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.<Mene m.l ha. I-*’ •hahr,, mu, h~l my
rC*pCl f, T “ ° f ~U l '"'‘ ( ' r
wtkra.-rf, by .hi. cvaat* ol rooeut yr. Il
rannol he d-m.Mi, lhai In ro.(H’Ct tosnuir ol l
tll o>( imiiortMDt eUment. will* winch u .'■
tended!* bo iuv** i#4, n‘“i yol the object*
of It# creation, it ha* proved a iwaitir**. Jt w .o>
intended at n Ooverumont of defined and hm
Kwd power*—* it tin a Iwi'QUH’ one ol construe
live and almost unlimited, pov. •
era. It wit* intended to ho m mature -ti ha*
grow* to bn m lard and in after. From it* for
mation to the praaeat ti, t* power* have
Imen gradually fltttargad, whil-t the power* <>f
the Stale* have l>*t*u dlimiiinhed until Ihe lot •
ier have scarcely any left that nre worth pro
moving, ondfhe former >. treaty any wanting
necessary to ebaoiute dominion. Ihe Blafo*.
then officer—their honors their interests, hikl
their power*, are all oWriHuhiwed by the
more da/zling and aedmttvc attractioa• ol
Federal honor*—Federal office*—Federal in*
tare at a, and Federal power*. Constitutional
barrier.* are broken down with impunity—
Con* tit tit ion a I right* nre trampled under toot
without reiuorae. regret, or reorwaa Section
al interval*, sectional pieiudir.es. and sectional
power, if they have not already noon wilU on
trol all the operation* of the Federal Oovern
ment and make it little less than h de|K)ti*m
*uhjeototily to th capricious will of n inner
teal majority. Not content to exern*e the
powers granted in the Constitution. this ma
jority, composed of tee bitter cucmie* of the
Southern people, do not scruple to usurp pow
er* not granted whenever their interest* •<
prejud’ee* dictate the assumption
Heretofore, a national party organised upon
the basis of State equality and State ,sover
eignty—of equal right*, equal priviUm*-. and
equal burthens to all and upon nil section* of
the Union, hna, to some extent, withstood lhr*
encroachment* of ihia irresponsible majority,
and preserved the Union from dostruction.
But that party i* fast melting away before the
repented nod vigorous assaults of our North
ern Ido*, and the discordant character of It*
present element* affords little hope or pro.
pect of it* future ability to preserve the con
stitutional right* of the weaker section.
Such, fotyow citizen#, are (lie present condi
tion and finure pro*pc; tn of tie* American Un
ion, presenting but a faint hope to the patriot
truo Republican
itptfTi which our right* alone depend. Still,
‘‘habit I* a second mourn, 1 and early affections,
ancient -t--*>. intioii*, and habitual love mid
raverertd! for i>ifliUioiM founded by our fath
ers nod ccuienfed by I heir blood, appeal with
a power difficult lr# roost, to nil the fooling* of
the American henrl. They affect me—they af
fect you. and 1 doubt n*i nfled every son of
the South. 1 w'otthi surrender this 1 niou roi
ly when con . inced that o hud failed nf the
gvopi object# of it* creation, that it* power a
waie pi i.cried to unholy end*, and that in
stead ol proving a blessing, it hud become u
ursu to the Smt hern people a U'it toil ml min •
i*tered lor the equal benefit of all—respect mg
the sovereign rights of the State# nud the
rights and interest of the people of all #•<•*
bon* a l niou Which coiiiiitoc* the governing
power to the limits of the Constitution, himl
• a refit lly guards, observe* ami protect* that
sacred umrtt incut, would have iny love, my
reverence and support, to the latest hour <>i
my existence. Hut when Juana ml feel that
iw grout, paramount objaet* ol it* rreutkxi
have beufl or are übout to lm dfliiiteil urn I
proetimtoil to uphold the power, promote the
interest* and pander to the prejudice* of o*w-
Motion — to exalt ana uml oppress another ot
its equal and constituent parts—to briny hie**-
ig |“n one and eursen upon uuothor |*or
non Ot its wide domain l tm ready to surren
der it i it any and afl husnrd*, uud to ir> a noth
at experiment for the preservation of tho**-
light* whidi nrn denier to you uml to me than
the? existence ot uuy government or uttimi on
earth If this be treason, iet those who call
.? •, make the modi Os it * I will not take lra k
one jot or tittle ot the declaration. M.r do J
consider it nfmolitrtly ~%*rntwl In the prosperity
and happiness ut the H*mtlu*rn Aumv- that thus
should remain in the present I jfjnn. They
nave the ahnndnnt elements at both within
their own bordiyr*, and they would posses*and
eujoy, iii a confederated govern man tof their
own, source*, of wealth prosperity, progress
mol power, un* or passed by any nation on the
lace of the earth In what single respect
would u Southern Confederacy be wanting in
nil that is neyes*ary to make u nation great
and a people lmppy # In ugrioultural wealth
nad plenty, we surpuss the world. In all the
varieties of soil and climate, wo ore richly
blessed. Wo •an rnina breadstuff* and nil the
necessaries of Tile in sufficient quantities to
npply thy mureaatng population of centuries.
In geographical urea, \vc have, even now
length and breadth enough to sustain a hun
dred millions of people, without being n* close
ly packed us Kngiand or Kram c Florida,
Louisiana and Texas can supply all our de
mands for sugar. The Carolina* und Georgia
-an give uh r icc. Mary laud and Virginia can
adnnuister to our taste lor tobacco. Kentucky
and Missouri can mulct* the Hemp to corn our
•niton hales. The Atlantic and (lull .State*
can furnish the world with timber and naval
store*, nnd the cotton crops of the planting
+feate~*R* t ttu. time worth annually nv<*
hundred miliums of dollars We have navi
gable rivers running almost by the very doors
of our whole people, and where nature i* d
lieieni, artificial highways afford facilities for
ihe transportation of all our products to cheap
sad ready market*. We Imvo outlet* to rho
ocean and toother countries m harbors of un
limited capacity along u line of coast over
two thousand miies in extent. The ho we Is of
the earth contain inexhaustible mines of mui
eral wealth. We have iron, copper, lend call*
petre, gold and silver in quautilies equal to any
region in the world. Oir streams utford tacil*
dies for thu abundant manufactiue of clotii to
cover our people mid udunniater to their com
forts, convenient ** and luxury. We have u
population healthy, hardy and industrious ■
people “native and to the iiiuuor l*iri,” huino
geneous m rffeo aud language, habits mid laws
—in pursuits uml interests, m politics uml re
ligton—in uJI that bind men together and make
them patriotic and powerful. In the language
of Louis Napoleon, our Government ‘would
be peace.” Our ngncltutmil products would
attract the commerce ol the w orld and keep
all uutums at peace with us— whilst other pov\
era might depend upon the sinews of war, ours
would wield thueleuiantH of peace, and would
command it with the civilised world, and no
nation on earth would he so much interested
and so anxious to preserve friendly rotation*
with iia< oar quondam Northern brethren
So deeply concerned would they be for our fa
vor. our commercial friendship ‘mid our social
intercourse, that they would ever l* to u *
what France i* to Sardinia, uu ally ready nud
willing to drive every invader from mu soil
With all these elements of wealth, prospeuty
aud happiness increasing, expanding mid de
veloping themselves it* population thickened
aud consumption required, what limit would
there be to our progress, our power ind our
glory’ Out we should not stop here. On, ex
pandmt; nohey would Mrtdcli fai beyoud our
present limits Cuba, uow withlield front u*
by the voice and votes of our ulhjliliou cm
tuies, would soon be our*. M)ie a couhi not he
held by Hpaiu u year after 0111*1 ioveriinieut
was formed. Xo neutrality law* would re
►tram our adventurous sons, aud Spam would
As%jl the of her situation „ud the* t ■
tainty <d its loss, Aud w ould soon transfer it to
the Southern Kcputdie
And Central America, so rich ui tropical pm
duet*, essential to the waut* and luxuries ot mun
■■•• id. fMigsr. Coffee. Cocoa and awry variety of
delicious fruit* a laud abounding in rich ..il
and severed with densn t.nesta of valuable wood*
country highly adapted to slave labor, nd
requiring only the superior genius aud enter
prise of the Anglo American race !-• make it
“hlouiu and hlmsutn like the rose. (eiitml
America would at an early day fall under the vig
orous influence of our euterprisiug people ami
join their destiny to ours. AW, the same twlmg
of anti-slavery jealously aud hatred which keeps
Cuba front ur grasp, suppresses every attempt
to* revolutionize Central America and make it
what nature intended It to lie part ami parcel ot
a great slaveholding confederacy.
Separated from the North ami united logviher
a* an independent power, we hould take all Cen
tral America within uir sisterhood of state* nud I
•won settle it with o thriving, proeparou* aud i
growing population of Southern people, with Uu
guoge, religion, tastes, haUi , iun n**is, pursuit*
md olpeet* similar to our own. With tt-< abort I
tmnemigrating aid societies to impede our march
or latericre with our legitimate and uatura) o\
paasmu, we should stretch our arms all along the
line of Northern Mexico to the Pacific ocean. aud
sown have a chain of slave Slate* from the S u
to the Gulf 01 Mexico, aud thru with our Central
American in pulatlou on one side progressing up
wards, aud our south wostern population on the
other side prtMlnjf dowuwar.fr, sll Mexico would
tail be degrees . , beeaase
and traut termed mp. stove Mate
As our slave population, by it* rapid increase,
would 10 up the Atlantic Suite* and the vß*v
es the Mississippi, and U'cetuc t,,.. fru,,. w phiu
present limit* for our mfety ur profit, u would
gradually and naturally. o'erflow acr use the liu
tnto that vast region of Inviting climate aud soil
and her* aud (Aarc under the dominion ul*|jie
whit** man, live and fluurub forage* to ourue
And thus, with alUpuidu larger 111 extent than
all Europe, united under a government more per
feci (ban wa* ever formed T.j Uie wwdom gud
patriotism of man— with fundamental laws to
preserve our institutions from demy tor ail time
to come, homo gene >u* in everythin*., we should
exhibit to the world an example <>t greatness,
prunerity and power, which nothiug hut the
hand of Qod could erer weakeu or deetroy.
•‘Did you save your baggage ’ exclaimed some |
sympathising frieude to e genth-tuau who had
Just escaped from a wrecked steamei on the Miss
jffippl *‘ob. fn,” said be, pointing to his wifr.
< OU WHI M, FRIDAY. JI LT ft M.
FOII GOVKRMM
josr.ni e. iiMowy
OF < IIF.ROKKI.
FOR COHOREF*- 2u DISTRICT.
U IRTI \J.( KIU FOIt 11.
1 lop ton and Judge.
It t# amusing t every intelligent rea4ar f the ]
Montgomery Jfa/l and ether prinUofllke stamp, j
to nee their boartmg spirit and braggadocio style I
in conducting the ( ‘ongrtaainßa) ratnjoMgn in ‘
the Id Dim id of Alabama Ery issue 1# filled j
with panegyrics of Mr. .fudge—the Oppoaitiofi |
candidate. How hr twallotr* bis competitor how j
he create* enthusiasm —how be i# bringing re- ‘
era it# into the opposition camp—what a power-;
ful speaker be is—bow eloquent—how overpow- j
< ring—tbe people fur him—ladle# greet him
lu# and feather* “ rr.il pepper and conn skins!*’
I'ii fortunately for so credit I mi# a creature n#
.iar#e|f, we heard the great canvasser. Mr. .fudge,
at Girard. Ala., a few week* since. Mr. t’lopton
was present, and when we looked upon him, so
honest was hi# countenance, so humble his de
portment, so courteous hi* manners, so manly hi*
fionring. <• unaflectad bi air, so fascinating his
address, wo could not ee him one with any of
the lender feeling# of humanity, would content,
like Mr. Judge, to swallow bint, a# an anaconda,
it* prey. Our sympathies wore enlisted for ‘‘little
Dnvy,” a# the great stalwartUUnt appeared with
hi* armor, covered from bead to fool, lest a
scratch might fie given him below his knee#, ffe
stood forth, thu great head and front of the oppo
sition. thu clanking of hi* mighty coat-nf-inail
(of which wo had heard 1 alarmed us—hi# voice
echoed over the hill# -our hair stood on it* end—
we iron hied u* we gazed upon him hut how un
necessary our fear ? Header, would you l*elive
it, “little Davy” really jiremimeit to meet hi#
competitor, he would not weur a coat of mail—
he would not gird to bin side a mighty sword, but
in u simple garb, he confronted his (limit ehal
langer. and with the */</ of truth, Hints right#
nud great jirineiplcs, h laid loir the monstrous
tioliah, aimed with the heresies, nud doctrines ol’
the Opposition. This spcetueUi was witnessed by
other- tlmii Democrats, who will testily to it#
truth. Oh! Mr. Mail, don't give to Mi. Judge
all the virtues of erring nature, and nit the pa
triotism !
\lt Minder M, Speer, Inq
Tins gcntlemun, ih* taudard bearer of the De
mocracy in the 3d C:.£i*tdonal District of this
State, opens thu bull of the canvass in line style.
He spoke to the Immense multitude ut the Iver
son dinner, with powerful effect. He intend”
combating every Inch of ground in the District,
and calls upon hi* friends to work, ami the victory
will Im* won, Let every Democrat put on hi# ar
mor. and remember his individual responsi
bility.
Gt Mr. M peer's speech, the Umpire Slat* say#
“The eloquent gontieuinu was enthusiastically
greeted by the Democracy of this part of the dis
trict.. To many present ho wo# well known, and
with those who knew him not, ut the close of hi#
rflaterk# hn became a great favorite: all present
were gratified thst tho haulier of the Democracy
ol tin Third District ha# been placed in hand# #>>
able to bear it on to victory. We are sorry that
wo havo no space for oven a brief review of hi#
eloquent und manly speech. Suffice it to #uy.
that we Hr.- proud of hi* effort : proud of the bit
prexsion which lie niiidn; proud to kiiMmlii him in
the coming confliol. and proud to feci that the!
Democracy of'this scutum will spare no effort t” ‘
ensure ho* nicer*s over the candidate of the ucw
fanjflcd “Oppozition” party.”
Tin: Ravaura or Wan. The French *r
connts admit the loss f nearly 111,000 killed and
wounded in (he battle of Balforino, m>d the Sar
dloinu* NtiitM their own loss at 1,00(1 killed and
wnundod. The killed and wounded on (he. jmrt
of ih allies in the owe engagement, may therc
farebetnfbly stated at not less lhau lA.tKMi. The
AnstHnn l<w wa* probably still greater, i*eiilfs
fi,i*on wrimner*.
in the single e|ty of Milan, there wore, at laat
accounts, not less than 10,000 wounded, among
whom of course.a largo percentage of mortality
will occur.
lion. Peter K. Love has written a letter accept
ing the nomination tendered him for coo gross by
the Democratic party of the Ist District of
this State.
The Opposition Convention which rcoent
ly iMxomhlcd in Macon, passed a resolution to
nomiuote a candidate for Governor, and to ad
journ the Convention to meet the 2d Wednesday
in August, at Atlanta. Wo understand that the
name of the Hen. G. K. Thomas, of this City, in
spoken of as the probable i-undidutc.
TWCf- The Havana ah papers anuounco the
death of l>r. .luiues I*. Herevan, which took place
at the Hot Springs, in Virginia,uu the I nth in*t.
D’ The Catholic Telegraph of a lute da to,
*uv> that Mutt. Ward, the killer of Uutlor, the
school teacher, in Louisville, has recently been
received into the Catholic Church.
Tmk l*nvHuK\( . The Savannah AVirt says :
“It srv to have a K-oifhcrn candidate for l'res
•dent in lsun, lot us he -uro he is political
ly ns well as geographically H Southern man, one
w)o. will command the support and confidence of
the uu u of the South by his sell-sacrificing.
vttm/oo devotion io her eonstitutlona)
rights.”
I‘uvoit 1 11 Com; hums. Roger A. Fryer
bus Wnttuii 1 lettor iu which lie declares liiiii-Hf
a cninlidata ( 0 ( ougre.-.* in the Petersburg Dis
tri’ i, in Virginu. lie proposes to meet the
ph-iu public „ -i inbly nud give tp them an expla
nation of his views.
Ih it ih 01 tmi: Cm. The report soft he City
InsjMvior, save the New York Juminat 0/ ('m
mtv, for the last three weok show a steady in
crease of mortality, as follows .
Week ending July 2 ggy
“ *• u:
HI fiftT
DiseaM-s ut the st>ittmch, bowels and other di
gestive organs are in the ascsudntit, doublleas
owing, iu part, to the Increased consumption of
premature ..r partially decoyed fruits. Them is
much uecd of gmuci rnifvbm m matters relating
to diet.
t ‘•*itwpalMlwcr #/’ the Timm.
Mt ne.iv Covm v. .tut\ 18th, is,d*.
)f***m. Miten.
I Noteithstanding the usual pleasant weather in
j tin- sect ton during the -mumcr, the last few day*
have boon warm and,debilitating. The thermum
e;-r rouging truui V 0 t• 0# ! The night*, too. m-©
warm and uncomfortable.
Our gardens are tine, but there is little fruit,
no psache* aud but few - We shall have
some grapes and an nhuuMnce of line melons.
The worn crop is very promising, and the cotton
loak* pretty well aud is in advance ot vw>
About a third of s crop of wheat.* rye,’ and
o*i have been made. wna no
trouble comparatively. A good reaper and
thrasher soon disposed of it.
E.
Dr u>e t> Mtu apsk rra.—A further deviiue
in (hr price of flour and wheat took place 111 this
market on Friday. Mott kinds of flour can be
bought in this market to-day s■? per barndcheap.
er than on tbc Ist of April last—.V. }‘. AWpress. 1
rr- A fii.n.l riUn, to u> from Uruo.mrlt.
■ays the Savannah llepublirau of duly fttb.)
on tho l#th, tt.tM tkt 11 10 1 ri.| „f r ,„ w
M-Uo. I,<T. forth, killing or j. tv. Moo,.
pmrcninK. it oomtunuott o. ThitiwU. |.„ .
tbo Jot-V ho. l-wo .trr.ck. .t>A -'..0 o, M .
out mo.) on both rid... Tit. ,t.,„ D 00 „ tuli
compl.l., ao.l no other vordict but “not ,„iltv ”
la nnliotpnlnd. Thourtiiuouy i.tnhnblv clore<l
lMtni|hl Tb. bwt l|[.l t.lrnt u on
‘.Olb rblM. for tho jiruMcutirm .retho lion H V
.lobn.on, Judr. II.UKII. Hot Tbo u 0.r.1n.r
nod Ut. B,dtolur U.n.rnJ For tho dirf.no. re
Hon. 1.8. Bartow, Hon. A. It. Wright, Col B
r. Hirrio. and Col T. T Long ofrioridn.
/ I'oio ihr New* York Journal oj Comm*rue.
Frum ttaaklNgloa
WAsnivorox, July IT.
I Fret ton# to the preparation <>f the recent
| i ial letter to our i ut llcrtin, instructiug
luui to demand of tin Hanoi erian Oovcrnmnut
j the surrender of Mr. Krnrat. Attorney tieuera)
j IJlack, ut the request of the President, rendered
i mii opinion in the ea*c, maintaining the general
| tight of expatriation #s iin-ontestiMe; and that
j m regard to the protection of our citizen# in their
I rights, at home and abroad, we have no law
which divides them into cla*c*. or make* au y
difference between them, that a native and u nat
j uralif-cd American eiticen may. therefor*,go forth
| with equal security ovrr ovary #*n aud through
i every laud under heaven, including the country
j in which the latter w*# born; either id them may
i I* taken for a debt contracted, or a eriiuc mm
| luittfd by him, hut both are absolutely free from
| all political obligation# to every country but
j their own, they arc both American citizens and
ibeir exclusive allegiance is due to the govern*
] incut of the United States.
From the Moron State Prr.au.
Ihe Opposlllwn tonvrnilon
I This Couvontion assembb din this city to-day.
j flow many of the delegate* preferred Milledge
viiie, and wbut tho* who buvo convened in the
nuolent Capitol of our fcitute may do, wo know
not, hut premium wo-hall hear by thu first mail.
Judging from the imuihor* that have assembled
iiore to-dav, in Concert Hull, (may they have
music,) a large number of the delegate# must
have preferred Mil lodge ville, where, wo trust,
they will b warmly received, and hosiuildy en
tertained, by tiov. Drawn and the Htat House
officers. A friend iiroiuiMM uh an account of the
proceeding# [?] at Milledgevillv, which we shall
give to our readers as soon a* received. In the
mean tiioo wo shall confine oiimdve# to a notice
of the proeeedings hero.
The Hun volition i# respectably attended. The
number of delegate* is not vory large —say some
one hundred and sixty dvlogatc#, representing
ufiout fifty six counties. Bat the delegates, in
their sea), made up for number*. Wo recognise
in it several gontioinen ofdistinetion in our .State,
and many patriotic, good citircnv. who ur anx
iou* to redeem the State mid Federal tlovcrn
motif from Democratic If they will
but “persevere to tiie end,” we will not deny
that there i# a thane* for success.
The Convention w## organized by calling Z. 11.
Ularke, Uq., of Ugletliorpc, t.. the Chair, and the
subsequent appointment of the lion. D.f. Heeae,
of Jasper county, a* ('resident, and Messrs. Holt,
of Bibb, and Cnham##, of Monroe, u# Huereta
rios.
tin motion of I*. W. Alexander, of lipsou, a
onimnitiec of three from each cMgreMlonal dis
trict wa# appointed to propose bu#ine## for the
action of the Convention.
Till# Committee •* a# follow
l*r. District—J. it. Snead.
2nd. -James Johnson, Lott Warren und Mark
lllanford.
.'trd. J. 11. R. Washington. I*. W. Alexander
nud R. P. Trippc.
4th.—W. F. Wright, J. P. Hatnhlutoii nud C.
B. llauleitcr.
sth.—John A. Jones, D. R. Hamilton and John
11. Grunt.
flth. - Tho*. W. Walker, Muimiol Wynn and
Janie# Dunlap.
7t.1. David W. Lewis, 1. M. Fannin aud Man
ford Glass.
Bih. -Dr. L. A. Applewhite. Zach. 11. t'lnrke
nud Kobt. YV. Davie.
After which the Convention odjourned till I
o'clock thb afternoon.
The Hlxth District.
The Clarkesvitl* Journal f July Ifltb, says:
• “Wo learn, from a gentleman just from Gaines
ville, that Judge James Jackson wm re-nominal
od for Congress by the Democratic ( onvention
which met at Gainesville on last Wednesday.
Dr. Andrew Young, of I niou, was President of
Iho Com cot ion . J II Bank- and J K Kedwlne,
were HocrHarie*. All the counties were, repre
sented. except Haber#ham. Town* and Hart.
Third Dhfrlrf ran raw (lon.
Wo publish el sow here tho proceeding# of this
j highly respectable body. Every county was rep
! repented, and the best feeling prevailed. The re-
I Hull, 11. will be seen, is precisely what current.
: opinion led us to anticipate and* foreshadow in
tho last Telegraph. Wo believu Col. ,Speer will
carry with him the fieri wishes ami moat cordial
support of the Democracy of this district, und
though running against odds, none will despair
1 ‘*f |,ls success. If elected, all who know him will
confidently anticipate la him a useful, iutiuatri
*ll#, and influential representative- one of tho in
defatigable kind, who will do something more for
his constituency than uomipy the feat. Asa
limn of high moral worth- inUllig**** and uun
eral aptitude for the position to which he 1# desig
nated, the Democracy of this District present him
With 0 just pride for thu Muflraww of their fel
low-citizens. lie will do hi# part-—lot „,,w do
on I*#. Macon Telegraph.
The Prrsldenc)
A corrMpondont of tho \„w v.. r v ./0.nt,,/ ./!
L'uHtmsrec, thus writes ;
‘•Georgia, us one of the lurge*t and most pros
perous htiite* of the T uion, is ih well entitled as
Virgiuia to furnish a ITeeideiit. Besides, the
Opposition candidate (Mr. Howard) is to be taken
troiu New York - tho leading Northern Btale,8 tale,
t here is lituvss in taking the Democratic candidate
Irwin the now loading Southern Slate. Lot tbo
contest Ik? between a citlaou of the Finpiro State
of the North iuid the Empire State of the ,S*uth.”
t rout the ('oa/r ib ration.
belter From Huaell.
Salkm, Ala., July 10, 18jfl.
Editor* Confederation - Tho Goliaii of Kimw-
Notlitttgisin uml little David passed through our
county, and t great was the viotory won by lit
tle Davy ut every appointment, that il seemed
like death nud destruction was inevitable in the
ranks of the Opposition. When they arrived at
Salem, tttieffurt--a dying struggle was made
to save tho party and steady their falling ranks,
but ulna for them !—their champion, it was said
bv Col. linker, was poisoned !—their banners and
band wore forsaken, and a Waterloo defeat was
Hot equal to theirs ‘ So exasperated were they
at thoir defeat at Salem, luiotbor effort wa* made
•at Opelika to briug back their scattered forces,
but in vain that effort will win votes for Clopton.
I will nut attempt to describe the scene enacted
therv you cati imagine u snake upon c.hlh of
fire, and yet greater was the agony of the friends
of T. .1. .Tudge •
In conclusion, let me say a,© friends of little
Davy have their head* up, and feel confident of
success. Our county ticket and Clap to 11 will get
a majority of one hundred and fifty in Kumsll.
The effort of the Opposition in Russell is direct
cd to their own ranks, to prevent their voting lor
: ('lopton.
Uy the way, this State Eight* Democrat boas
tc i ol ill the Mail, Col Sam Htroug, is imi theobl
Ham. He did Hot vote tho Democratie ticket two
years ago, and jf he vota* lor Judge this time,
(which 1 doubt,) in the f,o of his anti-Texas
vote and adv.-ewey of the Compromise measures ;
and IS.fi, and his paramount I'nionisiuof lS.*.'-ct*.
1 shall then believe iluif there is a possibility ot
Judge uml Howard inarching together in I Sou to
defeut the Democratic party--the only party thnt
offers any protection to tin- rights of tbc Honth.
l*ut down Kussell and t'hnuibcr* t(Hi majoritx
for (‘lopton.
AN OLD LINK WHIG.
\ Fkw I*kutinkxt tfi'KsTioxM I'Horani.v
AaswKHKt*. Who, in the Vlsbama Lcgislatßiv
ot lHit, >ppo*rf fAc <>d,ui**io *> Tr. \\s, on* of
the strotigesl and most valualde Southern slave
States, into lll© t uion, amt uuw seek* to-justify
hiinsalf upon tbc ground of its l>eiiig a “Ibmm
cratie ineuMiirc V’ Thomas J. Judge.
NY bo would, therefore, oppose the interetltof
the South in Congress- as hr did iu the AUl'anm
logislafuic if hr could thereby gratify hi* him
ligount hatred t** the Democratic party * TboinaF
J. Judge.
Who, in tbo Alabama Legislature of Ifli4,eetsd
“<j<iin*ih resolution wherein it wa* declared that
neither .Mexico, Spain or F'rxnoc had any right to
complain at the annexation of Texas to tho I'ni
ted State*, all hough she lout achieved her inde
pendence ut (be point ot tho awoni v Thomas J.
Judge.
Who, in l*i>oaud ‘jl donie<l the right of flece*.
sion nnd denounced Southern Eight* men h
‘ , Di*onioui*ls' > iuid ‘cnemis* u tho OovwnuMOt V
Thorns* J J *■
“ho, m IM2, caused Montgomery to D*ur
; bond* lor the purpose of cetiatniciing plank roads,
and thus Umviuo involved in an unjust debt of
MiO.tXW • Tbotua* J Judfv
Who, while a member of the Alabama Legisla
tor*. voted to appropriate tb* funds of the State
Treasury to the benefit of Ruilrned
Thomas J .fudge.-- ,V<o(An n Rnt.
It mist bb a Hoax.—Ou Friday laat a gen
tleman of this district left at ouroreee a stalk of
corn hearlne all the marks of having beau kilUd
by frost. He stated that suat was tho lnet, and
that he had a whole field in the aaiuc condition.
He said tho >eru was killed on Tweedy morning
last. This seem* improbable, although wo thiak
Tuesday was the coldest July day wo ever felt.
Sine© the above was written* o had a conver
•ation with Mr Solomon Quick, of the upper part
es Mrrlbero (tiatru t, who informed us, that on
Thursday morning laat, in the presence of others,
he scraped the !<*’ off his oorn blade# with a knife,
and that much of Uii corn wan covered w\tk ic*.
Chtrm ir b'u •(.
“HAVtr.lv NATIKDAY, JILV St. IHSU.
The opposition Mate (onvcotton
The Opposition party of this State assembled,
a few day# since, in Convention at Macon. They
pa*nd a series of resolutions, but declined u
nomination for tlovnrnor until a futuer period.
It i# difficult, from the public proceedings, to
comprehend their policy. In fact the meagre
platform uioau# nothing. The Opposition do not
know what Pi do. Tlieir leader*are indifferent,
and di-pojw and to let the old ship rock aloug with
out a compos* in the boisterous sea, trusting to
luck and fortune. In their primary meetings,
they denounce all platforms a* nieaniai/Utt and
only made to he broken. They meet in Conven
tion and with a great flourish of uarnr*. bring
forth proauiblca and resolutions, with the under
standing, we preumc. that they have no binding
force upon the party. They unsay to be South
ern in their resolve*, and actually take ground in
favor of prolmrjioit to our slave properly iu the
territories—the apple of discord between the
North and the Mouth—and yot. witn timidity
■aid leer, they condemn the ,l agitation” of the
slavery question hh tending to no “practical
good.” This i* an anomaly in their position, not
easily under#lood. They denounce the Kansan
bill a# a cheat and a swindle—with a Northern
and {Southern construction—intended to preserve
the N'utionul Democratic party, and yot, in de
ploring the agitation of slavery, they aay in their
platform#, it should u rente,” “regarding the prin
ciple a* ait tied , both by Irgialotire enactment
and judicial interpretation, that the |eoplc of the
territories, when they come to form a Htalo Con
stitution, and no other time, (by unfriendly legis
lation or otherwise,) mIirII decide the question for
themselves.'* If tho question i# settled by legi*-
latirr enactment, it must bo by the passage of
the Kausus bill, for surely the compromise meas
ure* of 185# or any former acta did not nettle it ?
This, then, we construe into an endorsement of
the Kansu* bill—the position first held by the
Opposition, but from which they retreated, when
Mr Fillmore denounced it as tho “i'andora's
box.”
They abuse tho Democratic party, a# corrupt
and extravagant, in their pres#, throughout the
State, and yet, have the honesty and purity of
purpose to aay, in their plat form, that they “hold
t ‘ongreaae qually responsible with the administra
tion for this extravagance.'* This is oil that the
Democracy ask*. The record will show that tho
most extravagant measure# were passed by the
opposition to tho Dtnocrai ‘/. and over the vole*
of Democratic Uongresamcn.
•Such, in a few words, U the position of the
Opposition party of tioorgia. It i# widely differ-,
cut from that assumed by the leader* of f be Op
position parly of Alabama. In fact, tho parly
has no particular lino of policy. It has changed
it* skin, like the snako, every year: only Ik i* year
It ha* no skin at all Its leader*, in the language
of one of their own journals, “aro not self-sacri
ficing enough to risk defeat.” There wu# “bx
much of timid policy prevalent Iu the Conven
tion,” remark# the muuio paper. Yet, this is the
Opposition party of tioorgia! Ity what name
will it next be called ‘I Why should democrats
over go to it for safety and security ?
,\rw fork Drmmrats la iounrll at ttaraloga
Hah a too a, July 18.—Mr Fernando Wood was
here last week in consultation with the lead
ing hards, and assured Ibeui that Caggur
A l’o. hud become frightened into acquiescence
with the demand* of the hard# to choose dele
gate# to the National Convention to be held at
< ‘barlosfon by single district#. Mr. Wood i# now
engaged in thu organization of the hards for the
fall eniniiaign.
I nlllnsworiti laidltulr.
The recent examination of the pupils connected
with this institution, aitualail near Talbotton, is
spoken of by a learned board, who witnessed the
exercises as follows:
“The examination was thorough, aud showed
that the utmost care and pAius bad been taken by
the teachers to instruct tho scholar# in the dif
ferent studies they had pursued and that the
main object of the teooher# had been to secure
aecuracy in the different branches of learning
they had taught—in other word* t make good
scholars, h thing very much to bo nppmvfd iu
these day#of superficial instruction.” *
death of the distinguished lawyer and
statesman, llufus Choate, was made the subject
of discourse iu many of tbc Boston pulpits on
Sunday, aud of a particular tribute from the Kev .
Nehemiah Adams, under whose ministrations Mr
1 Choate had sal for twenty-live or thirty years.—
Tho family pew was draped in utouruiug, aud iin
occupied.
A (ompllnifit(ar) loast.
The following complimentary toast, soys the
Albany Patriot, was drank at a public diuuer,
given iu Milledgevillf, Uu., on the fourth of July
last. It s|eak more truth in lower words, and
awards more deserved justice to our ex-Governor,
than anything of the kind we have met with :
“By Hon. 8. GrautJami—Our late Governor.
IlerscM V. Johnson —Honor to u hum honor ,a
dor : At a small expense to the State, Gov. Johu
sou did much to improve the public grounds
around the State House, before and since his time
too much uegleoted. It was he, 100, who, by
paying the debts of the Slate Road, nnd having
it put iu good working order, prepared it for pay
ing some profit on its great cost.”
Sr. Locis, July 1.1. Tbc Omaha Nebrnskiati,
in giving an account of the depredations recent
ly committed by tbo Pawnee Indian*, says that
sGo.lUtu was stolen from the settlers. Gov. Black
was ill the field at the head of 2YO turn and 7fi
dragoons. Tho Indians numbered doUt) men.
Drinktn FotmtAiNs continue to bo erected
iu many of tbc large towns in F.ngland, and of
late aro living scattered along the vurious Enos of
railway, at the different stations. The move
ment is considered iui important auxiliary to the
teinpcraucc reform. In New York, free drinking
hydrants will soon take rank among our “insti
tution*.'’ No doubt the limited number (fifty)
iu course of construction will be found wholly
inadequate.
PoiM i.vrioM or LaUiianuk.—As we had heard
various figures given 11* to the population es our
j town*, wo take pleasure in giving the following in
formation, furnished by the report of the City
.Marshal:
Free White Males, 11l
“ Females. *l3 841
•* colored Moles 1
“ “ Female*. 3 *
Colored Slave*. Mules,. 3fi4
“ “ Female* 541 VIU
Total 1,7i8
Taxable projM>rty #2,1
Tolls, Professional Liccmos, Ac., 288
I.ioenses for mechanic#, agencies, Ac., 118
Patrol taxes, 278
Lutintuije Reporter.
(From the Richmond Enquirer. | - <
tlahaiun F. samlortl. Ar
Messrs. Editor#—Tho “Examiner” oaks—who
i* Wot. F. Bmu lord? Tho Montgomery (Ala.)
( onfederal ion auswers* that he 1* the same Hatu
torvi to whom Gov. Wise addressed what that
journal i# pleased to style hi* ‘short letter That
letter, cm jkumnl, is one of thu most elaborate
and profound, and thoroughly triumphant expo
sit ion# of the fallacy of the Douglas doctrines,
and of the wenkucss of tho demoerattc policy 0*
to slavery that ha* been written.
A* to Mr. Samford. he is yet a young iusu-h
iiimu of profouud genius.of great litsrary acquire
(l anfinchinglrmnsss,aad on muompro
taieing lovevjot truth. He is a graduate of on* of
VhlioU'i oldest colleges—wa* a favorite pupil of
FresidsntOwen. His Alma Mater, also a college
f his native Sute, Georgia, hits each tendered
him a professorship. Both offers wera declined
by him. ■
Mr. Bauiford was deemed, by the Hon. “'al
ter T- Colquitt. Yo be the most promising man iu
of his age. 80 great was the estimate
of hi# abilities as an orator aud logician, that in
4h Presidential campaign in 1844, h* was put
upon the Democratic electoral ticket in Georgia,
Willi ike express view of his meeting Mr. Toombs
the\orv uuTidi.in . t hi- power; and the
Demooracv of lieorgia never bad reason to regret
their choice. Iu that canvass he was stricken
down iu health, aud ba* never wholly recovered
his nhyilcal vigor.
Mr. Httiulord occupis# the whole field of South
ern Right#. Tbo chiot difierence between bun
,,lf and Uomaor Moor, kH vo®ptilor, 1 *•*
Mr. Samford make* their questions practical is
sucs,and presses them to a decision. fJov. Moore
i* disposed to deal tenderly, rather too tenderly,
with them. Both are good men, but Mr. Ham
ford is also a statesman of a high order-
IU L.
ut it it tonal from Met Ire.
New OjtLKAX*, July ID, IS5t.
The steamship Tennessee, from Vera Cruz on
the Utb iust., has arrived up, and we have the
following additional intelligence—
.Mr. Mcl.ane’# demand for the surrender of the
live millions conducta alone caved it. A few
hour* later, Robles received peremptory orders
from Miramon, seconded by Ministers Otway and
Gabriac, not to allow the conducta to enter Vera
Cruz.
Rubles had captured Placillulun from the lib
erals.
Geu. Marquez had pronounced in favor of him
self at Guadalajara.
New* from Havana
Bai.timork, July Iff, *SO.
The steamship Baltimore has arrived here, with
Havana dates of the I Ilk inst.
The demand for sugar was slight, and u decline
in prices wo# anticipated. Muscovadoes were
seven to eight rials for common.
Molasses wa# dull at three and a quarter to
throe arid a half rial# for clayed, and four and a
quarter to four and three qunrtur rials for mus
covados*.
Freight* were dull.
Sterling exchange wa* at 13 all per cent pre
mium, and on New York, Boston, Jto., at sixty
days, *a per cent.
Front the London Morning Poat.
The Wmind<‘d at twlfftinu
CAsttu lion k, June 27.—This place present# a
hideous spectacle of human suffering- every
church, every house is full of wounded, and the
arcades are so crowded that I hero is hardly room
for the pa#*cr bv. The mortality among them
amount# to beyond 100a day; but this j# princi
pally among tlw#o who were brought Jate from
the Held. Hevei and hopeless case#, where death
must supervene within a very short time, have
been left there in order to give a chance to those
to whom removal might offer a’ banco of recove
ry. This appear* a terrible alternative, but It
cannot be helped; all the cart* of the l ontadiu,
aretakuu up for tho purpose, and the peasant#
tbeniNelvc# are no entirely occupied in transport
ing theliviug that the burial of the dead wa# not
entire completed yeNterday. The whole road
froinCsstiglione to Montecbiaro, and the place#
in tho vicinity where tho wounded can be placed,
i# covered with line# of vehieJcs going full and
returning thither for more, who arc sent away, as
soon a# the first dressing and neceshary opera
tion* are concluded. I saw a Hungarian b.y of
not more than 18 put into a e ort after having
had hi# foot taken off above tho ankle, to go Jj
mile# to another small town where there
wn* still accommodation left. French and Aus
trian# are all treated alike: but the wuut of ac
commodation i* very great, although, consider
ing the weather, tbovc who lie out all night now
nr© no worse off thun tho#e within; indeed they
must breath a purer air than the other*. The
wounded French officers have mostly gone to dif
ferent village# in the neighborhood or to lirescia,
where they con be hotter attended to thun here.
Mtesteelppl.
Thu Democratic convention on the -Ith inst.,
liassed a resolution inviting the .Senator* and
Icpresoiitatives in Congress from that State to ad
dre#*thir laxly. On the.’* lb inst.,Col. Davis deliv
ered a speech of two hour# in length. The Jack
son (Mis#.) Eagle suy# he came out. boldly in de
claring unconstitutional the federal law# against
the reopening of thu slave-trade: favored the
withdrawal of our squadron from the coaat of Af
rica, and annulling our treaty stipulations on the
subject. He thought the subject belonged ox
clusivuly to the .States, ami that Congress should
let. them regulate it to suit tlieir want*. He fa
vored the acquisition of Cuba, honorably if we
could, but forcibly if we must. He thought the
election of a Block Republican to the Presidency
sufficient cause for a dissolution of the Union,
and took strong Southern ground# through
out.
t.'apt. VVm. Barksdale also addressed the con
vention in a bold and aide manner, giving evi
dence that bin heart wa# with the Mouth, and
hi# uriu ready to maintain her constitutional
right#.
Col. Singleton then took the stand, and deliv
ered u short hut able ami interesting qaeob.—
Mr. .Singleton doubt# that tin* opening of the
slave-trade i# the policy of the Mouth, though he
thinks the federal laws on the subject unconsti
tutional.
From the State Free*.
Mere Harmony Opposition.
The Havannmb A ’tf>ut>liean of to-day ha* a tel
egraphic dispatch which pronounces tho Op|n>i
tion Convention that assembled here yesterday,
“enthusiastic and iamostvw.” A greater mis
take wa# never made. Tho Convention so far
from being “harmonious,” was the most discor
dant deliberative meeting wo have ever attended
and wu do riot think any candid member of the
Convention will claim for it the merit of harmo
ny. When the proposition was made to nomin
ate a candidate for Govenor, nearly every man
present seemed to have opinion different from the
rest, to judge from the large numlier us resolu
tion*, amendments and substitute# which were of
fered and lost. Everybody appeared to be agreed
Li disagree, and wo cannot account for the state
ment of the Republiran * reporter only ou tbo
supposition that heintonded perpetratiug a pleas
ant piece of irony.
Tho Convention has resulted in a fix%le. Our
readers will bear us witness, wo predicted la*t
week that they would not be able to agree upon
a candidate, and sure enough our words have
come to pass. Tho leading men of tbc Opposi
tion have too much sense to cuter (with a disor
ganised party without principles or strength) into
a hopele## contest with a strong and well-organ
ised party like the Democracy of Georgia. I Ai
der present circumstances we do not think the
convention when it re-assciuldes at Atlanta next
month, will le aide to get a candidate to accept
the nomination. They might as well confess their
weakness, and let Gov. Brown walk over the
track without even the show of opposition.
From the tjeortjin (Am.) Citizen.
Opposition Mate tonvrntlan
Fuder all the circumstances, of short notice,
change of place of meeting warmth of the weath
er, Ac., we think our Convention wo# not only
respectable for number*, but had considerable of
the t>est talent of the Hute on tho floor. Their
official proceeding* arc to be found in another col.
uinu of this paper, but in all candor, we are com
pelled to say, that there wn* entirely too much old
/tMjyiam. and L*o much of timid poli<y prevalent
in tho Convention. A majority were decidedly
for a nomination, but not one of those doomed
worthy of the honor of a nomination a# the stan
dard-bcarer of the party, was self-sacrificing
enough ami patriotic enough to risk defeat. Not
one, out ofa do ten. was willing to have the hon
or of u nomination thrust upon him. Therefore,
the friend# of a nomination had nothing else to
do than to compromise the matter, by deferring
the noiniuution till the loth day of August, when
the Covention will again assemble to eomider the
queetiou. under more favorable auspices.
We have but little hope of good result from
this action. Delays are sometimes ns dangerous
in politic* ns in other matters, and we fear that
when the day of adjournment arrives, we shall
have a thinner asstMublagc, and a les* disposition
than now, on tho part of any of our patriotic great
men to accept a nomination. However, wo can
moot and talk the mat ter over, then appoint a
big Committee of 24 of the more prudent nnd
eoueerrotite member*. (Heaven save the mark !)
who will labor for several mortal hours, to fix up
a platform that will suit every shade of opinion
of the individual# composing the Committee, and
then we can adjourn to a still “more convenient
season !” If gentlemen think this is the way to
organice a live party, we say to them, go abend,
und wo will see what a “Rip Van Winkle” busi
ness you will make of it.
As to the Resolutions adapted, we hare nothing
*|wcial to say. Abstract principles will do very
well, but some decisive aetiou would suit us boi
ler. Besides, we think that the Convention
should have passed the proposition of Mr. Jones,
in reference to a repeal of the laws declaring the
slave trade piracy. This insult to the South
should, at least, have received condemnation from
a Southern body of politicians, whatever views
they may have eutertained in reference to the
expediency of re-opening the Foreign slave
trade.
But we have not room for further comment, at
this time, but will wait, os patiently as we cau.
the ides of August, to see whether we can he al
lowed the poor privilege of a freeman, of voting
for somebody for Governor other than Joseph the
Baptist!
“I don't like to see small things so strictly
pointed.” as the boy said when he cut off tha end
el the echoolmaatcr'* coat.
I<t us never forget that a life of profanity is
the fearful prelude to an eternity of blasphemy.
He*. A. W . Speer.
A Bimplx Rim.—To ascertain the length of
the day and uight at any time of the year, doub
le the time of the sun’s rising, which gives the
length of the nighl. and double the time of set
ting. which gives the length of the day.
The taxes of N. Lotigworth, the winegrower of
Cincinnati, amount, this year, to $37,670.69.
Quite a fortune itself.
COLtMHIH, MO Vim JIM *43, tfite.
The truMire - Peace lor the Prevent.
It will be gratifying to the lovers ol‘peace
throughout the country, to hear that an armistice
ho# been agreed upon by the belligerent power#
o| Europe, whereby a cessation of active warfare
i#secured until the 13th of next month. This
agreement to *u#)KMid warlike movements for tao
present may be regarded as a prelude to a final
settlement of all the Italian difficulties. France
is not di*|ußcd to push Austria to thu extremity
of defending every inch of her territory. Napo
leon has won laurels for hi* brow, which may yet
wither in a desperate conflict with the stubborn
Austrians. Should the war terminate now, he
will return to Franco strengthened in the affec
tions of hi# people, and with fresh diadems in the
crown of hi# present glory aud gre&tnesn. He
may demand of Sardinia a portion of her territo
ry os the price of the blood of his brave men und
the wonderful victories which they have achieved.
Sardinia, having thrown off the yoke of Austrian
despotism, beneath which she has groaned with
impatience for years, will readily accord to Na
poleon the honor of bis brilliaut success ami grant
him any reasonable demand. Austria ha# suf
fered in her engagements, yet persisting in giving
battle on every hill aud showing a determination
to hold out resolutely to the end. Htill, she has
not len able to cope with her enemies, and no
doubt will yield her assent to any proposition
which preserve# her honor and integrity. She
may be constrained to withdraw her force*
Italian borders in the future and thu# put an end
to present difficulties. During the armistice, all
Commercial vessels, without distinction of flag,
shall be allowed to navigate the Adriatic Hea.
xrrond (oaxmcdonal District
The Op|io#ition of the 2d Congressional District
will uioetiu Ain eric us on the 27th inst., to nomi
nate a candidate for Congress in opposition to Mr.
Crawford, thu Democratic nominee. They are
not thoroughly deeided a* to the best policy to
pursue in tlie ootning contest. Gen. James N.
Bethune, of this city, is an independent candidate
und will run the race at all hazards. It is now
a question with the opposition, whether they
should decline a nomination sod concentrate their
force* on General Dethunc, or ran a straight out
and-out whig or American. There are alpiring
men iu the Opposition ranks, vain enough to be
lieve they could win the battle, while the more
experienced and wiser see the danger in the dis
tance, and are not flattered with the prospact of
an inglorious defeat. Mr. Crawford con carry
the Democratic flag to victory in the District,
wbother the Opposition nominate a candidate or
uot. Geu. Bethuuo's candidacy will only make hi*
majority the larger in any contingency. The
Opposition men iu this section are committed to
Gen. Bethune’# #tpporl t a greater extent than
the Democrat.#, aud he will receive a majority of
his votes outside of the Democratic party. ‘ We
nre, therefore, indifferent a# to the result of the
Opposition Convention, which assembles Wed
nesday at Cntbbert. Our #ympathiee, however,
are extended iu advance to the self-sacrificing
hero.
The (antttvH in Alabama.
One week from to-day, the elect ion for (1 oven nor
und Member# of Congress in Alabama, will take
place. llou. A. B. Moore and William F. Mam
ford Esq. arc candidates for the former position.
Both gentlemen Are worthy to till the Cubema
tional Chair, and are Democrats of the .Southern
Bights Mohooi. William F. Sam ford Ksq. will be
voted for principally by the opposition, keckhse ‘
Gov. Mo.re i# regarded by many as the Demo
cratic nominee. The Auburn Convention, how
ever, left that question in abeyance, a# between
Gov. Moore and Mr. Ssmford iu the Jd. District,
and Democrats can exercise the liberty of selec
iu their vote#. Should Mr. Mamford
be elected, he will bring to the discharge of his
duties a true heart and the highest order of tal
ent.
The eye# of the country are turned to the 3d.
District. David t'loptou Kqr. ha# home the J
Democratic flog with great honor and eclar. It
now Iwhovcs the Democrats to rally around him
and elect him. Let there be no splitting of tick
ets to elect a County Candidate, but let the dem
ocracy, who forced Mr. Clopton into the canvas#,
~<*m lri„n,f.l.an,l v *lpl him. Ho I.’ hoOUHt, Ca
pable. clever, intelligent, with the warm sympa
thy of a genercu# bosom flowing for his race,
high toned, and will reflect honor upon hi# eon
stituency. Mee that the name of the noble “little
Davy” is on your ticket#.
t he Prospect#.
The Tuskcgwe be. mac rat says, in relation to
the brightening prospects of Clopton for Con
gress: “The tisttle is drawing to a close and all
sign* are that David Clopton is bound to be vic
torious. lie has fought the good fight and a
crown awaits him. Tbo present aspt>et of the
battle-field show* that thecncuiy, though fight
ing bravely, are unable to force the uutcrrtficd
one hair’s breadth, and that they have received
in the most rital part a deathly shot, aud will
certainly beat another retreat on the first Mon
day of August.
kunsaa (unhlKutioual ((intention,
St. Louis. July Iff, ISM*.
A sjiecial despatch to the Bulletin saya that tho
Bill of Rights before tbc Kansas Constitutional
Convention provides that uo distinction shall be
made lctween aliens and citizens in relation to the
possession ol slave property; also that slavery
hall not be allowed in the State.
The de#)Mitch also states that a decided xiajori
ty of the Convention is in favor of instructions to
the Supreme Judges to disregard the Fugitive
Slave Law. and that provision be made for a
Homestead law,embracing 160 acres.
Washington, July 20.
The President has recognized Emil Christian
Hammer as Vice Consul of Denmark for the State
ol Massachusetts, L reside at Boston.
The British and Spanish Ministers are pre
paring to leave the city for the purpo*e of visit
ing the Hummer resorts in the North.
The Prussian Minister is going to Sharon
Springs for the beticfit of hi* wife's health.
The other Ministers have already left the city.
During the absence of the President, regular
meeting* of the Cubiuet will be held, os usual,on
Tuesdays and Friduys.
Tho Indian Bureau contemplate# the appoint
ment of a local Agent, to reside near the Paw
nee*, in order to enable it to exercise control ovor
them aud prevent future difficulties.
NcUurr of a supposed Mater
Nbw Bkm'ud Mass., July 21.—The ship At
lantic, (’apt. .Silvia, which cleared for a jart in
tho Indian Ocean, ha* been seized on suspicion
of going to Africa for slaves.
Dkckakb or CoxugxssMßN Elect.- Three of
tho member* of Congress elected to the next House
of Representative* have died, vi*: The Hon.
Thmuos L Harris, in the Hixtb District of 111.;
the lion. Cyrus Hpinck, in the Fourth District of
Ohio; and the Hon. Wm O Goode, in the Fourth
District of Virgiuia. Masers. Goode and Harris
were Representative# in the last CoogrtM.
*— -
rit-Thero is a rumor from Paris which give*
assurance that the Patterson Bonapartea are to
be conciliated by the Eui|eror. It is said that
Napoleon hus offered to make Mrs. Patterson's
son, Jerome, a Duke, and her grand son, Jerome,
who graduated at West Point, aud is uow with
the army in Italy, a Count, with suitable pecu
niary eudowmsuts for the rank, if they will for
mally renounce all claims in the name of Bona
parte. How easy a method of solving domestic
honor! Who says titles have no value ?
William Gilmore Bixms.—Prescott, in his
historical discourse lately delivered in Charleston,
8. C., paid the following deserved encomium on
this distinguished novelist of the Houth :
“1 cannot refer to this glorious portion of our
history, without acknowledgiugthe debt which I
think tho State owe# t<> one of her most distin
guished sons, for the fidelity with which he ha#
preserved its memory, the vigor and beauty vsith
which be has painted iu most stirring|#ccnes, and
kept alive iu fiction the portraits of its most fa
mous heroes.”
Mr Blmm has just published another work of
fiytiott r*producinf the *9*q of tb olden time.
Platform nt the Opposition Party of beorgla
Adapttd iu Vometiti.ai, at Macon, Jvlj/2Qth, 1839.
Ist. D'.etdcnl, That the Union, as established
by the Fcder.il i muc’ mioij, il the latter be fait ii
fully carried out, is the surest guaranty of tin
rights and interests ol all scutiuns of the country,
and should be preserved.
24. Heuolrcd, That, a# the institution of slave
ry existed in the Htates of the Confederacy prior
to the adoption of the Constitution of the United
Mlates : and * the right to hold slave* os prop
erty wa# conceded by the framers of thu Consti
tution and fully (recognised therein, therefore
slavery exists independent of the Constitution :
und a# slavery is recognized and sanctioned by
the Constitution, Congre*#, which derives ail it#
powers from that instrument, cannot legislate on
the subject of slavery except /or ite protection
where it legally exist# : we believe, also, that the
further agitation of the *ubject of slavery will
tend to no practical good to any portiou of thu
country, and should therefore cease, regarding
the principle n# settled, both by legislative enact
ment aud judicial interpretation, that the peopl
of the Territoriee, when they come to form a
State Con#titulion, and at another time, (by “unc
friendly legislation” or otherwise) shall decide
the question for them selves. We furthermore
repudiate tho doctrine of “squatter sovereignty,”
iu all it# form#, as an insidious and certain inode
of excluding the Mouth from tho common territo
ry of thu Union, und aloud ready to oppose,
.sternly aud uncompromisingly, all who adtoc&le
that doctrine ; that the territories are tho com
mon property of all the Mtales, and, therefore,
the people have the right to enter upon and occu
py any territory with their slaves, a- well n# oth
er property, ami are protected by thu Constitution
aud flag of thu country ; that Cougrc*# has no
right to legislate slavery into, norexciude it from,
a territory : aud that we hold that the doctrine
of nou-intervention with the institution of slave
ry in the States, Territories, or the District of Co
lombia, does not, nor was it intended to, conflict
with the assertion of the power of Congress to
protect the property of the citizens of the sever
al States who may choose to settle in the several
Territories.
O. Ilcealoed, That the recommendation of the
Fresidcnt that Congress should confer upon him
the war-making power and subject the army and
navy to hi# control, coupled with the demand for
enormous appropriation* of the public money to
carry out hi# views, call for and deserve the most
unequivocal and unqualified condemnation of tho
whole country.
4th. liceohtd. That the reckless extravagance
of the preceding and present administrations of
the Federal Government, ami especially the un
blushing corruption which ha.# marked the latter,
by which the public expenditure# have bocu in
creased from fifty to near one buudred million*
of dollars per annum, is n deep wrong that should
be rebuked and must be corrected. We hold Con
gress equally responsible with the administration
tor this extravagance.
3th. Heeoltrd, The present representation in the
State Legislature, we regard a* cumbrous, an un
necessary tax upon the people, aud inimical to
wise and prudent legislation. We advocate a<l
cided reduction, and at the eurlieat day practica
ble.
Adopted unanimously.
from the New York Herald
Letter from the lion Daniel K. Mirk In.
Nkw York, July 19.
Through the course of sad event*, which during
the io#t tew mouth* have brought so much aiflte
lioQ upon my family, I have been silent. No
amount of misrepresentation utfectiug myself on
ly could induce me now to open uiy lips; nor
could I deem it worth while under any circum
stances to notioe what ho been or can be said in
journals never regarded a- the sources or expo
nents of public opinion, for in these it is too often
obvious that only unworthy motives prompt the
most vindictive assaults upon the private life of
citizen# holding public station#. Bat the edit*)*
rial comment* in the Herald of yesterday, al
though t-ensomms, (of wiiioh 1 do not complain,
whilst I read them with regret; differ ao widely
in tone and teuqicr from tho ina#s of iiouscnsc
und calumny which ha# lately been written con
cerning a recim :vent in my domestic relations,
that 1 cannot allow a mistake, into which you
have been loud by inaccurate information, to pass
without such a cosrcutiun as will relieve othors
from any share of the reproaches which it is the
plvusurc of the multitude at this moment to heap
upon me and mine.
Referring to tho forgiveness which my sense of
duty and iny feelings impelled mo to extend to
an erring and repentant wile, you observe, in the
course of your temperate and diguified article,
that, “it is Bald, however, tiiat tho lust pha-e of
the affair was brought about through the advice
of hi# lawyer#.*’ This is entirely erroneous. I
did not exchange a word with one of my counsel
upon the subject, nor with any nuo else. My re
conciliation withmjt wite was my own .art, done
| without consultation with any relative, connec
tion, friend or adviser. Whatever blame, if any
belongs to the step, should fall alone upon me.—
1 aui prepared to defend what I have done be
fore the only tribunals I recognize us having tho
slightest claim to jurisdiction over the subject—
my own conscience and the bar of Heaven lam
makes it infamous t. forgive a woman : nor is it
usual lo moke our domestic life a subject of con
sultation with friend#, no matter how near and
dear to uk. And 1 cannot allow <-veu all the
world combined to dictate to me tho repudiation
of my wife, when I think it right to forgive her,
and restore her to my confidence and protec
tion.
If I ever failed to comprehend the utterly deso
late position of uit offending though penitent wo
man the hopeloys future, with aii iu dark pos
sibilities of danger, to which she is doomed when
proscribed as on outcast—i can now see painly
enough, in the almost universal howl of denuu- ‘
ciation with which she is followed to my thresh
old, the misery and perils from which I have res- j
cued the mother of my child. Aud although it is I
very sad for me to incur the blame of friend* and !
the reproaches-of many wise and good people, i j
shall strive to prove to all who feel any interest in
me, that if 1 aui the first man who has ventured
t say to Uie world an erring wife and uff-tber
may be forgiven and (edeemed, that iu spite of
all the obstacles in my path the good results of
this example shall entitle it to the imitation of
the generous and the commendation of the just.
There are many who think that an act of duty,
proceeding solely from affections which can only
be comprehended in the heart of a husband and h
father, i# to be fatal to my professional, political
and social standing. If this be so, then *0 be it.
Political station, professional success, social re
cognition, are not the only prizes of ambition ;
and I have seen enough of the world in which I
have moved, and read enough of the lives of oth
ers, io teach me that, if one be patient and reso
lute, it is the man himself who indicates tbo
place be will occupy: and so long a* Ido nothing
worse than to reunite my family under the roof
where they may fiud shelter from contumely and
persecution, I do not fear the noisy but fleeting
voice of popular clamor. The multitude accept
their first impression# from a few; but in the
cud men think for themselves, and if I know the
human heart—ami sometimes I think that in a
career of mingled sunshine and storm I have
Mounded nearly all its depth# -then I may re-as
-ure those who look with reluctant forebodings
upon my future, to be of good cheer, for l will not
cease to vindicate a just claim to the respect of
iny fellow*; while to those motley groups here
and there, who look upon my misfortunes only
as waajmns to bo employed for my destruction, to
those 1 say, ouce for all, if a man make a good
use of his enemies they will be as serviceable to
him a* hi# friends.
Iu conclusion, let me ask only one favor of those
who, from whatever motive, may deem it neces
sary or agreeable to comment in public or pri
vate, upon this sud history, and that is, to aim
ail their arrows at my brans t, and forth© sake of
my innocent rkild, to spun* her yet youthful
mother, while she seeks, iu sorrow and coutrition,
the mercy and the pardon of Him to whom,
sooner or later, we must all appeal.
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
DANIEL E. SICKLES.
The Bury ‘KIN or Autaima J —la Autauga,
a* every where else, tho ladies have declared tor
Mr. Judge, aud the bouquets bavo been showered
•n him from the time he entered AuUuga.
Mail of yeiterday.
The la-lie* may have-declared far Mr. Judge.”
but from all that wo can learn there is any thing
but uuaiiimity among the <* on the subject—
and uulcssa majority of tbelattercan be brought to
agree with the former, ‘the jig * up’with the bou
quet candidate. By tbo way, we wonder if the
ladies use the Tent* pimk in making up their bou
quets— that ought, by all means, to be included:
it is a pretty fb>wer, though it may not be very
fragrant to Mr. dodge. We do not wish to dic
tate to the ladies, but we would suggest to them
that it would l>v well enough to sac* their *uett
c*t and chuietet flowers to strew upon their fa
vorite’s political bier after the first Mouday in
August next. —Jlont Confmleration,
The late Balloon Voyage IroaHt Loul*
Mr. John Wise, the u-ronaut, has w riften a let
ter, dated the Mh instant, to the 8l Louis Dvtno
ermt, in which he says :
*‘To-day I was favored by ray good friend. C.
F. Baker, with some slips of St. Louis papers, which
gave us much praise for th very awkward trip we
made from your noble pity. 1 say awkward, be
cause the element* ought to have served us'better.
But it is so, and if our good friends in St. Louis
think we have done well enough, 1 will, in return
for that kindness, say to them. I hope to do better
the next time. I aui now speaking for myself.
“My thoughts are now turned to the crossing
of the Atlautic, and a much better
tb*n tv a* the trip fromfct. Louis to New York!—
1 have fully resolved on that, because I have
learned in the St. Louis trip that is easier to ac
complish than I had heretofore thought it was.”
Wbon we retort! our angry filing,, l, t „b
on .now, that the dm hean of ihnaihuta mar eh
literatt them fortrer.
Two days later from Europe.
OP THE
STKAMSIIII 1
A I KK A.
A U I t Vs K IS COTTON.
Strong Hopes of Peace.
New Y ork, July 21.
The steamship Africa ha# arrived from Liver
pool with date# <> the 9th inst. Hbe briuga the
following report of the
MARKETS.
Males of cotton in L Ivor poo) for the week 70,000
bales. An advance of 1 - Did. hod been paid, and
1 i and. advance was asked by holders. The aie#of
Friday were 15,000 bait *. Os the sale* of the
week speculator# took 5.500 aud exporters 3,000
bale*. The market closed active at the follow
iug
QUOTATIONS :
Fair. Middlings.
Orleans H’,d. 7 and.
Mobiles ~...75#d. BT%d.
Uplands ?Md- 6 s id.
The stock of American on hand was 533,000
bale#. Total stock 725,000 bale*.
The advice fVora Manchester are favorable ;
the market closing buoyant and excited, with an
adr mice on all qualities of goods.
The Havre aud Trieste market# have advanced
considerably. The stock at Havre wa* 97,000
bale* and Tres Ordinaire quoted 10.8. Tree Bas
103. Bales of the wuck 7.500 bales ; market elut
ing firm.
Liverpool, July 16*
COTTON'.—Males of corton to-day. 12,000 hales
speculator# und exporter# taking -1 4)00 bale*.
Flour declined I pi. 2d; in* sales and prices no
minal. YYheat dt lined 3(*i 3d. since Tuesday.
Corn quiet and nominal. Beef heavy. Pork
easier but quotation* unchanged. Bacon and
Lard dull und declining. Korin steady at Bs.
lofa,3*. lid. Turpentine and sugar heavy.—
Coffee Arm. Rice quiet.
London, Saturday Afternoon—The Barings
report Breadstuff# declining. Rice and Coffee
firm. Turpentine dull.
Auiericmi Securities unchanged.
Con#oh; closed at VU „(,t 4*, for money, and
94%(di;95‘i fr account, having advanced 13*
a 2 per cent, in consequence of Ihe armistice,
ami the strong hope l pence being established.
AM market* of Eurofte were much
excited aud buoyant at this happy intelligence
The Pari# Bourse advanced 2*£ per cent, and all
tho other Boor art advanced materially. The
Austrian funds at Frankfort rose It) percent pre
vious to Ibe armistice.
Bullion kad decreased in tho Hank of England
£232,
Money unchanged.
lirneral ,\rs.
The ship Sarah Minot was burnt at sea; her
crew escaped and buve arrived safe at Liverpool.
The steamships Fult-.n, Europa and City of
Manchester lu* vo arrived >ut.
The weather is favorable to crops.
Napoleon telegraphed > Pari# that an Armis
tice had i*cL*n agreed upon on the Htb, tocont inue
until the loth August; it was signed at Villa
Franca by Baron Hess, wu the part of Austria,
and Marshal Yulliuut on (he part of the Allies,
and stipulate# thu.: c mitnerclal vessels without
distinct inn ofli-qr, 3 hall be allowed to navigate
the Adriatic <*e.
The Pan M -niicnr Kutfm** the public against
the Armistice, aud say# that
negotiau n> may recommence, but it due# not see
how the war n l*c terminated.
The London Tim- * Udteve the negotiation* will
end iu peace. It says: “a proposal came from
Franco iml eating a gMid deal of moderation or
necessity,” hut it don't believe it was the latter.
The Sardinians hare proceeded vigorously with
tho siege of I'cschicra.
In the Federal Diet, on the 7til, Austria pro
posed the mobilization of the whole Federal con
tingent, and will request the Prince Regent of
Prussia to assume tho position of Comumuder-iu
Chief.
It is reported in England that their mail steam
ers have l*ecn notified to prepare ti* curry arma
ments, according to contract.
The Navy estimate* have )eon introduced, in
which 10,0011 m<.re nx-o .r.- .i.-ked for.
Interesting from Rcvtro
> 1 v tin 1.1. \ sf, July 18.
The steamship Teuu -c bring- Vera Cruz ad
vices of the 1-itii, and gfl’.'t.Mk) in specie.
Ihe sloop-of-war Brooklyn ha* on board tho
project, if a treaty betwoeu Mexico and the Ini
t<l B’t.KcH.
President Jmnez issued a decree on the 13th,
declaring rbe property of the t’hnrrh to be nation
al prois-it y.
! Tl *e fremdi bark AuN.ifurat was lost off'Tam-
Jun-i:*’- raanlr-.,,. |.r.ihihu, thr tier#, from
holding office, and throw# them *n the voluotary
support of the laity, li also abolishes internal
custom house:-, m,4’ uiicru.d (AX.ition.
The British steamer Teviol sailed on the
with .*<2,260.0M in pik\ •
The revolutionists iu 1 ucatau have quietly dia
persed, after copturtog ex-Govemor Herrera.
Miramon proposed to issue $ Iff, 099, M 0 worth
offorced paper currency, mid wasaLrn about rais
ing a forced loan from all natives from $2 to
SJOO each.
Lotikvi I,lr. Kv., July 18.
After several days nfexcesriv’e hot weather, the
mercury ranging Between 8;> and 109 degrees in
the abode, a thunder and lightning t-toiui occur
red yesterday afternoon, accompanied by a gale,
prostrating tro.-> and shrubs, and unroofing sev
eral building# in the southerly |K>rtion of the city.
ir, obody was injured.
Hark el Reports.
8a VANN.ib, July 21. H.i'.os of cotton to-day
7rtu bales. The steamer’s news caused on advance
of',. Middling Fair 12' a 12 ■, cents. Halos
of the week 1,300 bales; receipts of week 3.IWM)
ngainst 1,000 bates sam n time lost year. Re
ceipts t this port ahead of last year 177 fffiO
bales. $ took 21, tot) halve.
Cll \ RLROTOM, July 21.
COTTGSf- - Tha sale# of cotton to-day were
200 hale#. Alter (ho arrival f the steamship
Africa tin* market became unsettled, end prices
nominal.- The sale* of the week I .Ortu bale#.
New York, July 21.
Sales of Colton to-day J,UOo bale*, at an ad
vance of ‘ #fa SM iddling Fpland# 12c. Flour
declined 15 to S3 cent# per barrel, *nles of 8,0(19
barrels; Southern $6 2opJsh 60. Wheal declin
ing; sales 80,rt0ft barrel#.
Ma< oji, July 23.
COTTON—The account* by the steamship Af
rica have mused a much letter feeling in our
market. We beard of sales of cotton yesterday
at 1 1 cents, which would not have brought, the
day before, more than 10"*i cents. To-day there
is a good demand, but few sales, holders waiting
for further nd ranees.
Augusta, July 21.
COTTON-—After the news by the steamship
Africa was received, there was quite a spirited
demand for cotton, and we heard of the sale of
several hundred bples, at fully % cent advance.
MARRIED
In Hamilton, on the 2 th instant, at the Resi
dence of W. 8. Walker, by the Rev. Dr. Glass,Mr.
1’ A. Kir I*■ v in and S llcnrv.
DIED,
At the summer residence of his brother-in law.
It. Watson Denton, near Columbus, (la., on the
lfltb July, ISM, Col. Zeso P. Walkbr, of
Wharton county, Texas, in the 40th year of his
■fr-
On the 13th July, at his residence near Tehee,
Russell county, Ala., Capt. JOHN McTYIERE,
in the 67 th year of his age.
In Macon, on Wednesday morning July 14th,
Robert Hardeman Logan youngest child of Mr.
and Mrs. (Jeo. M. Logan, aged 1 year, 10 months
13 days.
In'<i4 r “ r ‘ l * Ala., on Thursday afternoon, Mr.
William fl'oinraaek, formerly of Georgia, and for
a short time ft resident of Mississippi. He leaves
relations in tfe® l*Oer State.
On the 22d 0e w ™ Springe, MerrU
wether cewtty, <H* Mr- JOHN H. DAVIS,