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EDITORS AND FKOrRIEIOiuL
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•faeon 1 Aujtuta Itallraod Cm eiitlou. ,
At meeting of the *tr.ekhoMer* of the Mtcoti ;
and Aagtwta Raurcad, held at the C*ry R*;l, March j
£Btb. on motion ot John Bowes, K*q., U* Honor, ]
the Mayor, wit railed to the Chair, and D. lf #
Wilcox appointed Secretory.
Upon taking the Chair, die Major gutted that a
despatch waa received from Charleston, notifying
of a aabecrfprton of two hundred and flffy thou fat and
dollar* on the part of the City Council of Charles
ton.
Col. Catcobe!!. of Miiiedgreeille, ots the part of
the Provisional Eo.rd of Dire ctO'S, stated that two
of the original Board haring died, their place* tad
Leeo filled, and the number increased by the ap
pointment of the following gentlemen:
i,t or rsorisioru fiiucroti:
Augn*u—Baajamia H. Warren, Henry Moore,
Tamer Cksten, Joba P. King, Joeiah Sibley,
John Bonea
CLarlaatoo—George A. Trenhoim, George W.
WiUUst*.
Baldwin—R. M. Os me, Sr., D. C. Campßril, \t.
S. Rockwell.
Ob motion the delegare* from the several coun
tie* ere reoueated to report their name* to the
Secretary. Toe following name* were reported :
From the City Council of Augusta —Faster Bio 1-
Set, Jr., S. D. Heard, W. H. Tutt, John T. Miller,
ohert fl. M*y.
Baldwin County—Col. D. C. Campbell, R M.
O.Biw. Sr., Joseph 11. Niebet, B. U;o*d,
B. B DeGraffeareld.
Bibb County—J. A. N'itbct, J. 11. R. V.'ashing
toa, L. N. Wmiile.
Warren Ccanty—M. 11. Welborn, £ H Pottle.
Hancock County—B. T. Harris, A. J. Lane, T.
J Smith, J. X. Berry, E. 7. Cothera, W. c treat,
IT. W. 5l3??oc, L. S- deewart.
Jefferson County—K. L Gastble, v> H Bauer,
J. H. WiuKct, Satr.uel Denny, Willi* Denny, Geo.
Buplwtas, John B.tggttt, Jo*b<! Jcrflan.
iLcumoci County—Gv. Schley, Jiuts Br&u
den, James tic hair.
Joaea County—R. W. Bon nor, Janie* P. Barreu,
Isaac HartUao.-in.
Burke County—Poet. B. F. Fryer.
Columbia County—M. C. Fulton. T. J. Hamilton,
J. Stovall, J. a. Hamilton, Dr. J. S. Jones, a. 1..
jla>eagala, G. H. Zachcry, J. H. Stockton.
On motion wf H. Moore. L*q., the Chairim* ap
pointed fl. Moore, D. C. Campbell, L. X. Whittle,
a committee to receive the report* ot the several
woao’ies as to the amount of stock subscribed, and
conditions attached to each.
The committee through its Chair nun, !i. Hoars,
reported subscription# to the anienat of oi.e mil
bos O’g'ai hundred and forty thousand ao<i four
hundred dollars
J. A. Ntsect, Em}., atited that toe aubeetiptica
OU the part of Macoa, was limited by the acuoi of
the Legislature, that application won.d b* ta.da to
She Legislature for permission to stibietioe a larger
amount, ia which case they would increeee their
subscription to two handled tbowaar.d doUar*.
On motion of B. T. Harris, E-q., rat report of
the committee wa* adopted :
L. X. Whittle, K*q., then addre.Mei the meerieg
ac 1 offered the following re-Kdutioc* :
1. Raolvtd, That the provisional Board of Di
rectors proceed to obtain uceondiuoti.xl nb®€tip
tions to the .proposed tiuiroad frooi August a to
Maoon, to the amount of ot.o million of doiuts ia
aoon a* possible ; and that a* soon <** tide amount
I* obtained, xaoy call a meeting of the stockholders
tor the purpose of w permanent organisation of the
•Mnpany.
i. Retolted, That it la Important that fLis should
be done by the eecoad Tuesday in May, IW>.
3. JUnvUtd, Tuat the .**id Board, ir. the mean
lime, hare such further surrey# made, as they mar
deem neo—ary.
Which, after being ameeded by adding the fol
lowing
And the aipcr.sc will be paid by a pro rata at
---ee<aj!:: upon the stockholder* in the countie* of
Richmond, Bibb, Baldwin, aud Joues, as a projor
tional paginent on their stock, and some remarks
or Judge King, Gov. Crawfotd, and others were
ncanlaiou'ly adopted.
B T. Harris, addressed the neetiog at some
length, and waa followed hr John Boner, lk-ip,
John P. King, Esq-, and 11. Moore, ilsq., In some
remarks.
K. W. Bonner, E-q., read resolutions passed by
a meeting of the citiiens of Jones county, and
made some remarks in explanation of the position
aasu-oed by that county.
John P. King addressed the meeting at some
length ia regard to the conditions attached to the
various subscriptions; arguing that they should
r.ot be regarded as emharras-iueuts to the progrea*
of the enterprise, but that they were r.otoniy natural
bat smtable, as the different counties could not be
expected to aid in the construction of a road which
would not pass through their borders; he urged
the proviaional Board of Directors to go on and
obteia the million of uncoudiiioiifi! subscription,
tiecessa: y to an organization, and thea to locate
the road and obtain such additional subscriptions
a.* they cso, and be governed in their luture action
by the amount that is obtained.
MJ. Stapleton, of JeCerson, ezplaioed the pr>.;- •
tioa of the friends of the “independent route” and j
claimed that the Bubocripuoa reported by that :
coaitv could b increased, if either route taroueh J
teat county should he adopted.
The following resolution was oiiered by ilr.
Fottie and si opn.-UHi by tome rctr.irki :
Jitioivsd, Tuat the provisioa.-d Board of Direc- !
tors be requested to meet the Georgia Railroad
Company ia cotvention, in May, for the purpose
of ascertaining wbat aid (if any) said Georgia Rail
road Company will afford, in cas< 1 the route from
Warrantors be adopted, ot on whit term* con
nectioo at Camsk cun be made.
Pending the adoption of thia resolution, J udge
addicssed the uieeiing, in explanation of the
Action of thu Georgia Railroad some years wince,
when an effort was made to obtain a aubacrijuior.
to ihia enterpriae from that coni{*B) ; and also a*
to ta* present position held by that corporufioo.
He said that the Georgia Railroad did not w;-b to
he embarrassed by the qaeeiion of subscription to
road, but tlwt he hoped the Dt. v?-arv amount
of arock could be raised, independent of : .c uor
fda Railroad, bot that in thw event of fabat.- to
obtain the nce***ry amonii; iu-iopen- ‘: f - *****
Rord, ha beUevad that the Road v.ld s. .-icriba
Ul ibo capital lUK.II of the eo-npant.
The company he r* pntetuud w* ao li e- . tr 4
an Independent route, if that could be built, but ]
donUied if it was for the lortFt tfl the roid
generailr, that it *:bould be in He pendent; at the !
kciae tl& idmiulng lb*t ii wi? clwljr for thy
Interest of the city of Augusta, a* it no ;!.! incr^ayt
Ira trade, add to iu population, and promote its
waßkre ia variova way?, to a grcaicr extent tiiaa
the conn*e’-c4 roate Warrwtitoo.
Jaj. A. Xisbet, Esq., al*o addressed the meetiog
lo ao earnest uiaaur t vrgtßj it ? cwosimctlon t
tbU RoavL
The motion of Mr. Pottle ws then adopted.
On motion of Mr. Bono.-, the con*cninu ad
leuined. Fonts Butwcrr, flrni’n.
Dsnlel H. Wilcox. Sec’y.
The trial of the remainder of fne ■ - gr.e
er.gaged in the murder of Dr. Keitt was conclud
ed a ton days finoe Two of the to, Irr&vl aixl
Allen, were foned gnllty and eondemacd to b-
Lcng, and two more, John an l the wife of Le* w,
who waa hung eoo.o-iun* rincc, knew tHe murder
was to b I'OOitniued, sad to whipp-id. The
Jury not alto£ethr agreeing in the cite c-f John,
ft is thought he, too, wili be hong.—VwrfieoM (P?e.)
i/wnvvr.
Dk.-tb ox D. Ti.vxlet.—W’a regret to h- -r o
the death ot Dr. James Tinsley, of l.iwe Creek,
which occurred Saturday kit. Dr. T. Ms an in
telligent planter of th'ia county, ar.d, we believe,
was fotucriy editor of a newspaper in Georgia.—
That ho was a forcible writer, w hare hud ample
r,t atr.os hia residence in Montgomery county.
T. was probably rix*y-fire yearx of age. We
tyicpathixe with hie family ia their sad berearu-
Xuont.—J \lontgomtry Mail.
Dr. Tis:.xt rtaidod for many years in Athera,
where ho at one time edited the Soulfur* Whiff.
lie was a man of strong and vigoron- mind, bat
of aingulariy eeoectrio babite. lie was vary great
ly respected, however, by ail who know him.
Tbs Seventh Convention of Young Men’s Chris
tian Aawoeiatioea will be held iu Sew Orleans on
the lltb of April. With com tut .:d.il!e liberality,
tbs different railroad and steamboat lines have
made arraogemsuu by which delegste* can go from
Augusta, Georgia, to New Orleans, either hv the
wav cf Montgomery or Memphis, anil return the
Asms way for ooe fare. A purtv is living foroted
to s'.irt f'o-a Cr.ir!iitoa ou or about tha Itb oi
April, and will he Joined by from *h<i |
otbar As**> *9tlo* the ilau oi truVil. Those
from itie X irth win concentrate at Ciaciana'ti, anu
wui! from thence down tbs MinDeippi. A more
WMMtetdl WI ™******** NIU
Tin* liUK Cbaplata.
The Warbtnjrton cor respondeat nf the FliilxJel
pSia .Vest tbu* roticev the discourse of the
iio-je Cbapisin. Many year* ago we heard this
eloquent divine ir Philadelphia, trd shall never
forget ebiier the speaker or h! ihtiUik® ibeoie.
Tie writer mv:
1 have not before found time to speak of the
£r*t discoorve nf the Chaplain nf the liou.’e, Dr.
T. H. S'.ocktee, in the Hall of the House, !ssr Sun
day. Much wa* etpeered of him from the high
reputation thit preceded him ; but hi* eloquence,
pi too*, impreasive manner, ami beauty of language
far surpA*saed erpeotation, and enraptured the
andieaee collected to hear him.
So weak and feeble is be, that he found it nee
easary to occupy a seat during the mo?’ of the
time he was speaking ; but there were moment*
when he became so animated by his theme that he
Involuotarily roae to Ms f?t, his voice increased
in volume, and bi Jeetures added to bi?
word*.
Dr. S. verv appropriately chose to review the
past, to show the ebaneefuiness of all thing* save
God and Hi* Holy Word. Having been choe
Chaplain to the twenty-fix year* ago, in
1332-4, it was rao*’ natural that oe ahotild, on thia
occasion, call up the and inquire where ware
all thnae who then filed prominent station* here,
and epos whom the eyes of the country then
rested.
The Speaker presented practical view of the
Christianity, and the durable nature of the word of
Go-1 in contract with tiie changeful and transitory
nature of ah the poa.sc*;o:is of the world and t lie
gifts of men. In illu-tration of this point he said ;
I would tell you, more particularly, of whom to
inquire were it not that you would prove it iu vain
to seek them. Twenty-six at the age
of twenty -five, I wa* brat catted to •his olfi.-e. Two
veers afterward I served again I now compare,
hastily and imperfectly, the present with the past.
I fiad a tew ii-.ii sud anew csnsie Chamber ,
bn: the old licit and the old cn&U Chamber -ate
Aiui here I had oi*u anew House and anew
Senate ; hut woere are the old Honso and the
old Senate * liow many remlniajencea i-i-owd
upon me I Koras*, face*, voice®, gestures, elabor
ate epeecne®, casual tlebacee, social remarks, inci
dent®, all impressed on youthful sensibilities, and
not yet eAaced v But I cannot describe them.—
Wimre are Adam®, Choate and Davie, of Xlassa
elmsAtte ? Where Iluhturd, of N-*w Hatnpauire,
sod Slade, of Vermont, and Burges®, of Ilhod**
Ivland y Where Causbreleug and Yanderpool, of
New York ? Where Denny, McLennan, Muhlen
l>erg, and St--w®rt, ot Pennsylvania * Where Den
nis, llesth, Mi.-Riut, and isio-lderi, ot Maryland ‘i
Where ltouldin, Mercer, Maoon, and Steveueon, of
Virginia ? Wii--re Uyttnm, an*t Speight, of North
| Carolina, and Blair, *nl McDttlHe, erf South Caro
liua, anl Wilde, f tleovgia, and Lewi®, of Ala
bama ? Where are Pup*-, arid Crockett, and Polk,
of Teimetwec f Where Hardin a&tl Jokn.-oa of
Kentuckv ? WUcr-c Lvith*, Sjiawgler, and Thomp
son of 0 k i, anl Haanegau, ot Indiana, and Dua
an, of Uhio, and Sevier, of Arkansa* V These, if
i toy inquiry be rightly answered, have all jimsed
i away ; not only from tbie ICouve, but from the
; world ; and doohtles* many more with them.
Scarcely a relic i® W*. And so of the Senate.
Where are Hill, and Wilkin*, and White, and King
and Canon? Wb*re tha good-natared Grundy
and rGo d.arp PoiDdexrer, aad the learned Rob
b-n. sud the hnnomme Linn, aud the graceful
IV*r*yth, ar.i the vagarious Wright, and rhe indom
itable Benton, find tin* gentle-hearted Leigh, and
the religion® Southard ? Where i® the e*vy, all
clatc, *onorous, aud ruajesiic eloquenco ot Clay?
Where the calm, clear, iuxislv. luaguificence of
Weliftrr ? Where the affable dignity, the intel
ict>ial aod moral iofiinr*? of Calhoun ? Pawed
away—alt paaoed away I Or, will yon leave the
hall-•; Cougterf ? Wili you enter the Supreme
Court? Wbtre, Umb, ia Marshall, chief of the
Judge® ? Where ia Wirt, chief of Attorney* ?
Or, wili you repair to the Presidential in an non *
Where, thew, t Jacksos, chief among beroev ?
Passed awav—aUpiaard away I How many of
their rotnpooioB?, bow many >f their eucccsaors
Lave also passed away I have neither met nor
knowledge to declare. It i? but a little while, and
a limited area >f which I vpeak, aud yet wbat a
sortie of hor.ored-d'ist and vicred-ailence alone re
main. 0, if I could direct yoer que®t to them, and
if vou could bod litem, ani should a.*k thorn, what,
then is h iioan need ? would tht-y not say, it i*
elevation ; it is salvation ; salvation by humilia
tion * in accordance with the life aud death of the
meek and lowly Xazarine f
But it U impossible to give a full idea of the
thrilling eloquence contained in thiv diseouree.—
Dr. Stockton, like the immortal Whitfield, must bo
! beard to Ik- fully appreciated. His appearance
and voice, and tbe subduing unction attending the
word &* be delivers it, all go to make a sermon
which cannot be spread our on paper.
The Hirinuuud Wlilgnnd Lxumiht r.
We give below a very capital article from the
Richmond U'Aig, in reply to the Examiner, ou the
Cinciuaalti Resolution* and Squatter Sovereignty.
It appears to u conclusive in tM convictions.—
Mow any man can rail at Southern men supporting
Wilmot ProvUoist?, and yet tolerate himself Squat
ter Sovereignty, is an illogical marvel, quite strik
ing, even atniis r the varieties of the various poli
tic* of these United States. Freesoiltsru ha two
expedients to keep the South out of our Territo
rio*—both invented by Democrat*. The Wilmot
Proviso, by Wit nor, of Pennsylvania, and Squat
ter Sovereignty, by Cas. The first haa, a* yet,
accomplished nothing ; but tha last—Squatter
Sovereignty—ha* wrested California Irotn the
South, and is now triumphant in Kansas, in the
emancipation of four hundred slave* belonging to
Southern Slaveholder*. Now, that a Southern
man should hold la horror a political association
with the Black KepuMieeat, who ate in favor of
the Wilmot Proviso, and yet tolerate Douglas with
ik) .ittsr !wt<rei|nty, tli* r>l; practical expedi
ent of Prae*oUim yet put into o|.eraion to the in
jury of the South, i* a myatvry we mippow totally
to a
V, , cat ialy with the Richmond HTuy, that
il*lAC:r4lk party in llw C'batWs'oti Conven
tion does not distinctly repudiate the robber-policy
of i+>|*iatter StfTmlftiily, ihe l>nocratic fry can
with no propriety a*V: the support of a single
SoU'.brru Wliif! in f*fvir t;l lltt-ir Mwmwti, We
o lurcher, and hesitate not to ty, that so lar a
fbe tiift.ta of ihe riouth in our ‘I *>rriiori<v* are con
.corned, Docottv, with Sputter Sovereignty, it
just as as Skwako with Wilmot Fro
vtawlaui. The South should turn with contempt
troili hot it. —t ItHfl-.stu >1
lM> “ K.XaM.VU ” ON THB DfJIvCHATIC Ft.A I rOEU.
On Friday last w e pul several very respectful,
plain, straightforward question* to our neighbor of
tiic Ex* nit.tr ir, rcaj*cct to the platform to be
adopted at Charleston. We a.-Ur-d our neighbor to
note to us and the public its reason* for urging
the simple te-adopfiuii o! the CUcienatU platform,
with a full kunsle-ige of the fact that diametrically
opposite construct’on were putuj>on that pla<foriu
by live Northern and Southern wing* of the De
tno.rscy. We desired him to iuform u* how the
poople could ever know what wan the true con
structioD t*f Mid plat form, unless the Charleston
Convention itelf. representing the Democracy of
*1! the State*, should distinctly and unequivocally
proclaim what Its real meaning is—whether It rec
ognizes and endor? I ’* the odious heresy of Squat
tor Sovereignty, s? Senator Douglas and the North
ern Democracy maintain, or whether it discounte
nance* and repudiates it. a* alleged by the Democ
racy of the South, the Examiner among tbe num
ber.
To these p! iia and simple questions, we are sor
ry to say, our neighbor ha* failed to return an ex
plicit and satisfactory answer. While admitting
that Douglas, in order “to sustain bis own unsound
position on tbe subject of shivery in the Territo
ries, ” haa put **a forced and fallacious construc
tion” ou the CincUmaui platform, it is yet unwill
ing for tbe Charleston Convention to *ly whether
the construction ot Douglas and his triends (who
cons'itute nearly the whole of the Northern De
mocracy)** right or w rong. And that is a strange
and curioti-’ position for the Examiner to occupy
—e*p*ciaDy a* it is a deroted disciple of Calhoun,
who declared with emphasis that tbe dogma of
Squatter Sovereignty v. a more dangerous and de
grading to thiMittli than tbe doctrine of\be Wil
tnot ptovbo. We believe it i* n deinonstrble, if
not j conceded fact, that nearly, ii nut qq]:** two
thirds of the Democracy of the North are the
oper. and avowed advocates of the heresy of Squat
ter Sovereignty ; and vet the Exan.hu,• and its
Southern allies are wilting to felloe-hip with them,
and to call them brethren ! Now, Seward *jd tbe
iUpahlk*** bold to k WUm yrovUo, wllcb U
jies* dangertr.txfo the South, according to Mr. <-*l- :
riioun, titan the doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty.
And yet, if wo, or any other Southern W big.
should indicate a purpose to go into conventiou j
.with thore Wiimot proviso toen, and unite upon
jionituoc candidate® in the cowing election, .with
I .i.at horror and iudigustion Aj-jci /'?’ wotild ,
iook upou such a atep on our pnrt ! And ye*,_ *®
i; no: iu just, a* patriotic, u* c *
clre of devotion ro tbe .-'outh, for u® to fellowship
with the Wiimot provisoist* of the North, u® lor
the Examiner to strike hand® ith the advocate*
of Squatter Sovereignty at the North V for one, if
rhe South is to Im excluded from the common
Verritorie* of the Union, we prefer it should be
done by the direct application, by CongreM of )he
Wiimot proviso, and nor hy 4 *unfiipndiy Jegisl’i
rion” on the part of Squatter Territorial Legisla
tures, which art* tbe creature* ot Congres®. and
which can rightfully exercise no power o* authori
ty, which is not granted to them by (.ongresv.
It is a strung* and incomprehensible doctrine,
that Congress ha* no power to introduce shivery
into, or eiciude it from the Terriror .e®, and yet,
rbe* the Territorial Legislature, dependant upon
and deriving their very existence trotn Cocgrcsi,
nave such power, and have the r.;fht to eierciso it
at discretion! Such, nevertheless, is the doctrine
of Douglas, and nearly the tviiole of the Northern
Democracy, who constitute, us we have shown,
nearly two-thirds of the entire Democracy of the
nation. And, notwithstanding that such is their
doctrine, which doctrine they confidently pro
claim is recognized and sanctioned in the (.’incin
natti platform, the Examiner stands opposed to
any dcclaratiou ou flic part of the Charlest.on
Convention, to the effect that said doctrine i.® rank
i reesod, heresy, and constitute* no part or lot of
the national pUtlorni of the Democratic party.
Wo inquire again, what reasonable objection can
the Examiner entertain to a resolution at Charles
ton evpranatory of tbe true aad real meaning of
the Cincinnati! platform ? No one, as ibe Exam
iner seems to suppose, has ®uggete<l any “change”
or “alteration” iu said platform, no far a® we have
observed. All th9t i* asked to be done is, that
the Charleston Convention shall say, clearly and
explicitly, what i> the proper construction of that
platform- whether it recogair.es or repudiates the
odioue nd ddngc-ious Freesoii heresy of Squatter
Sovereignty Tiiat is all that is required And i®
not the requirement a reuionanle one ? Is it not
s fair, a just, and hoaest one v
lhe Examiner i• mistaken in a very important
particular. It j)Sihai “every Democratic candi
date for the l'rosidency i< iti irvorof the-faithful
execution *f the laws, as they are announced in
tbe Drcd Scott decision.” Nov., we maintain that
Douglas does not tho Died Scott decis
ion iu the sit,so in which it is understood and re
ceived at the South. And as conclusive evidence
of the fact, we point to hi.® “unsound position on
the subject of slavery in the Territories,” a* illus
trated in hi® doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty.—
There is, therefore, no loop hole of escape for the
Examiner or for Douglas, in the support by the
latter or the Died Feott decision. The Illinois
Senator stands to aud abides by that decision as
he understand* it, and no: as it is understood by
the South. Indeed, he aeouts aud derides that
decision ia the aense iu which it ia understood at
the South ; aud no doubt the Examiner has seen
extract* Irma hm speeches in which his interpre
tation nf that decision is not materially different
from ill it held by the Republican*.
As we stated the other day, we and the whole
Southern Opposition feel ati interest, aud a deep
interest, in the true purport And mean
iag of the Cinoiuuatti platform. For, arc we not
invoked and eutreuted every day and every hour
to give our support to the Charleston nomioee ?
And can rbe expected to support that nominee
without beiug informed as to the exact ground
upon which he stands? And if he is put upon the
naleJ Ciucinnatti platform, without any clear and
explicit declaration by the Charleston Convention
a® to the true and just coostrucuou of that plat
form, how can we know whether he i® io favor of,
or opposed to, the miserable Freesoii heresy of
Squatter Sovereignty ?
Iti conclusion, we hope the Examiner will re
consider its judgment in reference to the simple
re-adoption of tbe Cincinnati platform at Charles
ton. If it doe* not, it may contribute to the oom
iwiaaiou of a monstrous blunder, which will weigh
down it* party during the entire canvass. I u other
words, it will inevitably drive off many who would
otherwise be disposed to accord a cordial support
to it® candidate. It r. ere needless to assure our
neighbor th#t it was the farthest possible from
our thought*, to reflect In any manner upon his
motives in the questions we propounded to him.—
Our ouly object was to endeavor to clear up wbat
seems to us a very great mystery.
1M mum rat) Personilfcil.
Sikamek Accommodation. —“Harmouy” writes
to the Mobile Regiattr :
There is a dreadful conspiracy existing to des
troy Democrats by thou®.aud*—to drown, burn, or
scald them ia that great sea coffin, the old ElDoia
do steamer, now called the Granada.
FOR THK CUARI.SSrON CONTENTION.
The steamship Granada, recently rebuilt aud put
in fine order, will leave the foot of Warren street
on the I7th April next, and will lay at Charleston
during the sitting of the convention.
Ticket* will be issued for the whole trip there
aad back, including sleeping accommodations while
in port, for fifty dollars, provided a sufficient num
ber of passengers offer in the course of twenty
days to induce the departure. Apply to
M. O. Roberts,
Fi7 West street, corner of Warren.
That steamer is the one that rolled over, five
years ago, and came near drowning a host of peo
ple. Her owner then waa Wright, tbe man who
was stabbed at tho St. Nicholas. This old boat
wa* bought by Roberts some years ugo, for about
fifteen thousand dollars.
Onlv a month ago you remember she came ft out
New Oilcan*. Baron Ilollaudhrick waa on board
of her. She was cut i;o off Governor’* Island by
Ice, as if she had been paper. She reached the
dock and sunk. Tbe steam pump (pumping her
out) bursted aud killed several person*. Shu will
a*suredly drown delegates by the store. Fray
caution the southern world against thia unlucky
steamship. Beg the Charleston authorities to
take up the matter, and forbid her coating along
side anv <'barle*ion dock. She will blow up, burst
her boiler, ?<*t the cotton sheds on fire, or do some
mischief.
Let a tax of ooe hundred dollar* also be put
upon any one that mops aboard the steamer. Pas*
a law that no eteatnci* shall be made a boarding
house, unicss it pay a license of five thousand dol
lar*. It is mean to go down to Charleston and
carr v a dinner with ns. I am opposed to it. Let
us go like gcntleoieii or not go at all. You may
bet your life that no Douglas delegate goo* sneak
log into Chat lesion *ith his coat pocket* filled
with crackers and cheese, and hi* over coat con
taiuitig lrio<t ben in**i, mul % .-oda bottle ol
gin.
The Ciur.UnTos C'ucrikb am> m Coxvmiox.
—ln aid of the worthy entoiprise of our contem
porary, and that, our tenders may know hov they
uiay he full? period in the proceeding* of tbe
Democratic Convention at the curliest moment,
we copy the foliowing notice from the Courier of
Tuesday :
“We have made ample and reliable arrange
ment* for i-ecuring for the Courier lull reports el
the debates, discussions and proceedings of the
Democratic Convention, which will assemble iu the
Institute llali, of tltiv City, on the 23d April. D
will, according to all expectations, he a most exci
ting and interertiog sod important seiou of this
body.
For the convenience of all at a distance, who
desire ther report*, the t< riu- for limited subscrip
tions ate now stated. Fur Daily Courier, one
month, *1 ; Tri-Weekly Fourier, (issued on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday,) one month 60cents,
and for 4 shorter term, not Ic*a than two weeks, in
proportion for either i**uc.
“Orders lor euclt subscriptions mu*t be accom
panied in every instance w ith the cush. News deal
ers and agent? wishing any nmnber, will bo sup
plied ou favorable terms, on timely application.”
Cnaat-xsTON Cogviano!*.—The Charleston pa
pers confirm the statement that £3 a day will he the
established price for board at the hotels ol that city
! during the bolding of the Democratic National Con
vention. The Causin’ says those visitors and dele
gates who are coining on vessels and have prepaied
for their eatiug and sleeping on board, may con
gratulate themselves on the wisdom ot their course.
* We would invite the attention of our readers
to the new “AoCeCcub” advertised in our col
umns. It Is from such a quarter as will give tbe
; public confidence in its efficacy, aud w e have learned
troin reliable source*, that its virtues will sustain
j their fullest expectation*. Citizens of the w est can
j not fail to appreciate the paramount value to them,
| ot a safe and ceitain remedy for this aifiictiug dis
temper without either Quinine or minerals, and
Lonerquent.lv without injury to the constitutional
1 health. We have more than ordinary satisfaction
jin proclaiming this remedy, because we are con
. tim ed it will -nswer a crjiog want aroontj us, and
1 serve to relive a great amount of suffering He
pub**4*n> Worthim, Ind.
MACON, GEORGIA :
first page for various intotesiing article*, j
Messrs. Gartrell, Love, Hardeman, Vance, j
Logan and other members of Congress will please |
accept our thanks for various speeches.
A lIMtLF CAUTION-
We are not. personally cognizant of the matter j
alluded to by “An old Citizen.” The warning ;
come* from a highly respectable and conservative j
source, and should be heeded. The frequency, of
late, of servile outrages, all over the South, should
induce a proper vigilance upon the part of our citi
zens, in regard to every improper influence which
may be brought to bear upon our colored popula
tion.
Had our correspondent, “ Crawford ” se*n
the Telegraph of Tuesday, hi view* might have
been somewhat modified, in reference to the posi
tion of that pspor. Ir. is not incumbent upon us.
to act *9 umpire for tho*eofthe democratic house
hold.
A FAIR HIT
Friend McEvoy thus speaks of the prora?cts of
the Mirror :
“ Among others we received a letter from a
young lady in one of our villages, who promised
to try and get up a club of young ladies. This is
encouraging. ”
This i* what we call a fair bit. With euch a
club 4 few Bachelor* or Benedicts, would object to
the arpntneniton ad hornirum.
tlacoii I’rcfl School.
The Pupils in this School who study Greek, Lat
in, and the higher branches of Mathematics, will
be required to pay tuition at the rate of £BO a
year , bill* for the quarter now due and for the
next quarter, wiil ba presented by the Principal,
and if not pail*by loth April, the delinquent pu
pil* will be excluded from the School.
L. N. WHITTLE,
Chairman Board of Trustee*.
Macon, Apr. 3, 18dt.
PUBLIC MEETING.
At u meeting of those friendly to the formation
of a National Cnion Party, held at the Court House
in this city on Tuesday last—Arthur Foster, Esq.,
in the chair, and 0. 11. Rogers, Esq., Secretary—
the following gentlemen vrere selected asdelegaie*
to the Coufentien to lie held at Milledgeville on
the Ist Wednesday in May next: —Uou. Washing
ton Foe, Hon. T. G. Holt, Arthur Foster, Eeq.,
Clifford Anderson, E*q., Dr. L. F. W. Audrews,
Dr. (. Harrison, Messrs. J. Knowles, L. J. Groee,
A. Wycho Mtid C. H. Rogers—with authority to
: appoint alternates.
Tlic Life of Old John Brown.
Mt.**r*. Editor* : —The people of Macon will
be much surprised to learn that this villainous pub
j lication i* now on sale at some of the stores in
our city. From wbat I have heard of its charac
ter, it is certainly entitled to be classed among
j tho®e publications intended to be embraced with
in tbe provisions of the law prohibiting under
! heavy penalties the circulation of incendiary pub
lications withiu the State.
j
If any of our citizens have beeu, lor any cause
: whatever, betrayed into the dangerous experi
i ment ot attempting tbe circulation of this in
flammatory work, as a friend to I would
advise them to be warsed in time, against tbt-
consequences of persisting in such a.
1 course. AN OLD CITIZEN.
C3L H R JACKSON 8 ADDRESS,
Before tbe Youug Men’s Christian Association,
lat Concert Hall on Saturday night last, whs a fin
ished and eloquent production, and secured the at*
, fention of a largu .and gratified audience. Wo
were particularly pleased w ith the closing remarks
: of the accomplished speaker, iu which he eloquent
; ly enforced the necessity of love of country to tuc
stability of our political system. Mr. Jackson, like
most intelligent observers who have visited other
countries, and noticed the operation of their sr
tests of Government, soeius but tho more deeply
attached to our own. it is too much the fashion
of tbe times for our young men especially, to
speak lightly of the “more perfect Union” estab
lished by their patriot fathers.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE-
It will be seen by reference to our columns, that
there has been a chaugc in the ftohedule on the
Macon and Western Railroad. There his also been
a change on the State Road, which we will notice
next week.
BISHOP PIERCE
We were glad to sec this distinguished and *-
teemed divine in our city ou yesterday, aud to
learn from him that hi* health was gradually im
proving. Ho dedicated a Church in Dooly county
on last Sabbath and preached in Americas on Mou-
U*. __
MR E. L SNOW,
General Agent of the New York Albioo, aud
: Charleston Courier—old and popular papers—ia iu
our city and i- commended to those of our citizen*
who desire those or other popular publication*.
RATHER COOL.
The Athens Banner says ; Gov. Cobb, has not
even Kpoktn lo Senator Douglas lor more than two
; year*. They hare a* little lo do with each other in
: any relation of life, a® we have with Hornet Gree-
Iff, or the Emperor of China.
NEW MEDICAL COLLEGE-
We intended last week to invite attention lo
Lhe advertisc-ineut of the new Medical College to
Ibe established iH Griffin, under the name of the
Middle Georgia Medical College. It will be under
cho auspices of gentlemen of well known worth
.Mid cxpcricucv, and will no doubt command a
share of public patronage. We think it would
have been better to have opened the course ot
lectures ia summer, iu stead ot fall, in .-o tine a
; summer climate as Griffin.
THE BIX T£R FRUITS-
Which the democracy arc likely to reap from
the decapitation of Mr. Cobb, by the March Con
vention, are thus bitterly predicted by his home
organ, the Athens Banner :
“ And what is this fruit i To drive away from
j the National Convention, Georgia’s favorite aoo.
To deprive the entire purty of the Cnion, of the
ji(te*t matt in the Union to control its deetinie* at
i thi* crisis. To plant in the hearts of a large ma
jority ot the parry in the State, the firm conviction
that their wishes bavo been disregarded, in order
to carry out the ends of tew intriguers —to sow
the seed* of discord from whioli not even the no
ble xelf-sacnficc of Gov. Cobb, can shield tho par
ty from u full hat vest ol defeat and disaster.
These arc the lYuiu—thi* the reward oi the luo
i tiou. Let tht-iu enjoy it. ”
THE CJNNECIICUT ELECTION-
Cs'sius M. City is reported to have remarked,
that “if tiie Democrats carried the of Con
necticut this spring, there was an end ol the Presi
dential controversy.” it i* *><** generally belieteri
that Connecticut will, at the April election, elect
the Democratic Stmo Ticket, at the head of which
is Col. Seymour a* Governor, lhis election will
take place before the Chat lesion Convention. The
Clay and Webster Whig* of the State will, it is
raid, support the Democratic ticket, and the Re
publican majority to be overcome is only eighteen
hundred, out ol a vote of eighty thousand.— hx.
By a parity of reasoning, Now Hampshire hav
ing gone for the Black Republicans, the fate of
democracy ia sealed. Great changes may be an
ticipated in Hie political aspect ot tbe country, be
tore next November.
Macon as a I’ovt l Deliver y.
Wisatsoiojf, March *B.—Macon bas been made
s port of Delivery in view of the proposed •xbib!-
tio4 ot Foreign Manufacturers.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
The Columbus Time* i mistaken in saving that
we have characterised ihe condition of the Oppo
eiiion south as a “forlorn” one. We were alluding
to the friends of Mr. t'obb, after the late Demo
cratii’lcon vent ion. and declared their position a
forlorn, but a patriotic one.” The Opposition are
neither forlorn nor despondent. It they cannot
elect a President of their own, they nave the pow
er to force others, even against their will, to elect
a good one. which be all the same to the conn
try.—Sac. Republican.
In the above brief words, our able .contempora
ry, as we apprehend, reflects the feelings and de.
lines the position of those favorable to the forma
tion of the new.Conatitutional Party. The para
mount de*ire with n* is, good government. We
have no friends to reward, no enemies to punish
“So Rome be served, and well, careless we by
whom.” A party triumph with us, is of secondary
consideration. We lore our country with a deep,
hearty, unfaltering devotion. The more we re
view its past, the more we contemplate its future —
the more profoundly we reflect upon all the mighty
interests, moral, political, material, which are in
volved in the perpetuity of this Union, the more
we are determined in all just and honorable’ways,
to interpose our feeble efforts for its preservation.
The overshadowing question with us now is, How
can this best be done ?
Wo will not deny that it would afford us great
pleasure and satisfaction, to see men of our own
political creed and affinities elevated to the chief
office* of the nation. Faiiiug in this, our desire
is, the success of national democrats. We are
determined —and this feeling is common to thous
ands of democrats —that neither abolition, Seward
Black Republicans, nor Free-aoil-Douglas, Squatter
Sovereignly Democrats shall be elected in Novem
ber next, to the two chief offices of the Republic.
Let the Chicago and Charleston Conventions try
the experiment, if they will —put up Seward and
Douglas, or men of their antecedents, and we will
rally a party which will defeat them before tbe
people, or ib the House of Representatives. In
the language of our Savannah contemporary, we
will force our democratic friends to the alterna
tive of presenting good candidates or suffering de
feat. Mark that.
iPHINCIPLE VS AVAILABILITY.
Whilst in too many instances, in these days of :
political degeneracy, party leaders aud presses are i
ready to make temporary success paramount to
the triumph and permanent establishment of great
cardinal principles, it is gratifying to know that all j
are not thus incliued. The following sentiments j
from the Memphis xivalaache, an atne democratic i
Journal will find a hearty response from every one j
who loves right principle* more than temporary j
expediency. The editor says :
“Where there are hundreds of democrats in the ;
North that the South will support, there is one j
that she cannat and will not support. Os course ;
we allude to Stephen A. Douglas. Nominate him j
and the Democratic party will be doomed to defeat, 1
if not to inevitable destruction. The lew eoward
lv spaniels ever willing take any bone which, our i
Northern masters may throw us, might support
Douglas as the least of two evils—and this would
be another fatal tab to the South, for to support
him will be conclusive evidence of our willingness
to surrender all our rights. Has it come to this,
that iu order to save the Union we must sacrifice
not a doubtful claim but a plain and invaluable 1
Constitutional right? He is unworthy of the name
of lroemau, false alike to the teachings ot our
brave ancestors and to our obligations to our pos
terity who counsels such a policy. If fhi3 hateful
doctrine of the choice of evils is to be urged,
there m no aggression to which our acquiescence
may not in its name be invoked. If we are to sup
port Douglas now, not because it is right, but be
cause he is better tlmn Steward, it will UOt be maDV
vears before we shall be called upon to take Sew
ard, because he is less objectionable than somebo
dy else. There is but one safe ground upou which
the true man can stand, and that is the rock ol
principle, asking only what is right and submit mg
to nothing less. Tbl* doctrince of the Southern
pnopi*. it is only the mean devices by which our
i.irn** serving politicians seek to palliate their own
shameless treachery to the land of their mothers.
Much n* the legions of the Southern Democracy
love the hallowed associations and memories ot a
great party name, they love right, jcstice, PRIN
CIPLES more, and will not surrender these to
elect a traitor to their cause. There are half a
dozen States that would uot support Douglas it he
were nominated by a thousand C harleston t-onven
tkns.”
These are strong word.-*, well put. The success
of such a man as Stephen A. Douglas, would be
unlortnuate in every respect. With undoubted in
tellect ! i*l endowments—with great force of char
acter and indomitable resolution—with an ambi
tion only equalled by his assurance—Mr. Douglas
has made himself formidable and notorious as a
politician: bad his early training and associations
been different—had he sought the counsels and
companionship of the pure and good, in entering
public life, ho might have commanded public con.
tidence and respect as an American statesman.
Thank Ood the Jiepublie is not yet sunken quite
so low—is not quite so hardly pressed for material
out of which to select its rulers, as to have to take
Douglas as the best and only chance. If it be,
Heaven pity ns. Whilst we have a Ctittenden and
Brcckenridge—a Ilievea and a Hunter—an Everett
and a Seymour, and other accomplished and digni
fied statesmen, north and south, from whom to
select our chief rulers, it is hoped the pteudo claims
of such men as Douglas will bo ignored, however
pertinaciously they may be thrust before the peo- j
p “’
THE AUOUSTA AND MACON ROAD-
The handsome subscription of *250,000 by the
city of Charleston to the railroad from Augusta
to Macon must secure its early completion. This
makes, we believe, $900,000 subscribed to the road •
by the cities of Augusta, Charleston and Macon—j
tlie Macon subscription of 160,000 not being yet!
formally passed upon, but there is no doubt that it
will be made. In addition to the liberal contri
butions, it is confidently expected that several of
the counties through which the road is to run will
also subscribe,-and perhaps aid may be obtained
from tbft Georgia and the Carolina Railroad?.
We may therefore regard the direct railroad from
Macon to Augu-la as a work certain to bo made.
t’hurleston must profit at the expense of Savan
na!) by this enterprise, and Iter subscription it#
made with a correct understanding, of her true
policy. Columbus, too, will find the road an ad
vantage to her commerce. And when the direct
railroad from Columbia to Augusta is built, the
mails And passenger schedules between the North
and this city will be materially expedited.
We find the above in the Columbus Enquirer,
similar views have been expressed, by other papers
of that city. We are glad to obsorve that Colum
bus is beginning to appreciate the importance of
this road to her interests. Nor should Moutgom
rv and Eufaula feel indifferent on the subject. In
fact uc believe the construction of this road will
benefit by increased travel and facilities for trade
and transportation, the whole section of country
south and cast of fhia a* well as north. Nor will
it materially injure Savannah. By diverting trade
and travel through the cotton region which would
otherwise go through north Alabama, Georgia aud
East Tennessee, her worthy and euterprising citi-j
will get a share of both. She will, through,
her various channels of commerce, her railroads and
marine, have as much business a 3 she can do. We
wHi to see ail our Southern cities prosperous. In-!
deed, they arc so now, and we have only to feel
that we are brethren with a community of inter- ;
cat, and woik together upon the golden square,
and every portion of our glorious old Common- J
wealth will feel and exhibit the glow of anew ex
istence.
Charleston an u hie A. A. M. Railroad. —A
writer .n the Charleston .l/fccnry,earnestly protests
Against the City’s subscribing $259,000 to the An
gus’;. A Macon Railroad, and says, at the proposed
meeting of citizens, to ratify the action ot the
City Council, the friends of the Port Royal Road
will urge its superior claims upon the eitizens of
Charleston, and will move to substitute it for the
Macon 4 Warrenton road. The writer assigns a.
Dumber of reasons why the people of Charleston
should confine their aubact to work* within |
the Unit* of the State.
BLOTS AUD COUKtEfi BLOTS,
We are on the eve of very lively timea in poli
tic*. New complications and new programmes are
constantly transpiring, insomuch that all are ready
to exclaim—What next?
The last on dit is, that a good understanding ex
ists between the Douglas and Bates men at the
north and west, and that should the former not re
ceive the nomination at Charleston, and the latter
be defeated at Chicago, tbe friends of Mr. Bates
will labor to secure the nomination of Mr. Douglas
by the Republican Convention. Tbe great Seward
organ in New York, the Courier and Enquirer ,
edited by Col. Webb, next to Seward, prefers
Doughs, and says:
“There never has been an hour since he bolted
i in 1858, when he had the slightest chance of a
nomination by the Democracy : and after the ad
journment of the Charleston Convention, we ex
pect to have the name of Douglas preyed vpon
the consideration of the Xational Republi- an Can
\ vention by the very men who nowasa tor the nom
! ination ot Mr. Bites, s soon a? they find his suc
cess is impossible. And why not? Beyond all
! question, as an expediency candidate for the Re
publican Party, Mr. Douglas rejected by the Dem-
I ocracy at Charleston, ti a/tc-gethcr stronger and
I more desirable than Mr. bates. The Democracy
will reject him because of hia doctrine of Squatter
j Sovereignty ; and although the Republican Party
reject that absurdity, they do not fear it. They
; know, as has been proved in the Territories of
Kansas and Xebraska , the People will reject slave
! ry wherever tendered to them: and that therefore,
; Squatter Sovereignty though wrong in principle , is
j as effec*nal a bar to slavery extension as cam be the
\ action of Congress. And in all other respects Mr.
I Douglas would make quite as gocui a Republican
! President as icon id Mr. Rates. He would certain
ly be a much stronger candidate for two very con
clusive reasons. In the first place, he would bring
with him a very large portion of what remains of
tho Democratic Party iu Illinois, Indiana, Pennsyl
vania and New Jersey, and secondly, he would be
far more acceptable to the Republicans, who fought
the battle of 185 G, than would Mr. Bates.
UV shall labor as faithfully for the cause no
matter who the candidate selected, if a Republican ;
! but if on the plea of expediency we go outside the
Republican ranks for a candidate, we shall feel at
; liberty to consult our inclinations in the premises,
regardless of all party considerations. We can
scarcely imagine any state of things which could
I induce us to support such a nomination unless *t
: should be Douglas. Once admit the necessity for
disbanding the Republican Party, and then as be
! tween Douglas and the nominee of the Charleston
I Convention, we are Douglas; but, as between the
nominee of the Charleston Convention and any in
dividual who aided to defeat us in 1556 through
the agency of a third party, we, ia common with
most intelligent and sincere Republicans, would
prefer tho Government of a frank and manly Re
presentative of tbe Pro-Slavery Principle.”
Here is a beautiful exhibit certainly. What say
j our Douglas friends ia Georgia to it ? W ill they
j follow their leader into the Black Republican ranks.
We think not. In the meantime, whilst multifari
! ous plots are hatching and others are in procesa of
i incubation, by sectionalista and spoilsmen, the
| good men of the country must band together and
| scatter them to the winds, by a good, old faahioued
national rouaement, like that of 1810. The people
j once in twenty years, at least, should remind poli
tician* and spoilsmen, that they are the sovereigns
in this Government.
To hie Honor, The Mayor, and Aider
men of macon.
Gentlemen’ :—ln obedience to the Resolution of
your body, we represented the Stock at the city
of Macon, in the Augusta A Macon Rail Road Con
vention at Augusta yesterday. To present its ac
tion, to the people of Macon, so that it may be
fully understood, we beg leave to submit to you
this short Report:
By the Charter of the Company, a subscription
of a million of dollars i* required to effect a per
manent organisation. Between eighteen and nine
teen hundred thousand dollars of subscription, con
ditional and unconditional, were reported.
The subscription by the city Council of Char
leston of #'2so,o<X>, ha* to be ratified by the peo
ple. Had that been done, which will doubtless be
done, we could and would have orgauixed perma
; nently on yeaterday.
The individual subscriptions of the people ot
Augusta, were made on the condition of Eigh
teen hundred thousand dollars being subscribed
—these subscriptions in most cases will be made
absolute.
A subscription by the South Carolina Rail Road
Company, was informally reported, upon the con
dition that the privilege of running through the
the City of Augusta with their locomotives be ac
corded to that company. A condition, if coupled
with no other exaction, which the world wide re
putation of Augusta for enlightened policy, will
(justify us in saving will be granted. As, however,
the exact condition of this subscription was not
! before tho meeting, it may or not be made abso
lute. Bo it is, it was satisfactorily ascertained, that
subscriptions from Augusta, Charleston, Macon,
and the counties between Augusta and Macon, ot
a certain reliable character, had been made, suf
ficient to insure the building of the Road. It was
therefore determined to appoint a provisional
Hoard of Directors, who were instructed to go for
ward immediately and have Bonner’s route from
Macon to Warrenton re-surveyed, and also a sur
vey made of the direct route—and when the sub-,
scriptiona were made absolute to the amount of a
million of dollars, to call the stockholders togeth
er, for the purpose of a permanent organization.
We will only add, that the best possible spirit pre
vailed—and nothing was heard or done, but what
was favorable to the accomplish men t of the enter
prise. We appeal to the citizens of Macon, to iden
tify themselves, in every possible way with this
great w ork, which is destined to exert a benign in
ilueuce alike on Augusta, Macon, and the great in
dustrial pursuit* of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES A. NISBET,
L. N. WHITTLE,
J. H. R. WASHINGTON,
Macon, Ga., March 29, 1860.
FOR THE JOt R.NAL AND MESSENGER.
I JAs*/*. Editors :—ln your last paper, you inti
mated that your neighbor of the Telegraph is in a
| false position. I cannot agree with you, I do
not think he ha? tiny position —l mean politically
I —nor never lias had since he lett nominally, the
Wbigs. Politics with him is a business transac
! tiou. Hence, does the star of Douglas culminate
j —all right. Is poor Cobb, for whom be professed
the greatest admiration—rbough on the score of
! old antecedents, he piefers doubtless Stephen*—
thrown overboard, he disposes of him with a faint
: expression of regret. In fact, few meu are more
easily accommodated or satisfied with whatever
! turns up in the Democratic Party or Democratic
i politics, than the pbilospbical editor of the Tele
j graph. As for standing by rneu and principles
with a warm, earnest heart, or adhering to any
uniform policy for himself, his party or the country,
that is out of the question. In & crisis like the
present one, we would suppose a Democratic pa
per in a central city of the South, might devote
; r.n occasional article to something more important
! than Turkey Gobblers and puffing humbug?, gener
j ally, Ciuweosd.
Perhaps the varying phases of the Telegraph's
politics are attributable to Us varying editors.
G.
Rev. J. E. Evans.— On Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings of the present week. Rev. Mr. Ev
ans, Presiding eider of the Macon District, preach
ed in the pulpits of St. John and St. James
churches. Both houses were literal!v crowded
with attentive audiences, composed of our citi
zens generally, to whom the enviable fame of the
Reverend orator is by no means unknown. To
•av that these sermons were able, would be feeble
in expression. The worthy Elder appeared to be
in excellent health, and time has apparently dealt
gently with him of late years, since hi# weekly
ministration among oar people. Bo may it ever
be.— Cnstd*< i
Correspondence of the Journal
messenger.
New York, March 27th 18C0.
A second mass meeting under the auspices of
the National Union Club, was held in tbe Cooper
Institute last night. At Dine o’clock when I reach
ed the building, Judge Nelson, of Tennessee, was
speaking. The room was packed to Its utmost
and the audience overflowing filled the side pasaa
ages, which had been thrown open and extended
info a second room overhead. The scene was cer
tainly inspiring. I wish that every old Whig In
Georgia could have been present. He would hare
had reason to feel encouraged in his opposition to
that Democracy which has never ceased to abuse
; and decry the Sage of Ashland. He would have
| understood for himself that there are not wantic^
, in this region of two parties, the element of an op.
position to them both, ready to combine with the
j Conservatives of the South, and roll back the tide
of corruption and fanaticism now flooding the
; country. When Mr. Nelson had finished, (bavii a
i spoken an hour and a half,} the vast crowd rose
and remained standing while the “ Star Spangled
Banner r was stmg. The effect produced by the
swelling chorus of three thousand voices, was mag
nificent. The Hon. Horace Maynard, of Tennes
see, be : .ig introduced, was greeted with vociferous
applause. Laboring under a severe indisposition
arising from a cold, Mr. Maypard, after speaking
about a quarter of an hour, was compelled to ask
the audience to excuse him. The three hearty
cheer*, with tbe inevitable w tiger” of a New York
popular gaiheriog, called forth a graceful ackoowl
edgement from the gifted member of Congress,
who then retired. Loud calls were made far
“ Brooks,” (Hon. Erastus Brooks, junior editor of
the Express,) but that gentleman was uot present.
This fact being announced, James W. Gerard, Esq ,
the President of the former meeting, aud one of
tbe prominent Uniou men of the city, answered
the summons of the audience, and made a few ex
cellent remarks. Morris’ spirited song, “The
Flag of our Union, ” was then sung, and with the
echoing chorus —“ The Flag of our Union Forev
er ! ” the crowd dispersed.
It is much to be regretted, that the Hon. Geo.
S. Hilliard, of Massachusetts, whose name had
been advertised, was not present last night. Many
were anxious to greet the tnan, who as a Represen
tative in tbe Legislature of his State, once stood
up nobly in defeuco of Daniel Webster, when it
was proposed to censure that Statesman for some
vote of his in the United States Senate.
The demonstration last night, cannot fail to
cheer the hearts of the Constitutional Union men
throughout the country. There is an “ Old
Guard “ in this city aud iu this State, ready to
fight over again tbe battle of Tippecanoe and
Beuna Vista. Active campaigning, (except In the
State Canvass of Connecticut,) is awaiting tbe ac
tion of the Conventions. Much interest is express
ed by all parties, in the probable course of the one
to meet at Baltimore. That Convention will have
& difficult and delicate question to discuss, namely,
with reference to the Chicago nomination. It
were a “ consummation devoutly to be wished,”
that some statesman might be selected, whom the
Republicans would be obliged to take up, or run a
xisk which their leaders would hardly venture on,
of losing one or two Northern States.
Iu any event, it seems quite certain now, if it ia
possible to read ia any degree the signs of the
limes, that the third Party—whoever may be its
nominees—will so control the canvass, as to throw
the election into the House. If this can be accom
plished, a conservative man for President, is sure.
It ia disheartening to see the corruption and tbe
enounous frauds, now in course of development,
under the Committees of Investigation at Wash
ington. It would seem as if public virtue itself
had been sold. Under the cry of Union, the dom
inant party has reveled in the public moneys, year
after year, till there would seem to be no honesty
left ia the Government. Sober-minded people are
fast losing confidence in our capacity for self-gov
ernment, and the opinion is now but too otten ex
pressed, that a Napoieoniac despotism is mors tie
sirable than our present loose demagogism. Pro
found thinkers like Macauley, should be heeded
when they warn us of the example of history, and
the inevitable results of a careless confidence in
politicians. Why will not the mases of men in our
land, who have kept aloof from politics so long,
now come forward and help redeem us from the
stigma that is fast attaching to our institutions?
—as the result of our inattention to that spirit of
watchful patriotism which every individual citizen
ought to feel it his duty to guard and cherish.
Strong hopes are entertained that Connecticut
, will go anti-lfepublican in the approaching elec
tion. The majority will bo small on either *ide,
, and the result ought to be accepted as indicative
of the last card of Republican strength. Rhode
I Island is already given up by many Republicans.
, Any result tending to weaken Republicanism in
. the New England States, will have the effect of
moderating the tone of that party’s leaders, and
. thus lending hope for a combined Opposition la
, the Presidential Campaign.
Let me give you a political illustration, corrob
orative of the truth of the old maxim that “straws
show which way the wind blows.” It will also be
evidence in additiou to ihe State election io this
State last fall, of toe gathering strength of tbe
third Party.
In the recent town election at SiDg Sing, fifty
miles up the river, the Union candidate was barely
defeated by a combination of Democrat* and Rt~
publicayi*. I commend this item to the attention
of certain gentlemen in your State, who have
thought proper to censure Mr. Hill for his indorse
ment of Hon. Geo. Briggs, of this city.
Another old proverb—“ extremes meet,” has
lately found exemplification in an article by an
Atlanta editor, expressing a preference for Seward
over Bates. It will amuse old Wbigs to hear tbe
former of these gentlemen called, a hold and open
statesman ; for they remember the defeat of Clay
iD 1840, and tbe overthrow of Scott in 1852, and
not much difference of opinion prevails as to who
maiuly contributed to these unfortunate results. —
And when Judge Bates, the honored President of
that convention, which, io 1856 nominated Fill
more, is characterized as a weak and wavering pol
itician ; it may be weii to remind tbe Atlanta edi
tor of the saying of that profound student of hu
man government, Macauley—“Tbe Bcieuce of pol
itic* i* compromise.” Wendell Phillip* has recent
ly delivered two radical lectures in tbis vicinity,
one ‘A Piea for a dissolution of the Union,’ the other
on “ Agitation indispensable to reform.’’ Respect
ful audience was accoided him, but acute as be
has generally been regarded, he missed the occ
■ion this lime. The people here aie uot ready for
disunion, and the transpatent sophisms of Mr.
Phillips can never delude them into tbe belief that
liberty aod hamanity require the giving up of th*
Constitution and ita compromises.
Ckqcikh.
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