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. [Fromthe New York Tribune.] < » Rich and Racy. | On a former occasion, we made some allusion to the adroit manner in which the inquisitorial » resolutions offered in the New School General Assembly, sitting at Buffalo, by Rev. Dr. r „ Thompson of that city, from the Committee on Slavery, were Rev. Dr. Ross ot len nessee. Imperfect vdßions of his speech on the occasion have been published in some ot the re ligious papers, though none of them do him tun justice, and all are more or less arred wuh in accuracies and misapprehensions. We are hap py in being able to lay before our readers, this eminently good-natured, witty, and talented speech, as written ou' by Dr. Ross himself, it carries the war into Africa so effectually, th't although the Committee's resolutions passed m a modified shape, whereas Dr. Ross’s substitute did not pass, and probably was not even put to the vote, every body sees that the victory is on his side. The Committee's resolutions, although a.lop'ed, will be essentially inoperative while Dr. Ross's, which were not adopted, will go all over the country, carrying conviction with them that there is quite as mush need of investigation North as South. We hope our brethren ol the nr.ss will for once give the South a hearing Many of them rarely dojudi a thing, they exhibit one side of rhe picture,.but not the other. Here is something rich and racy, good natured and sparkling—-direct from the South—which even our “ Abolition brethrefi - ’ cannot read with ut laughing. Give it ‘wings then,—and both the North and the South, and the interests oftrutb, will be benefited thereby. y . SPEECH OF REV. DR. ROSS. yU? Buffalo, Friday. Mav 27, 1853? The order of the day was reached at a quarter before eleven, and the report read again, vz. : “I. That this body shall re-atfirm the doctrine of the second resolution adopted by the General Assembly, convened in Detroit, m 1850—and " “2 That with an express disavowal ot any ’ h-imnertmentlv uiouisitorial. and intention to be imperrineioiv uiqu>sov..»-. iLTTW wiki ■MiiiMifcfi. of the truth, so one Ifom *ach of the svnods ot Kermifkv, fen iressee, Missouri, and Virginia, who shall be re quested o report to the next General Assembly on the following points—l The number of slave holders in connection with the churches, and the | number ot slaves held by them. 2. Ihe extent i to which slaves are held trom an unavoidable necessity imposed by the laws of the States, the obligations of guardianship and the demands o' humanity. 3 Whet hottie Southern chur ties regard the sacrediies?!« the marriage relation as as it exists among the slaves; whether baptism is duly administered ro the children of the slsves professing Christianity.and in general, to what extent and in what manner provision is made for the religious well being of the slave,’’ &c. &c Dr Ross moved to amend the report by sub stituting the following,—with an express disa vowal of being impertinently inquisitorial—that a committee of one bom each ot the Northern synods of be appointed, who shall be re- , quested to report to toe next General Assembly, . 1 The number of Northern church members concerned, directly or indirectly, in building and fitting out ships for the African slave trade, and the slave ’rade between the states. •g The number ol Northern church members who traffic with slave-holders, and are seeking to make money by selling them negro clothing, hand-cuffs and cow hides. 3. The number of Northern church members who have sent orders to New Orleans, and other Southern cities, to have slaves sold, to pay debts owing them from the South. [See Uncle Tom’s Cabin ] 4. The number of Northern church members who buy the cotton, sugar, rice, tobacco, oranges, pine apples, figs, ginger, cocoa, melons, and a thousand other things, raised by slave labor. 5. The numoer of Northern church members whghav intermarried with slave-holders, and have thus become slave-owners themselves, or enjoy the wealth made oy the blood of the slave : —especially if there be any Northern ministers of the Gospel in such a predicament. 6. The number of Northern church members who are the descendants of the men who kidnap- : ped negroes in Africa, and brought them to Vir ginia and New England in lormer years. 7. The aggregate and individual wealth of member! thus descended, and what action is best to compel them •» disgorge this blood-stained gold, or to compel them to give dollar for dollar, v in equalizing the loss qf the South by emancipa tion. 8. The number of Northern church members, ministers especially, who have advocated murder in resistance to the laws of the land. 9. Tbe number of Northern church members who own stock in under-ground railroads, run- I ning off fugitive slaves, and in Sabbath breaking railroads and canals. 10 That a special commission be sent up Red- i River, to ascertain whether Degree, who whip- j ped Uncle Tom to death, (and who wasa North ern gentleman) be not still in connection with . some Northern church in good and regular stand ■nS- -i 11. The number of Northern church members who attend meetings of Spiritual Rappers—or i Bloomers.—-or Womens Right’s Conventionists. 12. The number of Northern church members who are cruel hasbandi’ IX- Northern church fcriembers who are hen-peeved hu.«ban<f«>. t |A«r jt is aJiravs difficult to know the! temper | ■• - . ' ■ of speaker anffanwien'ce from a tfH'~?n<eport, it is due xfjl— t-O—Mr. «u IBiF'Wruole —iSDu me galleries, to say, that he. in reading these • resolutions, and throughout his speech* evinced great good humor and kindness of feeling, which was equally manifested by the assembly and spectators, repeatedly, while he was on the floor.) Dr. R. then proceeded : Mr. Moderator. I move this amendment in the best spirit. I desire to imi’a’e the committee in their refinement and delicacy of distinction. I disavow all intention to be impertinently inquisitorial. I intend to be inqii'si’onal, as the com.uittee say they are—but no’ impertinently so. No. sir; not at all; not at all. (Laughter.) Well, sr. ue of the South, who desire rhe removal of the evil of slavery, and believe it will pass away in the develop ments of Providence, are grieved when we read your graphic, shuddering pictures of the " middle p.ssage'’—'he slave ship, piling up her canvass, as ’he s’ot pours af’er her from English or Amer ican guns.—see her again and again hurling hogshead after hogshead, filled with living slaves, into the deep. and. thus lightened, escape. Sir. what horror to believe that clipper ship was built hv the hands of Northern, noisy. Abolition church members! [■ Yes, I know some in N. Y and B••’on,” said one in the crowd ] Again sir, when we walk along your Broadway's. and see. as we do. the sott hands of your church members sending off to the South not on y cloth ing for the slave, bu* manac'es. and whips, manu factured expressly for him—whatmus’ we think ot vour consi-tency of character? [True, true.] And what must we think ot your self-righteous ness. when we known your church members or der the sale of slaves—yes—slaves such as St Clair’s—and under circumstances involving all the separations and all the loathsome things you so-■ ournfully deplore. Your Mrs. Stowe says so. and it is so, without her testimony. I have read tt at splendid, bad book. Splendid in its genius, over which I have wept, and laughed, and got mad. (here some one said, "all at the same time?”) yes—all at the same time. Bad in its theology, had in its morality, bad in its temporary evil influence here in the North, England, and on the continent of Europe; bad, because ter isolated cruelties will be taken (weth er so meant by her or not) as the general condi tion of Southern life—while har Shelbys, and St. Clairs, and Evas, will be looked upon as angel visiters, lingering for a moment in that earthly hell. The impression made by the book is a false hood. Sir. why do your Northern church members, and philanthropists, buy Southern products at all ? You know you are purchasing cotton, rice, sugar, sprinkled with blood, literally, you say. from the lash of the driver I Why do you buy ? What's the difference between my filching this blood-stained cotton from the outraged negro ' and your standing by. taking it from me? ' What’s the difference ? You, yourselves, say, in your abstractions, there is no difference; and yet you daily stain your hands in this horrid traffic. You hate the traitor, but you love the treason. Your ladies too, O how they shun the slave-owner at a distance, in the abstract But alas, when they see him in the concrete— when they see the slave owner himself.stumling ludare them.—-not the brutal driver, but the splendid gentleman, with bis unmistakable grace of car nage. and ease of manners,—why io, behold the lady says. “ O fie on your slavery—what a wretch you are I But, indeed sir, I love your augar—and truly, truly, sir, wretch as you are, 1 love you too.” Your gentlemen talk just the same way when they behold our matchless women And well for us all it is. that your good taste, and hearts, can thus appreciate our genius and accomplishments, and fascinations, and loveliness,and sugar, and cotton. Why, sir, I heard this morning from one pastor only, of two or three of bis members thus intermar ried in the South. May I thus give the mildest rebuke to your inconsistency of conduct? (Much good natured excitement ) Sir. may we know who are the descendants of the New England kidnappers. What is their wealth ? Why here you are, all around me You, gentlemen, made the best of that bargain. And you have kept every dollar of your money from the charity of emancipating the slave. You have left us, unaided, to give millions. Will you now come toour help? Will you give dol lar for dollar to equalize our loss. I Here many voices cried out, "yes, yes, we will.”| Yes, yes ? Then pour out veur millions. Good I may thank you personally. My own emancipated slaves would to day be worth greatly mo ethan $20,000 Will you give me back SIO,OOO ? Good. I need it now. J recommend to you, Sirs, to find out your ad vocate’of murder— your owners of stock in un derground railroads—your Sabbath breakers for money. I particularly urge you to find Legree, who whipped Uncle Tom to death. He is a Northern gentleman although having a somewhat southern name. Now, Sir, you know the As sembly was embarrassed all yesterday by the inquiry how the Northern churches may find their absent members, and what to do with them Here then. Sir, is a chance for you Send a com mittee up Red River. You may find Legree to be a Garrison. Phillips. Smith, or run away hus band from some Abby Kelly. (Here Rev. Mr. Smith protested against Legree being proved to be a Smith—great laughter ) I move that you bring him back *o lecture on the cuteness there is in leaving a Nor'hern church, going South, i • cornging hi« name, buying slaves, and calculi)- I ting ;*i'->-out guers ng. what the profit is of kil- 1 ling a negr" with inhuman labor, abuve the i gain of treating’'*im with kindness? » I have little to sa, of Spirit Rappers, women’s r right’s, conveutionists, BiuC“ ner *> erue * husbands, 6 I or hen-pecked. But il we may believe your own serious as well as know veryVittle'indeed. Sir. we have no young Bl,omers with up'to mi.i and cane tapping w jtb long curls, attenuated eing young to say. waist, and soft velvet ta<c „ n .i the ladvbov .. may ! -e you to reply.., I t!ie South don't under stand your women's right’s conventions- Elizabeth-many, many laws ? UherwrongS t _But y<mr frenum, laihos Wen, wo- in any X to give the honor ofehirha'ry to Southern young gentlemen towards; hdie I Maa. MY nndtedelieacv an ! heaven!} integriT} Jnd ove to Southern maid and matron,, it has then a glorious blessing with its curse. * S r your inquisitorial committee, and the North so y far as represented by them, (a small I tot—the South will not submit to these questions 1 Kt for an instant. We will not permit you I to approach us at all. If we are morbidly sensi ' Khave made us so. But, yon are direet lv an<! ”iassy. violating »he C onstitution ot th Presbv ; erian church. The book forbids yon tc nut such questions. The book forbtds you f' The book forbids your sendins r fcX to Wp common fame bear test.. Z" gainst us Theb ok guards the honor o e our humblest member, minister, chur. h I resDy I terv. against all this impertinently action Have you o prosecutor, with his d, hmtl , Charges and witnesses ‘ Have von Commvi .1 Fame. with her specified charges and witnesses Have you a request from the South’!hat • committee to inquire into slanders! No mi L oR Asgewtlemen yqu pray ask ecclesiastically you cannot speak in this matter. You have no power tn move as you propose. [“beg leave to say. just here, that Tennessee : will be more calm under this movement than j any other region. Tennessee has been, ever, high above the storm, north and south—especial ly we of the mountains rennessee,jThere she is—look at her’’—bindingthis Union together, like a great long, broad, deeep, stone—more splendid than all-in the temple of Baalbec or Solomon. Tennessee!, there she is. in her calm valor I will not lower her by calling her un conquerable, for she has never been assailed— bu’ 1 cal' her ever-victorious. Kings mountain her pioneer battles—Talledega—Emucfau— Horse-shoe —New Orleans—San Jacinto—Mon terey—the valley of Mexico. Jackson represent ed her well, in his chifialry from South Carolina his fiery courage from Virginia and Kentucky —all tempered by Scotch—lrish Presbyterian ■ prudence from Tennessee. We, in his spirit, have looked on this storm, for years, untroubled. Yes. Jackson's old bones rattled in their grave, when that infamous disunion convention met in Nashville, and its members turned pale and tied., aghast. Yes. Tennessee, in her mighty million, feels secure,— and in her peifgct preparation to discuss this question, politically, ecclesiastically, moiallv. metaphysically, or physically, with the extreme North or South, —she is willing and able to persuade others to be ealm. In this connec tion, I wish to say, for the South to the North, and to the world, that we have no fears from our slave population. There might be a mo mentary insurrection and bloodshed, —but de struction to the black man would be inevitable. The Greeks and Romans controlled immense masses of white slaves—many of them as in telligent as their lords. School-masters, fabulists and poets, were slaves. Athens with her 30 000 freemen, governed half a million of bond-men. Single Roman Patricians owned thirty thousand. If, then, the phalanx and the legion mastered such slaves, for ages, when battle was physical i force of man to man—how certain it is, that : infantry, cavalry.and artillery, could hold in bondage millions of Africans for a thousand years. But. dear brethren, our Southern philanthro pists do not seek to have this unending bondage. (J no. no. And I earnestly entreat you to stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.” Assume a masterly inactivity, and you will be hold all you desire, and pray for. You will see America liberated from the curse ofstwerp. The great question of the world is—What is TO BE THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN SLAVE.' — WHAT IS TO BE THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN ■ master? The following extract from the Clutrles ; ton Mercury gives my’ view of the subject, with , great and condensed particularity:— “ Married, Thursday, 26th inst., the Hon. I Cushing Kewang, Secretary of State, of the United States, to Laura, daughter of Paul Colig ny. Vice President of the United States and one ofour noblest Hugenot families. We learn that this distinguished gent eman, with his bride, | will visit his father, the Emperor of China, at ; bis summer palace, in Tartary, North of Pekin, and return to.the Vice President’s Tea Pavil-. ion.on Coopej river, ere the meeting of Con-j, I gress ” Thjp'eilitor of the Mercury goes te s ; say—“ ThuYmarriage, in high life, is <’ | i‘y lof n»n>j| fieh have signalised that V ' r | •"migration' lirnim, t last seven’' Nwps'" :—• iiii . - a popuia’f'C of 1.250.000, and tne State ol South ■ Carolina ov?f 5 000.000, —an emigration which I has wonderfc"y harmonized with the great ex i i mlosnf the npgro race to Africa.” [Some gen I ■ tieman here requested to know of Dr Ross thi ■ date of the Charleston Mercury, recording thi : marriage. The Dr. replied—The date is 27 I , I May, 1953. exactly one hundred years from thi , ' dav Great laughter.] Sir. this is a dream, but it is not all a dream No, I verily believe you have there the Gordiai , j knot of slavery # untied. You have there the so i lutionoi the problem. You have there the cur . . tain up. and the last scene in the last act of thi i great drama of Ham. I am satisfied with the tendencies of things I stand on the mountain peak, above the clouds i I see. far beyond the storm, the calm sea. am , the blue sky. I see the Canaan of the African I like to grand there on the Nebo of his exodus and look across, not the Jordan, but the Atlan tic I see the African crossing. as certainly as i I gazed upon the ocean divided by a great wind and piled up in walls of green glittering glass on either hand—the dry ground—the- niurchiii’ host—and the pillar of cloud and of fire I look over upon the Niger, black with death to the white man—instinct with life to thechildren bl Ham. There is the black man’s home. Oh I how strange, that you of the North see not how vou degrade him when you keep him here. Yon will not let him vote You will not let him hold a pew in your churcbe . Send him awav then. Tell him begone. Be urgent like the Egyptians ; send him out of this land.— There, in his fatherland, he will exhibit his own type of Christianity. He is of all races the most gentle and kind. The man. the most submis sive: the woman, the most affectionate. What other slaves would love their masters better than themselves; rock them and lan them in their cradles: caress them, how tenderly, boys and girls; honor them, grown up; as superior be ings: and in thousands of illustrious ins ances, be willing to give life, and in fact, die to serve or save them ! Verily, verily, this emancipated race may reveal the most amiable form of spiri tual lite, and the jewel may glitter on the Eitbi op’s brow, meaning more sublime than all in the poet’s imagery Brethren, let them go; and when they are gone.—aye, before the/ go away, —rear a monument; let it grow in the greatness; if not on your highest mountain, in your hearts, in lasting memory of the South ; in memory of your wrong to the South ; in memory of the self denial of the South, and her philanthropy in training the slave to be free, enlightened and Christian. Can all this be? Can this double emigra tion civilize Africa, and more than re-people the South ‘ Yes: and I regard the difficulties pre sented here, in Congress, or the county, as little worth. God intends both emigrations. And withont miracle, he will accomplish both. Dif ficulties! There are no difficulties. Half a mil* lion emigrate to our shores from Ireland, and all Europe, every year. And you gravely talk of difficulties in the negro’s way to Africa ! Veri ly, God will unfold their destiny as fast, and as fully, as he sees best for the highest good of the slave—the highest good of the master and the • glory of Christ in Africa. And. Sir, there are forty thousand Chinese in California And’in Cuba, this day, American gentlemen are cultivating sugar with Chinese hired labor, more profitably than the Spaniards and their slaves. O ! there is China—half the population ofthe globe—just fronting us across that peaceful sea. Her poor, living on rats, and a pittance of red rice. Her rich, hoarding mil lions, in senseless idolatry, or, indulging in the luxuries of bird’s nests, and roasted ice. Mass ed together, they must emigrate. Where can they go? They must come to our shores They must come, even did God forbid them. But be will hasten their coming. They can live in the extrernest South. It is their latitude— their side of the ocean. They can cultivate cotton, rice, sugar, tea, and the silk-worm. Their skill, their manipulation, is unrivaled. Their commonest gang you can neither make nor explain. They are a law abiding people— without castes—accustomed to rise by merit to highest distinctions—and capable of the noblest training, when their idolatry, which is waxing old as a garment, shall be folded upas vesture, and changed for that whose years shall not lad. The English ambassador assures us that the Chinese negotiator of the late treaty was a splendid gentleman, and a diplomatist to move in any court of Europe. Shem, then, can min gle with Japheth in America. The Chinese must come. God will bring them. He will fulfill Benton’s noble thought. The railroad must complete the voyage of Co lumbus. The statue of Genoese, on some peak ofthe Rocky Mountain, high above the flying cars, must point to the West, saying—There is the East—There is India, and Cathay. Let us then. North and South, bring our minds to comprehend turn ideas— and submit to their irresistible power. Let the Northern philan thropist learn from the Bible, that the relation of master and slave is not sin per se. Let him learn that sin is the transgression of the law; and where there is no law, there is no sin ; and that the golden rule may exist in the relations of slavery. Let him learn that slavery is simply an evi\. in certain circumstances. Let him learn that equality is only the highest form of social life—that subjection to authority, even shivery, may, in given conditions, be, for a time, better than freedom, to the slave, of any complexion Let him learn that slavery, like all evils, has its corresponding and greater good;— that the South ern slave, though degraded, compared with his master, is elevated, and ennobled, compared with his brethren in .Africa. Let the Northern rnan learn these things, and be wise to cultivate the spirit | that will harmonise with his brethren,ol the South, who are lovers of liberty as truly as him- , self. And. let the Southern Christian —nay, the Southern man of every grade, comprehend, that God nerer intended the relation of master htdl slave I tn be perpetual. Let him give up the theory ol j 1 Voltaire, that the negro is of a different species, i Lot him yield the semi-infidelity of Agassiz, that God created different races, of the same spe- 1 cies—in swarms, like bees—for Asia, Europe, | America, Africa, and the islands of the sea. Let I him believe, that slavery, although not a sin, is a degraded condition; —the evil, the curse on the South, —yet. having blessings, in its time, to the South and to the Union. Let him know that slavery is to pass away, in the fulness of providence. Let the South believe this, and . prepare to obey the hand that moves their des -'tiiiy. ' Ham will be ever lower than Shorn, IShem will be ever lower than Japheth. All will rise in the Christian grandeur to be revealed. Ham will ’ be lower than Shcm, because he was sent to Central Africa. Man south of the eqiuiDbr—tn r Asia. Alistralia, Oceanica, America —espoffelly 1 Africa—is inferior to his northern brother. The ' fifessing was upon Shem, in his magnificent Asia. The greater blessing was upon Japheth in his I man developing Europe. Both Mi’S.n'ngs will be 1 combined, in America, North of the zone, in com ' minglep light; and life. I see it all in the first II symbolical altar of Noah, on that mound at the Ararat. Tbe father of till living men bows before the incense of sacrifice, streaming p up, and mingling with the rays of the rising sun. ° His noble family,and all ilesh saved,are grouped ” round about him. There is Ham at the foot of 2 the green hi lock, standing in his antediluvian, rakish recklessness, neni the lo“g-necked giraffe. type of his Africa. His magnificent wife seated ’■ on the grass, her little feet nestling in the tame ti lion’s mane—ho’long black hair flowing over * criAison draperv. and coveted with gems from «» mines before the flood Higher up is Shem, ‘ c leaning his arm over the mouse-colored horse— <• . I Ll' hi fa linMtl his Jlrab His wife, in linen, feeds the elephant, and plays with" his lithe Tipscis—th* mother of Terah, Abraham, IsafcT Wrw -i-eMUXiyid and Chris'-, tod yet, she : tool's nr,, and trows in i Japheth. seated "i’-'u '“> robes like ; the skv. Her noble lord, mean while, high auove ; all stands, with folded arms, following that eagle, which wheels up towards Ararat, disvlaying his i breast, glittering with stars and stripes of scarlet and silver—radiant heraldry,traced by the hand 1 ofGod. Now he purifies his eye in the sun and now he spreads his broad w’ings, in symbolic flight to the H rs/, until lost to the prophetic eye of Japheth. under the bow of splendors set that Jay in the cloud. God's covenant with man— Oh. mav the bow of covenant between us be here to day, that the waters ot this flood shall ' never again threaten our beloved land. The Memphis Convention. ‘ We copy from the Memphis Appeal the reso lutions as reported by the general committee and Really adopted by the convention : • pacific railroad. f ' Resolved, That a railroad from the Mississippi ■ valley to the Pacific ocean is demanded not only by commercial and individual interests, but by our national necessities Resolved, That as soon as thp-surveys recently ' I ordered by Congress are coqipleted, the general ■ government should adopt such stefis as will en ' sure the completion of the main trunk of said ' , road at the earliest possible period. i Resolved. That as the general government ' ; could be expected to construct only one rn?in trunk, it should be located on which scientific explorations shall combines in the greatest degr e the advantages of genial and temperate climate, fertility of s >il, cheapness of const ruction, and accessibility at all seasons from ■ all portions of the Union AH Resolved. That, in the opinion of the tion. it is right, expedient,and proper that the s general government should make large donations of public lands to the different States bordering on either side of the Mississippi, to enable all sections of the Union, however, to connect ‘ themselves with the main trunk. ■■ - r . .TEHt'AXTErECf. ’ Whereas the proiect of opening a communica tion between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by railroad across the isthmus of Tehuantepec re- ! commends itself to the warm support of the whole jrWon; find particularly to that of the western I and southwestern States, by its great practica bility. the facility and cheapness of its construc- i tion, as well as the short time required for its I completion, thus affording to the commerce and j travel of not only the United States, but the , world, a cheap and easy access to the Pacific i coast: Resolved, therefore, That our representatives in Congress be requested to press upon the gov ernment the necessity of bringing to a favorable termination, as soon as possible, the negotia tions pending in regard to the right of way across said isthmus, and tha* they also be instructed to I maintain bv all legitimate, constitutional means, i the rights of American citizens in the grants I made by the Mexican government. MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Whereas the investigation of the laws which I , regulate the rises ami falls of the Mississippi < river and its tributaries, and the adoption of some , | system bv which the grfi.it valley of the Missis- I sippi mav be protected from inundation, and the , navigation of the west n watera b- best per- and-.eo,™!—.,X ' oTttll >ll I n u K i*. . f v 1 '* , I H the whole western and"! aw soii’hern cd:iff?v ; therefore. hl Resolved. That, this respectfully c-F recommon'l’ to Congress that among the mea n-1 sores calculated to advance the above objects and re facilitate the schemes already undertaken, it iis deems it highly important that the general gov h ernment shoo'd appoint a special corps of scien ds tifio en<ri npprs to investigate the laws which govern the Mississippi rivprand its tributaries, n. to Hpviee the best system of improving the navi in gation of these rivers, and protecting their la* ds a- from overflow; if necessary, to send abroad sim- i r- ilar corp® of scientific engineers to examine the ■ systems of improvements a lopted in other conn- i . tries, and tn report upon all matters connected I S. i with *hece subjects s. TJrsoZtW, That, in furtherance of these objects I id sought, wp deem it h’ghlv important that a svs- : ii. tem of hvdrnmetic gauges should he established J s, bv the general government at several points ; »- atony the Mississippi and its tributaries, at the | if principal towns and cities, by which the actual 1, stages nf their waters may he accurately ascer- ■ ?s tained from flay to d-y. the depths of‘heir chan- • g nel« regularly sounded, and the changes going k j on upon their banks be marked and recorded, all e ' which shall be reported to *be proper department >f of the general government from time to time. ! raw cotton. v ’ Whereas the southern States of this Union ?. * now have, and fora long period must have, a ■t virtual monopoly in the production of raw cot n ton for commerce : and wheras it is of vast im e : portance to these States that their great staple - should be sent abroad in its most valuable form ; n and whereas it is believed that, this staple can .t be wrought up with extraordinary cheapness on I and near the fields of its growth : therefore. t it Resolved. That the President of this Con r venthn appoint a committee of five members, • n who shall he requester! to prepare for publication j s j and distribution, particularly in the manufactur ing districts of Europe, a full report of the pecn liar faculties offe r ed bv the southern and west p ern States for the manufacture of cotton, and that I this report be published as a part of the proceed- - ings of this Convention. THE AMAZON h Resolved. That this convention highly approves 1 the steps which have been taken by the United I . States government to obtain the fullest informa ; tion in respect to the countries bounding the . Orinoco, Amazon, and La Pla*a rivers, with f a view to opening up the trade ofthat vast re- - gion to American enterprise, and the senators i and representatives in Congress from the States 1 represented in this convention are respectfully ! requested to use all proper means, by the estab- - . lishment of mail steamers from the port ot New “ Orleans to suitable points on the Southern - j American continent, (or in such other mode as • ; may be deemed most expedient.) to secure to 1 the people ofthe United States the rd vantages -of trade and intercourse with the regions referred - to. I Resolved, That in the opinion of this conven f tion, Lieut. Maury deserves the thanks of the American people for the able manner in which i he has advocated the proposed project of uniting, • i by the ties of commerce and common interest, 1 • the great valley Urn Misbissinni with the tro- i pica! or our ’iscer continent, w.-.. I trust Ins ”• r x iii-w.il i llllllTllir i nreat en<l in view is fully ; KDUCATIOK. < Resolved. That this Convention earnestly re- ■ commends to the citizens of the States here rep s resenfed the education of thieir youths at home, 1 as far as practicable; the employment of native teachers in their schools and colleges; the encoiir j agemerit of a home press; the publication of bo ks adapted to the educational wants and the i social condition of these States; and the encour- - agement and snpnoit o( inventionsand discove ries in the arts and sciences by their own citi- • zens. nr i i-omacy tN COTTON, ■ Resnlcrd. That the attention of our senators ' and representatives in Congress be called to the propriety of bringing before the administratfSfi ( i the importance of making the cotton interest a ] subject of'r s’rnction to our foreign commercial > and diplomatic agents. , : STEAM NAVIGATION. ( ;l Resolved, That this convention regards the es- j , tablishment of a direct communication by steam . between our southern ports and Eurone, and the ( encouragement and protection of this system by | i the national government, connecting therewith ; ample mail facilities, as a necessary feature in ( the commercial independence of the South and West. j ; ADDRESS. Resolved, That a committee of five be appoint ed by the president of this convention to prepare ( an address to the Congress and people of the United Slates on the topics embrace l : in the ac- ( tion of this convention—invoking their attention ( to its proceedings and action, and enforcing them upon their consideration : and that this address be published as an appendix to the proceedings < of this convention. I I We publish, in cx/rnso, this morning the ex- * aminations taken yesterday in the case of Dy son, charged with attempting to incite an insur- •' reetjon ot the slaves. The insurrection itself 1 has disappeared out of view altogether No a signs have been discovered in any direction that five, or even two ofthe slaves themselves under- j took or understood any plot. The examinations have ended in the commit- , tai for trial of one white man, on the charge of ~ attempting to get up such a plot. The tesfimo- , ny shows some very mischievous talk, and some 1 very suspicious actions on the pint of the ac cused, enough to put him on trial, and insisting ai upon his defence.— N. O. I‘ici si (from the Southern Recorder, Extra—June 22d.( GUBERNATORIAL CONVENTION. Milledgeville, Ga., Juno 22d, 1853. At a meeting of the Conservative men ol Geor gia, standing upon the principles and declara tions of the Address and Resolutii. fi> adopted by the State Convention of 1850— For the purpose of organizing the Convention, on motion of C. Peeples, Esq., Col. j” - Guhby was called to the Chair, and W. W.F Paine, of Telfair, and Thomas F. Wells, of Washington, requested to act as Secretaries. Ou motion Linton Stephens, Gen John W. A Sanford was by acclamation called to preside , over the deliberations of the Convention, and |i M essrs. Wooldridge, of Muscogee. Word of Cass, l and Peeples of Clark, were appointed a coin-] mittee to conduct him to the Chair. 2 The President having taken the Chair ad*| dressed the Convention. » # * * * * * On motion of Mr Toombs, a committee of, two from each Congressional District Was ajl , pointed to report business for the action ol thv Convention. , . . . > u The following Committee was appointed w the Chair, viz: Ist District, M. J. Moody and E. M-. Blount. 0,l “ E. R. Brown and D. J Bothwell 3d “ J. J. Hampton and J. T. Nisbet, 4th “ R- I Morgan and M. M. Tidwell sth “ J. J. Word and D. S. AndersonJ 6th “ C. Peeples and US. Durham.; 7th “ L Stephens and G O Dawson. Bth “ R- Toombs and Geo. Stapletoll! On motion the Convention adjoined UMI , three o’clock, P. M. A 3 o block, r The Convention met pursuant to, adjoii|_ 1 ""The committee of sixteen, through theiy ‘ man Mr Toombs, submitted the followu .y. port, which having been read.jvas, on mO „ o r 1 Mr Peeples, unanimously adopted : ’ Resolved, That this Conven»*imw P -a to the election, by ballot a' • ernor, and that each county shall be entitt. ’ outvote twr> vo each Repres.. ol all remind .Wni Resolved, Citizens of Gemgia, invite'*wfc < those, whether Whigs or Democrats, whoirae’ with them in the principles herein set iorthnd declared. Resolved. That we adhere to the Reportind Resolutions of the Georgia Convention ot ijjjo, because we consider the priacipies therein io claimed are not less important *o the msjte nance of the rights of <be States than ofjthe Union of tbe Sta'es ; and that we*consideithe rights of the Southern States as in great aii<|m minent danger, and the principles ol the Grfrgia Convention great jeoparded by any po)itii-j|par ty whatever may be its name, which r-co«2es Abolitionists and Freesoilers as worthy of|>ub lic honors anil nublic emoluments. Resolved, Thar in the opinion of this Cuiven tion.both the Whig and Democratic United States have be n faithless to their ft re peated pledges of economy in the expeiiiture ofthe public money, and that we viewjvrith g-eat alarm and disapprobation the partial une qual and unjust appropriation of the publiilands to internal improvements in particular jtates, and of a local character; and ofthe wjdgmon ev to wild, reckless and gigantic scheme®fhjii ternal impiovement, intended for the prefeption of particular interests rather than the pneral benefit of those who bear the burthen ojTaxa tio"' Resolved, That the public lands are f moa property of all the Stares of the I ifin, and in their appropriation equality is the oijy true rule of equity, and that any alienation ff them, except to bi ing money into the public qkasury. should be for the equal benefit of all theSrates of the Union,"old as well as new. Resolv d. That while struggling freeikm eve rywhere enlists our warmest sympathy we still adhere to the doctrine of the Father ol lis coun try, as announced in his farewell address, of keeping ourselves free from all entangling al liances with foreign countries, and ol nefier quit ' ting our own to stand upon foreign grifijl. That i our mission as a republic is not to prolate our opinions, or impose on other countris our form of i government by artifice or force, but to teach by example, and show by our success, moderation and justice, the blessings of self-goveihnierit, and the advantages of free institutions. Resolved, That this Convention aver*that the maintenance of the honor and dignity ofthe position assumed by Georgia in IS3O, and the promotion ofthe moral, social, intellectual, and national interests of her people to be objects of far greater importance, than the success of any national party. In pursuance of the first resolution, the Con vention proceeded to ballot for a Candidate for Governor, and on counting out tbe ballots, it appeared that the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins of the County ol Richmond, receives 170 votes; the Hon. A. J. Miller 11 votes:’the Hon. As bury Hill received 17 votes, and the Hon. J. M. . Berrien received I votes. | On motion of Mr. Dawson of Greene, the I nomination of Charles J. JexkiH was then made unanimous. - .-Sr.. On motion of Mr. Davis ? •», the fol- | lowing Committee was apr ictify Mr. Jenkins of his nominatir st bis ac ceptance. viz :—Robert T. Davis. ■ WWoyfi-_ •ae- J Tosh„. i I On mo*ion To' Mr. *’f ncock, a Committee of five was apj -7 Wto renare an . address tw the people of The Chair appointed the following gentlemen as that Committee: Messrs. A. if. Stephens, George Stapleton, M. M. Tidwell, W/ W. Clarke and H K. McCay. « On motion, the President appointed the fol lowing gentlemen the Executive Corjpmittee : Messrs. J. Know les,of Baldwin. J. T. Nis bet. of Bibb, Eli Warren, of Houston, Warren ■ Akin of Cass, and P. W. Alexander, of Chat ; ham. I *■** # * * * The Convention was eloquently addressed by Hon. Robert Toombs, and Thomas W. Thomas, j E-q., and the greatest harmony and enthusiasm i characterized the proceedings. ***** O' * Our Candidate for Govemm, I We place at the bead of our columns to-dav, the name of Judge Johnson, the t lemocratie nominee for Governor. In a recent issue, ve : expressed the opinion that either Jii'tge John son. Judge Warner, or Gen Haralson Would be nominated. Public sentiment had pijinted so directly to these gentlemen as the fas’orites of the democracv for this race, that ifeyvpidd have been a disappointment to have aflfiw.lcfed any other name, as the successful aspirant/ At that time we declared our willingness to! give to either of the persons named our cordial support. We are fully prepared to redeem that pledge, : by birnging to the support of J ud-c Johnson our undivided efforts to secure his triumphant i election. x In th« latecontests which divided and dis : tracted both the Whig and parties | of this State, we were arrayed in opixting ranks 'to Judge Johnson. He was a Southen Rights ! man, whilst we were equally decided and en thusiastic in our Advocacy ofthe Cqjsti organi zation Those issues have now k-en settle ! ami disposed of. The divisions wbi h separated and distracted the ranks ofthe degafcracy have been healed, and. with us, afl the ?[;->•' o f hos tility and opposition engendered by that angrv contest, is buried in forgetfulness. In good faith we have shaken hands with our Soiihern Rights friends, and with them smoked he pipe of peace. In looking back upqp the scenes which have so recently transpired, including first the aliena tion, and then the reconciliation of, the Demo cratic party, it is gratifying to remern>er, in con nection with the name of Judge Jihnson, the fact that he was among the first to nge the re union ofthe party in the support of (bn. Pierce. As a member ofthe electoral ticket p:t forward by the Southern Rights wing of theparty, he urged, in an eloquent and patriotic ’••tter, the policy and propriety of remodelling tat ticket to secure the co-operation of all theniends of Pierce and King in the support and the same electoral ticket. He gave the hfibestevi dence of his sincerity in the movem4 t, by of fering to withdraw his own name, to-, feet the obiect. . oojecc. As a Union Democrat, we apprecif 1 <1 at the time the patriotic and generous spW which dictated this conduct, and are f their estimate of the man who first slUrped for ward with the olive branch of peacdimd har mony. Though the movement lailetj there is none the less of credit due to Judge ij»hnsoii on that account. It was not his fault t! It it failed, and now that the excitement of the fiiasion has passed awav. we can all see and ajf irciate not only the patriotism of his motives, Juj the cor rectness of his judgment. To Union Democrats the strongest appeals will be made to withdraw them iromthe demo cratic organization and the suppoit of its can didates. We may expect to encoknter strong and untiring efforts from our opponents, to se duce us into the support of “tub national whig creed of 1852,” under the flimsey de ception of a Union name. They will seek to revive the issues of 1850-’sl—not or. account of any apprehensions to the well settled principles of that contest, but with the vain he,*” of divi ding the Democratic ranks, and thereby deleat ing Democratic principles. We am prepared for all such tactics, and notify our Worthy oppo nents that they may export to ijs<»s>>..- serried host of Democracy firmly and cotdially united in the support of their principles Ind their can didate. Os the platform adopted by the Convention, it is only necessary to say, that it is is we antici pated it would be—a simple affirijanee ol the principles ofthe Baltimore platlorti,and Presi dent Pierce’s Inaugural Address. Upon this platform, and with Judge Johnson as our can didate we go into the contest withevyry confi- ■ deuce of certain success.— Souther# Binner. Major Lewis Cass, Jr., United B'afes Charge d’Affaires at Rome, who recently tetiirned from Europe, has arrived at Detroit, on a vjait to his lather’s family. He will undoubtedly be receiv ed warmly bv his old friends. We iejret to be informed that Senator Cass is quite on the decease of bis estimable wilh,!>ut wo hope that his health will long no sprfed to his family ami country.—A? V. Tribune. S*- The Artesian Well in Charleston Jins been bored to t he depth of 1,111 feel—nearly a quarter of a mile—-without obtaining a supply of water Hopes are entertained that, as soon ns they pass through the stratum ol sand rock they are now boring, wafer will be found. Dr. David A. Reese, ol Jasper, was nominated as Candidate (or Congress from the 7th Congros lional District.— -Southern Recorder. Forrespondcnce of the Charleston Courier ] from Havana and Key West—Arrival of the U. S. Mail Steamship Isabel. i Havana, June 22, 1853. paring the lew days that have elapsed since nl fc last lew lines, we have been deluged with r nn, which circumstance will cause my report Hbe more barren than usual, for wet weather Blays the deuce with the news gleaner. 1 The arrival of the Isabel, with some U. S. groups, has caused some talk, and the alacrity ■which the President has shown in this affair •,wjth Mexico has created considerable surprise, and it is e- pected that he will be a regular veni, \fidi, ei'ci, sort of character. <1 1 saw some two hundred men disembarked Ijam a vessel from Spain for our garrison, and Certainly I never have seen a more pitiful set of f recruits. It may have been in consequence of ithe hardship of the voyage, but a ten years’ residence within the tropics could not give |h K m a more enfeebled appearance. In heigM. they were all about 5 feet 5 inches or less, and very , -arrow across the chest, with little iron in their Countenances. Two Prussian frigates appeared off our port a few days since, on board of one of which there was a Prince. They did not enter, as the Prus sian Consul sentoff a note giving inforrnation that the yellow fever and cholera prevailing in the city would make it imprudent to come in It is reported that the pay of the army is to be reduced, if this be true, as on all such occasions, i it will not be relished. The pay of both men and officers i° little enough as it is. and I cannot conceive how they will he able to manage upon are uction of pay. The news biought from England in relation to the slave trade, has crea ted a great sHr. and some slave t rader or traders have been arrested, hut the knowing ones wink and smile. What can they mean ? We should be happy to see the slave trade put down, as on ly a few speculators are the real vainers by it. • Several steamers and sailing vessels.gf war go out to morrow, on a cruize, with the Admiral on board the steamer Isabel. I I. The place is becoming sickly. Crowds are still going to the United States, among the pas sengers bv the Isabel, is Brigadier General Apo ' deca, a verv good man, late CSlonel of th" Reg’- '.•eiit of Naples His lather was Viceroy of * ! ■■ I ».»onora1 wa«-linrr in til at coil n jexico. ano toe ' ■ •'fry. He is a gentler«~n. anil body’s countryman, and should be receiyfc ~ courtesy. I" Havana. June 18. 1861. - ■ Sugars at this moment are dull and the prices of whites and low browns and muscovado have declined. The weather during the last ~§even davs has been exceedingly wet. rain haying fal len for several hours every dav. thus impeding shipments and business in general. The ex portation list shows an exportation this week of 23,000 boxes, hut much of this was embarke I before the had weather set in. There is no ap pearance of a change at present, therefore " e rra ’ expect that next week will be worse than this, and th a t sugars will reach their lowest rate. This weather must put a stop to operations for this season, and henceforward the s’oek will de erpaso Wp have now in this market 1 about 2?0.000 boxes, and the receipts during the last two weeks have declined. The principal ship- 1 ments during this period have h"en for Cowes and a market and the Baltic. Some 6000 box- , es have gone to Spain, and 7000 to the United j States, nrincipally to New York. Prices to-day are as follpws. viz : Assorted Sugars s|. 85 a6} and 9}; Whites 72 a 91: Yellow 6a 7} Brown 5} as} ; Cuciirnchos 11 >s} : Muscovado 4} a 5J ; rials per arroba. Molasses is not much enquired for, but the price is 2$ rials still for 5J gallons On the wharf, business has been dull, the Weather having prevented purchasers from com in" forward. The following are the principal wharf sales iin ade since mV last report: Lard 20 kegs at Slsf per qul.; 22J> at 1 5J :25 at 15J ; 113 bbls, nt Is|. and 472 bbls, at SI-5, 400 boxes Codfish from Europe at S7 : 221 tierces Rice ’at 12J ■ rials per arroba ; 185 bags Spanish at 9; 12 bbls. Hams at si.3 per quintal : 12 at 118: 20 boxes Pork at sl4 ; 100 bbls Potatoes S 3 ; 1690 reams Paper at 4.1 rials:.-165 empty hhds. at ; 349 at 2J. and 310 at2f ; 800 /Box Shooks ' at sll and 4000 al 71 rials ; 228 m. feet Boards at S2B ; 27 do. at 30 ; lijOO ols. JerkerJ Beef from Buenos Ayres at S2j,per ql. .The .’market for most of American Products is in a healthy state. . ■ ■. ; Freights.—There is stid a wantof shipping as there is an immense quantity of .Sugai in’ store. To Lr.ndonl'for small vessels, the figure is at present 755. A brig was taken irp the ' other day at 70s. the Volante, a good sized ves sel. To Cowes. 655. is paid, and to the Balti -608, a 70s. Tothe U. 8,135. Bd. a l -'s. 81.: for box Sugar 7J a 8 for hhds., and 2? a "Jc. for Molasses. I'- Exchanges.—On London, little lias been done, arid to-day it has fallen to 10J per cent premium, afthis ratc'our principal houses have sold. Paris is at 1J a 21 discount, arid New York and Boston IJ a 1J discount. —New-Or- leans par to 1 per cent premium. M. M. Arrival of the Crescent City—One Week Later from California. New York, June 22. The steamer Crescent City, from Aspinwall, has arrived, bringing one week’s later intelli gence from San Francisco, her dates being to Lt_Mav 23d. She brings about $500,000 in gold , Ihe CreM-,,,,1 City brings ’-120.000 in g. 1i n I (host on freight, and 9200,000 in the hands o i passengers. The principal con igness ar"— n I Messrs. Adams & Co.. $270,000 : Brown Broth h i ers, $15,000 ; arid Wells Fargo. $13,000 0 Among the passengers by this steamer are sev ; eral returned Australian miners, whose reports - j of the prospects of that country, and the richness of the mines, are very favorable. - I The dates from Panama are to the 11th inst 1 j The English steamer Lima arrived there on the - ! 2d inst, with dates from Valparaiso to the 14th of May. and from Callao to the 26fh. Political affairs in O*hili were quiet. The produce of copper and silver in the North , ern provinces continues large. 1 The markets at Valparaiso were dull. There was no coal on hand ; the last js.yle was made at 14 a sls per ton. Provisions were scarce; Beef selling at SIG, and Pork at 26 a S2B. Flour was in limited de ’ mand at 8 a $9. Freights were high, and ships : scarce. The steamer John L. Stevens arrived at Pan ama on the 31st with $1,400,000 in gold. She sailed again on the G’b. with 500 passengers? Tht friga’e S’ Lawrence had sailed from Cal lao for the Sandwich Islands, and the frigate Portsmouth from the Isthmus, had sailed for the same destination. A project has been introduced into the Legis lature of Bogota to lay a tax on specie in the transit across th- Isthmus. The steamer Gulden Gate, bound up,was pass ed off Acapulco, on the 21th. All well. Mr James, U. S. Consul at Acapulco,died on the 16th May. j The min ; ng accounts rvere of the most favor ■ able character, the yield this summer promising to exceed that of anv former season. Agricul tural prospects were fine, and the crops of grain would fie abundant. The Legislature adjourned sine die on the 19th. Gov. Bigler had been authorized by the Legisla ture to organize a company of armed men to go in pursuit of the robber Joaquin. i’he steamers Columbus, Northerner and Brother Jonathan arrived at San Francisco on the 21 st. The election riot reported to have taken place at San FranrSro just as the Sierra Nevada left her wharf, turns out to have been only a fight between two steamboat runners, in whiah knives and pistols were used. Dates from Oregon are twe weeks later. The miners in Southern Oregon were doing well. Provisions plenty and low. The difficulties between Peru and Bolivia were increasing. Tbe former had sent troops to the southern frontier to cut . off the supplies ol the latter. The enemies of Bolivia were also collecting a large force on t]ie Buenos Ayres side. The Chilian Minister had been expelled from Bolivia, and the U. S. Charge was the only dip lomatic official near the government. Affairs had roacbed a crisis. News from Salt Lake City. The Deseret News to the 19th of April, has been received. During 1852 there were 99 deaths in Salt Lake City. The I r i —r ■><•*• 11 ue hili April with imposing ceremonies, there being a military and civic procession on the occasion, and speeches from Gov. Brigham Young and others. The Mormon propaganda fund now amounts to 834,000, a considerable portion of which is in oxen, wagons and other property. The fare from Salt Lake City to San Francis co is advertised for $l2O, including provisions, and to San Bernardino SBO, each passenger al lowed to carry twenty-five pounds of baggage. Carpenters at Salt Lake City receive $2 to $3 per day ; masons $2 to $3; cabinet makers $2 to $3 ; team work $3 to $4. Ephraim K. Hanks, mail carrier; Brother Grouard,and Franklin Pierce, (nephew to the President of the United States,) leltonthe 19th of April with the mails for Fillmore, Parowan, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego, Cal. There had been no mails received at Salt Lake since November, in consequence ot the deep snow on the mountains.— N. O. Picayune, 21 st inst. A Bloody Assault.—On Wednesday, says the Independence (Mo.) •Messenger, A. S. Pack ard, one of the proprietors of the u Noland House,” was about to correct a refractory ser vant, Adam, when the servant informed him he was not to be whipped, and seized an ax that, lay near by. Mr. P. having nothing with whicli ' to defend himself, turned to go and get some as-i , sistance, when the negro aimed a blow at his’ ’, neck with the ax, doubtless intending to sever . his head from his body, but the sides of the ax 1 struck his neck, bruising it- and cutting off a 1 small piece of his ear, and felling Mr. P. to the . ground. The negro repealed the blow ; striking j him on the head and cutting him in a most frightful manner. The force of the blow was ’ broken by tbe interposition of the negro’s wife, which saved Mr P’s life Mr. P lay in a state | of insensibility from a half to three fourths of an hour, and we are glad to learn that his skull was not Iracbired as was first supposed He is I recovering rapdly. The negro made his escape » and has not been heard of since The plate present'd by the citizens of Mobile to Mr Smith. Britisl) sub consul at Havana, for 1 his kindness to the tJuha prisoners, it’ has been 1 ascertained is Iving in the custom house at. Liv- ( erpool. The Captalh be the ship which carried it out, not knowing where to find Mr. Smith or send his present, deposited it in the custom 1 house. 1 , tointitiitiiinnfct K Jlepuhlir. r WL IT ; r /<nU .' yi m "W TvVi ft H M 1 I - - -= f AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. ’ WEDNESDAY MORNING JUNE 26. > Term* of Subscription. 1 Daily Paper, por arfrium, iu advance.... $8 00 r Tri-Weekly.... .if. SOU a Weekly, per iitffiuin in advance. ,? 200 o If paid within the year.. .w*, Jr. 250 - At the end of the year .< 300 1 tE7"The above terms will be rigidly enforced. 1 - /W . .___ _ .. FOR GOVEIINOK. B HON. BEItSI'HEL V. JOHNSON. „ OF BALDWIN COUNTY; t =a=== == = R WEEKLY n Constitutionalist and Republic, FOR THE CAMPAIGN. s k With a view to place our paper at a price which will enable its friends to circulate it through every portion of the State during the o present canvass we offer the Weekly Co.nsti n Tirri■. nat.ist and Republic as follows, for cash „ in advance: 111 (lUV<>|l< f . 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It will be the aim and effort of the proprietor bl the Constitutionalist and Republic to give the fullest,eaiIiejl,and most reliable information at all ' times anJ from all points of the State during the I canvass® He will advocate the election of the I Democratic Candidates in a spirit of candor, while itshaH be done with the zeal and ear nestiies./gfowing out of a thorough conviction i that the success of the Democratic Party, and a cordial support of the Administration of Presi dent Pierce, will promote the true interests of the State and the country. To our Stopped Subscribers. Pursuant to a notice given some time since of our intention to strike from our list all who were in arrears for more than 12 months subscription, we have completed that task, and n< w give the 1 result. We have stricken from our subscription list 889 names, many of them among the most worthy and intelligent citizens of the country, and not a few of them men of ample fortunes . No doubt some—perhaps a considerable number, are poor, and irresponsible, and some, while ful ly able, are not honest enough to be willing pay their debts if they can conveniently avoid it. We hope and trust there are but few of this latter class. For the others, few are so very poor that they cannot with a little effort pay their small dues to us. Most of the delinquents have only been careless in the matter, and have procrastinated payments while fully intending to settle all arrears. Relying upon their doing so, we would re mind them that all remittances by mail arc at cur i risk. We should be pleased to reinstate them . upon our subscription list whenever ! able to them. We are daily in receipt of remit- I tances from stopped subscribers, requesting our paper continued to them, and hope soon to have much the larger portion of the 889. again on our list. We shall steadily pursue our purpose of ap proximating our business to the cash system. Whig Nomination for Governor. -L -^ e arc iiulqjjtf’l to tlx- kipdness of on*? of the to the White Convention, for an extra _ from the Southern Recorder oflice, giving the 1- proceedings of the Whig Convention. We publish as much as we consider will be of f * interest to our readers. !S The number of counties represented in the Convention, directly and by proxies, amounted h in all to -2. Number of delegates present 131. i This does not compare very favorably with the I Democratic Convention of the week before— i the largest and most enthusiastic Party Conven- - I tion, ever held in Georgia. But considering the i dis’rac'ed and crippled condition of the Whig ei 1 ° ,|. I party last summer, the}’ have on this occasion, made quite as goqd a rally as could be expected, both in the number and materiel of their Con vention. s ■■ The nomination, also, is, under the embarra.-- - sing circumstances under which they met, as e judicious as any that was practicable to them. They had either to choose between a Scott Whig e standing on the national Whig platform of 1852 b —a Webster Whig, or/ertiuni j«rd, who while not disavowing the Whig platform, repudiated ? the Whig nominee for President—or a quasi ; Democratic. Pierce & King Whig. Os the three ■ I wings o f their party they have given the prefe- I rence to a Webster Whig, and in so doing, have selected one of the ablest and purest men of their entire party. ' Mr. Jenkins has our unqualified respect for his fine abilities—his straight-forward integrity as a politician and his many virtues as a citi zen. These qualities must commend him strongly to his own party, and enable him to 1 come as near to an election as any exponent of whig principles is capable of in Democratic Geor gia I But representing as he does, a party whose triumph must enure to the benefit of whig prin ciples. and must strengthen the opposition to an administration sustained by the voices of twen ty seven States of this great Confederacy, Geor gia among them, he must abide the fate of his unpopular political tenets. Theusesof the. terms “ Union,” “ Conserva tives'’ anil “ Republican citizens,” is a peurile and transparent attempt at deception, which excites only a smile of derision. It will beguile from the Democratic Standard not one true Democrat. It will be but a poor cloak to cover the retreat of quondam Democrats who find their new asso ciations with whigs more agreeable and con venient than the maintenance of their former principles. Nojjjan the use of such terms tin* whig th- nigs, or render their claim to political no—x- table to the people. introoi-v . the platform of the Georgia Whigs-—that relative to the Public Lands. The only comment it now provokes, is, that it is in troduced under circumstances which render it powerless as a demonstration of public opin ion The impotent Hing in the third resolution at the President, comes withan ill grace from men who sustained the claims of the author of the Erie letter for a Presidential nomination, and in face of the fact that the National Democratic Party is utterly and radically opposed to the slavery agitation, and is solemnly pledged to maintain to the utmost, the rights of the south. The President bestows offices only on (hose who stand on the Baltimore Democratic Platform—a platform which Free Soilers and Abolitionists “ execratemnd spit u’pon.” Southern men should give the latter no aid and comfort by endeavor ing to keep up the agitation-. A Speech Worth Reading. . We are sure our readers will not find fault with the space occupied lly the speech of Dr. Ross of Tennessee, delivered at Buffalo, on the slavery question. It is a fast reading speech, and the mind glides along smoothly and pleas antly with it to the end. The Doctor talks sense all the way through, and in such a moder ate kind tempered strain, that lie propitiates good feeling even while he raps hard the Northern intermeddlers who provoke his effec tive satire. The speech has made a good impression on the sensible people of the North, who heard, and on those who read it, as may be infered from the prefatory remarks of the N. Y. Journal of Com merce, from which paper we copy. Another Yacht.—The New York Mirror says that Geo. Steers is now building n yacht of 108 tons for Wm Butler Duncan, Esq., of a model very much like that of the Ameriean.and calculated to rival in speed even that Wonder ful craft. The new vessel will be larger than any vessel of the New York Yacht Club, ex* cept the Maria, | “ [Correspondence Constitutionalist \ Republie.] Milledgeville, June 23. On yesterday came off the Convention, of our opponents. Having inscribed no name upon *’ their banner I am at great loss to assign them their,.cognomen. The hoitors of a name were divided Wfummer at two conventions held in Macon, denominated, Scott find Webster Whigs- On yesterday nqallusion.svfis made to those an tagonistical bodies, and the Convention was bab tised as “ a portion of the Republican citizens of Georgia,” as Well as my memory serves me from the reading. fSteft Mr. Gnnby was placed to the Chair, for the organization of the meeting, w »rcl was soon ef fected, by nominating ore femes Genl. John Sand ford, to preside jwer the Convention. No fur thel u<lic ' a .L cejamonies being performed, Mr. I'.unr, of Telfair and Mr. Fish, of BaWwn ' -e, appointed secretaries, and the Toombs, moved a committee of two froiriSaach Congressional District to report matter for the consideration of the Convention, which being 1 done by the Chair, the Convention then ad jourried till 3 o’clock P. M. 1 l ad liked so have omitfr4thafjfe President upon hSelection to the rostrum, rehrflE his considerations of Kindness to she body, forttnS partiality shown him, and made some tasteless allusions to the saving of the Union, and the con tinued necessity of their organization. He used the significant terms of u-e and us, with as much facility and blandness as any of the old whig stageis. The General is a very im pulsive man and never stops at the halfway house, even in in emergency. His party will have all the enthusiasm ot a zealot, while it mnv rnntrthiiG* knf may contribute but little to its success. There were but very lew democrats in the Convention. After Gen. Sandford,you may.enter the nameof E. H. Brown’, from Jasper, wjbicHSl) neither weakens us, nor strengthens the ojipo nents. I am informed was a Demfcra tic Delegate from the county of Fayette : my in formation presents no other. " constituted, 131 members, re presenting jvhicb was sufficient for all purposes. The Scott wing j contained, I should infer, three-fourths of the Con vention,but not a man dill I obsofve of pow- * er and repirfatlon as a speaker: at least there was ’ pone of the old Scott bugle guard that the friends of the old hero, to his forsaken ban ner. The leaders of the Websterit s, were there Mr. Stephens was in Milledgeville, but, did not visit the Capitol, still feeble from his rail road disaster. Mr. Toombs, was conspicuous and though in a minority upon their intestine divisions, he ruled, w ith a potent voice, the action of the Convention and while his own friends, have criminated him for dissolving the Whig Party, and making rejected love to the Democracy, he still leads or drives in whatever position he may be cast. No man seemed to dif fer,or oppose any position,suggested,Or advocated by him—indeed sir as I have intimated, none of these forensie spirits of the Scott regiment, who bore the colors of “ Cerro Gorda’s captainJtev. ere in these deliberations. The honorable Senator was the Alpha and Ozncgu ot the Convention. At 3 o’clock, in of the anjourgment, the Convention reassemblri'. anl ! , ( , Commft •tk b y its Chairman, reported first, to nominate a candidate for the Executive, which was dbne. Mr. Wingfield, moved the I nomination of Mr. Jen kins, by acclamation. I This was opposed by Mr. Toombs, he prefered'to ballot; which of course was carried, and the balloting on the first count, resulted in the elec tion of Mr. Jenkins. Messrs. Hull, Miller, and Berrien, receiving a few votes. I After which the Chairman, Mr. Toombs, then read the report, and addressed the meeting at an I hour’s length. It is impossible to give you a | faint description of this heterogeneous compound of words, and quaint.., new platform Anti-National \\'hig. and Anti-National Demo cratic policy, sectional organization, until one of the two national parties a vow and practice cor rect State Right-principles—and then, and not till then, can any national parly secure his aid •nd CMWence. It is to b:i observed, and there t ®®rsa point in it; and the future will develope it, ’. that he never took any ground against any prin ciple setforth in the initiation of Gen. Pierce’s administration, he never assailed his administra tion in a single embodiment of its pri ciples— f save the charge, that he had appointed Free- | soilers to public trusts, naming Messrs. Dix & ! Vroom, as offensive to the South. 3 [ Hence we have his implied admission, which 1 "consorts with ins public speeches, *'— r> e trine avowed and proclaimed by the Adminis tration, is in adaptation with Southern honor f and Southern security; and he most em phatically proclaimed that the professions of - Gen. Pierce were good, and his object was now J by this Convention to hold him to them. ■ Hence he declared his divorce of the National : Whig party, and for a separate organization in ' Georgia. How his cheek should have blushed, ' if memory had held up before him his re- - peated and malignant charges against the 5 Southern Rights party for attempting to form a ’ sectional organization, and tearing loose from > such men as Buchanan and Dallas—who had ' fought the battles of Southern slavery. In no portion of his speech did he make the slightest ‘ allusion to Gen. Scott, or Daniel Webster, or ’ \ eny estrangement of the paity upon the Presi • dential election. He seemed chiefly to poise himself, and his position upon the. subject of ' internal improvement ; that the Democratic ! party had been faithless to its text creed, and ’ with a majority in Congress, had voted his ’ money, our money, and your money, lor the ' most profligate and reckless purposes—and he would on all occasions, denounce this species of plunder. This is most admirableadoctrine of the Jackson and Polk school : these are the thunder which we have been pouring upon she Whig ear, immemorial!}-, and we will permit Mr. Toombs, to aid us, in not only lash ing Whigs, but in rebuking our Democratic bretberen. when they shall falter in this rule of our faith—and ride over this bulwark ol the minority. It is my honest conviction that the Hon. Sen ator has but little hostility to the Democratic faith, and but little admiration for the whig de ception, and I have some misgivings as to whether a msconceived policy upon the part of some of our Editorial Brethren has not contribu ted to make the hiatus that now separates us, and not; our platform. It is my private opin ion, that in Twelve Moons, a certain dis tinguished Senator, will not be unaccustamed to seat himself in juxta position with our great chiefs at Washington, and amidst the social fumesofa cigar discourse most flippantly and glowingly upon the harmony and success of “our friends.” All harmless prophecy is venial, whether falsified or otherwise—and henceforth I cannot resist the idea that this internal itp r provemeut plank, so zealously; 'MT hrd-.iJtisiy urged upon the Convention, will be a most apt inclined plane, to let all those upon the anxious oc,u«. ±>einocraric rt>Mf’ --if my ears have not deceived ine, so far as any intimations of national principles are involved in their resolu tions, they are parts and parcels of our policy dressed up in a different costume. Be it remem- bered they have not dared to make war or as sail a single paragraph of the entire Democratic creed as promulged at Baltimore. But such has been the restless spirit, the crip pled ambition and the repeated rebuffs of our antagonists, they adopt novel and strange creeds at every re-assembling of their people. They assembled at this place last year to take action upon the Presidential nominations, and because the Union Democrats would not consent to dis avow their allegiance to the Democratic nomi. n ation, they seceded, and called two separate and distinct Conventions in Macon, and again rallied their countrymen to their respective standards. They have now adjourned, alter establishing another remarkable bagjj of co-operation 'and guerilla warfare. The hero to whom they have committed this marvelous system of tactics, was the candidate upon the Webster nofnonty wing of the Whig party His acceptance is thought to be in nubibus. knowing the innate horror all men fee’ to lace sure and unmistakable defeat. But hav ing made the breach in his veteran Whig pha lanx, it is fit he should now make himself a sac rifice for its restoration. We had no choice, as to whom they might select for their champion, we have but to strike, and the victory is ours. I had much rather we should grapple with a lion than a mouse, that the con test may be made worthy of our cause and our pride. They have sought to match us with the old patr.arch of Whig memory, of Whig errors, and Wh g triumphs, and Whig principles, which have been doomed and con demned by the American people—without the slightest, hope ofa reversal of their judgment. And to secure a triumph they propose to mar shal the Whig party, by affirming that a name is not essential to principles; and they propose to rally the Union Democrats, by refusing to attach a name to their organization, and gratuitously offering their condolence lor what they term, the proscription of our union friends. When at the same time they rejoiceoygr •vg^r-| tion, as they call it, with a hope that it may force thernlnto their lines, and make a perpetual breach among our friends. It is a reflection of profound pride, to every Democrat, to feel and know, when they have asembled to cfesigm™ their standard bearers, they are.not compiled to shape their principles, to and exigencies of the passing houlj® We have out of our many able champions, chosen one upon to cast our suffrages, worthy of ouif*catise and woi.l y of eur noblest efforts. Those whose claims have been deferred are hot the less worthy; they would have com manded the entire confidence of the united De mocracy, and led them to an honorable and bril- Oconee. fiiMOOBATic Convention in Vermont. — The Vermont have, in State con vention, nominated John S. R- jinson for Gov ernor, and’endorsed Gen. T.»rr-’s inaugural, They*nave also adopted a resol if 4 <"i .ui-ns’ the "’’natrow policy which would .have limited the United States to Massachusetts anu Connecticut, . and the Providence Plantations, and declares for any territory on this Continent or adjacent 9 Islands, when it can be done regarding th' 4 of other nations and the honor of our own.” j From Texas. The steamer Fashion arrived at New Orleans on the 20th from Texas, bringing a' wiuil, but we have only received a copy of the American .1 Flag of the l<>th inst., (says the Picayune,) in which we find the following items: 6 The welcome showers which have recently fallen in our town are comparatively of little consequence with the rains experienced in some parts of its vicinity, whilst in others no rain ha, fallen. toßrazos Santiago is rendered iilnult impassable on account of the heavy rains which have visited that, distiict, whilst the i-eighborhood of Santa Rita is .still dry. The Jtage has been twnporai- } detaine 1 ny the state lof the ibttfs between this city and Brazos. The Nuece# Valley says : i From a private letter jeceiv e l from a gentle- ’ "" man in New Bi kunfels, we leaui that a party of mineralogists «K1 practical minors had left that place in searcbjQl.Lrecinus metals, and gone up as far as the LlanoryOn Sandy Creek, one of its tributaries, they Sfcmlj-jjany-Mormons u pros pecting for gold.” but not successfully. On their topr they found gold in but one locality, but hA-e Returned with numerous specimens of ga- Iqrfe or lead ore, richly furnished wffh Srver. The region of country in Which this silver ore was sound’s kept secret by thg/jiarfy for the present. 4 The Flag has the followrftg: We wouldle very hapny to encourage the coming in of persons to dig for gold, if we thought we could do so without incurring the charge of publishing rumor for fact. The latest accounts received in this city by yesterday’s mail, are to the effect that the mi ners at the ne ( w El Dorado were averaging from fifteen to fifty cents per dag only. The San Antonio Ledger ul the 26th ult., says: We have made efforts to ascertain if. as yet. sufficient inducements offer to gold hunter to that regirnffi Wrrare sorry to proclaim there is not. We caution Jltb earneslfficss all those who are engaged in employments that furnish them an honest livelihood, to cliqjraHfefe. them. There is no chance, from present indiea* tions, of procuring the means of sustenance in the mountains of Texas. From Mexico. The Brownsville Flag has dates frqin TMi'pi co to the Bth inst., but there is littlefof interasX j in the news. The Commm io The field of extermination and iiesolatlOn now , ' occupied by the Indians is so grea| that the ' . » State of San Luis Potosi is the actual frontier. Coahuila is filled with them, and thd people of the country are leaving their farms after having fought nearly all their lives against the savages, because they have so increased in number that the natives are unable to resist them. Don Valentin Cruz has issued a announcing his appointment to the government of the frontier, and calling upon all good citizens to lend him their aid and countenance. He says, “ all the public wants shall be attended to; nifeuseful thought shall be forgotten, and if any measure should result ennt'ary to the inter ests of the people it shall te immediately re scinded.” ! Madeira.—A letter from an officer in the U. | S. Navy, dated Funchal, Madeira, May 1, is published in the Portland Advertiser: ■ THp hill «si'!p<snf Nfn Ipira nonpar nlrt'irPW of tne bill sidesol .via feira, appear pictures oi 1 - fi-'-'fiiity. and it is to be hoped that a year of fruit* jr™ *- ’*d our thia mantta*(v the Ji r i fishermen in the boats, as ~we nasser! nie'myMWsn I saluted us by dolling their hats and crying. - A ‘ I good nation,” “ A good nation,” showing f the charity of Boston and New Y.k has been r f- ■lt and appreciated, and fulfill’ ... n |,| saying that the way to the people's bear',,s down their ' j throat. Weather and Crops. 1 The Selma (Ala.) Reporter, of the 16th inst.r w ’ says: Rains have fallen, and have removed the 5 wrinkles from the frontispiece of some of our 1 planters. Here and there, as a cot sequence of i the fine warm weather w- have now, and the I rain which has fallen, the crops of both corn and cotton are good and promising. But we are ’ sorry to say that the rains have not been general, t and we learn from parts ol the country* that the r corn especially is in a bad way. We hear many say that if they have not a rain within a few days they will not be able to make seed. The ! prospect at this time for corn generally, in the f country, is worse than it was at the correspond. ing period year before last, a year which we all I recollect as one of great scarcity. • The Ouachita Herald, says : The weather has been warm and sultry dur'mg the last week, with occasional light sho-wers. The crops are flourishing finely, and give p’.omise of an abundant harvest. By the Fort Smith (Ark.) Herald, of the 11th, we learn that the river commonced rising and raised about twelve feet, and continued to rise until the 9th, when it commenced falling slow ly. Weather cool and clear. The Mississippi Democrat, of the 15th, has the following: The weather continues very dry, the shower expected when our last issue went to press, didn’t come, although fine rains have gone all around us. It is much need-d in this po U, n of the country. We hear no complaints about the crops, excepting their want of rain. Fruit is very abundant. The Livingston (Ala.) Democrat,ofthe Uth, says: We received a full grown cotton bloom last week from Dr. Jones, of this city. It came from his plantation in Butler county, and was plucked the last day of May. This is early, but it must not be regarded as a sign that the cropi'are for ward in South Alabama. The reverse is the case. Crops, we believe, have seldom, if ever, been so backward in this section of country. Large crops, we believe, cannot now be made the present season under the most favorable cir- • cumstances, and, unless we have it late fall and very favorable seasons from this out, even mode rate crops will not be made. [fob THE CONSTITUTION * IST t. Ji ] ■ If-rr.,..,- r.:..' Jay ts ml.-rrs.iif.e/tpZaMKth is small.— l’rov. xxiv. 10. BT WILLIAM LAMBBRT. I'll not faint beneath my hurtbxn—the’ Too heavy; for my strength is small: Though the fierce raging of the noontide beam On my defenceless head untempored fall. Tho’ sad and heartsick with the weight of woo That to tho earth would crush mejourney on • What I though it be with faltering steps, and slow I’ll forget tho toil when r«st is won. Nay, 1 11 murmur not because no kindrod heart May share my burthen with me—but alone Still struggle bravely on—though all depart; Is it not sad that each must bear his own? All have not equally tlie power to bless, And of the many, few could cheer my lot; For the heart knoweth its own bitterness And with its joys a stranger incddlcth not. I'll not bo faithless though my s<ul bo dark; Is not my Master’s seal upon my brow ? Oft has his presence saved my sinking bark And makes mo think he'll save mo now. Hath ho not bid mo cast on Him my care? Saying Ho caroth for mo? I’ll arise And on my path, if trod in faith and prayer, Tho thoi ns shall turn to flowers of Paradiso'l The Coquette’s Lament. When I was yoang, I danced and sung, And frolic d with tho boys: But now I’m old, my heart is cold, To earth and all its joys. I listened then to words from mon Warm, and from tho heart. But then I thought love could be bought By using little art. When much too late to got a mate I soon began to fool, That ’twas not host to make a jest Os wounds wo could not hoal. I tried in vain some heart togain, But found tho task full hard ; For I had lost to my sad cost, By playing tho wrong card. And now my girls with flowing curls And beauty’s ruddy cheek ' ' In ago, in youth,/let nought but truth Prevail in all you speak. caustic.