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Fourth of July, lu oiumb.iN
The 4th Wfas celebrated in this city with all the
•‘pomp and circumstance of war ” Tho military,
consisting >f the City Light Guards, Captain
Colquitt, Columbus Guards, Lieut. Ellis, ami the
Georgia drays, Capt. Shepard, under tho com
mand of Cnpt. Scnuns, appeared on Broad Street,
at an early hour, where they received the Chap
lain, Orator and Reader of the Declaration, and
escorted them to Temperance Hall. Here bad
assembled an immense audience, composed prin
cipally of ladies, to witness the exercises. The
St. Cecelia Society, who were seated ou the stage,
shut out from view of the audience l*y inouns of a
tiiiu curtain, sang an appropriate air, when the -
Her. Dr. Mann, of the Methodist Church, offered i
up a prayer. After which, the Declaration of In- :
dependence wav read by Private Cary, of the
Georgia Grays, with much fluency, but in too
low atone us voice to be beard by ttte amttcTu-e.
The Orator of the day. Private Ja*. A. Shiug'.er,
of the City Light Guards, acquitted himself with
much credit. Hu spoke witli force, clearness, and
beauty, rising occasionally to eloquent strains.— I
The Southern sentiment embraced in tho perora- !
tionoflhb: address, were warmly cheered and
applauded by the audience. After the addles*
and singing of a patriotic air by the St. Cccolians,
winch kindled the fire of a virtuous ambition in
many young hearts, the Military performed many
Uattaiiou movement.* ou Broad street with precis
ion and accuracy. The commanding officer, Capt.
> s euiiues, showing a through knowledge of the i
science and very genius of Infantry Tactics.
iu the afternoon, appeared the Fantastic*, who j
burlesque.l the prominent actors iu the late mar
Wet ordinance excitement.
Gen. Betbuue was personified, as also the Su
preme Court Judges, who wore long ‘black gowns
with while collars and sat together in otic vehicle.
killed.
We learn that Dr Win. G. Nelson, of Pleasant j
Hill, Talbot county, was shot ou tho tth inst., hy j
Mr Henry C Worthen, of Upson county, at the I
Warm Springs, in the last named county. There
was no difficulty, and Worthen. it is stated, said
that he shot at another man. The hall penetrat
ed tho forehand of Dr. Nelson, causing bis death
instantly. Worthen hoc made his esc a pc.
From the AugiuuaConetitttttftHnliAt.
MP.. STEPH£It'S SPEECH.
About noon, yesterday, n large concourse of j
people assembled in the City llail Dark, to hear j
their repi<- , *.niative in Cougross address them, ou i
his resignation of the high office which they have j
no long cmferred upon him. and which lie has so
honorably and so ably fitted- There was a large ;
number of ladies preaunt: and though the heavens j
frowned, and the sky grew dark, and the rain ;
enme down upou the earth, there was but a brief ,
interruption of the orator’s reuntks.
Mr. .John Hones came forward on the platform I
which had been erected for the occoeion, and in- !
troduccd.Mr. Stepheu.i to the audience, tvhercup
on the honorable geiulcuiufi arose, and proceeded 1
to address his corsirtnttnts, in substance, as fol ‘
lows :
’ Mr. Stephens returued thanks for tiiis popular j
display on the part ot hi* constituent#: tor tl*i
was much in it to enhance his appreciation of 1
the compliment intended to he bestowed. It iva
ait imposing assembly not only of the Voters ,
the dint riot, but of the fair of the land the moth
axw and daughter.-; at* only of poll I
ioA! friends, but of political foe.- - all of which
tended to diihant'e the demonstration. It i< not)
every one in political life that hasheen so fortu
nate as to receive Mich u compliment at its close, j
It was uot an uncommon thing among the an- 1
dents for public men to he ostratfised: nnd even
in this country, some fail to meet the popular up- ;
probatiou; lieuoe he was particularly gratified at j
this testimonial, and responded gratefully for ibis :
good feeling uu the purl of his ci-usiitucnt*.
I’olitk‘S is a stormy and uncertain sen, powers
iug dangerous nnd uncertain elements; and while
riding its storms, ms he lias, many of bin asso
ciate* have been wrecked. He has been more
fortunate: but claims nothing for himself it was
all owing to the feeling entertained for
him by his constituents; and he again expressed
bis gratitude lor this display, coming from the
aoun-e it did, uml irt the beautiful and nourishing
city us Augusta.
The occasion was suggestive of thonghts of re
gret.a.- all partinga are; but he would not dwell j
upon thoughts, iic was not as one about to part
front friends, but rather like tUe weather-beaten
mariner -after passing through the dangers of |
the mighty deep, he sails upon his last voyage,
heaves in sight of his wished-I<>r home, and ouce I
more lands u term Ji rut a. never again to sail ou ‘
the troubled sea: so he felt to day. (Applause.) ;
Another source of gratification is in the fact |
that he leaves the country in ns good condition as I
ho fbund it—nweb better, in fact, and materially
advanced mail the elements of wealth and Bower, j
Our Commerce has extended, and empire ln
creused- in all the elements of prosperity we have
motfo step* of marked and unprecedented pro- j
grof-s. Since bis debut in |ublie life—in the leg- .
i-lature of (ieorgia— om* own condition bus im
proved as if by magic, although we pass along, .
hardly noticing them- lie alluded, as an example, i
to our colleges. When he first came upon thes'.ago
of public lite, there wa liut one university, or
male college in the State; there wa- not a female
college in the whole world. Heorgia was tbo first
to establish and endow colleges for women. The
Macon Female College was tbeflrsief its kind iu
the world; aud though ridiculed and laughed at
he advocated it in the Legislature of Georgia, and
aided iu its establishment. The fruits of these
new lignK which have sprung up all over the
Slatft will be reaped heieaftCTi And though
Georgia wa, indeed, an Empire of internal ini
proveuients, iuid though she might pile all her
improvements upon each other, on the top of all
will stalld the honor of leading in the cause of fe
male education. (Applause.) In a word, then,
lie leaves all, socially and materially, in national
power and greatness, iu usgood condition as he
found it.
He did not look for this demonstration: for he
preferred to go Into privacy w ith the conscious
ness that be bud discharged his duty faithfully;
but he yielded to the wisties of the people on this
occasion.
Hu was gratified that his conduct in the politi
cal field had beeiwapproved; and he would briefly
let his audience know how the political questions
which have agitated the country now stand.
He alluded to h U eormte tion with the annex
htion of Texas—one of the most momentous
question*, and the first with which he hail ever
met with. It was a fiery ordeal. Itr he then stood
1 in opposition to his Wends; but a reß*e of duty
impelled him to adopt the eourso he did. The
secret history of the subject has never been writ
ten. The annexation of- Texas secured four
•States to the Union. Without claiming any hon
or to himself, be stated that the resolutions that
passed the Senate were drawn up liy himself and
Hrowu of Tounessce, and that Mr. Calhoun and
Mr. Tyler never saw them until they were in
print. In 1150, Mr. Hale alred Daniel Webster
the great constitution expounder, whether be
thought it was constitutional to admit territory,
with a guarantee of four slave l-’tatos, into the t'u
iun? Mr. Web*ter replied “Ido!” This wax
one of tho most gratifying event* in his life. In
six years, notwithstanding the disagreement and
ditticußie* through which he passed, ho Ifvod to
■eo the oiliest expounder admitting, in thfuce of
the world, that the act of udmissiou was constitu
tional—aad Bow, men of all parties and creed
agree that it was right.
A greater and fearful crisis arose —that was
the question <f the power of Congress over the
Territorial —whether new slave Htate* should bo
admitted ; or whether the Boath should never ex
pand or enlarge : whether onr institutions should
)>e starved out; whether the South should submit
t Jegradutiou. He would not give the history
of those times, but simply say, in regard to tbe
part he took, it is past—what he did it done
but whether right or wrong, the record is made
up. Tbe South was successful. Bhe asked noth -
lug wrong from tho North, and got only w hat was
right. He was perfectly willing to remain In the
l nion ; hut snhply seid stay the hand of oppres
sion. As much us he loved and admired the Co
lon, if the South was to lie hemmed and hedged
in, he was for resistance ; sooner than submit to
practical or theoretical question of Wrong, bo was
for resistance.
He believed truth would triumph ; all the South
wants is decision, union, patriotism ; he believed
in the power and omnipotence of truth, and would
aek for nothing wrong. Tho great principle to
lie carried out li expansion—the right of thepeo-
THE UNION OF THIS STATES, AMI THE SOVEREIGNTY (IF the states.
l‘!e of the Sooth to go t<< the Territories with their
pr.'p.-ri\. p - <>t,i-i .1 hv thp <'.institution, on
a pbilf Tin oi equal ri,-Ul>.
moment, hut he so..b t •-.-uuiedi]
The question was fully settled .is :i principle,
that Congress should make no discrimination m
. regard to sectional rights in the Territories : but
that Him pc*q ie of each Territory, when about t->
form a Constitution as a State, should decide for
themselves whether they should come into the
t nioti ns a (Veeor slave State.
Th Mu-.dri Compromise doctrine, the Texas
’ ductrino. the Territorial doctrine of Ruths King
in ItHV, haveall been abandoned. Tn the admis
sion of this principle, it was not a triumph of the
. South, hut a triumph of justice, truth and right.
The settlement was fully’ up to the demands of
j the South. She never asks but for what is right.
The principle is now settled that Congress shall
abstain from all legislation on the subject of slave
! ry in the Territories, whether a* to the North or
i South—uml tho Territories arc now open to all
I sections, and have the privilege of adopting slave
ry or not. as the people may choose, when they
| conic t.> form a Constitution. These measures,
)iuwv*r. dill not go as far as ho wished ; he would
have Congress to give protection u. star., proper
♦ v in tho public domain ns long as il remained in
i a Territorial condition.
A miyoritv at tho South differed with him—not
j mere than twenty-five men in Congress agreed
| with him hut he finally yielded to the doctrine
of nou-uitcrvcniion, because it was not aggress
i ive ; and because it secured for all practical pur
! pose* what we wanted. If elitnav and soil do
not favor slavery, it will not go into the Territo
ries.
Miruy thong t all tho discussion on tho slave
i ry question had nothing iu it, slavery wouldn't
go to Kansas, Nebraska, Ac , what harm would
be done if the WiimoL Proviso was parsed ? It
I is true.it was an abstract principle which had
I been gained : but somo of llie greatest questions
I in the governments of the world have been ab
j struct. Ale would advise a* strong resistance to
| abstract a-, to practical question*. Nations which
! suhiui: to abstract questions of wrong will not
t long maintain their in dependence. Let no man,
j theu, say that all their discussion about slavery
1 iu the Territories was for personal motives, and
that all the detail* amounted to nothing.
l utes of empires have been settled by abstract
questions. The Ih-tfl Scott decision w.is only in
regard to one slave ; but it eoutaiued an abstract
i question of great importance. Mr. Stephens ci-
I tod several law cases where the interests iiumedi
j ately as -take were small, but wherein grout nb
i struct principles were contained ; and asked where
would have been the Ure.U Scott decision hut for
the debate m Congress ? Let no man place too
light an estimate upon theoretical questions. He
j cited our own Revolution, which, as Mr. Webster
says, was “fought upon a preamble.” The de
’ murid of the colonies for the removal of the tea
j and stamp duties wore granted by the British gov
! eminent : hut tho right of taxation was asserted
j n tho very act of revocation and upon that the
; Revolution was fought. Mr. Stephens here paid
1 a passing > <-iupliiueiil to 1 rotund and her patriots
j and orators —and quoted thulaugongc of Edmund
I Burke In regard to the uction of the British gov
i eminent. On the sunn* principle, let no one he
deceived, or place too small an ostium to on pub
j lie men in then discussions—even when they
’ throjtyi a dissolution of the Union, and even on
an a? .4tract principle. If*> would not advise the
’ Htutli, or any portion of the confederacy, to re
j main members of a body iu which they wur not
I equal in all the principle* of justice.
! His reason for retiring was, that all these quo*
• lions aro now settled. Everything human is pns
! sing away them is nothing eternal hut change.
I Our bodies yield to this law ; death is incident to
all ; and governments ere liable t<< the same law.
The most powerful of the present day, even our
i own, must pass away. We know not when it
I munt obey this law of change ; lie would lad has
ten it* dissolution, huL rather prolong its exist
cnee : and indulged in the hope that a far more
■ glorious position, even than our present one,
! awaits us.
Mr. .''tephens repeated that he had eiulcuvorcd
j to <ll charge his duties faithfully. The settlement
1 of the questions to which he hud alluded was a
j practical good, ifweare but true to ourselves;
l the settlement was affirmed by the judiciary as
well ns the executive; and we can dn ide Texas
into five slave plates tuid get. Chihuahua, .Smtoru,
! Ac., if wo have the slave population,
j lie had been asked, what are the prospects for
j the future : what is to become of the anti-slavery
! son time lit at the North : and whether slavery is
as secure as it was?
As he said in 1860, ho would repeat n<-w
j there is very little prospect of the South settling
. aftj territory oiitshlc of Tcxne, intact, little or no
prospect at all, union* we increase our African
1 stock.
This question hi* hearers should examine in its
i length uml breadth; ho would do nothing inure
than present it; hut it is as plain as anything
that unless the number of African stock be in
. creased, we have not ibo population, und might
i a* well abaudou the race with our brethren of
i the North in the colonisation of the territories.—
i It was not for him to advise on these questions,
I be only pieseutod them ; the people should think
| and act upon them. It there are but few more
slavo States, it is not because Abolitionism or
VV'iliuot Proviso, but simply for the want of peo
ple to settle them. Cannot make State* without
j people: rivers and mountain* do not make them:
and kUco .States cannot be uiado without Afri
can*. 1 am not lelMng you, said he, to do it, but
! it i* a serious question concerning our political
and domestic policy; and wo do not want voters
I and dcclaimer* ha much as thinker* nod reason
; era. It is useless to wage wur about abstract
rigid*, or to quarrel and accuse each other of un
i soundness unless we get more African*.
Many had asked him what be thought of pub
lic sentiment on Ihi* question ? He would reply,
that the institution of slavery is now stronger
I than it was sixteen years ago, when he entered
j Congpess. Nothing improved like it—and it is
i now fixed firm and secure in it# position,
j Tn his judgment, our* is the only government
I consistent with nature. He did uui agree with
1 some as to tho manner ol meeting our opponent.- ;
; while tuuuy person* wen- ofb-nded and ;t>!opi*d;ed
; at the higher law doctrine ‘reward, ho believed,
himself, in a higher law. Hu believed in ii high
er law of the Creator, and the Constitution must
sustain and rest upon this higher law. Tbe np
j pouerits of slavery were endeavoring to make
! thing* equal (black and white people) who h the
Creator had made unequal. Our opponent*, then,
‘ are warring again*!. :i principle, while we ure
warring for it.
Negro idavery is but in its infancy—it Is u
j more problem in our government; our father*
j didn’t understand it. 1 grant that all the public
j men of the South wore once against it; but they
j dtdu’t understand it. It in for n* to meet quo*
tions with the firmness which they did. The
’ problem t* yet unsolved. Our* is not only the
’ Lent but it bt tho ouly government founded upon
1 the principles us nature. Anktullu and other an
cient philosopher* find tailed in their theories of
j government. Gradation i *oen in everything in
j nature —in the flowery world, from tb japouica
i down b> the violet, in the vegetable kingdom, in
, the star*, and even in men. All government
come* from the Creator. Statesmen never looked
! to this principle of gradation, hut •ur govem
-1 mentis the only one founded ou it; and our
, policy, our institutions, und African slavery in
, founded nn it. It i# not for us to enquire into the
1 greut mysteries us nature; and it is most foolish
! to at (chip t to make things better thon God made
I them. [Applause.]
| Blitlcsiiien and pnvalo men should t&ku thing*
; :is God Pmud*d them; inaking tho greatet
j amount el happiuees out of tho element* which
wo posseas. \Vo ought to increase and expand
our institutions. If they do not inercu- the
1 amount of happiness to all black und white—
I then, they ought to be abandoned, lie repudia
! icd the fiectriue of the greatest happiness to the
1 greatest nunifier. One hundred person* have no
right to have happiness at tho expense und inju
ry of ninety-nine. If slavery is not lo st for the
i African, :ud doesn't increase his happiness, it
ought to he abolished. If it iloos, then our iu
stitulion* are founded in nature—wo itrelullill
ipg our destinv and we should stand upon this
higher law. ile Wouldn’t support a Constitution
I that was inconsistent with this higher law of nu
: turc. And until the “leopard can change Ids
, spots, or the Htbiup his skin.'’ don't tell me,
said he, that it is unlawful to hold slaves.
lie had hcc„ asked, with those views, what is
to become of the country? Fanaticism might he
spreading at the North; but slavery i getting
j stronger, and will continue to get stronger wheth
[ er iu the Union or out of II
If the worst must come, let it copw—he wua not
afraid of the rdneeqtienccß; iu or out of the
! T-nion shivery will grow stronger as time goes
J ou.
i When he entered Congress, tho Missouri Com
promise excluded slavery from the Territories:
| now, it i* not excluded from a portion of the land
! over which floats our natlonul flag!
He alluded to the anti-slavory sentiment which
j prevailed in Virginia In the early days of the
Commonwealth : and argued that it D useless to
’ war against tho progress of events. Every re
i itrictlon has beeu taken off of slavery ; a fugitive
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1859.
slave law has boon granted. There are wore
men at the North to day who believe in the social
.1 ml im-ral condition of slavery than when he went
t” Foiigvo-ss. Wilberforee's theory ha* failed ;
fml>le h;o: repudiated his abolition doctrines;
and c\on ibe J. mb -I Times bus partially kept up
*vit!i *! - .n: .1 - >.;>it,ioeFreedom tor tho ne
t'.-i n triv.i Ui ;bc V*c t India Islands,ami
failed, iitot the delcel 1- ih.w attempted to be
remedied by the I:;tri><luc‘.ion of ( bineso coolie*,
under the title of “apprentice*.” They had bet
tor resort to the original stale of things.
All, he continued, depends upon ourselves, for
the future. With our constitutional rights, ami
w ith the present principles of political policy, in
hi* judgment, wo are just ns sale, and even safer
thau wo over were. We must remain united ; if
w e aro ever divided, our day of doom will surely
come. All nations, w hen they cease to grow be
gin to die; we should then endeavor to expand
ami grow. Central America, Mexico, are all
open to us. He does not believe that the coun
try is largo enough ; but believes that a diversity
ot Interest will strengthen the government better
than if all were homogenous. He looks forward
iu tho future td the acquisition of Cuba: but was
never in favor of paying Spain much money for
H ..i new *u>. ,n* o tnn uitllioits of dollars.
If Tuba wants tocome into the Union, be would
not ask Spain ; but would be In favor of repealing
the neutrality laws, so ns to give our people a
chance to help her iu her wish.
H<> saw no reason why w< should pnv thirty
millions for it: we have already spent several
millions in preventing American* from going to
Cthn and be wants the United States to quit
holding tho Island while Spain skins it. (Cries
of go on! go on !)
Tim host time to quit, resumed the. speaker, is
when nobody wants you to quit. What l have
aid about the principles of slavery is anew
thing. Philosophers never thought much upon
n government founded on nature. All thing* now
are slow in development, Ac. He alluded to the
theories of l/ope-hieti*. of Gallileo, of Adam
Smith, of Watt*, of Newton, of Fulton i<-tho
steamboat, the telegraph, etc—all were slow in
development; and tho Kamo principle will apply
to our government.
He would now take his farewell leave. My
wee is done, said he. my career is ended --wheth
er for good or evil the record is made up. He has
endeavored to perform his trust to the best of his
ability, lie does not quit the service of his con
stituents from discontent; for ho is perfectly
satisfied, if they arc. lie would not change a
single act of his past lire, and was perfectly will
ing that his public nets should be .-Mpiared by the
rule of the Grecian statesman: “On nil occasions
a public man should net not only as if he thought
the act wai the boat that could be, but us if it i
the rr.ry best that could be done.”
He would not say that be would never hold of
fice under any emergency : i<-r that would bo in
soleul; but if any great, emergency should arise,
• .’cn if it were necessary to shoulder his musket
iu defence of his country -though he could not
d-> much in that way -yet he woufd hold himself
ready to obey flu* call of his country. But there
was no office under heaven which he would have
in preference to that of Representative and par
ticularly from the Eighth District, lie was un
der groat obligations to the people of the District;
and if lie luid passed safely over that sea to which
be had alluded, it was all owing to their generous
confidence. In all that he had doliu, be had en
deavored to honor the office, rather than maintuin
tho office for the honor it conferred. lie apolo
i oil for aught ttial he may have said or done in
tin* heat of political contest, that wounded the
sci liugs of his political opponents, and Imped that
pardon would be extended to him.
It- conclusion, he wishes peace, happiness and
longlife to all bis hearer: , prosperity to the
country; ami that <>ur institutions might bless
million.’ \ i t unborn a* they have blessed us.
Mr. Ktephens sat down amid the applause of
tlio.-o who ha<l the opportunity and the gratifica
tion to hear him. We regret our inability to do
justice tn the honorable gcnthmnu, but our re
port must bo necessarily hurried mid curtailed,
and therefore imperfect. Our renders may, how
ever, gather some idea of the view* and princi
ple* which the retired statesman curries with him
into private life.
We presume the speech will be written out bv
.Mr. Stephen*, and turui hed to the press for pub
lication.
As soon a* the speaking was over, the loud
mouth cannon was placed in Greene Street, and
boomed forth sixteen discharge* -one for each
year of Mr. Stephens’ service in Congrcs*.
TilK DIN.NKK.
At 4 o’clock, about two thousand pers m*, a
large portion being Indies, assembled iu the long
ami spacious building of the Savannah and Au -
gusta railroad depot. Six tables, reaching near
ly the entire length of the edifice, were supplied ,
with the Bubalniitiuls of life, prepared under the
charge of Mi Daniel Kirkpatrick. The dinner
ww abundant, wolf cooked, ami a thousand per
sons more could have fared sumptuously from tho
quantity of provision* provided lbr the occasion.
Alter dinner, Senator Hammond was called out
and made a few remark* and other gentlemen
replied to calls. At th<- time wo were called oil
Mr. Stephen* was speaking.
Southern Mol mil Insurance to.
Wo learn tiiat tho liabilities of this Company
for in*uriu>ce on property destroyed by the lato
tire, luivebc.cn settled by the agents, Mc**r*. pond
ii Willeox, iu a most sidisliuMory manner. They
charged lur.-- for uilvaueing, before tho ex|dntti<m
<f t.lie sixty day - .-rraec, than the Northern com
panic*. Kii'imrer.
Major Hk.v Mct.'uu.orif. Into United Rtatca
.Marshal ol Texas, i* ft prodigy, lie not only rc
fligm-d hi* cflico, but upon ‘settling his accounts,
tiic government found <luu him sl<\ofi more than
he claimed. During the *ev<- year* he was in
office, lie disbursed slfifi,fit)U for the government,
aud collected under execution* and judgment*
about half a million more, und yet he did not *teul
n dollar nor hold on to a large sum under thepre
t .vt that be hud oil’ set* against tho government.
(iuv brown ol Georgia.
The New York Journal of Commerce thus al
lude* to the re-election of Gov. Ilrown by the late
He mourn tie htate (’ouveution.
We are gratified with the renoiniuultuii of'Gov
cnor Hrotvn, of Although he j* per
sonally unknown to ns, we have admired hi# in -
dependence us an Executive officer, und have
watched hi* official course with much interest.—-
Apparently a stranger to public position when
. ,tiled to tbe Gui*eriiaGrial chair, he ha* niu<luhi#
mark iu liic politic# of In- . (ate, und appear* to
hiivu been u hold and feurle*# Executive.
The CliarluKton (H. C.) Mercury, the ablest of
i lie Hoiithern State* Right* paper*, *uy* that it
• dccci# to mailing the re opening of the slave
trade an i.--oe iu the politic* of thi* country; be
cause it would not he safe to revive tho trade in
the present relationship of the South and the
North; because it. i* now impracticable und idle
and Immiuuso it is u mischievous issue an issue
regarding which there may well be a difference,
•>f opinion, and which i< no test of soundness to
Southern institution*. It miy# further, “a* a
prin t ical living issue, on which to turn the poli
tic* of the. Boiith, we regard the re opening of
tin- slave trade u a very fire-brand, fraught
with mischief ami danger Amlin this point of
view we are, uml have been from tho beginning,
.'troiigly opposed to it* being used.”
t'K,-- \tok Hliiuclg amnthe Fiixni ii Mission,—
Tho Washington correspondent ol tho New York
Journal of Commerce say*:
•‘There is nodoubt that Mr. Slidell hits at length
accepted the mission to France, which was ten
dered to him by the President two year# ago, and
which he could have had at any time since. Thu
reason which induces Mr. Hlidell to accept it now,
i* the existence of a war in Europe, tho future
complication* of which cannot he foreseen, hut
which may possibly afford IL favorable opportuni
ty for opening a negotiation for the purchase of
fnfia
Extraordinary Matiumojsiai, Kmiaokmknt.
—We (dip the following from the Raymond (Ilind*
county, Miss.) Gazette, of tho Bth inat,:
Jfarrict On the 2Uth ult., at tho residence of
Mr. HE F Byrd, of Hinds county, by the Rev.
Henry Heuuiugton, Mr. Freservid Ford, aged 79
year*, to Mrs. Mary Talon, aged 73 years, all of
this county.
Ham Slick Ykt.—lt appears, utter all, that Ham
Hlick has not been knighted, and ho in only Mr.
Ham Slick, though baviug been elected a member
Parliament at tbe late election, he can add an
M. P. to hi* name.
Patriotism.— A person entering the House of
Commons when tbe Rump Parliament was sitting
exclaimed .-—“These are goodly gentlemen, I
could work for them all uiy duy* for nothing.
••What trade aroyou, my good friend?”
“A rope-maker,” replied the othfir.
COLIMRIH, TQITtHDAI, JULY 7,183 V
: T - -
Mobile A tllrard Railroad Flection of Officers.
The annual meeting of the Stockholder.- of the
Mobile and Girard llniltoad, was hold at the
Depot of the Company, iu Girard, on yesterday.
The meeting was organi/.od hy easing the Hon.
Alfred Iverson lo the Ohair,and appointing L. T.
Downing, K*q., Secretary.
On motion of Dr. J. F. Boxotnau, a committee
of three was appointed to examine and report
upon the amount of stock represented by proxy.
Upou a call of the meeting, it was ascertained
that, in person and by proxy, a largo majority of
the stock was*present.
The Reports of tho President, Chief Engineer
and Superintendent and Treasurer, were received
uml adopted.
11. Blackmon Esq., offered a resolution to tho
affect that tho company refund to the citizens of
Pike County, engaged in tho constriction of the
Rond, beyond Union Spriugs, so much money as
...y n..v.- been contributed by them to build the
Road outside the limits of their county*—amoun
ting, accordingly to tho est mate of tho President,
to about fifteen thousand dollars. The resolution
passed by an unanimous vote.
On motion of Mayor Wilkins, the meeting then
went into an election for President. The vote
was taken viva voce -each stockholder, as his
name was called, staling the amount, of stock lie
represented und his choice for Presidout. Tho
re mi It was the election of Major John 11. How
ard, without a single opposing vote.
Gan. J. Williams proposed tho following
gentlemen us a Board of Directors for tho ensu
ing vein, ,wh<. were elected by acclamation:
Homer Blackmon, John Goldsmith, illiatn 11.
Mitchell, Thomas.Throowitls, Dexter 11. Thomp
son and Dr. Thomas H. Dawson.
Tho utmost harmony and good feeling prevail
ed during tho transaction of business, and, after
a session of tw<> hours, tho mooting adjourned.
“Rone to the Knout) “
A few months sinco, our Atlanta eotcniporary,
the Southern Confederacy, openly charged the
Time* with having deserted the Democratic flag
and “gone to the enemy,” f<r making a few play
till remarks in relation to the uiiti-Brown resolu
tions passed at Atlanta. The fidelity and devo
tion of tho Time* to time honored democratic
principles, wore never questioned before, nor ils
political orthodoxy considered a matter of speeu
lotion; hence wo remembered the grave charge of
our censorious friend. Unable, however, to read
th*’ 7V/sout of tho Democratic party, tlioAtlunla
( ‘onf deraei/ lias gone by the board itself, and has
actually at the head of its mast, the name of Wn.
F. Wrioiit, Esq., the opposition candidate for
Congress. Who would have believed that this
faithful M iitinel on the Democratic wutclitower,
who, but. yesterday sounded the alarm so vocifer
ously that, the Times was a traitor in tho camp*
shut it hod in fact deserted and “gone to the
enemy,” would to day be called upon to witness
tho humiliating spectacle of tho Corfederaeg'n
change id'colors, and battling with sword in hand
in the very front of the enemy! Yet, nuch is
truly the mortifying spectacle! The Confederacy
having failed to read us out of the party, has
gone itself.
Too Good! • Harmony” In the Opposition Hunks
TUe Deinoeratio journlns of the country have
repeatedly ridiculed the idea us the opposition
party huving any aot of principle*. That the only
bond of union was the spoil*. That they Uureii
not lay down a platform of principles. That in
Alabama they were intensely Southern right*, in
Georgia, they were for uniting with uil men,
“North, South, East and West,” and charging
the Democracy with being “sectional.”
The first opposition Convention ha# otsum
blod,and nominated a gentleman for Congress
iu the 4th District. They adopt a platform of
principle*. How is it received throughout the
State? l)o the.opposition presses understand it ?
Do they all agree harmoniously ? Why the
reader would scarcely believe it. one of the reso
lution* has kindled the wrath of the leading
Know Nothing journal iu the Htate! Yes! Tho
opposition Convention unanimously condemn
Douglas and tho “free ail aajjlitn* of Doll, Crit
tenden and Houston.” Thi* i* a plank iu the
platform. The Chronicle <T Sentinel kicks it out
before the race begin*. It suy*, such a “fling ut
*uch men, men Uuttliny in the name ctimaa, is not ,
only unwise and i nji ht, but ungracious and un
called for. The country boast* of no purer pat
riot* than John Dull and Crittenden !” The Con
vention think* Dell and Crittenden have “free
soil affinities.’ the Chronicle J- Sentinel think ilium
“pun “ and “battling in our cause.” This is a
poor showing for the commencement of a cam
paign. Oh! how hunuoniou*! But hero is tho
resolution :
•That t! * Convention will neither endorse,
■ympathi i or affiliate with, tbo Squatter Hover
eignty policy of Stephen A. Doug! u#, or tbe Free
Soil affinities of Dell, Crittcudou and Houston, aud
all others who opposed the admission of Kausu
under the Leeouipton Constitution.”
Tbtf Chrunii lr and Sent in*/, suyi:
“We cannot permit the report of the action of
tho Convention iu the 4th district to pa#* with
out expressing our surprise at, und disapproba
tion of the resolution reflecting upon Messrs.
Dell and Crittenden; statesmen, in tho broadest
acceptation of the word, of enlarged and libera!
views, tried aud acknowledged patriotism, who
have bad few equals and no #ii|crior* in the
councilof the country for year*. Such a Hiug
at ,-ach men, men buttling in the sumo cause, is
only unwise und unjust, but most ungraciou
and uncalled tor. The country boasts no purer
patriots Ilian John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky,
uni John Dull, of Tennessee, both men who havu
tin honesty and independence to iiiuintuin and
advocate what they believe to he rigid, and their
duty a* patriots and Southern men.”
MiNhGlle I'nlveiNlly.
Frt.iu a programme the Commencement, ex
ercise* of this nourishing Institution, situated ut
the Capitol of Tennessee, we see tho name of D.
K. Hurt, of Coluiuhus, Gu., who bora off singly
the first honor iu his class. Much a compliment
i# a fluttering testimonial of merit and hii omen
of futnre success.
ffT Alexander C. Walker, K*q., who wu*
nominated by tho Democracy of tbe Eighth Con
gressional District, us the*uooß*or of Hon. A. 11.
Stephens,•has declined. One reason assigned, is
that he favors Douglas, und it is unknown
whether the Convention which uominuted him
coincided with him. _
Thr Raton Journal uml Mmcugtr Opposition
(HUlildUtl.
The Maaon Journal and Mettemjer, unlike
many of its American cotemporaries, is tired of
running after new name*. It in perfectly satisfi
ed with the principles and aims of tho American
party, and is opposed to repudiating them merely
to get votes. This i* honest. The Journal and
Meeetngar went Into the American party iu good
fuith, and *oe* no reason for|abuiidoniug it* tenets
at tbe behest* of party leaders. It is satisfied
t hat Gov. Drown has economically and prudently
managed\Stuto affairs, and cun see no good to
uoine out of reckless opposition. The Editor
did nolutteiid the Opposition Convention held in
Macon for reasons stated below. It says:
Tbe Columbus Enquirer intimates that we may
not support un Opposition candidate for Gover
nor. The call for a meeting In this county* to
appoint delegates to an Opposition Convention,
was inode in su< h terms und under such circum
stance* as to preclude our participation iu the
movement without sacrificing our self-respect. -
VYe are therefore entirely free to follow our own
inclination* upon the subject, and adhere to the
American party, until wo find a better one.
Talhottox, July 4th 1869.
.I fvnar*. Kditort :
This bus boon a glorious day in our quiet aud
beautiful town. For the first time iu many years
we celebrated the fourth day of our Independence.
Only a week ago our eitimis assembled together
tor thepurposo of preparing to commemorate the
acts of our fore fathers, and renewing the time
honored usage of (hi* day's celebration. The po
sition of reader was assigned Mr. Thomas B.
Hicks, ami that of orator for tho day Mr. James
11. Weeks; both of whom arc young merchants
of lino talent ami prospects in this place. Both
promptly accepted tho honor which was volun.
tnrily and unanimously conferred by their fellow,
citizens, and taking into consideration tho avoca
tiou of the young men, and tho short notico giv
en there lor preparation, wo could not reasonably
ox poet inoro than an ordiuary display. Tho pe
rusal, of this voluntary contribution to the mer
its of their respective speeches, will agreeably
surprise their friumlH who did uot hoar them.—
At ten o’clock our largo amt spacious oolUg*
was filled overflowing with people, (mostly ladies)
and, Messrs. Editors, you ought to have been
hero (particularly you, Capt. Colquitt,) to have
been convinced that Talbot verified her reputa
tion of having m<>ro beautiful women than any
other county in Georgia. Indeed, “beauty a in
oug the fair is a spontaneous us well as one of tho
stuple products of this section.” The largo as
semblage was called to order by Mr. Brown, who
proposed, for a bettor aud more formal organiza
tion, that the ltov. Mr. Winn be made President
of tho meeting (you all know brother Winn iu
Columbus.)
The president, after a few appropriate remarks,
introduced Mr. llicks, who enebatred the audi
ence for twenty minute* in the most ingenuously
concocted aud beautifully written preface fever
heard. 1 tell you, my friends, Thomas llicks is
a good speaker and splendid reader. Mr. Weeks,
the orator <<f the day, then come forward and
made the speech. I>< you know Hump Weeks ?
Well, ho is noun of your cross roads and fourth of
July ranters; but a man of sense. lam neither
stenographer nor phonograph- r, and consequent
ly, can't give his speech ; but wore I in possess
ion of either, 1 could nut report correctly—so
grout was my interest an spoil-bound my attention.
I will not, therefore, do Mr. Weeks (lie injustice
to attempt a description, hut suffice it to say, that
every body was astonished, and went home uot
only well pleased with the ceremonies of the day,
hut with the joyful conviction that Talbot ton can
produce her own orator. Mr. Weeks concluded
bis beautiful speech with a stirring and tonchiug
appeal in behalf of the Ladies Mount Vernon As
sociation, amidst the applause and congratula
tions of his many friends. Thus passed off the
glorious fourth, a day ever to be remembered by
our citizens, us well usby
Onk who loves Tai. bottom.
Correspondence of the Times.
Ciiawkoki), Ala., July sth, Isfi'.t.
Men*r*. Editor*: A large number of the Demo
cracy of Russell, met at this place on yesterday,
among whom the utmost harmony prevailed.—
Our ticket is now complete :
For Representatives:
ELISHA CALHOUN,
WILLIAM A. JOHNSON.
For Treasurer :
HENRY BENTON.
For Tax Assessor:
JOHN DAVIK, of >Salem.
For Tax Collector :
N. TUCKER, of Opelika.
The ulmve ticket gives entire satisfaction, .and
creates a hurst of enthusiasm in our ranks. Thu
county eunvass is now fully opened, and a gener
al turnout of (lie working men of the parly, is tho
best assurance of success.
Respectfully, your ob’t serv't,
JAMES A. WHITAKER.
The Fourth at Anbury Chapel.
There was a Sunday School Celebration of the
lib at Anbury Chapel, a short distance south-east
of Wynuton. It is described to us us a very
plea*ant atfair, attended by a large number of
bpth adults and children. Tho order of the ex
orcises wiim—Prayer; llynin of Praise; Reading
of tho Declaration, by A. L. Grant; Oration, by
J. M. Rueaell, Esq.; Pic Nie Song; Address on
Education, by J. E. Lamar; Sunday School
Song ; Address on Sublmth Schools, by J. J.
Abercrombie, Esq.; Hymn of Dismission.
All the addracse* wore able and eloquent, and
the whole atfair was a very pleasing and well
managed one. A. L. Grant was the Marshal of
the day, and his excellent arrangements contribu
ted much to the enjoyment of the occasion.
Georgia MrlhoiDsf Depository, Marou, Gu.
The Executive Committee, appointed by the
Hook aud Tract Committee of thu Georgia Annu
al Conference, met in Macon, Georgia, on tho Ist
of July, In. - >9, and examined the exhibit to date,
of John W. Durke, agent for tbe Depository, and
found the Name correct. The business of thu De
pobitory has been conducted with prudence and
energy, und with a success which surpasses our
most sanguine anticipations. The Committee
find in tho Depository largo and well selected
assortment of book* and stationery, a complete
catalogue of which ha# just been issued by the
Agent, und will be furnished to any person lenir
ing it. Tho Committee feel warranted in saying,
that all order* for hook* will lie nn promptly fill
ed here us ut any of the Depositories of the M. K.
Church, South.
We earnestly recommend to our brethren
throughout the Htate, and especially to the citi
zens of Mueon, to get their hooks and stationery
at the Depository
J. DLAKELV SMITH, f
ROBERT A. SMITH, / Committee.
T. M. FUKLoW. )
(loplon uml Judge
Tho following showing up of the tiro-eating
spirit of Thomas J. Judge’s party, i* taken from it
communication to tho Montgomery ConjcUera
tion, to-wit ;
“Junius” will understand that I am personally
und politically friendly to (fid. Y ancey. 1 have
been lighting side by side with hiui in tho rauk*
of tho Southern Right* Democracy, against I n
iou loving suhuiisMioiiistM of the Tom Judge
school, tor ten year* past. 1 tight against them
Still. If he Norr fellowships with them, lie and I
part company, l-'or one, 1 cannot Hint will not
stand the contamination- not 1. The lion’s skin
of Southern Right* which they have assumed,
doe* not deceive me: like ifoiind, I know
them by their mnelf, and can ™ their soap-tail*
and palm leaf ear* peering out from under their
covering.
1 am with them liko Colquitt’# coon wu* with
tbe skunk; they don’t look like Southern Right*
men to me, they don’t net like Southern Right#
men, and d—u nn if they mini/ like South
ern Jtiijht* men ! They are nothing hut a set of
political guerrillas, fighting for plunder Tyro
lese riflemen, he./piny the Auetrian* ! And 1 trust
my gallant old Captain, Col. Yancey, 1* a Gari
baldi in Uiis tight—-though some guy he Hint.—
“Junius” says, “hi* letter eontuin* the identical
doctrine* which Mr. Clopton i* advocating daily
on the slump.” Then why don’t he uomo out,
without equivocation, and say, “Davy is the
man for me?”
“Wake Papa Ci\”—When tho body of Mr
J. H. Turboll (who had committed suicide) wu#
brought to the house, it was exceedingly afidc
ting to hear his little girl, some (bur or hvo year*
of age, sobbing its if her little heart would bruuk,
and begging iu piteous tones of tho sympathizing
neighbors, to wake papa up.” Tiie poor child
could not coinprchend ( tbat her further slept that
#lep that knows no waking save iu the laud of
Hpints. —Aroostook Pioneer.
It is assorted that a man’s finger nails grow
their full length in (bur months imkl a half.—
A mini living sevonty years renews his nails one
hundred and Moventy-seveu time*. Allowing
oach nail to he half an inch long, he has grown
soven feet and nine inahes of finger nail on each
finger, uud on fingers and thumbs R& aggregate
of 77 feet and six inches.
Correspondence of the Cassville Standard.
Columbus—A HlrdN-Kye View.
Leaving Opelika at half past one, I arrived in
Columbus at half past three, A. M., and put up at
tho Perry House, which la said to bo pretty fair.
Tho population la estimated by moat persona at
about ten thousaud. Some say eight and aome
twelve thousand. There are three Cotton Facto
ries in tho city and one a little over two miles
above. Tho Eagle Factory employs between 275
and 300 hands, tho others a similar number.
These Factories make shirting*, sheeting, esnu
hurgs, kerseys, liusuys, yarns, sewing thread, Ac.
At the Eagle Factory I saw tho best woolen
goods for servants wear that 1 have over seen for
tho money or price. Not having gone to bod on
my arrival, as it was nearly day-break, I went
down to the Factories very early and was there
when the bolls were rung for breakfast, it look
ed very much like a congregation lenvingchurch.
All walked very last away, as they must he hack
in half an hour. As I only reiuaiued from tho
morning to tho evening train, 1 could not get
much information about so largo a place a* Co
lumbus, and especially as 1 mot with so.wofriends
that 1 had not scon for a long time, and of course
had to spend some time with them, which was a
great pleasure to me. I learned that tho city
contained, besides tho two foutorlea ft bT C named,
two Foundries, one Marble Works and Paper
Mill, four Flouring and Corn Mills, one Furni
ture Factory, two Variety Works, where they
make Steamboats, Engines and other things, four
Methodist churches, three Buplist, one Presbyte
rian, one Episcopal, one Catholic, ami that each
church ha* a Sabbath school connected with it.
Sumo of tho churched aro Negro churches and
they have Sabbath schools also. Thrcoßailroads
run to the city, viz: Mobile aud Girard, Opehku
and tho Suvannah. There are near two hundred
stores or places lor the sale of merchandize and
general tradio in tho oily. The yearly sales of
cotton amount to from Ifitl.tlOO to 150,000 bales.
Hue Bank and about six Bank Agencies do the
business of tho place. Nearly any amount of
business can be done iu Columbus. Persons lbl
lowing the various pursuit* of lifo cun be luund
here. It is more of a manufacturing than a mer
cantile place, in comparison with other cities.
Tho Columbus Bank id considered perfectly good,
from the suet that the merchants arc at the head
of it, and it is to their interest to keep it up. Thu
streets of the city run East ami West, North aud
South, aud aro well set with China ami other trees
Fishing lit June.
A party of gentlemen from Hamburg projected
n tishiug excursion to tho Edisto river a few day*
since. Lines, hook#, bait, Ac., were duly pro
vided aud packed, witlt a reasonable allowance
of liquids to wet the halt, in a champagne basket.
The liquids were in square bottle*. Square bot
tles paek snugly und a champagne basket i#
precisely tho most convenient for their deposit.—
Nothing had been forgotten aud the party looked
lor ward with thu most pleasurable e motions to
tho excitement of thu oxcur.siou, load# of tibh and
a good time generally. Without delay, they en
trusted themselves to the care of Jim Meredith,
tiie popular conductor on the South Carolina
Railroad. Especial charge wan given tho bag
gage master with reference to the basket iu which
ull tiieir hope* and future tibh were stored.
At tho depot nearest their destination, they
were hidden farewell, with every wish for their
success. The precious basket was deposited iie
hiud a carriage iu which the party had taken
passage to the river. Tho distance wu# short,
but they were none the loss impatient, for the
heat of the day was approaching, and they longed
to prepare tor fishing by testing the quality of
their stores. Tho river wu# reached ami careful
ly the basket wu* uniatdied from tile carriage, and
a doun, grassy spot., shaded by a magmiiicent tree,
selected for the bivouac.
The basket was opened, when—>no tackle wu#
there, uu square bottle#, uune us their treasures;
but the cold and uninviting body of a doad baby,
and a negro baby at ifint ! In their haste they
hud taken the wrong basket; had seized, taken
and carried away a basket in tnmaitu lor burial.
They had uddod to the grief of disconsolate pa
rent*, and instead us staunching had increased t lie
mourners’ tears.
Hlowly ami sadly they drove hack to the de
pot.
They despatched the basket in tboir possession
to Charleston, and took tho first westward train ;
first ascertaining that iu was not Meredith's train.
Upon their return to Hamburg, they told not
the tale, but quietly separated, each to his sever
al quarter*. Nevertheless the story leaked oul
and ha* been told ill Charleston. —Charleston
Mercury.
New Hampshire Democratic lleaoiutlon.s.
The following resolutions passed by tho Htate
Democratic Convention of New Hampshire, is
worthy so true and gallant a party, u# the Demo
cratic party. Tho resolution* are sound to thu
core, All hail the Democracy of Now Hamp
shire !
“ Jletnlved, That we find u Hutiafactiory solution
of the queiliou of slavery iu the Territories, in
the Cincinnati plulturui, which dcoiaru* “that we
recognize tho nghtof the people of all the Terri
tories, including Kansas arid Nebraska, acting
through thu fairly expressed will of the luujorily
of actual residents, and whenever the number of
tlioir inhabitants justifies it, to form a Constitu
tion with or without domestic slavery, and to be
admitted into the Union upon terms of jierfuct
equality with the other .States V
“Resolved, That, any doctrine that would con
cede to the citizens of one State the right to take
their property into the Territories und hold it
there, and would wrest that right from the citizens
of another .State, is subversive of the compact ot
the Constitution and the great fundamental prin
ciple of tho Union—the equality of the Htate*;
that all advocate* of such sectional doctrine# are
unlit to bo member* of thu Democratic party, it
being, a# we behove, the mission of our parly to
uphold in its purity thul compact, and to main
laiu the icriecl equality of thu Stale*.”
From the A unit can* South- Wculti u A* ic* June 23.
The Moulii-Wextern New*.
With this issue, we coinuium-c the sixth volium
<*f tbo Houth-Western News. Front tho duy w.
became proprietor* of th* “News” to the prow nt,
the patronage of tho paper ha# steadily increased.
A lew of our friend* have deserted us, some with
out oouse or provicnliou, others with, perhaps
.some reason. Generally, however, wo can eon
gruiulatu ourselves upon a fair list of eonslant,
ruliablu friends. To these we are sincerely grate
I'ul tor their uuifbrni kindness und generous sup
port. Will our friend* allow us to say, that u
verry little effort on their part, might add mate
rially to tbo prosperity of the “News” without
any sacrifice of principle ormterentoii their purt.
We fear Democrat* are not altogether innocent
of tiie charge of comparative iudill'ereucu or
dislnoliuotion to support their pres#. It may be
they have too many toauppurt.
Wo mIiuII endeavor it* heretofore, to give to out
reader* a sincere, fiouust, independent, Democrat
ic paper. Wu will not allow ourselves to be drawn
into the maintenance and defense of any error in
principle or practice, merely from party attach
ments, whilst we expect to retain our position in
thu Democratic ranks, until it cease# to bo what
it now undoubtedly is, the best party in exist
ence.
We tender our thank# to our patron* for their
general prompt di#chargo of their obligations to
the printer, and will add that our gratitude is not
exhausted, but will continue p> expand with ev
ery additioiuil evidence of kind consideration.
Thrilling S< knk in Chi iicu.— On Sunday
morning, while thu congregation worshiping iu
the colored eh ure Ii on llarri#ou struct, Cincinnati,
were engaged in siuging a hymn, one of the fc
male member* fell duad suddenly in her puw.
Shu wo# singing earuu#Uy, a* is the cusfou of that
people, and feeling peculiarly huppy, she exten
ded her hand to greet a sister in tho church, when
a sudden and fearful heutorrhuge of the luug*
strangled Iter instantly.
Tiir Famk of Washington Irving in Ki*ain
James Brooks, of the New York Usprcen, writing
from the Alhambra, says:
I write now under the shadow of the walls of
the Alhambra. 1 mount hut a few step#, and the
glories of the Vogu, mado almost American by (In
spirit of tbe puli of our countryman, Irving, are
before me.
Washiugtou Irving, (luoting quaintly Spanish
Driest'# story, has peopled almost every hill and
valley here, ami hereabout in ull Gruuadu, from
Maluga to Cordova even, and hence is to Anda-
I lus ion and Granadian scenery what Walter Scott
and hi# poems and romances are to Highland
life and story. The Spaniards uro as proud of
him as wc are. They show the room in thu Al
hambra where he utuyud and studied, the balco
ny uut of which he looked upon tbe eity, the
walks be took, Ac., while they add on, as usual,
many romances. Woahington Irving thus ba#
become tbe hand-book, tho guide-buuk of the old
Moorish Granada,
PEYTONH. COLQUITT,
JAMES W. WARREM, { E ™>rs.
Number 28.
The aplrlt of Liberty
In what docs the spirit of liberty consist
Does it consist merely in a knowledge of our
right* / This will no more make a man free than
the knowledge of the truth of God will deliver
the lost angels from perdition. They can believw
ami tremble—and so can men—before the power
of tho oppressor. Does it consist in having faith
in tho grout political truths which constitute tho
basis of liberty ? In matters of government faith
is not salvation. Wo may discourse most elo
quently of human right*—we tuny have the most
abiding conviction of their final triumph in the
atlairs of govormmmt—and yet have uot a particle
of the spirit of liberty within us. Does it consist
in laying bare the infringement of our rights—
in stern remonstrance or sterner denunciations of
oppression? Them may be the natural ebullitiona
<>f tho spirit of liberty; but they are not inconsist
ent with a most submissive ucquiesence to any
tyranny. They may arise from a mere conscious
ties* of wrong and oppression, which every po
litical slave, in every despotism, may experience.
The spirit of liberty arises from the will, not tho
intellect. It is supported not by reason only,
but by passions. It is not passive in its nature,
but activo. Its great element and spring is
resistance. Its streugih is gathered from a high
couoopttun uutl reveium-o of justice, aud us tilgU
a detestation of oppression. It cannot weigh
oppression in tho scale of aggravation. It is the
thing itself tho least, a* well as the greatest
which excites its dire moral hostility. A clot of
spittle—a slight blow in tho face—may lie a very
small physical injury; and so a paltry tax on tea,
or ship money, exacted without right, may boa
very insignificant loss of property to the citizen;
but the true spirit of liberty sees nothing in it
but the wrong, and resists it. It cannot compro
mise with injustice, because this makes it a par
ty to it* evils. It cannot submit to it, because
this requires a surrender of its integrity. It can
hear toil, or suffering, or death, for the great ob
ject. of its idolatry, hut. it cannot submit to pol
lution, or its own moral extinction. -It must live,
and live truthful and free, or it must die Tho
consciousness that by tameness submission it has
prw tieally*spread over the laud the moral pes
tilence of uti aggressive tyranny, degrades and
extinguishes it perhaps forever. What thon is
the spirit of liberty ? ft ie justice, tinned irith
reiris/niter. [ it dead in tho South. God forbid!
t ‘harlc*ton Me.teury,
Letter front Nun. H. A Dougin*.
Washington, June 23.— The friend* of Judge
H. A. Douglas are iu. possession of a copy of thu
following letter explaining his position iu regard
to the Presidency:
Washington, June 33, ISJU.
M\ Dear Hiii : —-i have received your letter
inquiring whether my friend# are at liberty to
present my name to tho Charleston Convention
l-.r the Presidential nomination. Before this*
question can he finally determined, it w ill bo nec
essary to understand distinctly upon what issue#
the cunvass i# to be couduclud. If, us t have full
tuilh they will, the democratic party shall deter
mine iu the Presidential election of Ibtit), to ad
here to the principles embodied iu
iso measure* of Idjtl, aud ratified hythe people
in the Presidential election of lSi>2, and reaffirm
ed iu the Kansas Nebraska act of IHj{, aud in
corporated into the Cincinnati platform iu 1836,
a.* expounded by Mr. Buchanan iu hi* letter ac
cepting the nomination, aud approved by the peo
ple iu hi# election, iu that event, my friend# will
be at liberty to present my name to* the Conven
tion. it they see proper to do go. if, on the con
trary, it shall bo-oiuu the policy of the democrat
party, which 1 caunot anticipate, to repudiate
these, their time honored principles, on whiuh we
have achieved so many patriotic triumphs, und,
in lieu of them the Go liven ih; n shall interpolate
into tiie croud of the party such new i##ue# as the
revival ol mo African slave trade, or a Congress
ional .slave code for tho Territories, or the doc
trine that the Constitution of tho United State#
either establishes ‘r prohibit* slavery in the Ter
ritories, bey olid the power of the people legally
to control it, a* other property, it i# due to candor
to nay, Lliul ill fcUt h all event l could not accept
the Humiliation if tendered to me.
Trusting that this auswer will be deemed suffi
ciently explicit, l am, very respectfully, Your
iriuuil, B.(A. Dot on as.
To J. li. Dauh, K#q., Dubuque, lowa.
The Fireman Hl* Nohlr Mission!
At the Fireman's Anniversary Celebration in
Jackson, Mississippi, Gov. Me Willie, after speck
ing of the Fireman as a public benefactor -that
hi* was a mission of love's aid.
I have often looked wiih astonishment upon
the daring conduct of firemen. I buvo seen them
euconuteriug dangers greater than that of the
soldier, who amidst the storm of war, enters tho
deadly breech, trampling down the wounded and
battling with the armed and living. 1 have seen
you on the burning roof* of lofty buildings-stan
ding, as it wore, upon tbo very crater of a volca
no—almost touching tho fiery lava—nobly doing
battle—and exposing your lives to the most im
minent peril—but for the good of other*. ‘And
sirangu to tell, when I have soon you thu* strug
gling, and imperiled, I have been conscious that
many of you did not even know the name of the
person for whom tho sacrifice was made. Aud in
your further praise, and a* illustrative of tbe no
bility of your conduct, let it bo told that if often
happens that tbe poor fireman has no housoeither
to burn, or save—he knows uu motive of action,
but that of doing good to others. Huoh services
ooiuo fresh and wuriu from the heart—they can
not l bought! 1 have always understood that
every effort to organize five companies on the ba
st# of pecuniary euiupensatiou ha* utterly and on- *
tireiy tailed to bo efiiciouL. Huoh sorvioe must bo
voluntary—without money and without price.
Mm h conduct—such benevolence a# yours, gen
tlcmcn—relieve* the whole nice of man front tho
charge of cold, sordid selfishness !
Truly, gentlemen, your self-sacrificing conduct
is but the image of heaven reilecled through your
motives and actions.
From the Field and Fireside.
iMfill Kcrlpr*
To remove lice on cabbages, nothing, perhaps,
is better than to pour over tbeift 000 l soap suds,
from u watering pot or otherwise, once a week,
or a# often as washing i# dune for the family.—
This practice will uot only destroy lice, (the aph
is) but will greatly promote their growth.
(.'i re run Mwrnkv.— I ounce tuudMiiuin; I do.
camphor ; I do. spirits of JiurUhoiTi; I do. spir
it# of turpentiue ; I do. costile soap : 3 ouuces
alcohol; I gill rtWect oil.
Fut the above ingredients til a suitable bottle
with a good evik, and rub the part affected twice
n day tor u week ui more, and is cure will guuer
iily bu attained.
Bail king up earth around poar and apple tree*
will keep mice from gnawing them.
How TO TtAtSK CBANRRRRIkH nion HgKD.
Many readers of tho Field and Firsaide may do
*iro to raise their own o ran berries. If so, let
them select the largest berries to be hod, mash
them in water, pour off thu latter with the pulp,
and the seed will be touud at thu bottom of the
vc#c!. l’laut iu pure sand. Water every third
day, uud in a low day* the plants will ‘appear,
coming up liko a bean, bringing the seeds with
them A# soon a# they attain some #iae, they
should be #et out in low, moist ground, and culti
vated to keep dowu gross aud weeds.
Thk Ghrapkat ano best I’hosehatbk.—The
bite Mr. Fussy, President us the Royal Agricul-
Huciety of England, published experiment*
proving that boats fermented in a decaying man
ure heap become sufficient soluble for agricultural
purpose#, und lliu# enable tho farmer to avoid tho
great expense attending tho purchase of sulphur
ic acid in the manufacture of superphosphate of
lime.
How to Feeo KllI’HI k tg Cattle.—Mix one
pound of sulphur with six pounds of salt, anil
place the mixture iu a box where the cattle can
have access to It. The box should bo under shel
ter, so aa not to bo dissolved by rain and dow.--•
Mr. Asa Dailey #ays, In the Albany Cultivator,
that he hu# used this compound of salt and sul
phur twenty year*, and has uot had a louse uor a
tick on his cuttle iu that length of time.
To Make Ckackkk Fir.—To a common sized
liuke-tin eight crucker*. to be firokeu fiue, ouo
teaspoonful of tartaric acid, one teacup of sugar,
with water sufficient to wet the whole-—say half
a pint or a little more—with spice to suit tho
taste. Thi# forms a pie equal to, if not better
than apples.
Tie Weather aud thr Crops.
L'p to this time, we have bad seasonable show
ers iu this section of the Htate. The corn in and
around the eity, looks unusually tine. Cotton is
doing well. We hear but, few complaint# from
any quarter. The prospect is most favorable for
au abundant corn crop; and if no untoward ac
cident happens to the Cotton Crop, it will be a
very large oue. The health of our country was
never bettor at this sea#©#.— Union, bth,