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VOLUME XI. j
WEIKESPAY MOBNING, JUNE 4, 1851.
18 IT THERE, YOU AREI
The Savannah Republican tn-o*vs _ne
first shot in the canvass against Gov Mc-
Donald and the Southern Rights Republi
can convention. The missile is very sig
nificant of the reliance of the Constitution
al Union dawdlers in this election ; it is
very significant too, of a very big scare
that is coming on the Dawdle family of
politicians, in view of the Southern Rights
Republican principles of the convention,
and the strong man it has just put forward
to illustrate, vindicate and championlhem.
The Republican attacks the convention and
the candidate as S cession ! The Republi
can would call up all that union fern ent,
all those union throes, which, last Novem
ber came to the aid of demagogues and
betrayers to lure the p- ople into Subrnis
sionism. But the editor calls spit its from
the deep. They wont c-mte. The same
humbug can never twice, play the same
part. Your vote last fall was not a crite
rion of the strength of the dawdte parly.
Twenty thousand men staid away from the
polls. How will they vote 7 Thousands
voted with you under the apprehension o
imm< diate civil war, who do not agree with
one of your principles, and who, in their
hearts, scorn the base subservience that
surrendered State honor and individual
rights to the insolence of a vile fanaticism.
You may bawl “Union” until you are
hoarse, but men are calm now—they are
going to allign themselves in the new for
mation of parties, according to their prin
ciples ; and say, what you will, a vast ■
majority of the people of Georgia can take |
the creed of the Southern Rights patty to ;
their hearts, as one made their own by a 1
life-long sympathy and education. In J
short, this creed is thee eed of Georgia—af
firmed a thousand times by the people and
recognized as such, amid all the varying
changes of parties, and the inconsistencies :
and apostacies of party men.
Secession candidate! Secession conven
tion! vociferates the Republican. Well,
we wish it had been. We wish it had
boldly thrown out that banner with its
“lone star” to the breeze. But, Mr Re
publican if did not; and th *s'i three little
words are funereal with the weeds of your
hopes. You may blow your union horn
but one blast isnof worth a thousand men,
just now. The echoes of that dolorous
note have died away, and no longer rever
berate from the hills of Cherokee. This is
to be a battle of piinciple, anil not a cam
paign of fright and panic, sudden surpri
ses, incoherent ravings and blind votings.
To defend yourselves, Mr Republican, you
will have plenty to do—you will hardly
have tinv to blow your horns, so sorely
will you be pressed, on the abominable
heresies which your party is preparing to
promulge. In the blind arrogance ot. a
supposed impregnable majority you are
about 10 advocate doctrines which are a
“ stencil in the nostrils” of Georgia, and
will weigh round your neck like a mill
stone. Our good fellow, things are getting
serious wiih you. Your union gong is
cracked—its tone falls on the ear, not like
the alarm bell startling the timid sleeper
into an agony of subservience to the plas
tic hands of politicians forming an office
speking party ; but rather like a “ thrice
told tale” like the cry of “ wolf’ which
have lost their interest, their mystery and
terror. All these platitudes are lost in the
shadow of the great questions: will Geor
gia stand to principles that aie needful to
defend her rights! Will Georgia take the
negative of the issue, which abolition
presents, to-wit: shall slavery be abolish
ed!
(fcf- General Pors.fer Smith has arrived
in New Orleans from California, on his
way to Texas, where he has teen appoint
dto command. The veteran hero was
teceived with salutes, and his many warm
friends have tendered him a dinner, which,
she uld he accept, will be an enthusiastic
affair.
THE MAoSACHUSE iTS ELECTIONS,
While Submissiomsm speaks one lan
guage of peace and harmony, and hope
and union, at the South, the Ballot Box
of the North unceasingly gives out its omi
nous voice in flat contradiction. Massachu
setts has just spoken; and what is her ver
dict! Is it in support ot those blessed com
promise measures, that were to heal the
five bleeding wounds of tiie country! Is it a
verdict of fidelity even to that hard bar
gain for the South! Alas! no. The Al
bany (N Y) Atlas, Freesojl, th.us tells the
story in brief:
“ ’There stands Massachusetts.’ Bout
well and Phillips at the head of the State
government. Sumner in the Senate.—
RaiHoul, Maun and Allen in the House;
and the bail of progress still in motion !”
Rantoul, the craven and recieant Demo
crat who sold himselt for office to the Ab
olitionists, is elected in a State, where for
a quarter of a century, the election of a
Democrat, as such, has been almost a mir
acle. Butßaot ul turned abolitionist be
comes strong and popular in Federal Mas
sachusetts.
The vote in his district (the 2d) is deep
ly significant of the state of the public
mind on this question. Six hundred and
eighty-eight democratic votes were thrown
against hi a, in a district voting fourteen
thousand strong. The Philadelphia Penn
sylvanian, National Democrat and who
has taken us mildly to task tor our wish to
sectionalize the Democratic party, mourns
over this V'de :
“The almost liopeJ.es? condition of the
brave Democrats in Massachusetts, who
there uphold the flag of our assailed Cor
stitution, may be read in the humiliating
details of the election for Congressmeno n
Monday last. We give the figures as a
matter of record aiid of reference Six
hundred and eighty-eight National Demo
crats out of over fourteen thousand voters,
is certainly a discouraging spectacle to
those who see before th< in the broad and
distinct pa h of Constitutional duty, and
would not hesitate to tread it it it were
more encompassed y/ith dangers.
Hopeless, indeed, when abolition counts
its votes by thousands, and those who fol
low the “broad and distinct path of consti
tutional duty” by half as many hundreds.
We ask the “ Pennsylvanian” it this is the
banquet to which it invited us, when we
were asked still to put our trust in the
Northern Democracy! And we ask |ihe
of the South, if they have
no cheeks to hluah, at their ova degrade-
<fH§£
tion, in pertinaciously proclaiming the
virtues of:he compromise, while, bad as it
is for the South, the North spurns it, repu
diates it and spits upon it! Suppose it is
as good a compromise for he South, as Mr
Cobb has the hardihood to contend—of
what value is it, if the North, a party to
the compact, will not keep it! The Geor
gia convention called on Tammany Hall
and FaneuilKall, two spotssupposed to be
redolent with sentiments of constitutional
justice and liberty, to respond to its offers
of harmony and fraternity ! Old Tammany
replied through John Van Buren as its
mouth piece; while the Boston “Cradle of
Liberty” belches forth nothingbut torrents
of abolition lavar It is a fatal and wicked
delusion, which thesubmission party seeks
to create in the South, that the compromise
is a possible basis <if harmony and peace
with the North. The North does not tole
rate much less propose to adhere to it.—
Those parts of it wnich are favorable to
the great end of final emancipation which
it holds steadily in ‘iew, it will respect;
hut the Fugitive act and even the deceit
ful hopes of advantage to the South in the
Utah and New Mexico acts, it will sweep
away with reckless contempt the first
mo -tent these questions come to the test
of a vote. It is the climax of folly to rely
on the compromise for peace, and safety—
it is the acme of party madness—nay it is
treason in the submission press, to draw
off the eyes ot the people from these preg
nant facts & endeavor to excite their pas
sions against the men at the South—the
Nashvilleconvention—the Southern Right ;
party and presses, who have faithfully la
bored to warn the people of the danger
and tell them the honest truth.
Ifthe Columbus Enquirer could be con
scious es the ineffable disgust with which
the true Southern r lau reads its tirades a
gainst the friends of the South, and then
marks its studied silence on every topic
of Northern aggression and Abolition agi
tation, it would for very shame cease to
act the part of the uncle in bird that fouls
its own nest. It would give over the un
grateful task ot fid Uing for its party, while
its country was beleagured wiih enemies
which it would not see. It would drop
the clap trap and jargon of its empty par
ty parrotings, and regard the danger o 1
the Country with the eyes of an earnest
honest, truthful man. It would throw off
its stage dress, and the mimicry of its un
ionism, and step forth into the arena of the
great realities transpiring around it, and
doits part tosh eld the bosom of its coun
try from blows of destruction, which eve
ry hand in Christendom, beyond the
Southern pale, is raised to deal. Itwould
in short, come to the conclusion, that ai
£ e vileness and profligacy o. the world
was not concentrated in the men whose
motto is the “Rights of their Southern
Country.”
PIOCESOtNJS OF THE CONVENTION.
MILLEDGEVILLE. G\. ? !
Wednesday, May 28th 1851. y
The Convention to nominate a candi
date for the office of Governor, tfiis day
assembled in the Representative Hall.
For the purpose of organizing the Con
vention, on motion ot Gen T M Griffin, a
delegate from the county of Cmveta,
Janes M Smythe, Esq .of the county of
Richmond, was called to the Chair, and L
E Bleckley and Wm T Williamson re
quested to act as secretaries.
Oh motion o* Mr. Gardner ot'Richmond;
it was agreed that all the deb gates in at
nndance and ail proxies of absent deb
ates, be allowed to act in this Conven
tion.
The counties being called in alphabet!
cal order, the following delegates were re
ported: .
Baldw n—lsaac Newel, O H P Bonner,
;\1 j J R Moore.
Bibl —Jno liutheiford, Henrv Newsom,
H K G -en and Thomas L Ross.
Bulli ch— J* ini Goodman.
—Jno J Junes, W m E Walker,
Ab-x VV G-tr en, Jno R Sturgis.
Butts—Ed ward Varner, Edmund McDan
iel.
Carroll—John Jones, A Boggs, Wm E
Cun is
Cass—S Fouche, S Smith, C A Hamil
ton.
Chatham— George P Harrison.
Clark* —H G Lamar, Jno WCouk, James
Camak. Thomas F Lowe.
Cobb—Sunl M iloney, Girrett Grey. Geo.
R. belts. David A Miller.
Coweta —G D Greer, T M Griffin, E Stric
land.G i Wyi*n
Crnwfi rd—l CH, ward, Dr H Steel, Dr J
C ti 1 r v*i*y.
Dt Kttlb —J nathan B Wilson, Jas Milli
can, Alb n D Johnson, Jno L Evans.
Dooly—Jacob J Swaringer, Thomas Daw
son.
Ei.bort—DrJ B Beil, Win B Bowen, E
\1 Rucker.
Floyd—J W Dodd. W O Burns.
Fors-yth—Geo Ivellogg, Charles b Du
pree •
Gordon— A D Shackelford, S T Mays.
Greene —R L McWhorter, Dr T P James
J G Rynls and John Cox!
G win nett—lsaac M Y oung, Henry Al
len.
H bersham —JuoT Hatchett, Lj ]R Smith
Hancock —Thus C Gruues, F Ingram, E
S Barnes.
* liirris —O V Brown.
Houston —EJ.McGee, Juo Laidler, EA
Harvet . J A Pringle.
Jackson —R J Mi hcan, Robt White, D J
Barnett, M Strickland.
Jasper Wiley Ptnllips.C W McMichael
J W Burney, G H Cornwell.
Jefferson—H G Wright, R Bostwick, R
C Robbing
f ones _J L Holland, Joseph Day, D IN’
Smith, L Singleton.
Laurens —E T Shefleil*
Let- J H Gtllmore. B G Smith?
Lowndes— William Jones. Thomas BGrif
fin.
Macon—John A Hunter, BJHead.
Merriwether —John Gaston, William H jF
H.ll
Monroe— J Lunar, Win F Tinsley; T W
Barrow, O H Kennan, A Jarntt.
Morgan—J C Paulette* T S Bonner, W
Woods.
Mutray—J Thomas, H Rogers, T Gunnel,
Musscowe —Jno H Howard, M J Craw
ford, Jim Forsyth, T D Wee.
Newton—N P Lee, T P Jones, A H Lee,
H J Bates. . .
Oglethorpe—W H Wooten. F Mermveth
er, W W Davenport, W Jewell-
Pauldino —Seaborn Jones jr. H Fielder.
[4 ‘-H Green, E Brown. T D King,
Win Cline.
Putman—A A Beall, N Stanford, M Ken
drick, J A Turner.
itTHK UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
Randolph-!-J BSmith, RG Morris. Richd
Davis.
Richmond—James Gardner, J M Smythe
Wm. R McLaws, John Schley.
Scriven—s-G P Harrison.
Stewart— H W Spears. B K Harrison
Talbot—Jesse Carter, DrJ Hillsman, 1 J
Mathew*, H A Daniel,
Tntnal!—P Sheftall, J B Smih.
Twiggs—lV \V Wiggins.
U,-snn —T A D Weaver, B B King, D
Dawson.
Wall m—J hirhnrdonn jr, B J hill, T J
L>*ster, H L Wil.iatns.
Wilk* s—Chas L Bolton, Jas Harris, A
B.n* den.
Wilkinson—Jas M Fulsome, AE Coch
ran, B O B..nn< n.
On m .lion of Mr Wiggins Col Henrv
G Lunar, n delegate from the cotin'y of
Clarke was unanimously appointed Presi
dent of the Convention:
The preside-v, upon taking the chair
delivered a brief ad Hess, and announced
that the Convention was organized, aid
readv to proceed to business.
Mr Day of Janes offered the following
resolit ion, which was read and adopted:
“Resolved, That a Committee of 3 dei
egates Irom each j idicial circuit, be ap.
poinu and by the president, to report to the
Convention such matter ns may be neces
sary for its action.
The chair appointed the following gen
tlemen that Committee:
J soph D a y, J C Paulette, A E Cochran
of the O ‘muigee Circuit.
G PHa rS'n, Wm Chne, John For
ay'h of the Eastern Circuit.
Wm Jones, W W Wiggins, E T Shef
tall of the Southern Circuit.
llic’hd Davis, Thus Dawson, J Ilills
innn of the South Western Circuit,
Jno 11 Howard, Jesse Carter, B K Har
rison of the Chattahoochee Circuit.
T M Griffin, J B Wilson, Jas H John
son of the Coweta Circuit.
Jut Rutherford, Thus C Howard, E
Varner of the Flint Circuit.
S Fouche, Geo Kellogg, A D Shack-* I
ford of the Cherokee Circuit.
Be 11 j Hill, R .bt While, Jno W Quok of
the Western Circuit
E bel t M Rucker, Charles L Bolton,
Thomas C Quinn, of the Northern Cm
cuit.
Jas Gardner, Jas M Smythe, H G
Wright of the Middle Circuit.
(Mr Smythe of Richmond in the Chair,)
the I'Mowing resolution was offered by
Mr Gardner,and adorned unanimously;
“Resolved, Tnat a Committee of five be
appointed to wait on the President of tin’s
Convention, and request of him a copy of
his address on assum ng the duties of the
Chair, and to take measures for its publi
cation.” Me. srs Gardner, Day of J.me*.
Howard of Muscogee, Wilson arid Varner,
were appointed that committee,
On motion of Mr Howard nt Muscogee,
the Convention adjourned till 5 o’cliJck
p in*
5 O'clock, P. M.
The Hon Jos. Day, Cnairman of the
Committee of thirty-three having asked
for le'ave to defer the Report of said Corn
mifee until to-morrow morning, at 8 o’clk;
leave was granted, and the Convention
adjourned till that hour.
Thursday Morning 8 o’clock.
The Convention met according to ad
journn ent.
Mr Day from the Committee of thirty
three mane the following Report:
The Commitee, to whom was assigned
the duty of reporting matter tor the action
of this Convention, beg leave to submit the
following pre ruble and resolutions:
The Country is passing through an alarm
ing crisis, in which the government of the
Unio l has undergone, and is in danger of
still undergoing, fundamental changes in
its federative character, By the acts of
the late Congress, known as the Compro
mise measures, the Southern States, being
a minority in Fede a! numbers, have been
deprived by high baud of all their interests
in the Territories acquired from Mexico ;
have been degraded from their condition
of equality in the Union; have been forc
ed to surrender tenitory unquestionably
and legitimately their own, to the use and
enjoyment of the hireling States, thereby
increasing the preponderance of votes al
ready arrayed against them, and have
been compelled to witness and endure the
insi.lions act of the abolition of the slave
trade in the District of Columbia, which
can only be regarded as the entering wedge
to measures intended to end in the over
throw of her cherished Institutions. The
Government is undergoing changes equal
ly marked and momentous in the open
assumption of powers, touching finance
and revenue, the collcc ion and disburse
ment of the public money, the scriemes ot
internal improvements, and squandeiing
ot the public lands, tending directly to a
corruption and consolidation ot the Gov
ernment, and utterly unknown to the Con
stitution. as understood by the makers of
that instrument, and as heretofore inter
preted by all parties in the South.
Be it therefore., Resolved, That in the p- es
ant eventful crisis, it is vitally important
for the salvation ot the South, anil the
maintenance of the States, that the Re
putdican doctrines of “98 and ’99 as embo
! died in the Virginia ami Kentucky resolu-
I tions, he maintained with unflinching firm
! n . ss, and that among them we recognize
| the to.lowing :
2. Resolved, That the States as separate
and equal sovereignties formed the Con
stitution.
3. Resolved , That each State by its own
convention deliberated upon and deter
mined tor itself the question of tne ratifica
tion or rejection ot tliat Cunstitu ion, and
that it came into the Union by its own
sovereign and v .luntary act; and that
. therefore this is a Union ui consent and not
oi force.
1 4 Resolved, That each State, in view of the v.l
ui.tary n .tu-e of the Union, ha* the right, in vi-un
of it* iiidsjr* nderice ami sovereignty, of seceding
from the nion whenever the |>e<>p|e thereol, in
their s.ivereign capacity . shill dclerimne such a .’tap
to he necessary tit effect iheir safety nr hafi|>inrS';
and of consequence, that the General (internment
fla< no authority to attempt by military force or
otherwise, to rrstiain a Stale in the exercise of such
sovereign right.
5. Resolved, That whenever the Government,
bv an exertion ot the common force of a I or aji ap
p jet tion ot the comm <n funds of all. acquires ter
rttory, it is the duty of th .t tiovernmeiit to secure
to alt equality of rights in such territory, and to
remove all.im(>ediinen!s within its power te the e -
jovment of this equality of rights.
6. Resolved, That the Federal Government has
no right to withhold its protection Iroin any <pe_,
cies of property or section of the confederacy ; and
that any attemot to ; o so will a- evince the
hostility of the Government to that property or sec
tion ss woul-t ai.v act ot legislative hostility.
7. Resolved, That the principle of constitutions
equality eirunctatr and in the two immediately forego
ing resolutions, wert violated jfi the several act*
o: the la*t session ot Congress for the admission o
California into the Union as a Slate, for the. forma
tion of ‘i e ritoriai Governments for New Mexico
and Utah, and in the hill abolishing the slave trade
in the District of Columbia.
8. Resolved. That a* some retires* for part wrongs
and in pu ‘qance of tha *pi it of the Missouri Com
promise, Congress shou and obtain the consent o
Califivnia to the ezlen-ion cf the line of 36 30, t
th Pacific ocean, and that the right of the people
of the S >utb to carry their slaves U all the territo
ry South of it, should be explicitly acknowledged
and secured.
9. Reso’ted, That the obstruction by the poo.
pie of the North to the enforcement of the Fugitive
Slave Law so as to destroy its value to the South
aud make it a ioss instead of a benefit, is equally a
defeat of our Constitutional rights as would be its
repeal or essentia! modification.
10. Heect’sd, That the harujeuv and s-afety o(
thi# UniaafaipenJ upon a strict construction of the
Constitution, and the salvation of the South row
hangs upon it. And because we arc for the Con
etituti-ii) as it i, we oppose a United States Bank
—all protective tar.ff* for pampering one section at
the et; ene of another, all interna- improvements
hythe Gener .l Govertmt'-nt, and all tion b/
Congress not strictly and clearly allowed by the
Ctfnstitutioa of the Union.
’ It. Resolved, That we vie'd to none in our at
‘achinent to the Union formed to “establish justice
insure domestic tra iquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general weitare. and secure
the blessings .f liberty to ourselves and our pos
tcrity ; that we venerate such a Union am’ Con
stitution, established by our Fathers to insure those
hle*sings to themselves and those to come af er them
—that Ojr object is. to preserve such a Uni >n if
we can. or at all hazards to m*i< tain the liberties
and rights of the people of Georgia.
12. Resolved That this Con’ entinn composed of
Southern men. Democrats and Whigs and meeting
on the foregoing Platform of common principles,
necessary as we believe to the protection of the
riglits and liberties o the *nuth, do nominate and
recommend Charles J. McDonald of the county ol
Cobh as their candidate for Governor of the State
of Georgia, and the exponent and standard hearer
; their nrinciples in the aorroachine canvass.
Mr. Wiggins moved that the Preamble and Res
olution* lie adopted.
Mr. Schley moved to strike out the Sth Resolu
tion and alter debate, the yeas and nays being or
dered, the yens were 55, and nays 79; so the Con
vention refused to strike out.
Mr. Crawford then moved tor n reconsideration
The C nvenrion after considerable discussion a
greed to reconsider, and t e qnostion of striking
out, being again submitted it was decided in tiie
vffirmaiive.
I h, ques'ion then recurred upon the motion of
Mr. Wiggim to adopt the Report “I’thc Committee;
and the Report as amended was adopted withbut
one dissenting voice
Mr. Wiggins moved that a Cos mmitt e? of fire be
appointed by the Chair, to notify the Don. < h irles
J McDonaid of his nomination ad to request hit
acceptance of the same. Whereupon the Presi ■
dent appointed tl.e inllow ing gentlemen that < om.
m it e: Messrs Wiggins, Howard of Muscogee,
Junes of Carroll. Gardner.and I.atnar of Monroe
The following Resolution was offered by Mr.
W g.’ ns and unanimously adopted.
Resolved. That we tender our thanks to the Pre
sident ami Secretaries of this Conventio fur the
t fficieiit and courteous manner in which they have
performed the'r respective duties.
On motion the Convention adjourned tintdit.
HENRY G. LAMAR, Pres’dt.
L. C. Blc-klt, ) ~ ,
... > Secretaries.
V\St. M. VVILI.I AHSOIf, S
From the Savannah Republican.
GEORGIA BAPTIST STATE"’ CONVENTION.
Perry, Houston Cos., Miiy2fi, 1851.
The Georgia Baptist State Convention
has just finished its business, after a ses
sinn of four days. Aiming its various .nat
ters of important hu-ines?, was the election
of a Board of Trustees of Mercer Univ-r
----sitv, whose funded endowment of $120,-
ODO, and Theological fund of $30,000, are
entrusted to ‘.his Convention. Besides
these, there are two other incorporated
Aca lamies belonging to the Convention,
with liberal endowments Upwards of
$50,000 for educational and benev dent
objects, this vear passed through the hands
of the Treasurer, besides the manifold lo
cal charities, ot which no account is given
within the bounds of tne several Associa
tion*. The number of Associations repor
ted for the previous year, w u s 27; Church
es, 1,132; ordained \linist-*rs, 028; anil
church member*, about 70,000. Os these
about 53,000 are directly connected with
the Convention, ami 14,207 are colored
metpbers. In so large an assembly, rep
resenting all sections ot the State, and a
larje shire of the wealth and intelligence,
the united expression of ?■> many minds
on the subject of Popular Education is not
without a significance, and an inter*st
which will be likely u> attract the m.tice
of all parts of this Com qonwealth.
The following extract fr >in the actions
of the body, is proper to bt* male public,
in connection .vith tlie movement lately
begun, to establish a system of popular
edtici.'ion in this Slate;
“While this Ecclesiastical B >dy cannot
professedly recognise any business of a
merely ; ecular naluie, as appropriate to
its calling, they nevertheless must ad
mit that stated pastors, and other ministers,
as well aa every pious and intelligent
head of a family, are the natural guardians
even of secular education; fora s und ed
ucation is evei the handmaid ana t’.e at
tendant upon intelligent and scriptural
piety. They may not, therefore, be re
garded as Iran set ndmg their proper func
tions, in noticing with pleasure and com
mendation, the effect now making in sev
eral parts of this Stale, lor the establish
ment of an improved system of public
education.”
Accordingly they adopted the following
res dutioji:
“That ti.e Georgia Baptist State Conven
tion regard with approbation the proposed
enterprise of organizing un Educational
Convention to be held in Marietta on the
Btli of July, for the pu pose of establishing
an improved and univeisal system ol Edu
cation for the people of tins Common
wealth.
The Presidentof the Convention, Hon.
Thomas* Stocks, ami three others, were ap
pointed a* the Uommitue of delegates to
attend the Educational meeting in July.
Prom the A irerliser and Gazette.
Just as we were going to press we
received, last evening, a private letter from
Mi Pugh, from which we take the liberty
of laying the to lowing extracts before our
readers. He must pardon us if we have
acted contrary to his wishes. The senti
ments ol his letter do him infinite credit,
and will make a lasting impression upon
the public :
Eufaula. May 28,1831.
Col Seibels—Dear Sir: Mr Yancey hav
ing declined the nomination, it becomes
necessary for us to agree upon some other
candidate. The people of the District
seem divided only between Col Cochran
and myself, and to settle that division, an
other Convention is proposed, to be held
at Troy on the second Monday in June.—
I refused to let my name go before the last
Convention, and I shall pursue the same
course in the next. Ido not desire to run,
and have only consented to do so ip the
event Col Cochran declined. Col Coch
ran has agreed to run, and I am for him.
Our friends here and in Henry are satis
fied.
The only necessity for&copvention is to
give Col Cochran the sanction ota nomi
nation.
The prospect is very cheering in this
part of the District. liarbour will give
some eight hundred majority. We hav
the most encouraging accounts from the
lower counties. was here this
morning from Pike, and he is in high sp'r
its—counts on Pike tor us certain,. Gen
, is in town, and says the nomina
tion of Cochran will give entire satisfac
tion. lam in the field as a high private,’
ready to act any par assigned me. If any
out-siders stump for Abercrombie
put me down for six chances.
You may mention to our party friends
that Col Cochran having consented to run,
I am out of the question, and for him hear
tily. Truly yours,
J. L. PUGH.
The Cotton Crop—The Tallahassee
Floridian of May 24 says: We hear great
complaints of the ravages ot the grasshop
per on many plantations in the vicinity of
Tallahassee. Some fields have been near
ly destroyed. Others are taking the sore
shin—a species of disease almost fatal to
the young plant, From all we can learn,
the prospects of the present crop ha*e not
been so unfavorable for years past. AV.*yg
stated last week, the crop is at least a
month behind hand..
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1851.
South Carolina —All those patriots who
have wished that this State would secede
8t once are respectfully informed that her
action has been firm and deliberate; and
though Vermont, a State where the very
mention of whose green hills give a chill
to the hear, of the American writer- and
Massachusetts, that burnt “blue lights” to
show the toriesthe inlet to oTir shores have
made different professions, our sister State
is where she ought to be, relying on the
Constitution. Why do not such men con
demn the for *ign traitor! The North is
foreign to the South ! We are separate in
interest, in feeling and affection! We be
lieve, as Daniel “Wallace, of South Caro
lina, has asserted- a crisis is about to ar
rive, and the question then is, “Secession
or the abolition bf slaveiv.” —Lincoln (N
C) Courier.
last accounts from Hayti state
that EmperorSoulouque persists in refus
ing to acknowledge the claim set up on
the part of this Government for damages
done to the American brig Lea'nder, which
was illegally and wantonly detained and
injured on some trivial plea. This black
fellow-and his deputies have also refused
to receive the good offices of the United
States for the settlement of the difficulties
with the Dominicans.
HOW IT’S DONE AT THE \STOE
A LIQUORARY SKETCH.
BY FALCONBRIDGE.
A small party of country merchants,
traders, &c., were cruising around N York
one evening, seeing the lions, and their
cicerone—by the way, “a native,” who
knew what was what—took them up
Broadway, and as they passed the Astor
House, says one of the stranger*:
“Smit i, what’s this thunderin’ big
house?”
“Oh. an yes, this” says the cicerone,
Smith, “this, boys, is a great tavern—fine
place to get a drink.”
“Well, be'hooky, let’s go in.”
In they ail went; takoig a private room
or a small side parlor, the country gents
requested Smith to do the talking, and or 1
der in the liquor. Smith called for a bid
of fare, upon which are “invoiced” more
“sorts,” und h.-rder named wines and liq
uors, than could be committed to memory
in a week.
“ J htu’s it,” says Smith, marking a bill
of fare and handing it to a servant, “that’s
it—two bottles, bring em up.”
Up came the wine; it was of course, ele
gant. The country gents froze to it—they
hud never tasted such stuff before, in all
their born days’
“Look-a-here, mister,” says one of th*e
husimss men, “got any more uv that
wine!”
“Oil, yes,sir!” says the servant.
“Well, fetch it in ”
‘•Two-bottles, sir?”
••Two ganders! No, bring in six bottles!
I can go two on ’em myself,” says the
country gent.
The servant delivered bis message at
the bar, and alter a few- grimaces and some
whispering, the servant and one ofilm bar
keepers, or clei k>, carried up the w*ine.
Says tiie clerk, whispering to Smith, whom
he siigiitiy knew:
“Smith, do you know the price of this
wine?”
“Certainly I do,” says Smith! here
it is invoiced on the catalogue, ain’t it?”
“Oh, very well,” says tne clerk about to
withdraw.
“Hold on!” says one of the merry coun
try gents, “don’t snake your handsome
countenance oft so quick; do von want us
to fork rite up for itiese drinks?” hauling
out his wallet.
“No yer don t,” says another, hauling
out his change.
“My treat, if you please, boys,” says
the third, pulling out a haridlul of small
change. “I asked the party in arid I pay
for what liquor we drink—be thunder.”
In ’.lie midst of their enthusiasm, the
clerk observed it was of no importance
just then—the bill would be presented
when they got through. Tnis was satisfic
tory, and :lie pariy went on finishing their
wine, smoking, &c.
“’Spose we have some real shainpaigtie
boys,” says one of tiie gents, beginning to
tell ms oats some.
“Agreed.” say the rot. Two bottles of
the best “sham'’ in “the tavern” were
called for, and which the party drank with
great gusto.
“Now,’’ says one of them, ‘let’s go to the
theatre, or some place where there's a
show gui'h’ on.— H*-ie you mister—to the
servant—go letch in the landlord.”
•• 1 lie landlord,ur?” says Pat the ser
vant, in some doubl'd* to the meaning of the
porase.
“Ay, landlord—or that chap that was in
hert j list now, tell him to fetch in the bill.
Ah, in-re you are old felit-r; well what’s
the damages?” ask the gent, so ambitious
in puilmgtiie party through and hauling
out a handful of k ys, stiver and Coppers
to do it with.
“Eight bottles of that old flim-flam-di
rip-rap.” pronouncing one of those fancy
gamboge lilies, founn upon an Astor House
catalogue, “ninety six dollars —”
Wiiat!” gasped toe com try chap gath
ering up his small change, that he had be
gun to sort out on the table.
.“And two bottles of *B,chreidcr,” and ci
gars—seven d;’liars,” coolly continued the
Oar clerk; “one hundred and three dol
lars “
“A hundred and three, and —”
“A HUNDRED AND THREE DOLLARS!’ Cried
the coi'tury genu? i” one breath, all start
ing to their feet an I pulling on their hats.
“The c'erk explained, dear as mud; the
trio “spludgvd ljp” the amount, iotktd
very sobi r, and walked out.
“Uome, boys,” sa’d Smith, iel’s go to
the theatre.
“Guess not,” said “the boys;” b’lieve
wp’ll go home for to night, Mr. Smith.”
And they made tor their lodgings.
If these copniry gents wereasked when
they g t home, any particulars about ‘‘the
elephant,” they’d probably hint something
about getting a glimpse ol him at the As;
tor House:’’
ExTRAORniKAHT See**.- Some of the good
citize> * <>l Gloucester, perambulating the docks on
Good Friday morning, were alarmed by a terrible
noise on board a Greek ship lying in t|je middle of
the basin. Ttje captain and others appeared to
have one of the crew nmol g-t them, around whose
neck was a rope attached, and before any inl#rfe
rence could be offered, the hodv was rpn up to the
yard-arm, and, after a few apparent struggle*, so
far as the victim was concerned, all was si ill. The
noise had hardly subsided, when a similar scene
seemed to be going forward on board another prack
ves~el lying alongsidp the first mentioned; the b.i
dv in this case being lowered over the side intothe
water, and then, a* if tbe murderous wretches hjul
changed their intenti ins. it was haul and on deck,
severely belabored amidst shouts and execrations,
and speedily hauled up to the yard-arm.
The exci'emrnt at seeing two bodies dangling
high in the air was most intense : some of the crowd
asgfrnhleJ were catling out lor the police: and two
or three, more courageous than the rest, got on
biard one of the ships to d-mand an exp anation,
anil ith a determination to take the culprita into
custody. The cxolanatinn was duly given, and a
hearty and general laugh was the result. Tbe sea
men were only performing a cuttom oF the Greek
Church, ueyel on Good Friday, by -luffing -in es-
| NUMBER 25.
figy with *traw, with a bag in h'\i right hand to rep*
resen! Judas Iscariot, and hanging it, expressive of
their abhorrence of that worthy in betraying our
Saviour. The next morning the effigies were haul
ed down, and treated with great indignity amid re
newed shouts and the discharge of muskets. -Lon
don Times.
exchange says that the following lines
fom the poems of Motherwell, condense in a small
space, all that it has taken minor poet* volumes to
say :
Woman.
Perhaps, far out at sea, thou may's! have found
Some lean bold cliff—a lonely patch of ground,
Alien amidst the waters—some poor isle
W here summer blooms were never known to smile.
Or trees to yield their verdure ; yet around
That barren spot the i.nnphng surges throng.
Cheering it with their low and plaintive song—
And clasping tha deserted cast away
In a most strict embrace—and all along
Its margin rendering Ireely its array
Os treasured sheil and coral. Thus we may
Note lve in faithful woman : oft among
The rudest shocks of life’s wide sea she shares
Man's lot, and more than half the burden beara—
Around whose path are llowers strewn by her ten
der care.
Chau itt. —Night had kissed the young rose,
and it bent softly to sleep. Stars shone, and pure
dew-drops hung upon its blushing bosom, and
watched his sweetest slumbers. Morning came,
with its dancing breezes, and they whispered to
the young rose, and it awoke joyous and smiling.
Lightly it danced to and fro in all the lovalipess of
health and vouthful innocence. Then came the ar
dent sun god sweeping from the east, and he smote
the young rose with his scorching eyes and it faint
ed. Deserted ar.d almost heart-broken, it dropped
to the dust in loneliness and despair. Now the
gentle breeze, which had been gambolling over the
sea, pushing on the home-bound bark, sweeping
over the hill and dale, by the neat cottage and still
brook, turning the old mill, fanning the brow of
disease, and frisking the curls of innocent chi'dhood
came tripping,along on her errand ol mercy and
love ; and when she saw the young rose she has
tened to kiss it, and fondly bathed its loreheud in
cool, refreshing showers; and the young rose re.
vived. looked up, and smiled in gratitude to the
kind breeze; but she hurried quickly away; her
generous task was performed, vet not without re.
ward—for slie soon percoived that a delicious fra*
grance had been poured on her wing* by the grate
ful rose; and the kind breeze wa* glad in heart,
and went uway singing through the trees. Thus
real, true charity, like the breeze, gather* fragrance
from the droopiuj flowers it refreshes, and uncon
sciously reaps a reward in the performances of its
offices of kindness, which steals upon the heart, like
rich perfume, to bless and cheer.
Con v e ns ati on or a Pit i uos or nett with a Rab
HI. — -Your Go.', in bis book calls himself a jealous
God, who cai. endure no other god beside himself,
ami on all occasions makes manifest his abhorrence
of idolatry. How comes it. then, that he threatens
and scents to hate the worshippers of false gods
more thijn the false gods themselves?” “A cers
tain kii g,” replied the Rabbi, “had a diaobedien
son. Among pther worthless tricks of various kind
he had the baseness to give his dogs bis father’
nsines ami lithe. Should the king show his ai.gcr
on the prince or the dogs?” “Well turned !” re
plied the philosopher: “hut if your God destroyed
the objects of idolatry, he would take away the
temptation to it.” “Yea.” retorted the Rabbi, “if
the fools worshiped such things only at were of
no farther use tliaji to which their folly applied
them; if the idol were always as worthless as the
idolatry is contemptible. Bui they worship the sun,
the moon, the host of heaven, the livers, the sea,
fire, air, and what not? Would you think that
the Creator, for the sake of the-e fools, should ruin
his own works, and disturb the laws appointed to
nature by his own wisdom ? If a man steals gtain
and sows it, should the seed not shoot up out of
the earth because it is stolen. Oh no! the wise
Creator lets nature run her own course, for her
course is his own appointment. And what if the
children of folly abuse it to evil. The day of reck
oning is not far off, and men, will then learn that
human actions likewise reappearing in their con.
consequences, by as certain a law as rhe green
blade rises up out ot the buried corn-seed.” Cole
ridge's Friend.
(Xj'The billowing beautiful passage, as true as
it is beautiful, is from James’ Novel “The Gip-
sey:
‘•Round the idea of one’* mother the mind of a
man cling* with a fond affection. It is the fiist
deep thought stamped upon our infant heaits, when
yet soft and capable of receiving the most pro.
found impression*, and all the alter leelings of the
world are more or less light in comparison. Ido
ro t know that even in our old age we dp not look
back to that feeling as the sweetest we have through
life. Pur passions and our wiltulness may lead
us far from the object of our filial love ; we learn
even to pain her heart, to oppose her wishes, to
violate her commands; we may become wild, head
sin ng. and angry at her counsels or opposition ;
but when death has stilled her monitory voice, and
nothing but calm memory remains to recapitulate
her virtues and good deeds, affection, like a flow
er beaten to the ground by a past storm, raises up
her head and smiles amongst her tears. Round
that idea, as we have said, the mind clings with
lond affection; and even when the earlier period
ol our loss forces memory to bo silent, fancy takes
the place ol remembrance, and twines the image
of our dead parent Vfitb a garland of graces, and
beauties, and virtges, which we doubt not thut she
possessed.
True Hospitality. —l pray thec.Q excellent wife,
cumber not yourself ami me, to get a curiously
rich dinner lor this man or woman w|io has alight
ed at our gates; nor a bod chamber made ready,
at too great a cost; these things, if they ore curi
ous in them, they can get fora lew shillings in any ;
village ; hut rather let the stranger see, in your ;
accents and behaviour, your I cart and earn
estness, your thought and will, which he cannot
buy at any price in spy city, and which he will
travel twenty miles and dine sparclv and sleep
hardly, to bdtold. Let not the emphasis of hospi
tality lie in bed and hoard: hut iet truth and love,
anti honor, and courtesy, flow in all thy deed*.—
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Soitu.VVkstkbn Ran. Road.—The qperting of
the u'h-We*tern RuiLßoad to Fort \ alley (57
mile* from Macon) was celebrated at Fort Val
ley on the 31st insl.
Thu Dikii p Wullinorow and thf. French
Sculptor. —Among the Visitors to the Great Ex.
hib.tion last week was the I)uke of Wellington,
accompanied by his daughter-in law, the Marchion
ess of Douro. Af'er walking down the transept,
the noble and gallant duke turned into the. French
department, and pau ed to observe one of the ex
hibitors removing from an oaken case various ar.
tides of *ii er and gold plate. Among the mor
ceaux uncovered as the duke walked up were a
pair of silver cques'rian statues, representing the
duke himself and his once formidable rivai, Napo
leon. The Great Captain smiled at the incident,
and to gn inquiring look of the French itrtjst, nod
ded his assent. The news instantly spread that the
Duke ol Wellington wa* within the “French ter
ritory,’’ and in a few moments (probably for the
first time in his lite) the nolle and the gallant
duke was surprised and surrounded by a body of
Frenchmen. Happily, in the present instance the
national character for ooliteness prevailed over ev
ery o ter feeling. The hats and caps of the beard.,
ed strangers were instinctively raised to Great BrL
tain’s * hero,’’ and the noble duke, having returned
a military salute,; assed on to the next department.
English Paper.
Two gentlemen of high birth, the one a
Spaniard and the other a German, having
rendeted Maximilian 11. many services,
they each, for recompense, demanded his
natural daughter, Helena Schasequin, in
marriage. The prfnce, who entertained
(equal respect for them both, could not give
either the preference,& alter much delay
he told them that from the claims they both
had to his attention and regard he could
not give his assent sot either of them to
marry liis daughter, and they uiust decide
it by their own prowess and address ; but
as he did not wish to risk the loss of either,
or both, by suffering them to fight with of
fensive weapons, he had ordered a large
bag to be brought, and he who was suc
cessful enough to put his rival into it,
should obtain his daughter. This strange
combat between two gentlemen was in tbe
presence ofthe whole Imperial court, and
fasted half an hour. At length the Span
iard yielded to the German, Andre Elhard,
Baron of Tethred, who, when he had got
him into the bag, took him on his back
and placed him at the Emperor’s feet, and
on the following day married the beautiful
Helena.
Jtetns.
Men brandy drink and never think,
Thatgirls atall cant tell it:
They don’t auppose a woman’s nose,
Was ever made to it.
litfPjtoMPTU. The editor oftheNY Sun
day Courier, on reading that the Acado
my of Medicine was established at tb
suggestion of Dr. Drake, eame out witrx
the following impromptu;
How itrangely apropos th, turn,
That things will sometimes take!
Behold our biggest herd efquacks,
la marshal'd by a draket
—t W dont know where we have met
the following, but a more beautiful, thrill
ing, apd pathetic piece of pegtry we never
read:
On a log sat a frog,
Crying for his daughter;
Tears he shed till his eyes were red
And tlieojumped into the water—
And (frowned himself.
Francis Pigg, of Indiana, has run
away from Mrs. Pigg.grtd four little Piggs,
The Boston Post says he is a hog.
Sentimental love sick
swains down east, afteFtSf#?, of those paus
es which sometimes a|||s;, Cupid’s con
verts, held forth the following
strains:
‘•I would give almost anything to hear
Ole Bull.” said Sally to her lover.
“Well,” answered Tom, “Dad’s got un
old brindlechap, and you can hear him
belter almost any time.”
Sally fainted—s-she did.
A negro preacher, referring to the
judgment day, in his sermon, said: “Breth
ren and sisters, in that day the Lord shall
divide the sheep from Pe goals; and bress
de Lord, \ye know which wears the wooll’
Douisn Advertisement. —A Kentuc
ky editor as follows;
“Wanted at this office, a bull dog ofany
color except pumpkin and milk,of respec
table size, snub nose, cropped ears abbre
viated continuation, and bad disposition—
who can come when tailed with a raw
beef stake, and will hite the pm” who puts
tobacco juice on the stove, and stegls the
exchanges. ’*
-—-“Teddy, my boy, just guess how ma
ny clieeses there is in this ere bag, nnd
faith I’ll give you the whole live.”
“Five,” said Teddy.
“Arrah! by my sowl, bad luck totbeman
that told ye.”
The Pittsburg Mercury telis the fob.
lowing good one:
Somewhere in the West, a sable knight
of the lather and brush wgs performing the
operation of shaving a hposier with a very
dull razor.
“Stop!” said the hposier “that won’t
do.’’
“ tVhal’s de (patter, boss?”
“That razor pulls.”
“Well no ma:ta for datsah. Ifde handle
of de razor don’t break, de beard’s bound to
cum ofl!”
Anecdote.-—A wag had kept up a con
tinual file of witticisipsat it social party,
when a puritanical gentleman, who enjoy
ed sermons and snuff better than jokes and
puns sharply observed:
“If you keep on, you will make every
decent person leave the house.
“That would be a sotry the
dry reply, “lor you would certgiply be
very lonesome when left here alone.”
One of the newspaper men asks, if
the newspaper’s fashion ol the ladies pre
vail, what will become of side saddles!
How will a man know his sister from her
younger brother?
Complimentary. —A young lady lately
appeared in male attire at SiLopis.and one
of tne editors says that her disguise was
so perfect she might have passed fora mqty
jjad she had a little more modesty.
It jg: not perhaps generally known, that
if ope man steals another’s the
remedy < f the aggrieved party consists in
an action of rzs.v-sumpsit.
A Georgia Editor “Burst go.”—An
editor -in Georgia, who has recently ‘bust
ed up,” as he terms it, crows smartly ov
er or upo.n the fact, that he did it with the
honors of war. Although he admits that
he retired from the field, he said he. did it
with colors flying—A Sheriff's flag flut
tering from two windows nnd the front
door of his office.
Mr” fp the third congressional district ot
Noith Carolina, A J Dargan, a whig of the
“Southern Rights” stamp; lias announced
himself n candidate fur Congress. He ac
knowledges the “right of sepessiqn.”
George YV Caldwell, (Derri and Southern
Eights’ is also a candidate. Edmund De
berry (‘Union YVhigj was the representa
tive in the last Congress: In the filth and s
trietthe contest is wholly ain one the Dem
ocrats. The late incumbent, AYV Vena
ble, is a secessionist.
Gq.od—‘We found the following versa
going the rounds in a party of ladies and
gentleman a few evenings since, and think
it too good lobe lost. There is more truth
than poetry in it:
—Did you ever see a Miss with fine
white teeth, who did not giggle at she slight
est provocation 1
—lt maybe said generally ofhusbands,
as Mrs Snooks said of hers, who had abus
ed her, to an old maid who reproached
her for marrying such a feller —“to be sure,
he is not so good a husband as be ought
to be, but he is a powertul sightbetter than
none.”
“James, now I want your lesson,”
said a school master'to a little urchin, who
was not in the habit of studying much.—
“Gueth not thir; papa thays little boythu
should be theen and not heard.”
—Mrs Partington, hearing that a yqung
rnan had set up for himself, ‘Poor fellow,
said she, ‘has he no friends to set up for
him part of the time V And she sighed to
be young again.
—lt being reported that Lady Caroline
Uamb had in a moment of passion, knock
ed down one ct her pages with a stool, the
poet Moore, to whom this stpry was told
by Lora Strangford, observed :
“Oh, nothing is more natural for a lit
erary lady than to double down a p;ige.”
“I would lather,” replied his
“advise Lady Caroline to turn over anew
leaf.”
The Law.—There is room enough above
but they are awfully crowded down be
low,” is said to ItavT been Mr Webster's
reply to one who asked whether he had
better study law.
—Good nature is one of the sweetest
blessings of Providence. Like the purs
sunshine, it gladdens, enlivens and cheers.
In.th# midst of hate, revenge, sorrovy and
despair, how glorious are its effects.
—A soldier on trial for habitual drunk
enness was addressed by the President.—
‘Prisoner you are prosecuted for habitual
drunkenness, what have you to plead in
your deFenpP;’
‘Nothing please your honor, but an hab
itual thirst 1’
A Ludicrous Combat—They had funny
ways of settling vexed love sqjts in old
t imes. Here is an instance which we cut
rom an exchange:
Advertise. —There is a sermon in that
word. A sermon, too, full of the right
doctrine. It preaches straight to the head
and pocket. The man who makes it his
principle and watchword is on the sure
road of honor and profit.
we should be humble and prompt in our
acknowledgements; if no offence wga in
tend* and, a kind and candid explanation may
set all to tights.
Th* Rajlwat Conmction atMaco?. —The
late dry weather has afforded a fine opportunity
to put down the coffer dam at Macon. The pre
parations for constructing the pipr are now going
forward rapidly. The lattice work is being- got on
tbe ground, and it is now thought thattbe month o:
August will seo the connection acrors toe
completed —Savannah Rep-