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Newspaper Page Textvolume III. ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17,1856. NUMBER 16 Cjjt Soutjjenx I-UBLISHEU WEEKLY, by JOHN H, CHRISTY, editor ard rrotrirtor. Term* of Subscription. TWO DOLLARS per AnSum, in ad tance ; otherwise, THREE DOLLARS. Rates of Advertising. iS^jKsrKSK'Bwaa.'S: ^.«dmH U ,‘^S«i^«nU 0 » n .'.h C u.ualr.«ea cindiJmio/irill be charge.) $5 lot announcements im4 obinufy noiiceioxcoeuingaiilioes inlengiu tv la It chaffed a* advertiieinenli. . , When «h« number oflnteriionaUnnt markeilon an •Irerneemesl. it trill be published till foibid, and barfed accordingly. business girdoni. TTTrXFosTUir Attorney at Law, CARNRSVII.LK, On. W ILL practice in the counties of Frauk- lin.Hart, Elbert, Madison aud Jackson RsrKiiKNCEs—C. Peeples, Kstj., Win. II. [Hull, Esq-, Athens; Gabriel Nash. Esq., iPamelsville; lion. Junius llillyer, Monroe; I t.T. Akerman, Esq,, Klberton. May 27, 1856. 4 ROBERT HESTER, Attornoy at Law, May 1 ELBF.KTON, OA. J. M. MATTHEWS, Attorney at Law, May 1 DANIELSVILLE, GA. C. B. LOMBARD, DENTIST, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Mativer theStorcof Wilson It Veal. Jan3 lTTNElt & ENGLAND, Wholesale & Reti.ilDcalerrin GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, ii.innir.iRE, shoes and boots, April 6 Athens, G*. DORSEY & CARTER, DSALERR Ilf Family Qrocenes and Provisions, Corner of Brovl and Jackson streets, Athens. Gu. MOORE & CARLTON, »F..\I.KR8 IX [Silk, Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, JIAlil) WARE AND CROCKER Y. April No. H, Grauite llow, Athens,Ga. F. W. LUCAS, IV HO RESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac. No. 2, Broad Street, Athens. JO HN H. CHRISTyT PLAIN AND FANC1' Book and Job Printer, "Frankliu Job Office,” Athens. Ga. Ml wutk ontnuted to his carefaitlilully, corrertly tad punctually executed, at price.*correapond- jialS in; erithlbehardneasofthetinies. Softly Falls the Rain. Softly, softly tails the rain, The trees stretch up their arins of green, The very grass is upward springing, The little birds in concert singing, A welcome to the welt’ring ehi Thrilling in notes ol joy again, A blessing on the summer rain. The hot, dry earth, all silert And opens wide her russet The precious draught in rapt As drop by drop the shower Like jewelry on her swarth And looks her blessing to the Like faith in holy ecsta&ejs. Each little flower lifts up Its head, A star amid the spangled grass. No more beneath the hot wind fainting, But fresh ngnin frpin Nature’s paifcting. To catch the showers that lightly pass— Breathing from petals seared and dead, Incense by love and beauty fed. The wrathful wiuds are laid to sleep. The sliallow brook no longer grieves, But pauses in its downward flowing To sing beneath yon trees, ere going, A iiuingstrnin to dewy leaves— And nature in that hush so deep, - Smiles while the skies above her,weep. The Flight of Time. Faintly flow, thou falling river, Like a dream that dies away; Down the occau gliding ever, Keep thy calm unruffled way. Time with such a silent motion, Floats along on wings of air, To eternity’s dark ocean, Burying all its treasure s there. Roses bloom, and then they wither; Cheeks arc bright, then fade and die; Shapes of light are wafted hither— Then, like visions, hurry by. Quick as clouds at evening driven O'i r the many-colored west, Ycars are bearing us to heaven, There, if saver, with Christ to rest Itkelteims delations. Snake in a Prayer Meeting. Last Friday, at the usual weekly pray* er meeting, held in the basement of the First Congregational Church, a striped snake made it^^pearanco under circum stances of awjShAlar character. The meeting was room from which it door opens ! ini$* fro basement of Ae, tower in whicl^the town clock is woflnd op. That door .was left open, and soon after the meeting had commenced me snnke made his appearance. Most sin gularly indeed, our worthy Deacon had fond flirt niln_ — I s * a . _ trovert the statement of Mr. Sumner, that the industrial products of New Eng- land much exceeded in value the vaunt ed cotton crop of the South. This, he contended, he could prove to be different from the truth. An examination suc ceeded of the correctness of the declara tion that during the Revolutionary war Massachusetts had furnished greatly more men in proportion to her popula tion than South Carolina. This Mr. Evans denied, and read from authentic sources to disprove the asser tion. The apparent numerical superio- ity he accounted for by reminding the $ricf Stissorings. An Irishman was brought before a justice on the charge of having six wives. The magistrate asked how he could be so hardened a villain as to de lude so many: ‘Please your worship,’ said Pul, ’ l was only trying to get a good one.’ Recently, in Detroit, when Romeo and Juliet was in the bills,, a scapegrace known ns Romeo, was in the pit. When Juliet exclaimed, ‘Romeo! where art !bnn f\ Tlu» yninigslor arose and said, ‘Hi re I am m the pit: 1 had only a quartter, and coulu’t get into the box es!’ Juliet fainted. of the brazen serpent made by Moses. He had just commenced making some remarks on the chapter, and was speak ing of the serpent being lifted op so that all the bitten Israelites might see him and be healed, when the serpent of which we are writing made his appearance on the top of the door opening into the base ment of the tower. IIow he crawled up there no one can tell; but there he was on the top of the door, his head and nbont one-half of his body hanging over into the room just in rear of the Deacon’s chair, and plainly to be seen by all in the room except the speaker. The erpent on the door at once became the “observed of all observersthe young ladies present in praticulnr watched every motion with the closest attention. As its body slowly writhed and twisted about, its forked tongue and snaky eyes listened in the light of the prayer-room rith a malicious envy, we may suppose akin to that with which the serpent in old tirac3 gazed upon the happy and pious worshippers in the Garden of Eden. Unlike Eve, her daughters have a mor tal dread of snakes. Once, too self-rely ing, deceived, beguiled, and ruined by the wiles of a serpent, they have ever since manifested at his approach an in vincible repugnance and horror. Deacon Morris, who was speaking, soon discov ered that something was wrong, and the exercises were su-pended till a brother could get a broom and push the snake off from the top of the door and dispose of it The meeting was then conducted as usual.—[Essex County Republic. The T. BISHOP & SON, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Groceries, Hardware and Staple Dry Goods, May 1 No. 1, Broad street,;Atb*ns. WILLIAM N. WHITE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Bookseller and Stationer, A»iNt**faprratiiM*gaiintAgt*i. iif.aeMr ix MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS lamm, fixe cutlery, fancy <;oo»s,*c. I*. I, Cullers Avenue. Newton ltou*e. Athens, On lign of •* White's University Hook ritoie.” Outers promptly filled at Augusta rates. JAMES M. ROYAL, Harness-Maker, H AS removed his shop to Mitchell’s old Tuvern, one door east of Grady & Nich- I dun’s—-where he keeps always on hand a |l»eral assortment of articles in kisline, aud luilwayaready to fillordersintlie best style Jan 26 tf COLT & COLBERT, DEALERS IX Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, and Hardware, No. 9, Granite Row, At.-ess, Ga. |ksxs L COLT WSI. C. COLDER T Auputfi, 183&. ly W. W. LUMPKIN, Attorney at Law, ATHENS, GEORGIA. IWILL Practice in all ihe counties of the H Western Circuit. Particular attention F’en to collecting. Office on Broad street, over White A Moss’ | ■tore. Jan 31 ‘Pa,’ said a little urchin in the pres ence of his mother, ‘is it any harm to steal a kiss?’ ‘No, son,’ was the reply;* but why ?’ “Cause I heard sister say Mr. Tin- ley stole a kiss from ma.’ The lady fainted. * YVhat kind of bands do the young ladies liko best? Hus-bands, to be sure. Ifyou want to sec n black squall, just lock at a negro baby attacked with the colic. An exchange speaks of‘female bulls and bears,’ We can imagine such a thing as a female bear, but a- fomale bull is rather beyond our comprehen- W. L. M ARLER, Attorney at Law, Jefferson, Jackson County, Ga. I kjWMCKS.—Mwirs. McLestor * Hunter 8, Thompson. Esqs., Jefferson; D. t*-Spence r nd W. J. Peeples, Esqs. Law- 1w. T '** e 5 H. Newton, C. Peeples, Esq. liSy *• Christy, Athens; Law A Clarke Graham, Esqs. Gainesville. -on 17—ly The Maine Cultivator says:— “When a cucumber is taken from the vine, let it be cut with a knife, leaving about the eighth of an inch of the cucumber on the stem, then slit the stem with a knife from its end to the vine, leaveng a small portion of the cucumber on each divi sion, and on each separate slit there will be a new cucumber as large as the first. Those wishing to raise large quantities of this article for pickles, will do well to try the experiment.” Aa Indian’s Good Wishes—Red Jacket took part with the Indians in the war of 1812, and becoming attached to a colonel who was ordered on a distant service, took his farewell of him in the following speech: Brother, I hear you are going to place called Governor’s Island, l hope you will be a governor yourself. I U n- derstand you white people think chil dren a great blessing. I hope you may have a thousand. And above all, 1 hope, wherever you may go, you may never find whiskey more than two shil lings a quart. A singular mode of robbery has been W . G*. DEL O N Y, .. Attorney at Law, IW givehiaspcoialattentioiito collect- !®8. and t° the claims of all persons on- , . r _ » “to Land Warrants, under the late detected at Dublin. A man used to ^"“7 Land Bill of the last Congress. 'send a large press by the Liverpool Bill of the last Congress Y'Glliee on Broad Street over tho store d-M. Kenney. ^«fthl5—1860—tf. \V. & H. R. J. LONG, and Retail Druggists, ATHENS. Ga. SLOAN & OATMAN, dealers in Italian, Egyptian d' American to p Stat uaby, T P?UESSEE MARBLE. Man# 5 i ' 3m bs, Urns and Vases; Marble t*»Ali * 5 and Famishing Marble- 4,1 orders promptly filled. - ATLANTA, GA. |W> Mr. Ross Crane. juneld SUPERFINE ' l \j 1 the best brands, for sale low April io T. BISHOP & SON. steamer, headed " »his side up.”' l n this press was a compartment in which he hid himself. At night, when all was still, he would get out aud rob the ware house of valuables, and retreating to his hiding place would be safely conveyed with his plunder to.his'ora house. '• -—i—& - ; -K'" Nothing ever touched ths heari of _ reader that did not come iVojtsthe heart ol the writer. ..... — ofie-year, while in the South thfcy volunteered either for the war or for three years; so that if the roster in Virginia or South Carolina showed five tliousond men, it approached to numerical equality with fifteen thousand in Massachusetts. In conclusion, Mr. Evans declared his re. gret at feeling it his duty to take pari in a discussion of so unpleasant a na ture. He was obliged to exonerate his own State from the accusations laid against it, but he deprecated any supposition that it was his wish to lessen the just fame of the revolutionary sons of Massachuesetts. whom in common with the other patriots of the time, he considered as noble a band as ever conducted the affairs of a nation through ti ials and difficulties.— The Senator concluded his speech with an eloquent tribute to the South, from the address delivered son.e time a» 0 at King’s Mountain by Mr. George Ban croft. Col. Fremont.—The Republicans selected Col. Fremont ns a candidate for the Presidency, who 'was bora and raised among slaveholders, and is said to have been a slaveholder himself; who, moreover, is the son of a foreigner, and is, or lately was, a Roman Catholic last seen, however at Mr. Beecher’s Church. —N. Y. Jour, of Commerce. Kansas Debate—Senator Evans’ Speech. Mr. Evans, of South Carolina, occu pied (lie attention of the United States Senate Inst Monday, (it is said,) with one of the most effective speeches on the slavery question, as involved in thu Kansas issue, which have been made during the session. He did not shrink from a comparison of the moral nnd physical advancement of Southern slaves with their condition r.t the time of the Revolution or with that of free negroes at the North now He repelled the assertion of Mr. Sumner, however eloquently it was enforced, that it was common to separate wives from husbands, children from mothers, and sell them at the block to distant pur chasers. He himself resided in a com munity in which there were two thirds more slaves than whites, and he had never known a case of this character which was not exceptional; and when such nets took place they were nearly always to be attributed to Northern gentlemen, who had become possessed of this species of property by purchase, inheritance or marriage. Southern slave holders considered such conduct outrn geous, and had interfered when in their power to obviate or correct so cruel a wrong to their dependents. He went on to detail one incident of the kind, however, in which a northern man acted a conspicuous part. That northern man was Mr. Albert Sumner, a brother of the Senator from Massa chusetts. He had become interested in a large estate of slaves in South Caro lina which had been ordered to be sold for division and distribution, the order requiring them to be sold in families ac cording to the uniform practice, not only in that State but we believe in all south ern States. There was one family of slaves, consisting of eight—tbe husband and wife and six children; tbe head of this family had been the favorite body servant of his deceased master. To the surprise and indignation of those present on the day of sale, the wife and her children were put up and sold without the husband and father, it was discovered, however, that this was done at the instance of Mr. Sumner, who was interested as one of the distributors, and it was understood that he had procured it with the view of buying the husband and extending to him special favors. He did buy him at a reduced price. Bu», soon after the sale, Mr. Sumner was found making efforts to sell him at an ad vanced price to any one that would pur chase. No one would allow him to con- sumate bis speculation, and he finally ap plied to the gentleman who had bought the wife and children. This gentleman bought him, but was forced to pay Mr. Sumner fifty dollars for the bargain.— Mr. Evans gave this incident to illustrate the habits and sentiments of-southern men on a subject which has been grossly misrepresented. In continuation of his remarks the Senator confirmed the opinions of his colleagues as to the Constitution of South Carolina, which was not only republican in name, butSHE A Political Editor. Mrs. Harriet N. Prewetl the pro prietress of the Yazoo City (Miss.) American Banner, who has been doing yeoman's service, in behalf of true American principles since the formation of that party, in consequence perhaps of the multiplied duties of tbe office— the result of an increasing patronage, has secured the services of “a political editor.” That he is a trump, the fol lowing description by Mrs. P. will testify. “Pistols and hot, coffee” it seems, are cheap in that market: Tiie Political Editor.—We have the pleasure of announcing to the read ers of the American Banner that Mr. John T. Smith, an able writer nnd a zealous American, who has been con nected with the Mississippi press for fourteen years, has been engaged to take charge of the political department of this paper during the canvass. 'Mr. Smith, though a remarkably courteous . and amiable gentleman, has fought five uecree duels, killing his man every time. He brings into the political canvass, besides a general stock of political information and zeal for the cause, two Bowie- knives, one of Parson Beecher’s Sharpe rifles, two six-shooters, and sundry- canes nnd shelalahs, not to speak of two mis,lons - pair of brass knuckles. We bespeak for Mr. Smith a cordial reception by the press-gang, P. S.—Mr. Smith brings into the service a ferocious pair uf whiskers and a diabolical mustache, which will carry dismay into the ranks of the adversary. He has not yet arrived at his post; his daguerreotype, by the way, may be seen at Gunncy’s, taken in the inimitable style of that artist. N. 1». Challenges received from 9 o’clock, A. M. to 3 P. M. politics of % Dag. From the Chronicle & Sentinel. WON’T SUPPORT THE SQUATTER SOVEREIGN. The New Orleans Delta, the leading organ of the Louisiana Democracy, openly repudiates Mr. Buchanan, be cause of his declaration in favor of squatter sovereignty, in his letter of ac ceptance ; and declares its determina tion not to support him. This is an example of independence, and patriot ism thar" should not pass unheeded by Southern men. It is, however, a singu lar fact, that while the Southern Demo cracy inveigh most furiously agaiust the principle of squatter sovereignty, they support with great zeal the advocates of that odious doctrine. They supported Cass in 1848, and they are now sup porting Mr. Buchanan, who now openly avows the doctrine, and who Mr. Yan cey, years ago, declared was the father of it, Will the honest and patriotic men of the Democratic party permit themselves to be led blindly to the sup port of such a man ? We think not. We hope, for the honor of Southern men, that they will repudiate the princi ple, and its ‘father, James Buchanan. But to the article of the Delta. Here it is: From the New Orleans Delta. Tho course which the Delta has deemed it its duty, in justice to itself and to Southern intertsts, to pursue in reference to the underhanded shuffling by which Louisiana was honey-feggled in the Cincinnati Convention out of the honest expression of its preference, and its comments upon the letter of accept ance of Mr. Buchanan—which docu ment, we again repeat, unequivocally advances the doctrine of “ squatter sovereignty,” so detrimental to the South have, we perceive, produced a con siderable flutter in quarters where poli ticians of a certain class usually con gregate. Our shafts were well aimed, and the political tricksters at whom they were leveled are now writhing under the sting. Under the protection of a pseudo-Democsatic sheet, which, while professing to be the organ of a party, is, in fact, nought else but the mouth piece of an arrogant and insignificant clique, they have been reduced to take shelter, aqd to cover iheir retreat are now indulging in the harmless and re creative occupation of launching the anathemas of excommunication upon our devoted heads. The first has gone forth. We are interdicted. Hear the An Amusing Mistake.—A gentle man of doubt was going out in his car riage to make some calls with his wife, when, discovering that he had left his visiting cards, he ordered his footman, recently come into service, to go to the mantle-piece in his sitting room, and bring the cards he should sec there.— The servant did ns he was directed, and off started the gentleman, sending in his footman with cards wherever the “not at home” occurred. As those were very numerous, he turned to the servant with the question : “How many cards have you left ?” “Well, sir,” said the footman, very innocently, “there’s the king of spades, the six of hearts and the ace of clubs.” ‘‘The deuce!” exclaimed bis master. “That’s gone,” said John. Living on Souls.—A good Metho dist minister at the West who lived on a small salary, was greatly troubled at one time to get his quarterly instalment He had called on his steward a number of times, but had each time been put off with some excuse. His wants at length becoming urgent, he wont to his steward and told him ho must have his mouey, as bis family were suffering for the necessities of life. ‘Money? replied the steward.—'You preach for money! I thought you preached for the good of souls!' ' Souls P replied the minister; ‘1 can’t eat souls, and if I could, it would take a thousand such as yours to make a decent meal.’ No one can say, I will sin so far and no farther. Sin is like a snow-ball roll ing down hill, small at first, but increas ing as it gees, till it becomes an over whelming mountain. Now we see It.—In old times the Democracy used to speak ot Federal “jp*,—~ . r \i .'ccontincpfiB-and Whigs. We never knew exactly what and fact than that of Massachusetts, , , me nnL We see it how t it was to -iTd-iEw* Kto Sfntft in this narticu- TUe J “earn, vve see n nuw “ We warn our friends that the Delta is working in the interest of our op ponents—that it intends the Democratic party, evil, u . and not good—and that all its statements are to be taken as adverse assertions, and not as Democratic ad- We especially warn our city Democrats that its course is calculated to do them all the mischief that it can. We warn all Democrats, everywhere, that for the present, it is their enemy, and not their friend.” This choice extract embrace**, in a nutshell, the denunciatory spirit of the whole article which appeared on Sunday morning in that cast-off political harlot, pompously yclept the “ Louisana Cou rier.” Of the merits of the case we leave the community to judge. We take occasion, however, to assure tho e who have watched the spirit of independ ence and indifference to outside clamor with which we hare been in the habit of conducting our journal, that any and all such attempts in future to gag our opinions, or to intimidate us into acqui- sescence in views which we have reason to believe both false and injurious, will be regarded by us with the silence of contempt which such conduct deserves. Our time and space are too valuable to be thrown away upon controversialists who distort truth to subserve party ends; and whose arrogance is only equaled by their stupidity. They know our rates of advertising, and we hope will not ex pect a gratuitous notice in future. Meantime, whatever gag-system the rank and file of Democratic journalism may subscribe to—though it may be thought treason among the faithful, to intimate that Mr. Buchanan squints, (especially at the ladies,) because he cannot help it; or that he is not a Cherub in virtue, an Adonis in beauty, or an Apollo in genius—we shall con tinue our independent course, advocat ing principles, but spurning to be the slave of " party. While the Courier is organizing defeat for its party, we shall be humbly zealous to keep alive the vestal flame of a true faith; and when it shall be spread like an inky pall over the corpse of its victim, we shall hailjthe event as the beginning of reconstruction, aud the harbinger of a better and nobler era. . . J - , v Jif ' We love principle more than success, and the South more than party ; this is the head and front of our offending, and for this we leave the public to judge, if we should be held up as objects of virtu ous indignation, even by so immaculate a censor as the sheet alluded to. ^y e have said. The faithful may din e as soon as the great fugleman of Cu stom house street blows his trumpe^ more. From the Southern Recorder. WHY WE SUPPORT MR. FILLMORE. We are often asked by our political opponents what is to be gained—what good do we expect by voting for Mr. Fillmore ? This is often tauntingly asked by those affectedly confident ol their own success and who talk largely of the overwhelming numerical strength of the Democratic party. Even though .asked in jest, we soberly give the wiiys and wherefores for sustaining Mr, Fill- morq. The times demand the election o/m Fillmore. Let Mr. F. tho con servative candidate, be withdrawn, ar.d let the South alone be united on Mr BuclinMn, we present but two ultra partfls, one an ultra pro-slavery party at the South and the ultra Black Re publicans at the North, our nationality gone. Tho lovers of the Union must rally on some man whose sectional pre judices are governed' and controlled by an unconquerable love for his country— a man of firmness, who had rather 'be right than be President.” - Such a man is Fillmore. We know he is such, for he has been tried. In addition, wc have his own authority: •‘If there be those, either North or South, who desire tin administration lor the North ns against the South, or fur the South as against the North, they are not the men who should give their suf frages to me. For my own part, I know only my country, my whole country, and nothing but tny country.” And again—in his speech at Roches ter he said: “I stand upon the broad platform of the Constitution and the laws. If hould be called upon ta administer the Government, the Constitution and laws of the country shall be executed, at every hazard and at erery cost." Do not these patriotic sentiments mark him as the man for the times, par ticularly as he can point back to his past Administration, when, in times no less trying, he did justice to tbe whole country,and restored peace and quiet? We think so. On the other hand it is said that Mr. Buchanoft is also a national man. V7hat evidence have we in support of this? None. His own political course has been fluctuating and inconsistent, and the leaders of his party aremanyofthim reckless, selfish and ambitious—men caring more for their own aggrandise ment than the good of the country ; and the fillibustering, latitudinarinn prin ciples recently heralded from the Cin cinnati Convention are too dangerous to be endorsed by the true lovers of their country. The principles embodied in the platform have already involved us in difficulties at home and abroad, and if further developed will, we honestly be lieve, be the political ruin of our coun try. As to Black Republicanism, it ia strictly sectional; its existence draws its vitality from hatred to slavery and its extension, regardless of the chartered rights of the South under the Constitu tion. Alas for the day when such a party is to give the nation a President 1 Its days will then soon be numbered Read Mr. Fillmore’s views in to days paper on this point They arc just and sound to the core. A nobler speech we have never read than this same Albany speech. Here it is, read it, and see why we support Mr. Fillmore. One word as to the practicability of electing Mr. F., and we are done. Let not his friends for one moment be dis couraged ! The sober second thought of the people is showing itself, and minds are in motion. All we think will yet be well, if the .people will only think and act for themselves. Democracy Illustrated. It would be impossible to present lor the render’s consideration a better illus* tration or more faithful picture of the democratic party on the slavery ques tions, than is afforded in the two resolu* lion which we subjoin;the first, adopted by the State Convention of the New York Softs, August 29ih, and the se- *~ cond by a meeting of the Anti-American party of Muscogee county, Ga., on thfe June, 1856: NEW YORK RESOLUTION. * ’ Resolved, That while this State will faithfnlly adhere to all the compromises of the Constitution, and maintain all the reserved rights of the Siatcs, they deem this an appropriate occasion to declare their fixed hostility to the extension of slavery into free. Territory• GEORGIA RESOLUTION. Resolved, That this meeting con gratulate the country upon the brilliant prospect of the certain success of the Cincinnati Convention; and that wc hail with delight the union and harmo- of the two icings of the Democratic can didates of the party in the great State of New York. We commend these (wo resolutions to the careful consideration of every South ern man. The New York Softs are now and always have been Freesoilcrs of the deepest dye: they ore the original Buffalo platform men who supported Van Bueen in 1848, and they always entertained a most inveterate hostility to slavery. Nor have they on any oc casion repudiated or recanted the princi ples and sentiments of tho resolution of August, 1855. What then must be thought of Southern men, who “ hail with delight,” as the Columbus Demo cracy do, a fusion and affiliation with such men? Is it not apparent that Southern Democrats are thus sporting with the dearest rights of the South, and - that they are ready to sacrifice those rights at the shrine of party ? We ask the calm and dispassionate men of all parties at the South to reflect calmly and deliberately upon this subject—read these two resolutions carefully—study them well, and then determine whether you are willing to affiliate with the New York Softs, the original Buffalo platform men ? If your love of the spoils is greater than your love of country—if your devotion to party is superior to your patriotism, your answer is easily foretold- If not, you will repudiato with scofn such an affiliation, and rally to the sup-* port of the South and her institutious, in the person of Millard Fillmore. The resolutions above quoted, are nn apt illustration of the aphorism, that ex tremes meet.” Columbus is famed for her platform making—her extreme ultraism, in all of which she lias acquired an unenviable notoriety. It is there the “ Coffin regiment’’ was fiist conceived—j it is there the spoilsmen, the Democrats,- “ who are held together by the cohesive power, of the public plunder,” have de nounced in the strongest terms the whole' people of the North, nnd as openly de-* dared, that tho whole North was unsound on the slavery question; nnd it is there,- that we find the same men resolving that they “ hail with delight'' an affiliation! with the New York Softs, w hose cardinal principle is “ a fixed hostility to (he ex tension of slavery /” People ot. Georgia, Southern men, think of and reflect Qrponr these things; and determine whether Or not you are ready to affiliate with the Freesoilcrs of tho North, and (o your eternal shame, " hail with delight" such affiliation !—Chron. ^ Scat. after defending his State i " t ^ 13 I distinguish them from federal lar, he brought forward from the last! s R . census statistical Tacts and figures to con-1 it democrats DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. This body, as noticed in another place, assembled here ou the 4tH. There were supposed to be about two hundred Dele gates'in attendance. The Hon. R. W. Flournoy of Washington was chosen President, and a number of Vice Presi dents selected. The Convention then passed a resolution ratifying the action and nominations of the Cincinnati Con vention, and pledged itself to gire a zealous su pp ort to its nom inces. It i hen nominated the following. Electoral Ticket, a majority of them ultraists from the old “fiie-eating ranks. For the State at large. CLBCTOU. ALTERNATES'. W. II. Stiles uf Chatham. I II. G. Lamar of Bibb. I. L. Harris of Baldwin. | A: R. Wright «f Floyd. First District. T. M. Forman of Glynn. | W. M Nichols ol Clinch - - Second District Samuel Hall of Macon. | COL Tucker of Stewart. Third District. J. N. Ramsay of Harris. ; E. J.McCeboe,''ouiton Fourth District. L. J. Gartrell of Fulton. | J.F. JobnaonofFayette, Fifth District ’ John W. Lewis of Cass. | L W. Crook of Whitfield Sixth District. J. F. Simmons, Gwinnett | It. McMillan, Habersham Seventh District. . T. P. Saflbtd of Morgan. | J. B. Cook, Washington. Eighth District. T. W. Thomas of Elbert. } A. C. Walker, Richmond —Southern Recorder. Trial of Hon. P. S. Brooks. Washington, July 8.—The Hon. P. S. Brooks was tried to-day for as saulting Mr. Sumner. He made a speech in extenuation of the assault, on the ground, of duty in resenting Sum nek’s insults to South Carolina. The Court, without comment, fined Mr Brooks three hundred dollars. S^Mr. Fillmore, remarks the Pe tersburg Intelligencer, is now Fairly before the country as a candidate; but comes not ns a new man, but. in the shape of an old viiued acquaintance',- , l experienced in the duties whiclr tire' 'true Americans of the Union desire to confide i o him. He comes too, from s dignified retire ment, in which ho. dis charges sedulously the duties of u pri vate citizen, ar.d he comes at the Unso licited .‘-all of a large parly in a Country, which he once served so well in its highest office, that lie wrung Warm- praises from even his political opponents; and from none more emphatically than the Democrats of Virginia and the South—the only denunciations he evef received, having emanated from the' Free-Soilers and Abolitioni-ts of the North. Thfc canvass Ins now begun hi earnest. Let the work go on! The Old Line Whigs of Baltimore held a large and enthusiastic meeting last week. They will support the Fill- mere Ticket. Old Whigs For Fillmore.—The New- York Commercial Advertiser which was not satisfied with Mr. Fill moro’s letter of acceptance, now de clares its intention to support him. Fox was one day expafhring to a com pany in which Sheridan was present, on' tho iirpossil ilhy of paying off the Nn- tbtml Debt. “ In fact” said he, *vthn' creditors of the nation stand as little chance of being paid as”—he pm s?tl for a strong illustration ; ere h < could find one, Sheridan supplied it —'i/onr oicn." „ Lost—A -— Reward, ^ it. For the resolntion of the Cincinn: ti Convention endorsing the Georgia Plat form. Said resolution has either been lost stolen, as Georgia demanded prior to the co-operation of her Delegation with that body that the Convention should not only endorse them but give “pledges,” in addition or they c ould not act with them. Said resolutions are not refered to in the Cincinnati platform nor were they reported to the Conven tion here on the 4th.—Is Georgia De mocracy true to herself? The man who “ shot at random,’ did not hit it; die has since lent his rifle t > the youth w 1 < aimed at immortality.

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The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, July 17, 1856, Image 1