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J. KNOWLES and S. ROSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
[from Mm Bo*alo Commercial AdvertUer, ISih J
rl rt \% elcome of *he Prim ein tnierieai*
water* !** the E**|lre n.tkc.l \i llh
ili’ Priure and hob-uobb**l %\itli the
Duke.
As the Prince of Wales began to defend the
road leading to the pier of the “ Maid ot th* M?t
near the Falk, on Saturday, his presence and per
son were indicated to one of our most prominent
citizens, an Englishman bV birth, and sharing alike
is natural logard for lb* Prince Mu Ml
deril qualities of Western life, who was at once
translated to the seventh-heavens of enthusiasm,
raid to an earthly sublimity of impudence almost
unparalleled. Exclaiming in a shout that the
Princa was the best looking boy in these piry, he
rushed down the slope, familiarly accosted the
Duke of Newcastle, to whom he expressed an af
fectionate regret that the Royal visit had not been
* extended to the “ Queen City of the Lakes,’’ of
fered a paternal greeting and a few words of com
pliment to the Prince, and shaking hands with
lard Bruce —the descendant of Sir William Wal
lace engaged in an animated expaliation upon the
glorious welcome the party would receive in the
United States. , , _
The place of embarkation was reached. The
royal party dismounted and became yet more on
a footing of equality with our hero who, nothing
loth, suffered himself to go on board the Maid of
the Mist, as one of the select chosen few. Once
on board, the huge, loose, hooded, waterproof
cloaks, commonly worn there as protections against
the drenching mist, were donned by the whole
party, and who could distinguish “ Who’s who.
Our adventurer suffered no part of his person to
be seen, except an aristocratic now*, which he
Often terms “ his one redeeming feature.” Thus
disguised, he approached the Prince, and familar
ly seated by his side, pointed out Table Rock, and
many other objects of interest to be seen on the
trip under the Falls. On arriving in American
waters hi’ congratulated the Prince on his first
arrival within the territory of the United States,
proclaiming, iu those strong terms of which he is
so ready a master, his respectful warmth and love
toward the Prince’s mother. Cor her many person
al and Queenly Tirtues, adding that he already
loved the Prince for them. Pride goes before a
fall. Emboldened by success, be requested the
honor of shaking hands with His Royal Highness.
The favor was granted.
But here our Squire found he had gone too Tar,
His Royal Highness knew well enough that one of
his own party would never have thought of shak
ing bonds with him just then, and showed symp
toms of distrust. “At the crisis of my fate,” says
the Squire, “ the Duke of Newcastle was drinking
• glass of porter, so I said thro’ my nose, in as
intensely a Yankeefied way as I could, as if I were
one of the party making fun of certain descendants
of the Puritans, tho’ the land knows I felt a trifle
funny in altogether a different way from that,
“ That’s bad to take.” “ You just try it,” said the
Duke, “ and you’ll see if its bud to take.” So he
poured out % glass for our Squire, but there was
i-omcthing or other plebian in the Squire’s method
of drinking—something altogether inexplicable
to him, who believed up to that moment that Kings
and Dukes eat and drink like other men. He
“ guesses” he “ drank in a Republican, free off
hand sort of a way,” and adds that “ any how my
goose was cooked after that, and I saw they all
looked offish at me.”
Shortly afterwards, the trip being very near its
close, the owner of the bout came to him and said,
44 the Prince wishes to know who you are.” “ I’m
Geo. Hinson, of Buffalo, Erie coanty, and Stale
ul New York, Justice of the Peace, worth £IOO,-
**oo, pay 100 cent* every time, go for Douglas and
Johnson, and don’t care a d—n for any body.”—
The skipper conveyed the message, at last returned
a reply : 44 The Prince says this is a strictly pri
rate party, and he fttlt indignant at year iitfr*-
***.” 44 1 guess 1 hain’t hurt him any to speak
of any how,’’ said our hero, who began to sec a
chance of getting ashore without a ducking. “ I
~'it, of the
you've mind to charge—s2o, SSO, £4O or *so.
I’ve had value received, and I'm almtgt adequate
to finall occasu ww.” The charge was a dol
lar, being two shilKugs more than the regular fare;
but the Squire paid it, telling the parser he might
have ji, 44 if he’d a mind to.” Nothing can con
vince the Squire that the Prince would have per
mitted him to pay the charge if he had known of
it, but he felt too glad not to be thrown overboard
in international waters, to stand upon trifles, and
ht a conversation with one of bis most familiar
friends, he has been heard to say, as he can wijh
truth, 44 1 was the first to welcome His Royal
Highness to the territory of the United States,
and there won’t many folks sec the Prince the
same way as I did.”
The Prince of Wale* at ibe South.
Ad invitation having been extruded to the
Prince of Wales to visit the Southern Stated, after
leaving Washington, the following reply has been
forwarded bj Lord Lyons :
Toronto, Sept. 10, 18*^0.
St a—l have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your letter dated the 2blh ultimo, by
which, in common with other distinguished gentle
men, yon have invited his Royal Highne-s the
Prince of Wales to visit the Southern States of the
confederation.
t assure you that the kindness and cordiality ol
your invitation have been most highly appreciated
and that bis Koval Uighneas has received, with
the most lively satisfaction, your hearty expression
of respect for her majesty the Qocen, and of re-
gard and affection for her people.
His Koysi Highness regrets extremely that the
shortness of the time which he has at his disposal
renders it impossible for him to visit, upon this
occasion, the more Southern portions of the Uni
ted Stales, ilia Royal Highness hopes to be able
to go to Richmond, in Virginia, but be is so much
pressed for time that he will be unable to extend
his tour further South.
In fact, the necessity of his Royal Highness be
ing in England by the end of next month at latest,
precludes his being able to prolong his slay in the
l nited States until the season when travelling in
the South becomes healthy to European constitu
tions.
Your courteous and cordial invitation will not,
however be forgotten, and will be regarded as an
additional proof of the kindly sentiments enter
tained toward Great Britain in all part* of this
great kindred nation. I hare the honor to be,
air, your very faithful bumble servant,
Lyons.
To Hon. Henry W. Hilliard and others.
Letter Irwin the ftwn. B. K. Bibb.
Montgomerv, Ala., SepL 18, 1860.
t’oL Andrew H. H. Dawson—Dear Sir: Your
letter of the lfilh inat., asking me, “ la it true that
you have resolved to support bell and Everett, and
if it is, why did you it,* has been received. In
replv I would answer that we have a candidate for
the Presidency of the Uuked States, nominated by
a section with sectional issues, in opposition to the
constitutional rights of the South . whose defeat is
with me the paramount object.
i have therefore declined to commit myself to
the support of any oue, until I could be better in
formed as to the individual who might lie most
successful in effecting such a result.
In my recent visit to several watering places in
the mountains of Virginia, I had an opportunity of
seeing and conversing with a number of gentlemen
of intelligence, from mom of the Southern States,
and among them were the friends of Breckinridge,
Douglas and Bell, and taking the aggregate of in
formation thus obtained, and other source* of in
telligence, lam satisfied that Beil and Even-it stand
tie best chance to defeat the Black Uepnbltran
Lincoln, and have determined to give them my
support. Respectfully,
B. 8. Bibb.
Non. B. C. C abell.
This gentleman, formerly a member of Congress
from Florida, and we believe, an old Whig, wrote
a letter to the commute of Arrangement* for the
late Mass meeting at Jones’ Wood, from which we
extr. et the following short but pithy paragraph :
“ The policy represented by Mr. Lincoln and Mr.
Breckinridge equally tends to a dissolution of the
Government. Each looks to the interference by
Congress with the domestic concerns of the peo
pie of the territories—each demands interfer
ence Spsissi the wishes of those interested. Mr.
Lincoln would have Congress interfere if the peo
ple wish to have African slavery—Mr. Breckinridge
would interfere if the people are opposed to slavery.
The policy of both will keep tlie people of the
Havebolding and nou-slaveholdlng States ever at
war, tiH they become so estranged as to make a
separation inevitable, and even desirable.”
us n hou * difficult to ob-
Uin, and business of every kind is impeeving. I
tiwMrepreventatloii ot Politician*.
Most of our political papers are exceedingly I
dishonest in representing the views of politicians I
They select single passages and sentences from
speeches and letters, and give them without their I
connection. Ily such a course as this a politician
is made to say what he never did say. lie is I
made to advocate what be is really opposing.—
1 have noticed this unfairness in quite a number j
!of our exchanges. F.ditors ought not to attempt ]
to bolster np a cause by unfair and false represen-
tations. I ltavq before me at this time a paper
that portends to give Mr. Bell’s views and also
Mr! Breckinridge.’* views. These views are in
-hort sentences from letters and speeches of these
► rwo gentlemen, and each Ls made to say what is
in direct opposition to his ‘w hole political career.
Thy is pure and intentional, deliberate and pre
meditated dishonesty.
I wi-h to show how unfair this mode of repre
senting is. 1 will take extracts from Mr. Hilliard's
Letter to Mr. Filmore. Mr. Hilliard say*;
“ When Mr. Buchanan came into power I felt 1
it to hi 4 my duty to siip|>ort hia Administration,
and I said $o pupliely.” ;
This makes Mr. Hilliard a Buchanan democrat. I
Bill sdeh to not’ the fact. In the very uext sen-1
ihlncc he gives his reason for his course. It was
his’ 44 opinion that the conservative force of the
country might not to Be impaired, but that it was
our duty to forget past political strifes and antag
onisms and do what we might to strengthen the
hands of the party in power, in view of the great
impending conflict to be fought in I860.”
Here Mr. Hilliard -upporis Buchanan in order
to defeat the Black Republicans. He is a Buchan- I
on man only so long as Buchanan's party ran I
make effectual war ou Republicanism. This is his I
position, but the sentence we extracted does not
show this. i
Again be says ** Mr. Breckinridge is the expo
nent of my view?; he stands upon a platform
which I approve.”
This sentence, taken alone, makes Mr. HilliarJ
, a Breckinridge man. And some of the political I
papers have taken this sentence to prove that Mr. I
j Hilliard would vote for Mr. Breckinridge. But I
e what does Mr. Hilliard say further: “The great
a party which achieved the signal triumph four years
t since is bow torn by fierce dissensions, and stands
utterly powerless to contend against that formida
’ ble organization, which range* its battalions along j
tire whole line which divides the North from the
South. Neither Mr. Douglas nor Mr. Breckinridge
can appeal to the allegiance of those who compose
} their party : neither can concentrate the strength
of that party.” * •
K It is now clearly seen that he is not a Breckin
ridge man. He supported Mr. Buchanan, because,
r he thought the Democratic party, then in power
would l*e mo-t efficient in defeating Republicant
ism. He does cot support the nominees of lha
a party now, because he I relieves the party to be
powerless. It is clearly seen that Mr. Hilliard’s
„ eve is on Republican ism, and the means by which
* it is to be defeated.
But Mr. nilliard says : “ I believe the accnaa
u tions brought against Mr. Douglas greatly over
le strained. He Is a patriotic, and consistent states
, man.”
Tills makes him, to say the least, a ntrong
sympathiser of Douglas. It might very easily
bear the force of advocating Mr. Douglas’ election.
Bnt wc have just shown that Mr. Hilliard would
not support Mr. Douglas, as he could not “con
centrate the strength of the party. ”
Again Mr. Hilliard says: “The only hope of
defeating Mr. Lincoln is to conquer our predju
dices, to disregard party ahakie*, and to rally
every-where in support of those two eminent and
conservative statesmen, whose claim upon our
confidence does not rest upon the possession of a
creed, but upon the surer and better basis of well
defined character, of matured wisdom and of
great public services—John Bell and Edward
Everett.”
Mr. Hilliard is now a Bell man and thus by
taking detached portions he is made a supporter
of three candidates. Let us head his sentiments
as di?hone newspapers do.
The Hon. Henry W. Hilliard for Breckinridge.
“ Mr. Breckinridge is the exponent of my views;
he stands upon a platform which I approve.”
Mr. Hilliard’s Letter to Mr. Filmore.
J The Hon. Henrv W. Hilliard for Douglas.
consistent statesman. • • .
Mr. Hilliard's Letter to Mr. Filmore.
The Hon. Henry W. Hilliard for Bell.
“The only hope of defeating Mr. Lincoln is to
conquer our prejudices, disregard party shackles,
and to rally everywhere iu support ol those two
eminent and conservative suites men, • ’ *
* * * * * John Bell and
Edward KyeretL” * )
Mr. Hilliard's Le tter to Mr. Filmore.
Every one can readily see how politicians, who
work more for Uie triumph of party than they do
for tiuth can garble extracts and deceive the peo
pje. Never trust a single sentence as the expo
nent wl any man's views. Always be suspicious
of that Editor who iuduiges in this way of repre
senting the position of politicians. Let political
editors give entire letters and speeches, and per
mit the people to read and judge for themselves.
The people are always ignorant of politics because
they are fed ou crumbs. Give them the whole
loaf and demagogues will soon be hurled from
high seat? of distinction, profit and power.
Itallaoii Awceuwion >arrow Escape.
Prof. Wise made au ascension from Petersburg,
Va., ou Thursday afternoon at 51 o’clock, and in
35 minutes lauded upon the farm of Wm. Allen, in
Ueurico county, 12 miles from Richmond, having
traveled u miles, though the distance in a direct
is ouly 18 miles. The Petersburg Express gives
an interesting account of this a-rial voyage. It
says ;
Before starting, the wind tossed the balloon, it
will be remembered, in such a manner as to bring
it violently, several times, aga.nst the roof of the
lias Works. A slight fissure was torn in the up
per portion of the balloon by this accident, but the
netting being quite thick at that point, and tightly
drawn around it, the escape of gas was scarcely
perceptible. Scarcely a moment bad passed after
bidding adieu to terra tirma, before the Profeseor
discovered it through the neck of the balloon, but
being determined not to disappoint our citizens, he
resolved to go as far as the gas would carry him,
at tie- same time to try to carry out his original
intention of aiming for Richmond.
The current favored and he overtook the Rich
mond train, which bad left some fifteen minutes
before him, and was even with it upon reaching
Chester, ten miles from the city. Here be was
born away by an easterly current, and was distinct
ly seen lrom City Point. He now reached his
highest altitude, of about one mile, then beating
northley with favoring currents, he crossed James
river twice, descending occasionally within speak
ing distance of the earth, and scattering newspa
pers and programmes among the people below.—
At every point at which the Professor circulated
the documents” he could see the people enthusias
tically running after them. The rapidly escaping
gas soon began to tell upon the buoyancy of the
Skylark, and the fissure gradually widened with the
strain which continually bore upon it. About four
teen miles from Richmond, of which city he had a
fine view, lie commenced to make for a large field
of several hundred yards, and by means of skillful
management descended gently towards it. When
aliout one thousand feet from the earth, and direct
ly over the field, the fissure in the balloon rapidly
enlarged, attaining a length of between ten and
fifteen feet. j
lhc e*caj. ‘ of gas was now tremendous, and the
Jvoent fcai fully rapid and direct. The Professor
leaped up amidst the rigging designing to escape
the >iock which threatened the car upon reaching
the ground. The precaution was doubtless well
but did not avert the whole danger. The car struck
the ground with terrible force, the balloon, com
plot* ly collap ed, fell and the Professor was thrown
violently backwards over the car, his back striking
the rim and nearly knocking him senseless. A
large number of per ons who were following him
below and saw him fall, were unable to find him
until after a long search, the descent being made
in a sort of glen, rankly overgrown with weeds,
where he lay hardly able to move for half an hour,
when he waadiscovered. Such was the violence of I
the shock that his watch bounded from bis pocket,
and being torn loose was, thrown several yards
sway. Fortunately it lodged upon a prominent
bush, and his catching sight of it, he recovered it.
Has not the Hon. W. If. Stvles repeated
the words contained iu the first half hour of his
spedch on Monday last, fifty times iu the last teu
years? Would it not he well for him to write and
commit to memory anew beginning to his speeches ?
Old age is honorable in men, but it does sometimes
happen that the same exordium will not fit all sorts
of speefiea, and when it does not, it is disgusting,
r**her than pleasant, to his hearers. And we do
insit that the Hattle-of- H 'aterloo-j>erorati<>n ought
i° i** u P® n *he retired list and pensioned off.
It isa* been in the service of the honorable gentle- I
man so long in his peregrinations up and down I
the country, especially iu the hills and valleys of
Cherokee, that it has become an invalid by*this
time, and now, in ita old age, to trot it through
he piny woods, in this hot weather, will surely kill I
I outright.— l’howurilU Enterprise* J
A Connubial Sermon.
A connubial little sermon, from the text, “Be
happy as you are,” is thus preached by ft contem
porary print:
“Wife and mother are you tired and out of pa
tience with your husband’s and your children’s
1 demands upon your time and attention ? Are you
I lempted to speak out angry feelings to that faith -
I ful, but, perhaps, sometimes heedless, exacting
I husband of yours? or to scold and fret at those
sweet and beautiful oues? Do you gioan and say,
‘What a fool I was to marry, and leave my father’s
house, whVre I lived at ease and in quiet ?’ Are
you by reason of the care and weariness of body
which wifehood and motherhood must bring, for
getful of, and unmindful for their comforts and
their joys? Oh! wife ami mother, what if a
stroke should smite your husband, and lay him
I low ? Whaflf your children should be snatched
from your bottom? What if there were no true,
strong heart for you to lean upon? what if there
were no soft little innocents to nestle in your arms,
and lo love you, or receive your love ? How
I would it he with you then ?
m Be patient and kind, dear wife, unwearying anil
long suffering, dear mother, lor you know not
how long you may have with you your best and
dearest treasures, —you know not how long you
may tarry with them. Let there be nothing for
you to remember which will wring your heart with
remorse, if they leave you alone ; let there be no
thing for them to remember but sweetness and
love unutterable, if you are called to leave them
by the way. Be patient, be pitiful, be tender of
them all; lor death will step, eoouer or later be
tween them and you. And oh! what would you
do if you should be doomed to sit solitary and
forsaken, through years and years? Be happy as
you are, even with all your trials; for, believe it,
thou wife of a loving and true husband, there ia
no lot in life so blessed as thine own.”
Increase of Presbyterianism
Rev. Dr. John McDowell, in his recent semicen
tenary sermon, made the following interesting
statement:
“The Presbyterian Church was divided in 1838,
since which time there have been two General As
semblies. Both assemblies should be taken into
the account in comparing the Presbyterian Church
as it now is, with what it was fifty years ago. In
the General Assembly of 1807, the first I attended
the number of delegates iu attendance was 54 ;
the number in the two assemblies which met last
Spring was 487. The number of Synods when I
entered the ministry was 7 ; the number now, as
reported to the last assemblies, is 51. The number
of Presbyteries when I commenced mv ministry
was 31; now it is 254. The number of ministers
I in the Presbyterian Church then was 370 ; now it
is 3,765. The number of Churches then was 674 ;
now it is 4,637 : and the number of eommuuicants
then was 17,871 ; now it is 366,861. According
to this statement the Synods have been multiplied
seven times, the Presbyteries eight times, the
ministers ten times, the churches seven times, and
the communicants twenty times.”
Fusion Denounced.
Alkant, N. Y., Sept. 26.—The Hon. James T.
Brady, ot New fork, is in tuts cuy p.vfc™ iv,. m i
business. To-night his party friends serenaded
him at Congress Hall. He made a speech in re
sponse, thanking them for the compliment they
had done him. He then entered on the subject of
the political canvass, declaring that the time for
fusion was past, and proclaiming war to the knife
against the Douglas Democracy. He declared it
his belief, that if, through the division of the De
mocratic party, Mr. Lincoln should be elected,
Mr. Seward would be his Secretary of State, and
Mr. Evans would succeed Mr. Seward in the Sen
ate of the United States, ia which event the Re
publican party being in the ascendant, would claim
to be the only national party. He said that alter
this contest Stephen A. Douglas would not be
heard of again, and that he (Douglas) was now
only acting as an aid to the Republicans. He re
viewed the action of the two Democratic State
Committees,declaring ti.„* *.• of the
defeat of the Union of the Democratic party was
on the Richmond-Cagger Committee.
Mr. Brady’s speech is regarded as a final blow to
any union, sq far as the Greene Committee and
State Committee are concerned, and as fixing the
fact that if a union is effected it must he with the
ticians. * % . --•••- >
Mr. Brady defined, and eloquently defended
the principles of the Seceding Baltimore Conven!
tion, and denounced “ Squatter Sovereignty” in
strong terms. ° 1
Oil allusion being made by him to Messrs.
Richmond anil Cagger, some of the friends of
those gentlemen collected together opposite the
hotel and gave them three cheers. Mr. Bra
dy’s remarks were received with warm applause by
his friends. 1
After the conclusion of bis speech, in response
to loud calls, S. G. Courtney, Esq., made a brief
speech, calling on the Breckinridge men to rally
in support of their candidates, and denouncing the
fusion ticket of the Cooper Institute.
A feflNirtOAi.T Tlst.— After the Grand Lodge
ol the nited States I. O. O. F. had concluded it 9
business in this city, on Friday evening, anl ad
journed a leading Republican, who represented
one of the northern States, polled the vote of the
membership upon their choice for the Presidency
The result was as follows : 7 *
for 25 ;
These gentlemen represent every State and Ter
r.torym the Union, and the decided pluraliry for
Bell and Everett i> only an index of the result in
November— Aahnille Banner.
The Can van* In Virginia.
Most of the Distinguished and able leaders of
| the Conservative Union party of Virginia are ta
king an active part in the present canvass. In tlie
Valley, those old war houses, Stuart, Sheffev and
Baldwin are again in the field. In the Southwest
Mr. Ballard Preston, Secretary of the Navy under
General Taylor, and Walter Preston, both famous
orators, are making their clarion voices heard In
the Northwest, George W. Summers, a statesman
and a scholar of whom Virginia might have been
proud in her palmiest days, and of whose classic
and commanding eloquence in Congress John
Quincy Adams, no mean judge, expressed so'high
an opinion, is once more electrifying large audi
ences. In the East, Goggin, Scott, Daniel, John
son, and others, are actively at work whilst upon
the seaboard, Col. Samuel Watts, a splendid deb
ater and gallant gentleman, rides at the head of
the Union chivalry. We see it announced that
John M. Botts, of Richmond, than whom there are
few stronger men upon the hustings in the South,
will make a speech in favor of Bell and Everett in
Rockiugliani county, in the early part of next
month.
Great activity is observable among the Breckin
ridge leaders of Virginia. There is scarcely a
prominent man in that party who has not taken
the stump, with the exception of Governor Wise
| who, we see it stated, will soon come forth from
[ his retirement, and engage actively in the canvass.
The Douglas leaders are also wide awake, and al
together, the contest is becoming one of the most
animated and exciting which has occurred iu Vir
ginia for many years.
Southern ('ommerclal Convention.
We see by some of our exchanges, that there
is to be another Southern Commercial Convention
held at Atlanta, on the second Monday of Novem
ber, oue week after the Presidential contest is
ended. It appears by a communication in the
Charleston Mercury, that this convention was call
ed by the last Convention at Vicksburg, Miss.
The writer of the communication iu the Mercury
says : ‘ ’
The time fixed for the Convention to meet is
rapidly approaching, and it is evidently the deter
mination of thj masses of the people in the North
ern and Eastern States to trample ill the dust the
Constitution, and with it the equality of the South
as aco partner of the Confederation. Surely the
iasue should not he allowed to be precipitated upon
us unarmed ; comtnun feuse dictates the protection
of our tcites and children from the insidious raids
oi Northern barbarians—demands preparation-
union—action. What is to he the fate of the
Southern States, without concert and wise ar
rangement, to meet the revulsiou of Black Re
publican rule ; he who doubts, and cannot see
clearly the evidences, lamentably lacks judgment
and common sense. There are those who are in
tentionally blind—who prate about the “ glorious
Uniou when the day comes, they will he found
to be enemies and traitors in the camp.
“ *or they speak not peace, but they devise de
ceitful matters against them that are quiet in the
land.
“ Yea, they opened their month wide against
vs, and said, aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.”
John Bfi.i..—lst the poeple remember, when
j they hear Breckinridge scrap orators attempting
by perversions and misrepresentations to make
them believe that John Bell is tmsound on the
slavery question, that the Breckinridge State Con
vention of Virginia instructed their Electors to vote
for any candidate that could beat Lincoln. This
is sufficient proof of the insincerity of their charges
against the Union caudidate.— Xaskviflt Banner, I
MACON, GEOjLOIA:
Wednesday, October 3, 1860.
Constitutional Union Ticket.
FOH PR ESI DENT,
J OiiN BELL,’
OF TENNKSf EL,. •
FOR Viri>PRE**DFNT,
EDW AR D KVKR E T TANARUS,
OF MA ffIACHVSKITS.
1> LATFOHM:
Tle CoiiMtitutiou of t he Country, the
I'nion of the State* nud the enforcement
of the Lw.”
ELECTORAL ticket,
for thk state at large :
M’ILLIAM LAW, ol Chatham.
It. 11. HILL, of Troup.
alternates.
HINES HOLT, of Tliiseojrce.
GiHNETT ANDREWS, of Wilke*.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Samuel B. Spencer, of Thomas, Elector.
Edward B. Way, of Liberty, Ist. Alternate.
Dr. T. A. Parsons, of Johnson, 2nd. Alternate.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Marcellos Douglas, of Randolph, Elector.
Wt H. Robinson, of Macon, Ist. Alternate.
P. J. Slrozier, of Dougherty, 2nd. Alternate.
THIRD DISTRICT.
L. T. Doyal, of Spalding, Elector.
John T. Stephens, of Monroe, Ist. Alternate.
Charles Goode, ol 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.
.Tosiah 11. Parrot, of Cass, Elector.
Tlios. G. McFarland, of Walker, Ist. Alternate.
Rieh’d. W. Jones, of Whitfield, 2nd. Alternate.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
H. P. Bell, of Forsyth, Elector.
McDaniel, of Walton, Ist. Alternate.
S. J. Winn, of Gwinnett, 2nd. Alternate.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Dr. I. E. Dupree, of Twiggs, Elector.
B. T. Harris, of Hancock, Ist. Alternate,
ii. W. Lewis, of Greene, 2nd. Alternate.
EIGHT DISTRICT.
LaFayette Lamar, of Lincoln, Elector.
John K. Jackson, of Richmond, Ist. Alternate.
Daniel E. Roberts, of Scrivcu, 2nd. Alternate.
THE IIHST OF OCTOBER,
Is to our city what the Ist of May is to New
York—a day of removals. Our streets presented
vwmdtnUa mi Monday last,
MISREPSENTA TION OF POLITICIANS.
Under this caption we publish an excellent arti
cle from the Forsyth Educational Journal. It is
a true statement of facts in regard to Mr. Hilliard,
as wc happen to know.
PLANTERS FAIR IN MACON-
We leaju Hon. G. W. Stone, of the Supreme
Court of Alabama, will deliver the opening ad
dress during the first week of the exhibition, and
Hon. John J. Williams, Secretary of the State
Agricultift-al Bureau of Mississippi, the address
during tba second week.
THE REV. DR. LIPSCOMB,
Chancellor of the University of Ga., preached
a most eloquent and effective sermon at the Metho
dist Church iu this city on last Sabbath morning,
to a very large and serious audience. Hia health
is not robust; we trust it will improve in the c!as-
ELECTION OF ALDERMAN.
Dr. J. Dixon Smith, of the American party, was
elected an Alderman of this city, on the 29th inst,
to supply the vacancy of Dr. G. Harrison, resigned.
MR HILLIARD AT CONCERT HALL.
Although the weather was oppressively warm,
Concert Hall was crowded on Thursday night last,
to hear Mr. Hilliard. His speech was a very elo
quent and conclusive vindication of the new Union
movement, and was listened to with great pleasure
by men ot all parties. It was a dignified aud im
pressive appeal to the head and heart, and by its
moderate and conciliatory tone elicited uuusual
commendation. Whatever his political enemies
may say, we are satisfied Mr. Hilliard, in giving his
support to Bell and Everett, is actuated by the
most patriotic motives and feelings. He believes
that they alone can defeat Lincolu and calm the
rising storm of sectionalism.
We wish every Georgian, aye, every American
could have heard this patriotic speech. We trust
Mr. Hilliard will again visit our State, and address
the people.
RELIGIOUS.
Meetings of quite an interesting and encourag
ing character are continued iu the Methodist
Church, and largely attended. An unusual degree
of seriousness is manifested by tho large congre.
gations which assemble daily, and some forty or
fifty have been added to the Church. We trust
the good work will still go on, until our entire
community shall he embraced iu its iniluence.
TWIGGS SUPERIOR COURT.
We attended this Court last week, and can con
gratulate its citizens on its pecuniary and moral
condition, as exhibited by the dockets. All
the civil business was disposed of, in about four
hours, and the Petit Jury was discharged by the
middle of the afternoon, having performed all the
duties required of it. The criminal docket was
more meager than the other, exhibiting only one
case of the smallest possible extent—that of the
illegal sale of one quart of whiskey. The cluprit
was produced in Court by bis securities, but im
mediately took four-legged bail of his Sheriff by
seizing the first horse at the rack, and travelling at
a “very accelerated pace” lor a lew miles—when
finding the pursuit becoming uncomfortublv close
iu the rear, abandoned his horse for the swamp.
The hounds were then brought in requisition, but
it proved a bootless chase, and the officials return
edwith tbs usual report on the warrant, 11 nan
Comatibus in swawpo.” Thus ended the criminal
docket, and the Court; with the exception of one
or two small presentments by the Grand Jury.
While ww can congratulate tho county on the
brief time occupied by the Court, wo must express,
our sympathy for the most efficient and accomnio.
dating hostess of the solitary hotel of the almost
“ deserted village” of Marion, Mrs. Evans. While
she presides in her department, of the Court, it
will never he adjourned for a lack of anything in
the way of hotel comforts. But the brief time
otftupied by the other side, we fear, affords but
small compensation for the exertions made by her
for its ageommodation..
NATIONAL FAIR
In the premium list of the late National Fair
at Cincinnati, Ohio, we find the following awards
to this section:
CASmiKfIE 00AT9.
Second best male goat—R. Peters, Atlanta, Ga.
Second premium, ten dollars.
Beit three grade goats —R. Teters, Atlanta, Ga.
First premium, twenty dollars.
Milledcev llle Kailroad.
Tlie following gentlemen were yesterday, says
the Augusta Sentinel, of Tuesday, elected Direc
tors of the Milledgeville Railroad lot the ensuing
year :
John P. King, Benj. 11. Warren,
11. 11. Curmning, D. C. Campbell,
T. M. Turner, W. 11. Goodrich,
J. E. Macmurphy, W. D. Bowen,
J. D. Stoughton, C. Snead,
S. D. Heard, Roht, CollUw.
DOUGLAS ON THE ABOLITIONISTS.
Whilst we disapprove of the course of Mr.
Douglas in stumping the country, we concede to
him the merit of boldness of speech in dealing
with the Black Republicans; We give the follow
ing incident of his speech at the monster gather
ing, at Syracuse, N. Y. ;
Mr. Douglas continued his argument in support
of the principle of Popular Sovereignty, following
the line of reasoning adopted in his former speech
es, until he reached an allusion to the power of
law-making for the rendition of fugitive slaves,
imposed upon Congress by the Constitution. He
said :
Our fathers framed the Federal Government on
the theory lhat Congress should never interfere
w ith the subject of slavery except in one case pro
vided in the Constitution : that of a fugitive slave
escaping from his master. 1 see a man shaking
his head before me—[laughter] and that reminds
me that 1 am now speaking where Jerry was res
cued. [Great applause and laughter.]
I have only to say to the rescuers of Jerry and
to all men who approve or disapprove of that res
cue, that the Constitution as our fathers made it is
good enough lor me. (Voices —“ So it is for
me !”—“ and for me too !” and applause.) Every
man in America, under that Constitution, lives
I under a hereditary obligation to obey every pro
vision of it. (Cries of “ that’s it !” and applause.)
Every naturalized citizen has taken an oath to
support it. Ever) man holding un office, Federal
or State, Judge or Justice of the Peace, is sworn
on the Holy Evangelists that he will carry that
Constitution in all its parts into effect in good
faith. Hence, I assert that every honest man in
I America is bound, by bis citizenship, aud by bis
I loyalty to the Constitution, to carry into effect
I that law concerning the surrender of lugitive
I slaves with the same fidelity as he would any other
I clause of that instrument. I care not whether
I you like it or dislike it. (Voices —“ We all like
it.”’ I care not whether you would have made
the'Constitution in that way or not. So long as
we live under the Constitution as our fathers made
it it is the duty of every honest man to aid in
carrying it, into effect. (Immense cheering.)
After Mr. Douglas had been speaking for some
time, and while bis ponderous blows were falling
thickly and heavily on the heads of the Republi
cans, scattering their false theories to the winds,
and knocking their misrepresentations and fallacies
into pieces, an uneasy Republican, who had sever-
I al'times endeavored to create a disturbance in the
I meeting, impertinently inquired if the Judge ap-
I plied the right of a State to judge what laws were
I good and what bad, to the case of the “ Jerry
I rescue.” To this unmannerly interruption Judge
I Douglas replied as follows :
M v dear sir, you want to know if I am willing
to apply it to the “ Jery rescue.” lam willing to
I apply it to all things, subject to the Constitution
lof the country. If you are an honest man, yon
I ought to obey the Constitution. If you are not,
I you ought to leave this crowd. (Immense ap-
I plause and shouts of “ put him out—put him out!”)
I Judge Douglas—No, my friends ; I came here
Ito convert the sinner. (Loud laughter.) I can
I quiet this man. He is not responsible for what he
I does. He has been sent here by the leader of his
I narty to insult me, when the leader dare not do it
I himself. (Great applause, aud renewed cries of
I “ put him out.”)
No, do not interfere with him. The miserable
1 party tools do not come of their own accord, but
I are sent here by their leaders, who rejoice at the
I disturbance they make. You never knew a De-
I mocrat blackguard enough to go into an Abolition
I meeting and interrupt it. (Renewed cries of “put
I him out.” A Voice— *• Let the poor devil alone
I —he must be ashamed enough of himself.”)
M&- BRECKINRIDGE.
The length of this gentleman’s speech at Lexing
ton, precludes its publication entire in our columns.
We give but a paragraph or two to show up the
consistency of those diauuionists and secessionists
who are supporting him as the exponent and in
strument of their views and aims. He said :
“ When a man is before the people for public
trust, a great deal depends on his personal charac
ter and antecedents. Much then depends on the
fact whether I am a disnniooist. Born within
sight of this spot where we are met, known to
man v of you for nearly forty years, your represen
va tuc ■ iTonHN>lrv in the Con
public trust, I invite any one to point to anything
in my character or antecedents which would sanc
tion such a charge or such an imputation. I will
not degrade the dignity of my declaration on thi9
subject bv epithets ; but I would proudly challenge
the bitterest enemy I have to point out an set, to
disclose an utterance, to reveal a thought of mine
hostile to the Constitution aud Union of the States.
No, my friends, the man does not live, in or
out cf the Commonwealth of Kentucky, no matter
how exalted his station or character, who has
power enough to connect ray name successfully
with the slightest taint of disloyalty to the Consti
tution and Union of my country.”
We are informed that an intelligent disruption
ists in South-western Georgia, has declared since
the delivery of this speech, that he cannot support
Mr. B. This is consistent. Still, should Lincoln
be elected, every vote given for Breckinridge, will
be summed up by Messrs. Toombs, Yancy & Cos.,
for “ revolution !” Let the people bear this in
mind, and if they are for Union vote for Bell and
Evekett.
, MR. CRITTENDEN IN NASHVILLE.
The Bul and Everett men of Tennesse have
been having a good time at Nashville. On the
25th ult. the lion. John J. Crittenden reached
that city, where he was reeeived as a conquering
hero. On Tuesday a large military and civic pro
cession, ladies and gentlemen, in carriages, on
horseback and afoot, moved through the city and
oat to Watkins’ Park, where, in the presence of
15,000 spcctators, Mr. Crittenden, Horace May
nard and other gentlemen spoke for their country
and their candidates—for peace and for Union.—
Nothing like it has ever been see in Nashville.—
About the middle of the procession was carried an
enormous bell, weighing 2,000 pounds. Every
body was brimful of patriotism, and enthusiastic
for the success of Beli. aud Everett. Tennessee
is counted on to give John Bell 45,i>00 majority
over Breckinridge.
AN IMPEDIMENT.
Mr. Toombs in his remarkable speech in Savan
nah is thus noticed by the Xews.
“The speaker was*withering in his denunciations
of Douglas aud Johnson, whose treachery to the
Democratic party and whose bad faith to the South
he characterised with bitterness and scorn. Al
luding to Douglas’ threat of coercion, his eyes
Hashed and his frame dilated, as with uplifted arm
he buried back his defiance, declaring that if he
(Douglas) ever attempted to put his threat into
execution, his march into Georgia would be over
the dead body of her Senator.”
The South may consider herself safe. Nobody
can scale such a barrier.
HOLD HIM.
The Norfolk Herald has the following paragraph
announcing the speech which Roger A. Pryor re
cently delivered in that city :
“The Hon. Roger A. Pryor, in his Ashland
Hall speech, while commenting on the reply of Mr.
Douglas to the secession question propounded to
him in Norfolk, wound up with the startling decla
ration that if a President of the United * States
should have the temeritv to use force to prevent
the secession of a Southern State or States from
the Union, and no effort from any other quarter
should be put forth to resist the exercise of federal
power Ac, the Hem. Roger A ., solitary ami alone
trou Id be the Brutus to plant a dagger in his heart.”
Cotton Planters’ Fair.— The President of the
Cotton Planters’ Convention, in a letter, states
that no article or invention will he permited in the
Fair if the manufacturer or inventor resides in a
northern Ktate. The President adds : “It is ne
cessary that this course should be pursued in order
that thereby the consistency of the future action of
the convention may be preserved.”
In Boston, salutes were tired and bells were
rang at sunrise, noon, and sunset, in comtuemora
toin of the two hundred and thirtieth anniversary
of the settlement of that city. It now has a pop
ululion of 167,902. In 1830 it was 153,788. The
gain in ten years has therefore been 89,114:* The
returns from the adjoining cities and toWns will
show an even greater rate of increase. Roxbnrv,
for instance, has gained from about 15,000 in
1850 (excluding West lloxbury, which has since
been set off) to 25,138 in 1860—an increase of I
over sixty-six per cent., the increase in Boston be-1
ing a fraction over twenty-eight per cent. - 1
(BRRESPON BENCE OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
Bossier Point, La., Sept. 9th, 1860.
Messrs. Editori :—Politics have heen quite still
in our section of country until within a lew weeks
back. I find that the old whigs begin to rally for
Bell and Everett, and I am proud that I am
able to sav to you that there is but little doubt
but what Bell and Everett will carry our State,
with a handsome majority. Many changes lately
have taken place for Bell and Everett.
Our crops in this section of country on our
up lauds are almost a failure ; on our Red River
bottoms, in some places, they are only fair ; in
other places they are fine. I have a small farm
on our Red River bottom, and my cotton crop is
fine —will average a heavy bale to the acre, and
some more. The general health of our country
was never better.
Please accept my best respects, and tender the
same to our old friends, Jndgc T. G. Holt, J. B.
Ross and all others, &e.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN S. HODGES.
[The above was not intended for the public eye.
The friends of the writer will be glad to hear such
good news about the good cause in Louisiana.]
Bradley Cocstt, Ark., Sept. 1860.
Messrs. Editors :—Perhaps some of your very
numerous readers would like to know how things
are going in Arkansas.
I believe there lias been corn enough made in
this part of the country to meet the demands of
the people, notwithstanding the crop Las been cut
off to a considerable extent by the drouth. The
cotton crop is greatly injured. I think there will
not be more than half a crop made of this arti
cle. The drouth from what I cau learn, has been
of a general character. It is said that in Texas
the people are not making enough to sustain them
bv odds. The same rumor is alloat of some por
tions of Louisiana, and in some parts of this State
crops will be very short.
It is truly gratifying to know that the health of
this country continues good. We cannot account
for the good health of the country when we re
flect for a moment upon the very excessive hot
summer through which we have just passed.
We have had an exciting time in politics. I
think our State will be almost a unit for Bell and
Everett, in the approaching Presidential contest.
It would seem that the people are waking up to a
sense of their duty. Is it not time to rescue our
country from the hands of those tricky politicians
who are placed at the head of our Government ?
It seems that recourse is had to the public Treasu
ry of the people for electioneering schemes.
GEN. LANE ANSWERS—HE WON’T REBEL-
In the course of Gen. Lane’s speech at India,
napolis, Indiana, on the 17th Sept., he was asked
the question, “ What if Old Abe is elected ?”
Gen. Lane promptly replied ;
“ Well, I say that if he should be elected, we
will keep right on battling for the principles of
the National Democratic party.
“ Should he be elected by his sectional party,
and on his sectional platform, we must content
ourselves with the thought that four years will
quickly pass, and at the expiration of that time
the people will rise in their might and place a
man in the Presidential chair who will stand by
and to the principles of the Constitution, as now
expounded by the Supreme Court and held by the
Breckinridge’party. [Loud cheers.”]
What say our friends of the Examiner to this ?
Mr. Yancey, we are glad to see, says the N. Y.
Express, is coming North, to have a free talk with
the people, in this section. That is right. We
think we can send him home a good Union man.
Southern men coming North these times, as much
as possible. We want to be more intimately ac
quainted with each other, and we are sure a more
intimate acquaintance, will render us better friends.
Political Changes,
Our Union people are ignorant of the actual
condition our of party in Georgia, says the National
American. But the news that we derive from
private correspondents, and from conversations
with gentlemen in and out of public life, we feel
confident there is such a work going on—and such
changes being wrought, as will not only confound
the divided Democracy, but give us a glorious
victory in November next.
1 We were told a day or two ago, that in a neigh
boring town a Democrat proposed to bet a Union
, man that he could not find a dozen old-line Demo
| crats in the town, who would vote for the Union
ticket. He took the bet, and went out on the
street, and after an absence of only about fifteen
minutes, returned with the names of fourteen ,
written by themselves.
E-fIP” A great Wide-Awake demonstration of
abolitionists from various Northern cities is to
come off in New York on October Sd. It is said
that the procession will be seven hours in passing
a given point, and that those in the first rank may
be at home and fast asleep long before the last
division has started from its parade ground.
Judge Stephens lor Hell.
. We learn that Judge Stephens, while speaking
at Ringgold on Tuesday, was asked who was his
next choice for the Presidency among the candi
dates now in the field, and he answered, after some
hesitation, “ John Bell !” This, then, “ accounts
for the milk in the cocoa-nut,” or in other words,
for the vociferous applause he received here from
the Bellites on the preceding day. If there is not
a fusion of those two parties (Bell and Douglas) in
this portiou of the State, they at least understand
each other wonderfully well, as they are now work
ing very harmoniously together. If the Doug-
Unites are advocating the good old principles of
Jackson Democracy, as contended by Judge Ste
phens at this place, all we have got to say is, God
save the mark, and deliver the country from such
Democracy !”
We find the above in the Dalton Times. Mr.
Stephens is not peculiar in his preferences. Nor
is the desire of the editor for the deliverance of
the country from the keeping of those who have
brought it to the brink of ruin, at all inappropri
ate, though expressed by a democrat.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Poet, a sprightly
well conducted Bell and Everett Daily paper, has
the following laughable hit at the bragging of the
Breckinridgers over the recent Mayor’s election.
They wish now that the indiscreet correspondent
of the Columbus Times had been at some better
business than writing it down as a Breckinridge
triumph. The Post says: “ The Breckinridgers
are crowing over a recent election for Mayor in
Macon ; but what they have to crow about the
Lord only knows. It was simply a contest between
red pepper and lobelia, and calomel and jalap, in
w hich the people decided by a small msjoritv in
favor of red pepper. We are not astonished at
the result. By the time the election comes on the
Breckinridgers will need all the red pepper in the
country to keep them alive.”
C3F“ Hr. Miller said in his speech of the 15th,
that he had not changed : that he occupies the
ground now that he has for a long time. It must
follow then, that the democrats who are with Dr.
Miller that they have changed and gone over to
him. The Dr. says this is the first time any por
tion of the democratic party ever told the truth :
and that he intends to stay with them no longer
than they stick to that. He contends that the Op
position all the while have told the trulh, except
this time.
This is strange ; the Dr. quits a party that has
been right all the time up to the present, and joins
an organization that was never right before. Who
would trust a man for telling one truth, who had
lied all of a long life ? That is the Dr’s, logic how
ever. — Rowt Southerner.
A PATRIOTIC APPEAL.
Amid the mildness and rage of party and the
growing prevalence of sectionism, it is gratifying
to observe that some of the most influential demo
cratic papers at the North, are urging the aban
donment of party for the safety of the country.
Almost every number of the New York Journal oj
Commerce, contains an earnest appeal to the con
servative men to rally to the rescue of the countrv.
We extract the following sentence from a forcible
article which recently appeared in that excellent
democratic paper. The writer says :
“ The time lias come, then, when Northern men
when Southern men, when every citizen who de
sires a peaceful continuauce of the federal govern
ment, should lay aside excitement and personal
preferences. It is the soleuiu duty of every voter
to inform himself of the true state of the issue now
pending, so that he may be able to vote intelli
gently and independently, and with a full realiza
tion of the consequences which may result. Thus
voting, no self condemation can follow in any
emergency; but to vote under an excitement,
brought about by the selfish aims of reckless par
tisans and office seekeis, or to rely on the state
ments or representations of such men in regard to
the questions aud interests involved—in regard to
the luture which is now at stake—would be to
trifle with the uio9t sacred rights of freemen ; and
should evil consequences result through a vote
thus given or associated, seif-unbraiding would
never cease, especially under the reflection that
greater effort to acquire truthful information would
have resulted in a true vote for the Constitution
and Union—for the continuance of civil and reli
gious liberty.”
MONEY PRESSURE.
We observe that the Atlanta American, Colum
bus Enquirer, and perhaps other journals attribute
the present stringency in the money market to
to the threatening aspect of our Federal relations.
A well informed gentleman attached to one of the
Banks in this city, recently returned from the
North, assures us that capital there is, at this time,
very sensitive, and moneyed men are turning the
key upon their vaults in anticipation of possible
disruption and civil strife. Is not this a deplorable
state of things ? And will not every patriot labor
with all his might to calm the turbulance of the
storm which has been raised by selfish demagogues
and which threatens the destruction of our free in
stitutions. It is time for the people to pause. They
are treading upon a slumbering volcano.
From the Spartanburg Express.
To the CandidateH for the Legislature.
If elected, will you vote for a sufficient appro
priation, by the Legislature, to have the Artesian
Well in Charleston bored through to the Celestial
Empire, so that South Carolina may drap through
in the event of Lincoln’s election ?
In the event that the African Slave Trade i3 not
re-opened, will you favor an appropriation, by the
Legislature, for the importation of monkeys to
pick out cotton ?
Will you vote for a law to prevent the Aurora
Borealis from making its appearance South of Ma
son and Dixon’s line ?
Will you vote for an appropriation to aid in de
fraying the expenses of the visit of the Prince of
Whales to the United States ?
In the event of your election will you, in ac
cordance with the strict rules of political economy,
vote for appropriating the superfluous gas so free
ly generatdd by that body, in aid of Prof. Lowe’s
intended balloon ezeursion to Europe?
If elected, which hotel will you stop at in Co
lumbia ?
Which of the candidates for the Legislature do
you think will be elected ?
In view of the grave importance of the forego
ing solemn questions, and the necessity of specific
aud categorical answers to the same, “ What are
you going to do about it ?”
Are you in favor of making such simpletons of
yourselves as to answer all questions which may
be propounded to you through the papers?
If the last question in answered in the affirma
tive, we repeat with emphasis the ominous ques
tion, “ What air you going to do about it?”
If you are not too much fatigued in answering
the above questions, please state “ When did you
comedown?’’ VOX POPULI.
• ‘ so °bjec:„.. c.!. >uowr .
ing the above questions with special reference to
his own election.
IVletiiortfsin amt Slavery.
Rev. Dr. Eddy, editor of the Northwestern Chris
tian Advocate (M. E.), has written a letter to Pres
ident Buchanan, which appears in the Chicago pa
pers. He writes as t member, a minister and offi
-1 cor of the Methodist Church, regarding matters
t which effect the life liberty and happiness of those
whom he represents. He states that the Methodist
| Church is no political organization ; that its mem
-1 bers have ever been a loyal people, and that as
such they claim the right to enter any part of the
domain ol the 1 nited States j but that the denomi
nation to which they belong has attained its influ
ence in consequence of its being decided and un
compromising in its anti-slavery views. Many pei
sons residing in the Slave States, for various reasons
prefer to be connected with the division of the
Methodist Church, lor which Dr. Eddy speaks,
rather than with that known as the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, yet they have been sub
jected to barbarous treatment for acting in accor
dance with this preference. Dr. Eddy cites recent
transactions in Texas as proof of this position, al
luding especially to the hanging of Rev. Mr. Bew
ley, with whom he was personally acquainted.—
Now, the question arises, in this state of affairs, can
Methodists be protected in the Southern States, or
are they to be exposed to death at the hands of
unlicensed mobs 1 Hitherto the Church has been
divided in its political suWects, but a few more
such murders as that of Bewley, says Dr. Eddy,
and Methodists will ask who can give them an ad
ministration strong enough to uphold their rights
Additional from Walker’s Expedition.
Captain Lombard’a Report.
As everything relating to Gen. Walker and those
under his command is anxiously looked for just
now, we give below the report of Capt. Lombard,
of the schooner J. A. Taylor, which arrived here
yesterday, having left Ruatan on the 14th.
Arrived in the bay of Truxillo on the 13th inst.
Made a signal, which was not answered by Gen!
Walker. He then proceeded to Ruatan, where he
learned that Gen. W alker and his companions
were compelled, by the interference of the British
sloop-of-war Icarius, to abandon Truxillo on the
24th August. W alker and his men then proceed
ed towards Black river. On arriving at St. Ro
man, an engagement took place between him and
the natives, when it was reported that ninety of
the enemy were killed ; one of Walker’s men ‘was
killed, and one taken prisoner, who was barba
rously murdered by the natives. He still proceed
ed on, nd when about twenty miles beyond tit.
Roman, he was surprised by a party of two hun-
dred and fifty natives, by which it is reported be
lost twenty men—loss of the enemy unknown.
On arriving at Black river he fortified himself in
an old brick house, where be surrendered to the
British his men, claiming American protection.
They were to be sent home by British government,
who had chartered the schooner Richard Sanford,
then lying in the port of Truxillo. Strict orders
were given to the British and American Consuls,
at Truxillo, tjiat the men should not be harmed!
The Icarius had gone to Belize, Honduras, for
further orders, and nothing would be done to
Walker and his men until her return to Truxillo.
— X. O. True Delta of the 27 1 h.
A Southern Tartarus—Vlarvelous Cave in
IVli\efiHKippi,
A female correspondent of an Eastern journal
writes from Shubnta, Mississippi, of a wonderful
cave near that place, as follows:
This cave is six miles long, extending from
Eueetta creek, where we entered, to Chickasaha
river. At the river there p.re air holes where the
air rushes in with a sound like thunder. Mr. D.
took a rope with him aud went to the distance of a
mile. He says that there are shelves formed in
the cave shaped like a dog. As the light is held
near it, it seems covered with diamonds. There
are several snakes formed in the rock that are
enough to scare anybody, they are so natural.—
The cave is from ten to fifteen feet high in some
of the places, and so dark that yon can't see afoot
before you. Qn one side it is rocky, muddy, and
so slippery that you are obliged to hold on the
rocks on the other side there is a beautiful branch
running through it. At the top of the cavern it is
all bard rock, and little long rocks, like fingers,
hang down ; through these the water drops slowly
and constantly. As the light is carried in the
rocks sparkle like, millions of diamonds. It is in
tensley cold within the cave, and if the hand be
placed on the rocks they feel like ice to the tpupfi.
If any one should happen to loose their light ip
there they would never get out. Some of the par
ty went very far in, and, returning, told us that
it was their opinion that there was a human body
there, from the suffocating smell. They would
stopped to look for it, but their torches were fast
have wasting away.