Georgia Historic Newspapers

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Volume XIV.
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ihe best American Writer*.entitled
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wfoch we have tie hesitation i' l promising uur reader*
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paper c duiuns.aul en'.eita uins as ha *een the wide
Ip re uland tar fund hMtory •> the “Munster's Wo.-
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of public attention
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wav. Price post ltai.l 5 > cents. Just published by
Fowler and Wells New York. novllt—w4t #
For Bale or Hire.
A LIKELY NCRijiR * HOY about eighteen voars
J\. old. who is a gan.l Curias.! an J Wagon Makar
Appiwto J W.COBP,
nov 21—w>t. PreutAii, Webst#* county.
GUSSETA HIGH SGHOOL,
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Pupil* will h# charged (join the time of entrance t.
the time *f withdrawal. No entrance for a less lime
than ten a cA.
Board from seven to ten dollars per month, inefud
lng washing and bulging, ‘Tuition and Board due at
the close of school Mr Wiili.tui Bag ley wiu hoard at
•7. convenient to school.
Ill* the d.-termi nation of the teacher* l<* make this
Institution second to none o! a like kind in Georgia—
te afford every possible futility to young men and la
di-s in proem.- a good e location
The fotistant object aid be to fit the student for the
duties of an alter r.ih, an* therefore while system and
thorough ixi#* arc to he part iculiirig cared It, the mur
al nature must also be watched and trained Farcnt*
or guardian* sending their children or wards to thw
place, uiay rest assurod that nothing shall be omitted
which can eon tribute to their wt-i’are, and that the
student snail ever lie under lire watchiui rare t*f thorn*
who wiii pafuculariy look alter lusor her moral rluu
actor
Th*experience of the teachers warrants them in
eayiuf i yo.mg men whe wi>b to prepare llieniovives
ih roujhtv for ‘.eat Inngthat they wilt find advantages
in this s-dtooi surpass .1 hy uone, and wtll te trained
for lhai particular O J .;i, 1 Me#‘.red.
JAME* H MUFF, l Prinrr , .
CUAKFtH HAMM, A M ) ™nepais.
Cossets. CaaitaJioeshee County. Ga.
The subscriber (formerly of K.lerstie. Harris county,
Ga. ; takes this iurtluid #1 informing Ins fiends that
Mr Hamm is a r.-j.iiftr craduate of one ot th‘ most ap
proved Colleges in tbe Union, and. hashed live yearn
experience in leaching, lie would say iu candortu all
hit old patrons that bit. Hamm ha# no superior a* u
teacher. J. B, U
Reference—Rev B. B. Tsague, LafJrang# Georgia;
Howard Colieg*. Marten, Ala. novtl—w3nt
Valuable Plantation
FOR SALE.
HAVING determined t|> r my pte
p.v^rkj’
JSmZ uul>'* #outh of Tuskegeo, ou theCtilrahaiclu:*’
Sixteen Hundred Acres,
about fiOO of which is now in cultivation, there are
on ‘he pise# ail ne<#BKry outbuilding* lor plantation
purpose#, with a well finished and ceiofeitaMa dwell
ing house with eight rooms, a beautiful country rush
deuce, and the piece m w#ieuppJ<ed with good water
from two irlownn vv* ts; th*’ lands are pine ipaliy u
rich sandy li.m*y soil, wiih three or Jour hundred arret
of black bottom lands oti sJ# t’nbahatchee * r#Ht,ar and
very rich. Thu it one of Ut best pianutuon* in th*
fLuton Vftl'.cycountry, (known formerly a* the Burr
Johnston Plantation ) Any person wishing to pur
•base such a plantation, wouid Uy well to apply soon,
to iriyeetf, inTuskegee, for inform tin<n I re for to
Robert A. Johnston. E#<v in Tuikoeee, or to Win I*
Wood, A. Barton or George Jones on adjoining plan
tation#. Iw t I s#u tire ni.tr* at a very low price for
lauds of such quality. Terms can be made to euit al
most any purchaser. Fussesvion given laiwedteiely.
There i# an abundant supply of corn, fodder, and stock
of hogs on tits place. AMOS JONES.
Nov -w4t.
WANTED,
1 Af|fl *H!PKL nr.OCBTeI (to squire nnilfu than
I UUU a foot) duijvored in Geiuiutms, for which s
fair puce in Cash Wil fee given Apply to
•ct i7 -wf JHKPII B WtKN
SANFORD’S
LIVER IK VIGOR ATOR
NEVER DEBILITATES.
IT IS COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY from <nuns.and
has become an eutaMiehed fort, a standnrd medicine
approved by all lint . have used it. and is #•
sorted to with ronii sj d#n< ein sli diseases for
which it is recommend- ■■ #d.
Ii he# cured thousands witliintbe last two years
who hod given up hope pf relief 11# numerous
unsolicited certificates * in my po*#ee*i'>n show.
The dose must be ilnp- epM led 10 th* temperament
of the individual taking itandiieedineuchquan
titieaasto actg<-nt!} on S3 the bowels.
Let the dictates of your en judgment you in
use of the J.IVF.H Us- “Z PIOOMjSTuH, aud it
Will Tmr# f.trf Com vs p/ur** BILIOUS At
tack*. IVSth.FSIA, %M Chronic lltmrrker a,
S VMM Klt CO M PL A I,VI'S. O YHtLXI K
Hr. DROPSY , SOCk SI < ’MACH, Jltlnhud
COS I'lY EA *:**, CAW- 4P, L*. CIHU KRA <’*Ws
raM'rW. CIIULFHA m INFANTUM Ft A TV*
LRJYCC. JACA niCH, Mr mate WKAKKXSS
LS* and ma* be reed . #urc.##fully ** anOedoi
•rv, * ::i/v Afoinw It Wilt cure SICK
UKADA CII F. (a# “ thousand# ran testify in
I•## n‘ v wiNNles. tj tvs • r three Ten*
npomfuii art taken v* at cmnroenemweut offhe
attack
Att rAs mi rt art “ I'lnny their testimony
In its favor. ■*
MIX WATER IN THE MOUTH WITH THE IN
TtOffßATtilk, A Ml HW ALLOW BOTH TOGETII
■U. PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE.
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
r VMILY
Cbathartic Pills,
COMPOUNDED FROM
Pare VegUbJEiirac(t, anil v u * M P
In f<lau Can*, Air Tight, and will
keep In any C llmnt*.
Th FAMILY CA A TiunTir Pill in a gen
tlo (nit active Calharti’- Q which the proprietor nan
uwd in In* nraeSire more . ihan twenty par*
Ta* constantly d. i.iand toon th<*e who
her/* long used the PILLR.-and the *nisfa* ti'*n whi h
eltetprMinrrrardtoihir H use,ha* induced nwrto put
them in the reach of nil ,yu
The profcMion well know that different eliatharica
action different iKiriiuneof. ihe bowel#
The FAMILY CA-> TII A RTI ft PILL
km*. with due aferonce t" r tide wall established tact
been eomj>ounU*i| from aHj variety ofthe purest vepe
table exwar;*. wliKh art *lrtw “iisverv part of lUn
alimentary canal, and aieFj good and sale in all cae
#* where a cbathartic h IM needed. *uch a* De
axanaweaT* of the <STt)M\('ll. Hi.eiW'i
a*a. FAIN* in TiitCilUCg AND LOINS,
C'tAITVENK* R, PAIN *au Hoimans ovr.a
tmh WHOLE IIODY. w from iiidden cold, which
fVequentlv. if neglected *y emt in a Inn* course of Fe
ver, LOHH OP AI’PR u TITR, a ('■unmrtiui dr.*>
•atiok or Colo ovan rttr. Hoax, Rlati.ois
waaa. HE ADACHE or pwcioiiT I* rwr Il**n,
all INFLAMMATORY H DiaKtara, WORM*. ir
Cnir.oßßa or Anr lt*. “ Ruri-maTl**, a Orea.
Purifier of the Blood, n t andtnany4lae—aatowhkh
flesh ts hew. ton numerous •* to mention in tine adver
t laement DOSE Ito A
1 rice 30 Cent*.
TTTF. LIVER INVIfJORATOn and FAMILY CA
THARTIC PILLS are retailed by Drnvjriata generally
and void wholesale and retail by the Trade in all the
large town*
S. T. W. SABTFORD, M. !>.,
Man'ifartiirer and Rrohrittor.
I H gV'W” * t*4 W*
fOLIUBIS, TIF.MMY, DKIKMHKB JO, IMfl.
■r c
The save Old Richmond Id the Field.
In times of doubt And peril, there is never any
lack of suggestions as to tho mode of egress and
the path of safety. The imagination take* firm
hold upon the cud and give* reason no opportu
nity to estimate the inoaus through which its
accomplishment mast bo achieved. Thu old ad
age. that “a drowning man eatches at straws,’
never finds a more perfect illustration than on
such occasions.
TheN. Y. Herald —a paper somewhat distin
guished fur its seont of tho popular breose, has
discovered in an eld and defeated aspirant for
Presidential honors—a Toterau soldier and au
accomplished General—tho man for tho crisis ono
who can allay the popular excitement, and eduoe
order and harmony from tho conflict of hostile
elements What peculiar combination of virtues
fits Gen. Scott for tho office of President in tho
present aspect of affairs, or under any imagina
bl# circumstances, is, very judiciously, left to
conjecture. Their enumeration might r•*“->
the invention even of tho Herald. It is propo
sed te nomlnato him as a “Conservative Union
Candidate” for tho Presidency, >nd it is hoped
that the talli.-rnauie power of words will supply
what principle cannot. Wo rejoice to believe
that such clop trap ha* had its day and found
its grave. Tho next incumbent of tho Presiden
i*l office, will represent oue of the two groat
political parties in tho country. His election will
bo the unmistakable sign that tho power of the
Government is, henceforth, to be wioldml to op
press and dishonor the South, or that tho day
for the complete ascendancy of tho party which
proclaims unceasing . warfare upon slavery has
been postponed. The sooner this quest ten is de
cided the better for us. We want no tpan of straw
iueuoh times as are upon us; no dodging of the
issue. Let the South understand, if such bo tho
fact, that she is no longer t) expect justice at the
hand# of tho Federal Government. Tho convic
tion may startle hei into an appreciation of her
true position, and may lead her to seek under a
government of her sous upon her own soil, that
protection she needs and for which sho will leok
in vain from her triumphant enemies.
Millfigrvllle (out nit Jon Mart ling Fart*.
From tbo call of the countie* in the reecut State
Convention, k uirpcarmi that only kioiithki*
counties in the State woro represented hy dela
guttel What a rebuke by tbo people to thoae
legislator* who would have a Convention. Out
of those counties, properly represented, a portion
of the delegation objected to any action on tbo
point of tho Convention. Thu* it seuuts that
oau niNimicu axd votj 11TRKN corHTiß*. in Geor
gia, had not timo or inclination to call primary
mediums nnd appoint delegates. Some counties,
like Decatur and Butts, were represented by
Clerk# in the Legislature without tho shadow of
authority. Tho remainder of the counties,”viz.:
some fifty, were represented by mouthers of the
Legislature, who assumed tho powor to act. In
these counties, frequently a democratic member
protested against their colleagues acting in the
premize*. So much for the self-constituted body!
Uow a Northern Democrat Talk*.
Mr. Yuiluudigbiun, of Ohio, is a democrat wor
thy tho respect and confidence of tho Southern
poMi.l v His strict sense of justice to all sortioiia
of the Confederacy, ha* endeared him to the
v'outli. 11 ts election to the most prominent po
sition in tho government would I.© hailed hy the
people hero with a* much *atifaction as hie
election ever larwrs D. Campbell. Mr. Vnilan
dighaiu, though rop resenting * constituency op
pesed to slavery, upholds tho Constitution and
declares for tho cnoTßcnov of all species of
preperty in tbe territories. All honor to him for
extending his vision beyond tho horizon of anti
slavery prejudice, and taking within its range
the good of a whole country.
In relation to Mr. •Sherman boiog olected
Speaker of the House, b© said in the commence
ment of his remarks, that If any member had re
eomtnended a hook insurrectionary and hostile
to one auction of the country —a book intended
to stir up strife and civil discord in anyfitato—
aud did not disavow tho act, ho was unfit to be
Speaker or a member of this House. If any
member had recommended such a book for whole
sale circulation, not knowing or caring to inquire
into its character, it was for the House to say
whether he was to be trusted with the Speaker
ship. Mr. Vallnndigbam here voluntarily gave
way fi r a motion to adjourn, which was negativ
ed—B 4 against 108.
Tbe Democratic Convention.
The Augusta ConatiMianaliet, Savannah Ex
pret*. Savannah Setre, Amerieu# South- Weitarn
Metre, Albany Patriot, Bainbridge Arynt, Cuth
bort Reporter, Lumpkin Palladium, Lauransville
AW# and Dalton Timet havo all spoken out
against the recent Legislative Convention. Not
against the worthy and influential democrats who
revived appointments at the Convention, bat
against tbo interference of a portion of the detno
oratie members of the Legislature with tbe call
ofthe Kxecutire Committee, which, a* the reso
lution appointing tbo Committee will show, was
selected for the eole purpoae of arranging the
time and place tor all democratic Conventions for
the period of two years. Had not a sow member*
of the Legislature held a Convention against a
! strong opposition and the voice of the masses
crying out against it, all would have been well,
and there would have been harmony aud union
in eur ranks. The blame rests with tbe few who
disregarded the wi*lfe* ofthe many for thi# un
happy division of sentiment in the demoeratio
party. Onr skirts are clear !
C harlealon Merchant*,
Tii if impression of tUo Tim ft contain* an ad- j
vertisument addressed to the merchant* of the (
Bouth and Smstk-weat, by a number of tbe largest
in e roan til o krouse* in Charleston, in which they j
•ay that they have facillHaa for obtaining goods
from Europe not surpassed by any city in the
North and Es*t. Tha advertisement conclude*
thus:
“Our stock* will be complete by Ist February
nest, an 1 it remains lobe seen how many of those
who have heretofore pore based all tbeir good* In |
northern cities, will girt Charleston a trial this
spring.’*
Method Ist Coni*rears
This body is in session at Home, Ga. Bishop
Kavanaugh presiding. On last Sabbath, the pul
pits wero filled as follows. Methodist, l*V l ' A.
M., Bishop Kavanaugh—B P. M., I>r Loyiak
funeral aermon of Her. B. H.
Overby by Samuel Anthony.
Presbyterian Church, 10,’* A. M., Dr. Alex
ander Means—3 P. M., Eusti# W. Spear-night,
Joseph S. Key.
Baptist Church, 10li A. M., Dr. Alfred
Mann -1. P. M., J. B. McFerrin—Bight, J. W.
i Hinu.li. [ >|
Hnn Alfred IrrrMi'i Kprrrli.
Wb Uy before our reader, the able aparch of
<mr Senator, the Hon. Al.raan Iraaton, ofwhleh
reference hal haretofore baen made in our eol
anina, delivered iorne daya linoe in tbe Conjrea.
es the Dnited Statne. We beapeak for it a eare
ful perusal.
Mr. William Baii*is has been nominated for
Mayor of Atlanta by tbe Democracy, rice Glenn,
who dnelined the honor of * ra-nowinaHoa.
TH|UNI ONII V Tll KXTA TK X, AND TII KXOYKBKI (I NT Y 11P TIIK XTAT KX.
Shall the Convention called hy the Democrat I <
Executive Commune be held?
Before the meeting f the Legislature, indeed
beforo tho member* of that body were cHt .ed.
thero was n very general expreesfon of vpiniot,
by the Democracy of tho {State, ogaiost the ap
pointutent of delugato* to tho Charleston cooreii
tion, by a convention to be convened for that pur
pose, at Milledgeville, during tho session of Ih
Legislature. Some of our Democratic contempt
rarias were, with us, opposed to nay State cunvcti
tion. and in favor af the appointment of delegate.’
by the Democracy of the sevofsl districts, it. di*
trict conventions, but nil were opposed to a Stat.
convention to be held during tho session ot lit.
Legislature, and urgml thnt tho Kxucutivo (’em
mittce, if a State Conventton was callwd, sbottl.
fix tho day for its mceMag, after the aliouriiiucnt
of tho Legislature, and us late ns possible before
the meeting of tho Charleston souveution. They
recognized tho Executive Committee of the parti
ns the only body authorized to o n ll n conventio’
of the party—protested against any legislative
interference or intiuenco, in tho appointment ot
delegates to the nest National Convention of th.
j party, and demanded that Ihe party should hnv
i at nplo tuns, and a fair opportunity, deliberatlx
to form and express its opinion in reference t
i the platform and the nomination* to
|t and to the couutry, than any which has ever
been held since tho adoption of the convention
system. This was tho expression of opinion
| which came from the party and its organs, in rs
sere nee to the appointment of detogntes to
| Charleston, both beforo tho elections fur members
of tho Legislature and after tho meeting of that
body : and iu obedience to it, the Executive Com
mitten, the only body authorized to act in the
premises, published n call for a convention to be
hold at Milledgeville, on tho second Wednesday
in March, to appoint delegatus to tho Charlcstoi
convention.
But tho Democratic member* of tho Legist*
turo, or rather a portion of them, disregarding
this action of the Executive Committee, oi whirl
they were fully advised, n. well ns the will of the
party of which it was an expression, ami usurp
ing the authority which has be* n delegated to
that committee, held n caucus and called another
convention, which was held on the Kth of this
month, and by which delegates to the Chariorton
convention were appointed. Tho party was not
represented in that convention; indeed, could not
hart* been if it had desired, for no sufficient time
was allowed it to Appoint delegates. Seventy
five countios woro represented iu it-—the large
majority of thorn, by self constituted delegate*.
Nearly sixty counties were not represented in it
at all; and tt wa* in fact nothing more than a
caucus, of a portion of tho Democratic member#
of the Legislature, which ought not to be digni
fied with tho name of a convention of the party.
Several of tho leading organs of the party pro
tested against its meeting—fifty Demo Catie
members of the legislature protested against
ts action ; anil primary meetings of tho party
before it met ami after it. adjourned, have repudi
ated it altogether, and appointed deb-gates to the
convention in March, which has been called by
the Executive Committee.
{Shall this Convention be held! After ma
ture coo#ideatjou. we believe, that it ought t<;
and from present indications it will be hold,
and will be one of tho most imposing demon
strations which llio party ha* made tor many
years.
It is evident from the facts wo have already
stated, that u respectable portion ofthe Demo
cratic party will utterly repudiate the action
of the convention of the Pth instant, and that
an immense majority of the party admit their
right to repudiate it. This tart nlone, in a con
clusive reason with us lor ml vising that the
convention, culled by the Executive Commit
tee. should Ihj held : nnd held without opposi
tion f'nufi any portion of the party. Therwis
now danger 01 a eer'otie division in the party,
which, at this particular juncture, would be
exceedingly unfortunate. This danger may bn
avoided, and harmony may be restored, it all
portions of the party, mid tli of its members,
will cordially unite, without reference to what
ban occurred, nnd appoint delegates to tho
convention called by tin- Executive Committee.
That convention will then he a lair and lull
representation of the party, and thu party
would quiet ly acquiesce in whatever it might
do. It would not, prohaldy. disturb the dele
gation to Charleston already appointed, (tor
ourselves we are content with that delegation,)
but it would send them to the. National Con
vent ten with instruction# given by the parly,
instead of by a legislative caucus. It could,
100, whilst in zp#>ion, nominate Electors for
President and Vice President, und when it ad
journed, the pnrty would be united, and ready
for the contest of IS<3O. Why should it not be
held * Why should not the delegatee appoint
ed by the convention of the *lh ins!., and all
those who pnrtieipated In it* proceedings, unite
with those Democals who repudiate that con
vention, and urge that it should bo held, so
thnt it may be a convention, not of a portion,
but of the whole of the party.— Augusta Con
elUlilioiurUst, lire. Id///.
Th# Language or a t'eaatrralive Journal
The Charlotte (N. C.) Hnlhtiv, one of tho
most conservative and judiciously edited daily
newspapers in the South, contain* Ihe follow
ing paragraph;
“We Itnd in our Southern exchanges, front
almost every section, sentiments decidedly in
favor of nnd advocating, under existing cir
cii instance*, a dissolution ofthe present Ameri
can confederacy.
‘•The editors of the Ihi/lrtin, whatever their
opinion# have been, have studiously avoided
the expression ni disunion ##ntini#iits, prefer
ring t lint th® people rather than the press should
take the lead in #0 important a measure.
“la Charlotte, much to our surprise, we find
a unanimous sentiment, both with our Derm
cratic and Whig friends, in favor of n dissolu
tion of the Union at the earliest day possible,
being convinced that it i* impossible for the
members of tli present confederacy to live
together as one people.
“Without attempting to encourage such sen
timents, we b|and by a* journalists ready to
record them, and hold ourselves iu feadiue.se,
a# we have always been, to rally, at the lirst
tap of the drum, under a Southern banner,
upon whose folds shall bo inscribed, ‘Equality
or independence.’ ”
Bußjnsff or thk Ooitum llouaa.—A w
write, and on tbe ov of oar going to prs##, (2 A
M | th# great architectural and never ending work
j of Lnoie Sara in tlmeity, known as the Custom
| House, is on fir#.
| About ten minutes to twelve o’clock last night,
smoke and small particles <>f flfttno were discov
ered issuing from tho second floor, ip tho locality
of Major B#tturtgrad’s office, of tho Now Orleans
Custom-llonnc, on the North-west side, lacing
! Old Love# street, and in less than twenty minute*
after that portion of tho building, in sido and out.
aided by the combustible and Ihiokly constructed
scaffold aud wood work, was ono dense intis* 4
flames.
The main alarm of fire was not given until tho
fire had had a strong hold, when tho various en
gine companies vigorously and actively arrived
at the scene ofthe conflagration, and with an
1 indifferent supply of wases did all they could to
i subdue tbe Atones, but to no purpose, ns whop we
left the fire had taken bold of tho centre of tho
building.
On Inquiry, wc found that (he Art, which is at
tributed to an incendiary, originated in a car
penter’s shop, which was temporarily constructed,
and boing used iu tbo section of the building al
| ready discribed. To the moment of our writiug
! every exertion is being used te suppress the
flames and save tbo movable bonded property in
the building.— S. 0. Prucent.
aword dial John Brown had at ll*r
per * Ferry waa the fame that Pfadertek of Pro*
aia had sen! orcr the ocean to (ieorgo Wash
ington.
The above i* an extract frwin a late Berman of
the Her. Mr, Conway, in thi* elty, who forgot
to add that Brown obtained the “sword” by “rob
bing” it* rightful possessor, Colonel Washington,
of i(. W# do not see any particular merit in
fioorlshing a yaarf swerd, ualass it woe rtghslhiry
•hMtaed. M
The Convicted Warper** Ferry Conspirators
Affroting (utrrtien Utwean Cook and hi* relativr.t
■ — -jirrf,a rat inn* for <he exrrntian.
CiiAut.BStouVa., Dec. M, I&ML
Tb town is filling up with stranger* to witness
tho execution* which are to take place on Friday,
The system of excluding eltiscns adopted at
John Brown’* execution i* n.t tol*c repeated.
G-.vcrnor Willard, of Indiana, accompanied by
Mrs. Crowley, of New York, sister of Cook, and
1 Hon. D. 11. Vnorbee*, Attorney General of In
j diana, arrived yesterday and visited Cook. The
Interview with his sister wa* most affecting. La
ter in the day Dr. Staunton and wire, of Indiana,
and Mis* Hughe* arrived. Mr*. Staunton i a
sister of Cook, and Mira Hughes a cousin. They
also visitod tbe prisoner, presenting a seen* of
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1859.
,'tjefuud nngui.di scarcely to bo described. They
minified to sou him again, but through the ad
i<-e of Governor Willard each wrote him a few
irewell linos, anl all tb ladies then left for their
‘iniucs, the mule relatives designing to remain
villi him to the last.
Arrangements hare been in ado to hare the
>ody of Cook taken te Now York for interment,
t'umo of tho relatives of Coppiu arc expected
° rnvc t,< day. Ilia body will bo taken to his
not her, at Springdale, lowa.
The bodies of Green and Copeland, it is thought,
Till nut bo claimed. If they nro not they will
to decently interred near the gallows.
I‘he prisoners were qoUooheorful this morning,
md ro now making religious preparations for
loath.
o<i*k was much east down uflcr parting with
d* sisters, but is now perfoetly culm and collar
ed, awaiting his doom.
Remarks of Mr Iverson oftieorgia
!n Ifit f'nitrd States Senate, Dec. 7/A, I9. r ,P, on
th Ititolulion af Mr. J/mns, of Virginia, fa
•litutiny an amjnxry into the floipt e Forty ,/.
fair, *?nrf the omeniimemi of Mr. Trxmhott. of
/.7ft. v t, nroiiu.m., likt ,nqi,ir, tnlo (Af •jlair
nt Liberty Areennl, nr im,i ( *
Mu Prrsu<kxt.—l shall not occupy the Fan
<e h Mg- l should uot have addressed th# Son-
Go at all on this occasion, if the niucndment of
he Senator from Illinois hud n*t been proton ted
xnd pressed upon tis for discussion. A# J cannot
vote for tho latter proposition, either as an amend
ment to the Resolution of the Sena or from Vir
ginia, or a* an original resolution, I must submit
* few remarks to the Senate in justification of niv
course.
The purpose of the resolution of tho Senator
r* in Virginia, in to investigate tho proceedings
that took pluco ni Harper * Kerry. As l under
tuml it. there are two objects sought mainly to
he accomplished by the investigati’ u. Tire first
it, to enlighten the public mind of the Unite*l
Mulch in rulatiou to the political bearings of that
transaction, so that tho people of this country
may form a just judgment in relation to tho mo*-
liv.-s and in’* nded results of that extraordinary
outbreak. The accotid is, to ascertain the facts.
<u order to dctoruiiuu w hether any and what
legislation is necessary and proper on the part of
(hrigroes to protect tho Southern people from
similar future attacks. These are the main ob
jects as 1 understand, to bo attained by the reso
lution offered by the Senator from Virginia. -
Those arc legitimate and appropriate objects, and
no reasonable objection can bo urged or has
been urged against them. Now, sir, liic Senator
from Illinois, moats this plain and reasonable
proposition by an amendment pr* posing that tho
special committee called for, shall also investigate
tho circumstances Connected with the forcible
entry and robbery of the I■. 8. Arsenal at Liber
ty, Missouri, sumo years ago, and which have J
been detailed by the Senator from Illinois. What
can be accomplished by his proposed investiga
tion ? Doek lhe Senator from Illinois, propose
to found any legislation upon the facts which may
bo developed by tho investigation which ho pro
poses? Ho docs not, and the Senator know* us
well uS any man on thisljwor, that the laws now
in force are amply sufficient to [ unlith tho out
rage alleged to have boon committed lit Liberty.
There are laws already in existence on your
statute books ijuito sufficient to punish tho out
rage at Harper's Kerry, so far ns that was un
outrago against the government of tho I'nited
States. No legislation is nuccH*nry therefore or
is proposed, so lar us regards tho affair at Liber
ty. ‘i ho facts nro already dovoloped—they are
well known—they arc in an official form and
within the reach of every ono. The persons who
perpetrated that outrage aro liable to indictment,
s <nviction and punishment. It is not pretended
that tlieiawusif n>w stands, is dcfeotiVc—-hy no
moans. What thou is the object ot the Senator?
is it practical ? Is it to havo a political influence
on parties in this country? Why, sir, all the
fact* of that outrage aro already known to the
people of tho l ini tod Statue they have boon
considered and discussed, uud all tho political
effects which they could poe>il>ly produce have
already Ucn felt and accomplished. They huvu
expen<lul themselves upon the public uiind ul -
ready. They cau accomplish nothing more. -
Then why inv. tigute that worn out and obsolete
trail-action ? Tim thing happened years ago—j
it has parsed into forgctjuluc#*, and never would
again hnvo been fished up or resurrected, evccpi :
by “old (poii.iral) inortamv, who, like tho j
Senator from Illinois, delights to ramhiu and
revel amongst tho rotlon nod disgnsliug rubbish ‘
of the scene* which have disgraced the Irstery of
Kansas. No, sir, the object of this amendment i
call he no oilier Ilian to break the force of the {
investigation and its results, which may bo ac- !
ooinpli-hed by tho resolution of the Senator from i
Virginia. Thisseoms to uie can be the only ofc-I
Joct which the Senator from Illinois or any other
advocate of this proposition cun possibly hnvo in
view. Ibis to smother up the en.|niry which the
.‘ojiiator from Virginia desires to make. It is to
break the force of the circumstances and facts
which may bo developed by un official and search
ing investigation. It is to draw off the publio
rniud and divert it from tho monstrnn* outrage
which has been cotumitcd upon the soil and against
tho sovereignty of the .State of Virginia, and to
shield the guilty perpetrators of that outrage, ns
well as those who stood behind them, giving “aid !
and comfort,” from the indignant eoudcnmntiou
of the American people. This is, in my opinion,
the only objects intended or expected to bo at
tained by the proposition offered by tho Benulor
from Illinois, and 1 shall vote Against it whether
in the shape of an amendment or tui original reso
lution. 1 want un investigation into ail the facts
whic h occurred at Harper's Kerry, and others
connected with them, that the people may *oo
and understand thoir full hearings in every shape
and form, ami that we may learn what part the
rtoutbern people took in this outrage, nod how
far they have gone or aro willing to go in this
opposition to slavery in the Southern Stales.—
Senators en the other side of this chamber dis
claim any sympathy for the acts of John Brown,
they say that the Northern heart does not sym
pathise with Brown's conduct in his nefarious,
nut abortive attempt upon the soil and sovereign
ty of Virgiuia. ho nature may make, thofo de
clarations, but thoir acts speak louder than word*
—they may declare for their people any sympa
thy with tb objects, intentions, and conduct of
Brown; but sir, they c.aunot shut the eyes of tho
people of this country, and cs penalty of the
to..uth-rn people to facts which are exhibiting
themselves every day all over the north,and which
indicate too truly tho real condition of the North
ern mind and heart. Why, sir, this very attempt
of the Monatar from Illinois, aud those who act.
with him on this floor, to divert public at lon lion
from object and expected results of tho Invest!*
gallon proposed by tho original resolution, and to
offset them with a by gone and insigniGcnnt
transaction, is evidence of his and thoir *y mpalhy
with Brown and his acts. If bo had been ini
pressed with tha true character of Brown's out
rage, and with tho proper fecljugs as un Ame.ri
can Senator and patriot, ho would havo come
forward cheerfully and voted for tho resolution
of tho Senator from Virginia* and would not have
attempted to trammel and embarrass it with an
exuanuous and useless proposition. The Sena
tor, it is (rue, doclarc* his intention to vote for
the resolution of the Senator from Virginia, and
condemns the conduct of Brows and his misguided
followers. He does it In very patriotic and elo
quent language, and if a stranger had entered tho
Hall in the midst of bis harangue, not knowing
tho Senator, or antecedents, or the nmoiherinj
process in which ho wa* even now engaged, he
would suppose him to be a true Imartcd Southern
man, (Iliad wi*li bhmdsnd ready to vin
41mm lbs ffoi.th sgetert all her wrewdea, and
punish all violations of her right, hir, it is not
the first time that appearances have proved de
ceitful. Those who know the Senator, his ante
cedents and present position, sad tho real condi
tion of the party to which bo belongs und serves,
will know how little all theso de.daiaimni und
disclaimers aro worth, when uttered iu tie face of
/acts which speak for them solves.
Tho Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. lisle)
end from Massachusetts (Mr. Wilfooj also dis
claimed for themselves and their consliluoats. uny
sympathy for Brown or approval of bis abolition
raid upon Virginia.
Mr. Hale—T do not want to havo things put
into my mouth which I have not said, not even
l,y mistake. I have never said I Lad no sympa
thy for Brown, I said I did not approve Ms act,
and had no sympathy for the means be employed;
but, sir, Brown displayed some high trait* of
character, for which I havo high sympathy-
Mil. IvpßHox:—And other inoh parties have
displayed equal courage and lortitudo with John
Browu—did they excite the sympathy and ad
miration of tho .Senator from New Hampshire ?
We might quote a thousand instances when the
greatest and most infamous criminals have died ,
under the gallows, or on the scaffold, and who
Invc exhibited in hold relief trnita of courage
rind fortitude, not surpassed by'John Brown.—
Did they excito the sympathy and admiration of
ihose Senator*? Ah! Sir, John Brown died a*
the mortal enemy of slavery—ho was hung for
an atump* tit rSMI the slaw* of \ iigmiu to in
surrection—ho fell in thecauao of freedom I nnd
they can see and feci cause for sympathy which
they rotor saw or felt iu tho case of others.—
Who is John Brown, that his death should excite
the sympathy of uuy honorable man? A man
who was for years engaged in no othor business
but theft, robbery and murder; a man who in
cold blood bus taken innocent mid unoffending
men from their homes and bods, in tho dead
hour of night, and murdered them without re
morse, in tho presume of their wives and chil
dren; a man who has for twenty years boon
;fanning tho forced and bloody emancipation of
the slaves of the South, nnd who commenced his
guilty operations wlthrobbory and murder. This
is tho man, for whoso person uud fate, American
Sena lots express sympathy, because ho has ex
hibited brute courogo! Rut, sir, the sympathy
extends much beyond tho personal trait* of John
Brown’s cUnrantur. It cannot bo disguised that
the Northern heart, at least of tho Republican
parly, sympathizes with Brown and his lute, /e
----<*<•#• he perished in what they call the “cause
of human liberty.” There liosftho simple truth,
and no declaration of mere worth*, made hero or
elsewhere, can close tho eyes of the Southern
people to tho fact. Look, sir, at what is trans
piring this very day in the other end of this Cap
itol! That party, to which tho gentlemen belong
nation, a man who ha* openly and in writing en
dorsed nnd oounnended sentiments, more incen
diary in their character than any over uttered by 4
John Brown. John Sherman, 0/ Ohio, is their
avowed nnd favorite candidate for Speaker of tho
House of Representatives, ami who has endorsed
and eouiuicndod Helper’s book, which inculcates
tho most infamous, seditious and incundiary sen
timents against tho institution of slavery in tho
{southern ritntes.
Hero Mr. Halo called Mr. Iverson to order for
roOcuting upon the other House.
Mu. Ivruaox;—l was tiinkiri* no reflection#
upon the other House. I was reflecting upon tho
Republican party of this eoiintry, amt not on
individual members of the Honso. 1 stated a fact
known through tho publlo press—known to eve
ry man on this* floor—known to every man in tho
country —known before th# assembling <>f this
Congress, that John Shormuu would bn and is tho
candidate of th© Republican party for Speaker of
tin* present House of Kcproacntatives, ami I state
the fact equally ns well known ami fully estab
lished, that he was one of sixty-eight Republican
members <<f tho last Congress who ouilorsud nnd
approved the sentiment*, and seditious instiga
tions of Helper's scandalous, and infamous
book. Can any Senator on tho other sido of ibis
chamber dispute tbefacl? It so, lot them do it.
]>o,lhcso Senators condemn and disapprove the
support given by their party friends to John
Sherman for tho high ami responsible oflioo of
Speaker? Have we heard es any repudiation of
Sherman, or even of the book which bo endorsed?
No, sir —they nr*’ part and pared of tho political
organisation .which biipportu him for Speaker,
ami doubtless justify ami approve the coarse of
their political friends iu tho other llou.so. They
say they have no sympathy for tho objects, do
signs and conduct-|of Brown, and yot they arc
to-day, as a parly, endeavoring to foist into ih#
third office of the Government, a mail who has
endorsed piwcisely the same sentiments and prin
ciple* which lead John Uiown to the perpetration
of tin* crime which lie lias expiated under the
gal tew*. II ha* endorsed, and thereby approv
ed and aided in the circulation of sentimonts the
most dangerous and damnable which have ever
boon written or published in this country.
Tho B abator from Massachusetts (Mr Wilson,)
disclaim* any approval of Brown's conduct ami |
designs, and yet he admits the fact thnt lie wu* j
present at a largo meeting in hi* own town, in
which a resolution was introduced, di*cu**u<l and
passed that “rosiMnnoeto tyranny is oltetlienre to
God*” and thnt “it was the duty of tho Northern
people to excite tho Southern slaves to insurrec
tion.” Bid John Brown ever utter language
stronger than that? did ho ever attempt to prac
tice a more diabolical principle? Tho Fuuutor
douics thnt ho voted for or approved the senti
niouty of that resolution, aud yot ho was present,
#at silently by and did not rebuko or protest
against it. Wbnt was his duly as un American
Senator as a patriot, a* un honorable man; ab
boring such sentiments. Sir, it was bis duty, n*
well a* it was hi* right and privilege, if he disHCii
ted from the principles ni.d language of tho reso
lution, to r'.KS in his place, and re buke and de
noanco it. His silence was an osquiesecnoo in
th# sentiments expressed. No sympathy for
Brown arid Ll acts ! No sympathy for sedition*
doctrines 1 None for iDcrnaiary miniinontH amt
effort* against slavery in the Southern States!—
1 do noi understand that sort of absence of sym
pathy—no sympathy amongst tho Northern peo
ple for Brown and hi# act* and his falo. What
pieaii* tho ringing of bolls in so many placet all
over th# North, on the day of his execution?—
wluit mean* tho firing of cannon at tho Htnfo
Capitol of New York, nnd thnt memorable day ?
eannon tnlo-h out of tho Slate Arsenal, with tho
consent of tho Mat** offiosrs. What means the
general, if not universal exprottsiou of tho Repub
lican press of the Northern State*. Look nt tho
New York Tribune, the Evening Host, the Alba
uy Evening Journal, tin- lfo.to Atlas, aud other
h ading Now England Republican paper*. Tho
Republican party acknowledge lUoseai their or
gan*'— they spunk tho #unlimcnt* of thnt parly—-
Lava they oxpressed no sympathy for Brown and
his seditious conduct? his anti slavery fouling#,
his infuriated and bloody puposoe ? film*’ njo the
Republican journal in all ibo Northern fetalcs,
that lias * oiidemucd tho motives, object* nnd act*
of John Brown, except it be the one that i# said
to bo controlled by one of the Seimtorsfrmn Übodo
Island, (Mr. Anthony.) Sir. ho is entitled to tho
thuuki and admiration of tho Southern people, for
the course ho Ims pursued in this matter, and tho
lone of his manly and independent pres*, lain
glad to find that there i* one man bl lum-t, mem
ber of the Republican party, tho’ he bo, who, iu
tho jnidst of fanaticism and lolly, has hud tho
courage to speak out the true sqiitiments which
ought to lilt tho heart and control the voice of
every Aiuurio&n citi/.on, on such an occasion. No
sympathy for Brown and his acts! Sir, what
was meant by the action of the Legislature #f
Mufindtuscti*. on that imiuorubJe day, when iu
the language of Northern fanatacisin, the gal
lowj wo - flremJerod as holy and sacred by tho
death of John Brown, a* the cross was sanctified
hy the death of Christ. It will not be denied that
tho Legislature of Massachusetts is largely Ku
puhllean; lhsO.it i* a type of that party iu the
North; that it represents the political soutiments
snd action of tho great majority of the people of
that Slate, and of New England generally. There
may he and I hope and believe there are a sow
sound and reliable democrats in that body, who
haw a just regard for the rights of tho Southern
Slates, and a propor sense of the foslings aud
course which oncht to control and animate every
true patriot and American citizen, iu times like
th*s. Well sir, #n the 3d day of Ds*#mbr I fill®,
about the time it not supposed that John Brown
was to expiate on the gallows, the most infamous
•lime# that cau disgrace humanity, theft, robbery
and murder, the following resolution was offered
in the Senate ; “That in view of tb© fact that this
was the day on which John Brown was sentenced
to las hanged, the Sonato do now adjourn.” I'p
ou this motion the you# wore H, nays 11. It ap
pears from tho record that 30 Hew tors did uot
vote—a most significant fact. Hew came so
many absentees? they were chirking the question
they doubtlos* sympathised^*ilh those who voted
for tho adjournment and with Brown, but weie
adhuDJid to commit themselves on the record.—
And sir, thero is another significant fuel, that all
the affirmative votes, not one was given hy a dun
eerntia member. And now sir, for tho proceed
ing* of the House. Mr. Key, of Nantackat, mo
ved “ihs.t for the great r##poct we have fi r tho
trulhfullnrss and tnitb that John Brown bus,, in
nuin and his religion, aud the strong sympathy
for tho love of liberty, (the avowed principle es
Massachusetts,) for which ho l this day to die,
this llouso do now adjourn.” Hir, Ibis motion
we* debated at considerable length, nnd whilst
many, hi tact a large majority of the llouso voted
agniust it, yet only two and those members of the
Democratic party, oxpressed or avowed any op
position to or condemnation of John Brown, his
principles or conduct. All the Republican mem
bers who objected to tho resolution, only present
ed tboHS objections against the expediency of ad •
journing, avowin that whilst they sympathised
with Brown, they thought it unnecessary to ad
journ. The record shows that the whole 1L pub
lican party in the Legislature, so far from con
demning Brown an (I This acts, approved them and
sympathised with him, but declined to adjourn,
because they thought it unnecessary, ptrhups un
wise, to express that sympathy in the manner
proposed. And yet tho &Mtor from Massachu
setts, (Mr. Wilson,) says that there is no sympa
thy felt by the people ofthSt fitat# with Brown
and his incendiary snd bloody outrage*. But *lr
the papora tell u that there waa a public meet
ing in Boston that very ‘night, at Tremont Tem
ple end that tho immense ball was crowded to
overflowing many, nay, thousands retiring for the
want of room. It was to express th* public sym
pathy for John Brown. It was attended and ad
I hosed by member* es tho Legislature, eminent
Divine* and other distinguished men, who not on
ly expressed the deepest sympathy for Brown,
but appeowd hi* acts, and uttered the most dc
nunciating hrntimcnin against slavery, and the
most ribald abuse of tho Bouthcm people; and
these speeches wuru approved aud applauded to
the skies by the whole vast assembly. But sir,
I will read from a Boston paper, n democratic pa
per it is true, but it is a Northern wituasa and
outitled to credit when it speaks of its own peo
ple. I road from tho Boston Post :
“The men who occupy scats of power in New
England ; tho controlling public uieu iu the do
minant party here”—
1 suppose no ono will deny that that is the Re
publican patty—•
—“are bound hand and foot in the fetters prepar
ed and riveted by the uuli-slavery fanatics. To
deny it i to deny the plainest facts of every day
occurrence. With theso tuuu patriotism i* dead.
If not deud, it * loops. At this hour, a majority
of the Republican party in Massachusetts do ip.
watdly rejoice at the John Brown raid.”
“They *eo nothing but subject for mirth in the
spectacle of alarm presented by the men ami wo
meu of Virginia ! To-day, a majority of them
do not think, or if they think they daro not say.
that John Brown ought to sutler doath ! To day,
a majority of the Republican party in New Eng
land do not intend to give prompt, cheerful, cor
dial obedience to all the requirements of tho Cun
?L l ia. ti \e : „ y < si. Awt- 1 \<r *k - < -r U
slave*, in accordance with oniuditutional oidiga
lions, bo returned to their musters! They heap
t vulgar ribaldry on the men who sny that the
South cannot and will nut long submit to th#
robberies and murders of northern fanaticism!
They babble about tho inability of the South to
live without the North ! They rave like idiot*
about tho numerical superiority of the North,
just as though in a right euuse, men, proud men,
ever waited to coolly count the cost when their
honor wa.s assailed, their lives aud properly put
iu peril!”
Arc all these facts nnd a thousand others which
have transpired und are transpiring nil over th#
North, noovidence of sympathy for Brown anti
of a deep noted widely extended hatred of slavery
and slaveholders. A hatred ami hostility which
never stop# at nothing in Its mad career, not even
the spilling of human blood and the destruction
of the property ami lives of tho Hontheru pcopl<f!
Disclaim a* they may—disavow as you please
the scutlments and nett of Brown, the fact is ap
parent that it is the settled design of the Repub
lican parly to break down und destroy th Insti
tution ot slavery iu the Southern Stales, wliuik
ever they obtain political power, and they intend
to do it by fair means or by foul. If they oau
not accomplish it in ono way, they are resolved
to do it in another. The Henutor from New
Hampshire (Mr. Hale) “says that tho Repnbli- ,
can party docs net appeal to the slave* of th#
South- -they appeal to the slaveholders.” Sir,
what is Helper# hook? Is no appeal made to
our slaves iu that scandalous document of which
a hundred thousand copies have already been
subscribed for and circulated by tho leading
men of the Republican party of the North?
which lias been approved and udvnnced by sixty
eight Republican member* of tho last Congress*
and which has been especially commended to the
public taste and confidence by their great leader
tho lion. Win. 11. Howard—no appeal to the
slaves? That book is an appeal from beginning
to end, to tho meanest passions of the non slave
holders of the Southern States and to tho slaves
themselves, exciting them to acts of (reason, in
surrection, robbery, arson aud murder. You are
responsible for the contents of that hook and the
offects which it wa* intended and is calculated to
produce. It was intended to excite to iusurres
tioa and bloodshed, rubbery and murder und the
whole course and policy of your party tend to
tho same diabolical end. 1 tell Kenalurs that tho
Sou thorn people aro becom ng aware of tho deep
nnd damnable design* of the Northern Republi
cans, who at# the contending power of t ho North
ern Stales. Tho Senator from Now Hampshire
(Mr. Hale) say* Ihut oven tho Democrata of the
North, or soum es (hem, have rejoiced over the
transactions at Harpers Ferry, because, they may
produce a political effect favorable to that party.
I should rejoice to know that such was the only
uiotivo and reason for tho expression of such
sympathy ut Ibo occurrence referred to; but 1
four, sir, that too many even of the Northern
Democracy arc hostilu to slavery nnd are willing
to put it down by any mean*. I fear, sir, that
too many of the Northern Democracy are desert
ing to tho standard and causo of abolition, be
cause the Republican party has exhibited a grea
ter zeal iu it* lue/iMiire against {Southern slavery,
I wish the Democracy of llm North ware puier
and hotter than they uro. 1 wish they wore
sounder and bolder aud more determined. I fear,
*ir, that upon lliia great question of domestic
slavery, if the Northern Democratic party is uot
already becoming corrupt, it i> at least enrrupta
bio and in tho end will be swallowed up in aboli
tionism. But sir, whatever may be tho ultimate
stftto of the Northern mind—however grossly it
may become saturated with tho spirit of fuuati
oism and however Wide-spread may becomo that
ruthless and vindictive jealousy of arbitrary hos
tility which brought John Brown to the gallows,
the Houfh, liko Virginia, will bo üblo to take caro
of herself. In tho pride and power of her sover
eiguty, that old commonwealth, tho mother of
slates and of statesmen, lias spurned ull foreign
aspiration, bus with her own native sons aud her
own strong arms driven the invaders from her
soil, consigned thorn to an Ignominous death and
vindicated her courage and her honor. Sir, wo
arc üblo to defend ournclves and we intend to do
it, and whatever may be your political course or
purioual fiction against the South nnd her Insti
tutions, you mn> rely upon it that wo shall be
over prepared, ready, willing and able to defend
ourselves against your ussaulls, even nt the sneri
flro of that glorious l/nion which you affect so
much to love and revere.
The Exerullon At ( harlcatown, Virginia.- Attemp
ted Lsrapr. ke.
(,'haim.krtox, Tfeo., 10.
Noon.—Tho two negro prisoners, Green# and
Copeland, were executed at 11 o’clock this fore
noon. A large crowd attended to witnes* the
bunging of the prisoners, but alt passed quietly
under strict military discipline.
Cook and Coppie attempted to escape last
night. They had mounted thu jail wall when
they were discovered by tho sentinel on tbo out
side, who immediately gave tbe alarm and fired
upon them. They bad sawed their manacles
asunder with tho hludu of a Barlow knife, which
they had concealed anil mado into a fine saw.
it is uNOurtuiuod from thoir oonfeasiou that they
have been engaged iu preparing for their eseapo
during the last ten duj #. They innda a hole iu
the wall near tbo window, which they concealed
witii paper, hiding thu bricks they removed under
the bed.
Upon tho alarm being givon, thoy made no re
sistance, but surrendered as soon a* thoy discov
ered by the shot of tho sontinel that they were
detected.
CharletUmn Dec. Ifl —[Second be*palrh.\—
Cook uud Ceppio, nnd Sho two negroes, Copeland
and Ureone, paid (tie penalty of their lives to
day. Tho crowd iu town was very great. Tho
execution wa# witnessed by IflflO people. At
nina o’clock, A. M., the field wa occupied by tho
troops, and the prisoners arrived on tho ground
nt 11 o’clock. r \ ho prisoner# were in a wagon, in
which also woro the ahoriff and the jailor. They
mounted the #caflold with a firm step. The cup#
wore then placed over thoir heads : an appropri
ate prayer wa# made by Rev. Mr. Noilu of tbo
I’resbytcriau Cbtmdt, nnd tboy wore launched
into eternity. Before tho rope was cut, Greene
wa# heard to ottor a fervent prayer, hut Copeland
wns not heard to pray. Ureeno’s neck was bro
ken, find ho died without a struggle. Copeland
writhed with violent contortions for several tniu
ntos.
On tho scaffold, tho prisoners bade ad it: a ta tho ,
three clergymen, Me*#r# North, Waugh and j
Lohr, and boned to moot them in heaven. Tho ,
drop fell at 11 minutes past II o'clock. Their
bodies were placed in jail for interment to-mor
row.
Last night, on tho receipt of tho new* of th#
attempt of Cook and Coppie to escape, Governor j
Wise telegraphed to General Taliaferro tn take ,
possession of tho jail, which was accordingly j
done.
Chorlretoirn, Dec. Ifl.— [Third Deepoteh.] - -
Tho negroes were oxecutod at 11 o'clock. Cook
snd Coppio wore exeoflted shortly after. There
wa# no disturbance. No particulars woro receiv
ed.
Charhctoxrn, Dee. Isl, 3% P. M -[Special
Deepateh to (lov- —Governor Wise: The
four felous hare boen hung. All passe/1 off with
dignity and in slUnfo. A large crowd of citi
Bens wore present, and a few from ft diztauce.
There w# no trouble of any sort. I had to oh
servo strict military surveillance and discipline
W. IJ. TALIAFKRRO.
Major General Commanding.
JTo*. J. A. RTALr.wonTir.—Wo regret to an
nonnee that Hon. J. A. Stallworth ha* barn pre
vented hy revere indisposition, from taking his
seat In Congress. Ho is now, however, impro-
K* g rspldly, and expects a start for Wishtng
vt in *Ar d*r - Hr*'*"*, iW ***■
COLIMBIN. TO HMD AT, I)F4 F.MOKK 39. 1H&0.
Public Opinion In lltc Month
The political eodiac of to-day aheunda In hope
ful indications. At no period ainoo the first as
sault upon tho eontUutioiiAl righta of tho Sooth
••rn people have they exhibited ao clearly as now,
a spirit of determined resistance, or shown great
er williagneni to accept the proper alternative to
n slavish aud cowardly ao<|iiiescenco. Tho de
\ cluptuept of this sentiment is recogniced in the
tone of the political preae, in the oonversation es
the quiet butaturliug men of the country, and iu
the attitude of Southern Representatives in the
Federal Capitol. Tho “raw head und bloody
buiica” of disunion has lost its power to frighten
weak men and old women, and tho wholoj South
1* on ita foot, ready to nsrert its manhood and
vindicate its truth. In all the diseuaeiona which
the crisis through which wo aro pussing bn*
evoked, not one word ha* been breathed of foer
that tho Union may bo destroyed. Its antago
niMu to tho rights, interests and safety of the
liglit, that men of all parties bavo come to regard
it, if not with a kind of aversion, at Unst with
indifference, and, to day, if tho foot woro mad#
known to tho Southern people that ita fate is seal
ml, it* dissolution accomplished, scarcely a ,boll
would be tolled or a ting lowered, while a sense of
roliof, a throb es exultation would be felt in thou
sand* of patriotic heart* nnd home*. Unless vve
were a witness to tho truth, wo could scarcely
have believed it. There hnre been faets in the
history of tho Southern people which gave Honm
color of truth to tho idea that continued endu
rance bad enamored them of oppression—that
tho iron had eaten into tlioir soul* nnd excited a
love forth# chains they bad soloag and patiently
worn. But recent cronta have exposed tho error
of tho calculation. What odious and offensive
legislation oould not do; what gross insult and
bitter reproach and hostile throat failed to effect,
a single overt act. though promptly rebuked and
aveuged, has accomplished. Tho Harper’s Ferry
affair, insignificant in itself, but momentous la
its results, hns stirred Southern fooling to its
lowest depths nnd “dragged np drowned honor by
the locks.” The masse* aro thoroughly aroused
and intensely alive to tho issue. From every
quarter cofoos the cry, “down with fanaticism or
down with the Union.” Tho acts and sugges
tions of tho political trickster will suffice no Ung
er, and, like their inventor, will bo spurned and
overridden. lie who faltors is disgraced, and
“be who doubts is damnod.” The Southorn ap
petite La* fed on shadows long enough —ad nuu
team. It has drawn its sastenanco from plat
forms nnd resolutions, till those no longer have
power to Bupport life. The patient must have
richer and more substantial food. There must
boa radical obange in the legislation of tho coun
try. This must, of course, bo preoeded by a liko
revolution in tho Northern mind. The Nerth
must not only profess a willingness to coDcode to
us our right*,but must make a positive demonstra
tion of this fooling by ijrantiny them. Failiugin
this, tho South will declare her independence, and
God spued tho day, say we.
rirrumstuntr* niter Ctnrt.
The Democracy in Congress had a chance to
elect a Bouthem man Speaker of tho House of
Representative# ou Friday. Tho 7th ballot stood
.Shorgian W 6. Uocock 86, Gilmer 36, Scatter
ing l>. Neeesuary t<> a choice 114. It thu# ap
pears that enough of the more conservative Nor
thern Opposition on this LulUting voted for Gil
tner to have elected him, had the democracy vo
ted for him. Combined, they would havo counted
12J vote*, Icitviug L* the Hluok Republican# and
scattering only 105. This is the only ohurmo tho
.South bus yet had to secure the Spouker, and tbe
Jjeiueoiutic members front the South refused to
outhruce it. TIIO fact needs no comment.
The above i* front tho Enquirer jof Monday.—
Wo presntno the ballot which gave Mr. Giluicr
enough Republican,votes to eli him, provided
the whole Democratic voto,had been cast for him,
was tho ballot preceding tho one wberohis name
wa# withdrawn by the South-Americans and Mr.
Rotelor, of Virginia, nominated* in,his stead. Thi#
unexpected compliment to Mr. Gilmer from a
Republicans on eti# ballot was not anticipated
even by tho South-Americans, how much soever
such an honor'was duo Mr.’Gtimer by tho )North
from his troaohory heretofore to tho South in
opposing tho 2pro-slovcry Lcoompton Constitu
tion with Mr. Douglas and ,hia follower*. Tho
Democrata could nol t have foreMecn tho intention
of tho Republicans to give Mr. Gilmer a voto suf
ficient to elect him with the of
tho Northern and Southern Democracy.
But grant such an impossibility. That tho
ohauco was on one ballot • Acred the domocratsto
elect a Southern man. Tho Enquirer is indig
nant that the opportunity was not embraced—
that tho Northern, Western and Southern deu -
ocrats, who now voto for'Mr. Bocock, a slave
holder and a good man, did not desert him for
Mr. Gilmer. Wbnt tbo com
bine and elect 0 Southern man, when Lbe}riemo
crats and Americans have sufficient^strength !
How suicidal! How impolitic! How fatal to
the South that eighty-eight democrat# .would not
combine with thirty-six Americans to elect a
Southerner in the person of Mr. (>dinar,{the Sou
thern Opposition Candidate! Sltnnie upon Ihe
Democraey! 80 regardless of th© honor and in
tegrity of tbo South us to refuse tho combination
and let eseupe tho only chance to elect Jn South
ern Npcuker! Patriotic words for the IKnqttirer.
Rising above party prejudice'and'party passion,
and Inrhing the *ide> of the for tho
their fealty to purty, above tbe interest and com
mon weal of,tbo South! Not no with thu( Suuth-
American*! Brave, courageous, Spirited, South
erners, lot tho chance present itself jto coalesce
with any party to elect a Southern man Speaker,
aud their arms of pHrty arof grounded and the
opportunity is seized with hot impatience. Oh !
yea! And yet the Enquirer —how wo dislike to
#ty it—counselled tbo Southern Opposition mem
ber# of Congress never to coalesce with tho
Democrats, though n Southerner could bo elected.
That is to say, the Ewptirar loved the Booth o
well, that it preferred that its party should stand
aloof aud not vote for a Southern Democrat, if
by the ur ion thu democrat should be olocted.
How cireumiitunces alter oasei! It is a great
crime foritho’eighty-eigbt .Democrats to refuse
on one ballotfto support a Southern opposition
! member for Speaker, who received thirty-six
I votes, but tho Enquirer tolls its party before
j Congress assembles, krvrr to comxixb with
tup, DKMouiUTf). Tho Enquirer thought then
thnt the Do in ocrats’would receive enough votes,
comhiued with the Americans, to elcet their
! S|*a.ker, and it showed its devotion to Ike South,
I it# disinterestedness of mere party, by advising
a littlo tump of Bouth-Ainericsns never to
[ elect a Southern bomeerat, no matter how sound,
by their rotes, in tho language of our eotein
| penny, “the fact needs no comment.”
Judge IW-nnlng’s Letter.
Wc publish to-day a letter from Jtdge Ban
ning, expressing hie views in relation to his re
cent appointment, a* delegate for t>o Htato at
l.irgn, to tbe Charleston Convention We bospesk
for it u careful reading. Tho authority of tbo
Con Ton tioll, to which ho owes bis appointment,
to bind tbo pnrty, be discuss## In a calm and able
manner, and, wc think, bis argument forever set
tles the qtioctinn against It. We hope that the
Mar<-h Con/entieo will re-appoint Judgo Henning,
and that ho will forego his own inolinatlou and
ncj ‘pt. n posit ioa in which he would bo os so much
I service to a Houthern constituency. Our section
| cannot bo toe nutneroudy represented by aucb
| men.
PEYTON H. COLQUITT, 5
JAMES W. WARREN, < Edltor ’
Number 52
COHHfTNICATKJ).
T* th* Editor* of th* Cotumhu* Time*.
IlnruiiH,-1 >oo that tho late Conrontlon at
Milh!gcvflle, ha. appointed mo a delegate to tha
Charle.toa Convention. I am duly sensible of
the honor of this appointment, bat neTerlhel...,
1 Teel bound te.ay, that I think tho appointment
need, tho ratification of the part, to mako it val
id. Whj ] think .o, I will .tale.
Flrt, tho persons who e*lf*i the Convention
were merely domoeratie member, of the Legi.la
lure. They were not representatives of thedo
mncratlo party. Therefore, they had no oulhorl
ty to call the Convention.
Secondly, the persons who oompotti the Con
vention, were, as to the fhr greater part of then:,
merely the appointee, of thoso same member, es
the legislature who madetbo call for the Conven
tion, snd not at all tho appointees of tho party in
the different eeuntiet. Thia happened thus
When thoae members made tho call for the Con
vention, they also made a reaolve, that any coun
ty's demoeijttj"„tM)tave< ni tho Convention, if
tha county should fail to send delegates to tko
Convontion. A largo majority of tho derooeraiio
counties did ftiil to send delegates t* tho Conven
tion. Their members to tho legislature, acting
on the rosolve aforesaid, took seats as their dele
gates in the Uonvoution. And thus a very large
majority of those whe composed the Convontion
woro democratic members of the legislature ap -
pointed to thoir place by democratic membot s es
tbo legislator* shindy themselves. Thcso aro
facts, as 1 ain informed.
Now, I suppose that there is no body who will
contond that delegates thus appointed had any
authority to act for tho party. Could tho demo
cratic members of Congress, by a resolve of thi*
kind, turn themselves into a democratic Convon
tion for tho nomination cf President and Yica
President? No, all will aaswor. But as well
might they do that as the domoeratie tueinbers of
a Slato Legislature do wbat was done by thorn.
Thoo, tbo call of the Convention was defective,
and tho eompoeitinn of it was defective. Tho per
sons who made the call and who appointed a ma
jority of the members, were without authority to
do either of those things.
Indeed, it is not iasisted, T believe, that those
persons bad the authority to do either of those
things; all that is claimed is, that in doing thoso
things thoy had tho sanction of usngo—the sanc
tion es similar action in tbo democratic members
of some previous legislatures. But it will be
fouiul, lain quite sure, that in all of thoso previ
ous instances, tho action of the democratic mem
bers of the legislature received a ratification by
the party—the ratification of a silent acquies
cence. And any ratification is equivalent to an
authorisation. If then, tho notion of the demo
cratic members was valid in thoso previous in
stances, its validity wa* derived from ita ratifica
tion by the demoeratie pnrty, and not from any
autherity in thoso demoeratie members. So that
the argument from usage proves nothing In the
present case, because thero baa not boen, ms yet,
in tho present case, any ratification by tho party.
But tho timo for ratification, I knew, is not
past. The party may still ratify this action either
by silent acquiescence or by positive approval,
through a Convontion preperly formed.
Tho Executive Committee of tho democratic
party has cnllod a Convontion of tho party for
the 2d of March, to appoint delegatus to the
Charleston Convention. Will that be a Con
vention which, if it assembles, will havo tbo
power to rntify or reject tho action of the lato
Convontion? I think so. The question I sup
pose, depends on this—did the Couvonti-n which
appointed that committoc, havo tho power to au
thorize thu committee to call such a Convention
as the one it oolJod.—namely,a Convention to ap
point delegates to the Charleston Covntktf).—
Tho Convention which uppointod the committee
wss the party Convention, ut which tho last can
didate for Governor was nominated, and it is, I
know, thought hy some that suob a Convention
has not the authority to busy itself with any
thing but the nomination of a candidate for Gov
ernor, and tho preparation for the eall of another
Convontion for tho nomination of the next candi
date for Governor.
This, I think is 100 narrow a view of the sub
jeet. Such Conventions disease raon and meas
ures; prineiples and practice ; they do not stop
at discussion ; they go on to judgment and deci
sion; they approve; they condemn; they pardon;
they punish. Now if a Convention has the pow
er to do thiugs of this grave importance, has it
not the small power to call the party together to
prepare for elections—a power hardly susceptible
of abuse—a power involving littlo dauger, and
yet a power of most obvious utility ! I think so.
A party without such a power lodged iu the hands
es lomo permanent body, is almost without or*
ganisation. lias not every Convention of a party
the right to provide for keeping tho party in a
state es organisation, on which its efficiency so
much depends ?
I think then, that the Executive Committee
had the pew<-r to mnke their eall of the Conven
tion for the Id day Jof March. And, therefore,
that whatever that Convention, if it shall assem
ble, may do In the premises, will bo binding.
Butsupposo mo wrong jn all that, I have said
what is tho best course for those to pursue, who
think me so—those who tbiuk that In some way
the late Convention became clothed, with authori
ty to met for the party, and therefore, that Itseic
tion is valid. It is this, I most respectfully sub
mit to them, that they recognize as valid, the call
of the Kxooutlve Committee, and tako steps to bo
represented in the Convention called by that
Committee. In Ibis way they cau make the ae
tion es the lato Convention valid, if it is not val
id—that is thoy caa do so, if it has a majority of
the party in its favor, and if it has not it ought
not to bo valid ; in this wny an ugly difforento in
tho party will Le settled ; in this way tho ap
appearanee of two delegations at Charleston will
he prevonted ; in this way all the chances aro (Oc
good, none for evil. It ie apparent that the Con
vention called hy the Committee is going to as
semble. Lot us asceptfacts. Th:.t being so, is there
any eourse better for any port left of tho party
than the one I suggest? I do not sou that there
is. There is not, I feel confident, for tho party
itself.
From what has been Said it appsars that my
position is this.- that unless my appoiotmeot skull
b* ratified by the party, 1 shull consider it of no
validity ; that if it shall be silently acquiesced hi
by the party, 1 shall consider It rutifled; that if
it shall he positively approved by the March Con
vention, I shall consider it ratified ; that if it
shall he and eapproved by tbo Mure ; Conven
tion, I shall consider it not ratified, and tlierefoei
iu remaining invalid.
I heg to say in conclusion, that I do not wish
to be a member of the Charleston Convention,
and that 1 hope and request that the March Con
vention will put someone in my place as a dele
gate to thut Convention.
lIEKItT L. BENNIKfI.
LotTlsnbLfl lloa Tuxm.—The number of
hogs killed that far tnis season around tho falls
at Leuisrille, is 178,83.1 head, against 231,100
head, the sauio date last year. Tho number in
iuns on Saturday evening was 16,4rtT Load, ma
king the total receipts this year 188,300 head.
It is thought that tb packing around the falls
this year will ranch 200,000 head, which will be
24,000 Lees ths/i last year. The Journal of Mon
day, says the beg market has assumed a vary
quiet appoaranoe, and lowor prices would be ac
cepted. A lot of heavy, for which a week ago
$6.78 would havo been demanded, wire offered
yesterday at |6JO, without finding a bay Or.