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(times emir Sentinel COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 21, 1853. FOR GOVERNOR. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON. Our Terms. We frequently receive orders for our paper unac* tompanied with the cash. We regret always to refuse to enter names upon our books, but we are compelled to do so in all such cases. We cannot afford to publish on the credit system. All persons ordering our paper will please enclose Five Dollars for the Tri-Weekly and Two Dollars for the Weekly issues. Democratic State Convention. We give to our readers to-day the official proceed ings of tli© Democratic convention which recently assem bled at Milledgeville, and fling to the breeze the stand ard of the party emblazoned with the name of HER SCHEL V. JOHNSON. Born in Burke county and educated at Athens, he is identified in interest, in feeling, in future hopes with Georgia, and will bend the whole energy of his stern character and strong mind to the development of her resources, and the protection of her every interest, w hen he shail be called on by the suffrages of her people to administer her govern ment. He is no time serving politician who crawls to high position through the tortuous by paths of chicane ry, or the slimy channels of low demagogueism. Ar dent in his feelings, firm in his convictions and honest in his purposes, he always takes a bold position and for gets everything in its advocacy, but the dictates of his conscience and the good of his country. Ilis friends, as well as his enemies, know where to find him. He asks no favors of the one, and has never betrayed the other. In the disoharge of his official duties ho sometimes makes enemies by bis devotion to truth and justice, but no slanderer has ever been found who dared to question the purity of his character, or the accuracy and justice of his decisions. The strength of his character and intellect commands the admiration of the wise and good ; Bnd the profusion of his charity has won the blessings of the poor. Both as Senator and Judge, he has proved himself to be above fear and without re proach. We are proud of our candidate and fight with a will under his leadership. W e presume, however, that this eulogium is entirely unnecessary. Those who know the man will regard it as a feeble tribute when compared with the merits of his character. Some, however, may question the poli cy of the nomination. We advise all such to throw their apprehensions to the winds. We entertain no doubt but that Herschel V. Johnson is this day the strongest man in Georgia. In a convention composed of two hundred and seven delegates, he received 129 votes on the first ballot ; 163 votes on the second ; 172 votes on the third ; 192 votes on the fourth, and two thirds of the entire convention on the fifth ballot, and was with loud acolaim pronounced the unanimous choice of the Democracy of Georgia for the highest office in the gift of the people of the State Nor were his opponents in ferior men. In the proud array of candidates was Warner, the acknowledged leader of the bar in Geor gia—a man whose profound learning would adorn the highest legal tribunal in the world; and Haralson, a gentleman endeared to all classes by the blandness of his manners, the sweetness of his disposition, the purity of bis character and the range of his attainments ; and Lamar, whose very name is a war cry which stirs noble hearts to generous deeds ; and Starnes and Starke, whose virtues and talents are subjects of universal praise ; and Jackson, a worthy kinsman and represen tative of one of Georgia’s earlier and ablest Governors, whose muse warbles no common melody, and whose chivalry was the pride and boast of the gallant soldiers who participated in the victories which placed the ban nered stars upon the Halls of the Montezumas. Nor is Gov. Johnson’s popularity confined to oentral Georgia. There were seventy nine counties represent ed in the convention ; and on the first ballot he received unsolicited suilrages in sixty three counties- lie was not, therefore, forced upon the convention by any parti cular section of the State. He is the choice of every section—Cherokee and the Wire Grass have an equal interest in him. 110 is the candidate of the Democracy of Georgia. Ilis popularity is unprecedented and is matter of con gratulation in every part of the State ; and the best of ail is, it has been acquired by a stern devotion to prin ciple, a strict performance of duty, and a just regard for the feelings of every section of the State and every wing of the party. There was but one occurrence in the convention which cast even a temporary shadow over its delibera tions. lo facilitate business, it was moved that a ma jority vote should ek-ct the candidate. The motion was no sooner made thau it was met by one of the friends of Johnson who proposed the two-thirds rule upon the avowed declaration that though he believed Johnson could carry a majority upon the first ballot, he was un willing to force him upon the party unless he could se cure the vote of two-thirds of the convention. This liberality inspired confidence as it was au earnest that the good of the party was dearer to the convention than the triumph of a favorite. Aud when the result of the fifth ballot was ascertained, universal joy pervaded the convention, and the assurance of victory in the ap proaching oontest illumined every face in the convention. In the ballots old party divisions were completely ob literated. Many of Johnson’s strongest supporters were Unioh Democrats, and a considerable portion of these who were Southern Rights men gave Ilaralson a steady support. After the labors of the convention were ended stirring speeches were made by Messrs. Cowart, of Cherokee; McMillan, of Habersham ; Ilillyer, of Walton ; Tucker, of Stewart ; Brown, of Cherokee ; Crook, of Chattoo ga, and Ramsay, of Harris; All of whom pledged themselves to put their shoulders to the wheel in the coming election : and gave assurances of harmony in the Democratic party in their respective counties, and of an easy but splendid victory. The RlinseK of A'Trisgery. We adverted a few days since to the effort which is now being made, to palm off upon the country, the old federal heresies of the whig party, under the cloak of a new name. It would be but an easy matter of inven tion for the zoologist to change the name of the leopard, but he oould no more change his spots by the operation, than can the managers of the Whig party purge it of its federalism, by the mere substitution of another name, for that which had become so odious to the people. Call it what they will, it is Whiggery still, deep-dyed in the wool, warp and woof. The game is a shallow subterfuge, too shallow to impose upou the weakest optics, and ere another twelvemonth, they will be again driven to the necessity of hunting some newer and more attractive name. Distrusting, however, the URaidcd magic of a name, the leaders under this new banner, tell the people that the old issues are dead, and distinctions founded upon thorn are ceaseless. Indeed ? Then some of their presses, in those sections where these obsolete ideas were not so unpopular while living, are certainly manifesting a fiend ish disregard for the saeredness of the grave, if we may judge by five eager anxiety with which they are ding ing forth these entombed skeletons, and holding them up to the admiration of their readers. Doubtless our opponents in Georgia and throughout the South, would gladly throw the shroud of silence over questions which the repeated verdict of the people had stamped with the sin of unpopularity, but federalism is a living, breathing reality at the North, and we imagine that the wand 01 success would soon Galphinize it into being even here. We recollect, some few years since, when the Whig party stood with its head erect, proud °f its prine-iples, that the Democratic party was taunted with what its opponents were pleased to call, the want of principles The witticism then in the mouth of every unfledged stump orator was: Ask a Democrat, what are you for? and he will answer you, “against the Bank but what are yqu for > and lie would reply, “against the Tai ill;” but what are you roa land the respouse still was, “against Internal Improvements,” So we may retort with the inquiry to the Conservative of to-day. Ask himVvh.it he is for, and 1c answers “npniiist the I), roHerat*;” what are you fori “against the Democrats /” but what are you tool and the answer is still, “against the Dsato chats.” And this we imagine is the sum and sub stance of Conservatism . The horror with which these Conservators affect to behold the leaven of disunion in the Democratic party, is but the “stop-thief” cry, which thief himself is the first to raise, and prolongs the loudest, that he may escape detection. They are making a bold effort to steal the votes of the people, and their only hope of success is in a general hub-bub, in which all principle may be lost sight of. They may succeed— they have succeeded—in tolling a few stray sheep into their fold, but to these they aro welcome. We lose j nothing by the operation, and it is yet to be seen wheth i er they make any thing by it. The body of the great ! Democratic army is intact and ready for action, and bids defiance alike to federalism and Conservatism. The Mesilla Valley. Everything that bodes a disruption with Mexico, gives rise to endless speculation throughout the country. A French adventurer seizes upon an unprotected province in times of intestine discord, and flourishes a blazing proclamation, and immediately our journalists put their heads together to manufacture war for our Govern ment, and profess to discover a premeditated, fixed pur pose on the part of a distant nation to embroil us in arms. A hasty act on the part of two or three officials, thousands of mi<es from the seats of their respective governments, sets the whole country agog as to the possibilities and probabilities of this and that consequence, before either government has had time to make an in vestigation of the matter. With no data but flying re ports and semi-official defenses of the blunder, we set to work to condemn one—mark out a course of conduct for another—and instruct the government in detail as to what should be its proper course. In the ease of the Mesilla Valley, Gov. Lane was censured nil over the country before anybody knew a word which they could settle upon as definite. Conjecture was rife as to the part our Government was playing in the game. Some professed to see a settled plan, by which we were to become involved in a bloody war, and hydras and chimeras dire started up wherever an ink pot could be upset and blazing capitals read. We need not say that it is a practice of many journals to get up something new and startling, to make a mountain out of every mole hill, and when they have set the train a-going, to lay back and laugh at the tempest they have raised. After all the fuss is over, and the facts in the case as certained, we find in the Mesilla Valley affair that our threatened war with Mexco dwindles into a ridiculous absurdity. The whole difficulty can, and we doubt not will, be settled by an hour’s adju dication between the two governments. No one has ever seriously believed that the present admin istration desired to provoke a war with Mexico, and least of all, upon the flimsy pretense now urged. The whole matter of the present controversy resolves itself into this : A misunderstanding cs to the true boundary line—which Mr. Commissioner Bartlett run, and which those connected with him dissented from. Gov. Trias very foolishly flared up and beat his drum. Gov. Lane very properly refused to allow the beligerent Mexi can to have everything his own way. The matter is now before the proper authorities—and vvedoubt not, will re sult amicably—and we shall have to scare up something else to manufacture war of. This much good, however, results from our propensity to give undue importance to trivial matter, we become acquainted with what was before comparatively unknown—we learn the geography of a great deal of country we never before heard of, and like Alchymists seeking for the philosopher’s stone, a great many facts are brought to light as to policies and principles of governments, which we should proba bly not so soon have become acquainted with. As wars and rumors of wars appear to be the prevailing topics which vaticination deals in, we wouldn’t be surprised if something did turn up in order to let off our super fluous blood. We seem to desire depletion badly. We have talked over the projects of the French Empire— Cuba and war with Spain—Sonora—Mr. Soule and the Spanish Court— the Garay and Sloo grants—the Fishery question—and lastly, the Mesilla Valley affair. What next ? By all means set something afloat or we shall die o‘ ennui . Talking in Church. We had occasion some time since to refer to the boor ish, unchristian, and ungentlemanly habit which some of our young bucks indulge of conversing during divine service. But no notice seems to have been taken of our strictures, by either the offenders, or church authori ties. We have been so frequently annoyed by this re prehensible practice, that we have almost concluded that it is taken as a matter of course, and that a eertain por tion of the church is set apart for those who prefer in dulging their frivolity to worshipping God. We usual ly attend the Methodist Church, and upon no occasion are we ever allowed the full hearing of a sermon. Young sprigs—sons of our most respectable and pious citizens—cock their feet upon a bench, squirt tobacco juice, regardless of whom they may bespatter, and con verse in a tone loud enough to be heard for several yards around them, with all the 6lang indifference and posses sed rowdyism of stable boys. Now this evil can be put an end to. If parents, while they are devoutly worshipping, are satisfied to leave their young hopefuls at the door to loaf about the entrance and annoy gen tlemen by their rowdyism, the church authorities should station officers whose business it shall be to compel a compliance with at least the rules of propriety and de corum. Such conduct is a disgrace to our community, a reflection upon the home training of the offenders, and a cause of just complaint against the discipline of the church authorities who tolerate it. We design no invidi ous distinction—we but speak the truth, when we point to the Methodist church of our city, for the only instan ces among us for such outrageous conduct. A stranger on visiting this church might very logically conclude that we paid but little reverence to God or respect to the common amenities of civilized life. We hope—but from past experience we hardly dare hope—that we shall have no further cause of complaint. Notice of Rooks. Wild Jack; or, the Stolen Child, And other highly interesting stories, by Caroline Lee llentz, has been laid upon our table. This is a col lection of stories by this talented and favorite Authoress which have appeared at various times, aud now collect ed in book form. The bare announcement of the pub lication is sufficient notice to secure it an extensive read ing. For sale by A. C. Flewellen. The Savannah Cake. The closing scene of the railroad festivities was en acted at Temperance Ilall, in this city, on Monday- Morning, 13th inst., at 10 o’clock. The mammoth cake which the ladies of Savannah had presented to their fair friends of Columbus, was presented by Colonel Seaborn Jones, to whose care it had been entrusted, and received, on the part of the ladies of Columbus, by Beverly A. Thornton, Esq. A largo number of the ladies, accompanied by a number of gentlemen, were in attendance, aud all participated liberally in the hand some donation, r l he cake was a large pyramid of fruit cake, elegantly embossed with appropriate emblems. Nor was its interior unworthy of so elegant a dress, for a better cake we never tasted. Thus has ended the Railroad jubilee, which, take it all in all, has b<-en tho must brilliant as- well as the most delightful festival we have ever known. Public Documents. We are indebted to the lion. Robert Toombs for valuable public documents. 0* The Editor of the New York Journal of Com merce says that on Thursday, lie conversed with a Southern planter from the Northern part of Georgia, who has come on to engage men to work on his plan tation. “He has commenced harvesting and requires additional help ; but the enhanced value of slaves since the Abolition agitation places it beyond his ability to purchase a larger supply, and white labor can be em ployed more economically than that of hired slaves.” Accounts from Turk’s Island to the 14th of May, state that to that date, no salt had been raked up this year ; yet, but little rain having fallen, the pros pects were good. OC?” The New York Post of Thursday says, the cabinet has been in session since Monday, engaged, ns is supposed, chiefly upon the Mesilla Valley question. O* Itrii'stated that in the event of further difficul ties with Misxicoj Gen. Wool will take command in the field. Election for Clerk Superior Conrt. The following is the unofficial return of the vote cast for Clerk of the Superior Court of Muscogee county at the election held on Saturday last. Birdsong. Betiiune. Harder, Columbus, 225 182 319 Glenn’s, 59 60 3 lialloca, 21 46 1 Upatoie, 51 3 Harris’s, 23 1 1 379 292 324 Birdsong is undoubtedly elected. The Eufau!a Railroad. The Mobile subscription to the Girard Railroad has awakened considerable interest among our Eufaula friends on the subject of a connexion with that enter prise. The hopelessness of the proposed route, con necting Eufaula with the South-Western road, and the perfect practicability of a connexion with the Girard Road, which, at the same time, secures to Eufaula, steam communication with the Gulf and the Atlantic, is rapidly determining the question in favor of this route. To us it seems that there is not much room for debate between the too, and we are pleased to learn, as the subjoined letter indicates, that our Eufaula friends arc taking the same view of the question. Eufaula, Ala., June 10, 1553. Messrs. Editors : Our people have gone to work in good earnest to build the Railroad from here to inter sect the Girard and Mobile Road. We have opened books for subscription to the stock, and over $60,000 were taken in two days. We will soon increase it to SIOO,OOO, and then expect to raise the balance in the county and in Columbus. We want that “substantial aid” mentioned in a late number of your pnper and will soon show ourselves worthy of it. Our wealthiest and most influential citizens are all taking an active part in favor of the Road. A few oppose the Road because they prefer to get the South-Western Road, and fear competition with Columbus- But more hereafter. Yours, truly, E S. SHORTER. Criminal Causes. The jury in the case of James Forsyth, after a pa tient investigation of four days, returned a verdict of “Involuntary Manslaughter, in the commission of an un lawful act.” The crime is punishable with imprison ment in the Penitentiary for from one to three years. Acquitted* Thomas Yarbrough, one of the party arrested on charge of placing obstructions on the Muscogee Railroad, w-as tried in our Superior court on Tuesday last and acquitted. First Congressional {District. Col. J Ames L. Seward, of Thomas county, is a candidate for Congress from the Ist Congressional District. Third Congressional District, Hon. David J. Bailey has been nominated by the Democratic party of the 3d Congressional District for re-election to Congress. Editorial Change. B. C. Pressley, Esq., the former able editor of the Southern Standard, published at Charleston, has been succeeded by Leonidas W. Si ratt. Mr. Pressley is still the proprietor <4 tin- pnptr. The ’Weather and the Crops, There is an universal complaint of drought in the State. There has been no rain in Middle Georgia for twelve weeks. The corn crop i in ; very precarious condition in that section, and it is qu -Htimiable if under the most favorable circumstances enough can be made for bread. Cotton is small and unpromising. We learn that in Randolph there has been no rain since the second of May, and then a light shower only; and that the ground has not been wet since the 28th March. We are more fortunate in this immediate neighborhood. We have had occasional showers which have kept vege tation alive and growing, and with moderate seasons will make average crops. President Pierce and the British Abolitionists. — The visit of Mrs. Stowe to England, and the circula tion there of her book, cannot fail to result in a happy influence upon public sentiment in our own country. The demonstrations of respect for her and for her at tack upon southern institutions will show more clearly than ever the intimate sympathy existing between the Abolitionists of both countries, and those who give coun tenance to their fanaticism will inevitably reap the re ward which their treason to the country merits. An intelligent correspondent of the New York Observer, writing from London, relates an incident wl.ich ought to arrest the attention of every lover of our institutions, lie says ; “At breakfast the other day, 1 was seated next to one of the admirals in the British navy. lie asked me if I thought there was any danger of war ever spring ing up again between our two countries. I answered that 1 thought there was. lie was surprised, and asked for the reason that justified such a sentiment. I told him that the rancor and contempt with which American principles and institutions are treated in this country are irritating the American people, and the work of alienation is hastened ever day. The admiral declared that such feelings are not wide-spread, and lie only in vulgar and unenlightened minds. ‘Did you know, sir,’ I inquired,‘that the President of the Uni ted States was hissed by four thousand British Christians in Exeter Hall last night ?’ He expressed himself both surprised and grieved, and still held that such peo ple as meet there to celebrate their anti-slavery anni versaries are no exponent of British opinion.”—Wash ington Union. New Steamships for the South. —Messrs. Harris & Morgan of New Orleans, have contracted with Jacob A. Westervelt & Sons, New York, for building two new steamships for tlfeir trade, one to be called the Vera Cruz, of the following dimensions: Length of keel, 240 feet; breadth of beam, 35 feet; and 16 feet hold. Her engine and boilers will be built at the Morgan Iron Works. Shewill have a6O inch cylinder and 12 feet stroke, and when finished will run in con nection with the Texas, in the United States Mail line to Vera Cruz. The other steamer will be 215 feet long, 35 feet beam, depth of hold 16 feet. Her engine and boilers will be built likewise at the Morgan Iron Works, and when finished, will be placed in their line of Texas steam ships. Harris & Morgan will, when the above are finished, have built aud sent to sea eight large steamships with in the last three years, and yet people sny there is do Southern enterprise. —Mobile Tribune. Gen. Cass un Uncle Tom's Cabin. —Gen. Cass in a recent speech, speaking of such works as “Uncle Tom’s Cabin, ’’ says : “l have seen more wretchedness in one of the proud capitals of Europe, than I ever saw in our favored land among bond. As to starvation, nobody can starve here, white or black, unless he willfully keeps his mouth shut And I think that publications originating in a distempered imagination, or something worse, giving the most exaggerated de scription of slavery, and thus exciting false impressions, both at home aud abroad, should be discountenanced by every true American.” Lieut. R. C. Rogers, well known to the country during the war with Mexico as Midshipman Rogers, sailed for California in the Georgia, from New York, on Monday. Lieut. Rogers is about to resign his com mission in the navy, and commence the practice of the law in San Francisco. OCT Tiie Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company have determined to reduce the fare between Baltimore and Washington, to $1,25 ; and to reduce the round trip ticket, good for the day only, to sl,so—both rates to go into effect on the Ist of July ensuing. (LT Gen. Cushing says, Mesilla Valley cannot support the army of occupation led by Gov. Trias. Mr. Gray, Ex-Surveyor, on the other hand, says, the Governor and his troops can live there in abuudance and luxury, according to a Mexican’s ideas ID* Major Gen. Riley died at Buffalo on the 11th instant. How the Mexican Difficulty is lo he settled. —lon, the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, says—General Gadsden is expected to arrive in M ash* ingtou in a few days, and receive his instructions. lie will proceed to Mexico as early as possible after the first of July. It is supposed that he will be able to ef fect some arrangement of the difficulties which are pend ing between the two countries —the U. S. government will probably offer Mexico some millions for exemption from the obligations of lltli article of the treaty of Guadalupe, aud for the right of way for a railroad to the Pacific through Chihuahua and Sonora, and per haps for the right of transit across the isthmus of Te huantepec, The Mesilla question will be settled by the same means—the Mexican Government yielding its claims to that territory for a fair equivalent, rather than hazard a war upon it. Small Pox in Atlanta. —The Republican of Thurs day, the 9th inst., says : “Another case of small pox has occurred in this city. Mrs. C rlton wife of John Carlton, Esq., was taken sick ant her case pronounced to be varioloid on Thurs day evening last. She was immediately removed to safe quarantine. It is said to be in a mild form, and no excitement whatever prevails among the citizens.” D” A Washington despatch to the New York Cour ier says: The report that Judge Conklin had written to Gov. Lane requesting him to desist from seizing Mc eilla, creates some sensation here, but is not credited. The indications now are that Lane is sustained by the Administration. A long Cabinet meeting has been held to day. It is understood that the Fisheries, and the instructions to Gen. Garland with reference to Mexican affairs, were the subject of discussion. The Mefiiila question l,ooks more threatening, and the accumulation of British force on the fishing grounds requires all the circumspection of the Government. (IT Gen. Scott met with quite a severe accident the other day in New York. While walking down Fifth Avenue, between Eighth and Ninth streets, lie fell, spraining his arm and shoulder, and receiving a severe wound upon the face. A Native Georgia Lion. —Robinson & Eldrcd’s Cir cus has recently been exhibiting in Rome, Geo. The Southerner says, there is in the Menagerie attached to the Circus, a young lion about two months old, a na tive of Georgia. It was nursed when very young by Mrs. Robinson. [FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.] Messrs. Ed tors : A writer in your last weekly pa per. over the signature of “A Democrat ,” has taken the wind out of my sails, in mentioning John Forsyth as the most suitable candidate for Congress from this Dis trict. He is the man . Comment is useless. Hun dreds of others will respond to the sentiment, at once. Another Democrat. { ytT ” The statistics of all the various branches of Methodism in Europe and America rliow a total of 10,409 traveling and 33,000 local preachers, who minis ter to 2,086,3 G 2 communicants. (FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.] The Democratic Party— The 2d District—Hon. Marshall J. Wellborn. The Enquirer is astonished that Gen. Pierce cannot find any body but Fire-Eaters to fill the public offices in his gift. The Editor makes his facts and then gets up a fit of surprise. Col. Henry R. Jackson, who was well known to the country as a conspicuous Union man, has received a very handsome appointment at the President’s hands; and the readers ofthe Enquirer have lately been edified with the lugubrious complaints of that paper over the ap pointment of certain Free Soilers ; and these latter have so afflicted our neighbor as almost to kill tho old leaven of Whiggery in him,and make up in him the new man of “Conservatism.” Now, we apprehend that the Enquirer and al! the politicians of its ilk, are more hurt and chagrin ed than astonished, at the honorable recognition by the President, of men whose unpardonable crime it was, to stand by their own section in a sectional dispute. Our neighbor would have preferred that (ion. Pierce should have put his interpretation on the conduct of the Southern Rights party, and hold them —not ns patriots standing up for the equal territorial rights of the States, ar and the invio lability of the constitution, but asTraitors socking to fi-e the Temple of the American Union. But history has al ready dissipated the mists of humbug and detraction whicli politicians of the Enquirer stamp sought to throw around the struggle of 1850-’sl, and the judgment of the whole country has pronounced the whole series of movements in resistance of the compromise of that era as eminently praiseworthy and patriotic, and as having done more than any event of the last quarter of a century, to strengthen the bonds of the Union, by forcing back the heady current of Federal usur pation id restoring the National administration to its State 1 .pits channels It is high proof of this, that the Pres ident oi ihe U. S., born and reared in the granite region of a State Rights political faith, does not join in the cry of pro scription against Southern Rights men, raised by men, born and reared on tho soil, which was the object of attack and defence. Union and compromise man, though he be, Gen. Pierce has a head to perceive and a soul to appr date the motives which animated the men who struck boldly for their firesides, institutions and homes. There is a wonderfully parallel in tho history of our first revolution. Beyond a doubt, the royal party in Amer ica, who adhered to King Geoige as their lawful liege and king, were greatly “astonished” at the close ofthe war, to see vnith what wonderful accord, the world pro nounced a “well done” upon the patriotism of George Washington and his compatriots. These gentry might have well exclaimed—“ Why we thought ire were the pat riots, who were fighting for our king and country, and that Washington was a rebel, attainted of high treason against the British Union and a price set on his head.” Let the non-resistants of the present day take a lesson from this il lustrious example and cease to rail with pointless venom and satire against Southern Rights men—cease the fruitless attempt, grown threadbare by stale repetition, to cry down I the advocates of a great cause under the mad-dog cry of “fire eaters” and “disunionists.” But there is another view of this subject to which we would invite the attention of our Democratic brethren. This “damnable iteration” of a worn out cry, on the part of the Enquirer—what is it and what it? object, but to throw a firebrand of discord into the ranks of the now re united Democratic party ? We have agreed in our Democratic family, Union Democrats and Southern Rights Democrats, that the issues oi the past are settled and gone, that “by-gones shall be by-gones” and be buried w th their heart-burnings and differences with the controversy which gave rise to them. We have agreed to meet on the common platform ofthe Baltimore Convention of 1852, and to ra !y together as brother Democrats around the Republican State Rights administration of President The new party to which the Enquirer belongs—the Conservatives (!) dread this friendly locking of shields, and would break this in vincible phalanx by adroitly sowing the seeds of suspicion and distrust among its members. Shall we be silly enough to succumb to the weak arts ofthe enemy, or with a noble disdain, bury past prejudices to stand by our principles? Speaking lor the Southern Rights party, we are ready to act, fully and frankly on this principle. Perfectly satisfied vyith the recognition of the integrity of our course by the National administration, it is a feeling of our hearts, dictat ed alike by sentiments of generosity and motives of policy to give to Union Democrats cordially supporting the admin istration, such positions as they may ask and gratify their ambition and pride to the fullest extent. We believe these are the sentiments of the Editor now absent on public duty at Milledgeville—they are certainly those ofthe writer,his locum tenens for the moment,himself, by no means a very moderate fire-eater in his time. We think this course is demanded by propriety, by justice and by generosity. Our wing ofthe party is in the majority—it is for the strong to be magnanimous, and the feeling of conscious magnanimi ty is worth all the offices in the world. A few months ago, while the tires of persecution and detraction against our Southern Rights brethren were burning fierce and bright, we were clear for maintaining a strong defensive position— for running Southern Rights men for everything, and com pelling recusants to choose between them and Whigs. But the times and the circumstances are changed. Our honors and our characters have been nobly vindicated by ihe National administration and by the verdict of co temporary public opinion ; and we now believe that the convention to meet to-day at Milledgeville,* should nomi nate a Union Democrat, and that in this Congressional Dis trict, a Union Democratic supporter of the administration should he put in theifieid for Congress. And looking over the ground, we unhesitatingly say, that the man for the oc casion is one, who although we have strongly opposed him in times pa.-t, politically, we have never lost our respect for him personally, or questioned the motives which prompted him to what we considered an ill-advised course. We refer to MARSHALL J. WELLBORN. The reasons for this opinion are most clear and obvious to our mind. We have not space here, to enumerate them all. Mr. J< hnson, the late member,is to take the field again— not as a Whig, but under the less trying title to his nerves, of a “Conservative.” True, “Conservative” is the “same old coon”—hut sometimes it is expedient to ignore the enquiry of Shakspeaie, “what’s in a name ?” Politicians some times think names are things—and one of the things that politicians like to have nameless in regard to themselves is, that they have turned their coats. Mr. Jolni3on went into the contest of 1850 a Democrat. He came out of it, ranged along side of the old enemies of Democracy, and now with the triad influences of Whiggery, Conservatism and Union ism, he expects tosiipeasilv over a stream, whose flood tide buo ed him up two years ago. By the abstraction of Irwin and Houston from the District, the vote is exceeding ly cl oft- .3 between old party lines; and hence an opponent should ; put up to meet Mr. Johnson on all three of the trumps lie means to play. Judge Wellborn i>that man* He is a Democrat, which Mr. Johnson has ceased t > be (and we understand blesses God for his deliverance from the party)—he is an administration mwi which Mr. Johnson is not; and he is quite as good and a far more consist n Union man than Mr. Johnson ever was. We would cou i -Bcl then that all tho youi.g Southern Rights men wh > have been named for this post, get out of the way and give a clear field to Wellborn, and .hereby give a hearty earnest of our sincerity in the good work ot re-union, and put an evei lasting extiugui.-her upon the clamor which the Con- Enquirer raises to rebut it. We beg to repeat, that the Editor of this paper is not responsible for these *en nments and opinions. When he returns he can a; prove >r repudiate them. Meantime, the writer, when he puts pen to paper is in the hubit oi sayn g what he flunks aud led.-. F *The above communication was intended for last Wed nesday’s issue, but was unavoidably crowded out. democratic state convention. Mii.LKDaF.viLL*, Ga., June 15, 1553. The IMegatts appointed to the Democratic State Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor as sembled in the Representative Hail to-day at i 1 o’clock, A. M. for the purpose of organizing the Convention. On motion of Thos M Griffin, of the county of Coweta, lion Robt MeMillin, of Habersham, was call ed to the Chair, and Arthur Hood, and A C Morton, requested to act as Secretaries. On motion of R W Fiournoy of Washington, a call of the Counties was made, whereupon the following Dele gates enrolled their names and took their scats : Baldwin—Samuel McComb, W T Willi-:.mson, Wm McKinley, Win Steele. Baker —M Chastain, B O Keaton. Bibb—J Dean, P Tracy, II K Green, U A Smith, J J Carey. Butts—G Hendrick. BW a. , E Varner, S H Saunders, Burke—R R Lawson, E Waikins, W Walker. Camden —A S Atkinson, J C Smith. Campb. 11 —lt O Beavers, 1. B M atts. Carroll—H P Wooten. II F Merrill, A J Boggiss. Cass—G P Hamilton, B H Leake. Chatham —T Purse, G P Harrison, J M Milieu, X. S D'Lvou. Chattooga—W Shropshire, L W Crook. Cherokee—-J E Brown, W J Williford, G Mclntyre, R J Cowart. Clarke—VV L Mitchell. Coweta—T M Griffin, S W Lee, J J Collier, II G Tetreh. Columbia—TE Beall, T M Watson, J II Stockton. Cobb—S Lawrence, J O Gartrell, A Manet 1 . Crawford —T C Howard, II Steele. Dade—B Easley. Decatur—T G Arnett. DeKalb—J J Whitaker, A Nelson. Dooly—.J J Collier, E Butts, J C Mounger, Early—B II Robinson, F T Cullens. Elbert—W T Vanduzer, W Teasly. Emanuel—E Swain. Fayette J J Whitaker, J F Jobnsou. Franklin—W Turk, J H Patrick, E W Morris. Floyd—James Spurlock, J W M Berien. Forsyth—S Strickland, G N Lester, L F Wilcox. Gordon—Geo Lumpkin, J I) Phillips, J G Long street. Gwinnett—ll P Thomas, K T Terrill. Hall—J Gray. Hancock—T L Wynn, H Fraley, M Johnson, F II Sanford. Habersham—Robt McMillan. Harris—E Hargett, J N Ramsay. Heard—S T Strickland. Henry—ll II Glenn, R M Steffi Houston —E J MeGehee, W Herrington, J A Prin gle, J II Powers. Irwin—Geo Wilcox, W S Moore. .Jackson—J Flanagan, W C Miller, R J Pork, B White. Jasper—C E F W Campbell, J H Shropshire, G D Lamar, J L Standifer, C D Bostick. Jones—L Singloton, W S Xloughon, J S Walker, J Roberts. Jefferson—A R Wright, E B Ilouk. Laurens—J R Cochran. Lee—J P Cock, A E Harris. Liberty—E Daniel, R Harris. Lumpkin—W M Varnum. Macon—P M Huson, J A Hunter, W II Willis, T S Swaringen, R II D Sorrel. Marion—T Oliver. Monroe—J II Josey, T B Williams, J Lamar, A Haney, Z E Harman. Merriwother—VV II F Ilall, D C Gresham, S Dar den. Morgan—T J Burney, T P Saffold, Geo R Jessup. Murray—J Edmonson, S LStow, James Morris. Mclntosh—C Spaulding, W J Dunwoudv. Muscogeo—J F Bozeman, J Quinn, T Lomax, M Torrance, A J Robinson. Newton—T F Jones, II A Troutman, L Q C La mar. Oglethorpe—P M Stephens, A W Jackson. Paulding—L M Matthews, G Gray, ; Folk—J M Ware, T G Bonner. Pike—) Neal, T S M Blood Pulaski—E Pollock VV ooruaii. Putuam—A O Moaely, W A Reid, L .1 Stewart, J Adams. Randolph—S P Allison, S A Smith, M D Hendrix, Richmond—Jas Gardner, Jr. Stewart—J A Tucker, D G Rogers. Sumter—J P Guerry, Jas S Fish, W M Brady. Spaulding—ll Varner, SC Mitchell. Talbot—VV A Daniel, A G Perryman, E W Pou. Taliaferro—M Griffin, D A Williams, VV Bell. Taylor—-Jesse Tettnisou. Telfair—M G Wilcox. Troup—J A Russell, J A Lane, F A Huson, S E Culberson, T IJ Harris. Twiggs—Dr. Gibson, II Faulk. W S Kelly. Upson—T A I) Weaver, P M Smith. Warren—W II Ilubart, N A Wicker. Walker—Michael Dickson, Jno Caldwell. Walton—J i/illyer, W S Ivey, H L Williams, J Still. Washington—Sami Robinson, R W Flournoy, S B Crafton, R L Warthen. Wayn —S O’Bryan, R R Richard. Whitfield—O H Kenan, C i/ibberts, B H Sapp VV ilkinson—A E Cochran, J F Burney, Jas Taylor, B O’Bannon. On motion of R J Cow'art of Cherokee, a committee of one from eacli judicial circuit, was appointed to se lect officers for the convention. Which committee con sisted as follows: From Blue Ridge Circuit Robt .1 Cowart Chm’n. “ Eastern “ AS Atkinson. “ Middle “ RVV Flournoy. “ Northern “ WH Hubert.’ “ Southern “ W S Moore. “ Western ‘ EVV Ylorris. ’’ Oemulgee ie Thos P Saffold. “ Flint “ ZE Harman. “ Maeon “ James Dean. S. Western “ FT Cullens. “ Chattahoochee T Lomax. “ Coweta “ Thos M Griffin. “ Cherokee “ W Shropshire. Who, having retired and returned, reported the names of the following gentlemen as officers ofthe convention : For President. HON. THOMAS J. BURNEY, of Morgan. For Vice Presidents. Hon. O II Kenan of Whitfield, Gen Sami Robinson of Washington, Hon Thos Purse of Chatham, Capt George Wilcox, of Irwin, Col John A Tucker, of Stewart, Hon Henry P Wootten of Carroll. For Secretaries. Alex C Morton of Muscogee, Arthur Hood of Gordon. Which selection was unanimously confirmed by the con vention. Upon motion of James Gardner, Jr., of Richmond a committee of three, consisting of Gardner of Richmond, Spaulding of Mclntosh, and Varnum of Lumpkin, were appointed to inform the President of hisseleetion and con duct him to his seat. The President on taking the chair, addressed the con vention, thanking them for the honor conferred upon him, and congratulating the Democracy of the State upon the favorable circumstances which surrounded their union and urging upon ail the harmony and good feeling which should characterize Democrats as a body. The resolution adopted by the State Democratic Con vention of 1849, was. on motiou of Mr. Bryan of Wayne, adopted. It is as follows : “Resolved, That we recommend that the basis of repre sen tat ion in future Conventions be one for each county for Senator, and two for each Representative, to lie estimated according to the present basis of representation in the Legislature.” On motion of Mr. Ilillyer of Walton, ! • delegates in this Convention from counties n ‘ mliy t ..sented were authorized to east the full vote t > such counties were ■muled under the pre*. g lcsolunun. ,Vtr. Harrison of Ch, main offired the following resolu _ Resolved, That a majority of all the votes oast by the Convention, shall be requisite for the nomination of o’Cum d ate for Governor. To which Mr. Lomax of Muscogee offered the fellow* mg as a substitute. Rt solved, ‘lhat it shaii require a vote oftwo thirds ofthe ft ox Conv ntion to n minute a candidate ol the Party or Governor. After a discussion participated in by Messrs. Flournoy, Gardner, Ilillyer, Howard, Mc.Vlilian, and others the resolution offered by Mr. Harrison was withdrawn, and the substitute offered by Mr. Lomax presented as an orioi ttal resolution, aud carried by a large majority. On motion tho Convention then procteded to ballot “t ac ndidate for Governor. Ufon counting out the votes tiie following Was the rumft: I lersehel V. Johnson received one hundred and twenty nine vote*. 1 Henry G. Lamar received seventy nine voles. Hugh A. Haralson rcceivtd seventy-one votes. Hiram Warner received twenty-four votes, llt-nrv IL Jackson received three votes, and one rote blank—’no one having received two thirds of tiie \(es east, the Convent’on proceeded to the 2nd P, dlot, with the lollowiiig result: Herschel V. Johnson, received IG3 votes. Hugh A. Haralson,received 77 votes, llenry G. Lamar, received 51 votis. Hiram Warner, received lu votes. Henry R. Jackson received 5 votes, and E Starnes 3 votes. Upon motion the Convention then adjourned to 3 o’clock, P. M. 3 o’clock, P M. The Convention ntat pursuant to adjournment, the President in the Chair. The Convention again proceeded to Ballot, with the following result : On the 3rd BaKo?, H V Johnson received 172 votes. Hugh A liaj’i ‘U 91 votes. II G Lamar 2< es. Hiram Warm votes. Ilenr R Jac >son 3 votes. James II Stai’ 3, vote*. On the 4ih Ballot II V Johnson received 192 votes. Hugh A Haralson 98 votes. Henry R Jackson 3 votes and J H Stark 15 votes, the names of Lamar and Warner having been withdrawn. On the sth and last Ballet, ~H. V. Johnson received 205 votes, Hugh Haralson 85 votes, J II Stark 12 votes, II R Jackson 3 votes and H L benniug 1 vote. TheTlon. Herschel V Johnson having received two thirds of the entire vote east was declared by the Presi dent the choice of the Democratic Party for Governor of | Georgia, and on motion of F II Sandford of Hancock, the nomination was made unanimous, and by acclamation. The committee of 3 from each Judicial District to draft suitable resolutions for adoption by the Convention was then announced as follows : Middle District—James Gardner, jr., Chairman : S B Crafton, of Washington ; Thos. E Beall of Columbia. Western District—E W Morris of Franklin, Junius Ilillyer of Walton, Win. L Mitchell of Clark. Northern D strict—W Teasley of Elbert, Mark Johnson of Hancock, P M Stephens of Oglethorpe. Eastern District—G P Harrison of Chatham, Charles Spalding of Mclntosh, SO. Bryan of Wayne. Oemulgee District—Wm, McKinley of Baldwin, T P Saffold of Morgan, A E Cochran of Wilkinson. Southern District—George Wilcox of Irwin, F G Ar nett of Decatur, G W Jordan of Pulaski. Flint District—L Q C Lamar of Newton, T A D Weaver of Upson, H H Glenn of Henry. Cherokee District—Geo. Lumpkin of Gordon, L W Crook ol Chattooga, Benj. Easley of Dade. Coweta District—A Nelson of Cobb, Thos. DeKalb Harris of Troup, W II F Hall of Meriwether. South Western District—B H Robinson of Early, J S Fish of Sumter, S A Smith of Randolph. Chattahoochee District—A .1 Robinson of Muscogee, J N Ramsay of Harris, T Oliver of Marion. Macon District —R II D Sorrel of Macon, P Tracy of Bibb, Jno. II Powers of Houston. Blue Ridge District—J E Brown of Cherokee, J M Ware of Polk, A J Boggess of Carroll. Who retired, when the Convention was addressed by Mr. Cowart of Cherokee. The eominmittee of 39 haring returned through their Chairman, James Gardiner, Jr., submitted tho following REPORT. The Committee to whom was confided the duty of re porting resolutions for the consideration of this Conven tion, beg leave to recommend the following, adopted by the National Democratic Convention, as embodying the creed and the sentiments of the Democracy of Georgia : Resolved, Thai the American Democracy place their trust in the intelligence, the patriotism, and the discrimi nating justice of the American people. Resolved, That we regard this as a distinctive feature of our political creed, which we are proud to maintain before the world as the great moral element in a form of government springing from and upheld by the popular will; and we contrast it with the creed and practice of Federalism, under name or form, which seeks to palsy the will of the constituent, and which conceives no imposture too monstrous for tho popular credulity. Resolved, therefore, That entertaining these views, the Democratic party of this Union, through their Dele gates assembled in a general convention, coming togeth er in a spirit of concord, of devotion to the doctrines and faith of a free representative government, and appeal* ing to their fellow-citizens for the rectitude of their inten tions, renew and reassert belore the American people, the declarations ol principles avowed by them when on form er occasions, in general convention, they have presented their candidates for the popular suffrages. 1. That the Federal Government is one of limited pow ers derived solely from the Constitution ; and the grants of power made ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the Government ; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to excre.se doubtful consti tutional powers j 2. That the Convention does not confer upon the Gen eral Governmei ’ • power to commence and carry on a general system <■ ternal Improvements. 3. That the f .stitution does not confer authority up on the Federal government, directly or indirectly, to as sume the debts f the several States contracted tor local and internal improvements, or other State purposes ; nor would such an assumption be just or expedient. 4. That justice and sound policy forbid tho Federal Government to foster one branch of industry to the detri ment of any other, or to cherish the interest, of one portion to the injury of another por.ion of our common eountr ; that every citizen, and every section of the country has a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges and to complete and ample protec tion of persons and property from domestic violence or foreign aggression. 5. That it is the duty of every branch of Government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in com ducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray they necessary ex penses of the Government, and for gradual but certain ex tinction of the public debt. 6. That Congress has no power to charter a National Bank ; that we believe such an institution one of deadly hostility to the interest of the country, dangerous to our republican institutions and the liberties of the people, and calculated to place the business of the government within the control of a concentrated money power, and above the laws and the will of the people ; and that the results of Democratic legislation in this and all other financial measures upon which issues have been made between the two political parties of the country, have demonstrated to candid and practical men of all parties, their soundness, safety, and utility in all business pursuits. 7. That the separation of the monies of the Govern ment from banking institutions is indispensable for the safety of the funds of the Government and the rights of the people. 8. That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution which makes ours the land of liberty, and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith, and every at tempt to abridge the privilege of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us,ought, to be resisted with the same spirit which 9\vept the alien and sedition laws from our statute books. 9. That Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions ot the several States, and that such States arc the sole and pro per judges ot everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution ; that ail efforts of the abolitionists and others made to induce Congress to inter fere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarm ing and dangerous consequences ; and that ali such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger tho stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend ot our political institutions. Resolved, That the foregoing proposition covers, and was intended to embrace the whole subject of slavery agita tion in Congress, and therefore, the Democratic party ot the Union, standing on the national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithlul execution ofthe acts known as tho compromise measures, settled by the last Congress; “the act tor reclaiming fugitives from service or labor,” included; which act being designed to carry out an express provision ot the Constitution, cannot with fidelity thereto, bo repeal ed* or so chunged as to destroy or impair its efficiency. Resolved, Thai the Democratic party will resist all at tempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it. tho agitation ot the s a very question, under whatever shapo or color the attempt may be made. Resolved. I hat the proceeds of tho public lands ought ®® sa credly applied to the national objects speeifiod in the Cont-titmion ; and that we are opposed to titty law for the distribution ot such proceeds among the State?, as inexpedient alike in policy and repugnant to the Constitu tion. Resolved, That we are decidedly opposed to taking from the President the qualified veto power, by which he is enabled, under restrictions and responsiblities amply suffi cient to guaid the public interest, to suspend the passage of a b.U whose merits cannot secure the approval of two thirds ot the Senate and House epresentatives until the judgment ot the people can be obtained thereon, and which bas saved the American people from the coi nipt and tyran nical domination of the Bank of the United States and troin a corruptingsystem oi general improvements. Resolved, ’1 hut the Democratic party will faitli taHy abide by, act uphold the principles laid down in the Kentucky and \ ..ua resolutions of 1798, and in the report ot -Vlr. Aradtst.;, ;e V irgima Legislature in 1799 ; that it adopts those, p iples a constituting one oi tiio main foundations O t: political creed, and is resolved to carry them out in their obvious meaning and import. Resolved, 1 hat the war with Mexico, upon all the prin cipies ot patriotism and the laws oi nations, was a just and necessary w-ar on our part, in which every Ametican citi zen should have - flown himself oil the side of his country, and neither morally nor physically, bv word or deed, have given aid and conduit to the enemy. ’ Resolved, That we leioice at the restoration of friendly ieiattons with our sister Republic of Mexico, and earnestly destie tor her a ll the blessings and prosperity which we en joy under republican institutions ; and we congratulate the American people upon the results of that war, which have so manifestly justified toe policy and conduct of the Demo cratic patty, and insured the United States “indemnity for the past, and security for the future.” Resolved, That in view’ of the condition ofpopular institu tions m the Old World, a high and sacred duty is devolved, with increased responsibility, upon the Democratic party ot this countiv, as the patty ot the people, to uphold and main tain the rights ot every State, and tnereby the Union ol th, States, audio sustain ..nd advance among us constitution al lioerty by continuing to rosin all monopolies and exclu aive legislation tor the benefit of the few at the expense of the many, and by a vigilant and constant adherence to tho-e principle* arid compromises of the Constitution, which are broad euough and strong enough to embrace and uphold the Union as it was, the Union as it is, arid the Union as it shall be, in the full expansion ofthe energies and capacity of this great and progressive people Resolved, That the sentiments ofthe Inaugural Address of President Pierce will meet a hearty response from the Democracy of Georgia, and strengthen the assurance in spired by his past political life, lhat the Constitution ot our country at home, and iter rights and honor abroad, will be maintained bv his Administration; Resolved, That the Democratic Patty of Georgia, pro fouridly sympathise with their fellow democrats of the United Slates, in the great loss eu tained by our party and the country it; the tenth oi the Vice President, Wnt, R. King of Alabama, v, l ose distinguished public services anti blameless life endeared him to the American people, and whose memory wiil tie cherished while patriotism and vir tue are honored among men. Mr. Nelson of DeKalb moved the reception and adop. tion of iho report, which was agreed to until,.lt,ourly On motion ot Mr. Cochran of Wilkinson, a committee of three was appointed to notify the Has. 11. V. Jnn.\, \- of his selection as the Democratic candidate for Governor ot Georgia, and to request his acceptance Tiie commute.- consists oi Cochran of Wilkinson, Morris of Franklin, ar.d Crook ol Chattooga. On motion ol .Mr. Mitchell ofClarke, an Executive Co mmittee of eight was appointed by the Chair, which consists ofthe following gentlemen : Wm McKinley of Baldwin Chairman, H. K. Green of Bibb, Robt Collins of Bibb, K. B. Hilton ofChatham, Wnt R. M’J.aws of Richmond, John A. Tucker of Stewau, Joseph Watteisof Fioyd, Wm II Hull ofClarke. The Convention was then addressed by Messrs McMil len, Hillvcr, Ramsey, Tucker, Crook, Flournoy and Brown, after which the President having retired and the Chair taken by Judge Wootten, one ofthe Vice Presidents, a resolution of thanks was ofieted to the President tor the impartial and able manner with which he had pre.-ided over the deliberations of the convention, and to the Secrt-tarka for the the efficient and attentive manner with which tin y have, discharged their duties. On motion of Mr. Whitaker of DeKalb, the Democratic papers in the State were requested to copy the procceuti g On motion of Mr. Tucker of Stewart, the Convention hen adjourned sine die THOS. J. BURNEY, President. Alex C. Morton, j Arthur Hood, > Secretaries. Public Meeting. Bald Hill, June 3d, 1853. Pursuant to advertisement, a large number of the citi zens of the counties of Muscogee, Stewart and Marion met here in convention to-day, to consult upon the forma, tion of a county to be composed of contiguous parts of tin, above, and organised by electing tile Kev. Stephen Par ker, President, Thos. F. Wooldridge and Isaac N. Johnson Vice Presidents, and Wm. S.” Johnson Secre tary. On motion the President appointed Messrs. Wm. S. Johnson, A. McDottgale, J. P. Lowe, Wm. B. Harder., son aud JJ. R. Glantou, a committee to suggest matters for the action of the convention, who, by their chairman made the following REPORT; In this natiou the People are sovereign ; and among their recognised and immutable rights is that of amending or repealing laws, and of altering or subverting munici pal organizations whenever they are abortive, or in their operations prove to be burdensome, inconvenient, or in jurious to the communities affected by them ; as well as to enact such new laws, and to create such new bodies politic as, from time to time, appearing the experience ofthe people to be essentia! for the preservation and enjoyment of their “inalienable rights.” And whereas, our inoorporatien into the respective l counties of Muscogee, Marion and Stewart, (while o venerate their names, and are recommended abroad by our localities.) imposes burdens, and makes of us exactions evidently grievous, oppressive, and not easily to be borne, it is imperative upon us, the citizens of large portions of those counties, as well tor our owu immediate good, as to disoharge a philanthropic duty we owe to those who may live here alter us, to urge such changes in our pres ent political regulations as are manifestly necessary to our own prosperity, and their protection and convenience. Under these patriotic considerations, he it jointly Retohcd, That we will petition the next Legislature of Georgia to create a County, composed of contiguous parts of Muscogee, Stewart and Marion, with such area, boundaries am) name as may hereafter be agreed upon by this convention, with ali the rights, powers and im niunities of a political and civic member of the State of Georgia; and that we invite the fraternal co-opeiatLn of ali the people of our respective counties. Resolved , That a committee of nine persons be appoint ed by the President to report to this convention at its next session, (July 14th, 1853, at Bald Hill,) proper and equi table limits and boundary lime to tiie proposed county, and that a committee ol three he likewise appointed to re port at tiie same, time a memorial, addressed lu the next Legislature cf Gt urgia, upon which a petition shall be made. Resolved , That wo earnestly request the respective presses in the above uaimd counties to pmlisb ‘hist proceedings. After the unanimous adoption of which, Col. A. Mc- Dougale made a speech in favor of the new count I *. followed by Wm. 8. Johnson and 13. J. De Yon ; son ■ very sensible rt marks were also made by Messrs, j. N. Bcthune, Edward Birdsong, P. A. Clayton, B. J. Barber, Robt. C. Patterson and J. R. McCook. The eonnnitteus under the second resolution, ore; On Boundary.— Wm. G. W ooldridge, Benj. Jane*. H. Fuller, P. Ray, A. Hickey, John Cole, E. G. Raiford, D. R. Gianton and Hiram AJbritan. On Memorial.—Wm. S. Johnson, Rev. R. T. WYbb mid Dr. S. C. Hitchcock. On motion, the thanks ofthe convention were made to the members ot “Mount Olive church” for the use of their house. The convention adjourned to meet on the 15th July next, but on account of a “General meeting” to com j niencoon that daj at Antioch church, in the territory in- I tcreated, it is thought best that it convene on the 14th, ;as published above. Presses requested above will please j publish from Times & Sentinel. STEPHEN PARKER, President. W m. S. Johnson, Secretary. From the Rio Grande. Later news from the Rio Grande states that Carva jal and his associates had been released, and immediate ly entered suit against the U. S. Marshal for false im prisonment. Arrival of the Prometheus—More Gold. The Bteamer Prometheus arrived at New York on the 9th, She brings 400 passengers and about half a million dollars in geld. She is connected with tho steamer Sierra Nevada, which left San Francisco on the evening ot the 16th of May, with 537 passengers and $468,000 in gold on freight for New York, The New Orleans passengers crossed from ocean to ocean in tho short space of 30 hours on the road. The sloop of war Cvano had left Sau Juan on th*> 21st for Havana. Negro Insurrection in New Orleans. New Orleans, June 14. Last night the police arrested the ringleader of a pro jected insurrection. The negroes confessed that tho plan was to attack the city at three points, and to seize the arsenals, gunsmith | shops, and depots of arms. Special parties wero detailed to attack the powder magazine, and United States bar racks below the city, and to fire the city at several places, the flames to bo the signal for revolt ou tho neighboring planations. The ringleader belonged to Mr. Rushton, and he and others were arrested on their way to Carrokon, the place ot rendezvous. The negroes when arrested by tho authorities were prepared to resist the police. The police has been armed, and the Battalion and Artillery called out. Armed parties are patrolling the streets in every di rection. Ihe night, however, passed off’ quietly. I he most extravagant stories aro circulating respect ing the insurrection. The Insurrection at Now Orleans. The reported insurrection at New Orleans turns out, as we suspected at first, a humbug. However, such affairs may be posssiblc, and much damage may t.-rnp :- rariiy ensue from the loss of life and property ; hence, the prompt action of the New Orleans authorities is commendable. They cannot be too careful in this re spect. Says the Picay-tne : “The negro -nsurrection exploded at an ea-!v hour yesterday. A misty store, engendered in th* darkness ami fogginess of midnight, could noist.r vivo many horns oi sunshine. A little coot inquire disposed of all the accumulation of horrors, which ippear to have had their birth iu the f.neies of a crazed negro The circumstantial plot, so ostcida tiousiy revealed, wilt nil the apparatus ot rebellion, the organized conspiracy at,d all its accessories, ii sted only inn disordered brain. The p rsonal ad juncts of deception, the huge knife, the deadly re volver, and the pockets surehargt and with amntuni iion and warlike stories, were the parade of self-di luston or gross imposture. We are not certain < the category in which they are to he placed. Tie morning s excitement, which chilled some w eak no ves, ended in the afternoon, with something like a general Inugii at the thousand and one awful aver sions which were flying about before breakfast “Still, we are not disposed to censure the p-ronm* ness with which precautionary measures weretikci by the authorities on receiving tit midnight a report ol such;; arming tendency. Absurd as it has deu-l >ped itself to be, there might have been just enough oundation for it in local discontent to make tiic lighting of warning liable to grave censure—and excess of zeal is the better extreme on error.*’