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3&nrnal ft |Hfsscngcr.
and 8. HOSE,
KDITOK3 AND PROl'Kli-TORS.
An
Ia ihfl lift Amar.can News we find a letter from
S. C. Elam, Eaq., the American candidate for Uon
gr?M ia tbit District three rears ago, in which be
announces Lis desertion of tbe cause of Bell and
Everett and bia accession to the ranks of Brcck
inrulgu and Lane. His reasons for taking this
coarse are either tbe most singular or the most
honestly avowed that Lave ye: seen from any
of tbs Opposition recruits to tbe recedtrt. He
•ays the be goes over f> Bieckinridye “ without a
diui.iiut.on of confidence *n Bril and t'trdt; ’
that “ there is nothing in the platform of Beil and
Everett which shows that they are themselves pre
pared to yield the essential demands of tbe South,**
and that “ tbe frien.ls of Bell can cihibit a record
which, it would seem, ought to satisfy any reason
able Soathcru man.'* Still Col. Elam marches off
liom os and joins the Seceders. Why? In his
own words. “ My first objection to Bell and Everett
is, that we have no guaranty that their election
would quiet the country. My second objection i..
that they do not stand the ghost of a chance of
being elected.” The reader would naturally on
elude, then, that Col, Elam goes for Breckinr:
and Lane because they are free from these objec
tions which debar his support of Bell and Everett.
Not a bit of it! Ife says that *• Breckinridge and
Lane stand even a limmer chance of election than
Bell and Everett.” Then -*Ay docs CoL Elam leave
us? He says that his “controlling reason” is that
the Breckinridge party are pledged to dissolve the
l‘nion if Lincoln is elected, andjri.at Breckinridge's
running “ renders Lincoln's election certain.”—
Douglas, he thinks, might be elected if Breckin
ridge was out of the way, but “ Breckinridge could
not baat Lincoln if Douglas was out of the way.”
Mo Col. Elam is for mat >g a contingency upon
which he demands a dissolution of the Union, and
fc goes over to the support of Breckinridge in
view of this contingency, which might be averted
by the withdrawal of Breckinridge! We do not
deem it ncce-sarv to do irore than to state the “coo
trclitng reason ‘of hie course—it needs no com
ment. Are tbe people of Georgia prepared to aid
in bringing about this contingency ami then join
ing the Seceder* in the “remedy” to which CoL
Edam flays they are “ so committed that there is no
from it except through a most Infamous
back-down ? ’—CuMmlia Enquirer.
From Harr s County Enterprise
Letter from 2Xr. llhrdeman.
A report having been put in circulation io this
county—we know not by whom—that the Hon.
Thomas Hardeman, our immediate Representative
in Congress, had declared his intention to support
Breckinridge and Lane for President and Vice
President, and having been repeatedly interoga
ted as to the correctness of the rumor, without be
ing able to give a definite answer, we addressed
Cant. Hardeman a note, requesting film to infoim
t< as to the trutn'or falsity of the report, and re
ceived the following answer:
Mai.ox, Jciy 19, 1860.
Mr J. 11. Moorkfiklp:
l>*ar Sir —ln your faTor of the 13th, you say it
is reported in Harris county that I have’ declared
myself in favor of the nominees of the Secedera at
Baltimore. I know not upon whose authority such
•tab mcr-ta are made, nor will it, I imagine', have
mich inri-.ence, for whom I cast my rote. Since
the organisation of the American party, I have
been its warm admirer andVupporter. I have been
a private in its ranks, in several hard fought bat
tles—when our enemies denounced ns as** oath
bound conspirators and midnight plotters.” I nave
clung to my party when all *< dark and discour
aging—when the strong trembled and the weak de
serted—when our principles were assailed and me
were “guilty of treason to the South,” because we
did not appiove and applaud Cincianati platforms
and Kansas bills. I shall not forsake it now, be
cause our opponents have discovered the correct
ness of our positions, and are now seeking to elbow
us from the platform we long since erected, and
with cool composure call upon us, the builders, to
join those who have just discovered the beauty of
its proportions, and the strength of its structure.
For six years wo have stood upon it, and during
that time we have seen our principles endorsed by
tbe Supreme Court of the nation, and even our en
emies now approve and sustain them. I admire
the conscience stricken penitent—l love to see him
sit upon the penitential stool and weep over his
past errors—but I dislike to see him, before the
tear is dry upon his check lecture fathers in Israel,
•nd persuade them that he is more devoted and
zealous than they. I admire, also, political con
verts, yet I must be excused for doubting the “con
vincing conversion” of those who, one month ex
tol the National Democracy, and desire the C >. sn
cati platform, pure ar.d undefiled, and the next de
nounce their Northern brethren, and disrupt their
partv aseciations because the Cincinnati platform is
tendered them by “the only party that can save
the country,” including the “forty-four faithful.”
No sir, 1 have not forsaken my party friends, and
I ata gratified to see every position assumed in my
late canvass uo<c endorsed by some who denounced
them a* abstractions. Being right then , endorsed
no t, 1 shall continue in the faith, and give my cor
dial support to the only National candidates now
before the people for their suffrages—l mean Beil
•nd Everett.
Ilespectfullv Yours, *
T. HARDEMAN, J*.
IKeUuetioii iu Irelglit ou Corn.
The Soflth W estern Railroad directory yester
day reduced the freight charge on corn to seven
cents per bushel liom Macon to Albany. The Cen
tral Railroad made a similar reduction otuc days
ago, and we understand the freight per steam-hip
i> ij aio been reduced, so that twenty-one cents
jvr bushel will cover all charges between New York
a..u Macon.—.ViicdS Teiej. a r h, 10 tit.
Mr. Ruihnnan •sain Magic*ted.
Tbe Miiledgeville seceder’s convention, which
met and adjourned at M illedgeville on the Bth inflt.,
refused to endorse the administration of Mr. Brc
■axan. The “old public functionary’’ must make
a note of this, and have the matter fully explained
when Mr. Cobb retmns to Washington.
Can any of the Biukkjxmmk papers, leaders, or
subA- terns, explain this studied neglect iu endors
ing the administration of Mr. Bccuxai ? Will
acme of theca do Kim reverence* Speak out and
write out the reason, you “By authority” men,
w!io publish the laws of the United States, the list
mi letters, anil who hold official positions from Mr.
Br ?!anas. Why do you not explain the cause
ti at among the professed friends of Mr. Bi chaxa.v,
no one will offer a resolution approving the admin
istration of Mr. ErcHAXAS, or avks the able man
age meat of the Treasury Department of the Uni
ted States. There is a cause for this neglect.—
IM:at is it *—A ugsuta Constitutionalist.
r*cath of J. ft. Slaughter.
Mr. JsfUM S. Slaughter committed suicide on
y>Mr-r.uy by taking laudanum. Mr. Slaughter
w.*s a young man of genius, and was connected iu
1856 with the Alabama Press, and lr. 1858 and
with the National American of this citv.
Mr. Slaughter was kind-kear e.l, affable ar.d
gentlemanly in his intercourse with hi* fellow-m b,
but whiiai in a fit 01 melancholy ended 5-la
career with nis own hand. He leaves a wife and
infant child.— Atlanta Confederacy , 9/A.
Tns Ceops. —According to the returns received
at tha Census Bureau at Washington, the crops in
ail the Northern and Northwestern State arc im
lacL-oly heavy this year. In Pennsylvania they
are represented to be nearly if not quite double
those of last year, and in other States they will pro
bably be correspondingly heavy.— Sun.
ZST Mr. Toombs baa said the United States Gov.
•foment is the most corrupt one on earth. If be
bad special reference to the Administration of Mr.
BccuaXas, we can understand why he did not use
bis influence at the recent Basckia arnoa conven
tion at Milfedgeville, to have resolutions offered
*> J adopted approving of the Administration of
Mr. Bi uiaNa.v— Contitutionaliit.
A Gooa Rets.—A man who la very rich, was
very poor wheu he was a bov. When asked how
ha got bis riche*, be replied“ My father taupi t
ms never to pUy until my work was finished, nnd
frit’ !° ‘P* 4 ** l “J money until 1 had earned it.
if 1 h *‘ l *ut one hour’s work in a day, I matt do
th*t the t;rtt thing, ad<] in an hour, afur U>U I
wai to ; and theu could plaT with
h more pleasure Uian if I had the thought of
an unfinished task upon my mind. 1 earlv formed
the habit of doing everything in time, and it -oon
became perfectly easy to do so. It i, lo lhat
I owe my prosperity.”
4 oru in Illinola.
The Chicago i‘iesa speaka of the com crop in
that Sum aava:
We dare not repeat the estimates soberly mode
by ectn|.Strut men, of tire surplus corn which Illi
nois can spare oat of the crop now maturing; buj
this year exaggeration would be difflcult We can
•aly sav that there will be no famine in this or anv
•thrr land which om commerce wfl! reach,**
Lord Broujliam *% Apology.
We have by the Asia, the report in full of the j
apology made by Lord Brougham for the insult j |
which be off*red to Mr. Dallas, at the meeting ol j
tbe National Statistical Congress, on tbe 16th ult.
At a subsequent meeting o! the Congress on the 1
ISth, Lord Brougham presided, and when Dr.il
Jirvis. one ct the delegates from the United States. ]
stmt forward to prtsenttos report, Lord Brougham
said 1
1 exceedingly regret that the observations I
made on the first day have been interpreted into 1
something disrespectful to tbe United States. Not
one who has knoap me will accuse uie ofanch an \
intention. I re-pect our brethren of the United ,
States, eren when I differ from them. When 1 ,
called attention, in the presence of our friend,
Mr. Dallas, to the, in my opinion, important statin- i
ties! fact tba: a most respectable colored gentle-;
man .from Canada, was a number of Congress, Ii
only called his attention to it just as I would the
attention of our excellent friend, the Representa
tive of the Brazils, who Is here to day; and God ,
know* I do t ot entertian the slightest disrespect j
for the Brazils. 1 ought also to have called the |
attention of the Couut de K.paiJa (the Spiniri
Representative) to the same subject ; they hi** j
colonic-* and they have persons ot various colors in j
their poss-wrion .-. 1 call his attention :o it hereby. |
Da.mxl Was.vtkb os Territorial Govxr.xurxr. I
—ln a speech ir ti.e United States Senate on the .
•ut ;ect of Territorial GoAcrnmcuts, Mr. Webster i
Sal-. :
” We have always gone upon tbe ground that
these Territorial Governments were in a state of
pupilage, under the protection or patronage of the
General Government. The Territorial Legislature
has a Constitution prescribed by Congress. They
have no power not given by Thev
nmst act within the limits of tbe Constitution gran
ted them by Congress, or else their acts become
void. The people under the Territorial Govern
ment are not a sovereignty ;jthey do not eonStitnte
a sovereignty, stid do not posses.; any of the right
incident to sovereignty. They are, if you so please :
to uenominate it, in a state of inchoate government
and sovereignty. If we well consider this qnes
t.oa upon the ground of our practice during the
last bait century, I think we will fiud one way of
dtspo-ing it. it *s oar duty to provide for the peo- j
pie oi tbe territory a Government to keep the
peace, to tenure tfmr property ; to them a subor- J
dinate legislative authority; to assign to them a i
subordinate judicial authority, to see that the pro- 1
lection of their persons and the security of their j
properly are all regularly provided for; and to ‘
maintain them in that state until they grow into
-afticient importance, in point of population, to be j
admitted into the Union as a State upon the same
tooting with the original States. It seems to me
that that is all our duty. I shall most readiiv con
cur in anything wL-ch tends to the performance
ot that duty. But I cannot go into any general
discussion about the right of tbe people while un
dßr the Territorial Government, and do more than
•hey are permitted to do by that Constitution which
creates a government over them.”
From the Nashville Union.
‘lore of lire Negro Inwurrrctlon in Texas
The following letter ia from a reliable and intelli
gent Tennesseean, now in Texas;
Cxdak Hill, Dallas Cos., Txxas, l
July 24tb, 1860. j
Another public meeting was held in the town of
Dallas yesterday on the subject of the great negro
insurrection. The committee reported that three of
the leaders were to be hung near Dallas at 4 o'clock
this eveuing. Great excitement prevails all over
the country. Judge Budford, who had just return
ed from holding the District Court at Waxabacbie,
addressed the meeting. He stated in the outset
that ia any ordinary case he would be as far from
counselling mob law as any other man, but that in
the present instance the people had a clear right to
twat the law into their own hands. He counselled
moderation, and insisted that the committee should
execute tbe fewest number compatible with the
public safety.
No one doubts that every negro in the county,
perhaps in every adjoining county, knew the plot.
Not a single one would reveal it voluntarily, but thev
all tell substantially the same tale, under coercion.
McKinney, the Abolition preacher, who was whip
ped in Dallas last year, ia the instigator of the in
surrection, but he has carried on tbe work through
agents.
They have hung a white man in Fort Worth con
victed of furnishing the negroes with arms. He
acknowledged that he had two wagon loads morv
now on their way from Kansas. It is thought that
the wagons have already passed through Dallas.
The object in burning the town was to destroy
the ammunition. There was to be a general upris
ing on election day, and McKinney was to meet
them with an army of live hundred men. Special
vengeance wj. determined against those who took
an active part against McKinney, and it has been
exeeu’-l in part, at least, to the destruction of
their property.
Perhaps a suspicious white man has suffered death
at Dallas. Great disiru-t is manifested against all
transient individuals. I our correspoudeut wouiJ
leel weak in the kueea if he hailed from Abolition- 1
dom instead of Tennessee.
Yours, in haste, A. B. G.
4 Vigilance Committee Needed in Tens; -
Uk,
The Memphis Avalanche states that the city is
over run with scoundrels, and there is no place in
the Union where lawlessness, murder and villaines
are carried on with a higher hand, and where law
is Dss efficacious in reaching perpetrators of crime.
The latent outrnge is that committed by a party ,
of twenty five or thirty scoundrels who visited the
p.remies ot Rev. Samuel Watson, editor of the
Chris--an Advocate, on Sunday night, tearing down
fences, ami destroying every thing they could lay
t-old of. They fired a pistol at an old negro man,
the only protector of the place, (Mr. Watson being ‘
absent and discharged several pistols at Mrs. Wat
son, and returned to the city after laying waste all
they could.
—.
How to I'it-ass- all Parties.
Some ingenious editors in Tcnnesse, have hit |
upon an admirable plan to please the two wings of
the Democracy in that State, as may be learned
from the subjoined item from the Nashville Patriot.
It is hardly fair, however, for the Douglas men
to be two, to one Breckinridge man, but perhaps
the latter is the strongest of the three.
The “ Quid Nunc,” a paper published at Grand
Junction, Tennessee, has three editors, who cannot
agree upon a Pre.-iJential candidate, consequently
tb journal supports both Breckinridge and Doug
las. The manner in which this is done is curious.
On one page, edited by Col. D. B. Gaily and Dr.
N. H. Piewitt, are the names of Douglas and John
son,’under the head, ‘‘National Democratic Tick
et,” together with a paragraph stating that tbe
other side of the paper is a eeperate and distinct
” institution,” with which they had nothing to do.
Turning to this other 6ide, edited by R. G. Adams,
the reader finds the names of Breckinridge and
Lane, with tbe heading, “ Only True National De
mocratic Ticket,” and the following paragraph :
Run Both Sib*w.—The outside of this paper is
u sc pc rate and distinct department, under the edi
torial control ot D. B. Gaily and Dr. N. H. Prewitt,
•vho advocate the eause of Douglas and Johnson
iu this Presidential Campaign.
We*'re afraid to read the Quid-Nunc now. We
don't want to rote for cither of its tickets, and
we're afraid that if we read it, we’ll vote for both.
The Quid-Nanc has two more pages to spare—
couldn’t it find a couple of fellows who would be
willing to go in on them for Mr. Bell and Abe Lin
coln ? If it pretends to “ slash around promiscu
ously,” it ought to go the whole hog.
Won’t Yoc Fcix*—As the Louisville Journal
pointedly remarks, tbe Richmond Enquirer and
•ther papers of the same clas-t alternately denounce
the Douglas men a everything vile and b*? and
mischievous, and beg them to consent to a union,
a league, a coalition, a fusion. What they suv to
the Douglas men is substantially this: You are a
good-for-flothing, factions set, seekiag no other ob
ject than to disturb the Union and deprive us of
oar rights—won't you fuse? Yon are base traitors
<0 the country, pursuing a shortcut to all the ends
of Abotitaonisiu—Won’t you fuse? You are enti
tiied to rto respect under heaven, hot deserve to
be repelled and kicked br every party that you
dare to approach—Won’t you fuse? Your faction
is a tout und accursed rrptiic whose poisonous
head should be crashed by every honest man's
boot-heel—won’t you fuse? It is impossible yfiat
the Douglas party, thus pathetically a; pealed to
can refuse to fuse!
£3T” Job US, why didn’t you oblong vour star
at de sea side?”
“Kaae, Mr. Snow, dey charge too much*”
“How ao, Julius?”
” Why, de landlord charged discolored iodividu
*l wid stealing de spoons.”
A Dorr.Las Cocp d’Ktat.—l'ho Boston Herald
of the zTiii tells of warm political work in LoweiL
But.er and others had appointed a Breckinridge
and Lane ratifies lion meeting on Uutt day, but
tte Douglas men rallied in force, took the meet
ng out of tbeif bands, ratified the Tlrife jrianV
Diaunlon Sentiment* from Air. Keitt.
The Hon. Lawrence M. Keitt has published a let
ter in the Charlrstou Jfsrrwry, in which he calls
for a union of all parties in the South for Breckiu
ridge and Lane, but be ba evidently very little
hope of their election, lie is prepared for what
be considers the inevitable result, the election of
Lincoln. He advises secession, and points the
wav towards such a consummation, and close* with
a description of the rottenness of our political
evstem, in which, though overdrawn, there is too
much that ia undeniably true. From this letter we 1
extract the following bold avowal of disunion sen-.
tiinent:
In my judgement, if the Black Republican par
ty succeeds in the corning election, tbe Governor
should immediately assemble the legislature, and
that body should provide for a State Convention,
which should protect the State from dishonor ot ;
Bubm:s-*ion to Black Republican rule. Before the
tribunal of the world and at the bar of history,
we shall stand justified. Freedom lives much
more in the spirit of a people thau in the forms of
a government. We shall receive the plaudits of
brave men for preserving freedom, and not re-
I ’OiioL.s for shattering a despotism.
naior Hammond, iu his unanswerable and
cot sttni vtc arguments ou the admission of Kansas
4 -d “.'-qatter sovereignty,” his exposed the re
-ouro a and rights of the South. Upon both we
may safely stand. This Union is just as travelers
tcii us malty Eastern habitations are, a palace to
100 a upon; all lair ou its outside, and presenting
tins appwarance of a house that should last for gen
erations ; but the master puts his walking stick or
hi- boot heel through the rafters and he finds that
tn.‘ white an s have eaten all the substance out of
t.ic timbers, and tnai all he sees about him is a
j coating ol paint, which an intrusive blow may dis
pel.-. in i t-loud of dust. The skirting boards
j hare o’.ready pi i > •-.!, :-.e rafters ere now ready
to tu able in. \V<; of t-te South have done every
thing to preserve the Union. We have yielded al
most everything bid our houors. Let us yield that
only as an enemy yields his banner.
When the South hung to her bosom such men
a- L Iward Everett, we may well despair of the Re
public and the preservation of our institutions.—
ALemphl* Acalanehe.
Avery conclusive answer to this ebullition of
partisan rancor is that six months ago the Avalan
che’s candidate for the {’residency called publicly
and solemnly on the South to hug Everett to her
bosom as the only hope of the Republic and of the
preservation of our institutions. Said John C.
Breekiuridge iu his speech at Erankford lust De
cember.
There is another element at the North, not large
but .voblk and tri*k. It consists of the scattered
cohorts of the old Whip j>arty t of men like
EVERETT, Choate, and their as ociates, whose
CONSERVATISM, CCLTL’RK, ANn PATRIOTISM IIEUKLLXD
aoaixsttiu Krpcijlic .n alliance. Besides these
there are many thousands in the Northern States
who stdJom attend the poll-, and whose voices
have not heard amid-t the clamors that surround
tbeai. To at l tiierr Lay ■ - afi iai
emnlv demand a general revolt of the virtue and
loyalty of the country against the pernicious prin
ciples that threaten its safety ; when all the forces
are arrayed ia their proper ranks, we shall be able
to see w hat remains to hope or fear.
Now, men of the South to whom the voice of
the Avalanche extends, which will you obey, the
■ Avalanche or the Avalanche’s chief? The two are
in direct and utter antagonism, and you will have
|to choose between them. The Avalanche says if
J you hug to your bosom such men as Edward Ev-
I erett the Republic is lost, whilst John C. Breckin
ridge exhorts you to hug Everett and his associates
to your bosom in order to preserve the Republic.
To which will yon listen ? And which, we repeat,
I will you obey ?— Louisville Journal.
pT The editor of the Rushville (Ind.) Jackson
j ian makes a direct effer of himself through his pa
uer to our smart young friend, Lizzie St. Clair Dill,
of “ Mis Din's- Lizzie publishes his pro
j posal and says :
When Mr. Prentice reads the above he will
j doubtless perceive how great an injury he has done
j ns in aving that we are not handsome, since it has
given people the opportunity of talking to us after
the style of the Jacksonian man. And, in order
’ that Mr. P. may have a chance to atone for the
j wrong, we will leave it to him to decide wither we
! shall say “ vie” or “ nay” to the editor’s proposi
tion. If he thinks that the editor of the Jackson
i ian is worthy of ns, and that w have not enough
;01 beauty to win better fortune, why, we’ll sav
■ “yea.” We will abide by Mr. Prentice’s decision.
We have a deep scnc of the responsibility that
our friend Lizzie devolves on us. We must take
the important <‘ase into consideration. We must
see the Ruslivillc editor and have a long plain talk
witii him. We can’t let our Lizzie marry him un
less lie is handsome, for at least one of the partners
in a matrimonial firm should always, for obvious
reasons, be so. We can’t let her marry him unless
he i- a good Bell and Everett man, for her polities,
we have reason to suspect, repuire more attention
than we are in a condition to bestow. We can’t
let her marrv him unless he has a fine income, for
we know that she would spend a fortune most
gracefully. We can’t let her marry him unless he
is exceedingly -Mart, lor if he is otherwise the
much w'u!(J be like the mating of the eagle with
a barn-door fowl Finally we can't let her marry
except with the explicit understanding that we
shall be the first to ki-s the bride and have full
license to kiss her whener we meet afterwards and
and that the first masculine instalment of their
posterity shall be named after us.— Louisville
Journal.
Election Nu,
North Carolina —Ellis, Democrat, has been re
elected Governor, it is thought, by a majority of
about four thousand—being a loss of UPWARDS
OF T\\ ELVE THOUSAND ! as compared with the
Tote between himself and Mcßae.
In the Legislature, the friends of Bel! and Ever
ett have made a clear gain, as far as ascertained,
of fourteen.
Yhe Goldsboro’ “Rough Notes,” a Democratic
paper, gives the majorities in all but twenty coun
ties, ami expresses the opinion that Ellis’ majority
will be “ less than two thousand.” All honor to
the Old North State.
Kentickt. —Combs’ majority in Kentucky, for
the ofliee of Clerk of tbe Court of Appeals—said
to be tbe most lucrative office in the State—is be
tween fifteen and twenty thousand 1 Tbe Breckin
ridge candidate for the same office is completely
distanced— The Douglas candidate leading also !
Arkansas. —A telegram to the Nashville “ Ban
ner,” states that “Hindman is beaten badly for
Congress in the Helena District, by Seypert, Bell
man.”
Alarama. —The returns of the election so county
officers, in several counties in Alabama, show a
decided improvement upon former elections. In
Macon county, where the Yancey-Brcekinridge
party made the election of Tax Assessor a party
question, the Bell candidate was elected by over
one hundred majority ! In Montgomery county,
Mr. Yancey's home, the Bell ticket has succeeded
by a majority of about one hundred and fifty—a
gain of about fifty since last year. Large gains in
favor of the Union ticket are likewise reported in
several other counties. Trnelv the work goes
bravely on ! The friends of Bell and Everett have
everything to encourage them. Let them but do
their duty, and a great and glorious victory will
crown their efforts in November next.
Crop* in .*4(alsut|>pt.
The Enterprise News says there will be a greater
scarcity of provisions in that section of country
next year than was ever kuown before. Wheat
is very scarce, and the growing cotton crop is well
nigh all pledged for corn and meat already pur
chased.
Tiir. Half-way Hoi st to Black Rf:rruL!CAMSM.
—The Loneil (Mass.) Advertiser remarks: “Mr.
Bin iingame, in a Republican mating the other
evening, said he felt rejoiced every time he saw a
Douglas banner, for he knew those who enlisted
uuder it had deserted the service of slavery. They
had come half tray, and had better join the gather
ing forces of the free.” Douglasixtn, then, is the
hi f nay house on the road to Black• Jiepublican-
JUr. Burlingame's estimation. It may be
well to remember that.
We commend the above to Mr. M. Sikes of the
Telegraph of Wednesday last.
The statesmen! that Senator Toombs iu bis War
renton spi t h, tm otiui day 1 the sound
ness of Bell itud Douglas on the slavery question, is
au'.horilively a- ie-i S< for from endorsing, he
directly assailed ’a* ‘■otmdness ot both.
Any Bell tolled by Mr. Toombs would not be
deemen very sonnd.
Gov. Wise for Bsir. and Evfiutt.— Tlie Wash
ington correspondent of the Richmond Whig, incn
liona, as among the t umors of that city, that Ex-
Governor Wise will, in a short time, come out bold
ly for Beil and Everett, and, sink or swim, fight tbe
battle of the Constitution, the Union, and tbe
Law*.
MACON, GEORGIA :
” ednesday, August 5, 1860.
it i ii n HiMiiaiiiw an wiwinqiri mxw*Ji
Constitutional Union Ticket.
roii president,
7 011 >7 B K LL,
OF jjlvnkssbje.
FOR Exl DENT,
EDWARD EVERETT,
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
PLATF OU M :
Tlie CttUMtltiif ion oi the Country, the i
Union of the State! and the Enforcement
of tlie Laws.**
To Some ol our Pitff-jie.
Within a few days past we have sent a large
number of letters, with accounts, to our subscri
bers and other patrons. Many of them, of con
siderablc amounts, of long standing, and against
individuals whom wc know to be men of wealth,
and able to pay at any time. We wish them to
retlect, that we have bestowed our labor and ex- j
pended our money for them, and are compelled to 1
meet our engagements at all times We regret
also to say, that the greater patt of ne delinquen
cies to us, are by thosa best able o pay. We i
hope they will heed this call.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Attention is directed to the advertisement of,
Mr. Wood’s attractive portrait gallery, where wii*
be found some very attractive specimens of the
line arts. Also, the notice of tlie Reform Medica
College, New Books, the cards of Hardeman A
Spat ks, Coates A Woolfolk, Ac. The liberal divi
dend declared by the S. \V. Railroad will not fail
to be read with pleasure these tight times.
PERSONAL-
We were pleased to sec in our office od yester
day a large number of our Union friends, from dif
ferent parts of tbe State, all in fine spirits. Among
others Mr. Christy of the Southe n Watchman and
Col. llanliter cf the Atlanta American—editors of
two sterling Uj papers, which should be patro
nized largely.
E RE THAN TWO.
II i the Teleyraph been a more careful “ exarni.
nev of the columns of his Breckinridge neighbor
he would have added to the number of those jour
nals who arc pledged to disunion in the “event of
Lincoln's election.” It is due to candor to say
that we do not be!'eve Mr. Breckinridge is at heart,
a disunionist —but for a L'nion man he is in very
bad company, and has very Btispicious backers.—
Tlie Telegraph c. . hardly be ignorant of tbe fact
that the in a -r spirits of the Breckinridge partvi
ope dy proclaim disunion, in the event of a black
republican fi umph.
DOUGLAS CONVENTION,
onvenuon of the friends and supporters of
oug'ti;-, was to have met in Milledgeville ou
y iay, for the purpose of nominating an
I ral Ticket. Delegates from different parts
Suit passed through the city on Monday.
ii e canvass in Georgia may now be said to have
f v opened. Let it be conducted in a spirit of
j- 4ce and moderation.
BELL AJTD EVERETT MEETING.
i Col - Do ?Ie Elector of this district, and Messrs.
Trippe and Goode, will address the citizens of Craw
ford County at Knoxville, on Tuesday the 21st
inst. The public are invited to attend.
Tin* vfinoii I-'alr.
The following among other premiums arc offered
for petitions in Wood und lie- Works at the
fair to be hcid Rt Macoti, c-. , ■ -i. g■ : the 3d
of December:
For the best set of Common Chairs
Best V indow Sash and Blinds 5
Best Georgia made Kifie ]im,
“ “ “ Shot Gun loon
“ specimen of casting in Hullow Ware.. 500
“ and most improved pattern
Cast Iron Railing 5 qq
“ Rail Road Car built in Georgia with
Locomotive ... 20 00
Secretary iolb on the Stump!
On Saturday morning says the ( oiutnbus En
quirer, the most extraordinary per ormance ever
; witnessed in Temperance Hall was exhibited : A
Secretary of the Treasury, astray from his official
duties at Washington, waging a fierce Adminis
: tration warfare on one of the candidates for the
j Presidency! The Hon. Howell Cobb belabored
Douglas with all the rancor and unfairness charac
teristic of the Administration of which he is n
member; ami no doubt he will return to Washing
ton and report to his chief his good day’s work in
Georgia, with all the pompo-ity of Falstaff recount
ing to Prince Hal his terrible butchery of Hotspur
and his followers. .
A Feature of our < anvns,
A prominent feature in our canvass* here in
Louisiana says the New Orleans Bulletin, is the
number and zo; >f young men who are throwing
tin msclves wit! dor into the noble cause. They
ar, covering the. .selves with imperishable honor.
They are too, r .s manifest, of the more intellectu
al f-:td better educated classes of young men—
whose good order, gentlemanly bearing, liberality
and cultivated minds stamp them at once as gentte
mev, a term that includes most qualities that are
of any value, and which it is difficult to counterfeit.
Young men were very numerous at the great meet*
ing on Cannl -,reet, and the impromptu side meet
ing at the back of the Clay statue was addressed
by several of them with much feeling and effect.—
As we chanced to pass along we heared a young
Creole speaking in a very patriotic and eloquent
niaii .ier, and on inquiring we learn that the speaker
wa. V. N. Ogden, Jr. lie was t dweliing upon the
co. ‘less blessings of the Union, and the untold
ai deseri!,. le evils of disunion. The effort did
a! :■> hi.*, head and heart. Enpassant, there is
1:0 , lof ou.’ pc pie more sincerely or devotedly
a nd to ‘he l nion and the Constitution than
O' 1 , varra hearted and patriotic Creole population.
1: .son to cither will never fiud a lodgment in
tht r breasts.
John U. Breckinridge is beaten in his own
precinct, his own city, his own county, his own
district, and bis own State. Oh, w hat a candidate !
So says the Atlanta Confederacy.
Uxivkrsitv or Georgia.—The Board of Trus
tees have elected Hon. Joseph Henry Lumpkin,
Chancellor, and Kev. P. U. Mell, Vice Chancellor.
Judge Lumpkin is in Macon pie-siding in the Su
dreme Court, and it is not yet ku<-v-o whether he
wqll acce-pt.
Pcbuc Address.—Geu. Eli warren will address
the people of Laurens county iu Dublin, on Satur*
duy the 2oth inst., iu support of the claims ol Bel 1
and Everett.
—
Post office Ofkrations. —Iu the list of Pos*.-
ofliec operations for the week ending July 21st,
inclusive, we find the foliowring :
Established.—Patterson, Pierce county, Ga. ;
Haywood, Washington county, Gt.; Goodsun,
Spalding epunty, Ga; and Furnace, Walker coun
ty, Ga.
Discontinued.—Newton, Millou county, Ga.;
i.dotn, Gilmer county, Ga. ; and Lombardy, Co
lumbia county, Ga.
Louse* 01* Cotton.
The Charleston Evening News says ;
That tlie reclamations this season for losses on
cotton, against Southern dealers, will amount to
ten millions of dollars. Cotton speculators will
continue to take the chance of losing ton dollars,
in hope of making one.
THE UNION STATE CONVENTION,
Which met at Milledgtvill® on Monday last, was
the largest we have ever witnessed on any similar
occasion, of any party. As we ariived at the
Metropolis the Convention had adjourned over for
dinner, and the crowd which poured out of the
State House, reminded us more of u mass meeting
than an ordinary Convent'***. Indeed, the assem
blage was not an ordinary one, nor was the occas
ion which called it together; Venerable, gray
haired men from the tnuu; tains to the seaboard
were there; called from tl?i home retreats, by
the impended condition of Gr country. Nor was
the spirit which pervaded less significant than
the person alt of the Oun ,r -ution. The members
were of one heart and one a nd, upon all inportant
questions.
Gen. J. W. A. Sandford ‘*r 0 selected to preside
! over the Convention, a i lbv Col. Seaton
j Grintland, and Col. A. W. 1 • iding, as Vice Presi
-1 dents. Messrs. Hanlciter Kobinson and Thomas
acting as Secretaries. W ham the number of
, delegates enrolled was nr five hundred ; most
|of . counties in t i>, I. -eated
! At- i. •no ■ , of- 1
■re • I til . n ■ - , t; i b-i ,
: w.n- .ih J v, a* : ■ j:i. ol It’- iiliig s; i.
jHr . as fol ui b . R. J’. Trippe, iu one ol’ his i
i happiest e r? 8. ’
\V,* v:n com, ro leave before the Con- ‘
vemu.n .c turned. ‘-‘lea i that > irritigspeeches :
wer •m• i- i>y Mrs; .Jon: han Df.vis, C. Peeples* i
Jo-uu.i iiin, S. B • jer, W. F. Wright and L. •
T. Doyle. Our .'ill ; * : ui.i u- to notice s
more at large, this week, pr j - “diiuo of t.<i j
impoi tarn body.
The following is the I'.’ < ‘ >:
Elcrtorai eket.
FOR STATE AT LARGE.
i Wm. I.aw, of Chatham. ) ...
B. U. Hill, of Troup. \ 1 Jcctorß ’
Hines llolt, of Muscogee. ) ...
Garnett Andrews, of Wilkes. ) ‘ trna e9 ‘
FIRST DISTRICT.
Samuel B. Spencer, of Thomas, Elector.
Edward B. Way, ol Lihettv, Is Alternate.
Dr. T. A. Parsons, of John.-r *ind. Alternate.
SECOND DIS RIOT.
Marcellus Douglas, of Ran-.i di. Elector,
i W. H. Robinson, of Macon, 1-t Alternate,
jP. J. Strozier, of Dough rt ‘2nd. Altt mate.
THIRL) DIAL RIOT.
L. T. Doyal, of Spalding, Elector.
John T. Stephens, of Monroe, Ist. Alternate.
Charles Goode, of Houston, 2nd. Alternate.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
W. F. Wright, of Coweta, Elector.
W. C. Mabry, of Heard, Ist. Alternate.
John M. Edge, of Campbell, 2nd Alternate.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Josiah R. Parrot, of Cass, Hiector.
Tlios. (i. McFarland, ot Walker, Ist. Alternate.
Kich’d. W. Jones, of Whitfield, 2nd. Alternate.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
11. P. Bell, of Forsyth, Rlceior.
McDaniel, of Walton, Ist. Alternate,
s. J. Winn, of Gwinnett, 2nd. Alternate.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Dr. I. E. Dupree, of Twiggy r.lector.
B. T. Harris, of Hancock, Ist. Alternate.
M. W. Lewis, of Greene, 2nd. Alternate.
EIGHT DlS’i RICT.
LaFavette Lamar, of Lincoln, Elector.
John la. Jackson, of Richmond, Ist. Alternate.
Daniel E. Roberts, of Seri en, 2nd. Alternate.
THE TRUT H GiTTING OUT
The disruption of the democratic party is pro
ducing some startling dis ‘• sures, which the peo
ple would do well to h* • l. Thousands at the
South, by misrepreseutati’ -of Bell and Everett,
will be deterred from vo. : og for them, because
they are suspected of abol r :ism. And ret thev
will swallow Douglas and r -eckinridge, without
wincing at their squatter ft.- ■* 1 record. Read the
following from Mr. Doui vhicn we rind in a
Breckinridge paper :
“ I have already had o >n io remark that at
the time of the adoption i.i* Constitution there
wpr twelve (slave States) i ! six of ih?m have
•*i r i‘ ibolffied s’ tv -r-. ‘ - fn’‘ ih- rt tlmt the
• ff ‘ttd -<W/ h >.< e;< • . >W
■ sici ry /< ; ■; -i . V
* for red .
. V gild V- .L
;* <i prof ,*lv A
adopt on ■ vadno of enmucip-ition, jj., .
ttit- op r. tm o ‘ iit-s must, in the
pro time, e fre-” * . *
Ihe sir, Hi*- ition of the Senator from
Sotnh Ci i dina is i >iy iiv.pr.it.* able. It is also
inaduiissi ie if pr .abl*'. 1t would revolution
ize the fi‘i lament vine!,Jes of the Government.
Jt would Icstroy • great principle of popular
not pc (• . ity) which must
j necessarily form 1 lie ba-i- b ,i’ itutions. It
would he a retrogru Ic mo ■ j<t /.< a.-.g age of pro
gress that would axtoniyh i ■••<* rlj, ‘ (so ua> end
the Constitution as to p es q lilii rium be
tween the slave nnd fn ) Appendix
Congrational Globe, ISf* ■, . j irt 1, page
371.
BELL AND EVERETT MEETING IN NEW
ORLEANS
The correspondent of the Charleston Courier ,
has the following notice ot a u > ug heid on the
first inst. We arc most happy <> hiiO ueh enthu
siasm in that quarter for the hi a*.national Union
candidates, but are oy no uicr-.ns disappointed to
see it. Also, to st-e die in. eof our old friend and
associate, Col. Slymocf., I ttliiig, is has always
done, on the right *.<> in politics, and in the fore
most rank—always the me, wnether the prospeet
ahead was victory or defeat. Every indication
speak favorably for the success of our ticket in
Louisiana :
“Since my last the only sensatiou in our quiet
city has been the great Bell and Everett dewon
straton in Canal-street at the base of Clay’s statue,
on the evening of the Ist. Notwithstanding we
are almost at our lowest point of Summer depletion
as regards population, it has been remarked by
those who know beet about those matters that
seldom, it ever, even when the city was at its fullest,
has there been so numerous a political meeting in
New Orleans. Os coorse there was a great effort
made to have the affair com ? off imposingly, and
the result was a great success, calutes of artille
ry, brilliant fireworks, a tiiumphal illuminated
arch, thrown over the Clay .statue, bearing mottos,
Hags, tec., the whole street ablaze with torches,
the neighboring balconies owded with listening
and applauding ladies, and so on and so forth. The
veteran editor of the Built, iu, Col. Seymour, pre
sided. Hon. Christian Ro- litis made the leading
speech, and was followed by several other speak
ers, none of whom were stirngers, but all resident
citizens.
One of the most interesting incidents in the de
monstration was the api e.irance of a body of
youth,calling themselves the •‘Youngßell Ringers,”
each bearing a transparence, with this title upon
it, and in the centre of then procession drawing
a large bell, mounted on w eels, which kept up a
merry clangor as it went a. g.
Beyond all question this ty will give a hand
some majority for Beil and Everett, and toe sup
porters of that ticket are c sanguine of being
able to carry the State as well.”
Bibb County Tax Returns for >.■■■.•
lObo Polls.
I*2OS Children betvrcei and J.'’ years.
464. US 1 Acre* land vain i at 5i.940,213.
I property..’ . 777.338.
;. . ala > is. v:iv . .-i
A... • of tone’ i)
Mercbiu ize .... 1.
vJp>;M t ics ten v r.cs,
M.jci ■>, A •••••„• 210,681.
bunii a- 1TH,020.
Ail mu properv . avi".i iiU
liH-i i -ed 437,2yu.
Aggreagato £16,91)7,125
.. ou in i ’
L. I. •VRPjili l', T. R.
Worthy or Ni
J. C. BiUCKiNr.il uk Bay s i... belongs to no par
ty that has for its object the tr < n ‘on of slavery.’
John Bkll says that “humanity to the slave, no
less than justice to the /nailer, demands that slave
ry should be extended.”
SUGGESTIONS TO PLANTERS
We published the following article a few weeks
since, and at the suggestion of an experienced
“ Ware House Man,” we repeat it; and call the
attention of all parties interested, to it. All our
planters must recollect the experience of last year,
with regard to inferior qualities—that is, dirty,
trashy and sanded Cottons. For these, there was
scarcely any demand, while a clean article would
meet a ready sale. By adhearing to these sugges
tions, much Cotton of the last years crop would
Lave sold from one to two cents higher in our
market than was obtained for it.
“Now that the cotton season is over, and the grow
ing crop will be matured in a few w-fA* f
proper to offer the following •<?•,-*. • so *
I benefit:
Ist. Let vour cotton, wher ru- .■
with proper esi %
as possible f r o > ;> A *.
great drawbacks the ii.ij * <•:* him
great difficulty in soiling diny and :r.i- cv ct.i'oo,
and they are frequently compelled to effect s ties at
very low prices, while the same cottons, cieau,
would command ready sales at prices, and thus pay
the ow ners well for the extra labor required.
; ’ T ke proper pains in ginning, and packing,
s t\.r as possible, the two common evil of
i ;i ‘ with the gin. And also of wet packing
•ews Let enough bagging be put on to
■f.*-.*- no iin* cotton entirely,? then cows will not
j cu’ ir. j the bales ; and they will be in much better
condit ion for shipping. Bagging will generally pay
i for itself in selling the cotton, hence the greater
. pro. of using a little more to put the boles in
[ better • r dition. In ginning, two qualities of eot
j jon ref. id not be mixed together. Neither should
i two ‘liff-tent quarries ever be put into the same
I bii- ‘ t-e mixtures are sure to cause aunoyauce
to ci : oWs and lac tors, and they subject
j plan t n.-ci'-t >o trouede and loss. When
j pla. ‘.-I e ic •sos cotton, thev should gin
i and :>d “J itscil; and it the bales are
i too - ;.■ : , og, t t-v can be sold to the cot
ton factories.
2d When the cotton is sent by the railroad the
planter’* name should be distinctly marked with
good ink upon the heads of the bales. This is
proper at all times, hut more especially when ship
ped by railroad. Cotton brands are generally
furnished gratis by warehouses, and every planter
can get them with but little cost and trouble.—
When the name is properly put upon the bales, but
little trouble is necessary to identify them; but
when the bales are not sufficiently marked, more
or less trouble may be expected, and it is almost
sure to come.
By giving attention to these little matters plan
ters will save themselves much trouble and ex
peuse. A Warehocse Max.
SOUTH-WESTERN RAILROAD
We copy the following synopsis of the transac
tions and business of this Road, from the “ Daily
Telegraph of the 9th inst.
The ninth annual meeting of the Directors of
this corporation takes place to-day, and through
the courtesy of some of the officers we are en
abled to collect and present the following facts in
respect to the business of the Road during the
year ending with last month. The earnings have
been as follows :
From freights up $203,818 75
“ “ down 214,270 07—418,088 82
From passengers through. 86,639 83
“ “ Wav 142,557 47—229,197 30
“ Mails 23,082 55
“ Miscellaneous 6,527 20— 29,609 75
Total Earniugs $676,895 87
Current Expenses 253,374 5&
Leaving nett earnings for the year.. .$423,521 29
Permanent expenditures of all kinds. 38,509 00
Bal. over ordinary and extr’ry exp’n9 $386,6’2 29
This exhibits a nett increase on the bus nt
last year, amounting to $129,u19 44, and
crease in the current expenses s43._'-7 - •• — \
Tfce average number of miles of rod i r > u • i
ing the year, has been 175—now in - 191
very shortly when all iscompf •
of the Road and branene* wii; • .
earnings per mile of •-o •;
have been, for y.
for freight s'‘. J A
The c irreu, e •
or only six ‘'•*!: • i *
in excess
In passengers t K - - ,>
increasing bosines> Daring the . . ,
ed 3§,2 ! >2 through, and 93.'an w-v at r*,
giving an average of 353 passengers per da_i
| 302 as shown per last report. Bales of
sported over the Road 2u6,307 against
*etr. Bales of Cotton to Macon 32,-
27.922 by previous report. The down
uoiii icon have also largely increased.
xten.-h> * *ii the Road are now nearly
i • > and. fa. i-.i Fort Gaines is all graded and
j ti e i .i I. laid to within two and a fialf miles of
: tin- town, to Eut'aula ii is laid to the river
o: - ‘lie town, and awaits the completion of
the i Fiie cost of the Eufaula and Fort
Gib exteiiMous will be $1,681,859 71.
‘iiotive power of the Road fa* h ;n incrc-as
j e*i a . _ the year bv tut- purchase oi one Passen
ger i |wo freight engines, and the same number
hav ‘) m ordered for delivery here in October or
No*- • i :er in i’i c motive and roiling stock of
“ R I! hi oMMt 22 engines 19 puses*
1 g 1 : ighr cat* o: .it dcs riptions. The
tr. ... ■ t- •ho ti- s v *i. and the oili
ain <• ■of tin Ro: and r.ic !. coroplimented
for elfijiviicy and good coin; ‘
ron.stiditioual t uioi: r( ii giu Craw
ford County.
The Constitutional Union party of Crawford co ,
met in Knoxville, 7th inst., when upon motion
Jonathan Ross was called to the chair and J. T.
Blafisingame requested to act as Kecretary.
On motion, the chairman appointed f. Feagan,
James Harris, A. J. McAfee, B. Lightloot, and
Miles B. Scott a committee to prepare business for
the action of the meeting.
The following report of the committee was unan
imously adopted;
In the present disorganized state of Political
Parties, while passion, prejudice and sectionalism
threaten the greatest evils to our country 1 We, a
portion of the people of Crawford county, who are
devoted to the preservation of the Constitution, the
Union of the States, and the enforcement of the
Laws, have assembled to express our sentiments,
as to the course which Patriotism and duty, require
us to pursue iu the approaching Presidential
struggle.
In reviewing the past, we feel it our duty to set
forth the following, as some of the reasons, for not
acting with either wing of the Democratic party.
Ist. When united in the day of its power and
glory, it has proven itself unable or unwilling to
quiet agitation upon the subject of slavery, or to
administer the affairs of this Government, in other
respects, properly.
2nd. It has wantonly and recklessly sported with
the peace of the country, by re-opening, for party
wurposes, grave questions, which had been settled
and acquiesced in, by all sections *ud parties, and
that too, in the face of a solemn pledge not to do
I IT.
3rd. By this reckless policy, it has giwn birth,
strength and vitality to Black R. ■; . > Air,, ; i
divided and distracted th* ■
North and South.
4th. It has preached .atr. . •it i t .o; ,
but practiced e\ nv, •. met u .'l .?•. ■■>■■■ U the
administration c* t: t Feder. Go •• iiioe ii.
sth. It has cheated, hu m ugg* and deceived
the people of all sections—finally cheated and be
t rayed itself— disrupted —burst.
•Vin. ine Southern wing, with boldness and can
< - it- sins, but has not the Patriotism to
, ui u, as is clearly evinced in its refusal
.ori Jo! u Bell—its re-affirmance of that
ed, t A i-iongued structure —the Cin
c a Uiionu—it* nomination and support of
J. Bi eckinridge, an original Squatter.
/ Ai r egaling to iiself the exclusive guardian
ship eiouttieru Rights, it has virtually endorsed
the i >ui;i plank of the Black Republican party, by
tiu ■ ‘ aod supporting for Vice Piesident,
G . 0 Lane, who voted for that great Free
;sul - - i.e ilomcStead Bill.
A- ,oued. That * e ratify tac nominations of the
i; ~ U. in Convention at Baltimore—John
ti i. * f..-idem and Edward Everett for Vice
F.- -iden'; believing them to be able, sound, con
servative statesmen, who, if elected, will make an
honest effort to reform existing abuses, curtail ex
travagance, tranquilize the public mind, upon the
vexed question of slavery, by administering jus
tice to all sections ; and iu view of the grave issues
and momentous consequences involved in thi3 con
test, to the peace and perpetuity of our Republic,
we mutually pledge ourselves to work zealously
and faithfully for the success of the ticket.
Resolved, That Jonathan Ross, Jas. Harris, Col.
Thos. Raines, R. R. Parham, W. C. Watson, Col.
Samuel Rutherford, W. B. Scott, B. Lightfoot, X.
H. Mobi.y, T. J. Sanders, Dr. W. J. Smith, beep.
pointed *o represent us in the approaching Con
r-.o'!pi* to !• held in Milledgeviiie, with power to
„y -ill ales
‘*e ‘ at tlie proceedings of th:3 meeting
.•••• . c- die Journal and Messenger and
i a Ctizen On motion,
’ ■ : >M at this meeting adjourn to the 21st
JONATHAN ROSS, Chairman.
John T. Blassingame, Sect’y.
Constitutional Inlon Meeting iu Dooly,
Agreeable to previous notice a large and enthu
siastic portion of the Constitutional Union Party
of Dooly county met at the Court-hoi: in Vienna
on the first Tuesday in August, and on motion,
called Ebenezer Both well to the Chair, and request-
Al John F. Lewis to act as Secretarv. Ti e chair
man in a few neat and appropriate i•. irks, ex
plained the object of the meeting, . expressed
the hope that the South would unite on Dell ar
Everett as the most available as well a; r-.Dble
ticket in the field for President and Vice PrcGdcnt.
The following committee was af ■ einir and by the
Chairman to report business resolutions, Ac., to
the meeting. Also to suggest the n :n;cs of suita
bl® gentlemen to represent Dooly in the approach
ing State Convention to assemble at Miiiedgeviiie,
to-wit : Dr. D. J. Bothwell, W. B. Cone, Irwin
Bullock, John B. Lewis, and John D. Wilkes.—
Daring the absence of tbe committee, the follow
ing gentlemen were severally called upon to ad
dress the meeting : A. C. Pate, Esq., Rev. Win.
Holloman, and Mr. Z. T. Timmons, each of whom,re
sponded in short, appropriate and well-timed
speeches, on conclusion of which the Committee,
through their chairmau, Dr. Bothwell, made the
following report:
Resolved, That we hereby repudiate Squatter
Sovereignty on the one hand, and Secession on
the other, as alike inimical to the rights of the
South'and the perpetuity of the L’niou.
Resolved further, That we ratify and approve
the Domination of John Bell, of Tennessee, and
Edward Everett of Massachusetts, for President
and Vice President, with the Platform of the
“ Constitution, the Union, and the enforcement of
the Laws” —and as they are the only National can
didates before the people for President and Vice
President, we cheerfully and cordially invite all
conservative, Union loving citizen* • join us and
vote the ticket.
Resolved furthermore, That we suggest to the
meeting the following gentlemen a* delegates to
the Miiiedgeviiie convention : W. B. Cone, John
D. Wilkes, Irwin Bullock, John B. Lewis, Peter
Adams, Z. T. Timmons, Sumner Adarus, Thomas
C. Cone, R. T. Coly, A. C. Pate, John O. Farnell,
John F. Lewis, George Massy, N. Patrick, L. C.
Copnedge, Elisha Roberts, D. J. Bothwell, L.
Masbburn, Milts Jordan, M. Kenurick, which re*
-,or w s re-d -tnd ■ doptea Ly ih* meeting.
. . ;u, .Imir v it Hit st: ger, and Suuipte r
R. ■. ~qi*. -u to ,-übtish proceedings. —
! . E. BOTH WELL, Chm’n.
J - r Lw is Sec’ •
s *9 J H SON. CONVENTION
t c’-li-Lloo VILLE
i the Bth inst., with a
o i lot) Counties. W. J.
no and Pi --idem, and 11. J. G.
i J. N. -loork. Secretaries. The
_ . . t.ii Electors nominated.
i- u —Ho . PETER CONE, of Bulloch,
znd. “ Hon WM. M. SLAUGHTER, of Dough
ertv.
3rd. “ Col. O. C. GIBSON.
4th. “ Hon. HUGH BUCHANAN, of Coweta.
sth. “ Hon. LEWIS TUMLIN, ol Cass.
6th. “ Hon. HARDY STRICKLAND, of For
syth.
7th. “ Hon. W. A. LOFTON, of Jasper.
Bth. “ Hon. WM. M. McINTOSH, of Elbert.
The elector for the Slate at large are. Hon. C.
J. McDonald, of Cobb, and H. 11. JaIKSON, of
Chatham.
Tribute of Resu.ic
Supreme Court of Ut. 1
In Chambers , Macon , July 21, 1860. )
Judge Nisbtt iu behalf of the com : tee, pre
sented tbe following report:
JutLe Aimer P. Pow ers was graduated at an
early age. from the University of Cfeorgia.—
After cumnleting his preliminary studies, he
was admitted to the Bar, and settled in the city
of Macon. The Bar of Macon at that day, em
braced a number of the most eminent men of
the profession. In the face of active and able
competition, he acquired at first a respectable
practice, and finally attained to distinction.
He represented the couty of Bibb in tbe Leg
islature and was twice elected to the Bench of
this Circuit—first by the General Assembly
and afterwards by the People. He died when
but a little advanced beyond the prime of life.
Ilis sucess Lad been equal to that of the favored
ones of his day.—He had acquired fortune,
friends and the confidence of the public, and
was the head of a largo and amiable family.
He left us at a time when the past yielded
much for gratifying retrospection—when the
present afforded the richest elements of hap
piness and the future invited him to higher
honors and ampler resource? ol enjoyment.
All that he possessed, aud all that lie hoped
for, could not stay the hand of the great de
stroyer. Silent and sure remorseless death
heeds neither youth nor age, genius nor learn
ing, poverty nor wealth, honor nor shame, the
tears ot relatives and friends nor the cold in
difference of strangers. All equally, the un
wearied reaper gathers to his. ever filling, yet
ever unfilled garner—thetomb. Xatureshrinks
from the darkness of the grave, but revelation
pours into it, her cheering light. In the midst
of lit. w. are in death, yet it is not ail of life,
to l.ve. This Court and Bar have occasion to
node.- the frequent occurrence of these me*
. Law vers are a short lived class.
• ‘rt u . tbu-K, iike autumn leaves, they
The fallen leaf, even in its
luiit'i ;? parent earth. So we in
death, m. y contribute by onr virtues, to tho
wealth of our common humauity.
Judge Powers was an amiable man. The
taw of iove dwelt in his heart, and the milk of
human kindness mingled with his blood.—
These things were manifest in his relations as
husband, parent and master. He was agree
able in hi3 intercouse with the members of the
Bar. fond of anecdote anil appreciating humor.
Nature bestowed upon him a keen, analyti
cal mind. Patience, courtesy, love of truth,
justice, familarity with the law as a science,
courage, and reverence for authority, ate the
properties of a good Judge. All th*. -he pos
sessed, in such degree as commando , respect
for his administration. He had faul s else he
had not been human. They were rather in
firmities than vices, and in the estim !1 < {
those who knew him best, almost leaned to
virtue’s side. *
Resolved, That whilst we recognise in the
death of our brother, the hand of limn who
ordereth all things well, we deplore his lo''<
sympathise with bis bereaved faily, andstri'e
to emulate his virtues.
Resolved, That this report be entered opot
the minutes of this Court; and that the Lit;,
furnish a copy to his family.