weeping bit
terly over tho sontenco of a ruined son.
“What ftileth tlioo, sister?” said a
gentleman stopping beforo hor, nnd
taking hor hand kindly in his.
‘My heart’s broke, sir,” bIio ropliod.
‘Can I do anything for you?” ho
asked.
fo, sir, nothing,” was her sad re
sponse.*
“Well, Gocl can holp you, sistor, nnd
; ll go homo ami ask him to do it.”
Said tho gentleman. It was a very
little thing that ho did. It noithcr
clothed or fed tho poor woman, but that
ono sweet word, sister, foil like healing
oil upon tho wounded spirit. Sho arose
strengthened, ami wont to hor lowly
homo. AVhen she knelt to toll Josus her
sorrows, sho felt that a brothor had
i boforo her. Hisprayersworoan-
•od, and hor spirit was calmed. It
a little thing to wash tho Saviour’s
feet with tears, ami wipe them with
tho hairs of her head, and yet Mary’s
ill’ering of love was of moro valuo in
mir Lord’s esteom than wore all tho
titles of tho proud l?harisoes. She who
»ourcd tho precious ointment upon his
lead, did but a littlo thing for Christ,
and yet ho said that wherever tho gos
pel should ho preached, to tho cml of
time, it should bo told as a memorial of
hor.
mimhc
Tiimnulipas to T«
of this desiro on tho |
has induced tho negroes,
of whom are settled on the RioC
to arm themselves for fight
know that if the Texans do i
creek, thoy will ho captured and restor
ed to thoir proper owners, for most of
those negroes aro runaways from Texas.
they
i of ;
•d in. this
diabolical
•ity
lev
iitra
Wo allude to tho shoSting
Mrs. T. W. Freeman, whilo asleep
her room, at her residence over tho store
of Clark »fc Butler. About clov
o’clock last Friday night she was uv
koued by a strange noise, followed by
stunning sensation in her head. <
examination, sho found herself shot
tho jaw, ami tho bed elothos on fi
Tho tiro was soon extinguished, and
physician was called, who extracted
ball from the wound, which was fou
not to bo dangerous. Footsteps wt
heard on tlio stairs as sho awoke hut
certain clue has boon obtained as to t
perpetrator of tlio horrible outrage.
Her carringo driver, who had boon guil
ty of somo misdemeanor, and had
son to expert punishment, is suspected,
and has been lodged iu jail,
community is interested in I
cry of tho blackhearted w
is capable of snob cowardly
tion. With such characters abroad no
body is secure.—Augusta Dispatch 9th
inst.
Bank State or Georgia.—At an elec
tion held at tho Banking Houso of tho
Bank of tho State of Georgia, on
day, 7th inst., for eight Directors
part of tlio individual stockhokl
serve for ono year from that dab .
following gentlemen wore duly oleeted ;
a!*i’outer, AV. Tiiornk AVn
11. I). Weed, A. R. Lawton,
Wm. Duncan, A.A.Sjiets,
AVm.B. Hodgson, F. T AVillis*
Solomon Coiie.n, Esq., is a Direc
the part of thoStato.
At a mooting of tho Board yesterday,
A. l’orter was unanimously re-elected
President.
*A now director, in plaooof It. Hutch
ison, Esq., resigned.
Commendable.—Eight of tho Boston
Insurance olliecs liavo subscribed $1600
in sums of $200 each, for tlio relief of t ho
families of the two firemen who wore
killed in tho lire at Merchants’ row, on
tlio 18th of February.
British tor
government exists fn Parliament or
Congress, nor tlint such n body can
ognto what it does not itself possess,
that one .State, cJV a dozen, liavo tho
right to brand any political, municipal,
or domestic regulation of another and a
sovereign Stuto as a sin and an ovi
which must bo abolished. AVhich ii
the Convention, and which is tho politi
eal party that will take this, tho only
American ground ? Show it to us, and
wo will show you tho party that tho
American pooplo will entrust with the
executive powers of their government.
C'fjT It is a curious foot, that a paper
most earnestly deprecating the business
of pugilism is Porter,s .Spirit of the Times,
the leading sporting paper of the coun
try. In its hist issuo it ridicules tho
idea of raising tho fight of Heeimn nnd
Sayers to tho dignity of an intentional
afliiir, and says of pugilism in general:
“Thero is no kind of combat so unfair
pugilism. Two men of equal nerve
and skill may meet on equal terms with
kind of firo-urms, ortho small sword
and even a slight disparity is equalized
by tho chances of a sudden aim. Add
strength, and broad swords or bowie-
knives givo the liko opportunity to both.
But two men in u fist light may be equal
cry one of theso fluidities,—most of
which may be acquired,—ond yet if one
, face liko John Morrissey’s or Tom
v . rs’ that is iucnpnbio of being hurt,
and likb them a stolid sort of brutal
instinct that is impossible to «/tm out of
him—that ono is bound to win. Then
thero is no combat so beastly and dis
gusting as tho combat with the list. If
any one had his choice to bo injured in
such a way os to luy him up for—say—
threo weeks, who would not rather ho
pinked in tlio hip or winged through
tlio shoulder, than mashed into a horrid
jelly with a groat, rough, dirty hunch of
lives? Tho fist is, and ever will ho, tho
argument of brutes, blackguards, nnd
strong bullies. None but the Jews and
Anglo-Saxon Colts over gave it counten
ance, or lent a fnco to ho disfigured by
it. It is rapidly dying out of favor with
thorn on tho other sido of tho Atlantic,
and wo sincerely trust it will never gain
strength enough in this country to claim
tlio merit of dying hero at all, much
lessof having to be killed by tho strong
fist of tho law.”
#57" Clerical curiosities nro becoming
common. Tho Spurgeon of England
seems to liavo u rival in Pennsylvania.
It is said that a youth of seventeen, hy
tho name of Crnnnnon Kennedy, is elec
trifying and edifying the Keystone
State. Tlio panegyric bestowed upo
him by an exchange would crown wit
additional glory tho head of our mo
famous pulpit colobritios, and his head
is said to mensuro twenty-four inches,
and to boar great resemblance to that of
Webster. Measuring the head, howev
er, is rather a novel way of measuring
tlio qualifications of a pulpit orator.
Senator Hammond.— Wo liavo just-
seen a telegram from Senator Hammond
to a friend, heartily approving tho action
mid objects of the seceding delegations
of tho'Cotton States; and pledging all ho
is and all ho hns to an earnest move
ment
It is said that Senator Hunter and
Mr.Guthrie, also, favored the witlujr
al of their Statos from that Convention.
Charleston Hews, 4th.
JB67"Tlio Crocket (Texas) Argus say
that within the past month no less than
sixty murders liavo boon committed by
tlio Indians on tlio frontiers of that
State—that six families were murdered
at that sumo timo in cold blood in tho
upper part of McLonnan county.
No More Quarantine at New Y«
—The Now York Courier and Knquiror
says:
“Tho Legislature having refused to
nmko any appropriation, nt its lato ses
sion, for tho support of tho quarantine
establishment tho wholo system has
been virtually abandoned.”
gQP’Tho single voto for lion, Jefferson*
Davis in i’lio Charleston Convention,
given popdslently throughout tl
Cutting tiif.ir Allies.—In tho Houso
of Representatives, a few days ago, Mr.
Garnett, a Virginia democrat, denounc
ed tho foreign-torn citizens of tho coun
try in a stylo exceeding that of Know
Nothingism. Ho pronounced them
“tlio otl-scourings of Europoun coun
tries, and unfit for any participation iu
our political or social privileges.” The
Balt!moro Republican (Democratic papor)
says it is understood that this spcocii
will ho suppressed for political consider
ations.
Tiie Eve Sight.— Looking into tho
o is very injurious to tho eve, particu
larly a cual liro. Tho stimulus of light
and heat united, soon destroys the oyes.
Looking at molten iron will soon de
stroy the sight. Reading in twilight is
injurious to tho oyes, as they aro obliged
> make great, exertion. < Reading or
swing with a side light injures tho oyo,
* both oyes should be exposed to an
pud degree of light. Tho reason is,
io sympathy between tho eyes is so
great that if the pupil of ono is dilntod
by being kept partially iu tho sliado, tlio
ono that is most oxposed cannot con
tract itself sufficiently for protection,
and will ultimately bo injured. Thoso
who wish to proservo their sight should
preservo their general health oy correct
habits, nml givo their eyes just work
enough, with a duo degree of light.
Sewardisu in Virginia.—Tho Now
A’ork Courier, of Thursday, says, at
AVheeling, Virginia, on AVedncsday,
there was a large and enthusiastic Repub
lican Convention, at which delegates
wero Appointed to tho Chicago Conven
tion, and striking speeches made. A
private despatch from AVhcoling, dated
last evening, informs us that at least
threo thousand persons nttened tho
convention, nnd that to every mention
of tho name of Seward, tho cheers wore
long and loud. No othor name called
forth such enthusiasm.
BS?*To show tho pluck of tho Doug
s-uien, Fornoy’s J'rcss declares, if ho
slaughtered, his friends “will avongo
his fall by such an appeal to tho ballot
boxes, as will well bo remembered for
a century. Tho secessionists shall have
Douglas or a Republican, Tho hour for
comproiuiso lias passed forover.
AViieat Crop in Virginia.—Tho ed
itor of tho Knoxvillo “AV’hig,” on
route for tho Baltimoro Union Conven
tion, writes from Lynchburg, Va., as fol
lows :
Yosterday and this morning, I had a
fuirohanco to judgo of tho growing
wheat crops. In this Stato it looks
well, and promisos a fino yield. It is
not so promising, by any means in Ten
nessee, but improves in appearance
as ono comes up toward the Virginia
lino.
“In Time op Peace,” &o.—Col. S. A.
Hardee, of Florida, is forming a caval
ry corps of ono hundred men, whoso
services ho designs tendering to the
first Southern States that shall sccedo
from tlio Union, provided Florida should
not join in tho movement. Tho Col
onel will liavo to wait a long timo for
native service, if that bo tho solo 'pur-
poso of his organization.—Sdv, Rep.
Late News.
The “Grey eyed Man” for Douglas.
—In announcing tlio arrival in that
city of (ion. Win. AValker, whilom Pres*
dent of Nicaragua, tho Mobile Register
says: “ThoGeneral is confident of tho
nomination of Mr. Douglas, us also of
his triumphant election. Both his
terviows with Northern politic
tho proceedings at Charleston
confirm him in his belief. He is one
tho first and original “Douglas moi
nml hns from tho beginning thrown I
wholo weight of his influeneo in l
Douglas scale. Iu this very city wo
indebted to him for many converts.”
nnd
An Unprecedentedly Expensive Cos
tume.—Tho cost of tho complete ball
dress and diamonds of the Empress
Eugenio, in which, as we have men
tioned, sho appeared in Paris on tho
17th ult., in the character of “Diana,”
is estimated at $20,000,000. AVill not
our American belles despair, ami die of
envy at this extravagance ?
JEH-iy-Tho Solma Sentinel contains a call
for a county Convention at Caliaba on
22d instant, to appoint Delegates to a
Stuto Convention of tho conservative
Democracy of Alabama, which is. ex
pected to select Delegates to the Balti
moro Convention of tho 18th of Juno.
ggyTho Princo of Wales will loavo
England on the 15th of July. His first
port on this sido tho Atlantic will bo St.
John’s, Newfoundland.
Cultivation of Tobacco in Europe.—
i’lio Emperor of Austria hns publish
ed an ordnanco intended to promote tho
cultivation of tobacco in Hungary, Cro
atia, Transylvania, tlio Waivodiuc, and
the Baiuit.
Take a dkTnk.—Tho following is ono
of the many “nhotographic skcches”
reportod from the Charleston Conven
tion.
“Mr. Gittings, ofMd. rehowod tlio
motion to lay on the table. Tho Pres
ident was about stating tho question,
when a voieo cried out, ‘Mr. President,
it’s a mistake : I didn’t socornl that
man’s motion down thero. Mr: Gittings
rose to demand an explanation. Ho
would liko to know wlio it was that
spoke so disrespectfully of him. Ho
claimed to be a delegate from Maryland*
Mr. Cooper arose. Ho did not lntond
anything disrespectful to thogcntolman
from Maryland, but my name is Tom
Cooper, of Alabama. Mr. Hitting—“If
no insult was intended, tlio gentleman
will call at my room’and lake a drink.”
g-A man in Lynn, Mass., refused to
ivc a tolographic dispatch, bocauso,
it not being in tho handwriting of tho
person it professed to como from, ho
concluded it to bo a forgery I
Bs^yChns. Lee Armour, a dclogato
from Frederick, Mil., to tho Republican
Convention in Baltimoro last week
ami appointed by that Convention to
Chicago, burnt in ofligy in tho for
mer city on Saturday uiglit last.
BfSyTon thousand dollars worth of
North Carolina Stato stock was sold iu
New York, on Wednesday lust, ut 95ij,
and twolvo thousand dollars.on tho
next day ut 90.
Constitutional Union Convention.
Baltimore, May 8.—The Constitution- -
al Union Convention have organized,#*
—Washington Hunt as temporary
Chairman. Committoes wero also ap
pointed.
Tho Convention then took a recess
until four o’olock this afternoon
Every .State in the Unionnexcent
South Carolina and Oregon weronrepre
sented* ,
Constitutional Union Convention.
A special dispatch to tlio Charleston
Courier of Thursday morning, gives tho
following additional particulars of tho
proceedings of tho Convention:
Baltimore, May 0, 1.1Q..P. M.—-Tho
Union Constitutional Convention as
sembled at noon to-day. The Hon.
John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, 5ml 1-
od tho Convention to order, amPmovod
tho appointment of Washington Hunt,
Esq., of New York, ns temporary Chuir-
man. Tho latter delivered on eloquent
speech, which was received with great
onthusiasni.
The attendance is very large. Dele
gates 'from six of tho Southern and
Northwestern States are dq tain oil at
Grafton, on tho Baltimoro nnd Ohio
Railroad, by a. slight acoidont, but wjll
bo hero tomorrow. Upon their arrival
nearly all tho Statos will bo fully ropro-
sonted. A committeo i? now out, ar
ranging a list of pormonent officers of
tho Convention.
•#
Iai.timore, May 0.—Washington
it, Esq., of New York,' was choson
muiont President, ami ono Vico
President nnd two Secretaries frdmeach
Stato was olc-otod.
Ex-Gov. Hunt mndo a powerful Union
pooch, and was followed hy other prom
inent men, in similar language.
Tho proceedings so far aye character- t
ized by great unanimity, and a vast
amount of enthusiasm.
A committeo of ono from onch Stato
is appointed to confer regarding can
didates and a platform.
From tho tone of tho speeches deliv
ered to-day, no platform will ho adopt
ed that does not rocognizo a Constitu
tional Union, and tho enforcement of
existing laws.
Messrs. Boll and Houston aro most •
prominontly named ns tho canidatcs for
tho Presidency, and Mr. Evorett for tho
Vico-Prosidency.
Tho Convention amounted to meet on
Thursday morning, nt ton o’oclock,
whon tho nomination promisos to bo
harmoniously eficcted.
Congressional*
Washington, May 8.—The Senate
discussed tho Homestead bill.
Tho House wero ongngod upon tho
Tariff bill.
Ratification Meeting in Savannah.
Savannah, May 9.—Tho meeting last
night was tho largest and most enthuis-
astio ovor held In Savannah. Resolu
tions woro unanimously passed, dc-
nouoing tho squatter sovereignty
majority in Charleston. The Conven
tion approving tho course of seceding
delegates, repudiating Baltimore and
endorsing Richmond. Delegates ap
pointed to Stato Convention at Milledg-
villo, Jackson, Cohen, Hnrtridgo, Guo*
rnrd, Harrison. Sopeches made by
Jackson, Cohen, Ilartridgo, Guerard,
and others. Immense crowd. Groat
enthusiasm.
Mass Meeting iu New Orleaus.
New Orleans, May 8.—A moss meet
ing wus hold in Lafayette Square to
night. Tho resolutions adopted do-
nounco tho socosslon movement in
Charleston—and further resolve to re
gard ns enemies all who attempt to
produce a separation of tho Statos of
this Union.
Markets.
Savannah, May 10.—Sales of Cotton
to-day| 000 bales. Tho market was gen
erally unchanged. Sales of tho week
2,075 bales. Rocoipts of the week 4300 *
against 4200 bales. Receipts ahead of
last year 68,500 hales ? all ports ahead
765,500 bales. Stock, 19,250 bales.
Charleston, May 10.—Sales of Cot
ton to-day 300 bales. Good Middlings
at il| cts. Sales of tho week 7800
bales. Receipts of tho week 4000 .bales.
The market closed at J a 4 ct. adyanco
on tho week.
Bgy* Tho Ericsson engine isbegining
to got very generally into uso for farm
purposes, nnd as a motor generally
wlioro no very groat amount of power
is required. Their cheapness, durabili
ty, and safety will insure thoir success.
Wo seo it stated that tho Borden town
Machine Company has recently com
pleted n first-class sugar cane mill for a
gentleman of Cuba, which .is now being
attached to a twin forty-oight-ineh Erics
son’caloric ongino manufactured by tho
Newark Machine Company dt their
works in Newark. This is tho largest
caloric ongino yot mndo of tlio new
pattern.
Singing Birds.—A very unfounded
notion provails in England that in tho
New NVorld tiie brilliant hues, of tho
birds tako tho placo of tho power of
song. On tho contrary, it would appear
from Wilson’s American Ornithology
that tho American song birds nro infi
nitely moro numorous than thoso of Eu
rope, and many of them superior to tho
most celebrated songstors of tho Old
World.
JBgy-Tho largest circulation of any ono
bank in tlio United Statos is that of the
CiHzcns, Bank, Now Orleans, viz., §5,-
535,000.
A Medical Joke.—Tlio dead are nev
er sick.’ Consequently all diseases
may lie classified as affections of the
“Liver.”
USS-Tho Editor of tlio Solma Sentinel
has been shown two fino stalks of Cot
ton ol'tho Boyd Prolific) kiiuR ono of
which had some ten leaves ami four
squares; Thoy wero from tho plantation .
of Col, r. J. Weaver near Solma.
^•“Do you liko cod fish balls, Mr.
Wiggln ?”
“1 really don’t know, Miss,” said Mr.
Wiggin; “I never recollect attending
B®*Republican Conventions liavo re
centlyJ^oon held in fivo of the Slavo
States namely, Jliasouri, Maryland, Dol-
awnvo, KonUioRw »and Virginia. Tho
Convention in Baltimoro was driven
from its hall by a mob, and mndo .its
nomination of delegates for the
Chicago Convention in a private houso.
Bgy-Groon corn fit for tho table,
bos appeared at . St. Augustine Flqj’i-
reronaut announces his in
tention of crossing the Atlantic in a
balloon next summer. Is it Wise ?