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• An attorney \vss ‘taking a-tiitt?*-?. • *
• la ilia shabby habUimcnts'drret,
9 His 6oat was shocbingJy.w.&nz ( > *
And thteiigt bad inycslifdfofs vc»t.*
IBs breeches hail suffered a brcacji, *
Hia linen and worsted were worse,
He baa scarce a crown in.his hat,
And not half a crown ip His puree!
And thu* lie waudgrrd along,
A cheerleai and comfort less elf,
. He pougbt for Vqjtef in a «ong,
• >0r coraplginintfly. talked to himself.
'Meet onfortana te man that I*am,
My only clienta ia grief,
The^case is. I’ve no cate at all,
And in brief, I have ne'er bad a brief.
The profession’s already «o full,
Or (Awycraao fall of profession,
. That a modest young man like myself,
Cant make the smallest impressionj
They grart I'ii} acquainted wiih grants,
• Ch n devise a*devise’ or a plea, •
Can make a good plea in ‘fee simple,*
But can’t get the simplest “lee 1"
IVe waited andVaited in vain;
Expecting an “opening* to find,
Where an hoaest.young lawyer might'gain;
Some reward for the.toil of bis mind.
— i.j
# Democratic Meeting.
A Convention of tho Democratic parfr ®f Povgb-
erty county will be held at the Court Houno in
Albany on tho FirstTuesday in Juno next,
foe the purpose ef appointing Delegates to,the Gu
bernatorial and Congressional Conventions. A gene
ral attendance Of the party ia requested.
ggy* In to-day’s paper will be found an interest’
ing display of new advertisements by Nathan Wc<tS
and Fears, Swanson A Pritchett of MaconWL-Ley-'
den of Atlanta—C. W. Rawaon,.W. J. Herring and
Mercer A dcGraffenricd -of Albany. We also call
aitentibnfaV'Sanford’e Liver Invigoratw.’ 1 *
Wliil^tlius be wandered alongi
Hia eyea. aceidc*ntly‘fell
On a veryideep hate in the*ground,..
And be signed to kintsell>it is well.”
.To curb his emotirfa he cat
Dn-thajcuro stoni
__one the space of a minute
r hen cried‘‘Here’s an opening at last,’
^v vAnd in lewHun a jjffy was in it. <
. Next day twelve citizens came, # . .
The CoroneVa ’quest to attend,
T<vtto audit* might be determined
s How.tne man.deterdmitied hia end.
“The man waVaJawyer if seems ”
Said-the foreman, who “opened’- of course,
‘?A Uwyei ! nlafff” cried apotbei',
undoubtedly died of rfftiqrse.”
A third said hd ’knew th*e deceased.
An attorndy well ver’sed in thelaws,
Andue the cause ofbis^foath,
', TVas no doubt for the.want of a ‘‘cause.”
The“crowoers” at length gave a verdict,
Which dually seit*e<J the matter, •
Thaf the young man was drawnded bepauso' ‘
‘lie could hot keep bis head above water.
Go Mabrt.—The mqpt beautiful flowers arc those
which are doublesuch as double pinks, double
roses, and dahlias. What an argument is this
against the chilling deformity of single blessednesS!
‘•Go marry!”, is written on everything .beautiful
tflat the eye rests upqn—beginning with the birds of
paradise,.and ending with the.apple blossom.
‘•Humph !** said Ross scornfully, turning up her
pretty ntfs© at this ,paragraph, which we gravely
read aloud.-to her.—“He forgets the lilies of the field,
Fk?t Concert of the Musical Convention.
On Saturday evening last, we wore more thap
agreeably entertained by tho Musical Convention i
scssioMn this city. • The proficiency'shown on tho
parb-of those engaged in this, laudable cause, coa-
idqring the’ehortness.of the # Convention, gave am
ple satisfaction,to all who were prosent pt the per
formahee. Profossor Taylor possesses tlio highest
ordersof musical talent, and his* system of teaching
is, perhaps, the easiest and'best nowknoijn or prac
ticed. ' This Concert was so overwhelmingly, trium
phant, tfiat it has given confidence to our citizens
generally, so much so, that we learn another Con
vention is anxiously desired.
The beautiful pieces of “The day is past,” “Auld
Joo. Ificholaon,” “Bonnie Nannio” and “Annie Lau
ra,” were’sung and performed with'.gre*t skill, and
the audienco from its death-ttke stillness, seemed
carried away, as the music fell like.Ucavcnly strains
upon the attentive car.
Sinco writing tie. abovo, wo learn anothor Con
vention will commence on Monday night next at the
Court Hpuso? and continue ton consecutive nights.
Let every lover of music, old and young, be in aV
tendance. - • *
Edgefield “Advertiser” and- Senator Iverson/
We are amazed jh\t this worthy paper indulges
itself in a>‘fling,” at our nobio Georgia'Senator, tt
wo were .acquainted- with the pojitical Antecedents
of its gentlematnjy'Editor wo might account for it,
lor yet he more agnnished.. If she has always be
longed tg that school of politicians which glories in
a blind devotion to the Union, his position is*natural
enough, but if ho has ever pointed with pride to the
fla£ of South Carolina in the bands of her Standard
bearer, whether living or dead—tho immortal Cal
houn—then “what, a fall is there my countrymen 1”
It is something “passU*g* stesnge” to : find a Sbnth
Carolina Editor, from tho very domicil of BuIIct &
Brook*; endeavoring to. dHfiarogs aa earnest and
strong blow- struck by a Georgian; in our defence.
It U a symptom that -while the whole South gives
evidence df adopting the peculiar Southern creed of
'Carolina, sloe ia backing down from her lofty posi
tion. From separate State action, as her policy, she
has passed.rapidly to M a pinning her faith to others
Copt Aoevca” by^ncans cf a" co-operation party.—
From this latter evbterfugefthe effort is making to
lead her Into the very ghtterot submission. We fear
thatthe better judgment of the Advertiser is warped
by an extravagant -admiration' f 0r neighbor
Hammond, and that the cauterizing Senator Iverson
did to that distinguished gcntlcmah’s diseased parts,
still burns without the possibility of a cure. We
think consistency requires of him and-hia adherents
not to make such manifestations, but to take */doae
of his own medicine and “stand.with fixed ^bayonets
ready for the word,” which will nevcf'liB
"This ensures peaco, and a happy delusion on our
plantation “renovateigclay hill* and pescuihgbogsy’*
Suppose in this delightful recreation we are •sur
rounded by tho Yankees, and in their poorer and at.
their merey, docs not this prove that we arc strong
er than we ever were,‘and are growing stronger
every day ?
The Advertiser asks, “What is Senator Iverson’s
specific plan,” and asks for information. _ His plaq
was specific enough to us, and to all othcrq who feel
our condition, and are willing to unite in adopting
a remedy. The evils set forth and the nccoasity fox
some effectual remedy, are as far as it is necessary’
to go in a Congressional speech. -All else must be
left to .the people, and for discussion before them iq,
their sovereign capacity. Would the Advertiser hav<
the Senator to propose to an anti-slavery majority
’in Congress sorfio needful Southern remedy?’ lit
propose4o other Southern members on som^
suitable oocasioq, to withdraw and como-home, bui
thla would be foc^ish vithoul the. occasion and th«
proper manifestations by .the people; or, he might,
proposc-tq begin the‘crisis by n. fight in Congress.
While tins would be very zealous, it would lack'a
statesman’s .prudence, and would not be “specific'
. Qov. Brown and hla‘Sneml6a.
As county meeting, are held appointing delegatea
to t£e coming State Convention, tbe Cigna of oppo*
eition to Gov. Brown are fast dieappearing. Siiat
theA should ho any reepjctahlo oppQsitidn. to Mm,
at first view is snrpris,ing,-bntirhhn:Tve reflect .upon
the circumstances of his protnotion and*the nature of
his administration, it ia just Tthal vre might eyftoct.
W6 hate been accustomed to have politicians of long — .—. „
DCmocratio-MeeUjSlti Lee.. .. 1 > •: [ForWi Aliany fa/riot.] .
InpuTsuanoeof preViona notice, a pnrtiou or tUof-Bichaid A. Xurnlpaeed, Baq., Fort Otalna Oa '
tordsonx^called to thelohair.and MytonN. j colunm K iin connection with those: othpr. worthy
o®mf^'lta^sheinox„ia i ned.!S^^l^
by the chair-rWm. C. Gill,*Esq., movnd tbitA corn-,
mittee of five be appointed by tho chair to report
the uamos of siutablo delegaicstothe. Gubernittprial
and Congressional Convepfions t which'w*s agreed to;
2d Congvesslonall
’Brunswick and Albany.
It will be seeffr'by theproaeedings <flf a meeting ©f 4
citizens held at this place, which wc publish this
week,* tha^ an carntst. movement has been made • * . , -
with reference to tho connection of Brunswick and »«»»» «* bo ^preomted -by Urn WcrucUting eo,-
Albany by. Railroad. We learn that arrangements
so pure and holy imtbeip singleness; the exquisite
passioifWwf '
, L -er^-the modest violet.* 1 suppose, that I Trunk w
just what Airs. Poeney thinks, about twin ‘ pomes—i, • ini,, j- , . - . •
those two great, fat, liberty babies, with pinlrfacea Brunswick. The distance from .tins point
and a streak in the fat over their cneeks for eyes—! tfnc hundred mile3, and i.3 nearly
.. that'they are the more beautiful for cojning-double; ] line between Albany and Brunswick.
* but excuse me from acreeimr with tbe dotini*! t*. i.s "i
hare been made by tho Brunswick & Floridii Corn
jiany, to extend their Road to tjie line oj the Main
*" ' county, sixty-eight miles from
to Albany
straight'
but excuse me frojn agreeing with too doting j In common with^ur citizens, wc shall look with
• Bui Roso is only fourtoen,* and wo canuSt afford; d . cc P !nlcrc " t for »e .report of the Delegates to
•to wait and «ee what she sayS on thesubjecl of ap- I Brunswick. AThen their report is mado wo- shall
pie blossoms and birds of paradise when she *13 j discuss the subject-at length,/iml show the import-
twenty. . j aneq.of the proposed Road. .
Death of the Kentcckt Giaxt;—James Porter, _ ^ ^ - *
the famous Kentucky giant, die.d at his residence in Internal Improvement Convention.
Portland, Ky., Sunday night; in the fiftieth year of] Tho question of State* Aid in the construction of
hie age. He waa seven Teet nineinchw i.r height, Eailroada excites a r V y deep interest in Goomia.. T” ,
fias been diseueeed,. ‘
~ — difforent plans have received a strong support,
democrat says of him;
It is remarkable thqj’for the first fourteen years
of his life he was small fpr hi* agej so much so. that
he was often.engaged to ride races on the old track
where tho Elm-tree ‘Garden, now is. At seventeen
be was apprenticed at cbojtfering, ari?l his'remarka-
ble growth commenced. • It is’atatcd: that the most
he ever grew in one-week* was one inch. JU was hi£
habit, while growing, to measure every flatufday
night, and his own testimony, and that of Lis family
and friends, is evidence of this remarkable fact.
Mr. Porter soon got «o tall that’jt was in {possible
to cooper barrels, and he was employed .om hogs
heads. This however became equally, impossible,
.owing to-his remarkable height, and he vas com
pelled to abandon the business. He then* engaged;
in keeping and driving hacks.' In.tbo years 1836-
37 he went East, and appeared on the stage
showing that if there dbnld be unity among all their
friends, Slate aid would triumph. Now,-in'Order To
bringab^utthisnecessary concentration, w.c pi-oposo
that a •Convention of all the friends of Stat e aid of
Georgia, ?n any shapo, be called. We Suggest At
lanta as th$,place, nnclth© fir^J. Wednesday in Au
gust fis the’time: What say oyr Atlanta frienda to
this, and What # say the people of Georgia? It. is
worthy of cenaiderutisn’, whether it would be better
to have the CoUycnjjon composed entirely of the
friends of State aid, or To give its opponents a scat
and a hearing also. * ■ ; •
scrvfttism of ihc Advertiser. The Editor complain^
thatoiir Senator “was nob moro distinct than Gen.
Bonham and other Southern representatives h'ayc
been.” • Here wc agree precisely. We think bo^i
of them and many otliers £ave been distinct enough,
^’e, -with o.ur' dull comprehension, without the aid of
any great light close by,, understand them; and
must think the Aefrwliacr "docs 1qo», but “there
none stf blind as those who wont see.” We giye
Gen. Bonham tbe credit of being the moil “distinct"
of all, for he had tbe sagacity to potently suggest a
“specific" plan in voting against the English swindle.
We have po doubt our^ cotemporary understands
Senator Hammond’s plan, and so do wc. That is
sufficiently distinct and' explicit, and if’there is any
ifusion about Senator Iverson’s plan, w% prefer it.
wiiv W*i^.X.jjfccjkhr iu Ijo ftd-
mits tldlt we arc in a pcrmancnt*minorityrthat'tho
majority have a settled anti-slavery policy; that we
will never have another slave Suae out of our own
territory; .that he is opposed to acquiring any ter
ritory from Mexico or Ce;rtral America, so -as to
have any more out of that; that wc will continue to
grow -weaker'.numerically. The conclusion is, we
have no evils to complain oT; we are stronger than
ever on Ihe slavery question, and will continue to
gro'w stronger. The remedy of, course is submission
to tmr'glorious and happy destiny. One John C.
Calhoun that used to represeq^ South Carolina tol
erably well, thqught differently. When the anti-
'slavery agitation was Scarcely felt or perceptible,
and training to qualify .them for tiro Executive Chi
This was supposed to bo necessary td make the ri]
sort of Governor, who could disp.ehsb the public
patronage with dignity', and;in a'quiet way orer-loo*
tfio varied interests of th9 State. And moreover,
trn have thought it almost necessary that our Gov
ernor should be connected with,.or some. way. allied
to certain of ont ancient j&eorgla families, .who have
from time immemorial held Important plqoes of pub
lic trust. T ho Convention of 1857 ignored ail these
ancient usages, and nominated Got. -Brown. He.
had hot been to Congress > he had not been “trotted
out”*try:tho party’toilers; tie was tho architect of
his ewq. fhrluncs jinaided by m,oney or famBy in
fluence ; he was a young nfon, modest, and unassum
ing ; ..the places he had held were jfew; he had been
a member of tho Legislature—a Presidential Elector,
and was then Judge of tho Blue Ridge Circuit. But
overdheffewdhings he h ft d had, he had been found
faithful. In‘his public -and private career he had
exhibited soundrpr&qtical sense, sustained by strict-
morals," t^nflinching integrity and unvatbisbed firm
ness—all together amounting to administrative t-al r
Ofit of tho highest order. r TheSp qualifications were
duly appreciated by his party and hy was .elected,
but nevertheless there was always a protest under
stood from* many who shook their heads at this de
parture from the beaten truck. However, nothing
could with; propriety * bo said on done—they must
look tp his administration.
As soon as inaugurated he found himself embar
rassed with two .questions of the deepest interest.
The first was the management of the State Road.
Georgia.had five -or. six millions'invested in that
enterprise, nearly all raised from taxation,. It had
paid littjo. or • nothing into the Treasury. It was
denounced as a mere political machine. • People of
all parties were more.or lcs3 dissatisfied, and a large
ipfinenfie were openly .in favor of,it%sa!e or. lease.
Gov. Rrown found ii officered by ablo and influen
t»l men—mostly from his o'wmsoction of the State.
They wore powerful as friends, and equally to be
dreaded as enemies. He soon resolved io.put forth
al\ hi s energies to test the value of that expensive
property.- In carrying out his plans he-believed it
nccessapy to make a new begining. andLto put men
there w ho had no old plans and notions to be wean
ed from, and in coming to this conclusion, he did
not intend to reflect cithe^.'oa the ability or integri
ty .of the incumbents. The execution of his plan
created with all suck and their friends, strong op
position. 'It could not bc-expected that they would
be entirely silent, and in various shapes their influ
ence has been- manifested. But it is impossible to
get tlio people of the State to take-part in sucb*an
issue. They cannot possibly understand every man’s
private griefs and ’de&ide upon them. They must
yield to the greater importance of the public inter
est. Here, then, was a source from -which opposi
tion tS Gov. Brown was to be expected, but it was
equally to'be expected-that the people of the State
would sustain tbe Governor, because lje has shewn
be was not afraid, qf responsibility nor of his own
popularity in-doing what he believed for th'e public
good—and what is looked'to more than all, he has
**|i|jas that committee.
The'committee having retired a Tew minutes.re-‘
.fhed/and reported the names of Messrs.'Goodo
Jryant,*rred II: We$t add Win- H- Green, as- dele
gates to tho Gubernatorial Convention, and the
names of Messrs. S..D. McLendon,' S^-V. Gdy and
M. -N. Bartlett, an delegates to the Congressional
Convention. * ... , f V. -
On mdtion, the report of the committee wqs adop
ted.
liable Southern Democrat* Hei* a .native of South -
Carolina r has bpen practicing! law in, South-Western
Georgia some fiye ycar>, ted has been battling for
thq Democracy all. the time*- WiU the Convention v*
Vhicji ip- to Kemble in'July it Cuthberl, consider*
me^ of. merit T If ap, ’Mr. Tumipsecd will not he*
OYdrIooked«-so we believe..
SpllTIfERN RIGHTS.
Domocratic Meeting in Lee.
or two pieces written especially for him. He return#! • • ... . *,* .
cd to’Louisvillc, And a few .years later bought the. * w « attention to the preamble unff
coffee-house which he was koeping at the time of his resolution* in'this issue, passed by a meeting of the
death. ' . * - •
tie is described*as remarkably pure-hearted and
inoffensive.' The coffin procured for the.body of the
deceased was orer *nin« feet long. ‘
Natioifal parties.
We are frequently appealed to*by men of merit
and character, to unite with conservative partisans
and thus recognise the Nationarpexfiocratic party.
The proposed object of such affilrotion would 'be to
make another grand^strike for the iectirity.pf tUg
South in the -Union and elect * National man to the
Presidency ^ in 1800. To these remonstrances, we
have only .time to reply, that our opposition to “Na
tional Parlies” is a fixed fact, and as fruitiese would
Be the ottolnpt to strike fr#u^tbc solar system/the
great central sourco of light and heat, as an effort
to revolutionize our sentiments upon this, question,
so Jong as the North and tho South stand opposed
upon a soctional issue. As we have bithert^ob-
ffcrvbd, the time has long sinco paHse # d when thfe
•South could rely upon mere party organization for
. safety. Iu <rutj\, it is impossible that there should
cxfst at tho present day, any political.parly unin
fluenced by sectional 'feeling. The vciy political
status of the. country must grow dissension out of
tho Union.; and from the ranks of any and eveiy*
National orgqniz4tioh,Jwo great factions will sprkig
—one asking for simple justice -to the South,, the
• other bent upon’the destruction of ncr rights#
Wo confess that our feelings ard'stnctly sectional,
and while our political-prejudices are.asdeepas
those of mqjt racn^we confess our willingness*to
. overlook party fealty whenever we may thus be cq,-
• abled to aid involving the great probltflu of South
ern destiny. Wq can shako off any minor consid
eration—we can forget all past political differences
and party ties ; and oyer .this great and momentous
question, wo can shake hands with every man who
i* honest enough to' confess thatiall partios have,
proted inadequate to its just and proper solution,
and that the' South with all hen immense interests—
• with her loyalty to tire Union, and Jconfidence
in the integrity of the nation—has been, and'
cause of most feeling "against the Governor grows
out of raising the Investigating Committee. This,
can easily be answered. It has been proven that he
did not originate it: but if he ha<f suggested it, and'
lie was warranted by tho facts, he was Only faith-'
fully discharging a public duty. If the investiga
tion exposed persons, it was their fault or misfor
tune, and not tho Governor’s. Such persons were
in the wrong, and ought to make terms instead of
making war. - It certainly could not injure any who
were innocent joftiro divers public charges made
the stuffip And in the press.' We have no idea .that
ia any thing the Governor did touching that inves
tigation thqt he. was actuated by personal hostility
Fred H. W.cfst; Esqi, then offered tiro# following
preamble, and resolutions, which were-unanimously
adopted: ,* .* . . •-•
Thn signs of the timdS ipdieate that we aro rapidly
approaching an eventful period in tfie History of the
American Union. A few years ago .societies were
organised in the nou-Slaveholding States devoted to
thqanniiation-of Slavery, and many schemes were
devised by fhem to unsettle the foundations of the 4
institutions of the'South and'to disturb its domeqfic
tranquility.' These Societies, insignificant at first,
have-propagated their fanaticism, entered .the polit-
icai.arcna, and canied their' abolitionism, into the
hall a of- Congress.' . Against this fanaticism and itf
designs the South has protested—lias appealed to
the. conservative'people of the worfh.to-crush qjjt
tho dangerous and disorganizing heresy,- but U has
gradually grown under the- fostering care of -more
po-rrcVful political parties till now the .spirit of die-*
cord ralps.tko hour, find the Black Republican party
is triumphant in sixteen. States of the Union.
Aggression after aggression- has been made upon
tlio rights, thp liberties and the honpi* of the South,
and at eaclr successive’ step its resentment has been
lulled with tlm syren song of peace and £nality\to the
agitation of the question of Slavery. But the agitation
scarcely abated, long enotigh for Southern resent
ment to be calmed by the' dulcet lullaby, before it
was ^pccessively renewed with new schemes.'of
wrong and outrage.' The.histOTj of this* agitation
demonstrates tii.n folly, of the South in indulging
hopes of repose TOtained by conces’sien—by cpm-
prorilise^-by acquiescence in wrong. . ^
• The devotion of the. South to the Unlbn aifd the
constitution is sufficiently attested by her past his-,
tory. It has endured much, and made many sacri-
fices.of Interest and of feeling to preserve and per
petuate them. It has asked only its rights and its
equality in the Union.. Thbse arc denied and the
Union is being perverted into an instrument of -op
pression to ^its* people.* The- South, in justice to
itself, can sacrifice no more for its preservation.—
Yet a crisis'is approaching in tfhich all that is da-,
crcd and dear to the. Southern heart, will be invol
ved. Tho leaders of the Black Republican party
defiantly proclaim that the issue is between Free
and Slaye labor, one of which must yield. And
controlling, as tha^party now does by overwhelming
majorities, a sufficient .number of States to carry the
next'Presidential electidff, the apprehension of its
successdn 1860 is well grounded. Being in power,
can the South Jiopc for security in Its clemency
when through all its past history there is not a soli
tary exhibition of that cotnufehdafele virtu©?
The South should not • permif the Presidency of
the United* Staitos with its immense patronage and
powex*, controlling the army," the navy, ohd.in a
great measure'the Treasury of the Government, to
pass into the .possession of a Black Republican. To
do so would be to permit Northern fanaticism with
all its dangerous and disorganizingpolitical.heresies,
to be invested witlaall the powers of the Federal
Governmefit, to oppress {lie South and .to crush
every resistance to its wild and fanatical schemas
for. the disturbance of our domestic repose and the
destruction of the institution of Slavery, interwoven
as U is, into the whole frfime-work of our social
astern. The elcctiou of Buch a person to that ex.--
alted position is, and should be regarded aa a dec
laration solemnly made by the people of the North,
that Southern interests Will be crushed—Southern
(Ufa-JUa** and resistance
shuii ' ~ ' '
ho prediteted the v©ry rcsujts refered to. • lie fought towar( j g an j maB
to tho South-na rtolotton of tho T “ c , U e,t! 0 n'™ legal!,ing the snapenaion-
ConatituUon, and aofte.ent canae' for d.aaolnt.on, ^ the Bank3 .' , n thia he Shewed .he aame fearleaa-1
Democratic party* of Leo county. Wo invite atten
tion^ them, from tbe fact that they breathe a true
Southern feeling, with a spirit of - determination to
maintain our rights in the Union by a joUnd. resist
ance to' all future aggressions. Wc hope to see the
day when mep of all parties among us! will unite to
gether in the firm bonds of political brotherhood, and
net alone io dcclarflhtir intention, but to actually resist
any qnA qveryVggression offered, cither ia of ont
of the Union. This is thc onl^ remedy jpy. which |
wc can perpetnatc-a -Union of*equal rights.^ TKi
Conventions ©%ou^o asscmblein our State,'wo ‘rust,
will not overlook the political questions Vital to tho
Sen A,-but plainly, clearly aftd properly, express the
public sentiment of the people in such terms as to
forbear a Repetition of the fashionable' craw-fishiqg
of the day. ♦. . . ' / *
Tho Tai Law^
We publish elsewhere in this issue, foe the benefit*'
of ajl-concerped, the two first sections of the Tax
Law, passed by the. last Legislature, by which it will
Be seen that in every caso where property' is given
at a rate less than its taxable value, the Receiver
offfax Returns ifiauthorizctl to assess a propor value,
on-said property. It is evident that a large amofint
of property owned in'this State has heretofore been
given in far below it*taxable value, thus depriving
tho State of a largo amount of money which should
otherwise go jo the State Treasury. ThU being
clearly shown hy the report of the (Comptroller, if
^ thought proper by the last ."Legislature-to paas
i* honest enough to confess thatiall partios have# said law, that all might be *dA an equality in . this
regard.
place which has characterized National part ies from
thp dawn of ouf political history. National ptfrty-
ism% in if# mad zeal, -has already overwhelmed the
aaCient-laud-ntarks. of our grcntJPcdcral compact.-*-
sbould therefore bo banished
Such political hcregy
from the South, for all ftiture time. Political paf-
tios in tho South ought to bVbectioaq?; or At l*a*t,
they ought to eonfljie their nationality to the South.
And in tho South', thare Ought to .'be but-one pafty.
The Southern people have a common cause, and they
should unite in its dofonse agfiinst the aggressions
of a common enemy—Sauthgm iVa. * ;: *
Kkecutive ArroiKTMF.xr?—John T. Ector, Esq.,
this city, has received the appointment from’ the
• Prcsidoitt of Indian.ajjpn*, for California. Mr. Ec-
’ tor baa been eminently fitted for the post, by ares*
idyneO for tbe past three years in the western teri*i-
tory,and-by •natural good sense and genial disp
. iron. He WIll leave for the tbeatrfof hi* W
' curly in the following June# and the well jvisbefiof
- many friends will attend him.—Coi.: Tinrn+Apr$.
Tn* SouVnzRN Baptist ;Convmmoif.—The dele-
k ft Rrtes to this Convention, which convenes oh Mon-
• day, 2d tnaf., says the Richmond Enquirer, at the
“ — 1 —.JChurch, * will number between
and one thousand, rqverend gcfitle-
Convention of .thU de-
1
men. Kill ba th« Urg«3t HUBHHI
nomination evsr h»H la .the United States.
He lived to gee his predictions very nearly Verified
—cudugh so as to see the inevitable end. - Ho did
not'cli^iuge his^ principles nor liis policy. Late in
life jic took the ground that the Uni
dissolved iq feeling,- and must’ be
gi*cat churches and powerful . parties wci-o torn
asunder on this question. 11^ recommended a uni-
tcd’South ngjiiuat a united North, and a-consequeht
destruction of Nutional parties! Why did.he do
this ? Because wc were beiiig jicmmcd in, excluded
from th£ territories, pul under tho ban, fhado px-o-
inccs.of, through the action of the General Gov
ernment. • He was a patriot, a statesman, a philoso-
pher^and over the stjfte of things tha( causes Ham
mond io*rejoice, he sank to his grave almost broken
hearted. lie also had to sustain him the judgments
oHiis great rivals and arftipodes in theory and prac
tice—Webster and Olay. These .statesmen were un
like Calhoun in this: they were federal, but they
were like him in their devotion to our Governnfcnt.
They lived to see the whole Whig party of the North,
strengthened by the antirslavevy feeling from overy
direction, pass into the hands of such men as Siw-
ard. Hale & Chase. Under their lead they Saw
great Northerh sectional .party i*wing»up to over--
shadow aqd oppress the South. They knew it waa
wrong; that it Weakened tho South; .that it proper
ly excited her resentment, aud that the natural c<m~
sequence waa a dissolution of the Union. Hanlmond
may be right in urging t,h^t black is white—that
every body has been mistaken—that, in taking a
whipping wo are gaining a victory, but we prefer
this question .to rely for a while longer <Jn the
old fogy notions of such inconsiderable persons a9
Calhoun, Clay & Webster, who were, we think, suf
ficiently ['distinct and specific." We feel an increased
Albany & Brunswick Rail Roach Meeting.
Agreeable t'o* previous hoticc, a'large number of
to influential citizens of .Albany add Dougherty •* ,
county, assembled at the Court House lit t$is city
on Saturday last, to appoint ^Delegates to meet the *'
convention of Stqckboldera of tho Brunswick & .
Florida. Railroad at Brunswick on the*12th Instant.
When on motion# Dafrid t% Vaeon, Esq., was caUed
to thtiOhair and AyJ. Macarthy requcstcd toect as -
Sccxetary. . ‘ / ... ;•- ’ A*
Tho Chair haring ©xplai&edtbe'obleot of the meet
ing, end iu a fc.w forcible remarks; presented to th©
audience .the vital iinportajwje of connecting this ©Hy
by Railroad with Brunswick—after which Col. IL*
Tift offered the following preamble and resolutious:
Wherea*, tho repxestiltatives of the Brunswick ^ V
Florida Railfoad Company hate, expressed their in-* •
teifUori to enter immediately upon the-continuation
of their Road, from its intersection with the “Main* •
Trunk” Road, lo. Albany if tjie citizens of tfiis sec-,
tion shall give reasonable encouragement and; aid,-
pud havejrequcsted’ that Delegates be appointed to
attend a meeting of the Stockholders of the Com
pany at Bruns wick op thf 12th insti, for the puiposc *
of confermg upoAthi*subject—-therefore
Resolved, That tbe Chairman’appoint ten Dele
gates ti> attend the meeting at Bninswick, on the
12th iiist.,. qf* the^Btockholders of the Brunswick & '
Florida Railroad Company, whoso duty, it shall be
to ascertain the condition, intentions and prospect^
of-lh e Company, and at a suitable time after their
retuiu to.report to a meeting ,of citizens <0 be called
by theviselves at this'place. . •
. Resqlvti, That in tbe opinion of this meeft&g,
yvery intef«st in this .Section would be benefited by
the proposed Road, and that the business and profits •
of the Road would be^grearly increased by its con
nection* ^With AlUny.
. Resolved,* That foe construction of Railroads and
the aid Tv hi eh may boorendered by tie.people, like
u.ll’other business transactions, are questions which ’
aro.determined by tke pecuniary .interests of the
parties; and-judging by this rule, we believe that
the people of this section will furnish liberal aid io
any Railroad which will give them a shorter and
cheaper outlet for their productions upon the pea-
board. • . •' -•
The preamble and resolutions passed unanimous
ly with the exception of the lost, which drew forth
a discussion'on the part off Nelson Tift and Thomas
A. Jaqes for the resolution, and Wm. M. Slaughter,*
W. J.. Lawton, f. Mercer ohd John Jackson,
against it. • ' '
Upon a vote to strike out, the resolution was lost.
[The resolution was objected to on the ground that •
the meeting was called clone for the purpose of ap- -
pointing’ 1 Delegates to represent tjiis section jn tlie
meeting of Stockholders at Brunswick, with, a view
to_ connect the two joints by Railroad, and did not
feel disposed to go beyond the object of the meeting.]
Tjic chair then, appointed the fpllpwing Delegates
to.attend.aaid Convention: . >
Nelson Tift, W. J! «L»wton, N. W. Collier, F. K.
Wright, T. F. Hamptoh, T. A. Janes, G. M. Duncan,
C. E. Mallpry,- A. J. Mqcarthy, T. Mooghon.
'. It was further resolved: that *ho Delegates be au
thorized to appoint alternates, and tliauhe Delegates
be authorizqd to fill vacancies. -
*On motion it Was.resolved, thfit the Albany Patri
ot and Brunswick Herald be requested to publish
these-proceeding*/ The meeting then adjourned
MM die. * . -
DAVID A. VASON, Cha n. ,
A. J. Macaktiiy, Secretary. . !
Wilsdn’a Horse Power. ^
We were shown - a few ^tj* since, a new* Hors© 1 justification for this opinion, because Senator Ham-
rower Machine .fpr xnnniirg Cotton Gins, which
strikes us as tho best machine of the Jcind wfe have
ever.scen. This machine has been tested with*
forty-five^aw Gin with’ two mules attached, which'
.turned, out over .1,500 pounds of lint cotton per day.
Any number of hofses from; one to eight. can be *p-
plied'to it with any size Gin#. As* the -scasoq is
approaching for our formers *to prepare Such ma
chinery for tho coming crop,'we would Tefer those
interested, for further information ^respecting this
new invention, t<^ address U. C. Tigner, Esq v Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
Saleg . of Negroes at Auction;
Gn Tuesday, Sd qf May# J. M. Cooper sold in tins
city byauc ion,, thfofollqwing. negroes. The terms
of sale being Note with security, pajabl&firet Octo
ber next. . 7 r~*U'
A^oman 40years.old and children.........^$1,900
Girl40years B30
Boy 11 years old.v#.„;.. ^*1,000
Boy 0 years old.....'.,..;..:../.. : .880
Girl 18 years old ;t.#..T#U . v75
Bojrfflyeawi old.............. 1,400
dd,#*A~^.rr~1.«9
* gWfi-y®" 8 . °id..,..i ..••>.«. 7 - ■■■.■•".. i,800
Woman 18 years old,..,;.J l$}Q\l£jrr**
mond 'stands by his own confession a. changeable
and changing man. He; freely discredits his whole
policy by admitting that he has been V secessionists
and is' now on ’the other sidethat lie has been in'
favor of re-opening the African >lave Inland is
nou> against it. • .,V-. .
‘ Below are the remarks of the Advertisers
“Now we respectfully ifok Wh . the Mercury and.
the Patriot (o point-out to the 8ouUi Wherein Stna»
U>t Iveeson has Set forth any practical plan of rais
ing this “stupendoos Strict or© of Empire.”. *We read
his speech carefodly at fthe time of its first publica
tion, and thought the Senator very confused in his
suggested Steps of Southern action. He was cer
tainly not motedistinct on that point than General
ness. and. the same devotion to the public interest
•that he djd on the Rail Road difficulties. Expe
.riJnce has shewn 4.hat he. was right in maintaining
that there was no necessity fop the-suspension,
fact. at a necess ;ty t that the Banks wero able by making
tile pVdpersacrifices like individuals, to redeem their
bills. The Bank influence of the State is strong,
and entered into every interest and class of the
community. It was irrilatiflg in the extreme to
have their schemes interfered with by the Governor ;
it vras still more so for him, a plain mountain boy
to investigate and expose tho unsoundness of our
present Banking system. This, he also did as a
public duty, and if it militated against private in
terest, it was not his fault. ' What thou could reason
ably be expected but loud complaints fronf this in
fluence, in all its ramifications t - ^ ' .
The masses sustained the Governor with groat,
uniniwity. At the last session, composed of the
same members that voted‘down his veto,’ there was
an overwhelming majority with tho Governor on his
Bank policy. •
- There were also other, sources of disoontent.* The
Legislature had become too' liberal in commjfl-ing
punishments—in making men of boya-^-in relieving
thef guilty parties to divorces—in ^granting bpefi
charters, and ia class legislation generally, either
unconstitutional or so, clearly absurd that, they de
served the veto. The Governor perceived these
wrongs and determined to apply the remedy. In
this'way many persons were disappointed, and too
selfish to Charge their failure* to tho supremacy of
correct principles, thcy bocamo enemies of tiro Gov
ernor for diecharging his duty. <; r
‘This if is, wo necessarily had all these elements'
of opposition combined, and’Until man can change
his nature we .will always have them -when the oc-.
casion arises; - Suppose tiro Governor had acted, dif
ferent ly. If be had failed ia\ make the State Road
pay, anil had acquiesced in.- all ^.heso legislative
schemes,‘ we Would hear of no opposition at this
time, for then he would- not have excited the official
grumblers, Othly,person* would be quiet until the.
election time..;. /.' >:> ' *
•' ’To'dofeat Gov. Brown in the Democratic nomina
tion would be a verdict-by (he Georgia Democrtroy
that they, want the Goveraoret Georgia to lend him-
dare^Tfor the accomplishnient of its purposes. And
when that declaration Js.so made, the hour for ac
tive, united and determined resistance will |pive ar
rived. •
Possessing all the elements of a great, a powerful
atyl a splendid'empire, thp South Is threatened with
desolation. The dangers winch menace us is-preci
pitating upon us the alternative of self-preservation.
Let the South united meet the issue it can no longeb
waive* We would hail- such a (Jnion as' a certain
indication that beyond the struggle • we shalpbe
compelled to make, the South will flud the repose"it
craves. . ’ . ‘
i In view Of the impending dangers^ tre. deem it
right and propef on this occasion a free expression
of our opinions upon the qu<fttionaof right, and of
policy "in wnich we, as Democrats and as Southerners
in common with thb whole South, are so deeply in-
tercsted. Be it therefore—
Resolved, Tljat we deem it' expedient, and propel
that th’e next Democratic Convention of this State
should clearly define the position of the party upon
the. subject? of Slavery, including amongst other
things, the following propositions : . .
1. That neither Congcessjior any Territorial Leg
islature h&ve the power to prohibit or establish-
Slavery w any Territory of the Union.
2. That the people of the Southern States have a
right to carry-their slave property info any of the
who* is his apeqifio jiant. Bfe speech may bo
‘ ‘manufactured # solid granite; ” but fiow fer does
itqpractically macadam!x* the road to a Southern
Confederacy t . Wo a^ to beinformod.”
Gov. Brown seem* aeforainod fo kiU big enemies
with kindness- ‘Col. Bcnj. May, .Treasurer of the
Stafo Road, ^* remltted^t* thaTreasitfy of the
State, thirty-sta thousand} dollars, aalhe nett earitings
. .L fw.tho manth of j
I of Gov. Brown to’ thi
Territories, anh are entitled to the same protection,
there in the possession and. enjoyment of their slave
property as are the holders of any other species of
property whatever, as long as the Territorial condi
tion remains,'which rights neither Congress nor the
Territorial Legislature have the power, to impair;
modify, or defeat. . r
3. That the people of any, such Territories when
the number of their inhabitants justifies it, have a
right in theif own way to form a Constitution with
or without slavery and be admitted into the
4. That it Is hot necessary to the. validity of the
constitution of any^ future State that it b© submitted
.to the people for ratification and that any action by
Congress requiring such submission is an abridge
ment of the sovereignty of. such inchoate State not
warranted by the federal constitution.
ResolvTd; That we repudiate as a herfesy, the doc
trine oCsquatter sovereignty or unfriendly Territo
rial Legislation recently promulgatcd.by the Hon.
Stephen A. Douglas
Resohed, “That wo hold the American Union
secondary in importance only to the rights and prin
ciples it was'designed to perpetuate” and that the
States of the South ought to regard the election of a
Black Republican .to -the PvesiUwusy of the United
States as a declaration of hostility to those rights
and principle*, so far as they extend to Southern
institutions, forclngripqix them. the.alternative«f
self-preservation by all th©means which a favoring
Providence may place, at their disposal.
. Resolved, That We horeby declare our full.anti un
qualified adhesion to the 4th Resolution of the Geor
gia Platform of 1850.
ResolveA, That we are opposed.to the building of
a Railroad to the Pacific by aid of the Federal
ornmenf—protest against the re-enactment by Con
gress of fi protttctiye tariff—and condemn as unopir- :
stitutional and dangevous the appropriation of money
by the recent session of Congress fpr the maintain-
anoe and education of returned Africans. '' /’
Resoloed, That the inflexible-fidelity qf.bis Excel
lency, Joseph E. Brown, to the trusts reposed .in
him-rhis. incorruptible integrity, and hi# unwaver
ing devotion. to 'the' interests of the-people,..entitle
him. to A re-nomination for. tho hositldn he’nqvr so
■worthily, ocehpaas j* and our delegates to. the Demo-
.cratic Gubernaforuti' Convention are hereby instruc
ted to east th0 vote of .this- county for him ^»-puH.
first and only ohoice. . '
•Resolved, That iq the Hon.* Martin j. .CrawRB*d,
ignore his office, his.conscience and the Constitution.
It js the salvation of .the country that occasionally
some such man ia President. or'-GoVernor, to act as
a brake upon oar tod.rapid progress in An unhqplthy
direction.
/ * The Richmond* Enquirer. :
We commend, to the business community general
ly, the .Richmond Enquirer os ap acceptable advqt^
tUing medium. Haring a-large patronage witii a
circulation of oy er 20 t 0Q0, it cannbt fail ter meet tile
view? of (hose of our citizens ."who may'^desire to.
advertise out of this.State. *• The -Enquirer is pub
lished daily, semi-weekly and weekly, and Is
the heat advertising sheet? in Virginia, We
^irsee thefr new enterprise of that paper such
Dlmocnatfo Meeting itt Macon County.
Pursuant to previous notice, a respectable number
ofkhm Democrats of Mecon county, assembled at the \
Court House, in Oglethorpe,-when on motion or*I»r.
E. F. Colley, John A. Hunter, Esq., was called to
the chair,-and John M. Greer, requested to act as
•Secretary.
On motion 6f Dr. Colzey, a Committee of five,
consisting, of Dr. E. F. Colzey, FI. T. Snead, Geo. Vfi,
Fish, R.-H. English and J. T. Cprson, Bsqs., was
appointed by the'choir, to report-business for the
meeting, and the names of .suitably delegates, to re
present thi 8 county, in, the. Guberfiaforial Conven-. *
tion, tobe-held in Milledgevirie, in June next. ’And
also, delegates to the Congressiqpal Goovctifion, to
be held in Cutfibert. ' .
The Committee, after retiring a short time, repor
ted, through their chairman, the following resolu
tions; which wfere unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That we cordially approve the policy *
and adminiswqiion pf his Excellency Joseph E.
Brown, and that, the wise, fearless, and faithful dis-
•charge of the dutiqpef his high position has entitled
him not oilly to ihe continued confidence and appro
val, but al?o, to the enthusiastic support of the peo
ple- of Georgia; . And further, that the delegates*
appointed by this meeting, be instructed to use All
honorable means, to secure.his renominatioh.
Resolved, That the Congressional career qf the
Hon. Martin J. Crawford, in its wisdom and States
manship, has proven him in every manner, entitled
t<5 the confidence -apd approbation which has been
unwaveringly bestowed upon him’by an admiribg’
Constituency..
- ;Rcf'olpcd, That in ihe person of tho Hon. Alfred
Iverson, we recognise,’ a wise pfudent and patriotic *
Statesman,, that his unwavering support, afid pro
tection or all those principles, so highly cherished
by evety' Son of the South, strenuously entitles him .
to oar Continued'confidence, and we deeply regret
the efforts which are being made to Misplace him.
- ''Resolved, ,That the following gentfemen be appoin
ted delegates to the Gubernatorial knd Congression
.1*1 Conventions,- viz: . • ’
To .the Gubernatorial Convention; Hon. Samuel
lIal\ K Judge S. Hill, J. T. Cajion, John A. Hunter,
Dr. S. -M. Prothro, and Dr. B. F. Newsom.. . ' ’ *
And to the Congressional-Convention, Col. Geo;
W- Fish, Dr. E. F. Colxey, W. B. Hill, W. J*. Howe,
Wm. Nixbn, *ynd W. JY. Hill, Esqs. .
Resolved, That ’each delegate appointed to the ,
Gubernatorial and Congressional, Conventions, be *
authorized (in ease of his inability to attend) to
appoint an alternate.
jOn motion : . . ' . , '• •
Resolved, That the Secretary furnish the Georgia
“Telegraph,” “StatePress,” afid Columbus “Times,” "
each with a c
BOlf to all^e outsido Influenee, pf the 8t»to and. h-wowortby,» frithfoX'ima »n obto
fativc—true to.the South and..watchful of tije irileiV
^ests of his constituents;, and our., delegatesrto the
Congressional Convention are hefeby inStrnctcil tp
use all honorable means to securehis re-rfomination
^or Congress. Witir so gallant a standard-bearer
we fear not defeat. J\ * — *
On motion of Wm. C, Gill, it was . . . .
Resolped, That our delegates to tiro Gubornaterial
and Congressional Conventions be authorized to fill
any vacancy that may occur in either delegation;
■ An mnlSnti nf'SlnnUan b A.t. If w.■!' '• 1' 1
~ On motion’of Steven ^ Gay, it vr«*» v. • .v- t-..
Resolved, That the jjroceedings.t)f this inerting be’ I’vegothia watch! Say. just going totUft.prtaoo
published in tho Albany Patriot, Sonth-Wesfom fosg©cousinj[oqhnng t wUlyqgo? - v -_ .
^On -The.youne..lady tth? jn thoughtiifc-
On motion.- tho i
• . T «* - wi
■ M; jf. B^RTMtTr; Se^rtfaty. - *»J •
ith a copy of the proceedings of this meeting,
with a request to publish the same. And’ that all
other Democratic"papers in the 2d Congressional.
Distriot, be requested to copy.* . -
On motion, tiie meeting adjourned.
JOHN A. HUNTER, Chair’a.
Jons M. Greer, Secretary. • .
f The Sufferers in Port Valley.. ’
The foRowing are the names pf tho unfortunate,
individuals, who were injured on tfi# morning of the
8d inst, by ..the atecldentel discharge of. A cannon,
which was bcing’fired inhonor of tfce “Montgomery
True Blues-:” '. Toney* Harvey, Postell .McKiy> -Da
vid Youn& and a lad by the name of J enkjn*. Mc
Kay was holding the piece under his am during
the loading process; and in consequence, tfiat limb
received a sevefe cut, His free also, was Considera
bly: burnt by the-power. Harvey, who*, was loading
the pieci, wda severely' burnt m the. free, and tad
both hands badly mutilated. Young was burnt in
tho face; causing, it is feared; a permanent iqjnry
to his sight, • The eyes of neither, of the abpve swf**
ferers, have yet beeh jable to endure the light Jen-.
Vihs, the youth, suffered only a slight. KQury. . f L -
sympathies’ of the entire community, are. «b
&VUIUIUU1C3 IU ~ —VI —
enlisted in iheir behalf, ■ end irfeirt- saw tbu the
naYUnl, “JiliiiV" will deeply regret thil nbompB--
jnentary tribute to Ihem, ShonMd»nee.Tesuite« so
dissstroouly to tbn netors.—<S*n»ln» iTMis. •
Tom wel l—*ti’dad died .*
‘tVour (sthcrtli^ll^''
“Yes he krcSed,thabneket Trout 12 o’dc
.’;*MW^3aV:t»ho 7»s.“Iost In thought 1 b»».
h6en fqvtnd,- She .was chugging <tn td^i ■—it look*!
iiko' a ipin.. " ' ,* '•
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