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New York, July 1.
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culm- report* the aides of cotton for at
45,000 wilee—of which speculators took 6,000,
•and at Bsd., and Middling at ftfd ; Upland Fair
at BJd., and Middling nt ftfl. The demand is
HWdsrate, and the market has been heavy since
the departure of the last stenmer, but improved |
•ad oleaed dull. The sales on Saturday footed
bales.
A Consols are quoted st 98$.
. Political Iktelligehck. —Silistris still bolds
‘cat, though hard pressed by tliu Russian*.
The Russians made another unsuccessful at
tack upon Silislria on tbe lOtli. Prince l'askie
ariich received a severe contusion on tho right
leg, and has delegated the command to Prince
‘Oortschakoff.
The Emperor Nicholas was expected tit. Rien. j
The Turics attacked the island of Wrokcn and
ware repulsed.
Coh Mantouffcl has gone with a message to Rus
sia, commanding the Ciar to accept Austria’s
•mnmons. It is rumored tlrnt tho <V.nr has id
•Hah refused.
Tbe Baltic Fleet is thirty miles from Heling
ford.
Marshal Pnskcwitli is severely wounded.
Oa the 30tli of May three Itriiisli steamers de
stroyed shifts, flock-yard*. and stores at Brahas
tadt—three hundred and fifty thousand roubles
dam ago done.
Steamers on the .'list destroyed ships, dock-
Tards, and stores of Slea-Brig, valued nt four
hundred thousand roubles.
Lord John Russel, ns was anticipated, lias
Leon returned to Parliament.
Tbe subject of granting political freedom to
ilia Canadas and other British North American
Colonies had been one of the chief themes of dc
bate is -Parliament.
The affair growing out of the dilHculty be
tween Mons. Dilon, the French Consul, and the
judicial authorities at San Frnncisco, had been
amicably arranged.
f, The repo rt that Marsa Pasha, the Turkish |
onmaander at Siiistria, bad been killed, turns
oat to be incorreot.
Tho Russians were collecting a strong force
•Otbesliores of the Gulf of Bothnia, in Finland,
•bd were otherwise making threatening de
aaonatrations against Sweden and Norway.
“Umli excitement existed in Berlin respesting
the change of tho Russian headquarters to Jassy.
This move is considered oinnious of the intention
of tbe Osar towards Austria and Prussia.
The recent conference between tbe Emperor
of Austria and the King of Prussia resulted satis
frctorily to the allied powers.
A declaration of war by Sweden against Hus
eta wai daily expected.
Congressional Brawls.
We had some nope* that the recent display of
btaokmardiam— we know no other word which
will adequately express our meaning—in the House
of Representatives would have aroused members
of that body to tho necessity of adopting stringent
ttltlWWl to punish the offenders nnd prevent the
TCpeßtloa of such disgrnoeful scenes. These hopes.
Mwevtr, have been signally disappointed The
■aamker who gave notice of'his intention to bring
tbs matter to the attention of the House, limited
bis effbrl to tho offering a resolution looking to an
Inquiry, and with some palliating remarks with
drew ft. satisfying himself with the conclusion
that the apology of the participants in the dis-
WHSoernl scene farnithea all tnat was required
■ appeals She House and atone for the dishonor
deaa the onaptry. Rat precisely such apologies
hare been tendered on every similar infraction of
the rules es the House and of common deoency.
and thelf potency in preventing the recurrence of
these affrays is sot even apocryphal. The House
Owes It to its own dignity, apart from other con
siderations, promptly to adopt stringent rules cov
erin&all such eases in the future Violent and
dibs OHS *is language, profane oaths, personal
aslHiihnu and eren the exhibition of deadly wenp-
St ate becoming the frequent attendant of its
pypeedings, and if it weald not entirely lose the
res.wot of tho oountry such a course is perempto
rily required. ... .
• We KnWemm||MHavisedlv. and with the foil
set support ofuqWhl.; facts, in saying that the
dlmi&M>lMhMlf*TO¥ei(ing the consideration of
the peqpimSftd that this enntined deterioration
will soon render its membership n badge of dis
ease rather than of honor, iu the judgment of
intelligent and virtuoOs men. It is in fact, quick
ly prostituting ifeclfTo a depth of dishonor that
nU AtMorelised tho whole country. When alter
ealpss that woulJ disgrace a bar-room and the
■H of the cook-pit or race o<mm>
Hetpiont attraction of loungers
itst will he the estimation in
■>f its members must he held
than that suspicion will attaeh
I an! that corrupt motives and
Hill be looked for in the actions
Hhowed themselves lost to nil
lt tmtli. do not the members
t motive* to ps h other, and is
out cattw of these repugnant
rgc* of dishonorable conduct.
againsMhe honesty or Und
the House, composed
in slews and feelings it can
’ Thews, however, ought to be
radw do MNm any
yMjiHk"■’ ‘n.-sowe—ji! f L•
Ik Ijffhmofi AdiJtnttiou.—The South
m KlHMjtJkhrf Joly.
•
CnfMlfcgff'Miit Government, by the Hon Mr.
artff PciiUlHon or Virginia, u(
that tlsue MMlftMr mlahter and Charge in tfiusc
i)HerlH* jjYiwiiihsrrllj say rtiwt they reflect
puffterswl eo these gentlemen, for it will be rc
•Bmberei that at tbe time the country rang with j
grata hi tory newspaper remarks upon their suc
esMfbl prosecution of the liusinem for which they
wees especially sent to South America.
The treaty for the navigation of the La Plata
and its confluents is one of immense importance,
doubtless, to the commercial in tercsis of the I ni ted
States. It opens a navigation to us—and free t \
the flag of nil nations for n distance of more than
a thousand miles into the interior of thnt rich j
country. All three of them were agreed to by*
the United States Senato, we apprehend, without!
amendment. Iluving previously been ratified by
the other parties, nothing now remains to give]
them full force but the customary •• exchange of
ratifications.” l
It is duo to the lost National Administration
that it should have tho Imnifl- and credit of tin- j
successful formation of those treaties, eo full of i
promise for our country's business future. Indeed :
they are but in strict accordance with tho well;
known foreign policy of Mr. Fillmore's govern
ment, to which we are also indebted, it will be ,
remembered, for the initiation of those measures
which have just resulted in opening up to Ameri-’
can industry and enterprise the heretofore scaled
book of tint commerce of Japan. Though the’
counsel* of those now in power, appreciating and!
heartily approving this policy of the Fillmore ad
ministration* have doubtless done their share in
conducting the Japan allair to its hamy tormina- ]
lion, it should not be forgotten that Millard Fill
more was the pioneer, not only in achieving f..r |
his country tho free navigation of the I.a Plata. ■
bufjin opening the Great Kingdom or Empire of!
tbe East to American trade, lint for his and 1
.enterprise ns chief magistrate of the United States
Ithe'Sujwquenl efforts of the present Administra- i
tion with Japan, would certainly have been una
vailing up to this time Washington Star.
Non-Intercourse.
It is a curious thing to see what strange idea-.
men sometimes have of trade and polities. Not!
img since the Federal Union recommended that;
the South should quit trading with Huston as al
remedy for abolitionism. From the way tbe Fed >
ernl Union t ilked about it. one might be led to 1
suppose that the people of die South traded with ‘
Huston as a matter of charity, and merely for the
benefit of her people. .Merchants are tho la-t
people in the world to do sueli things. Asa rule
there is nothing more emphatically true in fuel ;
or more correct in principle, than that ‘-there isj
no friendship in trade.” Trade is a mere question j
of quantity—men trade where they can get the!
largest quantity of what belongs to others lor the
smallest quantity of what belongs to them. Men 1
who act upon any other principle, very soon have |
nothing to trade upon - consequently they net to ;
their own injury.
Hut suppose Ihe people of the South were fool-!
ish enough to adopt sueli a p'nn where would it :
stop! Should we quit trading with France, and;
with England, and with every other nation in |
which there lire abolit onists ! Well, then, of j
course they would have to quit trading with us ;
What then? Should tve he any better off f Hut!
suppose we quit trading with Boston, and she still!
refuses to give up fugitive slaves, what then ‘ .
Will Massachusetts have fewer votes in Congress !
or less power over us by her votes ?
We wont trade with her nor have anything to j
do with her, but we will Set her control ns by her
votes in Congress. That is to say we will not trade j
with her and get a fair equivalent for all that we
give her, but wo will permit her to take by the]
force and power of law. whatever she wants for
nothillg. Corner Stone.
From the Montgomery .limrniil.
The Columbus Time* in alluding to our reject-
tion of its proposition to the Soutjit iii whigs to J
join tho Demoeratie party, say-:
“Tho editors of the Journal scout our invata-’
tion to the Whig party to come into the next i
National I lenioci ill i,:Convent ion. Wo expected 1
they would do so, hilt vvo have strong hop,- that I
tiro atom candid and leas prejudiced qrortiona 7 of t
tho party, will receive oiir invitation kindly, if’j
they still fed bound to decline it.”
We were, not aware that there ivs anything•
very rudt’ in our rejection of the preposition!
which was so disinterestedly tendered, —but vve 1
must confess that we felt a little indignant at. the
presumption exhibited by the Times in making!
the proposal. The idea that the Southern Whigs ;
are such arrant nincompoops as to stultify them
selves by abandoning their hitherto Northern
political allies on account of their opposition to
slavery—and of uniting with a party who re
cognize as worthy of its confidence, the. most
rabid free sailers to be found in the Northern!
States, is so simply ridiculous that vve did not!
know, that even in the Democratic party there!
was a man of sufficient impudence to make such I
a proposition, until vve read it in tho Columbus j
Times. But this is not all; tins same paper!
goes on further to say : “Wo are fully convinced :
that the sympathies of many honest men. who!
have hitherto been regarded as Whigs, are with
us, and that they have been deterred from join
ing the Demoeraey by distrust of- some of our
leaders, —tho result of old prejudice and associ
ation.” Now, is not all this exceedingly rich.
“By distrust of some of our leaders—the result of j
old prejudice and association.” What leaders.;
pray are here referred to ‘ I fiuibtiess Van Huron, j
who stands at lire head of the Freesoil influence !
—Cass, whose doctrine of squatter sovereignty is J
so obnoxious to Southern whigs—and Douglass,,
—who lias rendered himself particularly odious |
to the Southern w higs by attempting to humbug
them iuto his support by lire introduction of the
Nebraska bill, %bich has again revived the dread
ed slavery controversy and fixer) upon tho coun
try tho detestable and dangerous doctrine of
souattor sovereignty— oaud last and least, Pierce,
who while he professes to befriend of tbe South
suppportod the Nebraska bill because it was a
measure for freedom — and if enalrtd i#to a law
there never would be another
tod into this Union, —and who likewise, wrhiic
declaring his duvotiou to the South and to the
Union, —seeks out the vilest enemies at the
North of the Sooth, and the Union, upon whom
to bestow his favors. WaiL {tan, may Southern
Whig* at least, distrust tjgjitgr leaders of the De
mowxcyjw wlnie e^-wj^ttro^tn-jpwriiSV
Tsf'qHghbyt’ iPqpmt-
Sp
is li-°n
est io hia ddvotSff and the Union, J
will ever join such au organization as tire Na
tional Democracy—and wo only wonder that
honest Southern Democrats can be induced long
er to remain in such a connection.
Bnt if our neighbor over the Chattahoochee,
desires to act with the Southern Whljgjj, we
suggestion to make which we think, at
b more reasonable, and more likely to
pfbfe advantageous to the beat interests of the
06an4y. It ie Jut-let him *nd those of his dem •
oemlic friends who feel suoh an abiding interest
hi the. welfare of (he South, unite themselves
iK)rt of Mr. rill more m 1856 for the Preardency.
us#d * wl
been found wanting—hi is worthy of the opnfi
[dene# of the whols country—and —S: uljirm
Denaoerala maxwell giv him ttemf
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
t3T See new Advtriuemenlt.
7obWrefc
We would not have our friends infer that be
cause we have not solicited it, we are not prepared
to do Job Work. We bnve ample material for
plain nod fancy printing, and will guaranty all
work entrusted to us shall give satisfaction in j
| stylc-and price. We trust that it is unnecessary
’ to remind those who wish us well, that the success
of this diqiartment of business is essential to the
i prosperity of the journal which we conduct. By
! oncouraging it, the friends’ of the paper and the
j. principles it udvocates, will lie instrumental in
! extending tho usefulness of the Ameiiran Union,
! and will entitle themselves to whatever of influ
i cnee we possess in reciprocation of their kindness
i There are a variety of interests looking to the
| newspaper press for encouragement some of which
1 are so ungenerous as to withhold nil encourage
ment from the newspaper press. We need not
say that such a principle can never have our coun
tenance.
H*>n. D. J. Bailey, lias our thfttjks for a copy of
the Report of the Supeiintcndcrit of tho l\ 8
Coast Survey,
’ Synodical College.
The Commencement Sermon for the Synodical,
Fetim'o College, will be delivered to-morrow, at i
tho College Chapel, by Rev. Rout. 1.. Bkkck, of
Macon. On Wednesday next, Kov. John
Bosi:, of Atlanta, will deliver ail address before 1
the graduating class.
An examination of tho students of Marshall
College will be had on Wednesday the 12th in-t ‘
.
Board of Visitors of the Synodical College.
Gi.miv July f>. US.il
The Board of Trustees of the Synodical Female
College met and appointed the follow.rig Boakii or
\ Isltoks to attend the examination of the School,
commencing Monday lOtli inst., and they arc
hereby requested to attend :
Maj F l>. Ci mmins,
Rev .1. lit ‘ami uu.i.,
Key. Mr. IVvviks,
Rev. Mr I.wiau,
Re. \\.M. .Mo.'.j.i.rv.
( “1 li W Met In r.
. Col W. I) Ai.msniß,
MM Cmxr. Esq-.
A G. Ml KIIA V . Esq.,
Rev .1. C Simmons.
N IV Him.. Esq,
Col A A. Ilira niMi,
A I. I Oil 111 E-q.
Dr. \l J |)am:.i.,
A. !’. Hi mi.
I’uikur Eason. Esq.,
; - Dr J. N. Simmons.
Rev. J. W. Ait au av .
i’y order of the Hoard.
W J. Khi i it. See'y.
Fourth of July.
Cur city presented an unusually lively npp-ar
anee on the Fourth Ihe attractions were Mt’.i
ou , and we were gratified with the presence of a
large number of our country friends, whose pleas
ant countenances added lustre to the occasion.
The order of the Knight* us Jorldlib.'as previously
’ announced, celebrated tlieir, anniversary’ on ti.i
----i day. The procession, numbering about one hun
dred males and a large number of females, beaded
Iby a band of music, marched to the brick ware
i house of Messrs. Forrill tv lluncm k. where, the
j Declaration of Independence was rea\l by Mr Z. .
! Norton, and an interesting address on tiro f.ntjeet,
i< f Tcniperancii, delivercl by Mr W J Scott, lid-:
; itr of the Romo (’niirlei . The music by the choir
: was admirable —indeed we know of no place in
j the Southern country, of its size, gifted with a
i greater amount of musical tab nt than Griffin. In (
the evening the knigjits had a social party and a
sujiper which from <nll accounts, afforded much
satisfaction to the participants.
Prof. Briggs, of the Griffin Fomnlo College, and
liis pupils, also gave a musical soiree in the eve
; ning. The performances aro highly commended
: by those who were present
I Niporadded to these attracti-ms, were the circus.
; tho inenagery. the snake exhibition: and the fiat
; girl - weighing about 400 pounds! AH combi- 1
i ning to exeite a lively interest in the vast concourse
I of people who thronged our streets on this great
national festival day. Tho excessive heat was the
1 principle draw back upon tbe plcasur.esof the oc- j
i casion. u 1
The Commencement Sermon.
‘1 here was a crowded audience at the warehouse •
of Messrs. Ferrill and Hancock, on Sabbath last.
; to listen to the Sermon of Rev. N. M. Crawford !
of .Mercer University. We were so unfortunately
! situated ns to he enabled to hear’ but little of the 1
discourse, which was predicated on ti e first epistle ;
of I’eter Ist chapter and 4th, sth and fith verses, i
Ihe speakers illustration of the magnitude of eter
nity. was with difficulty heard at the distance wo
sat from him. it was a sublime theme and sus
ceptible of an elevated and expanded range of
thought, and was, \re think, treated with much
ability by the distinguished divine. In this,con
nection it mny not lie improper to remark, that the ;
duties of the public journalist might be facilitated
by those having charge of the arrangements on
such occasions, if they woqJ4,-n* B 'g n him a place
convenient to th* speaker. It ought not to he ex
pected that even an editor can U make brick with
out straw.” \
agg ,
, sqf. Acknowledgements.
Tlw Laffiasof the Barnesville Fair, will please
of cake, if we are |o judge of the quality
of the sapper which enr BaniesrilD fn-nl*
ties
These are articles of horodH -itonlitm which we,
in common with many appreeiat*,
and although our eyes have of latSlba-ted umns
many rioh table luxorica. we
that surpasses the handiwork of the ladies of j
Barnosvilie, as evidenced in their kind present. !
It is a pleasant reflection that, while enjoying
themselves and revelling in the happiness of their j
own creation, they forgot not the Editor. God
bless their kind hearts! we hope they may live
long to enliven and adorn the soeial circle.
The Soil or the Bmtth —The July number is
full Os good and instructive matter. On oar out
ride-will be found some clippings from this work,
whfbh we hope will meet the approbation of out
renders. Lomax It Eixrt of Columbus, will take
pleasure in supplying ‘those who have pot already
eaihecribeJliWltb tl)d Soil tj ihe -Wi. at $ per
it ---—r--M-
The VetoMkft BRt iM tke Union Pktfom
of 1850.
The Democracy, awl especially tbe Southern
High* wing of that party, are nuking a great to
do over tbe Nebraska law of the present Congress.
Notwithstanding the Northern origin of that meas
ure, and regardless of the President's declaration
that, under the provisions of the bill not another
slave State would ever come into the Union, they
claim ite passage ae a great Southern triumph.-
| Reckless of propriety, they even demand of South- [
ern Whigs that they shall do homage'to Democra- i
cy : that, overlooking the selfishness which prompt- i
cd this new and unnecessary slavery agitation, they ;
will forget what is due to themselves —efface from
the records of history their own share in the es-’
tublishrneiit of the principles of this bi'l, and con- !
sent to take on the livery of a party whose cry oft
denunciation of those very principles, has hardly;
ceased to reverberate through the land. With j
one or two exceptions, the provisions of the Ne-!
braska bill are an almost sac similie copy of those j
contained in the compromise of 1850—that odious j
compromise,’ characterised by Southern Rights
Democrats as a ‘ robbery of, and fraud upon the j
South and the exemptions constitute the objec- 1
tionable parts of the new measure. For instance
the compromise of ISSO provided that the people
! of die territories should, preparatory to their ap
] plication for admission into the Union as States.
! determine for themselves the question of slavery
j or no slavery ; whereas the Nebraska bill allows
I the first hasty settlers of a territory, bo tiny for
j eigners or American citizens, to forever settle the i
; slavery question at the very incipiem y of their !
! territorial organization. In the first case it was •
j designed that ail should have an equal chance in I
the territories, and that no action should be taken ,
j l
; upon the sidject of slavery until, after having
j served a territorial pupilage, the people of the ‘
! territories should arq.lv for admission us States.:
and that ‘'i* ‘. in the formation of their state e >n
■ stitution. they should determine the nature of
their institutions in this respect. This gave the
slaveholder an opportunity to participate in the
j settlement of territory, and to avail himself of
! the advantages of anew location which might
■ promise success to his interests, without the fan
‘of having tho dour b.irr--1 up m him by thus vvh >.
j being less encumbered by property, had stepp and
j ill before and Aut.J-the-.-x-hi-inn es dITT’ rkTCT -
I bis, then. Is nothing more nor !••>< than an in
! terpedation of squatter sovereignty into the ere and
lof the Union party of I'M. and of tie Southern
; Whigs of the present day
Again, i; is claimed that S-.u !.i in WITg- • ••• it
a- a duty to the S.aitli to unite theins.-lv< s with
. the Demoeratie party, hecaiise tiiat party voted ;
j the extinction of the .Miss >uri I■ mp omi.-e With ,
out questioning for a moment the motive which
prompted this policy ( and it would require ex-;
trenio liberality to esteem it a disinterested one.) ;
we have yet to he informed of anv benefit which
i the South has derived from it. If it was designed
| for any thing but etUet we are oblivious to the i
fact. Tho Nebraska bill distinctly provides ikat j
the people ( f the territory shall regulate the ques
tion of slavery for themselves, hi the face of this
provision we ask. how could the Missouri pruhibi-!
tion have affected prejudicially tire iutcruots- ad j
tie ,‘south in this territory ! ‘ Was it not in effect
annulled by that very section of tbe bill giving to
the people untrammelled control of t e subject?
i ertainly it was. and tbe conclusion is inevitable’ 1
tlavt it eoul t only have been introduced for the
i aceomplishmvnt of a political end, ttTo aid abr.ff.
I tinnisin by affording it a pretext lor agit i’ion
i In tho faoo'of these facts we do not hesitate to
lake the position that the principles of tho coin
! promise of 18-30 cover the whole ground of right;
; contended for in the Nebraska bill, and that the :
i introduction of squatter ■ rcn-iqn/ii constitutes a •
, feature peculiarly obnoxious to tbe South and i
; detrimental to those interests which claim an |
equality of rights in our common territory, ‘ijie
irepeal of the Missouri Compromise being’ of no 1
: practical utility, may be e- teemed worth soinetlilng ]
‘ or nothing, just in proportion as men value a pos- j
| itive good or cling to an empty abstraction. — j
! While we do not admit tbe existence of any sound j
principle in tills vaunted measure of Democracy.;
: which was not borrowed from tho Union and
; Whig platform of 1850. we arc ready to declare
that the enactments of. Congress have given to it
: a binding efficacy which will ever command our
i support and preclude tho possibility “f any coun
tenance. on our part, of an effort for repeal. Oc
; copying this ground now, as wo have done since”
1859, we feel proud of an opportunity to cungraiu
i late Southern Whigs upon the triumph of t!ar
principles, and urge upon them a firm adhesion to
! those doctrines which, whatever may la tho suc
cessor tliejparty that originated them, have elicited
. the commendation and commanded the approval of
j even those ultraists who once spurned them with
indignity. Southern Whigs should livo in the hope
. that a grateful people will not long consent to np
! propriate the benefit of their policy to the excTu- J
; sion of their political claims to promotion.
1
More Caffs than Coppers.
| Mr. Sumner. U. 8. Senator from Massachusetts
. has lately been made to run the gauntlet of abuse
in the U. 8. Senate ‘Vith a craven spirit, he yet :
; has the temerity on all occasions to thrust his ob
j noxious abolition sentiments into Congress and
has lately declared that he would not aid in en
forcing the constitution which, as U. S. Senator.
h Has sworn to support. For this he has been
bitterly and vehemently as ailed in the Senate
He doubtless deserveaali the liard zkiogs that are
said of and to him, but to our judgment it seems
undignified for honorable members to continue to
kiek -o contemptible and spiritless a subject. A
hit fin n rrfT flam ill ■Tiniifr nn ii ‘ a -‘k
VT El lii n : > • ... . .
NMflpPffr’.-:u : •Prthsriijjjfr oAK^
A will advocate sueli loathsonSßß’
HRBras Sumner does, should possess the
to buck them up; but he quails before the lash of!
incensed Senators like a whipped spaniel. Leave
him to his constituents— they alone are competent
to the task of censure. Southern men can find ;
worthier objects of attack.
, Ban Safi.
The Connecticut Legislature has annulled the
Fugitsve Slavs -Low This is the very extreme of
marines*, and will bring upon that State the con
tempt of every patriot in tho country. Should
she attemptAo enforce her nullification laws, are
trust the national administration will be found
equal-to the emergency, and that the supremacy
of geevehunent authority will be maintained, e m
n $e w'Btviry “Irmibfa life hi Conceericnt.
A Ute ndmbor of tbe Cbiokaaaw InteUtgen-r
states that cd the 15th imt-.thfre arrived at Pres
ton, Texas, from El Paao, tbe U. S. Surveying
party sent to explore the railway route through
Texes along the thirty-second parallel of lattitude.
This party was commanded by Captain John Pope,
of the Topographical Engineers, and left El Paso
on the 20th of February, with an escort of twenty
five soldiers and u number of assisting men, strik
ing for Preston in a direct line, with the exception
; of a deviation made in order to puss through the
(iuiidalnpe mountains These were found to be
! on the west side of the Pecos river, instead*bf the
east, as they are generally Inid down on the maps. ‘
j The party found a g >od shoal ford on the Pecos. ,
’ near the mouth of Delaware creek, ono hundred
! miles above the deep and difficult place where i
! the emigrants usually cross by means of rafts.—
1 They crossed the Hlano Fstacado. a distance of
| one hundred and twenty five miles, and found no
vegetation except a kind of red grass. After
i leaving this desert they struck the head waters of
! the Colorado, crossing Marcy's trail near the Dou
ble Mountain Fork of the Brazos. The collections
\ of specimens in botany, geology, and natural his
tory gathered by the survey are said to be exten
sive and interesting. Timber abounds between
Preston and the Colorado, and the surface us the
country passed over was undulating and adapted
for railroad purposes.
Death oe an Editor.—The Rome Courier comes
ito us shrouded in mourning for the death of its
j junior Editor. Mr. F.C. Scott.
KiLi.ni) by Lightning.—We regret to say
; that three respectable citizens of Ilenry county,
j living above (hiodwln’s store, about ten miles east
of Mi I loitougli, were struck by lightning on
1 Sunday hist, ami killed. The'names of the um
| fortunate gentlemen are Dr. Ilitch. W 111. Willson
! ami a Mr. Christian. It appears that they were
’ -i'tii.g near i adi other in the piazza, about two
1 .'clock in the even;to*, whelm small cloud came ;
! up, a shaft of lightning passed from it and struck
j them down, from vvhiehi. none of them rose
again.— Jijti !■•>< mi tin hi th mst.
Min - Ri km. —We leglet to leant that tla
...a .-'iid gi>; mills of Messrs Snelson ,'c Hall,
vv< rt : n ved by tire on the 271 h ult. ‘t ■ v
-j iv-egiaJii'i'alul’ ill ‘llls t'ollliiy oli Tile EeTnieton.. I
’ ‘re it. afoii! .!■•. -n i dies below this city. The
r.ai-e of t!ie at , ‘■!•- 11 1 was t!te explosion of the
‘’ i-.-r. !•’. vvl:'e!i tlie file was scattered throuoli
n‘ lie. in.ii Mr. Hall, lone of the
: j.i “jo i-- :i::d e:,-o:e ■i f was kliockevl tl’.vv i 1 \
:!:e • \i-!--:,.and v< ■ v narrowly esc:))H.-4 i-e , g
i t-T.i.-ui,i. .! :a tie.- Inti! iaig.
! ‘I . • |.i•!. ’. ,-r.v fp stloVed was Villueil :.t j,-
tuty. ie ! t!.•: lim.ber.at ‘Ton, There wa- ttrrrtr- -
-i upon ;fit- pf. petit. — J'rltr. U M,s- -
; n r.
I'm: (,’iio/t.everywhere, so far as we have • 1
.- rvetl fvonf oqr e\tdiiinges, or henrtl verbaliv
. from pet sunk in iliibrent sections of (ierngia and
i Alabama, are looking finely, and unless* a
, draught sltt/uhi now s. : in. the heaviest sorriif H-'j
(corn ereqi will be gathered tin's season. Mo-f of!
the fanners vv... liav ■ conversed w'tli, think if will!
! far surp-.s. tlnvrop of niaiiv previous years. The :
tipe rains have given the stalk, blades and ears ;
! a luxuriant start, and the o ',no in disaster now sod
-die featv lis ,lrv -]>ell. licit may intervene to ;
j prevent file IterueD oftln* ear from tilling mt iisJ
j fully a- if i lie g. nth- showers should “eon Untie af
i ter a.few days. Die cotton crop, generally, looks •
a!-'. v.-iy promising —and from present swjHru*-- ■
j ances, the farm, r and planter are to le-/juless<*d.
: uii!i a season of 1, ,'inte,,u,s fruitfulness .tmkptyii-
Iv. Cohn, bos Enquirer. July \th.
Stats Temperance Convention. ‘
The f, llovviug are tho t. (Dicers elected tor tin
i ensuing year t
('ol. 1,. D. Laiierstedt. lVesiilent.
| W. King, Ksq.., Vice I’resideiit. Ist. District.
Rev. A. Means, \ ice President. 2,1 Dist.
K. * I. Cabin, ss, Fisq., Vice President, 3d Dist.
J. Xorcross. \'ieu President, 4th iJisl.
A. 11. i?buford, \ ice Prsideiit, sth I list.
K. 1.. Newton. Vice President, tit li Dist.
(.'ol. X. <'. Barnett. Vice I’resideiit, 7th Di-t.
“i. H. Metcalf. Esq., Vice President, Hi!i Die.
J. 1.. Brown, Recording Secretary.
.?. M. Kinney, Assistant Secretary.
.1. S. Peterson, Corresponding Secretary.
Benj. Biantlv, Treasurer,
j ‘lhe next Annual Convention will be hell in
Marietta, on the second Wednesday in Juli
next.
, _ *
■ Pi.oitkiy in Att.vnta.—From the Clerk of
tin City Council we learn that the assessment of
‘ city property just completed, shows the amount
of real eslete, taxable, in the city, to be :
. (tOO. This is an inch-.tso of 8738.558 over the
amount o? real estate returned for 1853. The
: vvli,,!i>; an,mau! es taxable property, real and per
; sonal, for the present year, amounts to $2,800,-
, 000, being an increase of $775,000 over last
j year. Os the real estate* iii the city, that, which
: is not taxables hejng made up prim i)>a!!y of \
t Ctiurwli property and Railroad lots and build
; ings, amounts to $415,000. —Atlanta Intclli
! rjenccr. .
i United States Revenue.— lt appears from a j
Washington letter in the New York Courier
i that the receipts from customs for the month of j
; May, at the principal ports of the country, a-!
mounted to $4,582,000, against $1,179,000. in j
May of last year. At the port of Baltimore the j
receipts for May amounted to $87,000,000, and ;
lor May of la-t year $08,000,000. The receipts :
l at this port also for the first ten days of the
present month of June reached 21.000. against
. $19,030 liir the same number of days in last
June. At New York the receipts in May a
i mounted to $3,175,000, against $2,993,000, in
, May of lastyear. The increased receipts at Phil
adelphia reached $30,000, and at all the other
ports, except.New Orleans, there is an increase.
v-.ir. Tlicmonu, ■) |>itWL .lot.,pilO-ff.luting
the fiscal year now closing is about $20,000,000.
j Os the eutiro revenue of the year the existing
j tariff has produced $01,000,000, and the public
lands $7,700,000.
Copper. —This article ia becoming one ofcon
siileralile export from Saviuuiah. It is brought
by railroad from the lipper nart of the State hi
boxes, and shipped to flortnem ports, the most
of it going to Baltimore. There have been np
warfls of 0,000 boxes sent forward from that
place since the Ist of Janbary last. . f “
■ ■ ■
The “Know Nothings” have carried Mem
phis, having elected their Mayor and all the city
officer* br Jratideajne majorities.
gu*****o* irw.
DeSTRUOTK)!! OX Tit HoCS* JOURNALS.— J,,
extinguishing afire originating in a portion 0 f
the building, in Sarannah, occupied by the binder
of the Laws and Journals, some 400(F copies of
the latter were wry materially damaged. Th e
loss is said to be covered by insurance.
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Death of Thomas Ritchie.—This venerable
editor, long the exponent of national Demoecrat
ic principles, died in Washington city on the 3J
inst.
The new postage law requires the-pos
tage on letters to be paid iti advance, in all
i eases.
I Congress lias decided to adjourn on the 4th of
1 August next.
A fight occurred at tho St. Nicholas Hotel,
j New York, on tlte Ist instant, between two nieu
bv the names of White and Conner. The latter,
who is said to be a “celebrated Southern sports
man,” was killed, and the former wounded.
The bill appropriating $10,090,000 to carry
into effect, the late Mexican treaty, has passed
the House by a vote of]3o yeas to 02 nays.—
So goes tire money of the “dear people.”
Prof. John J. Darby, of Coll,Men, has accept
ed the Presidency of the Auburn, Ala., Masonic
Female College.
Murder in Macon. —AVe learn from the
Journal <U Messenger that a man by the name of
Win. Connellv, an Irishman, murdered his wife
‘in that citv, on Saturday the Ist inst. ‘I he wo
man’s neck and skull were broken, as if with a
blow from some heavy* instrument. Connally has
been arrested and committed for trial.
The same paper says a man named John Sim
mon-, an Englishman, was found dead in his
chair in a house on Fourth street. Coroner’s ver
dict, death from intemperance.
Conviction of a Slaver. —The Captain of
the In ig G!(nue,rgan, charged with being engag
ed in the slave trade, has been foundguilty.
Tin: Cholera. —The cholera is prevailing to
a limited extent in Boston, Philadelphia, and
New York.
The Democratic press nt the South is just
i e.v v. - v iiitieh iiitere-ted in the fate of ihe
Nad -uni Whig Party, auAkf the future eoltlso
Party i< : -•ng-u;i-.-vl%|Buini ‘ i ‘'’ I The
■"IT,':. 1 ~ • I Tie a- far jipart
a- ih • pi, 1-s a..-
whi-Ti • i i-vinceisroiis” cannot fill op and
pariv ;> : a ‘oi :.is • a:.,,..;-• an : and he vvhi>. lie
-1 i,• v<that ti.'V car. harmonize their differ
,• c- and a<-t t ‘ h.-:- again. !) Dot
vva:>■'::••! a:ctrr,.a"tTn eottl-- of political
,AIll” eotid * oft!. • W!dg pnitv
us t!” N li made • 11. ‘l :;(| i vent ini
iio.-sildo: W, “in'. • iro rviii’oi sor cort
,* ■ ■:. 11 .., — . * -1:• , . T -• i! •]* rt. We ,!>, l„,t
refer !„ ;h ‘• • ■ ! fact'., li of the Whig
Tiartv • : .e Noitll. I -sit t 1 tho whole p.tliV. W lieti
v,!i,-t: i!. •: i.- ,-, ;dm-t and the tone ~f
its l’K 1 .-* ine, ciih-e!iiui n i: !>the .-tdqeet ofstsv e, \,
!,as>en,ir ted tl; >i\ ,T,s;riii ti M, and ro-rganiza
..ti*B >T .; IjU i, : . w !,ig party irtT:rS'i:le. Se.nii,-
j’ern WhD- have long -:nv aeecp:, ! and a,-t isjs
;UH this as y fi'.ci f| a. ‘I hey b.ivo I..tig silli'e
;-.ilind<a!<',i Nat: ,1 Parti.- ml Nat tonal Cm;-
. veftiica—have |,,i;>r -iw-i- iiiss,,Ue>l no tvhtttmis
{With i i,eir is* ilherti viiee btethiea. :l1 do
! not li'd ! :h a -elves re-poiisiltTe forth.-i: f>lTri(:i
----j i4--,,v t! 11 :r puli v. This i- the position of tho
’ Union W’liigs us ( k.-iugia. a.1.al it is sounder ain't
. sir*, .g-—. ri ‘ie ii,*;i and Mime soutl'n.rn, than
.’ Ti t’ olTii'-it I tetiio, latie ~; poiu-uis.
Tin, l yet, str.i: ge t,,-.,y. tiie-o i Vmocrnlic o]i
p, iietiis are Out <• ii.ten: with it-, and with very ,
great complaisant- they aie. -ibdieatiug lo -its
vvliat they iae giim iL-Uo:tr duty to do'-Tir-tdlP
1 present -Hite of j.iulitH'p! - pttrtU4 -BdjjWne of
them over, have the etiid/'itvqy t a#|lb
adoa -i:r :i„le|-:i,!, :;t t.jikni ’
•md : ) enter the PuMiocrntie party ;-titgiv n
jwitio;: iff wtltkJnSS may r, taiyi -our ijidepend
i-ma-.our self resjrcct. and <mr ‘leVotHW -bffylr ta
llie.l riion and to tlic South, sorer, tta-inltorick
all thcc mii-t be hast or disr'egivi-dioHu sulwere
viericy to the vvid of a Party, wit-hoot princi
ples ora policy.. I his is their pruposirion- —ours
is 1 1m 1 tie y fi st abandon this ■ pariv wttk
“hiih they are complicated, and bv which
tin y are controlled and meet us ti]icii'the groniid
, ’|-1 “hieh vv,- stand, hi other words, let them
come : us, instead ot requiring ns to go into
;he Deni. ,a:i'.r • Party, and unite with ns, upon
our own piathirm. and iii.e lice ling that nnion of
; the Si u‘!i which they pretend to desire. Tho
ohjoet ot that itaioti cannot be effected within
the iJemcxTatii: party or through its organiza
tion, and vve.vvaut no better proof of thin’ than
tile history of the present AduiinistratioXriß|i|
came into p<nv, i- at a time when the C’omfllrif- ;
: ntise ot 185 H hail given repose to the, country
Ironi the agitation of the stil jr-el of slavery.
has been.siipjHiited by a large iJnutaictif ic ni:ij,Sf(
: it.V in Ci(ut;re*s. and-hr.s laid nt its (fithitrol Ms
inmieiise amount of uudjMr
all these eircumstaaces. il hat
poieci less to st.-iy-ther tutwal ot -djxirfT^jrptTtiuii.
!or to an.ki tlie crisis upon this is
iiiijiending us. Never was there more nunnrniy
tv at the North in opposition to the Senfti
and her institutions—never was llie Free Roil
Party more powerful nml more nggrwsivo— liet
: er was there more imminent danger of the fonna-
I tion of a great sectional party at the North, aU
| sorbing all others, and -threatening us with war.
1 to the knife ; ami all of these things have ®e
j cured while the Democratic party lias Wen in •
j power in Congress and out of it, ‘ and with W
; complete control ot tho National
: tion. It ha Wen not only powerless to
tins fearful revival of slavery agitation bnt it (
directly responsible for it; tor at iu oufiw* rim
Adtrrinistiatioh gave anew vitality to tire Free
soil Party of the North, by best owing its <j®.
Its deciding boldly that
Flv<! *^lK , Mil*9ri.ntl parrel of tbe Democrat
share of its spt.ila,
[ . • u ° Olwinctloiis
; traiHwniui'b’ ‘x'iiconsSatawPW SffttTTiVmi&if•
! ii:iw:,v erni|^HHßpHt
Hsßuitth: and until ‘RuiuTieriT
prepared to abandon it, to net infiepndvs
it, and to free thetnmilves from its
is use less to talk about a union of the Sontlff to
resist the cticroachmeuts of the North. While
thev renwjH within ftj theif ,Wjtm to the South
will bo subservient to the.lnterests of ihepnrtv
aqd all their efforts wilj bndirocted to streagtlre
etr itatrd to perpotuafe its pouter.— J?ur.4t Mts-
Miyer,
u ® - 11 •
On Sunday a lady called to her link! boy, who
was tossing marbles on the tide walk, 1# oome
into the house. ‘Dou’t you know y<gi
not Wont thej-e, my soil! Qo into % jmck
yard, if yon want to play njaiblss. |ti*jfiSßv.’
‘Well, yds, bus nint- iff°6ufiday
y*rd, mother V \ hotne- turtjrt l:i T !Oi Y *ucc ver
l,vpnri*v. ° - ■ •s’ . ,-,e; *