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Our Kail Mow*!.
Two <i*>i SUC<\ *• Lad th* J*e.eil#e o) •‘eeilif
R. B. Cuyfer, tbe President of our Road, with some
of hi* Board of Director*. The object of tltfif visit
to o-ir city, was Ufroti bttrinees of oor Rail R m<l.
A!i who know those functionaries, headed be nanfc
m man n4 R. R. Cuvier, know It No that a failure in
any enterprise is impossible with their
capital and intellect. We have long strngg'ed un
der the ein harassing difficulties which have, hung
around our city. Oue was the uncertainty of our
nrr tor the transportation of production . com
log to oar market, and another was, the want of
means to purchase those production*.
We are prond to say to the citizen# of the sur
rounding country, that ihoee difficulties arc now
removed. The S. W. Railroad i# now first ap
proaching oar city, and by the time the eirlieet
cotton of the present crop u ready tor market,
the Bail Road will be completed to the eastern
beak of oar river, end by the 6rn of nett De
cember the cere will be running to the Depot in
our city. Thi =is not mutter of opiniwn on lr, hat
we state it m a matter of fact from the fo.-,owing
evidence, Uw preparation of the road, eajd and
west of the river to the depot in our ckv, aid a'*o
the completion of the bridge across ibe river*;* con
tracted for by Mr. Thoxpson of Georgia, t>* most
efficient and reliable contractor in the Caftan’ bo*e
means and energy with hie shill has ala ays -nab!~d
him to complete his contracts far to advance of the
•ptciSed time. Re i alrMdy at work fast of ft*
river opposite our city and in a lew days, will hare
a large lore* operating on tha wetrii Ban-;, pre
paring the Road to ri-.e Depot ir. our city.— E.ufam.la
Ezjrrt'*
Anjoaia nnd A aeon Railroad WWwwelng.
Pursuant to a oall of the Mayor, the citizens of
Macon met last nigh: at Concert HaU.
On notion of his Honor, 0. 0. Spark*, E L.
Stzohecker, was called to the chair, and Thomas
L Rom appointed Secretarr
L. X. Waittie explained the object of the meet
ing in a few pertinent remarks, sod offered the
following resolution, which, after a short address
in their l&ror, by J. G. Gresham and Dr. Joel
Branham, was put to vote and unanimously passed,
▼i*:
Etiot -J, That the action ot the Mayer and
Council of the city of Macon, on the 11th of
March, 1860, touching the proposed Railroad from
Micon to Warreutoa or Aya*ta be. ard the tame
is hereby ratified. that the Mayor of the city tx
hcrebj authorised to subscribe fifty thousand dol
lars to the capital stock of the contemplated rail
road from Macon to Augusta or such point on the
Georgia railroad as may be fixed upon by the par
tie# in interest. Provided, the same be paid for in
bond* of the city at par, bearing eeren per cent,
interest, with coupons to be ptid every sit Months,
said bonds to become due at such time as the
Mayor and Council may tstuk heat.
James A. Nisbet offered the following resolution,
vl* :
Rctoh-f.d, That the City Council tie requested to
send a dop iutiers conaMting of the Maror and owe
or more Aldermen, or if necessary, some other
person, to Augusta, to represent the rily stock at
the organization ot the company on the ifith in
stant.
The masting then adjourned.
E. L. Sttoantt*, fh'sm.
Two*as L Rom, Sec’y.
Cotton Plaqlert’ twiivrstisa.
I’mr, March f;, iwi;>>.
Da JoeSPH Joses, of the C’ty of Augusta, hav
ing been unpointed t’beroi*’ to the Convention,
(<iie motbod is adopted of grvi .g public r.otice of
ibii fact. Persona who may r*-qtrire the services
of the Cbrnkt, will adder** Llw m the city of his
residence.
Agents lor the sale ot Fertilizers, are informed
tbit such as may b-? submitted to the examination
of the Chemist, will bo recommended to pUunrra
by the Convention.
Pervoa* desiring the ••-rvh.es of the Chemist
will agree with him, as to tbe amount of compen
sation which they will be required to pav.
Xewspsoera triend!v to this measure, are verv
fully requested, to give this notice one or
more insertions.
HOWELL COBB. President.
OwsEßsnir Tub G**at Biinii.ee.—l have al
ways believed that the stimulus ol proprietorship
is the most powerful that can b applied to labor,
and was rejoiced to find that the greatest of mod
era writers upon political economy (Stuart Mill* 1 ;, in
uce of the mast striking and interesting portions
of his gru*t work, sums up, on toe whole, in its
favor. lie Suva : —“lf there is a first principle in
intellectual education, it is tbi#—that the dtaeddiue
which does good to toe mind is that in which the
is®>i is active, cot that in which it is pos-ive. The
aeeret for developing tl.e fat uities is to give •hem
much to do, and much inducement to do it. Few
thing* surpass, in th:s respect, the occupations and
iilsresi* created by the ownership and culuvuUon
of land.” (vol. i. p. SSI).
A Sw;% statistical writer speaks of the “aJjioat
eu;wrhurnaa industry of peasant proprietors.”—
Art bar Young nyr, “It is the magic of property
•vhiea turn* eaiid into gold.” Michelet says it acts
Uke e ruing pas-km upon the peasantry of Franc*-,
ad that in Flanders, tbe peasant cultivation is al
lirmed to produce heavier crop# in equal cirtutu
stat eewof end than tbe best cultivated district* of
England and Scotland.
High Prices In Charleston— % Hard story.
Tbe Herald of the l'ith publishes despatches
from its Washington Correspondent, shoot the
prospective deficiency of space and food in Char
leston for the Democratic Convention. That func
tionary says in the course of the despatch:— 5
“Another gentleman showed me a letter today,
which he received from a citizen of Charleston, to
which he applied for rooms, with board for Limeif
wife and ton, informing him as follows : “ I went
to tbe principal hotels to see what I could do for
you, bat all refused positively to have an v la die: in
the bouse, as in each hotel drawing rooms, parlor*
and halls will be packed with beds and cots. Mid
each occupant will he charged ten uoilrra per dav. \
I naxt went to all the private boarding boiise-, tnd
found them oil engaged. Next I went to evfjel
private houses, and at last 1 induced a lady to nay
ahe would accofflodate you, if you and your wife
will take a bedroom and let Charlie alcvp in the
parlor on a sofa. .She will charge you eighteen
dollars per day for the three. I *au.~e vow you ci n
not do better if jou wish to cotne. 1 u.ive noser
seen such an exciting timo here aa there is abc-ut
the Convent-.on. I hoard at the ■ iinu*e, Net
had to give up my room last week until the Ist of
May, for the landlord told u all that e must pav
during April fifty dollars per week, and then allow
tim to pu> wine ote ebc in ourrown. Tnia f could
not afford, anu went to a friends house, and now
find 1 must change again, and God oulv knows
where 1 shall go. The reason why board wiil bg
*o enormous is tual iu market i* very
high. Beef now sell* lor fitty cents per pound, nud
everything Is iu tbit proportion.’*
Such a statement as this about ll*> price of pro
visions in Charleston ia surely iacre^dildc.
The Mat’sn nnd Augusta Katlrwad.
We see that tbe Mayor o> Augusta has eeited a
convention of the subscribers to the Mtlledgeville
Railroad Company, aoil of the delegates from the
cousues and eities iuterested in the Macon and
Augusta Railroad, duly t::t!iwrized to speciiv the
an:our.’ of thetr subscriptions, whether condition..!
or not, sod the character of the conditiooe, if
The conrrntion is railed for the -JKfh day o* March.
The result of that convention will mate'iully afiect
the Columbia and Hamburg Railroad. K tlte Ma
con and Augusta Railroad ia built, u>:Ou tbe com
pletion of tbe Mobile and Girard Railroad, Colum
bia by the Hamburg Road would have an almost
air line cot.n.ctivt. with Mobile. With these too-
Bectious, if Mobile, issu-ad of Selma, be taken jw
a salient point, the figures would speak verv much
mor in our favor than did those wuhmitud by Mr.
tl&ldweil at the rerent town meeting.—
Beaaer.
Os the “Cc nstitu’.iunsi I'aioii parly’* u. >:*>
land and elsewhere the Baltimore Clipper asy:
•‘The masses of thg people hail it as the bat blue
rot peace nod concord between tbe nrrtione * k
tbe means ot quelling sectional seitatioo and f
restoring unity to the Upfwiion to democratir
corruption ood misrule. The igM ol the time*
indicate that tbe e nth am?, am engendered hy thv
raloa party movement wiM exceed that whkh bor©
dowu the defiant bauneiw ot Dnuocrarv in tbs
nemorable coo test of 1 k40.”
The old prefect of foi tuiag n new Brate out wf
Xonhern Misskripp;, Western Tennevve, er.d the
. ***[•*• western point of Kentocky, baa been re
vlved. end tl.e lenuesse Legirietarv he*given it i*
eoncuon. Tbe prop.jsed Stole would lie twundee.
rlvwr oa lW #•, throagb the I
JS ,r ‘ and Tenare.-, ard by tb.
a lh * wt9t - OUd would . atu.n . ooua. J
a tea m about 100,000. *
prrlsdlrals.
On* of the bes’ go'ieu up Monihlics iu Georgia, j*
it not in she South, is “Educational Hcpositor* |
and Family Moi.ihly.” a hick U pullishtd under tbe
auapicea of the Edacaiional Institute of tbe Merit”- i
.11*’ F.piai-o|*aH'hurcli, ad priat. and y R I
iiawleiier, Aliants, Getiigia. Tl.e number lor ]
Mmb stielain* the Ligli and dienilied position as- |
siiffl.d’hj hie liri too iiiHiitefi, and which, might
l*o expected trom s monthly emanating from the
source this does.
Tltc rWSMenUt of thl number are, in the Edue.*.-
tion-jl department : lecture on tbe Anglo-Saxon
Language as an Element of the English : Tl<e
Proper Position of the Methodist Church in Popu
lar Education ; Religion that will wear ; Primary
School Books ; A natural Philosophy ; Cultivation
of the Expressive Faculties; Too many studies at
once*. The Langit of s Child. In the Family de
partment, some twenty articles suited to the fami
ly circle. Os those in the Educational department
the majoritv of them, and the most elaborate and ‘
interesting, are original. The first article, (oo tl.e
Anglo-Saxon Language.) is highly entertaining and
instructive, and, of it-elt, is worth n.ore thuit the
subscription price. This valuable Monthly merits
a Ivrge list of subscribers, and we are gratified to
learn the list is being added to almost daily.—
Terms, i2 per annum. All communications for
publication should be addressed to Rev. J. Knowles,
Macon, Georgia ; ail advertisements
and monies to G. B. ffaygood. Esq., Treasurer.
Atlanta, Georgia.— Atlanta American.
Copies of ihN Periodical tuay be at tbe
MethodLt Depository ia this city. Also, at this
oibce. Single C'opir* 25 cent#.
A \rgro’* Tourhnie I'rayer.
Thfi R?r Dr. Li;, the new Missionary Bishop
of the Southwest, was a native of the city of Rich
mood. Rod married a lad? ia the neighborhood.
On bis return here to attend the meeting of the
General Convention, he brought Us wife with bic,
to th* great delL'ht of all the family, and especial
ly of tbe old family “ervants. It was a great gala,
day among the slaves of the household, and they
expressed their joy ia a variety of demooiiration*.
One good old negro, who was an “exhorter,” and*
“class leader,” went off alone to pray, iu view of
the glad event. His prayer was over bexrd, and
this was tbe burden of it -
“ 0 Lord, we bress dy cstne for Lringin young
misses back to de old home agin safe aud soun.
We brws# dv name, too, for givia of her eicb a
good husban. O Lord, take good care of him.
And, O Lord, as thou bast made him a word
i speaker for thee, do thou, 0 Lord, b** a heart-£tir-
Irer to him—for Jexu*’ sake, ame a. ‘'—Church Re
cord.
From :te Journal of Commerce.
Guauo Fever at the South.
The introduction of Guano into the houlbern
J P'- rt> x has given a marked impulse to agriculture
: in that sectioa, within the past twelve months ;
and earnest attention is now being directed, not
only to the opening of now lends for culbivstion,
j bat to ike reokniation of old and vtuiu-out
• tracts.
I The South has long been convinced of the n®
ceseity of a reform in its agricultural system, and
evparifrent ha# proved to tketu that guano ■> to
ronder important service iu effecting it. Plotuors
have heretofore shown a di'pwiiioN to exact too
much from the fertile soil of the South, or, rather,
to depend almost wholly upon iu annual pro
ductiveuesa, instead of aiding in its uuaoa! tributes
by tillage aud the employment of fertilizers. —
When long use h.vd occerioned a diminution of
the crops, the deficit was niude up by the addition
of acres, and at ust the lauds were altogether
abandoned for new one#. Thu# we find iu Vir
giuia and other States, lirge arena of waste lauds
that were once highly productive farms, and lor
Itae reasons we hear of Florida punters recenily
abandoning desirable locations iu that State, for
more fertile tracts iu Georgia. Iu New Ei gland
ou the contrary, vastly iuferior land has beeu
made to yield a gene roue tribute to the termer by
deep plowing, rotation of crop#, and the use of
rich fertilizing agenia ; r.ad the same farms may
hare been worked for a century.
At lat, however, the South bus taken up tbe
suLj-ct iu earn* st. Th*- com pa rati vel v low price
of American guano, which is but two-Jtirds tbal of
the Peroviau, and deemed more valuable, place# it
within tbe means of all. Several cargoes have al
ready been landed st South* in ports, sod found
immediate sale. Wherever guano baa been tried
the results hare proved most satisfactory,—the
yield of or ops per acre briug move thun double
that where uoue was used. The introduction ot
rich fertilizer# mu.-t ultimately prove of incalcula
ble benefit to the South, not only by enhancing
the value of it# lauds, aud iucreosiug its agricultural
products, but in supplying that deficiency ot labor
ers which is left ibeie ; for it rue same dumber of
field-hands can produce double the quantity ol
cotton, it is iu effect iuci casing the fieid-torce in a
like rati**.
Knilroad SivitCli.
The Atkrota Locomotive of toe 2<-ta instant,
thus bg:Lc*s tl.e placing of one of Dougherty’#
Pauir lUiiroa-J Switches in tba: Railroad city.
We have already introduced this Switch to our
readers, ami verily believe that 100 much cannot
be said In in praise. We are mtre that it meet#
and obviates every i-0.-aible daeger attending a
Railroad FviU b. It cannot be misplsced so as to
throw the esiw off the track. Tl. l * train will pre
serve its course, and take its uatnrul direction, os
matter how the Switch i# placed. This contrivance
on'lit to ‘-laim tbe special attention of all Railroad
managers.
“ Dougherty's ivew awitch will prevent a train
from running off the track, if, by evident, it
thottld be placed wic-ng. The efficacy of it wrs
thoroughly tested in Atlanta on Saturday list. A
train aaa paased back and forth over it, at the
rate of tweaty miles an hour, witiicut it# having
been moved. Tbi# great invention should enrich
the inventor, who ha# supplied a desideratum
equaled only by the safety valve to prevent explo
sion of the boiler, of a steam engirt.
Mr. Dougkriy has been, for many ycura, mas
ter roachinoSL iu the Maeon A Western Railroad
shop.
Every Railroad Company should be supplied
with these switches, without delay.”
Inteifwatlng >rnv from \ era Cruz.
Nttc OilViM, March 24.—The schooner Vir
ginia Antoinette, which left Vera Giuz cn the
evening of the 16th in#t., has arrived here. Her
officers Mate that tbe military conference, for the
purpoeo **f suspending hostilities with the forces
under Kikamom and JraEEZ, had broken lip with
out atij favorable result.
Mijcawo.# commenced a bombardment of Vera
Crst on the morning of the 15th, which waa con
tl laed with nnabsted fttyv until the schooner Vir
g.aia left. The shot and shell were failing in the
catr, killing severs!, and doing much damage.
I Many shot* fell among the shipping, under the
: castle, be: without ifleet, so far a# was known up
to the sailing of the Virginia Antoinette.
Two Spanish tv#r aiesiner# arrived at Vera
Crux on iko 15th inst.
i
Inr v Waabiugton letter save—
liwre is a siory alloat in the Gepitol to-day that
! si i ;Le iuteatiot of (lie South to bolt at Charle#-
U n if Douglas is uoiuinated, and run in and take
p iea<.'S#u>u ot the Baltimore Convention, on the
‘Ah of May. .knottier tiieory about the Baltimore
(ktDvemiou ie, that its manager* intend noniiua
til ig some Republicon with American proclivities,
f wr.th the belief tliat tbe Chicago Convention will
Lave to take that candidate, and Gen. Skoit and
lfatea are talked off iu this connection.
There ia a report, emauating from a high source,
that some of tbe a: li-i'ouL'la# Senators boast that
they have made ariHUgeuit'ii's to Securv* some cf
the Xort'wwesteia DaagUi democrat# tor Crecken
ridge.
j Whether “the Semh >U bolt at Citavleston if
DoogUa b DwoiiMkX’ reiuaiiii to be seen, bat ot
one thing •* !t*el Very confident, and that ia tluit
tbtiusiudli of true bvuv'tkU in (iforgi* will bolt
the noti.u alion ot me Conveatioo it’ Douriai ia
ibr uuiuTjci!. Xu ir|NMIU of tpMicno nor
rfeu tijiprthc.moiui <j Jiiat k Jit publico n triumph,
j ran induce the democracy of Georgia to endorse
lanugia*’squ <rrr sovereignty heresy, which, in its
practical elferaa. would In* ax fatal to the rights of
the Sooth in tiif terriioric* as any dot trine preach*
rd by Seward hin!elf. Those southern journals
who ban* interpreted the action of the Lite Con
tention at Mdied"e*ilh*, in sending delegates to
Charleston uninstmctcJ, a* favoring the nomina
tiou of Deuglaa, hate done injustice to the Conven
tion and to the d-nuocrary of Georgia.
Geutgia has atroug claims on the party, and
■woe than on- sou worthy of the nomination for
tin: Presidency, but she will concede everything
except principle uud honor to ptnmote the unity,
harmony and triuiapii of the National Democracy,
on sound cousUtutiwiial prim iples.—dree. At**.
Mu,*. al A4ociaTioa or Geßia.--Tlie Itome
(<la.) Qmtrier , of the tifKh last., evr*- A. fl. Thom
as, M Lh, Secretary of the Association, gives no
tice that the society will assemble in this city,
(Bov*,) oa the ancon4 Wsdnaaday ia April hast
Grand Jury FrwntnH’iil*.
We the Grand Jurors, sworn, chosen and se
lected lor the Match tend lfbw, of Macon Siq>-
lior Court, Ih‘J leave to make the following gen
eral prC!*enituenia :
We have through our committee#, axamined
into the record# of the Superior u nd Inferior
t'ouii#, and ftnliiniiy ol -aol couuiy, mid find
them neatly and correctly kept—doing credit to
rite res*(e* tive clerks, and lull ami ample justice to
the public. • ,
We also find In the hand# of the clerk ot the
Inferior Court, a Tnupor fund to the amount ot
four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ten
terns, ami iu Ids hand# to be paid to the county
Treasurer, one hundred and forty-three dollars
and fifty-seven cents.
We find amount received by Treasurer Edu
cational Fund ‘58.88
And amount paid out 1677.6 1
Leaving a balance in his hands of. SI.SI
We find outstanding demand# against
said Fund of about §400.00 i
Upon the subject of education, the lass are in
our opinion defective, and not lolly adapted to the
wants of those intended to be benefltted. It I
would be in vain for us, therefore, under existing J
circumstance#, to recommend the laving out ot <
Pchool districts ; for while the uio*t densely pop
ulated section# ot the county could barely support
school# sufficient to demand the service# of com
petent teachers, without the aid o! surrounding
Oommun ties, those section# that ure more
sparsely populated, could never support oue. We
therefore, hare only to recommend the system al
; ready established, as the beat we can do at the
present ; and at the Fame time, try to establish
gome svstern, that will have a tendency to throw
sll cUmm upou an etjtul fooling, and thereby
j stimulate the parent# of poor children, to keep
• their children more closely at school. We think,
therefore, that the same rales of tuition should be
paid for tbe poor a# for the rich. This discrimina
tion, no doubt, ha# a tendency to humiliate and
emtarrasi the feelings of such ; and they very
readily conclude that fheir rates of tuition beiug
reduced to such a small pittance, it does not war
rant equal attention to those whose rates are
much higher.
We recommend tbit the fund# appropriated by
the State for educational purpose#, be resolved
into a Poor School Fund, and that it be distribu
ted to teachers at equal rates with all the pupils,
aa near as the law will permit.
We recommend that the board of examiners be
more stringent in granting permit# to teachers,
who are to share in the distribution of the school
fund. Also, as it ha# been ascertained, that tbe
Ordinary is still in arrears with the teachers to the
amount of four hundred dollar#, for services al
ready rendered ; and also learning from the prop
er source cf information, that there are about one
hundred and thirty-five children, who are benefici
aries of this fund—we recommend to the Inferior,
Court that s tax of thirty per cent be assesed on the
?tote tax, for the purpose of extinguishing the
dob’# now existing, and also, those that may ac
era# during the present year.
We recommend the Inferior Court to hare the
insides of the Court room plastered, and such por
tions of the Jury room# as are not ceiled, and to
have the Court-room over head painted white, o
a# to correspond with the pßateriug ; and also, to
have gliiM put in place of all the broken pnnra of
glas# ia said Court house—and that more benches
be f.irniahed for the Petit Jury room.
We Imre examined the Jail, and find it in good
repair, and recommend the Inferior Court to
have the same paiuted, for it# preservation.
We are glad to say that the roads and bridges
in the county, are generally in good repair. We
find, however, that the Bridge across Buck’s
Creek, near Oglethorpe, is wan'ing repairing, and
we recommend the Inferior Conti to have it re
paired at once ; also, the Bridge across Camp
Crock, on the road from Oglethorpe to Arnpricus,
and the Bridge .ncro# Buck’s Creek at Harp’s,
needs repairing—and we afik the Inferior Court to
have tbe same attended to.
We recommend that Drewry W. Maasee be re
leased from the county Tax of Sarah L. and Joliu
X. l!>i*#pe, minor children of Needham Massee jr.,
deceased, by hi# satisfying the Court, that the
same tin# been paid in the countv of Lee.
We recommend hi# Honor Judge Lsmar, to
pa#* orders, allowing each Bailiff in attendance,
two dollars per day, in satisfaction of their servi
ce# on this during this Term.
We beg leave to refer, with no feeling# of !--
pondefii V, but of deep regret, to the gloomy
state ot the country, ami we especially reprobate
and condemn the action of most of the non slave
bolding States of this Union, in violation of the
Constitution of the United States, in nullifying and
evading the fugitive slave law and other guaran
ties of that instrument for the protection and
safety of the institution# of the South ; and we
hold that nnn-interconrse should ho held by the
Soutlieri) State# with members of the confederacy,
acting in such bad faith aud in suck a bad spirit ol
injustice, to the rights und institution# of the peo
ple of the South. In view of these fact#, we rec
ommend our citizen# to carry ou their trade, only
with those iayiug in their .-.uppltes in Southern
ports, and we respectfully urge upon our Legisla
ture, the propriety of passing an act exempting
from luxation good# obtained from Southern ports
aud brought into this State for sale. And we rec
ommend to the next I<egi-daturo to have an act
passed, taxing all property manufactured in any of
those States that have passed any hostile acts
against the institution of slavery, that doe# virtu
ally annul the Constitution of the United State#
or the law# of Congress passed in accordance with
tbe fame ; an-J we request the Senator and Repre
sentative trom tiii# county, to introduce, and have
passed such a law.
We should bold the election of a Flack Repub
lican Professing “higher law” and “iirepressive
con tiict’ doesrioes to the Presidency as a declaration
of war against the Constitution, nud against the
rights and social institution# of the Bouth, to be
resisted at the very threshold by every means
which God and nature have placed in our power,
even to a disruption of every tie which binds us to
the so called “labor state#.
And w-o further recommend toour fellow citizens
Dot to support for political office, any man or par
ty who ia not prepared to enforce rigidly all the
guaranties of the Constitution, and especially those
relating to the rendition of “fugitive* from justice
aud labor,” thoe guarantying to each and every
State the protection of the government of the
Uuiicd ritates against invasion, and that too wheth
er that invasion be by h foreign nation, an Indian
tribe, or by another Hrate of the Confederacy,
and we insist that the government of the Uni
ted State# should be held to a strict perform
ance of it* duty, in protecting our right# of prop
erty including projierty in slave*, wherever that
government has jurisdiction, wrhether on land or
sea. Wc hail as a sign that our Legislature ia in
the right direction, by the passigo of the act of
tbe last session against itinerant traders, und
truckster?, hailing from tbe land of wooden nut
megs, horn dint# and basswood cucumber seed,
and those in conjunction with them iu this mis
chievous and nefarious traffic ; and we recommend
the rigid enforcement of tfiat Salutary law.
In taking leave of hi* honor Judge Lamar, we
tender to him our approbation for the able, digni
fied, impartial and efficient manner in which he has
discharged the busioe## of the present term of the
Court.
We l#o tender to him the thanks of thi# body
for the courtesy and kindues* that he ha# manifes
ted to us.
Also, to the Solicitor General, T. \V. Mont fort
for his courtesy, promptness and efficiency in the
discharge of his duty a# a State officer.
We reeommend that the-to presentments be
published in the “Jouraal Ac Messenger” published
at Macon, Ga.
Benjamin Harris, Foreman.
Lewi# M. Peter#, James 11. McGarity,
Richard William#, Joseph Matt,
Lemuel M. Gatlin, John Shealv,
John L. Bryan, .Martin L. Harp,
Henry L. Corbin, Richard A. Greene,
Win. F. E. Ogburu, Rotij. A. Hudson,
Kim-heti Melton, Aron A. Lowe,
Elijah Cloud, Seaborn C. Bryan,
Hansel U. Dixon, John B. Mathis,
Thom a# H. Morgan.
We, tle undersigned Grand Jurors, protest
against that portion of the general presentments
of the Grand Jury of thi# Term, w hich recommends
non-intercourse with any portion of the Northern
State#, bvciM we think it beyond the province of
rite Grand Jury, to make any such recommenda
tion.
S. C. Bryan, John Siioaly,
K. A. Greene, 11. L. Corbin,
L. M. Gatlin.
It is ordered by the Court that, the foregoing
preocntmenfs be published according to the rec
ommendation of the Grand Jury.
A true extract Iroui the minutes of Macon Su
perior Cooit. J.xo. M. Gukkb, Clerk.
March <si, 186 b.
Col. XV m. I'. Samlnr.l,
It is with infinite Q orrow, Buys the Montgomery
AJixrtiK,, that we learn oftbe serious illness of
our friend, Col. Wai. F. Santford. The disease
under which he has been ho loop ssffering is s<tij
to have resulted in a dropsical affection of a very
dangerous niturc. We trust that tbe danger lux
been over estimated, and that this brilliant and
devoted son of tbe South may log be spared to
Id* aouutry
MACON, GEORGIA :
Wednesday, March 28,1860. •
HA ION COTTON MAKKET.
The demand U moderate, except for fine quali
ties. Few sales of th lower grades. Quotation* j *
are from 6 to cent#.
State Convention. ■
MACON, March 16th, lb*#). 1
At a consultation of the State Executive Com
mittee of tbe Opposition party of Georgia, held
(bis day, (all the members being present or con
senting thereto, except Cnl. Milledge, of the 1
Eight District) it was unanimously rescind to
iaeue the following cnli :
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 Democratv party—to all interference by one
section with the domestic institutions of another,
whether in die State or in the Ten itories, which
! me the common property of all the State#—who
believe the Constitutional right, of the South to a
free etfjoyuent of the latter, with her property of
every description, both just and indefeasible—
who eschew all sectional political parties as inimi
cal to the public tranquility—who reverence the
Constitutive, and advocate respect and obedience
to all laws passed in pursuance thereof, and
to the decision* of the constituted judicial tri
bunals of the land, are requested to meet iu their
respective counties, as early as practicable, and ap
point delegates to a State Convention to be held
in the city ol \ii!ledgeville, on Wednesday, tbe 2d
day of May next, for the purpose of takiug such
action as may be deemed expedient iu reference to
the approaching Presidential elect.on.
The Committee.
Editors throughout the State, will confer a
j favor by giving the above a few insertions.
Political Jlcctiiix.
The Opposition Party of Monroe county, are re
quested to meet in FORSYTH, ON THE FIRST
TUESDAY IN APRIL, to appoint Delegates to the
State Consiitutional Union Convention, to be held
- in Milledgeville, on the 2nd day of May next.
National Constitutional Union Convention.
• The National Executive Central Committee of
| the Constitutional Union Party, at a late meeting,
j resolved upon the 9th of May next, a* the day for
holding the Convention of that party at Baltimore,
for the nomination of candidates lor the offices of
President and Vice-President of the l nited States.
• Constitutional Union men in each State, are in
j vited to elect to said Convention, delegates equal
iin number to the electoral vote to which their
’ State is enlitUd.
The Convention will assemble at the hour of 12,
of the day named. By order of the Committee.
Vl W. Walker, See’y.
DEATH OF A PRINTER.
John Pass, aged about forty year#, and a prin
ter by trade, was found dead in bed at 2 o’clock
yesterday morning, at the residence ot hi# sister’#
husband, Mr. Siiira Cunningham, iu the Warrior
District, twelve miles frosu Macon. The night be
fore he wa# under intiuence of liquor and hi# sud
den death is attributed to that cause. He wus an
excellent compositor nud had been employed form
erlv in this ami other printing establishments iu this
city. —Telegraph of Ttteedag.
j We read the above announcement with surprise
. and pain. For several years at different times Mr.
I Pass has been employed iu this office, and aside
from the unfortunate habit which has hurried him
to an untimely grave, waa surpassed hy few, as a
faithful and accomplished printer. Upright and
generous in all.hi# dealings —with qualifications for
great usefulness, it is most sad to contemplate U#
unhappy fate. It should loudly admonish otheis
of the “art divine” to avoid the fatal cup by which
a brother fell.
A Suggestion.
As it is proposed to form anew national party
to be called the “Constitutional Union Party,’>
w ould it not be well in calls for county meetings, to
make them conform to this title, and invite all in
favor of forming a party with this uame and design,
to co-operate in the selection ol delegates, Ac.
By-lbo-wav, we are glad to observe that out
neighbor of tbe Telegraph feels at liberty to accept
the liberal invitation of our Executive Committee.
We will try to treat aud entertain hint better than
: did his democratic friends in the March Convention.
We have nil along thought him in a false position.
The Rail Read Meeting,
On Wednesday evening last, was very harmoni
ous in feeling and united in actiou. The meeting,
without a dissenting voice, authorized the City
Council to subscribe *si),oo<> —also to scud a dele
gation to Augusta to represent the city in the Con*
rentiou oi the Stockholders, which meets to-day.
A subscription has also been made by our citizens—
to what amount we are not informed. The friends
of this enterprise have only now to go forward
with energy and preseveraoce to make it a great
i success.
COL. HENRY R. JACKSON
We take groat pleasure in announcing that this
eloquent gentleman will deliver an address before
the Y. M. U. Association in this city, at Concert
11*11, on Saturday next, P. M. Subject—“ The
principle of Low as contrasted with that of Force
in the civilization of the world. ” Our citizens
will doubtless avail themselves of this opportunity
to enjoy a literary feast as on former occasions |
J they heard Col. Jackson with delight, ilia public
addresses arc replete with brilliaut thoughts, and j
usually abound in eloquent passages. The ladies
will have a better opportunity of hearing him in
Concert Hall, than they had on the occasion of
laying the die of Capt. Holmes’ monument, when i
there was so dense a crowd intervening. We’
need not bespeak for him either a full house or a
fair audience.
THE AHIMQN BfcZON
By the M. W. Grand Master W. S. Rockwell, ;
has been adopted by tbe Grand Lodged this State,
and is now used in all our Subordinate Lodges who ‘
have been able obtain it. It is highly approved as a ‘
working-book here and in other states wherever it
has been dispensed. Copies of it can be obtained
of Joseph E. Wells, the Grand Treasurer, by
Lodges or individuals.
RAILROAD ITEM-
T!ie Eufaula “Sunny South'* says, that a con
tract has just been taken to complete the R-iUroad
from that city to the Mobile and Ohio road. The
contractors to have it ready lor the cars in eigh
teen months—a very convenient route for our cit
izens to Mobile, Ac.
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE
Our paper went to press before we had the
pleasure of hearing the address of Mr. Moffat, the
distinguished temperance advocate,who lectured in
Temperance Hall, last night. We learn that there
is some probability of his lecturing agaiu |
of which notice will l>e given in hand-bills. This
is a noble cause, and worthy of tbs attention of
the youth of our city especially.
Julian Home A Tale of College Life,
Vi/ J’l eJn'ic W. fa civic, .4. -if-i J'< Un< of i
Ttimitjf College, Cambridge. Philadelphia: J. B.
Lippincott A Cos.
This is the title of a handsome volume which has
been laid upon our table. From a hasty examina
tion of its pages, we doubt not it will be found an
entertaining work. For sale at Boarduun's.
Mr. ILuttdnun has early placed before us th*.
April number of Harper's Monthly, with an excel- 1
lent table of contents, for which he will accept our
thanks.
tar Tlte citizens of Milledgeviiie in public meet- j
inf have authorised a city aub*oriptk>& of #6<M)QO.
THE HEW PARTY
Some of our democratic con temporal ies are
making themselves inerry, other? unhappy, over
the movemptii to form anew [Kditicul organisation, j
Upon the simple and explicit, hut broad aud ample !
basis of the constitution and laws. We have our- j
selves some misgivings iu regard to its success.— j
The demoralization of political leaders—the spirit |
ot sectionalism —the love of the spoils; the tyranny
of party discipline and (lie power of party ties, |
and the violence of political prejudice and animos
tv, are all iu the way of this great and patriotic
object. Still we are willing to labor for its auccesa.
U can, we think, in no event, do harm—it may do
good. Theie are tens aud hundreds of thousands
of people, who are not satisfied with the present
condition of the country—who feel that our insti
tutions are in peril—who mourn the degeneracy of
the times. Xo one pretends to deny that the Re
public is iu great jeopardy. And the question very
naturally arises—who has brought upon us all
these evila and looming dangers? Certainly uoi
those who are now roost active in organizing the
new party.
If our democratic friends truly love their coun
try, whilst they may not at once enlist under its
banner, they will throw uo discouragements in the
way of a party, whose paramount aim is, to pre
serve the Constitution and Union from assaults,
come they from whence they may. Let them go
to Charleston, pul up good and irue men, and if
we do oot feel that it is right and proper to sup
poit them, we shall not regret their success.
A BOND OF UNION
Let auv one take a nup of the Southern States,
i and examine the Roailroad routes now iu Buece*9-
; full operation ouj m process ot completion, and
they will bo impressed with the remarkable co-in
! cidence, that only two links have to be supplied—
| the road from Macon to Augusta, and from Ham
’ burgh to Columbia, S. G.— to bring almost on an
air line, the capitois of six Southern States within
a few hours ride of each other, and the National
J Capitol, by rail. Place a line upon Jackson, Mis
sissippi, thence extend it to Montgomery, Alabama,
thence to Milledgeville or Macon Georgia, thence
to Columbia, S. C., and it will be seen that the
! capitois ot these four great cotton States are al
most in exact range. A slight curre takes you to
Raleigh, N. C., and Richmond, Va., thence, a di
rect line to Washington City. Now, can any body
doubt, that when these two roads are constructed,
this route will command an immense through travel,
the transportation of the mail on the Southern line
to the Pacific, and an express business of great
value and convenience, to say nothing ot the heavy
freights which will go over the road between this
1 city and Augusta!
It was staled by Col. Whittle at the public raee t _
1 ing the other night that capitalist? were takiug up
• the stock of the Augusta and Macon road, in some
instauces as a good investment. Weave not sur
| prised at this. Fassing through the old and wealthy
counties of Middle Georgia, the way freights and
travel, between Macon aud Augusta, to say noth
ing of through business of every kind, ought very
nearly to keep up the road.
But we should not lose sight of another impor
tant result which would grow out of the construc
tion of this Road. By furnishing increased fa
! cilities for the transportation of artificial fertilizers,
it would promote the productiveness ot the soil,
I retain a valuable population, and stimulate every
branch of industry along its route. More than
all, it would bind iu closer union those who neTe r
should be sundered.
WE MUST BE EXCUSED
The Augusta Constitutional ist suggests that the
fricuds a National Union Party, wheu they meet in
’ Convention ne.xt May, shall go over to democracy
in a body. We must decline the invitation, until
our democratic fiiends harmonize some of their
monstrous antagonisms about principles and men
which keep their political cauldron iu constant
commotion, lest we fare like the poor Cobb men,
’ ; who came out of the late March Convention as
> ruddy as a par boiled lobster, and about as crabbed.
We would be glad to hare patriotic democrats —
. and there are many—unite with us in the effort to
form anew party. But for old whigs and Ameri
i j cans with their sound national feelings and princi
l! pies, to go into the democratic party, disorganised
• i and demoralised as it uow is, would be like putting
‘ new cloth into old garments, or new wine into
• ‘ old bottles.
WHAT HAS SAVANNAH DONE 1
Under this caption, the Republican of Monday
contains an article which conveys a well merited
> tribute to the liberality and enterprise of our Com
mercial Emporium. We have not space for it en
tire but have laid ii by for our next issue. In the
meantime, every Georgian should feel pi oud of our
seaboard city, aud rejoice iu ingrowing prosperity.
—
I ! NEW advekiisements
That of MeJbrs. Zelin, Hunt A Cos. will show
that they have auexteusive stock of all sorts of
medicines for the evils to which mortal flesh is
i heir to, and no one can apply amiss for auytbing
in their line.
i Messrs. Brit’khoiwe A Cos. have a large and well
assorted stock of boots, shoes, Ac., whilst oppo
| site. Mr. Winship is opening new supplies and styles
of clothing.
Mr. Pugh, >t will be observed, is still furnishing
| specimens of his wonderful art.
The State Convention.—lt having been stated,
My 9 the Savannah Republican, in the proceedings
t of the late conference of the Opposition State Ex
[ ecutive Committee, at Macon, that all the members
were either present or consenting, “except Cel.
Milledge,” it is proper to say that Col. M. was de-
J taiued at home by domestic affliction. We are
authorised to state that the action of the Commit
tee meets his entire approval.
Tnic Chari.estox Convention.— The great ques
i lion of tin* day is, v>t who will be nominated lor
President—but, “What’s the price of board, wash
ing, aud lodging?” Squatter Sovereignty, the I.e
compton Constitution, Tariff, and even the august
“Sambo,” all dwindle into insignificance in the pres
ence of that momentous question.—.V. Y. Rxpress.
Nothing is said about sharing and combing—it
being understood that this delicate business will
be done bv opposing delegations for each other
gratis. It is also supposed that wigs will decline
in the ratio that steam rises.
There seems to be a desire and effort upon
the part of certain opposition presses and leaders
! iat the north and west, and perhaps in a few bor
-1 der slave states, te complicate the proposed Nation
al L'niou movement, its convention and nominees,
with the Chicago Republican assemblage and its
’ action. Now we tako the liberty of saying that
jso far as we are concerned, we will sanction no
i Presidential programme, that gives the slightest
aid or comfort to Black Republicanism. A Con
, Hiiiulional party with Seward or Douglas as allies
would be a mianomer, and victory under such aus
pices would be disastrous defeat. We hope the
American people in the approaching contest will
j esteem the peace and tranquility of the country of
| greater value than mere party success and the
, spoils of conquest.
are indebted to the Hon. Thos. Hsrde
man, Jr., for speeches and docuineuts. Hon. J.
A. I.ogan has also sent us a speech of Senator
Douglas.
Lines*!. Riqcest.—William Huston, for many
years a large furniture dealer, of the city of Char
leston, died last week, leaving au est.ite ot #2,000,-
000. Excepting *30,000 and one or two annuities,
inconsiderable in amount, he bequeathed his entire
fortune to hla widow for life, remainder over to
the citjr of yfertatpa i trott fyr cbaritabl# m
ACCIDENT ON tCUTH WESTERN RAILROAD.
A man was killed on the South Western Rail
road on Monday, the 19th inst., a short distance 1
below “Anderson Station,” iu Sumter county.
From what we have been able to learn, it would \
appear that he was sitting on the track iutoxicatad,
and asleep. The train hands on passing a curve,
discovered him, but being under rapid headway,
did not have time to check the train before
reaching him. The wheels ran over one of his
legs above the knee, and the other near the ancle
almost entirely severing them. He was taken up
and brought to Oglethorpe, and attended to as
far as possible ; but was never able to give any in
formation respecting himself. His limbs were
amputated by Dr. Colzey, but he expired in ashort
time afterwards. The only evidences of his iden
tity, were two letters found in his hat, addressed
to Henry Turner, at Richland, Stewart county, ap
parently from his sons—aud mailed at Eatouton,
the other at Milledgeville. The sum off 19.35
was found in his pockets. A Coroner’s Inquest
was held on the body, but no other facts wvre
elicited, than are stated abore.
P. S. Since writing the above, a son of Mr. .
Turner, residing iu Eaton ton, went to Oglethorpe
(on learning the accident) by whom we are in
formed that his father was a resident of North
Carolina, and had been on a visit to relatives liv
ing at Richland, and was then returning home.
A General Invitation.
A call for a Convention ol the “Opposition of
Georgia” at Milledgeville on the 2d day of May
next, is published and addressed lo “the citizens
of Georgia who are opposed both to the mad
scheme! 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 ike
domestic institutions of another, whether ia the
Slate?, or in the Territories, which are ibe com
mon property ot all the States--who believe the
constitutional right ot the South to a free enjoy
ment of the latter, with her property of every des
cription, both just and indefeasible—who eschew
all sectional political parties as inimical to the pub
lic trauquilily—who reverence ih Constitution an !
advocate respect and obedieuce to ali laws passed
in pursuance thereof, and to the decisions ot the
constituted judicial tribunals of the lind.”
Now —as the democrats of Georgia are largely
in the majority, and every honest man among them
is embraced in the terms of this invitation, (for we
tru9t there is no democrat in the State' not oppos
ed to all “abuses and extravagance” in bis own
party equally as elsewhere) let us go into this move
ment, meet our opponents iu Milledgeville and vote
them over to our side. There is no more use for
their organization than is a fifth wheel to a wagon,
and if we can incorporate them into the democrat
ic party, by a little fiiend-vioience, of this kind, it
will save a heap of useless bother. Go in boys,
and biud them over by a strong resolution to sup
port the Charleston nomination, which as sensible
and patriotic men, we believe they ought to do.
We find the above in the Telegraph of Saturday.
We arc happy to learn that our neighbor is so well
pleased with the liberal invitation of the Opposi
tion Executive Committee. Whether there will be
any use for the organization of a National l nion
Partv, the developments of the future will doubt
less determine. Should the Charleston Conven
tion present the right sort of ticket, we presume
most if not all of the democratic party South, will
sustain it. If, ou the other hand, they present
candidates for the two first offices of the nation of
the Douglas stamp, many will refuse to support
them. An influential democrat from South \\ es
tern Georgia, the other day assured us that as be
tween Douglas and a sound opposition candidate,
he would vote for the latter. Thousands of others
will do likewise, including perhaps, our neighbor
of the Telegraph.
Now we have a proposition to make to our dem
ent tic friends. Go to the Charleston Convention
give to the couutry able constitutional candidates.
If they are better and truer men than those pre
sented by the National Union Convention—should
that body deem it advisable to nominate candi
dates—we pledge ourselves to do what we can to
secure their election. If, on the other hand, the
Charleston Convention nominates Douglas, or any
one holding to his squatter sovereign doctrines we
shall expect our democratic friends to support the
nominees of the National Union Convention. If
neither Convention present ihe right sort candi
dates, then let us all unite iu putting up an electo
ral ticket for men of the t ight itamp, if they only
get the vote of Georgia. What gay our democratic
friends to this proposition* Is it not just, liberal
and patriotic ?
The Convention.
The proceedings of the Democratic Conveniion,
which met in this city, 04 Wednesday aud Thurs
day last, sava the Federal Union, will be found en
tire in our paper to-day. The deliberations of this
body, were not so harmonious as we anticipated,
and its action was uot attended with that good
feeling which ha? on most occasions characterized
similar gatherings of the Democracy. Thu Con
vention was about equally divided in sentiment, as
to the legitimacy and regularity of the December
Convention. A majority of the Delegates choen
to represent the Democracy of Georgia, we believe,
are favorable to the nomination of Gov. Cobb, for
the Presidency ; but the convention refused to en
dorse the recommendation of his name by the De
cember Convention, and to that extent the action
of the convention may be considered a repudiation
of Gov. Cobb. Whilst we believe that a very large
majority of the Democracy of the S:ate, prefer
Gov. Coon, a large minority of the party have
manifested a spirit of hostility to him, which was
undisguised as it was unrelenting. Knowing Gov.
Cobb’s views and sentiments as we do, we fear he
will uot permit his name to be used at Charles
ton. He has not sought to distraet the democracy
of the State, and we fear he will refuse to permit
his name to lie used, wheu he knows that a por.
tion of the delegates from the March Convention go
to Charleston purposely and avowedly tq defeat
him. It is the most silly thing imaginable to say
that the democracy of Georgia are united : or that
the late convention adjourned iu a good feeling ;
for it is patent that there was no good feeling—no
general joy pervading the convention. We are
willing to accept the action of the convention, and
shall be most agreeably disappointed, if its action
has not sown dragon’s teeth in the party which
will spring up hereafter, to tear and mangle its
vitals.
POLITICS IK ALABAMA.
It is proposed to hold a Slate Convention in Ala
bama, composed of the old hue Whigs, Auiericaus,
and all others opposed to the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties, on the 23d day of May next. The
call is thus noticed by the Mobile Ailrtrti*rr :
It will be seen that this movement does not com
mit any one to any given course of action in the
Presidential contest. It ouly invites concert and
deliberation upon the aspects of thst contest as
presented by tbe nominations which will have pre
viously been made at Charleston, Baltimore and
Chicago; and to such conference and considera
tion, it seems to qs, no conservative mau, of any
party, can reasonably object. Surely the cause of
sound constitutional nationality will be subserved
by such a meeting of Southern Whigs and Ameri
cans, whose patriotism aud fidelity to Southern in
stitutions have been thoroughly proveu again and
; again. From this measure no harm can result, and
! it may eventuate in great good.
liritUn and CUn|(ln Railroad.
.\t an adjourned meeting of the friends of the
• Middle (jround Railroad’ at MpDonpugh the 15th
inst., the commissioners appointed ip piouure
subscriptions in each county, made their reports.
Maj. Henry Moor, from Spalding, reported the
sum of #BO,*OV received in “ bona fids ” subscrip
tions.
CoL Q. R. Nolan, reported S77,(XX) far Henry
county, but which was subsequently raised to
#82,000. ,
Col. Harp, of Newton, assured tbe meeting that
his county would subscribe her share of tlie amount
required.* A committee was appointed to raise
#76 la each county by private subsciiption, for
making a preliminary survey of tbe route from
tfriffin to Coviuytoe. . *
THE UNION MOVEMENT.
The Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel , dorrs’a ford
ble article with the following paragraph :
But the Constitutional Union parry is a fixed fact
it is a necessity of the times, and the emergency
is such that it is realiy fast becoming the only pa/,
ty which the troubles of the tim*3 will leave lor
honest men, and patriots seeking the estabihLme.it
of principle*. The Union party will nominate
Southern man, sound but moderate, and on a Pound
but not ultra pl.itlorm, and we shall make the fight
if Douglas be the Charleston nominee, to carry
every Motuhern Stale, Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey, which carries the election without, a resort to
the House. But, it e cannot carry the electicu
in the Colleges, no man will deity, under the cir
cumstances supposed, our ability to entrv the elec
tion to the House, and then we si:ad elect our men
Between Douglas and and a Southern Union men,
every Southern State will finally be compelled ia
the House to take the Union candidate, “and the
two other votes necessary to an election will he
finally got from Oregon and California. Even if
we get only one State in the College? v.e shall elect
our President, and i* only remains for the South
ern Democracy to determine whether the election
shall go to the Hou?e or not The Dr-n.oeratic
•andidate has no possible chance, and, Seutbein
Democrat?, you have got to choose leturen the
Ur-ioii can J date and the Republican—it is run
rowed down to that. How do you like the pbvsio
you gave us in iSio*
~ MR. COSB DECLINES.
By the following extrac t of a letter f:om Gov
Cobb to Hon. J. TANARUS, Irvin and published in the Fed
eral Union, it will be -een that Mr Cobb refuses
the u-:e of his name before the Charleston Convcr,
ton
The March convention has assembled and its pro
ceedings are now before roe. I have caretuliy ae
a'.vsed and considered them in connection with tha
action of the December ccrminfion. The result]*,
that I am welt aatisfied that I have received dni ng
ibis conte-t the warm at-d eariie-;£ support oi a de
cided majority of tee democracy of the Stcte— for
•vliicb 1 fee! most deeply ami sincerely grateful. It is
clear to my miod, however, that the opposition to
me though not so openly avowed Is equally deci
ded Under these circumstances, I regard the lon
ger connection of my name with the nomination at
Charleston, as calculated to produce discord where
there should be harmorv, and distraction where
there should he unity. With this conviction there
is no room for hesitation as to my course. I must
withdraw my name unconditionally from the can
vass ; aud this letter is written for the purpose of
announcing to all who may feel an interest in the
matter but particularly to the delegation from
Georgia, to the Charleston Convention, that I havo
done so.
Mr. Sewarp’s Speech. —The Alexandria Gazette
remarks that “ Mr. Seward’s speech, in the Senate
on Wednesday last, was, we presume, and as the
Republicans, we suppose will admit, the authorized
declaration of the opinions of the party for which
he spoke. On the general characterof the speech,
and of the argument used, we do not, at this time,
intend k comment. But we wish to hold him and
his party, to the denials be made. See the ab
stract of the speech published in yesterday’s Ga
zette. He denied the equality of the negro with
the white man, under onr government ; and he
denied that John Brown’s foray was to be excused
or defended. Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois,
made, a few days ago, a speech to the ‘Republi
cans’ in New York, in which he denied emphatical
ly that the ‘Republicans’ approve of the ‘principles
of John Brown, or the course he pursued.’ Now,
whatever wc may think of the sincerity of these
denials, or of their adoption by the mass of the
party for whom they were made, and however
facts may seem to contradict them, we repeat, that
we wish to bold the authors of them responsible
for their promulgation. Not so much ou account
of present circumstances, as in view of the future.
They have voluntarily made disclaimers and avow
als. Let us see how, hereafter, they stand up to
their own declarations, and maintain their own
positions. It may be important to know, if they
intend to be as progressive on that subject as
they are on some others. We have, in the South,
nothing to ask of their generosity, and nothing to
tear from their prejudices ; but we want to kuow
exactly where they stand now, and how they in
tend to stand for the next four year?, at halt, if
their party Bhould last so long.”
We add the following remarks from tbo Boston
Tea,tier, a leading Republican paper, showing
who, in its opinion, are to he the great competi
tors for the Presidential stake of ISt’O ;
The speech of Senator Seward which we give in
full in this day's Traveler, rnav be looked upon as
the Republican plan of the coming Presidential
campaign. Jt is moderate, cool and calm, almost
to a fault, for in a modern political speech we have
come to look upon something more turgid, as a
necessary accompaniment. Nevertheless the tono
is firm and dignified, and although there is some
obscurity on a few important points, which are not
follpwed up to their legitimate conclusions so fully
as the reader may desire, it is ihe w ork of a safji
and clear headed state9inau.
It is reduced almost to a certainty that unless
some unexpected and improbable events occur,
-Seward will be the Republican and Douglas the
Democratic candidate- All the intrigues and all
the opposition of every name and kind, within
and without their o*u parties, cannot prevent this,
unless tlie leaders prefer a suicidal course not only
for their party but for themselves.
4t the present moment, as a national man,
known to the masses, Seward in the Republican
party is without a real rival nearer than Governor
Banks, and Douglas among the Democrats, is also
without a rival worthy ot notice, except Minister
Dallas. In the Democratic Convention at Charles
ton, they will not dare to take a candidate who
wiii go farther than Douglas. The outside pres
sure upou them will be terrible, and if the dele
gates dare to resist it, most of them upon their
return home will be hurled by their indignant con
stituents deeper into the sea of political oblivion
than plummet ever sounded. *
So, too, in the Republican Convention at Chi
cago, they will uot dare take a man who does not
press as far forward and is not a9 well known as
Seward, and their defeat with any other man would
effectually break up the party.
Either party which fails to nominate its most
prominent and widely known leader, in this crisis,
will be beaten—if each puts forth its strong man,
the contest will be earnest and vigorous.
Wo anticipate at Charleston the npmjnation of
Douglas and Stephens, and at Chicaga of Seward
and Bates, for the office of President and Vice
President.
The Nicaragua Treaty.
The Senate, in Executive session, on Friday re
viewed its action of the preceding day on the Nic
araguan treaty, and again placed it in a position
for consideration. Three hours were then con
sumed. By unanimous consent, and at the sug
gestion of Nicaragua, the Senate struck oqt ihg
paragraph by which the United States agreed to
use all moral and effective force to prevent hostile
expeditions destined for the Republic of Nicara
gua. The other parts stricken out on Thursday
are, in substance, that on tbe failure of Nicaragua
to afford protection to our mails and citizens, the
United States may, with the consent or at the re
quest of the Nicaraguan Government, its Miuieter
at Washington, or the legal authorities thereof,
employ such force as may be necessary for the
purpose, and in exeepiioual cases of interference,
or when there is imminent danger to the Jives or
property of American citizens, the forces of the
United States are auihoiized to be used without
previous consent. Beth of these articles were res
tored on Friday, and then, upon tbe question ol
consenting to the treaty, it was rejected by thp
following vote, two-ibirds being necessary to a
ratification :
Ykas —Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg,
Bright, Brown, Chesnut, Clay, Clingmau, Critten
den, Davia, Douglas, Filch, Fitzpatrick, Green,
Gw id, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Arkansas,
Johnson of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham,
Mason, Pearce, Powell, Sebastian, Slidell, Toombs,
Wilson and Yulee—3l.
Nats—Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Chandler,
Clark, CoUamar, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessen
den, Foot, Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, £ir.g,
Stpnmer, Ten £yck, Trumbull, Wade and Wilkin
sou—2o. —Xatioual iHlelliffenctr.
It is truly a remarkable fact that neatly ail the
candidates for the Vice Presidency at the Cincin
nati Convention in June, 1856, are dead. Lynn
Boyd, of Kentucky ; J. C. Dobbin, of North Caro
lina ; Gen. Quitman, of Mississippi; Gen. Rusk,
ol Texas; Aaron V. Brown of Tennessee, were
presented as candidate by their respective State 9,
and obtained a large support. They ar. now all
d**d
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