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THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1860.
jN^The present energetic May
or of Augusta, the Hon. Booster Blod-
get, Jr. bss been nominated for re-
election by the Opposition party of
that city.
jjgT Tazewell W. Newman, Speak
er of the Tennessee State Senate,
having been accused of forgery, re
signed his seat, and has gone to
Washington City, to demand an
investigation into the matter.
CHARLESTON CONTENTION.
The great Sanhedrin of the Dem
ocratic party will meet in Charleston
. ggy-We learn from the Home
Courier that Mr. Robert Thompson
and his wife were murdered on the
night of the 21st ult., at their resi
dence in Gordon county. Mr.
Thompson’s body was found some
distance from tho house, and his
wife’s body was found in the bed.—
Mr. T. was a merchant and postmas
ter at Sugar Valley. It is suppos
ed that tho scoundrels got about $70
to compensate them for these brutal
murders,
CONGRESS.
As will be seen by the telegraphic
synopsis of the daily proceedings of
Congress, which we have published
from week to week since the meet
ing of that body, very little has been
done or attempted so far,
Inasmuch as the Presidential elec
tion comes on in November, and ail
parties are endeavoring to make cap
ital, we think it likely that the pres
ent session will be somewhat pro
tracted.
Spurgeon’s Sermons.
Since Spurgeon’s vile anti-slavery
letter has been laid before the pub
lic of the South his name has become
a hissing and a by-word among onr
people. We learn from onr exchan
ges that a bonfire was made of his
sermons at Montgomery, Ala. the
other day. They were carried to
the jail yard, heaped up in a pile and
ignomioiously burnt to ashes!
The March Convention.
We believe it is pretty generally
conceded that Gov. Cobb’s friends
will constitute a large majority of
tho approaching Democratic Con
vention, and that the resnlt will be
a confirmation of the action of the
legislative convention in December.
Douglasism is just now rather fiat
in Georgia; but we arc assured by
those who know the leaders of the
Democracy better than we do, that
they will all cheerfully support Mr.
Douglas, if nominated at Charleston !
The Georgia delegation, it is said,
will vote for Mr. Cobb the first few
ballots, but finally fall into the sup
port of Douglas! Well, wo shall
see!
on the 23d day of April-only a few £ the prinoples
t f 1 .V m of the compromise measures ot 1^ 0,
which were subsequently endorsed by
almost the entire people of the I'niotf.
9. The faithful enforcement of the
Fugitive Slave Law. All attempts
or combinations to defeat or frustrate
those provisions by citizens of the Re
public, and all State legislation to
the same, end are in violation of the
Constitution. iv‘ 1 ' ' •; *.
10. That as iar as’ depends upon
us, we will stand by, support; and up
hold the Union, against all attacks
from without and within, 6 and against
all ultraism, whether at the North or
the South. —
We invite our fellow-citizens, of
all party names, to unite with us in
our fraternal struggle, in the com
mon cause of the Constitution and
the Union, and in the election of a
President of ability, integrity and
patriotism, not identified with a
sectional party, who will be President
of the Nation, of the whole people,
and not of a faction ; and who will
strictly enforce the laws, and sustain
alike,"under the Constitution, the
rights and interests of every section
of tho country.
Such a President we should recog
nize in our distinguished fellow-citi
zen, the Hon. John J. Crittenden,
whom we reccommend to the favora
ble consideration of a National Union
Convention, as worthy of that exalt
ed position. His whole lifegive3 am
ple assurance that if elevated to the
Chief Magistracy of this nation he will,
in the administration of the Govern
ment, know nothing but our common
country.
Shoemakers’ Strike.
Our readers are doubtless aware
that the shoemakers of Lynn, Haver
hill, Natick, and other towns in Mas
sachusetts are now on a “strike 1
that is, they have quit work until the
“bosses,” as the monufaeturers are
called, raise their wages. There are
several thousand men and women en
gaged in this strike, and some of the
resolutions made at their meetings
are disgraceful to humanity. How
they ean keep soul and body together
at the prices they get for their work,
we cannot conceive. It is no wonder
they are striking !
This matter is but the “beginning
of the end.” Our N01 them friends
will yet learn that there is an “irre
pressible conflict’’ between capital
and labor forty times more violent
and dangerous than the conflict
spoken of by Seward! Talk about
tho danger of the South l The North
is right now in far greater danger
of domestic insurrection than the
Sooth has ever been! Capital has
ground down Labor into the very
dust. Labor has borne the burden
patiently, hut will, ere long throw it
off, be the results what they may!
Let the “humanitarians” of theNorth
weeks from the present writing. To
say that this national convocation is
“big with the fate of Csesar and of
Romeo,” requires no stretch of the
imagination. Rent by parties and
factions,-and shaken to its very foun
dations by the sectional tumults which
have characterized our history for
the past few years, we have now reach
ed a point in our downward career
where even the assembling of an ir
responsible gathering of hungry of
fice-hunters may be looked to with
hope on the one hand, or fearful fore
boding on the other. These caucuses
and conventions are unnatural excres
cences upon our present system—they
were never contemplated by the fram
ers of the Constitution, but like ugly
tumors upon the human system, have
grown until their remaining any long
er has become dangerous and the re
sult of cutting them off uncertain!
But wc must look upon things as
we find them, and not as we would
linvo them. The Convention system
has grown np to be a “power behind
the throne greater than the throne
itself,” notwithstanding everybody
knows that they scarcely ever express
the will of the people. In this view
of the subject, they have a signifi
cance for weal or woe that cannot be
ignored altogether, as contemptible
as we know are the instrumentalities
which generally call them into being.
Inasmuch as the Democracy claim
to be the only national party in ex
istence, and the sectional quarrel be
tween the North and the South has
been narrowed down chiefly to the
question whether we shall have equal
rights in the Territories—and inas
much as the present platform of the
party is very ambiguous on this sub
ject, it becomes very important that
there should he a clear and unmis
takable enunciation of doctrine on
this point by the Charleston Conven
tion ; and in consideration of the fact
that the almost entire strength of the
Democratic party lies at the South,
as well as the fact that we have had
Northern Presidents nearly all the
time since the days of Gen. Jackson,
it becomes doubly important that a
Southern man should be placed upon
their platform.
Will the Convention dare do these
things ? If they will adopt such a
platform and place upon it Senator
Hammond, of S. C., or some other
Southern gentleman equally sound,
they will have done much to bring
about that “consummation” so “de
voutly wished” by some—“a united
South.”
If, however, they leave their plat
form as it now stands, or nominate
Douglas or one of his followers, thou
sands of patriotic hearts at the South
as well as the North, East and West,
will unite in a mighty effort to save
the Government from the hands of
the Democrats on one side and the
Black Republicans on the other—re
garding both parties as equally dan
gerous.
It is in this view of the subject
that we regard the action of the ap
proaching Charleston Convention as
highlyfimportant.1
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impair aDy right which any citizen of
he United States possesses under
ho Federal Constitution in the Tor-
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public debt greatly increased,’are they are now, and who is there able inference expressly, it would be df- prayer of all present, and may eacn
abuses and wrongs that demand re- t0 w at these rates? fectua11 / excluded JBI
Irom going up higher next year than
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OPPOSITION STATE CONTENTIONS.
On the 22d of February, the Op
position State Conventions of Ken
tucky, Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee convened at their respect
ive State capitals. A patriotic spi
rit appeared to animate each assem
bly, and snitablo resolutions were
adopted.
The Kentucky Convention recom
mended John J. Crittenden as the
Union candidate for the Presidency
—the Tennessee Convention named
John Bell, and that of North Caroli
na William A. Graham.
We append the resolutions adopted
at these several Conventions, begin
ning with
Kentucky.
Believing that neither the Repub-:
lican nor Democratic organizations
are competent to the restoration of
peace and harmony to a distracted
country, we announce the following
principles as essential to *any truly
national and conservative party:
1. The supremacy of the Federal
Constitution, as expounded by the
trodden white laborers. The -sleek,
well-fed darkies of the South need
none of their attention! By the way,
would it not be a good idea to take
up a collection among the slaves of
the South to help these people? of
their abundance they could spare
much to relieve distresses of the over
work and half-paid white laborers of
the-North! rww.it
Fatal Affray.—On Wednesday
last, a difficulty occurred at
k Henry College, Va., be
tween ;% student from Georgia, named
Reece, and John B. Brownlow, of
Knoxville, Tenn., son of Rev. W.
G. Brownlow, in which the latter
etruek the former on the head with a
tick, ltecce died the same night.
Kansas and Slavery.
The bill abolishing slavery in Kan
sas, which was vetoed by Gov. Meda-
ry, has b cen passed over his veto by a
tote of thirty to seven.
2. The faithful enforcement of all
the laws.
8. Observance of the counsels and
fidelity to tho principles of the Fare
well Legacy of Washington to his
countrymen. vHM
4. No interference of any charac
ter with slavery, or the rights of slave
holders, in tho slavcholding States of
the Union, and the suppression of
any such interference by the requi
site means, moral, legal, or physical.
6. Opposition to any Presidential
candidate who will endorse or be like
ly to follow the proscriptive, wastc-
fol, disorganizing and downward
course which has lately characterized
the Federal Administration.
6. The right of the citizens of the
United States, resident in the Ter
ritories, when authorized to form their
State Constitution, to admit or reject,
by it, the institntion of slavery*--' 1 '- 1
7. Opposition to the re-opening of
the African Slave Trade.
8. We deny the power of the peo
ple of the Territories, prior to the
formation of; their State Constitu
tion, by legislation or otherwise to
The Tlrglnla Resolutions.
The Opposition Convention of Vir
ginia adopted the following resolu
tions, at their late meeting at Rich
mond :
1. llesolved, That we hold the
powers granted and conferred on the
General Government by the Con
stitution of the United States of
America, as sacred trusts to be held
and faithfnlly exercised for the com
mon benefit of all the States and the
citizens thereof; and we deplore all
measures and party organizations
which tend to pervert these powers to
en ds of injustice and oppression. We
know no diversity of interest among
the several States or citizens thereof,
incompatible with a constitutional
administration of the government,
consistent with the equal rights of
each and all; and we hold it to be
the duty of the Federal Government,
nd each department thereof within
the just limits of the Constitution, to
promote, by every means, the interest
and prosperity of all.
2. Resolved, That there is no power
or authority in the government of the
United States, or in any department
thereof, to interfere with, regulate,
control, alter, modify, or abolish, or
impair the domestic institution of
slavery in the States; the entire
right, authority and power, in regard
thereto, is reserved by and exclusive
ly appertain to the people and govern
ment of the several States of the
Union.
3. Resolved, That in respect to
the Territories, the common property
of the United States of America, we
adhere to the principles of tho com
promise measures of 1850. - We hold
that to the inhabitants of the Ter
ritories, who are lawful citizens ol
the United States, belongs the right,
when they come to form a State Con
stitution and government, to fashion
their domestic institutions according
to their own will and pleasure, adopt
ing or rejecting the institution of
slavery as they may think proper
with the privilege of admission into
the Union upon equal terms with the
citizens of other States, whenever
they have the requisite population to
entitle them thereto, with no restric
tion therein but that prescribed by
the Constitution in guaranteeing to
every State in the Union a Republi
can form of government.
4. Resolved, That to repeal the
acts of Congress prohibiting and
punishing the slave trade is alike un
wise, impolitic and against the settled
policy of the country.
5. Resolved, That we regard the
unity of government ordained and
established by the Constitution of the
United States as the main pillar
the edifice of our real independence,
the support of- our tranquility at
home, our peace abroad, of our safety,
of our prosperity, of tha t very liberty
interwoven with every ligament of
our hearts, we so justly prize; that
we regard it as of infinite moment,
that all should properly estimate the
immense value of our national Con
8titutional Union to our collective
and individual happiness; that we
cherish a cordial, habitual,-and im
movable attachment to itj accustom
ing ourselves to think and speak of
it as the palladium of political safety
and prosperity, watching for its pre
servation with jealous anxiety, dis
countenancing whatever may suggest
even a suspicion that it can, in any
eyent^ be abandoned; and indignant
ly frowning upon the first dawnings
of every attempt to alienate any
portion of our country from the rest,
or enfeeble the sacred ties that link
together the various parts; and we
depreciate all measures and repudiate
all parties that tend to its overthrow
6th. Resolved, That the recoin
mendations of the President of the
United States in his message to Con
gress, in December, 1858, that Con
gress shall divest itself of the war
making power and confer it on him
and invest him with the power of
making treaties witheur the advice
and consent of the- Senate, and
further, to subject the Army ;and
Navy to his control, accompanied
with demands for enormous appro
priations of money to carry out his
politics and purposes, are astounding
and alarming to every friend of con
stitutional liberty, and call for the
most unqualified condemnation that
tho public voice can pronounce.
7th. Resolved, That the extrava
gance and corruption in the admin
istration of the Federal Government
in its Executive and Legislative de
partments, by which the public ex
penditures have been increased to
tt encliment and reform, exposure and
punishment.
8tb. Resolved, That the principles,
polfcisa, and purposes of the bo called
Black Republican, or Abolition party,
manifestly tend to impair that more
perfect union—to subvert that justice
—to destroy that domestic tranquili
ty—-to weaken that common defence
—to retard that general welfare, and
:tp imperil the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity, which
the Constitution of the United States
of America was ordained and es
tablished to secure. 1
9th. Resolved, That in onr inter
course .arid relations with foreign
governments, we recognize all those
international duties and obligations
which our position as a member of
the great family of nations beget and
will at all times, with alacrity and
fidelity, conform thereto.
“10th. Resolved, That we approve
of the address of the Central Union
Constitutional Committee, in so far
only as it contains a recommendation
to send delegates from this State to
the National Convention to be held
the city of Baltimore. But in tak
ing this action this Convention does
not mean to discourage the great
movement now being made, in other
parts of this Union for the formation
of a great National Consdrvdtive~Uri-
ion party.’’. . ' "
Tennessee.
The Tennessee Convention is said
to have been the largest and most
enthusiastic that ever assembled in
that State. Jere Clemens presided,
assisted by ten Vice Presidents. A
large delegation was appointed to the
National Convention, and Bailie Pey
ton and N. G. Taylor chosen electors
for the State at large. The commit
tee on business made a long report,
which closed with the following re
solutions t
Resolved, Therefore, by the dele
tes of the people of Tennessee in
onvention assembled, that we will
unite with all good men everywhere,
and (j^eyotq all our energie& to main
tain and perpetuate the Union, under
the Constitution as it is.- ' j
Resolved, That the true test of de
votion to the Union is the practice of
ready obedience to the requirements
of the Constitution.
Resolved, That the continued agi
tation of the slavery question, .while
it promises no profitable result to any
section, is fraught with infinite mis
chiefs to the whole country-*-injuri-
ous to all material interests—retard
ing moral progress—impairing the na
tional character abroad—presenting
the aspect of weakness, from incura
ble dissensions at home, and thereby
inviting insults and aggressions from
foreign powers; imperiling the pence
of the country, the stability of the
Union, and that it ought therefore to
cease.
Resolved, That we are Opposed to
direct taxation, and in favqr-of a ta
riff adequate to tho expenses of an
economical administration of the gen
eral government, wilh specific duties
where applicable, discriminating iu
favor of Amerioau labor.
Resolved, That the Hon. John
Bell, in the opinion of the conventipn,
possesses superior qualifications for
tho office of President—his long and
distinguished public services—his
broad and expansive patriotism—his
unswerving devotion to the Union
and the Constitution through all pha
ses of his political fortune, entitle
him to our warmest support.
We commend him to our fellow-cit
izens everywhere, and the delegates
appointed to the National Union Con
vention are instructed to use all hon
orable means to procure his nomink-,
tion. ■ 1 *
The address aiid resolutions were
adopted unanimously anil with accla
mation. ~ 1 ’
now,
to buy at these
We append a
contain a provision excluding this jus.” [ Applause, j May this be the
• e » *. 1J 1 -A &' 1 . _ #.1? nil nuaOAnf nrifi TV'flNT
sensible article on
this subject from the Montgomery
Mail. Let every farmer weigh tho
matter well, before he puts all bis
best land in cotton. Cotton will be
low and corn and pork high.
Corn-Bad Prospects Ahead.
There was never a time in our
knowledge, when the future was more,
gloomy, in regard to a sufficiency of
breadstuff's. Already, from Texas
to North Carolina corn is ranging
from $1,25 to $2 00 per bushel. The
wheat crop of Tennessee, the Caro-
linas/Georgia and Alabama, is ab
solutely destroyed: and the chance
for oats slim.
What will be the result of this con
dition of things! Why, by midsum
mer, corn will be at an average of
$2 00 per bushel and in many parts,
there will be actual suffering, from a
scarcity of bread. At $1.00 per
bushel, even a prosperous workman
cannot feed and clothe a family
of children. But what next? The
present scarcity will turn the whole
country in to the new corn in Sep
tember, before it hardens, and what
ever it may be, may be diminished one
quarter by the early destruction.—
But that is not the worst yet; for the
cotton mania is so prevalent, that; a
short crop of corn will be planted this
year, and a short crop, early attack
ed, without aid from wheat or oats,
will speedly be so diminished as to
make prices intolerable. Then add to
this,the fact the overplanting of cotton
(we shall make 4^600,000 bales this
season, if weather prove favorable,)
will- reduce the staple down to about
8 cents. Put cotton, at 8 cents,'and
corn at $2 00, together—and what
do they mean but the hardest, the
most doleful times to all who labor
for subsistence ? But it is a true
ricture. Let any fanner ask himself
if the facts are not true, and' if the
results we anticipate are not inevi
table.
The scarcity of corn and other grain
will of course be accompanied by
scarcity and high prices of pork.
Troly, the contemplation is deplor
able, but our farmers and planters
will not allow themselves to be divert
ed from the making of cotton, though
it is now Jailing under the influence
of over supply. Next year it will be
far worse—no price for cotton, and
com scarce and high. We predict
now, that if our planters fail to plant
largely of com, this year, there will
be more pecuniary embarrassment by
January, 1861, than this country has
known since 1837. There is only
one course of safety and that lies in
small cotton fields and big corn fields!
Will not some of our intelligent
planters who can see through the
next six months enlighten t-heir neigh
bors as to this cotton insanity ? It
is of the last importance to the coun
try, it should be done forthwith.
The month of March will determine
whether or not next year shall be one
of prosperity; or one of universal
agricultural depression and disaster.
It is useless to think of the present
or the past prices of cotton being
sustained. By April next, good
middlings will probably bo down to
9 cents. The increased breadth of
land, for the next ■ crop, will insure
20 per cent, increase of production,
with an ordinarily favorable season.
How can prices range above 8 to 10
cents with nearly a five million crop?
In conclusion, we say to the plan
ters, there is no question now of so
pressing an importance, as the CORN
question. Those who shall have to
purchase for their negrees and stock,
next year, will Have to be very stoat,
or they will go under. There is
barely time yet, to adopt a wise policy,
in distributing the crops of the sea
son. We devoutly trust that the
jlanters of Montgomery county, At
;east, will protect themselves and
ibis community from the disasters
which are ahead.—Mont. Mail.
ardently patriotic and more deter-
account of its mere intrinsic a ^ xr saruj
ty; for, it is manifest, neither Con-’mined to do his whole duty to Goa
gress nor any other department .qi
the government can cast off its con
stitutional powers and duties without
producing a radical change in the
very frame-work of onr institutions,
and thus usurping a right which 'be
longs to the sovereign people alone.
This is too plain to need explanation;
but the Compromise, as it.happens,
does contain a provision excluding
the inference in question expressly,
all unnecessary though such a provi
sion is. And here is the provision:
All the laws passed by the Legis
lative Assembly and Governor shall
be submitted to the Congress of the
United States, and, if disapproved,
shall be null and of wo effect.
This provision and the two other
provisions quoted above are common
to the New Mexico and Utah Bills,,
which together constitute the Territo
rial element of the Compromise of
1850. They settle the principles of
the Compromise decisively ; showing
those principles to be, first, tho su
premacy of Congress over the Ter
ritories or the non-existence of the
right of self-government in the Ter
ritorial inhabitants, and, secondly,
the Territories, when they assume
the dignity of States, to be received
into the Uniom with or without slave
ry, as they shall determine. There
is not a line or a phrase or a word in
the Compromise of 1850 which coun
tenances the monstrous heresy of
squatter sovereignty in any shape.
Not one. On the contrary, not only
the whole tenor but the express langu
age of the Compromise repudiates
the dogma iu every shape.
So incontestible is this, indeed,
that Senator Pugh, of Ohio,'Douglas’
right-hand man in the Federal Sen
ate, introduced a resolution into that
body, the 15th of last December, a
little upwards of two months ago,
instructing the Committee on Territo
ries to inquire into the expediency
of repealing so much of the Compro
mise of 1850 as might be necessary
in order to establish squatter sov
ereignty or absolute non-intervention
in the Territories of Utah and New
Mexico. The following is his resolu
tion .*
Resolved, That the Committee on
Territories be instructed to inquire
into the expediency of repealing so
much of the acts approved September
9, 1850, for the organization of Ter
ritorial governments in New Mexico
and Utah, as requires that all the
laws passed by the Legislatures of
these Territories shall be submitted to
Congress for approval or rejection.
After this, or at all events in view
of this, surely no one can remain in
doubt as to the exact principles of
the Compromise of 1850, and least
of all respocting its complete -and
utter rejection of squatter sov
ereignty. There ought to be no
more uncertainty and no further
dispute on this head. The fact is
too clear for controversy or even for
misgiving.—Louisville Journal.
and his country, than when we assem-
hore to-day.
commercial
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Athens, March. Cotton * .
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CORN CROP OP 1860.
Have the farmers and planters of
the Sonth bestowed proper thought
upon the importance of the produc
tion of a heavy corn crop this year ?
We have been repeatedly requested
to write on this subject, and did some
weeks . ago write a short paragraph
calling attention to the matter-
which we think was all sufficient.—
Our agricultural friends, no donbt,
very justly believe that they under
stand their own interests better than
we do; and if their dying hogs and
starving horses, mules and cows don’
arouse them to asense of their trne
interests, nothing we can say will do
SO. «- - W--4
Too many of them, in Ihein- eager
ness to raise large crops *>f cotton
become good farmers after the man
ner of our old friend R. A gentle
man one day asked one of his negro
men if he was a good farmer. “Ob,
yes, sah, massa berry good farmer-
bo raise two craps ebery year!
“How so, Sam ?” - “Why, you see,
massa, he raise bustin big cotton
crap so he have no time to look af
ter corn, and fodder, and shucks'—
ho- sell him in do fall—and den he
have a big crop next spring he carry
to de tan-yard—he cows all die for
want of shacks, and behave fine crap
of hides! Massa bery good far
mer!” : - Vm
HoWjoftc-n is this crop system
literally put into practice in this sec-
tion !■ .y
* Some persons urge as”an objection
to raising a large corn crop this year,
that every body else will be at it, and
that the supply will be so abundant
that it will not bring anything!—
country will be so completely eaten j Congress of its constitutional powers
out before corn-gathering time one- ani ^ d ut ies in relation to the Terri-
third of the new crop will be con-
Squattcr Sovereignty and the Compro
mise Measure of 1850.
Having in private conversations
heard several Democratic friends
assert that the doctrine of squatter
sovereignty was embraced in the
compromise measure of 1850, we
think it likely that this misapprehen
sion prevails to a considerable extent.
For the purpose of correting it, we
copy the following article from the
Louisville Journal. It is a perfect
socTcdologer, and will set the matter
atrest: • : • ■
The Compromise or 1850.
What are the principles of this
Compromise with respect to the Ter
ritories embraced in its provisions ?
The formal declaration of adhesion
to these principles by the Constitu
tional Union Convention at Frankfort
the other day renders it desirable per
haps that this question should again
be answered in our columns. We
accordingly answer it once more.
The citation of the following provi
sions, common to the two Territorial
measures of the Compromise, will
serve our purposes in part:
That when admitted as a State,
the said Territory, or any portion of
the same, shall be received into the
Union with or without slavery, as
their Constitution may prescribe at
the time of admission.
That the legislative power of the
Territory shall extend to all rightful
subjects of legislation consistent with
the Constitution of the United States,
and the provisions of this act.
It is this last provision, we take it,
which has proved a stumbling block
to some of the Douglas Democracy,
who affirm with tho utmost confidence,
and no doubt with perfect sincerity,
that the Compromise of 1850 not
merely delegates but grants absolute
ly to the Territories all the powers
of Territorial legislation which the
Constitution grants to Congress it
self, that, in other words, the Com
promise proclaims the abdication by
The Washington Celebration—Speech
or the President.
President Buchanan, after the de
livery of Mr Bocock’s oration, at the
inauguration of the Washington stat
ue on Wednesday, in closing the cere
monies, made the following patriotic
andeloqnent remarks:
Fellow-Citizens:—I accept the
auspicious omen now presented to us
in this calm sunset almost without a
cloud. The early part of the day
was boisterous. Many accidents al
so occurred to delay the progress
and the completion of these ceremo
nies, but these unfoitunate occurren
ces have terminated, as I thank God
always has been the case in the his
tory of our country. If storms and
tempests beset us in the morning, the
end of the day is still Hear, bright
and animating. Such I trust will
ever be the issue nf the gloom and
darkness that for a season appear to
envelop-us. [Applause.] The honor v
able and important duty that has been
assigned to me of dedicating this
statue of Washington, which is a no
ble production of native American
genius—-this welcome and grateful
task I now proceed to perform.—
Standing here on this beautiful and
commanding position, surrounded by
the Senators and Representatives of
all the States of the Confederacy and
by a vast assemblage of our fellow-
citizens, civil and military, in fall
view of the noble Potomac, which
Washington loved so well and of the
shores of the ancient Commonwealth
which gave him birth, I now solemn
ly dedicate this statue to the immor
tal memory of tho Father of his
Country. [Applause.]
I perform this act of pious devo
tion, not in the name of the people
of the North, or the South, the East
or the West; not in the name of those
who dwell on the waters of the Atlan
tic or on the waters of the far Pacific;
but in the name of tho whole Ameri
can people, united one and indivisi
ble, now and forever. [Applause, and
cries of hurrah for Old Buck.] May
the God of our fathers preserve the
Constitution and the Union for ageB
yet to come. May they stand like
the everlasting hills against which
the tempests from every quarter of
the heavens shall beat in vain. In a
word, may they endure so long as the
name of Washington shall be honor
ed and cherished among the children
of men. [Renewed and prolonged
applause.]
May Washington city, which ho
founded, continue throughout many
generations to be the seat of govern
ment of the great, powerful, prosper
ous and united confederacy. Should
it ever become a ruin by a dissolu
tion of the Union, it will not, like the
ruins of Balabeck and Palmyra, be
merely a monument of the vanity of
human greatness, but it will teach the
lesson to the dwellers upon the eaith
that our grand political experiment
has failed, and that man is incapable
of self governmenti May such a
direful disaster to the human race
Slavery In the Territories.
Extract from the Washington cor
respondence of the Philadelphia North
American:
Washington, Feb. 26.—The De
mocratic caucusof the Senate sat five
mortal hours yesterday, conferring
upon the platform in regard to the
prohibition of slavery in the ter
ritories, and finally adopted the re
solutions submitted by Mr. Jefferson
Davis, three weeks ago, with some
modification of the fourth of the
series, thus literally verifying the
statement in this correspondence as
to the purpose of the majority. The
committee were nnamimous in their
report, including Mr. Bigler, who
authorized his assent to be noticed to
the caucus before beiug called to
Philadelphia yesterday. This im
portant step necessarily occasioned
much discussion as one which will
probably lead to a dangerous schism in
the party, and, if preesed at Charles
ton, perhaps to break np tbeconven
tion. Mr. Pearce, Mr. Bayard, Mr.
Johnson, of Arkansas, Mr. Toombs
and Mr. Clingman, questioned the
policy of such a declaration by the
Senate, as being liable to misconstrue
tion, and carrying the idea of dicta
tion to the Charleston Convention.
Mr.. Douglas and Mr. Pugh alone of
the Northern Democrats resisted 4he
resolution decidedly, but tlieir opposi
tion was overwhelmed, and the plat
form passed with these dissenting
voices.
It may therefore be regarded as
an anthoritative expression of the de
mocracy, and in that view significant
of what should be expected at Charles
ton. The resolutions pointedly re
buke and repudiate the doctrines of
Mr. Douglas, and were intended to
exclude him as a possible candidate.
It is very obvious from this imposing
development that, whatever else may
happen in the Convention, his aspira
tions are doomed to defeat. This
result has been long since foreshadow
ed, though desperate efforts have
been made to create a contrary im
pression, and to misrepresent the
preferences of delegates elected. Po
litical claquers have shouted in con
cert and by arrangement, but this trick
is at last detected, and the public
have now come to understand that all
this clapping is only part of a pre
ened scheme for creating fictiti
ous opinion. The south will be a
unit against Mr. Douglas on every
ballot, first, last and always, and
all contrary assurances are either
interested or assumed without any
knowledge of the material of which
the southern delegation are composed,
and their fixed and unalterable pur
pose to punish his defection or.
Lecompton.
It is very true that a certain class
of politicians in the South, who have
in vain contested the leadership of
their party with its acknowledged
chiefs and been forced by repeated
defeats to occupy subordinate posi
tion, have endeavored to give Mr.
Douglas encouragement, staking their
remnant of political fortune with his,
as a desperate chance for securing
personal ascendancy in the event of
success. But they are utterly power
less in the organization, and have
been prostrated in every attempt
to get recognition. Mr. Forsyth’s
recent experience in Alabama is a
striking illustration in point, and
furnishes an example which reflects
Southern sentiment, and by which
the strength of Mr. Douglas in that
section may be measured. And it
may be said further, that bis vote
cannot be transferred sHhl to any
other candidate. lie may, perhaps,
control the Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,
and factions of other western dele
gations, but the eastern and the
central States which contribute to
his support will be apt, after dropping
him, as they will do as the first
chance, to look out for themselves,
regardless of any suggestions from
Washington. In two months more
the public will be better able to
estimate whether these opinions or
the pretensions which have been bq
complacently set up, are most entitled
to confidence.
irih 5.—Sain .< I
2,000 bales. The turn r , ot “« a ]
WSaartagfe:,
<h»y 800 bales, with ah...?
lands H rents. m *tke(
ATHENS PRICES CORR
co,«cTerrrK«iLt7rr.TiiL'.'.~2r
Bagg,ngCQ nn n,„«!..tJ. H . EN: *- ****
Bale Rope, per lb..... —• lli..
Manilla Rope * “
!‘ a S3 iD f Twine.
Tallow Candles
Sperm do.......
Star do
Coffee Rio
Coffee Jsva "
Tea
Rice
Sugar,Brown.......
“ Clarified...... *
“ Crashed “I i|
” Loaf ;;; j n
Molasses, per gal *’ l|
n.o. syrop..".....;;;; „ «
8all, per Bushel _._* “**
Salt,' Liverpool Sack
Steel, Caat
“ German .....
* Blister.......
M Spring.......
Iron, common atse .
“ 7inch wide ...
*• Band .........
Nail rqd. .i...,
•* Sheet ...... ...
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21
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8
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Oustings
Neils, per Keg
Powder,Rifle,............
Blasting
■••• : ! J
— ^ id
Shut, per Bag
fndigo,Spanish
Madder lb....
Copperas.
Blue Stone
Oil, Linseed ...........
*• Lamp, Winter
44 44 Fall
“ Train
-.. JR l
so .j y
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Ho n« 1
— H« l! |
White Lead, Keg 251b...
Glaae,Box 8 by 10
Mackerel. No. 3 bbl
4 bhls No. 2 .'
** j bill a No. 2
Tobacco
Yarn perbale, 4C bunches..
* 4 Retail .'
Osnaborgs, per Bale
“ Retail.........
Shirting §, per bale
44 Retail.
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CO-CTNTRY PRODUCE
Butter, (very scarce)
Eggs, do.
Chickens, do....
Green Apples
Dfied “
Peeled Peaches
on peeled...
Cabbage,
Potatoes, Irish
Sweet,
Onions........
Bacon Sides.............
" Hams.....
41 Shoulders |
Lard......
Tallow.........
Cotton per Bale....
Klourperbbl
Wheat per Bushel
Corn “ “
Meal •- “
Oats 44 11 -
Rye 44 44 »
Beeswax...... ;o j
Feathers... ill
Wool............ jj If
Rag* !|
Pea* 10,11
LIQUORS.
00 an reran bt hansom a rmua
Whisky—Com 75 U M
Rectified 40 g
Rye —.......... 60 0
Monongahcla 100 H|
Scotch 350 ft
Brandy—Peach, 176 JI
American 60 3|
French 400
Apple 100 1S|
Wine—Malaga 75
* Madeira, 100
- Port, - 250 II
Sherry 350 0
Gin—Domestic 75 !<
Holland .150 <
Ram—New England SO !
Jamaica, 250 I
sumed before frost! Nothing short
torDs; that, in short, it asserts the
doctrine of absolute non-intervention,
‘ or actual squatter sovereignty. Now,
of a double crop can prevent prices if tho Compromise of 1850 did not
Trade of Charleston,
We are pleased to learn that the
trade of Charleston has largely in
creased this Spring. A good begin
ning has been made in non-intercourse
with the Northern cities. We doubt
not the trade of Charleston and other
seaports will go on increasing every
season until our merchants finally
make all their purchases in Southern
seaboard towns. We copy the fol
lowing paragraph from the Mercury
of a late date:
Trade.—Trade has now fully open
ed in Charleston, and has made good
headway. More than fifty country
merchants came in yesterday, by one
train from Augusta. Yesterday morn
ing, the array of dry goods and other
goods boxes on the pavements of
Meeting and Hayne streets was un
exampled in Charleston. It was
sight to gladden the eyes ot all,, and
to shat the months of croakers.—
Merchants generally are not disposed
to look for so extensive and varied
stocks in Charleston. They knew
that plain goods could be bought here,
but they find that the selection at
several of our leading houses is fully
equal to what they have been accus
tomed to seeing in New York jobbing
houses. This evening, and up to the
small hours past midnight, tho light
ed floors, from sidewalk to roofing,
showed how busy our heavy merchants
are in baling the goods they sold yes
terday. If any citizen is incredu
lous, let him take an early stroll this
morning in the vicinity of the Charles
ton Hotel.
IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO SI!
SINCE ALL
OLD AND YOUNG,
AFFIRM ITS TRUTH,
Vis: That VtoftnaT Wood"* Hair
TX7I1.K. preserve ilie gf»Ok
"* the h»ir, if used two or ifirev
imaginable age. Perieeily redto *8
cover the bald with nature’* onm oramMetjftn
make it more eoft and beautiful than »«*
acre I lie ecalp free from all dinaae to the pow
State*man, Judge*, Attorney*. Cleryjo* !*
aiunal nieiranduentieman and
all oeer the world, bear it*moony that went"
too much in it* Ikvor Bead lb* lollo*n»|***^
Hiaaoar Gaova SeChtrle* ph*-
Not. II. I®
r»oe. O. J. Wood—D(tr Sir; SSoct
mer we were induced to uae aomo ofj**^Jj
rtoralire, and It* effect* were *o woad«"'
it our duty to you and the afflicted, to reft" 4
Our Utile aon’a bead for new ua» «*>■
feclly covered, with aour*, and *"“• C, “T, m
head. The hair almost entirely ,
quences, when a friend, aeeing hi*
viaed na to uae y-ur Restorative, »<«
tie hope of anceeaa, but to our « u l’Q n "', **Ln
all onr friend*, a very few application* “--^ 1
diaeaae entirely, and a new and Imartat®* ,
aoon started oat, aid we ean now uV“* m
baa aa healthy a aeale, and a* i
bairtmiraa any other child. We
do hereby, commend your Reewnjjjy
renwday for all diaaaaee ol Ibeiealp »*
Weareyoum^aHr. ^
SARAH A. HlGGUfWTW
na. Wood *. -Beer&r: K* £lrt»*
year*, been becoming prematurely ref--, j,
by a barrbueee which rendered the
lion of oil neeeeeary in i,w *'*£ jHjiee*^
noticed uaingyonr Ban Beatoratirr
ago, it waa in that condition ; aud >
iuuee tin within the la*
ton* natural color, aod a«»nu»«ia**£ 4k ,gtol
greatly to be preferred to ihoae frodw j t ,n4
cation of oil* or any other prop**"”
need. I regard It ue aa radto*”*!^, gfl
tilting the bahr. Ynehavejwraieooe * Jl4
all who entertain any doubt of tt* pejjjjjj, I
la claimed for it. * r * ic - i«d**l
rglCJ w-a.
ITau-iaoro*.
Prot Woon—Hear Sir: By l**4
of an- e. who bad been u«u| V*>r
1 wa*induced to tnr it- *. JUi^wyhad'^J
last May, and nearly every heii«
The Reetnratlro ie |«t upm
large, medium and em»U > '■•J?L. the •*•211
and retail* for one dollar per bon' L,««tie**‘J
at least twenty percent leftfl
email, retails for two dollar*
a quart, do per cent more m propon""” I
Tor «3 n bottle „ . eWt . Mi
O J. WOOD ft CO. Propnewt^^gjj
New V«*,and ild Market
-Antdby O irftUBJ UO' 0 ’**"”
orally.
JdgfRcv. W. A. Harris, for two
bo averted, and in tlm language of years past President of the LaGrange
bolomon at the ucdication ot the Jew- Female College, has gone to tako ifis
ish lemple “May the Lord, our God position as President of “Martha
bo with us, as he was with our fath- Washington College,” at Abingdon,
ers. Let him not leave U3 or forsake Va.
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