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Democratic nominations.
The Democratic Convention.
Baltimore, June I.—The Convention re-assem
bled at 5 o'clock this afternoon. John W. Davis,
of Indiana, was elected permanent President, and
one Vice President was elected from every State
except South Carolina. The previous Secretaries
were retained. The Convention adopted the two
thirds rule hv a large majority ; also determined to
he governed by the rules of the House of Represen
tatives, and to vote by States for President and Vice
President. Adjourned to 10, a. m., to-morrow.
Baltimore, June 2.—The Convention met at 10
o'clock, and was called to order by the President.
The immense Hall was crowded to the utmost, and
there was difficulty in seating the Members.
Mr. Burrow, of Arkansas, submitted resolutions
to appoint a Committee of one from each State, to
report a Democratic platform. A substitute was of
fered and adopted, to appoint such Committee, to
whom should be referred, without debate, all resolu
tions. Several resolutions were then offered, endor
sing the Compromise, which were so referred, and
the Convention adjourned to meet at 5 o'clock, p. in.
Evening Session.
Convention re assembled at the hour. A mo
tion to admit Members of Congress on the floor, was
rejected. Air. Neighbors, of .Mississippi, offered a
resolution that no nomination be received for Presi
dent and Vice President, until the Democratic plat
form be established. A long debate followed, and
the resolution was rejected, by 155 to 111. The
Committee on credentials, made a majority and a
minority report.
There is great excitement regarding the Georgia
Delegation. Amid much confusion the Convention
udjourned to 9 o'clock to-morrow, without taking
any vote.
Baltimore, June 3.—The Convention assembled
according to adjournment. Both sets of the Georgia
Delegates were admitted to east the vote of the
State. Gen. Commander’s claims to represent
South Carolina have been rejected.
At half past 11, the Convention proceeded to
ballot for President, with the following result: Casa
116; Buchanan 93; Douglas 20: Marey 27;
Butler 2; Houston 8; Lane 13; Dickinson 1;
Dodge, 3 ; J. B. Weller 4.
2d Ballot. Cass 118; Buchanan 95; Douglas
23; Marey 27 ; the others nearly as before.
3d Ballot. Cass 119; Buchanan 91; Douglas
21 : Marey 26 ; and others very little changed.
The 4th, sth, an l 6th ballot, taken with little va
riation from tiie Ist. On the 6th ballot the vote
stood, for Cass 114; Buchanan 68; Douglas 24;
Marey 26.
7th ballot. Cass 113; Buchanan 98; Douglas
34 ; Marey 26, Ac. The Bth ballot was precisely
the same.
The ballotings were continued to the 17th, which
stood, for Cass 99; Buchanan 87; Douglas 50;
Marey 26 ; Lane 13 : Houston 11; Butler 1 ; Dick
inson 1.
The Convention adjourned to 9 o’clock.
Baltimore, June 4.—The Convention re-assem
bled according to adjournment, and proceeded to
ballot for President as follows :
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18 96 85 56
19 89 85 63
?0 81 92 61
21 GO 102 66
22 37 103 78
On the last ballot Gen. Butler received 30 votes.
Baltimore, Jufte 4, 2 I’. M.
The Convention has adjourned to 4 o’clock this
afternoon. Twenty-six ballots resulted in very little
change. In the last four ballots Louisiana went for
Douglas. There was a very slight change in the
twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth
ballots.
30tli Ballot. Cass 33 : Buchanan 91 ; Douglas
92 ; Butler 20; Scattering 52.
Cass continued to rise until the thirty-third bal
lot, when he received 123 votes, Virginia still vo
ting for Buchanan,
After this ballot the Convention adjourntd until
Saturday morning.
The Nomination Jfnde.
Baltimore, June 5, P. M.
Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, receiving
two hundred votes on the fortieth ballot, was unani
mously declared the choice of the Convention for
the Presidency.
The Southern States went for liitn in a body, fol
lowed by Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania.
The Democratic Nominee.
Boston, June 5.
Generrl Franklin Fierce and Lady, who are at
present at the Tremont House, in this city, were
greatly surprised on receiving the news of the nom
ination by the Democratic Convention. The news
occasioned great joy at Concord, and at Salem,
Mass., in which cities the bells were rung.
Vice President Nominated.
Baltimore, 5 P. M.
At the afternoon session to-day, Hon. Wm. R.
King, of Alabama, was nominated for Vice President,
on the 2d ballot.
A platform was presented to the Convention, com
prising the resolutions adopted by the Convention in
1844, with others approving in most decided terms
of the compromise measures, including the fugitive
slave law, and strongly deprecating all attempts to
repeal or disturb any of said measures. The resolu
tions were unanimously passed, after which the Con
vention adjourned sine die.
OPINIONS OF TIIE PRESS.
Democratic Nominations.
Prom Maine to Florida the nominations at Balti
more are the common topic, and hundreds of thou
rands of politicians arc watching with feverish anxi
ety the indications of popular opinion in regard to
the two distinguished citizens who have been named
for the two highest offices in the gift of the American
people.
The Charleston Courier , after giving a brief sketch
of the public life of Gen. Piereej says he was when
in Congress a strong anti-tariff man, and voted, it is
•aid, generally w ith the Southern wing of the Demo
cratic part}-. Our Washington correspondent informs
us by telegraph that “he is the strongest and least j
objectionable of all the candidates.” What the i
South generally will say to the nomination, we cannot j
prognosticate. § -
The Columbia South Carolinian concludes an ar- j
tide on the subject by stating that in its judgment I
“no man of more unimpeachable political integrity
could have been chosen for the high office of Presi
dent. whether success or reverse attends the canvass.”
The Augusta, GaC, Constitutionalist says that “a
better choice could not have been made,” and that
“he has been all his life a staunch and unwavering
Democrat, and among the foremost of our North
ern brethren in defence of Southern Rights.”
Iu the North, says the Charleston Courier, of yes
terday, as we learn by telegraph, the nominations
were cooilv ..received, and Philadelphia and New
York had .not, up to yesterday afternoon, recovered
from their surprise. Iu Baltimore, the feeling of
surprise was somewhat more subdued, but the “old
Hunkers” were considerably shocked and astonished i
on Saturday, says our correspondent, although a bet- |
ter feeling prevailed yesterday. Ratification meet- !
Irgs have been called in all the Northern cities.
which, our correspondent says, hre to be addressed
’ by Southern delegates.— Savannah News.
Response to the Nominations. —We see it sta
ted that dispatches have been received from Gener
als Cass, Houston, and Butler, as well as from Mr.
Buchanan and other candidates, approving the nom
j ination of General Pierce, and promising him their
I cordial support.— lb.
i We are rejoiced that the Convention endorsed
i the Compromise measures. This is indeed one bow
of promise hung out upon the black and angry clouds
of political contest, soon to collect over the country.
Let the National Whig Convention do likewise, and
givpus a man, safe, sound and reliable, or the whirl
wind of popular excitement that will be aroused in
the approaching contest, will tear their banners eve
rywhere into shreds. — Jour. <j- Mess.
Sontljevn St nt.incl,
COLU2XBU3, GEORGIA:
FRIDAY MORNING,... JUNE 11, 1852.
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; they are held responsible till their bills are set
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| take a newspaper or periodical from the office,
! or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima
’ facie evidence of intentional fraud.
O” St Mary’s Batik Bills are now selling at 60
cents on the dollar. No eh: ngc in their market
j value for two weeks.
“The Little Broom Boy,”
i Wo commence to-day the publication of this very
j interesting story, and will finish it next week. Such
1 a story will command one hundred dollars in the
1 Northern market. It costs our readers only l-52d
j part of a dollar apiece, provided they have paid their
; subscriptions in advance.
The Histrionics.
The lovers of Theatrical amusements will be high
ly entertained by a visit to Concert Hall, THIS
EVENING.
Early Pears.
We were presented on Wednesday last, with a
cluster of five nearly ripe Pears, all hanging on one
stem. They are grown by Col. R. J. Moses.
Opelika Rail Rond.
At the adjourned meeting of the citizens, held at
Temperance Hall on Saturday evening, it was resol
ved that a subscription of $50,000 be made to the
Russell County Company. The preliminaries were
to be determined by a committee of the Council and
friends of the Road, and submitted to the voters of
the city for ratification. Our readers will find two
very able articles on this subject in to-day’s paper.
I The ‘‘Columbus Guards.”
This spirited corps, which has so nobly responded
to the call of the country, whenever the clouds of
war have lowered upon the horizon, has accepted
jan invitation from the corporate authorities and
J Military and Fire Departments of Montgomery, to
’ visit that city, and join in the celebration of the ap
proaching national anniversary. In drill, uniform,
i and military spirit, the “Guards’’ are inferior to no
• company in the State, and well deserve the compli
-1 ment tendered to them by tlicir noble rivals in
Montgomery.
Auricular Diseases.
We are informed by Mr. Burt, of this city, that
his daughter, who has been deaf for a great while,
has received great benefit from the treatment of
Prof. Shaw, who is still in our city', ready to wait on
all persons who labor under the inconvenience of
defective auricular organs. For further particulars,
see advertisement.
The Jlillcdgeville Rail-Road.
The Road from Milledgeville to Gordon is now
completed, and the iron horse is on the track. The
Federal Union says, that the Eatonton branch is
progressing finely, the chief obstruction being the
Bridge over Little River.
Obstructions in the Savannah River.
J. Mackat, in an able report, gives assurances
! that if a system of piers be placed between Argyie
and Ilutehinson'B Island, it will strengthen the
tide enough in the Southern branch, to prevent in
it further alluvial formation. lie says :
The plan I now propose, I do not conceive can injure
any individual or publie interest, nor can any one ob
ject to it under any law- or treaty. It will not impede
the free navigation of the back river, and will merely
have a tendency to cause the water in the channel, by
Savannah, to be increased in velocity enough to keep it
open.
Georgia and Alabama Agricultural Fair.
The officers of our Agricultural Society are now
engaged in collecting money for the Premiums to
be awarded at our next Agricultural Fair. We
therefore take the liberty of calling upon our entcr
| prising planters to come up bravely to this good
work. Three dollars will make you members of the ;
i Society ; though five dollars is the amount most gen- j
; erally subscribed. It is not intended to confine the j
j benefits of the Society to this immediate locality. |
I The Farmers of all the suroundiog country are in- I
i vited to participate in the burthens and benefits of
! the association , and we guarantee to every farmer
; who will join in the enterprise, a cordial welcome j
■ and an honorable eompetition.
The assembling of a large body of people in our i
j city will scatter silver and gold into the pockets of j
| our citizens. There would be great propriety in the •
| City Council’s giving “aid and comfort” to the \
| Society. A few hundred dollars from this quarter j
i would give life and energy to tho enterprise, and j
! add materially to the ability of the officers of tho j
j Society to present to the publio an imposing Prenti- !
j um list. The expenditure would be amply covered j
j by the increased influx of people to our oity on the !
| occasion.
We do not however insist upon the appropriation
j we merely hint the matter to our city fathers for j
their consideration.
“The Jfinstrel Maiden of Mobile.”
Our friend, who takes a great interest in the young j
lady, feels hurt that a Mobile literary correspondent of >
our neighbor of the Sentinel should have treated her j
verses to. a sneering notice ; and thinks that although ,
the book may contain imperfection and the title page ;
be not exactly in good taste, yet that the “want ot ed- j
l ucation,” “poverty” and “ex'reme youth” ought to j
’ plead for her girlish innocence, and shield tho young as- j
I pirant from the shafts of harsh criticism. Our friend |
; thinks that is hardly a good way of “helping the poor i
girl along.”— Times.
The only apology we can offer to this child of 1
song, for admitting iuto our columns “a sneering no- j
i tice” of her verses, is, that we supposed the “Wild
■ Shrubs of Alabama” would, like the pines of her
j native forest, but strike deeper roots, and lift up a
| prouder crest, if, amid sunshine and ehower, they
i wore rocked by an occasional storm.
The Presidency.
The Democratic Convention has met, harmon
ized, and presented its candidates and platform to
the American people, for their acceptance and sup
port. Db they deserve the support of Southern
men ? That is a serious question, and deserves
calm, earnest, serious consideration, before it is def
initely answered. Who is General Pierce ? A
native and citizen of New Hampshire. That is a
eold, Northern latitude—but if he is a sound man,
distance ought not to alienate us from him. He is
| a Compromise man. Many Southern men have no
j higher definition of patriotism than that—and this is
! the only claim that Webster and Fillmore have to
I Southern support. But that is no recommendation
: to us. We can never think a man sound, because
j he endorses measures which the South has denoan
j eed as robbery and treason. Besides, every Demo
j cratic candidate for the nomination is a Compromise
man, and therefore Gen. Pierce has no peculiar claim
to Southern support on that ground. On some issues,
however, he deserves support. We suppose he is an
anti-Bank man : we hope he is opposed to a Protec
tive Tariff. Perhaps he will veto an Internal Im
provement bill, if it appropriate* several millions of
money to such works.
If, therefore, the Whig party nominates a Com
promise man, like Webster or Fillmore, who is in
favor of a Protective Tariff —of a National Bank
of a general system of Internal Improvements by the
General Government —we suppose a Southern
Rights man ought to vote for the Democratic, in
stead of the Whig nominee, inasmuch as all these
measures tend to increase the patronage and power
of the General Government, which even now over
shadows the Governments of the Stales.
But suppose the Whig parly nominates Scott—
refuses to endorse the Compromise—and thereby
drives out of its fold the great body of Southern
Whigs. Suppose, furthermore, that these Southern
Whigs hold a Convention, and nominate Fillmore
or Webster —we think Southern men ought not to
support them. Their only claim to South rn sup
port, is, that they are Compromise men. They are
objectionable, because they advocate measures hos
tile to Southern interests. But suppose these Soutli
: ern Whigs, under patriotic impulses, can forget that
! they are Whigs, and remember for once that they
: are children of the South, and owe her their allegi
| ance, and will nominate Butler, of South Carolina,
| or Crittenden, or Davis, of Miss., or Clingman,
1 we incline to believo that every true Southern man
; would rally to their support, and we know every
Southern patriot ought to do so. W e could not
i find it in our heart to desert them in such a contest.
| Nay, we would rush like a war horse, to the battle,
] and think it glory enough to die in their ranks, so
| we might but be buried beneath our native soil.
! What would be gained by such a contest ? Not the
| spoils—probably not the Presidency—but we might
j bring the spoilsmen to adopt our principles, in e.x
----j change for the Presidential bauble, which we would
j hold in our own hands—we would preserve a South
j ern organization, and prevent the demoralizing effects
lof a scramble for office. We would heal the bitter
! feuds which divide Southern men. We would save
our honor. The policy of the South, therefore, is
I to wait and watch, until the last hope of rallying
our forces under a Southern banner, is crushed, by
the desertion of every soldier from her standard.
The Arrival of Meagher in the United States.
There is a profound pleasure in the contemplation
that America is the asylum of the oppressed of all
nations, and of the victims of every creed, and that
these outcasts from home and country can here find
cordial sympathy, and are welcomed as equal com
petitors in the race for fame and fortune. No true
American begrudges to the foreigner these inosti
mable privileges, though no nation under heaven ex
tends iike favors to the citizens of the United States,
j We hail the outcast as a brother ; we elevate him
!to judgships; we clothe him in Senatorial robes ;
and all that we require of him in reiurn, is a true
allegiance to the priueiplesmf liberty, and a faithful
observance of the Constitution of our country. I lull -
erto, we have had no cause to repent of our liberality.
No braver heart beat under the American flag under
the walls of Mexico, then that of the gallant Shields.
! No brighter intellect illumines the Senate chamber,
than that of the brilliant Soule. But we fear a
change, a fearful and fatal change, is about to be ef
fected in the objects and purposes of foreigners who
are hereafter to come among us. Heretofore, they
have renounced all allegiance to foreign rulers, and
have dedicated themselves to the maintenance of
j American liberties. Kossuth, however, came here
!on a different mission. liis heart was still in Hun
gary-. He claimed to be still her Governor, and ar
rogantly demanded the allegiance of Hungarians
who had, like himself, sought refuge on our shores.
As an exile, he had our sympathy—as an adopted
citizen, he would be entitled to an equal participa
tion in all tho benefits and blessings of American
citizenship—but as Governor of Hungary, and a
propagandist of Hungarian opinions, ho is to us a
stranger and a foreigner, and we must hold him in
that character, as we do the rest of mankind —“ene-
mies in war—in peace, friends.” And this is the set
tled conviction of the American people, and the fixed
policy of their Government, which the almost inspi
red Hungarian has*failed to jostle.
The propriety of this decision, in the case of the
Hungarian, is amply illustrated by the probable re
sults of a counter policy. Hungary is not the on
ly oppressed country on the globe. Ireland —down-
trodden and injured Ireland—has stronger claims to
American sympathy, than far off and unknown Hun
gary. Irish blood courses in the veins of one half
of our population. Irish courage helped to achieve
our independence, and lias borne the brunt of every
battle, from Lexington to Mexico. The wrongs of
Ireland are as familiar to American ears as nursery
tales. And Meagher —the young, the brave, the elo
quent Meagher —has, after unparalleled adventures,
reached our shores, burning with indignation at the
oppressions which England—our old enemy —has
heaped upon the Emerald Isle. Shall we lend a
listening ear to the Hungarian, and turn a deaf one
to the Celt ? Shall England be licensed to oppress,
and Austria be taught the principles of freedom ?
Or will America crusade around the globe, to re
dress the wrongs of all men and nations ; and wreck
in the Maelstrom of foreign wars, the precious cargo
of her home liberties ?
Mr. Meagher, as an Irishman and an exile, is
welcome to our shores. We hope he will receive
that sympathy and respect which his misfortunes,
his courage, and his devotiou to liberty, so well have
merited—and that he will show his appreciation of
these favors, by taking the oath of allegiance, and
performing the duties of an American citizen. But
if he is still an Irishman, and not an Irish-American
—if he comes here as an Irish agitator mid conspir
ator, to collect money, to agitate the publie mind,
to disturb publio opinion, to dictate the policy of our
Government, and to endeavor to force our country
into entangling allianoes and foreign wars—we j
wish he may be again transported to Australia, j
there te remain until he learns to appreciate the wis- j
dom of our ancestors, and understands the policy of
our Government.
Mails to Columbus. —We would call the at
tention of the Postmaster General, to the route from
this city to Columbus, via Lagrange, which is twelve
hours shorter than the present route by wliieh mail mat
ter is sent. We understand that there is now running
from La Grange a daily line of Stages to
and that the mail lor that section of the country is only
sent from La Grange three times a week. But with lit
tle additional exDense, a daily mail could be secured,
which would not only be a great accommodation to
Augusta and cities north of it, but to the citizens of Co
lumbus. By the La Grange route, letters sent from Au
gusta 5 P. M. would reach Columbus at 11 P. M. next
day, while by the Bamesville route they will not reach
their destination until tho second day after, at 12 M.
[Constitutionalist 4; Republic.
Improvement of the Age.
The Discipline of the Methodist Church, North,
has been changed so as to allow men and women to
sit on the same scats in church. This is an improve
ment which we are glad to see. The association of
the sexes exerts the happiest influence upon each ;
but especially upon men. It elevates their morals,
refines their manners, and banishes from society
many disgusting practices ; and among others, the
filthy one, of chewing tobacco in church. No one
who has ever been in the Methodist church can fail
to have noticed the cleanliness of the part of the
house appropriated to the Ladies, and the filth of the
scats occupied by the men. After church they often
swim in amber. In other churches, no such dif
ference is observable; all the seats are alike neat
and clean; and when it is remembered that St.
Paul declares that “cleanliness is next thing to god
liness,” our readers will estimate the importance of
i a change w licit guarantees cleanliness iu our
j churches.
We think, too, that when fathers and sons are
surrounded by mothers and daughters, that they are
more susceptible to the tender emotions, and that
truth finds an easier entrance into their minds;
while, on the other hand, the sober piety of the men
tempers the more passionate devotion of the women,
and prevents tho display of violent emotions, which
is so often exhibited when large masses of females
are huddled together.
When Methodism first made its appearance in
the world, it went into the purlieus of large cities,
and often collected together around its altars the un
educated, the ignorant, and the debased portion of
mankind, and sought to impart the light and truth
of the gospel to them. There was then great need
of the old rule which separated the sexes. Since
i then, times have changed—and with the change of
. . °
times tile old rule is no longer needed. The church
ought therefore to change its instrumentalities to suit
the emergency of the times, or it will degenerate
I into formalism ; children are now tmder its tuition,
J and the principal accessions to its membership arc
from amongst them. It ought therefore to adopt
all proper agencies to bring them up “in the nur
ture and admonition of tiie Lord.” The most effi
cient, in our judgment, is the example of paternal
piety—exhibited not only at home, but in the church—
the school house, if we may so speak, of religion.
Under the present system, the pious father and
! neither are often seen praying round the altar, while
the boys are playing tricks in the galleries and the
girls giggling near the doors.
Look before you Leap !—A word about the
Opelika Rail-Rond.
‘l’he city of Columbus is asked tosubscribe $50,000
of her bonds to the Opelika Rail-Road, and tho ap
| plication is to be referred, we understand, to the tax
: payers of the city, for their decision at the ballot
box. We consider tire question now in safe hands,
and we shall have no apprehension as to the result,
if the people are allowed to think, before they are
called on to act. We suggest th.-n to the tax-payers
of the city, the following considerations :
1. Are you willing to increase the indebtedness of
j the city before you see your way clear out of your
! present obligations ? Columbus already owns $300,-
! 000 of Rail-Road stock. To meet Inr bonds, she
will bo eompelkd to resort to an increase of taxes.
Are they not already high enough ? Let those who
are willing to appropriate $50,000 in the same way,
vote for the Opelika subscription ; let those who are
content with the present rate of taxation, vote
against it.
2. But the friends of this project insist that the
city is able to make this appropriation without an in
crease of taxation. If you have $50,000 then to
spare, consider well, in the second place, whether
you cannot spend it more profitably. We think you
can put it where it will do twice as much good to
{ the cky ; we mean, in the Girard and Mobile Rail
; Road. The true policy for Columbus is, to press
; with all possible energy, her connection with tho
l Gulf, by the way of the Girard and Mobile Rail
| Road. The friends of the Opelika road say that it
j will be many long years before this connection can
; be completed. So it may be, and if we suffer our
■ attention to be distracted, and our means to be fritter
ed awry upon minor enterprises, it may never be
completed. But let us put our shoulders resolutely
■ to the wheel, and never pause to divide our strength
| with objects of comparative insignificance, and it
will not lie “many long years” before we are in direct
; communication with the Gulf.
The only argument of much weight that has ever
i been urged in favor of the Opelika road is, that it
; will ben fit tho Muscogee road. It is said that
the construction of this road will enhance the Mus
cogee Rail-Road stock twenty per cent. We do
not believe tho fourth of it. That it will benefit the
Muscogee stock somewhat, we admit, but not to tbe
extent promised. But suppose if does ; we think
it demonstrable that the same amount of money ex
pended on the Girard road, would benefit the Mus
cogee stock still more. Put fifty thousand dollars
more in tho Girard road, and you ensure its immedi
ate completion to Union Springs; and we venture
the unqualified declaration, that by the time the
ears reach that point, there will be a road graded
the entire distance from Union Springs to Montgo
mery. Montgomery is obliged to build a road to
Union Springs in self-defence, and she will do it,
without one dollar's cost to Columbus. We should
thus have a Rail-Road connection with Montgomery,
four miles shorter than the route by Opelika. And
not only this, but we should have a connection that
would enure more certainly to the benefit of Colum
bus and the Muscogee road, than tbe Opelika road
possibly could—because the advantage to travellers,
of the route by Columbus, Macon and Savannah,
over the route by way of West Point, Atlanta and
Augusta, would be much more apparent at Montgo
mery than at Opelika. Add to this, that we thus
secure the through travel, not only to the Muscogee
road, but to the Girard road also, (in which Columbus
is equally interested,) and the argument is complete.
By the Opelika road, we only benefit the Muscogee
road ; whereas, by the other, we secure the same
amount of benefit to the Girard, without in tbe least
injuring the Muscogee Road.
We say, then, if you have fifty thousand dollars
to spare, don't throw it away on a connection with
Opelika. We are opposed totally to any additional
Rail-Road subscriptions, because we think the city is
alretdy as deeply in that matter as is comfortable
for her tax payers ; but we do say, if the city must
spend fifty thousand dollars more, let her put it where
it will pay her the best interest.
As for the advantages which it is said the Opelika
road will afford in the way of a Cherokee connection,
they are purely imaginary. In the first place, it
will never afford even a tolerable communication,
because of tho number of transhipments necessary.
We allude to it as a channel of transportation for
products, merchandise, &c. &e. A cargo coining to
Columbus from Chattanooga, for instance, over this
route, must be transhipped at West Point and at
Opelika—whereas, by a direet road to West Point, a
car loaded at Chattanooga for Columbus, would never
be opened till it reached our depot. But it is said
that the West Point route is impracticable. It is a
mistake. It is just as practicable as the Opelika
road, and can be built at as little oost to our town as
the other. It is not necessary now to go into the
details of this matter, but when the time comes, we
promise to show the truth of what we say.
If then the Opelika road is to afford the best con
nection neither with Montgomery nor West Point,
it is not worth shucks to Columbus. Every cent we
put in it, is worse than thrown away—because we not
only make an investment that would be worth noih- •
ing, but we postpone, if we do not defeat, objects of !
incalculably moro importance. JR.
The Etowah Iron Works property, adver
tised for sale in this place on Tuesday last, was bid ;
oft’ by Andrew Baxter, Esq., at ninety thousand dol- ,
lar*. —Marietta Advocate, 3 d inst.
[communicated. |
Opelika Rail-Road.
Mr. Editor :—lt might bo supposed that the ex
perience of Columbus for the hist several years,
ought to have satisfied her, that nothing was to be
made, but much lout , by vacillation. The quarrel
was kept up hot and long, about upper routes and
; lower routes, in our connections with the Atlantic.
until we had well nigh forfeited the advantages of
I either, and whilst we wrangled and debated, others
were at work. The connection of Atlanta with
West Point, was an unnatural one, and one which
would not for many years, if ever, have been made,
if we had vigorously worked for an outlet from the
Georgia Road to this point. Nor would the Rood
from Opelika to W'est Point have been made, if we
had shown them the way to tho Atlantic, through
our city. The Central Road, not satisfied with the
j advantages which Macon afforded, in looking further
West, paused to see what we would do. Still we
were debating —estimating the effects upon the
commerce of the place— tho value of real estate,
and the old question of routes —when a Road was
made below us‘ and the cotton began to move off
from that side. Faith now began to be changed in
to sight. Facts, rather than arguments and reasons,
addressed to the incredulous and divided, moved us
at hist with a mighty impulse, and the whole crowd
was impetuously crying,‘as with the voice of one
man, build it! build it ! The city coffers were uu
! locked, and so the work went on. Much mischief
lias however been done, the consequence of our folly
| and indecision. Like a whipped* child, between the
smarting of the rod, and a penitence for the wrongs
’ already done, we resolve that we will cure all, by a
. bold strike for the Gulf. This is all good, and I am
i glad to see it, and hope there will be no stalling on
| the way. The Road, however, is a good long one,
| and it will take a little more time, and cost a little
j more money to build it, than it does to talk about it.
It may, therefore, be several years before it is all
I done. These demonstrations of ability have shown
j us what we can do by trying, and I very confident
ly hope that the completion of the Girard and Mo
bile Hoad will be made; but all candid and reason
able men are obliged to say, that it must be many
years first. We arrive now at the interesting point
:in our story. Wo have recurred to the history of
! the past, to show how much we have lost by dally
; ing. We ought to have been wiser, and cured of
| our folly, but the recent meetings on the subject of
; what is called the Opelika Rail Road, have shown us
|at our old tricks again. Minor preliminary questions
must be settled. Where is the river to be crossed?
Whose interest is to be affected ? and shall it stop,
i or go through the city ? and a long list of questions,
I which all may be settled in due time, and which
| ought not to be allowed to stand in the way of the
| main question. Shall we take the Road at a cost
! of a fifty thousand dollar subscription from the
| city ? Six months ago, there could not have been
| considered but one side to this question ; all would
; have said unhesitatingly, yes. The only point of dif
ference then, was—shall we connect at Opelika or
West Point? None questioned the necessity of a
connection, and a want of means was the only bar
rier to the work. But now, Montgomery proposes
to pav a third, Savannah a third, and wo are asked
to pay fifty thousand dollars in City Bonds. This
i liberality has startled us. Some men. of sharp vis
j ion, see ghosts and goblins stalking in the dark.
Too willing! There must be some trickery some
where ! Somebody in Montgomery has said, ‘ give
us this Road, and we will kill the Mobile project,”
Our nerves quail, and though we- would’ have been
mighty glad to have built the whole Road ourselves,
! if we had been able, after this manifestation of wil
; lingness on the part of our neighbors to help, we walk
shyly around, and conclude there must be danger
I do notfbelieve a word of it, and if 1 did, I should
consider it a piece of great good luck, to have found
out so soon, that I was paying out money for a con
cern whose vitality was so easily extinguished. But,
j say others, “tile Muscogee Rail Road stock is to
j be made more valuable, if this Road is built.’’
| This may he true, but is not the city a very large
; stockholder ? are not her interests promoted, and
j her facilities improved for selling the stock for a good
j price, by any such enhancement of value ? and does
j this resulting consequence to the Muscogee Road,
j affect the importance of the Opelika Road, or its ben-
I efits to the city ? Then comes the old cry, that it
is to injure the city. The masses ring it round.
How, no one stops to tell. These croakers can al
ways get hearers ; they held the crowd and stopped
the wheels once before. If we stop now, and shut our
eyes and ears to the proposals made, we may wake
up again, when the South Western Road shall have
accepted the ai l from Savannah which we have re
fused, and is pushing vigorously for a Gulf connec
tion below—our Mobile project may have come to a
dead halt about Churmenuggee, and Montgomery,
j no longer fearing our rivalry, may laugh at our fol
lies, while we are left to mourn over our indiscre
tion. Debate the question of benefit to the City !
This is indeed a strange debate. Where has it fail
ed to benefit ? Look at Atlanta ! A poor, rocky,
chestnut ridge. What Ims made her? and what is
continuing rapidly to make her? No Road stops
there; but just as in our ease, three Roads there
meet, and in her ease, pass through. I have not
time nor inclination to go into the argument of all
these little preliminary or incidental questions in de
tail. They ought all to be stricken out for the pres
ent, to be disposed of as necessity or opportunity
may require. It is perfect child’s play to be trifling
about these minor questions, all of which, if settled
adversely to our wishes, would still leave us gainers.
The city must determine for herself, the question of
ability to extend her credit. But if she is too weak
to do this, she was too poor to have done what she
I has already done. I think, however, that she has
acted upon an enlightened and liberal policy in all
her movements, and that the fifty thousand now
asked, will be well invested, and more than saved by
its beneficial effect upon her other investments.
CROCKETT.
I written for the sentinel.]
Book Notices.
Queec.hr/ —by the author of the “Wide, Wide
World.” 2 vols. New York: Putnam.
Miss Wetherill’s “Wide, Wide World,” gained j
for her an enviable reputation, and placed her in the
front rank of our female writers. Qneechv will not j
detract from her celebrity or deserving. The aim j
of the hook is to impress, especially upon the young, !
the beauty and nobleness of doing what one can, to
make those about us happy. The heroine of the
story is Fleda, to whom we are introduced in her
eleventh year. From that time until she is twenty
one, o%thereabouts, we bear her company, in both
continents, at Queeohy—a quiet farm house, a day’s
journey from New York—across the Atlantic, in
England, then to Paris—back again to the farm—
and so through all her journeyings. We enter with
her the mansions of the rich and great, and sit down
with her in the cottages of the poor and lowly ; but
wherever we go, there is a sweet little human angel
by our side, making the scene more still and bright.
There are, of course, many other personages, to bring i
out the points of the story, and some of them are ad
mirably drawn and managed ; but the chief strength
is, of oourse, laid out upon the heroine, and her
character is well developed and sustained. Mr.
Carleton, the main male personage, is not so success
ful ; for the reason, we suppose, that while the mas
ter pieces of female portraiture have come from
men, a woman has never succeeded in drawing a
man. This, of itself, ought to settle the vexed ques
tion of female equality.
We can readily imagine how Mr. Carleton should j
be a woman’s ideal, but men just of that stamp are
as seldom seen as the Rochesters of Jane Eyre.
Queeohy is not a finished artistic production, but j
still is fascinating in the perusal, leaving a fine im- j
pression ; we therefore cordially commend it to our |
readers.
The Skjuts Buy; Translated from the Swedish of
Miss Carkr—by Pijjfessor Krause. New York :
Harpers.
Civilization lias rooted out the Vikings; the
Scald has given place to the domestic Bard, and the
chant of battle to the song of home. The dark
! Odin no longer summons the Northmen to battle, for
! the “white Christ” lifts up his hands in peaceful
j blissing. If the Berseker rage has not clean gone
j out of Scandinavia, it has bowed down in baptism,
j and taken a holier direction than it was wont. The
i genius of the cold dime no longer roves tho sea. in
the guise of a romantic freebooter, bnt has chosen
the fireside as the realm for its exploits, and now
sheds over the hearth its consecrated light. The
names of Tegner, Ochlonschlager, Fredrika Bremer,
and Ilans Christian Andersen, are familiar to us as
those of Goldsmith, Fielding, and Richardson, while
their productions are like “household words,” To
this Northern constellation is now added a star of
scarce less brilliancy than the fore-ineotioned—by
name Emelie Flygare Curler.
The Skjuts Boy is a romance of Swedish do
mestic life. The title is that of a peculiar class in
that country. Persons of tho better class are ac
customed to travel in conveyances furnished by the
Government. The peasants provide these horses
and carts, and this kind of postal is oalled the Skjut,
while the persons who drive bear the name of
“Skjut Boys.’’
This story has not realized our expectations.
The plot is well enough, but the characters have not
taken a strong hold upon us, nor are the details very
ably managed. Miss Carler does not sustain a con
versation to compare with Miss Bremer ; nor does
the impression left by the book at all approach that
by “Home,” or “The Neighbors.” Nevertheless,
as affording an insight into anew range of Northern
life, and as the product of a warm-hearted, strong
minded woman, powerfully sympathetic with the
lower classes, the book has an interest peculiar to
itself.
The London Quarterly, for April, 1852. Scott A:
Cos: New York.
The Tory and High Church organ still makes its
regular appearance, as in the days of Gifford —its first
snobbish Editor—from the aristocratic shop of John
Murray, Albemarle street, Wist End. As usual,
arrogance, ability, and a want of sympathy with the
time, are the characteristics of tho number for the
last quarter. Its contents are :
1. Sir Roger de Coverly. 2. Walpole’s-Garland,
1761. 3. Diary of General Patrick Gordon. 4.
Recent Epics. 5. Bohemian Embassy to-England, j
Spain, ifce., in L 166. 6. Progress of Comparative
Anatomy. 7. The Cannon, the Musket, and the
Rifle. 8. California versus Free Trade. 9. First
Ten years of tile Reign of George 111. 10. Lamar
tine on the Hundred Days. 1.1. The Old and New
Ministries.
The Westminster, for April; lias :
1. The Government of India. 2. Physical Puri
tanism. 3. Europe; its Condition and Prospects.
4. A Theory of Population.. 5. Shelley and the
Letters of Poets. 6i The Commerce of Literature.
7. Lord Palmerston and his Policy. 8. Early Qua
kers and Quakerism. 9, 10, 11, 12. Contempora
ry Literature of England, America, Germany and
France.
The articles on Population, Commerce of Litcra j
ture, and Contemporary Literature, are especially
worthy of notice.
NEWIToF’ the week.
[From the Daily Morning News.]
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Hermann.
Advance in Cotton !
New York, June 7, P M.
The steamship Hermann arrived to-day with*
Liverpool dates to the 26th May. Cotton was i t.- j
sing. The sales on the 24th amounted to 7,000
bales. On the 23th a speculative demand sprung
up, and 20,099 bales were sold, at an eighth advance.
Corn was firm, and in some instances had advan
cud. Flour was more active and steady. Floating
cargoes of Wheat and Corn scarce, and a half higher
The Manchester trade was better and firm.
Maxwell's Liverpool Circular says Floui has ad
vance 1 3d., Wheat IJ., Corn Is. to ISi , Coffee is
active and firm. Sales of 2590 tiero s Bengal Rice
have been made at 41s. No Carolina in the market, i
Sugar is steady and firm.
Sinclair & Boyd, at Belfast, have failed. Their !
liabilities amount to £128,999.
Kossuth's family have arrived at London, and will
leave shortly for America.
Lord John Russell announced himself a candi
date for Loudon at a recent inciting.
The Emperors of Austria and Russia have drawn
up a declaration that they will resist any attempt
male by Louis Napoleon to found an imperial dynas
ty in France. They recognize the Bourbon family
as the sole legitimate dynasty, and regard Napoleon
as temporary ruler. They do not object to his be
coming elective Emperor, if he will observe existing j
treaties, keep within the present territorial limits of
France, and explain the political doctrines of his Gov
ernment. This coalition has caused great chagrin
to the Bonapartists.
M. Herkcllin, who arrived at Petersburg!! on a
mission from Napoleon to tho Emperor of Russia,
was denied an audience.
The Portugeese government are about reviving the
tariff on imports.
New York, June 7, 8 1-2 P. M.
We have telegraphic accounts to-day of a destruc
tive fire in Montreal, Canada, which destroyed :
property to the amount of $1,009,000.
Further by the Asia. — New York, June
2.—Tho steamer Asia, with Liverpool dates to the
23d u!t.. arrived this morning. She brings fifty
three passengers and $122,000 in specie from
France.
Liverpool Market. — Colton. —Cotton
has declined l-Bd. during the week upon low and
middling qualities. Fair grades are unchanged.—
The sales of the week are 89,000 bales, of which
speculators took 29,000 bales and exporters 14,000.
| A fjHF.xr Power Press. —The Worcester(Mass.)
7 ranscript is now printed on anew power pross, ol
| simple and ingenious construction, lately invented in
that city by Dr. Hawes, one of the most competent
practical mechanics. It prints 2000 an hour, h pro
pelled by one man, and costs but S6OO. It takes but
one percon to feed it, delivers the papers itself, and docs
not occupy as much room as an ordinary prose.
Death of Dr. Samuel Nott.—The
New London Chronicle records the death of the :
venerable Dr. Samuel Nott, on the 26th ult., at j
his residence in Franklin, Conn. lie was in his j
99th year. About a week before his decease, his
gown caugh fire while sitting alone in his room,
and before it was extinguished, his hand was
badly burnod. The injury and excitement const- j
quent upon the accident, probably hastened his death, j
Dr. Nott had boon settled in the parish more than j
severity years, and was probably the oldest pastor
of a parish in Now England, or perhaps in the Uni
ted States.
Sale of Plank Road Stock.—O n
Monday last some shares in our Plank Roads wei
sold itj this city at auction. It will, we have no
doubt, be of Interest to many of our readers, hete
and elsewhere, to know the value our citizens place
on this kind of property, about the profitableness of
which there have been so many tine yarns spun, in
order to entangle our city in a gigantic and ruinous
scheme of endorsing and making bonds for the ben
efit of the stockholders in the Roads.
The public sale of stock at the Court House, on ;
Monday last, resulted in the disposition of fifteen
shares of “South Plank Road,” on a credit of |
twelve months, at S6O to s6l per share ; ten of ,
Wetumpka at SSO, and five at $45 per share.—Ad- j
eerliser Sp Gazette of June id.
Free Negro Legislation.— The States
are beginning to legislate for a riddance of free ne
groes. The Louisiana legislature has passed a law
prohibiting the emancipating of slaves in that State
except on condition of their being sent out of the
United States.
Avery stringent bill against free negroes has
been reported in the Virginia legislature, the en
forcement. of which, it is said, will drive them out
of the State.
A bill of similar import has been reported to the
Maryland legislature. It imposes an annual tax on
tree negroes, and in default of payment, the tax
collectors are authorized to hire them to any per
sons who will pay their tax. Those who have not
regular employment, or are of idle habits, may bo
hired to the highest white bidder for them. The
bill also provides that after its passage no slave shall
lie manumitted, except upon the condition that ho
shall emigrate to Liberia. Tlie last section of tho
| bill is as follows :
I “That all free negroes and mulattoes. who shall he
j bom in this State alter the first day of January, eight
] een hundred and fifty-five, shall, upon their arrival at
j the age of twenty one years, he compelled to emigrate
| to Liberia, in Africa, or upon their remaining within
j this State for more than twelve months thereafter, un
iless in tho hands of the Maryland State Colonization
1 Society, shall, upon proof thereof, before the Circuit
Court of any county, or tho Criminal Court of Balti
more City, be ordered by tho Judges thereof to be sold
as slaves for a term of not less than five, nor more than
ten years, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied to
the colonization fund of said county or city."— Mobile
Register.
Escape or Thomas F. Meagher —Tin
Arrival in New York. —Thomas-Francis Meagher
arrived on Thursday in New York, after a harassing
and protracted voyage from the British Penal Set
tlement of Van Dieman's Land. The press describe
him as being in good health, though necessarily fa--
tigucJ after the hardships ho underwent, and re
quiring, consequently, a few- days’ repose.
Mr. Meagher made Iris escape about the first of
j December, and proceeded indirectly to the coast of
j South America, and through the intetrior to Chn
j gres. From Chagrcs he came to New York in a
! sailing vessel, arriving there on Wednesday evening,,
though he did not go ashore until Thursday after
noon.
The Times says, he is about 29 years of age, is
very corpulent, and his exposure to a Southern sun
gives him a dark, swarthy appearance. He states
that when he is - p -.1, his fellow prisoners, O’Brien
and Mitchell, were in good health. Mrs. Meagher
was unable to accompany him in Isis flight. The
Herald gives an account, by which it appears that
the di-covery of gold in Austria was the ultimate
niiatis to which he owed his escape. Tire metal
was found in abundant quantities, and every one
was leaving their usual avocations and going to the
mine- - . The Police and Turnkeys had fled, and tho
| autboriti s were offering $3 to $5 per day to others
jto take their place. When Meagher returned his
1 parole ticket, together with the information that ha
I would wait a certain hour for the officers of
: government to arrest him, the chief of the police was
ordered'to go in his pursuit, which he disobeyed and
betook himself to digging gol 1.
Meagher a.id-his friends waited, however, until tho
posse of Police had arrived, when, riding up to with
in pistol shot, told them to Arrest him, and putting
spurs to hLs horse, he was soon out of sight; by means
of relays he reached the sea, where a whale boat
awaited him, and bore him off in safety.
Mr. M. was in the enjoyment of excellent health,
and the travel ing through South America lias tend
ed to invigorate rather than to- fatigue him. He
has, the Times is informed,.abundant means to ena
bl him to live comfortably. Ilis father is estimated
to be worth £700.009, and there arc but three chil
dren—one the distinguished exile who has just
reached our shores, another who is a captain in tho
Pop- s Guard at Rome, and a third is a barrister in
the city of Dublin. The father is a member of tho
British Parliament, and is also Chairman of the Wa
terford a.ud Limerick. Railway company.
The Washington Republic of Friday has
the following:
The Hon. John Barney was summoned before
Justice Goddard, on yesterday, upon the complaint,
of M. Lc Compte Sartiges, Minister Plenipotentiary
of France, to answer to a charge of libel, contained
in roee-nt publications. Mr. Barney was placed un
der security in the sum of ten thousand dollars, to
appear at the next term of the criminal court, to
answer a charge of libel; and a further sum of five
thousand dollars to the peace.
Stone frost China. — A letter from San
Francisco says, a firm in that city are constructing a
a large fire proof store, and what is remarkable they
are importing stone from China, for the erection.
Some of the Bostonians amused themselves
on Friday night, by hanging in effigy Gov. Bout
well, who signed the Maine Liquor bill in Massachu
setts, and Neal Dow, the originator of the whole
scheme of legislative temperance.
The crops in this section of the State are
very promising. Wheat will be much better than
was anticipated, unless injured by rust in conse
quence of the recent abundant rains. The growing
oa's present an unusually fine appearance.— Marietta
Advocate , 3f? inst.
The Senate of Virginia has passed a Trill to
establish a direct line of steamers between Antwerp
and tire James river.
see, who is now in Washington, is to take tbo edito
rial charge of the Union.
Messrs. J. A. Whipple and W. D. Jones,
of Boston, have invented a process by which Da
guerreotypes can bo transferred in the most perfect
mann.r to paper.
The Hon. John A. Wilcox, of Mississippi,
was married last week at Washington, to tho
daughter of Maj. Donclson, late editor of the Wash
ington Union.
Name of Liberia. —Mr. J. IT. B. Latrobe
has addressed a letter to the New York Express,
explaining that the name of “Liberia” is derived
from the latin word liber, a free man, and that it
was originally suggested as u name tor the country
in Africa which now bears it by General Robert
Goodlow Harper, of Baltimore.
prevailing in New Orleans to a considerable extent.
Wo trust that this may not be true, although tho
report is very common in rhe streets. However, no
alarm need he felt in this region Mobile, owing to
some peculiarity of it* position, has never jet suffer;
e l from this disease, even when it raged most in va
rious parts of the country .—Mobile Tribune.
A correspondent of the Albany (N. 1.)
Express, writing from Lavaca, Texas, says that
Richard P. Robinson, of Ellen Jewett notoriety, is
! residing in the eastern part of the State, under tha
oognomen of Richard Parmlee. I lie same writer
also savs he has filled many important positions in
that State, some of them of a judicial nature.
■ The Board of Visitors to West Point
were to meet at that place on Tuesday-
Cholera. —During the last two weeks tha
cholera has been prevailing at Cairo, to. a con
siderable extent, principally among German emi
grants, twelve of whom have died. Two cases, one
fatal, also occurred at Vevay, la., last week.
There were 36 cholera deaths at New Orleans
during the week ending the 22d ult. Mr James
Dalton, of Canton, Miss., has lost ten negroes from
the disease.
Tire Wheat Crop through the W estern
States is spoken of as looking extremely fine the pre
sent season.
‘Washington, June 3,4 p. m. flic U. o.
Senate to-day passed the bill granting lands to Mieh
igan for Rail Road purposes, and then adjourned un
til Monday—all eves being turned to Baltimore.