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ROME, GA.
TtfitbAT MOnNINO, July 17.
Constitutional Uxion Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT.
JOHN BELL of Tennessee.
tirand Jury
For 3d week July ferin 1800.'
Joann! Waters, Foreman—IT. P. Lump
kin, F. F. E. Bryant, John II. Bussell,
Joseph Q. Barker, Wiley B. Hlx, John
T. Riley, A. M. Kerr, Jackson Trout,
Win. Bailoy, Lewis Mathis, Robt. O’Barr,
J. M. Lester, Thos. H. Phelps, James
King, P. R, Lylo, Ebon Hilly or, Paschal
Brisindine, E. R. Morrison, Charles P.
Dean, Jas.C. Pemberton, Wm. Quinn,
Absalom Stevens.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
EDWARD EVERETT of Mass
PL A TFORM. — “ The institution,
Union and the Enforcement of the Lam.**
Vagaries of Politicians.
It Is truly amusing to watch polltlo-
ans and odltors, who, blindod by party
zeal, rush uriously about, hero, there,
and everywhere, lustily shouting “Hur*
rah l for Doolln and McFagln,” and
abusing everybody who don't join In
■ tio shout. Ooooalonally they run head
foremoet against some stubborn faot,
which, In days gone by, they establish
ed beyond the possibility of a doubt.—
But this doee not set them back much
Thoir cranlums -are ablo to stand it,
and they have nothing to lose in the
way of consistency.
For Instanco, wo find tho Dougins
pnpors in Georgia diligently at work
attacking Mr. Breckonridge’s record.—
They assert that a few years ago lie was
an emancipationist, and not fit to bo
President of ■ tho United States. But
four years ago when he was candidate
for the Vioo-Presldency thoy did not
tell us about this. Perhaps a man who
Is uufUto be President, is not disquali
fied from being Vico President How
Is UI Can somebody explain it ?
We have our theory. It is the samo
by which we accounted for tho chargo
of unsoundness brought by Democrats
against John Bell. John C. Breokcn-
ridge Is in the way of somo Democrats
and in order to remove him they sot to
work to prove him to bo unsound on
the slavery question.
It they can support a candidate In
ono campaign and defend him with all
thoir might and main, and in the next
charge him with political crimes, of
which ho was guilty whon thoy support
ed him, howoan thoy oxpoot the people
to beliovo them, wlion thoy say their
presont candidate is sound and reliable?
What guarantee have tho people that
in a year or two they will not discover
that Mr. Douglas was an abolitionist all
this time? That’s the quostiou we
would like to have answered.
Ciiakues or Scurdvlxs.—The Sched
ules on tho Western A Atlantic and
Rome Railroads have been so elinnged,
that tho up passongor train on the former
arrives at Kingston three quarters of
hour sooner, and on tho lattor lea.
that point at tliut time, and arrives at
Romo three quarters of un hour sooner
than by tho old Schedulo. Tho tniim
leave Romo at same hours as hereto
fore.
JQr-The July term of Floyd Supe
rior Court was resumed on yester
day.
Clark Countv Agricultural Fair.—
Prof. H. M. Johnston will deliver I lie
introductory address, and Rev. C. W
Howard tho unnuul oration, heforo tho
Agricultural Association of Clark coun.
ty in Ootobor next.
From the New Orleans Bulletin.
Organisation*
The great foots of the presont canvass
ore easily comprehended. Thoy stand
out clearly, so that tho most ordinary
mind may distinctly understand them.
Wo lire threatened with the success of
tho* Stack Republican nominees, an
event which would be an evil of dire
portent, and which should, if possible,
Crops in Texas Vali.lv.—Wo learn
that thoro lias not boon rain in Texas
Valioy for neur two months, nnd that
tho corn is suffering to an alarming ex
tent.
jgjKl'Iio following item is made inter
esting to many in this community, by
the fAct that Midshipman Charley
Graves was aboard the Iroquois:
General Intelligence uv the Arabia.
.Sicily continues quiet. Thoro is great
agitation in Naples. Tho public Com
missariat 1ms boon pillaged and a num
ber of the citizens murdered. Tho city
lias boon declared in u state of scige.
Tho Neapolitan Government has or
dered restitution to bo mado for tho
two captured American ships, and
leased the orew and passengers.
Convention of the Constitutional
Union Party*
Milledoeyille, July 10 I860.
The Executive Commltteo of tho Con
stitutional Union Party, after mature
deliberation upon the subjeot, advise
nnd recommend that tho Tarty proceed
at once to appoint delegates to assem
ble in Convention, iu this place, on
MONDAY, tho 13th of August for the
purposoof nominating its Presidential
Eleotorlal tickot, nud for the further
purposo of consulting in reference to
the means that may be calculated to se
cure its success.
J. W. A. Hanford. Hines Holt. R. A.
T. Ridley. William D. Lewis. C. H.
Hopkins. L. F. W. Andrews. S. II.
Freeman. John Milledgo.
exorcised a wholesome influence on the
Neapolitans, by tho apnnront determi
nation to back up tho domauds of the
American Minister.
Garibaldi is muking preparations for
farther Revolutionary movements.
Tho French Ambassador was seriously
maltreated on the streets of Naples.—
JIo was beaten until senseless. It is
opposed that tho attack was made by
the anti-reformers.
Queenstown, Sunday.—Tho King of
Naples has granted tho new Constitu
tion. Tho tri-colored flag has boon for
mally inaugurated.
England nnd Austria have consented
;o a Conference on the Froneo-Hwiss
lucstion.
A Man Killed in Presence or ms
Wive.—Tho Now Orleans Delta, of July
4th,says:
It appears that Ocorgo Sehwurgor,
a peaceable and hard-working yopng
uuiiuiu, min wiiiimi anuuiu, II jiumiuiu,
bo prevented by those who are opposed
to such n consummation. This may bo
dono. It Is practicable. Tho support
ers of Lincoln and Hamlin arc confess
edly a minority of tho voters of tho Uni
ted States. There cannot ho a doubt of
this fact in tho mind of any intelligent
man. Tliolr opponents outnuniW* tauu
by liundrods or thousands. How, then,
may lids minority exorcise the legitimate
power which belongs to minorities? IIow
may the majority elect their candidates
and defeat the candidates of the minor
ity ? Evidently, by uniting their
strength ; by uniting upon a single set
of miniidates, who are in every respect,
patriotic, faithful, mitinnnl, able, expe
rienced, and witli characters untarnish
ed morally and politically. Thoy have
hosts of friends and supporters in every
State in tho Union. They have proved
by their acts, no less than by thoir words,
that they are devoted to tho interests of
tho whole country, nro faithful to the
Constitution, ami possess the elements
of great popularity. They may bo elec
ted. There is no good reason why every
national constitutional man iu tho
ITtiion should not support them.
Thoro is no reason why every man
who does not desire tho success of tho
Black Republicans should not unite up
on tho Nntiounl Union Tickot. Nobody
doubts that if all tho national men of
the country would thus vote, Boll and
Everett would he triumphantly elected
by tho jieopluover Lincoln and Hamlin.
Further than this, nobody can doubt,
that if all the national men of the South
would unito upon thorn this fact would
infuse such life and enthusiasm into *ho
national men of tho North and West as
to enuso them to come up to tho support
of Bell and Kvcrcttt in Hiithcicntstrength
to elect them. Tho struggle, therefore,
really rests with the national men of the
South. If they support the Union Tick
et, it will ho elected in spite of anything
its opponents can do. Tho national
men of the Union can unito upon Boll
and Everett, but they cannot upon any
other candidates. The personal and |>o-
litical animosities of the late Democrat
ic party rondcr tho latter impossible.—
"’his “ * *
Speech of President Buchanan*
result is further mado wholly im
practicable by virtue of the groat unpop
ularity of tho Administration through-
state Conventions.
Tho Executive Committes of tho tlireo
parties in the State lmvo issued calls for
ootiventions to assomblo in MiliedgeviUo
—the Douglas convention on tho 24th
of July—the Breckinridge convention
on the 8th of August—and tho Boll con
vention on tho 13th of August. Wosoo
it roooinmondod that tlio Douglas Con
vention bo postponed until some day in
August. We think the best plan would
bo to postpone it indefinitely. When
it meets it will not represent fifteen
thousand voters in tho State.
man, who belongs to Creole” Engine
Company No. 9, was sitting with his
young wife, to whom ho has been re
cently wedded, on tho steps of a house
at the corner of Tonti and Lnpoyrouse
street, Third District, when, at about
lmlf-pust 8 o’clock on Monday night, a
young man nmned John Rcncko passed
by, nnd, looking up at Mrs. Schwinger,
remarked in a loud and insulting man
ner : “There’s ono of my wives.” Tho
indignant husband leaped to his feet,
and retorting with the exclamation,
“You’re a d—d liar l” slapped Rencke
across tho faco with the buck of his
hand. Rencke instantly drew a Unite
and thrust it into Hchwurger’s side, up
to the hilt, and tiion made his escapo.
Schwnrgor staggered back, nnd foil into
tho arms of his terrifiod wife. IIo was
carried home, to tho corner of Bayou
road and Broad streets, and died at 11
o’clock yesterday morning. At 3
o’clock in tho afternoon, Lieut. Muzerot
succeodod iu arresting Rencke, nnd he
is now confined In the Third District
lock-up.
out the Middle nnd Northern Htnte
The national men of tlioso portions of
tho country cannot bo rallied upon ci
ther fragment of tho Democratic party;
hut Bell and Everett arc popular with
thorn, nud upon them they can be ral
lied in torce strong enough, witli tho
aid of the nntional men of tho South to
elect them.
While the Douglas ticket will have
but a shadowy existence, if any at all, in
several of tho Southern States, the
Breckcuridge ticket will hnvenn equally
shadowy existence, if any nt all, in quite
as largo n number of the Northern and
Western States. But the Bell nnd Ev
erett ticket is strong.and will be stronger
in numbers nnd influence, both North
nnd South, nnd in every State, with nn
exception or two, in the Union. Hence,
they furnish ncotnmon ground of Union,
of harmony. Standing upon tho Con
stitution and the Union as upon a great
high rook, thoy afford a common nhit-
fovin, upon which all tho friends of nut
common country, in its unity and integ
rity, in its grandeur nnd true glory,may
stand. Is it not so? We appeal to
men of common sense of all parties to
Washington, July 10. —Senators
Brown and Davis, ana Col. Thomas B.
Florence addressed the meeting Inst
night, .n addition to tlioso already
mentioned.
• A lettor was read from D. S. Dickin
son, saying that he will support the
nominations not only because he re
gards tho candidates as personally and
]>oHticnlly worthy, but because thoir
nomination emnnates from States
which con pivo Democratic votes in the
electoral collego, and because tlieyjare,
therefore, representatives of the Democ
racy nnd its principles.
Tho President, on being serenaded
at tho White House, mado quito a long
speech, lie expressed his gratification
at tho nomination of Brocken ridge and
Lane, bccauso they were good nud truo
men, who would always be found ut the
post of duty, nnd above all, because
they were lovers of tho Constitution and
the Union, nnd in favor of equal rights
to tho people of all sections. Ho gnvo
the history of tho establishment of tho
two-third rulo in National Conventions,
which was in order to prevent anti-
Democratic States from combining with
a few Domoeratic States to nominate a
candidate disagreeable to tlioso States
who would have to elect him. Neither
Brcckenridgo nor Dotiglus got the regu
lar two-thirds nomination, lienco any
Democrut was at liberty to voto for eith
er ns ho preferred. The President then
went at somo length into argument, to
show that eacli citizen of any oucStnto
has tho same right to the protection of
ids property in the common Territories
with any cltirens of any other States.
When the peoplo of a Territory forma
State Constitution, then they can settle
the question of slavery for themselves.
This is sound Democratic doctrino, nnd
this beautifully harmonises with the
best interests of all, avoids strife nnd
tumoil, nnd obviates the difficulties
heretofore experienced iu tlio ease of
Kansas.
In conclusion tlio President said, that
this was probably the hist political
speech he should ever make. U is posi
tion rendered it improper for him to
participate in tiic canvass, although
his heart was in it. He s|>oke of the
long time that he had been acquainted
with tlio City of Washington, ami wish
ed all its citizens uninterrupted lieallli
and prosperity.
Mr. Cobb, In a few brief remarks ex
pressed confidence in tlio success of tho
Breckenridge and Lnno ticket in No
vember, ami urged all good Democrats
ily to
to lubor zealously to that end.
flf-grTlio following is tho opinion of
Daniel Webster—tho groat expounder
of the Constitution—upon tho subject
of Squatter Sovereignty, tukon from a
ipecch delivered in tho United States
Senate in 1850:
lion. J* C. Breckinridge’s Letter of
Acceptance.
Washington Citv, July Ctk, 1800.
Dear Sir s—I have your lottor of tho
23d ultimo, by which I am oftioiaBy in
formed of ray nomination for tho office
of President of tho United States by
tho Democratic National Convention
lately assembled a’, Baltimore.
The circumstances of this nomination
will justify mo in referring to its person
al aspect.
I have not sought or desired to be
placed heforo tho country for the office
of President. When my name was
presented to tho Convention nt Charles
ton, it was withdrawn by n friend in
obedience to my expressed wishes. My
views had not olinnged when the Con
vention ro-nsscmblod nt Baltimore; and
when I heard of tho difforoncoa which
occurred tlicro, my indisposition to be
connected prominently with tho canvass
was confirmed, and expressed to many
friends.
Without discussing the occurrences
which preceded tho nominations, and
which are or soon will bo understood by
thecountry, 1 luivo only tosay that lap-
proved, ns Just nnd necessary to tho pres
ervation of tlio national organization
and the sacred right of representation,
tho action of tho Convention over which
you continued to preside; and thus ap
proving it, and having resolved to sus
tain it, 1 feel that it does not become
mo to select tlio position I shall occupy,
nor to shrink from tho rcs|>oiisibililies
of tho past to which 1 have been
assigned. Accordingly I accent tho
nomination from a sense of public du
ty, ns I think, uninfluenced in any
legree by tho allurement of ninbi
tion.
I avail myself of this occasion to say
that the confidence in my personal and
public character, implied by the ustion
of tho Convention, will always bo grate
fully remembered, and it is but just
ujtio to my own fadings to express my
gratification at the association of my
name with tlmtof my friend Uon.Lane,
a patriot and u soldier, whose great ser
vices in the Hold and iu council ontitlo
him to tho gratitude ancl confidence of
his countrymen.
The resolutions adopted by tlio Con
vention luivo my coidiul approval.—
Thnv urn In nil mn-O nt’ *1... IT..i«.i .
of intercourse and brotherhood, and to
impel it onward in its groat career.
Tho Constitution aud equality of tho
States: Those ara symbols of everlast
ing Union. Lot tlioso be the rallying
cries of the peoplo,
I trust that this canvass will be con
ducted without rancor, and that tom-
perato arguments will tako tho place of
hot words and passionato accusations.—
Abovo all, I venture humbly to hope,
that divine providence, to whom wo
owe our origin, our growth, and all
our prosperity, will continuo to protect
r beloved country against all danger,
foreign and domestio.
I am, with great respect, your friend,
'John C. Breckinridge.
lion. C. Cushing, President of the
nun. uusiimg, x rauuuiik ut
Democratic National Convention.
NELLY’S GRAVE.
Near a oloar nnd laughing brooklet,
Down In the flowery doll,
Whoro tlio birds are gaily singing
And rosea lovo to dwell,
Whoro tho tall nnd branching willows,
Their wooping leaflets wave,
In n sweet secluded corner,
Is durling Nelly's grave.
Rich clustering vines arc twining
Around her lonely tomb,
And iu Spring tho brightest flowers
Mingle their sweot perfume.
While the sighing zephyrs murmur
A low and plaintive sound,
Tlio happy angels are guarding
Her little grassy mound.
Citt Improvements.—Our city contin
ues to improve. Two of the remaining
lots, left vacant by the fire in January
1859, are having fine brick stores erect
ed upon them. Messrs Retese & Bay-
.ard are building one, and Messrs. Smith
AOmberg the other. Dr. R. C. Word is
putting up a neat brick office next door
bolow J. H. McClung, and Col. Shorter
is building a briok store on lot abovo
J. E. Berry A Co. Mr. O. B. Eve's Car
riage factory is up, and thomachinory
being raovod into it. It will soon be in
operation.
Worth Noticing.—Buyers of dry
goods are reminded by R. S. Norton A
Bon that at the first of this year they
marked down their prices and required
payments to be made on the 1st of July
for all goods sold before that dato. But
from this time to the 1st of Jan. this
firm retain their low prices and give as
long orodit as those who did not roduco
for short credit. It is not necessajy for
us to state that the Nortons keep the
very bat of goods and always offer them
at fair terms. See Advertisement.
The Uoobac (Mass.) Tunnel.—The
distancotobo cut through the mountain
for the Hoosao Tunnel is four inilos and
half, und tlio material to bo cut
lirough is hard mica slate, intermingled
withqunrtz. Tho height of the tunnel
is to be eighteen fact, its width four
teen.
Tho work got* on slowly; tho rate of
advance is only two ami n half facta
day. On tlio 31st May tlio workmen
lmd reached just 1983 feet into tho
mountain, from the east end. The dis
tance mado on the west sido is about
800 fact. Tlireo miles and a half of
solid rock yet lio between tlio workmen
on tho east side and tlioso on tho west
sido As tho work is now dono by
Masting (not boring,)it will require at
loost ton or twenty years to finish tho
tunnel, unless somo new nnd moro per
fect machine for boring is brought to
bear on the work. There arc now eigh
ty wookmen engaged, night and day,
working in gangs, eight hours each nt a
timo.
Tlio distance between tho highest
point of tlio mountatn and tho tunnel
below, when finished, is not less than
two thousand fact.
These, then, are the salient point* of
tho canvass. They can be shown in
figures, and wo shall take nn opportu
nity, nt our leisure, to exhibit them in
this way.
Now, what wo wish to say, distinctly,
this morning, to ull tho friends of tlio
Constitutional National candidates, is
this; There me tons of thousands of
good men, patriotic and national, in ev
ery Southern Stato, who, in consequence
o'.' the late rupture, are entirely undeci
ded what courso to-take in.tho present
condition of things. Every throb of
thoir hearts beats loyally to tlio oneness
and greatness of our country. They
wish to voto in such a way as to show
their attachment to tlio principles of
thoir heroic fatlicrs, who established our
institutioxs witli much labor and many
snori'lccs. Thoso men loathe tlio idea
of disunion ns nn unclean nnd suicidal
thing. These men livo on their farms
away in the interior, nnd take little in
terest in polities. Their sources of in
formation are but limited. They may
see a one-sided, section'd sheet now and
then, and occasionally hear a speech.
“The argument is, Hint by possibility
it may become necessary to pass laws re
spect tngsluvory if it.diallevcr exist thero.
Now, 1 suppose that tho amendment
proper to tie Introduced for the purposo
which has been signified by tho gentle
men wlioliavo spoken, would Le to
strike out those words, und to say that
the territorial legislature shall have no
authority to pass any law for establish
ing or excluding slavery in tho territory.
It appears to me that this is the upshot
of the whole mutter. Tliut is very pro
per, because I tako it that tho meaning
of tho whole is tliut this question shall
bo loft to tlio people of the States to*de-
cido after it becomes a sovereignty by
admission into tlio Union on the snmo
footing with tho originnlStates. It may
then be a question for tho peoplo them
selves to decide, liecuu.se I take it to bo
clear that it is a municipal question.—
It is a (lucstion for tlio decision of the
people iu thoir State sovereignty, ami
there may bo a propriety—there certain
ly is no impropriety—in excluding the
exorcise of any power in the territorial
government for the establish meat or ex
clusion of slavery.
Hotel For Sale.—Graham and Moore
offer desirable Hotel property in Cave
Spring for sale. Cave Spring is perhaps
tlio most pleasant and prettiest village
of its size in tlio up country and with
proper effort might bo made a place of
considerable summer resort. A daily
Stage (lasses each day through tlio place
and the dinner House is here for pas
sengers coming up.
M9*0n to-morrow night in St. Peter’i
Church Rev. Dr.Quintard, will deliver a
lecture on the “Peculiarities of the
Episcopal Church.”
fipP*R#v. A. C. Dayton, author of
“Theodosia Earnest,” and “The Infidol’s
Daughter,” will preach at the Baptist
Church, In this place, on Wednesday
night, the 18th Inst.
The Bio Race.—From W tykes' Spirit
of tho Times, of Thursday, last wo copy
the following:
They aro just.to all parts of the Uuioti,
to ull our citizens, native and naturaliz
ed ; and thoy form u noblo policy for
any administration.
Tho questions touching the rights of
persons und property, which Imvo of
Into been much discussed, find in these
resolutions a constitutional solution.—
Our Union is a confederacy of equal
sovereign States for the purposes enu
merated in tho Federal Constitution.—
Whatever tlio common government
holds in trust for all tlio States, must
bo enjoyed equally by each. It con
trols tho Territories in trust for all the
States. Nothing less tliun sovereignly
con destroy or impair the rights of per
sous or of property. The Territorial
governments aro subordinate and tem
porary, ami not sovereign ; hence they
cannot destroy or impair tho rights of
persons or property. While thoy con
tinue to be Territories, they are undci
tho control of Congress ; hut the Con
stitution nowhereconfaisonany branch
of the Federal Government the powei
to discriminate against the rights of the
States or* the property of their citizens
in tlio Territories. It follows*that the
citizens of all the State; may enter tlio
Territories oftlu* Union with their prop
erty, of whatever kind, and enjoy it
during tho Territorial condition, with
out let or hindiatico, either by Congress
or by tho subordinate Territorial gov
ernment.
These principles flow directly from
the absenc e of sovereignty in tho Terri
torial governments, and Irani the equal
ity of the States. Indeed, they are es
sential to that equality, which* is nnd
for has been the vital principle of our
Whon ovening's shades are gathering,
And dews are falling fast,
I oftem wander to that spot
To dream ubout tiie past.
Her pleasing smiles, so bright, so pure,
To mo again iqqxrar,
And scenes of other days come back
A thousand times moro dear.
Her speaking oyes, so lsrgo nnd full,
Beamed with ioy and lovo,
And tier heart was pure nnd guileless
As tlicvangels up above,
llor charming voice, so soft and rich,
Metliinks 1 hear it yot,
Her faultless form und easy graco
I never cun forgot.
Francis B. Muktiia.
The Difference Explained.
Tlio Columbus Enquirer thus shows
the difference between tlio Compromise
of 1850, lor which tlio Southern Whigs
are responsible, and the Knnsns-Nebras-
ku bill, for which they are not respon
siblo:
Tho acts of 1850 provided that tlio
Territories of Utah and New Mexico
should bu admitted as States, with
without sluvory, “as their constitutions
might prescribe; and Congress retained
the power to annul or veto any act of tho
Territorial Legislatures. They nisonro
..I • -•
Planet, Congarce and Daniel Boone.—
Thoso tlireo colebmtod race horses have
been entered in a sweepstakes of.S5.000
each, to bo run on tho Fushion Courso,
Long Island, in the fall of theyoar. The
proprietor of tho track, Mr. Henry Col
ton, adds$5,000 to the stakes, no that
the race will bo for $20,000. Four mile
heats is the test to which these famous
racers will have to put their powers.—
The value of the stakes, and tho repu
tation of the horses engaged, combine
to make this ono of tho greatest races
of modern times. Hero we lmvo three
of tho greutest performors of tho ago,
perhaps, and thoy stand ns tho repre
sentatives of three of tho greatest stal
lions tliut the world has seen. In this
race Planet, the best of Revenue’s got,
Daniel Boone, by Lexington, dam by
Glencoe, and Congareo, by Glencoe, dam
by Monarch, will come together. “When
Greek meet Greek, then is tho tug of
Tlicro are their chief reliance lor in for
ma lion concerning tlio events that aro
taking place around them.
The Presidential contest will depend
upon tlio votes of tlioso thousands in
tho interior, upon whom tlio subjeot of
polities in a party sense rests lightly,
and who aro ready to vote patriotically.
Wo must, therefore, roach these men—
all of them. Wo want to present to
them tho great points of tho canvass in
a clear and perspicuous light, bo that
thoy can survey tlio whole ground nt a
glance. For this purpose, therefore, wo
need organisation. This is tho desideratum
upon which tho wholo quostiou will
turn. Wo must circulate documents
and papers containing tho truth. That
is wlint we want, und that is what wo
must have, to succeed. Every parish in
tho State should lmvo an cffcctivo par
ish organization, nnd evory ward an ef
fective ward organization. A Stato or
ganization is, of course, indispensable,
to which tho parisli and ward organiza
tions cun apply for papers nnd docu
ments. Lot this he done, nnd lot speak
ers bo appointed for every parisli in tho
Stato. In a word, lot tlio Bell nnd Ev
erett organization bo mado thorough
and complete throughout the Stato, and
it is ns certain to cast its electoral votes
for these distinguished men as tho sun
is to rise. Tho Alabama State Conven
tion lias appointed parisli electors in
addition to State electors. This is a
capital idea nnd should bo adopted by
tho State Convention of Louisiana.
Lot tho friends of Bell nnd Everett
throughout the South organize—organ
ize every where. Let rich men who do
not wish to engage actively in the
canvass, pay, and Tot the young men
work.
It has been advanced tliut these peo
ple, while a territory, lmvo u right to do
anything and everything that belongs
to tlio rights of u inun. I can not con-
coivo’that they Imvo. * * * *
Wo lmvo alwaysgonoupon the ground
that these territorial governments wero
in a state of pupilage, under tho pro
tection or patronage of tho General
Government. The territorial legisla
ture 1ms a constitution prescribed by
Congress. They have no |>owor not giv
en by Congress. They must act within
tlio limits of the constitution granted
them by Congress, or elso their acts be
come void. The people under tlio ter
ritorial governmont aro not a sovereign
ty ; they do not constitute u sovereign
ty, and do not possess any of tho rights
incident to sovereignly. They are, if you
so Mease to denominate it,in astute of
inchoate government and sovereignty.
If we well consider this question upon
the ground of our practice during the
last half a century, I think we will find
one way of disposing of it. It is our
duty to provide for the people of the
territory a government to keep the peace
to secure their property; to assign to
thorn a subordinate legislative authori
ty ; to assign to them a subordinate ju
dicial authority; to see tlmt the protec
tion of their persons nnd the security
of their property are all regularly pro-
Coiistitutioiml Union,
settled Legislatively—settled judicially
—and aro sustained by right reason.—
They rest on the rock of the Constitu
tion—they will preserve the Union.
it is idle to attempt to smother these
great issues, or to nusrepieseiit them by
the use of partisan phrases, which are
misleading and delusive. The people
will look beneath hi« h expressions as
“Intervention,” “Congressional * Slave
Code,”anil tho like, and will penetrate
to tho real question Involved. Tho
friends of Constitutional equality do
not und never did demand a “Congres
sional Slave Code” nor any other code
in regard to propci ty in tho Territories.
They hold tho doctrine of non-inter
vention by Congress or by a territorial
Legislature, either to establish or pro
hibit slavery, hut they assert (justified
hv the highest judicial tribunal in the
Lniou)tho plain duty of tho Federal
Government id all its departments, *
secure, when necessary, to tho cilze
nf .,11 Cwi C2,«lf.kO I 1... rtl* ,1..
Qnirrix Si North Alabama Railroad
—Col. Jossoy, Treasurer of the Griffin &
Jacksonville Railroad, has recently
turned frmr. Vo......... » . . *
*@“Stoamor Alfarata arrived from
Greeniport, on Priaajr morning, at A
o’clock, with 20 pau«ngen, U bale,
cotton, and lumber.
Rome, July 14,1800.
■ / ■ tuuinjuu, nos recently re
turned from Nownan, and slates' tlmt
ho survey or the Road from Ne.vn.in
toCarrolton, lias been completed, lie
has also informed us that the contracts
for grading the Road beyond Nownan
will bo ready soon, and will be let out
during the present nionth, perhaps bv
tho 2oth.— Griffin Democrat, 12/A.
Railroad Ratification Meeting.—At
the meeting of the citizens of Marietta,
cS£n 8 !fc cri P tion . of the Cit y Council of
?iw,W0 was ratified almost unanimous-
Univesity of Virginia.—At tlio Into
commencement of this institution, (Ju
ly 4th,) tho following young gentlemen
from Georgia were among the gradu
ates: R. 11. Couper, of Darien, in Latin
language, and in French language und
Literature; It. Fqlligntit, Savannah, *
Latin language and in Moral Philoso
phy ; W. F Garrison, in Latin language;
E. L. Burdwoll, in Chemistry; Edward
C. Anderson, jp„ in law ; Albert G. Mc-
Murray, Cassvilio, in Moral Philoso
phy.
Among those distinguished in studies,
we find: R. ii. Coupor, iti German lan
gungo; It. Fallignnt, in French lan
guage; E. L. Bardwell, in Mathemat
ics; J. C. Sapp, in Chemistry; H. S.
Orme, in Medicine; W.,L. McEdmur-
ray, in Common and Statute Law.
Horace T. Shaw, of Madison, Ga.,
was declared proficient in Literature.
vided for; and to maintain them in that
stato until t hoy grow into sufficient im
portance, in point of population, to be
admitted into tho Union as n State up
on tho same footing with tho original
States. It seems to me that that is all
our duty. 1 shall most readily concur
in any tiling which tends to tho perfor-
int duty. But 1 can not go
anything
manco of tli
into any general discussion about tfi<
rights of the people while under tho
territorial government, and do more
than thoy aro permitted to do by that
constitution which creates a government
over them.”
Sherman on Douglas.—Tho following
is from a speech, delivered in New
York n few months ngo, by John Slier-
manthe Republican candidate for speak
er of the U. S. House of Representatives
and endorser of the infamous Helper
hook. It will do for Southern Douglas-
ites to read nnd think about.
“Another significant circumstnnco
connected with this memorable contro
versy is, that the principal element of
tho stronth of ono of tho prominent de
mocratic candidates for the Presiden
tial nominations consists in the fact
that, throughout tho struggle, ho acted
with tho Republicans, If tho controll
ing interests in tho Democratic party
shall allow Mr. Douglas to be nominat
ed at Charleston, it would bo because
they believe lie acquired Northern
strength by acting with the Republicans
on tins great question. Whatever may be
his temporary rebellion teas of the highest ser
vcie to the Republican cause, let him be friend
or foe,” [Applause.]
Polk Slate Quarry Railroad.—Tho
sections of the P. S. Q Railroad, from
Marietta to the Paulding lino were let
on Wednesday last, to responsible con
tractors,
ided for the trial of questions relating
to slavery in thoso Territories—making
the Federal Courts, aud not tlioTerrito-
liul authorities, tlio nrhiters. Thero
was no semblance of squat ter sovereign
ty there, and no gap left down for ag
gressions that would render Congres
sional intervention for the protection of
slavery necessary. But tlio Kunsns-Nc-
brasku hill did not limit tlio action of
the Territories in respect to tho exclu
sion or toleration of slavery to “their
State constitutions.” On the contrary,
it ailirmed "Thai it is the true intent ana
linn of this uct, not to legislate shivery in-
// TEliUTOHV or Mate, nor to exclude, it
from, but to leave the people thereof per
fectly free to form ami regulate their institu
tions in their own tray, subject only to thi
Constitution of the. United Mates.” Neither
did Congress, by the provisions of tho
bill, retain any power to annul the acts
of the Territorial Legislatures, but evi
dcntly contemplated leaving the ques
tion entirely with them at any time
when they might think proper to legis
late upon it. They both have availed
themselves of this-license, by exclud
ing slavery by the acts of their local
Legislatures, nnd Congress lias not even
entertained a hill to repeal these Terri
torial nets.
“Both by their provisions and by their
practical results, therolore, tho Territo
rial bills of 1850 have operated for tlio
irotoetlon of slavory, while tlmtof 1854
iuh operated to its exclusion.”
of ull tlio States tho onjoymeiiL of their
property in tho common territories, os
everywhere else within its jurisdiction.
The only logical answer to this would
seem to bo, to claim sovereign power
for tlio Territories, or to deny that tlio
Constitution recognises property in tlio
services of negro slaves, or to deny that
such property can exist. Inexorable
logic, which works its steady way
through clouds and passion, compels
tho country to moot the issue. Thoro
is no evosivo middlo ground. Already
tho s s gns multiply of a fanatical and
growing party which denies that under
their Constitution, or by any other law,
slave property can exist ; und ulti
mately tlio struggle must, come between
this party and the National Democra
cy, sustained by all tho other conserva
tive elements in the Union.
1 think it will ho impossible for a
candid mind to discover hostility to the
Union or a taint of sectionalism in the
resolutions adopted by tho Convention.
Tho Constitution nnd tho Union reposo
on tho equality of tlio states, which lies
liko a broad foundation underneath
our whole political structure. As I
construe them, the resolutions simply
assert this equality. Thoy demand
nothing for any State or section that is
not cheerfully concfidodto all tho rest.
It is well to remember that tho chief
disorders which have affiicted our coun
try, lmvo grown out of tho violation of
Stato equality; and tlmt ns long ns
this groat princinlo has been respected,
wo lmvo been Messed with harmony
and pence. Nor will it bo easy to per
suade tho country that resolutions nro
seetionnl which command tho support of
a majority of tho States, and ....
proved by the bone and body of tho
old Democracy, and by a vast mass of
conservative opinion everywhere, with
out regard to party.
It has been necessary, more than
once in our history, to pause and sol
emnly assert the true character of this
Government. A memorable instanco
occurred in tho strugglo which ended
the civil revolution of 1800. Tho Re
publicans of that day, liko the Democ
racy of this, wore stigmatized as tlis-
unionists; but thoy nobly conducted
tlio contest under tho Constitution, and
saved our political system. By a like
Constitutional strugglo it is intended
to assert and establish the equality
of the States, as the only basis of union
and peace. When this object,
tinnnl » i.«
tional, so Constitutional, so just, shall
bo accomplished, tho last cloud will dis
appear from tho American sky, nnd
with common huuds and hearts tlio
States and the people will unite to de
velop the resources of tho whole coun
try, to bind it together with the bonds
1st JANUARY, 1861.
Wo aro continuing to 8611 our Goods on time
it th Mm wit mmm,
Whioli wo did the first six months of tho year,
Payable 1st January 1861.
Our Summer Goods at very Low Price*
R. S. NORTON & SON,
July IT—twAwtf
Southerner eopy t
sun & mmmm,
CIUSAT CLEAIUNO OUT SALE.
In order to make room for our Fall and Winter;
Wo nro offering nil our Stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER
DRESS GOODS
AT NEW TORE COST.
All our printed Lawns and Jaeonots,
All our Orgamlio Muslins,
All our Plain nnd English Berogos and Tissue*,
All our French Cambrics, Printed Brilliants, Ac.
All our Qronadlne and Futilard Bilks.
All our Loco Points, Mantillas, Shawls, Dusters,
and Summer Coverings generally.
All our Taraftols and Ladies' Umbrellas,
All our stock of Oontlemon's^iimmcr Hats,
All our stock of 8nrlng and Bummer Clothing.
The abovo inentioiu-d goods will all fiontivi-ly ho sold at N
,i. «t v.» r y reasonable prices, (live us an early call
July?
York cost, and altg
SLOAN A HOOPERS.
COTTON GINS!
■Having frequently boon requested by onr friends to ncci
Agency for Cotton Gins, wo Imvo nt length concluded to nccoi.
mndalo them, though nt no pnrtlculnr profit to oursolvos, as wo Mil,
tho snmllcst commissions,
WHOSE GINS SHALL WE SELL?
After examining (hem carefully, nnd consnlting Planter! i
Cotton Ihiyers, wo found that Orr’s stood tho highest with every*
who had tested the matter. Wo therefore gave the preference to
ORB’S COTTON GINS
Any of our friends needing n Gin will do well to buy of mtu
wnrraiit every Gin sold, nnd wo also furnish nn experienced nnd f
work man to doliver thorn nt tlio Gin House nnd put thorn in
running order.
Wo wuulil like to k.vo order, left wllk u. a. for nhood » |*u,ll |., I0 that iHml
bo no dolor In delivering Ibora ul tho jiroprr tlloo. Roftirrnoo. a. lo theioprrimli, «((
Gins over olht-rs arc filed nt our Hardware Store, and can bo *ron by raffing there,
julyfl—wtf IIARl’ER & BUTLER.
NEGRO LABORERS
WANTED.
I WIBII to hire 40 or 50 ucgru frll..» n
which I will pay frjin 20 to 20 doll
The Wheel of Fortune. — Only
twenty yoain ngo last November, Louis
Napoleon (tho presont Kmporor of
France,) left tho Nt. diaries Hotel
without paying his lioard bill. In the
New Orleans itec of November 20th,
1839, appeared the following account of
tlio “noblo Count’s” departure from
that city.
“Count Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,
whoso arrival in this city was announc
ed in several of the papers, lias loft
New OrleuiiN in high dudgeon, nnd for
just'reason. He was yesterday morn
ing informed by tho proprietors of the
St. Charles Hotel, that it was custo
mary for gentlemen traveling without
baggage, (tlio Count was splendidly
provided in that way for a man of his
titular demonsions) to pay for thoir
hoard iu advance, whereupon the fol
lowing dialogue transpired:
“Count—My name is sufficient guaran
tee for my bill.”
“Publican—Your name Count, is a
very good name, but it won’t buy
market.”
“Count—Make out my bill.”
“Publican—It shall be done.”
The clerk thereupon presented tho
bill, made out in the numo of Count L.
N. Bonaparte.
“My name,” said tho Count, “is
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte—I wish it
so statod in full on tho account.”
A second bill was mado out, nnd the
entire name written out iu lair legible
letters.
“My name,” said tho Count, “is Louis
Napoloon Bonaparte, Princo ofSogora,
Kamsclmtkn, and other dependencies
—say so in tho bill,” responded the
sprig of nobility.
“i will not make out a third bill,”
said tho clerk.
“Then I’ll bo d—d if I pay.- itl” suid
his Excellency, and forthwith absquat
ulated.”
The Secret of Eloquence.—1 owe ....
success in lifo to one single fact, name
ly •—At tlio age of twenty-seven 1 com
menced, and continued for years, the
process ol daily rending and speaking
upon tlio contents of somo historical or
scientific book. Theso ofl-hund efforts
wero made sometimes in a cornfield, at
ptljors in tho forost, and not unfrequont-
ly in somo distant burn, with tho horse
and ox for my auditors. It is to this
carly practice in the groat art of all arta
indobted for the piimnry nnd
that I . mw MI1V4
leading hnpuisos that 'stimulated “me
forward, and shapod and moulded my
entire subsequent destiny. Improve,
then, young gentlemen, the superior ad
vantages you hero eqjoy. Let not a
day pass without exercising your pow
ers of speech. There is no power like
that of oratory. Cicsar controlled men
by exciting their fears; Cicero, by cap
tivating thoir affections, and sway*
ing their passionB. Tho Influence of
the ono perished with ita author; that
of tho other continues to this day.—
Ilcnry Clay.
r - mouth, to work on tho On. A Ala. Hail
Itonil. Apply nt 1117 nflh on tin works
»e«r Heine, (loo. JOHN 1). ORAY.
fc^-Tlio Cartersville Express, ami Itomo
Southerner copy 4 thiioii.
mtharncr copy 4 thiioa.
ll<-mo, On., july HUrijwhv
Rome Railroad,
Ophcic Bomb Railroad, )
A Romo, Go., July 12, i«nn. f
T nil Annual Mooting of the Btoekbold-
era o! IIiIh Company held In Iholr office
lo-uay, the following directors wero elected
to Iiiunngu the affairs of the Company for the
ensuing year, vist Win. B. Smith, .Tohn P.
King, Alfred Shorter, John 1». Eve, Wade 8.
Cothran, Warron Akin nnd .John C. Eve.
w 1 Vi ,!\ Ue, ‘ l mee,,n 8 of thodirrotors:
8mm* was re-elected President, nnd
Undo 8. Cothran Gen 1 Bupt.
July IW-U1 m W. 8. COTHRAN, Boc’y.
CHEROKEE INSTITU'
ROME, GA.
The Exercises of this
^ tlon will ho resumed or h
I lust., under the direction «l
T 8. Noyes and wij>,ai*Utn
C. A. Jlundnglon.in IheT
•»f n good Chiinienl nnd Philo*o|.hirsl
rains, Maps. Charts, Ac., for illustra
gothcr with long experience in teael
offer inducements had In but few ul
tho Stato. PnroitU nnd Guardians 1
to give their sons, daughters, nt
thorough Education, fitting them fart
of evury kind, eon do no at this Inal
Discipline strict, yet tuild and pantii
julyfiwJm.
Bank Notice.
Baxk of tub Kmpibk 8tatb,
#.
Plantation, for Sal
The SubaetJbar offers foi
riuntalWlfi miles belt
in Floyd county, on C«
containing 176 aorcs—80
is in a fluo stato of cult!
Homo, July 17, 1800.
- -eg of the Board r' Tx ’~
- to-day, Charles O. Stillwell 1
hub »iuiu ui cum
-... the Borne and Ce
Road, with Duelling, fine Qln Bo
nnd well arranged Cabins, 8tablet
.
••»...•>, «UM .1, | soil. J €*!:.» BUM *•” nut- .....
i T « meeting of the Board of Directors rnUc " fro,n 11,0 r,v ® r * For ftsrtlie
.1— --- elected Hon apply to tho subscriber,
Cashier, in placoof John McBride, reafaned.
julylOtwln
uer,
N. B. DI
Missionary Station, Floyd
apr5wflui
W Polk Sheriff Sales. | nnM ,
ILL be sold bt-foro the Court House ROME
door In Cedar Town, on tho firstTuos- QVtfAM UATPIWr Wl
rtnyjin August noxt, tho lollowiiigproperty, Blri/LiU JxJlulBlJll ff 1
to wit - lo,,ow ingproperty,
Throe Negroes, Marindn, a woman, about
tl «««« of oboia.
Levied on us tim property of Borrien Wit tho manufsature of Lo-
limns, l» satisfy fiJo H fas,'issuing from a Jus- ^ Stationary Engines of any ih
tiecs Court, hold in tho 840th District O. M., to order,
in favor of John C. Hall vs Borrinn William* ' 110,1 Ko0(1 •’ rorl< * Iron Bridges a
principal, andI John Jones and A. H White! 1,01 B«Mts for Furnooas and Roll
Securities on 8tny—three fi fas in favor of Co *tings nud Machinery, H
Ephratei Thompson vs Borrinn Williams, oh- f Turniug Lathes, Drill 1
tnined in the Justices Court for tho 830tli DIs. 1 *“& *«* , w , w . . .,
M.—four ft fas In favor of C. 8. Williams ! , T 08 °. n ' 1 Wator Works erected;
vs Borrinn Williams, issued from tho Justi-' 2. 1
ces court for the 847th district G. M.,—also, hand Wrought Iron Steon
8 * * fas in favor of David Cloptnn vs Ber- Cock *» au *8**/ ^
riun ,1 llliams. llKIlml from 'Im .Til.finwima a
of Mnahinery repaired. Have 1
hand Wrought Iron 8team andWs
NEGROES for sale at
AUCTION.
rian Williams, issued from the Justices court
£ ,: h aVo a I wav? on* hand ^some^Mke
ible. juiw rBlU j n °o YORKFARING in tho Country; alio
— J y7 J.C.*OHK,Bhff. Castings for Horse Power, Thrsi
chines, and a variety of beautifu
of Iron Railing for Dwellings; Pu 1
lugs, Comotery Lots, 60.
Boilers.
Fluo, Tubular, LocowqMt* *5?
Bollore, made and repaired. We
Blast .Pipes, Otuomotore, Wr»
Smoko Stacks, Ab. Blacksmith v
to order.
Mining Machine)
Coruish Pumping Engines,
Lifting and Force Pumps, rump
Joints, Whim and Whloso Kibbl
Heads of any roquired hardness; 1
MINERS TOOLB,—Particulsr s'
given to this branch of bi;sineii,
Noble, Sr., who superintend! tw '
Ing boon a long time in Europ* * p '
pose of obtaining the latest in
B Y order of Ik. City Council, will bo .old
nt tho Curt House, In Homo, on tho
iir.t I uu.dny Iu August next, two no.ro men,
tho property of tho city. Term., CAB1I.
July 17trl0t
l-olk Postponed Sheriff Salei.
WlhMio .old before tlio Court Iloilo door
”, fl° d i>r Town, on tlio (lr.t Tuo.d.y In
Soptomhor,within ilic legal hour, of .ole,
tho fallowing property, to wlti
Ono road wngon, 4 buggio, 2 .orrol m.io.
one mule, 3 watehc, uno .hot gun, 40 piece,
of leather, moro or le.., alio tho ono half
mlereilln lot. No. 301 and 302, and ono
i cre „.r ro .''. r 11 being . portion of lot
Ho. 275, with o ton ynrd thereon with all tho
appurtonances thereunto beloaglng, consist
ing of leathor and bid* In vats, supposed to
bo worth $800,00, more or loss. Said tracts
of land all .lying In tho 18th dist., 8rd sect.,
levied oil as the proporiy of A. H. Evans,
makers, Crabb A Whitehead, Indorsers, to
satisfy ono fi. fa., issued from tho Superior
Court of Polk county in favor of Wm, II.
Henderson.
july20
Wanted.
T O purchnso or biro a No. 1 cook, washor
nnd ironor. Addross, box -13|, at P. 0.,
Ro,no * Jnlyl4tri3t.
Geo. & Ala. Railroad.
B STOCKHOLDERS TAKE NOTICE.
Y resolution of the Board of Directors,
tho Third Installment, being Ten per
cent, upon the stock subscribed, is callod
for pnynblo on or by the 1st of August noxt..
, CHAS, H. SMITH, Seo’y A Tr.
July 12
/^LARK’S GenuineFriotion Matches—tho States. „ .
V cheapest and best, at . NOBLE, BR0 8. A Ot
JnneOtri. FARELL A YEIflEJV april27,18fl0wly. ‘ ?? ^
Casting* of any Si
Iron and Brass coatings mads t
JIONQ OI OUM|D)Ug 11)0
and drawing of mining wo/k.
Persons in want of Steam
well to call on us boforo going
e will warrant our Engines to l
rery particular to tho best o»o
and for simplicity and ditrabUiJ?
oxcollod. A lilt ftf prices sent
tion. r _ .
Wo oon mnko and put up
York,nono buttho host material
work. All boilora manufoctarci
tablishmcnt wo will warrant tot
No. 1, Ponna Charcoal Jlarnmcre
Wo aro now manufacturing
ton Screw with AatLFriction Da
havo them prefer them to all otn
vitoqU in want of a goodioreWi
ways last to pack w>y "D®
"‘ll'.Wng tho WjJM
maoliinory of apy shop In too «
every department is «ipennten<
selves, we feel confident that wc
as cheap and equal to any to
mmm