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December 17,1866. wAdtf. j- FOGLE & SON, n F, NTISTS, Office on Randolph Street, near Brood, COLUMBUS, tiA. Coluiahns. Doc. V, 13J7. dAwtf. AMERICAN WATCHES! IN GOl,!> A ND.VILVP.R f'AREH, At Purple'* old Htaud, June** New Budding, m-+ Columbus. Georgia Mh.JA On. 30- Jwlf T SHEAR Book Binding in RUperiaw MyU* at the office of )Um F/ • Coin mime Titnea “ n'Mi SANFORD’S LIVER INVIGORATOR NEVER DEBILITATES. IT IS COMPOITN : ED ENTIRELY from • until,a ml has hcr.oute an established tin t, a standard iiMNlfctuo approved by all that . . have usml it, and wiv •orted to wiiii confi- SS ‘dene* ih ali diseases for which it m rmuuintend ** ed. It tint curedthousand* § w ithiutlie last two yean who had given up hope of relief as numerous unsolicited certirtrater ™ jin my imunmohmoii show. Ttie d'tee must be udap- 00 ti-diotlie temperament of the individual lefcinjt it and used in such quan tities as to aetgentiy on S the bowel*. Let Ui dictate* of your m jndftneiit guide you In awofthe UEE.kIM y 0 EIOoHATOH. ami it will cure J.icrr (~n £ />Lms/*, BIRIOCk At taek*. n YSEEHSJA mm CUrvntr Diarrhea. AVM„W E k ( O M k/-*L\n\D hf 7 E HY. DkUP&I. sot k SIOJI.H H Hmktual CosrirE/ri:* s. cw . cum. era ch..h ra .Wtrrhu*. CHOI.ERA mm UWAFTTUM FLATU- L E..YCE. JAUS DICE ktmmlt HEA A AA-vs A V and mav be md muresslully a* nutfriin art. Eami/n Mr4trt*< iff It w ill • Ure 81 CM HEA U A C// E. toe thousands can testisy> m tve nt 9 Himilri. if itij tv o a r t ttr re Tru Bfiuomfatt are taken at roniimnceiiniit oftlm attm k All vkn uMf it an , giving their tediauNty in its favor. ai MIX WATER IN THE MOUTH WITH THE IN- V|t;oK\r>R. ami SWALLOW BOTH tooetii EK. PRKBONE IK ILL A K PER IKITTLE . ALSO, SANFORD’S FAMILY (Jiaflinrtic Pills, COMPOUNDED FROM Pure VrgKaklr Extrarti, and put up In (lUt 4'eses. Air Tl|(lit, anil will keep In any Climate. The FAMILY < A -.timath Pm i* a yen tie but ad Ire Cathartic with li the proprietor haa uaed in bia pruritic more ihaa iweiuy years. The constantly in r< iiiiiK demand Iroiu Umar who have lona need the PILL* , ami the uatiafhrtion which all express iiirejrardlotheir H usr.iuui induced me to put them hi the rearh of all u The protsssmn well know that different rhathariea acton different |ioitton of , UiebowcU The FAMILY < A TIIAR TI C PI L L haa.wdh dae referenee to r thia well rwlAbßahed fart tieenronipoundi ‘l from a W varietyotlhe purc*t vege table extracta, which art ** alike on every pert of the alimentaryranal, and areH(oe4end rate in ail car at where a chalhartic w w needed. .ucli an |)B ----liinitAtfirs of the . HToMAL’H, HICKm mu PAIN. 1 * ih TiitlJllAl K AND LOINH, ninriVK-NBH , PAIN and Hoikne** ovn thi WHOLE IIOOV. y. from todden cold, whieti freitucnily. if neglected. TJ end in a long eounu- of Fe ver, LOMB OF APPE- pi TITE. a t kiirmu Cbm. aanoM <>r (Tots ovra tmf: Boev, HraTLßae- Naaa. HEADACHF. orPwKioHT in ‘thb Hbab. all INFLAMMATORY H DlaEAMca, WORMS, m I Mii.DacN or Abi ir. u ItHAi UATiaM, a fircat Purifier of the Mlood. m andmanv.heuA* ntow hi< h flaahieheir.too numeroua W to mention in UIU adver tiaemeut DOHE Ito 3. * Price 30 Centi. THE UVF.RHVVICOKATOK.nd FAMII.Y CA THARTIU PILLS are retailed by Druggiata generally and aotd wholeaak and retail by the Trade iu ail the large tow ne. *. T. W. SANFORD, N. !>., Manulbeturer and Proprietor. .NS Breadway .New Terk (The Cnlnmbtft HlccMp limp. tULIdSUs. \UU>kM)AI JUI and. lv.il. 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,