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all at 3o percent. kH ihau *uiii tmng* 1 oukl be koujht .
hereto lute. irititcu** ■• dwtl. j
lif totemte ttrcWii ®imp.
The Flood.
St t’ir.i PttiOeein J/chiji Ai# and Vicktburg,
Tli Memphis Appeal oftho 21st instant, has
j the following:
: W i# last week took a tripfdown to Vicksburg j
i) hoard Oopt. Welton's splendid bout Victoria, ’
ad bad some opportunity of eeeiug tho effects of j
j the high water along the shore. Tho sights that j
“ur eves at intervals—and they were very j
tr ‘ lent intorvab were of the most painful de- j
■ I’bintalions and vlHages were every- i
‘’ 1 ’ ‘ ‘Allowed, and wet and mold—the effects j
and the overflow —were in and about all the hous- [
11 -oau.'-fs themselves were either iu or over |
ib.o water; when bui!l on pillars the water flow-i
: ‘■ ouJ the toner.ts were prisoners with- j
kitlbrdurj nit being tho only “vehicle” j
t. i abroad. Houses less elevated w\*red
vi. i Die universal flood was carrying doa- ;
i.itl-'i,, ilceay, and too probably, disease into
j “very apartment. In many instances, tiatboats
• ••re ujo ,ri,i hoside such habitations, two thirds
t which acre occupied by horses, hogs, cows
• ‘ ‘ A portion at the rcinniudor was
“led • \< r. and there lived the negroes, and
ib.' re the feed ami provisions, brougnt down by
* ‘"‘Hts were preserved. livery boat is
bailed will) ear uoL anxiety, for news of the state
■>t iho river above. Many of the ctttr.ens show
. grMt dvprea&ioUj they bore up bravely against
r *•• and *f hist summer, but a secuud affliction
‘he *arnc kind, following so clusely on the heels
-I ih- first, has proved too much for their oour
.-i lhv irtrending Complainu are made of
.lifliiuliy and privation.
Tl.li however, by Do moans universally the
1 < i>e (liei are lravo bourts that hear their mis
; b.rtunes cheerfully; we beard of one of the—
••drowned om who cougratuated himself that if
1 ‘md “chicken lixins” were scarce, ho could
keep lent like u bishop, having nothing to do
i when lie wanted a breakfast but to let dowu a
: .ni and permit a catfish to enter.
At Helena the levee has successfully kept the
pbtee fr< m overflow. Nappleou is also tolerably
“'“'l pro tooted; the levees along both tho Missip
’ ’ and Arkansas rivers are iu good condition;
i the sopcago water, however, tills tho low ground ;
i- iot the place. The graveyard, more ex- {
1 ‘ u ely ieuahtod than the city itself, lies along;
; ‘ *ie bank* of the Arkansas, and between the river ;
‘•id Ute levee, the ronsequeuco is, the abodes of I
. o.ad lie beiioath the flo>d, and gravstoues j
. I'•.'.'.meuts peep above the flowing waters. •
( b.iko Providence the water is excluded, but (
“' pa- - looks moist and muddy. At |
urg we did hot find, as was recently an- I
i- l in a Western paper, that ••the whole
by the rushing tide of the Miss
'■•:•’ Hie ia>o old lulls on which tho city
, still raise their heads proudly beyond the
w.i vo,’and mirror their image in the
rd- iv lide,” So high have the waters risen,
r. oven in this elevated spot, that the boat*
tso up “cheek hy jowP’with the houses, some of
il awnings of which they have knocked down.
T“At'n v- ‘tit Ja’- av.—The Loudon Times says
Despite tbu proi lmmstion of our government
breach of all dictates of sound policy, the
. oof the European merchants has notul
■! ihem to wait upon the tkrdy steps of di
-1 •'tncy. Anticipating tho ratification of the
i ‘ j .y, aul oven tho dates at which commerce to
“w ; ‘*rts of China and the seaboard cities of
. :.i ‘iiaU bee iuo lawful, they are pouring in
vieir merchandise and shipping their return ex
i • We have now before us a list of exports
=:••’ i. ;| ■ rt ; which h.i'i passed lietwcen the ports
; 1 h r...•!•• ‘i aC'i Nagasaki within the short space of !
i’iis, and the oahilogfto is much greater
ni jO >; (ify and mom extensive in items thau we 1
“id have i xpcolod from the Japanese trade, j
‘ i a more developed state. It is yet contra 1
‘m i.of course, But It shows what can and will ;
••••• One of the largo llong Kong bouses j
h;v jdacini a ship offlOfi ton* in permanent sta- !
• ■ ‘i between China and a place on tho oast, coast 1
•hon. Tho example has not been disregar-
I de.fi, and we are informed that Targe sums of mo*
: ’ y Hava been already realieod by speculation in
“j .v, vegetable oil, and in artich a d’ food which
. ; common relish to the native* of Japan
nnd to tlnw of the Ceh-silftl Empire. Moreover,
A- ; f aii- going direct from Singapore with car
i g,Sirait produce. It ie tjuite clear that a
‘• i lias begun for this newly promised commerce.
! The merchants will not wait.’
Ejvoio n S* v axvah.- Tho Republican hiut
> !bliowing notice of the prospect for luxurious
j. (?)!.' Mwkil. —Thin institution has evidently
: readied a crisis. It is but one stage distant from
j the .irv ittun point; and unless there is sonic im
proven'!".?, and at an early day, our eitiions will
be compelled to .-'end to Charleston :in<l Mew York
• r their daily table supplies. We have an abuu
'iaoee m ve/etable* and sturgeon steaks, but
: i.oera end*. Iho inventory of provisions for twopty
■ r:h 1 r thirty thousand people. Perhaps we j
•ilould add pork, aa w have not observed a
. -.ti■ “ft!iai article, We have no beef) (the
; gnat -lapln,) and no flah, or so little that it is
I taken up in x few minutes by early comers, while
mutton - both scarce and poor. Kven crabs and
shrimps arc at a low ebb n.l regards quantity and
it: flo l tide os reirnnisprice, t'auuot our tnar
) ket men make an eibirt \o do better J
1 rni.vij Whkata.vii Fnotm.—Several samples
f French wheat nud flour were exhibited yes
: ter.lay l-y Messrs. Foard A Rogers. There wnro
fl.i- ‘-e grßoc'-of flour made at NanU, Paris and
j Abbeville, whiedi were examined by millers, and
’ *'.'**'. iiieeii .'Upi rior to illy best city flour. The
• f wheat are red.* from Layou and Nante,
••n l white Belgium from Antwerp. The flour, it
!- ud. will pay a duty of i5 per cent., and can
and for a l-c price than that made by
1 Ihe mills us this city. To import flour is a novol
-1 , when the YJniied States has for years furnish
•ed bread fora larg*. part of Western Sferope.—
Slave Trade Immoral.
! W have heretofore condemuud the policy of
Soul hern men engaging in argument to prove ei
i th*rth* lave trade or slavery itself morally wrong,
bccu-, -0 while, in our judgment, all such arguments
*re fallacious, they weaken tho moral strength of
>. > i -liMfiou at home, and furnish capital for
i •luiuiuv abroad. Tho policy of importing
m* r> !uvo< into the .South nay be very properly
N ’i • i-d : if is a question of expediency and in
■’ -if iione, and os .such a legitimate oneforhon
•’ dlfforonciMf of opinion. But when a Southern
• it ncbtss that the African slave trade is mor
;v/ ■ ■ .7, :t estops all argument ou the side of
fas a mural and correct institution.
Thc.v sentiments, are indigitieus to
M‘r: hern soil, and of course Southern deference
1 1• is i much capital gained by the enemies
of the i4oiKk,
The f'harh’Ston *f*rmry pubiishch the remarks
•v :i t*r. t’lio ver, Northern Abolitionist, and
1 •{ it*-'i- tlicm briefly. We do the same, to show
h-nr is the policy of Soul hem men fur
• !‘d • . argunienU to be elaborated upon by the
A ; > liio:!l***. a- is done by this man Cbeever.—
trrirfirj fndcpcVflcnt Sooth.
T i Finis in OcflA. — Tho r**''cnt destructive
r -in tho‘ ugar plantations in Cuba, to which j
j ,-<• • are two or three times alluded, it is said, {
‘••.trn*d over v district extending several miles, j
- • ‘V plantations destroyed were the lta* ■
1 1 1- i .ui, Elizalde, BefranO) San Marciol, j
. - ..ii, McmironidO) Bella Eduardo, Achuri, j
ami Avtui sugar plantations, and the flasuulidud
afut Gleme'itiuft cuime plantation, iucluding stand*
> g ‘ !)•'. tbo Ltigar houses, machinery, animals,
i >i;t Ohohs.—Ti*e crops iu this section arc
. oh more backward than the forwardness of tho j
■ Airing would justify one In presuming they were. |
. iw u :osMant rain -., which have fallen within the
two mouths, have so saturated the low Jands 1
ro “preveut tho u*aiesnary‘preparations being
i nn* d..-i r planting them, and some of our planters,
v, u this aov . have net even yet finished plant- I
|mg their cum. Uotton is still more backward. I
The coni now up looks very healthy, though
1 /mall i r Lbe fimo of year, and favorable weath
-1 ’-r i ‘ a-* uiowth. (iivrdens, too, are exceedingly
1 *i. A ward.— JiainltrM't* .ir.f/MS, April 20 th.
BiNwr.AU Death or a Younu LADV.-—The
BaR .aAre Bun of yesterday, says :
1 A young female nuae-l Mary Ellen Iloofnngle,
; who pare its rcsido at No. IS Armistoad lane,
I !ii ;r Light, SCriWt, attended the execution of the
” ’ir* Tit rl- rers in this, city on Friday the 18th
i and witna&sed the spectacle from outside the
■ wit!!u Shi returned home, and tho same eve
ning, white iMScHibled with tho family, oommenc
. and mating strangely, ants aaying ♦tehe knew shfc
, wa 0 bo hung on Friday.” would partake
I of no food, nor medicine, nor oculd any bo forced j
t npo: bar. Thf* eontinaed for a few days, when
1 w*i :r that she whm sinking int* the grave,
i Frequently she expressed great gratification at
1 ilio thought of her dying, as she hoped by that
to i— ape banging. She continual in this state of
! min i, gradually gr..>wing weaker, until yesterday
j morn tog, wUqu she died. •
THK UNION OFTHK STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
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(OLIMUIS, TI KStm, MAI 24, 1860.
Nuperlor t'oart judge Horrlll’R t barge bam
filing Common schools.
The Superior Court of Muscogee County began
; it* session yesterday. Judge WorrlH presiding
i and Win. D. Klurn Esq., of Marion, acting a* So
j licitor. Tho attorney* from a distance were
j Messrs. Harney Hill, of Bibb, Elam, of Marion,
! and Reese, of Taylor.
Tho charge of Judge Worrill to tho (Jrand Jury
[ was well delivered ami well conceived. Thole are
! points about it worthy of being recorded. Upon
I the system of common School education he said.
| That ho was satisfied from a thorough invostiga-
J tiou of tho sot of the Legislature, iu reference to
j this subject that tho wholo plan was impractica
ble and worthless.
That a man by tho name of Gobb was canvass
ing many portion* of tho State in advocacy of a
system of Common Schools and he understood
had sent a copy of hi* plan to the Ordinaries of
tho several Counties iu thi* State with tho request
that they would luy it before the Grand Juries at
the sitting of tho Court. He (Judge Worrill)
was satisfied that a system for Public Schools at
tho South was impracticable. It might do at tho
North, where tho population was douse. Thut in
1837, the plan of the Northern Schools was in
vostigated by a Committee appointed by tho Leg
islature. That s4oo,ooowas appropriated. What
amount had been spent’for the purposes indicated
by the Legislature, he was unable to say. A com
mittee appointed by the Legislature investigated
the mutter and dime to the conclusion thut none
of this aiuouut ever got back to Milledgoville.—
The last Legislature had appropriated SIOO,OOO
to be distributed among tho several ac
cording to their representative population for
Common School purposes. lie recommended to
! the (iruud Jury the distribution of the amount duo
; Muscogee, together with tho poor School fund,
|to educate the poor children. That” iu order to
j secure a return of tho children entitled to iustrue
| tion under the Poor School act, that tho Grand
t Jury recommend to their Senator and Members
| of tho Legislature from tins County, the passage
of an act paying the Tax Receiver fora discharge
of this duty—allowing him five teuts for each
child reported and six or seven cents por day for
each Scholar taught according to the provisions
of tho act.
While ho thought the Common Sohool plan
impracticable and worthless, he was nevertheless
tho friend of education. That intelligence among
the people was the public virtue.
There was a largo number ofporsons'unable to
road and write in the State.
According to tho census of 1850 there wore 15,-
000. This too in a State where then was a pop
ulation of only 500,000 white*.
(.AM HUNG —FARO-DEALING.
Upon this subject the Judge was positive in
having offenders brought to justice. Ho said
! that the Grand Jury had taken an oath to make
I “diliymt enquiry” into those things given in his
i charge. That every gambler and laro - deal er iu
the city was known. The Grand Jury oould put
j their finger upon every man who violated the stat
i uto. lie ha.l been informed, since his arrival, that
there were twenty faro banks in operation every
| night iu the City. It was an easy matter to fer
ret them out. If it was known to any member of
tho Urand Jury that JB was a gambler, let him be
sent for ami asked about A. who was also one.—-
Then question A. about B. and bo on through tho
list. Thus bringing indictments against every
nafltn who violated the statute and requiring every
one t” answer questions addressed them. In this
way not a gambler or taro dealer could escape. —
Ho would do bis duty, if tho Grand Jury would
do theirs. Tho Judge then charged tho jury
with reference to other matters.
Southern Field and Flrtfdde.
The first number of this paper has reached us,
aud more than meets tho expectation which its
prospectus warranted. Wo say this not in the way
of a utcreotyped compliment, but, because, it it
our real judgment based upon a minuto exami
nation of its contents. The publisher, Mr. James !
Gardner, introduces the number with u neat salu- |
tatory in which ho declares the leading aim of the
paper to be to foster Boutliern genius, and to rid
tbo South of that vassalage to Northern taste and
intellect which she has so patiently and iuglori
ously endured. To this end ho invites contribu
tions from the pons of Southern writers in tho
hope of stimulating a generous umbition iu South
ern youth to outer tho hitherto almost forsaken
field of letters. Mr W. W. Mann and Dr Dan
iel Loo literary and agricultural Editors respec
tively, present several ably written articles which
give an earnest of their capacity to conduct, with
credit to their already established reputation and
with satisfaction *to the public, their respective de
partment*. Tltemiseollaneous matter with which
tho rest of tho paper is filled, is highly interest
ing, and is contributed by practiced and able
pens. Tho typographical appearance of the
“ Field and Fireside” is superior to that of any
paper which wu remember to have soon issued
from tiie Southern press. Wo cordially welcome
its advent and wish it a prosperous career.
Baker County Meeting.—A friend writes us,
that a meeting of tho Democracy bus been held iu
Baker County, in this District, aud that eompli
meuuiry resolutions were passed to Judge Iver
son, Gov. Brown and Mr. Crawford. “That tho
; Hon. Alfred 11. Colquit presided over the meet
ing and favored tho inst ruction of delegates Jet
cast their votes for Mr. Crawford in the District
Convention.”
The King of Sardinia's Andrew to hi* Army.
The following spirited addressto.hi* troops had
been issued by the King of Sardinia:
Soldiers. —Austria, who is increasing her ar
mies ou our frontier aud threatens to invade our
j territory because here liberty reigns with order—
j because nut might, but concord aud affection be
j tween the people aud theßovareign, here govern
the State—because the groans of oppressed Italy
j Her* find un echo—Austria dares to uxk us, who
are only armed iu self-defence, to lay down our
arms and submit to her clemency.
That insulting demand received the reply it
deserved. I rejected it with contempt. (Soldiers,
1 mil it to you, convinced that you will take an
innull to your Kmg and your nation as an insult
to yourselves. The aun<uncfinuut I make to
j you is the auuounceincut of war? boldiers, to
arms!
You will have to face an enemy not new to
j you. But it brave and disciplined you need not
|| the comparison, nod jrod may <puitn wWi
1 pride the battles of Coito, Pastrenga,bantu Lucia,
I * omma Compagna, and even Cuslosza, where four
1 brigades alone *-trqgglod for three days aguinst
five corps Warmest.
] will lead you. W have made each other's
acquaintance before this, on more than one occa
sion, in the heal of battle, when, fighting by the
side of iuy magnanimous father, I had opportuni
ty to admire your courage.
I am sure that on tho field of honor and glory
you will maintain, oven add to, your reputation
tor bravery- You will have for companions,
those intrepid Soldiers of France, conquerors in
ro many noted battles, who were your brethren
in-arms on the Tohernaya, and whom Napoleon
||f w ho is always to he found where there is a
just cause to defend or civilisation to promote,
sends genorously to our assistance in numerous
battalions.
March, then, confident In victory, and twine
new laurels round your flag, that tri color, under
Iho fold* of which the elite of the youth of Italy is
collected, and which indicates to you that the
task before you is tho independence of Italy—
that just aud holy work will he your hattle-crv.
VICTOR EMMAN UEL.
Turin, April 29,
OOLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1859.
CorretjhHuiencc of the Times.
Albany, Ga, May 20th, 1859.
if taunt. Editors : Having had occasion to visit a
few counties in this section of tho State, I have
endeavored to catch up the current political sen
timents of tho pcoplo. I have uever observed
more universal apathy on tho subject of poliliss.
The great national and party questions, which are
usually the topics of discussion at tho pubiio
gatherings, are raroly referred to. A few Intelli
gent and reading men are watching with interest
tho slow developments of time; but tho great
mass of the people arc suuk into an apathy, as
profound as the calm of d*ath. Wealth is tho
objoot of worship here, and tho pursuit of It pre
dominates over all concern for religion or politics.
Tho approaching conventions are, however, talk
ed of, aud tho elaiius of prominent gentlcmuu
freely discussed. It is generally conceded that
Gov. Brown will bo tho candidate for Governor,
and that it is right he should bo. Ido not believe
lead that he will have any opposition.
The present Represonattive from this Distriot,
will bo nominated, but tliorc is more division of
entiment on the aubjuotof bis nomination thau
l expected to find. There is no positivo hostility
to Mr. Crawford, but his talents are not though
to be of that pre-eminent order which entitles him
to hold tho suffrages of a district for several term*
in succession.
Senator Iverson is generally a favorite. His
late speech, exhibiting a heart warmly attached
to the. South, has made him true aud earnust
friends. It is to be hoped that he is not “given
over,” in tho language of Gov. Wise, “to fAs Fed
eral Gods of /‘arijU llailrotuU.” He will hnvo,
[ think, from this section, an undivided vote.
Tho spirit and independence of your paper aro
highly commended. 1 trust you will always mer
it such commendations, by daring to speak the
truth, lot it cut where it will.
SOJOURNER.
Correspondence of the Times.
Ukoiujktown, Ga., May 21.*
Messrs. Editors.
Gkntlkmisx : I notice an omission in wri
ting out the proceedings of tho Democratic mee
ting hold in this place on tho 17th, as published
in tho “ Times.” It should have been stated that
the report of tho committee selected to suggest
names as suitable delegates to the Conventions,
Ac., teas unanimously adopted. It might bo prop
er still to note iu your paper, this somewhat im
portant fuel; if you think so, please publish, and
much oblige.
Yours, very respectfully,
E. C.ELINGTON.
Correspondence of the Times.
Crops Noulh-WcMcm (teorglu
Bakkk, Cos., Go., May 20th 1859.
Our Corn crops look very well -much of it is
from breast to head high. Some of our planters
are now “laying it by.” Unless the season prove
very unfavorable wo shall make an abundance of
the staff of life.
Cotton does not look so well. It is covered with
lice aud where fields are chopped out, it is feared
tho t* stand” will be injured. We have them to
some extent every year, but they have never yet,
damaged us seriously. Wo have more to fear
from the wars in Europe? The Oats are used
up with file rust. T shall not be able to savo the
seed I planted. I have already opened my fields
to tho stock.
PLANTER.
From Washington.
Washington, May 19.
Thu first instalment, $100,090 of the debt, as
ascertained aud adjusted in the treaty recently
concluded by Minister Reed with the Chinese
government, and duo by it to certain American
citizens, has already been received.
The Administration has recently received such
evidence of tho good faith of Groat Britain us to
satisfy it in tho beiiel that she is sincerely dispos
ed to fulfil all her engagements with this country
in regard to Contrui American questions.
Just previous to Count riartiges leaving Wash
ington recently, he openly said, iu a conversation
with two well known geulteinen of tho State of
Now York, that if there should be an European
war, he believed it would not be without uuibar
rassmout to our commercial relations, for tho
right of search would be re asserted and enforced.
This remurk was made with emphusis. Tho re
spectability of the purty from whom this infor
mation was derived, leaves no doubt of its
truth.
Lieutenant Barnet bus bcon ordered to the sloop
of-war John Adams, in place of Vanalstine, re
signed.
The President, has formally accepted an invita
tion of the Trustees of tho University in North
Carolina, to visit Chapel Hill at the annual com
menceiuuut in June. It is expected that tho 800-
retary of tho Interior, aud other friends will ac
company him.
The War and Money.
Tho following brad but vigorous article is from
the Loudon Times, of the 29th uil:
Let our readers note as a fact which it may be
.interesting to remember, and almost incredible to
toil twenty years hence, that tins great European
war iseommeuced hy three destitute, necessitous,
and almost bankrupt powers. Tho last word is
scarcely two harsh to apply to GoverumoutH who
are asking for the loan of immense sums, hapiiy
iu vain. Russia, whose Fuur and u Hall per
Cent, Stock stands at 87, has lately boon inviting
the British capitalist to loud her twelve millions ,
Frauco, whose Three per Cent, have fallen to- day
to fs2t. 65c., announces a loan ol twenty millions;
when aloau of much less amount had been raised
witii difficulty ; and Austria’s Five per Gouts.,
stand at 49. These figures represent Uie financial
condition to which England might he reduced af
ter carryiug on with moreotung euorgy a war iu
the C'rimi u, arid another in India lor ton yours,
without stinting herself of any other luxury. As
these throe powers cannot keep the wolf out with
out bugging and borrowing, and can ‘only dis
charge their old obligation* by contracting new
ones, their bankruptcy is a question of tune.-
But, with a perfectly empty exchequer aud a
blasted credit, they set about, the costliest of all
human operations ; for, happily, nothing costs so
much us killing one’s fellow creatures. That this
should he done oucc would boa marvel, had not
the marvel been so often repeated as to he a mar
vel no more. As must great battles have been
fought hy armies iu a state of physical exhaustion,
so most great wars have been commenced with
empty treasures. It is a truth with which states
men uro ou'y too tainiiliur.
Wheu Prince Felix Bohwartgonburg was ap
pealed to hy a deputation of merchants to oousid
or the hopeless state ol Austrian credit, he observ
ed that till a country was bankrupt it never
kuo* tho extent of its resources: Money, he was
aware, was a good thing, hut it was sometime*
quite os well tq have no money at ail, though it
wan not to be denied that the meusuren necessary
uuder those circumstances might be burdensome
to the people. It may, then be lush to assume
that these three powers now rushiug into the fray
will find any insurmountable difficulty in carry
ing on the war. Austria may us well feed her
army upon Piedmont as upon Lombardy, aud
France uas always found it convenient to quar
ter her soldiers on her neighbors. Then, even our
own commercial exjwrienoe may have taught us
that insolvency often takes reluge in extended op
erations. It is natural to escape lesser liabilities
by undertaking greuter ; aud the sequel *oiu* to
justify tb wisdom of the process, for u discern
ing public evidently thinks a greater bankruptcy
less discreditable than a smalt one. To fail for
/logo is ridiculous —for JtSO,IH)O, tragic aud
magnificent. We do not venture to prophecy the
value of French, ltussiau or Austrian stock after
a seven years war; but war will always he possi
ble so long a the majority of mankind look to
interest rather than the security of a loan, aud
are always able to flatter themselves that the
worst is over, aud that this is pos(tivoly the very
last addition to the debt.
ptjr Letters from General Pierce say that he
will probably remain uuother year abroad, in eon
■wqucuco ofthe improvement of his wife's health.
00LTMBITS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 1869.
Hon. Win K. Sanirord. of Ala Hts Letter and
Position -The (lovernorshlp
Wo publish to-day the letter of Hon. Wil
liam P. Samford, addressed to the Souior Edi
tor of this paper, explaining his position as
an independent candidate for Governor of the
State of Alabama. It is in reply to a letter
from us, in conjunction with many others,
urging him to forego his determination to op
pose Gov. Moore in the coining election, lest
it might abate the enthusiastic admiration
hitherto expressed for his truly noble course,
place him in antagonism with his beloved par
ty, and sxpose him to the humiliation of an
inglorious defeat.
To these objections, urged with all the can
dor of n genuine friendship, Mr Samford re
plies with characteristic ability and real force.
11 is solo purpose in declaring himself a candi
date, is to raise the standard of u pure democ
racy—to make it consist more with tho rights,
privileges and honor of n free people. In pur
suit of this noble aim, he proposes a policy not
opposed, but auxiliary to Democratic cham
pionship—not aggressive, but cluarly within
the terms of the Constitution—that the South
may elevuto herself in the Union, develop her
strength, restore her ancient prestige, and se
ure the prosperity which she is entitled to as
a part of the common country. A policy that
denies fellowship with all compromises—that j
breaks lho*shackies of party despotism—thut |
courts the instincts of true independence— |
that secures the birth right of real freedom.
Such a policy, the basis of which is found
in the Constitution, and its pursuits in the path
of honor, can be no cause of estrangement to !
the Democratic party, whose duty It is to main- ;
lain tho Union upon the substantial idea of
equal advantages, aud not upon tho empty theo- .
ry of equal rights.
Then let the Democratic press do justice to
Mr. Samford, if they cannot advocate his claims
to preferment and honor. Let them not chill j
his warm, Southern heart, which vibrates in
unison with every throb of sympathy and love
for his section, and which is too stout to en- ;
dure oppression and hardship.
Remember that Mr. Hamford's greatest :
crime is, that he loves the South, “ not wisely , j
BUT TOO WELL!”
[FOH TIIK TIMES. |
SunkY Slope, Near Auburn, Ala.,)
May 20th, 1859. j
I lon. Peyton M . Colquitt,
My Dear Sir :—l must beg space enough
in your valuable Times, to reply publicly to a
score or two of private letters wbicb I have
received from valued personal and political
friends, expressing that 1 should in
cur the hazards of an 11 independent Southern
Rights” candidacy for the Governorship of Al
abama, against Governor Moore. Suggesting
in no equivocal terms, the penalties of such
disloyalty to ‘‘TIIE PARTY’”—interrogating
me as to my definite views in taking this step,
and from pure regard for me, urging mo to re
view my decision, uiul withdraw my name
from the canvass. It is impossible thut I should
answer these numerous letters severally and
fully; and ns they all relute to a subject not
wholly indiliicrent to me or the public, and I
can do so without any violation of confidence,
through the medium of the Times, which em
braces most of their autiiors in the circuit of
its circulation, and reaches, besides these, cer
tain of my old Georgia friends, Editors and
others, who have chosen to criticise my posi
tion, l ask the favor of your columns that l
may explain my course, and the relations to
men and parlies which it legitimately estab
lishes.
As to HUch of my “friends” who ufo “em
barrassed” by my candidacy, I at once declare
to them, that I regret that they indulge sensi
bilities, which, however much l am otherwise
affected by them os u man, cannot exert the
least influence upon my determination.
Perhaps no man has enjoyed more genial
slid generous friendships than have, through
the whole course of my life, gladdened my
heart and illuminated iny humble path. Per
haps I have deserved them. I lihvo labored to
make them as agreeable and useful toothers
as they huve been to me. if I claim to have
been unselfish iu my personal and political re
lations, my life establishes the pretension. I
know that this merit does not commend me to
the “cunning”—the “smart—the over “prac
tical” among men, who meusure all ideas and
character by success —assume selfish ends as
the oh/ects of all human ambition, and count
nothing success but the tinsel of station —the
empty bauble of office.
I have never been the abject sluve of party
—the servile and creeping creature of policy.
I have stood my life long upon the open field
of principle, and battled for the rights of the
South, beneath the fiercest suns, with no feath
er in my cap to shudo u brow long ago bronzed
iu the wars.
Your beloved and noble father, if alive,
would attest my courage, and his “ vast, un
penetrable shield” would cover my head as
Iqng an his gallant heart should throb with
life, and ins powerful hand could wiold the
battle-axe, that none over encountered and
claimed a victory. 1 have now come with ail
iny professions of devotion to tho South, to
the Thermopylae of her fortunes in Alubama*
I have come, if need he, to die as becomes a
brave and true man, under the banner of
Truth. We have exhausted party compromis
es —humble petition* —throat* —bravado—plat-
forms and resolutions. The timd Ims come for
the South to act, or<be “ undone forever.” The
time has come for a true and earnest Southern
to feel, like Lord Byron at Missolonghi—
“The land of honorable death
Is here - up to the field and give
Away thy breath i
beck out, less often sought than found,
A soldier’s grave—for thee the best;
Then look around, and choose thy ground
And take thy rest.”
I have chosen my “ground”—l shall not
withdraw from tho canvass. If every friend I
have on earth falls away and 1 get not a dozen
votes, I shall run through.
I am a “democrat*.—in “an awkward posi
tion”—“ will distruct the party”—“ will get
beat,*’ suy inyc correspondents. lam neither
sanguine nor solicitous us to the result, tor
which I am not r ••ponaible.
My position might he “ awkward” to a man
who expects to live by the favor of politicians—
who desires office —whose heart and brain are
alike strangers to the freedom of un enfran
chised manhood that glories in the attribute*
of Truth and Justice, and exalts its individual
conscience and hopes above the claim* and
power of partyisrn. To me, thank God, it m
not “awkward.”
As to “the party,” I owe it no allegiance,
but that which its devotion to principle may
impose. I have defended irt principle*, as
well as I could, against its open adversaries,
and the worst enemies in its own bosom, who
labor to pervert its organization to selfish ends;
and who bring both it and its principles into
dmepulo by using its machinery to exalt pet
tifogging politicians and unscrupulous spoils
men over the heads of bettor iueu. I am at
alltimes'roady to enter into account with “tho
party.” If it “cuts mo off,” like Shertdfcn
threatened to do his son Tom,"wKh a shilling,”
it will be no fault of mine, if it has no shUliug
to bestow.
I am 14 a democrat” in the true sense, I hope.
It is not the first tiino that tho jiarfy-men of the
democracy have attempted to bring me into
disrepute and hush the voice of my counsel,
and expostulation, hy the whispers of expe
diency, and the clamors for the spoils. lam
the same sort of a democrat I was when I
called the first popular meeting which ever as
sembled iu Georgia to denounce Martin Van
Huron, and *hot down the vultures of North
ern prey, which hovered over the Beuth
birds of evil omen. lam the same sort of a
“democrat” that I was more than a year ago,
when I, first of all the men in Alabama, de
nounced this treacherous and iniquitous ad
ministration of James Buchanan. 1 was, on
both these occasions, ‘‘out of line”—l was
“out of line” when in 1850, l wrote the South
ern Rights address to the people of Chambers
county.
Murk what I say—l am “out of line” now—
but unless the Southern Rights Democracy
comes up to my standard of Southern Rights
action , it will soon have no power to crush
even a.-rhumble a man ns 1 am.
i Hut it is said, Gov. Moore is the candidate
of the Democratic party, and that l am the
j candidate of the opposition party. This is not
true, lam the candidate of no party —l am
■ an “ Independent, SOUTH KRN RIGHTS Cun
j didate.”
| l have a right to be n candidate, and it is no
! violation of democratic principle or “ ri4&” ei
ther, that I should be a candidate,
j The “rule” of the Democratic party is that a
’ Governor may go before the people for re-elec
tion Upon the strength, of hit administration ,
without a nomination.
i This rule does not exclude another demo
; crat from opposing him. If it doe*, it is con- i
i trary to the genius of our laws, and ought to
bo overthrown. The democratic rule enables !
| the incumbent to insist ou the merits of his ad- j
ministration to claim a second term us the
! reward of extraordinary services and states-
I mansliip, and tho appeal lies to the people,
I with open lists for competitors.
That this was the understanding of the dem
ocratic rule which prevailed in the*ate Au
j burn Convention, which nominated Mr Clop- -
ton, is manifest from the fact that the Conven
tion refused to re-nominote Governor Moore in ‘
deference to my independent candidacy. In
this District, at least, I am “in line.” The peo
ple here have not taken an illegal rule uponfl
their necks. Why do I call it illegal < Be
cause the law provides the length of a Guber- \
liatonal term, and that at the expiration of the j
two years, which constitute that term, the pro
, pie shall have tho opportunity of choosing an
other Governor, if they desire to do so. Hut
this •• democratic rule” as it is attempted to be
construed and applied to me, provides contrary
to tho luw, and in derogation of democracy it
self, tlml the Gubernatorial term shall last for
four and not two years only.
The argument is, that there is to be no dem
ocratic opposition. The principle is, that there
is to be no opposition <u all , for it is not to lie
presumed thnt a democratic rule would open
the lists to the aspirants of the opposition and
i close them upon democrats.
j The dcraocra-s are in the majority , and if this
1 is their rule, it is a despotic imposition of a
1 democratic rule abridging popular rights.
I But the “rule” is as 1 huve claimed it to be,
! and I nin not “out of line” by becoming a can
didate. There is no “ line” in the case. The
j lists are free, the trumpet of the challenger has
’ sounded, and 1 venture to cuter them and
make such proof of my knighthood as 1 may*
and if he skulks behind a rule , he is unworthy
the ranks of chivalry.
But why do I accept his challenges 1 What
quarrel have I with Gov. Moore I Personally,
none whatever, lie is a good man. and so
peaceful and patient that even the enemies of
the South have no cuuso to fear him. The
friends of this Frce-soil Federal Administra
tion are willing to risk his pacific dispositions.
Th es have no fear of exposure from him. No
body apprehends that he will in any event up
peal to the sovereignty of the Stale to protect
the rights of tho State. He is content with
the sovereignty of the democratic “party.'*
As long ns it lias the spoils—what matters it,
that Kansas,Cuba and Central America uro all
shorn of their Southern beams and wheeled
into the free-soil galaxy ? Darkling orbs of
death—disunion or submission!
The Federal Executive opouly and flagrant
ly inlerveuus in Kansas with a party proviso ,
as bud us Wilmot's, and scuds his emissa
ries there to muuugu Kansas through the shoals
and straits into u Free*Citato, democratic port.
The waves of Southern indignation beut up to
the very door sill of the Executive Mansion
of the Governor of Alabama.
Purely we heard the tone* of defiance with
which “ our Andy” as the Advertiser so touch
ingly calls its pretty little pet, rebuked the pre
sumption and unfairness of the Federal Chief
and his myrmidons in Kansas! Did wo not
hear f
When Walker had done hi* dirty work and
returned to hi* master in Washington with
wool in his teeth —did lie allow him to he shot ?
That same Walker is a* good “ a democrat”
as Gov. Moore ! 80 is James JJuchanau ! That
James Buchanan whose Federalism has out
gone anything ever attributed to Henry Clay
by the democratic party, and whose Free-soil
ism cunningly coiled itself in the Lecompton
basket of flowers, that it might fix its deadly
fang upon the Bouth, when she came, poor
•widow” us she is, to deck the funeral bier of
the Constitution with the perishiug memorial*
of her sorrow and her love—the frail formula
lies of right* paraded on paper, which were,
lor dear peace aud harmony, already decreed
lobe spoiled and surrendered to her enemies
in Kansas ! Free-soil Ijecomptouism —the “best
and shortest way” of the Washington Union
and this Administration to “make Kansu* a
free State”—is the plume which dock* the hel
met of this gallanf Southern Right* Adminis
tration ! That scene passed, even the shad
owy pretense of right, represented by Lecomp
tonism and the English Bill, turned the South
over to the tender mercies of the Emigrant
Aid Societies, and their minions in Kansu*!*
Brave word* were spoken. Conventions
were threatened. A slave State, in form only
had been confyromtsed buck into a free-soil ter
ritory—rejected, not openly nud manfully and
rightfully, it may be for good cause, but cun
ningly and maliciously, because it bore the
degrading budge of slavery was it rejected—
not by men opposed to Lecomptonism inprtu
ciple, blit opposed to the South without any
principle whatever.
It was manifest that slavery would be over
thrown hy the territorial authorities The Le
gislature of Alabama had commanded a Con
vention of tfie people of Alabama; the Geor
gia platform provided for and required (t, Did
Gov. Moore— this man now called “the es
sence of Southern Right*”—call the Conven
tion ?
Whs he in favor of the English Bill t Sup
pose lie was. Did this justify lux failure to
call the Convention f He had no discretion.
He ought to havo called the Convention,
laid the wholo Kansas case btsfore it, and left
the pcoplt of Alabama to say whether they
would submit —not to tho English Bill alone,
but to the iihohtion of slavery in Kansas by a
territorial legislature, which was then immi
nent, and has since transpired.
The creature of Congress- the territorial le
gislature of Ivuusas—with no power but such
as it derived from Congress, has decreed that
slavery shall not exist in Kansas; that the p>o
perty carried there by Southern men, under the
.sanction of the Supreme Court and the pro
tection of the Constitution, shall not remain
there, as property. What worse is Wilmot
ism or Missouri Restrictionism ?
It is the same thing ns if Congress itself had
abolished slavery in Kansas. And this was
easily to have been foreseen ; it was immi
nent, and the Legislature had authorized a
convention; and yot, this Southern Rights
Governor refused to call a Convention, and lull
the State nnd tho South to lie quietly down
under this federal abolitionism!
Aud this monstrous, hydra-headed,squatter
sovereiguty and federal abolitionism is to be
incorporated into anew parly compromise, by
which “non-intervention for protection’ ol
Southern property is to prevail over the Con
stitution, and we are to be left to the mercy oi
unbridled Northern majorities in the territories.
Kansas, so abofuioni:d, is to bo admitted into
the Union, in spite of tho population festric
tiou of the English Bill, and we aro ail to keep
“iu line” and have harmony ‘ In the language
of your eloquent Senator Toombs, 1 suy and j
mean, “Let discord reign forever” first!
I desire t*> have the people condemn aud 1
reprobate thi* partyism ; this spirit at contpro- |
mist ; this administration, Us Federalism and j
free *oilism; and this they cannot do by re- j
; electing a man who, in deference to the unity of i
i parly, has not only ignored all the great South- j
i ern issues, but refused even to submit the most |
! urgent of them to tho people of Alabama, al- i
though commanded to do so by the Legislu 1
ture of the f-iuile; u man whose friends nuiti
ber iir their ranks all the administration men j
of the .State ; a man who dares not to denounce
the Federalism Mid Free soili.suiol the central *
■ administration ; who will not now trust him
self and hi* chances fora candidacy fur re !
election to either a Southern Rights Uonven
ventioti of all thcrpeople, without distinction of
parties, nor to a convention of the Southern
I > Eights Democracy !
The election of a Black Republican I’resf
( dent in 1860 is not even improbable. Events
! tend strongly to such a result. When it shull
, transpire, what will Gov. Moore do f Already
■ indications are not wanting that, as a party ,
his friends will uot be ready tor the issue. In
some of their platforms they are earelul to say .
they will resist if a Black Republican shall bo !
i . A II
elected upon a revolutionary platform f All J
that is necessary lor our enemies to do, iu of
der to cut our throats with impunity, is to say
it is not murder l That will staunch the gush- j
ing blood, and restore lost vitality! There is
springing up a doubt as to what the Black Hui
publicum* mean! O! my miserable country!
Wlmt would I do! Tear loose or cut loose trout
the dead and infectious body, auduovor wait a j
1110 incut to breath its virus.
My position is, that we need a Southern j
Rights party in view of the Charleston Con
vention, to help solve the party problem. We |
need such a purty in view of ISGO. In any
event, we need such a party iu view of the J
next Congress. We need it to redeem our j
professions; to resist compromises; to battle
for the South in the Union while wo stay in it,
and to carry us out of it if we must gather up
ouf household gods and go out of it.
In view of this necessity, l have deliberate
ly taken a positions which repels no true
Southron of any purty. I invoke my country
men of the Opposition, as well as of the nom
inal and real Democracy, to rally auJ uphold
me in an effort to demolish a lii4D°'>> Nation
alism, ou whose foul altars every true friend
of the South will be sacrificed, if the perfidi
ous hand o (party is m he not stayed by the will
ofthe sovereign people.
r have much more to say, but must not ex
tend this letter, already too long. Allow me
to refer to letters which i have eut to the Ad
vertiser in Montgomery, and the Marion ( otn
monwealth, in farther explanutiou of luy views.
All the threats ol dclcttl which my enemies
so vociferate, do not move me. I adopt a
glorious old Saxon motto: “Victory is a doubt
ful advantage, but courage a certain good !”
But it is not certain that 1 si.all be deieuled.
Tho eagles of this Southern w'ar may yet ex
ult iu victory. The Southern Rights hosts
who aru arraying themselves lor this battle,
will always be proud to say, “I was at Ausler*
lilz;” and whatever may be the fate of the
day, their children will r*j*poud, * Vt/Ua un
brave.!” *
1 give my personul fortunes not one moment
of consideration. My late 1* of less moment
to me thuu that of uuy other one Iriynd the
South lias. 1 huve never wauled an office—
l shall never want one. God give me grace
to live, and hil*or, and feel only lor my coun
try! “ All lor the South.”
As ever, your obliged and true friend.
WM. F. SAMFORD.
Muiiilk and Girard.— Major John 11. How
ard, tho President of tho Mubilu aud Uirurd Rail
road Company, was iu Moliilo lust wouk looking
ufter the interest* of hi* road, with a view to its
connection with the Mobile and Great Northern
Railroad ut Murder crock, smue fifty-odd mile*
from Mobile. Ko say* the Montgomery Mail.
The hem rul Assembly us tbr Presbyterian Church
ofthe I’nltiUMates
Indj ANArom*, la., May 19.
The General of tho Presbyterian
Church of tho Uuited State* couvcut-U this morn
ing. iu the übseiioe of Dr. 800t t, of California,
the lost moderator, Dr. Rice of Chicago, hy ap
pointment presided, aud delivered the opeuuig
sermon.
Three hundred and twelve delegate* uro alrea
dy present from every part of tho country
There are also some Mbauvuune* for Asia and Af
rica present.
Rev. L. Breckenridgu, of Kentucky, wuleiocted
Moderator by ucclumntion. Rev. Mr. Mann, ol
N. Y., was elected temporary clerk.
Feeding Rusted Oats to Cattle. - The safe
ty pf allowing stock to feed on rusted oat* uml
other grain having become a mooted qiumtion,
and iu most in* ancos decided adversely, it may
not be a mis* to give the experience ol a friend,
on the subject. Ho had, last year, u hcautifulfield
of oats that was taken with the runt ; feeling uu
williug to lose it entirely, he turned iu hi* milch
cow* and kept them there until it wu* entirely
consumc-h without tho slightest unfavorable ef
fect upon them. To th* contrary, they thrived
and grew fat; though it is hut safe to *uy—for
without it tho case might have resulted otherwise
—that a lsrg# bouidor of rock-salt was kept in the
lot whore the oattlu Were turned nightly, lie is
su thoroughly convinced that tho rutted oat is
harmless, that he isuow rspetaiug theoxperinicnt,
hi* present crop being in the same condition a#
that of last yoar —os, we regret to learn, is gener
ally the oa*s throughout the low country,
PEYTON H. COLQ.UITT, i pditora
JAMES W. WARREN, \ Jwmra
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Number 22,
aCOiniKl'H, THURSDAY, MAY 2
Opposition Convention,
As far as we are able to judgo from an expres
sion of opinion in the American press, the oppo
sition party will hold a Convention to nominate a
candidate for Governor, on tho third YYodnesday
in July, in Millodgcvillc. So tnoto it be. YVho
will bo the viotlm ? lion. James Johnson, of
this city, wo arc reliably informed, may be press
ed by h(s friends to the position, and is willing to
make tho sacrifice. Wo admire bravery, but rash
ness is not so commendable. What objoot ha*
tho opposition party in view in nomiflatiug a can
didate for Governor? To keep organized? To
show courage ? To Whip tho fight ? It is better
for thorn not to keep ofganl/.fed, but draw into
their ranks a sufficient uumbor of discontented
democrats by a policy of silence during the pre
sent campaign that will tell in the future. They
cannot succeed by drawing tho party lines. They
were badly defeated two year* ago, when Gov.
Brown was comparatively unknown, and Che most
cloqueut apostle of Americanism canvassed the
Btato in opposition to him. How would lt“f>o in
the next canvass, when the admission is fresh
from the proas, that they havo no “issuu” to make
with him— ho baa filled the coffers of our treasury
—holms acted tho part of a good steward ?
With what znl will the leader* of the American
parly oppose tho claims of Gov. Brown for re
election, when they aro forced to oxelaiin in the
honesty of their hearts, he has douo iiis duty?—
What issue will he mad* ? The Federal udminht
trutiou ? It is so plain, that “he who runs may
road,” that the > oplo cannot Seo the “necessity
fur subordinating .State policy to niitional BsuLS,
in an election for a State officer charged with the
inaiiHgoment of State concern* alone?” He iius a
duty to perform to the State of Georgia, over
; which lie presides. llua lie been faithful or ru-
I creant to hid trust ? This In the qudktiou, and it
! is this tho people will be eaUed on to decide.—
1 What is to bo gained by the minority party in
forcing a candidate before tho peopto in opposi
tion to tho present Governor? Will they succeed?
1 No. Will they increase their number? No.-
Will they enable county candidates to succeed?
No. What will b the result? Simply an over
whelming vote at the hallot-box—a thinning oat
>f sorno of their boatmen—rcudering more firm
1 and solid tho ranks of tho Democratic party, and
a defeat of the nominees of tho county Conven
tior.s, who oppose the policy of Gov. Brown. Be
fiilts, it is not for a mlubrity party to dictate
terms. If tho contest is made, the American par
’ty is responsible. It ■ mid not be expected that
a well orpunized majority party would not lay
down their platforms and prepare their banner*
’ for *the war, when their policy was’ to keep the
rank and tile in tine. Thai us long as they kept
, their places and tvofe well drilled iu party discip
! line, so urn ii the greater probability of winning
the fight. On the contrary, the moment the dis
cipline tmeomes lax, and files wore permitted to
get out of Hite, the greater danger there would be
of loosing many of them by a wily enemy bid in
ambush, and ready to lasso the first straggling
| troop from the camp.
| Then, wo say, it is to the interest of tho demo-
cratio party, whose principles wb love, to encour
age the Americans to havo a Convention. Pre
ferring a peucufui canvuss, we have laid before
them our v L-w* as to ttieir policy. It is with them
jto follow it. In any event, the old democratic
flag will flout iu victory over tho capital of the
| btute.
j Mount Vkunon.— We have seen a oirtailai, ad
j dressed to a gentleman in thi3 city by Mrs. Eve,
j of Augusta, Vico Itegoiil for Georgia, in reference
to the above subjeot. This lady, whose genius
j and patriotic efforts in the cause of honoring tho
memory of tlm “Father of his country/* entitles
| her to universal couuuoudaiiuu, to complete aud
I render more officieut the organisation of the
! Mount Vernon Association in Georgia, desires
that a branch thereof shall bo established in every
county iu tho kite. Us. The first effort to prutnote
this object in Muscogee county, nearly a year
ago, from some cause, received but little encour
agement. Wo should iuuuod be sorry to believe
that the failure was the result of indifference to
ilw patriotic design of the Association. Our city
and county c< rtuanly contain many ladies, whose
intellect, influence and energy, if emitted and ex
erted, can redeem our reputation from such dis
credit. Ail doubt, if any aver existed, as to the
ultimate success ofthe Association, lias vanished,
and it remains to be seen whether the matrons
and maidens ou the Chattahoochee, arc willing to
bo unrepresented in this appropriate offering of a
im iou gratitude, to tho most patriotic, self-sacri
ficing and purest of its sons.
Correspondence of the Times.
Hmnth District™ 40l A. II ktnau ts. lion Joshua
Ulll.
Putnam Cos., May 23d 1859.
Messrs. Editors:
Thu people of litis Bistriot favor rotation in of
fice. Col. N. G. Poser served only one term in
Congress. Mr. Joshua Hill etuceededbim, being
elected hy the Americans. Now iho Americans
in this section ofthe District havo resolved upon
running Col. Augustus il. Kenan, of Baldwin,
whether nominated or not by the District Con
vention. They urge many good and satisfactory
reasons for this oou rse. This portion us she dis
trict has always yielded It* claims to superior num
bers, in Convention, until the rank and fils begin
to murmur, and heueo Col. Keuaaa independent
cauitiUaoy.
In tho American mooting, held in Baldwin, Sat
urday, 2lst, resolution* were oflbred by 6u. 8.
I’. Myrick approving the “old Republican usage
in leaving an “pen and fair field to aspiring
frieuds,” un tram me led hy a” District Convention’’
and emlor.dug Col. Kenan's course iu becoming a
candidate. Only two voice* in opposition to die
rc.selqtiouH aero heard. In fat t, with the excep
tion ofthe •Southern Itecordsr , the Americans iu
Baldwin, a s a majority here are for Col. Kenan.
Let the democrats hold oil ? Col. Kouan is a giunt
ou tlio slump —ha* bate badly treated hy the
Americans iu the upper portion of thj^District,
and cau whip the race.
You may expect warm time* hero. The Ilecor
dsr against Col. Kenan and his host of w*rui
friends. Mr. Joshua Hill will be .defeated by Col.
Kcnau ifhoimusU upon a party Convention The
Auicrieuu* here will not abide it* action. More
tuou.
PUTNAM.
Governor ha* appointed the following
named geiiiU-uieu a Cumiaittee to attend the ex
amination of the Classes in the University of
Georgia, commencing Tuesday, 21st June next,
lion Jieury R. Jackson, C'bwthuui C 9.
Col Bolouion C'oheu, “ “
“ Yelvorton P Kiug, Greene u
11 Henry 11 Gumming, ifn bmond*’
“ Thus L Cooper, Fulton M
Rev Wui Kllnn, Baldwin
lion M J Wellborn, Musvugeo “
llou A A Alloa, Decatur
Col Wm W Paine, TelfaUr •*
” Peter Alexander, Upson **
Bon E A N is bet, Bibb
“ Wm ll liuut, Cobb
Dr H V M Miller, Floyd •<
Col M C M 11 am inond, Clark “
Key Dr Nathan Uuyt, “ u