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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,