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Journal & ffiltssrugcr. 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. ■ 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 piled aud engraved in the best manner on copper 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.