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R. ELLIS & CO., Proprietors.
Volume XIV.
A New* Hook b) a Mobile Lari)
There s probably no town af the same size aui
pqmlnUoo on our couliiiuut. Unit occupies
prouder luicliccuml position than our own Mo
bile. In almost every range f human thought
we have prmlueed mini.:* commanding respect and
admiration. In acicuntie inquiries we may claim
a place in the front rank; in profusshmal latent
wo may boldly challenge comparison: to the
stores pf belles lettres we have contributed noble
efforts of oratory, some of tho aw clout lyrics,
some es the uusi brilliant pagob uj graphic de-
S. rpuon, aud several works of fiction of unusual
merit. To those, therefore, who do not judge a
production according to the distance whence it
comes or the reception it has previously met
.inroad, our hooding will tuive nothing surprising,
and they Will he pleased to learn that we are about
t< add one more to our literary trophies. Me iv.
Derby A Jackson, New York publishers, have
now in press anew story by Miss Augusta J.
Keans, of whom we are already proud as the gu
ild young authoress of “My t.'ousiu Ufa no be”
atnj “loe*.” It is difficult to speak of the extra
ordinary attainments and genius of this lady.
wb has achieved a popularity almost unprece
dented tor one so young, without using tonus that
might oilcml .1 maiden s retiring modesty , which
shrinks miiuoKt-like from public praise. They
who have read her other works would find our
eomnieudaiioii lame, and to the tew who have
not/ ho* new book wdl come with the reiterated
echoes of foreign applau.-c and will speak tor it
self. “Ukolah,” as we gather from the publish
ers’ circular, is a tale of Southern lilb, descriptive
ofSgeenos and events m our own city. It is the
history of a poor and unfortunate, but proud aud
remarkably gifted orphan who struggles to sup
port bur Self under circumstances of great trial
and ttnaliy triumph* by attaining the mo>t e\al
ted position and winning an eoviable reputation
through her literary labor*. The record ol the
life-struggles of a highly luieUmuial and ambi
tious woman, a nobler theme could not have bVfcn
selected. Tliat in the skilled hands of the an
ttiordna tl will receive the setting which will make
it <me of the brightest gems of modern literature
we feel perfectly ooaideal, and we predict iliat
Itfiie success of her last hook will be her crowning
triumph and enrol! her name everlastingly u the
book tf tame. — Mut>iU Hetjitler. &
Mr. Brerken rldgeS Hpeerh
Tbe following word* from M-r. Breoken ridge'*
Tippecanoe Speech of 1830 Ua* goue the rounds
in the Opposition presses.
“The speaker had heard il charged that the
fifteen slave States were conspiring lo obtain <u-
possession of the General Government, with
Wk view of bringing Its power to bear, to extend
and perpetuuie tiudr ‘‘peculiar institutions.
Gentlemen. there has been ho such attempt, i
a:a connected wi'b uo party that has for its object
the extension of slavery, nor with any to prevent
the |>eople of a State or Territory from deciding
the<|Uostion of its existence or non-existence witn
them for themselves.”
The Montgomery Advertiser and Mail having
got into a controversy over the construction tube
placed upon these words, and lion. William F.
Sam ford having been drawn out to express his
views, replied in a letter to the Montgomery Mail
of liQtli of August, in which the following is an
extract, to-wit:
“T looked closely at the very words of the
speech. I regarded the otuioxion? paragraph as
a simple denial of a conspiracy of “the fifteen
slavo States to obtain entire possession of the
General Government with a view of briuging its
power to bear to extend and perpetuate their “pe
culiar institutions.” 1 thought, with Mr. Brack
en ridge, that there had “been u<> such attempt
-110 such conspiracy.”
1 distinguished between the “object” of a par
ty, and the legitimate effect of its doctrines and
measures. I did not think it. the “oMbf* of the
Democratic party, North, South, or National, or
of any other party, to extend nlacr.ry, any more
than to extend the free labor of the West. 1 did
think that all loyal and patriotic Southern men
• •ugbt to detire it* extension, and 1 ranked Mr.
Ureektnridtp among them. And 1 thought the
Democratic party its that time earnestly engaged
in promoting those dor trine* and men*urts which
would, as a natural re*nlt, reutor •* nil gta-enmlen
to/ harrier* to it* retention.
Slavery will I -m extruded by its own inheront
energies—not by governmental action, > ■ j>t so
far as equal and just constitutional Isws shall re
move ditli cal ties in the way of its progress, and
• •pen new lields for its occupancy. 1 understand
Mr. Breckenridge to he in favor of so friendly
and just a position of the General Government ;
and that aft bough the Democratic party, as a na
tiouul organization. Would not eater the list? and
champion the cause of da very extension as an
‘•object''to be attained by a ■ ■•anpirncy of'tbe flf
teen Slav e Stales,'’ it would stand bv us in our
t niggle with our foes aud give us all weaver
asked -an open held and fair play.
Army Intelligence
Two companies Os the 4th artillery, that were
at Fort Laramie, have joined tbo light company
of that regiment in Ttah, They are all well
Fort Laramie has had a company of 2d dragoon*
added to its forces, in order to keep paw
with the fleet-tooied Indians. Their (the dra
goons') horses, however, are said to he rath Ct
rl” w ; in fact, “so chosen as not to interfere with
the efficient mounting of the troop# In I’tab,
whence they were obtained.” Two other com
panics of the 2d are at Fort Kearney.
A note from Oregon reports the expe'-ted ar
rival there ofifxty tine horses from T tnh MM
lime ago. At Vanconver, Oregon, a reintoree
luent of artillery 1 Major Reynold's battery, we
presume, as it is ordered there) had beeu reeciv
ed.
SANFORD’S
LIVER INVIGORATOR
NKVEII lILUILIT AXES.
|T It* rOYtPOPNPKD ENTIRELY from • •tun*.and
I n.* become an eatabtiabed tu-t, a sUniiaoi iim?lm inn
•
•nn>4 to with con ft- M 0 fieace iw alHhsa—r for
u’luch it u recommend- J *<l
II lift- curedUiuuMMHto Q wiUiiiillm: last two year*
who had given up hope of relief a* nuim-iou
uiihoju itod certificate* ™ in my poeseeakni *lun
TtiedflMiuuM be adap B* tod to the lemperau” m
ofthe individual taking gj ilaiiduactiiiiHiclHU hi
liiif,isU> ad peril !> on *M the Imiwcl*
Let f Im* dictates of vnur 0a judgment finite you in
um> ut the LIVER IX ?* VIOOHJiTUH. and it
will cure fort i v BILUH'S Ar
forks. ft I’.sf’fffW M. mm l kranr It tar rkm a,
i MM/. R C(j ./ TUUJTT\U i hJCA*'i i
m ftWopsr. sol h _ momavii. Haf>uu„i
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h.s. anti mav be i *rd nm:****wftillj an au("ihn
ant. y-imih/ Mrdtnmr . fig It Will “Id’ >/< *
If F. Aft A CH K, (a* “ fhiwteands run UMttfy) m
t minty mi mu Ira, 0 m tmn or three ft*-
tytttutfnU arc inks* al ioiaHMAfcmimt onim
at rack _
AU trka uat U are ™ firing Uitsu lusllliiony
in ii favor. ■*
MIX WATER IN TUB MOI Til WITH THE IN
VIUORATOR. AND HWAU.oW HOTII TOGETH
ER. PRICE ONE DOLLAR PEIt BOTTLE
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
(liatiiartic Pills,
COMPOINDED FROM
Pure Vcßetabl* Eitrarls, miml put up
In DUm €••••. Air Tight, mid will
keep lii any C limate.
The FAMILY < A -TIUHTI. Pitt. *• a gen
tle am active Cathartic vj which the (uoprielui lias
iim4 hi Ills practice more . Mum twenty year*
Tteconstantly Increasing jP demand tmm thoea who
have lon* uord the PILI.H . and the -atwfkctioa win. h
all express inregiirdtotheir H übcJmm induced me to pul
them in the reach of all u
Theproteasion w.tll know ‘hat different ciiaihaiirs
a-don different portion* ot . Jhe **•{• , _ , f
The FAMILY <A[>IH ART I I PILL
han.writh due reference to T tl|ia well •■'ablwhed feci
been r.impoiinde.l from u m varietyoftlie purest vege-
Ifihla extract*, which act *: alike on every pari of the
iilniMHiiary canal, and are pj food and sale in all ca**
r* where a chathartic is u needed. *uch a* Du
k*mokwbat* es the T MTOMAC'H, HLMtPt
we**, PAIN-** IV thkQhyck AND LOIN M.
t ||< riVRNF.au, PAIN .# Porknr** ovmi
THU WIIOLK BODY . w from udden cold, whn h
ir.M.a* ntSy. if neglected. q) end in a long course of Fe
wer; LORA OF M*PF. H TTTE. a f'REceivn Wrv
omv or Corn ovna'jTitt Boot. R*jrrin*e-
NKN*. IIE Alt A<'IIE orf* VVKIOHT IR TMK Hkau.
all INFLAMMATORY ij DißKAaca, WoRMh. ,
l HII.DIKX or AIM l.T*. “ Rom eATI*W. a tire*.
Purifier of the Blood, m *ndroanTdi*ea**''towhi< h
iealiiaßeir.taoaiiagrotta,•* to inaatioaifl thin udver
tioement DOSE ItoS. /
Price 30 Centi.
THR LIVER INVIOORATOR and FAMILY C.A
TH ARI D PILLd are retailed by Drug*M* generally
and *old wholesale and retail by tin* Trale in all the
W. OOORD.S. D.,
Manafhcturci and Piourigtor,
hmi7wla. MS Broadway, New fork.
* •
YOU HHIN. Tl FNIMV, AltllST SO; is!i.
Mr. Douginas’ Letter.
We chccriuliy give piium tu Mr. Douginas’ let
ter in another column. Khd rejoice t< hear from
him, (hat we tut?understood him at Temperance
Hail. Wa would not mis report him intention
ally to elect his competitor, as much m wo have
his success al heart. Our mistake was made hy
other worthy citizen* showing that we had no
disposition to misrepresent. Mr. Douglass may
rest assured that while he finds in the Timm a
zealous, work lug foe, that it will always allude to
.him as a gentleman, puseessiug luani private
virtues, and worthy the distinguished position to
which his party has elevated him. Could more
be asked of a political opponent ?
Mr. Rotter Mill a (andldatr
It has been reported up here that AY M. Potter.
Esq., who some time since announcedliitmolf h
eHiididaU’ for Congress in this District mid pub
listied appointments for addressing the people, bad
declined. We believed the report —the more read
ily because he failed to till his appointment for !
Columbus and therefore paid no further atten
tion to his candidacy. I‘.ut we learn from tbe
Lumpkin am that be is not ouly still a
candidate, but is Idling his appointments below,
and disclaims the idea of retiring.
Now. the ipKOtion arises, //mb did the report
of Mr. i'oiter's withdrawal originate in this sec
tion !’ AYc ore confident that if any injustice bus
been done him, it has not been by Mr. Uouglusor
his friends, and that they can easily vindicate
themselves from the sUghfe-f suspicion of resort -
ting t > unfair means against .Air. Potter or any cue
else, But who did it. i'lii/iu/K, -Aug. 2[i.
What does thin mean .’ Mr P raw ford's friends
weald not keep Mr. Potter from being a candi
date, if he desired to enter the roll for Congress,
nor would they resort to any trick to keep Mr-
Potter from getting votes. Tho Enquirer, surely
does not mean to intimate that the Democracy are
doing “injustice'’ to Mr. Potter, by circulating a
report that he is not a candidate with tho know
lodged staring them in the lace, that he is still in
the field i The Timm has never published his de
clination to boa candidate, allwit it had good and
sufficient rwasou to do so. Mr. Potter's intimate
friends iu his own lomiti/ have written to this i
place that ho • run nut a candidate. It is a matter
of little moment, as to the success of tho Democra
cy in lliis Distrv't, whether Mr. Potter is a candi
date or not. lu his published card lie dues not
say that ho is an aspirant for Congressional honors
and makes appointments to speak at places out of
this Congressional District. The inference is that ;
he is just speaking to advance his own peculiar
views.
Meriwether , *prings.
These Springs arc now the most fashionable in
the State. Crowds of visitors flock to them and
are delighted with their trip. They report the
hosts so accommodating—-the a baths so tine- -the
Ladies so guy, that eveu u poor Editor is almost
pur.-uadod to throw down bis pen uud levnc bis
sanctum for a jaunt. After all, however, Colum
bus is pleasant, lor it is home ! A merry time to
the young people !
There are about two hundred persons at the
I Warm. It is the gayest this summer.
“That Sky !”
There was a beautiful phenomenon in the
Heavens, Sunday night,at 9 o’clock. A redskjt,
covering a small space in the horizon, in the
North-East, wan a scene worthy the limner’s pen
ell. it moved to the North, streaks of white
shooting up through it, like the ray* of the sun
penetrating lulling water. The dark blue cloud*
which tinged it, made it the more dazzling and
showy, as tbo glare of a diamond pin, when set in
velvet blackness. It. was gazed on by many of
nor eitixen*. wh” turned from the contemplation
of Nature’.* work to “Nature's God.”
Kurus Vlhlm l>lcuMMtoN.
We learn front a friend, who was pre.-ont, that
the discussion l*eween tho candidates tor (Jon.
gre**, at Buena Vi.-ta. mi- every way favorable
to the democracy. There was no shouting or en
thusiasm to beat’ up the Opposition candidate, and
while speaking with fair ability, he did not pre
sc hi the issues oft he canvass as well as hi* com
petitor. The democracy, we understand, are
rallying to the standard of their leader, and Or
toiler promise* to crown with victory the labors
est be canvas*. We may sweep every District in
the State !
Mirrlwether Candidate'..
lion. Wim.iaii T. If ait rib, nominated by tho
Opposition of Merriwether county for re-election
to the State Senate, has declined the honor ten
dered him lie was doubtless the Wrongest man
in the county on the opposite aide, and since hi*
declension wc may expect Mr. HaU, the demo
cratic nominee, to have anjeasy race.
The candidate! far the lower branch, with Mr.
Harris, have alio declined
Mr. Phil Tracy has been nominated for the
Senate in Bibb and Mr. L. M. Lamar and 0. A.
Loch ratio esq fur the llourns—a fine ticket.
On 1 o.—The Ohio Democratic paper* are hav
ing hue pickings at the expense of Judge Gholsou,
formerly of Misubrippi, whom the itcpublican*
have nominated tor the office of Supreme Judge,
in place of the late iucuuibeut, Judge Swan, who
proved to be too honest for them, having persis
ted in conforming hi* decisions to th© Constitu
tion and law*. *nd therefore was ftuperseded by
the Nominating Convention, and Judfce (Hudson
nominated in hi* stead. The democratic papers
publish affidavit* and bills of sales, showing that
Judge Gholsou while in Mississippi was a slave
holder, and that he sold his slave* before leaving
the State _ _
Thu Hicham* R. Cuvnisit.—The New York
Evening Poet of Saturday, gives an account of
the launching of this new steamer, already an
nounced by telegraph. It says an immense con
course of speetator* were present to witness the
affair. _
Tin. Ati.awtk TBhxoaAPH Cabi.k—The
atm: of the failure of this cable ha* at length
been discovered. It ha been ascertained that
the gutta percha used to insulate the interior
wire* ia only calculated to bear a heat of 90°
When the flrat cable was made, it was coiled
in a yard having a southern exposure, and subjec
ted for aeveral daya to an extraordinary heat,
the thermometer ranging at 94 degree* in the
-bade—tbo beat on the cable, from the sun’s rays,
being at least 130 degrees. The consequence was,
that the gutta percha waa softened, and the in
ternal copper wire* worked through and came in
contact with the external iron wire, and when the
water penetrated to the internal core, communi
cation! ceased.
POPtTLATIOX or TUB C. B. IW 1830.
Free State*, : : s 1*1,3811,618
Slav# .Staton—white*, 6,222,418
do. do. slaves, 3,204,733 9,428,731
IHftsrenM In favor o t free Stater, .I,WO 1,7*17
®ll.,Tbe new >urf boat” building in New Jor
aey for the goveromenti to be ueed at the wreck
ing ntatinu* on the Atlantic eoaet, are very differ
ent fYom thoae horetoforo employed in thin or
vieu, known aa tba metallic. The “Allen ueSfiT
new adopted, ban an air pipe, nine inebea in di
ameter, on each rid*, running tbeentire length.—
The material* of tbe boat are oak timbers, bent,
and cedar board* for all other work. Tbe weight
of each boat, all enuippad, in fttt to exceed *cytu
hundred pound#.
THK UNION OF THE STATES, V\ II THE SO YK ft EIG NT YOK THE STATES.
son ihi: timas.
Afemr*. Etiihu *The ticket which was an
nounced in the Weekly /Von* for the dom cracy
of this count v suits exactly, and ran be elected
without difficulty Messrs, lot qian. Tuoun ion
and Williams can carry the county and stir up
enthusiasm. Mr. P. H. Colquitt was elected to
the Senate two years since on a short notice, aud
has made itiauy warm friends since, who will
fight hard for his success. He has uever been
beaten, and lacked ouly 32 votes from the (>/>/>•
tilinn to bant tho highest man oil tho Kuow No
thing ticket, when ho was a candidate for the
Senate. H. A. Thornton. Ksq.. has been twicu
elected iu tho ouuuty, and is every inch of him a
worker. He ean'l he boat! Con. Charles J.
Williams has a host of warm fricuds and relatives
in both parties, who will unite all their energies to
elect so line a man and .it it on to represent the
county.
Coi.ivt irr, Thoiinvom and AYilliamh is the
ticket.
ITATOLK.
jBSF-The envy of all the Indies -even of the
Quean herself—-at tho last state ball in London,
was tho dress worn by Madame Van do AN ever,
the wife of the Belgian Minister. It was a double
skirt of blue tulle, tho upper much lighter in color
than tho under. This hud throe or four bauds of
much darker o dor down each side—on each of
those bands were four largo silver rings, extend
iug down the bands, with intervals between each
ring, and for tho supposed use of looping or eon
lining tho under skirt. Tho effect was very nov
el-- -a little more and the wearer would have ap
peared os though in silver chains.
VlsT At tho Commencement at Mercer Univer
sity, the degree of Master of Arts was conferred
on the following gentlemen : Rev. Thomas J
Bowen, Greensboro’: Prof. AATn Johns, Brown
wood, Latlrange : AN'm v• Fleming, Esq., Ham
ilton: .luhez V M Reeves, Muscogee county;
James K Crossland, Jeffersonville, (iu.
Mr. Itouglav, anil the Tinea’ Report.
Bi km a Vista, Vug. 20, 1839.
Editor JFixfMirer 1 notice in the Columbus
Tones a com wont upou my speech at Temper
mice Halt in your city, in which I ant charged
with having said that “I was ready to strike
hands heartily uud cordially with all who oppu*
ed the I).inocracy, by whatever name they are
called.” In this the Tinas does utc injustice, for
the reason that it leaves out the qualification ihat
I emphatically put to the. expression, to w it : that
I would strike hands with all who would respect
•ur rights as Southern people ; and that, so* far
from affiliating with or submitting to the aggre*- ,
*ious of Northern foot, whenever they failed 1..
abide their contract of respecting our rights
and ceasing their agitation against our peculiar
Institution, “1 would not only stand, but would
run mill jump on the Georgia Platform that 1
would not even “stop to argue tho question with :
them after tboy violated our constitutional j
rights.” This is substantially and almost liter
ally what 1 did say, and i do hope the Editor ol
the Time* will do me justice, especially when in
almost every breath ho boast of the ease with
which Judge Crawford will beat mo. 1 will not
he so uncharitable us to charge him with wilful
niiaropMNmntation, but I must bog of him to listen
more atteutively the next time.
lts)MH:Uul)y,
Your obed’t serv t,
M. DOT GLASS.
KMravuaitrf.
The Argue and other democratic organs say
that .“Martin J. Crawford was a Ur# aud un
wavering advocate of an economical administra
tion of the government,” and yet lie it rmuui
lured that this same Crawford, surnameil Marlin
J. was guillv of voting away the people's money j
at the rate of FORTY DOLLARS PER DAY j
into his own pocket, tor doing such unti-Suuth
cm acts as com promising and buttering away
Kansas by his vulitig for the Engli.h conference
bill. Might dollar* a day was the pay to Con
gressmen ; hut Crawford voted to give himself
forty dollars a ilay. Isn't that economy with a
vengeance ? - lia O'eorgianl
This journal would not make the above charge
without authority. When und where did Mr.
Crawford givu this vote? At what time aud
what place? The date and the page f We pause
for a reply.
From the LaGrange Reporter.
Haltro.nl Miming
Momiiav, Aug. 22, 1839.
Pursuant to a call by the President of the Co
lumbus and Hamilton Railroad Company, u mini
her of the friends of the Road met in the Court
House to-day.
On motion of Thomus Leslie, Muj. John E
Morgan was culled to the Chair, and N M Harris
was requested to act aaSCbrctary.
Col A I) Fannin, in a short and impressive
speech, explained the object of the meeting- -
showing conclusively the importance of building
the road; that it should and w ould lie built. His
arguments were logical, powerful and searching,
convincing all present that ihe enterprise un
worthy us the highest consideration and most lib
eral patronage of the people of Troup county, and
especially of LaG range—aud that money invest
ed in this Railroad would pay handsome divi
dends.
Maj.J. E. Morgan also addressed the mooting
—showing most clearly that the city of Colum
bus, Mobile, and the Girard & Mobile Railroad
Company were interested in the enterprise,
and that might eonlideiiUy ex|<ect aid trout
them.
On motion of Col. Fanniu, a call was made for
volunteers to assist in advancing the interest* of 1
the Hoad, and also to get stock subscribed aud
report at the next meeting. The following gn
tleineu came forward aud unrolled tlisir names :
Muj. J. K. Morgan. Samuel Curtright, Thomas 1
Leslie, John Wilkes, George ('. Howard and
Gen. J. W. B. Edwards.
On motion a standing committee of seven was
appointed by fbe Chair to solicit tbe taking of
stock; the following named gentlemen were ap
pointed that Committee : Dr. ft. A. T. Ridley,
Lucius B. Lovelace,B. P. Cameron, Col. Henry
Long. (,'. B. Ferrell, H. 11. liill and Adam Rag
land.
On motion of Col. Fannin, the proceedings of
the meeting were ordered to bo published in the
LaG range Reporter.
The meeting then adjourned to meet on tho first
Tuesday ill September next.
J. K. MORGAN, President.
N. M. Hakkih, Heerrtary.
Fkamlif Com.kok. -A writer In the t’olurn
bus Times Huggestn the name of the lion. Ilutirv
W. Hilliard. 1.. L. I>., of Alubuiua, for the I’r--i
----doncy of our State (Juivvraity, vice Dr. I’burch,
wboae reaignnttoii take* efT*< t in ..•urinary. The
writer ayn
“Dr. Hilliard j>o*#eio* in an fin incut de
gree those i|ua!ideation* which fit him for
the position. Hu ia one of the moat accomplished
scholar* and finished orator* in the I’nion, and i*
besides a Christian gentleman, and possesses ad
mirable administrative qualities.”
l>r. Hilliard is a native of North Carolina, but
went in early boyhood to Konfh Carolina, and
graduated at the State IJnivoreity, In Ootumbia.
He afterward* studied law, and removed to tliia
State, where he resided until IH.'lfi, when he be
came a eHUan of Alabama, occupying for several
years a profes-orship in the .* tato Coivarsity, at
Tuscaloosa. He ha* I wen Minister to Belgium,
Kcpre*ntativc to Coiigres*from Alabama, and a
Regent oftbc Smithsonian Institute,at Washing
ton. He is a minister of the Methodist persua
sion.—Sar. Metre.
On lllh of (he Day
Saturday, 1 p. m.
Tbe Attorney Heneral of the Cnitod Ntate*
ba* returned to this city from his Pennsylvania
tour, which was devoted partly to pleasure and
partly to politics. So far as the political pert of
it is concerned, we understand that Mr. Black oc
cupied much of bis time in impressing bis Demo
cratic Mends in Pennsylvania—particularly tbe
officials—of tbe importance of having the dele
gates selected from Pennsylvania to the Charles
ton Convention inetrvnud in favor of some can
didate : and the most favored candidate named
by tbe Attorney Ueneral in this connection, Is
Ueaakal Jo. Lamk, of Oregon.— WoahingUtm
Slut re.
We like steamboat officers and bate rascals |
but we will tlway# ihank both blike to gitt ua
‘ vndt. imti.”
COLUMBUS, GEOB6IA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1859.
forrexpontlnirc of the Journal of foniMvrre.
AN asminuton. Monday, Aug- 22.
There is a strong probability that Air. Me buue
will soon transmit from Mexico a treaty with the
JuafC? (lovcrmnent of a character acceptable to
litis (I**\eminent. This will bo followed probably
by a I’ostid ‘I reiitv and a treaty establishing a
Mixed Com mission for live examination of mutual
claims.
rienwr J.ordo r< -cius fluttering attention from
the Kxocntlvc. and is well plcn*cd w ith ibe iv
suits of hi* visit so far. lie will not proceed t*
1. a rope, bat will go to New York in a few d.ivs,
aud soon alter return to Mexico.
Afiairs will probably take duch a turn, before
loug. that the British Government will follow the
example of our own, and recognize the Constitu
tional Government. The interest of Great Uri
tain in the matter is eon lined to the adjust incut
ot the debt* due tu her people, ami to the optmiug
of the rich resources of Mexico to her commerce.
It is expected that flov. Floyd will sunn resume
the duties of hi* office, with improved health.
Ili* family and tricuds deny the turner of his in
tended retirement from tho Cabinet.
The new minister to Central America will sail
from New A oik on the .th Kept., and will reside
at Costa Rica for the present.
Persons just arrived from the North AA’est speak
of the whcai crop a- abundant, hut the com was
injured by tresis. Chicago is reviving. St. Paul
is very dull, The prices T wheat are so low that
•natty debtor* ill the West nre •iifc>.-.rtr<-d. To
pay debts, i oulrarted when w heat was worth two
dollars a bushel, now that it is only half a dollar,
n bushel, is deemed troublesome. To pay at all
would be to some of them objectionable, ns “a
double labor.” Tho Republicans charge the lew
prices ot wheat upon the Democratic aduiiuiiltrn
tion, aud hope to carry the election.;. Possibly,
they may elect one of the represent:'lives to Con
gross. So that .Minnesota well as IveiitOekv
and North Carolina, will be lied iu the House, as
.Alaryland also may be.
Ih macrallr Conventions
At a meeting of the delegates this day assem
bled in Cuthlvcrt, Louis A. Gooeke was called to
tho Chair, and James Harden rvi|iicntcd to act as
Secrotary.
On motion of C Harris, tho dotegates were in
structed to report their names to the Secretary*
whereupon the billowing names were reported :
Tuu u Hittrivi John T Brown, John AY Bro
gan. 11 Kblcr, K Leonard, A Milner, John Mat
tox, B J Smith, AV H J Chapman and S Adams.
Etnnih bistri —J A Newkirk, J Durham. L
Turner, 4 Bowen. J li Allen, R Al AYutsoii.
Tilth Jbttrict —J 1 Ball, AV Johnson, 11 John
stem, II Kiheride, J B Shropshire, J Rutterson.
Si.elh Dietrirt \ Hendry. J AV Bn.-*. NN Mob
Icy. R D Jenks. AV .1 Brown, J Brooks, \V R
McKinnon. H Niclu-I*.
S’ nr nth l>i-tnei F Foster, AV Dunn, J C Spur
lock, •• McKinnon. J AJjuigham.
Xinth biiU irt \V B Michonor, T Mic.lienor.
C A Harris. J T Harden, L A Goucko, It (.\>.<by.
Tenth Ihttrirt J Refers, J J Cleveland. II Si
Kaigler, R Spence, S Crapps, G AN iviug. J>
Jones.
Tin* following resolutions were submitted by
L N Goiiekc. having vacated tho Chair for that
purpose, and were uimimnusly adopted by the Con
vention :
Whereas there are several measure* of practical
importance likely to come under tho supervision
ami union of Mir next Legislature, in relation to
which the people of Uiindoiph had a deep and
abiding interest, and upon which wo desire to ex
pres* to our Representative* our clear aud unal
terable convictions ; therefore, Resolved,
Ist. That we have the fullest confidence in the
tirmnes*. fidelity and patriotism of our present
able aud efficient Senator, tbe Hon. Alfred Iver
son, and that it j* our desire to see him again re
turned to the Senate of tho United Slates, fully
endorsed by the Legislature of Georgia.
2d That our Legislature, under its present or
ganisation, is entirely too unwidely tor the pur
pose of wise und efficient legislation imposing a
heavy burden upon the purses of the people, with
out any corresponding advantages, and inconsis
tent with Democratic policy of economy in pub
lic affairs: aud that our Representative* arc in
structed to aid iu any movement that look* to uti
early and immediate reduction of tlmt body.
”•1 That State aid is entirely with
tbe interest of Georgia, and that we disap|*rov
of every scheme that irifolves the credit ot the
State, with any work of internal improvement.
On motion of .1. B. Shropshire, the meeting
now proceeded to tbe selection of candidate* to
represent the county in the next Legislature:
whereupon, Samuel AV. Brooks w:i* chosen for
the Senate, and Thomas Coleman and Henry L.
Taylor for the House, hy acclamation.
A committee was appointed to wait upon and
request the personal attendance of the candidate*
upon the Convention to signify their acceptance.
They severally appealed and accepted the nomi
nation iu a lew appropriate reiuurlis, which were
warmly received by the delegates.
On motion, resolved, that our Representative,
Martiu J. Crawford, is entitled t our warm sup
port for his fidelity to duty and devotion to
principle in his career in Congress,
Hemdved. That ttmso proceeding* he published
in th# Cuthbtri It*porter, aud the other Demo
cratic paper* in the District be requested to copy.
The meeting then adjourned.
L. A. (IONKK K, Chin'ii.
J. T. Hakhe.m, Fee.
Cutbbert, Aug. 2>t, 1839.
From the (Jeurgia T> In/rajdi.
. Boxing the Compass.
Keep it before the peuph . -That for the entire
four years of Gov, Johnson’ administration, the
net income of the State Road was, mi an average,
Thirty-lire thou*aud hundred aud ninety
four dollar * and *rr< nig mw • ent* per month.
Keep it before the people. That Governor
Brown hus, on uti average, only paid into the
Treasury from the State Ruud, Twenty-eight
thousand Jtre hundred aud cent•)-two dollar* and
Jiff# rent*.
Wo find tho foregoing, and much more of the
same sort paraded in the “Opposition'’ prints,and
quote it to illustrate 11 littlo ol the shameless in
consistency of the attacks upon Governor Brown
in reference to the State Road. It has taken the
other side just about year and a half to occupy
every possible contradictory point'd assault upon
tbe mailer of these payments of net profit* from
tbe Western A Atlantic Railroad. Let u.- briefly
recapitulate, and appeal to the memory of every
honest reader. If we misrepresent the facts.
1. When the first payments wen-made, the Op
|H*ioii papers said they were fraudulent -that the
money wu* borrowed to muko them that they
were not h>nu fide net earnings.
2. Being silenced on Ibis point, the Opposition
next declared Ihat they were but mere show and
false pretence in thisre<qeot; that a niggardly and
false economy had been adopted in order to wake
them- the road, rolling stock and Mock wood be
ing suffered to get out of repair, run down and run
out, in order that fir. Lewis and Gov. Brown might
gain a meretricious credit of large payments iuto
the state Treasury.
3. Being “done# and here, they next averred that
if these were houa fide pHyinenf*, it behooved the
Democracy to be showing why they had nut been
made before, and to defend the administration of
Gov, Johnson from the charge of waste, misman
agement and fraud. Every one of these pay
ments impeached the administration of Gov.
Johnson.
4. Whan the payment* increased insist:, and
gradually ruu up towards #40,0011 per month, us
the management of the road became more assured
of the safety in making them, then the “Opposi
tion” papers denounced them a* a shameless trick
to muke vote* and influence tho People in the
election*.
3. But, lastly and finally, ascertaining that they
have been wrong throughout- that the manage
ment of this great work is fairly uniinfieachable
—the road in fine condition—the payment* a safe
und prudent return of actual net profits
they bolt all their previous defamatory charges
against Johnson and all their false accusations,
imputation* and insinuations against Brown -
tsko a precisely opposite toek anil boldly set up
that Johnson’s management disgraces that of
Brown—that the payment* ought to have been
heavier, and the fact that they have not been
heavier, demonstrates luisuiageiiieat or fraud in
Rrowu's administration.
A shrewd operation to evade the liquor luw has
been carried on for some time past a few miles
from West Killingly, on the border of Connecti
cut and Rhode Island. There has been built a
shop, one side resting on Connecticut soil and the
other part on Rhode Island. When the offloer# of
Connecticut approach, the contraband article is
moved across the shop, which makes it reel on
Rbodo Island, and vim reran.
Bai.r or Tim FinsT Balk.—The MemphisAp
psnl ny* the first bale of cotton reoeived there
this season was sold on tbe 20th fj tbirtesm cents
per pound. The cotton in question classed as
good middling.
Mellon. J. J. Heibles, Editor of the Mont
gomery Coufedera lion, ii at Willard's Hotel in
w ashing tub City
fOLI MBIH, ANKDNKSDAV NIMST 81, ssl.
ProbabllltlcH vh l'oxslUllUtfv.
To attribute the existing corruption, either ill
Slate or Federal politic* to any party ornt of men
exclusively, exhibit* a narrow and contracted
view of general principle*, inconsistent with the
philosophy or statesmanship which should ehur
i tei i/.e a political leader. The corrupt and ve
nal tendency of the people is but nil qutgrowth of
long standing and universally prevalent causes.
And political regeneiiilion, if it in ever aeciunpTish
cd through any other ordent Ilian a national cri
sis. must be hy means as gradual in (heir opera
tion as those that have so thoroughly vitiated
public morals, and marred the vvliolesomenesa of
public virtue. Tho providences attending the
dawn ofuur nationality, might furnish a reason
able hope of tho inauguration of an ora like that
succeeding the Protestant Reformation, which
sent its vitalizing energy through every department
of science, politics and religion. But, confined as
we nre, in our philosophizing, to the sphere of
known human inlluenccs, the vi*ta of the future
reveals only a tow years of civil discord, as tho
li<riltttl j,opß|litr limit g.i> iUu|iu,|,uiit*’ of ourox
isting Icderal relations. Long and laboriously
did those great minds, whose counsels still speak
ns a voico from the dead, study the symptoms of
Unit disease, which racks and rends tlm body pol
itic. Beared under the inspiration of revolution
ary exploits, aud cherishing a religious devotion
for tho sanctity of the federal oath, they watched
with filial almost fanatical solicitude, the different
phases and developments of this national malady.
Butt heir effort* perished with them : mid their
very futility demonstrate- the impracticability of
preserving llic I'niun. It is simply a question of
compromise or dissolution. The latitude of this
dilemma may he too narrow.
For, what guarantee have we that the abolition
ists id’ the North, insolent in their majorities, and
nuuoiuicinu as the preamble to their policy the ir
reconcilable antagonism between free aud slave
labor, would ever submit to the adoption of an
other measure as liberal iu its provisions as the
Missouri restrict!, u / The question then is not
between compromise mid dissolution, but between
Hu uncompromising victory on the part of the
North aud dissolution. And they who announce
the election of a Black Republican us the ultima
turn of Southern forbearance are but the advo
cate* for a protraction of evils fur which there is
no antidote. The legislation of tlie country for
the last :U> year* has been but a scries of compro
mises, intended to assuage the war of political el
ements and to harmonize two entirely differen
and incongruous developments of civilization.
Opposition I’laiterms.
It would be instructive to the people of Geor
gia to know the tenets of the Opposition creed.
In what cardinal principle do they all agree ? A
plain question that ought to bo easily answered.
1 pou what platform do they stand? They are
pretty unanimous in their denunciation of tho
English hill, us a “degradation of legislation,” yet
they did not /•#<’ *0 state it in their platform *
Such opposition bird* as ’/mllicofler of Tennessee,
Hill and Trlppe, of lhon,iu, would have been
can-lit in this fiend-fall. Are they in fnVor of
Congresfiunal protection ? If *O, they state it
equivocally in their platform. Do they favor
Bell and Crittenden ? Here they are split to at
om-. The Opposition in one District denounce
them for “free-soil affinities;” the Opposition pa
per* of the State rcpmliuto itil* r.<-ma...1
la.-t. Imi not least, Mr Akin say* bis platform ia
the ‘OVim*liVm/'oii AM) THK I.AW !”
Pray, who could not stand upon tnis broad
plot form’ Il is large enough for politicians of
every shade of opinion, and is construed to suit
©very locality. Finally, Mr. A. It. Wright of
Jefferson, the Opposition candidate in Mr. Ste
phens’ District says, ho ‘ lauds upon monk, of the
m.ati ohm* of the day that he adhere* to the
Georgia platform and tho Constitutional customs
of our fathers, who had administered, tho Gov
ernment witii equal justice to all.”
Who would strike down the Democracy to get
into a party where every color ol opinion is al
lowed a* orthodox and genuine ?
The Twenty-Sixth Volume of the Montgomery
Advertiser and State Gazette, w ill commence with
the issue of I tie th ot September next. Tin: Ad
vertiser and Gazette, now junt completing the ago
of a quarter of a Century, towers up in vigorous
prosperity, tho strength and impregnable citadel
of tbe true and sound State* Rights Democracy
of Alabama.
Among the missionaries who *uil for Japan in
November wo observe the name of the Rev. Mr.
Allen, of the Georgia Methodist Conference.
Tho Third Annual Fair of the Cass County
Agricultural Society will he held at the grounds
of the Society, near L'a*s Station, commencing
oil the 20th of September next.
/ *'*■ We lean from a friend, that the Hon. At,-
I,i n F. Ow u.N, of Talbot county, formerly mem
ber of Congress from this State and Consul to
Havana under Mr. Fillmore’s administration,
way* stricken down by paralysis, on the 28th
iust , and doubts are entertained of his recovery.
afsfT Mr. T li"inn* Norris, an obi citizen of
Columbus, and u minister of tbe Gospel, died a
few days since out west.
KOfi THK TIM KM.
ID km A Vista, Aug. 28fh, ’a9.
Mkmmmn. Eimtokn : Messrs. Douglass and
Crawford mol here to-day in di-cussisn lie fore a
large auditory of the citizens ol Marion.
Mr. Douglai opened the discussion. Tbo first
point made by hWn was, that be considered him
self a more fit and proper person to represent
this district in Congress than either Judge Craw
ford or Gen. Betliune 1 this proposition he did
not endeavor to demonstrate, hut merely gave it
a* his opinion.
He next said, that the people ought not. to al
low themselves governed by parties or party plat
forms, or suffer themselves controlled by Ihe ac
tion of their delegates in uoininatirigconventioii*,
and “ “i consistently concluded hi* remark* upon
this point by an appeal to tbe Opposition party,
that a* they had nominated him in the conven
tion st Auiericu*, and forced him into this can
vas* as.their candidate, they were in duty hound
to stand by the action of their delegate*, and give
him their support, and not throw him off by vo
ting for (ion. Bothnnc. The General, hi the se
quel, showed him up very beautifully upon this
point.
He commented at length upon Gov. Wise’s
letter to Mr. Donnelly censured the democratic
party of Georgia for laying down no platform of
principles in their Guberuolorial Convention at
Milledgeville —denounced Buchanan for educat
ing African* commented upon the Nashville
Convention and the English Conference bill,
leading at great length from tho records to show
the provirion* of that bill, and the reson* for its
passage- told several anecdotes by way of filling
uphll time, the length of which and how to con-
Mime it, seemed to give him the greatest trouble
—told his fish story on tho ‘Times,’ which failed
to excite oven a smile upon tho countenance of
bis party. They evidently did not appreciate the
story. 1 think he will hardly tell bis fish talc
again.
Having exhausted himself, his subject, and th#
patie&o# of his ktr#r, he iftt down ftv luinutei
before the expiration of his time. 1 havo never
heard a political speech fall so cold and lifteles*
upon the oars of an audience. He never suceed
cd iu drawing forth the least sign of satisfaction
or approbation from his party. They never ehter
rfi him oner during the whole of his speech, neith
er at its commencement or conclusion. He was
received upon the stand without the least mark of
encouragement, and was dismissed from It with
out even a smile of approbation. I note this fact
particularly, because l see that the Enquirer, in
reporting Mr. Douglass m Columbus, seems to
attach much importance to the loud and continu
*d rapping with which he was greeted, and fre
quently interrupted in his speech, nt Temperance
Hall, as iiulioat tig the ability of his effort, aud
tho cnthusiufcui of his audience. What doe* no
applause in a Marion audience indicate * l know
the Opposition party advocate a different policy
in difiorent States, and in dillbrcnt sections of our
own State; perhaps they advocate cheering in
Columbus and are opposed to it In Marion! I
am satisfied, however, Mr. Editor, that the tree
explanation is to be found in this : the Marion
people are n sober and discreet people, und are
not disposed to make buffoons of themselves hy
<pi>Um<U k wboii there is no occasion. Mr.
Douglass will leave this place with the proud
satisfaction of having delivered his message to a
very quirt nudirnce.
Notwithstanding the very quiet and orderly
eonduct of the Opposition toward Mr. Douginas,
the Democracy could scarcely he restrained with
in the bounds of propriety, and Judge Crawford
was greeted aud welcomed to the stund with loud
and repeated applause. They know their lender
’and were proud to greet him.
.) udgo Crawford commenced hy remarking, that
tic rejoiced at the opportunity of meeting hi*con
stituents fauoto face, and this enthusiastic recep
tion inspired him with renewed confidence and in
creased seal -that to the democracy of the 2d
Congressional District, he felt an obligation and
gratitude ho would never ho aide to describe or
repay, mid although the Aiuoriou* Opposition
Convention bad denounced him as unworthy the
confidence and support of the voters of this dis
trict. this enthusiastic reception assured him that
tlm democracy of Marion did not endorse their
action. (Applause.)
lie then reviewed in an able and withering
manner, the speech of his opponent, und gave as
full an account of his stewardship for the last two
years, a* his time would allow, showing that hy
hi* agency as a member of the Committee of
Ways’ and Means, million* liiui been saved to the
public Treasury.
Ist. That tbe appropriation for deficiency in
printing had, by hi* agency, been cut down from
-even hundred thousand to three hundred and
forty thousand dollars.
2d. Thnt the appropriation for the survey of
the Oregon Boundary line hud, by his agency,
been reduced from one hundred and fifty thous
and to fifty thousand dollars, ami many other
items, milking up the aggregate to several mil
lions of dollars. In regard to Ids service* to his
immediate constituent*, besides many small items,
lie bad obtained increased until facilities sufficient
to unable him to bring to the 2d Congressional
district, omi-tliird of the appropriation made for
the whole State for that service; und >et. h* !■*
been charged witli doing nothing. He next re
viewed the history of the Leoonipton and Eng
lish bills— analysed them, and showed and vindi
cated his votes and conduct connected therewith,
to the entire satisfaction ot his hearers, which was
manifested by repeated applause.
‘ lie then exposed in masterly manner, the
I efforts of Crittenden, Bell, Botts and other lead
ing South Americans, to form an alliance with
tin Black Republicans, and transfer the vote and
influence of Hie Southern Opposition into the
bands of the Black Republican* in the Presiden
tial contest of 18fl0.
While upon this point, Judge Crawford’s time
expired, and lie sal down auiid loud and continu
ed cheering.
Although Mr. Douglas* hud fifteen minutes in
reply, several members of tho* opposition here
called tor Gen. Betbune. But Mr. Douglass was
not to be set aside in that way.
The Democrat*having manifested such enthu
siasm for Crawford, I supposed thnt the Opposi
tion would he stimulated to give Mr. Douglass a
hearty greeting, when he came forward to reply,
hut I was mistaken ; they were not to be goaded
ami driven from tlmir cold und stoical indiffer
ence, and they perm it tod him to come forward and
till out Ills time in the same cold and indifierent
manner as at first, without the least sign of ap
probation. His tim • was consumed in repenting
Htid elaborating several points made in his first
speech.
Judge Crawford came thrwurd in reply amid
enthusiastic applause, aud recommenced where he
hud left oil'. Finished his exposition, aud closed
with hii eloquent culogiuiu upon the Democratio
party ; rapidly recited its past history, and por
trayed in a beautiful manner, the greatness and
glory of its past uchiuvinents and the bright pros
pect- of tbocouutry tbat # await|ils future triumphs.
Gen. llnthuno then cnuio forward and enter
tained the audience in a speech of about one hour
upon hie peculiar view*. But a* 1 left early after
his commencement, I am unable to report how his
views were received.
This has indeed been a glorious day for the De
mocracy of Marion. They have entered into this
canvass with renewed energy and seal. They are
proud of their party, proud of it* glorious history
and proud of I heir worthy representative und lead
er, und they intend to signify their appreciation
by giving him a largely increased vote in October
next.
During tho discussion, Judge Crawford called
upon Mr. Douglass to suy what Ills position wu*
iu relation to affiliating with Black Republicans.
Mr. Douglas* answered that he was willing to uf
iilintc with Black Republicans if they would ig
nore the slavery question and give a guarantee
that they would not interfere wi‘h that institution.
What guarantee could ho required? Os course the
guarantee of a party platform to that efl'oct. Now
the Columbus resolutions drawn up by Col. Holt,
states that experience has proven that party plat
form* are merely made to be broken, yet, upou a
party platform Douglass is willing to unite with
our deadliest enemies, an enemy totally regard
less of the sacred guarantee* of the Constitution,
who claim to be governed by a law higher aud
above even the solemn obligations of the Consti
tution. Tho pcoule of this district will show Mr.
Douglass in October that they are not thus to he
transferred to ihe Black Republicans, neither with
nor without guarantee*. They will teach Mr.
Douglas* that he who thusdallic* with Black Re
publican* i* not worthy to represent tbe 2d Con
gressional District. Our friend* here think that
you estimate Crawford’s majority in this District
at too low a figure; they expect to increase his
majority to three thousand ami will not be satisfi
ed with less than twenty-five hundred, you may
rely 011 Marion giving her portion.
Anti why should Mr. Douglas* receive a single
vote in the 2d Congressional District, with such a
declaration upon hi* lips of willingness to affiliate
with Bla'-'k Republican*.
MARION,
Becnuso Louis Xamdegn no longer wears the
point of hi* moustache turned up and stiffened
with Hungarian pomatum, hut allows them to
curve downward, aa they did before his marriage,
some person* think be is down in the mouth, when
contemplating bis military career.
(Swinging i* said by the doctors to be a good ex
eroio# for the health , but many a poor wretch
has come to his death by It,
Tbe widow of General Bapioasse has requested
the 2d regiment of £oti*v#f to aopt her son as
chUd of tho rogim#ob
:< OLt WIGS, THIRMHI. HKPTKMBKR 1, I*M
Direct Taxation
The Agricultural interest la the keystoue in the
arch tlial support* all other interests In a coun
try. Protect this and all classes of society are
be no fit ted - it is tho strength Htul glory of a na
tion. AYould a system of Direct Taxation bene
fit the farmer? AVould the honest, hard working
farmer pay less to the general gov crniuont under
a system of Direct Taxation, hy paying fifty
cents or sixty four cents on every hundred dollars
worth of property he owns, than under our pres
ent system, by paying twenty per cent on the
J *KKWKb‘ amount he pays yearly on imported
goods ? Let us see. A. is a farmer, worth $lO,-
000 in land, negroes, hog*, horses, cattle, <fcc. Ho
is a fair average of the fanners of the South, lie
has a wife and six children. He is uot able and
has no desire to indulge in the luxuries of tho
rich, lie lives at home. Assisted hy his neigh
bors he employs a well educated teaoher to in
struct his children ; ho loams thoin lessons of in
dustry, economy ami frugality ; keeps them
away from the contaminating influence of city
lire Ml A ill; extravagance. Ho *pmla ter Im
ported goods yearly $l5O. This allows him sl2
for sugar. sfl for nndasse*. #1 fur wait, sl2 for
iron, $lO for blankets, SiO for silk drosses, SSO for
imported woollen good* and $0 for sundries. He
pays S3O duties on these iu nil.
I’nder our present system, he does not pay one
cent on his land; only the duty on blankets he
buys for his negroes ; not one cent on hi* liorsee,
his hogs nor his cattle. All he pays to the Gen
eral Government is 20 per oant on the $l5O worth
of imported goods he ooq*tunes. This is the ‘
practical working of our present system. Now j
adopt a system of Direct Taxation aud A. will
pay 04 cents on every hundred dollars worth of
property he owns, except his negroes, and he
would pay 04 cents on tho hundred dollars for
three fifths of their valuo. If he i* worth $lO,-
000, then lie pay*s64, which is $34 more under
a system of Direct Taxation than under the pres
ent system. Every farmer in the South who
owns laud, negroes and cattle would pay this ad- 1
ditional amount of tax in the proportion above ;
stated.
Tux the farmer and he could not make brood
and meat so cheap, and the mechanic, the mcr
chant, and all classes, would pay more for board j
and the necessaries of life. The man who drinks
fino brandy, smokes fine cigars, w ears fine broad
cloths and buys fine silk* and jewelry, it ft true,
pays more according to bis means, than those
who live more economically. AVe think thi* is
one of the great beauties of our prescut system :
it encourages industry and frugality, Mini taxes
extravagance. 1 1 win on rages Jefterson’* idea of
simple gov eminent, and not a magnificent one.— j
It is bard to make the honest farmer pay for the
luxuries of life which he is uot ahle, and has no
desire to consume. It is hard, when he has paid
as much tax into the State and county as he onn
bear, to have a United States tax gatherer to
come to his door, every year, aud take twice or
three times a* much a* he lihh already paid into
the State and county. Let ns rather suffer those
ill* we have, than fly to those we know not of.
Mr. Hpccr in lUrrlH.
Mr. A. M. Spoer, the democratic candidate for
Congress in the 3d Congressional District, ad
dressed the people of Harris a lew days since, at
Hamilton. A correspondent says, that he made
h “good speech—an eflectivespeech.” He speak*
at two more appointment* In Harris, and the peo
ple should emne out and henr him. He presents
the las il## of the canvas* in aolear forcible light,
and with telling effect. The democracy must
rally to their leader ! Strong ticket* have been
nominated in the several counties in tho district,
and if the democracy only urousc themselves from
their lethargy and work-- go out and see I hoi
friends —they will carry the district and place the
standard in their own hand*. A few hundred
vote* can he easily made by a democratic gain !
in every county. Democrats rally ! “To your j
tents, oh Israel!”
t.o It row 11 Ntaic Hoad
Will our reader* peruse the article taken from
the Federal fTnion in relation to tbe payments of
the fHate Rond ? It will he seen that the State
Road was built for four and a half million of dol
lars, instead of six—that had it been company
property thatsß.MM),ooo would have covered the
espouses—that it pays more, than other road* in
th* Siatn ui a proper calculation, head tlufpiece
and judge for ourselves in relation to the manage
merit, of this great work. “ Nothing extenuating,
or setting down aught in malice.”
810,009 For Angn-d.
We understand that #4O,UUO net earning* of the
State Road, for Augn*t|have lieea received at tho
Treasury; more held management. Hurrah tor Dr.
Lewi*. _ _
The Weather.—t rop*.
Tbo weather is dark and gloomy. The prospect
is that a rainy spell may set in. From the best
information within our reach, we Judge that the
fanners in this neighborhood an far from being
satisfied with tbe status of their cips. Their foccs
wear the humility of complaint. In South-west
ern Georgia, the great cotton region of tbi* *late,
the wot weatjier has proved most disastrous to tho
hopes cherished, when tiie hhnJ of the present cot
ton crop wh* planted. An iutelieui farmer, who
left his plantation in Calhoun -ounty, on the 29th
ult., informs us, that he does not expect the yield
of half a eropon hi* place. He gives a similar re
fer those planter*, who resides near him.
lu the Indian Territory, lying west of Arkan
sas, circumstance* *0 conspire mm to shortly make
it tbe interest of those Indians to sell and of the
Fnited State* to buy. Slavery is already there,
und all tbe elements necessary to its succes com
bine to keep it there. It is large enough for oue
State or more, and will certainly be a slave State,
if left to the inhabitant* them*elves to determine
when they come into the Union, provided wc can
keep clear of emigrant aid societies, bogus set
tlers and government interference through Gov
ernors, Ac., aud tbe encouragement afforded to
higher law in Kanaaa.
According to the Washington correspondent of
the Montgomery (Ala.) AdunrUmir, “It is said that
the sent of that firm friend of Southern Rights
from Georgia, the Hon. A. Iverson, will ,b# con
tested before tbe Legislature by one whonow hold*
a high position in the administration.” Can the
writer refer to Secretary Cobb, who recently re
turned to the National Capital ‘/—Charleston
Mercury.
JJIdS~ The Augusta Ditjtuleh report* Mr. Toombs
to have said in a recent speech, that he would vote
for Douglas “sooner than for any man of the Op
position, North or South.” Mark th# words !
Mr. Douglas Is not Mr. Toombs’ preference tor
President. Mr. Toombs only considers bim bet
ter then any man the Oppoaitian can bring for
ward to that post.
jNT’Tothe Kw/uirer'a second article in relation
to Mr. Potter’s candidacy for Cougress, we state
that we know nothing of Mr. Potter's real inten
tions, except what has been disclosed by his owu
friends iu Early county. We shall be the last to
do him injustice. Tbe Lumpkin Palladium, con
taining an Illusion to his speech In Sttwart coon*
ty, was not rtralvtd at this office.
PEYTONH. COIQTJiTT, > p • ,
JAMES W. WAKKEN, { Editors.
Number 36
From the Federal Union.
AN hat per cent the Staff Road Pars.
t AN him’ labored ariiole* In some of tho Opposl
i B°n papers, attempting to convince tho people
I t,mt ’fi® State Bond does not pay a sufficient per
I cent upon the original capital invested. Jlow
stand* the ease?
Official reports set down tho whole sums plid
I out of tho Treasury of the State for t.u construo
| tion of the Road at $1.4V5,652.42. This is ov< ry
j dollar that the State over paid out of her Trcnsu
'ry for the construction of tho Rond. AV 0 say
I tiothiug of tho former profits of the Road, or of
■ their application, as wo are now speaking ts
original coat. The report of the Superintendent
i show* that the net profits of tho Head for tho
year 1858, amounted to $105,; 7 >,47, widt h sunt
was paid to equipment, ooimtruutiuu, buildings,
debts, of former udmiuistratiuns—into lbo State
, Treasury, Ao. Thi* was over nine per cent upon
! tho original cost of tho RoaH. This year tho
I Road will pay Inty tho Stale Treasury hy tho
lend of the present fiscal your, 30th Sept., $400,-
! 000 in ctMb, beside* over Y>2jd,oop of the bonded
debt, and a large amount f<>r new iron, construc
tion. Ac., making over $450,000 of net profit*,
which is orrr Um per cent upon tho original coefe
But this view of the ohmo, tuiiei.u tury unit widows
| not Mt.ill do Gov. Brown's administration justice.
. It is known I nail that the road was built when
j but little was known about Hndro ding—it was
j also built by the titmc ■ n public work, the con
! sequence was that it cost nearly double what it
1 ought to have cost. 1* it reasonable then to hold
I the present administration, that had nothing to jlo
1 with its original construction, respohisbio for a
large percent upon money, that was wasted by
I others Iu its construction < Suppose, for iu-
Htanoe, the road had been built uniter an extrnva
gnnt system of management, and hqd cost s.’o,-
000.000, would it bo reasonable to hold the pres
ent administration responsible for interest upon
tbe $17,000,000 that were wasted, and say that
the road is badly managed if it does not pay a
good percent upon the whole $20,000,000 which
it cost ? No reasonable man would so contend
for a moment.
If we desire to uialcn a just comparison of the
present management of the Road wi;U company
management, and require it to pay a* largo a p<r
cent upon the original cost ns a Company Rued
pays, we inuiit, of course, count (he per vent upon
suoh sum only us it would have cost a Company
to build the Road with ordinary economy—such
as a Company usually practic.es in tho Construc
tion of a Road. Let us apply this test. AVe ap
prehend no oue will deny that a company using
ordinary ecouotuy could lime cunsirucUd the
Road with $3,000,500 original coat. Cov. Brown
must then pay into tho Treasury ns large a per
cent upon that sum, mb companies pay upon the
original cost of their Ruuds, before bo can claim
that the Road is a* well managed us a Company
could manage it. I* ho doing this *
We have said that tho Road Will pov to tbe
people of Georgia, who are the stockholders,
$(400,000 in cash this fiscal year. Are wo right?
It lia* already paid into the Treasury $361,000
in cash this year, and we doubt not will pay $40,-
otoi mure for tbe month of September. Tula will
heS4OI,OOU, which will he nearly 14 p* r cent.
F"r the la* two mouth* it bus paid $40,000 per
month which is just ti.efr.en jier ceuf wpoit (ho
amount, which i would have cost u com pally to
build th* Road. How does this compare with
company Road* ? The Central Road pays its
stockholder* only ten per-ant from both tin Rond
and th* Bank incomes. The Georgia Rond only
eight per cent from the inn mo* ot the Road and
Rank, (the State Road hu* rm Bunk.) The South
western Koud pays only per ceut. Tho
LaGrange ltoud eight, and the Ma< m Western,
wo helieve, eight, upon what it cost to build these
respective* Roads, under company manege incut.
The State Road is now pay tug into the .Statu
Treasury in cash sixteen per cent upon whftt it
would, under company muuagcmo''i?, hove cost
to build It. Facts and figure* therefore show that
Gov. Brown’* Management of the State iluad
does nut suffer by a just comparison with Com
pany management. But it may be objected mat
$9,000,000 would not have built tbe Road untfot*
reasonable company management, und that thj
per cent must be estimated up>-n a larger sum iu
comparing its preseut management with cumpauy
management. AY** havo not before us a state
menu of the original cost of al! t l *n company
Heads. AVe will make the cumparituu with tho
Central Road
By relerence to the r. port of L 0 Reynolds,
Chief Engineer, dated 25th March 1854. it will ho
seen that the original cost of tho Central Road,
including motive power and cars, wa* only 52,-
.•81, 723. That Road is 190 miles long. Tho
Htato Road is only 138 milt * long. Tim- iron it
will he remembered i.i one of the nunvi.st Rents <>f
expense per mile in building. If then tho Ceiitva!
Road 190 miles long, we built for a littlo over two
and a hall’ millions, could not tho Flute R-mdonly
138 miles long have boon built by a company for
three millions ? But it may to said the capital
stock of the Central Road has been tmrvnred
since 1844, and that it now pays ton per cent upon
a larger sum. Well it may, for by refer 1 acc to
Mr. Cuyler’s report lor 185 k it will be seen tliMt
the Hoad realized that year from the operations of
the bank connected with it $53,889,20. By refer
ence to the same report, dated Dcctiubur 7lb 1858.
on page 4, it will be seen that the whole sum paid
by the Central Railroad and Baking Cos., to its
sfOMk-bohlerfl for the year 1858 was only $399,-
595; a* the same Company is only paying ten
per cent, again this year it will only pay tho
stockholders per mile is $1,102 13 cts. How does
this compare with the Stale Road ? Tt i3 pnying
into the Treasury this fiscal year --400.000 in cash.
It is 138 miles long. This 182,899 27 per wile,
which it pays to the people of • corgia, who aro
its stockholders. This Ip $79(1 lip . mile, more
than the Central Road, tbe highest paying com
pany Road in the State, with the aid of its hank,
pays to it* stockholder*.
It is therefore shown byjlgnres wish h cnnnoj
lie disputed, that tho State Road is now paying to
the stockholders a larger net dii tdend per mile,
than any Company Road in tho Siatu, and that it
is paying a larger percent, upou the turn whvh
it would have cost a company to build it, than
any Company Rond in the State is paying upon
its cost. We challenge the oppnsiiG-n press to
the comparison and defy th* in .-utusefully (9 con
trovert cither of thcaic positions.
J If they cannot do this, they are obliged to ad-
I nit, If they will deal candidly, (hat th- State Road
[ under Gov. Brown's admintmrutn-n, is Lcuerand
more successfully managed than any Company
Road in the State. The people are sutieliid up
on this subject, and all the efforts ot the Oppuil
■ tion Press to create n different impression or toln
duco them to change tiiin nninag- ruent for that of
an untried man. will bo unavailing. Wc are fully
satisfied that Dr. Lewi?, the present excellent
Superintendent, for indomitable energy and per
severance, strong common sense, good business
habit*, incorruptible integrity, and all ibe quali
ties which are required in a good railroad man,
ha* no auperlorln Georgia. Do tho penplo desire
a change of administration, which will turn bim
out of office, to make room for an untried man?
The lesponae, in the negative, which they will
givo from the ballot box, in October, will bo an
overwhelming on.
Hmsdccbshful im this Lira.—l ooafoss that
increasing years bring with them an increasing
respeet, for those who do not ‘succeed in life, as
those words are commonly used. Heaven is said
io he ii place for those who have uot succeeded
upon earth: and it is surely true that celestial
graces do not bust thrive and bloom in tbo hot
blase of worldly prosperity. 11l success some
times rises from superabundance of qualities in
themselves good, from a conscience too sensitive,
a taste too fastidious, a sols forgetfulness too ro
mantic, a modesty too retiring. I will not go so
far as to lay, with a living poet, that “the world
knows nothing oflts greatest in’ n,” but there are
form* of greatnete, or at least excellence, that din
arid make no sign; there are martyrs tha’ miss
the palm hut not the stake; there are herons with
out the laurel, and conqueror* without tbe tri
umph.—l/illani.
Thk Q!Mthak Mompmknt.—The Natches Free
j Trader of the I7t'i instant, ears :
Thu Quitman monument will bo built. Tbe no
tion had by the Executive C uumlUeo ou Monday,
contemplates a speedy beginning of ti c work.
A committee of five Intelligent and Judicious gen
tlemen, who understand thoroughly the views es
the Executive Committee and tho wixlio# of tbe
people, and who are zealous in the cause in which
they are engaged, has been appointed, with full
power to adopt a plan for the monument. Archi
tect* have till the first of fiteptomher to confer
with them. On that (into a pUn will he odepted
and the work of building tho monument bo then
begun. Several thousand dollar* have already
been subscribed, and no apprehension* are enter
tained of raising the full sum desired.
Crops in Barbour County. —The cotton crop
of this section is not so promising ns It was threo
weeks since. Tbe excessive rain* which wo have
had recently, have damaged the crop very seri
ously. We hear considerable complaint of sled •
ding, rust, and boll worm. It is hoc ming the
opinion of many that the crop of this county will
not be so good as It vn W year— £/aefa
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