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(communicated.)
Decatur, July 24, 1854.
Jas. Gardner, Esq.— Dear Sir: You will
doubtless recollect, that in announcing myself a
candidate for Congress, in the 4th Congression
al District, previous to the last election, I said
that I had agreed to submit my claims to a Con-
M vention of the re-united Democracy of the Dis
trict, but that I had been informed that no such
' Convention had been held, &c. And, in a short
article in your paper, upon that subject, you said
that I should not be allowed to make a false is
sue before the people of the district, &c.; and,
though I felt that, by implication at least, you
did me great injustice, I could readily see that it
might not be intentional, as there was ample
room for you to be misled by the false construction
put upon what J. J. Diamond, Esq., a member
of the Convention, held at New nan, had said in
a speech at Atlanta, published by the Editor of
the Atlanta Intelligencer, and which, I am in
formed, the Editor refused to correct when re
rqtiested to do so. Be that,however, as it may, now
that there is a calm in the political element suffi
cient to prevent the evasion of truth.by raising the
cry of injury to party, I propose to give you and
your readers a portion of that information, using
only such as I have had leave to extract from or
reply to, omitting the names of my informants,
■v-. and also the places where the communications
were written, and which will not be given with
out the permission of the writers thereof. I also
omit the names of counties and delegates spoken
of in the communications from which I make
the extracts, my object being to show that I
did not determine the character of the Conven
tion that was held at Newnan.
From the first letter which was addressed to
me upon that subject, I extract the following:
" “The Convention is over. The Southern
Rights boys, or a portion of them, were deeply
incensed against you—the recollections of the
=* past could not be so soon forgotten. I have my
doubts about the success of their apparent pro
scriptive policy towards Union men in general,
and Union Democrats in particular. It is thought
by many, that your nomination would have
raised a storm in the Sou’hern Rights wing of
the party. Very respectfully, &c.”
From the second letter, addressed to me on the
subject, I extract the following. The writer
says:
“Ere this, you have doubtless come to some
conclusion, relative to the action of the Newnan
' ConvenjjjlCL Its action I greatly deplore, and
such a state of confusion I sel
dom, if ever, saw before The first thing the
Convention did, was to resolve, that bye-gones
should be bye-gones; the very next thing was to
bri g the old difficulties to bear in the Conven
tion. Very lespectfully, yours, &c.”
From the third, I extract the following:
“ You have, I suppose, before this, heard the
result of the (Coweta) Convention, a result at
which I was suvpnsed; especially was I disap
pointed at the course of my own county. Con
trary, as I verily believe, to the wishes of the
Democratic party o( the county, and the pledges
made, they voted for Dent. Tfie truth is. ——,
r a prominent man in the delegation from this
.. says he went there determined to vote
lor no U don Democrat. The same influence,
undoubtedly, governed a part of the delegation
from , and also the delegation from . aud
county. I was present at the Convention.
and what 1 say I know to be true. It was more
a Southern Rights Convention than a Demo
cratic one. The reelings of the people of the
district were not represented, and w »re I in your
place, knowing what I do, I wo? Id not suumit
to the verdict of that biased and prejudiced tribu
nal, but would appeal to ihe intelligent people of
the distnct, confident of success.
Very respecttuily, &c.”
From the fourth, I extract the following. The
writer says:
“ Those who went at first for Dent, stated, as
their objection to you, your position as a Union
man: revenge*tor passed grievances was the or
der and object. They would not allow any per
son from our county, favorable to you, to fill a
vacancy,and those opposed to you, cast the ab
sent vote. Every man who was at the Con
vention from our county, was for you, I mean
who were not members, but they were not al
lowed to fill vacancies, though there were many
proxies in the Convention. You was badly
swindled. Very respectfully, &c.”
The fifth reads as follows, and was in reply to
an inquiry made by me of a member, as to pre
vailing propensities and prejudices manifested in
that Convention. The writer says:
“ I feel it my duty to say, that the Conven-
met at Newnan, on the Ist inst., was
Iforvmnvention of the re-united Democracy of
the Sessional District, in sentiment and j
in feeling; tmd while I give due credit to many
of our friends from the Southern Rights wing of
the party, who labored hard in the Convention
for harmony and equality. I know my friends
will bear me out when I say, many of our Sou
thern Rights friends were boisterous in declar
ing that they would not support you, if nomina
ted; in so much, that bystanders expressed sur
prise that your friends’in the Convention not
withdrawing your name, seeing the feeling was
so strong against you ; that many of the South
|H ern Rights boys were dead against you, and
would vote against you if nominated.
b Yours, &c.”
HRk Add to the foregoing the following facts which.
m^* n fl® ra^an fl» are susceptible of demonstration,
BgHLst, That a secret caucus was held in the county
■pf Fayette, composed of Southern Rights men,
b Y * be man who joined in the first cry
of Disunion at Macon, (and as lam informed
_ this caucus was gotten up by the influence of the
from Fayette, Coweta and Meriwether) for
the purpose, first, of defeating my getting a ma-
L jority in the Convention, and secondly, breaking
I up the Convention rather than I should be the
provided I got a majority; and to effect
object, the votes to which the counties o*
Cobb, Troup and Dekalb were entitled, according
to tiie plan of the Convention, (three from each
District in the Congressional District)
were to be reduced in fixing the preliminaries of
i the Convention—Dekalb from 45 to 23 votes—
while the counties entitled, according to the call
Convention, and which were known to
be opposed to me,) to 24 votes, were allowed 23
votes in the Convention, and in fixing the pre
liminaries, the county of Coweta was allowed 23
votes, while the counties of Troup, Cobb aud
W were allowed 3 votes each, thus throw
ing off more than half my strength in some coun
- ** es 1° advance of the balloting ; and to effect the
•econd object, the two third rule was to be adopt
ed, and over one third of those who were to take
seats in the Convention, not all delegates, were
organized to break up the Convention rather
than I should be nominated. 'And this was to
a secret among themselves, until they got into
|9j Convention, and then only to be known by their
||| action.
2nd, That no nomination was made by the
Convention according to the rules laid down for
its government, but Col. Dent was swindled in
under the pretence that he had received 152 votes,
when, in iact. he bad received but 132.
3d, Tbat it was known to ceitam Southern
Rights members of tnat Convention, as soon as
the two third rule was adopted, that I never could
be nominated by it, though I might have a ma
jority all the time, there being over one third or
ganized to defeat it under the jopperation of the
two third rule.
4th, That a Secessionist, who took a seat in
that Convention, and, as I am informed, without
any authority to do so, has since boasted of the
management by which he deprived me of the
vote of his county, (about the time the delegates
were starting to the Convention.) He may,
perhaps, justify his course, in hie own estimation
by saying, willingly do I observe the precepts
and follow in the footsteps of my|Father, effect
ing my object by low and underhanded tricks,
when I cannot succeed in honorable political con
test.
sth, That the swindler of that Convention
took the seat of an honorable delegate, who de
sired to be absent, after the delegate had told him
that he was for my nomination and should vote
for me, and the swindler replied “that is right,
Murphey ought to be nominated, and I will take
your seat and cast your vote until you return ;”
and under that promise, took his seat and voted
against me during the time he kept that seat. Is
he not a great corner man; Suppose every friend
I had in Convention had confided his seat to a
similar corner man, how many votes would I
have received in the Convention ? Not one, but
as in days of old, my friends would all havebgen
betrayed with a kiss. •
6th, That Wm. U. Anderson said, soon after
the pretended nomination, that he knew 100
Southern Rights Democrats in the county of
Coweta who would not have supported me had
I been the nominee.
7th, That there was a Southern Rights Whig
in that Convention, protesting against the nomi
nation of any Union Democrat, and many
Southern Rights Democrats co-operated with
him and encouraged his efforts, and he, I under
stand, was under special instruction from one of
the trio, and that one, I understand, has since
given as a reason for his instructions, (so far as
I was concerned) that I had been trying to de
prive him of the of his own county, a reason
which existed nowhere, save in his own imagi.
nation, and had no foundation in truth.
Bth, That there were, in that Convention
Southern Rights Democrats who felt that, to car
ry out the will of their constituents, they were
compelled to vote for me, who were cursing me
politically, and encouraging the opposition to
hold out until they could have an excuse to
abandon me and go with them, and if you do not
come to the conclusion that no Convention of
there-united Democracy had been held in the
4fch Congressional District, but that the distinc
tion of Southern Rights and Union was kept up
and acted upon, and controlled the action of that
Convention, I can only say, we differ, unless I
can get leave to publish some more extracts.
Now, sir, that I may not be misunderstood, or
misconstrued, I again repeat, (as I said in my
letter to Welch which he published in the Geor
gia Banner,) I make no charge against any one,
I speak of things as I understand they were done,
and I call them fraudulent, and a deception prac
ticed upon the principles upon which the Con
vention was called. I make no complaint against
any man, or set of men, who went there to make
a nomination, according to the call of the Con-
I vention, and the wishes and expectations of the
| people, whether they were for me or against me.
This, sir, is a part of the information which I
i received upon that subject, and I submit to your
judgment whether I attempted to make a false
issue before the people of the 4th Congressional
Disctrict, and whatever may be your opinion
upon this subject, I have the answer of a good
conscience in relation to my political course.
Thoroughly convinced of the correctness of the
principles of the old school Democrats, I acted
with that party from its formation in 1833 up to
its dissolution in 1849 and ’SO, by the formation
of the Southern Rights party, (how the latter
was iormed it is unnecessary for me to speak,
that is well known) and my opposition to its
formation and principles are as well known. I
then acted with the Union party of Georgia, and
with as much cordiality and satisfaction as I had
done with the Democratic party, for I never
found any conflict of principles between the
j Union party of Georgia and the Democratic
party, and, in fact, the National Democratic Con
vention in 1852, confirmed me in the opinion
that there was none, while the National Whig
; Convention of same year endorsed, by resolu
tion, the position of the Union party of Geor.
gia. Their position being endorsed by both the
National Parties, the members of that party
(Union) divided between Scott, Pierce and
Webster, for the Presidency, and many of the
leading members clearly indicated a readiness to
unite the Whig party as Whigs, and of course
upon principles known as Whig piinciples, and
which I need not say I had always opposed.
And, at the same time, the Southern Rights
wing of the Democratic party, without excep
tion, so far as I know, manifested a readiness to
lay down their Southern R.ghts doctrine and
unite with the Democratic party upon the prin
ciples of the old school, admitting the principles
contended for by the Union Democrats (in the
division) as a part of the Democratic creed, (in
fact, they could not have done otherwise and
taken General Pierce for their candidate.) This
was my position, and upon it I was willing to
unite. I acted in good faith and never have, for
the sake of favor fropti any quarter, denied or
equivocated in relation to it, and I have never
regetted it, though I have beer, compelled to ad
mit my folly in trusting to the sincerity of cer
tain men, who sought only an advantage,*to be
carried out by a private organization, for the
purpose of keeping up in the Convention, the
distinctions of Southern Rights and Union, and
the prejudices thereby created ; and that, too,
when I was notified that such would be the case
(but a short time, however, before the Conven
tion met.) But I could not believe that, that
spirit of proscription would be allowed to con
troll a Convention convened under a pledge to
lay it aside ; but to my great astonishment, I
was told by many Southern Rights delegates,
whose names I could mention, that a factious
spirit and prejudices against me, because I had
been a Union man, controlled the action of the
Convention, and but for that, I would have been
nominated on the first ballot, and with great
unanimity. Now, sir, I think Union men should
do as the Hon. H. R. Jackson said, at Atlanta
in public speech he would do, (viz :) rally to the
aid of any Union man who was attempted to be
put down because he had been a Union man.
This he said on the 18th September, |1852, or
words to this effect, (I quote from memory) and
to do less is to suffer men who were (politically)
worng and admit it, by words, to proscibe men
that were right, and because they were right.
This is not the course of the true Democracy of
the Jackson and Polk school, and should not be
called Demociatic action.
Now, sir, in conclusion. I desire .to challenge
the production of any proof, by any man having
any character for truth, of any trick, manage
ment, or other unfair dealing on my part, for the
purpose of having myself put in nomination,
irom the first Convention that my name evei ,
was before, to the last; or any combination, oi .
arrangement with aspirants to other offices, for j
the purpose of promoting each other. And to
say to Mr. Gaskill,of Fayette, that if he has said
that I wrote a letter to Wm. U. Anderson, before
the Convention, and tried to recall it after the
Convention, and give that as a reason for my
declining, the statement is false. From the char
acter of Mr. Gaskill, I do no presume him capa
ble of falsehood, but there is a lie out. I did try
to get hold of a letter written by me after the
Convention, and from which James A. Welch
published a garbled extract to sustain a falsehood
that appeared in his paper, (viz: that I had
charged fraud unonthe whole Convention,) and
for the purpose of publishing the letter, but the
editor skulked behind his small advantage, and
refused to let me see it or to publish it. But no
man can tell the truth, and say that ever I tried
to recall a letter to conceal anything. And to
say to my old friend the Colonel,of DeKalb,who
was a Union man in 1832, and who has scratch
ed a Democratic head until it is nearly bald, and
who in 1849 and ’SO, followed in the wake of
Nullification and abandoned the land marks
Democracy, that when he scouted back to the
principles that I had maintained all the time*
and charged me with a change of principles,
that he found in DeKalb but few believers.
And my old Iriend E. A. D., that a man who
is public speaker enough to make a false charge
against a man in his absence, ought to be public
speaker enough to own it or deny it when it was
publicly alluded to in his presence, and not get
off by saying lam no public speaker; and though
I admit it was not true, I thought it was when
I told it, and got angry and refused to speak to
the man he had slanderd, for defending his polit
ical character, and giving his Honor an opportu
nity to meet him. And to say for myself, that
I am a Union Democrat, that is to say a Nation
al Democrat as contra-distinguished from the
opposite doctrines in the days of Jackson and
Polk, and more particularly defined in 1844 ana
1848; and a Union man as contra-distinguish
ed from the doctrine of Nullific ,tion, the Con
stitutional Right of secession, and disunion
for the causes that have existed. This is
my position, and whenever I am required
to abandon political principles that I believe to
be right, or dissolve my party relations with par
ty associates, I shall see them go as I did the Dis
unionistsin 1849 and ’SO, and the Southern
Rights Democrats that followed them, denying
their doctrine, though they may return as hun
gry for office as they did this time. And, Mr.
Editor, if my political position should place me
beyond the pale of any political party in Geor
gia, I can still be independent. I have no fears,
however, of sustaining myself, both as a Nation
al Democrat, and a Union man, not only against
these hidden attacks of men that hide themselves
behind the want of public-speaking habits, but
against fair and honorable attacks. I remain
with great respect, yours truly,
C. Murphey.
AUGUSTA, GA.
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1854!
See first page of Daily, this morning.
We publish this morning the communi
cation of Mr. Murphey. The Editor of this
paper is absent. He may or he may not have
some comments to make on it.
Melancholy Accident. •
A young man by the name of O. H. Hubbard,
a son ot the late Capt. Hubbard, was killed on
Thursday evening, by being run overby the cars
on the Waynesboro’ road, about eight miles from
the city. From what we can learn, he was
passing from the baggage to the passenger cars,
when it is supposed he lost his footing, and fell
between them, A severe jolt was telt by the
passengers at the time, but no further notice was
taken of the circumstance, until he was missed
by his companion, who got out, and took the up
train to search for him. His body was found
about one mile this side ot Allen’s station, where
the jolt was felt, and brought to the city yester
day morning. This should prove another warn
ing to passengers on Railroad cars. If you wish
to travel in safety, keep your seats while the
cars are in motion. 5
The Mail*.
There is something wrong about the distribu
tion and delivery of the mails, particularly on the
State Road. We have numerous complaints’
from offices along that road, not of the non-re
ceipt of our daily paper, but that they only reach
there destination about three times a week.—
Tbe fault is not with the post office here, for our
Second edition of the daily is sent from the office
to the cars, and we have not missed but one
mail in two months, to our knowledge. Post
masters will confer an obligation by notifying us
when our daily paper fails to reach their respec
tive offices, so that we may discover where the
fault lies, and make a report to head quarters.
Blackwood’s Magazine.
The July number of this interesting and in
structive periodical has been laid upon our table,
and contains the usual amount of valuable and
entertaining articles.
Blackwood’s Magazine is, and for a number o f
years past, one of the most sterling publications
has been issued from the periodical press. The
present number is the commencement of volume
thirty-nine, and we would remind our readers,
that this is a most favorable time to subscribe,
not only for “ Blackwood,” but also for the four
principal English Reviews, which commence,
with one exception, their new volumes on the
firrt of July. The postage on the whole five
publications, to any part of the United States, is
only 80 cents per annum—l 4 cents being charg
ed for each Review, and 24 cents for Blackwood.
Ihe following are the terms of subscription:
For Blackwood, $3 per year.
i or Blackwood, and any Review, $5 per year.
For Blackwood, and the four Reviews, $lO per
year.
A Duel between Americans in Europe.-
It is reported that Daniel E. Sickles, Esq., Sec
retary of the American Legation at London, tel
egraphed to Liverpool on the 11th inst., to know
whether John Van Buren, Esq., then expected
in the steamer from New York, had arrived, and
if so, where he could be found, his object being,
it is said, to send him a challenge to fight a duel
somewhere on the continent of Europe. Mr.
Sickles, it is alleged, was greatly offended at a
speech made by Mr. Van Buren in Tammany
Hall last winter, reflecting rather personally
upon him.
Returned from Europe. —Among the pas
sengers by the Pacific, was Mr. Daniel B. Mar- ;
tin, Chief Engineer of the United States Ravy,
who went to Europe for the purpose of
taining the latest improvements in the machinery
of war steamers, with the intention of applying
the same to the six steam frigates to be built fo r
the American navy.
Honors to Gen. Towson. —The Secretary of
War has ordered, as appropriate honors to the
memory of the late Gen. Towson, that each mil.
itary post will fire minute guns, (thirteen.) com
mencing at meridian, aud display the national
flag at half-staff from the-same hour till sunset
on the day next after the receipt of the order;
and that the officers of the army will wear the
prescribed badge of mourning for thirty days. i
The Smithsonian Institute. —From the Re- 1
port of the Special Committee of the Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, it ap
pears that the expenses of managing the bequest
last year considerably exceeded half the income
of the fund. The income was 30.000,and the ex
penses amounted to $17,740, of which the sura
of $11,455 is consumed in salaries. After the
building iscpmpleted and furnished, which will
be accomplished in the course of the present
year, the fund will be augmented by $150,000 of
accumulated interest, saved by delaying the
work on the building and protracting its erec
tion. The permanent fund will then be $665,-
000. Assuming-that the salaries and general ex
penses remain stationary at $17,740 when the
fund shall have been so increased, there will re
main at the disposal of the regents, to be annu
ally appropriated for all operations and purposes
including lectures, researches, publications, pur
chases of books for the library, bindings, explo
rations for the benefit of the museum, .apparatus,
and the purchase of objects of art, between $22,-
000 and $23,000. But it is apprehended that
this sum may be diminished by the greater ex
pense which will attend the occupation of the
entire building, and the increased and constant
ly increasing collections. The library of the
Institution contains 12,000 books, and 8,000
pamphlets and parts of volumes.
Health of Savannah.— The Republican
says: It will be seen by reference to the report
of the Board of Health, that there were only
eleven deaths in Savannah for the week ending
Tuesday last. Os these, one was occasioned by
drowning, six were under two years of age, and
two were only a few days old. This speaks
well for the health of a city containing a popu
lation of about 25,000 souls. The weather is
again delightful,and we doubt whether there is
a healthier or pleasanter spot anywhere. Our
friends who are flying from place to place at the
North, to escape the cholera, would do well to
return here. As a witty Catholic priest in this
city once remarked, speaking of purgatory, they
might go further and fare worse.
The Fugitive Slave Law has been decided to
be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of
Wisconsin in full bench. The Court holds the
law to be unconstitutional because it entrusts
the adjudication of the fugitive cases to a
magistrate of so low a grade as a commissioner,
and also because it denies the trial by jury as
understood by Northern men. It is probable
the case w ilk now be taken to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Severe Storm. —A severe storm of rain, ac
companied with considerable thunder and light
ning, visited our city yesterday, and continued
with much violence tor some hours.
About one o’clock, the barque Clement. Cap
tain Eldridge, laying at the head of Potter’s
wharf, and loading with lumber for Providence,
R I, was struck by the electric fluid, which
shivered the maintopgallantmast, injured the
head of the mainmast, and passed from thence
into the hold through the starboard pump, and re
turned to the deck passing through the galley,
and in its course knocking down the mate and
cook, who, however, soon became sensible. The
side of the barque, we understand, was some
what injured, nut not seriously.
We learn also that the house on Noisette’s
farm, near this city, was struck by the lightning
at about 2 o’clock—the fluid entering by the
chimney, demolishing mantle pieces, looking
glasses, windows and a clock. A room adjoining
the house was also much damaged, but fortunate
ly no one was injured.
We fear that the above are not the only ac
cidents we shall have to record trom this storm.
The rain, however, must ave been beneficial
to the farmers, as we understand that, notwith
standing a considerable quantity has fallen with
in the last few days in the city, our country
lriends would not be discontented were they to
have a little more than they have had.— Char.
Cour ., 28 th inst.
Attempt at Burglary —-We learn that
some one or more persons on Wednesday night
last, attempted an entrance into the Jewelry
Store of Mr. James E. "Spear, on King street,
fronting Hasell street/ The modus operandi of
the rogue or rogues was begun by removing the
iron grating of the cellar on King street, and
when they bad snugly deposited themselves
therein they commenced to bore through the
floor with an auger. The approach of day,
however, must have brought the operators to a
sense of their danger, and warned them that it
was time to decamp, for on opening the store
yesterday morning no less than twenty-two
auger holes were iound in the flior near the
front door. No clue, we believe, has as yet been
obtinedas to who the parties were. The Police,
however, are on the alert.— lb.
Merchant Mill in Dalton. —An enterpris
ing and wealthy gentleman Irom Macon, Ga.,
has just purchased an excellent site for a Mer
chant Mill, on Hamilton street. From its close
proximity to the Western and Atlantic and the
E. T. & G. Railroads, it will be one of the most
convenient places that could have been selected
about the city, and the location of Dalton, sur- j
rounded as she is upon all sides by rich and fer- ;
tile lands, makes her the most eligible point for '
an enterprize of this kind of any other place in j
the State.
The price of property is rapidly increasing in
value, and everything looks lively and business
like. —Dalton Times , 21th inst.
5 Business of the Ringgold Agency.—Col.
I E. R, Harden, agent at Ringgold, has furnished
us with the following statement of the business
r of the W. &A. Railroad, at that agency, for the
! year ending Ist May, 1854, as follows:
Bushels Coin, 81,295
, Bushels wheat, 35,126
Bales cotton, 80
Lbs of Bacon, 131,075
, Lbs of Lard, 5,376
Lb* of Feathers, 145
! Bbls Flour, 35
Sacks “ 655
Head Cattle, 20
Bars Iron, 934
(lb.
Parricide.— We learn that John Epps delib
erately shot his father, Thomas Epps, and in
stantly killed him, last Tuesday in this county
about five miles from Athens. The difficulty is
said to hare grown out of some domestic affairs,
which we are not sufficiently acquainted with
to explain , and as the matter will undergo legal
investigation, we forbear commenting on it.—
He has not yet been arrested.— Athens Banner,
21th mst.
Sudden Death. —We regret to learn that
Mr. George M. Lanier, formerly tax collector of
j this county, dropped dead in the woods, some
distance from his bouse, last Saturday.— lb.
The Weather. —We complained of the
drought last week; since then we have had a ;
delightful and refreshing rain. It commenced
on Friday evening last, about eight o’clock, and
lasted till near midnight, and extended, as we
understand, up to Atlanta and down to Thomas
ton. The good citizens of Henry, we also un- !
derstand, have had some fine showers, where
they were much needed. Butts and Jasper
I counties, to the east of us, are said to be dry
and needing rain.— Grijffin JejTersonian , 21th
inst.
> Crops in the Up Country —Whilst on the
wing last week, we took a birds-eye view of
the crops, and from what we saw and heard,
are induced to believe that in the upper part
of this, and in Lancaster District, hardly more
than hr If crop on an average will be made.
They have suffered immensely from the ex
treme heat and drought, and in many portions
through which we passed, they had suffered so
much from the want of rain, that it was feared
the most favorable seasons hereafter would not
be able to bring them out. On last Friday there
was a fine rain in Lancasterville and its vicini
ty, which we observed as we came along, had <
continued all the way to Camden; in some of
the intermediate sections, however, there was I
barely a sprinkle, and in others a heavy fall '
About Hanging Rock there was a considerable t
storm of wind and hail, which blew down the s
corn and otherwise did some damage, not very I
extensively, however. In Camden and the
neighberhod we have had fine lains for three j
days.— Camden Journal. /
We take the following from the Washington
Union' Read it. So just and severe a critique
upon the resolves of Northern Church commun
ions against slavery, we do not often meet with.
By-the*way, the signs of the times clearly indi
cate the approach of trouble between the North
ern and Southern Presbyterians, that will pro
bably—as in the Methodist and Baptist Church
es—end in their forming separate organizations
Here is the communication alluded to:
What is Christianity ?
Mr. Editor: I observe in the religious news
papers the following resolutions recently adopt
ed by the “ General Association of Connecticut,”
viz :
1. Resolved, That, as representatives and as
sociated pastors and ministers of the Congrega
tional churches of Connecticut, we record our
abhorrence of the wickedness in high places
which has repealed the prohibition of slavery in
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and
which, in so doing, has not only violated the
public faith pledged in the act of 1820, but has
put a new contempt upon the plainest principles
of justice.
2. Resolved , That the silence of the religious
bodies and communities generally in the slave
holding States, at the perpetration of so great a
crime, gives painful evidence of delinquency in
respect to principles and sympathies that are es
sential to Christian integrity; and that we do es
pecially regret, at such a time as this, the silence
of the chief judicatories of the Presbyterian
church with which we are in correspondence—a
silence which destroys the glory of their ancient
testimony against the barbarous and wicked in
stitution of slavery.
3. Resolved, That, as the ministers of Christ,
and as watchmen for souls, we are required to
sound an alarm in God’s holy mountain against
the extension of systematized and organized op
pression, and that we entreat our fellow-minis
ters, and our brethren throughout our common
country, to pray earnestly against this wicked
ness, and to conjoin with prayer all right,
prompt, combined, and energetic action.
4. Resolved, That while we have heard the
statement of Dr. Stiles with much interest and
high respect for himself, and with a desire to co
operate with all that we deem wise efiorts to
extend the Gospel of Christ, yet that this body
regard the American Home Missionary Society
correct in this position not to grant aid to slave
holding missionaries.
To carry out the spirit and principles of these
resolutions, I recommend that, at their next meet
ing, the association adopt the following in addi
tion, viz :
Whereas we learn from the 17th chapter of
Genesis, verses 12 and 13, that Father Abraham
held slaves, w bought with his money There
fore,
Resolved, That God ought not to have select
ed him as the chosen father of His chosen peo
ple, and we repudiate him altogether as the
“ lather’’ of such of the “faithful” as we claim to
be.
Resolved, That Jesus Christ committed a great
error when, in the story of Lazarusand the rich
man, as recorded in Luke, 16th chapter, 19th to
31st verses, he placed Lazaius in Abraham’s
bosom, and repudiate all such heavens as slave
holders’ bosoms.
Resolved, That when the Angel of the Lord,
as recorded iathe 16th chapter of Genesis, verse
9, ordered the fugitive slave Hagar to return to
her mistress and submit heiself to her hands,
(though she had dealt hardly with her,) he com
mitted a great wrong, inasmuch as such conduct
implied that Heaven itself had its fugitive slave
law, and will never consent to associate with
such angels.
Resolved, That the laws of Moses are not the
laws of God, nor are they of divine inspiration,
though in the 25th chapter of Leviticus it is
represented that “ the Lord spake unto Moses
saying” (verse 44 to 46; “ both the bondmen
and thy bondmaids which thou shalt have shall
be of the heathen that are round about you; of
them ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Moreover, of the children of the strangers that
do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy,
and of their lamilies that are with you; which
they begat in your land, and they shall be ycur
possession ; and ye shall take them as an inherit
ance lor your children after you to inherit
them tor a possession. They shall be your bond
men forever.”
Resolved , That if these be the words of God,
then Israel’s God is not our God, and we sound
an alarm against such "systematized and organ
ized oppression,” whether sanctioned by Israel’s
God or by the constitution and laws ot the
States or of the United States.
Resolved * That Paul, in imitating the exam
ple ot the angel in* the Old Testament, and
sending the fugitive-slave Onesimus back to h,s
master Philemon, instead of running him off to
parts unknown, proved himself to be totally
unworthy of being considered the Apostle of
such Gentiles as we are, and we do not recog
nise his teachings or example as any authority
lor us.
Resolved , That the Gospel has been greatly
improved since Christ’s time; for that whereas
he taught quiet submission to constituted author
ity rendering to Caesar the things thar are Cse
sar s, obedience of servants to masters, submis
sion to wrong in preference to strife and conten
tion, relying tor the reform of the world on the
respectful teaching of the pure principles of the
INew lestament to masters and slaves, kin's
and paupers; our improved Gospel teaches uslto
express our abhorence of wickedness in high
places- when political action there does not
square with our opinions; to consider all as
wanting in ‘ Christian integrity” who do not
buckle on political armor, rush into the collision
of passions and prejudices, and pray for the
suppression of slavery, not to the God of Israel
who engrafted it upon their constitution, but
to the unknown God” of our improved Gospel;
and, finally, to “ express our abhorrence” ot all
who do not refuse *■ to grant aid to slaveholding
missionaries” who go out to preach the old
fashioned Gospel, as exhibted in the Old and
rsew lestament.
Now, Mr. Editor, I commend the foregoing
to the senous consideration of all true Chri*!
tains of the North. It their clergy and associa
tions pursue a little further the career they now
seem bent upon, they will find themselves in
company with Garrison and his sect, who ab
jure the Bible, and the God of the Bible sim
ply that they may maintain their consistency on
rJ Sfflh' 1 " m locate of alive
hl’oo lt , the .^ lb{e be true, a slaveholder may
be as good a Chnstain as any enemy ot slavery
and if our northern friends shall be as unwilling
to associate with slaveholders in heaven as they
- E? “I'™- 11 ’ th e.v will be very likely
to find themselves in —some other place. *
r ~ TRUTH.
New York Money Market.
1 The New York Tribune of Monday says :
1 Week closes with a n abundantly easv
- Money market for those who have satisfactory
, securities. Very large amounts, millions in thl
are in the hands of lar u e lenders un.
employed for want of satisfactory borrowers
\ 1 an y °f the leading stock houses will not take
f orders to buy stocks excepting for cash which
- ! tends materially to reduce the demand for lories
Meanwhile borrowers for railroad purposes have
I been almost entirely driven out of the market
j h e^ aJJaer * e va cuum which has not been filled
i ° ther growers, and consequently capital
| 0 aC^ Umulate ’ and the effectfs seen in i
i f^/h d | Ct T of rates of Railroads have
! for the last year, more than any other casuse
sustained the rates of interest in the street’!
I When Erie, or Hudson River, or Illinois Central
’ i, l . 0 P< T r cenfc - but little commercial oaner
could t, e placed at better rate,. N™ capitTu I
S h cla a s Wn fr ° m th ‘ S avenue of investment, and I
first class paper geos at 8 a 10 per cent, with a
emand exceeding the supply. Railroad accep. I
tances even of the best class are sold only f n 1
18 peAen" 168 W ‘ th gfeat difficult y at lG a j
As lar as the money market is concerned the
explosion ®f Robert Schuyler was an advantage
to the street, as it withdrew a borrower who
w?r S h™T dyS to i take an ? money
without much regard to the rate of int«res7
There is also a general contraction of engage
! mants 8o»ng on, and an indisposition to enter
; into new ones, which must materially assist ?n
in the continuance ot an easv * &s , in
until the lessons of the past month are
and w. ge , a fall hoad of s teTm o„ Z! a S
The Bank report will probably show a sur
er increase ot coin to-morrow. The Sub-
Treasury has taken about $600,000 this week
more than,t has disbursed, while the foreign
shipments in the bank were less than $200,000.
These disbursements have been more than made
good, probably, by receipts from the Mint, a
million, we hear came over on Thursday or Fri
day, and the Mexican fund will this week count
three mil-lions, while in the previous statement,
it having been in bank only four days, ave
raged in the statement but two millions.
[From the Athens (Tenn ) Post, July 26.]
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.
Below will be found a card from Maj. C. Wal
lace, President of the Railroad Company, in re
ference to the running ot the Road, and the pan
ic which was created by the many ill-grounded
and imprudent reports put in circulation about a
disease lately existing at Loudon, and whfch
was thought by some persons to resemble Asiat
ic Cholera. For the last ten years the papers of
some other sections have been filled with, in
most cases, horrifying and greatly exaggerated
accounts of the ravages of the disease, and the
public mind kept constantly in an uneasy state,
ready for a panic and a stampede upon the first
indications of the approach of a malady bearing
the faintest resemblance in its attacks, progress,
and termination to the much dreaded scourge
Hitherto East Tennessee, with its green and
rugged hills, its mountain torrents, crystal rivers,
and health-giving, life-restoring mineral waters,
has been deemed inaccessible to Cholera—but
the spell has been broken, confidence impaired,
and reports have gone out that we are not only
in daDger from the approach of ihe pestilence
that walketh in darkness and slayeth at noon
day, but that it has actually effected a lodgment
in our midst. We asseverated in our last paper
that the reports were mostly shameless fabrica
tions, that there were no real grounds for the
alarm and panic which was prevailing, that not
a solitary case of Asiatic cho era had occurred,
that upon rigid enquires we were satisfied near
ly all the deaths at Loudon from the disease said
to resemble Cholera could be traced to the im
prudence of the patient, or want of attention,
and that there was no more danger to be appre
hended to persons passing through that town
than there was eight months ago when the
streams were locked in an icy embrace and ve
getation clothed with the white mantle of win
ter. Upon further inquiry and more reflection,
vte take this occasion to reiterate and repeat
what we said before, that we do not belive that
a single case of Asiatic cholera has occurred at
Loudon or anywhere else in East Tennessee;
and that whatever disease did prevail at that
town it has now abated, and if there ever was
any danger there it has disappeared, and that
persons may - visit and pass through the place
with entire safety. We speak earnestly and
sincerely—%e have no private interests to serve
at Loudon, and could have no motive for mis
representing the facts. We wish to correct the
groundless reports that have been put in circu
lation. and if possible head off with the plain
truth the immense fabrications which are fright
ening the people from their propriety and spread
ing panic and alarm through all the surrounding
country. The public, at home and abroad may
rest assured that should Asiatic cholera make its
appearance in East Tennessee, w’e shall not hesi
tate to announce the fact, as we are not afraid to
discharge our duty as a journalist, whether that
duty leads us along the beaten track pursued by
the alarmed majority or dead against it.
The following is the Card of the President of
the Railroad Company. If our cotemporaries in
Georgia and South Carolina will copy it into
their columns they will serve the travelling pub
lic and place us under special obligations:
EAST TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA RAILROAD.
The traveling public are hereby assured that
the present running ot the Passenger Train on
this Road will not be changed without notice.
Passengers will not be required to lemain over
night in Loudon.
While 1 give the above assurance it is proper
to state that I do not believe there is now any
cholera at Loudon. My business, however, is to
protect the interests of the Company, which 1 do best
by caring for the welfare of its operatives and the
traveling community, and not any particular local
ity on the line.
The Steamer “Tennessee” will resume her
regular trips between Loudon and Knoxville as
soon as she can make her landings without pro
ducing panic There has not been a case even of
diai rhcea on her this Summer.
The report that cholera has been or is now at
Mcntvale Springs is false.
C. WALLACE, President
East Tennessee Sf Georgia Railroad.
Knoxville, July 12, 1854.
Thirty-Third Congress—First Session.
Washington, July 24.
SENATE.
Mr. Pettit made a persona! explanation in re
ply to Mr. Benton’s letter, in which Mr. Pettit
was referred to as a great liar and dirty dog. He
said that ll he did not show Colonel Benton to be
a wicked and malicious falsifier of truth or an
imbecile and dotard, he would be content to de
serve the epithets Mr. Benton had applied to
Mr. Mason submitted to the Senator and to
the chair whether, without any reference to the
matters in controversy, it was in order or decor
ous tor a Senator in his place to speak thus of a
member of the other House.
Mr. Pettit sai. that if what Mr. Benton had
said ol him were true, he would be unworthy of
association with gentlemen.
Mr. Mason said the letter was a matter made
public not in the House, but through the public
newspapers. He raised a question of order
whether the Senator could thus speak of a mem
ber ot the other House.
The chair said that in personal expiations the
same rule applied as in other debate. It was no s
m order to reflect upon a member of the other
House as such. luer
Mr Pettit said he did not intend to refer to
Mr Benton as a member of the House or toanv
act ot his as such. ’ t 0 an ?
Mr. Mason asked if the decision of the Chair
was confined to remarks of the House as such
Ihe Chair said it was for matters and things
not done as members of Con°Te«3-_a
was entitled to no protection that did not extend
to any other citizen. extenu
Mr. Pettit resumed, reading from Benton’s
thirty years as to the addition of Platte county to
Missouri, &c. He said that Benton’s
the Nebraska bill had been extensivelydrculat
ed in Indiana, and when he (Mr U ‘*
there a lew weet, a g „, he Lid Usf w’hoTj
been loudest in charging Mr. Benton with being
a thief, with having stolen money and secreted
it m his neck cloth in North Carolina, with hav
ing been guilty of the cold-blooded murder of
Sstfe.’” now m ° at
. He continued in this strain till 12 o’clock hav
ing repeatedly been called to order “
REPRESENTATIVES
The House passed the bili ine, ,
proprietors of Greenwood Cemetrv rpora ‘' lu S tbs
Mr. Letcher gave notice he should t
introduce a bill to repeal , he Mi„ ne 2sXJ3
Mr. Cobb moved to suspend th» *. * i
up the bill granting lands to Alabama Ibr railroad
fwoS S D,Mgre “ it °- ayeß 96 ’ ™/«"“-n»t
wSe. H ° USe thCn Wentinto committee of the
The committee then acted on the Senate’s
“ttag »me WII, re
«**££''coVcSr ifterwar<is ••
72 T „ h a V°^'“ Ci 'i, <,n "' as “en passed—yeas
72, nay- 6u. It appropriates for vi a.
i er y. Lake Champlain, 11100,
i Maine, $20,0J0 ; Fort Warren )V ’ F ° fc R nox t
; H.rb r, *30,000; Fort Ad™. K'’ ??‘° n
$15,000; Fort Schuv ler and lSrii«^ e Is,and ’
*20,000; Fort Clinch entire ,"" ,p J er i S ' C
s2s 000 ; Fort Barancas an I R Coiumbla Sound,
$10.000; Fort Mcßee, Florid" 1 3m' 000'°^
da^^OO^O^ortli 75 ’? 005 Foit
000 SI <1C u ,onß San Francisco, $130,.
«t n A nnn t,C | 3t f°« S Alcatras Island, California
sioo'SSS* l ottibcatl °ns Fort Point, Calilorma,
?f F.V?Sr ; frontl : r «ot Texas, $100,000; repairs !
Maine srff'® 3 ' 000 ! "P sirsof Fort Preble, !
, $1,000; repair and improvement Fort
I independence, Mass, $10,000; repair Fort Co
-1 | „ mbu . B and Castle William, $4 500; repair Fort
1 Hamilton, and lor permanent wharf, N. Y. Har
bor, $10,000; repair Fort Mifflin, Pa., $1,000;
repair wharf. Old Point Comfort, Virginia, $7,-
000 ; repair Fort Macon, North Carolina, $lO,-
000; preservation site Foit Macon, North Caro
, lina, $1,000; preservation site Fort Johnson,
| South Carolina, $4,200; preservation Fort Moul
trie, South Carolina, $12,300; repairs Fort Jack
son, Georgia, $5,000; repairs Fort Morgan, Ala- !
bama, $5,000 ; repairs Fort Pite, Louisi na,s2,- i
000; repaus Tower Dupree, Louisiana. ssoo’- I
repairs and extension Fort St. Philip, Mississip
pi, Louisiana, $25,000; barracks and quarters!
Fort Hamilton, New York, SI,OOO.
[Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun ]
.Niagara Falls, July 25 —There were sev
era! deaths Irom cholera yesterday in the neigh"
borhood of the suspension bridge, and everybody
was leaving as fast as possible. Three or four
dollars per day was offered for laborers, they hav
ing all fled from the vicinity. 3
Two unfortunate creatures died alone ves
terday in a shanty near the bridge, and their bo
dies laid there in a horrible state of decomoosi
t.on, nobody being willing to enter to assistin'
hurrying them. They were obliged this morn
ing to burn the shanty to consume the bodies
There was about ten deaths in the vicinity
yesterday, and a number more ar e reported to-
Niagara Falls. July 25,-The cholera at the
suspension bridge is abating to-day. Numbe n
ot shanties erected by the Irish laborers hav®
been burned down. The health at the Falls L
good, and visitors not over crowded
Boston, July 24,-TAc Cholera in Boston -
i me neaths by cholera have been reported here
since Saturday ; eight of the victims were 4r
eigners. c * or *
The weather is still quite hot. The thermom
eter at noon indicated 91 deg. i n the shade
Boston, July 2 5.—Failure at Boston— A la ree
shoe firm on Pearl street, was forced to susS
Tbeir liabilities
$300,000 and their assets are much larger It
is believed they will resume in a tew dafs
Buffalo, July 25 —Cholera on L ike Erie -
The steamer Mississippi, from Landiss. Ky had
hree fa al cases of cholera on board on the down
trip yesterday. This city is healthy
Manchester, N. H., Julv 25
Manchester N H— Three deaths from Cholera
occurred at this place to-day. era
Will Making in our eni
tome on the 6th mat.; of the “ Laws of Ge or
.gia, m aUudmg to Wills, we said that “if the
Will is to pass real property three witnesses are
required; if personal only, two are sufficient
In this we were in enor. The Legislature at
its session in 1852 passed a law that took effect
in June in that year, requiring that all Wills
Lisposmg of both personal and real estates
should be witnessed by “ threp or four credita
ble witnesses.— Mdlcdgeville Recorder.
Marvellous. —A correspondent from Tavlor
county, Ga., very gravely informs us that a few
days ago he saw, on the plantation of Thomas
Grey, Esq<living in a valley called the land of
Egypt, in said county, 60 ears of corn oh one
j stalk, the largest measuring 13 inches in length
! and 16 in circumference, and all of the ears had
good corn on them ! The same correspondent
says, that two miles northwest from Butler
there is a pine mountain which affords one of
the finest views to be found in Middle Georgia
It is said that the city of Macon can be seen
fiom the top of this mountain by the aid of a spy
glass ! Should any gentleman' doubt the truth
of these statements our correspondent, who is a
reliable man, offers to prove them true to any
visitor !— Georgia Citizen. 3
Light House Appropriations.
A bill lately passed tbe House of Representa
fives making the following appropriations for
light houses on the Georgia coast :
For iron buoys and beacons for Tybee bar and
Savannah river, ten thousand dollars.
For iron buoys for tbe Alatamaha sound and
liver, ten thousand dollars.
For iron buoys for St. Catherines sound and
inlet, Sapelo and Doboy bars and sounds, and the
channels leading through them, and at the south
bar of Cumberland sound, five thousand dol
lars.
For iron buoys to be placed the St. Mary’s
and St. Andrew’s bays, two thousand dollars. /
Arrivals at Cotoosa Springs.
July 26, 1854.
Mrs. B. Conley, son and servant, Augusta,
M. D. Jones, Burke.
Thos. Jones and lady, Thomasville.
Miss S. E. Jones, “
Miss Henderson, Scriven.
A. H. Shepherd, Columbus,
L. L. Edmonson, Ga,
G. M. Thurman, “
James A, Pool, Augusta.
J. J. Hines and lady. 3 children and ser
vant. Savannah.
Dr. J. Mackie and lady, Chattanooga.
J no. M. Phinizy, Sugar Tit.
Mrs. M Nichol and daughter, Nashville.
Miss Anne Nichol, “
J. Nichol,
Mrs. Dr. Jennings, t:
Col. Courtney, Louisiana.
Miss J. Courtney, *•
J. A. Reid and lady, Lagrange.
J. B. Reid and lady, “
J. G. Whitfield, “
Miss M. F. Whitfield “
S. L. Bryan, Florida.
G. W. H. Anderson and lady, Atlanta.
Gen. W. S. Rockwill, lady, 2 children and
servant. Milledgeville.
Miss Brumley, Columbus.
F. M. Stone and lady, Savannah.
A. M. LufFourrow and lady, Ga. „
Mrs. Sawyer, “
Miss Myers, 11
S. W. Branch, “
Branch, «
W. Ferguson and lady,
J. Fourrnan, S. C.
Arrivals at the Stone Mountain Hotel,
JULY 27,1854.
Clark & Hitchcock, Proprietors.
J. M. Spurlock and family, Georgia.
Mrs. Wilson,
C. J. L. Doby, South Carolina.
R. J. Dolph, «
F. Glover, Georgia.
J. F. Glover, “
W. R. Smith and lady, Tennessee.
F. P. Hill, New York.
J. J. Field, Georgia.
Col. Jone 6, Calafomia.
S. S. Ransom
COMBS & CO.’S EXPRESS.
Consignees per Combs & Co.’s Express, July 28.
Isaac Levy, Robt. Freeman, Joseph Palot, M.
Sloan, Pool & Cosby, Wm. McDowell, Dr. A. Cof
fin, Mrs. M. Schmidt, D. L. Grimes, Scranton, Sey
mour & Co-, A. Butterfield, Wm. B. Hardman,
Hoestman, Bros. & Allen, Lieut. Col. W. H. T,
Walker, Turner Wilson, Samuel Berryhill, R.S.
Millar, Lamback & Cooper, Hand, Williams & Co.
died
r ~
U. 0. Koberison, Esq, in Edgefield District, S. a,
Mrs. ’•arah Ann Blackwell, in the 23d year of
13 her age. J
From early life she has been a devoted and ae
* feptablo member ot the Baptist Church. During
, her last 1 Iness she offered up many affecting
prayers, and iroquently talked of the great impor
p "M'on,*nd exhorted her friends to live
il w , h ““ boaltb ’ a °d not procrastinate the
,t dtln “L? r oL glon ’ UI1 ‘ L ‘. l the y were Placed upon a
J°i d ' ® be was a and affectionate moth
, ’ a , ovin g sister, and an indulgent mistress She
6 S n h °7 n h 8^ sself . ls amiable in ail the relations of
thrLsvT.u 0W bßm " called for the last time to pass
s o a • the crucible, she exhibited that patience
* ! re * l S na tion which shine out with such winning
lustie from the character of the Christian under
uttering. Her death was like the clear, quiet set
ting ot an evening sun, and though gone down,
yet it throws back a light above the horizon that
s will long be'seen. She has left one son, father and
' ““ofu o1 1 sisters and brothers, and a large circle of
, friends to mourn their irreparable loss.
1 “ Sweet in the tomb be thy sleep,
t Till Chnst shall bid thee rise,
And glorify thee with his saints,
’ And take thee to the skies.” g.
’ In this city, 26th inst. Jane Kenrick, infant
! daughter of John and Laura Bridges, ai'ed 6
months and 21 days. “
SOUTH-C AROJLiI * a \
! KAILROAD c MPAxNIES 1 '
J\ %**?? 18 h ; ro T b -y g iven - that on and after the
iV- ° f Jul J next , the South-Carolina
S j ronl n^? Pany ’ Charleston, and the Central
Railroad Company, Savannah, will discontinue the
them ° r bßSm ®® s heretofore transacted by
the a lid ters *.T d / please cease on and after
fn d the r d % y °\ July t 0 consign their Merchan
tnfnr* Railroad Agents, respectively, as here
tofore practiced. JOHN CALDWELL,
d resident South-Carolina R. R. Co.
. „ . R. R. CUYLER,
1 resident Central R. R., Savannah, Ga.
ma y 9 dfifaugl
HARPERS’ AIAGAZIhk for July, wan leave
cut, for sale by
july4 MoKINNE A HALL-
Be wkberkv cokoiaL, Pure Port Wine,
and Old Brandy, may be had of
jyß WM. H. TUTT, Druggist,