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Schooling of the Echo Afri cans. It i* frequently dm ed by Democrats thst Mr. Buchanan pad any thing to the Colonization S *c.**ty for the educa tion of the little negroes taken from on b< a r d the Eho slnver. Now we have the authority of James B ahman him self, for saying that a part id’ that mon ey was paid for schooling, and we intend ( to .how that a wry considerable part of it was foi that purpose. Me quote from the President’s ia-t annual Mes sage to Congress, delivered last De cember—“under these c rcumstances an agreement was entered into with the Colonization Society on the 7th Sep tember last, a copy whieh is heiewith transmitted, under which the Society engaged, f*r the consideration of forty five thou-and dollars, to receive these Africans in Liberia from the Agent of the I'uited States, and furnish them, dn ring the per*d of one year thereafter, w iih comfortable shelter, clothing, pro visions and medical attendance, causing • the ch ildren to receive schooling ; and all, whether children or adults, to be in structed in thwarts of civilized life, suit able to their condition.” i ne reader will please bear in mind, 1 that not one cent of these foity-five thousand dollars was to pav for carr>- ing the Africans to Liberia —as a large expense was incurred hv our govern went, to get therti there, carrying them on the United States ship-of-war, the steam frigate Niagara, we believe. Ev ery doi.nr of this forty-five thousand was onl/ for shelter, food, clothing, medi cal attendance, schooling for the chil- i in-trucliuu of all in the arts of civilized life —-for one year. Now, let us see how the matter of schooling stands. We do not propose to count st anything the “instruction in the ait. of civilized life,” that is, teaching them how to work ; because we think it is an exceedingly fair presumption to suppose that their labor was, at least, worth the instruction. Here in Georgia, suppos ing the t wner or employer to bug every thing , a negro can be abundantly fed one year for thirty-six dollars, allowing 300 lbs. of pork and twelve bushels of meal. Shelter, good j-helter, here in Georgia can be furnished at one dollar each. Comfortable and substantial clothing can be furnished at eight dol lars. Medical attendance, in the least healthy part of our State, will not aver age for each negro exceeding five dol lars, and our mgroes have better medi cal attend nice than the same class of la borers get in any other quarter of the globe. We base allourcalculations up on each negro being a full grow n, able bodied field haul. It is the very highest ca!< u a ion, and hardly a plantation in the State will average so much. We think the calculation exceedingly high for Liberia, when we consider the shel ter is only a mild hovel, the food yams, rice and fi-h, and,-he clothing “a shirt collar and pair of spurs.” The number of E ho Africans was, say three hundred, and the am >unt paid for each one was —Putting the amount paid for each, ft *r fd shelter, clothing and medical attendance at the high price (for Georgia) of fitty dollar*, and the aggregate amount for th **e item*. will Ih* only fifteen thousand dol lars— It living the enormous stint of thirty thousand dollars for schooling ! We do not know the numler of chddren. but assuming it to have been one him I dred and fifty (me half) ai.d we have tu?o hundred dollars os eh paid by our very en- un>miml Ur ntocmtic G< verr mnt for the schooling of lit tie ntg, in Africa. Thirty thousand d**l ar*, m Groiga, w.-ud pay for the schooling of marly two thousand of* our white hots ax*! K>rl. l-t there a ."ingle nader of ours who really thiuks that lif v dollar* a year is too low an estimate of iln- coat of I •<*! clothing, shelter ai.d medical at tei.dauve for a livgr > in Georgia ? J-, there a reader who believes that the c *st ought to exceed that in Liberia, taking into atvoui.t the quality and quality of the clothing Are., which it is fairly presumable was furnished ! Then the irresistible conclusion must be, either that Mr. Buchanan used a grossly exor bitant niDOUUt of the public money for the fecd rig, clothing, Ai, of these Afri cans. or that he has raid an enormous amount for schooling. Which horn of the dilemma will our Democratic friends take?— Cbron. tV Sentinel. Day Ar.s Ttv Lightning at Sea.— Among she papers ordered to be printed by the House of Commons, duriug the session i 1 1804 is a list of >liips in ili-* Koval Navy dan aged by lightning be tween th years 171>0 and 1840. The list is, of course by* no means complete, since it i impossible to obtain a knowl edge of all the cases which oeeured to IT. 3f. ships during a period of fifty years ; and although the legs of everv ship returned to port are deposited a‘t the Admiralty, it is necessrry, in search ing out for particular eases* to be furn- I>hed W ith a clue not less satisfactory than the name of the ship and the date of the accident. With great indus try and perseverance, Sir W. Snow Harris has succeeded in obtaining no -r-ss than two hundred and eighty eases, the particulars of which are in every in stance derived from official and there s .re reliable sources. It wiij be suffi e.ent for our purpose to give a summary * these ca.-es, since there are so many features in common in the disastrous rf->uits. These cases include one hun dred and six slips of the line, seventx lr gates, eighty sloops and brigs two h.'oi.eig.srVen cutters, five sheer-lm ks. fi.e Hups iu ordinary, five steamer*, two ol which were iron ; so that every va riety of vessel has been attacked by lightning. In these two hundred and * ghty ea-es there were damaged or u--’r.-yed at least one hundred and eighty-five lower rna-ts, of which one huuditd and thirty five, or eirly three to.irths, were lower mast* of uneofbat tle trigates. Not Jess than one bundled **-re c. mpletely ruined as to masts ; one hundred and eighty topmasts were rumed , >r an*ged ; m >ie than two thirds thereof belonging i u ships of the line and t, ‘gates ard ab(|Ut one h|ind ■, and fitly topgallant m* sts Were and _ cd. in addi.iHi to this amount of dum age, large quantity of niU and other stores were eiti.. r .1 , or destroyed. In about the two hundred and eighty ca-e* th ships were set on fne by the lightning either in the ma-ts or in the sails 0 r rigging; in some instances, the sh-p ----were severely damaged in the hull. ’\ fie total h*ss to the country on these two hundred and eighty cases, in material !• e, has been estimated at about X 150,000. Ihe< ! 1 icago Herald regards Dou glas’ ‘*copy righted communication m Harper as a i/d for Black Repub lican votes, and considers that he will be a formidable competitor against Reward next year for the Republican nominat <on. A correspondent of the New York Tribune suggests that Douglas would be a good Black Republican candidate, “if he could only be trusted.” “He can’t bo trust ed. Opposition Party Meeting in Thomas. At a meeting. -fineO, ptl°n I held in the Courthouse, on the 10 h inst., Od. C. S P •ckwell was called to the chair, and Henry Wyche appointed Set ref a r y. On motion of R. 11. Hardaway, a committee, constating of the following i gentlem-n from the several districts in tlx* county, was appointed by the j Chairman to report business for the meeting: From Thomasville Di-trict —R. 11. Hardaway. From Fourteenth District—Matron Monroe. From Duncanville District—James T. Hall. From Gr sverville District—Gardner C'dpt pfer. From Seventeenth D*>trict—The**pb - lu- L. Parker. From Swain's Di-* tr ' ct —Adi-on Way. The Committee retired, w hen John M. | Dv-< in E-q whs --all**H upon and ad dre-sed tlie meeting until it returned. h-n the following report wa* submit- j i ted, and on m Uih of L. C. Bryan, received and adopted unan in >usly : Whekeas, Ihe Opposition party of Thomas county, by previous appoint ment, have this day a-sembled to give expression to their views of the pending elections, Sa e, Congressional and Coun ty; therefore. be it Resolved, That we hail with deligh’ the nomination for Governor of Georgia of the gallant statc-mui, Christian gen tleman, and philanthropist, Wakiikv Akin, and that we call upon all men who are true to their country, and who love their homes and firesides more than party, to unite with us in his triumphant promotion. Resolved, That we recommend to the independent voters of the F.r-t Congres sional Pi-trier, the name of our fellow, citzn, (Vi. A. T. Mclntyre, for Congres sional honors. In so doing, w e point to his unflinching infgenty, his superior intellect, and his unswerving fidelity to the Railr* a I intcre-ts of 8 •utheru Georgia as eininetlv entitling him to the confidence and support of his fellow citizens*. Resolved, That we had hoped that party ia our county would have been set as.de, and our local interest* secured a compromise ticket, which could and would do credit to our county ; but ihe party in power, determined to rule or ruin, g vc the preference to | arty at th* 1 exp neofi he c unity, by non.in it ng a ticket in th.* face of their own propor - tion ; we, therefore, have no other a ternative, but t<> submit to an unju-t and arbitrary rule, or assert our own iude pendente as freemen, and nominate Henry L. Mitchell t *r the Senate, and John M. Dvson, E-q.. for the House*, in the next I. ‘^islature —two worthy and reliable lu- ii. Jit solved, 1 hat, as Sou hemcra, we will ever battle, ns we have heretofore, against the infamous anu-S uthern do.- trine of the national Dem* <*ra-y, known as Squatter Sovereignty, and that, - h*uld the Opposition emUrace no more, it ought t enlist in its ranks every true man < 1” ‘he S -nth. RisfJred, That the nomination of County Officer* be postponed to a future day. Col. S B. Spencer then baing called uj>n. addressed the meeting Oil nmliitii, it was ordered that ih*- above pr**c* cding.s be published in th. Sivannah R publican and Southron E i terpri-e. C. S. Rockwell, Chairman, llknky Wvchb, Secretary. Senator Toombs on Quitman and Bonham Mr. To* ■mbs is reported to have sad in his late speech at Lexington, that “he could draw from the (band Jury box of Oglethorpe county, two as good politi cal leaders as Quitman and Bonham.’’ If to. we hope that the people <*f Geor gia will see to it that the-e Oglethorpe Grand Jurors are sjcdiiy drawn from their obscurity to represent the State at Washington City, where such political leaders as Quitman and Bonham are sadly needed. \\ e should be quite re signed even to seeing one of them sub stituted for the eloquent Senator him self. To say nothing of Gen. Bonham, who is at least a faithful and efficient ■Southern Repiesentative in tongre**, was it quite ing >od taste f..r Mr. Too mb thus to disparage the memory of a man illustrious alike by his gallantry 111 the field and lii.s wisdom iu council, the Weight and dignity of whose claiucter extorted the respect even of Black Re publicanism itself, and whom the Geor gia Senator, be his future ever so bright and successful, may never hope to rival in the affection and esteem of his coun trymen? After a!!, it is not so mui h a slur on the fame < f Quitman, as it is a satire on political leadership, fin what is it but say mg that stubborn honesty un fits a man for politics, and that the qual- 1 ities of head and heart that most adotn humanity, are not reckoned among the requisites of political leadership? We are not so much surprised that this i’ Mr. Toombs’ opinion, as that he should have found it necessary to proclaim it in a public speech.— Efaula Shield. The Cmnioci Gold Deg ion—We learn from the Panama Star, of ihe 2d mat., that favorable accounts continue to fe received from the fm a cos. Mr. Haw e-, who returned to l’a, ama, br, night with him some splendid specimens; and he calculates that he has j>een a* least two hut dred and fifty thousand dollars’ worth of the gold images in the hoitse of poor people in Davi 1, but he think there must be much more that he did not see, as ihey were shy of exhdntmg ! them to strangers. Among all th* v.ari ety of figures found none represent any of the domestic animals. The country appear* in many place to be covered with graves for miles around. Chiriqui is one of the most healthy and beautiful di-triets of New Granada ; ihe temperature is cool, and provisions are reported cheap and ahundai.t. foreigners arc cautioned against emigrating thither before the dry seaaon set* in, wh.cli will be about | ‘he close of December ; as at present the rain- have s< swolloned the stream- i as to prevent ail progress. Feter aso ,s generally rife, and fn quently proves •ami t 0 emigrants at this season. f A r . 0. Bulletin. Parson R. was a truly pious man, 1 at ‘be ’ong graces wliicli usually followed the iueals.be and the wh ie j ; family reverently knelt, except the { parsons brother, who being o'er > nicitli lat, usually stood with Ids back to flic table, and overlooked the garden. One day—it was sum | mer time—the parson was unusua lv favored; not appearing to notice the fidgety movemeust of his brother, who kept twisting about, until find ing no end to his thanks, he broke in with— **('ut it short, parson—cut it short—the co*s are in the garden . playing h— ll with the cabbage . Col. Mclntyre Accepts. We are pleased to have it in our power to state authoritatively th it j Col. Alexander T. Mclntyre has ae- 1 i cepted the nomination for Congress, ten ered him by the citizens of Thomas, and so cordially approved by his Opposition friends in every portion of the District. Feeling as sured that he would not refuse a compliance with the earnest wishes of his friends —and, as we firmly be lieve, a majority of the voters of the District—we did not hesitate to pro claim him a candidate nii display his name in our columns, some days j ago. In commending such a man to the eonfideneennd suffrages of his fellow citizens, we fee! that we can enter upon the duty with a good conscience, and without a solitary misgiving, should he be elected to the high po sitioo. Mr. Mclntyre is a genuine ! man, pure-minded and strong-headed, incapable of a trick, and despising all those low arts by whieh dema gogues and small men ascend to honorable position. He is a man of superior judgment, and business qualitieationss of the highest order. A- our Representative, he would devote himself to the advancement of the local interests of his District, ami the true honor and prosperity of the whole country. All who know him will hear ns out in what we say, and even more, had we the time to dwell upon his virtues in detail. We all feel, especially in this sec tion, that the District has been sadly mi-represented tor years past —that we have been compelled to look for the protection of our interests to one who had no sympathy for them. What was still worse, we have been bound hand and foot, and unable to help ourselves. A political dynasty, selfish and proscriptive, had been nurtured and grown up around the person of the late Representative, who were,and are, resolve*! that none hut they shall “rule in Israel.’ They have kept the entire District in chains, ami in the person of Judge Love, Mr. Seward s partner and par tii-iilni* friend, they now seek to per petuate their tyranny over the peo pie. Judge Love was only brought forward to do what Mr.Seward could not do; ami the men who did it, would have made war upon the Democratic party of the District had they been driven from their point. It is time this reign were brought to an end, and Col. Mclntyre has enlisted for the war, and will assault their strong-holds boldly ami with out a fear of the result, should the East hut stand to his colors as she should. Let her do her duty, and all will he well. There should be no party alignments on siieli an issue, tor we have interests at stake far uliove considerations of party success. We want a sound, reliable and efii eient man in Congress, and there is not a true Sout'ern Democrat in the District who would be inisrepresen ted by our candidate. We should not throw aside such a man upon a mere name, when we have the power to command his services, and when self-respect demands that we should do it. Col. Mclntyre has taken the field, and we hope to see him in Savannah l*cfore the close of the campaign.— Sar. Rep. A New Co.mkt.—A scientific gen tleman informs the Petersburg Ex press that he has observed several nights past, a comet, evidently an immense distance from the earth,and apparently, when first observed a lit tle west of Orion s belt. On Monday night last, at half past ten o’clock, it formed a right angle tri-a gle with two small stars and mov.<l very rapidly, as in four hours it had alter ed its position so ns to make the an gle very obtuse. Its motion seemed westward from O'ion. On Tuesday night, it appeared near a reddish star of the fourth magnitude, in the tail of the constellation Aries. It ap peared very faint, as if disappearing. How long this comet has been flour ishiug in that direction it is unable tor us to say, as our informant only observed it a few nights ago, for the first time. We will doubtless soon hv*ar from it from the sages of the Observatories —Athens ( ‘Penn. ) Post. Old Whifey. —Many of our readers, no doubt, recollect “Old Whitey,” the horse Gon. Taylor rode at the battle of Buena Vista. While at Lenoir,a gentleman informed us that celebra ted horse was foalded the property of Uni. Wm. Greenway, on the plan tation of which the village of Lenoir, Caldwell county, now stands, about the year 1831, and was taken by- John Tucker to Bradley county, ‘Penn., at the < ‘herokee station, and sohl to Gen. Winfield Scott for £2OO, for the use of tin* United States Ar my, ami then he became the proper tv of Gen. Taylor. —Charlotte [A r . U.] Whig. To Core a Felon. —Boil in an iron vessel of sufficient capacity, say four or six qua’ts, enough yellow dock root to make a strong liquor ; when sufficiently boiled, and when the li quor is !i < as can be borne by the hand, cover the kettle with a flannel cloth to keep in the heat, and in five min ires the pain will cease. If it sh uld return a ter a time heat the same liquor a* ddo as before. Inn cure performed in this way, the joints will always be preserved. The re ceipt has been abundantly verrified he re.— Scientific A me r icon. Effectual Remedy. — Gen. Gillespie, living in the suburbs of our city in- i forms us, that lie had several hogs j effected with hog cholera, and that I he drenched them with strong li quid of elder, and found it an effectual rented*. The entirely recover ed and did well. Three hands can drench a bog in five minutes time. inaM gtliis a simple, easy and not a costly cure. Farmers who are loos ing hogs will do well to try theprac , lice oj Gen. Gillespie, whom we can endorse as a good farmer and a reli- j able gentleman.— Chat. Adr. Keep Good f'ompany.— Intercourse with persons of decided virtue and ex cellence is of great importance to the formation of good character. The force of example, is wonderful ; we j (are creatures < f imitation, nnd bv a . necessary influence, our habits and j tempers are verv much formed 011 the mo t of those with whom we familiarly associate. .1 Ttoody Record. —According te an official return of the Austrian Gov ernment, just published, the total loss of the army in Italy killed and wounded, and prisoners, was 1,164 I officers and 48,500 men. Letter from Col. Akin. Elltjay, Ga., Sepr. 6, 1859. To Gov. Joseph K. Brown and CoL Warren Akin : Gexti kmkn :—An answer to the following questions, through the Caaaville “Standard,” is solicited at your earlier convenience, and oblige, Very Rrapeatfully, E. M. SPRIGGS. C. A. ELLINGTON, WILLIAM GUESS, BENJ. JOHNS ION, L. M. GREER. Ist. Will you or either of you vote for Siephen A. Douglas, for President of the United State?, if he receives the nomi nation at the Charleston Convention in I860? 2nd. Do you interpret the Dred Scott de cision to go to the extent that it is the duly of Congress to Legislate for the protection ot slavery in the Territories? If so, will you adopt this as a part of your political plat torm. and pledge your influence to maintain this doctrine? Casvillr. Ga., Sept. 10th, 1859. Gentlemen: —Yours of the Gth inst, was received on yesieniay evening on my re turn home, and I now reply to it. Your letter contains two question?, propounded to G jvernor Brown and myself, which you desire auswered through the Cassville Standard. Your first question is in the following words: “Will you or either of you vote tor Stephen A. Douglas for President of the United States if he receives the nomi nation at the Charleston Convention in 1860 r I answer, emphatically, I will not! I pre fer an open enemy to a crafty, deceitful treacherous friend. I think Mr. Douglas’ “Squatter Sovereignty” and “unfriendly ieg l-lation” by a Territorial legislature, “is worse,” in the language of that great states man, John C. Calhoun, “than the Wilmot proviso.” Your second question is in these words, “do you interpret the Dred Scott decision to go to the extent that it is the duty of Cou gre:-? to legislate for the protection of Slave ry in the Territories ? It so, wi*l you adopt tins as a part ot your political platform and pledge your influence to maintain this doc . triue ? I have the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, before me. The Court shows very clearly that there is no “difference between property in a slave and other propertyand they state that the right of property in a slave is distinctly affirmed in the Constitution. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of mer chand /.e and property, was guarantied to the cit zens of the United States, in every State that might desire it. And the Court then adds: “And no word can be found in the Constitution which gives Congress a greater power over slave property, or which entitles property of that kind to less protection than property of any other discription. 7he only power conferred is the power coupled with the DUTY of guard ’ iny and PROTECTING the owner in his ‘■ rights.” Tins language is too plain to be mistaken. But it maintains no new doctrine. It was contended for, some years since, by the Hon. A. H. Stephens, and I believe, the late Hon. John M. Berrien. And surely I may -taud in the path made by Stephens and Benien, and established by the Supreme Court of the United States. Should you, citizens of Georgia, remove to a Territory, would not Congress have the poicer , and , would it not be the duty of Congress to protect your w ives and daughters from law less violence, should the Territorial Legisla ture throw open the door to it by “unfriend ly legislation ? ’ Who will answer this ques tion in the negative? And in ruy judg ment, a Territorial Legislature lias no more right to destroy private property, by “ un friendly legislation,” or otherwise, than it has to turn over your wives and daughters, should you go to a Territory, to the lust of the hordes of vagabonds sent there by Em igrant Aid Societies. Mr. Douglas ha3 said that Congress may destroy a Territorial Government, which -hows, conclusively, that it is the mere creature of Congress and can exercise no power but that given to it by Congress. The right of private property , is one of the absolute rights of man, and sovereign power alone, can rightfully destroy if. A Territo ry is in no sense sovereign. It can not de clare war, make treaties, coin money, nor regulate commerce. These powers can alone be exercised by sovereignty. They cannot be exercised by the States, because the States have delegated them to the Gene ra! Government. But the Territories never had these powers to de'egate. It seems to me. therefore, mere folly to talk about “pop ular sovereignty ‘ in the Territories. I therefore answer your second question, that, in my opinion, it is the duty of Con cress to legislate for the protection of slave ry in the Territories whenever it may ne ne cessary; and I do adopt this as a part of my | political creed, and pledge my influence to j maintain this doctrine. This being the only day I have to prepare for Cass court which sits here on Monday,and having many letters to answer which have accumulated during my absence, I have been compelled to answer your questions briefly, and to write in haste. Very Respectfully, Your obedient servant, WARREN AKIN. To Messrs. E M. Spriggs, C. A. Ellington, j William Guess, Benj. 3 ihnston, L. M. Greer ’ __ i A Veteran Soldier's Boast. —The Duke of Wellington, in his Private Explanatory letter to Mr. Canning, in regard to a misunderstanding between them in 1827, uses this language : “1 am notin the habit of deciding upon sinh matters hastily or in anger; and the proof of this is, that, / necer had a quar rel with any man in my tife.” ◄ Charles W. Banks, of Meriden, Con necfc'cut, who was wounded by a bayo net charge of the military during the reception of Ex Governor Seymore, at last week, died on Sunday afternoon. Ihe part of the lurg ill jured became inflamed, and mortification ensued. The Englishmen in Paris.—The Paris letters stale, that during the recent festivities several American flags were diplaved, but not an English flag was seen, al*h>ugh the number of English men in Paris is five times greater than that of Americans. We trust hit the ginsefng said to abound in Minnesota is not another name for gin sling The former is used m hitters, Goliath found the sling more hitter still, and something in it that got into Ins head. By the way. was that ‘smooth pehhle from ‘he brook” anv re lation to the modem brick in the hat ? GEORGIA CITIZEN. L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor. MACON, GA., SEPT. 23, 1859. FOR GOVERNOR COL. WARREN AKIN, Os Cass. FOR CONGRESS, THOS. HARDEMAN, jr„ Of Bibb. For Senator , A. R. FREEMAN. For Representatives , JUDGE CLIFFORD ANDERSON, WILLIAM HOLMES. For Congress. Ist. District, A. T. Mflntjrc, of Thomas. 2d. “ Marcellas Douglass, ol Randolph. 3rd. “ Thomas. Hardeman, Jr., of Bibb. 4th. “ \tiu. I. Wright, ot Coweta. sth. “ 6th. “ 7th. “ Hon. Jo’.hoa llill, of Morgan. Bth. “ A. R. Wrignt, of Jefferson. Hardeman’s Appointments. KNOXVILLE, Craw turd county, Saturday, September 24. Lisst of Appointment*. The following in a list of our appointments for the District. M. DOUGLASS, M. J. CRAWFORD. Colquit, Friday, “ 23d‘ Blakeley, Saturday, “ 24th- Morgan, Monday, “ 26th- Fort Gaines, Wednesday, “ 28th. Georgetown, Thursday, “ 29th. Cuthbert, Saturday, “ 31st. August 13 th, 18-'9. That Brag. “/do not know who my opponent is tohe. 1 hope he may he the best and strongest man of the party, for their is some credit in beating their best man thirty thousand VOTES, WHICH I EXPECT TO DO IF I LIVE. 1 do not feel that I could be very wellsatisfied with less.’’ — Governor Brown. “ALL NATURALIZED CITIZENS SHOULD RECEIVE THE PROTECTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT FROM FOR EIGN DESPOTS, TO THE SINKING OF THE LAST SHIP AND THE FALL OF THE LAST SOLDIER."— Warren Akin There wili. be a Grand Opposition RALLY AND BARBECUE At the Itnil Bond t ump Oroiiiid, in .Monroe Co.’ about 11 miles from Mac. n, on Saturday, the Ist Day of October. When Capt. Hardeman, the Opposi fion nominee for Congress, and Hon.R . P. Trippe, ar.d Judge Clifford Anderson will address the people. JjgU’AII parties are invited to attetid, and especially the Ladies, ana paitake of the good cheer. Barbecue!! Barbecue!!! There will be a j>nhli<- BARBECUE at Jrjferson ,'Ule, Tteigg* Counts, on Saturday, September 24th, at which lime and place the HON B. H. HILL. And others will address the public. The citizens of Tw iggat and adjonnug counties ore invited to attend, [sept. 2A-U.; — At Home Austin. The Editor hits returned home, after an absence of about three weeks, much im proved, we are happy to say, in health, and spirits, and will resume, with renewed vigor, the duties of his station An accumulated correspondence received during his absenco will receive his earliest attention. Lumber. Persons desiring Lumber will doubtless find it to their advantage to call on Mr. W. B. Van Valkcnbcrg, who Ims established a new Steam Saw Mill in Rutland District, near Macon, as will be seen by reference to his Advertisement in to-day’s paper. Lee County. The Opposition have nominated Mason Tiller for the Senate, and Willis A. Jones for the House. Webster County. John M. Shepard, for the Senate, and L. B. Causey, for the House, are the Opposi tion candidates in this county. The San Juan Affair. It is said that Mr. Buchanan intends sending Robert J. Walker as a commission er to settle the San Juan dispute with the British Governor of Vancouver. Election in Utah. There is a probability that the .Mormon candidate for Congress in Utah lias been beaten. The candidates were Dr. Hurt, “Gentile;’’ W. G. Osborn, Independent; and Capt. W. H. Hooper, Mormon. — ♦ ► General Lane. Wentworth’s Chicago Democrat, (free soil,) says that it “considers Gen. Lane the strongest, far the strongest man, that the union of slavery propagandists, millifiers and disunionists can nominate.” Telegraph Convention. The attempt made to consolidate the sev eral Telegraphic Companies of the country into one grand concern, says the States, has failed. It is fortunate for the country that it did, else it might have been called to obey the behests of a tyranical monopoly. Col Akin'* teller. We commend the prompt, frank and man ly letter of the Opposition Nominee for Gov ernor, to the Ellijav Committee, to the perusal of our readers. The questions pro pounded are important; and Col. Akin has answered them promptly, and with out any equivocation. Just as an honest, straightforward man like him would do. Overtrading. At the rate the country is at present over trading. another commercial crisis is inevita ble in a few years. The imports for the last eight months at New York, have been 181 millions, against 100 millions of exports to pay for them. Nothing but the enormous influx of the precious metals from various parts of the world, could sustain such ex travagance in a nation a single year. Island of Bermuda. The island of Bermuda is ast becoming a vast maiket garden for the city of New York. The export of potatoes for the last season to that city shows an increase of nine hundred bushels. The exportation of onions has reached over eight hundred thousand pounds; while that of tomatoes amounted to four thousand five hundred and ninety two boxes. More than sixty vessels were engaged in carrying the above mentioned produce. Senator Toombs. * I We havo forebornc to make any remarks upon the speeches which Senator Toombs has been making in different parts of the State, during the present canvass, for the reason in the first place, that we have seen nothing from him creditable to him as a statesman; and in the next, if we had, we should have placed no confidence in it. Every body concedes to Senator Toombs talents of the highest order, hut no one gives him credit for stability or integrity ot pur pose. The character of his genius is eratie, speculative, impulsive—grasping and com prephending everything and settling upon nothing. Sueli men may excite, dazzle,and even be admired; hut they never can be sale intrusted with the executive affairs of the nation. Mr. Toombs has reached as high in political j>osition and influence as he will ever get. Indeed, it is rather to be expected that he will decline in influence, and the re spect entertained for him, from the present period. From the facts which have been developed in this campaign, it is astonish ing—vea, it borders upon audacity, for any I body, not even Mr. Toombs excepted, to as sert publicly, that he would sooner vote for j Stephen A. Douglas for the Presidency,than | any man of the Opposition, North or South. In view of the facts, we should not have es i timated Mr. Toombs any lower, if he had | said he would support the Black Republican I nominee for President whoever he might be. 1 A greater, more dangerous or more power ful enemy of the South, docs not exist in j this Union than Stephen Arnold Douglas. No man has contributed more to estab lish a Territorial policy, inimical to the rights of the South, than he has. No man j can do more than he has done, to prevent j another slave State coming into the Union. This is admitted by many of the leading papers of the Democracy, not only in Geor gia, but all over the Southern States, j When the leaders of the Democratic party i four years ago, in the Legislature of Geor ! gia, denounced any man, who did not sub ! scribe to the principles contained in the i Kansas and Nebraska Bill, as a traitor, and ! unworthy to be trusted—when it was only | supposed that those principles were merely ! a declaration of equality of rights of the States in the Territories, with the abro gation of the Missouri line—it was thought to be overbearing and insulting to the inde pendence of the people, by many honorable men. But now, when it is known that the principles of the Kansas and Nebraska Bill are nothing more or less than the infamous doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty, which the people of Georgia indignantly repudiated in the person of General Cass, in 1848—what should be thought—what should he said of the man, who of ail others, most eloquently denounced those principles in 1848, and did more to defeat than any other man—we ask ’ what should be said and thought of that I man, were lie now to tell the people, that those principles are right and proper, and that the man who revived and established them, is more worthy of his support for the Presidency than any man who opposes them, North or South? Senator Toombs is the man who has done this thiug. We do not say that Senator Toombs is an Abolitionist in feeling or principle—we do not say that he lias any Free-soil propen sities—we do not believe but that he loathes and detests them. But we do say —and say it deliberately—and we believe it when we say it— THAT HE IS AN UNPRINCIPLED TRAI TOR TO THE BIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE South in the Territories of tiie United States. That if he has not already done it, he is willing—and will do it, if the opportu nity is offered—colleague with Douglas, de lude the South into his support for the Pres idency, and the adoption of his dangerous Territorial policy, if thereby he can obtain to the position we believe he is seeking. “We have prophesied more astounding things of him than this, and they hare come to pass. We profess to know Senator Toombs well— and we do. Fort Valley. Our neighbor of the State Press seems to take the notice which our correspondent at Fort Valley gave of Mr. Speer s speech and escort at that place, in no very good humor. Our eorsespondent is a gentleman of as high standing as any man in Houston county; and we presumed at the time, gave a faithful representation of what occurred. And we will add, that we have made inquiries of sev eral gentlemen who were eye-witnesses, and they corroborate the statements of our cor respondent, only we believe make it a little worse. Now. wo were not at all surprised at what we heard, for we have known a great many eccentricities in Democracy, and we supposed some of our Democratic friends had gone down to Fort Valley, and in the exuberance of their feelings, had spread themselves upon a “ bender" —a glorious j Democratic bender —such as “good Demo- j crats” know how to get up. It is useless to get ruffled about the matter; some people will “spree’ about election times, and some people will talk about it. The threat im plied in the latter clause of our contempo- , rary’s remarks, we presume allndes to the 1 general defeat the Democracy expects to give us on the first Monday in October. Xons I verrons. Against the Laws- There is a statute of this State that pro hibits the circulating of Abolition documents, or sentiments affecting injuriously the insti tution of slavery. What is the nature of Seward's speech, which the Democrats are so industriously circulating in the Third Dis trict ? Why it is to all intents and purposes an Abolition Document. Are not these Do. mocrats violating the law directly, and in its very teeth ‘! But what better can we ex pect of a party than crime and immorality when their leaders and Governor will set the exampleof evading and violating law,and that while under oath ? We say to our Opposi tion friends, and to the good and true men of all parties, who love law and order, to stand firm, and put their faces determinately against such an outrage upon their domestic interests, and dangerous to their peace and safety. • The last Resort. Since Gov. Brown was forced to expose his secret counsel to the Banks, his oigans have turned round and accused the Banks of using their mom y to defeat his bragging Excellency. The Savannah Repubticm in dignantly repels the charge, so far as the Banks of Savannah are concerned, as infa mously false. We have reason to know there i3 not a shadow of truth in the accusa tion ; and if there was, Gov. Brown and his friends should be the last to say anything,— tor his Excellency without doubt, took some pains to teach the Banks how they might use their money unlawfully. Keep It Before the People. That Gov. Brown has done more for the education of the masses of Georgia, than any Governor who has preceded him. Atlanta Int. We challenge any Democratic editor, speaker, or friend of Gov. Brown to produce the proof that Gov. Brown has been the means of educating a solitary single man or woman, boy or girl, in the State of Geor gia, outside of his own family. fEn. Citi/en. Our Doctrines and Principles. The irosition of our party and our candi dates before the people is advantageous and commanding. On no previous occasion have we fought a campaign on more im portant doctrines, or under circumstances that presented us more clearly to the coun try. Our position is unequivocal —while that of the Democracy is totally unde fined. We venture to assert that there is not a man, learned or unlearned, who shall vote with the Democratic party on the first Monday of October, can clearly and dis tinctly define what political principles are sustained by his vote. The reason why he cannot do it, is very obvious. The party is split up into five distinct and separate fac tions, no one of which hold any principles in common, but such as are construed out ot the Cincinnati platform —and they cannot he said to agree even on that construction. It is almost a burlesque to call such a hatch of incongruous factions, a Party. But such is not the case with the Opposition.— They are united, firm, and dearly defined. They have placed themselves firmly upon the onlv true ground of Southern Rights. They assume the doctrine, and it is the only true one— and that by - which the South must either stand or fall —that as the Constitution recognizes slavery, and was so framed as to be its guardian and protec tor, it is right and proper that Congress, as the means by which the requirements of the Constitution are fulfilled, should protect by law, that, and all other property in the Ter ritories. That it is the duty of Congress to interfere to the extent, that there shall BE UNDOUBTED AND UNQUESTIONED EQUALI TY in the Territories of the United States, between all thf. citizens of the United States with all and every SPECIES OF PROPERTY RECOGNIZED IN THE! Constitution. This is the true doctrine of the Constitution —an organic basis of the [ Union. It is the doctrine held and advoca ted by Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Berrien, and Mr. Webster, and since confirmed and made j apart and parcel of the law of the land, hv the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. We say the Opposition occupy this ground, and that it is the only true doctrine of Southern Rights. The leaders of the Democratic party have refused to come up to this standard. They have refused 10 takeany other position than the Cincinnati Platform ; and the Cmciunati Platform endorses the principles of the Kansas and Nebraska Bill; and the Kansas Nebraska Bill establishes the doctrine of Squatter Sover eignty, Territorial Legislation,and Alien Suffrage —and that doctrine deprives the South of an equality in the Territories of the United States. Tne Democratic party, therefore, are indirectly the upholders of the worst doctrines that ever entered into the legislative enactments ot this Government. And those who advocate the claims of Mr. Douglas to the Presidency, advo cate these doctrines, for they are inseparable. It is evident, therefore, that the Opposition, untrammelled by any Northern affiliation, pre sents to the people the only sale and suro de fence for the rights of the South. They will in the next Congress, occupy a commanding position—they will hold the balance ot power, and be the touchstone of truth by which every true Southern man and national Statesman, will he tested. They will be able to force the Democracy to come out upon these principles or drive it into the arms of the freesoil interest. We feel, therefore, proud of our position, and can confidently appeal to the people, to every man, no matter with what party he may have heretofore acted, so that he is now true to the South, in thia her greatest emergency, to come up to our help. To come and stand with us and by us on the Constitution and the laws of the land, and battle for them till our rights are secure and safe in their undisputed triumph. Judge Wright and Colonel Akin. The State Press of the 15th, publishes a let -1 er from the Hon. Augustus R. Wright as a ! reply to Col. Akin’s letter written August 31st, j 1859, to the Editor of the Federal Union. In that letter Col. Akin made this manly proposi tion to Governor Brown on the subject of lees paid Attorneys tor services rendered the State in Railroad cases. Col. Akin says this, ‘Now I am willing to enter into a bond, for any reason able sum, TO TAKE JUST ONE-HALF THE AMOUNT PAID BY GOVERNOR BROWN TO JUDGE WRIGHT, [the Hon. Augustus R Wright) ACCORDING TO THE SERVICES RENDERED B\ EACH OF US, to be decided by three disinterested Attorneys, Governor Brown selecting one, I one, and those two a third ; and if I have received more than I oughti I WILL PAY BACK TO THE ROAD ; and if I have not received HALF AS MUCH as Governor Brown paid Judge Wright, the Road shall pay it to me. Surely, lam entitled to HALF AS MUCH as Gov. Brown paid Jitdge Wrioht, taking the service rendered by each into con sideration.’ This was a most fair and honorable proposi tion. Why has Judge Wright skulked and not met the issue made in Col. Akin's letter ? And is this the letter, Mr. State Press, you spoke of on the 14th, in your issue ? Why, Col Akin says, he will take ONE-HALF of what was paid Judge Wright, taking into consideration services rendered by both. If all was right, why did not Judge Wright say ho would— that he was willing to accept Col. Akin’s man ly and straight forward proposition ? Neither Judge Wright, or Gov. Brown dare consent to to submit Col. Akin s proposit’on to three disin terested lawyers, to be selected as stated by him in his letter. Now Col. Akin made no charge of corruption as existing between Gov. Brown and Judge Wright. He had been charged bv the Federal Union without explanation, as having received more in fees thau any other lawyer employed for the Road. There is a very easy way to dis pose of this matter. Let Gov. Brown and Judge Wright consent to, and accept the offer of Col. Akin ? Will they do it ? Dare they doit? Ask the Voters or Georgia to read this? COL. AKIN OFFERS TO TAKE HALF THE AMOUNT PAID JUDGE WRIGHT TAKING SERVICES RENDERED BY BOTH INTO CONSIDERATION.’ Read it voters of Georgia! That Judge Wright, by e\ - ading the issue made by Col. Akin, and Gov. Brown, and Judge Wright by not accepting Col. Akin’s offer, virtually acknowledges that Col. Akin’s fees were not more than HALF THE AMOUNT PAID JUDGE WRIGHT, taking into consideration the services rendered by both Voters of Georgia this Hon. Augusts R Wright is an uncompromising Douglas demo crat. This same Hon. Augustus R. Wright in a letter written during the contest for U. S- Senator in the State of Illinois, planted himself upon Squatter Sovereignty, and that is one of the reasons that his constituents refused to nominate aod elect him again to Congress!— Ask the voters of Georgia to read that too, Mr. State Press. Tell the people of Georgia that the Hon. Augustus R. Wright is a Squatter Sover eign democrat. Opposition Nominations. The Opposition party of Washington coun ty have nominate*! the following excellent and popular ticket for the Legislature: For the Senate —Thomas F. Wells. For Representatives—Rufus A. Robinson and Jas. R. Taylor. In Jefferson county the Opposition party have nominated the following strong and admirable ticket: For Senator—Judge A. E. Tarver. Representative—Col. John W. Brinson. Suifliniitg Up. Whatever may be the Anal results of the present canvass in this Stgte, one thing j s beyond dispute, and that is this: We have given the Democracy the most complete thrashing, in the way of argument, they ever i bad in their lives. There is not a single po sition they held at the beginning of the cunpaign, but we have driven them from it. We have silenced every battery, and an swered, to their complete discomfiture, every, argument. They were* for Douglas, the Cincinnati Platform, and the principles of the Kansas Bill. We have attacked them at every point, and so clearly demonstrated that Douglas, the Cincinnati Platform, and the principles of the Kausas Bill, were ; nothing but Squatter Sovereignty, Territo i rial Legislation, and alien suffrage under so many names, that now there can only be heard a “random gun” from their presses on the subject They have been thoroughly silenced completely beaten aud no 1 mistake. In the Eighth District the campaign is. ended, and the Democracy have as good as struck their colors. Iu the First District, the battle is but fair ly opened, and wito a good prospect of a heavy gain, if not success. The Second is still warmly engaged—and we believe that the gallant young Douglas will come out conqueror, over Mr. Craw ford. In the Third, Hardeman towers as a pillar I of strength, that all the hosts of Democracy. like begirding legions, fails to move, or even i shake. He stands immovable—and the peo ple of the District will give him a hand some majority on the Ist Monday of Oc- I tober. In the Fourth, if truth, honesty and sound argument can prevail, there would uot be a doubt of success. Mr. W. F. Wright has made a gallant fight; such an one as de serves success. In the Seventh, all divisions healed, Hill will hold bis own, and we believe, come out with an increased majority. And crowning all,comes the hones?, noble hearted Warren Akin, carrying the hearts of the people with him wherever he goes. There is no deceit in 1 im—no betrayal of trust, —no violation of official oath—no pre tending to be opposed to Banks, to get the good will of the people, and then secretly counseling the Banks how they may evade law, that he might “curry favor” with them. YVe say Warren Akin is an honest man— and the crowning of the canvass will be his j triumphant election; and the old Empire State of the South will be redeemed from the hands of the Democratic vandals. Gov. Brown in a Fix. It is a little curious to speculate upon the manner in which his Excellency will speak i of his secret letter to the Banks, in his next annua! Message. That he will have to make i some mention of it is very certain; for a document that has created such a sensation | in financial and political circles cannot go unuo'iced. We say, therefore, it is a little curious to speculate upon how the Governor will introduce it, and what he will say about | it. He cannot tell the Legislature that the law was too stringent, for he vetoed it be cause he considered it too favorable. He cannot tell them that he placed a construc tion upon the law for the Banks, because he told the Banks that it was not his duty to construe the law. But if the Legislature should demand why he gave the Banks the 1 form of the oath, what will he answer? What can he answer that will not imply a construction of the laws? And the grave question may arise whether a Governor of Georgia can properly, at his pleasure, divest himself of the robes of State, and give his advice “as a personal friend, and not as a public officer,” in matteis affecting the exe cution of the laws? And it may also be inquired into whether the conduct of Gov. Brown, which some of the Democratic presses pronounce so “highly honorable” to his Excellency, may not be subject for im peachment. It is probable that there will be some gentlemen in the next Legislature of Georgia who will be very curious upon these matters. Would it not be better for his Excellency to submit to the small incon veniences of a defeat, rather than to be “hauled over the coals’’ after his success?— We merely make the suggestion. There i .nothing to Retract. The Telegraph of our city thinks that the Opposition Press ought to retract what they have said of Gov. Brown, about his giving the Banks the elue by which they might evade the law, relative to their exchange speculations. We see nothing to retract.— Gov. Brown has been guilty of what he was accused of. There is not a Bank officer in the State of Georgia, but will certify to it. If we do a man injustice, it is due to our self as much as him, that we make amends. But in the matter of Gov. Brown and the Banks, we do not think, and certainly the Democratic press have not shown, that we have wronged his Excellency. That Word “Chance.” The Constitutionalist, of Augusta has be come spokesman and apologist for the nom inee of the Democratic party in the Eighth District—whom wo infer has not sense enough “to get out of a shower of rain.” It says that Mr. John J. Jones does not hold Douglas in very high esteem ; hut would support him for President if nominated by the Charleston Convention, against a Black Republican. But if a third candidate be run, and he should be a Southern man, he would vote for him, if he thought there was any “CHANCE’’ to elect him. Yes, “chance” is a Democratic leaders scape-goat. It will be their excuse for voting for the worst Black Republican in the United States. Why Don’t He Answer. Why don’t Gov. Brown answer the ques tions propounded to him and Col. Akin by the Elijay Committee ? The latter has an swered them promptly and unequivocally ; and no man can gainsay it. Why dont Gov. Brown answer ? Is he afraid to show his hand ? They must be answered by him. — They are important questions. They ef fect the interests and welfare of the country; and every public man’s position with regard to them should be clearly defined. We say, therefore, Gov. Brown must answer them, or suffer the consequences. W r e know it is a difficult thing to get an honest straight for ward answer out of a Democratic candidate —but these questions are so plain that even a man of Gov. Brown’s capacity can an swer them, if he will. Wright and Jones. In closing a review of the discussion be tween Messrs. Wright and Jones, at Augus ta, Friday evening, the Chronicle and Sen tinel speaks thus confidently of the result “We have not time for a further notice at present. The fact is, Jones is a mere child, with his school boy’s written speech, in the hands of Mr. Wright He has abandoned the canvass, we believe, and no doubt very glad of it—and so are his friends. The ques tion is no longer, who shall be elected in the place of Mr. Stephens, but what shall Wrigt t’s majority be ? His prospects now are very good to carry every county in the Distriot except one.