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J. KNOWLES and S. ROSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS
Au Appeal Afrainat Disunion.
We clip the following appeal against Disunion
from a late number of the “ Voice of Masonry,’’
published at Louisville, Kentucky, and edited by
that distinguished Mason, Robert Morris. He ap.
peals to his brethren to save the Union, and says
that the cry that the North is arrayed against the
£outh and the South against the North is only the
cry of demagogues:
We are impelled, by an irresistible impulse of
4air, to adihees our Masonic brethren at large up
on the present threatening aspect of our political
aJUirs. No person, however circumscribed his
reading or personal experience, can he insensible
to the present danger of disruption impending over
our union. How much more, then, must one be
alarmed and impressed whose travels and corres
pondence alike reach every portion of the country*
Brethren! you, as Masons, bold the balauce of
power in this country. You stand between wild
and reckless fanaticism on the one band, and cold,
heartless demagogism an the other. You, as a
body, number nearly a quarter million of men.—
Jtnd you are men—meo in body, soul and intellect
men chosen out of Hie masses of tl>e community,
last rue ted iu Its old and undying principles—men
cemented together by indissoluble ties—men who
profess to be animated by the noblest purposes
that every joined mortal beings together. In mere
politic* yea are of all sects —in vocations, ot all
honorable pursuits. Yet, in selection, you are
one; in preparation, only one ; in adoption, en
lightenment, couvenant, and affiliation, one, and
one only. Therefore, in a great and noble pur
pose, you are free to act as one mau. And what
purpose so noble is there, 0 ye brothers of the
craft, as the salvation of the country.
Brethren! we have visited nearly every Grand
Lodge on this continent, and many of them again
and again. We are in almost daily correspondence
with the brightest lights of the fraternity, and, we
believe, possess the confidence of a large portion
of the craft universal. We apeak, therefore, that
we do know when we affirm that Masons as a whole,
are moral, tune and upright men, lovers of their
country and quiet and obedient subjects of the
law. Yet such men may be led astray. False re
ports may be raised, the purest spirits may be
deceived by falsehoods and exonerations, and even
our institutions, venerable for age, grand in pro
portions, ’ pure and virtuous in its principles, may
be made through the machinations of false breth
ren of incurable mischief.
Brethren ! the partizan sheets of the country,
North and South, those we mean whose mission
aeems to be that ot stirring up moral contention
between us and to break up this government by
false issues, declare nothing but lies when they say
the North is arrayed against the South, and the
South against the North. It is false. We have
lived more than twenty years in the South ; and
more than twenty years in the North. For a large
portion of the twenty-five years we have been en
gaged in traveling, have seen every portiou, made
personal acquaintance with every shade of thought
and feeling, and we testify to the utter iniquity of
ouch statements. It is but the cry of demagogues
and traitors, who will rise only upon the ruin of
the nation, if the nation does not take warning in
time. The feelings of Southern people, as a whole,
are still kind and brotherly towards each other.—
But it cannot be denied that the exasperation of
party feeling is embittering everything, and the
pronenes of feeble human nature to follow popular
leaders right or wrong, may destroy the last re
mains of national affection if we do not guard onr
eelves against it.
Brethren of the North! you are misinformed up
on the subject of slavery. It La not the hellish evil
jou have been taught to believe it. Visit the South
and you will see it. You have been misinformed,
too, in regard to tbe Southern people. They are
kind, loving, and generous to a fault. They are
brave, and true to their friends, and, as Masons,
God Meier made better.
Brethren of the South ! you are misinformed as
to the general feeling of the Northern people rela
tive to slavery. Whatever it may be in some lo
calities, ridden to death by demagogues, yet, in the
broad lands of the North and West, and even in
Canada, the popular sentiment is to let the subject
alone, and leave it with those who are personally
Interested in it. You are misinformed, too, as to
the Northern people. They are studious, indus
trious, ‘lovers of good order and law, liberal in a
good cause, earnest in whatever they undertake,
and, as Masons, conservative and systematic in the
highest degree.
Brethren ot both section! there is absolutely
nothing between you but to love one another, and
to presevore in the grand design of doing good and
lacing happy. Let demagogues rail and lie in vain.
Treat all their threats of secession, of opposition to
law, of raids into neighboring vineyards, of nulli
fication, &c., with contempt and abhorrence. Dis
regard their statements that the American people
are ripe for disunion as a direct invention of tbe
father of all lies. Blacker falsehood was never in
vented. Search for sober law-abiding men, con
nervative in their habits of thinking and action, and
entrust to such tbe banner of all good Masons—
Usios First—Union La st —U*io* Fo&Jlvlk!”’
Thk Gonuoi or Mrssissirri os the Cotrsk or
Tiik Soi TH. —Got. John J. Pettus, in a letter an
nouncing hid inability to attend and address a pub
lic meeting, winds up by saying:
“ I regret thia the more, as it is tbe first invita
tion 1 have received to meet in council those who
think the time for action, not words, is now. A
proper tax on Northern manufactures, and indi
vidual action looking to non-intercourse commer
cially with the abolition States, is the lever which,
properly bandied, can turn New England up side
down in six months. Half her population would
be paupers in less than twelve months from the day
the .Southern States cease to trade with her.
Senator Toombs with “Draws Sword.” —Tbe
Sttmttr Ktyytblicam of laat week says: “We have
seen a private letter written by a distinguished
gentleman, residing in Oglethorpe county to a
gentleman of high standiug in a neighboring coun
ty, from which we take the following sentiment ut
tered by Senator Toombs. We are not at liberty
to give the names of the parties, but if desired,
they can be obtained.” The following is the ex
tract of the letter refered to:
“ I heard a Georgia Senator say the other day in
private conversation, that in tbe event of Lincoln's
election, be would resign before Buchanon’s time
was out, coire home, raise an srmyjof ten thousand
men, and when he crossed the Potomac again it
would*Se withjbis drawn sword. The Senator said
were Uiirty members of Congress pledged to that
there position, and would go with him, some from
every Southern State. He talked about it like it
was a small matter ; it looks very gloomy, indeed, to
me.”
UNION TICKET.
WILLIAM LAW,
Be H. HILL,
S. B. Spencer,
Marcellas Douglas,
Le Te Doyal,
W. F. Wright,
•L R. Parrot,
H. Pe Bell,
Ira Ee Dupree,
LaFayette Lamar#
TICKET.
WILLIAM LAW,
B. 11. HILL,
S. B. Spencer,
Marcellas Douglas,
L T. Doyal,
W. F. Wright,
It. Parrot,
H. P. Bell,
Ira E. Dupree 9
LaFayette Lainare
A Slut Ufa* Meeting.
The Republicans of New York have their ceu
jtral headquarters directly opposite the New York
Hotel, chiefly patronized by Southern travelers,
and not a little antagonism, and one or two posi
tive collisions, have occurred between the adverse
parties gathered at the hotel and the headquarters.
According to the New York Post, whose Republi
can sympathies have probably induced it to give
an exaggerated coloring to the incident narrated
below, there has been a fraternization between the
two, and the houses of Capulet and Montague are
henceforth to be at peace.
I During the eveuing a pleasant incident occurred
in front of the New York Hotel, which leads to
ihe hope that the neighbors who haye heretofore
I been somewhat jealous and quarrelsome, will in
tuture have a better understanding and apprecia
tion of each others good qualities. A Republican
entered into .conversation on the steps ot the Hotel,
md soon became the centre of a Urge audience of
I Southern gentlemen and other guests of the estab
lishment. lie had a good voice, and gave a clear,
intelligent and comprehensive statement of the
I views and purposes of bis party. His language
| was gentlemanly and well chosen, and he was lis-
Ilened to with profound and respectful attention.
At the conclusion of hts remarks he thanked the
I gentlemen for their courteous conduct, and told
them if they would go with him to the rooms of
I tbe Republican Central Campaign Club they would
I find their courtesy fully reciprocated. The invita-
Itiou was accepted, and a meeting was formed
about the door, under the Lincoln banner. Speech
es were made deprecating sectional dissensions
and iu favor of upholding the Union whatever
[may be tbe result of the approaching election.
One of the hotel men finally said that he believed
Abraham Lincoln to be an honest and honorable
linau ; and while he differed from his political views,
ibe proposed three eheers for him, not as a politic
ian, but as an honest man. The three cheers were
accordingly given bv the hotel men.
• A Republican then said that in John C. Breck
inridge his party recognised a gentleman who was
plain and honest in the avowal of his principles.
Asa frank and out spoken enemy they respected
him, and as a roan, not as a politician, be proposed
•.hree cheers for Breckinridge, which were given
I heartily. The meeting broke up with many ex
jpressiens of good feeling on both sides.
The Codiflcatlou of the Laws.
The Federal Union says:
The Commission to codify tbe laws of Georgia
has been iu session the past week in this city.—
Messrs. Cobb, Clark and Irwin are all present—
A majority of the joint committee of the Legisla
ture appointed at the last Session, to examine and
report upon the Code was also present during tbe
past week have been industriously engaged in the
work before them. We confidently look forward
to the completion of this important work and its
acceptance by the Legislature. The public inte-
I rests demand the prompt execution of the work.
In the Might Spirit.
The following letter from the Hon. Marcellus
Douglas, Bell and Everett Elector for the Second
[Congressional District, breathes the right spirit,
| and his patriotic offer will be appreciated by all
the friends of the Union. The fusion movement
is evidently popular among all classes.
Ccthbkrt, Oct. 22d, 1860.
I Dear Sir l am just about starting off to Stew
art Court, and have barely time to write a short
letter. I have seen the notice in your paper urging
>a fusion of ail parties. This meets my cordial
approbation; and my purpose in writing this, is to
say, that you can feel yourself authorized to take
ray name off the electoral ticket, and let us run a
[fusion ticket by all means. I hope all the electors
of all the parties, will abide by the action of the
Executive Committees.
In haste, yours truly,
Makckllus Douglas.
Dr. L. F. W. Andrews.
Breckinridge os Congressional Intervention
lis 1859.—0n the Hist of December, 1859, John C.
j Breckinridge, after declaring that he would hold
to the Congueoflional rights for protection, said:
“ At the same time, fellow-citizens, I make no
hesitation in saying to you, that I trust the time
will never come when it may be necessary for the
[Congress of the United States, in any form, to
interfere with this question in the Territories. So
| far, it has only been productive of evil to us, and
iit would portend only evil in the future. At pres
ent there is no question before Congress. No
Southern Representative or Senator proposes legis
lation on this point. No complaint comes from
any Territory—there i9 no evidence that the exist
[ ing laws and decisions of the Court are not ade
quate to protect every description of property re
cognized by the several States. None whatever.
Therefore, in my opinion, and I submit it humbly
and with deference, Our true policy is not to anti
i eipate trouble, but to let the matter rest upon the
i Executive, upon the existing laws, and upon the
decision of the Courts.”
There stood Mr. Bieckinridge nine months ago.
| How different his position now !
. - ■■ —-—.
i A young lady wa burnt to death in St. Louis
I last week. She had just returned home from
I church, and hastily approached the fire blarin’ on the
! hearth to warm her hands. Upon turning sudden
ly around, the skirt of her dress, which was great-
Ky expanded by hoops, took fire, and instantly en
| veloped her in flames, and assistance could
be rendered she was so much injured that she
shortly afterwards expired.
Lookout Mountain. — A correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury, writing from this famous
summer resort near Chattanooga, says: “ Such
has been the great increase of visitors to the
mountains this season, the hotel and all the cotta
ges having been filled to overflow, that it is pro
posed to get up a Stock Company (a charter hav
ing already been granted by the Legislature of
(Tennessee for this purpose) and build a large,
magnificent hotel on tbe point, to bold about fire
, hundred people, and also to erect iron verandah
cottages. This is what the great attraction of the
[mountain demands, as the air is as salubrious as
[that of the island of Maderia, uo dew falling at
night, and for health and pleasure it cannot be
equalled by any summer resort North or South.
* “ ■’ ‘ ~ “
THE RIGHT SPIRIT
Dr. S. W. Burnet, in a letter to the Atlanta
American, dated on the 19th inst., says: j
“ I suppose I am as sincerely and enthusiastically
devoted to Mr. Douglas, the man of my choice, sub
any voter can be either to Mr. Bell or Mr. Breck
inridge ; but I should despise myself, and distrust
ray patriotism, if I could be inclined to refuse so
poor a sacrifice for my country’s good, as would
j attend the scheme you have thought proper to suy-
I gefct. Speak out, ye members of the different
i Executive committees, and let tbe people see where
you stand. This letter may, peradrenture, excite
the ire of someone or more persons, but I cane
not; I go for my country first, last, and all tlse
while I”
The Rockingham (Va.) Register, the organ 4>f
the “(Tenth Legion” Democracy, announces that
William F. Gordon, Jr, Esq., of Albemarle, who
was a member of the Charlottesville Breckinridge
Convention, has declared for Douglaa and John
•on, and will take “ the stump” for them as the
regular nominees of the National Democratic Con
vention.
John J. Maddox, convicted last week in the
Superior Court of Jones County for the murder of
Levi A. Lloyd, was yesterday brought to Macon
by Sheriff Balkcoui of Jones County and commit
ted to Bibb county jail to await his execution on
the 7th of December next, the Jones county jail
being considered insecure.— Macon Telegraph.
A Cakdid Ackkowlxdomknt.—Ex-Senator Geo.
| E. £adger, in a late speech at Salisbury, N. C. saiii:
“Fellow-citizens, I intend to do justice to Jobn
Beil, although I do it at my own expense. John
Bell, with a statesman-like sagacity and forcmgbt
which I did not possess, voted against the Kac.soa-
Nebraska bill. I voted for iu John Bell did right,
and I gave tbe worst vote I ever gavo in my life.”
Completion or the Charleston Rail Road.—
I We take an especial pleasure in recording tbe fact
; that tbe entire line of road between the sister
kies of Charleston aud Savannah is about com
plete, and that the ears will run from depot to de
pot ou tbe Ist November. We hail the event
with gladness, and cordially unite with our con
temporary of the Courier in the sentiments called
forth by the announcement. — Savannah Depute.
Several of (lie leading papers in Booth Carolina
refer favorably to the union of all parties in Geor
gia. The North Carolina Daily Bulletin, (a strong
Breckinridge paper) also warmly favors tbe move
ment in Georgia, and urges all parties in North
Carolina to pursue the same course.
MACON, GEORGIA t
Wednesday, October 31, 1860.
———Hl MifiMMllfimßl Bffi * ■
Constitutional Union Ticket.
IOK PKKNIDKNTj
JOHN liK L, L,,
OF TENNESSEE.
FOR VICF.-PHE*IDFNT,
KD\Y AB n KVEitt: tt,
OF MASSACJII -KTTS.
PI,ATF O R M :
‘‘The Constitution of the Country, the
( ii ion of the State* aml the Finforceiuent
of the Law*,”
COTTON lI4KKET.
Receipts and sales of the week, large. We
quote 10 @ 11^.
Messrs. Boardman and Burke will receive
our thanks for the November number of Harper.
It is a good number and may be had at their
Stores. % •
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Os Thotographs, Jewelrj, Hardware, Auction
bales, Land*, Dry Goods, Chrhing. Law, Medicine
—indeed, almost every thing desirable and useful
may be found in our papif to-day. Read them.—
Our time will not peiruit a more extended notice
this week.
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THERE IS A LARGE CROWD IN MACON
At this time ; Some in attendance upon the
Grand Lodge, others to hear and see Mr. Douglas.
At this writing the skies are unusually bright, and
after the refreshing rains the air is truly exhilera
ting.
THE LEGISLATURE,
It will be remembered, meets next week. Its
proceedings will be of unusual interest. We learn
that Gov. Brown will take high Southern Rights
ground in his forthcoming annual message.
ELECTION TICKETS.
The Union Electoral Ticket will be found in our
columns to-day. If enough of them are cast,
Georgia will give her vote to Bell and Everett.—
Let no vote be lost to the Union.
NEW YORK
All eyes are now turned to the Empire State.
Accounts from there are contradictory. It will
be seen that our intelligent correspondent is hope
ful. If she but does her duty on Tuesday next,
the Republic will breathe easier.
THE CANVASS CLOSED.
The present number of the Messenger closes its
labors in the pending Presidential contest. Before
another issue of our paper the people will have
given their verdict and decided, perhaps, the fate
of a nation. Whilst we have steadily and earnest
ly supported the l. nion ticket, and religiously be
lieve its success will best subserve the great inte
rests of the country, and render more stable our
free Institutions, wo hare sedulously abstained
from o(Tensive denunciation of our opponents.—
We now submit the question to the decision of the
people. Let them east their votes in the fear of
God, and not be swayed bv party spirit or party
leaders. We have tried faithfully to do our duty
—let them now tlo theirs.
MR. DOUGLAS
Addressed, we learn, a vast crowd at Kingston
on Monday last, and also spoke briefly to those
who assembled to meet him at Ackworth and Ma
rietta. He was received with much enthusiasm at
Atlanta and briefly addressed the people in front
of the Trout House on his arrival. He was to
have been introduced to the people on yesterday
by Mr. Stephens, and give thorn a regular speech
Large preparations have been made for his recep
tion at Columbus.
DEATH OF HON. HUGH M. D. KING!
The Sumter Republican of Friday last announ
ces the decease of this gentleman. His disease
was dropsy of the chest, which he indured with
Christian fortitude and patience. He was aged
53. lie was a true friend, a most estimable gen
tleman and patriot.
RICH RACY AND RARE.
The leaders of the Breckinridge parrty says the
Atlanta American, are willing for the Electoral
College to fuse to heat Lincoln. Mr. Gaskill desir
ed the people to do the same thing, and of (?)
went his head !
The people can’t be allowed to do what the
leaders propose to do for them. Ain’t that funny ?
When will wonders cease ? This “ break neck ”
party will soon break iu own neck, if it keeps on.
BAD SHOWING.
Gen. Jo. Lane retires from public life after the
fourth of March next, as the Legislature of Ore
gon has selected J. W. Nesmith, a Douglas Demo
crat, to succeed him iu the United States Senate.
The vacancy which has existed in the representa
tion from Oregon in that body has been filled by
the election of Col. E. D. Baker, a Republican.
The States of Kentucky and Oregon certainly
make a bad showing for Breckinridge and Lane.
Tennessee and Massachusetts must do better for
Bell and Everett.
“THE SOUTH ALONE SHOULD GOVERN THE
SOUTH’’
This is the title of a well written pamphlet that
is now being circulated extensively and which we
have received. An organization, in Charleston,
for the purpose of urging disunion when Lincoln’s
election is ascertained, is actively engaged in its
distribution.
If the author had written the same number of
pages to show the South the way and means of
feeding and clothing herself, he would have been
more profitably and patriotically employed.
SUSPENSIONS.
Tbe Savannah Express, after a brief existence
of a week or two, has suspended. There are oth
er papers, doubtless, which would like to suspend
if they could afford it.
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF GEORGIA-
This is the title of a voluminous and valuable
report to the Cotton Planter’s Convention of Geor
gia, by Prof. Joseph Jones, M. P., Chemist to the
Cotton Planter’s Convention, and Professor of
Medical Chemistry in the Medical College of Geor”
gia, at Augusta. We have laid it aside for a more
thorough examination. In the meantime it is
commended to the attention of the agricultural
public. The author has our thanks for the copy
before us. ,#
THE PROPOSITION FOR UNION.
It will be remembered that we noticed in our
last a proposition for all the people to unite upon
one electoral ticket. By adopting this coarse,
Georgia would have presented a sublime spectacle.
The different committees were to have met in At
lanta on Monday to arrange the ticket. We have
no news from there up to the time of going to
press, and presume tbe opposition ot the Breck
inridge leaders will prevent the arrangement.—
Let the people mark this, and act accordingly.—
Let them vote the Union ticket.
MEDICAL COLLEGES.
The Griffin Democrat says of the Medical Col
lege loeaied at that place, that the prospects are
good, and some thirty or forty Students hove en
tered their names.
We observe from our Augusta exchanges that
Dr. Miller, of Rome, delivers the opening address
at the Georgia Medical College. We trust hoath *
erners will patronise home institutions, hereafter
TIMELY APPEAL.
The appeal to the Masonic Fraternity to ii ter
pose for the preservation of this Union, is most
opportune. Read t, and then re-peruse it to our
neighbors. There are probably in these I > ited
States at least four millions of professing Christians
—several hundred thousand Masons and Odd-1 el
lows, and tens of thousands of others, lvelonging
to various benevolent associations, all bound to
gether by moral ties. Were all these to become
active peace-makers, laboring to put down discon
tent and strife, and promote “good-will among
men,” how delightsome would be our land ! how
glorious and great our nation ! Let all engage iu
this God-like work. Surely our interests and des
tiny are not so dissimilar but what with the same
God and Bible, with its “ golden-rule” and holy
precepts and admonitions, we can “dwell together
in unity.” If they are, let us, like Ahratn and
Lot, part in peace, as brethren, and not like sav
ages and bullies —riot amid the carnage of civil
strife. Let our difficulties be settled by diplomacy
not the sword. By wise and Christian Statesmen
not by infuriated “ Wide Awakes,” and “ Minute
Men.” In the midst of all our differences and po
litical contests, let us not forget that we are a great
Christian nation, iu whose example, God and an
gels, and the Universe expect to see illustrated the
power and excellence of Christian doctrines and
principles.
CHOICE FRUIT.
As we write this, we are enjoying a very unusual
luxury at this season. We have received from our
esteemed friend, Geo. L. Barry, Esq., of Cuthbert,
a box of very luscious peaches—soft and jxicy,
aud of delicious flavor. The donor says we must
call them the “Breckinridge peach,” because they
were grown on Southern soil. We are a little too
sectional for this, and shall therefore take the lib
erty of naming them the “ Barry Teach,” as we
deposit their seed in a sunny corner of our garden,
and give our friend a sunny place in our memory—
praying that the dews of Heaven may fall as pro
pitiously upon the seedlings, as years sit lightly
upon the heart ot the worthy giver. Only think
of it, nice peaches in the sear and yellow leaf of
November! This simple incident will mark an
eventful and thrilling struggle, which may foresha
dow the opening of a brighter epoch in the history
of our lavored land. So mote it be !
COMPTROLLERS REPORT, FOR 1860.
We have received a copy of a very elaborate
Report of our most efficient and industrious Comp
troller General, Peterson Thweatt, Esq. It con
tains many items of interest to all our citizens,
which we would be glad to publish at this time. —
But just at this crisis iu our political affairs we can
only give one item a brief notice. That is a com
parative statement of the population, wealth, &c.,
of some of our largest counties, where our heaviest
commercial transactions are carried on :
Counties. Polls. City or Town Money & Merehan'e.
property. sol. debts.
Chatham, 1.608 8,719 850 5,888 200 1,987 000
Richmond, 8.887 4,864 450 7,118 247 1,786 850
Bibb, 1,065 ‘2,777 .888 4,854 061 1,177 2u9
Muscogee, 981 2,415 628 3,076 128 1,078 905
Fulton, 1.727 2,752 650 1,778 887 847 231
Floyd, 1 738 587 051 2,097 172 840 565
Spalding, 622 5:15 1,258 912 806 201
Sumter, ‘ 47 447 735 1,365 144 848 624,
Dougherty, 517 580 019 1,129 870 255 878
The largest number of Polls is in Richmond,
the neit in Cass, the next in Chatham, the next in
Floyd.
CHEERING NEWS.
From every part of the State we hear the most
cheering intelligence in regard to the prospects of
the Union cause. Messrs. Hardeman ami Ander
son, who have addressed large and enthusiastic
meetings in South-Western Georgia, give a good
account of the Second District.
A friend who has travelled extensively in the 6th,
writes us from Lumpkin County :
“ There is almost no political excitement in these
upper counties. Politicians have been stumping it
through the country; but the people seem to re
fuse stubbornly to be excited. From all I can soe
Bell is gaining in favor. I shall not be surprised
if the Bell vote in this section should ‘surprise the
natives.’
The corn crops are turning out better than was
anticipated. Corn is selling in this market at 60 a
65 per bushel.”
MR DOUGLAS IN MACON.
We are authorized by the Chairman of tbe
Committee of arrangements, to state that the pro.
gramme, as published for the reception of Judge
Douglas, will be observed to-day.
Citizens without distinction of Party are respect
fully invited to exchange views with him, at the
Lanier House, from the hour of 11 o’clock A. M.,
to 1 o’clock P. M.
At 2 o’clock P. M., Judge Douglas will address
the People at the Rail Road Depot.
Hon. A. H. Stephens will address the People
immediately after Judge Douglas has finished.
The Lapies are especially invited to attend.
STRANGE LOGIC.
Perhaps our Breckinridge friends may be able
to tell how disuuion and revolution will improve
the price of negroes and render this kind of prop,
erty more secure. We find this strange doctrine
set forth in a Richmond paper as follows :
Already there is imeasiness throughout the South
as to the stability of its institution of slavery. —
But with a submission to the rule of Abolitionists
at Washington, thousands of slave holders will de
spair of the institution. While the condition of
things in the frontier States will force their slaves
on the markets of the Cotton States, the timid in
the Cotton States will also sell their slaves. The
general distrust must affect purchasers. The con
sequence must be, slave property must be greatly
depreciated. We see advertisements for the sale of
slaves in some of the Cotton States, for the simple
object of getting rid of them; and tee know that
standing orders for the purchase of slaves in this
market have been withdrawn , on account of an an
ticipated decline of value from the political condi
tion of the country.
In reply to the foregoing the Philadelphia Keen
says:
If this uneasiness aud depreciation of property
exists, it is due to the efforts of the secessionists
themselves and their Democratic allies in the North.
Slave property will be quite as secure under Mr.
Lincoln’s administration as under that of any other
man, and w< believe even more so, for he is a
man who w I do his best to enforce the laws, the
Fugitive Slave Law included.
Death or Col. A. L. Sheppard. —lt becomes
our painful duty to announce the death of this
gentleman, one of the Editors of this paper, and
the senior partner of its business department. He
died at the residence of his father-in-law, Joshua
Daniel, in this place, at about three o’clock on the
morning of the 23d inst., in the 28th year of his
age, leaving a devoted wife and a lovely littile boy
to mourn his loss, besides many true and devoted
friends. •’
A. L. Sheppard is no more on earth: Our eyes
are bathed in tears of sorrow, our heart throbs
with pain, and our hand becomes nervous while
we pen this sad announcement! lie is gone! Let
us throw the mantle of charity over whatever
faults he had—and none are without faults and
remember his virtues.
Our departed friend was the embodiment of
generosity, benevolence, chivalry and good nature!
No braver spirit, no warmer heart, no more mag
nanimous soul ever dwelt In a frail tenement ol
clay ! But he is no more among us ! No more
will his ever friendly hand give its cordial grasp to
ours; no more will his manly voice salute our ear
with his accustomed hearty morning salutation !
Peace be to his ashes!— Valley Register, Cal
houn, Ca.
The Result is tHih State.—We have the most
cheering news from iho result ot tiie late county
elections. In every instance where party lines
were drawn, the Union men triumphed. The De
mocracy have been united iu these county elections,
and the result looks very much like the Bell and
Everett men have a majority over both combined.
In Attella, Tishomingo; Yazoo, Marshall, and other
counties, the secessionists have been signally put
to route. Roll on the ball. Let our friends else
where be assured that all’s well in Mississippi.—
Vicksburg HViigr,
DISC'MIO* AHU ITi ULORIES.
A correspondent of the Columbus Star, thus
sets forth the results of disunion in striking col
oi-s. Hewsys:
Ist. The bp re prospect of it has now reduced’
the price of cotton ten dollars per bale below its
value, and as over five hundred thousand bales
will be sold before the Gth of November, the loss
will he live unliiyit dollars to the South born this
cause alone. This is below the figure; every cot
ton buyer knows it.
‘id. All the southern hanks have closed down,
shut up shop, and now refuse to put out their hills
to pay for cotton on hills of exchange, payable at
the North after the Gth of November, because no
northern bank will take southern hank drafts or
bills payable after that date, lor the reason that
disunion and war would cancel and annul the debts
of Irelliggerenta. Hence a money crisis is on us.
Cotton is going down here, whilst it is rising in
Europe, and ruin, ruin, is ahead! Reason why ?
The Presidential election comes off on the Gth of
November, and dl°unions threatened.
fid. If disunion should come, baron, now sixteen
cents, would then he fifty to seventy-five cents
per pound ; corn then three dollars to five dollars
per bushel, and no money to pay for it. There is
not bacon and corn enough in the Gulf States to
feed our people until the Ist of March. We have
to buy from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and other
northern States, or starve.
4th. Disunion is civil war. We are splendidly
prepared for it —animis opibusqus parati. Let us
see. We have no muskets, no rifles, no cannon,
no wheel carriages for cannon, no powder, no
balls, no bacon and flour to feed an army. No
implements or munitions of war! Is not this
true ? Let every honest man answer the question.
Gth. When disunion and civil war comes, what
will the thousands do who have no bacon, no
corn, and no money to buy them with? Will they
starve, or form brigand clubs and rob, steal and
murder before starving ? Who could blame them ?
Would the North-west send us bacon and corn to
atop starvation here, while at war with us ? No.
The idea is absurd.
Gth. All who are in favor of dvil war, starva
tion, ruin, desolation, robbery, arson, murder and
the utter destruction of the South, should go for
disunion if Lincoln is elected.
THE UNION MOVEMENT IN ALABAMA.
We are indebted to a friend in this city, says
(he Atlanta American, for the privilege of making
the following extract from a business letter receiv
ed by him from a gentleman iu Montgomery, Ala
bama, a day or two ago :
“ I am glad to see you have strong faith in
saving the Country. We all want to secure pas
sage on the steamship Union. I hope you have
so built her that she will accommodate all who ap
ply for passage. We have launched several
schooners here that outrun anything you ever
saw. This line of ships are known as the “ Union
Line.” If they don’t carry a man through in
quicker time than any other craft, the party own
ing these crafts will refund the passage money.—
With such inducements to travelers, all are making
up their minds to go on the “ Union Line.” 1
don’t suppose you heard of the explosion of the
Breckinridge steamer. I don’t suppose there ever
was such destruction. This occurred on the 18th
instant, at Selma. Thomas 11. Watts was the
cause es the explosion. lie proposed to the offi
cers of the craft to cast the Electoral vote of Ala
bama for Bell, Douglas or Breckinridge ; and, sir,
they would not agree to it. By this refusal, some
hree or four hundred of the Union Ilreckites
withdrew, and said that they would go on the
“ Union Line.” I now believe Bell will carry the
State. I saw a man from Selma to-day, who was
a Breckite, and he said the Breckinridge men
were fools. I think Breck is gone in this State ;
I am certain he is unless there is a stop put to>
people’s travelling on this* Union Line’ of boats.’
SHALL W£ HAVE BREATH ?
In twenty-five years, we shod have ten millions
of slaves. *ln fifty years we shall have twenty
mill ions. Already the cotton belt is half exhaust
ed with a Slave population which ha 9 for eight
years past, not gone above an average of one
million and a half or two millions. What are we
to do with twenty millions on the .present area :
This is the great problem of the age. Upon its so
lution depends the fate of our children, of our
country, of our civilization. The issue is upon
and to be decided on the nth ot November.—Au
burn Sketch Book.
Few of us we presume, twenty-five years hence
will breathe the atmosphere of earth. If we dis
charge well our duty to God and country, we shall
live in a brighter and purer clime, and our merci
ful Heavenly Father will take care of those we
leave behind. In the mean time let the South, as
a prudential measure, adopt a more varied and
provident system of husbandry, and rely more
upon home manufactures. Also let the cotton
Htates put their veto to the introduction of more
negroes from Africa and the border States. We
may then continue to breathe and our children’b
children after us.
WELL BPOKEN
The Southern Statesman, published at Mari
etta, fia., well says:
If the Southern States will remain in the Union
they may defy the Republican party if swelled to
double its present numbers. Virginia has set the
example—let the other Southern States follow it.
Prepare for self-protection in the Union. They
may concert measures and move on simultaneous
ly in the course of preparation and if the time
should come when the Constitution is violated the
Southern States will be armed and equipped for
the crisis.
The danger is with those who would precipitate
the South—without preparation. With a popula
tion of 6 or 7 millions against twenty millions —
without the material for war—without organiza
tion and without concert or union. It is this par
ty, in the South, patriotic, but misdirected, who
are leading the people of the South to anarchy
and woes innumerable.
These are wise and pertinent words. Will not
our (S<a/e.<!?rtw-like contemporary drop Mr. Breck
inridge and unite with his old friends iu battliDg
for the Constitution in the Union ?
HAWKINSVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD
We are gratified to learn that the survey of this
road will commence in a few days, and that the
subscriptions are sufficient to authorise its comple
tion. The distance to the Macon and Brunswick
road is about nine miles. Arrangements have been
made, by which this stock is merged with that of
the other road, and payable in 1862 aud 1868.
The road from Macon, it is expected, will be com
pleted to Longstreet, opposite Hawkinsville, by
about the Ist of January. The laying down of the
superstructure and iron is uow going on rapidly.
A great impetus has been given to business aud
improvements in Hawkinsville by the now “fixed
fact,” of the completion of this road ; and fifteen
to twenty thousand bales of cotton may come over
it and through this city, this season, if the naviga
tion of the river should prove unfavorable.
LINCOLN S ADMINISTRATION.
Hear now what the Philadelphia North Ameri
can, moderate Republican, says of it:
“ The first and best fiuit of Mr. Lincoln’s ad
ministration which may be expected, will be the
restoration of peace and harmony between the
North and South, by calm and conciliatory policy,
that will satisfy all fair minded men how grossly
we have been misrepresented, and how unjust
were the charges of sectionalism. The new Pres
ident will have every motive and inducement to
revive fraternal feeling, and wc are quite sure he
has the purest aud the most patriotic disposition,
looking at it merely from a selfish point of view,
what has he to gain by agitation; or from a prac
tical one,what is there to agitate about? These plain
inquiries solve the whole problem, ami expose the
absurdity of the clamor which politicians have
raised, either to keep or to obtain office.”
An Impolitic Move.—A writer in the Fernan
dina East Meridian, urging the advantages of
disunion, says:
“ Among the first of the acts of the Southern
Congress, after a Goverument bad been formed,
and the affairs of the country put in order, will be
one declaring tbe legality of the slave trade, and
placing the traffic under such restrictions and
regnhuious, that all the inhumanity once attending
it, shall be abolished. Another of those acts will
be the throwing open of Southern port# to free
trade, admitting European manufactures free of
duty in exchange for Southern agricultural pro
ducts.”
The free trade argument will be very generally
acceptable at the South, but the least said about
the foreign slave trade the better for the disunion
movement.
“ OGLiWi tf** or NORTHERN ITALY. 1 ’—’ OOL
TON'S MAP OF SOUTHERN ITALY.”
Hath on flic •.rime Sheet, size til by 28 In’s.
These Maps are most interesting and valuable in
the present crisis of Italian aflairs. Carefully com
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plates, they convey correct geographical informa
tion to the inultitde of minds anxious to learn the
location of places where events of great importance
are transpiring, and the relative position of King
doms, States, Cities, Ac., to each other. These
Maps show clearly the boundaries of the various
governments and the late Dukedoms, the exact
location of Cities, Towns, Railroads, Common
Roads, Rivers, Mountain Passes, and noted battle
grounds, indeed, everything that can be desired la
delineated. A gOod Map of this classic land, this
land of great men and great actions in former days,
is always desirable, but especially so now when the
attention of the world is turned towards it in con
sequence of astonishing occurrences which involve
its destiny and that of the whole of Europe in un
certainty. To put these twaps within the reach of
all who may desire to possess them, the publisher
proposes to send by mail, postage paid, a copy on
good paper, and colored, to auy one who will re
mit in stamps 80 cents.
“ Colton’s Map of Europe.” —On a sheet, size
15 by 18 inches. A comprehensive and reliable
Map beautifully engraved on copper, showing the
political divisions of Empires,Kingdoms and States,
also the Chief Cities, Towns, Ac., Ac. This Map
will be sent postage paid, to all who may order it
with a remittance of 21 cents in stamps, printed
on good paper and handsomely colored.
Published by J. H. Colton, No. 172 William st.,
New York.
WHY DON’T HE SPEKT
i
The announcement has been made in some of i
the newspapers of the day that the Douglas Demo- <
cratic Executive Committee of Virginia, at its late ‘
meeting in Richmond, dispatched & messenger to ‘
Mr. Breckinridge to propound to him the questions ,
put to Judge Douglas at Norfolk by Mr. Lamb.
This, it appears, is a mistake. But the committee
did address to|Mr. Breckinridge a letter of the char
acter represented. It is as follows:
Richmond, (Va.) Oct. 6, 18G0.
Hon. John C. Breckinridge.
Sir: The Executive Committee of the National I
Democratic Party of Virginia, now in session, re- (
spectfully request you to answer the enclosed
questions, propounded to Judge Douglas by Mr.
Lamb, of Norfolk, Elector for the first district of
Virginia on the ticket which supports you for
President. Please address yonr reply to B. M. De
Witt, chairman, Richmond, Virginia.
Alfred M. Barbour, Tim. Rives,
G. W. Stalnaker, H. C. Allen,
B. M. DeWitt, W. Archer Cocke,
S. B. Majors, Jos. Sandiord,
M. G. liar mad, T. L. Parish,
M. M. Dent, J. H. Gilmer,
Wm. G. Dunbar, R. G. Crank,
J. A. Harman.
The Virginia Index of the 19th inst., in announc
ing this fact, states that the letter was duly mailed
at Richmond on the Bth instant, but that no
answer has yet been received from Mr. Breckin
ridge.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOIRNAL AND MESSENGER.
New York, Oct. 26th, 1860.
Before another letter from your New York cor
respondent can reach yon, the Empire State will
have given her voice to the Nation. That she will
prove herself worthy her metropolitan character,
we of this city do not doubt. As I think I have
intimated already in a former letter, however, it
must be remembered that we are contending at a
great disadvantage. We are endeavoring to mar
shal the heterogeneous elements of bitterly en
vious factions in array against a thoroughly organ
ized party, which are proud in recent miscalled
successes, and flush with the monied proceeds of
last winter’s corruption tstioasrrul and haughty in
its power. But the spirit of opposition to Black
Republicanism pervades the whole mass of our
Union party, and thousands of voters will swell
our ranks in November who now are silent. We
are working like beavers, and our speakers are
scattered throughout the State, in town and village,
hamlet and school-district, correcting the misrep
resentations of the Black Republican demagogues,
in order that the popular heart may express itself
in the popular will in its undivided devotion to tbe
whole Union.
The grand torchlight demonstration of Tuesday
evening, 23rd inst., was a success beyond cavil.—
It wa9 thrilling to witness the enthusiastic thou
sands sweeping up Broadway to the music of the
Union. The Wide Awake procession of the first
of the month cannot be compared with it. In
numbers as in spirit the Union army surpassed
anything New York has ever witnessed. Imagine
a line reaching from Canal stre#t, in Broadway, to
Fourteenth street, thence to Fifth Avenue, thence
to Twenty-sixth street, thence to Madison Avenue,
thence to Twenty-third street, thence to Fourth
Avenue, thence past the statue of Washington,
(in presence of which every head, as tbe procession
passed, was reverently uncovered,) through the
Bowery to Chatham street, and through Chatham
street to the Park, where the second division,
(which, with the first division, numbered nearly
eight thousand,) had been already dismissed, while
the last of the procession teas jvst leaving Canal
street, and you have a correct and truthful idea,
according to the facts of the case, of the length
of the turn-out. Forty thousand men marching
in double-quick time were three hours and a half
in passing a given point. We have overawed Re
publicanism in New York city for one while. I
canuot attempt to give you an idea of the enthu
siasm along the whole route. Houses were illumi
nated, fair ladies waved signals of applause and
sent boquets of peace and stout lungs echoed with
cheers for the Union, while over and anon some
deep toned bell In the line of procession rung out
its peals aud stirriDg chimes. Oh ! it was a night
to be remembered f And.if ever the ghostly spir
its of departed patriotism revisit our beloved
country, that night the Webster*, and Clave, and
Jacksons, of the former times, lent their inspira
tion's presence to the children of the American
Union.
Wednesday night the old veteran of Kentucky,
Leslie Coombs, addressed a crowded audience at
Cooper Institute ; and aflet him tbe honored son
of Georgia, Hcrschel V. Johnson, received a cor
dial welcome from the Union tnen then in Council.
We are pained to note the feeling of discontent
in Southern journals. You must never forget that
the great mass of Northern men are conservative,
and that come what may no vested right of the
South can ever be violated, or infringed upon,
without rebuke from the descendants of Webster
and of Hancock, of Morris and of Hamilton. I
know it is hard for poor human nature to hear it
self abused constantly, but remember that tbe
Republican leaders do not speak for the whole
North, nor even for the mass of the Republican
voters, and never let the South act upon the Jesu
itical maxim that the “ end sanctifies the means.”
Posterity, history, is impartial, and the incal
culable advantages of the National Union are not
to be lightly regarded. CRACKER.
At a special election held in the counties of
Amelia and Nottaway, Virginia, on Wednesday
last, Charles A. Crump, Esq., the regularly nomi
nated candidate of the Constitutional Union
party, was chosen over his Breckinridge Demo
cratic competitor, Tbos. H. Campbell, Esq., by 44
majority. At the last Preshlential election Mr.
Buchanan received in these counties 183 major.ty.
“ There was quite an enthusiastic fusion
meeting at Rome last week, and resolutions passed
by a large majority in favor of the proposition
men of all parties voting Icy it.
THE DIVINE AID.
Ours is confessedly a Christian Government
based upon Christian principles and extended over
a Christian People. It was never designed to be
a Government of force, but one of amity and pood
will—to rule by the “Uw of kindness.” A Q ov
eminent thus formed and with such a constituent
ean only five in the atmosphere of a pervadini-
Christian sentiment and feeling and under the ii,
fluence of a high degree of Christian civilization
The chief source of our present troubles and dan”
gers is not fathomed by our noisy politicians. Too
often besotted and demoralized themselves, thev
but cater to the vicious appetite they have created
among the masses. And thus it is that ruler and
subject have been steadily declining in all the
groat and ennobling attiibutea which give stability
and glory to nations and communities.
1 he present alarming and precarious condition of
our country, seems to have directed the thoughts
of the more considerate and devout to the true
source of all power and safety. “The powers that
be, are ordained of God.” This Government was
given to us by God, to be protected and defended
and transmitted to coming generations as a perpt*.
tual heritage, and every true patriot should rally
around and defend it as a sacred trust for posterity
Entertaining these views, mast cordially do we
approve of the following suggestions which we
find in the Savannah Republican, and hope they
will be universally adopted:
A Higher Power.
It has been suggested that the 11 o’clock service
on Suuday, the 4th of November next, be devoted
to repentance, humiliation, and prayer to Almighty
God, in all the churches of the land—that the
country may be delivered from the terrible crisis
which threatens us, and that peace aud harmony
may be restored to all sections.
We, therefore, heartily second the suggestion
referred to above, and as it is too late for an offi
cial proclamation te set apart a day for this inter
cession with the Most High, we hope it will be
copied and urged universally, by the press of this
State at least, and that the Gospel Ministry will
co-operate with their churches in a special service
devoted to the threatening aspect of the times.
The Constitutional Union Party a Permanent
Organization. —The N. 0. Bulletin says: “Those
who have supposed that the Constitutional Union
Party, that has already achieved most unexpected
victories, is merely an ephemeral organization
formed only for the present struggle, deceive
themselves. Evidently, the times call for just such
an organization upon a permanent basis. It is
founded upon a rock, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it. It recognizee great truths,
truths that have always been of the utmost impor
tance in our government, though they have some
times lor the moment been almost lost sight of by
many, and they are now of more importance, if
possible, than ever. They must ever remain so.
They challenge the respect and the confidence of
all who wish for the continuance of our free insti
tutions. After the election, it is quite evident to
us, there will be substantially but two parties in
the Union. The one will be a party of agitators;
a party opposed to the Union and the Constitution,
opposed to the enforcement of the laws; and the
other will be in favor of the Union and the Con
stitution and the enforcement of the laws. The
citizens of the country generally will range them
selves under the banner of one or the other of
those patties irrespective of their former party re
lations, and irrespective of their geographical po
sition. There may be exceptions, but they will be,
we think, few and unimportant. There will then
be the Constitutional Union Party and the Uncon
stitutional Disunion Party. The latter may rally
under different flags, and have different war cries,
but they will be substantially the same party. Let
the Constitutional Unionists, whatever be their
party relations to-day, remember this, and be pre
pared to gather closer together for the salvation
of the country, for the protection of their fire-sides
and liberties, and the mutual good of all. The
Constitutional Union Party was lorexoto by Clay
and Webster. It has arisen just when it was ne
cessary, and must be a permanent organization.
Tbe welfare of the country demands it.”
, FOR THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
What Does It Mean ?
Messrs. Editors : —The tactics of the Telegraph
have for some time been a mystery. One day he
j. suggests plans for the convenience of Mr. Douglas
and his friends, and the next publishes outrageous
and scurrillous attacks upon them. In one col*
umn you will find disunion advocated, in another
copious extracts in favor of Lincoln, from tbe N.
Y. Herald. In his paper of yesterday, he pro
nounces Douglas politically dead, and with him all
other issues except how we are to receive Lincoln
aud his rule. Now there is “ method in the mad
ness of the Telegraph.” By proclaiming in ad
1 vance the triumph of Republicanism, he hopes so
1 to “ fire the Southern heart” as to “ precipitate’’
’ a few hot heads into tbe Breckinridge party, and
swell its ranks in Georgia. Hence the blood and
thunder tactics of the Telegraph. I predict that
in one week after the election, should Lincoln be
chosen, which iB by no means certain, that paper
will be an abject submissionist.
WATCH AND WAIT.
From Cnllfomla—Election of Oregon Sen -
Rtora-iUnsMicre by Indian*.
The latest overland mail brings accounts from
San Francisco to the 10th instant and from Oregon
to the 7th. The news is thus stated :
San Francisco, October 10.
On the Bth news reached San Francisco by tele
graph that the Oregon Senatorial election took
: place at Saltm on the 2d in due legal form. J. W.
Nesmith, Douglas Democrat, was elected for the
long term, and E. D. Baker, Republican, for tbfl
short term, (five years.) Mr. Baker, is a non-in*
tervention Rrpublican, with views similar to those
of Eli Thayer. The news has electrified the Cali
fornia Republicans, many of whom think the State
1 may go for Mr. Lincoln if Mr. Baker can be in
i dueed to take the stump here.
The campaign is progressing vigorously in Cali
fornia. The canvass is taking such shape that tbe
success of Mr. Breckinridge would secure Mr.
• Gwin’s re-election to the Senate, and this fact op
■ erates very much against the success of that ticket.
I Between Donglas and Breckinridge in this State
J the contest is so close that the betting men con
tinue to make even bets, in large sums, without
hesitation.
Georgia State Agricultural Society.
The Atlanta American of Friday says:
The Society held its regular annual meeting last
night in the City Council Room at the City Hall.—
There was a fair attendance. The following ar*
the officers elect for the current year, viz :
President, Hon. D. W. Lewis, of Haucock.
VICE PRESIDENTt.
Ist. Hon. George P. Harrison, of Chatham.
2nd T. M. Furlow, Esq., of Sumter.
3rd. B. F. Ward, of Butts.
4th. Dr. Beasley, of Troup.
Slh. J. C. Sprouil. Esq., of Cass.
6th. Hon. John Biilups, of Clarke.
7th. Hon. R. H. Ward, of Greene.
Btb. Hon. W. Schley, of Richmond.
Corresponding Secretary, Rev. C. W. Howard,
of Kingston, Cass county.
Tbe last is a npwjy created office. The Vice
Presidents are distributed by Congressional Dis
tricts, the numbers indicating the district each
represents. The Secretary is elected by the F.xec
utive Commitee, the members of which are appoint
ed by the President, aud whose names will b*
announced in due time. The time and place for
holding the next Fair, will be fixed by the Execu
tive Committee.
Hon. S. H. Woonsnx, one of the Demo
cratic Representatives in Congress from Missouri,
publishes a letter in the Columbia Bt*tev > n
which he announces his intention to support Bel 1
and Everett. He is a member of the present Con
gress, and has all the time acted with tbe Demo
cracy.
Hon. Edward Everett has telegraphed t°
Col. A. 11. H. Dawson, at Montgomery, Ala, tha*
there is no foundation for the reports in eifulatfo 0
in reference to his views on negro equality a*
McCraw concluded, from Saltonstai’a reply to ,b<
inquiry.