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Newspaper Page TextR. ELLIS &, GO., Proprietors. Volume XV. 1860 NEW 1860 SIPRUSTO- GOODS, GEO. A. NORRIS, RESPECTFULLY announce# to hi* customers aad the public generally that he is receiving one of ih : largest and moat uriractiw assortments of FANCY A.M) STAPLE DRY-GOODS, irithwcity, which he offer* for sale on die mom ac . om.'iioda in terms, mut earnestly solicits an examin atimi. coiiliileut th itthc Good* w ill please and price* wii be perfectly *>Ui*tactory To enumerate would be tedi >u The Sto kofljadi®*’ Dree* Good* jii .i Silk tto ea; Pr“ucl O,gaudies, (.awns. J. cod 't, UmoaiUe.aiid AngUise Robcs.wiih from neven toe even Fl mucus; Fren-h. English and Amertan Caicos; White Good# ofall kind ; Sets of Jaconet, l inen and L ice; Lace Point* nud M ntilla*r Anglaise Linen and he k D-t-n>, a heavy euppiy of Linen und Domestic Goods; CotNUOf improved flj les,and 1100, Skirts without limit. GEORGE AN ORRIS, * No. UO Broad Street. Columbus, Ga. March *—dttwlra. TRY THE GARGLING OIL Tb-atNovor Falls .1# a Liniment for Horn* if has no equal. Front a Veterinary Surgeon, Ttconderoga New York. March l. Hs*. THIS tato certify that I, Win. Edwards, an Eng llsh Veterinary Surgeon, having had occasion tu purchase a b-Mtle of your valuable Gargling oil of Mr C D Smith, your agent, 1 applied ttfnanum brr <>f surgical operation* with wonderlul effect; and dudmg it al and rnocb more than recoin mended, I have used it since in every variety of disease, and found it to be almost of magical service in every case. Asa Liniment for human flerh it is not sur passed bv any other in use WM EDWARDS. Sabepta, Mis *ept.M, 1859. M. 11. Tucker Sc Cos: Gentlemen—Please torward to me at Oxford Depot 3 do* Large liizeO. Oil, 3d-x Medium and 6 do* Small. 1 am nearly out. only 8 botiles on hand. I think by next year the Gargling Oil will so off very fa*t, as (tie increas<ng in demand. 1 had un application for it from Tennessee eighty mile* ftwni here, an* sent the oil b mail. Yours, 4-c. JNO. P MeLARTY, P M. Extractor a letter from E. Barnard, druggist, Tal lahassee, Fla , dated Feb. 19. t*sl Enclosed please find draff on Messrs. Goodhue A Cos. New York for one hundred dollar*. You will send us in the coming spring some of the dollar jind fifty cent bot'les. The Gargling Oil will m all probability take well, a* it has become a little kn own, and all wbo have used it speak well of it Gov, R. K. Call esteem* it very highly, not only for raffle, but for use among negroes utfi.cted with Rbeu tuatic And other affections. This valuable Oil is for sale wholesale and retail by Pemberton • Carter, Columbus; Zelin Jf- Hunt, Macon. a n d by Druggists in every county April 1, IbdO—w3m The Driggs Patent Piano, THESE BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTS Are the Best in the Woi Id ! s 0 say the (test judges of Europe and r America. 8. R. Diiggs, of New York, I? ? I I Its the inven'or and patentee They a-e made .ns much as possible* like the Violin, having two sounding boaid* one at the top, the other at the bot tom converging outwards; a thin case with oval ends, ail free from the Mrarn ofil.e Hirings, which corneH on an non Game or bed plate. By these and other pe culiar arrangements, a better tone is produced than ivasrver heard in a niauo before, a deep, organ toned bass and a brilliant bell ike treble 1 hey will stay m tune much longer than any other piano, the tension o| the strings not being effected by and mp or and y weather. Any guarantee as to their durability will be given to panics purchasing, and they will be kept in tune two years free of charge by the agent Nev er was there so many combinations that go to nnke a good and durable instrument in a piano befor *, and w hoever says differently is either ignorant or tell# a foisth‘-od The Agent, wh • has been tuning and re p iring i tanos for 23 YE . as, claims to understand the instrument thoroughly Di. tiling* of Columbus owns the one that was on exhil ition at the Perry House. Two b • t been sold to teachers in Macon, and seven to othe r person*. These Pianos cost from * 275 to GOO. Any further information willne checrftilly given. Direct .all com munications to O B ItICE, M tcon. Ga. Hole age t for the sale of these Piano* in Georgia m rch 96, l*(10 w ‘in. Pianos Melodeons & Organs. BRANDS & KRONER 49 BROAD STREET, °FPER th**ir Piano* of ilie best me in New Vurka.nl Boston at nor hern price*. All theit Instrument* J J w J j/ivill hej warranted A good Piano foi StW and up to •55'*. Prince’s Mel‘*don lor *5 • to 150. Tue genuine Alexander Organ troin f3OO io #4s* One of them, a magnificent Instrument, may be seen at our Store. No. 46 Broad street. March 19, IB6o—wly KAKItI lt S 4.ICAH W ilt OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, jmMlmtxm BEING an Improvement on Mom*’* £l Philosophic Grammar, and the only ViPw n ’" rti 1,1 w * , ‘ ch word* are parsed in rmmmmamr accordance with reason and common Kense cp cimCn copies may be obtained by enclos ing 3m rentsinttamps to (Jlieffio and Johnson Co !umbos.Ga J. L. BARKER. February 6tb, 1860—w30. SANFORDS’ LIVER IpiVIGORATOR NEVER DEBILITATES. I T IS COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY from *mms,and 1 has become an established fbet, a standard medicine approved by all that , , have used It, and is re sorted to with con ft- Rfi ; deuce in all diseases for which it is recommend- ■■ ed. It hus cured thousands § withinthe last two years who had given up hope -of relief as numerous unsolicited certificates ™ in my possession show. The dose must be adapted to the temperament of the individual takmg it and used in such quan tities as io actgently on 5 the bowels. Let the dictates of your m. judgment guide you in use us the LIVER /JV- VIQORAT'OR. tnd it will cure Lttcr Owe- jUumta, BILIOUS At tack*. DYS PE PS/A, m Chronic D tar r kata, SUMMER COM- PLAIMTW VSENTE RY, OROFSY, SOUR STOMACH, Halntuol COS TI YE MESS, Choi- j£ CHOLERA Ckole ra Murtrus, CHOLERA m ■ INFANTUMFLATU LENCE JAUNDICE, Female WEAK ENSU ES, and may he used successfully as an Ordin ary, Family Multan*. — fig It will cure SICE HEADACHE, (as * thousands can testify) m twenty Mi antes, rig tie* or three 7V rpounfnla arc tails !at commencement oflhe attack AU mho tun it aft ™ giving their testimony ■in its favor ari i mix water in toe mouth with the in- VIQ ORATOR, AND SWALLOW B*TH TOGETH ER PRICE ONE DOLLAR HER BOTTLE ALSO, SANFORD’S F .MILV Chathartic Pills, COMPOUNDED FROM Pure Vegetable Extracts, and pat op la UU> Caiti. Air Tight, and will keep In any Climate. The FAMILY CA ‘thartic Pill In a gen tle out active Cathartic Q which the pioprietor haa ue<i in lu practice more . Ithan twenty year*. T i constantly increaelni JP demand from those who have long used the PILLS . and the satisfaction which allcipresiuregardtoiheir H,use,has induct'd me to put them in the reach of aILM The prniession well know that different rhatharics action differentptrtiontor. the bowels. The FAMILY CA j>;T fl A KTI C PILL haa with due reference to well established fact bsenc impounded from Tj variety ofthe purest vege table emacfs, which act , alike on every part of the alimentary canal, and are 4 eoodand sale in all cas es where a chathartic i* needed. euch os De * A NOEMENTS of th e UTOMAt If. Sleefi ne*s PAINS in Titr Cj BACK AND LOIN H, t, riVENES 8. PAIN and Soreness over the WHOLE BODY ~ from sudden cold, which frequently, if neglected qj end in a longcourseorFe ver. LOSS OF APPE M HTE. a Cbienno Sen sation or Cold oven [j the Body, Rkstless- Ngsa. HEADACHE p weight in the Head, all INFLAMMATORY H Diseases. WORMS, ip Children or Adults, “ Rheumatism, a Oreo. Purifier of the Blood !ws andmanydiseasestowhich tlesh is heir, too numerou* w to mention In this adver tisement. DOSE Ito S. (’ j Price 30 Cents. THE LIVER IV VIOORATOR and FAMILY CA THARTII PILLS are retailed by Druggists generally .and sold wholesale and retail by the Trade in all Die large towns. [ 8. T. W. SANFORD, M. D. f Manufacturer and Proprietor, urtelT—wSm- 13d Broadway. New York. WANTED, I A A A SHINGLE BLOCKS (to square not teas than 1 UUU * foot) delivered to Colurr.biis. for which a fair price In Cash wiU he giran Applv to eet 17 -wtf JOSEPH R WYNN NOTICE. A LL persona indebted to J. ENNIS k. CO , either Vote or Account, oast due are requested to tang liinitnSms without delay, and 7 * \Meo m~ynt X **■’ \North anu At 1 (M-reons AijUlodfl of lit* bv§foteor Acch. BARNES * come forward and aettl p . Columbus, March I, low—wt rr, in. / C / f S] / lie 0 olumbiw KtecHt limes. # W (OLIMBIH, TTKSDAY, APRIL*IO, ISM. thurleston toivratlon and Baltimore Opposition Convention It U amusing to witness the efforts of the Op position pres* in this Sta*e, to prejudice the peo ple against tho Democracy, and to control in a measure tho action of the National Convention. VYe never permit our enemy to select the ground of battle for us, and arrunge the torms upon which we can dofeat them easily. They are much exercised lest tho platform of principles laid down at Charleston will not contain some plank that will break up the Democratic party, or weaken its strength among the people. This concern, on tho part of our opposition friends, docs not proceed from their love of patriotism or devotion to the South, but simply to win the spoils, and enjoy the fruits of a temporary victory. This is no idle as sertion; for the lights of tho past history of the opposition are a sufficient guide for the future. It is true, they were very rash beforo the Baltimore Convention assembled four years ago, which nom inated Mr. Fillmore, and took high Southern ground. But they backed down from it the mo ment Mr. FiUtnore was nominated, and gave him their hearty support. No one would have bo lieved then, that having resolved in solemn con clave not to support any candidate for the Presi dency of the United States, who would not en dorse, in “spirit and in subatance, M their own platform, that they would “ wheel about, and turn about, and jump Jim Crow,” when Mr. Fillmoro was put forward upon a declaration of principles that not only ignored the Georgia and Alabama resolutions, but actually struck out the famous twelfth section, which was the “ sugar in the gourd” of that platform for the Sooth. When the opposition party have such a record as this, and the necessity staring them in the face of changing their name every canvass to got rotes, their tdod esty at least might suggest to them not to cast stones at the Democrats. Pray, what do they in tend to do ? this great Constitutional Union pur ty—-built up on the wrecks of wbiggery, know - nothingism and oppositionist!!—three distinct names under which the taction opposed to the Democracy have fought the three last campaigns. Do they propose any thing ? Do thoy daro as sert (hat they will demand protection at all haz ards? What! A Union party for “all sections,” outside of the Democratic party, to assert this ? Such broken down politician* as Crittenden, Dell, Dates, et id omni genu*, to stand npon any other platform than that of the “Constitution, the Unton and the enforcement of law ?” “ Tell it not in Gath!” Tho Opposition National Convention will take any platform to whip the Democrats. They care nothing for principles, but want the spoils. And we venture the assertion, that they will take any aspirant before the Charleston Convention who is defeated there, if there is a bare prospect of beating the Doiuocracy with him, or even di viding it. Nor will they ask for a moment what his peculiar views may bo upon this or that ques tion, but will bo satisfied to know that he is their ally, and fighting under their banner. Such is I the predicament now of the Opposition Party South. Alabama cannot agree with Georgia as to the line of policy to pursue. Georgia cries, hurrah for a Constitutional Union party to defeat the Democracy. Alabama—down with & Union party, and hurrah for a Southern Rights party to conquer their enemies. Thus thoy go. What a mass of incongruous elements! “Black spirits and white. Red spirits and grey.” Yet, this is the party that essays to teach the Democracy devotion to tho South, and attach ment to principle! Tho Democracy can stand alone. The only barrier to tho triumph of Black Republicanism ; the only party that has stood the test of time; the only party that is founded upon ■he doctrine of State Rights, and a strict con struction of federal grants—it will rise up in beau ty and glory, liko Mount Atlas, while the storms and tempests of party prejudice and party strife break their billows at its feet. Young Men’s .Christ lan Association. The 4th Conference of the Bth district of tho Young Men’s Christian Association will meet in this city on the 20tb of April, inst. Tho chaugo in the time of the Conference was made to accommodate the delegates to the Gene ral Conference at Now Orleans, who can return through this city by tbe 20th inst. The committee of arrangements h ive conferred with the various railroads upon which delegates will travel, and all heard from have consented to allow the delegates to tbe Conference to return free. Ample arrangements have Leon made to accom modate tho delegates with houses daring their stay with us, aod the Association in this city will greet with warm hearts and a cordial welcome all who come. A Liberal Cun struct 100. Hceolved, That in respect to tbe Territories, the common property of the United States, it is tbo right of the citizens of tho United States lawfully and permanently residing in any Terri tory thereof, to frame thuir constitution aud laws, and to regulate their domestic and social affairs in their own mode, subject only to the provis ions of the federal Constitution, with the privi lege ol admission into tbe Union, whenever they have tho requisite population for one representa tive in Congress. Provided always, That non© but those who are eitisens of the United .States under the Constitution aud laws thereof, find who have a fixe 1 residence in any such Territory ought to participate in the formation of the con stitution, or io tbe en.-ictzuent of laws for said Territory or State. The above is one of the number of resolutions which have been offered by Mr. Kennedy of Ma ryland, ae a substitute for tbe Senatorial caucus resolutions, and tbe Enquirer says that they “embrace the policy of the conservative Opposi tion party in Congress,” and “reject the Squat ter Sovereignty features of the Kansas-Nobraska Act.” Really our cotemporary is relaxing itself amazingly. But a few moons since and nothing short of positive protection by Congress to slave property in tbe Territories, would satisfy it. This it demanded of the Democracy. But the time is fast approaching when the Oppoiition must take ground upon this question, and lo! tho vine be gins to wither. The doctrine of “protection” is ignored altogether or covered up in such loose and vague phraseology, that its most intimate acquaintance* cannot recognize it. We believe we will double the reward lately offered, for an exposition which will demonstrate that “squatter sovereignty,” as heretofore understood and ex plained by the opposition is not embraced in the above resolution. The Defence of Vera Cruz. —The defence of Vera Cruz waa gallantly conducted by Oen eral Igleaiaa, aided by Arapudia, and by Col. Lane, an English engineer, whoae talents, ex perience and courage were of great assistance to the Liberalises. The troops (bays the New Orleans Delta,) consisted of about four hun dred regular soldiers and three thousand of the National Guard, who bore themselves with the steadiness and ardor of regular soldiers. Throughout the bombsrdtnenf, the citizens were animated by tho most enthnsiastic feel ings, and not a symptom of fear or infidelity was manifested. The loss of life waa trifling —but four persons having been killed by the bombardment, and four others met their deaths by the premature explosion of a large gun in one of the f< ‘• Thirty cr forty ia all, citizens and soldier * re wounded by the missiles THE UNION OK THE STATES, ANO THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES. thrown into thecity. Many of the more timid of the people took refuge, in the castle and the forts during the bombardment, but the great majority remained at their posts and in their house*. No damago was done to tho shipping in port. Altogether, the bombardment was a signal failure, and may justly bo regarded as the crowning disaster of the Miramon party. Death of Kx-srm iar) Paulding The lion. James lw. I'auldiug, formerly Secre tary of tho Navy, died at his residence near Tur rytown, Now York, on tho sth inst. In addition to high political positon as a fottuer Cabinet minister, Mr. Pauldiug wiu an author of somo celebrity, having in his earlier years published some very pleasing works of fiction. Rhode Island Election. — We learn from our exchanges that Win. Bpraguc, tho Democratic and Conservative candidate for Governor of Rhode Island,is elected by a very heavy majority. Artciuaa ward Coining. Tho following letter has boon handed to us by one of tho party to whom it is addressed. It is stamped with the genuine Montgomery post mark: Montgomery, April Ith, 1830. Deer Sure. I hav recevd A letlur frutu mi ole frend* the Bell Ringers Ac thay avize mo toe pas throu your city on mi \va north, hnviu met with extreani uteiishone from U—it real ly tuchia mi fealings, ns thuir iz but lit brito spots in tho shorn bisiness N when they do a pore they blme ini eizc with tears lor a Irene in kttc&du iz a Irene iudead. lam exibuting mi chaist & instruct!v sho in this plaice, com posed of wax (igurz & so (iti inctndiu a goodo orgitt playin 3tunzvi Jordin—Phu Daze— Bop goze the Wezeal mi objeck iu nten toe U tz to put in the papers n kard az satin as you did for mi freud & retur u toe him for the karactiruv mi sho. Piezo give this your ini ruejiPte attenshune, as the hot wether i* proaching fast df i am a frude the figors wont kenp. Yors, Artemas Ward Showman. To Mr. King, Alderman, W. T. Patterson, J. P. and others — Enquirer , bth in si. Excitement at Boston.—Arrest of F. W. Sa.nbukn by U. S. Officers.—A dispatch from Boston, dated the 4th int. says:—Dr. F. W. Sanborn was arrested at Concord, on Tuesday last, by Federal oliiceis, und.ra requisition from the Harp r’s Ferry Committee of the U. 8. Senate The arrest caused much excite meat, and he at first refused to accompHay the iitcers. He was hand cuffed and taken into carriage, struggling violently. The town bell was rung, and a crowd eol lecting, took Sanborn forctb y from the officers and retained him until a habeas corpus could be obtained from Judge Hoar, of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Thu case is now pr. greasing in Boston be fore a full bench, consisting of Judges Shaw, Metcalf. Bigelow, Merrick aud Hoar. The subject was introduced into the Legis lature tn the form of resolutions to employ the S ate’s Attorney to defend him, but the reso Unions were briefly discoursed and laid on the table. Boton. April 3.—Chief Justice Shaw, on the wiit o( habeas corpus, decided that the Ser Seaut at Arms of the Senate could not depute is authority to another party, and Sanborn was therefore discharged. He left with his fneuds for Concord- There was much applause in the court-room at the deoision. Military Knrampiurm. The Augusta Constitutionalist, of yesterday, says : “There seems to be a general desiro, judging from the remarks of tbo press, fur bolding a milt tary encampment this spring, and wc would sug gest tbo propriety of our volunteer battalion ta king some early action on tbe subject. We have suggested Augusta ns the place for holding the encampment, and if the soldiers of Augusta agree with us, it would be well, perhaps, to consider the subject at once. Wo presume that the locution and time will bo decided by a majority of the companies in tho State, aud of course, the sooner preferences are expressed, the bettor it will bo for all concerned.'’ Wo agree with the Constitutionalist that the sooner the placo for holding the encampment is settled upon the butter, but wo must insist that Savannah would be the most suitable place for tbe proposed grand pageant of tho volunteer sol diery of Georgia. As wo have before stated, Sa vannah has every facility that san be offered by any other oity iu the State, besides many advan tages which no other city in tbo Stato possesses. Most of these advantages wilt suggest themselves to tho miuds of our fricuds in the interior, but there are also economical considerations that ought not to be overlooked. Savannah is as con venient of access by the troops from all sections of the State as any other city that might be selec ted, and the companies above, on or near our lines of railroad, could of course reach Savannah as easily as the Savannah companies could reach, them. Therefore, when it is considered that our city has nine volunteer oorps, some of thorn com prising in the neighborhood of two hundred men, rank and file, and that in this and tbe adjoining counties on the seaboard are some five or six cav airy companies, whoso conveyance by railroad would be attended with much expense, risk and trouble, it seems to us certainly better, as a mat* ter of economy, that tbo companies of the other sections of tho State, who are mostly infantry corps, should visit Savannah. It is very desira ble that tbo volunteers of Georgia, of every arm, should be brought togother. This might bo ac complished if tbo cnuampuiont were held here; but we question very much whether it would be practic. ble for our cavalry squadron—so import ant and imposing a division of our military—to convey tboir horses bunded* of miles by railroad to onoof our interior cities. —Savannah Mornitty Nexos. A Bright Boy. We never read tbe scene in ileiiry IV., where Fat staff and I’riueo Henry exchanged characters, without thinking of aaimilir ono said to haveoo currcd in an aucient parsonagea great while ago. Tbe Hev. Mr. ltegulus was un excellent man ra ther eccentric and somewhat economical. Jonas, a farmer's boy, used sometimes to go with pres enta to the parsonage, a sharp-eyed little fellow, hi t rather uncouth in his manners. One day be brought in a leg us mutton, laid it down without ceremony, and w. s making off. * I’ll teach that boy a lesson In good manners,” said Mr. Kegulus to bin wife. “ lie needs to have tbe clown rubbed off a little.” “Jonas! come back here a moment. Don’t you know, my fine fellow, that you shouldn't come into a house in that way, without knocking and with your hat on. Sit down in my arm-chair. Imagme yourself the minister, and I’ll come in with the mutton aud show you how a boy ought to behave.” Jonas sits up gravely in the arm-chair, and Mr. Begulus goes cut with the leg of mutton. Enter Mr. Kegulus in the character of Jonas. Uo takes off his hat with a low bow. “ My father sends his compliments to Mr. Ileg ulus, and asks his pastor to accept a token of his regard.” Jonas, from the arm -ebuir: “I thank you; Mrs. Iteyulua, jut give that hoy a ndno-pence,” Tbe lesson was matnal.—-J/ottfi/y Religion* Magazine. Flint River Presbytery. -This body con vened in this city on Wednesday lost, and ended tbeirlabors on tbe following Monday. On Sun pay tbe solemn and very interesting ceremony of the installation of tbo Ilev. 11. F. Hoyt to the ministry and pastoral charge of the church of this city, took place with appropriate servioes.— Wo bavo never witnessed a more dignified and in telligent body of men than were assembled on this occasion. They have tbe neatest church in tbo city, with about twenty-five or thirty communi cants, and a congregation respectable in numbers. During tbe proceedings of the Presbytery, tbe church was usually crowded with citixens and strangers. Wo bavo not been furnished by tbe Secretary with tbe proceedings; when wc are we will lay them beforo onr readers as a matter of in terest and information. —Albany Patriot. LaGrange Female College Tbe sum of fourteen thousand, six hundred and fiAy dollars, have been subscribed by the citizens of LaGrange, to re-build the Metho dist College recently burned to the ground in that city. This amount is in the hands of Mr. A. E. Cox, the Treasurer of the Executive Board of Trustees. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1860. mtMBIH, WKUNKSDAY. APRIL 11. IMIO Rhudr Island Klrrtlon. Who Triumphed ? Tho Opposition of Georgia aro falling into a j great error in relation to the rocent Rhode Island i election. It is unfortunate lor them that they i should rejoice over the defeat of tho Republicans in that State, and have no word of commendation for tho Democrats wbo came within a few hun* dred votes of carrying the State of Connec ticut. They are hard pressed, however, and wc do not reproach them for appropriating exclu sively tho triumph in Rhode Island to the “con servative” opposition. What are the facts? Who has triumphed—nnd what has the South gained? To whom aro wc indebted for the overthrow of Republicanism in Rhode Island—and what wero the issues in the canvass? Our ootempontry of tho Enquirer has drawn a parallel between the points involved in tho election in this State and thoao discussed iu Connecticut, fur which it will receive tbe thanks of tho Democracy. The parallel is a sufficient commentary upon the soundness of the northern democracy, a* compared with the “conserve ivo opposition.” In Rhode Island tho eandidstefor Governor whs an old Hue whig, hut no “consorv- I alive” us to announce in every speech, and hsvo j it put at the head of every newspaper In tho J State, that he was “opposed to the extension of J tlavt rjf.” This was his position, as defined in n j Rhode Island paper before us, which advocated ! his claims. A bolter from the Republican con- * vention, aud carrying with him a rump of the Republican party, the Democracy united their atreugth upon Mr. Sprague, to dofeat the aboli tion nominee. It was a choice between two evils, lie wa9 not ns sound as the members of .he Dem ocratic party, and hence could carry some of the abolition voters with him. it wan pulling down tho democratic flag, with the doctrine of non in tervention inscribed upon it, to rally around u more “conservative” motto, to-wit: “opposition to the extension of slavery in the territories.” We confess wo thought tho victory almost a barren one for tho democracy ; for the •* contest in thoHtnie was simply one between two modes | of abolition or slavery exclusion.” It would have I been bolter had tho democracy not yielded so ! much. Rut our opposition eotemporsric*) rejoice I in this sacrifice of principle made by the demo crats to their conservative allies, and predict the defeat of the Black Republican party in tbe com ing Presidential ©lection, if tbe“leflsou of wis dom which this election teaches is heeded.” Ah ! lesson of wisdom ! Well, suppose Mr. Sprague is nominated for the Presidency, with the words tolling warm from his Uptt that he is “ opposed to the extension of slavery iu the territories,” will our opposition friends counsel the South to vote for him to defeat a Republican for President ? Will it not be un ail of “wisdom?” Why not J advise the South to take Mr. Douglas nt once, ! who disclaims being opposed to the extension of j slavery, but wants the people to decide for them- . solve*? Oh, no ! lie is not “ couserative” enough to carry off a sufficient number of republicans to I win tbe race. For the life of us, wc cannot sec i how any one could rejoice over the election in Rhode Island as a triumph for tho South. It wu> j u defeat of the KepublioAns, aud tu that extent a ; triumph, and no more. The very course advised by our opposition cotciuporarie* to defeat the Re- i publican?, to-wit: to uoito upon a “consorva- j tivo” whig, who is opposed to the eitcnslou of j slavery, and not even willing for the people to decido the question for themselves, ia the one they oondemn in their democratic brethren. With this difference: Those democrats wbo advocate the claim* of Mr. Dougin* contend that, under tho doctrine of popular sovereignty, as proposed by uim, slavery may or may not go into tho territo ries, according to the climate and the sontiments of the people. On tho othor hand, the oppoaition advise a union of all the elements opposed to the democracy, upon a platform which positively op- j poses tho extension of slavery. The most obtuse ! mind can see the difference. Now for come of the glaring, mistaken in the Enquirer i editorial upon this subject, in yester day's issue. Contending with zeal that it is the part of wisdom for the northern democracy to unite upon a “ conservative” whig to defeat the republicans, it says: “Lastyear, when tho contest was between the Black Kepublicgus and the exclusive Democracy, the Republican* obtained two thirds of tho popu lar vote of the State. Lo, what a change!” In the xamo iesue of tho Enquirer wo find thefol- | lowing dispatch from Providence, R. 1., dated j the 4th inst.: “ Tho Republican majority In tbe State in 1856 j for President was 4,7*8, and in lHs9for Govern- ! or it was 5,829.” . Doe:; this look like tho Republicans obtained tWP- | thirds popular vote? A mujority of only j five thou&audin a hand to hand fight? The old j “eonscrrac ve” whigs lying on their oars because the democrat* were not conservative enough, that is to say, were too much inclined in favor of slavery, and tho republicans were too much op posed to it ? Desiring to vote for a man who .on- i cupted a middle ground, like Mr. Sprague, who “opposed tbe extension of slavery,” and also its abolition where it existed ? If such a policy ia advisable, Mr. Bates of Missouri ought to be sup ported by the democracy to defeat Mr. Seward. In Connecticut, tho democratic nominee came within five hundred votes of an election. Here tofore, the republican majority was about seven thousand votes. We are not acquainted with tbe peculiar riews of Mr. Seymour, the democratic candidate, upon tho question of slavery, as wo are those of Mr. Sprague, the newly elected Gov ernor of Rhode Island. This wo do know, how evor, that tbe speeches of Mayor Wood, of New York, in the canvass in Connecticut, elicited the highest encomiums from such tire-eating presses us the Charleston Mercury and others. That he took high States Rights ground, and advocated protection bv Congress to slave property in tho territories. That lie was greatod with enthusiasm wherever he went; that the democrats gained near six thousand votes over their last election* That there U no evidence that Mr. Seymour was a Douglas democrat, and if he was, he wn* much sounder than Mr. Sprague, wbo wan pretty badly tinctured with abolition dye. Tbe Connecticut election was fought on principle. The Rhode Island election was a fight for the spoils, in which three-fourths ot Mr. Sprague's voters wore dem ocrat", who united on him to defeat the republi cans. If, alter the ©lections in these two States, one fought on the principle of non-intervonlion by Congress with the question of slavery, and the other downright “ opposition to the extension of slavery,” the opposition South c* muiend the lat ter as the true policy, that we should heed the “lesson of wisdom which this election teaches,” tbe time will have arrived for the fulfillment of tbe democratic prophecy: that the opposition are actuated by no lovo of the South in their war upon tbe democracy, but a base subserviency for the spoil*. Tbe conclusion is irreslstiblo, and he who runs can read. _ yA r* Tho Supremo Court of Vermont has do ciAsd that a contract between an office-holder and another party—the former, for a consideration, binding himself to resign and use his influence to have the othor appointed—is void. The case in point was that of Meaoham nnd Dow. Meacbain resigned and had Dow appointed. Dow had giv en his noto for half a ycar'a salary, but refused to pay. Meacbam sued, and the Court decided for Dow. The Virginia house of delegates have passed • bill oxompting the Mount Vernon estate from taxation. Hon Kdward J Hardin This distinguished Dviuonrat of Cherokee, .Georgia, ha* been recommended by the Democ racy of the First Congressional District as an Eleotor for the State at large In tho coming enn vas. The appointment is an udmirable one and will doubtless meet the hearty coLOurrence of the Democracy of the State in Convention. Tho last Presidential Electors for the State nt largo wore taken from .Middle and Kouth-Knsicrn lia., Cherokee and South-Wcstorn Georgia now have strong claims tor preferment. In fact, tho latter sootion hn* been entirely uoglcctcd in the distri bution of honors by tho Democracy. A wealthy, intelligent, educated portion of Georgia, filling up rapidly with n largo population, it ha* been en tirely overlooked. Out of the eight delegate* to Charleston for the State at large, not one hails from here; nor bus it ever had its claim* rocog for Democratic favor*. With Hon. Kn. J. llak i>kx a fine orator, an upright man, a true Dem ocrat, from the mountains, as ono Elector for the State, and the other, one of the many distin guished gentlemen from South-Western Georgia, t,, canvass the Btate, wo may ex poet agrva’ victory for the Democratic nominee. Judge Harden hails from Whi;field county, and was a Judg* of the Supreme Court iu Nebraska Territory. He recently received tho same ap pointment for Utah Territory but declined tho honor. Wo find the following just tribute to him in that sterling democratic journal, tho Cassville Standard: “It will bo remembered, doubthas, that at a meeting of the deloga e* of the 6tb Congressional District at Milledgovillo, ou tho loth ult., the above naim l gentleman was recommended a* an k 1 color for tho Statu at largo, for the npprach iug canvas* for the Presidency. Tho selection is an admirable our. Judge Hardin is ns true as steel to tho rights of his native South.—is an old aud faithful soldier in the ranks of the Georgia Democracy, and has ever wielded a bright bludo iu defence of its principles. Ahum orator ho stands in the foremost rank in Cher okee, Georgia, and the party nnd the State would be ably sustained by placing his name up on the electoral ticket. We trust tho roomnuion dntion will receive tho sanction of tho party, as wo him ns one of the best selections that could have been made- I nlon t t nlon ! li tho South to bo forever charmed by this sy ren aD|| <f “Union?” Dho not tho bettor pa triot ivho tell* u*. when he Hues the itniuonseblock cloud that is about to overshadow ua—-when ho sees the mighty hosts of abolition drawn tip In battle array- “prepare yourselves, put on your armor, draw the sword and fling away the scab bard nnd let the cry of every true Southron be, “Dieu et tuon droit.” A* suro a* the Heavens are abovo us, “to this complexion it must conic at last;” aud the sooner the South makes dre prep aration for the conflict, the Jjotter she will bo pre pared to meet it. Ho who is animated by u true, earnest ami tdnorepatriotism, will seek no further delay; hut ho who is animated by other motives, will still cry “Union,” “Union,” “Union.” Jlud wo the power we would imitatu the old .Scotch patriot, and through highland and lowland glen, the cry should resound— " Draw tho sword Scot laud, Scotland Ho who shall falter is ne'er u sou of tbiue.” Atlanta Intelligencer . Tin: Uownkoticut KLacrioa.--.Thi* telegraph ic account* of the election in Connecticut on the 2d inst. show that the Black Republicans have swopt the State, their Governor being elected by a majority of 571 votes, and that party having obtained u large mujority iu both houses of tbo Legislature. This is greatly to b regretted, in ns much an it deraonatrates that there nre as yet no signs of the docadeneo of tho heresy of Black Repobr.oweirin even lu tin. not conservative of tho Now K-iglund States. The contest on the part of both panics was conducted with extraor dinary energy and warmth, each putting forth it?Tutmost strength to win thoday. Distinguish ed orators from abroad visited every town, vil lage and hamlet of tho “Wooden Nutmeg State,” stirring the minds of the people with their elo quence and enlightening them us to their politi cal duties and responsibilities. Tho Doiuoerats brought out the erudite Caleb Cushing of Mas sachusetts, und the puissant find incorruptible Mayor of Now York, Fernando Wood, together with a number of other brilliant orators, while tho Black Republican* called into service Sen ator Wilson, “the Naliek Cobbler,” the fuinnus Tom Corwin, of Ohio, and other prominent men of their party from abroad. The democrat* re lied greatly for success upon the personal popu larity of their candidate for Governor, Col. Sey mour, of Hartford. This gentleman lih* served for five terms ns Governor of Connecticut, dis tinguished himself greatly in the Mexican war, and was United Htatcs Minister to Ht. Peters burg under tho last administration. Tho battle ary of his party in tho recent contest, was “For ward, tbe Ninth.” The origin of this is iu con sequence of his having promptly taken command of Col. Ransom's New England Regiment, at the batllo of Chttpultcpee, when tbut officer full—and with the utterance of that command, pressing nn ainiil the kotti-t> of the tight, aud planting tho American flog on the wails of tho fortress. Mr. Buckingham, the Black Republican Governor elect, bus held that office f,r tho lust two terms, nnd was one of the Fremont electors in 1856. .V. O. Bulletin. Cai.hokmans Going to mu Newly Dis cover ku .Silver Minks. —According to the Inst news from California tho minor* of that Stute woro leaving tho gold digging* in tluni*- and* lor the newly discovered silver mines in the Washoo Valley, nt tho head of Carson River. They are situated on the eastern slope of ilie Sierra Nevada, near the thirty-ninth parallel, where the line separating California from U tah bends from the Mouth to the South east. A bill is now before the California Legislature to annex (hat valley to its own territory, of course with the consent of Con gress. The migration in that direction is represented a* exceeding anything expe rienced on the Pacific const since the pioneer days of California mining. It has already sur passed that witnessed two yeura ago, when the Fraser River discoveries astonished tbe country. The number of miners on their way to the mountains, or about to go, was estimated a* high us 25,000. Placervillc, the last stopping place of iinpottance on i!Tr western slope or the mountains, Was crammed with them at the date of latent advices. There in every rwaaon to believe that mining for silver in those valleys may become as impor tant ajid profitable as that for gold has proved on the opposite slope. They are part of the same formation which extends through Mexi co and South America, whoso treasures, after enriching the world for three centuries and :t half, are *till yielding abundantly.—AVv Or leans Bulletin. Fugitive Slave, Cask in Philadelphia.— In the trial of a fugitive! slave case in Philadel phia, the District Attorney thus alluded to aboli tion societies and slavery : It is a scandal upon uh ns a just people, that there should bo organized societies in our midst whoso business it is to proclaim treason —excito rebellion and servile insurrection, and to conspire to frustrate tho action of the law of the land, and pillage men of their properly. Such persons mer it punishment as criminals. Then, 1 say again, which I have before said, this institution of domestic servitude, is a great political necessity—social and commercial no ocssity—and I will also add, that I firmly believe it to bo politically right—socially right and mor ally right. It is the law of God as woll as the law of man. It requires no defense. To those who exorcise their reason, and acknowledge the force of their obligations, public and private, who respect the rights of property, and domestic tran quility and glory in national honor and prosper ity, to those I 6*y it is plain and clear that it has been wisely given to us, where it most exists, u a means of national greatness, and a vital element in the work of civilization wo have to accomplish for tho whole of the human race. Gin House Burned.—We learn with regrot that the incendiary's torch wss, a few days since, applied to the gin house of Mr. Charles K. Mallo ry, of this county, and tbo building, gin, running guar, and his entire plantation cotton seed for the present year, was burned to ashes. — Albany Pat. The Black Republican leaders in New York arc trying, it is said, to stavo off a decision in the Lemon slave case by the Court of Appeals, bolieving that it must be against them and in favor of the Constitutional rights of the floutb. The Brutsii and Fixe sou is China.—Tho London News of the 17th ult., Is fully persuaded after the discussion in Parliament that its busi ness in China is to trade, und not fight. It says: Os all the follies of official routine the most stu pendous to our thinking, is tho folly of carrying all the bigwig airs and solemn pretensions nnd cruel pedantries of Western politics into our deni inga with China. It is our duty, no doubt, to give security to our tnerohauts, aud to cause our dug to bo respected wherever it appears; but our essential and only businesH in China for the pres ent, aud probably for a long time to come, is commerce, not war or politics. The foreign Min ister explaius that it is not forty but twenty thou sand men that arc to compose the allied force on this new Chinese expedition; that Lord Elgin ha* gone to Paris to confer with Baron Gross about their seooud mission; aud that it is hoped that the tuodernto demands of tho two governments may be satisfied without effusion of blood; nnd that the Ambassadors uiay bo received with all the honor* ut Pekin, though they should after wards waive tho right to a permanent residence in that oapitu), ami be content with the periodi cal visits from Shanghai. Sir J. Elphiustoue, who knows China “face to lace,” warns tho government against a winter at Pekin, and draws an appalling picture of un counted hordes clad in sheepskiusswarmiug round our headquarters, the thermometer at 10 below •zero, and the Kutpiro of China “nowhere;” and hn suggest* that he should occupy Nankin as at once the most commanding, central nnd tcnablo position. Thus! however, has been tried before, and with very slight effect upon the morale of tho surrounding population. Mot nt VkRNON.—Tho ladies huvo paid for Mount Vernon, but now will have to procure the sum of SIIO,OOO, the interest ol which will keep the pluco in repair. Mis* Pamela Cunningham, the Regent of the Association, writing on the subject, says : Practical men whom 1 have consulted on this subject, estimate that it will require from SB,OOO to SIO,OOO annually to cover the ex pense* which must bo incurred if Mount Vernon is to be kept in repair, and provided sufficient to protect aud preservo the house nnd grounds in security and good order worthy their future national position. Os this sum, the annua! receipts from visitor* may furnish from $1,500 to $‘2,000, although those of the past year only nmounted to $1,2*28 85; but the remainder cannot be safely relied on, except from a principal invested so a* to yield the requisite interest. The safety of investment, ns n general rule, is in inverse ratio of lucrative interest. If we estimate at i per cent it would require u principal of $125,000 to $140,000. A* we have $20,000 in possession, wo nre already in a position to meet one of our obligations—to restore Mount Vernon to what it was in its palmy day*. Wo I have yet to require the $140,000 needed for unnttnl maintenance. Cotton Mani.'kactcrk. — In regard to the cot ton manufacture, it i* stated in tlm report of the Boston Board of Trade just published, that the prominent feature tho past year has boen a con tinued revival of this great interest ami u steady advance toward a firmer position. Manufactur ers havo retrieved, in some measure, the losses of previous years. No largo dividends havo been made, and tho prices of share* in tho corporate companies is still low, but the position of tho companies and of individual manufactures has been strengthened by prudent reserves of profit. Thun far there has appeared little disposition to biing forward new enterprises. The quantity of cotton used In the United States last year was 927,051 hales. The year before that, it was 691,- 562 bales. The former is larger than for any previous year, and it occurred without any ad dition to the machinery of the country. This year it will be larger than evor before. The re port says: The number of establishments hi the United State* will be shown by the next census to bo about 1150, with a capital of $85,000,000, usiug $45,000,000 worth of cotton, and producing $80,000,000 worth of goods. The increaso of machinery during the past five years has been very small. As* Impohtant Legal Decision —Hickardton ct al. rs. Goddard et al. —Tho following points were decided last week in tho Supremo Court of tho United States upon an appeal from the Dis trict of Masoachusets. The opinion was deliver lived by Grior, J. Ist. Tho delivery of Cotton on a fast day ap pointed by the Governor of the State, which was subsequently consumed by fire, was a good de livery to the consignees after notice to the con signee* that the satuo was landed. 2. A carrier from port to port or from wharf to wharf, is not bound to deliver at the warehouse of consignee, but only to give reasonable notice, so ns to afford a fair opportunity of removing their goods. Excitinu Foot Race. —There was auimmeKse crowd at the Creolo Course, yesterday, to attend a foot raco between Isaac Shultz, of Kentucky and “The Unknown” who is understood to be named ltecd, from Philadelphia. The raoe was a single dash of two hundred yards, and tho Un known won it by ten foot, with apparent easo.— Tbe time was withheld from the judges, who said their watches did not agree. Tbe race was for five thousand dollars, but it was currently re : ported that over $29,000 was staked on the re sult.—N. O. lire. Health or Albany.— Tt ia gratifying to be able to atalo from information received from many of our prominent physicians, that Alba ny and Dougherty county was never more healthy than ut present. During tho cold and inclement weather last winter, we learn that on several lurge plantations on the Creek and swamp lauds iu the western portion of the county, pneumonia existed among the negroes from exposure, and proved fatal in about tweu ty cases. We learn that on u large plantation on the “ Coolawahee,” there were forty eases of pneumonia, out of which not a single ease proved fatal. Tbero was no sickness on tho adjoining plantations to the one alluded to. We are informed Hint on three plantations in this county only, this disease prevailed. We learn that in some of the counties of middle Georgia, a similar, but more fatal disease is U'"V prevailing. —Albany Eat. Tilt Pacific Railroad. —Tho House select committee on the Pacific railroad have agreed upon the following plan of location : Starting from two points, one ou the border ot Missou ri nnd the other on the western border of lowa, with two converging lines leaving westward nnd uniting within two hundred inilos of the Missouri river, thence proceeding by n single trunk line by the nearest and brat route to tbe bay of Bau Fiancisoo. The above routo is the one proposed by Col. Curtis. The committee passed a resolution that the road should be constructed of American iron. —States If Union. Tex ah.— -Tun Weather, ktc.— I The Hous ton Telegraph of Saturday, learns that tho frost on Wednesday night killed tho forming cotton in all tho upper country, and that many will be obliged to replant. Luckily the great bulk of the crop is not yet tip. The corn whs not ho much injured. The Galveston Neats of the same date also reports ice in various parts of the country in the early purt of the lasi week. The News thinks the injury to the growing crops will be hut small. A severe norther passed over Houston on the Mth. Death of “Canty” Crowell We publish to-day, the obituary notice of our old school mat” and friend, “Canty” Crowell. Who of “Old BeuianV’ (we say it in no disre spect) boys, dont remember “Canty ?” If the ground iqirrcl was to be knocked off the topmost limb of tho giant oak, or the “rubber ball” was to ho “sent home” with most effect, who could do it better than “Canty.” But be is gone. Farewell friend and school-mate! May we meet In u bet ter land \—Ve<Ural Union. The gold hunting parties who started for the Chirqui region bavo had had luck so for. Some have died from the fever and the rest have suf fered. One of their leaders is coming back and the parties are both brokon up. The proprietors of the three prineip&l hotels, the United States, Union Uull and Congress Hall at Saratoga, havo agreed not to open their hous es this year until the 15th .lunc, instead of the first as heretofore. ■jar A Strolling vocalist, says Prentice, writes to us from tho North, asking whether be can “sing anti-slavery songsat the South?” Ob, yes; and as he will be tarred and feathered, he will be sure to get exactly the right pltth. COIiMBCN, Till USD AY. APRIL 12, 1860. The Cobb Organs. If it be a true saying, that “whom tho god* wish to dostroy they first make mad,” our demo cratio ootemporaric* in this State, in tho espooial interest of Mr. Cubb, should be immediately cared fur. Not content with the occasion furnished by ths action of tho March convention to make war upon that body, they make a text of the late let ter of Mr. Cobb, from whioh they preach all man ner of unchuritublene** to their demoeratio breth ren. Some of their charges aud insinuations are so utterly unfounded in fact, and so repugnant to the spit it of polite journalism, that they fall far bcueath our uotico. For the CartersviUe Expire*, howovor, wo have more respect—the respect duo to hopeleHs, helpless imbecility. Au editor who oati *oe that the Hon. Howell Cobb is the choice of au “ overwhelming” majority of the democracy of tho State for tho Presidency, while confronted with the fact that a convention of that party, diritiuguished above all its predecessors for the number and talent of its members, refused to re commend him fur tbe iiominutiou , who further declares that that convention was called by hi* enemies, impelled by nn animosity that crushe?, aud a malovoleuce that kill* it* victim, aud yot perceive* that in tho appointment of delegates, it selected a “ majority” of the “warm friend*” of Mr. Cobb, certainly claims tho most indulgent consideration. Iti*unnecessary for us to repeat, that we bear no ill-will to Mr. Cobb, further than may be iu ferrod from the fact that he i* not our choice for the Charleston nomination. Indeed, we might admit, without prejudice to the cause we have espoused, what hi* friend* pertinaciously insist upon: that tho March convention was called, and its action controlled, by hD political enemies.-- The question might still be an open one, not to be treated contemptuously by newspaper editors, but to be docide-i by the voice of the sovereign peo ple, how is it that Mr. Cobb has so managed as to forfeit tbe sympathy aud confidence of so large and talented a division of tho Georgia democra cy? Yea; how is it that Judge Douglas, with all hip sins against the democracy upon hi* bond, should be preferred (they said it,) to the lion. Howell Cobb? We leave the solution of these quentiooH to thube who have raised them. But they have nothing to do with the matter iu hand. Mr. Cobb und his friend* ure forever eetopprd from impeaching the motives of tho movers, and tbo actiun ttf tho March convention. If there was informality in the call, he and they waived it. Mr. Cobb, in his recent letter,says: “ 1 urged upon my friends tu participate in the movement for the March convention, that there might be a full and fair expression of the popular will on the subject.” If, under this appeal to their friend ship, they wore inert amt laggard, whose fault Is it? Well may we ssy to this monster indigna tion : “ Shake not thy gory locks at ine!” Sure ly, it was not for us to 9tump the State, in order to fill the March convention with Cobb delegates ! Such generosity might have embarrassed thorn. But they were not idle. The history of tho con test show3 that no man could ever boast of more devoted and zealous or mure misguided followers. The quality of their zeal is susceptible of Im provement. Were it tempered with a little wis dom, they would make more useful and efficient soldiers. They should learn that strategy, nei ther in war nor politic.!, require* that the chief of an army should be its object of attack. This the frienJsof Mr. Cobb ought to learn, for their heav iest blows have been aimed at his vitals. That history also show* that no effort was spared by the adherents of Mr. Cobb to obtain, wherever it was practicable, an endorsement of the December convention. If there is a single county in the Stute, of which the people are favorable to the nomination of that gentleman, whoso voice was not hoard in tho March convention, wo have yet to know it. They were all there—represented by chosen or substituted delegates. True to the ur gent request of their leader, and the re-echoed exhortations of tho press, they rushod down from the mountains and valleys of the north, with bright blades and burnished shields, flushed with the hope of triumph, nnd ready to stand or fall with their chosen leader. In comparison with such zeal, the efforts of the March convcntiouists were discreditably tame. The presses on that side, with commendable warmth, urged upon tho people tbe propriety of rebuking the Decomber fraud; but their office ended when tbe latter met in primary assembly. They were content, without further excitation, to leave the matter to the honest hearts of Georgi ans. We know uot what happened in other dis tricts, but wc know that in the Second district alone, nine counties were wholly unrepresented— eight of which bad passed resolutions repudiating tho action of the December convention. Without doubt or difficulty, proxies for these counties could have beeu obtained by the opponents of Mr a Cobb, and their strength exerted in enhancing the pungenoy of hi* “ dbgraee,” as his friends are pleased to term it. But they did it not. Are thene the tricks of “ wire-pullers” hiiU “ trickstersN’ Are these the means that the “enemies”of Mr. Cobb, if bent upon his political destruction, would likely adopt in tbe prosecution of thuir fell purpose ? Gentlemen, it won’t do. Your favorito i* not the choice of the Georgia democracy. However humiliating the admission, it hux to be made. You cannot long resist the logic of indisputable facts. The charge that the March convention was begotten and controlled by a “ littlo faction of disorgauizers,” has a ter rible recoil. History proves that, however small and lusignificant that “ faction,” tbe CobbtUmoc racy were “ beautifully less;” that with no con cert of action, uud with* no motives for combina tion but such as aro inspired by loyalty to the democratic party, and a regard for its weal, the former met in an open field and vanquished a /action which had staked its all upon tho fortunes of a single man. Os as little avail is the charge that the March convention turnod over the Democracy of the Stute into tho bauds of Judge Douglas. Those who make the charge are either criminally igno rant, or they know it to be untrue. They know that tbe friendH of the March convention were willing, nay, anxious to endorse the Deceuibor resolutions, excepting the one rocommending Mr. Cobb. They know that a delegate from this dis trict earnestly entreHted a withdrawal of the “previousquestion,” in order that a vote might be taken on tho resolutions seriatim. They know that tho friends of Mr. Cobb, by obstinately pro*- sing tbo “ previous quostion,” denied them that opportunity. Tbe impression is now sought to be made, that because the convention refused to re commend Mr. Cobb, it is, therefore, in favor of Judgo Douglas. The trick is not even ingenious. The United State* contain other person* besides those gentlemen, and we rather think tbo Charles ton convention will find them out. If we could get tbo car of certain editors, ou this point, we could whisper into it a word of salutary caution. We might advise them to beware how they place Cobb and Douglas in #uoh striking contrast. A comparison of reoords, in respeot to tho peculiar and obnoxious views of the latter, might not jus tify such an assignment of positions. If proof of this fact is demanded, we may be inducod to fur nish it. We prefer, however, that this profitless wrangling should cease. W* see no adequate cause for U in the disappointment of individual aspirations. If the great cause of Democracy is dependent upon tbe promotion of a single man, it peytohh. coLatim. JAMES W. WARREN, Edttor * Number 16 Is better that it be quietly interred in the sepui cre of all absurdities. But we have no such grovelling idea of its mission. The “ ruin” of political fortunes is but an accident of iva hoing, and will no more iutorrupt its onward course, than will the death of an infant retard the over flowing current of human life. Letter from Gov. Brow n-Direct Trade The following letter to Mr. Barbiere, the late appointed oommlsidonor from tho State of Ten nessee, in connection with direct trade, is replete with seuse, and is an evidence that Gov. Brown, of Georgia, is not behind iu tho efforts that are being mado to elevate the Suoth to her trite posi tion in tho Confederacy. EXBGUTIVH DkI’AH I ML NT, ( AIii.LF.DGr.viLLK, Ga., March F>l, 1860, j Bbab Sib:—This State pitted a resolution ap pointing two gentlemen in connection with oth er* appointed by the cotton planter’* association of this State, to visit Europe on the subject of di rect trade. The resolution was passed at the close of the last session, and was by some omission, never enrolled. Undor tho circumstances, tho gentlemen appointed will not go, but tho gentle men appointed by tbe cotton plautor’* aonoclation will leavo for Europo probably in tho early part of May and I presume the State will defray a part of the expenses. The gentlemen appointed by the association arc the lion. T. Butler King, Hon. Howell Cobb and Col. John 8. Thorana, of this place. Those gentlemen are qualified for tho discharge of their duties, and I trust we may reap a rich harvest in future, a* tho fruits of their la bor*. I should be ploascd for yen to correspond with them on the subject, as your duties and theirs aro substantially the same, nnd much of the future prosperity of tho country uiay depend upon the Huooe*B of the?e missions. I think the South ha* already submitted too long to a Htnte of commer cial dependence, and that she should use all the powers of her great energy, and the intiueuce of her immense capital to break tho shackles which bind her, and to reasrtuine her proper position in tho Confederacy. This cannot bo done without direct trade with Europe, I uui much gratified that your noblo State has taken action on this im portant question. I wish you grout success in your mission, and trust it may result in much advantage, not only to Tonnessee, but tho whole South. I am very respectfully, Your obedient *ervant. Joseph E. Brown. The (lurgi* Delegates to the Charles ton Convention. We have received the following notice to the delegates for this State to the Charleston Conven tion, which we publish with pleasure; A part of tho delegation to the National Con vention hiving rented a room over the South- Western Railroad Bank, Broad Street, Charles ton, South Carolina, for the use of the delegation, invite the delegates to meet thereat 9 o'clock, A. M. on Monday the ”:;d inst. Democratic papers throughout the State will please copy. Military Encampment The Baldwin Blues, nt their Company Meetiug en Friday night last, decided unanimously in fa vor of having the proposed general cncatupineu at Macon on the 4th Monday in May. Supremo Council of Free Masous, composed of those only who have takon tbe 33d degree—the highest in the Order—escorted b> the Knights Templar of the District of Columbia, visited Mount Vernon last Saturday, nud “open ed the Sorrow Lodge at the grave of Washing ton in honor of the memory of that departed chieftain and distinguished Mason. The cere mony is described us imposing and affecting.— The Address was delivered by tho Hon. Charles Scott of Virginia. The guu boats of new oomffrnction, which wero to leavo Toulon to join the Chineso expe dition, have been ordered to remain, nud it is be lieved that this has been resolved upon on account of their impracticability, which has at last been found out. Some transport ships destined for Algeria have likewise bocn detained. fi-irJ. J* Hooper is in New Orleans, writing lengthy letters about the race* and sights to be seen in the Crescent City. ‘Simon Suggs’ is a fellow of infinite mirth. l.e(terlrom lion. A. a Stephen'’ CraWFvHDvi f.LR, March fi, 1800, Dkak Bik: You will, I suppose, be iu the con vention at Milledgeville ou the 14th inst., and 1 therefore address these line* to you there. Thu subject relate* particularly to inywclf, but 1 trust you will, under the circumstances, excuse the ob trurion. From the allusiou* to uiy uaiuo in the nuwspti pers, in connection with tho probable action of that body, I feel warranted and justified in au thorizing you a* a friend, to make known gene rally to your fellow-member* what you, aud all others who have couforrcd with me, either di reotly or indirectly, about the matter, already know, that *o far from wishing to be tho cause of any embarrassment in tbeir deliberation*, I do not wish my name connected with the Presidency in any way. This is certainly no titno for the people of the South to be weakening their strength by divisions and struggle* to promote or advanct the aspiration* of particular favorite* to tbe office of Chief Magistrate of the Union. It i* eminent ly a time fur harmony amongst the friends of the Constitution everywhere, South us well as North. So far as I am individually concerned I wish it distinctly known that I have no aspirations for that high office —none whatever; and whatever comment it may subject me to by those who do □ot know me, 1 assure you I would not, of my own free choice, assume it* groat trusts, if no thing wore necessary to enable me to do so but my bare volition. Its du ies, cares, au vie tic*, and heavy responsibilities would, with tne, fur outweigh all fancied honors that may he supposed to attend it. It is well, perhaps, for the country, that we have quite a number of able and true men win. look upon it differently, aud who have a taste aud inclination for the position. By all mean*, let some such one, who can unite the greatest strength in the coming contest, be selected ns the standard bearer of our cause. Let there be uo useless And mischievous wrangling* for individu al favorites, either at Milledgeville or at Charles ton, and all may be well. The only interest I feel in the question, is that which all good citi. zons should feel who desire from the government nothing bat a wise, safe, sound and vigorous ad ministration, upon such principles nn will secure the rights of all, and the peace, quiet, happiness and prosperity of our common country. In in* event do I desire my name connected with it iu any way. You can do with thin letter as you think best to accomplish my wishes. If need be, you can read it to the convention. Yours, respectfully, A. 11. STEPHENS. Dr. Henry R. Cary, of Columbia county, Mil ledgeville, Ga. . „ mm * to i —■ — The New York correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, writing under date tho sth inst., speak* thus of the spring book trade sales in that city : “The Hpring book trade is concluded to-day. Avery large Dtisine** has been done—quite tip to the usual standard—amounting to not far from $200,000. These sales are a truthful test of lite rary popularity: though, of course, not always of excellence. Os Mr*. Loe llentz’s and Mrs. South worth’s works over 20,000 each have been sold.— About 4,000 volume? of Irving were disposed of on his birth-day. Dickon’s, in ebean illustrated form, sells to toe tune of 15,000; amt purchaser* were actually found for 3,000 copies of Spurgeon's (or as piscatory wags call it “Sturgeon's) Ser mons. Bibles, it is cheering t know, woro In very active demand. Valc* or His Sskvickb.—Tho value of the services rendered by the Mississippi Commission er to Virginia appear* to have been very definitefy settled by ho settling of his bill at the Exchange Hotel, Richmond which the Old Dominion had the honor of footing. The precise sum was $995- 93 for twenty days’ board and ceteme. It appear* to have been a very spirited affair, though it may be doubted whether Virginia will duly appreciate many more like It.