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J. KNOWLES and
EDITOR* AND PROPRIETORS.
Ihr Alnbamt Alruapll<*n Hill.
A Bill to he entitled Act /- t ’rottrm.h Ihrect \
I'reuk (HicDum. lk< Ikurtherm suites m*4
Cmmtrtu.
Sac. 1. lie it enacted i,y Use and u *|’ */
fU present. stipes of the State of Alabama ia fitm
, a’ As*cn.Uy cohhm+J. That Oh? mln of M goods,
wares and merchandize directly imported into the
Mute of Alabama from foreign countries, and sold
be resident merchants within this Sute, be, and
they are hereby exempt from ail taxation whatso
ever, levied by the Sute, county, or municipal
authority.
See. 2. Be it further enacted, That the provis
ions of the foregoing section be, and they are
hereby extended'to the sales within this Mute of
all dry goods, hardware, cutlery, and crockery
directly imported into any one of the Southern
Mutes of this Union from foreign countries.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That in the as
sessment of taxes, all persons claiming exemption
from uxation from sales on merchandise, under
the provisions of the Act, shall render to the as
sessors a statement of such sales, verrified by
affidavit in writiug, made before the Assessor (to
be filed in the office of the Judge of Probate of the
county,) in the words following, to wit: “I ,
do solemnly swear for affirm as the case may be,)
that the merchandise embraced in the foregoing
statement of sales, was imported directly from a
foreign country into the city of , as I am
informed by , of said city, of whom I pur
chased the same, and I verily believe the same to
be true:** and the person claiming the exemption
provided for in this act shall alo tile in the office
of the Judge of Probate of the county, certified
copies of the invoices of the merchandise on which
such exemption is claimed, from which it shall ap
pear under the affidavit of the person from whom
they?*ere purchased, that they were directly im
ported Into someone of the Moutherr Mut-s of
this Union from a country foreign to the United
Mutes.
Mee. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Govern
or be, and he is hereby authorized to appoiot a
Commissioner within the Mute, whose duty it
shall be to confer with similar Commissioners on
the part of other Southern Sutes, and with other
person* interested in the establishment of direct
trade between the Southern Sutes and foreign
oouotries, for the purppse of collecting informa
tion and maturing a plan for the encouragement
of direct commercial intercourse between the
ports of the Month and foreign countries ; and
aaid Commissioner snail be required to report to
tha next session of the General Assembly of the
Mtate. such information and propositions as he
may have received, together with sueh suggestions
as his enquiries may have enabled him to make in
aid of the purposes of thi act; and also, by com
munication with the merchants of the Southern
States, to endeavor to enlist thetu in the en
couragement of direct trade between the Southern
Mutes and foreign countries.
Sec 6. Bt it further enacted, That the sum of
forty-five hundred dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated out of any monev in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriate 1, and placed
at the disposal of the Governor, to be u-i J in
carrying out the provisions of this act.
Sec. C Be it further exacted. That the Gov
ernor of this State be, and he i* hereby requested
to cause copies of this act to be forwarded to the
Executives of the different Southern States, wiih
the request that iu provisions be laid before the
Legislature of their respective States.
Takla; live • •■nvu*.
In endeavoring to take the census for the gov
ernment , the marshals occasionally met with such
difficulties as well nigh to deprive them of their
own senses. This colloquy is said to have taken
place in Canal street:
“ Who is the head of this family V
“ That depends upon circumstances. If before
11 o’clock, it's me hu-band—if afther 11, it's mo
self.”
“ Why this division V*
“ Because, abhor that hour, he’s Lad as a piper,
and unable la lake care of himself, let alone hi*
family.”
** What is his age
“ Coming nixt Michaelmas he will lack a month
of being as o*id as Finnegan. You know Finne
—r
“So, I don't know Finnegan; and if I did it
would not help matters. Is your biwband an
alien?”
“ Oeh, this he’s ailing intirelv. He has rhen
matics worse than owld Donnelly, who was lied
double with them.”
“How many male members have you in the
family ?”
** Silver a one ?”
“ Wbat, no boys at ail ?”
“ Boys is it ? Ah, murther, go home. We have
boys enough to whip toor loaves for breakfast.”
“ When were you married ?”
“The day Pat Doyle left Tipperary for Amcriky.
Ah, well 1 mind it. A sunshinier day ntver glided
the sky of owld Ireland.”
“ Wbat was the condition of your husband be
fore marriage ?”
“ Never a man more miserable. He aaid if I did
not give him a promise within two weeks, he'd
blow his brains out with a crow-bar.”
“ What was be at the time of your marriage, a
widower or a bachelor ?”
“A which! A widower, did you say? Ali r
now go way wid your nonsense. Is’t the likes of
me that would take up with a secoad-banded hus
band ? Do I look like the wife of a widower ? A
widower! May 1 never be blessed if I’d not rather
live alone and bring up a family on buttermilk and
praties.”
Here the dialogue finished up, the marshal com
ing te the conclusion that be could ‘‘make more”
next door.
A Friend to Gov. Wist—The New Haven
(Conn.) Daily Register, records the following ;
“ A good story is told in New London county,
in this Mute, of an old Democrat recently deceas
ed. Moon after the execution of John Brown, ho
tent for an attorney to draw his will, and after ar
ranging the usual matters in auch a document, ho
dlcUted as follows. ‘To Henry A. Wise, Gover
nor of \ irgiuia, 1 give and bequeath the sum of
one thosand dollars, to be paid from tuy effect.-,
lor thejusiice, firiune,-* and patriotism displayed
by him in the hanging of John Ilruwn.’ The law
yer (who a as a Black Republican ) dropped bis pen
n astonishment, and refused to make the record.
He was accordingly tOeaussed, and a few Jar*
after another was sent for, who baulked at ti.o
*me instructions, and beiore he could accomplish
hi* purpose Li* friend- convinced him that he
could not, iu ju-tice to hi* family, make the be
qoeat—and that the admiration lie bad evinced for
tiovernor Wise would be more gratifyiug to that
gentleman than a gift iu money ; hut it was a
iOD § time before his determination was conquer
ed.
■.•nUlana.
The following arc (he resolutions psrd at the
recent state Couveuuoo of the {.oowieoa i**r*o
emj;
Jitt-Atr'i, I. That the Democraty of Louisians
a(*t>reciaU! and admire those patriotic men in the
non-sUvc holding *uts, who*-* adhewsioa to Dem
ocratic principles and abuse devotion to the Dem
oCTatie party, prove them to be loven of their
country, the supporters of the tot tarnation, and
the true friends of the several States.
2. That the Democratic party of laruisiana feels
undiatinithed confidence 10 the administration of
James Bucbauan.
1 That the Territories of the United States be
long to the several Slates as their commou profierty,
and not to the individual citizens thereof.
That the federal Constitution recognises proper
ty in slaver, and as such, the owner thereof is en
titled to carry his slaves into any of the Territories
of the United Mates, and hoid them there as pro
perty ; and iu case the people of the Territories by
inaction, unfriendly lefi-Ution, or otherwise, should
endanger the teoure ot such pinperty or •Kscrimiii
ate against it; by withholding the protection given
other species of property in the Territories, it la
the doty of the Genersl tiovetnmem to interfere
ty an active eseriion of its constitutional poser to
secure the rights of aiarehohiers.
4. That our delegates to Charleston are recoin -
mended to adhere to the two third-rule in the no
uiaaiioo of a candidate for the f'reaideoc r.
nilitur) t lirsnipuirtil,
The Macon Journal k. Messenger ugg,*t, that
the encampment and review of all the volunteer
companies of the State which it is proposed to
have sometime daring the approsrhing summer
shall he held either at Athens or arfcesrine. We
think tha suggestion a good one -and can assure
our friends of the low country snd Middle Georgia
that n “hearty highland welcome ” awaits them
We would amend the snggestion of the h/, t en
pr fcj saying Athens and Clarke* ville or Gaines
}* * ou,d b ■ very pleasant excursion for
the eititen soldiers of the low country, and would
aronst in tnia section of the State the now dor
"'jfrftrnj M * r * * pir '* our —^himtAtrn
Washiacton’* Birth Oaf.
Among the many letters received by the com
mittee of Invitation ol various gentlemen to be
present sad address a Mas- Meeting of the Union
Party in rbe C’kv of New York on the 22d Wc
bnd the following In the Fsprm r * K *
FROM HON’. JOSHUA HIM., OF GEORGIA. J
Wasmxoto*, Feb. 2, IWO.
* * • 1 am glad that any feeble expression
of attachment to the Union that may have fallen
from ny lip*, has in the slightest aided in arousing
the Union sentiment of the country. The state of
the country at (be time ot the assembling of the
present Congress, was such, as to awaken solici
tude, if not appreheusiou, for the safety of our in
stitutions. It therefore seemed to me a matter of
patriotic duty to lend my name and counsel to the
effort of arousing the nation to the importance of
embody tog the moat conservative men of all par
lies in a constitutional Union party. True, I did
not permit myself to hope that such a movement
would attract a majority of the voters of the coun
try at large. But I did believe that it would, at
least, consolidate the scattered forces of the old
Whig partv, that had, in their devotion to conser
vatism, refused to amalgamate with their ancient
adversaries; or that powerful association that had
absorbed and sapped its power in the free Mutes.
More than this, I trusted that such Democrats as
had severedftheir party ties, and united with the
> Union-loving Americans, would find the Union
movemeul more consunl with their feelings than
any other existing political association. It was
my judgment, that thongh we might not be able
to control for ourselves as a party proper, a majori
ty in many of the Sutes, we could, at least, make
ourselves a balance of power, to be feared and
courted by the two great rival parties of the country,
as an element capable of turning the political scale,
a* our sense of patriotism might direct. In coming
to these conclusions, I hare not permitted myself
to be influenced, much less governed, by the prob
able failure to enlist a majority of the voters of any
one State in favor of this new Union movement.
It will require time to calm the excited popular
mind in the South, so as to permit a dispassionate
consideration of the motives that brought into
exisieuco a party, sufficiently national and concili
atory, to embrace all true men in all sections. If
my convenience would permit, I should be happy
to be present with you on the interesting occasion
that calls yon together, and to afford all the aid in
tny power to the advancement of your patriotic
purposes. I trust most sincerely, that the public
mind of your great city, aDd of your still greater
Mute, mar be awakened to a just appreciation of
the merits of your cauc, and tint you may receive
thousands of converts from the rank* ot those less
conservative than yourselves.
In conclusion. I beg to be allowed the expres
sion of this sentiment—
“ The American Union, without expansion or
contraction. The only change wanted, a universal
and willing obedience to the laws.”
Heavy Fiuru.—Dispatches from Washington
atate that M. B. Boynton, recently appointed a
clerk in the stationery room of the House of Kep
lesentatives, obtained from a confidential friend
nearly worth of transferable post-office
certificates, and raised eighty cents on the dollar
hereon in New York. It U supposed he has gone
to Europe. The Government will not sustain any
toss by the transaction, a* Boynton bad not entered
on the duties of his office.
TtarxsTiSE Distilf.rt. —Ttie boiler, worm and
other appurtenances ot a Turpentine Distillery,
passed down the Gulf Road yesterday. It is owned
by W. F. William-, and will be ereeted for business
at or near Yankee Town, on the Main Trunk Rail
road, ninety-five miles feom Mavannah. Otir asso
ciate, who is now traveling in that section, notices,
in his letter, published to-dav, eitensire arrange
ments tor a tar, pitch and turpentine crop.— Sac.
bej.ttkliettn, IS'A.
Camaix or rnr Yacht m Wandmcr.”— Capt.
Archibald, alia* Walker, who ran off from Savan
nah with the celebrated slave yacht Wanderer, is
now in jail at Liverpool for attempting a similar
enterprise in that port. He was in negotiation for
a vee! called the Marianne, and bad already en
gaged for her a crew of thirty men to go on “with
him to Cape Coast for palm oil or as he unguard
edly once expressed it, “thir'v wild fellows for a
black-birdlng expedition.” Tiie evidence against
him as a thief and a pirate is said to be very
strong.
The PiUaburg, (Pa.) Fort Wayne (la.) and Chic
ago (IU.) Railroad Company offer to ticket passen
gers troni Chicago to Charleston, to the 23d of
April Convention, and return, for fifty dollars for
the round trip. The route is via steamers from
Philadelphia to Charleston and return to Philadel
phia, and the fare includes rooms and meals on the
steamer*.
The AntPkauthrrn boi iriuet of iff r.
Douglas.
For the benefit of southern men who are getting
ready to support Dougin*, we copy the following
extract from his celebrated Freeport speech. Said
Mr. Douglas :
“ iu uiy opinion the people of a territory can, by
lawful means, exclude slavery from their limits
prior to the formation of a Slate constitution.”
“No matter what the decision of the Supreme
Court may lie on the abstract question, still the
right of the people (i. e. the majority of inhabitants
at any time during tbe territorial existence) to make
a .-lave territory or a free territory it perfect and
complete under the Xebratkm bill.”
In the course of the debate, in March last, be
used tbe following language :
“ In my opinion, under the taxing power a ter
ritory may discriminate as well as a State. If there
is a power of discrimination as to other property,
and I think there is, thru it applies to slave prop
erty. In my opinion, if tbe taxing power is exer
cised against any one species of property, it may
hare a tendency to drive it out. If, beyond that,
there is an absence of legislation such as would fail
to give efficient protection, that does effectually
exclude it. Such a system of legislation may be
devised as would effectually exclude.”
And again he says: “ You cannot protect any
property in the territories without laws furnisbiug
remedies for iu violation anti penalties for its
abuse.” Aud in answer to the question of Senator
Green : “ The Supreme Court having decided that
-lave** constitute projierty, if a territory authorised
by Congress to legislate for itself should pahs a law
;>uni-liing all l.irceny of all property except slaves,
would that make slaves equal to other property in
the territory ? or would it not be a violation of the
constitution? Would he say he would submit to
that at the option of the Legislature?” Judge
Dougl* replied: “/ trill mot exert the potetr vs
Conpree* to <uferfert r-th th* local late with refer •
met to !••< prop*rty, or n<iy other Limi of
■mr.-perttf.”
Such xr’ tbe sentiments of Stephen A. Douglas,
rhe man whom soul bent m-n and slaveholders are
now called upon to elect as their ruler. Are they the
-enUineiila of Hie southern people ? Will any man
at the South dare to avow such opinions. Let
iiouest men of all parties survey the outrage and
virit it with the fiercest reprobation. —Soeonunh
Jitpublican.
Ftuu the Christian AUroratr k Janrnal, New-Tork. Aufuit
4, KV,
The Hocsoewsmcr’s Frikvk.—SrALiMsc’* Pre
i-abkii Out.—Small conveniences for general fam
ily use are often of more value than what are called
“great inventions.” Uis estimated that in the f’nl
rod States there are at leaat five millions of house
holds, in all of which the annoyance of squeaking,
rickety chairs, sofas, tables, etc., is constantly ex
perienced, and so long as furniture is in this con
dition there is always danger of a “ smash-up.”
Tire experience of a city housekeeper, with May
day before tier eyes, will readily suggest tbe value
and convenience of a really trustworthy prepared
glue, that can be instantly brought in requisition
where repairs to furniture aud other household
wares are needful. Tbe want of such an article is
as constant and universal as the family. and hith
erto it has been a want unsupplied. This, howev
er, can be truly said no longer. Spalding's Pre
pared (ilue seems to be all that has been desired
in this direction. It is soluble by chemicals, re
tains its strength aud tenacity, is convenient and
atwaja “up to tbe sticking point,” is put up in a
I bottle with a brash, aud sold at twenty-five cents.
I No housekeeper in city or couulry can well afford
to he without a bottle ot >psiding s Pr*|wred (due.
it is just the thing for the library and schools,
where books are constantly iu need of repair.
Tm: Lersov or toe Girmv.-A garden Is a
beautiful book, written by the finger of Hod ; eve
ry leaf is a letter. lou have oidv to learn them—
and lie is a poor dunce that cannot, if he will do
that —to learn them, and join them, and then go
on reading, and you will find yourself carried
away from tbe earth to the skies by the beautiful
thoughts—for they are nothing short— that grow
out of the ground, and seem to talk to a man.
And then there are some flowers, they always
seem to ine like ever-dutiful children ; tend them
ever so little, and they come up and flourish, and
•how, as I may say, tbeir bright and happy faces
to JWhWtrrWd,
. Poor Farming.
The following hints upon poor farming are capi
tal, aftd deserve to be read attentively; for we
think we can point to a good many planters in our
own tuidst who ha vs pursued one or more of the
plans laid down, and whose plantations bear ample
tesrimonv to the sacs that they have succeeded ad
mirably in this, their self adopted mode of culti
-1 vat ion.
The first hint as laid down by the Mptingfield
Republican in order to -eenre a poor farm, is to
invest all your capital in land, and rttu iu debt for
more.
2d. Borrow money to stock your farm.
3d. Have no faith in your own business and be
always ready to sell out.
4lb. Buy mean cows, spavined horses, poor
oxen and cheap tools.
sth. Give your cattle poor provender in order to
keep them tame. Fierry cattle are terrible hard
on old, rickety wagons and plows.
6th. Be cautious in the manufacture of manures,
it makes the fields look black and mournful about
planting time; besides it is a good deal of work to
haul it.
7th. Never wa9te time in setting out fruit and
shade trees. Fruit and, leaves rottuing around a
place makes it unhealthy.
Advice gratis—The more closely you follow the
above hiuie, the nearer will you approximate hav
-1 Ing an absolutely no account farm. But there is
no money iu the experiment, so don’t try it.
spurgeou on Slavery.
As some of our readers may be curious to know
the cause of the wide-spread indignation at the
south towards the famous Engligh divine, Mr. Spur
geon, we copy the following extract from a letter
addressed by him in January last to the editors
of the Boston Christian Watchman A Flejtevtor
He says:
“ I do from my inmost soul detest ‘slavery any
where and everywhere, and although 1 commune
at the Lord's table with men of all creeds, yet with
a slaveholder I have no fellowship of any sort or
kind. B7ie-(crer one has called upon me, 1 have
consider* and it my duty to express my detestation of
his wickedness, and would as soon think of receiv
ing a murderer into my church , or into any sort of
friendship, as a man-stealer. Nevertheless as I
have preached in Loudon, and not iu New York, I
have very seldom made any allusion to American
slavery in my sermons. This accounts for the
rumor that I have left out the anti-slavery from my
American edition of Sermons. This, is not true
in any measure, for as far as my memory serves
me, 1 cannot remember that the subject was han
dled at all in my printed sermons, beyond a pass
ing allusion, and I have never altered a single sen
tence in a sermon which has been sent out to my
American publishers beyond the mere correction,
which involved words and not sense. However, if
any think me capable of such double-dealing, 1
doubt not that they judge me by themselves, and
from sucli persons esteem is not desirable. I do
1 not, tlierefoie, regret the loss of it. 1 have this
i much to gay to all who respect me in America: I
do not want to be blaming you constantly, while
there are sins enough in my own country ; but
l shall not spare your nation iu future. 1 shall
nnumber that my voice echoes fuyoml the Atlantic,
and the crying sin of a man-stealing people shall
not go etmrebnked. i did not know that 1 had been
so fully adopted a citizen of your republic ; but
finding that yon allow me to lie one of yourselves,
1 will speak out quite severely enough, and per
haps more sharply than will meet with approba
tion.
Finally, let me add, John Brown ia immortal in
the memories of the good in England, and in my
heart he lives.
lam yours, most truly,
0. H. MrrRGEOs.
A Near Presidential Programme.
A contributor to the New Orleans Delta has at
last hit upon an idea for “preserving the harmony
of the Democracy,” and saving the “glorious
Union,” which throws all previous calculations
completely in the shade. The idea was doubtless
first suggested to the writer by the Honorable
Miles Taylor, who addressed a letter from Wash
ington to his constituents in Louisiana, advising
them that as there was no difference between
them and Mr. Douglas except on the secondary
and unimportant question of slavery, they should
nominate him for the Presidency, and thus prevent
the untold evils which might flow from their per
sistent devotion to the piinciple over “availabili
ty.” The writer suggests Mr. Black Republican
Chase as certainly not more objectionable on the
score of principle than Mr. Squatter Sovereignty
Douglas, both being Democrats on all except one
question, and as vastly preferable on the score of
“availibiiity.” The editor of the Delta reduces the
the suggestions of his correspondent to figures,
and suras up the data to an absolute certainty.
Here is his calculation : —[Montgomi ry Advertiser.
“ The sole thing to consider in selecting a can
didate is, availability first and last. That is the
Alpha and Omega of the calculation. The process
of determining the question is like a sum in the
Rule of Three. For instance: grant that Mr.
Douglas, a Democrat, souud on all poiuts but one,
is worthy ol recommeudstion to Southern prefer
ence iu proportion as that unsouudness recom
mends him to Northern support; then, if Gover
nor Chase, also a souud Democrat on all poiuts
but one, is by reason of bis distinguished uusound
ness in that particular, exactly three times as pop
ular at the North as Mr. Douglas, it must follow
that Governor Chase has exactly three times the
claims to Southern preference as Mr. Douglas. No
well informed politician will assert that Governor
Chase does not possess at least three times the
strength of Mr. Douglas at the North ; and as the
Democratic nominee, he would be certain to
sweep the Northern Mutes with scarce the shadow
of opposition. The case ia, therefore, as clear as
a mathematical demonstration. If electing the
Democratic nominee and preserving the Union
is the primary object of patriotic desire, the nomi
nation of Governor Chase would be oue pre-emi
nently fit to be made. His incomparable availa
bility is an immense fact ; his election would be
an invincible certainty. If Seward were only
sound on free trade, internal improvements, strict
construction, and so forth, be would be still more
available ; and the Mouthern Democracy could not
hesitate to run him for President. But as Sew
ard could not decently pass for a Democrat, he is
out of the question. Chase, then, is the man, by
ail odd* !”
Wheat Can**. —ln our recent trip to Bogersville,
we uuit hare passed owe hundred fields of wheat,
ami without exception, we do not think, w passed
a field but what now promises to make a fair crop.
Three years ago we made the best crop ever made
in this country, and the present prospect so far as
we lure seen, is about the same as that was, at this
season of the year. Gen. Lowery was with us du
ring our trip to Kogersville, we were both very
particular in our observations so that we might be
able to give something that would be reliable. We
must say, that our opinion is that upper East Ten
nessee need have no fears of a failure of the wheat
crop this year.
We have no doubt, but some few fields in certain
localities may make a partial failure, but that will
amount to nothing much, as there is an unusal
heavy crop this year. —tJreeneille ftrmoerut.
ILimit: or James Aiken at Kingston, Ala.—
Juteri*’ EavitemutU ami I'iphti tip on the Oeeatiem.
—We are informed by a gentleman juat from Au
tauga county, that James Aiken, found guilty of
the murder of Mike ilibbetta, suffered the extreme
penalty ol the law at Kingston on Friday last.
A large number of people assembled to witness
the horrible spectable of hia execution, aud sever
al fights eusued, which were rather serious in tbeir
character. Three brothers by the name of Thack
er assaulted, and severely—perhaps mortally
wounded a man by the name of Wainwright, who
resides near that village. lie was stabbed with a
knife several times in the hip and the shoulder,
and bis life is despaired of by his attending physi
cian. The man who did the cutting has been ar
rested.
After this fracas, two or three others occurred,
which, however, were uot so serious in their na
ture. Another muoceut party unfortunately, in at
tempting to restore peace, was stabbed with a knife,
although not dangerously.
Judging from tbe particulars we have gathered,
it must have been a desperate melee. There
were a Urge number of participants, and doubt
less mauy a man went to his home, “sadly out of
joint.” These difficulties did not grow out of aur
thing connected with the hanging of Aiken. But
it was doubtless thought a fitting time for the set
tlement of old feuds, and hence the disturbance.—
Montijuimerp Advcrtieer.
Sale* Dippiku.— Mi** Tennessee Gibson, a
beautiful young lady, died from the effects of
snuff dipping, in Arkansas. She fell asleep with
the “mop” in her mouth, and was found a corpse
some hours after. A poet mortem revealed the
fact that she bad swallowed the juice, which was
converted into nicotine, a deadly poison ; her lips,
cheeks and breast were smeared with tbe foul
muffin her dying struggles, alone in her room.
Before the retired the felt a deadly sickness, hav
ing swallowed some of the juice, but she had used
it so long, nothing wras thought of her cpm plaint
until, xlaa ! it vm too late.
MACON, GEORGIA :
Wednesday, March 21,1660.
MACO> COTTON MARKET.
The demand for cotton has improved. Yi e quote
extremes at from 7 to 104.
Stale Goiivei l l ion.
MACON, March Dull, 1800.
At a consultation of the State Executive Com
mittee of the Opposition party of Georgia, held
this day, (all the members being present or con
senting thereto, except Cel. Milledge, of the
Eight District) it was unanimously resolved to
issue the following call :
The citizens of Georgia who are opposed both
to the mad schemes of the anti-slavery party of
the North, and to the abuses and extravagance of
the Democratic party —to all interference by one
section with the domestic institutions of another,
whether in the Sute or in the Territories, which
are the common property of all the States—who
believe the Constitutional right of the South to a
free enjoyment of the latter, with her property of
every description, both just and indefeasible—
who eschew all sectional political parties as mimi
cal to the public tranquility—who reverence the
Constitution, and advocate respect and obedience
to all laws passed in pursuance thereof, and
to the decisions of the constituted judicial tri
bunals of the land, are requested to meet in their
respective counties, as early as practicable, and ap
point delegates to a State Convention to be held
in the city of Milledgeville, on Wednesday, the 2d
day of May next, for the purpose of taking such
action a9 may be deemed expedient in reference to
the approaching Presidential election.
The Committer.
Editors throughout the State, wiH confer a
favor by giving the above a few insertions.
THE FLAG PRESENTATION.
A beautiful Flag, the contribution of several of
our influential citizens, was presented to the Jack
son Artillery on Friday evening last. The presen
tation speech, by P. Tracy, Esq., was highly pa
triotic and appropriate, and was responded to in
graceful and eloquent terms, by Capt. Parker, the
gallant commander of this fine company. The oc‘
casion was graced by and enlivened
by the discoursing 9 of an excellent band of music.
V.acon ruay well be proud of her military.
AUGUSTA A MACON RAIL ROAD.
We would remind our citizens that on to-night,
a meeting is called for an expression of public senti
ment in regard to a city subscription to this im
portant Road. We hope there will be a general
attendance, and that Macon will cordially co-oper
ate iQ the 9peedy consummation of this desirable
work.
RARE FRUIT TREES, PLANTS, Ac.
A Monsieur Non Hambodge, visited our city
ast week, aud sold a considerable lot of his wares
and truck to our citizens at very extravagant pri
ces. Some of tbe articles were probably genuine.
But to show how far he supposed he could impose
on the credulity of our people, and the literary
accomplishments of the vender and nurseryman,
we make a few quotations from bis printed cata
logue :
“ Four varieties of Apricots from Sicily, fruit
weighing one pound each.
Sicily cherries, four varieties, twelve weighing u
pound.
J>car*. —Saint John-in-Iron. Summer’s good
large Christian. Good Turkish Christian.
Apples. —Violet, or of the fourth taste —can be
kept two years. Gold Renette, yellow backwords
plant. White Renette from Canada—of which
the skin is like scales, strange by its size.
Strawberry—tree—mounster, fruit very good
eating—discovered by Mr. Fortune on Mexican
coast by nam Galappa. This plant amateur are
particularly requevtod to notice the fruits of this
plant which weighs as much as one pound.
Aurora climbing plant, to garnish a summer
house harbour.
Grand mogol, wich atteins the hirght of six
feet.
Sweet welling Dahlias. New Cornelia —Prince
of Whales.
Bose —Miss Dliza Vilmorin god yellow. Impe
rial crow triple ?
Remarquable collection of Flowers consisting of
Onions, Ac.”
Tiie above will afford Mr. Peabody, aud some of
our neighbours, a chance to improve their straw
berries, and also to get as decently sold, as some
of our citizens did a few years since, when they
paid a locomotive dealer, from five to fifteen dol
lars for S***k cabbage and horse raddish roots.
m AT THE MACON LAMP STORE
e May also be found a very fine assortment of
o Chins, Crockery, Glass and other wares ; table
r Cutlery Ac. Also, fancy coloured Bohemian and
* cut Glass ware. They also, engrave names, and
0 figures of the most life-like and perfect expression
v on Glass, which can scarcely be equalled iu paint
-9 ing. To satisfy any one of the perfectness of the
j art of engraving on glass, let them call at tbe
store of Messrs. Boltshaw A Herzog, near the
- lower end of Cotton Avenue.
e NEW HAMPSHIRE.
)r The election iu this State, which came off last
1 week, resulted in the triumph of the Republicans,
by about o,(XX* majority—a large increase over
. last year. The legislature is almost entirely Re
* publican. So much for Douglas’ strength at the
r north. • ‘ 1 _ V ’
DON’T FORGET
To read new advertisements. The attention of
, farmers is especially directed to the notices of fer
* t'dizers. We believe they will pay.
AUGUSTA AND MACON RAILROAD.
’ We invite the attention of the friends of this en
-1 ter prise to the call of Mayor Hlodget for a Con
r vent ion of the subscribers, to meet in Augusta on
i Wednesday, the 28th inst.
THE ITALIAN OPERA.
We have not yet been able to attend the per
formances of this popular troupe, but learn that
1 large and fashionable audiences have been present.
I They perform for the last time to-night.
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
We refer the reader to the advertisement of a
fine plantation for sale in Karly County.
The fijienernl Eiieumpnieut.
At a meeting of the members of various Vol”
uuteer Companies assembled at the last Democratic
Convention held in Milledgeville, Captain Joel R.
Griffin, of the Macon Guards, Macon ; John H*
Hill, Irish Volunteers, Augusta ; A. A. {Franklin
Hill, National Artillery, Athens ; Kdward R. Har
den, Dalton Guards, Dalton ; and Sergeant Miller
Grieve, Governor’s Horse Guards, Milledgeville,
were appointed a committee of five to correspond
with the Captains of Volunteer Companies through
out the State, for the purpose of having a general (
encampment to commence on the fourth Monday
iu May and last one week, or longer, at option of
Corps. The committee were instructed to enquire
of each Captain the place at which his corps would
prefer the encampment to be located | informing
Captains that each company will be required to
provision itself. The committee were also instruc.
tee to correspond with the Presidents of ull Rail
Roads over which the troops may have to pass, as
to the reduction of fare, Ac. And when they have
received answers to these enquiries to transmit,
them to Capt. Joel R. Griffin, at Macon, who is, on
ascertaining the choice of a plurality or majority
for any one place, to inform the local authorities
of the same, and that the military will require 0[
them grounds suitable for an encampment, cook
ing utensils, with hands to use them, houses for
Quartermaster’s stores, Ac.; also, to send circulars
to each Captain of a company informing him of the
majority’s choice, and other facts pertaining to the
same. All papers frieuuly to the cause will please
oopy. • ‘ I
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
Having a presentiment that there might be trou-1
hie among Our democratic brethren, we took the
cars on Wtduecdav morning last, in company with
our neighbor of the Telegraph and hastened over
to Mdledgeville. As we expected, on reaching
there, learned that an irrepressible conflict was
raging at the Capitol, and immediately hurried up
to the scene of conflict. A single glance at the
hissing and boiling cauldron, satisfied us, that our
utmost efforts to harmonize the warring elements,
would prove unavailing. As the Augusta Consti
tutionalist, whose editor was on the ground—very
justly remarks—
“lt would be untrue to state that there was much
harmony of purpose in the convention, and har
mony of action was only obtained by the vote
which made the will of the majority the law of the
convention.”
Or in plain English, the December Convention
was virtually repudiated aud the action of the Ex -
ecutive Committee sustained. So that its illustrious
chairman, notwithstanding the boast of the metro
politan organ, can in the language of the immor
tal sage of Marshfield, exclaim—“l still live !”
In another column will be found a notice of the
Convention from the Augusta Chronicle and: Senti
nel, whose editor was also present. We cannot quite
endorse his views in regard to the feelings of the
Convention toward Douglas. Douglas had doubt
less many secret, and some open and avowed
friends. Amid the general confusion it was some
what difficult to tell who was the favorite of the
body. It was evidently not Mr. Cobb —though he
had some friends.
THE HOMESTEAD BILL-
We are indebted to our vigilant and attentive
Representative, Hon. Thos. Hardeman, Jr., for a
copy of this free-soil measure, which pasaed the
House of Representatives on the 12th inst., by a
vote of 114 yeas, to 60 nays—every nothern dem
ocrat, except Montgomery, of Penn., voting with
the Republicans for the bill, and the South voting
in a body against it. It will doubtless pass the
Senate. The President can veto it, but even then
it may, by a two thirds vote become a law. This
measure, backed by the squatter sovereign doc
trine, will as effectually exclude the South from
the common territory, as adverse Congsessional in
tervention. The bill provides that any person who
is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the
age of twenty-one years and is a citizen of the Uni
ted States, or who shall have filed his intention to
become such, shall be entitled to enter, free of
cost, 160 acres of the public lauds, upon which
said person may have filled a pre-emption claim ;
or which may at the time the application is made
be subject to preemption, at $1.25 or less per acre,
or eighty acres at $2,50 per acre. No certificate
is to be given or patent issued until the expiration
of five years from the date of the entry, and on
payment of $lO. The right secured by the actual
settler issue to the heirs and devisees. The landa
thus acquired in no case to become liable to the
satisfaction of any debt contracted prior to the is
suing of the patent.
Aside from the injustice of this measure, we
consider it as awarding a premium to improvidence.
MESSRB. EVERETT AND BELL.
In a private letter, to a friend in this State, the
Hon. Edward Everett thus speaks of the late ac
tion of the Union Convention of Tennessee :
“It seemed to me a matter of course that the
Convention in Tennessee should express its pre
ference for Mr. Bell, as its first choice for the Presi
dency. It is a preference due to his distinguished
talent, faithful services, and long and varied expe
rience’ in public life.”
We find the above in the Memphis Enquirer. —
At this time, few of our public men in this country
enjoy or merit a larger share of popular respect
and confidence than John Bell, of Tennessee.—
With him for President, and Everett or Winthrop,
of Massachusetts —Hunt or Erastus Brooks, of
New York, or Stockton of New Jersey, for Vice
President, a great aud patriotic host may be ral
lied under the Xational Union Pauper, >4 the ap
proaching sanguinary struggle. In a certain con
tingency such a ticket, if not entirely triumphant
would meet with a large measure of success. Ig
noring sectional and minor issues —placing such
men upon the Constitution, and laws under the
Constitution, as their only and sufficient platform,
a powerful and benificent party might be rallied
for the salety and defence ot our imperilled insti
tutions.
NATIONAL UNION PARTY.
We refer our reader! to the call for a State Conr
vention, found iu another column, for the purpose
of taking such action as may be deemed necessary
and proper in the approaching Presidential election
The Committee very properly embrace in their
call, all those who are in favor of political reform—
all who are friendly to the formation of anew par
ty, upon a simple, but sound and explicit constitu
tional basis. We hope to see 4 prompt and bpartj
response to this call. Whatever may be the final
determination of thoae favorable to a National
l'n ion movement, in reference to the next Presi
dential contest, it is very desirable that they meet
and counsel together. We would suggest that all
friendly to the recommendation of the Executive
Committee, in this county, meet on the first Tues
day in April next, at the Court House in this city,
and appoint delegates to the proposed State Con
vention.
STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION-
We regret to learn that the boiler of the Steam
er S. M. Manning of Ilawkinsville exploded, on
the Altainaha River, not far from Jacksonville,
Talfair Cos., on the 12th inst. Nearly all the per
sons on board were killed. Capt. Win. Taylor, is
seriously injured, as will be sesu by the accounts.
He is a most worthy gentleman, and well known
in this community, where there are mauy to sym
pathize with him, in this, and a previous misfor
tune, a few years since.
The following notice of the disaster we copy from
the Pulaski Times Extra of the loth inst.
A letter from A. T. Dopson, of Jacksonville of
the 14th says:
“This morning we had the dreadful intelligence
of the blowing up of the Steamer, S. M. Manning,
near Col. Manning’s plate some time in the night.
Report says all lost but Capt. Taylor, and two oth
ers. The Captain had one leg shattered. We
hope tlie/tttomentjis greallyjexaggerated, our phy
sician was sent for and every njau from our village
has gone down to the unfortunate Manning, to ren
der all the services they possibly could.”
Another lettter to 8. M. Manning, Esq., of Haw
kinsville, says:
“ | write to inform you that the boilers of the
Manning (Steam boat) exploded last night about
8 o’clock, killing eight or nine negro hands. Capt.
Taylor’s son Jefferson, and J. H. Williams, Jacob
Parker and John Harrell, three last citizens of Tel
fair county, are killed. The Boat is a complete
wreck. Capt. Taylor is badly wounded, so are Mr.
Williams and Mr. Bowen. Much of the heavy
freight will be saved, the lighter article* are all
injured, and lost. Among the negroes killed are
two belonging to James Y. Wilcox, two belonging
to Wnt. Wilcox, and one to John F. Mcßae.
Charles the Cook is among the missing. Capt.
Taylor is so badly hurt, be cannot attend to the
landing and saving the freight.
He has requested Gen. Manning to have all the (
goods landed and secured, who has most of his
hands at work.
None of the bodies have as yet been found.
A young man got on at Darien, supposed to be
Mi. SjJencer, he is lost.”
THE REPUBLICANS OF MISSOURI-
The State Convention of the Republicans of Mis
souri was held at St. Louis on the the 10th instant,
pursuant to public notice. Every Congresaional
district in the State was represented by iu respec
tive delegates, B. Ghat/ Brown presided, sup
ported by Vice Pr*sidenU from some twenty coun
ties.
Free-soil resolutions were adopted,Edward Bates,
nominated for the Presidency, and delegates sent to
the Chicago Convention,
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
Explosion of Steamer S. JH. Manning.
Thirteen Lives Lost-Five Whites and Eight
Negroes
CaPT. TAYLOR ANP TWO OTHERS BADLY WOtNBKP.
THE BOAT A WRECK.
Gen. Manning's Place, )
Coffee Cocnty, Ga., March 13th, 1860. \
Editor Republican :—1 have just returned from
the wreck of the Manning (steam-boat;) her boil
ers exploded last night about 8 o’clock, killing
Jefferson Taylor, son of Capt. Taylor, Joseph B.
Williams, John llarrall, Jacob Paiker, (the three
last, citizens of Telfair county) and eight or nine
negro hands. Among the negroes lost are Charles
the cook, Jack and Edmond, belonging to William
Wilcox, Hal aud , belonging to James Y.
Wilcox, aud Bill belonging to John F. Mcßae. A
young mau got on board at Darien, supposed to be
young Spencer, who wa9 expected in Jacksonville.
Capt. Taylor is badly wounded, so are Messrs.
Williams and Rowen.
The boat is now in the middle of the river, two
miles above Gen. Manning’s—a complete wreck.
Some of the heavy freight will be saved ; all the
light goods will be lost or injured.
None of the bodies have as yet been recovered;
a portion of clothing has been found in the trees.
It is awful to contemplate—so many human beings
forced, without a moment’s warning, into eternity.
Messrs. Williams, Harrall and Parker, are of the
best families of Telfair county.
The wounded are at Gen. Manning’s, who is do
ing all he can to elleviate their sufferings. There
were no ladies or children aboard.
In great haste, W. W. P.
Through the politeness of Messrs. Brigham,
Baldwin A Cos., we are enabled to furnish the fol
lowing additional particulars:
Coffee County, March 13, 1860.
Dear Sirs : —I write this, to inform you that the
boiler of the steam boat Manning, exploded last
night, about eight o’clock, % few miles above Rocky:
Hammock, and the boat is a complete wreck.
All the boat’s crew are missing, except Captain
Taylor ; the engineers, Dick and Mansfield, four
passengers, Mr. Joseph Williams, Mr. Harrell, and
Mr. Parker of Telfair county, a young man from
Mclntosh, name not knows. Two passengers are
saved, but badly injured.
Capt. Taylor is also wounded, but not seriously.
Under directions of the Captain, I am removing
the cargo, or at least all that ean be saved.
Yours respectfully,
Wm. k. manning.
Messrs. Brigham, Baldwin A Cos.
The Manning was two years old, and was val
ued at $15,000 upon which there was do insurance.
She was owned by Brigham, Baldwin Cos., of this
city, Captain Taylor and some parties in Hawkins--
ville, whose names we have not learned.—Savan
nah Republican.
A Correction.
“ The Macon (Ga.) Journal and Messenger dis
approves the proposition to hold a State Conven
tion for the purpose of aending delegates to the
National Union Convention of the (Jppos)tiop. It
prefers to support the Charleston nominee, if he
shall prove to be a man fit to be trusted. ”
We find the above in an exchange, and credited
to the Nashville Patriot. As we do not exchange (
with that paper, we presume it derived its infor-!
mation from other sources than the columns of the
.Journal and Messenger. We have not disap
proved of the proposition to hold a State Conven
tion, at a proper time. On the contrary, we are,
in favor of it, as our files plainly show. We have
differed from some of our contemporaries in regard
to the time of its meeting. We have also express
ed ourselves as opposed to holding a Convention
under the name and style of “ Opposition. ” We
are in favor of the National Union movement. — 1
We hope it may peer* eminently successful. We]
never shall support, or faeor the support of the
Charleston nominees, in preference to such a con
summation, whoever they mav be.
We have no fondness for democracy—we never]
expect to be democratized. And yet a contingen
cy may arise, when we might deem it our duty to
unite with democrats in efforts to exterminate a
common enemy. W e feel that our country, our
institutions are in great peril. They are verv dear
to us. More to be prized than a mere party tri
umph. This is no time for those who have a com
mon Iff r/fjge to guard and preserve, from the ag
gressjony of a common foe, to wrangle over minor
differences aud unimportant issues. We believe
the American party of Georgia—with whom it has
been our pleasure and pride to act—will in the fu
ture, as in the past, be governed by the prompt
ings of a lofty and unselfish patriotism.
THE PEELER FLOW.
Much has been said and written in regard to
this new plough. The last Nashville Christian
Advocate says :
“ The Feeler Plough had a trial near the
fair-grounds last Saturday. There was about thir
ty gentlemen present, among whom were solid and
enterprising agriculturalists. The Bureau of the
State Aricultural Society was represented in a
committee Messrs. McGavock, Elliston and
Owen 9. We have not heard their award. Though
the patentee had put forth a challenge lor compe
tition ia the papers, for several days, only one
or two appeared on the field. The Peeler plough
performed admirably, combining lightness of
draught with good wpyking qualities. The other
ploughs we did not learn the name of ; they also
did well. The ground was rather wet.”
Here is a remark of the New York Evening Pott,
which is not only jqst aj 4 proposition
but calls for special application at the present time:
The politicians generally speak of the parlies as
if they were constant quantities. The true wis
dom is, treat them as merely casual or temporary
agglomerations, to be used while they are faithful
to their professed principles, and to be broken up
with a will as soon as they degenerate into a mere
scramble for power.”
No Better Could be Made.
A correspondent of the Xational Intelligencer
warmly recommends Hon. VVxt. A. Craham of X.
C. for the presidency, and Hon. Hen .tv M. Fcllbk
of pa., for the Vice Presidency. We fcjve not
seen any ticket yet proposed which suits usa9 well
as fhis. says the Columbus Eh quirt r and we be
lieve that jt could rally a powerful conservative
support from all sections, if nominated by the Na
tional Union Convention. Both are sound and en
lightened statesmen, irreproachable men, and pa
triots in whom all parts of the Union could con
fide.
Democratic Executive Committee of Ga.
The late Milledgeville Convention appointed the
following gentlemen a Democratic Executive Com
mittee :
Porter Jograira, of Muscogee ; A. S. Atkinson,
of Camden; P. Tracy, of Bibb; C. Murphy of
DeKalb ; D. 8. Printup, of Floyd ; 8. J. Smith, of
Towns; L. H. Briscoe, of Baldwin ; Henry Cleve
land, of Richmond.
The Hygienic and Literary Magazine, by M.
A. Malsby, Editor and Proprietor. This is anew
monthly serial of 64 pages, published in Atlanta,
and contains much valuable and interesting read
ing.
iST* Hon. Solomon Cohen was appointed trus
tee of the Savannah Medical College at their last
meeting, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of the lamented Dr. James P. Screven.
Embarrassing. —An unlucky accident happened
to a gentleman of some prominence in Washington
society, the other day. He was at a fashionable
party, and engaged in a lively flirtation with a
handsome young lady, when, happening to take
eut his handkerchief, to his intense dismay, there
dropped out of it a round ivory token, known
among gamblers as a “red check,” which rolled
forth on the carpet, and lodged directly under the
brilliant gas light, in full view of the company.—
Some of the gentlemen knew that the unlucky ivory
represented five dollars at a faro table, and though
the ladies could not have known what it was, the
poor gentleman’s conscious guilt and mortification
must have led them to suspect; and the woman
who suspects, to altar slightly the French motto,
finds out what she suspects. Os course the “cir
cle’’ was horrified. Pott,
from the Augusta Chronicle and Eeutlr.il.
The Georgia Democratic Convention.
The long agony is over, and Gov. Cobb has
been ignotnimously slaughtered in the house of
his friends. We were on the ground during the
whole of the tierce conflict, and our decided cou
viettou now is, that the Georgia delegation will go
for DoCglas, contrary to all expectation and cal
culation. Cobb’s friends thought, before assem
bling, that there would not be the slightest difli
culty in having him and ihe December Conven
tion endorsed, bv an overwhelming majority. But
they were decidedly out in their calculations, and
How ell Cobb, although the most popular man in
the State, and confessedly the only aspirant in
Georgia, has been defeated bv the superior maU
agement of his enemies.
Many of his strongest counties were unrepre
sented, because bis friends said there would be no
trouble —they had everything dead—aud the
counties which cast comparatively few Democratic
votes, were on hand, with their votes hostile to
the Governor. There was evidently a well con
certed movement by the leaders, under the per
sonal supervision of Mr. Stephens, and the agent
whom Judge Docglas sent out a couple of weeks
ago, and a great many of the delegates did not,
and do not tiow, understand the whole game that
was played. Ail opposition to Cobh was to be for
the benefit of Douglas, though ostensibly for
Stephens. It was strongly suspected that some
of the up-country delegates had been tampered
with, and that Gov. Brown had a hand in it—his
brother wanting to be a delegate to Charleston,
or an elector. The Convention did not appoint
electors, but appointed anew Executive Commit
tee, which will probably call another Convention
early in May, to consider the question of ratifica
tion of the Charleston action, and to appoint elec
tors. It may be well for the enemies of Gov.
Cobb to reflect that the tight may he renewed in
the next Convention, unless all thing* go right at
Charleston,
A resolution was passed requiring tlie vote of
Georgia to be cast as a unit, the resolution endors
ing the Dred Scott decision and lecommending
Cobb was voted down, no one was recommended,
no platform laid down, and no instruction given to
the delegates.
It was entirely and wholly an unequivocal sur
render to Squatter Sovereignty, to availability anil
to Douglas. (Jf the forty delegates appointed,
Cobb cannot got more than seventeen, and theie
fore, unity being required, ha will not get any
vote from Georgia in the Convention, either fiist
, or last. Those favorable to his nomination arp
three at large ; two from the First, one from the
Third, one lroin the Fourth, three from the Fifth,
four from the Sixth, and one each from the Sev
enth and Eighth, and of these seventeen, perhaps
four or more may be manipulated, should it be
come necessary.
Delegate* to the Charleston Con vent ion.
The following are the Delegates from Georgia
to the Charleston National Democratic Convention,
which meets Wednesday, 23d April next :
From the State at Large. —lions. Henry R.
Jackson, Isaiah T. Irvin, Henry L. Benning,
John H. Lumpkin, Charles J. McDonald, Hiram
Warner. Solomon Cohen and J. A. Wingfield.
First District —James L. Seward ot Thomas,
Julian Ilartridge of Chatham, Hugh M. Moore of
Laurens, Wm. P- Gauldpn of Liberty. Alternate
—S. F. Keller of Effingham, Win. Hugbpa of Lib
erty, J. X. Patterson of Lowudes, John S. Bryaa
of Montgomery.
Second District —William Johnson of Clay,
John A. Jones of Muscogee, Wiliiaur M. Slaughter
of Dougherty, James M. Clark of Stewart,
Third District —E- L- Stroheckcr of Bibb, L- B.
Smith of Talbot, O. C, Gibson of Spaulding, E. J.
McGeebee of Houston, Alternates— Allen Coch
ran, P. Tracy, G. R. Hunter, S. W. Burney.
Fourth JHstrict—J. J. Diamond of PeKalb, L.
H. Featherstone of Heard, W. Phillips of Ccbb,
S. Candler of Carroll. Alternates —J. M. Hurn
brick of Campbell, J. W. Duncan of Fulton, J. A.
Render of Merriwether, J. R. Smith of Coweta.
Fifth Distr iet —G. J. Fain of Gordon, W. T.
Wofford of Cass, James Hogue of Walker, L.
fields of Milton. Alternates— A. T. Hackett of
Catoosa, Mark Johnepn of pasa
Sixth District —William H. Hull of Clark, S. J.
Smith of Towns. H. P. Thoma= of Gwinett, and
A. A. Franklin Hill of Clark.
Seventh Jtistrict —L. If, Briscoe. Jefferson La
mar, John W, Burney, James Thomas,
Eigth District —Llewellyn A. Nelms, David C.
Barrow, John D. Ashton, and Dr. Henry R. Cas
gey. Alternates —Heury Cleveland, Alpheus Col
vard, Robert C. Robbins, and Quintiilun tvereen.
Augusta aud Jlacon Rail Road.
At a meeting of the City Council of Macon, held
the evening of the 13th, the following resolution,
introduced by Alderman Harrison, was adopted
Resolved, That the mayor be, anq .ie is hereby
authorized, on the recommendation of a majority
of citizens in public meeting, to subscribe Fifty
Thousand Dollars, on behalf of the city, to the
capital stock ot the rail road which is now con
templated from this city to Warrenton or Augus
ta, and that the mayor is instructed to call a pub
lic meeting of the citizens to be held on Wednes
day, thp 219 t ipst., anj to Sah'rfia to it the qi.es
-1 tion of such subscription.
A jury in Parker, Texas, in the case of a man
whp was on trial for horse stealing, and against
wb; om the crime was clearly proved, brought in a
verdict of acquittal, bepxusts a girl pres
ent promised to marry him if he should be RP*
quitted, as the horse, ior the stealing of which he
was arraigned, was taken to carry off the fair
Helen. A gallant jury, that!
Barn Bcrnt.—We understand that a barn, be
longing to James Langstone, a few miles from
this place, was burned on Sunday night last, to
gether with about five hundred bnshels of corn
and all of his fodder. It is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
P. S.—Since the above was put in type, we
learn that investigations have developed the fact
that one of Mr. Lang-tone’s own negroes was in
stigated to do it by a foreign pedlar, who has
beep peumbiilaiing the country for some tima,
The negro was apprehended, apd confessed to the
above fact, and is now confined in jail. —Thomson
Herald Uth.
, Douglas nnd Seward ou Slavery.
“ The People of a Territory, while in a territorial
’ condition, have the inherent power and right,
through their Legislature, to exclude slavery by
positive enactment.”— Position of Douglas in
Harper article.
“ Congress, by virtue of the Constitution, has
power to pass laws excluding tLvery from the
Territories.” —Position of IU. //. Reward.
The Pittsburg Chronicle states that about two
thousand acres of land have )>een bought and
leased in Wood, Wirt and Ritchie counties, Vir
giuia, for the purpose of boring for oil, by persons
from Pennsylvania. The oil wells on one proper
ty on Hughes river, in Wood county, are reported
to yield thirty barrels per day. There are large
preparations making tp extend the business in that
quarter.
Thf. Convention tjCKSTiox.—A special dispatch
to the Charleston Courier, dated Washington
March 16th, says : “ The excitement growing out
of the reported high rates intended to be charged
in Charleston for the term of the Convention, has
reached & great heat, and it is considered proba
ble that thg Central IJeino.’ratie Committee will
be compelled to reconsider the matter. Deputa
tions of the citizens and residents of Richmond,
Va., have been here, urging the claims of that city,
offering all accommodations. Active representa
tives of the claims of Baltimore have also been
here, and some are now here, promising, by au
thority of tho landlords, that no extra rates will
be charged. The feeling of the people here is
strongly in favor of Baltimore.”
Wise Preparation.
The Charleston Courier says that the visitors and
delegates to the National Democratic Convention
who are coming on vessels, prepared, with sleeping
and eating quarters for them, during their stay,
may congiatulate themselves on the wisdom of
their epurge aftpr their arrival, as they will eecape
innumerable inconveniences and tremendous hotel
rates.
Melancholy Accident. —A little son of Mr. L.
Kendrick, about Bor 10 years of age, was run
over bv one of the tr*ius of the State Road on
Wednesday night last, at “Big Shanty,” in Cobb
county. He was instantly killed—thirteen cars
passing over his body. We learn that in attempt
ing to get on the cars while they were in motion,
he fell on the track, and in a few moments his
body was & mangled corpse. What an awful
warniug to the liuie boys of Atlanta, who are so
much in the habit of jumping on the carl while ift
motion ! —Atlanta intelligencer.