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(The (Talwnhu.s Unklp limes.
( OLI.MBIS, TUESDAY, JINK IV, ISttO.
Enquirer,-John Bell.
The Enquirer of yesterday, calls on the Times I
J for tho proof of a charge against the Hon- John j
1 Bell, copied from the Richmond Enquirer. The
article appeared in the Times without comment,
with itsendorsor. It is not our own assertion,
; but that of the first democratic paper H Virgin
j ia. Waivoring, however, the right of our cotem
| porary to demand of us a proof of the declara
j tion* of others, we will examine Mr. Bell’s record
I —a very black one, by the way—whon we get
j the Congressional Globes before us, and, if we I
j cannot substantiate the charges of the Enquirer, j
j justice would require of us t© place Mr. Bell right
I before the ountry. In tho meantime, the En
i quirer may explaiu to its readers, wh Mr. Bell
i voted against the repeal of the Missouri Comj.ro
; raise Hue, which restricted slavery below 30° 30', ;
; as long a* it remained on the Statue books. j
Making Facts
It is well calculated to excite a smile to notice |
the snoer with which tho Enquirer affects to ro- J
gard the conduct of the Southern delegates at ‘
Richmond. It finds fault with them for doiug j
nothing when, really, the time for action has not j
arrrived. The Enquirer needs to he informed
that these gentlemen , stand before the public i
not in their individual capacity but, as their ti
tle implies,they are representatives of the peoplo, ■
and therefore should have some regard for the
Instructions of those whe commissioned them. j
But if they were to ignore those instructions and i
do nothing al Baltimore, and, returning to Rich
mond, do nothing there, or what is worse,tncouti- i
nen ly back down from their former position, j
they and those who endorsed them would occu- j
i py ideniically tho position now held by the Eh- \
i quirer and its party. Our neighbor should hide
his faoeiu very shame at the bare idea of “back- {
i iug down from brave words.’’ What did the op- j
i p sit ion party of Georgia do? It met in Mil-I
j lodgeville and put forth a serios of resolutions (
! on the territorial question which everybody could
approve. The party pros? applaude 1 its action, j
and the Democratic press accorded It tho meed of
credit. These resolutions, without equivocation,
claimed the right of protection to slave property
iu the Territories, by Congress—almost the only
political question which has agitated the public
mind in tho South for the last twelve months.—
What followed? The representatives of this par
ty met in National Convention at Baltimore and
did what? Nothing! Not a word was breathed
about ‘'protection.” Not a resolution, that wo
can ascertain, was offered on the subject. They
forgot it. They made a platform without a soli
tary principle, and when we inquire if their nom
inees have any es this article, we are referred to
their records. Is not the climax of humbuggery
reached? Verily our Opposition friends should
become proficient in that business. They have
been at it just twenty years. This is the same
old party, which, iu 1810, traded so extensively
in coonskins and pepper-pods, with tho difference
that, like rancid butter, it grows worse, the
longer it lasts.
sumner Indorsed.
The Legislature of Massachusetts bos endorsed
by resolution, the recent abolition speech of Sena
tor Sumner dolivered in the Senate of the United (
States. The vote was Sf> in favor and 44 against j
endorsement—something better than we ex pec- j
ted. Massachusetts is a great State It holds
the Bunker Hill Monument and Mr. Sumner!
Macon Volunteer*.
As we go t> press, says the Macon (Os.) Tele- |
graph, tho streets are enlivened by the military j
and citizens hurrying towards the depot to wit
ness the departure of the Macon Volunteers, who
leave this morning for Chalybeate Springs. They
carry with them tho best wishes of every one.
Sauthem Field and Fireside.
This excellent Southern literary and agricul
tural paper reaches os regularly, and its arrival
is always greeted with pleasure. It is invariably
filled with interesting articles, and no failing ,
off in interest from the first issue. We arc !
glad to hear that this project of Mr. Gardner is a 1
complete success.notwirhstandtng the predictions
of some that n would be short-lived.
John K. Thompson, Esq., an accomplished and
brilliant writer, who for many years conducted
, with ability the Southern Literary Messenger,
has been retained by Mr Oerdoerto take control
of the literary department, and we may expect
to seo additional improvement.
Std Accident.
We learn that ©no of odr oldest and most et*
teemed citizens, Col. John Fontaine, while get* J
ting out of the cars of the Mobile aud Girard Rail- j
road, at Station No. 5, on Eaturday tbo lfitb, re
ceived a severe fall, which broke one of his ribs,
lie is now at home io tbia city, under the cere of
excellent physicians.
snperlor Ceuri.
The finperior Court of Muscogee county ad
| jtrarned Saturday, the 16lb. Judge Worrill dis
; patched bu.sioeM with promptness, and presided
with dignity and ability. Few Judges are better
-npaclted fjr the position, nnd few, if any, give
such universal satisfaction. The officers, too, of ,
the Court, were prompt and vigilant
*■■■ ‘ “
JSSF'A board of naval constructors has been ;
ordered tv Norfolk to review he new steam sloop j
.Sammole, recently built at the Navy Yard at Ton
sacola, and which is r ported to be rotten and de
fective in many places-
Rather abed beginning for Pensacola, if tb®
above be true, as we believe tbo Seminole is the
first war ship ever built and fitted for sea at that
place. It may be, however, a “ dodge” on the
part of the master-builders at the navy yards at
the old stations, to create a jealousy agxint Pen
sacola, at the department iu Washington, there- .
by depriving our only Gulf port suitable for such
wurk, from a fair share of tho honor and profits.
jSHC A Lomion letter writer says that Mr. Tun
Broeck won 160,000 on the greet Derby race, in
which his horse Umpire wax beateu. Umpire
had beeu the first favorite in the betting, but In
tho race he oan e out the eleventh.
Will some of our New York sporting cotempo
raries explain the modus opernndi of this seeming
contradiction? We are not fully “up” on these
mysteries of the turf, although we have an idea
what constitutes “ hedging,” ■* used by ** backers |
of cattle.”
A r i*oiNtiext. —Col. Nelson Tift of Albany, j
i has been appointed Alternate to supply the va- j
cauey of Col. Win. Hlaghter, in the Georgia del j
gat ion to the Richmond Convention.
SPAitTAXBCita Female College Comheece- (
MEET* —The Annual Examination of the Spartan
burg, Heath Carolina Female College, will - ,
mence on Thursday, the sth day of J oly:
On Friday evening there will be a Concert of
Vocal and Instrumental Music by the young
ladies.
On Saturday evening an Address by the Rev.
J. R. Pickett.
On Monday evening, Bov. James A. Duncan,
A. M., of the Virginia Conference, will deliver a
Literary Address before the Deßtael Society.
I The Graduating Exercises will take place on
Monday evening.
Bishop Andrew is expected to preach the Com
mencement Seriaott on Saturday, July Bth.
ChorUiton Countr.
THE UNION OF THE STATES, ANO THE SIIV KKKION TY OF THE STATES.
The Baltimore convention.
A dispatch from Washington to tho Charleston
Mercury, dated tho 16th, says •
‘•An intense excitement prevails hero with re
ference to tho udiuirelon of tho scccilers to the
Baltimore Convention, on Monday next. It i*
the tuple of political conversation, to the uxclu
flionof every thing else.
“It is understood that Gen. Cushing will dc
cldc nobody al midrib to at Bultiuu>re, unless hi#
name is upon thelist entitled to scat.s tit Charles
ton.
“The Douglas scheme to raiao tho question
that the resolution of Mr. Russell, chairman of
the delegation from Virginia, under widen the
tho i?harl'ton Convention ndjournod, vacated
1 the seats of the secodcr*. Tho resolution was as
follows;
Resolved. That when this Convention adjourn,
it adjourn to re assemble at Baltimore, on Mon
day, the 18th da/ of June next; mil that it is
rospeotfully recommended to the democratic party
of tho several States to make provision for supply
lug all vacancies in their roxpiinvo delegations
to this Convention when it ihull re assemble.
“A struggle upon the interpiv ta>ion, \ ight,
and effect of this resolution, will follow. U tho
Douglas interpretation is maintain J and tho so
ceding delegation excluded, the delegation from
Virginia, Tennesseo and Kentucky, with parts
of other delegations, will quit tho hall, and Gen,
Cushing will resign the Chair “
The Vexn Dr!rgallon
The Houston Telegraph says:
“We think it is not tho well defined seatiuisni
of the democracy of this State that if the;o can
boa nomination made by the Baltimore conven
tion in which onr delegates can acquiesce, and if
there can be a democratic platform adopted, our
delegates should leave no stono unturned u> se
cure it. While the saving of too Union is of lc?a
importance thau the maintenance of justice, still
it rises in colossal proportions when contrasted
with any mere ambition, chagrin, or other pas
sion of individuals, or any more man worship.—
While for those who would slick to tho Union
at all hazards, welmvo liitloor no Fytupafby, wo
have much less for iboko who would break it up
at nil hazards. The ouo purty have more patrio
tism than lovo for liberty. Tlio others are cith*r
demagogues or devoid of judgment.
Should tkcu tbo Southern Cuandtuticjuu Con
vention assemble at Richmond, as we havohcnrd
it intimated they tuny, and then adj.ran, allowing
the delegates to await thpaction of the Baltimore
Convention, and if need be, or the way is ope- ,
claim their scats there, wehelicvo the .South will j
sanction tbo course, and wo feel sure that Texas
will be warm m her approval if any good result it
obtained. But bould they, to accomplish thir,
find it necessary to aacrifioo principle, no rock
should be tnoro unmovablo thau they.”
The Austin State Gazette of the 2d in.^tnn?
*y-
Action has already bo. n tukeu ly tho .State!
Committee, which authorises ua te ssiy that th
Democracy of Texas will ho duly represented at
the Baltimore Convention by the Charleston
delegation, appointed by the Galveston Conven
tion. The briefness of tho interval, and vast ex
tent of the State, render it impossible to hold n
othur Convention or reassemble the old one.
Col. Thomas M. Borrlrn.
Wo take the following from tho Rome Courier,
of Thursday
“Col. Thomas M. Berrien, of Butko county,
died in this place. < n Monday night, at the resi
dence of J. M. Pepper. Three weeks ago, during
the sessim of Bnrke Superior Court, he was at
tacked by a disease of the heart, and for two
weeks previous to bin death had been on a vi*it
to his friends in Floyd.
“He was born in Jefferson county, (In., in tho
year 1789, was a graduate of Franklin College,
and served three cetapains in the Creek war,
with the rank of Major, lie made the law bis
profession, and had been for many years a ■ ituun
of Burke county. lie was the brother of lira). J.
McPherson Berrien, ond Col J. W. Af. Berrien,
whose melancholy death last rammer cu ta gloom
over our community.
“Col. Berrien was a member of the Episcop.il
Church, and was buried yesterday with appropri
ate funeral serviees, conducted by Rev. \Y. 11.
Clarke.”
toother John Brown Bald in Prospective.
ABOUTIOEIBTS AT WOIIK IK THE CUgfiOKEE KA
MO*.
We published a few days since a paragraph
from the Fort Smith (Arkansas) Times, stating
that “there was secret organization goiag on in
tbo Ohurokeo nation, and that it was am< ng the
full blond Indians alone. We uro informed by
good authority that tbo organization is grow
and ext ndiug daily, and that no bail or mixed
blood Indian is taken into this secret orgsniz.i- i
tion. The strictest secrecy is observed, and it it
deiitb by the order, to divulge the object of the
society. They bojd wettiLgu in the thicket*, and
in every secret pi co, to initiate mem here/’ bur
without giving any tangible reason fur the move
ruent. It subsequently appears, from lotyyr ad
vice that this is an anti-sbivery moveuu nt, for
the subjugation of slavery in the Cherokee na
tion and the borders of Arkansas', put on foot by
Rev. Even Jones, a Northern Baptist missionary
l and a candidate for a hempen halier, which ho
has probably received ere this time, u fu John
Brown.
It appears that the Itcv . Mr. Jdftcs bafi been
in the habit of entenug into arguuunt;i with his
bearers for tb® purpose of converting tLcm t . a
belief in abolitionism aa an essential part of bo
Christian rdigion, aud also in tho wickedness of
slavery—-coct nding that it was not a political
question, but a moral one. Ho also preached uj
sermon at the same cam paneling, contending that,
I slavery was n sin. and that tbo slave would up
pear sgsinst his master n the great Day of
Judment before the bar of God.
A letter in a Cherokee paper say •: “If Jone
is not routed ftorn this country, Old John Brown
scenes will be again enacted on a largo scale.—
Most of the Indians who oro preachers under
Jones are abolitionists only for sell interest. If
Jones was out of their way and t beir pay taken
from them, they would be good Southern mm,
and could be employed by the Southern Board.
I X. Y. Herald.
llall Morm ant! Tornado.
Wo learn that a severe and dettrucihu bail l
[ storm passed a few day* since ever plantations j
I in this county, belonging to the Tompkins te j
( tale, W. S. Moughon, W.S. Lawton, E. T. Jones,
; George Jordan and the plantation of Mr. Poaks
; The storm passed from West to an I asttriy di
’ reciics, and tlic hail w* as birgo as hen
Such was the force of the rt orm that treos ware
twistod, and fell In every direction. Corn stafkr
wsro cut down and stripped of it* fodder. The
leaves, limbs and form", of the youngcotton ~r
swept off, and torn into fragments, nud it
thought will not make one third of a crop. \V
learn ibatE. T. Jones’ cotton crop, from which
ho anticipated three hundred bags, is n .w wrath
less. From all accottn'iS, tbo imiiginatirai fails
j to picture such a norm, with Its terrible tlutruo
. tion.
_£ST*Tbe Cotton Planter's Convention of tioor*
( gio met in this city on Wednesday. It is the an
nual meeting and pre ’codings will of coune in
terest every body.
J. V. Jonis, Esq., 2d Vico President, took tho
chair. Minutes of last meet-ng read and adnp.
ted. The Constitution was then read and invita
tions to membership extended. President's an
nual communication road. On motion of J. 13.
Jones, the election of same officers wan made by
acclamation. Resolutions were passed, appoint
ing a committee of seven to memorialise the next
, Legislature for the enactment of a low for the
■ better protection aud eucouragement of sliccp
‘ buabaudry—als j for the establishment of an
j Agricultural Bureau and the appointment of a
! State Chemist to analyze Commeseial manures
, offered for sale to the planters of Georgia. Tho
| Convention also passod resolutions of thanks to
; the Hon. Thomas Hardeman for his services in
! getting a joint resolution passed by Congress
j making Macon a Port of Entry, for the acoommo
| dation of the fair of tho 3d of December. Also
j to Mr. Isaac West, for his faithful agency at Sa
-1 vanaab. Invitation* are also to be or tended to
the officers and beads of Agricultural Bureaus arid
Societies to unite in General Convention, in the
city of Macon the second week of the Fair.
Macon ( Oa.) Citizen.
The citizens of St. Louis turned out to tho I
numbr of 10,00(1 to express their sense of the
outrage upon the rights and privileges of Ameri
can citisens perpetrated by tbo Black Republi
can majority in the House of Representatives, in
ousting tho Hon. J. K. Barrett frran bis seat,
notwithstanding that he was sent there by a fair
and honest majority of the voters of tho district.
The meeting is represented as one of the largest
and moat enthusiastic ever hold in St. Louis.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY', JUNE 25, 1860.
ULI WBIN, WEDNESDAY. JINK 20. IMM
Major Howard's Idler.
Wo lay before our readers tu-dny, a letter from
Major Howard, addressed to the stockholders if
tho SfoMlo and Girard Railroad. As tho Prc.M
dent of that Company, ho felt It to he his duty to
inuko this communication in order to answer
soiuo charges, which havo obtained circnloiion.
disparaging to tho management of the road, as
well as to vindicate liis opinion in rcfereucu to a
proposed deflection of tho road liftin’ its prusunt
line in the direction of Troy. Tn regard to the
former wo think the President lias given u satis
factory reply. To censure is an easy office. To
uggest and practically operate a proper remedy
for t';o thing* complained of, is n very difficult
matter. Railroads, like every ot Hot interest, bare
to rely, in their operation, trpoft vnm, not as wo
would hare them, but as they nrr, and until tho
Almighty sh ill cotno to their assistance, R ia quite ‘
probable that delays un 1 accidents will occur to
’ provoke tho indignation f those who cannot oven
send a waggon and team to market without u
“break down.” If tho stimulus of duty were
wanting, tho promptings of tsjf-lutercst would
compel the officers of a road to select men com
petent, in their estimation to perform tho duties
pertaiuing to their various niatiors. In theso
appointments they are sometime* deceived, and
whoa such is tho ease, tho only remedy is to re
move them mil fill their place, with others. In
tho administration of iho Mobilo b Girard Road,
this, wo aru assured, has bcou invariably and
promptly done. These charges of inefficient
runuagomoat have boon repeated bof.ro, their
periodicity is becoming re mark able, aud leads us
to think that thoy arc not always suggested by
dt.i in teres tod motives. Wo have tho faith, hrav
oym, that as heretofore, an intelligent and dia
erning public will give tbum the neccasary cxacul- j
uauou and accord them tlicir due weight.
The queatiou of “dofieotion” is a mnttor atl
dressed solely to tho interest of the stockholder*.
Will they make or lose by tho chango? Tire
I‘residout ia decidedly opposed to it, and tho cor
lideratious which ho urges in support of bus
(•piuran, are such that no ordinary advantage*
can <>( weigh thorn. Wo ate not sufficiently vein
ed in tho latter to hazard a judgment. Tho mat
ter will bo duly investigated, before any notion is
taken, by those inqj.t deeply interested, and to
their decision wo are ooutent to leave tho quo
tion.
Illinois Democratic stair Convention.
Chicago, Juno 16. 1860.
Tbo Dranrafruuc Stato Convention for the
nomination of Statu officers aud Presidential
elector?, met at Springfield yesterday.
Tho Convention was largo nud harniwUloir’
Every county rut Calhoun represented.
The following nominations wero made •
For Governor,—Jamuj C, Allen.
For Lieutenant Governor, —.Lcvvia C. P.u .
For Secretary es Stato, —11. C. Campbell.
For AuJitor,— Bernard Artenzeln,
For Treasurer,—Hugh Maher
Fir Stlperin'fndunt of Publ’c lui.iinitteii, iu. ;
Rw.
For Elootora at Large,—L. D, Moiri -.t and 1
W. H. Cushman.
Resolutions endorsing the action ot tbo IRi* |
noij delegates to tbo Charleston Convention, und j
repeating thu expression of the unanimous wish j
of tbo ilemoonray of Illinois for tho nomination if ;
Douglas at Baltimore, wero adopted.
Douglas Druionstratlon in Connecticut
New Have.v, Juno 10.
An enthusiastic Douglas meeting was held in i
this city this evening. Thorn** Lawton was the
chairman.
Hon. Mr. ICavanagh, of iliunesota ; Hun. T.
C. Field, of Now York; D. M. Mead, Jssq., of
Groenwicb, and Jnuics Callugbcr, Esq., of Now
Haven, were tko speakers. The letter whs very
severe uprarthe Hon. M. Ingcrs'dl for his
course iu the Charleston Convention.
The mooting passed refolutiona thanking thu
1 dologatos from Illinois who had supported Mr. i
Douglas at Charleston, uml requesting them to j
render tho snmo supjmrt to him nf Bnltimorc.
Imi-ucvi-menr ox Cottoni Gins.— Dui pEtnt
ing friu&tl* are referred to tho advertisi-mept. of
Mi. MoCiondon f>r valuable iJW*uution. Wo
have seen a model of the Gin with it., new at
t chinoni, and tvu think its opera ion ili prove
satisfactory. Mr. Mctiandou will leave od .t
this olfico and wo will time pleasure iu exhibiting
it.to the curious.
NOIIILE AND UUAUD RAILROAD.
Coptrintrs, June lSth.’JsOfi.
1 To the Slncf, holder* of the Mobile and Cirvrd
Utilroad.
| ur..raLJ Hf.x It is vary ann .ying to mo, to be
contiiiua'ly h.jmissed nud uere* cuted wdth unjust
oompluiOts. Tho position I b'M is not 000 ( i uiy
own seeking, hut it I u not quai.ficd to idtejnd
to your business, you havo the right tos ‘lect a
butter man. U U charged that I urn •hteffi icnt;
lot goutlouitu enjoy their own opinions, auJ ex
pres* them, as they have tho undoubted to
do, but I am i n:Died to justico at their hands,
which some arc ionth to render me. A hue and
cry has boon raised against the managers l *f tbo
road, for the accident.! of tho road in losing for a
time the uto F infnc of the locomotive-, which
prevented the transportation of cotton to Colum
j bus in proper time. Thin was truly iinfbrtenati*,
j an nobody could be bUnned but the rtvoengmeers
I who brougiu eu tbo colfision. Tlu engineers
wore disehurged, wfirh was all that could be
done. Ills said by persons who will not inves
tigate the condition of thing#, that wo should
have had a schedule for the freight trains by which
th.i accident would have been avoided. Y>'o hud
a schedule for the parsefigi-r train, but could not
have one for the freights, for the reason thatfrora
the want of bauds, we could not tell when they
could be loaded. From tho great s arcity of la.
bor, wo had to depend Upon a white force, which
could not be commnndcd nhd therefore v.ry un
cert'iin in It* movements: at time* wo would have
a sufficient number of hands, then the next day,
fewer perhaps none at all. Xb ruumrt of tho
freight always knew the time of tho passenger
fralflj and kept out of its way, and geucrallyknew
where the freight of the other was loading, and
could at u/f times at leu ft avoided u collision.—
Other roads freqaeutJy meet with accidents and
nothing compluinod of, but our road is subject to
tho scrutiny an l severe reprimand of whoever
volunteers in iti abue. The accident occurred
to us; it was too late to avoid it; the question
then wur, bow *btll it bo remedied? Bouio uaid
wo ought tu have had more engined; that wu out
of tho question, os wo had no money, and more
over, no additional steam power would (but for
tho accident) have beau necessary. Tho only
remedy to be found wne in time t*< repair. Wo
could have obtaioed an engine, but t'ol. Bates,
who built tb© bridge, pronounced it muofe at this
time, and that wo would run a grant rDk is losing
the oogioo by breaking down the bridge, which
ofeourse we would have been compelled to repair
at our own cost, besides losing tho borrowed en
gine, for whioh we also would havo hud to pay.
We have sent to Baldwin k Cos., of Philadelphia,
for two euglues, which will arrive in time; hut i
thoy wore bore to-day, they could not bo put up
on tho line until tho railroad brldgo it complof
ted.
The second attack is on account, as they assort,
of tho slow progress of the rail road bridge, and
further, that I nave boon prodigal in tho expen
diture, ns nrcording to tbdir statement I could
have proonred a contractor to build tho bridge at
much less cost, and that contrary to a resolut ion
of the board of directors requiring nn advertise
ment for contractors. I went on and built it ns fur
us husgunout tho expense of the company by day
labor. ; All this is wrong, and tho people who as
sert it are simply mistaken and misinformed up
on the subject—there never wua such a resolution
of the board. I made great efforts to obtain a
competent contractor and failed. I was codk-
to tbo course I pursued as a dorr* or
resort. The peoplo of Alabama and Ooluadus
both demanded tho bridge, and I have proceeded
with it with all theeconoiuy I could use. It will
cost more than I expected, but from tho scarcity
of and high price of labor it may well be expected
to cost more than tho estimate of Mr. Bbmbb, the
engineer of tho South Western Road, who was
employed upon that survive; hut notwithstanding
die advance in tho wages, we hope to make the
connection with tho Muscogee Road within tho
radimiUis tnadu by Mr. Sltfobb. If the bridge
cost much or little it in tho best wo could do.
Wo aro charged with many neglects of our
agents—jiart of them just, and part without
louudaiioD, as our merchant* frequently misdi
rect tho goods. T will not attempt to reply to
every little complaint in regard to killing a valt'or
a pig mid not pay tag for them; tho applicants
generally nsk four prices for them, and wo resist
ttic exorbitant dem n.l. Wo have had some
trouble int jiiliug tho right of way In cases where
claims havo been thought to bo oxorbitaut, and
much dissatisfaction iu regard to depots, where
ihoquostions have been settled by tho stockhold
ers. Wo aro charged with delay in the payment
“four debts; it is not often that wc arc truly
charged with poarpowmont, but look to my en
dorsement, personally and individually for the
road, iu most, of the banking houses, and you will
a.'o that I havo not suffered the credit of the road
to bo depressed as long ns 1 had any credit uiy
•odf. I have been violently opposed by claimants
for denote an 1 other selfish projects; they all
ooi'.’ iu hunting me down, und threufeu as they
did last year, desolation to the commerce of the
city iu the event I should bo Mistainod. My Hag
has always been unfurled for tho extension of the
road and tho commerce of Columbus, now and
forever.
Many ctbar little charge* are made nut worth
tlio iMtico ra auy intelligent man. I know i.H
about the opposition; it contsiste of gentlemen
who havo opposed ray views iu relation to depots,
ml of which a have been fully sustained by the
stockholders. They aro disappointed in their
selfish purposes, and never will forgive me. 1
have been advised by a frier and to “foHci/iatc”
thorn. I havo some good friondsat Union Springs,
but how can I conciliate men who desire that the
r> t 1 should stop there? No way on earth but to
pull up the iron toy ond and stop tho road. Ilow
•nn I conciliate Troy ? No way under heaven
but to come into thcirjpqlioy of ad .flection, which
would do them uo good aud the road and Coi
mubua much harm.
! After an attempt to hunt mo down like wild
beast in tbo forest, with guns and spears a now
clement of discord i* introduced in o tffr chase,
that I might bo tho morn certainly immolated.—
Tho peoplo of Troy, until lately my personal
friends, und (lrm advocates of my policy in es
tablishing and pursuing without deviation tho
! present line, have unfortunately changed their
I wholo front, and require of the rood, and of Co
lumbus, to ulako sacrifices to thoir i>nayinnry
interest. They wwell satisfied with the line
us n now runs, and some of tho gentlemen now so
i latnnrouH against me for ex pressing my opinions
against their movement, promised mo that if I
could succeed in placing tho line iu tho valley of
i tho north-west side of the river, where it now
: rims, they would obtain for that line .subscrip
tions U* tho extent *f at least SIOO,POO. 1 in
formed thorn that 1 had neither the uranejr nor
tho power to rank* the survey at that time ; the)’
insisted lhat|l should forthwith proceed with the
survey, and that they wrathl raise good notes,
payable the January after, to pay for it. In ac
cordance with their wishes, us well as my own
judgment, I trade the application to (ho diree
tors, and obtained their consent to make the
■urvey, provided the Trey people would hear the
oxpenr.f-, which they promised to do, but which
promise hns been complied with only to a very
. lithiti l extent. I made an arrangement with
iheru to c- nvasa the county, and obtn.o subscrip
tion* enough to take tho road through tho entire
county of Tike: but they have not performed ou
their part , • * this subject hns stood until a few
1 months ago, with (he exooption of some snhserip*
| tion* obtained by other parties as well as tlicrn
sclves, to pay for the grading of nineteen miles,
whilst no provision, even prospective, for the
supcrau ucturo of wood und iron, has been made.
; Instead of carrying out. their plans with me ur-
I cording t tlicir own suggestions, they praw pro-
I pose a Tin ; which will do them no material good,
| while it will ho prejudicial to the in crest of the
| road itself, it:* well ns to the •onimerco of Ooluni
lunihus. It involves tho necessity of crossing
i the river twice, with bridges und heavy cm hunk
morns, or very extended trestle work, to bo kept
up a', a very great expense, so long as thu road
stand'-. Upon tho report of their own engineer,
their lino ) five hundred yards longer and cost
! $12,0U) more iu the beginning. This cuunot be
done while wc preserve good fuitli with the peo
pleon tho north-west side of the river, who ure
so opposed to the crossing and rccroesing of the
river, that they refuse to pay up their subscrip
tion-, ui.d moat of them from the neighborhood
and Orion and north of it to l*ine Level, will con
tinue their trado with Montgomery, instead of
1 i. olumhus, to which latter place they will crane
i if the read i placed upon the north side of the
j river. Tbi* liue, which tbo Troy, people insist
j un cannot possibly do them any material good,
I it runs two milt- from the town, and only
1 kaves them a distance of one and a Lalf miles in
reaching the main line us now laid out and loca
ted, :tn<l with reference to which the public lands
have been assigned its.
I understand that the Troy people, ra <*<tni of
then, have /iiid that Columbia will lose twenty
live thousand bags of cotton if this tlcflaction is
not made. If any of them entertain /m-h nu ex
'racngiint nmimi. it can only la* accounted for by
tho ex'rcrac indulgence of n vitiated imagination
whilst, the truth in, according to my impartial
judgment, it. witl lose much by tbo deflection in
trade, in expcitscc, nud in i ■■■■ profit* of tho road,
it'th* Troy people could p;iy raid murid pay lor
: tho whole deflection, free of any charge for stock
in tho road, 1 believe it. would be bad policy for
the stockholders to allow it to lie made. I know
ago and dual about, the localities of the tuitry,
und say, from informal nn derived Irran the peo
ple themselves, that all the .outb-ensu rn pint of
the county about Cloy Hili, Rrftn litre raid Rea
River (lexire frier's Bridge as their depot, and
will go no where else, exoept n few on Itea River,
who will go to Bruce's Bridge—-ell the south
western piirt of the county will find it nearer to
Smiley's Bridge, twelve tulles below Troy. Thore
will he but liitleleft for Troy, (directly smith of
it,) ©Von if the rond was carried through the
town, and scarcely anything if tho Savannah and
Uttlf Road carries lifer p'ans out through the up
per part of Dale and Coffee, which she i* now sur
veying Jlcly upon me, gentlemen, that. Troy
••nu bring u -carcely anything, and don’t allow
their imagination* to control you. If, however,
you will be influenced bv their sayings, be it so;
it is tho duty of your officer to conform to your
will. lam deadly opposed Io the deflection, be
lieving ilmt not j dollar’s advantage can possibly
accrue to Troy, while much injury will result to
the road and to the commercial interest of Co
lumbu*. These arc my opinions fr<-ni the knowl
edge l haveot the country, and although I am
sternly opposed to the deflection, if tho stock
holders or directors aro favorable to these strange
views, I mo rt of course conform to tlicir orders,
while I tun their President. But it is iny privi
lege, and my duty t , the .vtockbolders, to give
my opinion against it. I havo fieou charged with
raying that tho deflection should not bo made
even if thodir clory and stockholder* wero ita
advocates- lbi a ireiri error I never made
such a remark, and hope the people will not
stultify mo with tho charge that. I claim to be
above the power of tbo stockholders raid Agree-’
for*, and though I stn decidedly and deadly op
posedto tbo and -flection, I must, from tha nature
tu the trust, ‘terry out the order* of my superiors
while I remain tbeir President. All those com-
Miration* may def at mo. Let It be so; I will
not complain, a* you hare the power, and hare
the right to exercise it nn you please. I am in
the hands of tho C.tv Council of C'olumbas, and
if my own city repudiates me, I must be content.
Respectfully,
-J. 11. HOWARD.
Free M. A G. R. K.
Goon.—Wc bear it rumored that thore is soon
to be started a Bell and Kverott paper in Mont’
goioery.— Stelmn Reportir.
Well, start it along. If there is any poltltical
scavenger in Alahuma, bold enough to undertake
such dirty work trot him rail ! But we tell him
in advance—tlra people of this Congressional
District will not vote for an Abo itionist, If a
thousand newspapers were started In Montgom*
ery to whitewash him. Neither will they sup
port any man w hoso political principles tend in
tbo least towards Squatter Sovereignty or Free
soilitm.
We presume tbo rumor alluded to by the Re
porter is the one started In Selina during the
late Bell and Everett Convention in that city.—
And we presume that the mere rumor Is all that
will ever be hoard of it We know of no one in
Montgomery who is willing to undertake a task
*o bopelef 4 and thankless und profitless.— Mont.
Mail. _
Jfcir’Ge n.Jfisup wua interred on Tuesday, al
Washington, with military honors. Tho Presi
dent un<i Heads of Departments wero at bis fune
ral. There was a large procetiion, both military
and oivil.
COLUMBUS, THURSDAY, JCIYK 21, ISOO
Baltimore Convention.
Our reader* are referred to the telegraphic dts
patches in another oolnmo, for the latest intelli
gence frran Baltimore, whore the Democracy aro
now aftHetnbled to nominate candidate* for the
President and Vice-President of tho United
State*. At the period of the present writing, tho
Cont ention is harmonious. Ou the lftth iuat., tho
first day of the Convention, a resolution was of
fered by tbo New York delegates to tho effect that
the claims to seats by the delegate* from the oot
ton States be referred to the committee on cre
dential:*, and that the report be final, with the
understanding that no one shall be admitted to a
■eat in the Convention who will not pledgo him
self to abide by its decision*, and support ita nom
inee.
This resolution was lost; showing that the tem
per of the Convention is not to force the South
ern State t to the support of any candidate who
might bo selected as the ntandard-bearer. Rome
of the Douglas States must have voted for this
resolution, otherwise, it could not have passed.—
The position of the New York delegation is now
thoroughly understood. The candidate of the par
ty will receive their cordial support, and they will
make war upon the seoediug States, who might,
upon certain contingencies, oppose the nominee.
Tbo credentials of the delegates claiming seats
n the Convention have been referred to the Com
mittee on Credentials. Those seceding States,
where there are two sets of delegates, vk; —Ala-
bama, Georgia and Louisiana, are denied admia
aion into the Convention, until tho Committee on
Credential* make their report. The remainder
of the delegate* from the receding States, whore
seats are not contested, have had issued io them
tickets of admission by the President. The dele
gate* appointed by the regular Convention iu
Georgia will doubtlchk be received. In fact, wc
are not advised that the intention of the “Nation
al Democrats,” as they are called, i* C- contest
their seats.
In Alabama and Louisiana, the case is done
what different, and it may be argued by the Doug
las party, that the Charle*ton delegates, having j
vacated their seats by seceding, that uuder the i
resolution of adjourntaent to Baltimore, that their j
“vacancies” have been supplied by other dele- i
gate*. The Convention called by the proper an- |
thority, will and ought to be recognised, and
their delegates received. In our opinion, the
Baltimore Convention will nominate a Southern
man, as the chances of Mr. Douglas are out of the
question.
Literary Noflrr,
One of the most interesting anil useful publica
tion* whioh comes to our sanctum is the Scientific
American, a weekly publication, devoted to
popular science, new inventions, and the whole
ruuge of mechanic and manufacturing art*. The
Scientific American ha* been publised for fifteen
years, by tho well known Patent Holioitors,
Messrs. Mux* k Cos., 27 Park Row, New York ;
and ha* yearly increased in interest and circula
tion, until It has attained, we understand, near
ly 30,000 subscribers, which is the best of evi
dence that the publication is appreciated by the
reading public.
To those of our reader* who may not be fa
miliar with the character of the pa|er, we will
stqte some of tbo subject.s of which it treat*. Its
illustrated description* of ail the moat important
improvement* in steam and agricultural machine -
ry, will commeud U to the Engineer and Farmer,
while the new household inventions and shop
tool* which are illustrated by engravings and
described in its columns, with the practical re
ceipts contained in every number, renders the
work dcsirsh e to housekeepers, and almost indis
pcnsiible to every mechanic or smith who bn* a
shop for manufacturing new work, or repairing
old.
The tfoieutilic American is universally regard
ed as the inventor's advocate and monitor; the
repository of Americnu invention*, and the great
authority on law ; aud all business connected
with patent*. Tho Official List of Claims, as Is
sued weekly frran the Patent Office, in Washing
ton, are published regularly in it* columns. All
the most important Patent* issued by the United
States Patent. Otiic* are illustrated and described
on its pages, thu* forming an unrivalled history
of American invention*.
It ia not only the best, but the largest und
cheapest paper devoted Vo Bcience, Mechanics
M nufacturer*. and Useful Ait* published in tire
world. Hon. Judge Mason, formerly Commis
sioner of Patent*, i* not only engaged with the
publisher* in tkinr immense Patent Agency de
purtment, but >• wi “*ron Patent Laws and Prac
tice, bis ability is i rcihly portrayed in tbe col
umns of this pupei.
The .Scientific American is published trace a
week, (every Baturduy,) each number contain
mg 16 ptgaaof Letterpress, and from ID to 12
uriginal Engravings of New Invention*, consist
ing of tbe most improved Tools, Engines, Mill*,
Agricultural Machines and Household Utensil*,
ranking 62 number* in a year, comprising 832
pages, and over 400 Original Engraving'', printed
on heavy, fine paper, in a form expressly for
binding, and all for $2 per annum.
A New Volume commence* on the Ist of July,
un 1 we hope a large number of our town men
will avail themselves of the present opportunity
to subscribe. Ry remitting $2 by mail to the
publisher.'’, Munn A Cos., 37 Park Row, New
York, they will send you their paper one year, at
the end <<f which time you will have a volume
which you would not part with for treble iteeost.
The publisher* express tbeir willingness to mail a
aingl* copy of the paper to such a* may wish to
sec it, without charge.
HhJ. Howard and the Mobile and Vlrnrd K. K
from the of this gentleman, to the
stockholders, published in the Daily Sun nf yes
terday, wc see there are many complaint* against
him and we infer that there 1s a too venter t on
foot to turn him out.
We know personally nothing about tho road ;
Major 11., may have managed it badly for aught
tbat we know, but one thing we do know.—that
when he took hold ol'it, most people considered it
worth.es*, if not worse, it extended only about
20 miles, was out of money and credit, and bad
ly in debt, ( nder hit administration it has been
extended, we do not knew how far, we suppose
forty or fitly miles and is still getting along.
One thing is certain, he has made it all that it is,
and ho did it when nobody else and every body
else connected with it either could not, or would
not do anything with it ; since nobody else could
or would do a* well a* he has done for the past,
is there any security that any body else will do
any better for the future ? Wethink not, and it
it our opinion that it is better to take the certain
ty of his managing it as well for the future us ho
ha* for the past, than to take tbe chances ot get
ting somebody else to manage it a groat deni
worse.- Corner Stone.
——a m a mm
France and England.
The Washington Conetitutioi% contains an ac
count of a most otninoua and pregnant Cuuver.a
tion reported by the Paris Pretee, a* having oc
curred between Napoleou and the English am
bassador, Lord (.'owley. It any* :
The language of Napoleon appeals to have
been high aud imperious, denying all respouri
billty on his part with regard to tbe Ricili-tn In
surrection, and the invasion of Garibaldi, fra
which latter he blames the Rardlniao government
and declaring that he, being called upon to “eon
template the success of tbe notional party in the
.Southern State of the peninsula, and th* comple
tion of the great kingdom of the North,” (Sardin
ia) the balance of j ower thu* agatu disturbed
•‘mutt, in the cuee of France at laaet, aauin be re
11retted by the territorial exteneion of the empire
Th* Emperor adds, that there may be no ntisun
ere tending in hit mean iug, he makes these remarks
in the presence of his Minister of Foreign Affair*.
In tbe course of th# reported conversation hs also
says, “the warning which I have given to th*
Sardinian government 1 would now give Her
Majesty’*."—Something Is to come of language
like this. If It is eorrsctly reported, England has
not been spoken to In such a tone since the day
of the first Napoleon.
What Is t&ougbt of the Richmond Convention
a brand Row at Baltimore
The aotiftn of the Democratic Convention at
Richmond meets with the general approbation ot
tbe Democratic member* of Congraes. But there
appears to boa gloomy foreboding in the mind* of
most of them Hint there is a crisis al hand which
cannot bo averted, and which is pregnant with
the most tremendous result*. The Douglas dele
gates aro resolved not to admit the speeding del
egates, as far as they have tho power t- exclude,
but to admit iu tbeir stead bogus delegates ap
pointed to fill the vacuut place*. Very much de
pends on the delegation from New York, which
hold* the balance of power. ‘J hat an explosion
will take piano i* almost certaiu, and it will be
brought about iu tlila w y. Judge Bmal'ey, the
Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements at.
tbe Charleston Conveiri.on, who acted ao unfairly
in excluding tho Wood delegation frmu the floor,
claim* the right to issue tiek.t.i h.r the Baliitoore
Conv ntiou. Tho claim ia denied, as his powers
•■eased when the Charleston Convention Urgun
ited. But tho new National Demecrauo C m
mittoe was not appranted, on acoouut. of tbo sud
den breaking up of the Convention. Under theao
circumstance*, Mr. Caleb Cushing, the chairman
of tho Convention, hns the right to issue the tick
ets, end he will issue them. Tbeea will be thus a
doubb’ set of tickets issued. Atari events, Mr.
Cushing will supply the Southern seraiding dele
gates’with tickets, and they will bo admitted; und
the question will then arise, how aro they to be
put ou ? The Douglas leaders, finding them
present, will ask them whether they will be bound
by tho decision of tbe Convention if Douglas
should he nominated? It they .should not give a
satisfactory answer, the Douglas faction will pro
tost ag uust tbeir right to tm thero, and if they
can, will expel them, and admit their own friend a
frran the rum# Slate nod thus nominate their fu
v write.
It ia needless Ui any that undonheyireuinriuneig
tho seceding delegates will secede a second time,
and perhaps bring otbors with tb cm,and that there
will be another democratic candidate in tbo field.
Th.s breaking up will probably take place on
Tuesday, and the Richmond Convention will meet
on the 20th, one day earlier than named, and
in pursuance of the call of the chairman, who is
vented with discretionary power to convene the
seeeders sooner if necessary. Thu* there i* less
hope of uuic't nud harmony than ever, and great
er probability of the election of the republican
candidate.
Bad work i* anticipated at Baltimore An im
mense number of rowdies from this city, from
i uiludelphiH mid Now York, with a thousand
fighting men from Illinois and Ohio, arc exported
j at the Monumental City. Tho contact of tb*.e
: element* with the Plug Ugiica must necessarily
| load to violence. —A. Herald.
iu-jtori ream tue Harper’s Ferry iommituc
Was luxe tox, June I.
Mr.. Masox, (dem.) of Va., ffom tho Rpei inl
Committed on Harper's Ferry, ramie n lengthy
report.
The report comprint* one hundred and fifty
foolscap page*, exclusive of voluminous testiim.
nj. A full history i.- given of Brown’*movements
and result*, aud reference is made tu tho utter
insecurity of tho. peace and safety of some of fito
Mates of the Union owing to the excited condi
tion of tho public mind and its purposes iu tho
tiou-slavebolding Stale.*-. Although it may not
become tbo contrail tec to suggest a duty to those
States to provide by proper legislation against ma
chinations in tbeir borders destructive ot the peace
of the confederate republics, if does not become
them folly to expo o the cnjiscq eit cox resulting
from the present j iron se in the nou-slavcholding
States to the peace and integrity of the Union,
which is necessarily involved In ita continuance.
The rilled curhincH, manufactured in Connecticut
intended, a* it would appear, to no ordinarily
used in strilo in Kansas, anil sent thither for
that purpose, wore voluntarily placed by the
Massachusetts Kansas Commit too, through its
chairman, in the hands of Brown, with vague and
unexplained instructions as to their use; hut the
truth was, it would appear Uo ftunlly conceived
the purpose of exciting civil war in some nf the
.slavehoJ,Rag Stries. This expedition, so atio*
*ious in character, would have been arrested bad
even ordinary c&re boon taken on iho part of the
Massachusetts Committee to aseertaiu whether
Drown wua truthful in his professions. The tes
timony shows that after hii treasonable pro reed
ing* at Chatham he went back to Now Eng
land, travelling through it* several village* col
lecting noney, which whs freely contributed mi’
der the auspice* both of Howe and Stearns, and
others, with a knowlodgo that ho retained tho
largo supply of arms of which they had failed to
dispoisok* him. On the wholo testimony there
can be n_ doubt that Brown’s plan was to com
mence a servile war on the borders of Virginia,
which be expected to extend, and which ho be
lieved his means nod resource* wero sufficient to
extend through that State and ttie entire South.
It does not seem that be entrusted even hid in*
timatefriends with bis plaus fully, oven alter
♦ hey wen* out for execution. The committee were
not prepared tu suggest any legislation which in
their opinion would bo adequate to prevent oc
currences in future. The only provision a of lira
constitution of the Futted States which would
seem to import any authority in the government
to interfere on oeeasioua attecting th< pencil or
safety of the States are fourti injbe eighth section
of the firt article among the powers i*f Congress
tu provide for calling on thu militia to execute
the laws of thn Union, t< suppress insurrections
and repul Invasions, and in the f. urili section ol’
the fourth article is rite fallow! g word*:
The United ,State* *hirii _uuiuui.*o to every
State iu tho Union u republican foim nf govuru
merit, und Hhall protect l*qcli of them against in
vud-in, and on application of tbe Legislature or
executive (when tbe Legislature cannot be con
vened) against domestic vio'encc.
The invasion hem spoken of would seim to
import tu invasion by the public forceof a for
eigu Bower, or if not limited hiiU ccptaiijr refera
ble to au invasion by ou* .‘• tale us another, still
it would seam that public force or forces, exer
cised under the sanction of ncKnnwledgcti polit
ical power,it thoreme.iut. iho in a.ion, >o call
it so, by Brown and his followers, t Harper's
Ferry, wa* in no sense of that character. It was
simply auact of lawless ruffian* under tt.e sanc
tion of no public or political authority. If the
several State*, whether fh-ru meilvc* of policy
or a desire to preserve tho peace <*f the Union,
if not from fraternal feeling, do cot hold it in
cumbent on them after tLo experience of the
country tn guard in future by appropriate legis
lation agaiu*'l occurrences si nil tv to tho one
hero inquired into, thu committee . .ui find jo
guaroutecolsewh ro for (he security es .peace be
tween tho State* of thu UuiOn Ho fur, however,
a* the safity of the public property Is involved,
the committee would earnestly recommend that
provision should be ind by the Executive, r
I if noee*sary by Jaw, to kvcpundrr adequate ruil
| itary guard the publlo armories and nrxena’s of
tho United Hi atr iu sumo way after tho manner
now practiced at tbe navy yard* and fort*.
The report iti signed by Messrs. Pavla,
and l item
Senators Loilumri and Doolittle, ihv minority,
in the. course of their brief report, Gay there ia no
evidence that any other oiti/.uis than thore with
Drown were accessary to this outbreak or inva
sion, Ly contribution* thereto or otherwise, nor
any proof that any thorn had any knowledge of
thd conspiracy or it* purpose* in the year 1869,
although home of the testimony tends to show
that some abolitionists havo ut lime* contributed
money to what i* ooca.'m*|ly called practical
abolitionism, that I*, aiding escaped “laves, and
may have placed implicit confideju-c in .folin
Brown, yet there i* no evidence t *bow,nr cause
to believe they had any complicity with there
conspirator*, or any suspicion <>f it * existence or
design before its explosion, nor docs ;tny evi
dence show there was a conspiracy to rescue
Brown or hi* associates front prison in \ irginiu.
Time, and reflection have happily dissipated
much of the alarm and suspicion, and have shown
that this raid wa but an ofl’shoot front the cxcl*
ting outrage* abd Jawlt <Meiß in Kansas, which
worn eommenred and continued there by avowed
Invasion of that Territory to control its own peo
ple, the elections and the government, aud for the
introduction and perpetuity of slavery there on
raie hand, and resistance or defiance on the oth
er. Tho facts disclosed aforesaid, In the light in
which they appear to tho minority, and in which
they present (hem, however much calling for
reprobation uud reproof ffiiry may, should be
used and improved to allay excitement, quiet and
suspicion, and restore tranquility. They rev
there is no fact culling for Congressional legisla
tion. They insist, however, there is no such mat
ter presented in tho testimony or eabtinf ,in In t,
as U more than intimated in tbe major! \ report,
that the abolitiouist* iu the tree State* are about
to tek* a course intended covertly to produce
treasonable violation of tbo laws and peace of the
slaveholding States, ranch !•■* that any neb
course is countenanced by the body of tlio peo
plo in the froo States. ’They regret that the
conclusions of tho report lend to promulgate such
a view, as they regarded it unfounded iu fact,
and illy calculated to promote peace, confidence
and tranquility, and a departure from the legit-
CEYTON H. COLOUTTT, I WI .
-3 AMES W. WAHREN, \ Edltorß
Number 25
irnal. rurpow for wbicli the oommiiteo km ,p.
pointed.
The committee was di*chargcd from the fur
ther consideration of tho subject.
Mr. Mason, from the same committee, asked to
bo dhtchar. edfrom the bills relating to tbe inva
sion of Slqteß and the memorial praying for the
re'enst) <.f Mr. Hyatt. Agreed to.
Un also utado a spocial report ou tho petitions
of the negroes of Massachusetts, praying for the
release of Mr. Hyatt, and linked that, as they
tampered with the “cone, they ho refhlßed to
the ini-moriulht* Laid over.
Mr. Doolittle of Wls., naado a minority report
saying the right of petition nouid not be denied
any one. Laid over.
Departure of the Volunteers.
Tho Yoluutvr* wore ocurte,l to thu depot yes
terday morning by tho Floyd Riftos and Macon
Guard*, and t >uk their departure for tho Springs.
There was :i large number of cititens— a great
many of whom were ladies—assembled at tbe de
pot to bid them adieu, wi.i. them an abundance
ul* pleasure and a safe return home. As the caia
moved out of the shod they wero saluted by a
discharge from tho Floyd Rifles, which was ro
apondod toou tbo part of tho Volunteers by tbo
waving of handkerchiefs and loud buzens,
We regret to say tbat the gentle bint we threw
nut. a few days ago ns to our partiality for a place
in the line near th* music, was treated with cool
indifference, and tbo pine* ns usual monopolized
by the ragged urchin*. Wo, however, had our
revenge. We were “rA*r” in uuiform among tbe
green whs, and wo certainly locked brave, fur thu
martial music, together with tho bright eyes of the
ladles, and t he rays of the sun which beamed up
on us. stirred up tho eagle in our bosom and made
us fuebai proud as the hero of n Roman triumph.
But when the moment arrived when it was our
duty as a brother ooldierto burn a llttlo powder
in the wny of a walute, our rifle recollected tho
way we had been treated by them and positively
hung fire. Singular, wae'nt it ?
Although wo have been slighted, a.;d have just
cause to be a little vexed, wo can’t bear malice,
end with the Christian maxim, “do unto others an
you would other* should do unto you,” staring us
iu tho fuoe. we wish tbe gallant Volunteers their
full measure of enjoyment, and a safe return to
their fatnilios aud friends. —Maco i TYfcprnjrii.
lllfA. inet.
Dai .hi and Augusta Railroad.
The work on this lload Is progressing well.
The surveys have hcou completed, except that
part between Macon and Millcdguville by th*
way of Clinton, nud Mr. Utuelhurst, with his
company goi - on that to-duy. He will be iu
Clinton during this week. The location has uot
been definitely retried between Sparta and Augus
t, but it probably will be* finally decided and u
i large part of the grading put under contract in a
month. The Company have purchased 50 miles
of iron to bo delivered next wiuter and it is their
intention to push tbo work forward a* rapidly as
possible. Front what wo know of the President
and Directors, we confidently- expect the best
results from their action, and the character of Mr.
Heard, the President, and Mr. Hazeiharst the
Chief Engineer, is a guarantee tbat the work will
he pushed forward with all tho energy that is
consistent with proper economy.— Macon Tele
graph.
M Ysrr.Hiora Mt'sio on thk Gclp boons.—
The mystic music sometimes board at the mouth
of the Pascagoula rives, on a fitill night, is ou*
of tho wonders of our coast. It ts not couflned
however, to the Pascagoula rivor, but has often
breu hoard at other places. At tbo mouth of
l>asuu Coq del ludo and other inlets, opening
into the Gulf along the coast, of our own coun
try, tbe curious list niter, lying idly in his boat,
with lifted oars, whon every other sound is hush
ed, may sometimes bear its strains coming ap
parently from beneath the water, like tho soft
note* of distant -Eolinn harps.
We bad always supposed tbat this phenome
non, whatever its origin might be, natural or su
pernatural, was peculiar to our own coast. It
appears, however, from Sir Emerson Tennant’s
recent work on Ceylon, that *oraethiiig very like
it l known at Battiulloa, in that Island, and it
is attributed to n rather luss poetical and mysteri
ous origin- that it ia a poculiar .species of shell
fish. They aro said to be heard at night, and
most distinctly whon tho moon i* nearer the full.
Sir Fnti-rson also eay* :
“Sounds somewhat nuriUr ate heard unler
water at some pluces on the Western roast of In
dia, especially in the harbor of Bombay. At Cal
dera, in Chili, musical cadeuces are said to issue
from thar-ca near thu lauding place; they aro de
scribed a® rising and falling fully four notes, re
sembling the tone* of harp strings, and mingling
like those at Baitialloa, till they produce a musi
cal discord of grent sweetness and delicacy. The
animals from whence they proceed have not beeu
identified at either place, and the mystery re
mains unsolved, whether those at Dattiallon. are
civen forth bv fishes or molluske."— -Mobile
Herald.
At a lata hour on Friday evening we heard
of tue duatlt of Mr John C Walker, whore extreme
illnets hat, for some time, excited tbo sympathies
of a large circle, by whom be was justly lov* and snd
appreciated. Burn in Now Y'-rk State in 1810,
ho came to Chariest n in 1823, uud hae ever
since bean actively and usefully, engaged in the
printing, publishing aud book binding business.
Knergv, enterprise and puhlic spirit, displayed
uetur * in the exercise of his calling, and h.a
dextn w ilu ura-o another gap iu the ranks of thus*
who dignity labor and make it honorable.
A high standing of probity marked his dealings
with his fellow men, and no shadows obscured
rite purity of hi* domestic life, — Charleston ( S . C)
Courier, of the 13th.
Rlonhin atNiauara Aoaix—The groat tight
rope walker has, this seasou, changed tho loca
tion of hi* “uoste&dfnst footing” on the Niagara.
Last year the rope was s retched from points be
tween the J* a 11m and the suspension bridge. The
Niagara Falla Garotte says that it now hnngs
over the wildcat of tho rapids, Just below the
Suspension Bridge and above the whirlpool. At
this point tho gorge of the river abruptly nar
rows, and tho vast volume of water as it leaves
the broad area above and enter* the narrow
channel, is violently agitated and the velocity
greatly increased. The banka arc very high,
nearly two, hundred and fllty feet,.—
and arc also very steep —in /act, nearly perpen
dicular.
Over this fearful chaaut, ivud on this mere
thread, tho rope-walker proposes to travil to and
front the Queen's Dominions. As fearful as the
undertaking seems, those whowitnesged his per
formances last yenr enteriuiu uo doubt as to his
ability lo do all he promises.
.£4l, The Troy Budget understands that Mor
rissey, the pugilist, in to go immediately into
training, at the Abbey, near Troy, with a view of
lighting ffoouan in August; He has left New
York, and expresses bfs dolcrmiuation to van
quish the cbnmpioli of the world, notwithstand
ing he/Morrissey) is threatened with consump
tion.
f&f* lu Warren eonnty, Mis.*., some teu days
ago, a.Mr. Dee, who bad had trouble with his
wife and her family bee*use of bis ill treatment
of hor, deliberately shot her nt her brother’s
table, ami wn* himself instantly killed by the
brothei The wife survives, but in a critical eon
dlt ion. •
A few wailing!- utter, in the urne county Dr
r got into u difficulty with Dr. Beil about
ihe latter’s visits to tho former’s sisters, and was
killed itifttnutcr, us waa his brother-in-law, Col.
Win. Deflriflin, who tried to separate the two.—
Hell cuuiß ue&r being lynched, but was finally
j-xlged in jnil.
CtmwF.NCKNB>r at run Statu tfjrivKßsiTv.
The billowing Isa lint of tho gentleman of tha
Senior Class awarded honor* and speaker’s
place* in August next:
Ist Honor—W. It. Lee, KdJiW Mml, South
Carolina. _
2d Honor—l. A. Thomns Wuitliourville, Ga.;
N. (*. Kitubnl, Tallapeo*! l , Ala.; W. D. Anderson,
(Valedictory > M nrlctu. Ua.
Sneak era. b&. Burns, ChllttunoogH, (Ja.; it
lb Hiixtcr, Allien ■, tH.j J. E. Harper, Augusta,
tin : 1/ > Harris, A therm, Un.; Frank bump
kin.’Athens. Ob.; W. D. Mitcholl, Thotuas coun
iv, (In ; T. A. Murray. Watkinsville, Ga.; J. C.
Kecso, Alfcdisojl, Ua.; W, A.Tennille, Ft. Gaines,
On.; R. J Thomas, Walthourville, Ga.; 9. F.
fumlin, t’arternvi.lo, On;-- At f t>u* flauntr,
- i— ♦—
Tffi-Hoy writes the poetry id” tho boy, but
rueioory that of tho man. Man looks forward
with smiles, hut backward with sighs. Such >*
the wise providence of God. Tho cup of *• **
tho jJwectc':t at tho brim, the flavor is impaired
lot wo drink deeper, and the dregs art made bit
ter that we’may not struggle wheu it is taken
from our lips.