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About The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1860)
CUU MRI K. fXIDAT, AHUST *. I*#. ’ FOR PRBSTtiRNT, JOHN G. B ECKIMIBGE, OF KENTUCKY. rFOR VICK-PRKSIDaNT, JOSEPH LANE, OF ORFOOS. Mr. Breckinridge'* View* ob tamimll) i/txlM*ilon ■Th. five I ib.t BBllher Congrw. nor n T err.lorl*! Ltjttal.tunt co eofi.tltuUonaU, esolutltt from, ui run*Bte io a ivrru -ry, ,rlrnt property bavin* horn judicially detorrainod by tbe hirbc'f.urt li. in the Cnit*d Ktatoi, I ooofoM lliai i did n t an ticlp.te ll dootrlnn of unfru.dl, Urrilori.illty itlu itm in regard to African rlavtf. It ha. no warrant from tliti Oatttltutfam, if nr rerotfnizr tbo MgbcM judicial Interpretation of that iurtru. aant —Frank/n't Sprtrh, IBM*. On Frotrctlii* toitlavtry. So that in regard to t rrry doacription of prop arty, imluMu, iltivct rmognitrd and MRarded by the Cimltitutios, it i< the duty of the etnirlrot the country to protootand yunrtt it whenever tlie quaatloa to bronaht before them. ‘ * • • • • * * Butsbonld hc time over arrive when u dooi*i"n ©faoompctcnt court onaquestion of private right i* likely to fall forward of udtu/ua f* remedies to ex acute it, those renicdie, executive and legislative if need bo, ahtll be afforded, or government is failure —and from thin conclusion I roe no ereupe for any juit utittd that would uphold the niithor itici u’f tb country. —Frankfort Speech, 1860. 110. V JOHN nttV VIEW* la opposed to the slave-trade l*F th© District of Columbia!! “IVoold l*e eottlent to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia*' 1 .! “With regard to tbo constitutional power of Congress over thi* subject, l would nay tha the only doubt I havo of the existence of the power either to juipprose tho slave trade or to abolish slavery in this District, is inspired by tbo respect l have for the opinions of so many distinguished and eminent men, both in and out of Congress, who hold that Congress has no Such power. Heading the Constitution for myself, / believe that Cangress hue nU the power over the subject in this district which the States have, within their respective jurisdiction*.''—Congressional Globe, YOl. 22. p. 1668, —John /Jell’s Speech. Again: “Hut, however groat my respeot may be for the opinions of others oti the questioned’ power, there are some considerations or such high account 0.1 in my judgment, to make it desirable that, unless by oomtuou consent the project of abolition shall bo wholly given up and abandoned, the remnant of slavery existing in the /listrid should be abolished at once; at the present moment, how ever, the excited ftato of public senUn.ont in the South, growing out of territorial questions, may soniu to forbid suah a course.”— /bid. And again: “1 would bo glad to see all cause of diDurbaneo and contention in tbe District wholly removed: hut let uie say that this cau never ho done by the abolition of slavery, unless it be accompanied by some adequate provision for the removal or tin: efiboiivo control of tbo slrvos oftor they shall be emancipated. With this qualification, and in order to test the determination of the North in regard to any further aud continued aggreasiou Upon Southern property, / would bk contest TO SEK SLAVERY in the District ABOLISHED TQ OATV'V- /bid. On tbo aWßtion oft be slave trade in thnt Dis trict, he said: “With regard to the proposition ti* MuppKt.” the slave truth) iotho District, as already stated, / had made up my mind that it ought to be done, on several good ground*."— lbid. Hr Bril's better. The l.n*/ni> vr of yesterday, published a recent letter ft >tu Mr. Bell to Thus. H. Waits, l>q., of Montgomery, Ala., whiuh It is pleased to don ani mate “manly and candid.” Lot- us see. Mr. Watt and others enclosed to Mr Bell the Alaba ma America') platform of 1856, and asked him if he nudorsed It. The question was one easy to be answered, ti required no explanation, 110 circumluoutimi. A solitary lUoiiowylitble would have done the wotk. Hour docs Mr. Hell meet it? With a two-thirds of a column letter in which he refers his interrogator* to his “past course,'’ and, more especially, to a recent compi lation of his speeches- .1 reference, doubt lets, made for tbo purpose of cheating theso who may uovor sou the speeches, into the belief that ho fa vored ‘protection’ to slave property lo the Territo ries, Further Hiatt this ho refused to answer. sMr. Walts wa* very earnest and persuasive hut the stopper refused to conio the cork screw pul led out. Mr. Hell said . I have no distrust of your einoerity and good faith iu making earnest appeals to me, which you do in your letter, to take a course, which 1 hope you will, upon reflection, perceive would not bo in conformity with the intention* and expecta tions of those who chose me to bo their leader, and the representative of their policy and principles : nor do I doubt your sincere desire to support tho Union Tiekot, if you eon do so oonuisUmtly with your sense of public duty. It U, therefore, with deep regret, tbxt I find myself constrained to dif fer with you in noy of your views, and most of all, to have to ray to you. that 1 cannot go be yond tho record of my political life, in respond in;: to tbe question presented in your letter. In a previous purt of his lottur, Mr. lidl sanc tion* the policy of tho Convention which nomina ted him in not adopting u platform and say* : Had i boen a member of tho Convention, I would have resisted the adoption of uny platform, or other declaration of principles, not embraced or Implied in the three I'umiiummtal propositions or objects intended to ho maintained and scoured by the National In ion Party, nud which con stitute the basis < t its organisation : “The Gun nitufion, the l nion, aud the Enforcement of the laws.” This “manly aud candid'* letter of Mr. Bell, therefore, is nothing more nor loss than a candid •refusal to give a direct slid unequivocal answer to tbo questions propounded to him by the Alabama Americans. It leaves the mutter just where it found it, where Mr. Bell placed it by his letter of acceptance, and where it would have been loft ii ho had never uttered a word on the subject—to be determined by bis record. That record is be fore tbo country. ilis advocates, with all their ability and ingenuity, have not been able to pro duce from it a single sentence whit h shows that Mr. Bell is on tbe Southern side of the great liv ing issue of the day. Aside from that issue, hi* record la eminently hostile to the South. It pre sents him ia company with Houston of Texas, in opposition to an otherwise uuauimuu* South, re sisting tho admission of a slave State into (he Union, voting against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and favoring the. abolishing s a vary in tho District of Columbia. U Mr. 801 l were elect ed to the office to which be aspires, and a bill were t-i pass CongroM proposing the latter ohjeet. wc do not see how any rutiouul man can doubt that he wmiUl sanction it. The strangest thing connected with this letter is. that it should have been >atl*fa<Bery to Mr. Watts, ('an it be possi ble that that gentleman hud not before read Mr. Hell’* speeches? Wusunmit that it would have been more “manly and candid” for Mr. Wattsbi have acknowledged that his tiew born enthusi asm for tho right of the F*ath had received u shower bath. Make hiwt* bock from Texas, Mr. Watts! Tour sevvi.'es will bo much needed in Ala tuna to your *>nclt*h.tis from Mr Bell’s record. Mokile and Onto iUiLitOAD.—Tho la*t bar ol iron, says an exchange, for the ovmpletin of the Mobile aud Ohio Ruilroad ha* been received in Mobile. All the iron nocese< ry for tho work is now on baud. Cars of all kinds, aud stoaru engines, Ac., are on their way to tho seme por to stoek the road completely by the first of No vember The Arrant atOccaoi an. Va The dispatch to tbe CbarioKton Mercury communicating the in telligcnoe of cutung down of the Lincoln and Jlumlin flag stall at Oecaqunti, Va., on the 2Mb uIL, adds: There is eefiou* talk of the whole of tbe border counties being cleared of the gaugs of John Brownites who now infer! tbetn. Public l*elu<£ run* very high on the subject, and most persons say that tbe cud is not yet. (urioiiß Evolution*. A Dougin* and Johnson ratification meeting was held in PaviiAnnh on Monday night, njti woe addrcMcd by the Inst named gentleman.— The course of argument, followed by the speak er, us presented in the Savannah Republican, l* dw.klodly licb and unique. He li rut showed thst squatter.sovereignty, nt explained in tbe raseol California, wax ratified by Congre** And assent 'd to by Georgia, thnt bo wan denounced at thst day fur opposing tbedoctriuo when it cyst, us an •smpire; now, howover, when the doctrine is not worth a dime, the demuoralic patty ha* been broken in pieces by ib This doctrine was the eompn>mtac, tho eonlioct of that day, and the democratic party was bound by it. In a subse quent part of hi* address Gov Johnson attempt ed to prove that Judge Douglas was opposed to /iqualter sovereignty, aud therefore, (our infer ence) that thoOoVi rnor and the Judge weroon opposing platform*. We extract from tho Re publican : “Judge Douglas, be said, had > oen misrepre sented und misunderstood ut the Houtb. iioas- Herled positively that Judge D. was not in favor Squatter Sovereignly, and in proof read from hi* speech in February, 1858, where he took the ground that the ‘Territories derived all their powor* from the Constitution, un er their organic ■leu.'* “First upon the heel tap and then upon tho toe.” Really this advocating Douglas must bo an up-hill business. A I’u.vmge In me Lite of John lb 11. of December, 18.17, was a memorable day in Congress. It was then that the system of antt slavery agitation which has been since so persistently kept up, was fairly inaugurated in that body. Mr. Made of Vt. moved to refer two memorial* praying the abolition of slavery iu the District of Columnia to u select commit tee, and obtaining the floor on thnt motion pro ceeded lo dclivor a most inflammatory abolition harangue. Repeated efforts were made by south ern members lo prevent tbo progress of the speech by call* to order and motions to adjourn. Hut Hlade having the floor, refused to yield it, aud was suffered t<> proceed. The excitement was intense. Mr. Wise of Va., Mr. llolscy of (in., Mr. Hhett of B. and perhaps others call ed upoy the delegation* from tbvkr respective htates at once t<? withdraw from the UouHC, and notice was given by tho lust named gentleman of an immediate meeting of the Koutbern mem bers in the Committee Room of the District of Columbia. At last, Mr. McKay of N. C., mode u point of order which the Kpeahcr sustained, and Hindu wiih forced to give way, still, however, kueping.hi* foot, with the intention of resuming hi* speech if possible. Mr. Bencher, anotti er member from North Carol Inn, sei'/ed tho op portunity thus aflorded of getting tbe floor and moved an adjournment. The contest had been hitter and violent to the lust degree, and the Hoiisivwas in a tempest. The bouth and tho conservative muu of the North voted for the ad journment. while HJude aud hi* backers opposed it. The list ol nay* was headed by John ijuin oy Adams,tmd numbered only fl.'l, among whom was included the whole abolition strength in the House. Three nominal .Southern men only voter! against udjouruing, so a* to enable Slade to continue bis speech. They were Milligan of Delaware, White of Kentucky, and John //< // / Tennessee, the Union candidate for the Presi dency. The meeting of Southern members was held, audit v. hk proposed to at. once abandon their seat* in Congress nml return to their constitu ents, but tnollcrnte counsels prevailed and their deliberat.ous ended in tho adoption of u propo sition to ho submitted to the House, which was altcnvard.< known an the 21 at Rule. It provided that ail petition* in respect to the abolition of shivery, after being first received, should with out being debated, printed, fund or referred, be laid on the table. This was put in tho bauds of Mr. Fatten ul Vu., uifd hy him introduced Into the House. Mr. Adams opposed its passage und Mr. Fatten, demanded the previous question. The same sixty three, including Mr. Hull, v tied uguiuit the previous question The r solution finally pushed 122 t 074, Mr. Bell not*voting. • The same question came up in previous Con grosses, ami Mr. Hell, so long as he continued ti member, invariably voted with the North against the South — /Su/nuta spirit. From the Daily Sun. OI'EUKA AND TALLADEGA RAILIiOAI) To the City Council and Citizens of Columbus: In consideration of tha implied will id’ the people of Columbus to have this uuul pushed forward to eouiploiion at an early a nay os pos sible, consistent with u safe administration id’ tho affair* of the Company, the Directory agree to take into fu vorablc consideration, provided It me a with your approbating, the following ns being, lot the reasons herein set forth, as safe, and far uioro expeditious and economical a me thod than tho usual quo ot raising money by nub scription to contract tho work. Wo propose, in the first place, to issue bonds of this company to the extent of $600,000, ma turing ut troiu eight to twelve years heuuo. These bonds tvo will negotiate for tho purpose of buy ing negroes to brild our road We have at pre sent ample moan* to purchase all necessary stock and implements of grading for tho use of these negroes, and wo pledge ourselves to ruiso our subscription to $600,000, to guard against all contingencies. Hilt wo believe we could more readily negotiate these bond* end at ices sacrifice, it we could pro cure their endorsement by some corporation of sufficient credit, ami we first ask their endorse meat by tho )ity of Columbus as being the uext party most interested in tho success of our road, audio muko her truly safe in tho matter, wo propose iu ease of such endorsement, to give her a lien upon the negroes so purchased, and upon nil stock and implements of grading that should bo owned by this company, and give her control of the negroes by u majority of the Directory. Tho benefits arising from this plan *e propose to show to be as follows: Taking our Engineer's estimate of $660,000as the cost of the road bed with the timbers laid down ready for the iron, from Opelika to Chll dersburg asa bpsis, ro have in round numbers $1,500,000 us the estimated cost of tho road bed to TnscUtnbia. Our bouds. If properly endorsed, should enable us to purchase) -100 uldchodiod ne groes. These negroes would bo divided into 20 companies of 20 each, and would upon un aver age be able to complete one and a half miles per year to each company. This much, with tho subscribed grading wc have, will certainly build the road to Chddersburg in throe years, mid iu five year* thereafter we can reach Tuseumbia. Tho cost of tho outfit for these negroes will bo as follows: 200 mule: at S2OO per head SIO,OOO :.’<o can at 950 each 10,000 ItMd , ‘loveD, hpades nud picks, at $1 1,000 2b plows, at SSO ],OOO 100 whe*l.borrows, at $1,60 160 BUI vnith cud wlieelright's tools aud inttmi.d 2.000 $54,860 Adil 10 per cent, for contingencies 6,4.15 ‘i'liial uutfU *n,m The cost ot operating this force for the first yoar will he— Feeding nud clothing 40U, negroes at $75 per bead $30,000 Do. do. 200 mules, at $75 por head 15,000 Salary of 20 overseers 8,000 .-alary of Supervisor 1,600 Repair* 2,000 lutoacston bond* 35,000 Add 1C per cent, tor contingoncies 0.160 Total $100,630 At the end sis tho first year wo cun have tho cars running to DadovtUe, when tho cost ©four op erations for the set mid year would be same us first your less $25,000 from net cumings of tho road $75,050 Add amount of firt year's expenses 100,650 Total $176,300 This year we can complete the road to Younj,- vllle, and our expense account will stand thus; Expense 54 year *ame a* above less S4O, 000 from receipts $60,650 Amount brought down 176,300 Total $2.16,060 At the cud of the third y*nr we would have our road built to Uhilderthurg, with our bonds still five year* to run, and the receipt* oftheroad would covor all *fX|H)ii#os of o|K'ratuig the hauds. tVcoanthen push the road steadily, rapidly and reirely lo Tuscmubia. We should certainly be euabted to roach Tuseumbia by the end of the eighth year, when the nJgroe* could ho sold to liquidate the bonds t>f the company, ‘ihe total an t actual Core of the rood could then be easily • utmnod up ns tolb.w* : Expense of negroes a* above .$236,650 Los* in negroes of 12* • per ©cut 56,006 Lo e in outfit of 60 pm cent 28.890 Total $320,840 W u have sulff-icnt u.-Miruitc© that wc can get our road Wd built. The kealtbincaa of toe coun ry along the entire line would justify us iu ma king ibis outlay, and the percentage ot loss h* above stated, we thiuk to tie amply sufficient.— Hits endorsement, will be establishing do prece dent. The city of Savannah ha* repeatedly en dorsed the bou-Is ol her railroad companies’ Wo think we have conolsively shown that this road can be built aud the capital stock be con fined to $500,00P. und would merely instance, ,f the Memphis and Charleston road, utter paying ‘he interest of and yearly creating sinking ■ nod to meet a bonded debt of $3,000,000, pay* ! • dividend of from 16 to 20 per cent, un the $3,- *00.006 of Stock, what night wc toot suppose; Mould be the dividend* of $600,000 of stock in j tlm road to Tuseumbia? Wo dcsireiho eitixcriH of Calurobu : to t;.k this proposition under TUvUcmcnt, and detennh.* their action ut on early a day ns p..- d>b . In the meantime, to forward the v. in good faith thnt portion of the road I tween Opelika and Waveriy. DIRiiCTOH. Opetikn, Alabama. Ob** Fuo* that Convkvti'.n •!Wu.diingimi Hunt, ex Governor of New Verk, wbo•pnrdom-d out of the Penitentiary of New York, .* fugitive •lave, to prevent bis master’s recovering him, v.u- Pretidenf of tho Contention that • om.:.*u 1 Ibil und Fv- i.u 111 ‘l.’ ■ dearly intimated that any I ttle differcn- i ut “niggers” ohouWnH keep i u-h t'.y.d ot ■ r neper., ted. .Said he : “l am detaining you too long, gontli • > .. I r 1 have no thought ot i/mk.ng a In conclusion, l will only rep*: <Pthe 1- n wc t i expressed on a former'M-t asion that D, t deliberation* and proceeding* may t” <-i}iirac.i.:t < lted by harmony, by decorum and hy di;rtny, and that no disturbing element may conn* in. I tu-i we shall not be very much embarrassed in th< <„u •truetion of a platform. [Laughter n;>d We onyht not to endeavor etrongly to <*'abti uniformity of opinion ou a qveii-uu wi.icn wo all know and understand a question that every min will at Ibul Brisk 11 and 1 • Judgment.” flow easy for Free Hollers nod pro-sift very men to make a platform, when they agre- to tmk the main issue! Hut hero ian extract from the speech of Mr. Henry, of Teal essuo: “No Hard Fxeliko* V’— “Now, Gtntiomen, what will you do with tbo Bopnblicac j .1'; 1 have no hard fouling* to indulge iu. I know n great many of them. Many of them are right clever, and many of them re quite the r:v r- - (Laughter.] Hull never cm approve of J pubUoanDm.’’ lion, that's honotd and “fraternal!” X r. Ilcj ry ha* no “hard feelings” again*!, Block F.cpoh I lean*. Hut ho has “hard fooling ’ the Democratic parly ; and goes >i> i< denoi-.i Now we are no apologist lor tho h:i.< of 1.!.” I mocroey, but when the choice is Lot.ween them and Black Republican, we ai Souther u! How are you leader ? Mont. Mail, jISSB-Tbo New York Keening Kept-ts* indulges tho following reflection: in noticing tho reccu! ex citetncnt at Oecoquan, Vn “Ts Republican* have sot power or favor i. in the Houtb, to ensure the erection of t ven a lin erty pole, bow is Lincoln, if elected, g**ir.gto . ! iu motion tho machinery of a Republican adinin ixtration, .South? The question admit? of bur one answer, and tbe u'niwer is, hocarm-q it iu motion at all. It may ho very wrong in the peo ple occupying fifteen .States in th’ Union, no', to turn in ui and help to work the Republican-<> >v< m meat-machine, and doubtless they ought t<- . < ■■ mit. Rut the point wc make now is -r that but this, —if public sentiment is so decidedly ret against that Republican “ism,” that it < annul even keep up a “Lincoln” flag, how i F ■ i dent Lincoln going to fill the Fort Offices, ‘ u tom House*, If. H. MarshaDbipH, liistrid AtL-r ----neyships, atul other federal ofliefs, when the pre eui. Fro-slaverv incumbent- are turned out < t them? True, hero and there a Southern nnm may he found to accept n uppointmcrif, iust us a handful of men were found to rui • tha Lin coln flag in Prince William, bin i< mv • - (diancoN strong that tho same sort of public* timeiit which demolished the latter, will p. r. i.n ‘ the former that they have mistaken their v ■ ■ tlon, and that tho poet of honor i?, in fact, a pri vate station? hlndornl Vole la Ibr (ieorgla UgDlnltirc. For tbo information of our neighbor -d tbe Cos stitutionalist, who is d<o.lftm>* of flmiii;p “ui course the members of our Legislature vviii j>or suo in the event that neither itreckiorid, <•, IV. las. nor Hell shall receive a mnjority ot (he t< - of the Hlute, wo make tho following . raL:iin:nt upon rfdiahlo authority. It will aid him in nu king tin estimate of the result: - Kvcrv Demo cratic member of tho Legislature, w< <t of v ! i Chattahoochee, will vote for the Bro< kinri !; and and Lane Klectors, cxc> pt, perhaps, one, and bid vt ; as yot uncertain, ‘three will vote for Bell, u’ . wc presume, arc member* of the Opp< n put ty.— Augusta True Democrat. Tiik NAri.ES Constitution. . . • tho now constitution Naples is to he huncetor wurd an hereditary and eonsiitutiimul monarchy. Tbe legislative power will reside ut Dm .n time in tbe King am! the Fariuifoent, ••ompu*. ; of aATmiuWr of Peers und a ( oatuLer <•; l’ < ties, and tbe executive power will bu ex. iumv part of tho royal attribution*. The guarantee.-) relative to individual liberty nndlo .!<<- libcjty of the press ure inscribed in tbe cmmtiiuli’ 1 No one can be removed from hi* natural jui'q 1 and the deputies are named to five vem ‘. lit addition to c nditious concerning the am .out < 1 faxes giving a right to vote, and n*/ . 57 of the eunstiiutioii admits nearly tho .! • categories as wige formerly <i> ..• i -1 [■ 1 by thu name of •*/v uaim*l> . uians, fixed puhlie functionaries, Ac. The tuo inter* are to bo responsible, and may be rnpi .n-fi ed and tried by the Chamber of Peer . Tin* poriom of tha King Usacred and inviolable. II is irresponsible; commands tho armies: apj .!>■ teail employment#: und may dissolve iho Li.i.in ber, on condition of convoking another witb.o three months. It Is tho sumo constitution v in- fi was given in 1848 to tho Two SiciUes by Kin;; Ferdinand, but which iho Strili:n,- rvlu-’ ii, > munding a separate Parliament. Then, H . ; . i. ably now, the local feeling ol tho inhabu/.i...■ the towns prevented tho reforms which u<- iievcrthules* eagerly demanded when they weio not possusseil, but on which, when they w.,.! granted, an mimeiuc difference of opinion m us to the uiude of their application Alter the bestowal of a constitution y the Iviug of Naples, tho greatest difficulty -.1 m io have boon lor that mighty monarch to find miv ister* to cariy out it* execution. Hi* orian.<, ar list*, nay even poets, havo been pressed: but ull refused the portejveil ice, wh-ch wont for s->me time begging from door to door, and so his M i jesty lui* been compelled to t ome down t iho nobility after all. — Cor, fondan Star. still They Come. M. M. Tidwell, Esq , of Fayeltvitlu, i.n., .1 prottiMal m.m of Urn lo trie n [ ■ candidate Ibr Congress in 1866, hint written a loiter, in responso to an invitation to abb. Breckinridge meeting ut Joncaboro*. in which iu says he regard* tho “Constitutional 1 nion party a* u new party, one brought suddenly into . v teuco by its friends, without any declaration ; principles. Th* adoption by tins ei.nv*nn. t n it* platform, the constitution and enforcement ; tho laws, is the most vague und imi> ‘.uito c.v t r slon that could havo boon made of its principle?. It gives no opinion us to any particular con*tun tlonal right, or a* to what woujd be nn cti: . t tnent ol the laws iu any given proposition. lie dwells at some length on the vaguem-*. ! the platform, and the indefinite position <<t the candidates of that party, and conclude* saying: “lu conclusion, gentlemen. I repeat that i not ask you tc go with mo into the support of the Union party, unless it bo necessary to heat an enemy. You cannot consistently do ... . I cun support vours with perfect consistency.” A ■ Dispatch. Double Jointed They’ve get a double-jointed, back-notion newspaper dowu here at AJrami Junction in the Western District. It is the Quid Ym . T , Quid-Nunc has three editors two for > and one for Breckinridge. On on* page . . tht paper, edited by Col. D. B. ti alley and Dr. N. H. Frewiit, and bearing the names f D uglu- and Johnson under the head of “The National Dcui - cratio Ticket,” i* tho following paragraph Look ox this Him: tin n on That’ Tho other side of this paper is a separate and (ii tiuot♦‘institution,” in which K. tl Adams. I advocate* tho cause of Breckinridge and TANARUS,. For further particulars inquire within On another page, edited by Mr. R<dm: ... Adams, we find tho Bin kini id headed, “The only true National i)euocia Ticket,” with this paragraph below .* Roth idrn !—1 be outside of this paper is a separate and distinct department, un der tbe editorial control us D. 15 Lilly # ; if N. 11. Prewitt, who advocate the came * Don . lu* and Johnson in (hi- Prendanttal Can. We're afraid to read tho Quid Nunc now. Wo don't want to vole for either < f its tioka.-, and we're Afraid that if wo read it, we’ll \o t. . both. The Quid-Nunc has two more pages to spine couldn't it And a couple of fellow* who would be willing to go in on them for Mr. Bell and Abe Lincoln ? If it pretends to “*ia*h ar und pro miscuouslv,” it ought to go the whole hog. Xoshl'iile Datriot. Is there any signiflccnce i the term “hog” a c applied to the advocacy of Bell and Lincoln ms u Tub CliiAtß Tkaue”.—l wc v vessel* left Chi cago 1?‘ VVelncday, laden with 202,unP hmdiel* of corn, upwards of 200,000 bushels in one day ! There is an active demand for vcvm-Is in Fhih. delphia at tho present time, in oon*cqucn c ot large shipment of wheat and Hour to Liverpool and London. Iu the Western country, tho iiarct is tbo absorbing topic, and realize* tho most oat-urnc expectations. Larui Fmk* for Sot TBxnx Lawvek- i! New Orleans Delta announces that Heim or He:, jamin, of La., has sailed f>r California, to litigate the great Quicksilver Mine titla casein the courts of that State, lie ha* received a reUinur of DIMBL Mr. SoulA, also, is to receive a foe of $16,000, for conducting tbe case of the Mir&won Steamers against tho Unitod States. ( Oil Mills, .HATIT!DA l, Aftil LT , 1860 Uni Him. Lather. Judvc Dougins and bis friends, say* thePeter*- burg Bulletin,are Veroat sticklers for what they rnlf iho “retrularltv” of hl nomination, and hi* < hritn* arc urged with turbulent xeal itoenuso, os ]• Raid, he received tho unanimous endorsement of D 001,• coiion which nominated bitu. Rut .1 imlsto Dncia lirnolf has in former time* 1 tut-* ;1 1 > *'■ >rn a noruinatlor more docidadiy iinstiiinMi* than he can possibly claim bis own t > have Boon. The very objections, too, which bo . 1 .-of to tho ratification of that nomlnuti n hv the people, apply with amazing aptness and tireelslon to his own case, Ti” ;• * i i.rD'!■•. which wo find in the Kich *. -t l Enquirer ofyont'-rdny, place- Judge I)oug -1m n a very singular prwltlon in rcl-tion to hi* late “unanimous” nomination. All that ho *aid of (Jen. Heott being forced by the North asa candidate of tho WRIg pftfty for tbf* Presidency, fig-.'Mi t the repeated protests of tho Southern half of (be Confederacy, applies with equal if not greater force to hi* own-position ns a sectional candid.. t/:. Name* being changed, of him the story 1 5 rolalod. Tho following is tho article re ferred to: On the oth of July, 1852, tbo Hun Stephen A. Douglas addressed tho Democracy of Richmond, Virginia, in the African Church. From tho speech prepare! by himself, published in tho Enquirer of July tho 20th, F ’>2, we make tho subjoined •>\tr .■ *.lt will ho remembered that at tho Baltimore Whig Convention of 1852, the North demanded tho Domination of (Jen. Scott, and the South r> isted tho demand. Commenting upo* the?” tlonal .-|'t of that nomination, und tho deplorable result* that would come from it, Mr. Douglas mid : “Well, Oen. Scott reeeireti the nomination •vunniiuouelg,' —according to tbe official proceed ing of the Convention. [Laughter.) Fellow citizen*,did you ever hear of aunanioiou* nomina tion, which ,aa made in defiance to tho fifty 11me repeated protest and remonstance* of tbe delegation* from one half tbo State* of tho Union represented in tbe (.'onventron ? Every South ern delegation >*• ‘ted against him more* than fifty time*, day after day and night after night, and yet tho nomination was ‘unanimous.’ [Drent laughter.) The nomination of (Jen. Scott, thorn ton*, pre went* to tho American people thi- extra ordinary anomaly. For the fire t time in tbo hi tory of.our party ootitoitl hot a,*octioual nomi natii.ii ever been forced upon either of tho two great parties ‘ You any talk of the diingcre to the American Fnion, growing out of partizan •'triio ,'Mid (lolitlea) cont.i.< j yu may tremolo at the / ones through which weull recently paswd, conf.cotcd with the slavery agitation; yet there wax nothir :.’ in all that w.v* #0 porilou* to the safety of Hie Union as anectional nomination for the Presidency, where the North demand* tbe nomination of a particular tnau ou aaectiona! *- rue. And the delegation* from every Southern States, without exemption, reaistod tho nomination a * diwigerou to their right* and institution*. A nomination forced upon the South by the Free *o7 wing of the Whig party North, is now pre sealed to tho Americuti people an ‘unanimous tiotninaUou.’ “It matters rn>i whether the North forced the nomination upon tbe South, or tbo Booth upon Iho North, theMiiH)st.a t in tho fact that a Territorial line div id- dmen opinion.-, that Nor thern men wore one way and Southern men auother. But,*iter Ike nomination'i# inode, w* are told that if. a fair contproatiiic, because the Honth received he plalfo id, und tbe North ob tained the candidote, under the direction of men who ■■defy” lind ‘ j it upon” tho platform. Thus, w.- have Winfield Scott before us for the Presi dency. After mature deliberation, he proceed* to accept, the platform, and to write tho letter which ho hud promised Mr. Archer in tho private n-nc that .was found in Butts’ breeches pocket, t Laugbier J” If the render wkl cub titute “Stephen A. Doug las” for “Wiefleld Booth” he will have a just and complete (ondemnution of hi* own nomination, from Ms awn Up . Bach a nomination of (lon. Scott, be pronounced would Vonvort 11 good Oen crul into n bad PrwddouL’and we may ask if it would not be equally dDastrous to a Senator? If Mr. Dougl-i.’ could urge tbe fact* connected with (leu. tjcottV nomination a* “dangerous” to tho Booth, from tho divisions that existed in Bal timore in 1852, what circumstances would pal liate the evil from The sauio cause* iu tho Demo cratic party to ! Stiff? “Out of thine own mouth I and w* condemn thee,” Stephen. Satoortht ( aw'VlHe Hiandurd. Tho last uuiubor of ibis paper comes to us with tbo valedictory of Mo re, (jobbuiith and Smith, vybo have disposed of their interest to Mr. Wikie. The reason of the transfer i* eluted to be differ ence in political sentiment between the two for mer and the latter gentlemen, Messrs. Goldsmith Smith feeling it to be their duty to advocate the electu ;i of Hi-ekinridgeand Luue,and Mr. Wikie preferring to support Dougina and Johnson.—*• Speaking our own, and what we presume to be tho youtiment of a largo majority of tht Stand ard’s reader*, we regret that tbo parties did not reverse their positions in the sale. Petersburg Bulletin Wo have received the first two numbers of a daily paper, published in Petersburg, Virginia, under the übuve name- It is u handsome sheet, well filled with political and miscellaneous mat ter, und its editor wields a vigorous pen in behalf of Breckinridge au.l Lane. We wish it great success. Troup Count.. Douglas Misrepresentation. We saw, it": long wince a letter published m Douglas paper, purporting to hare been written by a Democrat in Troup, stating tbatthoDemoe racy of that county were all for Douglas. We havo, to day, the authority of Col. Flowers, tho veteran war-horse of Democracy in old Troup, to say that there are but two Douglas men in the county, us far as known. One of them belo gs to the Oppotd'ion, and one to the Democratic party. With this nditary exception, tho Democ racy of Troup i* a unit for Breekiuridge ami Lane. Verily, the Douglas faction is reduced to a pitiable condition, when they resort to *ueh gross misrepresentation* to bolster up their cttUo'e and make tt showing of st rength in Geor- Urelgnatlea or Judge Atepbcns-Appointment of t ‘.iarlcs J, Jenkins. M learn tjjat, immediately after tho adjourn ment of tho reccut session of tho Supreme Court, at Maeou, Judge Stephens resigned hi-sent on that bench, and further, that Gov. Brown has appointed 1L n. Charles J. Jenkins to fill the va cancy. Judge Stephens made an excellent Judge, and L ; s retirement will be much regretted by tho bur throughout the State. Mr. Jenkins is emi nently qualified for the position. Ho i* a high toned gentleman, a fine scholar and an nblo Frcntlcc’s Opinion or Breckinridge Mr. Freni ice wrote the loilowiug about Dteok -1 inridge, when he was a member ot Congress:— “We useribe nothing of corruption or dishonor Ito Breckinridge himself. Me believe him to boa I iv.reii.-uiiuifj. an honorable a well asa moat I oldo man. W© aavc been half afraid, during the j ennvaM, to express fully our opinion of him, lost our Whig friend* in his district and elsewhere mijrbt deem it untrue to the ih (crest* of our party. Farngraphs written by us some months ago in re lation to Mr. Breckinridge, have been kept at the heads <■!’ hi newspaper organs throughout j the conflict, and wo can and do emphatically rc j :*■*sort every word of these paragraph*. Mr. j Hrm'l.’nrldgc i* a pure and noble hearted man, onja liberal minded politician; he has earned atul won at Lome and at Washington as high u reputation for talents as belongs to auy man of |hi ‘. yo In the l oiled Matos. Wc do not know j any gentleman wo would rather see in Congress, i and If he lived in a Locofooo district, Linn !'• ¥> !••! ‘ e, v. should silently rejoice in l,i, . >u. “ i ijpLtn. John 0. Brook inridge, in n letter to his Connituonts, decline* a re-election to Con gi vs. He w ill he me eh missed iu that body.— Hie great urbanity, hi* perfret fairness and his | n most of its iu ire ter spirits. lie has a untional repuiution, and nobly has ho won it.” TsN.M'Ksri —Wesecit stated that the Shel by ville True Fnion and the Bolivar Democrat bare Ukiu down Douglas, put up Breckinridge, und now advocate* the election of tbo Uiter.— They were both influential Douglas organs. There is but >ne paper now in Tcnnowee that ] w in favor of Douglq*. | lteautlful Meteor. On Thursday night one of those beautiful and myeterioua strangers visited our city. It was first eecn in the south-east, and as it moved towards tho north-went, tbe whole city was illuminated hy itß bright light, causing a brightness almost equal to the clearness of tbe sun at mid-day. It descended near tbe residence of Jndgo Craws rd, and we are informed as it struck tho earth, tho streams of light emanating by the force of the shock wore innumerable, and of a beauty and grandeur which beggar* description. Those me teors arc growing quite common throughout the country—our exchanges making frequent men tion of their appearance. The August Elections—Five Southern States hold their State elections in August: Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Texas on the ICtb, and North Carolina on tbe 2d. State officers and member* ref Congreß* will be elected in all these States except North Carolina, which elect* only State officers, anu Kentucky, which chose only a Cierk of the Court of Appeals. Judge ImSon’s speech at Talbotton Talbottos, Ga., Aug. 2, ‘CO The Breckinridge and Lane meeting held here on Saturday last, was all it* most ardent friend* cdild have wished it. Os the many distinguished speakers iqvited, Judge Iverion alone gratified u* with bis presence, and he certainly convinced u* none other watt needed. Tho mutual confi dence existing between the Judge and the demo crats of Talbot, allowed him ail latitude in urging the claim* of our candidate* for tbe suffrage* of a severei n people—and we listened to him with confidence, because wc knew he spoko to u with candor. Hi# auditors, highly respectable, both a* respect number* and intelligence, was composed of about seventy per centum Breckinridge inent twenty per centum unstable equilibrium men, eight or ten per centum Bell men with a trace of Douglas men. I will undertake no *ynop*ls of Judge Ivcr son'a speech, suffice it that the honest and intelli gent of all parties, frankly pronounce it to have* been a masterly effort. It wa comprehensive, for it covered tbe ground: logical, for be assumed nothing, „but proved everything? replete with earnestness, and the whole delivered in a most felicitous diction. Os the effects of the speech wc can say more in fewer words. Tho Breckinridge men were delighted,the undetermined men wer® convinced, the Bell men were terrified und the DouglasitcH were for fusion—tho dernier resort. Judgelvertfon deserves the thanks of<ur party as he assuredly ha* them. Several of the most intelligent and influential members of tho Opposition party have couic over to Breckinridge, and should the marriage be con- Hummiited at Milledgeville, that friend Boughton so facetiously announces, wc are not singular In (he opinion, that there will be other and larger acquisition# to our party. Bo assured that there is a much larger vole in Talbot for Breck inridge than was received by our present. Presi dent.’ _ TALBOT. (From tho Vicksburg Bun J inter from the lion. Jefferson Davis We refer our readers to tho letter which wo publish below, from the pen of Col. Jeff. Davis. It was written in response to one addressed to him by Col. W. B. Sloan, of this city, inviting him to lie present at the Breckinridge and Lane ratification meeting which came off Saturday last. It. will be observed that he speaks in the most encouraging terms in regard to tho success of our ticket. It rejoifio* u* to hero that tho cl ud which for a time seemed to lower upon our house has a silver lining, a sign that can but an imate tho soul of the true Democrat, and infuse new* hope and joy into the heart of the patriot. Washington, D. C. July S t My b ar Sir: —lt gives mo pleasure to ac knowledge yours of the 2d inst., in'arming me t hat tho Democrats of our couuty were l<> assem ble on th© 14th to ratify the liotniuation of Breck inridge and Lane, and that they particularly de sired me to be present on that occasion. My health docs not permit me to return homo at this season, and to the many regret* connected with that fact is to be added Iho inability to unite with my Democratic neighbors iu declaring our acceptance of the ticket which ia the fair expo nent of our political faith. Though wo cannot but lament that in a general convention Derao ! cratio delegates denied article* of our creed so essential as to produce division, it is a matter of congratulation thnt our party had enough of vi tality to bear amputation, ami adhering to fun damental principles, to given- good candidates on n good platform. Believing the preservation of tbo Government in it* vigor and purity to depend mainly on the Democracy, 1 hoped earnestly for it* unity and harmony: but when it became manifest that the organisation and consequent power of the party could ouly be maintained l>y tho surrender of constitutional duties, I rejoiced that Mississippi was represented at the Convention by men who wore equal to the nobler part ot vindicating her equality aud honor, regardless alike of empty proflxiscsand emptier threats. To admit that our property is not entitled to reoeivefrom tho GenerulvOovernmoiit such pro tection as it affords to the property of other sec tiuns, is consent to bo degraded below our fel lows. .Such a preposition needs no argument— to state it is to present its condemnation. Our party alone, of those now seeking popular sup port. reeognizo the equality of the right of the South’ to the common Territories, and pledge* there to give Federal protection to the property of our citizens by all the constitutional powers of the Federal arm. Can a Southern man hesi tate under such circumstances as to which of the tickets ho will adopt? The political sky is daily grow ing brighter, aud permit* us to look with increasing hop© for tbe triumph of the national—that is the constitu tional Democracy. Please offer assurances of my affectionate re tnomlierar.ee of my friends and neighbors, the Democrats of Warren, and believe me to be Very truly, yours. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Judge Douglas’* Principle*. Tho Albauy Keening Journal, whose editor i Thurlow Weed, has the following : Tho ground Judgo Douglas is compelled to oc cupy, shows where things ore drifting. His sec tion of the Democratic party ha* ceased to be tho pro-slavery party. It is now in the position (as to slavery) of the Democratic fro© soil party in 1848. Whether, like that party, it will, when tho election is over, slid© back, remains to be seen. Probably not. Tho census may influence ita course. In tho meantime, the principle* here announced by Douglas will bo vindicated and es tablished by the election of a Republican Presi dent. Upon which tbo Providence H. 1., Dost, tho organ, iu .that Mate, of Mr. Douglas, comments thus: “Th© truth is. tho Republican party is trying just now, when it find* that the people are with Judge Douglas, to steal his thunder. The Alba ny Journal is trying to steal tbo main plank of tho Democratic platform. It assures us that “the principles announced by Judge Douglas will be vindicated and established by tbe election of a Republican PresidenLV^^^^ Tub Harvest in England. —By the late ac counts from England it appears that the pros pect of the harvest has very considerably im proved. The wheat promised to be excellent in quality and a Large average. The only crop j that is spoken of badly is mangle-wurzle; nu important one it is true, but less *0 than grain and potatoes. This prospect has caused a de cline in the wheat trade, which uml nflcct con siderably tho shipment* from this country. - ms • Left the Boa Hunting and Went to Europe The New York correspondent of tho Mobile Register relates th© following: Recently n gontlemun returned from Europe ; he had been absent with hi* family seven u onths lie had paid hi* gas bill the day he left, and the house had not been oponed for seven months yet when it was, the gas man took a return from tbo meter, and a bill wa rnado out for $62. Mr. Grinnell went and complained to the secretary, 1 eluted the circumstance*, and threatened expo sure of such a barefaced robbery, lie refused to pay tho bill. “Very well sir.” said tho secretary. Mr. G. went home and told his wife. “Pay it.” said she—" Why eo?” said he. ••Because,” said she, “tho day we left New York, 1 had to go back to the house for some article i bad forgot. Tho window shutters were fastened : I lit the gn: tbe other day when we returned 1 found it still burn iftg.” slavery exists nominally every where under tho Constitution, unless abolished by local law. (Wo deny the constitutionality of tuosc laws.) —Aug Coiistitutiosnrist. Mr. Douglas declare* that slavery “cannot ex ist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is sus tained by local police regulation*”—and yet tho, Constitutionalist support* Douglas! Isn't the ed itor a very consistent at well as sound Southern man?— Jlobi/e Meceutjp^^^ A pleasant travelling companion, and one that no traveller should bo without, is Perry Davis’ Pain Kilter* Asu ldeu attack of diarrltoc, dysen* ery, or cholera morbus can be effectually and in stantaneously relieved by it. It is equally effect- I ual in curing scalds, burns, Ac. Bold every- J whore. ’ COLUMBUS, HONDAV, AIGIST 0. IS6O. Hon. HOWELL COPB % This distinguished Georgian will address the people of the Wes tern part of the State, on Saturday the llih instant. A grand rally of the Democracy is expected. Mtcnoni To-imj- • Elections tako placo to-day in tho following States: —Kantucky, Arkansas and Missouri. In Kentucky, tbe only Stqtc officer to be elect ed is a Clerk of tho Cohrt of Appeals, in place of R. R. IUvill„ deceased. The candidates arc Les lie Coombs (Beil-Evoreti,) R. E. Bolling, (Doug las.) and Clinton MoClarty, (Breckinridge.; |n Arkansas the contest will be for Governor and The following are*l be candi dates : For Governor—Richard M. Johnson, demq 11. 51. Rector, Ind. dew. For Congress, First District—Edward W. Oan't, dem.; Dr. William Mitchell, ind. dem.— Second District—T. C. Hindman, dem.; C. Cypert, ind. dem. Missoiuri will oboo. a Governor and I'* fleers ana seven Cong.men. Four caodidatv? are iu the field for Goverco -Hancock Jack -u, Breckinridge dem.; Claibo r:- F. Jackson, Doug lasite; Sample Orr, Bell or Union; und Jaisc* B. Gardenhire, Itep. Tbe Democratic Convention, held previous to the Charleston Convention, nom inated C. F. Jackson for Governor. HeJbas bu n stomping the State for several month.?. Having rccendy declared for Douglas, the ending Democrats held a Convention and nominated Hancock Jackson. Tho vote of Missouri,for -everalywr* hu ‘'ecu as follows: Dem. Opp. 185 —President 67,fftU 4*.6211 1857—Gover.w- ... •17,876 47.641 i 858—School Supt 04,278 :.o,Btft There is quite a number of gentlemen m the field for Congress, reprcjenPog :dl -ha<ie* of pol itics. First District—J. Richard Barrett, Dem.: F. P* Blair, Jr., Hep., A. Todd, Opp. Second District-—John B. Don;.:.: Jas. A. Unit ms. Opp. Third District John B. Clark, Doug ;1L If. Mercer, Breck.: M. t\ Hawkins, Opp. w Fourth District —K. jl. Norton, Doug.; J“hn Scott, Opp.: H. B. Bra> h, !: •;>. tl. L. h . Vt ! >i*. Breck. Fifth Distric: Jtn W. Reid. 1> :u. r . i- Mitchell, Opp. Hixth District—John S. Fi.<■!}., Dong.: ( “• Price, Breck ; Jan. 8. Rains, Of-p. Seventh District ■ J. IV. Noel!, Doug.: Charles Jones, Breck. Despatched to the Charleston Mercury. A'ortli Carollaa Kleeton. Wn.MikoToir, N. Aug 2. Tho State ©loction for Governor and members of tho Legislature took place to-day, and passed off quietly. The returns that have thus far boon received are quite scant, but indicate that El ID tho Democratic nominee, has triumphed over . Pool, Opposition, by a handsome majority. The returns from Way no county arc nearly complete and official. In that county Ellis gains 34 over Buchanan's vote. Thi* is a great disap pointment to tho Opposition, a-. Way no bad ’men 1 relied oa as certain to go for Poo!. • From New Hanover county #ly partitl returns have been received. Seven precinct * out of tow n giro Poo :i gain of 51 over Yfllmorc'a veto, Tbe vote in Wilmington, ha* not, up to ibis hour,been counted. Tho contest her© wu* 1: ceedingly close, and th ©friend* of both candidate* claimed to have carried tbetowa. It is generally conceded, .w< . the Democratic ticket for member- ut tbo Legisla ture from this place elected. Wii,UIX<iTOJM Aug..l. Wake county has gone for the opp* In New Hanover die contest w* close, but it is thought that the Democratic ticket 1- defiled. In Wayne county, Kllis (Pom.* Iw? <o hundred and seventy-five vote . Lemur© gives Ellis a reduced majority. In Cranon county Kills hold* hi* own. Northampton, Halifax and Edgco . _-v large democratic majorities on State 1; North Carolina Klertkus. nmMßOta, V*., An* 4.—Tii.- of this city, says that thirty count.. -* in North Carolina havo been heard from fully and par ttally, and it was reported that Fool leads El lis about one hundred votes,’ hut the b'-t judges, however, concur that Ellin will !••• elected by several thousand majority. .dorr lorendlarlMn !n Texas. New Ont.KA!*a, Aug. ;. Largo flouriug and lumber mills were burnt ut Austin,'Texas, on tho “fith- lores >n© hundred thousand dollars—supposed to bo the work of in cendiaries. A negro was caught ffring a building at George town. and confeseod that he wus incited thereto by abolitionists. Now AXi) Then.—Oncol the four papers which support Douglas iu Georgia, is the Rome South erner ami Advertiser. On the ?tb of April, when it was edited by the same man who n*■ edits it, it gave utterance to the following ‘;u guago “Wo may vote ut seme future tune. :>t Mr. Douglas as a candidate 1 r tho President • ; but if we do, A* opponent will have to be so aboli tionist blacker than his Satanic 31 a ItuXKfs of Qex Cass. — G ucral Ca . id said to be seriously ill at his residence in Detroit, Michigan. It is believed by his friends tha*. ho will never return to Washington. lirraorratlr Katlfinmun Hefting. Ct BRBTA. Ga.. Aug. Ist, iB6O. Tho National Democratic party of Chattahoo chee county convened in tho Court House to-day, according to previous appointment, for the pur pose of lending delegates to Milledgeville on the Bth inst., to nominal© electors fur Breckinridge and Laue. ‘The meeting was organised by call ing A. H Shepherd to tbe Chair, and requesting John K. Simmons to act as Secretary. It was moved and seconded that ©ne from each Militia District be appointed to select dolcg-dosto go to Millodgeviilc. Under the motion, tho Chair appointed the following persons, to-vrit: Daniel G. McGlowu. from Gobler’* s Hill. John Pollard, “ Hoßoca. James M. Cook. . “ Pino Knot. J N. Johnson. “ Jamestown. JobnF. Daniel “ Big Sandy, N. N. Howard, “ Cusreta, Win. F. Cobb, “ Coki :an‘rf. Tfcecommittee, altera short absence, seturaed and recommended the following gentlemen, to* wit: A. 11. Shepherd, Cbark < Frown, Jsuiv.- A!. Ronfroc. Jarne? S. AHums and li. Vanhorn©. On motion, the meeting adopted the report <, the committee, when the following resolutions were offered by W. T. C. Isr.ui.)- . L : Whereat', th© Conventiou that a*-- :übled at Charleston aud failed to nominate u candidate for the President and Vice President w the Fthtcd States, and adjourned from there t ft.ti':;uor. and the National Democracy having then and there nominated John C. Breckinridge for Presi dent and Joseph Lano for Vico Pro?;’ r.t. it if, thoretdre, Resolved, -That we heartily concur and a;; re© ; with said Convention: that we 10-.-k upon Mes*rre Breckinridge aud Lano nu n who tiro worthy, able nud qualified to fill the offices fc*r which they were nominated. Resolved. That non-intervention by Congress j and non-intervention by the Territorial Legi*’- ! lature upon tho subject of slavery is one < f the j strong huiwniks of the Notional Democratic par- | ty, and that wo will sustain and defend this doc- | trine, that it is the'duty of Congress to protect ! tho rights of persons and property in the Terri- j tories and wherever else the *>.•’ if the* ) government exists. Resolved, That these proceedings ; u publish- i ed in the Columbus Timet*. The mooting then a<B“urned <li<-. A. H. SHEPHERD. Chairman. Joiirn K. Simmoxs, Secretary. Before the mooting dispersed, af er adjourn ment, Col. E. G. Raiford took the stand and spoke about un hour in defence of Douglas. He is one of tho three Douglas democrats in this county. Letter from Sena*or ('Bagman The North Carolina Standard, whoso position • i-v half of R ruck inridge and Lane has been al ready stated, publishes the following letter, with a few editorial remarks, which wo also copy: Among th© numerous Idler* wc have recently rc I .<■ \ approving our position in relation to tie ;<re?.dcney, in the following from Mr. Cling m;;u. Wc are truly glad to know our course is approved by thi* distinguished and patriotic •: --.111:1:!. . Mr. (Pin n r: gho* good news from the west ern portion of the State. He is confident of a . dem wall# victory in August next, and Ochcic* t at by unity and harmony the deuioc can also carry the State in November: Ahiiicvjm.k, July 22. Peak .. f laui much gratified to see the jy>- .•itienyou have token in the Standard of the istb ins:. 1 have myself uniformly advised our polit jval friends, without regard to their individual preferences, to iustrin the democratic electoral lt . kr* already ir the field. Any other course, by .*■. • ~-.r strength, might de eat tho object • !.. h e cry democrat has at heart. No one ac q:iinted with our electors can doubt but that if .dot ted they will do whatever intelligence andpa (riutit m uiay indicate us best calculated to ad wince tbe inicrest of /be democratic party and oremote the welfare of the country. From all 1 have teen since 1 came into this -rate, wc ihiUlbave a decisive victory in August, mi unity of act .on will insure tho same result in November. You are at liberty to publish this note, should here be any and abtw to my opinions in your sec tion of the State. ’. cry truly vours, Ac., • T.L. CLING MAN. Wv. W. Houißjr. Esq. Kdward Everett lo hrorgia In the year 1841. William Henry Jlarrison be ing President,appointed Edward Everett minis m • Mr: and. lion. John McPherson Berrien !hen ; -ring Senator for the State of Georgia >uvc hi* sanction to tbe appointment. During tho s.ur.o year the Georgia Legislature was as ,, mbk-cl. The following joint committee on the ‘tii'e >f the Republic, was constituted. On tbe part of tho ben ate: Messrs. Bdward J. Black, of S r.ven Andrew J. Miller, of Richmond: J. M .Siniib. of Camden: Bon not t Crawford, of Deca tur: V . M D .ugald, of Muscogee; Peter C- . f Bulloch: James Render, of Merriwether. On the part of the Honk©: Messrs. John 11. How ard, ■ Mu-. gee . W. K Taokendy, of Cotum t■ i.. M. Grieve, of Baldwin ;N Abner P. Powers, : Bibb: R. D. Simms, of Newton ; James Gray, rtf Jones; John Robinson, of Jasper. Th® committee in tbeir report recite in the preamble, with what sincere regret they review ed tire Sanction of Judge Berrien, “to the eleva tion of one * obnoxious to our feelings, and so • • !*.- 1 car interests, and particularly of an in dividual who h;iA avowed hi* abolition princi pi.. in their most imposing form, and amplest ©.vent.” Resolution 11 th, which refers to the same mat ter, is as follows: ith. Resolved, That tbe opinions publicly i x mod by Edward Everett, now Minister to ts. 1:;d, the power and tbe obligation of Con j.fi.-s 1 y.ixd'iah la vary in the District i.fC’olum f interdict tho slave trado between the State- and r o reduce tbe odoriindoD into the Union . : any T. rritory tolerating clayerv, are unoon ■ i!uin their charw: U6r, j|Ubvorsive of the i out, will ue •rjy th;. Union: and that the lion. John Me .. 1 Berrien, in sustaining lor an important appointment an individual holding such obnox loii/'vu-utiniouts, haa omitted a proper occasion to civo an efficient check to such sentiments, and in no doing ha* not truly represented tho opinions ■ i wibi. of the people of Georgia of cilherpo- Thi.-'r..-solution was adopted in the Senate by a Vi.'.:- of 48 toO, a number of the Senators refusing to vote but not enough to defeat it* pasnago it ihcy hud voted against it. In the House theen iire.report was adopted by 101 yeas to 41 nay*. ; .1. hriJc-^Argn.- 1 . “Have me from my Friends “ i. -aid to be one of the moat remarkable c. i .i-.iciM of tho sagacity of rats that they al v.iy . .rt sinking ship or falling house; — tha they havo an iuntmet of tbe approaching ;i. :©r, and savo them reives. That this instinct - ret confuted to rata is ©videncod in the person ~f Mr. John JlicKinan of Pennsylvania. He was iinderstond to be on© of the great pillars of IL-a/ftisinn. Ho was tho most anti-Lecouipton •t tb*. .tali 4^B*° i ®P ton ‘ t e?, aud the most pro iii _<.r'oviH-cigzity oi the squatter-auvereign*. :Io regarded as one of the chief officers of ■ ift".Du ughta Democracy.” He was so; but is He has crossed tho thin line that divides •quafttr -overeignty and Lincolnism, and, with : ti.;;. agility i'j: which he he is diMinguishcd in j .. . multifariotfH political somersaults, hois I now ie found “in the thick” of the Black Ke i j mi.i .o. .—no longer a.- formerly on the out : . it in it-1 be that he though; it prudent to 1 rt the failing house or tbo sinking ship of i !* ■.i-.rn, .. . and m ’iHcquently took refuge among n p'ii.tieans in the expectation of meeting . n -lot Li- recent political associates,who ar-- -i■ -übiioi-? end--wed with the same rat like f! wo think, to have “run” und said u- tnwjg. There was no necessity for his denun j of hir-.itondatn chief. There was no need Ii s iatr.i at© the biting quality of tho rat when he followed bis prudential instinct. He might have a mined from uttering tbe following : This is a frightful haliucina i--r*, but a natural one. when we tako into con idcrat; a the humiliating fact that all that de* v. .on uld do has been done, by those surround ing bis person, to distort a true record, and to -t-imp a counterfeit character for him on the pub lic Viewing him as o e of the moet uus/fe ■i :i i treacherous leader, you will pardon me cor tain statements which it now seems necessary -hould bo made, and the correctness of which, I presume, will sot be impugned.”— Washington Whose Tni sutr. is it ?—Tho Albany Eve ning Journal, and the Adas aud Argu*. are en _ in a cuntroreisy concerning tbe respect ive claim* of Litiouln aud Douglas to certain (irncij. !i*i* ennuciaied in the speech of the latter u tiio occasion ot hi* reception in Albany on riday evening last. Tho Journal, in noticing be declared that it was precisely snch a nc us Lincoln wv-uld or could have made, had he •cc:> called out by hri friends. It goes further ~nd declares that “they are the sentiments of the Republican party. To this rather impudent claim to doctrine*for which Diugla* is supposed to hold the patent r14’;t. tlic Atlas and Argus interposes thocharg©, . • the Republicans are “stealing Douglas’ thun der;’* and (bat seeing the popularity of the non u?vv©n:ion doctrines upo- which Mr. Douglas s lighting tLo Presidential battle, they have deliber about ‘falsifying tbeir own platform, i'di.-carding if ; fun Jamcotal doctrine,” Ac,. Ac. No* to is b u in -t singedor controversy, what ever view wc may take of it. Either tbe Eve i, , .lonnial is treating Llneoln very shabbily, i'.y attempting to convince Republicans that they uay ji a* w ell vote for Douglas as for the Re ” an nominee, or else Mr. Douglas, in hi* thcrii# and declared views, is ruuniug quite too ©car tbo brink of tho precipice—the gulf which - :National Democracy fromS*t\ionalism, to be at all agreeable to ht Democratic snp]iort- We are not quite sure which of these two prop • .; v i.i nearest correct. The sincerity of tho oward leaders, iu their professed support of Lin coln, is quite open to suspicion, and it is possible I- b y v..mid be willing to convince their !uu ■ :!mt there is really no difference between ip; : r the Republican nominee, and for the ; ••Liitie Giant” hivusclf. In fact, it is not improb able that their friendship for tbe latter is quite as sincere us flr the former: and that they would rather see him in the Presidential Chair. !on tho other hand, it bo true that Mr. Doug i.i. i ‘ really advocating Republican doctrine*, it j iu.-.t b-\ ant important for those of hi* support er- wh still distinguish a difference between the { !v mi..©ratio and Republican parties, to examine and to sco “whither they aie drift j iug” (a political affairs. V :biu. we can suggest a safe and sure rente jdv .rail who do not care to be placed in adoubt j fwl attitu-ie poliiically. It is, discaniing both j l.’ticoln aud Douglas, and'leaving to their re*- I , ave ad he route to determine whoso thunder it ! is now reverberate* about the Ftate capital, to * uter heartily upon the support of tbe National i Democratic ket, bearing the names of Breok lin ridge and Lane. They will thus aviod all i -uspectod afliliutkm with sectionalism, and cast ; their Influence and tbeir strength where, if at all, I it an redound to the success of Democratic prin ciples anu policy. Hit hi* come to pass that tho difference be *.w ta Lu In Republicanism and Douglas Dem tvn;.; can ; tt>e determined without argument j ntni controversy, it is time to discard both. Tcttiiitiu FttrtM Texas.—Abolition Work Evidence sufficient to creates moral conviction 1 though it b© in tho shape of legal proof, bas been j obtained by the mvcstigatiou in Dallas and other ! ©I cet* lately visited with serious t onflagrations. ! mat the fire * were the work ot Abolition incen -1 diaries. Negroes in - z vend. plaoas have confessed that : icy did the work under tho direction of white j men who are stranger* in the places attacked. Tii th;.: they were promised freedosi 1 ;uiu other benefits i they would co-operato in.tbe | work of destruction. Committee* of tho citizen* havo been appointed *> ferret rut the mile reants, and bring them to .justice—JY. O Ficayune. The Supreme Court adjourned yesterday after a session of six weeks in this city, to meet in At lanta on tbe second Monday in August. The Fossiou just closed Lap been one of tbe most labo rious since its organization. —Macon Telegraph, 2 and inst . * Weather and crops A correspondent of the Savannah Republican writing from Clinton, Ga., July 24, say*: Tbe for a Corn und Cotton crop i* gloomy indeed. The county will do well to make enough io supply its wants, (boub I have no idea it will make near so much, ne have had little ram in six or eight weeks, and are almost beyond hope; yet, a good rain, within a few day*, would be of considerable advantage. ne Jackson the 24th instant says: lhe Mississippi and Yazoo Valleys in thi* State are yielding bountifully ofCotton and Com ho present season: but owing to the long drought in other portions of the State, the prospects for both are far less favorable; The Corn crop is u totaffailure, and the Cotton is exceedingly un promising. Tne Napoleon (Ark.) Planter says: The crops were never better at any time, or in any country, than they are in this county at present. We have not heard of a sorry crop in tho county; and, indeed, we have not conversed with a planter in the country for several weeks, who did not either bout of bis fine Com or bean tiful Cotton. ‘fhe weatbef has been excessively Lot for the last week, the thermometer has ranged from 98 to 106°. The Tyler (Texas) Reporter, of the 1 Ith instant, says: During a residence of over ten years in Tex as, nevffr before'have we experienced such blast ing, burning, withering heat, as has been visit mg us for the past week. The pMthed and thir.- ty earth is never cool, the breeze, which should wear comfort on its wings, is like a blast from an open mouthed furnace, or the scorching Sirocco, which sweeps tbo arid wastes of Africa: Tbe Uqucmiucs (La ) Rice Planter says: The weather continue* dry. Now and then we have a light obower, with cool and refreshing wind.-. Our Corn crop is safe, and generally -peaking, is a good one. Cane is promising, mough short for the season. The color is good ind promises well. The Kieecrop is a total fail ure: barely enough will be made for family sup plies andseedfor next year. We mu.st attribute, this to the sudden fall of the river and theexce* live drouth of tbe last four months. Our nice planters will have a severe time of it. Their Or itnge crop also ha? generally failed. This lo** will add not a little to their distress. The Augusta (Go.) Constitutionalists of the Ist inst., says of the Cotton Crop: The recent rains have had a favorable effect on the Cotton plant, and many planters now indulge ihe hope that they will make a fair crop, not an a erage or a full crop, but a much better crop than they believed they couid make from the appearance of things a few weeks ago. In many localities the yield will be much les* than las! year, while in some places it may be more. The •caserns in August, and an early or late rost, may yet materially affect the crop, for better or for worse; and. hence, it ia too early yet for plan ters to ?peok with full confidence of tbeir pros poets. From the South-west, account* differ, hut those which express great injury from the long drought and excessive heat are much the greatest und th© opinion b now becoming general that the Cotton crop will b* much less than that of last year. We have been, heretofore, disposed to believe in lair, general crop, but tbe eviden ces of a contrary nature are getting to be too gen eral, and unless very favorable seasons continue during the maturing and picking season, we are satisfied that the crop will be much shorter than wo anticipated it would be five weeks ago. There roem*. sometimes, a fortunate resurrection to b’igbted hobes of a Cotton crop, and it is best not to indulge too early and too liberaly in fear* about it. The U'adJo (La.) Gazette, of the 21st ult., says* Two fine rains fell here on Monday and Tues day last, which havo rendered the atmosphere inuch # more pleasant and comfortable, and have boen of considerable advantage to planters. With u lato fall, the Cotton crop may yet prove abund unt, at least it is to be hoped so. The Selma (Ala.) Sentinel gives a gloomy ac count of the prospect in Alabama: Wo never have seen the crops so sorry as they are in this section of country this year, nor have wo ever heard of such a universal complaint of the drouth. There has not been anything like u good seasonable rain hero since lato in February The corn crop is literally destroyed, and we have seen acres upon acres that will not yield one pec!, to the acre. This is not confined to one or two fields, but it is quite general all over this part of Alabama. In fact there will be no corn, potatoes or peas made, and what our people are g, ing to <lo for something to cat next year is a question now of serious inquiry. The cotton crop is equally ruined. The forms have all shed off, and the few bolls formed early in the year have popped open prematurely. It is no use to conceal the fact that this part of the country was never before nearer the verge of a famine than tis at this time. There are no veg etables. The hot dry woather has fairly killed out the gardens. Os the corn crop the Raymond, Miss., Gazette of the 18th ult., speaks as follows : The almost continued drouth which has pre \ ailed from the piaoting season up to the present time, has played sad havoc with tho corn orop throughout tho Stato. In many parts of this county tho crop is almost a failure, whil in the adjacent counties, it may be said to be entirely 10 From the Northern, Southern, and Eastern coun tics, the reports are oven more distressing. Wc very much fear from the accounts at hand, that corn will not be made in the State the present season to furnish our people with their usual allowance of bread. The i’aulding (Miss.) Clarion give the follow ing account of tho crops in Eastern Mississippi From the best information we can gather, it ie no exaggeration to say that the Corn crop through out this section of country may be regarded as a failure. On thousands of acres of land which of ordinary years would make a good yield, the crop will be fit only for forage. This state of things exists throughout this aud the adjoining counties. In particular neighborhoods, where tbey have had showers occasionally, and on rich slough and bottom lands, the case may be tome what different, but as a general thing it is about as we have stated. The Cotton, too, begins to suffer severely with drouth, and, unless rain eome* soon, that will be cot short also. It will require the most rigid economy on the part of oar plan ters to support their forms and liv.. upon what they will make until another crop can be made Many of them will have to make large purchase of Corn aud provisions, and they will be fortunate to make Cotton enough to pay for them. Crops ami* Weather.— The Cuthbert (Ga.i Reporter, of tho 27 h inst., states : The weather continues unusually hot and dry, with but little prospects for rain. The cotton and corn crops in this section are almost an en tiro failure. The corn orop in this county will not, wc think, r verage more than two and a halt bushels per acie. An iutelligent planter offered, the other day. a field of one hundred acres of cotton for ten bales. The health of our town and county continues good. Extraordinary Cow. —Of all the wonderful cows of this season none bos yet equalled the n five specimens owned by Mr. John Nichols, of this city. Mr. Nichols has kept an accurate ac count of her daily production of milk through the year, and found that she gave an aggregate of 13,340 pounds, showing an average production of SC Mi pounds a day fora whole year. She re peatedly gave <’o pounds and more per day, and for months together more than fifty-live pounds daily.— Salem Register. • Michigan Journal, in a long edito rial headed “Complaints North and Complaints South,” concludes as follows : “While the North bavo been warriog |">n the South, for some wise purpose beyond our un derstanding, the productions of slave labor have become more and more an absolute necessity to the advancing civilization of the world. While the North have leen denouncing the institution, they have become more and more connected with its profits and ncecesslty. Not a man escapes. The cotton on every man's back testifies against him And while this agitation has been going on, the institution has been allowed to be -trengthoned by this larger demand for its pro ductions as well as by a large yield and a better price from year to year. Is it strange, therefore, under all the circum stances that there are disunionists at the South —that they dream of a model republic of their own They tell us that their institutions exist by no laws by which we are responsible, or which we can repeal. They tell us we cheerfully take our sharo of the profits, both individually and nationally, and that wo ought to let them alone and do justice to them. Hut we have said too much alro&dy. We com menced this article merely to introduce some ex tracts from the Charleston Mercury , as affording a Southern view of our international affairs. As such #e present them to our readers. fro pa In Mississippi. A correspondent, writing to us from Scott oouu - ty, Miss., under date of 23d inst., says:—We, in Scott Cos , bad no rain from 23d April until 15th July, and then only a moderate rain, and none since, and some neighborhoods none yet—l3 weeks. The consequence is, there is no corn ma king. I know of but very few farmers in this county and the adjoining counties, that will make corn enough to last them until Christmas. The cotton crop is alio very poor—smaller, by far. than I cver'knew it at this season. Goon Dividend. —We point with pride and pleasure to advertisement of a declaration of five per cent dividend for the last six months, by the Macon Manufacturing Company. This is cer tainly one of the successful adventures of cotton milling in the South, and we believe every year’s additional experience will show an increase in- its profits. The stock ought to go up, and we pre sume it is rising.— Macon Telegraph.
