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CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. POLITICAL MEETINGS, IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. Jn accordance with previous notioc, a portion of the Whig party of Jefferson county, assembled at the Courthouse, in the town of Louisville, on Tuesday, 8d day of August. When, on motion of Major George Stapleton, Dr. Philip S. Lemlewaa requested to pres.de over the meeting; on taking the Chair, the President, in an able speech of about one hour's length', explained the object of the meeting, canvassed the claims of the two candi dates for the Presidency of the United States— showed the position of the Whigs of Georgia, by reason of the action of the recent Convention at Milledgeville, and what he conceived to be the duly of the Whigs of Georgia. W hen he resumed the chair, on motion of Thomas H. Polkill, Esq., Major Stapleton was appointed Vice Presi dent and Nicholas Diehl requested to act as Secre tary. On motion of Thomas H. Polhill, E»q.: Resolved, That a Committee of seven be appoint ed by the Chair, to report bu»i ness for the meet ing, and the names of four persons, as delegates to the Convention, to assemble in the city of Macon, on the 17th inst. The President adpointed Messrs. T. H. Polhill, W. 8. Alexander, T. Hannah, J. J. Brown, K. Boyd, M. Brinson and E. MeCroan, that commit tee ; the Committee retired fora time,and on their return, by their Chairman, T. H. Polhill, Eeq., submitted the report following, viz: Your Committee beg leave to submit the follow ing report: lu assembling again in primary meeting as Whigs, it may he proper to state the causes which impel us to thin course, and to explain why we have aeumingiy deserted the recent organization, with which we have been connected, viz : the Constitu tional Union Party of Georgia; and also, why wo have taken a stand against the nominees of both the National Conventions. A very brief review of tbc history of the organ ization of the Constitutional Union party, and the events transpiring since, and which bears upon that organization, will plainly ahow the position, and to oar minds, the doty of the Whigs of Georgia. Our receut organization, waa formed of Wnigs and Democrats for ths sole purpose of inducing the people of Georgia to acquiesce in the aeries of acts (commonly known as the Compromise measuiei) passed by the Thirty-First Congress, end to use their influence in the final settlement of the issues in controversy. This was the object of the organi zation of that party, and to be carried ont in good faith ; and in adopting ths platform of this organ ization, every thing which had previously been matters of issue, bet ween the two great parties of the county was most studiously avoided, b-ing un derstood and agreed tiiat the sole. object of this organization, was to induce au acquiescence in the Compromise measures, there was to be no connec tion with past political is-uca, no abandonment of previously adopted political faith ; but all former party bieaerings or tergiiofsutions were to cease, sod the energies of ths new party were to be di rected to the objects of its creation ; so long, therefore, ns lU objects were carried out in good faith, no difficulty arose in maintaining a barmo lii..u- and ed'cctive party, though the Democratic poition of this organization, although largely in ti.e minority, assumed or endeavored to assume its droctioii and ceutrul in away that did not comport with a modest appreciation of either their nuuierioalor intellectual relation to it, and though they look to themselves nearly all the offices, viz: Governor, five eightos of the Congressmen and other offices m same ratio : yet for this we cared naught, us wb had agreed to forget all old party differences and distinctions, and in elevating t ein to high places, we felt that we were putting in office, patriotic brethren, standing together with ns on a ,'fatform for the preservation of the Union, sanctioned by the constitution, we hud naught to complain of, until during the aossiou of the last Legislature, when by a i-ovj, depied to whiggery, which wn», no doubt, thought to be an coupd'etal they got up a caucus arid recommended the party to affiliate with th« National Democratic party, by sending delegates to the National Convention. Thus then commenced tha breach of faith, the on taring wedge to that aeries of movements consum mated by the Convention recently assembled at Milledgeville, aud whose acts we meet to-day to review. The next movement was immediately following the Convention assembled in April last, 8 J the call of this Legislative caucus; that Conven tioii and its history is well known to tho people of Geo,''fie, and itsHCtion should bavo been regarded u» the most authoritative expression of the opin ions aim principles of the party ; but Democracy was not asi'cep In tho broast of a portion of tins Convention, and after tho adjournment of the Convention, a supplemental Convention waa held, and the Biipplel»»»Ws, as they have been called, sent to Baltimore, and sought admission into ti.e great National Democratic party; as what! as onstitulioiia) Union men ? most ussuredly; they odiild ask upon no other ground than as Demo crats. Again, at the next so called Union Conven tion, no inducement could bo offered by which a harmonious action could bo hod, unless by a per fect surrender of all principles, upon the part of the Union Whigs, and a perfect metamorphose of the Constitutional Union purty into a now De moeratio party, a resolution simply complimentary to and approval of the administration of that pare patriot and statesman, Millard Fillmore, could not pass their Committee, without qualifications and provisos, and not even will, that, until denounced by a member a an abolltiv.ilist, A portion of that * Convention believing that they could not longer remain, without an abandonment of previously adopted and cherished political principles and without giving sanction to the platform of the Baltimore National Dimooratio Convention, and thereby endorsing tho odious resolution, relative to the Mexican war, believing that tho acquiescence in the same ought to be the political condemnation of any man, withdrew and declared for a third can didato Tiieso dissenters hnve our warmest sym pathies and our hearty approval, as wo cannot for tho rcttJ»ourt above net with that portion of tho late Constitutional Union party, who declared for Pierce aud King. VVo bciievo that the enort whs made to Democratise tho Whige of thatorgan izution, and that tho minority of that Convention acted trom no more patriotic motives than to reap #tlie spoils of a successful campaign, regardless ol political principles. As regards the two nominees tor the Presidency, wo believe them both objec tionable ; as regards tho two platforms, we hearti ly ami cordially approve of the one, o* being in its principles and its spirit clearly moro conformable to the conservative Influences which iuduccd the organization of the Union party, than the othor, at'd containing nothing personally offensive to oilr De.nocratio friends ; while the other is a direotas anutl upon the patriotism of tho Whigs, denoun cing ti '«m ns traitors, bocaitso of tho non-approval of the ti.’cxicnn War. Tho assertion that wo s' all not bo giv ’’eg countenance and support to tho Do mocratfo pl(u>rin by vflting for tho nominees, ac ootitlug ami an nrovtng the same ib an absurdity Hint requires no lengthy and dortly drawn c»sny to rofute; ita absurdity’ t* soil apparent, and the as sumption that we 0n..; Whigs, maintain our principles and oar parts ln tact, and yet submis sively bow in obedience to .*“• mandates of the late (ao called) Union Convention; ) 8 v>oyond our comprehension. If tho interest ot P!'. r ., ~ l or our country required the preservation of i.'*o Union organization, it is clear they should have affiliated with neither political parties of tho nation, bfit nominated oanuidutesof theirown. This not being done, and as we can no longer act with them and suffer ourselves Domooratisod and denounce our selves as traitors, wo are ( therefore, called upon to choose between the nommoss es tho Whig Con vention, und tho course advised by the dissenters. As before remarked the dissenters have our sym pathies. Wo can never enter into tho support of Gen. Soott, for many very good and obvious rea sons, whioli time and space will not admit of now mentioning. Wo might allude to his want of ex perience as a civilian, having claims only of a mili tary chief, of his disposition and temperament, gee', as oiliero have dot* ; but Wo pass ail these by to notice alone, one of tho po-ition* he occupies by his letter of acceptance. Wo most cordially approve of the platform of the Baltimore Whig t'oiivcptlon, are sutialled to stand upon it, boliev ,iu it to be both constitutional and patriotic, and euro not to huve it added to or taken from, yet, Gi n. ticoit in uvcoptlug the tendered nominatiou was not satisfied until he added there to, end whs! weconslderd a roten plunk, and dan gerous to the liberties of tho nec pie if they uttempt to siund thereon, which will be found in his letter of acceptance, in tin) words following the remarks of too management of the publio domain, viz: (amt also recommend or approve a single alteration in our ua a ruination laws, suggcs.'ed by my military experience, viz: giving to all foreigners the right of citizenship, who shall faithfully serve ip time of war, ouo year ou board of our public ships, or in ourlaud throes, regular or volunteer, on their receiving au honorable discharge from the service.) This addition of General Scott to the Whig pis}- form is, to say the least of it a presumptive dicta tion to tiie Whig party of the country to identify themselves in the support ot auioaaure which has no sanction in tho past aotiouof tho party, but which isut war with all the conservative influences which have heretofore governed the party in this regard. The proposition is in itself so preposter ous that if it were uot sustained by the position which Gen. Scott occupies us tho nominee of the Whig Convention for the highest civil station in the country, its absurdity would save it from as •l'uU and our minds from apprehension in regard to 't, but then sustained it, becomes at once au elcm.'nt in the Presidential campaign, now before tne cou utrv, and will derive all the influence which oan be given to it by General Scott’s position. As Whigs we arc, therefore, called upou to consider tbe merits of this question and endeavor to ascer tain in how far it will commit us to a policy, which has heretofore received the unqualified reproba tion of Gic party. In the first place it proposes to increase tlx facilities for the naturalization of fo reigners uo.au extent and in a manner which has no countenance' fit the past action or spirit of the partv, S. It invokes a mercenary defence of the coun try, which is hum.%' mg to us as Americans. 4. It is s covert up mao U> a fttotionsl influence which lias no affinities or sympathies with the Whig party of the Country , and whose policy is openly at wur with the third article of the plat term of the’ Convention which nominated Gen. Scott for the Presidency. • Although it is not a proposition which directly countenances the doctrine of intervention, yet iu the present eouditiou of the country, when an active, energetic effort is beiug made to direct and concentrate the foreign vote ot the country upon our political contests, so as to make politics! victo ries enure to tho beuefit of tbc doctrine of iutar veution, any movement by either ot the National parties, giving encouragement or character to l his organization, or giving countenance to the rearing up of a fore ig» feelinf in the country, roust, to the nature of things,give energy and vi tality to this influence; such will be the ctfeet ol the suggestion of Gen. Scott. It is an appeal to the foreigu vote of the country os a special influ ence, atid there is no way iu which that influence £s speolativ directed it this time, except as the ad vt, cate of the doctrine of intervention. Just so jir as this movement has the ctTect of giving weigt U character and position to this organized foreign influence'; j“®» 80 far - in the present condi tion of t> country,' is it giving: countenance to the doetrii.'eofiutcrve,’tion; us \\ hips we ’' taod pl*d£*d bv 4>nr national against this po»»- tion, and if it U right to rears.' ««*» <l ues , l '°“ £ political econcn-'v, it beccomes our u resist all movements which tends to' engrafung it upon the administration ofthe Govern.' 181 ": BU vr. we believe to be the tendency of this pos.' ; Gen. Scott, and as we tlesire to be truo and tin. 1 , to tbc W big principles of the country, we canno. give our support to Gen. Scott. \Ve consider these sufficient reosous to withhold our support from him, we do not wish to alienate ourselves from the great Whig party of the nation, but do as already often repeated, approve their platform and will standbv it, aud wc also cordially approve ot ?he nomination for the Vice Presidency, aud are n adv and willing to support and use ota utmost enacavora to elect the Hon. Wm. A. Graham to •he 'vice Presidency, if we can have associated with hi >n for the Presidency some ab!e statesman, mvt politically objectionable. Your Committee re •oecimeod the adoption of the following resolu tions, tdz: JWre*’, That we must cordially approve ofthe are not iu good frith acting up' t 0 the pledge* uj*d« at the creation of that party, but s'* * onnlu ff * new Democratic party. Resolved, That we will send four the Convention to assemble in Maoouon iC'' J ? UI inst., to act with that Convention in nominal. some suitable and diatiuguMied atutosman for the Presidency, and will cheerfully give our support I i to the nominee. r Resolved, That though we bare erery confidence 1 t i n the ability, wisdom, integrity end patriotism ol our distinguished fellow-citizen, the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, yet we deem it advisable to still con tinue or affiliation with the National Whig Party, 1 and thongh we cannot support Gen. Scott, yet we have an abiding and unshaken confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of the Hon. Wm. A Gra ham, and therefore recommend the ratification of hia nomination by the Convention of the 17th. r Resolved , That Millard Fillmore, President of the United States, deserves oar hearty and enthu siastic gratitude for the true constitutional and 1 patriotic principles on which he has adminis f tered the Government, and that the Whigs of i Jefferson county will ever look on his administra tion as one of the moat successful and patriotic in ’ the history of our country. ■ Resolved. That eecohd, and only aecond, to the il lustrious Clay, in the opinion ofthe Whigs of Jef ferson county, in hia connection with the past struggles of the party and the Compromise resolu tions, stands the name of Daniel Webster, wboae fame fills the Union, whose patriotism embraces the length and breadth of the land, whose pure seif devotion on a recent memorable occasion prov ed that be knew no North or South. In all future time he will be named with praise, an every sea and every land in which the banner of tha Union may be unfurled: and that the Whigs of Jefferson county have au abiding confidence in tha wisdom, patriotism and integrity of the Hon. Daniel Web star, who can conquer his own pcjudices and in duce others to do that same, when the interests of the country and the integrity of the Union require it, and he therefore deserves the everlasting grati -1 tude of the American people. Resolved, That Dr. P. S. Lemle, Messrs. T. H. Polhill, George Stapleton and J. J. Brown, be ap pointed delegates to the Convention of the 17th inst., with power to fill any vacancy that may occur. After an address from T. H. Polhill Esq., in sup port of the report and explanatory of hia reasons for leaving the Convention in Milledgeville, on motion, the report was received and unanimously adopted by the meeting. On motion of Dr. Seay, Retolred, That the proceedings ofthe meeting be signed by tbe President, Vice President, and Sec retary, and sent to tbe Chronicle & Sentinel. Southern Recorder, Journal & Messenger and Central Georgian for publication, with a request i for all papers friendly to tbe movement to copy. On motion of T. H. Polhill, Esq., the meeting adjourned tint d 'vt. i Philip S. Lemi.e, Pres’t. Gzo hoe Statletoh, V. Prea’t. 1 Nioholab Diehl, Sec’y. IN HENRY COUNTY. , McDonough, Aug. 3, 1852. i Agreeable to previous notice, a portion of the 1 Whigs of Henry county met in the Court House ’ this day, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Scott and Graham convention, to be held in Macon on tbe 18th inat., to nominate a Scott electo , ral ticket. The meeting was organized by appoint ing Samuel R. Wecins, Chairman and David Knott, Secretary. Tbe object of the meeting waa then explained by Buabrod Pettit, Esq.; after which he introduced the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, Tho Whig party of Georgia, finds itself at this juncture, in a situation peculiar and embarrassing; our public journals, and some ofour leading men, to whom wc have been accustomed to look, as buacon lights, have abandoned us, on the eve of a great political buttle, and left us, the rank and file, to work out our own salvation, as best we may. The Southern delegates to the late National Whig Convention, presented a series of resolutions, con taining the doctrines of the Whigs of the South, upon great national subjects now before the peo ple, and especially tiie finality of the Compromise, ana that the Convention did, fully and freely, adopt these resolutions, as the Whig Platform ol princi ples, in the North and West, as well as in tho South, without inserting or withdrawing a single plank; but dedicated it entirely, as it came from Southern handß to the whole country. The Con vention then, standing upon this platform, erected by the South, and consecrated by all, did openly and fairly, first by the vote of the majority, and then by au unanimous vote, nominate Gen. Win field Soott, as a candidate for the Presidency; and he having promptly placed himself erect upon that platform, and by his letter of acceptance, having plainly aud unequivocally, pledged himself, if elected, to adhere to, and sustain this platform of principles. Therefore, we tho whigs of Henry, reel bound by the plainest principles of political honesty, and of party association, to recognize Winfield Scott as the legitimate standard bearer of the W hig party; aud we place ourselves by hi*side upon tho Whig Platform, and will sustain him, as ho has always sustained, not only his political party but hia whole country, in the darkness as well as tho daytime of its fortune, with unflinching fidelity. Millard Fillmore was our first choice; we wished to support hin, because he first supported us, and because in the day of trial, he sustained wise and patriotic resolves with Roman firmness. In Daniel Webster, we recognize a fellow-citizen who lias always been the patriotic advocate of the Union; who was and is, a pillar of support to our Patriot President, and whose range of intellectual power, perhaps is unequalled among the living, unsurpassed among tbe dead. But Winfield Scott is the actual and fairly nomi nated candidate of a National Whig Convention, in whioli every Southern State was fully represent ed ; every objection that is now urged against him, was ns well known before, as after the Southern went into convention with Northorn Whigs ; no new developments to his prejudice lievc been made, and if undor theso circumstances, we, in the South refuse to sustain him, we shall subject oursclvos to tiie jußt charge of punic faith. Truo it is, that certain whigs, who are called Froesoilers, support Scott; but it is equally true that they supported Harrison. Clay end Taylor; they are whigs and have always supported tho whig candidate. But whatever force may bo in this ob jection, it is equally strong against Pierce, for all tho Froosoil Democrats, with Martin Van Burcn at their head, support him, It has been charged that Scott's nomination was unfairly effected, but the charge ie unsustained by any evidence; we have lately had a delegate to the Baltimore Convention, among us, who voted for Fillmore from first to'last, who assures us that tho nomination wits perfectly fair. And, moreover, tho Southern delegatee ratified the nomination by a unanimous .vote, which thoy would not have done, if It had boon unfairly obtained. A few dissatisfied Whigs, who, as we supposed, were true to tiie Whig causo, as the needle to the pole, have indulged thomselvea in criticism of of Scott’s letter or acceptance; we have compared "the criticism with the letter, and are convinced that tbc critics themselves, are guilty of tho very thing which thoy charge upon him, that is to say, sophism, to obsoure ins real meaning, lnthat let ter there is not a sentence, line or word, but may be understood by anv one of common sense, igno ranco cannot misunderstand it—ingenuity cannot successfully pervert it. Gcu. Scott lias always been a whig, with constant devotion he has turned his face to tho Whig sun, whothcrinnoloaromoloudod sky. Wollmayhe rotor to this “incident of his life, and ask us to re ceive it as splodge, that he will uot forsake that oauso when in the ascendant, wliieh he has con stantly defended in adversity. It is objected to Gen. Scott, that he gave no sup port to tho Compromise measures, but it so hap pens, that four respcotable merchants of this coun ty, heard him make aspeoch in their favor in the city of New York, while they were ponding in Congress, jbid Mr. Hilliard, a member of Con gress from Ambamu, assures us, that on tho day of thfiir final passage, # lio heard Gen. Scott expreaa joy »std gratification at the event. Thov whqre who object to Scott, do not sgroo SB to the groiiuds of objection—one thinks that he is ao obstinate aiv) headstrong, that he will be governod by no man’s *4vice—another represents the hero of many battles, to bo s mere ninny, and that he will suffer a Freosoiler to lead him by the nose. From these conflicting opinions we appeal to history, the unalterable reoords of our country prove that in conducting hia campaigns in war, or wheu aotlng us pnoificator on the Canadian fron tier, and iu South Carolina, in every public employ ment in whloh lie liu- been engaged, he liae bean prudent, firm, ftrseoingand successful. Those Whigs who now lament that Scott suffer ed his name to be used in the Convention, as a candidate for nomination, by whioh Mr. Fillmore was defeated, notwithstanding thoir present dis tress at this event, in consideration of which they oaunot support Soott, in truth never intended to support Fillmore, had ho been nominated, as is proven by tiie fact that they were in favor of send ing delegates to the Democratic Convention, and of course, of supporting its nominee. Let those whigs who would outlooso the great conservative whig party from ite anoient mooring, and attach it, as an appendage, to the oomot of Democracy, to follow in its wanderings over tho world in search of ad ventures, with Kossuth for it* interpreter, and an European volcano for its oentre of attrantion— let them go in peace, but not drag other whigs after them, ana thus like Lucifer, oouvert pure spirits into frllen Angela- We object to a MM candidate, it is an obscure Idea—• barren thought—# hopeless expedient: as welt might we carve out a wooden image of a man, and attempt to elevate it to the chief magistracy, as to elect a third candidate. Men will not quite for the vain purpose of attempting au impracticability. If we support Scott, wa shall at least, be in the line of duty, and preserve unbroken, the plighted fuitn of ths South. He was fairly nominated by a con vention, in which the whig* of Georgia were re presented. Had Mr. Fillmore been nominated, are should have called upon the friends es Gen. Scott to support him, in good faith ; therefore, “do ye unto others, that which ye would they should do unto you.” It is unreasonable to suppose, that a mau born, raised, educated in the South and familiar by as sociation with southern institutions, can bo less true to the place of his birth and the graves of his forefathers, then .one who is alien in birth aud breeding, and whose prejudices against slavery, is a part of ids education. Some of those who object to Scott, are willing, without any scruples, to sacrifice Graham, against whom no objections have been urged; they would exchange Scott for Pierce, aud Graham for King; let us beware of such men, lest they be whigs in name and democrats in heart—spies in the whig camp, seeking to deceive and intending to betray. We have heretofore heartily acted with the Union Democrats, for tiie accomplishment of a great and patriotic purpose; and sincerely desired still to do so, by maintaining the integrity of tho Union Party, as is "proven by the Resolution adopted by us at a former meeting, in opposition to sending delegates to cither Convention In Baltimore. But the Union Democrats would send delegates to their Conven tion, and declared in favor of the nominees of that Convention, before it was known who the Whigs might nominau. They preferred a man, almost unknown, wiio did nothing to secure the passage of the Compromise laws, of moderate capacity, of doubtfsl fidelity to southern rights, who retired fromCongreas without leaving a mark upon record, of high talont, and who withdrew from the army iu Mexioo, before the close of the war with less honor tluiu that which ho entered it—tiie Union Democrats preferred this man, to Millard Fillmore, notwithstanding his pure, wise and patriotic Ad imniatratiou of the Government,'and tha unques tioned fret that he risked his political fortunes in de fence of Southern rights; thus plainlv showing that their Derooorstio feelings are stronger than their principles. They were not even willing ,o run a tiekat with a Democrat on it for tha Presi dency, and a Whig for tha Vice Presidency ; thev would give tha W big* no showing, but left us to the choice of maintaining the unity and indepen dence of the Whig Party, or ot converting it into •the mere tail of the Democratic kite. Vie must say then to the Union Democrats, that we hold them as we do the Fireaters, “enemies in war, in peace friends." * And whereas, a Convention is to meet in the citv of Macon, on the 18th day of this month, to "-vitiate Electors frvorable to the election of Scott n0 j . -sham, therefore *"je*wfwo’ w * MD< * ei S ht 10 laid Conventio> - p Q„ivees R. Nolan, On modoaefß.-. Letter of ad passed by the Con vention which nominated him. ■ On motion, the foregoing p.-ramble «d resolu tions wore unanimously adopted. On motion of Wiiiiam Mashbam, Esq., appointed a committee of five, consisting B. Pettit, Thomas Albert, Waid H. Turner,sen., Satu" uel Cook and Edintiud W. Jackson, to select dele gates to represent this eonnty in the Macon Con vention, on the ISth of this month, to nominate a Scott Electoral Ticket. The co Jimittae after retiring reported the follow lowing names as suitable persons: Waid H. Turn er, sen., AdamC. Sloan, Wm. Mashbam, Jordan Johnson. Andrew W. Walker, H. G. Sullivan, Ed mund 'ft. Jackson, and Joel M. Merit, which re port was unanimously adopted. On motion, it was Rtt. htd, That the delegates have power to fill vacancies, which waa passed unanimously. Wiiiiam Mashbam then introduced tbe follow - resolutions, which passed unanimously: ins W, That we will use all honorable means -he election oi On. Winfield Soott, and to securev the Hon. William A. Graham to the Presidency and Vice Presidency ofthe United States. Rttdltti, That tne opinions of Gen. Pierce as publicly expressed in his New Boston speech upon the subject of slavery, render him unworthy ofthe votes of any southern man, Whig or Democrat, who is not willing to sacrafice interest for the sake of party. Rtfivtd, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the whig Reveille, Georgia Citizen, American Union and Chronicle 4 Sentinel. On motion, the meeting then adjonned. Samuel R. Wrexs, President. Davin Knott, Secretary. IN FAYETTE COUNTY. Fatbiteville, Ga., August*. Pursuant to a call previously made, a portion o the Whigs of Fayette County, convened in the Courthouse for the purpose of appointing delegate* to each of the Conventions to be held in Maoon on the 17th and 18th inst., Jeptha Landrum, Sen., was called to the Chair, and W. W. Boeworth re quested to act as Secretary. Tbe object of the meeting being explained by the Chair, A. W. Stone, Esq., offered the following Preamble and Resolutions: Whereas, the two great national parties, Whig and Democrat, recently assembled in the City of Baltimore in National Convention, adopted a series of resolutions recognizing the late act* of Congress, familiarly known as tho Compromise measures ; principles most precious to the Union party of Georgia, which never yet began to cal culate tbe value of tbe Union, or contemplated its disolution otherwise than a crime against the peace and prosperity of eur country and of mankind. And whereas, tha finality of this measure, (to wit: the Compromise measures) the vital princi ple of the Union party, and now recognized by both tha two great national parties, as conclusive and binding upon tbe nation, the causes which caused its formation having ceased, the reason of its continuance longer ceases also. B« it thertfore Raolctd, That we consider the Union party virtually dissolved and the heretofore members thereof at liberty to act with either of the two great organized national parties, Whig or Democrat, as in their judgment is best calculated to promote the welfare and permanent interest of this great confederacy. 2. That the platform of principles laid down by the National Whig Convention meets the cordial approval of oar judgments, and we pledge our selves to give our firm support to the same, be lieving that the safety and well being of this coun try and its advancement in greatness and prosperi ty depends upon a faithful observance of its measures aud doctrines. 8. That while we regard the oandidate of the Convention, Gen. Scott, as the gallant and war worn soldier, wc, as Whigs of the County of Fayette, cannot cordially give him our support, but are willing to abide the action of tiie Whigs of Georgia in State Convention assembled, upon such course as is deemed by them best calculated to promote tbe interest of the Whig party and en sure the success of its principles. Retolttd thertfore , That wo will send delegates to each of the Conventions to be held in Macon on the 17th and 18th of this month, for the pur pose of harmonizing tho Whig party, and will give our support to such candiuate'as shall be thereupon agreed in said Convention assembled. Rttolced, That our preffcrence for next Presi dent is tiie true patriotic Chief Magistrate, Millard Fillmore, or the great conservative statesman, Daniel Webster. 1 et, notwithstanding onr pref ference, we will abide the action of the Macon Convention. On motion of A. J. Brown, Esq., the Preamble and Resolutions as read, were unanimously adop ted. On motion of Dr. John S. Holiday, the follow ing Committee were appointed by the Chair to select four suitable delegates to represent us in each of the said Conventions : Dr. J. S. Holiday, A. J. Brown, Santford Adams, Moses Dadget and A. W. Stone, Esq. The Committee having retired a few minutes, reported tiie names of tiie following gentlemen: E. M. Pool, Jeptha Landrum, G. L. Warren and William Bennett, which report was'agreed to by the Convention. On Motion of W. W. Bosworth, A. W. Stone Esq., was added to the delegation. On motion, it was ordered that the Chronicle & Sentinel of Augusta, and the American Union of Griffin, be requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting. The meeting then adjourned sine die. Jeptha Landrum, Son., Chairman. W. W. Bosworth, Secretary. IN EMANUEL COUNTY. According to previous notice a portion of the Constitutional Union men of Emanuel County, met at Swainsboro’ on the second inst. for the purpeso of appointing delegates to represent said county in Convention, to bo held at Macon on the 17th of this month. Tho meeting was organized by calling A. L. Kirkland to the Chair, and requesting Neill McLeod to act as Secretary. The object of the meeting was then explained by the Chair. On motion of E. B. Lewis, the Chair appointed a Committee of five, which consisted of A. 11. Redding, G. 11. Kennedy, A. C. Summors, William J. Williamson and Elijah Trofnal, to select suitable delegates to attend said Convention. The Committee retired a few moments and re ported tho names of James Hicks, J. C.O. Lane, Noil McLeod and Gideon H. Kennedy. On motion of E. B. Lewis, it was unanimously agreed to, that tho delegates appointed use their influence in securing the nomination of Daniel Webster and C. J. Jenkins for the Presidency and Vico Presidency, On motion of Gideon H. Kennedy, it was order ed that these proceedings be published in the Chronicle & Sentinel and Southern Recorder. The meeting then adjourned. A. L. Kireland, Chairman. Neill McLeod, Secretary. IN WARREN COUNTY. Agreeably to a previous oall, the citizens of Warren county, favoring tbe nomination of a third candidate for the Presidency, assembled at tho Courthonse in Warrenton, August Sd, 1852. The meeting was organized by calling William W. Anderson to the Chair, and requesting Wm. B. Hundley to act as Secretary. By request of the Chair, the object of the meet ing was explained by C. A. Lightfoot, and tho following Preamble and Resolutions, offered by him, were unanimously adopted by the meeting : Whereas, Both the national conventions assem bled at Baltimore have failed to nominate a candi date for the Presidency whom we are willing to support, and whom we believe oompetent and worthy to be trusted by the country, and especial ly by tho Sonth; and whereas we have seen, long enough, tho dangerous policy of choosing between two evils : Iu view of these facts, therefore— 1. Resolved, That the time has fully come for the People to throw off the trammels of national con ventions, and to assert tliair right, under the Constitution, of giving <riteir influence and their votes to such men only, who, by their tried faith to the Constitution and their eorviccs to the country, have shown themselves worthy of the Presidency. 2. Resolved, That we have no faith in any man, and will givp our support te no candidate, whose only guarantied support of the Compromise meas ures consists in mere declarations of acceptance, and whose life and acta ehow him to be openly op posed to Slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law. 8. Resolved, That we cordially approvo of the action of the Supplemental Meeting held in Mil iedgeville, ou the 18th July last, in ite recommend ation to send delegates to a Convention to be held in the city of Maoon on the 17th instant, to take suoh action as may be deemed proper in reference to the ensuing Presidential election. 4. Resolved, That we will send Delegatesto said Convention; and tiiat the Chair appoint a commit tee ot nine to seleot six suitable Delegates to rep resent this county in said Convention. 5. Resolved, Tiiat while Millard Fillmore—“the Model President”—is our first ohoicefor the Pre sidency. that Daniel Webster (from a life spent in tiie publio service, and hi* known adherencoto the Constitution, aud from hie recent bold and disin interssted stand on the Compromise measures,) is fully worthy of our support aud oonfldence; and should the said Convention, in accordance with the recommendation of the supplemental meeting, present to us a ticket composed of Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, for President, and Charles J. Jenkins, of Georgia, for Vioe President, w* will give it our cordial support. Agreeably to the fourth resolution, a committee Os nine—consisting of Wm. K. Heath, Sterling Ivy, Wn). Fotrlct) James M. Cason, G. S. Allen, B. F. Roberta, Hanfri Dpnnis, Dr. James M. Young, and John M. Lazeupy—ware appointed by the Chairman ; who, after retiring a short Mute, return ed and reported the following names as Delegates: William K. Heath, M. D.Cody, J*a. M. Oeson. Nicholae C. Bacon, William W. Anderson, and Benjamin F. Roberts. On motion, it was resolved that the proceedings of the meotihg be published in the Chronicle and Sentinel. The meeting then adjourned. Wm. W. Anderson, Chairman. Wm. R. Hund{.et, Secretary. IN MORGAN"COUNTY. A large portion of the people of Morgan eonnty assembled at the Courthouse in Madison on Tues day, Brd instant, for the purpose of appointing Delegatee to represent them in the Convention to be held in Macon on tbe 17th instant. The meet ing waa organized by (tailing Wilds Kolb, Esq., to the Chair, and requesting Robert A. Prior to act as Secretary. On motion of Charles E. Nisbet, a committee of eight was appointed by the Chair to report busi ness for the meeting. The Chair appointed as that committee: Charles. E. Nisbet, Col. A. Reese, Thomas Baldwin, Azariah Boetwick, C. J. Allen, JohnF. Johnson, M. W. Warren and W.B. Craw ford ; who, afters few momentsabsenoe, submitted the following Report: We, a portion of the people of Morgan county, being dissatisfied with both the nominations, and being determined to resume the right of which w* have been unjustly deprived, do most heartily respond to the call which has been made for a con vention to select third candidates whom, as South ern men, we can consistently support. Therefore— j. Remired, That four Delegates be appointed to represent the county of Morgan in the Conven tion to be held in Macon on the 17th of the present month, for the purpose of nominating third can didates for tbe Presidency and Vice Presidency; and that Col. A. Reese, Robert A. Prior, Benjamin Harris and Charles E. Nisbet be appointed those Delegate*, with power to fill all vacancies that may occur. » 2. Resolved, That while wo will cheerftilly ac quiesce in the decision of said Convention and sup port ita nomineess, provided they be safe, conserv ative men, yet we cannot forbear the expression of our preference for Daniel Webster and Charles J. Jenkins. 8. Resoired, That the Chronicle & Sentinel, the Journal & Messenger, and all other papers favor able to onr cause be requested to publish these proceedings. The meeting then adjourned. Art Wilds Kolb, Chairman. Robert A. Prior, Secretary. IN POLK COUNTY. Town, August 8, 1862. H hertas, A iaige portion of tbe citizens of Polk county being dissatisfied with the nominees ofthe Baltimore Convention, be it therefore— ■ Resolved. That we deem it expedient to send delegate* to “* convention to be held on the 17th instaj. *’ ror “* purp<*e of taking conn sel with our brethr*.? to nominating a third candidate for the i residency. 2. Resolved, That we recomtii*ud the nomination of Daniel Webster for President, Charles J. Jenkins for Vice President. The following gentlemen were then seieoted as Delegatee to the stid Convention: Messrs. James Gibson, Benjamin Morgen and E. W. Richardson. It was, on motion, resolved that these proceed ings be published in the Chronicle 4 Sentinel end Rome Courier. Horn. O. CmaoN, Chairman. E. W. Richardson, Secretary. IN GREENE COUNTY. On Tueaday, August 3rd, 1852, a Urge and re spectable number of the Constitutional Union Whigs of Greene county diet at the Court House, in Greensboro’. The meeting >ai organized by calling to the chair Col. William W. D. Wearer, and appointing Dr. John E. Walker Secretary. The following Resolutions, offered by Miles G. Lewis, Esq., were unanimously adopted: 1. Resolved, That the Whig portion of the Con stitutional Union Party of Greene County are op posed to the election of General Pierce to the Pre sidency of the United States, on account cf some of the resolutions paseed by the Democratic Con vention which nominated him, which resolutions he approves in his letter of acceptance. 2. Retired, That they are equally opposed to the election of General Scott, on accouut of hU strongly suspected sympathy for the free-soilers of the North. Therefore, 8. Resolved, That the Chairman appoint aoom mittee, consisting of one from each militia district represented in tbis meeting, who shall report the names cf six Delegates to the Convention to be held in the city of Macon, on the 17th instant, for the purpose of nominating a third candidate for the Presidency of the United States. The nominating committee—consisting of Dr. J. F. Foster, Jonathan Burgess, John Mullins, Hen ry C. Ware, James W. Jackson, Ephraim Bruce, Esqrs., Dr. A. J. Jernegan, David Leslie and R. F. Griffin, Esqrs.,—reported the following gentle men as Delegates to said Convention, viz: Col. Wm. W. D. Weaver, Thomas Hightower, Stuart Anderson, CoL R. H. Ward, Benj. Brantly, and L. D. Carleton. The report was unanimously received. .David 8. Holt, Esq., offered the following res olutions, which were adopted: Resolved, That any delegate finding it impossible to attend said Convention, is authorized to fill his own vacancy. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Chronicle A Sentinel and the Southern Recorder. The meetingthen adjourned. 'William W. D. Weaves, Ch’mn. Jobs E. Walker, Secretary. IN OGLETHORPE COUNTY. Lexington, August 2, 1852. In pnrsnance to previous notice, a number of the citizens of Oglethorpe county met at the Court House in Lexington, to-day, and organized by calling Col. William J. Ogilvie to the chair, and appointing E. Platt Secretary. A The object of the meeting having been Uxplaiff ed by E. C. Shackelford, Esq., the following Pre amble and Resolution were adopted: Whereat, We believe neither of the nominees as candidates for President of the United States now before the country are worthy of our support —Therefore, Resolved , That we appoint eight Delegates to represent us in the Convention to be held in Ma con on the 17th instant, and that said Delegates be authorized to appoint suitable persons to fill all va cancies that may occur. The Chair appointed as a committee for the se lection of Delegates: George F. Platt, John F. Biggers, John Faust, John P. Latimer, Urial Smith, D. H. Johnson and Thomss H. Hawkins— who reported the names of the following gentlemen as Delegates: Y. H. Clark, E. C. Shackelford, Dr. William S. Miere, John F. Biggers, R. C. Daniel, Dr. N. Powers, D. H. Johnson, and Sylvanus Bell. Op motion, it was resolved that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Chronicle A Sentinel. W. J. Ogilvie, Civinn. E. Plait, Secretary. IN WILKES COUNTY. Washington, Aug. 7,1855. Pursuant to public notice, a portion of the citi zens of Wilkes county, opposed to boththe nomi nees for the Presidency, and desirous of taking some action by which their voice may be heard in the approaching election, assembled, this day, in the Court house at Washington, when, on motion of Wm. 11. Pope, Esq., David G. Colling, Eaq., was called to the Chair, and James D. Burdett, appointed Secretary. The Chairman having stated the object of the meeting, on motion, the following committee was appointed to prepare and report business, viz: Dr. D. M. Andrews, Pnmal Truitt, Toliver Jones, Samuel Danforth and 11. McMillan. The Committee retired, and, after consultation, snbmttted the following Report: We have reached a period in the history of our government and country, when it will beoome us to pause, to contemplate the past, and apply its lessons of wisdom to the unexplored futuie. ’ The last sixteen years of that history have developed circumstances and events full of instruction and warning. No acute and patriotic observer of that period can have failed to witness and deplore the extraordinary departures we have made from that simple, honest, republican system devised by the wisdom and patriotism of our Revolutionary fathers, and handed down to posterity a sacred and perpetual legacy. In nothing has this change been so marked and fearful, as in the manner in which, for years past, the people have been com pelled to select an incumbent for the highest office in their gift. The constitution designed that the President of the United States should be the choico of a majority of thi people, and any system —come from whence it may—that defeats this great Republican principle, is subversive of the rights, and dangerous to the liberties of the people. Whatever be its name, no government in which this groat principle, the right of the people to choose their own rulers, is disregarded, can be re publican or free. This one feature sacrificed, the whole system falls to the ground, and becomes a mockery and a failure. •The present contest for the Presidency and the circumstances attending the nomination of the two individuals now before the American people for that high office, afford prominent illustrations of the great and alarming truth which has been already set forth, apart from all personal objections, while the one was forced upon the country by an unprincipled and sectional faction, the other is in debted for his position to an utter disregard and overthrow of the will of the people in every State and section of this vast confederacy. Neither is the choice of the people, and yet, though we boast of popular government, where law and the will of the people should be synonymous terms, under the existing system we have no alternative, but must submit to the tyranny and dictation ; party conventions have decreed it, and the sovereign people must obey. This meeting, composed of a portion of the freemen of Wilkes connty, earnestly protest against a system so odious and so fraught with danger to onr rights, to the government and to the country. We know no masters, and acknowledge no authority higher than the people themselves. We repudiate all fidelity to parties that have grown hoary m corruption and dangerous in theie influ ence, and we recognise »o allegiance exoept to the countiy and the Constitution. We feel proud that Georgia is among the first to resist this invasion of the popular rights, and that a meeting has been called in Macon, on the 17th of August, to nomi nate a candidate of the people and to organize re sistance to that system of National Conventions by which the citizen is plundered of his rights and the Constitution set at naught. Be it there fore Resolved, That approving, ns we do, of the ob ject of the meeting at Macon, we send two dele gates to represent Wilkes county. Revived, That Hczekiah Bussey and D. G. Colting, be requested to act as onr delegates, and be instructed to cast their votes for Daniel Web ster or Millard Fillmore, which ever may seem to them most eligible. Reunited, That in case eitherof the above named delegates be unable to attend at Macon, he be em powered to select a substitute. The report was read and unanimously adopted. After adopting a resolution requesting the publi cation of these proceedings in the Washington Gazette and Chronicle <Jb Sentinel, the meeting on motion adjourned. Davib G. Count#, Ch’n. Jas, D. BmiDEPr, Sec’y. IN STEWART COUNTY. In pnrsnanoe of a previous call, a portion of the citizens of Stewart county, who were diasatisfiod with the present nominations for the Presidency and favorable to the selection of a third candidate of the United States, assembled at the Court house in Stewart county, Ga., on the *d inst. On motion of J. M. Seott, John W. F. Lowry was called to the Chair and Clement A. Ivans, re quested to act as Secretaiy. B. S. Worrill being called for, explained the object of the meeting, and supported his views on this subject in a few plain and pointed remarks, and moved that a committee of seven be appoint ed to select delegates to represent the views of that meeting in the convention to assemble at Macon on the 17tb inst. Whereupon the Chair appointed a committee consisting of B. S. Wor rill, John West, J. M. Seott, Asbury Cowles, Gor don Iladden, William Rushing and Dr. A. W. Williams, who retired and soon returned and re ported the names of the following gentlemen as delegates to represent Stewart county in said Con vention, to wit: L. Bryan, Jno. M. Scott, Samp son Bell, Clement A. Evans, John D. Stapleton and Richard J. Snellin g. . , On motion of Col. B. S. Worrell—* Ketolted, That the delegates be unentrammelled in their oourse in the Convention, by any instruc tion from this body in reference to their choice of a third oanndidate. On motion of John M. Scott, further, RetolreJ, That these proceedings be published in the Columbus Inquirer, Chronicle <£■ Sentinel, Journal it Messenger and all other papers favorable to the cause, be requested to copy. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. J. W. F. Lowet, Ch’n. Clement A. Evans, Sec’y. IN TROUP COUNTT. The citizens of Troup county favorable to the nomination of a Third Candidate to the Presidency ofthe United States assembled in the Court House at La Grange on Tuesday the third of August, instant. On motion of James Culberson, Augustus B. Fannin was called to the Chair, and Dr. Sidney D. Little and Benj. H. Bigham were requested to act as Secretaries. On motion of Blonnt C. Ferrell a committee #f nine were appointed to report business for the con sideration of the Meeting, consisting of Messrs B. C. Ferrell. E. Y. Hill, A. Speer, J. Culberson, T. Leslie, L. B. Lovelace, W. P. Beasley, John L. Stephens and A. Roberts. The comJnittee retired for a short time and upon their return reported as follows: In view of the unsettled condition of political parties in the State of Georgia, and believing it to be the duty of the people, in Primary Meetings in different sections of the country, (in every political crisis of our Government) to publicly avow the principles and policy which shall govern them in its administration, and control them in its elections. We, the citizens of Troup county, have assembled together for the purpose of making known to our fellow-citizens of the State the Prin ciples, Policy and Sentiments which shall determine our action in the coming Presidential contest, with the hope that every other County in the State will feel it right and proper to peraue a like course. Therefore Revolved, That we reaffirm our faithful adherence te and unqualified approbation of the principle* and sentiments contained in the Geor gia Platform and that it is our fixed determination to stand bv those principles and to maintain the position assumed therein at any and all hazards. Revived further, That not being satisfied with the nomination of either of the National Canven tions: but trusting in the patriotism, high political character and distinguished statesmanship o. Dan iel Webster and Charles J. Jenkins, we will send ten Delegates to the contemplated Convention of Third Pariv men, to be bei<f at Macon on the 17th inst, with instruction to urge their nomination for the office of President and Vice President. Mr. Alexander Speer waa then called npon to ad dress the meeting. . , , .. , The meeting then proceeded to the e.ection by nomination of ten delegates to represent Troup county in the Convention to meet st Macon on the 17th inst. The delegates were appointed, to wit: T* m. Reid, Sherwood W. Swanson. J. T. Boykin, M. Ferrell, J. E. Morgen, T. Leslie, J. P. Stephens, Wm. P. Beasley, J. P. Culberson, A. B. Fannin. The meeting wm then addressed by Hon. Ewd. Y. Hill. , Afecsjvs B. Fambb, Chairmen. \ Secretaries, i WEEKfcI €|nnttcle & Hmtincl. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING,... AUGUST U, 1858. ST. MABY’S BANK AT PAB. The bills of the Bank or St. Mart’s and the change bills of John G. Winter, will be receiv ed at Par, at the office of the Chronicle & Sen tinel in payment of all dues for Subscription out of the city, and for advance payments both for the Chronkm.e & Sextinee and Southern Cultiva tor. Those, therefore, who wish to pay in advance, for any number of years, one, two, three, rivß or ten TEAKa, either for the Chronicle A Senti nel or Southern Cultivator,*a* well as those indebted for Subscription, have a fine opportunity to get rid of their St. Mart's Bane Bills and the CHANps Bills of John G. Winter at par. THE TERMS . of Subscription are aa follows: For the D»Uy Chronicle and Sentinel, 87 OO Tri-Weekly « •* « 400 Weekly Chronicle and Sentinel, * OO Southern Cultivator, 1 OO t?" Remit early, or you may lose the chance, as we will only be bound to take them until further notice. Gen. Pierce’s Opinions or Slavery. The Columbus 7 met makes quite a display of some extracts of a letter written in February last by Haevet Hibbard, a member of Congress from New Hampshire, in reply to a committee who had solicited him to some home to engage in the can vas*. The Tisnet endorses him most fully, yet he is the same man who, in 1847, with “every Demo trot" in the Legislature of that State, voted for the celebrated Wilmot Proviso anti-slavery reso lutions. Truly he is a most proper person to re ceive the endorsement of the Timet, and we con gratulate that journal upon the acquisition of ao appropriate an ally. That the reader may fully understand the true character of Mr. Hibbabd, this new ally of the Timet and endorser for Gen. Pierce, we extract a resolution, which, as s member of the New Hamp shire Legislature he approved and for which, ho, with every Democrat in that body, voted in 1847. 1 After resolving that they “regarded the institution of slavery as a moral, social and political evil," the existence of which they deeply regretted, they Resolved, That in all territory which shall here after be added to or acquired by the United States, where slavery does not exist at the time of such addition or acquirement neither slavery nor in voluntarily servitude, except for the punishment of crime, whereot the party has been duly convict ed, ought ever to exist, bat the name should ever remain free ; and we are opposed to the extension of slavery over any such territory; and that we also approve the vote of our Senators sad Repre sentatives in Congress in favor of the Wilmot Pro viso.— Approved, 11 ns 80 1847. This man Hibbard who supported these resolu tions, is the same who so promptly entered the lists to contradiot tha correctness of the report of the speech of Gen. Pikrck at New Boston. The man npon whom the Washington Union and other Pibbcb organs rely, while strangely enough they attempt to discredit other witnesses because thoy are Freesoilers 1 If a Freeaoiler’s testimony is not worthy of eredencs, we should be glad to ascertain of what value Mr. Hibbard’s ia ! The result of such an investigation and analysis will bo most ’ interesting, and we invite the Timet and its 00- laborers to the performance of the work. But in the letter referred to, Mr. Hibbard says : In 184 S, for the first time in a period of over twenty years, the Democraey of New Hampshire were overthrown. Thia was effeoted by a union of Whiggery and Abolitionism. The results of that coalition were euch aa to satisfy our people then, without a rapetition. Offices, State aDd Na tional, were bartered and sold lika merchandise in open market. * * • • * * The State was committed, so stir as ths action of the Legislature and of the Executive eould com mit it, to ths wildest and most pestilent vagaries of higherlaw Abolitionism. So ws are to infer, (if Mr. Hibbard tells the the truth as to 184$) that in 1847 the Demoorata took tbs wind out of their sails, by “committing the State, so far as the action of the Legislature and of the Executive eould commit it, to the wildcat and most pestilent vagaries of higher law aboli tionism.” For, we presume, no Free?oiler, not oven Van Bckbn himself, would have desired e stronger Freesoil resolution than the above. Let us now turn to Gen. Pierce’s opinions, as expressed in a resolution in June 1846, foritseems that New Hampshire is famous for anti-slavery res olutions, and these two “ pro-slavery” advocates and sterling friends of the South, Gen. Frank lik Fierce and Harrt Hibbard, have baon promi nent actors in their' enactment. Mr. Hibbard says that the Democracy were dethroned for the first time in over twenty years in 1846. Truly 1846 was a most eventful period, and as it may be interesting to exhume some of the records of its history, especially the action of the prominent ac tors, we sabjoin the following, which we find in the Nashville Banner: “On the 11th June, 1846, a Democratic State Convention was held at Concord, New Hamp shire. Gen. Franklin Pierce was one of the Com mittee on Revolutions. That body reported the following resolution, among others, whioh were unanimously adopted , after a speech in their favor by Gen. Pierce.” “ Resolved, That we re-afflrm the sentiments and opinions of the Democratic party and Democratic statesmen of the North, entertained from 1776 to the present day, in relation to slavery ; that we deplore its existence, and regard it as a great moral and social evil; bnt with this conviction, we do not deem ourselves more wise than Washington, franklin, and their associates, and that patriotism, common honesty, and religious principle, alike bind us to a sacred observance of the compact made by those men.” This resolution needs no comment, yet it may not be improper to commend it to the considera tion of the reader, as one of the “ antecedents ” of the New Hampshire Brigadier,'®whlch Southern Union men, Whigs and Democrats, should care fully study and analyse. They may profit by th e lesson which it teaches, while they learn how much value is to bo attached to the declarations of those who assert that he entertain! '■strong pro elavery sentiments." “It has been proved by gentlemen of high eha racter and unblemished reputation, who were present and heard his speech at New Boston, that Gen. Pierce never made use of the expressions oharged against him in the Republic and Richmond Whig. It has also been proved that the witnesses used by these whig journals are of the vilest cha racter, and not worthy of credit. It now stands Eroven before th* people of the South, that there as been a base oollusion between the Abolitionists of the North and some of tho Southern whig presses, to strike down sn honest man because he nad independence enough to stand np boldly at the North for the Constitutional rights of the South. This has been the conduct of Southern whigs for many years back.” —Federal Union. A journal ao prone as the Federal Unien is to im agine things and publish them to the world ai facte, need not be surprised if it not nnfrequently comes in contact with those who do sot give the fullest eredenoe to its statements until they are corroborated by other and more reliable testimony. In the above paragraph, the Union asserts that three diatinet facts “ have been proven." Ae we have]no where met with evidence that establishes either, we confess we would much rather see tbe testimony than take the unsupported assertion of that journal. And last, not least, give us the evi dence of what yon aeeert “ has been th* conduct of Southern whigs for years.” In this connection we may be permitted to re mark, that we have some reeolleetion of a celebra ted “ Nicholson Letter,” whieh acquired come sotoriety about four years ago, and waa used at the North and South to prove that the writer (or# Lewis Cass,) entertained and promulgated, in the very same paragraph, sentence and words, senti ments and principles as opposite as the poles.— Again we recollect, that the writer’s attention waa called to the particular and varied constructions, by one Jbf. Davo, in the U.S. Senate—whereupon, he (Cam) took occasion to repudiate the Southern Demoeratio construction; end to intimate, if not express, his astonishment that any intelligent mind eould arrive at such a conclusion. Will the Feder al. Union inform ns whether Gen’l Cass designed to impngn the capacity, or honesty, of his Southern democratic supporters f And also, what waa the eonduct of Southern democrats in those days t “ We should not wonder if Tom Corwin should soon make a pilgrimage to thoee battle fields in Mexico where, during the war, he wished that our soldiers might meet with bloody hande and hospita ble graves.” —Federal Union. Wi have never been an admirer of “Tom Cor win ”; but as we have been somewhat of an atten tive observer of political events in this country, for some years book, we clip the above from the Fed eral Union to enquire of that journal, when and where Mr. Corwin uttered such a “ uieh ” as it has ascribed to him. We confess we have never heard of it before; and we rather suspect it is a coinage of that journal, "cut out qf whole doth" It is rather unfortunate for the metropolitap organ of a large party, that it should ao often be driven to the necessity of “drawing on its fancy (a very creative one, we frrnkly admit,) for its facts.” The statement is either true or false. If true, the Union an doubtless produce the evidence to establish h ; if false, its author was probably aware ofthe fcet when the sentence was penned. More Proof Coming. Is an editorial replying to the attack of Norris, Hibbard r.nd Peasleb, npon itself, the Concord Independer t Democrat takes occasion t* remark : “We have received a large number of letter* from Southern min during the last fortnight, asking inf. -.nation in regard to this matter. We take this oocasion to sav to one and all. that th* language attributed to Gen. Pierce above, seat epotenby/dm precisely as reported. This language was not or.;r used at New Boston, but also s< Bradford an other places in this State. Os thi* the proof is; .undent, and and will be forthcoming ina shape to defy cavil ordenial.” This, whe:. it appears, will render a new batch of certifiers necessary, and will, probably, impose th* necessity of a more apiciflc denial and corrobo rative testimony, than ths friends of the Granito Stats Brigadier have yet produced. It seems, too, that New Boston was not alone the theatre for tho display of his anti-slavery development*—bnt Bradford and other places were equally signalised. We shall present the testimony when it appears. Tax Bridge asp Raileoad.— The contract by which the Chari**ton Railroad is permitted to cross the Savannah River and erect two Depot* within the eoiporate limits of this city, waa finally signed and delivered yesterday. Consequently the Bridge is now free for all freight, merchandise and pro duce, p-trirg to and from th* Chsrieeton Railroad* Deaf ael Dumb Asylum. Tub Third Annual report of the Board of Com missioners for the Georgia Deaf and Dumb Asylum, made up to the Ist of J uly, 1852, to the Governor of the State, has been on ourtable for several days, and claims a passing notice, not leas on account of the lively interest which the subject excites in the breast of every Christian and Philanthropist, than for the gratifying evidence it afford* of the successful program of the institution and tha pu pils. The Institution is thus officered: Board of Commissioners.— Hon. J. H. Lumpkin, President. S. J. Johnson, Esq., Secretary and Treasurer. Georgs D. Philips, M. D., Abner Darden, Esq., 0. P. Fannin. Intellectual Department.— O. P. Fannin, A. M., Principal. J.H. Johnson, Wm. A. Love, M. D. Domestic Department.— W. A- Lova, M. D., Superintendent. Mrs. M. L. Lots. Mechanical Department.— Rev. James Early, Superintendent. The Report, very properly, opens with a grate ful acknowledgment to a kind Providence for His watchful care of their charge during tha year, and after noticing the death of one of the pupils, Miss Janb Johnson, of Newton county, who was a victim as consumption when ahe "entered the Institution, proceeds to re-affirm tha firat impres sions ot the Board, aa to the healthfulness of the location at Cave Spring. The improvement of the pupils, next elaims the attention of the Board and as this portion of the report is bo deeply intareating, we make copious extracts: “The improvement of onr pnpilain those studies to which their attention has bean directed has sur passed that of any previous year. Though the most of them are quite young, aud under the lim ited term of four years, have of necessity been with us but a short while, yet they evinoe a devel opment of moral responsibility and of mental im provement which would reflect credit upon those of maturer years and more favored in the gifts of heaven. Considering the darkness which en velops the untutored mind of the deaf mute, the almost unrestrained indulgence of hit whims at home, and the difficulties of ready communication with him, we are astonished that ovon bo much should be accomplished in so short a time, schools for hearing and Bpeaking children are es tablished in almost every community in the State ; aud public opinion holds every father highly re prehensible who fails to give his sons and daugh ters a liberal education. On an average, we sup pose, six vears are necessary to give a child an edu cation wLich will prepare to inoet the demands of society. Add to these six years instruction, the knowledge acquired from constant intercouse with companions and friends, aud that, too, in a lan guage readily understood by them all, and we can form some idea of the disadvantages under which the deaf mute labors, even when he is prepared with four years study. Cut off by nature from the enjoyment of one of the senses most essential tohuman happiness, and doomed by this misfor tune to lonolmess and solitude in tho earlier years of life, the deaf mute must make but a limited advancement in the acquisition of one of the most difficult of all the modern languages in the term allotted to our pupils. It cannot then be a matter of surprise that they do not evince as extensive a knowledge as other children who have attended sohool for six years or more. Indeed, there is no cause for surprise in the fact that our pupils com mit errors in their letters, compositions and in so cial conversation. These errors are not from a want of capacity on tho part of the pupil, but they arise from a want of that perfect mental.developmeut which it is impossible to at tain in four yeors. Notwithstanding we regret that we cannot send forth our pupils into the world with a perfect command of language, yet we have muoh reason to rejoice that wo can so far advance them in this respect, that they can readily make known tlioir wants, express their thoughts and hold conversation intelligibly in written language. We can give them a basis upon which they may build with a hope of future eminence. The Board regret very much that the scholastic term is not more extended. There aro within the limits of Georgia not less than one hundred and fifty deaf mutes who could of right avail themselves ofthe State benefaction. The Annual appropriation hitherto made for the support of the Asylum was too limited to meet •the wants of even a small portion of this number. An appeal was made to the lost Legislature to in crease our appropriation. The appeal was respon ded to in such a manner os to clearly evince the fact, that our is disposed to provide for those unfortunate ones of her citizens, a large majority of whom, without suoh fostering care, must for ever remain in rayless, cheerleswignoranoe. The Asylum has now the sum of SB,OOO, as an annual' appropriation, and we doubt not that a sufficient number of pupils will apply during tho next year, to oonsume a much larger amount. It is a lamentable fact long known to the Board, that in many cases where a deaf mute resides in a family, the head of the fomily, himself illiterate, is indifferent to the future welfare of his child and is content to have him remain uneducated and un taught “in the ways of truth and holiness.” Or if not illiterate, the father not, unfrequently influ enced by a sordid love of gain, is unwiling to dis pense with the menial eervitea of hia child, suf ficiently long, for him to acquire the first rudi ments of an education. Whilst we see and deplore the evil, wo know of but on* remedy, and that is the appointment of a special agent to visit such families and by personal appeals remove prejudi ces and awaken an interest in the heart of the father for the future welfare of his child. The Board ardently dosired th* appointment of such Agent on the part of our Legislature; but the" Legislature, supposing that tho Doard had powers invested in them to make sueh appointment, have left the Board to act, in this particular, only from implied powers. Happily for ua, the Rev. J. H. Campbell, longs warm and devoted friend of the deaf and dumb, has undertaken a voluntary ageu oy for the Asylum. In his benevolent mission, thus voluntarily undertaken, he brings the deaf and dumb of Georgia under additional obligation and evincas the true impulsos of the Christian heart. We commend him to every friend of hu man misfortune and invoke the God of the deaf mute to smile upon his labors. The visit of the Principal with a portion of the pupils to Millcdgeville during the session of the Legislature, their eordial reception, kind treat ment on the route, during their stay, &c., is ap propriately noticed and acknowledged by the Board, who also briefly note and commend the faithful manner in which the several Officers of the Asylum have discharged their respective du ties. The fact is also announced that a young gen tleman, J. M. Campbell, is now receiving a course of instruction in tho Asylum, to fit him for the du ties of teacher when a vacancy may occur, or the augmented number of pupils render an assistant necessary. Slates, for which on appropriation was mads by the last Legislature, have been oidered through H. P. Pert, President of the New York Institute, with which the Board hope to supercede black-boards now in use. “ Each Slate will have attached to it a desk sufficiently large to contain the books and writing apparatus of a single pupil.” The necessity for Books and a suitable Appara tus to illustrate the general principles of Astron omy and Natural Philosophy, are so clearly poiut ed out by the Board that wo extract their entire remarks on the subjects: “Books have been found to be a very great de sideratum with teachers of the deaf and dumb.— For ordinary schools there is a great variety of ■ books, and the greatest difficulty the oommon i school teacher has, is to select the one host adapt ed to his purpose. With the exception of a lew i volumes prepared by Dr. Peot, the teachers of the deaf and d u mb have been compelled to rely op their own manuscripts. Tho course of instruction pre pared by Dr. Peet is in cqnstant use in our Ayslum, . and we most cheerfully acoord to the distinguished Author, the award in the arrangement of the “Course,” and in the clearness of illustration.— With the exception of the use of local termH in his illustrations we can see no objection to the general - introduction of his little books into all the deaf mate school* of the country. The objection of which we speak can be readily obviated by addi tional labor on the part of the teacher. Our pu pils have used those books with a great advantage. “ A small volume on grammar has been prepared by anoffleerof onr Asylum which, the Board think, possesses sufficient meritto warrantitspublication. The prominent feature of the book consists in the analysis of language by means of characters. A elass ha* bean taught tbe principles of that science with ameh a degree of success in cur Asylum as to indue* the Board to have the same pnb'ished for the nse of our pupil*, and, as we hope and believe, for the use of the common schools of Georgia. “There is a want seriously felt by the inmates of th* Asylum, but it is one whioh we hope the liber arality of our Legislature will remedy. An astro nomical and philosophical apparatus sufficiently extensive to illustrate ths general principles of as tronomy and natural philosophy, will be a great ac quisition to our facilities for imparting instruction. From the very nature of the deaf mute's misfor tune, arise* th* necessity for ocular demonstration in his lessons. So far aa diagrams oould be, they should be used in illustration. Then with even a limited apparatus the teacher could ineuloat* in a ahort while, many useful lessons in astronomy and philosophy, whieh, without sueh aid, would re quire difficult and protracted labor. If to anoh apparatus a eabinet of minerals be added, tba Board would be able to report the Georgia Asylum in a condition surpassed by none in ita facilities for imparting instruction. To effect these objeets so desirable, the Board commend the Asylum to the liberality of tbe Legislature. ” The origin and progress of deaf mat* inetrnvtioa, as pursued in the United States, form the subject of a brief but very interesting historio»l sketch by th* Board, which we should like to transfor entire ly to onr oolumns, bnt we have already drawn very largely upon the pages of the Report; and, fearing that we may weary the patience of the reader, w* pass to the next subject considered, via, the gener al principles of instruction as pursued in th* Asy lum,—and here again th* subject is so foil of in terest that we transfer the whole matter: “ Without going into detail, we will state the general principles of instruction as pursued in our Asylum. It must be remembered that the mind of the uneducated deaf mute is abut out from all those sources of light and development which are generally enjoyed by other children. When, then, re is plaeed under tbe care of an inatruetor, he is ignorant of the written or spoken name of the most common object around him—ignorant of his own name, of the names of hia parents, brothers sad sisters. Indeed, to him the world and *ll its -seling pomp, is an unmeaning show—destitute of every other attraction than that whieh is calcu lated to afford a moment’s gratification. With a creature thus limitedlv endowed the teacher must operate. .The first and all important qualification r.f the teacher is to think as the deaf mnt* think*, and then to evolve his thoughts in th* gnage of natnral pantomime. When pantojf me is the language of nature—then it is that J,be comes the medium of communication between teacher and pupil. For if both be in possession of t language dictatated by nature, there will exist no insuperable barrier to a ready and felicitioua inter mmunieotion. Tbe teacher, thus prepared, vn ieavors to impress npon the mind of his pupil the mportant fact that words are tbe representatives of ideas and things. The ingenuity of the teacher ■ is often taxed to impress this principle mpon the mind of hia pupil—of coarse it is necessary, as the conceptions of the pupil’e mind ere crude and im perfect, to present only such ideas in the first steps of instruction, as his mind can grasp. Borne tangible object, such as a ‘bat, 1 ‘book,’ ‘knife,’ or ‘pen’ may be presented to him and he be asked, in the pantomime language, ‘ what it isF ‘its nsea,’ | <£c. He will reply in the same language according to his ability. The names of the objects are written in succession upon the slate, and the teacher en deavors to induce him to associate in hia mind the object and the particular combination of letter* com posing the name of the object. To insure success in implanting this idea, more advanced pupils are called in, and, in the presence of the beginner, re qnested to point out tbe object when the name is referred to, and to point out the name when th* objeet is referred to. By repeated efforts of this kind the pupil can be taught to apprehend the idea the teacher desires to inculcate. Here we might remark may be found an answer to the est repeated question, 1 How do you learn a pupil the ' alphabet F The alphabet is with the deaf mute teacher, a matter ol secondary consideration, to be taught incidentally, as an arbitrary combination of curved and straight line*, which, by conventional usage, have become the basis of written language. “ Having impressed npon the mind of the pu pil the idea that speaking and hearing people hare ’a written language by which they can recall to the mind of another the same idea whieh occupies the 1 mind of the writer, the name* of a infteleat nma- ; her of objects arc given to afford practice in the use of all the letters of the alphabet. Os ooun-e in these exercises the teacher does not confine him self to the simple routine of signs for the words, bnt he encourages the pupil to tell something about the object—it’s oolor, it’s shape, Ac. Thia last process baa a twofold object. W hilst it calls into prompt action the mental powers of a pupil, it at the same time facilitates the introduction of the attribute or Adjective. The governing prin ciple with the teacher ia to divide the difficulties of the pupil as much as possible and introduce but one at a time. “ After the pupil has learned the names of ob jects, the teacher introduces some ofthe most ob vious qualities of those objects. Ifsuch words as ‘hat,’ ‘hook,’"‘bird,’ Ao., be in tho list of names taught, the pupil write such phrases as ‘black list,’ ‘blue book,’ ‘red bird,’ Ac. At the same time the teacher will introduce the objects before the pupil with colors as they are written. The colored ob jects are selected in teaching the first lessons in at tributes, because sach attributes ean be readily brought before the eye, and from their nature, present a marked difference in contrast. The less obvious attributes are reserved for the last, be cause of the difficulty of giving a clear idea of their nature at this stage of advancement. But the manner in which they are usually taught with us may be understood from an example. If we wish to teach tha quality of ‘ hardness,’ we select a stoue or some other substance possessing that quality, and present it to tho pupil, with the de sire that he impress it with his fingers. It, of course, will resist pressure. He is then directed to strike it with his knuckles. Ithurtsthem. He is directod to bite or cut it. He makes the attempt but fails to make any impression. He ia directed to throw it on the floor or table and it makes an impression instead of receiving one. The teacher then with shammer pounds it into a powder, but it is no longer a stone. The nature of its particles is, indeed, unchanged, but it has lost its resisting power, and baa become avielding mass. The pu pil contrasts the stono and the powder and readily perceives the existence of a resisting power in tho one, and its absenoe in the other. lie is then told that ‘ hard ’ is the name of the resisting power, and if asked what other objects have tho same power, will probably point to a ‘nail,’ or ‘knife,’ or “key,’ or some similar object. This is but one ex ample from tbe entire catalogue of adjectives, each of which requires explicit illustration on the part ofthe teacher. We would not be understood us saying that all the adjectives are taught at this stage of advancement; so far from this being the case, a very small portion of the whole is now taught, leaving the remainder for a more extended devel opment oftlie pupil’s mental powers; for it ia re garded as a fundamental principle with us that no word be introduced to the pupil without his hav ing an idea of ita import. In tho catalogue of ad jectives there are a great many which the pupil could not oomprehend at this period of instruc tion. “The next stop is to teach the little words “o” and “on.” in their numerical signification: at the same time introducing the singular and plural numbers. This process is so simple that we pass it over—remarking that in the cases of irregular plurals, the pupil must depend upon his memory, especially when the teacher ca mot avail himselfor some general rule governing tao formation. “Tho verb, from tho varic y of its inflections, presents more difficulties to lie deaf muto teacher than any other part of speech. Perhaps the best method imparting a correct knowledge of its na ture is to commence with the imperative form. Directing the pupil to “ brina ,” “lift," Ac., some article in tho room, and wliei.crertho action is per formed, then to write on a slate the name of the action, filling out the sentence with tho name of the article; as “being a rod book.” This form of tho verbis presented first, because, as we suppose, it represents the conceptions ot tho deaf mute’s mind more nearly than any other form of the verb. Next to the imperative we introduce the present participle, because it is next removed from the im perative in its capacity to represent the suggestions of pantomime language. “Tho essential teature ofthe verb and the point of real difficulty with the deaf and dumb in its proper apprehension, is its tensf snd declaration. The best mode upon which we have hitherto fallen for its proper inculcation upon the pupil’s mind is to commence with strictly present sentanees of affirmation and negation —bringing tho two into immediate and forcible contrast. To impress the the idea on the mind of tho pnpil we introduce affirmative and negative qualities of which he has already acquired a knowledge, in contrast with affirmative and negative actions. For example, we introduce tho affirmative quality by causing the pupil to write “the falling rain,” aud contrast affir mative action, “the rain is falling.” After having gone through a great many sentences contrasting quality and action in affirmation, we introduce our pupil to quality and action in negation. In the sentence “This small house,” we havo an instance of negative quality. For we regard the use of the attribute “small” in this sentence as expressing a deficiency in the object, tbe perfect conception of which object, is expressed in the use of the simple word “house.” In other words there is astandard in the mind to which the pupil instinctively brings au object upon first presentation, aud according us it measures above or below this standard so wid ths pupil express himself in affirmative or negative quality. Hence we endeavor to teach ourpupils that such sentences as “This small house” are expres sive of negative qualities, and in teaching the verb we contrast the action and quality by the piirases, “This is a small house” or “This is not a largo kOR»a.” “Having elucidated the idea of the present tense and declaration of the action by repeated examples and illustrations, we noxt introduce our pupils to th a past and future tenses. This is done by con trasting each in succession with the present. We would contrast the past and present by such ex amples os this, “A boy has bought and is eating an apple.” The present and future tense are thus aontrased, “A boy is picking and will eat some berries.” The three tenses are thus contrasted. “Those girls havo picked, are carrying and will sell some strawberries.” It ib by such Bucoessivo contrasts that we are enabled to impart to our pu pils an idea of the past, present and future tenses of verbs, not however without great labor. “Having advanced thus fart the pupil finds him self in possession of a stock of words sufficient to enable him to compose a simple sentence. If onr work be well done thns far, our future labors will be much less arduous; for at this stage of instruc tion he will have laid a foundation npon which he can readily build. We would not havo it under stood, that during the whole of this time wo have devoted no attention to other studies than that of language. On the contrary, the pupil is at this time somewhat advanced in numbers and is con stantly exercised in efforts at original composition. ’ “As we proposed in the outset to make but a passing glance at onr plan of instruction, wo will content ourselves at present with having given the foregoing outline of the courso pursued with a pu pil in our Asylum during the first six or eight months. “Tbe teachers of the several institutions for the deaf and dumb in the United States hold their Annual Conventions, with a view to discussing Bush subjects os pertain to the education of the deaf and dumb—to rendering available the varied experience of the Instructors, and thus to securing tho benefit of a uniform and improved system of instruction throughout the United States. Tho las Convention was held at the Amorican Asylum in August, of last year. Many interesting papers were read before the Convention, embracing many of the points of deaf mate instruction. The next Convention meets in August next In Columbus, Ohio. We subjoin the list of the names of pupils: C. Carrender, Caßs County, Ga. M. M. Chappell, Coweta County, Ga. N. A. Chappell, Coweta County, Ga. Frances Freeman, Alabama. John F. Grey, Carroll County, Ga. John Hoge, Floyd County, Ga. Mary Hoge, Floyd County, Ga. Jehu Hoge, Floyd County, Ga. J. Joravigati, Early County, Ga. Thos. Johnston, Hancock County, Ga. E. S. Johnston, Newton County' Ga. •Jane Johnston, Newton County, Ga. E. Johnston, Newton CSnnty.Ga. M. T. Jones, Heard County, Ga. M. M. Keyes t Walker County, Ga. John Keener, Texas. J. J. Lovelady, Habersham County, Ga. M. E. Moore, Alabama. John McVey, Muscogee County, Ga. S. T. Potts, Mississippi. H. P. Potts, Mississippi. I. N. Potts, Mississippi. Julia Payne. Walker County, Ga. Powell, Walker County, Ga. Wright, Green County, Ga. H. Warren, Alabama, •Deceased. Thus far our work has been a labor of pleasure, one of oommendation and approval, and wo regrot exceedingly to find any thing to condemn in the conduct of the authorities of the State in reference to this noble and philanthropic Institution. We have, therefore, read with extreme regret and deep humiliation the following btgginj Oireular. It is a reproach to the Legislature and they should be made to feel it deeply. Let us not be misunder stood. We have no objeetion to making a gratuity of our paper—and we do It cheerfully. Yet while we approve and commend as highly as any man a wise and judicious economy in the expenditure of the public money, we feel an unutterable con tempt for that niggardly parsimony whioh subjects a State iastitution like this to the adoption of such means to obtain newspapers for the use and bene ftt es tbe pupils : T# tub Enrronun Com or (iron •»*•*:—The Board of Commissioners have deter mined to open a reading room for the benefit of the pupils of the Asylum for the deaf and dumb. The benefits accruing from such an appendage to our Asylum, if properly earried out, will be beyond price. Some of your fraternity have assured 11s that an appeal to the press for a contribution will not go unheeded by them. Will not all be found in a like epirit I We hope and believe they will. We ask then, a oopy of eaoh paper in the State to help in the establishment or our reading room. Each paper contributed shall be carefully filed away and preserved for the use of such pupils as may hereafter attend the Asylum. Papers sent should be addressed, “Asylum for D. and D., Cave Spring, Ga.” Wk. 0. Miooc, f>Q.—Th« friends of this gentle man, in Georgia, will read with nnmingled pleas ure the following paragraph whioh w* odip from the N. 0. Pieayune, of the Sd inst: _ The Vaeant Judgtg\ip. —We are informed that his ExeellenCT Got. Walker, Attorney General Johnson, Judge Lame, end a number of other eminent legal gentlemen, besides a majority of the members or tne State Convention, which has just terminated its labors, have aigned a petition to President Fillmore to appoint Wm. C. Micou, Esq., of this city, to the vacant seat on the Bupreme Court of the United States. We trust that the pe tition may be granted. Every one who knows Mr. Mieon will join heartily in this wish. We most cordially unite with the Pieayune in the desire that the appointment may be made. Mr. M. is a native of this city, and grew up here to manhood, when in the'pnrsuit of a larger Held to r the development and display of hit fine men tal powers, he loeated ia New Orleans, where he has acquired a high and well deserved reputation in his profession. Nor is he less distinguished for his private worth and social virtues. The country boasts no man of higher integrity. A Goon laaa.—lt having been suggested that a monument be erected to commemorate the terrible catastrophe of the burning of the Henry Clay, the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin eharacteriies the idea as an excellent one, and hopes it will be car ried out. “The very spot,” says the Bulletin, “where the boat was driven ashore should be pur chased, and a column erected that might not only commemorate the lose of the wretched victims, but serve as a beacon and warning to all steamboat officers of the aw/hl results of Steamboat racing. A monument of the kind, seen thus daily from every boat would keep the recollection of the catas trophe fresh in every memory, and, most probably prevent the recurrence of anything of a similar nature.” It would be a mueh better idea, and a mere ap propriate ‘hnonument,” we think to rear a gallows on the spot and hang as high as Hayman every officer of the boat—and likewise the owners if they were eognizant of the racing of their boat. The officers of the Armenia should share the same fhte—although their racing was not attended by disaster. Until the State Statues punish with death or long penitentiary confinement, every officer of a boat who engages in racing, we shall continue to have just eueh terrible calamities as that of the Henry Clay. . The exports of domestic cotton goods from Bos ton this season are 48,412 packages, against 23,288 packages, same seven months of 1851. A Just Rebuke. This following just rebuke from the Louisville Journal will be properly appreciated by ovory right thinking man: . “ Wo do not much like, at a time when all par ties without distinction are pouring forth their tears, their lamentations, ana their eulogies over the grave of Henry Clay, to remind tho Democracy of tho horrible calumnies, with which, for more than a quarter of a century, they unceasingly pur sued the great patriot, yet there is such striking justice in tho subjoined extract from the New York Courier and Enquirer that wo feel impelled to transfer it to our columns “ In looking over our exchanges from all parts of tho country, wc are struck most pleasurably by the perfect concord of their panegyrics of Henry Clay. Tho most glowing language is used by them all in describing bis noblo qualities as a man and as a statesman. Journals of every varioty of po litical opinion and association vie with each other in their tributes of admiring homago and grateful love vo his memory. His oloquencc, his patriot ism, his enthusiasm in tho right, his soorn of base deeds, his oourago and his constancy, his openness and his sincerity, his sagacity and his wisdom, are dwelt upon with apparently tho most heartfelt earnestness, and in terms whose only fault is that they are too unqualified. But this universal concurrence in extolling the character and services of Henry Clay, gratifying ns it is in itself, is not free from puihfhl associa tions. This same patriot who, dead, is tho theme of almost unoxampled eulogy, living, was the ob ject of the most relentless calumny. Thoro was truth—burning, crushing truth—in what tho patriarch-statesman said before his old frionds and neighbors in his great Lexington speech : ‘I feel like an old stag which has boon long coursed by the hunters and the hounds, through brakes and briars, and o’er distant plains, and lias at last returned himself to his ancient lair to lay him down and die. And yet tho vile curs of party arc barkiug at my heels, and the blood-honnds of personal malignity are aiming at my throat.' And now that the same old monarch or tho woods has closed his eyes in death, and gone where love or hate can reach him never more, ail haste to drop a tear upon liis lifeless form and shout his praise to heaven. Alas, alas, for the human nature that can do those things ! Why this change ! What mean these Divans now whence curses were so lately. heard * What is it that death, cold, insensate death, can do for a man that life, feeling, thinking, acting, struggling, heroic, god-like life, should not do for him i In the superstitious belief of tho ancients, tho lightning stroke consecrated its ob ject; havo wo a religion which holds no oarthly thing sacred until it lias boon smitteu by the Des troyer ! There is no merit in involuntary dying; what personal merit then can death bestow ? Hen ry Clay is this day judged us a living man, and not as a coffined clod. With calm, clear eyes men now look back upon his glorious public career of nearly half a century, and the view of it fills thoir bosoms with admiration. None aro so base now as to refuse him their praise nnd their reverence. There is no need now of asking for‘justice to Houry Clay it oorues from every quarter froo and full as tho winds of Heaven. But why was it not given when it was valued, and was craved ? Nuy, why instead of it, were hurlod without cessation for ten, twonty, thirty live-long years, falsehood, culumny, and wrong f There is, thcro can bo no possible auswor to this question that will not humilinto those who wore once enemies of Henry Clay to tho very dust.” Thcso remarks of tho N. Y. papor aro just. It is true that Henry Clay’s death has disarmed his political foes, but his glorious life should have dis armed them. There were in his life a thousand deeds that should have called forth from them, as American citizens, admiration, reverence, applauso and gratitude, but thero was littlo elsoiu his death than the calm and peaceful return of dust to dust. For more than a quarter of a century Mr. Clay was tho most fiercely abused man, and tho most incessantly abused man that ever lived in this country. No other ten, twonty, or fifty men wero so much abused as he. Throughout nearly the lifetime of a generation, numberless charges, for which, if they had been truo, ho would liavo de served to be huntod out of all human society, were brought against him, Bworn to against him, and doily reiterated against him by the wholo banded press and by almost the whole banded masses of one of the great political parties of this country. And now all the charges so ferociously asserted and so obstinately persevered in, eburgos which nearly broke the heart of their illustrious victim, mighty as that hoart was in its energy and its power of resistance to wrong, are retracted by those who uttered them, and are succeeded by tho loudest and most enthusiastic praises that ever vainly fell upon tho “dull, cold ear of death.” I'leso things hnve thoir lesson. They should teach tho old assailants of Henry Clay to be care ful how they denounce the great living benefac tors of tho country. Those very men arc now on gaged in pursuing Gen. Wingfield Scott as If ho wore a public enemy entitled to no more forbear ance than a traitor, a pirate, or a wild beast. Gen. Winfield Scott iB an aid man, and he, in tho course of a few years, will dio as Ilonry Clay has died, nnd then, ns in the caso of Henry Clay, the savage as sailants of his living fame wdl unite with tho rest of tho people of the United States in giving tears and blessings to his memory, and warmiy nnd en thusiastically proclaim him, what he is, a pure, upright, noble, and most devoted patriot, who has consecrated his life to his country and done in comparably tnoro than any other man now on the stage of existence for the promotion of that coun try’s glory ? Oh, are there not thousands and tens of thousands nnd hundreds of thousands of honest Democrats, who will vindicate the living Scott against his infuriated traducers instead of waiting to have “the late remorse of love” awakened within their boßoms by the closing of tho grave over all of him that is mortal j Mr. Clay and ms Revilkrs. —Gon. I’ierce, Lynn Boyd & Co., were in 1844 among tho most violent rovampers of “the bargain and sale” lie, yot, tho othor day, in Concord, N. IT., a public meeting was called to do honor to Mr. Clay’s me mory, when resolutions were introduced by a Whig and Gen. Pierce made a speech, which was imme diately telegraphed by a brother slanderer to tho Boston Atlas to give it circulation among the Whigs as an act of great devotion to Clay and truth. We scorn such vile crocodiles from the bottom of our 'hearts. They murdered Henry Clay, lied his life away, and now they come to mourn at his funeral. Tho following article is from the Providenoo Journat, edited by the accomplished Mr. Anthony lat e Governor of Rliodo Island, We nre sorry to havo to say that tho infamous thing which he speaks of as having been published in the Provi • douce Herald in 1844 in the typographical fignro of a man nnd headed: “The Embodiment” was published at tho same time in tho Democrat of this city, which, a few days ago, was robed in mourn ing for Mr. Clay’s death. Tho Herald does not like tho manner in which wo have commented upon the eulogies with which the Democratic press has noticed the death of Henry Clay. We can in this case return good for evil. We like the manner in which tho Herald has noticed tho event. Its articles, such as we have noticed, have been marked by propriety and dignity. It has not added a final insult to its long injuries upon Henry Clay, by praising in death the man whom it had ealumniated in life. If what the Herald has said of Henry Clay be true, he was one of the worst men that overlived; apd this not only as a publio man, but ns a pri vate citizen. The Herald has borne its fujl share in heaping upon that great name the abuse and calumny by which he was overwhelmed, and by which tho American people wore cheated out of olevating him to that high station, tho object of his just ambition, apd which he was of all his cotemporaries the best fitted to adorn nnd dignify. Altogether the vilest and most infamous political article ever published in an Anierieau newspaper, that made eve i a profess ion of decency, was one printed in the typographical figure of a man. and headod “The Embodiment.” In this artiole, Henry Clay was pronounced a gambler, u swindler, a per jurer, a murderer, was accused of the most imfhmous crimes, and his aetß attributed to the most in famous motives. It was circulated through the most calumnious of the Democratic papers, and was published In the Horald, whore it was in por feot consistency with articles of less atrooity, blit oftheßame temper and spirit. For a paper with this unretractcd calumny re corded upon its columns to praise Henry Clay is like an insult to tho ciead and a oonfleaniou of its previous wickedness. We aro glad that the Herald has not exposed itself to this last degreda tiofl—shnt, in this rospoot, it stands superior to thosp presses with which it united in breaking down, by the force of slander, a man who, in his day, had no superior in the service of his country. Havo Georgians forgotten the celebrated “Embodi ment," which graced so. many of the Democratic papers of 1844? ft would be rather a curious spectacle, to, place side by side that disgraceful exhibition of partisan malignity and falsehood and the late cnlogiums reoently pronouncod by the same journals, and in many instances th« very same editors, Secredncss of the Platform. Ik an artiele yesterday, we alluded to the man ner in whioh tho democracy adhere to the platform established by their Baltimore Convention, and exposed their ultra disregard of its trusts as shown by the action of the House of Representatives on the river and harbor bill. On the question of the distribution of tho public lands they have been eqnally wanting in devotion to the platform. This action of the House elicited the following com ments from the LouitviUe Journal: Stiokiko to tii* Platform.—The late Demo cratic National Convention declared in their plat form resolution that the “ proceeds of the public lands ought to be sacredly applied to the national objects specified in the constitution,” and that the Democracy are “ opposed to the distribution of such proceeds among the States a* repugnant to the constitution,” and in less than one week after the setting up of the Democratic platform with this resolution in it, the intensely Democratic House of Kepresentatives, consisting of the cho sen ohampions of the Democracy of the whole Union, patted a bill t* attribute an immentt por tion tff Pie public landt among all the Stale!. And this is not the worst of the business. The, Democratic House of Kepresentatives in passing this bill, violated one of the Democratic platform resolutions, but, in passing certain other bills, it has violated two of the Democratic platform reso lutions. In granting land to aid in the eonstruo tion of railways in the Western States, it has vio lated the Democratic platform resolution about the public lands and thesDcmocratio platform resolu tion about internal improvement!. The Democratic leaders set up platforms as mere gull-traps. One day they set up a platform and say a great many solemn words over it, and the next day they kick it contemptuously out of their path. The platform of such a party is scarce ly worth its weight in old lumbor. The passage of an important bill by the Demo cratic House of Representatives in plain and direct contravention of the Baltimore Demoeratie plat form, and that too immediately afterthe getting up of the platform, is afact foil of significance to those who are honest and candid enough to look at it aright. It signifies, that, even among the highest, the most intelligent, and the most respectable Democrats, the Democrats who repre sent the De mocracy of the Nation in the Halls of Congress, a party platform is merely a thing of convenience, to be disregarded, trampled on, and kioked eat of tbe way whenever it seems to interfere with any favorite purpose. What earthly reasons is there to suppote that the Congressional Democracy, who spurned aside the platform resolution in regard to the public lands as soon as it was adopted would hesitate for an instant to treat the platform resolution in regard to the compromise and the fu gitive slave law in tho same man nr if they should at nny time fanoy that they could thereby accom plish some partisan objectl It certainly docs seem to us, as it must to every other man of oommon sense, that the Democratic platform, viewed m the light thrown upon it by the action of the Democracy of tho House of Rep resentatives, is as utter a mockery as ever was de- Tifted. Bach a platform, in the keeping of auch a party, is not worth half its weight in old boards— • " n»t earthly difference does it make whether such a platform, in the keeping of suohapatty, en dorses the compromise measures or reject* them! The Madison (Indiana) Courier, a strong Demo cratic paper, noticed the paeaage of this bill and expressed its surprise at the conduct of the Demo crats of ths House in the following language,: “ Such a bill can never pass the Senate. We are hopefol, and have not lost all eonfldence in the Democracy of the House, though w# confess sur prise at such a bill’s reaching a third reading in the House, and so soon after the adjournment of tho Democratic national convention. r ——• i ' The editor of the Louisville Democrat said he ; did not believe Prentice's statement that Mr. Mapibon bad offered General Scott a Cabinet ap pointment. To whioh Pbrntjoe replied: Our neighbor is a veiy sooptital gentleman; he is so much in the habit of disbelieving statements that ! we really suspect he disbelieves three-fourths of : his own. I Gen. Quitman's Opinion of Gen. Scott. Not long sinco the Memphis Eagle published a report of a conversation held between a citizen of New Orieaus and General Quitman on board a steamer on tho Mississippi. General Quitman’* attention waa called to the article, and ho addressed the following letter to tho Natches Free Trader, giving his own version of the conversation. Monmouth, July 28, 1858. To Major Edward, Editor of the Free Trader : Dear Sir: Somo frionds who appear to attribute m®re consequence to newspaper reports of my opinions than I do, have specially called my at tention to the following article from the Memphia Eagle and Enquirer of tilts 4th instant : “ Sir” said the Govornor, in reply to tho enquiry of the gentleman from Now Orleans, who had asked Ins opinion of Gen. Scott, “the Amerioan people havo never done Gon. Scott justice 1 The more that mail’s character and claims to distinction are canvassed, the higher will be the stond he will tako in the admiration and gratitude of his countrymen.” “I havo beon surprised and astonished (con tinued Gov. Quitman) that among tho Whig Party thoro ahould be found a single man unwilling to five him a cordial and hearty support. As to hia oing controlled by Seward.— that ie mere etujfl I know tho man and ho will bo controlled by no one, contrary to Ids own convictions of what is right. As to his being truo to tho South, I eon sidor him tho most unexceptionable man on that score, among *ll the Whigs who havo been named in connection with the Presidency. lam a Demo crat ; nnd, consequently, dilforing widely ea I do from Gen. Scott, on every political question, oan never give lam my support: —but, if there ie a Whig in the Union for whom under any circum stances, I could cast my vote for President, that Whig is Winfield Scott.' l The zealous friend of Gen. Scott who reported to the Editors of tho Eaglo and Enquirer the con versation above alluded to, lias, no doubt, uninten tionally, placed in my mouth language stronger than 1 used, and thus attributed to me scntimeule which I do not entertain, and could not utter. The conversation alluded to, occurred on the deck of a steamor, in tho presence of several gen tlemen of both parties. In reply to various opin ions expressed bvothors, I suit! in substance that tho Southorn Whigs, in their • opposition to Gon. Scott had done him injustice. That his opinion* on the slavery question were less obnoxious than those heretofore publicly expressed by Fillmore and Webster, and I would sooner trust him on that subjeot than eitlior of thoso gentlemen. That if there was nny merit ill tho “ Compromise," which I did not admit, Scott should be preferred by them, because he openly doclared for it before Fillmore’s opinion wuh known, For these reasons , it appeared to me strange that men who wero wil ling to support Fillmore or Webster, should maka objections to Seott. That my objections to Scott, applied equally to the other gentlemen ; they wero founded on radical differences of opinion iu re gard to the structure and character of our political system. That Gon. Scott was an ailvocato of a strong Natioual Government, whilo 1 was a States’ Rights man of tho strictest school. That for this reason I should not vote for him, but would al ways do him justice, although 1 lmd reason to oom plain of some of his official acts in regard to my self as an officer in the army. A whig gentleman present, having remarked that the apprehension was thntSoott would be con trolled by Seward and politicians of his stripo; I smilod and said : you mistuko tho character of ths man. The dinger lies iu tho opposito ex treme. Always accustomed to command, Gen. Scott, prides himself specially upon the infallibili ty of liis own judgment. He rarely asks or takes advice. Ho will bo controlled by no"man, not ths Wholo whig party, against his own convictions. Some allusion having been mndo to his liiilitar* reputation, and my opinion asked, I said it would b's unwise in us (tho democratic party) to deny to him the highest military distinction, 'That liis Mexican campaign, from tho first gnu at Vora Cruz to ths fall of the Capital, was one of the most brilliant on military record. Its lustre was dimmed by some blemishes, about which I would not now speak—but tliatwhon the history of his victorious march, from the sealiourd to tho national palace, shall bo faithfully detailed and popularised, it will greatly add to tho high military fame he at present enjoys, not only in America but abroad. Tho conversation was casual and desultory. I havo merely endeuvored to present my share in it correctly. It is known that in private conversa tion, I am in the habit of expressing my opinions frankly, without looking to political consoquouce*. Very respectfully yours, J. A. Quitman. The Southern domucratlo organs seem very 'Anx ious to make their readors boliovo (says the Louis ville Journal,) that the whole Democratic party is now Bound upon the compromise nnd slavery ques tions, and that all tho unßoundncss in respect to those matters belongs to the Whigs. The l'aot is, thero is more than twice ns much Freosoiliem or Abolitionism in tho Domocratio party of the North as in the Whig party of the same seotion. Hear the boast of the Pittsburg Post, a Democratic pa per, with the names of Pierce and King at its: head: “ The Akron Democratic Standard, heretofore a Freesoil paper, has raised tho flag of Piero* and King. We believe tho whole Freesoil press of Ohio, with the exception of tho True Democrat, at Cleveland, is now supporting tho nomiuos of ths Democratic National Convention.” This boast (continues Prrntic*) is a true one. With a single exception, all tho numerous Fuesoil presses of Ohio nre enlisted in the support of Fiore* and Jviug, and the one paper which constitutes th* exception is neutral between the Whig nnd Demo crats tickets. Tho Freesoil papers of Ohio ar* now engaged in tho work of proving to their Free,, soil and Abolition renders that their viowe iu re gard to slavery would be far more effectually pro . moted by the election of Pierce the Nor therner than by that of Soott the Southerner— far more effectually promoted by the suecese of the Demo cratic party than by that of the Whig party ! Doea not all this show that the Democratic platform resolutions are either utterly disregarded by the Abolitionists or that they aro considered by those fanatics as admitting of a construction favorable to Freesoil projects ? Straw for tiif. Navy. —A correspondent of the National Intelligencer, whom the editors of that paper endorse as an enlightened and well inform ed Amorieau now abroad, presonts some consider ations upon the importance of attaohing screw pro pollera to the sailing vossels of the Amerioan Navy, whieh aro well worthy of serious consid eration. As an illustration of the advantage and entire feasibility of tho project, ho refers to the I rench ship of the line Chiulomagne, which haa recently received the appendage of a sorew pro peller, with an engino of 450 horse power, wliioh: in a two months’ cruise in the Mediterranean, en abled her to make an average run of nine knots an hour, without using her sails pt all. When sail* are employed, tho sorow may be tnken entirely out of tho water,so ns not to impodo tho movement of the vessel. Several other vessels of the French navy have beon fitted up in a similar manner. It is evident that suoh an addition to the locomotive and especially the turning powers of a ship, would be of immense advantage in case of an engage ment, as it would enable her to choose her position in regard to lur antagonist, if propelled only by sails, and to ran away from hoc in o*Be there ms too great a disparity of metal. “ The condition of the French Marino,” says the writer, “may be understood from the feet that tho appropriation for the current year puts in commission op;« hundred and twenty vessels, of wliioh seveuty-ono are steamers ; this portion of the force being nearly twelve timet the number of etea;mere belonging to the United States Navy. This most extraordinary dis parity, one would think, ought to force itself upon tho consideration of Congress, if it be animated by a proper regard to the commercial interests of the country and our political dignity and influence abroad.” s Fin* Pears. —We are indebted to Mons. V. 1 Mauok, for a basket of fiartlett or Williams Mon -1 chretren Pears, of largo size and beautiful appear s anco. Thoso Pears are not fully ripe at present, 1 but we doubt not that afterthoy have lain a few days on the shelf, they will fully sustain ths high character of this favorite variety. Many of our best Pears will not ripen well on tho tree, and ■ should bo gathered befqro fully matured, and ripen i ed in the house, in a dark and moderately 000 l l room. An ignorance of this fact causes many per i sons to allow their fruit to remain on the tree until i it becomos dry and insipid. We beliove the Pear* | of Mons. Mauok are mostly from dwarf tress, grafted on the Quince, which method improves many varieties in size and flavor, and enables tb* amateur to cultivate a great many different aorta within the limits of even a small city garden. Cak’t bk Bret ! — Botno vegetarian left at our of fice, yesterday, a piece of twine 21% inches lo«g, which bad been put as a “girdle round about” a huge Beet raised by W r M. J. Jones, of Heard coun ty, Georgia. The exclamation at the head of thl» paragraph expressed our astonishment, and may also be considered as a challenge to neighboring horticulturist*, to “trot out” their hugest spsol mens of the Beet tribe for comparison. Cmjßcniss or thk Candidates— The Presbyteri an, a religious paper, publishes a letter said to be from tbe pen of Dr. Junkin, of Washington, from which wc ascertain these facts: Gen. Scott is » Protestant Episcopalian, and at St. John’e Church of Washington. Mr. Graham is by birth and education a l'rcjbytcrian, though not a com municant of any church, and as his lady is a mem ber of tbe Baptist Church, he worship*, part of the time at least, with that denomination. Gen. Pierce is by education a Congregationalism though not a member of the church. Mr. King it a Pro-, jestant Episcopalian in his preferences. Post Office Operations. —The following new Post Offices have been established in Georgia: Edom, Gilmer County, T. B. Tiiammel, P. M., Anderson, Walker Co., W. F. Austin, I*. M., Ham mock Grove, Crawferd Co., J. S. Martin, P. M.» Flat Pond, Lee Co., W. B. Riokarbson, P. M.„ Pleasant Level do. Co., S. B. Weston, P. M. The following Offices have been discontinued j Kossuth, Cherokee Co,, Toooo* Falls, Habersham Co., Mineral Springs, Lowndes Co., Pleasant Val ley, Murray Co., Marysville, Paulding Co., Reho both, Wilkes Co. Tire Treasurer of the city of Boston has negoti ated a loan of one million of dollars, water debt, with the Barings, London, and Hope de Co., Am sterdam, at tho rate of four and a half per cent, per year. This loan has oertainly been obtsinsrj, remarks tho National Intelligencer, on terms far more favorable than it could have lieen a few yearn ago, even by the city of Boston, whose credit stands deservedly high. That of the Government of the United States, however, is, by the same test, still higher; ths five per cent, loan, redeem able on the first of August, 185$, commanding ia the market at this time a premium whioh leaves aa interest of only three and a half per cent, per year. Stock of Cotton in thk Interior.—Tb* follow ing table exhibits tbe stock of Cotton in the Into-, rior cities, up to the latest dates, os compared with, last year: Augusta and Hamburg, Aug. 1....... .Wbsi sImH Macon, Aug. 1 j agg 7 77 R Columbus, (Gs.) July i ’<(4o l’dort Memphis, (Ttnn.) July 22 680 b|o<lo Columbia, (8.0.) June 1 4,191 10,44$ Montgomery, (Ala.) June 7 712 7,78$ Total * IMM MJW Parse Betts.— We received from Natbanixi, Bailet, Esq. of Columbia County, a half Beets, one of which measured twenty-two inebsn la length and thirteen and a hnlf lnwmtnm*,
