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Mr. Wrinhi*• Lrlirr of Ampmnrr.
A t. GUST A. Auxost 3, 1859.
Cos! A R Wright— Sir : You wer*- unanimous
ly t+c*>u in*rdrd. by a Convention of Delegates a<i-
Ntmbled in this city, on tbe 27ch ult. as “an inde-
I#n*a*nt candidate'* tor Congreei in the Eighth Con
Irt-f-i -ral Dir trie*., and the agreeable d*uy ha* been
imposed on u§ to notify yon of the fact, ana request
■voar acceptance of the nomina-icn
Ke.yu g upuo y-u- known devotion to the South,
nr <i b*-r greV aud darerrified internet®, and your
oatriotic revereoce fkr the Constitution and the
I ion, we wi.l not peAiit ourselves to doubt that
you will. a f y ur earlapt convenience, favor ue
wrh your arqsisecencein the eipremd wish of a
l*rv* portion ut the votJN of the Dietrict.
With sentiments of high regard, yoor friends.
J(.Buh Stovall,
W*. Qtmm,
Th* li Ouuham,
J W’ Bkin*on,
RjBT. D CoDT,
C’ mmtttee.
I* 8. Send your reply under cover to Chronicle Ac.
Sentinel.
Lot isvili.i, Ga., August 7th, 1859.
Gentlemen Your favor of the 3J inst, inform
ing me that I wa- ‘unanimously recommended by
a conversion of delegates, a-e-mbied in Augu-ta
on the 27 tb ult., ae an ‘irdependent candidate’ for
Congreea in f Le Eighth Congressional District, ‘ and
requesting my acceptance ot that position, has been
recHv*-d
ceveral moo the since, I received latter* from gen
tlem*n in tt.e different sections of the Di-trict. urg
ing me to permit my name to be used in the ap
proaebing canvas') To ali of which I answered
that “1 could not run ” When your delegates as
mb'ed in Augusta for ooneul'at on, and action, 1
ur<**d through my personal friends in the (coven
tioD, that Rome other more able and worthy man
should receive your support. Your convention
having unanimou-ly differed with me a* to the in
and. v 4 dual m<*t suitable and proper to run, I acquiesce
io beir decision, and accept the position assigned
me Indeed, having 1 arned through the ne w.-pa
pern the action of your convention, I had previous
to the reception of your letter, in a speech deliver
ed in this place on the 2d test, announced myself
a* a ca* rtirtate for the p <*’ you would have me oc
copy If. through the partia*ity of the voters o f
tb- District, I "*ail be chosen their representative
in the next Congress, I can only promise to briDg
to the task assigned me, an honest purpose—to act
and vote in such a wny as will, m my judgment,
be-’ prom t's the interest and welfare of the South,
and the Union , without regard to party or to party
It iders.
1 tfjink, gentlemen, your convention acted wisely
in ignoring those political msntrape yclept “plat
forms.” Tbe people have been so ofren deceived
ar:d deluded by the promisee held out to them io
Lbfse paper “shuttle boards, ‘ that they have come
to io k with suspicion and di-tro-t upon ail who ad
vocate fb m They are generally fair to look upon,
bu r . like “Dead sea fruit, they turn to ashes upon
ti n lip.” ‘lake, if you please, that great piece of
Ant'*’nr Carpentry, constructed at Ciucmnnati in
1856 by the great Master Builder of modern De
m.cracy, with timber furnished ana brought from
the niff -rent sections of ihe Union—the Buth lur*
ni-b ng Pa inelto, Cotton and Slavery—the North,
Oak. Commerce and Abolitionium—the East, Pme,
M outsc i re s aud Yi • en*ii— the West, Ash. In'er
na. improvement* aud Squatter Sovereign^—the
A'lanticand Middle States, Popl ir, Free Trade and
Non intervention A l dovetailed harm - lou.-ly to
gether, and to the ca.-ual observer—the masses of
the people—exceedingly fair to look upon; but
within it is a “whited sepu - hre, filled with dead
men's bones/’ ‘lhe tiling of the seams in the
siruciu e indicate* the mauler talents. The “in
ter ml improvement *” opei ing i® tilled with the
“Pacific Railroad ’ Th a"&qua’ter Sovereignty”
joining is made rmouth by * Son intern* ntiou *
T.ie ‘ Slavery ‘ plank is covered with Cuba ’ Tne
4 t ree*oil oramis concealed by ‘ unfriendly bgu
Laiiun ” whilst me “Abolition’ 1 panel is garnithed
witu ‘isothermal lines. ‘ Thu), a 1 uniting in one
harmonium- ana o> in metrical structure, well ealeu
la ed to catch ihe p -pular gaze, and cheat a nation
of Iroeiiien out of their de*'6dt rights.
With the lnterprera'ion ptaevd upon the Cincin
nati pi .'form by its Southern supporters. I have no
grrat obj-cdon to urge agamnf it But, by the
meaning p<aced upon it by the Northern carpenters,
wli > tinkered in its construction, the South loses ter
entire interest in the pub ic Terrillries—ber fluff
re peof H*.d her honor. Tuen away with these
•* gilded Jlies” which are thrown upon the political
Wat ■0 as a bait to ensnare the unwary aua
confiding, and beneath whose shining exterior lies
concealed the deadly barb, which is to drag them to
desiruuilun
Whi e, gentlemen, I have no confidence in. and
am opposed to these “paper Platforms,” I think it
right mat the people should be fully advit-ed a- to
the political opinions of those who seek their suffra
ge*, upon a 1 the great issues which now divide the
citiaei sos this Confederacy. The limits of this
communicate>u forbid my entering ful>y upon ttie
nitCviH-ious of the pieseui issues I can ouly briefly
j*. ornate my views thereof and the course I shall
ru sue it ♦ K ctfcd a Representative trom this District.
11 a few days, i expect to begin a canvass of the
V strict, aud hope to meet the people “face to face’*
aid discuss fully before them, all the great questions
which now ngiiale the public mind.
It i® known to you, gentlemen, and the voters of
th s D strict—that in 1856 I opposed whith what
Ability 1 poseeesed the election 1 .lames Buchanan
to the Presidency—l opposed hiui, because I was
convinced from bis pa t history, that he was a timid,
ti me serving, trimming politician—a it an totally
untit at hat important crisis to be placed at the
head ts our national r.flairs. A large m jority of
the voters ot lhe Diet, ict, of the State, aud of lhe
entire Sou>h differed with me, and cast their votes
for him Trusting, no doubt, that, supported as he
was, mainly by the South ; dependent tor his success
(if elected; upnu the almost entire vote of the slave
stales, he would call around him able, reliable and
ooiiuiiiu iouhl advisers—would place his administra
lion upon the line of policy indicated by the Cin
cinnati Platform, according to the Southern con
struction.
Time has shown that I was right in my judgment
of the mau He has violated in his conduct of the
government, almost every stipulation of the Cin
cinnati Platform.
The party who placed him in power a*e opposed
to the sy-tem of “Internal Improvement” by the
general goveiuuien . He ig the known advocate
and supporter of the most gigantic work, which
has ever engaged the attention, or taxed the power
of Htalesmeu m any ago ot the world—a wuiL the
construction of wh.ob would bankrupt the most
opulent natious of the old world, aud wnroh when
Completed, would require for its successtul opera
tioo. au annual expenditure of money almost equal
to the entire value ot ail the products transported
upon it —a hue ot. Railroad twenty two hundred
iniies in length, traversing a wild, inhospitable, un
settled, and uninviting territory, intersected by lofty
mountains whose tops aiecontinually covered with
em>w—with wide, sandy, burning plains, destitute
of water and of timber— who can estimate the cost—
who can conceive the amount ot lam-r required for
Such a stupendous enterprise. Add to this the
ueceasi'y tor transporting all the timber and other
uiaieiil necessary for its construction, a distance
ot from six to eight hundred ui lea. across those arid
plains aud uu uuiaiu ranges , and the annual ex
pense in turn s'iiug wood and water for the locomo
tives in a region where neither the one or the other is
to be obta‘l-d for huudreds of miles, and we can
but “see dim y” the appal,ing magnitude of the
monster proposition.
Av.am 1 do not approve the Administration in its
conductor the Cuba question It would be a
dau*erotiß experiment to place in the bands of any
President, so considerable a mn ot money as thir
ty millions of dollars. In a tree government the
rple cannot too safely guard the public treasury.
every age of the world, governments haveeu
elaVed the people only through the power derived
lrum their own money If we would continue free,
let us watch with jealous eys every attempt at
oucroachmeut upon our rights through the combined
intlueuce ot the “purse and sicord The army, to
a gieat extent, must necessarily remain under the
control of the P.evident The purje is ours. This
is our bulwark Into the hands of our own imme
diate representative alone, under the constitution,
w* c uh ie th s itnpoitaut trust. Even if the plan
ail vised by tti President wa< not a dangerous one
as a precedent . yet, the amouut he proposes to pay
tor Cuba, is entirely too large. My posi'.ioo is this.
It Spain d-wires to sell Cuba, aud is wilting to take
a tair pnoe, we ought to buy it. If she does not
wish to seli, yet adopt such a policy in relation
thereto ns to render the I'land dangerous to our
comm ice or our interim! icclfare -then we should
rel ¥ upou the “stout hearts and strong arms ‘ <>f
American freemen, to appropriate it to our own use
“Self preservation is the first great law of nature.”
Tu s ir* a truism applicable alike to nations as to
icdtv. duals
There should be re'renchment and reform in the
current expenses ot the government Tne admin
istration of Mr Yaußureu was hurled from power
under the imiiguation aud scorn of auoulrsg-d
public, ou account of its wsstetul and extravagant
conduct of our national affairs. The expenses of
the Vaoßurcii acministr tiou, did uo r tea ha’ its
bigt-et point n half tke amount ejp nded by the
prtsent administration. Our government, under
the administration of Mi. Polk, conducted to a
su-.’O-f stul c!o-e, a troublesome and expensive for
eign w ar, whilst the whole expensed of the gove u
meat did not reach withiu twenty tunlion as much
yearly,as h how u®ed auring a period of profound
peace and tranquility. Whilst the government is
thus extravagantly auu wastefuliy administered, a
large portion of the pub ic lends are given away
year y to colossal Kaiirovd Companies, and various
other works of internal improvements; thus di
veiliug from the public trea-ury, a large amount of
UiO.iey. which should be applied to the payment ot
the interest upon the public debt, aud to meet the
legitimate wants of an ecouoin cal admim-cration
ot the government. By these means, and others
of uke character, the ueces.-ity ot a high tariff is
pressed upon us. aud ;be agricultural interests of the
South are excessively burdened with taxation, which
answers the double purpose of fostering the manu
facturing interest* of the North, and of enabling
the general government to and corrupt
the people by its prottigateaud unscrupulous system
of bribery and extravagance.
Aud worse sittl. While We witness these unpara
tel ed exjwnditures of the government generally,
the tact is brought home to us that in one of the
jnuet important departments of the g wernmeut—
one in whie . the people feel a near aud dear icter
st—the Admiuisti at ion and Coi gret-s, with a large
me jority of Democrats in both h u es. have tai.td
to make any provision or arrangement; I allude to
the mail services Foetal accommodations at tbe
South are now at the mercy of contractors ; eon
trae ors who have uot yet been paid for a large
portion of their last y ear’s services. Foet routes
have been abohshed, post offices closed, mail com
mumcati us iu many sections of the State entirely
cut off, by the failure of Congress to make the
neivs-ary appropriations. Circulars have beeu
seu’ by tbe Department to the different mail ear
ners, begging for time, to pay the balances due
them tor iast year e s?r\ices, aud ssking them to
continue their services o a credit until the re
assembling of Congress ; cooliv informing the poor
conriaoti rs that Congress made n appropriation
lor the mail service except st-ren hundred thousand
doUnt % which was appropriated for carrying
“free” or “ franked miter.” The people of the
country who fa * the are to Kan no man’ ser
virc but the members of Congress <:>.J federal
effi >s hurt srtv* hundred thousanddouars appro - j
piiat a io pay for ihttrmau accommooaitons
Faidon me. gentlemen, for ahumug to oue other
ma ter cv uuected with the present Admnrstra'ion ;
1 A.iude to is course with regard to the captured
Afrcans ot the slaver brig Echo S'm® three tan
dr. and A‘ricans having been captured by a vesse. !
belonging to this government, it became the duty
of Mr Buc lauau. under an Act of Congrees. to
have them Lakeu back to Africa This he aid But
be went further, and t. ok from the public Treasury,
with ut warrant or authority of law, forty five
thousand dollars, which be applied to the c ouiug.
boarding and scfaoo iug of the Africans for rme y ear
at e they were re landed in A'nca. The whole
cost for tue rein val of tnese people was. according
to *is message to the l**t Ccngreee. one hundred
ar.d ibiriy thousand do; ars ; eighty-five of whic
nuder the law. was pioper. because it wits to be
expend and ic removing the Africans to their native
aborts. The forty five tnousai.d additional, which he
pa and the society for the boarding, clothing and
echo i *ot •he A.ricans for a y ear, was improper
and unlawful.
T. ers is nv*t money enough in the treasury, to
pav tor Carryi&g oocea week, to the poor man’s
F • t • ffioe, his i un ly paper and the letters from hi*
relatives and fr ends . but there sail ample supply j
to erab e the government to re’ up upon the shore* ,
of A*r ca. a t e® boarding sck''ol for the eduction
of wild African children T r e poor but honest
Georgian iaburrr wsou not able to educate hts own j
cht d'en xstaxfd by thr gor?mu enl to contribute |
to the support i / dpruau chi.d*tn at aprte bearding
sch o- on the Congo Ktver
Whist I thus ooLCrmn the Buchanan adrninD
trat;- n for it* departure fr> m right. I approve of his
oourre upon what is generally known as the Le
comp’oi Bill and although he might have acted in
bad Ihith, in not recalling Walker, (ana I tLiok he
did.) \et, when Kan®** applied fi>r adti; s-ui i L t O
Union, with the Le<vmpton C>nsiitutiun, re
cog’n z'og and adopting slavery, be sto-d in good
lath by the requirements cf the Georgia platform, i
until fcv* aoandt-ned by Southern men in the
Ha 1 sos Cv^ mgi>**. Then, and not till then, did he
eurrendrr tke ground he had taken for the
South Abandoned by the representatives of those
whose rights he was .batting f -r, it was to be ex
pac ed be too wt u’d oraake our cause. J fully
approve Air. Buchanan * course upon this question.
! But, gentlemen, tbe question of p&ramcuat im
portance to u* at the S*juth, and which, like “ Jo
j uab’s gourd,” swallows up all others, is the question
; of slavery. This ominous question ha* been tie
| quentiy settled by politics, tinkers —firet, by the
Miseouri C-mpromi®®. in 1820 ; again, by tbe Com
prtmse meaeu-e ot 1850 ; ar-d etill again by the
Kansas Nebraska bid, n 1851; but, like the ghost
!< f the murdered Banquo. it will not “ cown at
their b.ddii g Agaiu is this question pressed upon
us . we must meet it, and meet it under the cotsti
utioo, to coLquer and eeitle it, Tne South, whrte
aoldiog toat me Missouri C- mprom ee vraa uncon
j stituhonal , was wiping, for Lae soke of peace,
io abiie by that daw. We did acquiesce io
it tU 1859,’when the North, beginning to acquire
confidence in their power, trom having repealed the
■ 21 l Rule of Congress, waich prohibi ed tne recep
tiono: abo-.ition petuiona, openly declared there
should ba no more slave territory. In sealing the
vexatious questi“ii* arising out of our acquisition of
: Dew territory fr< rn Mexico, we proposed to run the
M -s'luri Comproin fe line to the Pacific. The
j Sorth then rtpudiaUd that settlement, and thun
dered against slavery ex tusion. io this condition
i of tilings, Cui gre?e pa-sed w tat is known as the
I Compromise Bi.l of idv/9. aumi’.tiug Caii’ornia into
the Union, giving a territorial go* trr*neiit to New
Mexico, and the enactment of the fugitive Slave
Law, as it is commonly called. The South was not
satisfied witn tue arrangement, y-t, for the sake of
* peace and harmony, she sequ'esv-ssd in this aa a
i permanent stUlnnenl of tht slavery yu stion —the
South Jo>ihg Cahh rnia, but gainug, it was said.
’ >he doctrine of non-intervention on the part of
Congress with eiavery in the Territories. That is,
the North acknowledging that CoDgress had no
right to estaoh-h it prohib.t slavery in of the
t Territories of tne U-ion, but leaving the question
of domeePC biavery to be settled by the people, at
ihe time they formed a Slate government and ap
plied for admission into the Union. AU parties
declared that this settlement wac a final adjust
meat of Lhe vexed question, and that agnation
thereon should cease
For four years tbe country was quiet and peaee
\ fui; during which time aP. evidential election was
had upon old party question*. The Abolition can
didate for President, not receiving a respectable
vote in a single Nor.hern State. Abolition was
gradually dying out. Tne people of thia country
were prosperous, united ana happy. -
1 Another Presidential elee’iou wa® now approach
i j D jf —tbre were many aapiraoi* in the domiuant
party, North ar and S >uih—political capital was to be
made and political reputation lost. The people
; must be rxcited and Eutuusiasm must
be prompted. There it was our present troubles
| began. Tne Kansas Nebraska Bill was presented
’ in Congress, was debated and was passed. Tbe
wtol* country was lashed into fury by tbe excited
appeals ana bioxi thirsty d*nuncia ions of North
ern fana'ics. The South was awakened —partiee
were broken up—political ties of life-time duration
were severed. New parties sprung into existence.
The S u h was confounded, the North convulsed by
th* tricks of <1 jmftgogues, and tbe treason of north
ern polit cians By the blessings of Heaven our
Union was saved. Fremont was defeated. We
have diLCi then however been in a eta'e of constant
fermen. and excitement. And this day tbe ques
tion of African Slavery, is the one o my opin
ion upon whco depend* the perpetuity of the
Union We cannot abide in (his Union as inferi
ors. We tti3 the tquaia in ev-ry particular of our
N A them brothers. Settle this slavery question
and all ri well. Give us out our rights, as equals,
in the te ri'ones, the common proper y of ail, and
we are friends - deprive us of tnece rights and you
make ue enemies
Tne Supreme Court of t'*e Uuited States, the
highest eu noriiy in the land upon ail constitutional
issues, has deci fed inis question for us. They bold,
that neither Congress nor ti e pe pie of the Terr to
nes, have any power to establish or prohibit sievery
iu the Territories That under the Constitution, ail
classes from each secti on of the Union, have the
right to emigrate to, and occupy the Territories
wi’h every and a 1 kinds of property. That the
Constitution recognizee the right ot the Southern
man to property in slaves, ana protects him in ire
enjoyment. That while has no pow-r to
est-ibl h i or prohibit slavery, it is its duty to protect
slave property, in all our common Ternton s. —
! Upon ‘his doctrine l fix mystlf—ujoon this 1 stand
or fall-
Lot us not deceive ourselves by cherishing the
j fond idea that the interests of our section are now
j in a safer condi ion than lor some time past. I teil
; you th-re i* no peace. The present apparent calm
is but the pre'uae to the con ing storm Seward, the
! high priest of abo.itiouism, has declared eternal
I hostility to our section In his Roches;er speech he
enunciated the dogma that couti'-ual war shou and
rage between the two sections until either slavery
or freed<<m was vanquished The Supreme Court
has been bitterly and violently assailed for its de
cisioaof the law in the Dird Scott case This
C >urt is to bs abolished or remode ed to suit the
\ urposes of Northern treedom-bhriekers They
have now a large majority in the Representative
branch of Cougres*, and hope in a few months to
be able to control the Senate. Then, with an Abo
litionist in the Executive chair, our degradation aud
ruin is complete. Add to all this tbe fact, that Mr
Douglas, a Northern Democrat, who has been here
tofore (by his admirers at least) regarded as a
fnei.d of the South aud the Constitution, has aban
doned his Southern allies, ani is now leading a large
majority of our Northern Democratic rieudsiu a
deadly crusade against our rights, u der tbe free
soil bannerol “Territorial unfriendly legislation”—
and I think our danger must be apparent to every
thinking mau.
Iu this threatening and dangerous condition of our
public affairs, p triots of a 1 parties North and
South should rally to the rescue of tbe constitution
aud the Union—forget! political difference
and forgiving former party animosities. Aud
especially at the South should our people unite
together upon a common platform to repel abolition
aggression, and res ue the government from the
hands of those who now control it. The old whigs
of Georgia in 1855-56 set the country and the
world a noble example of party sacrifice for the
public good. Convinced no and übt as they were,
that the ouly hope for the perpetuity of the Union
and the safety of the South, lay in the renuuciation
of their old party associations, they forsook their
old party organization and friend®—the party of
their pride and boast in those days when the silvery
eloquence of the lamented Clay rang through the
Senate Chamber, holding spellbound the assembled
wisdom of the land, as he unfolded and upheld the
great principles of their organization aud the gov
ernment They believed then that to preserve tbe
Union and defeat the triumph of fret soil and squat
ter sovereignty in the person of Fremont, it was
necessary to break up their old and dear ties of
party,—aud they proved themselves equal to the
emergency. Again are they calle i upon to rally to
the cupp* rt of those who would preserve this fine
temple * f ours, and who are determined to drive
from its sored precuic's the money changers who
now revel therein, and over'urn tbnrprofaue tables.
Are they uot equal to the task ? Let the memory
of hose well contested b ittles fought under the
lead of Harris*m in 18-10, and under the hero of
Buena V’sfa iu 1818, an-wer for them. They have
now no old pirty association— no remembrance of
mulual toil and c i flict—no long prized political
coEtrtres in the ranks of the administration suppor
ters Then I appeal to ihe old wbigs of the Bth
(the Sebistopol of whiggery in dayaagone) to throw
themselves into the breach, aud preserve our
government.
I utterly repudiate the idea of Mr. Douglas, that
although the Territorial Legislature cannot exclude
slavery by direct enactment, that they cau, by
unfriend y legislation , kill it out It the territorial
should attempt, by any species of un
friend y Ir-gielation. to kill out slavery, it is the du'y
ot Congress to intervene and kill out unfriendly
legislation.
Tune aud space forbid, gentlemen, that I should
enter further into the riiscu sion of these questions.
1 hope l have been sufficiently explicit. 1 desire no
concealment, and would not have written so muoh,
but that 1 had uo double faced ‘‘party platform” to
stand upon, and to speak for me.
I thank you, gentlemen, for the kind and flatter
ing manner in which you have conveyed to me the
wishes of the Convention lor whom you speak.
With sentiments of the highest esteem,
I remain your obedient servant,
A R. WRIGHT.
To Josiah Srov4LL. Af'tt others of the Committee.
SOITUEM CIuTIVATOR.
Published by W. S Jones, at A ugu&ta , Ga.
Terms : One Do lar a Year.
Southern Cultivator for July —The pro
prietor of this excellent agricultural pe-iodical an
nounces that he has completed au arrangement
with Rev. C |W. Howard, late editor of the South-
C mntryman, by which that paper is merged in the
Southern Cultivator, audits subscribers tiansferred
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man will be t-upplied with the Cultivator during tbe
present year and a satisfactory arrangement will
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Mr. Howard to spend a portion of his time travel
ing, with a view of lecturing on agri-*ultural topics,
canvassing for subscribers, Ac. We bespeak for
him. iu all places, a cordial reception.— Madison
1 isitor.
The Southern Cultivator for August pre
sents a very large amount of valuable, as well
as interesting reading matter to ev ry farmer,
also to general readers. The Cultivator is too well
known to require, or need any commeudatiou at
our hands. L will be remembered, however, that
C W. Howard, former editor of the S<>uth Coun
tryman, is n**w associated in the editorial depart
ment, with D R-daoond, which i 1 q rite an addition
to the interest of the paper. —Calhoun Platform.
Southern Cultivator —This valuable month
ly is received. I oouta ns a treatise upon a'most
every branch ot agriculture, and deserves a liberal
patronage —Dahlonega Signal
Southern Cultivator—We have received
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cal, for 1859. We consider it tally the equal of
auy periooical devoted to agricul ural interests in
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the rapid improvement of agriculture in the
aud hope every reader of the American Citizen
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subscribe for a paper, worth ten times over its eub
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The Southern Cultivator.—The August cum
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day* ago but was mislaid We are always glad to
receive the Cultivator, filled as it is witu articles
ba*td upon experence, treating upcu all subjects
of farm economy, aud suited, particularly to South
ern institutions and culture.
If the “Southern Cultivator” was before en itled
to a wide circulation and a geuerou* patronage, it
is uow much more so. By an arrangement just
made the “South Countryman” has beeu merged in
the Cultivator, and the valuable services of R**v.
C. W Howard secured as one of the E litors. The
addition to tbe Editorial force, of a gentleman so
eminently qualified by his superior attainments to
fill the with advantage to the farming and
planting public, must of itse : be of immense advan
tage liut the beuefi to be derived by the proposed
canvas* of the S'ate by Mr. Howard, lec’uricg on
Agricultu al subject*, cannot be overestimated
The arrangement, thu* entered into by the Publish
er aid Editors, even though it may be founded in
unalloyed self interest—which we feel sure is not
the tact—canuot re*a t otherwise than to the incai
culabks good of the State. We hail this step with
unaffected gratification, and wish Mr. Howard
god sp*ed iu hi* mia-iun. We trust the Southern
Cult val r thn ugh this instr-;mentality wid receive
such largely increased nun-berg us subscribers a to
rei and it iis influence for good many so and g: eater
it i 3 now. T#ms for >he Cu ti valor only one dollar
per annum address W S J re* Augusta Ga
[Atlanta American.
A EnuRKABLs l RmiNAL I rial.—The case of
Comu onweaith ve. Judy, a ie i a e e.ave, De'eDgmg
to Mr Wo . u Irrri io. this County, was a spoked
of on Tue;d*y la-t by te County Couri of Albe
marle. K 1. W. Duke. E q . appearing tor the pro
eecutiOD, and E R Wat-on. E q , for tbe accused.
Tne itbumsu ty and brutall y of the c flense so
wb.ch th? accused, was tried, aod her ex'rem
youih, make tins ods of the most remarkable i-asee
to be found in the annals ot criminal jurisprudence
The charge seamet tier was that in April least she
a tempteo to kill ter mist-ese .who was co hard to
her bed from protracted sickness. aLd was very
feeb e and entire v helpless ) i y choking her, drag
ging her out ot b> and and bruta.iv bea ng her will
tbe longs, and burning Der wirb e a!s ot fire and
hot embers. Tne pn. bab iity is that she ivoulc
have succeedi din k’l ing Mrs T. very soon, ban
she not been preceded by the arrival ot :he family
physician, who found her upon the floor in a state
of u sensibility- . .
The prisoner, at the time of the commirsion o*
the need, was about ei,ht years and nine months
old The crus? consequently iuvo.ved the coneid
eration of tte mteree’.ing question in regain to ihe
age at whi h legal reepocaibtlity fur crime com
meecss. or in other wir s. a! whategea person is,
as the letter writer say, del i copcz. ibis question.
SO far as we are advised, has no; been sealed by
the jucicial decisions of *bfc country, the tendency
ot the declarations in Ei-gland being to make it
depend rather on the intethgeLce acc the capacity
to ois’u guish between rg’ s and wrong titan on the
age of me party act-need. B atkstone met tie twi
cases as having occurred iu England—in onset
wt it h lhe aocured was nine, aco in tbe other eiah
yeais ot age, aid in which they weie eeveia y con
denmed to capital poniebment.
Our court, in view of the irresistible evidence in
the cause and tte enormity and brutality of the act.
fell bound to colv ct Jucy cf the attempt 10 kill,
and to sentence ter to be bung but in coneidera
tioo of her tenoer years, ihey recommended bei to
the ciemeroy of tbe Executive.— CharlottesnU*
(Ko.) Republican.
EUROPEAN DiaLLKhUK
BT THE ARABIA.
The steamship Arabia, from Liverpool on the
39th ult., arrived at Halifax on Wedne-day last
The Conference —The date for the Zurich Con
ference was uot yet fixed, but it was expected to
meet m a few day*.
C unt Cofloredo, the representative of Austria,
reached Marseilles on the 27th, and it is said pro
ceeded direct for Z .rich.
Great Britain Tee Parliamentary proceed
ings on the 27th were unimportant.
On the *2B h, in the H~u*e ot Commons, Lord C.
Paget said experiment* were progressing to test
the practicability of !&>ing a Submarine Telegraph
.o G;ora tar.
L->rd Juan Russell made his statement relative
to Foreign Affiira He would have postponed it if
tnere had been any prospect of being a definite set
tlement in the ass airs of tbe Continent before tbe
approaching close of the session. He was glad to
see in the Moniteur that the Emperor of France
had determined to place the Army aud Navy on a
peace-footing. After reviewing the grounds of
peace as proclaimed by the two Emperors, he said,
that a* England aid cot interfere in the war, bec id
not think it was for her to interfere in the peace.
Tbe sacrifice of a province by Austria did not a
- the state of affiirs of Europe sufficiently to
warrant the interference of lhe neutral powers. The
m jet important part of tbe treaty,however, related to
the future of Italy, aLd the invitation oi the Em
peror Napoleon to England to enter tbe Congress,
was to consult on the actual eta'e of affairs of Ita
iy, quite irrespective of the terms of tbe ‘reaty of
Vihsiracca. England had not consented to join
the Congress, and <*ould not, until they saw, what
the result ot the Confidence at Zurich.
The trea y of Y T iila!rauca did not lay down abso
lutely an Italian Confederation, but only that the
Ejupero s would u ite to promote one. He doubt
ea tue feasibility or the benefit of a Confederation
at piesent, aud pointed out tbe various ob-'acl a to
tbe consummation of such project. Again. E igland
muet know how it was proposed to cariy out the
treaty before j lining the Congress, especia ly with
respect to the restoration oi the Dukes of Tuscany
ana Modena, as England would never be a par y
to forcing them on their people without their flee
consent. He rejoiced to say that the King of Naples
was beginning to put an end to tbe system which
prevaned uuaer the late K ng, and sincerely desired
to terminate it alto*e ber. There was a treaty
about io be made at Vienna, wmther a confidential
agent of the Frencu Gove nment had gone to ar
range tne basis. He believed that the Emperor of
Auetria desired that the Italian* should have self
government He could not say whelher there
would be a Congress, but he thought it would not
become England now to say that she would with
draw trom such an Asoembly, if there was a chance
of piomoiing the liberty of Italy and establishing
the peace of Europe.
Mr. Disraeli expressed tbe wish that Lord John
Russell had been more explicit, particularly as to
any terms that may have been effered Auetria by
the neutral powers. He reiterated his objection to
England having anything to do with the conference,
a- be would thereby be bound by the treaty of
V lllafranca.
Lord Palmerston denied that England had sub
mitted any terms to Aus'ria which were less favor
able than those obtained from France. The Gov
ernment, at the request ot the E'rench Ambassador,
had consented to be tbe channel of communication,
and had submitted some term* to Austria, but at
the same time distinctly stating, they Were tbe view*
ot the French Government, and that England gave
uo advice or opiui- nin the matt r. It would be
impossible for the Government loj in in the Con
gress until the result of the Zurich Coaierence was
kuowu.
air. Whiteside said the Government had been
made a Cal's paw ut, and by trauomitUng terms to
Austria vutuatiy assented to them.
Mr Glaastone eulogised the conduct of Sardinia,
defi-ndeo L ud Fa.inerston (ion the misrepre.eu a
tion brought against him, aid besougb t.e U use
not to interfere w.th ihe Executive iu whatever
measures it might find itse.f able to ado. i tor nr
interest of Italy ana the permanent welfare ol E A
rope.
After speeches by other members., the eu v j c* woo
theu dropped.
On the 29th the proceedings in the II u*e of Com
moos, sundry questions were pu’ to t r v ovtrun j.-it
on the subject ot naval armament and na.i ir*i ue
fences.
Liord Palmerston said, that h and and not tlb-k it
possible for E gland to enter iu obd igreedi-n wi h
me other Powers tor the ari nuret c * redictlou oi
her Military ana Naval E*tabliai in ut*, her point*o <
being totally different.
Mr. Horseman moved a re*u'u*ior, that t e ex
penses ot completing the w >ki oi a fen* e be met
by a fund specially prov.ded I ri e pu pn-e, inde
pendent ot Parliamentary voice lie urged con
tinued aimameuts, and suggerttd a loan toe in
piete the dsiences.
Mr. Sidney Herbert ana L *rd Palmerston ulj-fl
ted to the proposition, bu o*ns* ii lue G e li
me nt was fully alive tj ihe i npoitai.ee ot cuu pu t
iug tbe delences of tue coUuirj , aad promred \ i, i
rcus action iu the mat ter.
Mr Cobden deprecated th * u ma ional a am as
an actual incentive to v* nr, m and i iculeo ti eid aot
invasion by France. H h-p*u u.at x r ian.iio>jS
would be entered into b-iae*u me t* • govern
ments. After sued u lana'i ue bau b m u-ade
and tried, he would, i> ueces-a y. oe ready io vole
two hundred millions of p u .* o u provioe a navy
superior to France, although he showed hit the
English navy was greatly superior now. M Hoise
tnau’s rnoti u was rejected by 97 majority.
London Herald says, that the formation of a coast
telegraph around Euglaud fas beeu suggested by a
circular, more particularly addressed to the shipping
interests.
The coming Loan for India was not expected to
exceed six or seven millions sterling.
Mr. leu Broeck s American horse Starke won the
race for the G odwuod Stakes against a fie.d of
seventeen Competitors.
The Goodwood Cup was won with the greatest
ease by Promised Laud, the American horse Prior
ess coming in third.
France — The Moniteur of the 28th contains the
official announcement that the Emperor has decided
mat the Army and Navy shall be restored to a peace
footing without the least possible delay It is stated
tnat as soon as the troops have returned to France
and resumed their previous quarters great numbers
of temporary furloughs will be granted, which will
alterwards be made dtfi.iite lor all tho&e men who
have twelve to eighteen months to seive.
The Administration of Marine is said to have re
ceived the necessary instructions for preparing the
dencito discharge ot all sailors who having already
eerved six years have been called to jo n the fleet
within tbe last six months.
The London Times iu a leader on the proposed
French disarmament says :—“We recognize iu this
disarmament tbe sagacity of the Emperor iu guaging
the temper of h:s people, and lor our own part we
rtjviice that we may uow return to security and
peace. We shall, ot course, in due time follow the
example ot our neighbors ”
The Daffy News thinks the execution of the pro
por-ed measure would be a inout valuable pledge for
the peace of the world, &id says the announcement
will be accepted with caLdor.
The Post says general confidence must be excited
throughout Europe, and a long and uninterrupted
peace is to be hoped for.
Prior to tbe announcement ot a disarmament, ihe
Paris correspondence was fill* and with conjectures as
to the warlike designs of France, part culariy in
regard lo England, aud many absurd sialemen s
were made. One writer says, “oidere have been
sent Pans to expedite the departure of tbe
French troop* from Italy. Os the one hundred aud
twenty thousand men in the no.th of Italy, eixty
thousand were to be sent to Suaa and Genoa by
rail at the rate of thiry five hundred per day.—
These are to be in Pans on or before the 14th of
August, and after the Emperor’s fete, the Rome is
their destination, in order to show Germauy the
rapidity with which French troops cau be moved
from the scene of victories in the South to freoh en
It was still rumored that the Emperor contem
plate a visit to London, but it was not generally
credited.
A camp of 80,000 men was being formed at Si.
Maur, near Pans.
The Mi niteur’s announcement of the projected
disarmament caused great excitement, and a rise of
one per cent. on the Bourse. This, however, was
subsequently nearly half lost. The Rentes closed
on the 29th at 68t. 45c.
Austria. —The Vienna correspondent of the
Time* cays that it was generally believed that a
deputation, with the Prince Napoleon at their head,
wou and shortly arrive to take the remains of the
Duke de Reichstadt to France.
The correspondence of the Independence Beige
thus speak* oi the projects of reform entertained by
tue Emperor of Austna“All the Provincial
Cou cli* ot the Empire are to be convoked simul
taneously , in order to answer a ee ies of questions on
tbe ameliorations which they may ihma necessary
to the internal government ot the State, especially
iu the Provincial organ-zatibn. The Council* will
nave complete liberty iu iheir deliberations, *nd
may make kuowu openly and since! e y to the Em
peror tbe want* and wishes of the populations I a
portant financial and military reform*, are likewise
projected.
ihe Austrian War Department has decided ih-t
the first army s a>l be maintained at pus ut • a
war footing. Its effective strength is esruna * and at
200, OuU men. Tne other corps are on the if
march to their former cantonment* :n Qti.i ii aid
Hungary.
Italy.— I The official Piedmoutf>a G z t r e pu -
lishes a circular of the Minister of tin- iu'erior to
the Governor* aud intendants Ge* era l , wtii* b s vs
the chauge of Cabitut does not p o uce ai y te
nous variation in the character or the p< i y of
Sardinia. The new Ministry wiil cut* i ui t.* favor
as largely as possible the f the gr at
principles which are the basis <f rub-c right The
Minister goes on to ask support io tra q f zing tr e
discouraged minds, in strengt v euing u<if if iu
the right* of liberty, and in preper >'g the annex-d
provinces for liberal institutions T e circular *on
eludes by promising reform in tne extension ut
commercial and provincial lioer y.
Pieparations were bring n ado a* Milan fra
grand illumination. to tak-* p ace u he arrival f
the K ng of Sardinia, w ho s in a ewda)*
to visit this new Lomharoy Capita .
Chevalier Karrini, G v rn r - t M •den*. h* Ry
order of the King of Sardinia, withdrawn timn Snr
dmian authority, and publishes a clamtt “i
which he remits the g v-rt tn nf to ihe mm ii al
member*. The populacr re<-m del ni r wor. and
proclaimed the miurc pa •>, by -c- la “at-* i, bj
Dictators of tbe court > Cbrv*. i r F*rrit i -*cc< pt
ed a provisional r*gen y t<> mau urn pub i oiuer
and reunite the R*-i r tn ive Ai-scinn y• f Mode
na, which is to pronounce on He fu.ure c> 1 ment
ot the country.
The result ot the deiibera‘ s ocs on the question of
annexing Tu-cany with Piedmont, ha-* been made
known from one hundred and forty-one places, in
c uiing Leghorn and Florence. The result shows
809 against 15 nega ive votes.
The abdication of the G r and Duke ot Tuscany, in
favor of his son, is officially confirmed.
The Nord denies that any French troops are to
occupy the Duchies. Those who are at Rome will
remain for the present where they are. Nowhere
else will there be any intervention in Italy.
The London Times quote* a letter from Milan,
which states that the extreme party is beginning to
and that it is possible Venetia may rise in
insui rection.
*x icuer irom the Valteline *sye that on hearing
of tbe preliminaries to tbe peace, Garibaldi offered
’he resignation ot himself and all his effi era to the
Ki’g ot Sardinia, but that b- refused them.
The gove-nment of the Romagna had adopted
the Code Napoleon.
Spain —fbe recent, conspiracy at Seville wa* a
Republican ckaract r. and bad ramifications at Bar
ceiona, Granada and Sa tander. Tbe conspirator*
were to have met on a given day in the Place del
Dugue. Seville, to commence the insurrection, but
oefore that time 12 or 14 of them were arre:ed,
ard tbe P ace occupied by troop*.
Tbe Madrid Gaze te officially announces that the
Queen of Spam is in the filth month ot pregnancy.
India. China and Australia.— The India,China
■nd Australia mail* reachea Marseilles on the 29th.
l he and .tee are Calcu ta, June 17 ; Hong Kong, June
4 ; and Melbourne May 19
From Singapore it instated that the inhabitants at
had risen, and murdered neariy evtrv
European.
There was great excrement at Melbourne thi cugh
the Chinese refusing to pay the resident’* tax, and
Dumber* had b*-en arrested.
Cape or G**od Hope —Cape of Good Hope
da’.ts are tu July 21st. Several shipwreck*, attend
ed wi: loss of life, bad oocured on tbe South Afri
can coast, but no Am-rican vessels are mentioned.
The Very Latest.
London, SAturdav The Daily News’ City Arti
c e aays tbe S oek Exchange un Friday was ouiet,
the extreme variation being scarcely one eighth.
In the other ceparrmeu:* there wa* little altera
tion iu price*. Tbe demand for money wa* moder
ate. No bu lion was taken trom the Bank, tbe
gold by the City of Baltimore supplying the imme
diate wants ot exporters.
The lime* City Ariel® says “The Funds
opened on Friday at a frac ional improvement, but
*oon -*howed renewed dullness. The extent of the
business was unimportant, and th*-re was little spirit
-down in at y department, lbere wa* a good de
xand fi*r money, and in the general market two
Aid a-bas per cent, wa* tbe lowest rate. At the
Bark application- were limited.”
Tae Morning Poet says that according to reports
iu Paris last night. Cvunt ae P'-isignv Las deferred
or a day or two his return to Loudon trom Fk r
cdce ou his mission from tbe Tuscan G >vernmenL
The S%miaiaL P.enipotenuary to the Zorich Con
ference reached Pari* yesterday and had an inter
view with Count WaiewskL
The invalid® Rum® says the Cabinet® of Parii
and V ienna may mxke whatever treaties they pleas®
bu in fixing tbe lot of Italy they are bound to ask
tbe concurrence of the rest of Europe.
Cocnraerrin! lute ligcnre.
London Money Market.— The Lordon Money
Matket was aligntly more striugent, with an in
creased demand Consol* closed on Fr diy at 94*
a 95f for account Th* bullion in the Bank of Eng’
land had decreased
Liverp.'OL Cotton Market —The sa!esof Cot
v , Llve /P coi market lor the week added up
!i3.4ihJ bale*, of which 5,500 were to speculator* and
8 000 to exporters, the market closing with a good
demand, causing bolder* to demand an advance of
*d, but this wa* only partially obtained, makii g the
week * advance on the finer qualities very trifling,
while for the in.erior ones the quo:ations were bare
iy inainta ned. Holder* off;red freely, but showed
no disposition lo pres* sale*. The sales of Friday
amouuted to 8,000 bales, of which 16)0 were on
speculation and lor export. The market ch sed
quiet but steady, at the following authorztd quo
tatiuna:—Fair Orleans Bfd ; M da ing do. 7 13 16J;
Fair Mobile® 7|d, Middling do 7fd; Fair Uplands
•id ; Middling do. 7d The stock in port wa* 675,-
000 bale* of wh*cb 607.5 0 were American.
Liverpool Breadstuff* Market — Toe Liver
pool Breadstuff* Market wa* duil. Messrs. Rich
ardson, Spence Cos., report the harvest prospects
favorable. Flour very dull and nominally unchang
ed ; American 10 a I*2* 3j. W teat dull at Tuesday’s
improvement ; Western Red 7s 6d a 9 4d, ditto
White 9* Od. Com dull; European cflared at a
slight reduction ; mixed and yellow American 5* lOd
afisud white 7* a 7* 9d.
State of Trade in Manchester —The advices
from Manchester were favorable, aod the prices of
good* and yarns had aavanced; the market ciosed
buoyant aLd active.
Havre Market —[For the week ending the 27th
ult.] Cotton auil; 8 oes of tbe week 3,0u0 bale* ,
8 cek 82,000 be 1^8; New Orleans trea ordinaire 11 If.
and 00. ba* 106. bring a slight decline. Tbe
weather iu Fiance had beeu urfivorable for the
crone. Bre-.dtuft's were duil but steddy. Pot Ash
es firm at 40f. Coffee dull but firm. Lard dull—
Whalebone in active demand and firmer.
.State-Aid Convention.
The State-Aid Convention met in Atlanta on
Thursday last, twenty-one counties being represen
ted by delegates. Tbe Convention was organized
by the appointment ot the following officers:
President—A. E. Cochran, of Glynn ; let Yric®
P,J. L. Whitaker, of Fulton; 2d W P., J. L Sew
ard, of Thomas, and J. S. Peterson and L. F. W.
Andrew*. Secretaries.
The Chairman then explained tbe object of the
meeting in a tew briel aud appropriate remarks.
Col. Nelson Tift, of the County of Dougherty,
off-red the following :
Resolved , That a committee of twenty-two be
appointed by the President, whose duty it shall be
to suggest for the consideration of the Convention,
a plan by which the Legislature may aid the con
struction of Railroads where they are needed in
Georgia, by euoh means as will give equal rights
aud facilities to all part* of the State, and which
shall be neither uijust or injurious to any section of
the State.
This resolution being unanimously adopted, the
following gentlemen were appointed by the Presi
dent, viz :
Messrs. Tift of Dougherty, Nororos* of Fulton,
Phillips of Cobb, Seward ot Thomas, Hopkios of
Mclntosh, Boggess of Carroll, Webster of Floyd,
Dyer of Walker, Atkinson of Camden, Phillips of
Harbersham, Butts of Bibb, Gre-n of SpaldiDg,
Mathews of Houston Crook of Whi’field, Gamble
‘ 1 Chattooga, Law of Decatur, Wbitikerof Fulton,
Diamond ot ILKaib, Stillwell of (Rome) Floyd,
Andrews of Bibb, Latham of Campbell, Styies ot
Glynn.
The Committee retired, and npon their return,
the Cha man, Col N. Tift, read the following Re
port and Resolutions:
Y our Committee have considered the subject
roits.red to them, and submit the following
report :
We believe that the Legislature should pass a
Ira- to aid the cons rustiou of Railroads by a guar
kiitee of Bond* for the purchase of iron aua equip
ment*, which would be equally applicable to all
o*r s oi the State where Ra.lroeds are needed ; that
should b i made perfectly safe against loss to the
vate, a: and that it should be limited to an amount
uot exceeding five millions of dollars.
>uca ala v would give equal rights and facilities
o every part of the State, whilst it would do no
• j l-slice to any. It would be secured against all
i'A -r loss by the Stare. It would not iuvolve
luxation. The guarantees would be made as the
f> a is should progress, and should the limit of five
m.uions even be reached, there would probably be,
h ;bat time, more than one thousand miles of read
built, ironed equipped aua in operation, which,
A'jrh all the assets of the various companies and
securities would be subject to the payment
of sue of these Bonds a* should remain unpaid
v hen due. The safety of the State under such a
law cannot be seriously questioned.
The constitutional author ty of the State to aid
Railroad*, is admitted by ali. It is a question of
State policy which should be considered with refer
ence to the good of the whole State and the best
interest of her citizens.
Railroad* are, all things considered, the cheapest
aud best highways now in use. They are indispen
sable to the profitable settlement and improvement
of all thos* parts of tl e State which are distant
trom the seaboard and navigable rivers. Atlanta,
the place where we now stand—a city of twelve
thousand i habitants—with her thriving commerce
and manufactures, and the improved territory
which skirts the lines of road which raoiate from
her, are the effect of our railroads. Take away
these, and the city and the country would again
become what they were a few years since, a com
paratively uninhabited waste.
There are n<>w large sections of Georgia which
canuot be pn fit ably cultivated, and must remain
barren until Railroad* are built to them. Many cit
izensof Georgia who would gladly settle these
lands if they were penetrated by railroads, are
driven to seek lands in the West, where they de
vote their talent* ana their property to the improve
ment of “other States ”
Should the plan of State Aid, whioh we propose,
be adopted, and the road* be built which would be
provided by the limit suggested, it would be safe
to estimate the increased value of property conse
quent upon their construction at a hundred millions,
and this would materially reduce the ratio of taxa
tion in tbe whole State.
Tbe only plausible objecrion which we have heard
to the proposed plan ot State Aid is, that any other
roads which may be built in the State would take
some of the business of the roads already built,
and that, consequently, the State ought.not to aid
them in any way.
There are two conclusive answers to this argu
ment—
-Ist. The State, in granting charters to existing
roads, defined the exclusive privileges which they
should possess and enjoy, and did not give them a
monopoly of the carrying trade of the State, nor
biud any part of ihe State to sterility, nor her citi
zeua to poverty, for their benefit ; she left herselt
tree to promote the welfare of every part of the.
State in such manner as her wisdom might suggest
2d. The as umption that existing roads would be
injured by the competition of new roads, which
might be built under the proposed system of limited
State Aid, is founded in a short sighted and erroneous
view of the positiou of Georgia and her Railroads,
with reference to.her local resources, aod with refer
ence to the trade of the West. Railroads carry
population and improvement wherever they pene
trate, and we doubt whether a road could be built
in Georgia which would not create local traffic that
would be equal to ite profitable employment But
when we appreciate the fact that Georgia Railroads
are the nearest and best avenues to the Atlantic for
an almost unlimited trade from the West, acd that
nothing is wanting but the competition and reason
able prices of freight which compel iug roads would
produce, to orowd our railroads and our seaports to
their fuil capacity wi:h a prifitable trade, then,
these vain tears of competition wiil vanish, and we
shall devote our energies to the fulfilment of our
high destiny. This accomplished, our Railroads
would all be profitable, our seaports would become
large cities, and every part ot the interior would
b come large cities, and every part of the interior
w< uld become the abode o- prosperous and happy
citizens whose industry and patriotism would be tbe
pride and strength ot the State.
Many of our wisae statesmen and our citizens
in every part ot the State have, in one form or
other, sanctioned State Aid to Railroads. Governor
Johnson in his message recommended the policy,
and Governoi Brown in his Inaugural, after men
tioning the success ot the State Road and its im
portant benefits to the country, says : “The exam
ple is worthy of imitation, and, in my judgment, th®
Legislature taking care that the State is amply se
cured beyond the possibility of a doubt, should not
hesitate to extend that aid which is necessary for the
development ot other sections.” This opinion, wa
believe, has the cordial sanction of a great majority
cf the people ot the State.
It is sometimes asked why Railroad companies
who can give the security eeked by the proposed
plan, should desire the guarantee of the State ? The
answer is that the Bjnde of new companies which
are unknown to capitalists, are always at a discount,
wri!st Bond* guaranteed by the State would be at
par, and thu* a saving wou and be effected in the
pi rrhase of iron of from fifteen to twenty five per
c*t. The cheaper Railroads can be constructed,
the cheaper they can afford to carry freights, and
the better it will be for the companies interested and
for the citizens of the State
We might extend the ararumpnt in favor of a safe
aid 1 united State Aid to Railroads by referring to
t - rtaristics ot Georgia and other States, showing
tne increase of population, industrial resources,
wen th. and power, consequent upon the construe
ti nos these ■“lron Pa*bways” of commerce; but
t iey are generally weli known and we deem it nn
ue<*e-t*ary to the present pu pose.
We recommend the adoption of the following re
po utions:
1 Resolved, That it is the interest aod duty of
the S'ate to aid in the construction of Railroads by
a limited, safe and : quit-able plan, as the best
means of promoting the prosperity of any part of
tbe State.
2. Resolved, That the construction of new Rail
roads in Georgia, ii necessary to the proper develop
ment of our territory, to the equal rights of the
people of the various sections of our State, to the
proper regulation of transportation npon our Rail
roads, and to the concentration of Western Trade
upon our seaboard, the building up of our cities,
and the promotion of ali the beet interests of the
State.
_ 3. Resolved, That while we waive any expres
eio - ot opinion in regard to the amount lor which
the State should become liable—it is tbe judgement
of this Convention, that the State should in no event
go beyond five million of dollars. That the quee
tion and amount of credit is properly confided to
the Legislature, and we have confidence to believe
that there will be no abuse of power, which will
impair the credit cf the State, or impose unjust bur
dens upon tbe people.
4. Resolved. That the security offered in tbe pro
posed leg siation npon this suoject at the last Legis
lature was ampie, and in our opinion was satisfac
tory to the people ot Georgia.
5 Resolved, That the proceedings of the Conven
tion be transmitted to the Governor with a request
that they be laid before the Legislature.
J. Norerose then moved that the Report and Re
solutions be received, which was carried.
It was then moved that the Report and Resolu
tions be adopted.
A brief aDd somewhat animated discussion fol
lowed th e motion, in which Messrs. Tatum, Bank
ston, Seward and Dyer participated. On the mo
tion being put, the report and resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
L. F W. Aodrews moved that ali papers in the
State, be requested to publish the proceedings of
this Convemion—which was adopted.
J Norcrrss then moved that tbe thanks of this
meeting be tendered the President and other offi
cers of tbe Convention—whioh was carried.
The Convention then adj umed sine die.
A E. Cochran, President.
J. S Peterson, ) . .
L. F.W. Andrews, P ecrelariea -
Diabolical Outrage —We learn that a n®ffro
mau belonging to the estate of Gearies C. Hay,
deceased, committed a most diabolical outrage
Saturday, tbe 6 h inst. It appear* be called at the
bouse of Henry H&r'zog, a son of Deuiel Hartz
about 2 o'clcck A. M , aod a.-ked for something to
eat, rousing Mr. H cut of bed. stating that be
wee very hungry. Mr Harzogtoid him he could
c me in and ne would see ;f there wa* anything.
He did so, and was asked if he had a ticket. He
stated that he bad, and showed one, which Mr.
Hartzog found, upon examinitg, was illegal or out
ot date So soon a* the r egro beard this, be jump
ed at Mr H and tried o get it away from him,
whereupon a general ecuffi* ensued. Mr. Hartzog
reoeivea some four or five very eevere stab* from
a kiri-e. in tbe hand* cf the negro His wife, son
and caughter bearing the Qoise, ran out to assist
b:m. (Mr. H .) and the scoandrel, before be left tbe
place, plunged tbe knife into Mia* Hartzog’a
eboulder. causirg a very painful wound One of
tbe wound* Mr Hartz <g received it waa at first
feared would prove senou*, though at last accounts
he w 8 considered out of danger
Tbe negro, we arep’easedto iearn, did not get
far be tore be was captured. His wife was so ue
where near the place at the time, and in makiog
ber way off rhrougb a swamp, was snake-bit, hence
bis arrest. He is now closely confined in our jail, •
aod we learn from tbe Sheriff that bis trial will
come off this day, at 9 o'clock, at the school bouse,
ntar Mr Hartzog s residence, and wesinoerely hop®
the eoounarel maytuffertbe severest penalty of
the law—death by banging.—Barnwell Sentinel.
13M inst.
WEEKLY
<%mtitlc £ ihtinel.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AEG. 17, 1839.
BOOK BINDING.
Persons who wish Periodicals, Books or Music
booed, or Black Books made, at SHORT NO
TICE, can be accommodated by applying at the
Office of the Cbrohiclk & S*tihsl.
COL. A. K. WRIGHT’S APPOINTMENTS.
At the earnest solicitation of bis friends, Col.
A U. WRIGHT has been induced to change hi ß
list of appointments, so as to meet his opponent, be
ginning at Eibertoc on tbe f’ith inet, as follows :
Eiberton. Thursday, 25:h August,
Lincolnton, Saturday, 27th “
Washington, Tuesday, 30ch “
Lexington. Thursday, let September ;
Crawiordville, Saturday, 3d “
Anpling, Tuesday, 6th Sept.;
Warrenton,Thursday, 8:h Sept;
P ’pe Hill, Friday, 9 h Sept ;
Gibson, Saturday, 10th “
Louisville, Tuesday, 13th Sept.;
Bark Camp, Wednesday, 14:h Sept.;
Millen, Thursday, 15'b Sept ;
Augusta, Thursday Night, 15th Sept;
Waynesbor n ', * r;day, 16,h Sept.;
Saw Dust, 8a urday, 17th “
Between the 19th and 251 h, the 25th and 27tb,
the 27th and 30th, the 30th and Ist September, the
Ist and 3d, the 3d and 6th, I will fill any appoint
ment our friends may make for me, that will enable
me to meet the next regular succeeding one. If
they desire extra appointments, they can make
them without consultation with me, and I wiil fil
them when I reach their several oornties.
A. R WRIGHT.
Col. Wrlgbt at l.rxingtoe.
Col. A. R. Wricht, request ns to sav, he will
fill his appointment at Lexington on FRIDAY
NEXT, August 19.
Warren Akin, of Cass.
It affords us sincere pleasure to announce, that
the Opposition Convection, which met at Atlanta
on Wednesday, have nominated Wahkin Akin,
Esq., of Cass oounty, as their candidate for Govern
or. We have known Col. Akin long and intimate*
ly, and however measured, whether for the power
ot his mind, his high moral oharacter or sterling in
tegrity, he will bear a favorable comparison with
any mac in the State. He is eminently one of na
ture’s noblemen—such a man,
** that Nature might stand up,
Aud say to all the world, thi. is a man
He is a self-made man, and by the force and
power of Lis high intellectual capaoity, and great
energy and perseverance, has already risen, though
yet in the vigor of manhood and prime of life, com
paratively a young man, to the first rack among
the ablest and most profound lawyers of the State.
He is a mau of decided character, of vigorous and
powerful intellect, of high-soulsd and generous im
pulses, and would make his mark, as a man of
talent and genius, high up in the temple of fame, in
any position that may be assigned nim, however
distinguished bis surroundings. Not ambitious of
distinction or place, be cas devoted himself to the
laborious duties of his profession, and is altogether
a man o! too muoh character to stoop to the misera
ble trioks of the demsgogue. He is a bold, open,
frank man, who thinks for himself, and has the in
dependence and honesty to proclaim his sentiments
on all subjects, on all proper occasions. He is no
time-serving politician, or political trickster, and is
infinitely superior in all the elements that constitute
a high toned, honorable gentleman, and impartial)
dignified Governor, to any man who has occupied
the Exeoutive chair of Georgia for years ; aud as
such, we cordially and heartily commend him to
the people, ae a Governor in whom every man in
the Utate, whose bosom ever thrills with an emotion
of State pride, would feel a just and elevated
pride, a proud consciousness, that the Executive
chair of bis State was filled by a man who con'd
not be swerved from his convictions of the path of
duty, by fear or affection, or any consideration of
petty malioe, or political prepossession or preju
dice. Such a man is Warren Akin, of Cass.
Messrs. Jonas and Wriglit.
Tbe publication of the following letter from J. J.
Jones, Eeq , attempting to excuse himself for not
conferring with Mr. Wright , as is usual, and
making joint appointmen te for discupsion, has been
delayed, in order to let Mr. Wright's reply ao
oompany it. The true secret of Mr. Jones’ course
is probably to be found in the faot taat he did not
desire to canvass the district, and finding there was
no escape, he was in hot haste to publish his ap
pointmente, doubtless to avoid, if possible, meeting
Mr, Wright, hence, he had no wish to consult
Mr. Wright on the subjeot. We are gratified,
however, to know* that m this particular he will be
disappointed, as Tffr. Wright has so arranged his
appointments ass meet him:
W atnesboro’, Aug. 9th. 1859,
Mr. Editor : I have just seen Col. A. R Wright’s
letter in reference to my appointments, and I regret
that he should have felt himself constrained to write
such a letter.
As you have wsill remarked, I am not aware that
either precedent at courtesy required me to oonsult
Col. Wright before I announced my appointments.
If any previous candidates for Congress in this
District, before announcing their appointments,
ever consulted with each other and arranged to
can vans the District together, I have no knowledge
of it. If lam in error on this point, I should like
to be corrected. If custom does not require such a
couree, then, why should s much surprise be ex
preeaed at the. announcement of my appoii tments 1
In my of acceptance I stated, “that for
reaeons of a private character not necessary to
mention, it would be Impossible for me to enter
upon a canv ass of the District for several weeks to
come.” T’leee private reasons I took particular
pains to me ntion in my letter to Col. Wright, as a
reason why I could not go to Louisville, aud why I
my appointments as I did, and also as
sured him it he would come to my appointments
he should have a fair showing. These reasons, I
am sure, were sufficient te satisfy Col. Wright, or
any other man knowing them. I regret that he in
his letter of the 3rd August, did not do me the jus
tice to even allude to them. Whilst I did not ex
pect him to divulge them to the public, yet be
might have at least stated, that I had given him
other reasons (of a private character) than those
mentioned by him.
X oenr.ot consent, Mr. Editor, to parade these
reasons in public—l have g ven them nnvateiy to
Col. Wright. My apppo aments having been arrang
ed solely in reference to them, and knowing no
reason why my convenience (couiiolled by these
cirouir .stances) should not be consulted as well ae
bis, I must let. my appointments stand as already
annor meed. But, Mr. Editor, to show my willing
ness to do what is fair, and that I have no fears
abou t meeting tbe honorable gentleman, I am willing
to di i this—if he will withdraw his appointments
and meet me at mine, 7 will alternate with him in
the conclusion. Now, if this is not fair, I do not
kmjw wlm> is. There are but two of my appoint
m< .nts coming after the second Monday in Septem
bf r—the time when he says he must stop canvass
ing the District—these are Liouieville ana Augusta.
At each of these places he has already spoken with
out a reply from me, and he ought to be willing to
allow me the same privilege.
Respectfully yours, John Jahxs Jones.
Louisville, Ga., August 13th, 1859.
Mr. Editor: —ln the Constitutionalist ot the
ll’h met., I find a letter from J J. Jones, Esq.,
purporting to be in answer to mine of the 3d inet.,
in relation to his appointments, in which he says :
“These private reasons, ’ (allndiDg to his statement
in bis letter of acceptance,) “1 took particular pains
to mention in my letter to Col. Wright, as a reason
why I oould not go to Louisville, and why I had
arranged my appointments as I did.”
In Mr. Jones’ letter to me, there was no private
reason given why he could not confer with me about
the canvass, more pariicularly as I had writteo to
him proposing this course. 1 wrote on the 28th
July, asking him to confer with me on the subject,
lie replied on the 2a inst, stating that he had ar
ranged hie appointments and that I would see them
in the paper. His appointments were published in
i the Waynesboro’ News of the 2d inst. If his pri
vate reasons were sufficient to prevent bis begin
ning the canvass before tbe 19th, he could have so
informed me, aDd, fixing that time for the opening,
we could have consulted and arranged the succeed
ine appointment* to suit our mutual convenience.
Why did he not do this ? Why did he wait four or
fivedays after herectiveamy letter before answering
it? And why, in the meantime, did he make such
hot hnste in publishing his appointments ?
I did not al.ude to the private reasons given me
by Hr JoDes in bis letter of the 2d inst., because
they had nothing to do with the matter. lam
willing to concede that Mr. Jones’ reasons were
sufficient to prevent his opening tbe canvass before
tbe 19th, but I deny that any reason, private or
otherwise, was given me, why after that time the
appointments could not be made for the convenience
of both.
To settle this whole matter (and more especially
as the Constitutionalist intimates that I had design
edly suppressed a part of Mr. Jones'letter) I propose
to fjrnisb you for publication, a copy ot Mr. Jones’
letter to me, if he will consent, and then the public
can better judge whether Mr J. really had any
sufficient private reason for rejecting my proposal.
1 wrote to you yesterday, Mr Editor, changing
my appointments so as to meet Mr. Jones. 7 shall
make my private reasons yield to my desire to die
cuss with my opponent. You wiil perceive I oon
tinue the canvass after he leaves it, and I now in
vite him to continue with me and discuss on fair
and equal terms.
Yours truly, See.,
A. R. Wright.
Accidikt on the Georgia Railroad.— The
down passenger train on tbe Georgia Railroad, due
here al seven o’clock last Monday evening, did not
arrive until six o’clock Tuesday morning. Th®
delay, we are informed by a friend from Greene
county, who waa a passenger, was caused by the
engine and tender being thrown from the track,
striking and shattering a freight car which stood on
a “turn out,” near by, but doiDg no other material
damage. The accident occurred at Berzelia, and
was occasioned by tfce accumulation of sand on the
track, the result of heavy rains.
Oar informant also says that it was ramor®d on
board tbe tram that Hjn. B H. Hill and Hon-
Rcet. Toe mm are to meet in public discussion at
Lexirgton on Friday, 26th inst. A large barbecn®
is in contemplation;
South Carolina institute Fair. —An adver
tisement of this Institute will be found in another
oolumn, and as its principal object is the develop*
ment of the industrial and agricultural resources of
the South, we solicit for it the attention of ali classes
of our readers. It is open for competition to all,
and has heretofore been well oonducted and largely
patronized, not only by residents of South Carolina*
but by thoe® of adjoining States. The Fair is to be
held in Charieeton about the middle cf November
next.
University of Nashville.— This institution has
for years enjoyed the very highest reputation as a
school of learning. Some of tbe greatest of Ten
nessee statesmen, living and dead, received their
education within its walis. It has never, we are
assured, been under denominational influence, while
the liberal endowments which have enriched :t, and
its long standing, ensure its perpetuity and oon tin
ual usefulness. With its able corps o r Professors
in its several departments, ita weil fiileJ library,
museums and cabinets, It offers rare advantages to
the student. The first term of the Academic year
for 1859-60 commences on the sth of September
next. See advertisement:
A sister of Robert Fulton, the inventor of navi
gation by steam, is said to be in the poor house of
Moaroe oounty, Ind.
Kuiu-Xt. IrentDi
The Hon. Alfred Iverson mads a speech in
Griffin, on the 14th day of July last, in which he
used the following language:
“ The loss of Kansas to the South was the legiti
mate and inevitable fruit of the “ Squatter Sove-
element* of the “ Kansas Nebraska act,”
as construed and enforced by its Northern frieude.”
“ They” (the Squatter Sovereignty elements,)
were enough in themselves to produce that result,
but as a part and parcel of the ietiuenoe and power
of the Freesoil sentiment of the Northern States, the
Administration ol erca Gen. Pierce gave way to
its bold and impudent demands, and put over
Kansas a batch of Freesoil Governoi sand other
Federal officers to warp with official patronage
and influence, the sentiments and political action
of the people. Nebraska was a Northern territory
given up by all parties to free institutions—Kansas
was a Southern territory, and ought to have been
subject to Southern control ; but yielding to the
pressure of Northern anti slavery hostility and the
strong current to make Kansas a fiee State, to ap
pease the morbid appetite of the abolition monster,
who shook his bloody finger at the President, he
reversed the natural and appropriate order of
things and appointee Southern men Governors of
Nebraska, aDd Northern men for Kansas ‘. And
the present Administration, though professing the
greatest regard for Southern Kights. and the most
profound indifference as to the political fate of
Kansas, has followed the example of its “ illustrious
fredecessor,” and behold the array of Northern
’reesod Governors of Kansas—Reeder, Geary,
Shannon, Walker and Medary—all hailing from the
same section, all of the same materials made, and
all consecrated and devoted to the same great end
of making Kansas a free State, and thus Kansas
was lost to the South.”
Thus spoke Hr. Iverson, one short month ago.—
Now that there is no longer anything to be gained
by concealment, and misrepresentation—now that
the unsuspecting, confiding people can be no lon
ger deceived and their confidence in Democratic
demagogues and tricksters abused, and betrayed,
the truth, it coming out , and these Democratic
leaders and political tricksters acknowledge what
we to and the people four years ago ; for the telling
of whioh we were denounced from one end of the
State to the other as wanting in fidelity to the South
and her institutions. Have the readers of this
journal forgotten, that four years ago, we told the
people of Georgia, that Kansas would be a free
Btate, and made so by the Squatter Sovereignty
feature of the Kansas bill—and that no intelligent
honest man who had examined the question thought
otherwise 7 And now that the thing has been accom
plished, and in the identical manner announced by
us, and when concealment can no longer enure to
the benefit of the party, the leaders proclaim the
faot, and your Congressmen tell you, they hare
be°n cheated and deceived —as to the provisions of
the Kansas bill! And this is the pitiful exouse
people of Georgia, made by the men who have
deceived you and betrayed your rights—the men
to whom you committed the important and delicate
responsibility of representing your interests in the
Congress of the nation.
But Mr. Iverson goes farther, and telle how
Fierce and Buchanan, although having the high
est confidence in the power atd efficacy ot the
squatter sovereignty feature of the Kansas bill, to
make it a slave State, in order to make “ certainty
doubly sure,” gave to that territory a series of Free
soil Governors. But Ur. Iverson does not tell the
people how earnestly the Democratic members of
Congress from the South, besought those two de
voted fi tends of Southern rights and interests,
Franklin Pierce! and James Buchanan!! to
appoint Southern Governors to that Territory, and
how obstinately they persisted in their determina
tion to appoint Freesoil Governors, and to make it
a Free State. This, we suppose, is a disclosure
whioh is reserved for the future. But it is a disclo
sure which will nevertheless be made, if those men
who made the effort are not recreant to every prin
ciple of duty, and every feeling of patriotism for
the South. The fact has long been known to us,
and when its concealment will no longer benefit the
party, the tricksters who are familiar with the
truth, will assume to themselves a virtue for making
the disclosure, just as Ur. Iverson is now doing for
his acknowledgment of what every intelligent man
in the whole South knows, and knew long ago.
Jefferson County—The Legislature.
We are pleased to see a spirit manifested in Jef
ferson to call forth their beet men, to serve them in
the next Legislature, by which so many subjects
of grave importance must be acted upon. The
ticket suggested below is an excellent one—both
are men of sound practical common sense, the most
valuable kind ot sense, and excellent business
capacities. Mr. Alexander we have known long,
and take pleasure in bearing testimony to his worth
as a man, and his fine qualities as a most worthy
and intelligent citizen. Mr. Brinson is equally
worthy the confidence of his fellow-citizens. Both
are most excellent men.
For the Chronicle <5- Sentinel.
Mr. Editor :— I was pleased to Bee in the weekly
Chronicle 3c Sentinel of the 10th Inst., a suggestion
thrown out to the people of Jefferson, that the pa
triotic and moderate men of all parties, unite for
the purpose of sending our best men to represent
us in the next Legislature. I refer to the commu
nication of ” Pacificator addressed to the people
of Jefferson county.
The next Legislature will have important work
to perform. The question of “State Aid” to the
Railroad Companies ; the reformat on of the Su
preme Court i change In our Legislative Rep
resentation ; the oornmon School system, and a
number of other important matters will have to be
aoted upon. An eleotion also, for two Judges of
the Supreme Court, apd a United States Seuator
will be made by the next Legislature.
These important questions demand the best talent
and highest moral virtue of the state, for their sue
oessful adjustment. Federal politics have nothing to
do with these matters; we should select for these im
portant trust-, the beet men in the county, indepen
dent of former party alignments. The true men of
all parties desire the prosperity of our State, more
than the success of mere party. Upon National
politics, there is but little difference between the
voters of this county—and therefore without any
sacrifice of feeling or principle, all parties can unite
upon a ticket that will give character to our connty
in the State Legislature. I therefore suggest tiie
following ticket, as one possessing in an eminent
degree all the qualifications requisiet for good le
gislation. Neitner of the gentlemen named, have
been consulted upon the subject; nor do I think
either of them desire the office. I believe in the
doctrine, however, that “ the office should seek the
man.” They will both serve if elected, I am as
sured by their firm devotion to the interest of the
oounty, and their known patriostim.
Then let the voteis of the enunty rally as one
man to the support of William 8. Alexander for the
Senate ,and Andrew E. Tarver lor.the House of Re
presentative
There should be no apposition to this Ticket, if
the gentlemen named will consent to rnn.
Sinoe writing the above I learn that Judge Tar
ver does not desire to run, if so, I suggest that John
W. Brinson be run in his stead.
Rhodes’ Super-Phosphate. —The attention of
onr agricultural friends is invited to an article en
titled “The Culture of Ruta Bagga Turnips—
Rhodes’ Super-Pho3phate,” in another column.—
The evidences of the great value of this fertilizer
are multiplying every day, and it will be gratify
ing to those who wish to purchase it, to know that
It can be obtained in this city, of J. A. Ansley
be Cos.
The Late Locomotive Explosion near
Branchville. —A correspondent of the Columbia
Guardian, in the last issue of that paper, contends
that the explosion of the locomotive on the South
Carolina Road, which resulted in the death of five
men, was not caused by the expansion of the water
in the boiler, through extreme heat, (the way such
accidents are commonly aooounted for,) but from
electricity.—He says :
“Having recently read of an explosion of a loco
motive eDgine, fourteen miles beyond Branchville,
South Carolina, on the road to Augusta, it has
induced me, tor the benefit of all concerned, to say
that the boilers of a steamboat are not exploded
by the expansive power of water through fire,
(caloric,) but by electricity. When a boiler is half
full of water, yu will engender an amount of elec
tricity enough to kill one thousand men. Wby did not
tbe boiler explode when it was still, before starting?
The reason is evident; the caloric on the water sub
limating off the particles of water, was not sufficient
to make a dissolution of parts; but as soon as water
was forced into the boiler, a positive electricity
was obtained, and when a sufficient quantity was
thrown upon the foaming water, what could be the
result but explosion 7 Tbe force of expansion of
water, in boilers but slightly filled, is very great;
then all it needed was the electrical shock to the
destruction.”
In oonolusion, the writer makes the following
suggestion :
“If it is a knowv truth that the boilers are in
good order, not rusted through by water and fire,
we say, when, ly misfortune, a sufficiency of water
is not in tbe boiler, let the steam that is in tbe
boiler be worked off; also, let the safety valve be
lifted up ; let a portion of steam off, and if you
have you, contrivance so airanged, let hot water
be forced into the boiler, instead of cold from tbe
tank, and thea in very email quantities in the be
ginning, upon the foaming water in the boiler,
there would be but very little danger of an explo
sion.”
Since the above was written, we notice in the
Charleston Courier, that an examination of the
relics and fragments of the exploded engine has
been made by a number of experts in the manage
ment and manufacture of locomotives, and the sub
stancs of their conclusions and opinions is thus
stated :
“It is believed and concluded by the examining
Board, that the water in the boiler was rather low ;
not perhaps descending below the line of ordinary
safety, but so as to allow the tubing and surround
ing steam to become overheated. On leaving the
depot tbe locomotive was on a descending grade,
and from this fact but little steam was required or
released from the boiler. This retention increased
the over-heating. On reaching the point of ascend
ing grade, in order to move on a larger delivery of
stream from tbe boiler to the machinery was requir
ed and this caused an agitation and upheaving, or
“foaming” of the water, and covering with it the
over heated tubing, and generating suddenly such
a volume of super heated eteam, as to cause tbe
fatal result.”
Attaching a Mail Contractor’! Pat.—The
Auditor of the Postoffioe Department, in response
to inquiries, has notified a judgment credi or of a
mail contractor in the West, who recently attached
the funds placed by the Department in a postmas
ter's bonds to pay said contractor, that, under the
decisions of the United States Supreme Court, the
pay of an officer or employee of the general gov
ernment can in no case be legally attached, even
when in the hands of a third party, before being
paid over.
The Southern Mail—The X. O. Commercial
Bulletin is informed upon reliable authority, that
the gap in the Miesiesi ppi Central Railroad (by
which the transportation of the Southern mail is
much delayed,) “will be filled by the let of January
next, when the distance between New Orleans and
New York will be accomplished in three days and
a half.” The citizens of New Orleans are appre
heneive that this mail may be transfered to the
Femandina rente across Florida, and have address
ed the Postmaster General on the subject.
The White Population op Bocth Carolina
The Columbia South Carolinian says :—“The pre
sent white population of South Carolina, exclnding
St. Thomas, St. Dennis, and Prince William Par
ishes, from which there are as yet no returns, is
304 114. In 1850, it was 274,623. From this, it
will be seen that the tide of emigration is on the
wane.”
A Prison Bird.—Jas. B. Tariton has been sen
tenced in Campbell county, Tennessee, to five
years’ imprisonment in the State prison. He is 58
years old, and has nerved 23 years in the same in
stitution, representing six different counties in it.
His eldeet son is in the same prison under a sentence
of 31 years.
Warren Akin—A Democrat’s Opinion.
The Cartersville Express, a Democratic journal,
published in Caes county, where Col. Akin resides,
thus speaks oi the man aud his nomination :
Col. Warren Akin, of this county, has been
nominated by the Opposition party, which held its
convention in Atlanta, Wednesday, the 10th inst.,
for Governor. Co l . Akin is in every respeot a
worthy gentlemen, esteemed by all who know him.
From a poor and almost friendless boy, he has, by
his energy aud talent, become one of the first ‘law
yers in upper Gergia, and the late nomination is
evidence of his popularity and ability as a man.
We regret we are arrayed in opp sition to a gentle
man we admire so much, but like the “ Father of
our Country,” all Democrats, who are so from love
of their great principles, must say—“ principles be
fore men.” Should Col. Akin by some freak of
fortune reach the proud position for which be is so
nominated, we would cheerfully acquiesce to the
will of the majority, and feel, while he is a son of
our own cherished Cass, that he is among the very
best of the Opposition.
This is the judgment and opinion of a man al
ways politically opposed to Akin, and therefore n‘
fords the highest evidence of his capacity and b gb
character for morality and integrity.
The Marietta Pat riot, another journal, pu’ dished in
the vicinity of Col. Akin s residence, speaks ot the
man and his nomination thus :
Col Warren Akin —lt affords us much plea
sure to be able to present to our readers ar.d ihe
people of Georgia, the Empire State ot the Sou b,
the name of Warren Akin, of Caas, as our candi
date fur Gubernatorial honors. We congratulate
our friends, the State and the whole and untry, in the
selection made by the Opposition of Georgia, in tbe
person of the gallant and patriotic Akin, who was
nominated in Atlanta on the Jllth inst, by a large
and enthusiastic Convention, with but oue dissent
ing voice, which was afterwards re-called end given
in bia favor.
Warren Akin is Georgia's own son—born, reared,
and educated on her own Boil— one of her hardy
sous of toil, who has, from the most obscure and in
digent circumstances, sprung up, as by magic—one
of her profoundest scholars, ablest lawyers, most
bril iant orators . a man of gigantic intellect, en
nobled and well cultivated mind, he has superior
claims upon the oitizens of his State, lor their suf
frage in October next.
Warren Akin has been raised in Cherokee Geor
gia, and is therefore identified with her interests,
and will, if elected Governor of the State, see to it,
that her various interests are properly cared for.
Warren Akin has been for many years acting in
the capacity ot Attorney for the Western ft Atlan
tic Railroad, aud is, therefore, well acquainted and
knows how to manage that great State Enterprise
Let the people of Georgia rally to tbo support of
Col. Warren Akin. Let no one fail to do his duty—
hie whole duty, and viotorv will crown our effort.
Democracy vs. Democracy-
As an evidence of the opinions entertained of
each other and Mr. Buchanan's administration, by
a prominent organ of tbe Democracy. We publish
the following very pungent and forcible article
from the “Laterenceville Ernes, ” one of the organs
of tbe Georgia Democraoy. The strictures upon
the administi ation are eminently just, and coming
from a Democrat, one who supported Mr. Buchan
an, they are especially interesting:
The National Administration.
The Southein Banner, a little pale-faced sheet
eight by ten, published in the neighboring village of
Athene, and edited by two consummate asses—
trained to bray at Jackson's command—very fjr
rnally read us out of the Democratic party in its
issue ot last week. The great and unpardonable
sin with which we stand charged, and tor whioh we
have been excommunicated from the brotherhood by
an omnipotent political Sanhedrim, usually known as
the “Athens Clique,” in opposition to the present
corrupt, extravagant, vacillating, aud contemptible
National Administration.
If to be a Democrat it is essential to iaud cor
ruption stud profligacy—to throw up our hat and
shout “hurrah for the glorious administration of
James Buchanan,” every time that that festering
concern accomplishes a digraceful feat in diplo
macy, or tramples under foot some time honored
tenet of democratic faith, we openly avow our
antagonism to Democracy, and “drink contusion to
its ranks.” But our opinion t-f what it takes to
constitute a Democrat, is far different from this.—
We regard the Democratic party as a party of
principle—not an organization that requires its
membeiß to applaud the ap< staey of.hose elevat-d
to office through its agency Whenever men iu
whom it has manifested its confidence, by placing
them in power, not only ignore, but trample its
principles under foot, we mainlaiu that, so far from
it being proper for the Democracy to uphold them
in this departure from what they consider true
policy and expediency, that it is the duty of the
party to denounce the treachery of those who have
thus deceived them.
We Btand upon the Cincinnati Platform ; and we
defy the Southern Banner, ot any other “Banner,”
to point to a single sentence that has ever appeared
in this paper, irreconcilable with the principles
denounced in that instrument. If Mr. Buchanan in
his administration of the affairs of government had
endeavored to carry out the policy of the Demo
cratic party as set lorth in that platform, we would
more than willingly have given him the plaudit of
“well done thou good and faithful Bervant;” but as
he has continually violated that policy since he en
tered upon bis official duties as President, wo have
denounced him and the cabinet sustaining his
measures, as unfaithful both to the interests of the
Democratic party and the country. If it can be
successfully demonstrated that the present Admin
istration has not violated every principal of impor
tance adopted by the Demooracy at tne Cincinnati
Convention in ‘56, “from preamble to postscript,”
we would be pleased to see this Herculean feat
accomplished, by some of its infuriated pampered
organs.
Tbe first plank in the Cincinnati Platform is as
follows:
“The Federal Government is one of limited
power, derived solely from the Constitution ; and
the grants of power made therein ought to be strict
ly construed by all the departments and agents of
the government; and that it is inexpedient and
dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional pow
ers ”
The Administration has violated this doctrine by
resorting to a latitudinariau construction, and has
even solicited Congress to transfer into its hat ti
the war making power ! Wan not this an open
attempt to usurp a function of the national iegi-la
ture, denied the Administration by theoonstitu mi ?
Does it evince a very strong inclination on th. port
of Mr. Buchanan and his cabinet to insist Upon a
“strict construction,” of the constitution, to v. hioh
he stands pledged by the platform of principles
upon which he was elevated to the pueit'ou of
Chief Magistrate of this Republic 7 If the Cin
cinnati Platform rtfiects the principles of the demo
cratic party, it can Dot be controverted that the
Administration has proven false to the democraoy,
in this instance.
The 2ud olank says :
“That the Goustitution does not confer upon the
General Government the power to commence and
carry on ageneral system ot internal improvements.”
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Buehanan ad
mlts that “it would be inexpedient for this govern
ment to exercise the power of constructing the
Pacific railroad,” be zealously advocates the polioy
of assisting in that enterprise “by gran's ot land
and money—” thus proposing to introduce ‘ a
system of lobbing and corruption which no vigilance
on the part of federal officials could either prevent
or detect.” Yet we are t <ld that the Administration
has labored to restore the government to its pristine
purity! Mr. BucbaDau may boldly declare his
desire to open an unbounded field for speculation
and corruption but no democrat must dare denounce
the proposition, unless he leets disposed to be reed
out of the democratic party! This is indeed a
beautiful doctrine, whioh requires every democrat,
Proteous like, to aiter his sentiments so that they
may coincide with the varying views of a chame
leon Executive
The 4th plank declares —
“ That justice and sound policy forbid the Fede
ral Government to foster one branch of industry to
the detriment of any other, or to cherish the inte
rests of one portion to the injury of another portion
of our common oountry ; that every citizen and
every section of the country has a right to dmat and
and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges,
and to complete aud ample protection of persons
and- property from domestic violence or foreign
aggression.”
The Administration of Mr. Buchanan has ex
tracted this plank, by advocating the adoption of
specifio tariff dn.ies in exceptional instances. Tins
contemplated change in our tariff system is intend
ed to advance the iron interests in Pennsylvania,
“ to the detriment ot other portions of our common
oountry—” a diroot and palpable innovation upon
the doctrine to which Mr. Buchananstanospledged,
both by bis letter of acceptance and the Cincinnati
Piatform. And in addition to this, the Administra
tion by refusing to give protection to the property
oi our eitzens in the territories, has denied that
“every cituen and every section cf the country
has a right to demand and insist upon an equality
of rights aud privileges, aud to complete and ample
protection of persons and property from domestic
violent e.” Yet this ia the pre eminently democratic
Administration that Democrats must support or be
read out of tbe party 1
In the stb plank it is insisted—
“ That it is the duty of every branch of the Gov
ernment to enfore and practice the most rigid econ
omy in conducting our public affairs, and that no
more revenue ought to be raised than is required to
deir y the necessary expenses of the government,
and for the gradual, but certain extinction of the
publio debt.”
WheD Mr Buchanan entered upon the discharge
of his duties he found a redundant treasury—but
by the most reckless and profligate expenditure this
vast amount of public funds turned over into bis
hands by his predecessors, has been exhausted;
and an appeal is now made for an increase in the
tar ff, in order that revenue may be raised to defray
the expenses of the government. The country has
been steeped in debt—corruption now revels in
rank luxuriance throughout every department of
the government, threatening absolute bankruptcy
and ruin, if tbe evil be not speedily remedied. But
we must rejoice at this state of affairs, because it
has been brought aDout by tbe mode! Democratic
Administration ! It wont do to denounce the offen
ders, because ex communication from the Demo
cratic party will be the inev.table result 1 The
Cincinnati Platform may go to the devil, bnt this
corrupt A lmiirs.ration mutt not even be censured.
Plank i it contends :
“That the proceeds of ths public lands ought to
be sacredly applied to the national objects specified
in the Constitution.”
In attempting to devote tbe proceeds arising from
the sale of the pnblic territory, to the purposes of
internal improvements, has not the Administration
trampled this doctrine underfoot?
Again : Tbe Cincinnati Platform asserts in the
form of a resolution :
“That our geographical and political position with
reference to the other States of this continent, no
less than the interest of cur commerce aud the de
velopment of our grpwing power, requires that we
should hold as sacred the principles involved in the
Monroe Doctrine; their bearing and import admit
of no misconstruction ; they should be applied with
unbending rigidity.”
That the Administration has witnessed the ineo
lent usurpatioass of the British and French govern
ments on this continent without even attempting
to vindicate the Monroe Doctrine, which declares
the supremacy of American interests and influence
on this side of the Atlantic, is as well known as it
is humiliating to the country. At one time ‘he
country was “instructed to rejoice over the re nun
ciation of the right of search by the British G v
eminent,’ but subsequently American ves-ie have
been boarded and the national flag treated with I Li
no OB t contemptuous indignity, w thin sigh* of uu.
southern coast. After once ceciaring ho r -
•nation to insist npon the abrogation of the C-vt
Bulwer treaty, ‘Ac A as ncgotvit*d a rvr.re
which admiit England to an equally of prirvege
and power m Central America.
if the Democratic party adopted this platform
merely as a clap trap to inveigle the conservative
masses of our voting population ioto the support of
Buchanan—if it did nor intend that instrument to
reflect the great and important principles advoca
ted by that organization, let it be abandoned at
once ; but if it is the embodiment of all those cher
ished principles for which we have so long contend
ed, it is our duty, as Democrats, to denounce tboee
who thus spit upon and violate it.
But the idea of the corrupt organ of a more cor
rupt and miserable clique, attempting to read every
democrat out of the party, who refuses to shout
“hurrah Buchanan'’ every time that squint eyed
old gentleman kicks the Cincinnati P.atform, Is
superlatively ridiculous and presumptuous Whv
if you make this a test, Mr. Banner, you leave the
democracy yourself, and jump clear out of harness.
The party id rennessee, Virginia, and Alabama,
oot only abandoned the Administration, but openly
denounced its treachery, extravagance, and cor
ruption, before the whole country In the receDt
canvass in each of these States. We presume that
the democracy there will regret to learn that the
all pov erful Athens Banner has read them out of
the party !
“Verily, Mr. Banner, thou art some pumpkins.”
By the exerciee of your omnipotent power you
have “read out of the party” that great Southern
champion oi Democracy, who checked the tide of
“Know Nothiogism” when it threatened to sweep
over the Old Dominion with irresistible power—-Hen
ry A Wise! You have treated the gallant P.yor,
who has dono more for the democratic party m one
month, than the editors of the Banner are able to
accomplish in a lifetime, in the same ur g nsrone
manner ; and in fact, gentlemen, you have moat
signally “fruited.”
Warren Akin.
The Macon Citizen contains the following sketch
of the history of Warren Akin, the Opposition
candidate for Governor, which we commend to the
attention and careful consideration of every reader,
of whatever party:
“He iB a lawyer of fine talents and most unim
peachable character— a sell-made man, who has
risen, by his own indomitable wi 1 and strong intel
lectual powers, to the head ot his profession, in
Cfce'< kee_ Georgia, fre-n the ver y humblest walks
ot 1 fe. From Elbert County, where he was bo n,
he worked his way, in early manhood, to Lumpkin
Coun'y, where, by the toilot his han -b as a miner
he dug out of the bowels of the earth the means to
educate himself for the business of life Digging
gold by day and pursuing his studies by night, be
soon acquired his profession aud was admitted to
the bar. F’lom that hour his course was upward aud
onward, until, by hie extrordinary diligence and
marked integrity of purpose, he secured the entire
conhdeuoe ol the community aud section in which
ha established himself, and retains the proud position
he has won, almost wit icut a rival Like Gov.
Brown, his origin was obscure and humble, but
u.ilike that lunctioDary he had no rich patron to
lake him by the hand and extend to him the means
ni at: education His name, character aud fortune
are all of bis own carving, aud therefore he is a man
deserving of all the honors whioh his fellow citizens
are disposed to coufer upon him. In the present
instance, as iu all others, the office has sought the
man and not the man the office. Col. Akin is no
political demagogue lie has no partizan animosi
ties to ene-'-unter in the race before him, but ie a
whole-souled, upright patriot, who will look to the
good ol the country in the discharge of the duties
which may devolve upon him.
“To show in what light Col. Akin is held by meu
of all poiilioal prejudices and proclivites, we wilt
add that under every successive State administra
tion, he has beeu employed as oounsel to conduct
aud manage the litigated cases of the Western &
Atlantic Railroad, and is this day better posted in
all matters touching this property thau any other
man iu the State. In short, his honesty, capability
and thorough financial qualifications eminently
point him out as the man t < preside over the destin
ies of this noble commonwealth. We hope that the
people will rise in their mejesty and elevate him to
the Chief Magistracy, in lieu ot the very small man
but very great braggart that now encumbers the
offioe.”
Tennessee and Kkniuckt. —Tne recent elec
tions in these States, says the Columbus Enquirer
are most cheering to the Opposition, and presage
the complete overthrow of the Democracy in the
Pres'dential contest Though Democratic Gov
ernors have been elected by reduced majorities,
the great gains effected by the unorganized Oppo
sition in the skirmish will assure them of au easy
victory in the decisive battle of 1860. We never
expected the eleotion of the Opposition candidate
for Governor in Kentucky, because we saw pret
ty plain that the same F'reesoil alliance” which
saved Letcher in Virginia, would operate greatly
to the advantage of Magoffin in Kentucky. But
tiiis element canuot be retained by tbe Democracy
next year without causing the loss to them of a
counterbalancing number of voters who caunot
consent to yield the rights of ths South io the Ter
ritories for party suocess. In Tennessee, we did
expect that Nethekland would beat Harris, but
the latter appeals to have a Bnaall majority. The
Congressional elections, however, afford a truer
test of party strength, and iu these the Opposition
success is equal to our most sanguine expectations.
The results of the Congressional elections in
Kentucky and Tennessee, deprive the Demooracy
of all hope of a majority in the next House of Rep
resentatives. the majority against them will oer
tainly be at least twenty votes. They c nnot, with
this strength, smother inquiry into the abuses and
corruptions of the Government under their Admin
istration, and the most startling revelations of mal
feasance in offioe will no doubt be made. They
have loet control of the only branoh of tbe General
Government which the people have had a chance
of wresting from them since Mr. Buchanan s in
auguration, and this advantage will materially con
tribute to their defeat iu the Presidential contest.
Douglas’ Secret Order. —lt appears ftom
developments (says the Pennsylvanian—a Demo
cratic paper) that the friends of a certa.n Presi
dential candidate have commenced a secret politi
cal organization in New York, aud are endeavor
ing to extend it into other States. The Older is
known by the name of “Spartarß.” They avow
themselves in favor of the Cincinnati platform “as
expounded by the people’s champion, Stephen A ,
Douglas;” and the follewing is one of their reßolu
tions, made publio in the Republio, at Buffalo,
where there is a branch of the Order:
“Resolved, that in order to make ourselves effec
tive at tbe polls, we will act as a unit in casting our
ballot, for men who Bhall have been endorsed by
this Order!”
Southern Chess Congress.— A correspondent
of tbe Savannah Republican suggests to the chess
players ot the South the policy of holding a Chess
Congress at Montgomery, Ala., on or about the 20tb
of December next. Uesays: “ Georgia has some o f
the most adroit players in the South and oould send
a strong delegation. So could South Carolina and
Louisiana. Alabama has amoug the gentlemen
elected to legislate for her this winter, several of tbe
most skillful players in the Union, prominent among
whom, towers the geniuß of her gifted poet, orator
and statesman, A. B. Meek, who will second this
suggestion. Certainly no one will deny that Mont
gomery is as pleasant a place to meet as can be
found in the wide world.”
What say our chess playing friends of this city to
the movement 7 Augusta, we venture to assert,
numbers a larger list of chess players, iu proportion
to population, than any other Southern city, and in
tne event of the formation of a Congress, should be
ab'y aud fully represented. We trust the motion
will beseoonded.
A Question for Gov. Brown.
The Rome Courier propounds to Gov. Brown the
following interrogatory :
A Little Strange.—How does it happen that
our bragging Governor has been able to pay $40,-
000 iuto tne State Treasury for July, and that too,
six days before tbe expiration of the month, when
for December, a time when, as every one knows,
the bu-ine.-B of the road was much larger, he only
paid $25,00(17
Discovery of a Large Amount of Counter
feit Notes. —We learn from the Tribune, that on
Thursday last, while some boys were at play in the
cellar of a house on East F’ortieth street, New York,
they found a bundle t f bank notes, amounting to
$6,400, which upon close inspection by a broker,
were pronounced counterfeit. They were of the
denomination of tecs, on the Oneida County Bank
Utica, and were admirably exeouted. They were
discovered in the coal hole, between the floor tim
bers and the foundation. The man who occupied
the premises, was taken into custody, but it was
thought bis innocence would be established, aud his
discharge effected.
Another Richmond in the Field. —The
Washington Citizen sayß :—William Milton Pot
ter, of Early county, is out as an independent can
didate for Congress in the 2d District. He runs
upon the “State Rights and re-openiDg of the Afri
can slave trade” questions. This makes four candi
dates now up for Congress in that District—Craw
ford, (Dem.;) Douglas, (Opp.;) Bethune, (Free
Trade ami Direct Taxation,) and Potter as above
indicated.
Gold in Vermont. —The Bellows F’alls Times
states that the miners of Plymouth, in Windsor
county, are generally making very fair wages. Mr.
Hankereon never averages lees tLan $5 a day to
each band. On Thursday of week before last he
got S2O ; on F’riday S3O ; Saturday S4O ; Monday
$25; and Tuesday $25, and s-me ot tbe time with
only oue band. This makes $l4O in five days. On
Friday, July 8, Sawyer 6c Eddy got S4O. On the
same day they found one piece valued at sl2
People continue to flock to tbe diggings every day,
among whom are reporters of tbe Press.
Pams Sommer Bonnets.— I The Parisian belles
have adopted, as the “reigning mode,” plain rice
straw or Leghorn hats, without any trimming
whatever. Some of these unpretentious hats cost
over two hundred dollars a piece, which probably
accounts for their popularity with the gay ladies of
the French metropolis.
Deep Artesian Well. —They have an Artesian
Well at Louisville, Ky., which is 208 fl feet in depth.
Three years were occupied in boriog it. It is piped
for only ninety feet, and the water pours forth at a
rate of 230 gallons per minute. It rises in pipes 170
feet above the enrface, and has a temperature of
7f| Fah. It is perfectly limpid on iseuing forth,
and has a specific gravity of 1.0113, furnishing, ac
cording to analysis, the gases, sulp. hydrogen, car
bonic acid, and nitrogen, containing most of the
chlorides, sulphates, bicarbouatcp, and phosphates,
with iodine and bromide magnesium. The taste is
a combination of salt and sulphur. By touching
some of the screws about the machinery, it throws
a stream of water one hundred and twenty feet
above the pipe.
It is reported that two slavers are being fitted
out in Salem, Maes. The Portland Advertiser of
Monday, Bth. says : —“There is a very general sup
position among the ‘knowing ones’ that a certain
vessel now anchored in onr harbor is fitting out for
a oruise to the African coaat, with the view of re
turning to Florida or Cuba with a load of native
Congos.” “• •
Churches in New York and its Suburbs.—
Within the limits of New York aud Kings counties,
which, for all practical purposes, may be considered
as one county, there are 420 chnrchee, seating com
fortably 355,000 persons. The aggregate salaries
ot the pastors of these churches amount to $62(1,000,
or an average of about $1,750 dollars per annum
each.
In the despatch of the Nova Sootian's news is a
paragraph announcing that Denmark has ceded to
‘.he United States the island of Bt. Thomas. It is
somewhat remarkable that no other paper beside
tie Moniteur de ia Flutte has the news.
The wool clip in Michigan this year is very large.
Already, since the Ist of June, the amount brought
by the different Railroads to Detroit has exceeded
2,250,000 pounds, a much larger amount than was
brought in during the whole of last year.
The Richmond Dispatch says that the Messrs
Dos well have been oi ered the eum of $18,500 for
their filly Fanny Washington, and their celebrated
brood mare Nina, and her three Revenue colts—
Planet, Exchequer and a yearling. Planet is esti
mated at SB,OOO, Exchequer at $3,000, the old mare
and the yearling at $1 500, and Fanny Washington
at,53,000.
Home for Widows and Indigent Women.—lt
is said, that Mr. A. T. Btean, well known, proprietor
of the mammoth dry goods nouse in New York, in
tends erecting an institution, to be called the “Home
for Widows and Indigent Women.” The endow
ment is to be most liberal and worthy of the oanse to
which it is to be devoted, and the Princely liberali
ty of the originator of the plan. Mr. Stewart says
that it is tj> the women to whom he is indebted for
his fortune, and that now he will devote a portion
of it to their benefit, without regard to sect or creed.
Chief Justice Taney, of the United States Fu
preme Court, is 82 year* old. Some of the other 1
Judge# are over 70,
GEORGI V ITEMS,
Fifth District.— An Opposition meef'ar in
Chattooga, August 2d, passed a resolution to sup
port Col. James R. Gamble for Congress in the sth
District.
Opr sition Nominations in Clarke.— Col.
John biLLeps was nominated on Tueshay by the
Oppo-ition of Clarke for the State Senate, and T.
W. Walker and E. P. Lumpkin, E-qre., lor the
House—ail of Athens.
Greene County. —At a meeting of the Opposi
tion party of Greene oounty, on the 2d inst,, Col. B-
H. Ward, was unanimously nominated as a candi
date for State Senator, and Miles W. Lewis, Esq.,
and Msj. R. L. MoWhorter as candidates for the
Legislature.
The Board of Directors of the South Western
Railroad Cos., has declared a dividend of $4 per
share out of the nettjearoiug* of the Road for the
six months ending July 31, 1859.
Runaway Arrested. —The Memphis Bulletin of
Wednesday says: A likely negro boy, who says his
name is John and that he belongs to Mr. George A.
Deer, of Atlanta, Georgia, was arrested yesterday
and committed to the oity jail, to await the order of
his owner.
Suicide in Randolph County. —A young man
named Edward Rice, committed suicide by cutting
his throat, in Georgetown, Ga., on Saturday, fith
inst. No cause could be discovered for the act
His body was discovered in the woods near George
town on Sunday morning.
Georgia Military Institute. —The At'anta
Intelligencer says :—“We learo from reliabeiD.
formation, that this institution is about to be re
suscitated. Major Capers haß accepted the appoint
ment of President of the F’aculty. The so boo was
opened on Monday last, with highly flattering
prospects. Its (riends look forward to a bright
future for this State interprise. We are of the
opinion that the recent break down will be of great
benefit to the institution. A certain set of petty
tyranta has ruled over it for a number ol years,
and it is a matter of astonishment to us, that it has
not gone by the board long before it did.”
The University Plan Adopted.— The Athena
Banner says: “We have received reliable infor
mation in regard to the action of the Biard
of Trustees of F’rsnklin College at their late
meeting, to the effect that they have, by a
three-fourths vote, adopted the University plan.
Under this new arrangement there will be four
professors in the College and three in the prepara
tory department, iu which last will be the F'reehmau
and Sophomore olasses, while the whole will bo
under the superintendence of oue President The
Gymnasium will be introduced as one of the new
features of this eduoationa! system. Law and
Medioal schools will be established with suitable
buildings aud apparatus and capable teaohera. The
proceedings of Ihe Board will be submitted In No
vember to the Senatus Academicus at Miiledgevil'e,
for ratification. But we learn that they will carry
their point by a sure majority. So Athens must pre
pare itself for the novel dignity of becoming the
seat of a bona fide University.”
“ The Star of the South.”—We have receiv
ed the first number of a paper bearing the above
title, published weekly in Elbertou, Ga., by M< Bars
Eberhart & Hutchinson. It is independent In
politics, and is to be devoted principally to the
ourrent news of the day—political, commercial and
geueial. It is a large, well filled sheet, and pre
sents a neat appearanoe. Terms, two dollars per
annum, iu advance.
New Cotton.—A correspondent of the Colum
bus Times, in a letter dated Montgomery, Quitman
county, Ga , Aug. 9,h, sayß : “The Aral bale ot new
cotton was reosived at this place to day, giown on
the home plantation of Maj. J. M. Stark, of this
county. Weight 450 pouuds, elate middling, and
sold to E. C. Ellington at 12J0.”
Found Drowned.—Vve undiWstand that George
Rodriguez, a painter by trade, formely ol Quincy,
but more lately a resident of Bsinbridge, was lound
drowned one day last week in the Flint River, four
miles above Cbattahooohee, and near Yarborough's
F’erry, in this county. H has heseo missing for
the past three weeks —Bainbndge Georgian.
Thomas County.—ln a private loter to us from
Thomasville. we learn that if is the intention of tuo
oi'izeDS of Thomas to run Hon. James L. Sew rd
(Democra*) and Judge Uansell (Oppo-ition) for the
State Legislature without any opposition ticket.
Their policy we understand is to send ta'ent to
represent the interests of Thomasville aud Th mas
County, and further to endeavor to procure State
aid towards the extension of the S. W Rai road
from Albany to Thomasville.— Thomasville Repor
ter.
Masonic F’ESTivAL.-The laying of the cornerstone
of the Masonic Halt at Atlanta on Thursday, wat
an Uiurestiug and imposing ceremony. Various
newspapers and other articles were dep< sited in the
stone, and apnmpriale Odes were sung, accompa
nied by the Fulton Brass Band W. S Rockwell
delivered au able and appropriate Ma-oulc Ad
dress. At night we learn that there was a Festival,
in which the different societies of the city, wuh
many invited guests from abroad participated.
The Masonic Hall is to be a spacious three story
structure, with an ornamental front of iron. Mr,
E Brown of this oity is the architect. Tlia build
ing will beau ornament to the city. —Dispatch of
Saturday.
Statistics of Thomas County.—We have been
favored by Mr. Tarquil Me A uiay, the efficient Tax
Receiver of Thomas county, with a stat'stica re
turn of the aggregate value of property in the coun
ty, from which we compile the annexed statement
Aggregate value of taxable property. $7,429 237 ()(>
“ ot land 1 945 58 Off
“ “ of oity property.... 336,03’ 00
“ number of slaves 6,368
“ value of slaves 3,790,283 00
Number of acres of land improved—
-Ist quality 8,122
“ 2d “ of acres ofland 5,360
“ 34 “ of acres of land 41512
“ acreß of Pine land 1361-26
Total number of acres of land 481,893
Polls 908
Free persons of color 9
Tax Returns of Macon County, for 1859.
The following statement wa3 handed ui by T. H.
Morgan, E q , Receiver:
No. of Polls 710 Increase. $7,531 93
“ Professions.... 37
“ Free persons of
color 2
“ of children be
tween 8 and 18
years 792
Acres of land 250,018 valued at.. 5433,431
Value of town property 59,7< 4
No. of slaves 4,461 valued at. 2,8 6 553
Money and notes 76,472
Capital employed in manufu turing 9,3i'0
Value of furniture over SSOO 10,290
Value of all other property not included
above 367 193
L Macon Jout. Jj- Mess. Aug 10
Habersham County.—We take from the Tax
Receiver's book the following items as to our coun
ty :
No. of Polls 845
No. of Professions 10
No. of F’ree persons of color 8
No. of Children between 8 and 18 years. 1 268
No. of Slaves 728
Value of lands $578,443
“ “ Town property 41 430
“ “ S'aves $l2B 030
Money and solvent debts 283 6*52
Merchandise 17 34G
Aggregate value of property $1,518,676
[Clar/cesville ( Ga ) Journal, August 8.
Tax Returns or Upson County—Number of
Polls, 924 ; number of professions, 29 ; free negroes.
2; number acres of land, 229,740; number of
slaves, 4 982; capital in manufactories, $l7O 410;
value of land, $1,490,415; town property, sll4 150;
slaves, $3,435,147 ; money andßolvent debts. $983,-
301; merchandize, $92,426; furniture, $19,491;
aggregate value of taxahln pronerty, $6,602,890 ;
average value of slaves, s69o —Upson Pitot.
Loot Out.—The Atlanta American advertises a
man by the name of Alexis S. F’ooie, who has oeen
getting money from the I O O Fraternity, on the
strength of a card from Ttlulah Lodge, No. 33,
Wisconsin. The said Lodge has published a
‘ warning notice” against the deceitful practices of
said Alexis Smith F’oote. —Macon Citizen.
Fire by Lightning —During the storm on last
Friday evening, tbe stable of John A Breedlove,
in this city, was struck by lightning and entirely
consumed by fire. The stable bad considerable
corn and fodder in it. —Milledgemtle Fed. Union.
Sad Accident.—A man by tbe name of Ilil*
was run over by the Atlanta & Weßt P <int Rail
road train, on Thursday evening, near Eist Point
He was severely injured ; brought to the ci'y and
had one of his legs amputated, which operation
was performed bv Dr. Willis K. Westmoreland, as
sisted by Dr. Dalvigney and others
[Atlanta Intelligencer.
Judge Douglas and the African Slave
Trade.—Judge Douglas has written a letter to
John L. Peyton, of Staunton, Va, giving his views
on the naturalization question and the re-opening of
the African slave trade, the substance of which is as
follows:
There can be no difference in the degrees of pro
tection accorded by government to native and
naturalized citizens. Our constitution recognizes
no difference in this respect If a person can ex
patriate himself from a foreign government, and
swear allegiance to this, aDd still owe anything to
the foreign Power, he is in the singular aud Incredi
ble perdioament of owing allegiance to two coun
tries without being entitled to the protection of
either. He would accord the fullest pruiec.ion to all
our citizens.
In the Convention the constitution was a creature
of compromise, ami the African slave trade was the
subject. South Carolina and Georgia wished to
continue it ; Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
aDd New York wished it terminated ; New E island
was passive in the matter, South Carolina and
Georgia finally carried their point of oonlinuance
till the year 18(18, with the understanding that it
should then end. It therefore became the vital
compromise of the instrument, and must be held as
sacred as the instrument itself. In this view Judge
Douglas declares himßelf to be irrevocably oppoeed
to the re-opening of the Atrican slave trade.
The correspondent of the New York Herald says
—This is the only letter—and it is very brief—or
manifesto, which Judge Douglas has it in view to
make pubiio. Hie leisure is devoted to researoh
upon those great questions which will engage the
attention of the Senate next winter. His position
upon Territorial sovereignty he will maintain to the
death.
The Congressman from Oreo n.—The result
of the election in Oregon for a member of Congress
is not defini'ely known, but the chancee appear to
be in favor of Logan, republican over Stunt, dem
ocrat. The latest returns pot Stout 41 votes ahead,
with two counties to be heard from, and these are
reported at 70 majority for Logan, thus electing
him by 26 votes. This is an important result, as in’
case the Presidential election is taken to the House
of Representatives, the vote of Oregon is equal to
that of the Btate of New York. j
A Successful Youth.—A letter from Kansas in
the N. Y. Times, speaking of the gold mines says :
Edward Ropes, a boy who left Lawrence last spring
with a hand-cart, has just been heard from in the
mountains. He has one of the best claims, and
has been offered $22,060 for it. He ia the Bon of a
widow lady living in Boston, who has written a
book on our early history
North Carolina Concessional Delegation.—
The Wilmington, N. C., Herald, says that Smith
Opposition, is elected in the Ist District by 586 ma
jority; Gilmer, Oppoeition, in the sth Die rioi by
over 2,000 majority, Leaoh, Opposition, in the 6tl
district by from BUO to 1,000 majority, and Vanes
Opposition, in the Bth distriot, formerly repress
by Clingman, by somowhere about 3,000
The delegation will therefore oonsist of lonr
sition and lour Democratic members. In the
delegation Mr. Gilmer was the only Opposition. B