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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 28, 1853.
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FOR GOVERxNOR.
11ERSC11EL V. JOHNSON.
WEEKLY TIMES AND SENTINEL,
FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
Anxious to do our j art in preserving the liberties of
the people, and the institu ions of the South, by elevat
ing to office in every department of the Government,
good and true Demociais, who will insist upon a rigid
adherence to the G/n;itution. we offer the
WEEKLY TIMES AND SENTINEL,
for cash in advance, ass. lows:
$ cts.
One copy till 2d week in October, 50
Five copies, “ “ M 200
Ten copies, 44 “ u 4 00
Twenty copies. 4t u “ 700
Fifty i op:ea, “ “ u 15 00
Oue hundred copies “ “ 25 0
We are just tun ring upon a canvass in which a
Governor, numbers ot Congiess, members of the Leg
islature, Judges of the Superior Courts, and a Untied
States Seiiatot will be elected. Every man in Georgia
is deeply interested in the result. The contest will,
tberetore, be a stirring oue, and afford abundant mate
rial for thought and discussion.
We will spare no labor to make our piper the vehi
cle of the fu.lest inforiiia ion up- n all points discussed,
and the • ariiest ai,d imwl reliable now sf. am nil points
of the during the can vane.
Every eitiz- n is interested in the political opinions of
his ntighbor. Ilia vote affects his life, liberty and
property
We will devote our entire energies to the advocacy
of the claims of the Democratic candidates. under the
full convict on that the freedom of the States and the
preservation of the Uti on are involved in the sueoess of
Democratic prineipl. s.
‘I he Whig Gonveutiou.
TheWliigGubernatorial Convention met in Milledg
ville on the 22J. Only 52 counties were represented by
132 dt)> gates. In the late Democratic Convention 79
counties were represented by 20? delegates. This fact
is significant of the result of the election in October.
There is some diffu ulty in ascertaining the name
which the party has assumed. The Secretaries call it
“ a meeting of the Conservative men of Georgia.” Mr.
Toombs, in his resolutions, it a Convention of Ro
publ.cun citizens ‘ * Georgia.” One thing, however, is
certain, the Convention does not chotse longer tube
called ‘’Whig”—that name is in bad <. dor—only four
States voted the Whig ticket at the last general elec*
Did this fact, we wonder, have anything to do
” icn this charge of name 7 Give a dog a bad name,
<fec. It is unlucky, however, that some name was not
selected and stuck to. At any rate, it is not hereafter
the W big party. Indeed, one of the resolutions adopt
ed pitches right into Whiggery. It was the opinion of
the Convention that “ both the Whig and Democratic
patties of the United States have been faithless to their
oft repeated pledges,” &e. Os course we expected the
Convention to abuse the Democracy - but this rap at
Whiggery will staitle some of our citizens who are
W bigs of twenty years’ standing. Indeed, it seems to
have created a rumpus in the Convention. A corres
pondent of the Savannah Courier say s, in reference to
the Convention, while in session :
“There is a contest going on between the W higs and
Union men. 1 think the latter wil 1 prevail—indeed,no well
settled is tnw conviction, that CoT. Kenan, who wa* an
aspirant for Cong essional honors in this Di.-tiiu, has be
come disgusted with the farce, and withdrew his preten
sions from befo e the Congressional Convention, and pre
fersto put his claims before thr* Whigs. He claims To be
a \V big, and repudiates, he says, .he bartering of principles
for votes. He is their ablet man, and deserves the honor.
1 hope he will be stronger before, the people than before the
politicians.”
Another ti ing is equally certain. It was not a
4t Union’* Convention. M.smm. Toombs it Cos., who
fixed up the platform, set in to have no s\ m pat by for the
“ Dnion saviours” par exe. lienee. The third rendu lion
!• decidedly sectional; the old Ilamilear fire glows in
it ; it simlfe of disunion. It sa\s: “We consider the
rights of the Southern States as in great and imminent
danger , and the prineipl. sos the Georgia Convention
greatly jeoparded by any political party, whatever may
he is name, which r> cognises Abolitionists and Free-
Soilers as woithy ot pubhc honors and public? emolu
ments.” Now it is will known that Fili.moke, Web
ster and Corwin were all Free-S. Here, and that many
of the <ftk*ts under the late Whig Administration
were filled with Abolitionists. This shot is theiefore
fired at the Federal Government its* If. and at both the
o and parties. It is a healthy shot—it stirs our Southern
Rights blood like the bli st of bugle. Hut what does
it no an? Are the Union V\ bigs about t< form a sec
tional party, to prot.et the South from Fed ral aggres
sion 7 Go ah* ad then, gentlemen, and when you open
the battle in good earnest, beat the long roll and look
out for r. emits, and make loom for them, f..r the whole
Southern Democratic party will in all probability rush j
to the battle. We will unit, however, until svvorus are
crossvd. We have not y* t forgot t n Hnmilcar.
It seems th- re was some apprehension among old
line Whigs in the Convention, that by forcibly breaking
asunder all national party affiliation, there was dan
ger that the Conservatives would he bast aid iz and,”
and constquently disinherited of a legitimate share of
offices and spoils. Bui the President of the Conv* ntion
reassured the wavering on this point. He said. We
weed not bar. tlierelore, that we shall be bastardized as
u spurious party except by those who, whatever their
guise, can al ine (?) trace their parentage to the heated
and morbid passions or the day. In separating our
selves from others, our separation do- s not preclude us
from forming hereafter iu line with those whose views
and purposes may he identical with our own.” VVe {
may not understand this n solution, but we pmjirnt it
mean!, tliat hereafter, when the Whigs get into power,
the Cunaervativ.a can join them, and get a legitimate
child’s share in the distribution of the patrimony, alias
ofliees and spoils.
VVe eonf.es that wes e nothing in the r.eolutions to
object to. We never will qunrrel with a man or party
for professing to love the South, and being anxious to
preserve the rights and liberties of the South. We
only regret that it is all prof, scion. When the South
w as in peril, w hen the Southern host was iu battle array,
when swords were crossed, and Southern Rights, and’
Southern honor, and Southern influence were staked
upon the I uzatd of the contest, these men attacked
our flank and gave the enemy an easy victory. For
them to eotne out now as the peculiar friends of the
South, is simply ridiculous—and their high fl iwn reso
lutions will only excite a broad grin from Portland to San j
Francisco. Men who gave Fillmore a cordia support, |
c..n hardly txptcl to gain cr. dence when they affect to i
leaf the Gov. rnmem of Franklin Pierce.
Chari, s J. Jenkins received a majority of two-thirds
of the Convention on the first ballot, and was unani
mously chosen the candidate of the party for Governor.
Mr. J.nkins has a very high reputation for honesty,
tal. nts and patriotism. We freely concede to him all
that his friends claim for him. We shall never so far
forget wltat is due to our own character as to bespatter
with vituperation the good name of a gentleman, merely
because he is the candidate of the opposition. Our
only regret is. that so worthy a citizen should huve been
chosv n for the suet ifiee w Inch awaits the candidate of
the Conservative (?) party in October.
A lieta to cntoo ..emaciate.
The Whigs say you are proscribed— therefore, “quit
your party, desert your prm. ipl.s.” In reply, we say
—Honest turn join a party because it advocates their
principles, uot l> cause it can el. va e them to offiye.
In such appeals you are treat, and as liase .Judeans who
w'itl s.lt out for a consideration. Again I suppose you
bite at the bail, are you sure you will not be caught
on a deceitful hook J lias lite Whig party even so niueh
ns mentioned the name of a Union Democrat for any
office ? Who are th. ir candidates for Governor, for Con
gress, for the Legislature ? Whigs, none but Whigs
They want your voles, bat they want the offices. They
never Buy Turkey to you once.
ZT Accounts from !. | art* of l\t n- ru a are di*
eoueging, Iu regurd w the pr® i a.-ts U u. giaiu trope.
Tlic Canvas?.
THE OLD ISSUES AND THE NEW.
The stereotyped speech of Georgia Whig electioneer*
er§ for the present canvass is this : 44 There are no is
sues between W T higs and Democrats —the old issues
are dead, buried, obsolete—but Secession is not * dead ’
—Disunion is not ‘ buried ’ —TREASON is not * ob
solete’—therefore let the conservative Union men rally
under our banner and give one more battie to the ene
mies of our country.” This is the speech : here is the
answer : W'hat were the old issues ? A United States
Bank—a protective tariff—the distribution of the pro
ceeds of the sales of the public lands—the abolition of
the veto power—and opposition to the extension of the
territory of the United States. This whs once the
Whig creed ; these were the “ old issues,” How is
it that they are not in issue now ? The Democracy
have abated none of their hostility to them—they are as
odious as ever to the “ unterrified.” The only answer
is, that they have been abandoned by the Whig party.
What, the whole policy of a great party abandoned ?
Then it is time every lover of his country should aban
don the party. If their principles were sound, they
were bound, as honest men, to adhere to them, even
though they happened to be unpopular. If they are
unsound, they make the humiliating acknowledgment
that the great Whig party has for twenty-five years
urged a policy upon toe country which was injurions to
the publio interests. The Whig party is therefore in a
dilemma. If they take the first horn of it, they acknow
ledge that they are dishonest, and are therefore uu
worthy of public confidence. If they take the second
horn, they acknowledge their iguoranco and incompe
tency, and are presumptuous iu seeking the reins of
government. Furthermore, the Democracy, having
triumphed on the old issues, their principles having
been introduced into the government, they may well
claim the right to test them in the administration of
public affairs. Tho Whigs have, too lately, been brought
to a recognition of their excellence to bo able to handle
them successfully.
As to the new issue*?, which shine so conspicuously
in italics and small caps in tho Whig press of late, the
misfortune of the Whiga is that nobody has joined in
the issue. It is true that a Convention was ordered iu
Georgia to consider ‘‘ the mode and measure of re
dress ” in the event of the passage of certain measures
through Congress, which were afterwards passed. Well,
the Convc lion met and found redress iu quiet submis
sion, and there was an end of the matter. The decision
of a State iu Convention w, on the principles of States’
Rights, final and authoritative. There is, therefore, no
abandonin’ nt of principle on the part of States’Rights
men who urged tho call of the Convention and now
acquiesce in its decision. They may regret the decision,
but they are compelled to submit to it, or renounce tho
fundamental principles of their party.
The cry of Disunion, therefore, is not only ridiculous
but contemptible. There is no such issue before the
country, and never was. The party never was commit
ted to Disunion. Many good men and true contem
plated it as a contingency preferable to abolition ; but
even then only through the exercise of the sovereignty
of the State. The State of Georgia determined to
acquiesce in the compromise and to remain in the Union,
not, however, without a significant declaration that even
disunion would be preferable to a further advance of
abolitiou encroachments. Her honored voice silenced
all clamor in the ranks of tho Southern Rights Democ
racy. We abide by her decision. As long as she shall
remain in the Union we adhere to the Union, and shall
devote our lives to the noble task of extending the
power, developing the resources, preserving the liber
ties, and purifying the administration of tho Govern
ment and people of the United States. But if our
constitutional rights are again invaded, our internal
peace disturbed, our property stolen away from us, our
feelings outraged and our honor insult, and by any power
on earth, we will again urge tho assembling of a Conven
tion to consider “ the mode and manner of redress ”
ready to submit, if submission be enjoined by the State
nf Georgia; but ready, also, to peri! life, liberty and
property iu defence of Georgia’s fiag, whenever and
wherever that ting may be unfurled. If this bo “ I)i
-i union,” make the most of ii. It is the creed of the
! Revolution—we inherited it from our fathers—we hug
it to our bosoms as part of the legacy of freedom.
The Opening Canvass.
THE VARIED NAMES AND CONFLICTING PRINCIPLES OK TIIK
WHIG PAR TV.
It is with some reluctance that we turn aside from
the agr- cable tank of making a newspaper, to the disa
greeable work of the present canvass, which the oppo
nents of the Democracy are resolved to convert into a
mere squabble for the spoils, in which defamation and |
slander are tin; weapons of warfare.
It is very true that our enemy is the veritable whig
parly which we have so often vanquished ; but, like
the mountebank, it has so many new names ; such an as
sortment of disguises : so endless a variety of tone and
exprssion ; that plain and honest men are often at a
h<ss to fix its identity— not only does it adopt principles
to-day w hich it repudiates to-morrow, but it suits its
princ pies to every locality and to every varying phase
ot public sentiment. These are strong assertions, but •
they are b.*rne out by the history of tho party to the •
very letter. In the Harrison campaign there was ,
avowedly uncommon platform. Bank men and anti
bank men, Tariff men and anti-tariff men. Federalists
and Republ cans, fought side by side in the ranks for
candidates whose sentiments and principles were as op
posite as the party was mongrel which supported them.
In the campaign of 1844, the whig party under the lead
of IL nry Clay boldly promulgated its platform in which
was embodied the American system of their distin-,
guished candidate; opposition to the veto power, the !
last bulwark which shields the South from the rapa- !
cious avarice and destructive fanaticism of a relentless
northern majority, and a fierce and bitter crusade
against the acquisition and annexation of Texas to the
United States- In this great conflict the whig partv
was overwhelmed, and never since has it had the cour
age to come before the country with an avowal of its
principles. The Taylor campaign was a humbug, and |
his administration proved a failure ; and even wdiig ]
leaders at the South ridiculed its feebleness and aided in |
making it contemptible.
Such is the history of tho whig party.. No wou i
dor it is ashamed of its name and now desires to j
conceal its deformities under the specious title of!
| “Conservative,” an adjective used in England to char- |
actorise that branch ot the old Tory party which is
most opposed to freedom and progress. Let them
have it—they cannot disgrace it and render it contempt- I
j ible—it is so already.
In tho canvv.es that is now opening in Georgia, this 1
Joseph coated party has commenced its work by adopt- ‘
ing names and principles to suit different localities.— !
Here, where its success depends upon its nominating a
j n,an 9 a renegade Democrat for Congress, it k*
| called the conservative party, and has adopted a reso
| lution in favor of a reduction of the Tarif— notwith
’ standing the fact that Filimore recommended an in
crease of the rale of duties in his every message, and
.he right and expediency of protecting home industry
by high duties was expressly asserted in the Baltimore
platform. In Cherokre, wdiere ii suceet-s depends upon
its capacity to gull Union Democrats, it is the Union
party, and stands upon the “Georgia platform !” and
you can hear of nothing, read of nothing from politicians
in that region but of the proscription of Union Demo
crats, sympathy for Warner and Murphy, and the
dangers of disunion. In other parts of the Stalo where
Whiggery is in the ascendant, it sticks to the name of
Whig and mounts the Whig platform. This is the
casein Baldwin and Troup. These a i*guiae, however,
are all transparent. You clothe yourselves iu lious’
skins, or leopards’ skins, or sheep’s wool in vain. The
Democracy see your tail and hovfs, and know their old
enemy.
The Tune Cliaugeti.
The Whig press of Georgia had raised so loud a la
mentation over the proscription of Union Democrats
that we had just taken out oor handkerchief to cry,
wheu their tune changed and they waxed warm, and
seemed angry at the charge which they have originated
that Howell Cobb, in consideration of his alleged sup
port of Johnson for Governor, is to receive the vote of
the party for U. 8. Senator.
Really the W’hig party is hard to please. They
are angry if a Union Democrat is not elevated to every
office, and outraged at the suggestion that one of them
will reoeivs the vote of the party for an office.
The Flare up m the 4lh District.
Our readers are aware that a convention was recently
held in Newnan, at which Col. Wii. B. W. Dent was
nominated as the candidate for Congress. The district
was represented in the last Congress by Col. Mußruv,
a Union Democrat, who, however, cheerfully submitted
his claims to the decision of the convention, in the oon- i
fident assurance that he would be nominated. The re
sult disappointed his expectations. Col. Dent, a South
ern Rights Democrat, was preferred before him—and
he has very unwisely consented to run in opposition to
the nominee of a convention iu which he voluntarily
aulowed h> name to be used.
It mi alleged iu justification of this breach of faith,
that the Southern Rights Democrats inveigled Colonel j
Murphy into tho convention by assurances of support j
and then basely betrayed him by giving their suffrages i
to Col. Dent. Wear© very happy to be able to expose j
the falsehood of this charge. The Marietta Advocate , j
a paper friendly to Col. Murphy’s nomination, says:
As to the cry ot proscription, it jg a fact, we have been
told, that of the delegatee in the convention who were for
merly Union men, but one supported Col. Murphy. The
delegates from Cobb county were all Southern Rights
Democrats. They gave Coi. Murphy an unshaken euppoi i
througn all the ba!lutings, and uutii the conleat among the
different aspirants was actually decided. Here was no
proscription. Our delegates knew no distinction between
Denmcratd ou account of former differences. And if Col.
Murphy had received the nomination, they would most
cheerfully have supported him belore the people a: they
cid in the Convention.
Thfe truthful statement places this ch?:rge in it* true
light. It is simply a falsehood.
It is also charged that there was uutairue&a in the
ratio of voteoallowed to the several counties, and that *
such a ratio was adopted as weakened the counties fa- |
vcrablo to Cos!. Morph}'.
Muj. J. W klch, who wae a supporter of Col, Mur
phy, and the President of the convention, givots the fol
‘ lowing statement which stamps this charge who as
| false. Referring to a letter from Col. Dent, iu which
| he proposed tho re-assembling of the convention “to
I correct auv unfairOeee, irregularity, or mistake” which
may have been committed, Mai, Welch sa\e:
I have weighed well the subject, ur>d have concluded
that it will be improper for me to call the delegates togeth
er. Ido not believe that there was anything iu iiio circum
rtances ol the nomination which would justify me in doing
it. \ou w ill doubtless remember, that while you were
temporarily a member oi the Convention as the authorized
representative oi an absent delegate, you moved that the
delegates from the different counties should cast a number
ot vote* equal to three lor each militia district of
i the County which they respectively iepre~cnte-l.—
A substitute for your motion was offered ana adop
ted, to the effect that each county i-hould cast ft num
ber ol votes equal to the number vote-3 by trie county of
Coweta, which had more delegates in the Convention than
any other county of the district. The Convention being
organized, the ballots proceeded after this resolution, ana
ailer the result ol the last .liltcenth; baliot was announced,
a membef ol the Convention friendly to and active in his
efforts to procure tho nomination of another gentleman,
moved that you should be nomiu.atad by ao dainutiou, and
j the motion was unanimously adopted.
We take it for granted, therefore, that Col. Dent is
the choice of the re-united Democracy—and that any
dissatisfaction that exists in the dietiiet Ss confined to
Col. Murphy, to such Democrats as had before resolved
to co-operate with the Whig party, and to Whigs. Os the
conduct of the whigs, the Advocate very truly remarks,
that they would be very-. lad toe. him (Murphy) to de
feat the regular demo.-er. -.mdid;;:.*. Jufct as, if he
had been the nominee *: U * tivtuTvn, they would
( have stood ready ; < ► i.. <•♦ * * .-j*c Dent or any oilier
: democrat to rni; bha The w lugs arc always
| ready to u*.e n,v ug ii v, any po<: hr. principles to de*
j feat thecho'er ;he ... ~-r <•
; Worgjra ilia*. Uo! -Murphy. wLmi : . party were
i disposed to regard .-.oK, i* to blind r by passion
| as to lend himself to such pra-jlkas.
i We cannot conclude llu-tc r*m,rh- without copying
aud endorsing the laugurige • f Maj. Welch in respect to
the magnanimity of Uui. Dt n: in prop’ .ing to resign
the nomination so unanimously tender and m him by the
convention and of submitting: bis claims i.ga'm to the
people. Ala j. W doll, ; Her giving I, ir* r for not
culling another convention, says :
Rut I beg you m be assured Un?t I fully appieeiate the
high and noble feelings which prompted )ou to uddree* r.r;
your note, and will aud that I atn convinced that honora
ble minds will impute no intentional error to the proc* -d
----in>ys ot the body ©v* r which I had the honor to preside, and
that however individual members may have desired the re
ijult to bo otherwise, all will cordially unite in the support
of the nominee, satisfied, a* they nmt be., ffiat if the |)eopie
{ should ratify their proceedings at the poiis they will have
an able and faithful Repn ecntative.
The Congressional Convention.
The Democracy of the 2<! Congressional I fistrlet of
Georgia will assemble in Albany on Wednesday, 2‘Jth
in*t., for the purpose of selecting a candidate fi r Con
gress. We do not feel at liberty to indicate our pref
erence for cither of the very worthy gentlemen whose
names have been suggested by partial IVicnde for this
high honor. They are all worthy men and which ever
one may obtain the nomination will receive a warm uud
cordial support at our hands.
W e cannot deny ourselves the pleasure, neverthe
less, of spreading before our readers the following com
plimentary notice of one of the gentlemen whoee name
has been mentioned in tins connection, *'f h w; find
iu the Southern Democrat.
Referring to a notice in our oolumue, ir; which we
corrected the erroneous impression that. Capt. John
| Forsyth had removed frotu the Democrat ‘’
j says :
V\ e regretted a* much perhaps ;* any individual, the lora .
! to the democratic party of the very abl.* this gen
tleman in retiring trom the arduous and responsible duties
of an editorial life—and no less did we regret the lose (as
wo supposed) to the State of one of her noblest sous—and 1
now rcyoioe at tho aunounceineut contained in the above ‘
paragraph—“that Capt. Forsyth has never contemplated
leaving Georgia.”
A correspondent of the Times suggests the name of Capt,
Forsyth to the consideration oltho Albany Convention.—
We have only to say, that should the Convention honor ;
him with their confidence, we shall give him as cheerful :i j
j support, as we shall to any democrat in this district, who ;
i opposes Jimmy Johnson.
IJou. MhvxHhll .S. Wellborn-
The* allusions made to tho name of Mr. Wellborn, in i
our paper, in connection with tho approaching Congress- j
ional nomination in this district, were made without any 1
previous conference with him, or any knowledge on 1
his part that they would be made. By his request, we
j state that while he feels grateful to any who may deeire
j to put his name in nomination before the Convention,
| ho respectfully declines being presented for a uoniina
| lion. We regret this determination on his part, as we
| know the eyes of many of Ms fellow citizens are turned
| to him as perhaps the only man in the district who can
j harmonise the party, and win the Congressional race
| in this district.
| “ -
Jus. L. Seward.
| The delegates to the Gubernatorial convent ion have
| recommended tics gentleman to the support of the De- }
i mocracy of the First Congressional District iu Georgia, i
Alabama and Florida Railroad.
The City Council of Montgomery baa subscribed
$500,000 to the Feusacola road, provided a like amount
shall be subscribe! by responsible persons in Alabama,
and the real estate-holders in the city shall ratify tho
subscription. We learn from the Alabama Journal j
that the Mobile and West Point Railroad company has j
subscribed $200,000, and that private citizens have sub
scribed $-100,000.
Itaiu Again*
On Monday 20th , *© had a slight shower, and while j
we write, Tuesday 21, a pregnant cloud is pouring out
its affluent flood upon tho parched earth.
CCT Judge Pickens, who had been nominated us a
candidate for the State Senate, from the counties cf
Dallas and Wilcox, Ala., decline's, and Col. S. R. Blake
has taken the Seld in bio plaoe.
(LjT John Appleton, Secretary of Legatiou to Eng- j
land under Mr. Buchanan, has declined iu consequence
of serious and sudden domestic affliction.
ILT We learn from Washington that the Adminis- •
tration gave no credit to the stories of the intent of {
Great Britain to abolish slavery in Cuba by the intro- ;
ducuon of the apprentice system, or of any practical oo- j
operation between Mexico and Spain.
Texas /tcm#.—-Capt. J. W. Phelps, U. S. A., com- *
mandiug Light Company B, 4th Artillery, has arrive-!
afr Brownsville, where he is at present stationed,
IT Late advices from Texas report that the Wht- |
chittt Indians had murdered all but one of the persons j
belonging to a surveying party, coder Mr. Hubert, on I
the Red River.
.Shipping Cotton—The Cheapest Route.
Now that Columbus it in oouuoction with Savannah
by Railroad, cotton planters and cotton buyers are
much interested in knowing whether it is safer, cheaper
and more expeditious to ship cotton by Railroad than
the River. Upon the answers given to these enquiries
very large interests depend ; and ail statements touch
ing them should be received with much caution.
In the Savannah Courier of the 7th inst, we find
a communication from Mr. L. M. Dcrr, recently a
citizen of Columbus, but now’ of Savannah, in which
this subject is examined. We give it for what it w
worth:
I Expenses of Shipping Cotton from Columbus , da., to X
York, via Apalachicola , Fla.
| Drayage and whartage at Columbus, M
| Insurance ou 1 bag 500 lbs., 10 per cent, $50.00 1
per cent 50
i Freight to Apalachicola 1 00
: Receiving and forwarding at Apalachicola 25
Wharfage at Apalachicola 124
Storage “ 1 week -'*>
Fire Insurance 1 J per cent per week 12!
Freight from Apalachicola to N*. Y ork I per lb.. 3 121
Insurance to New York, 1 It per ct. on $50,00
$6 274
Expenses of Skipping Cotton from Columbus, G<u,to JV.
York, via Savannah.
Drttyage at Columbus 06
Freight per bale weighing 500 lbs., 50 ceuts per
100 lb* 3no !
Receiving and forwarding at Savannah 25
Wharfage at “ 05
Storage at “ 08
Fire Insurance a: “ 05
per Stcatners t j New York, 5-16*.... 156
*5 32
Difference in favor of the Savauuah route 25 h
Interest ou SSO say 130 days 2'J
Total ia favor ofSavaunab 1 244 ?
Iu addition to the advantage ehuwu iu favor v-tSav-.m- i
uali iu figures, 1 might cal) the attention •.*! shippe-rs to the
saving ofintorcst and time. lam satisfied that :i shipment
of cotton made to New York trom Columbus, direct, will
go through ia seven days, while it will require forty days
to make it by the way of Apalachicola.
This statement of Mr. Durr is very violently availed |
in an article communicated to the Apalachicola .1 ducr- I
User by a commission merchant of that city. The I
writer accuses Mr. Durr of grots ignorance, ami poiuts !
out the following inaccuracies iu his statement ; “Insu
ranee” down the river is not 1 per ct*ot. as stated b\ Mr. j
Durr, but 7-b percent. “Freight” to Ap:dachic*>L is j
often on© dollar per bale, but is often only TO eta., and ;
j uot uufrequently 50 ccuts per bale. •‘Receiving aud
i Forwarding” £t Apaiuchicolu is usually 25 cents per
J bu; there is more or k*s forwarded at 12 1-2 i
j cts., and considerable to foreign porle Ibr inertly the J
| commissions on the freight. “Storage at Apalachicola”
; for I week is put dowu at 26 ct-nts. The true mid
• common charge i only 26 cents. “Fire Insurance” i*
! put down at 12 1-2 cents pet* week by Mr. Durr. It
i ought to be only 0 Blounts. “Freightfrom Apalnchi- I
! cola to New York” stated at 5-8 ct., is nb much above,
as the rate from Savannah t- > New V• *rL elated at 5*11 :
iis below. Take one tcason with another and Savannah
will n-*t average below 3-8 and Apalachicola will tmt j
average above v-I fi. “Insurance tu New York’’from j
Apalacliicolu it only 1 1-4 per cent., and tlnough lusu
raace from Columbus to New York ran bo obtained ut j
j any of tho Boston or Providence offices at 1 3-i perot.
! There it - no charge in Mr. Purr’s statement for “M i
j rinc Insurance.”
With these explanations we append the riUUcmcnt of
j the “Cornniission Merchant.”
j Expenses on Od.ton from Columbus to AVw* York, tin
Apalachicola
( Dr ay age and wharfage at Columbus U
i •‘li.eurance through to N. York on 1 halo 500 lb*..
| valued at 850, 2[ pel ccut 1 Ofii ;
j Freight to Apalachicola, average lor toe
Receiving and ionvarriiug at Apalachicola 25
l Two whyrtiige? TB
: Drayage, storage and labor storing und turning 00?, 20
; Freight from Apalachicola to New York, average .
*■> 464 :
‘ on Cotton Jrorn Coluudsve tu Easton >x Vrori
dence, tin Apalachicola.
1 Drays jo) and wharfage at Columbus 14
Ins nance through tri Boston or Provitleuc ; ou sis
lr.. bale, valued at SSO, U per c**nt •7,’
1 Freight to Apalachicola, average for the season.. M7i 1
; Receiving and lor warding at Apalachicda 25 1
Two wliarlkgee 124
: Dray use, storage and labor storing ami turning out, 20 :
; Freight from Apalachicola to Boston or I‘rovi
dcnce, average 16 ct 2 814 j
! *3
j Expenses of Shipping Cotton from Columbus, Ga.,to ,Y. j
York, Boston, and Providence, via Savannah.
’ Dray ago at Columbus 08 |
Freight per bale weighing 500 lbs. u 60 y;
! lot lita 300 i
Receiving and forwarding at Savannah 25 I
Wharfage 05
1 Storage 08 :
i Drayage j
Fire Insurance 05 :
Marine Insurance to New York, y per cent 311 j
; Freight, average tor the soa!“n, to all Northern
Pom i cent I 87i
$5 76 |
From the above table? we gather t!i following r'-■•lts* * :
Expenses on a bale of cotton, of 50) ibs., from
j Columbus to New York, Boston aud Providence
via Savannah...... SS7G
Do. dn. from Cos lumbar to New York, \ia
Apalachicola $3 16i |
Do. do. from Columbus to Boston uud ITom*
dence, via Apalachicolft s.' 274
Difference in favor of Apalachicola cm New Y j
1 Difference in favor of Apalachicola on Boston
and Providence cotton t 8
To this should be added at least I cent jk.t lb. lor differ- 1
cnee in the value of the cotton on arriving in tho*:* mur- !
1 kets, our cottons selling ou an average lull i rent per ib. 1
| above cotton of the tame classification fr ee Savannah. I
i Mr. Durr lost sight of this fact entirely in his *-f •demerit, |
| although it must have, been known to nim, as it is to c. wry j
man who has had any experience, iu the trade. With thi
addition, the account will stand as follow.-:
Difference in favor ol Apalachicola iu expeurec*
on New York cotton *204
Add Ic. per ib., difference in value tu
, ol going forward u.s Apalachicola cotton 125 \
’ Total difference in favor of ph.ipmontc through
1 Apalachicola on New York cotton, per bale. 81 51 j
Difference iu favor of Apalachicola, iu expense?
ou Boston and Providence cotton.
Add ic. per lb., difference in value, in conse
quence of going forward as Apalachicola cot- j
Total difference in favor of shipments through
Apalachicola ou Boston and Providence cotton,
per bale. 73
* We have put the through insurance from Columbus to
New York at 2) per cent, the same as it would he. if the
river and marine risks were effected separately. What the
usual charge ia for “through insurance' 1 we are not advised,
but presume it could be obtained at a less rate.
fWe iusert this table, as nearly one half the cotton re- |
eeived at Columbus bought there for the Providence aud I
[ Boston market-.
Steamship State of Georgia Struck by Lightning
—The steamship State of Georgia , arrived at Phila
; dtlphia on Saturday lust, from Savannah, reports that
when off* the Capes of Delaware, she was struck by
lightning, shivering her top and mainmast, whence
| ihe fluid passed through the deck into the cabin, cmd
i then through the engine room. No oue was buru
From Mexico. —The steamer Texas hits arrived at
New Orleans, with advices Vera Cruz te tho Bth
instant.
j Several executions of leaders iu thu late outbreak
had taken place at Vera Cm*. Gonzales and Ccnterio
were publicly shot.
The Texas brought in specie ou freight to
New Orleans.
i U* General M. B. Lamar arrived in Mobile from j
Texas, the State of his residence, on Thursday last, j
We are pleased to K-aru that be is in the enjoyment of
excellent health. He uuw resides ou the Brazos, near
i the town of Richmond, uot very far from the eeeties
; which his gallautry and intelligence served to rescue
• from the Mexicans and Camauches.— Journal.
Monument to Cot. King. —Th* State Sentinel at j
I Selma, Ala., strongly endorses a proposition to erect a
; monument in that flourishing town, to the memory of
| Win. R. King. It is au excellent suggestion, and we
I trust it may be acted ou at ouoe. Every city and town
| iu the State would gladly second it.
The Red River Country.— W'e are informed by a
; gentleman just from the Red River country, that all
through that section they have had the rains,
and the crops were never in a better condition. Red
River was rising and iu a 6m stage for navigation.
{Delt*.
Startling Facts.
The public are aware that Rev. Thomas F. Scott s
publishing a Southern School Journal in this city. It
is confessedly an able, interesting and instructive work.
In reference to his subscription list, the editor says :
“ We have fooud more sympathy aud assistance among
the ‘Old Field Fogies’ than any other class of our
countrymen. The University of Alabama was our
first subscriber— bent us our first dollar. Wo have re
cently received one subscriber each from two of the
female colleges in Georgia. With these three excep
tions we have uot oue solitary subscriber in any col
lege, imde or female, iu Georgia or Alabama. We
have a few from the higher schools, but the majority
of our patrons ou: of the city of Columbus are * Old
Held Fogies. s n
Againafter expressing the belief uuce entertained
that the professed friends of education, especially the
more intelligent, would contribute to the pages of n
journal devote ! entirely to that, cause, he makes this
humiliating development: “Nrnv, up to this present
writing, we have received but 00-j article written for
tho Journal, and that was by a country schoolmaster.”
We say these are startling facta. They indicate that
niauv Southern Teachers have no enthusiasm in thou
noble vocution—-that they pursue it for a livelihood, and
are thmf *re ntufey unworthy of the trust fop*wed in I
them.
Si.hoo! V social ion of Jlusr,ogcr.
The meeting of the School Association wh’*:h *-*ab to
have been held ou Tuesday eveniug, is postponed until
this evening. It is the object of this body, by means of
Lectures aa J Lswtys, to awaken a more general interest
iu the cause of education, aud to elevate the standard,
and promote c higher degree of efficiency among the
! schools of the county.
In this point of view, the Association should enlist
■ the co-op*ration*of jjarcuts us well as teachers. They
are mutually interested iu the rctulis oouteniplatvd ;
ur l w hile tur citizens are using a very laudable zeal in
advancing the pecuniary interest of our section, ii i*>
j hoped they will uol overlook the permanent question of
] intellectual and moral training for the young. The As-
I boeiatiou, which meets to-night at Temperance Hall,
j affords tho me ius of combining the knowledge, ex peri -
| euce and zeal of tdi concerned.
j An address will be delivered by Rev. C, B. King;
j and Mr. Mallory will read an Essay,
i The puaiic arc r-. ‘pcctfully invited to allviul.
KdHcalionttl Convention*
i A Convention ofTeaebora is called, in the Southern
School Journut, on tile second Wednesday oi’ August,
1 cither at Griffin or Madison, Ga.
Criminal Causes.
1 In our Superior Court now sitting, the Jury in the
I case of the State Jernigau, f>r killing Newberry.
• returned a verdict on yesterday, of ‘‘Voluntary Man
slaughter “
Thu crime is punishable with imprisonment in the
1 Penitentiary for from two to four years.
Tut, Statu r*\ Wsi, IDvik, Jackson Cook find
I Tiiomas Yarsoiiocgis.— Misdemeanor. —lti Muscogee
: Superior Court, May Term, IS.'ib.—Solicib.r-General
1 Brown, Col. Holt, and Charles J. Williams for ihe
Slate; Downing, MeDoujtald, Morton .V JV Yon for
| thu defehue.
One of the defendants, Jackson Cook, was placed on
trial—verdict, guilty. The oiieuoe consisted in placing
j an obstruction on the Muscogee Foci lead on the 1 1th
| March, lobi, whereby the locomotive, tender and bng
! gage oar were thrown from the track and badly broken.
1 Iho engineer, a fireman, and one nf the train hands,
i were seriously injured.
j The punishment for the otic-nee is imprisonment in
the I’cniteutinry from four to eight years, at the disere
j tieMi of liie Court. If death had resulted from the act
1 of the detcudaiUA, it would have been murder under the
! statute of the State.
(iIItCRV \TO RIM. CONVUYTIOA.
MiLi.Ei>Ji:viLLr, Ga., June 22d, 1853.
; At a. m-'dtini; *f tbeCouaorvativr Men of Georgia, stand
! in** upon Ui* principlos and declarations oi'tljn Report and
Resolutions adopted by the State Convention of 1850—
j For the purpose •* organizing the Con\t:;t!on, on motion
: of C. People* s , Ej. Col. Rolvrt M. Gunby .ti Mu.- ••. •te
; was called t’ the Chair, and \V. W. Paine, oi Tc.i.s',
i an 4 Thomas F, \\ ells, ct Washington* ic'juested to act *is
! On motion of Mr. Clark, ol Newton, a eali oi the Conn*
! tie# was made, whereupon tin; loilowing lX.de’".u-s t?urd!-
* cd their names and tooiv their seats:
j Raker—John Lyon and Thomas C. Spicer.
! Baldwin—The'-. l>. Lamar, L. J. Smith and William
i Bibb—Jam*‘d T. Nisin f, William Lundy, and J. F. IX
• vers.
1 Gas*;—J. F. Brown, John W. A Sanford, and J. J
| Word.
; Chattooiti—John H. Echols, and Morion Calloway.
| Clark—C. Peoples, M, S. l>urh no, W. Dvkcu, and J.
| Knowles.
j Cobh—H G.OoX.
) Columbia —John R. WiLve J Ks L <n a;w V.
i Ramsay.
I Coweta—John L. Robinson
! Crawford—G. W. Norman.
* Doolv —I). J. botliweli.
! Elbert—H. V. Mattox and Thomas W. Thomas.
1 avette— M. M. Tidwell,and V* . Bennett,
i Floyd—A. M. Lauband John Harkins.
Greene —G. O. J. 1 . Zmiiicrnui.u, H. 11. ’A alts,
| and A. T. Scott.
Hancock—L ntoa Stephous, 8. G. Evans and J. R.
j Uarrio—'A W. White, If. L. McGehmand I). P Hill.
! Henrv —A. W. Turner, and John 11. Low. .
; Houston—J. J. Hampton, K. L. Mints ami VY. A. Mill*
1 thews.
, Jasper— H. 8. (Hover, W. W Anderson, Jonu Jackson
: and James Jackson.
: Jefferson—H. Railbrd, If. B. Todd and George Sta
| pletoa.
Jones—C. L. Ridley, H. Ilrown, T. O. Bowen and J.
| Godard.
Lee—Thomas Moughon, G. Butler and r'. Lindsay.
1 —R. M. Orme.jr.
Macon—Do.o. T. P. Oliver, J. K. Cook and I\ G. Ar
: ingtoti.
Mclntoah—G. M. Blount.
Mouroo—James Norris, J. T. Crowder, J. T. Stephens,
i J. Taylor, G. W. Taylor and T. \V. I lint.
Meriwether—G. W. Grant, F. .McLendon and C. H.
i Zuhcr.
Marion—G. A. Brown, A. C. Ifomauy and W. A.
! Black.
Morgan—A. S. Wingfield, 11. M. Harris. K. P. Zim
; merman and Charles E. Nis bet.
Murray—John Hamilton, J. N.Cato and D. J. llanev
Muscogee—R..M. Gunby, Thoa. F. Wooldridge, L. G.
l Dawson .and A. L. Garrard.
Newton—T. M. Meriwether, R. L.Thomas and W. W.
| Clark.
Oslelh..rp.~d'. L. Upson itnd Z. H. Clark",
l’uik—U. F Wuuberlv,
Putnam—S. Pearsou, K. T. Davis, F. 8. Jenkins and
C. 8. Credille.
Kiohrnoud —John K. Jackson and Foster Blodyct, Jr.
Spalding—J. N. Simmons and W. Maiaier.
Stewart—J. T. H. Turner and D. A.^Vason, (proxy.!
Sumter— li. K. MeCay, John U. Fletcher and 11. It.
Brown.
Talbot—J G. DiumuU.w, T. A. Brown ami L Wint
! lr!y.
| Taliaferro —A. H. Stcphenusad W. A, IH'tr.
j Tattnall —B. Bruton and M. J. Moody.
Telfair—W. W. Paine.
Troup—S, Reid, W. L.Stanley, P. H. Groene and R. J.
i Morgan.
j Twiggs— it. Huahes, R. R. Wimberly and 3. W. Hatch.
Walker—D. S. Anderson.
| Warren—J. M■ Joriea and W. K. Heath,
j Washington—John B.Turner,Silas Fioyd, B. C. Wil
i liamson and James H. Gilmore.
’ Whitfield —John Hamilton, J. N. Cate and D.J. Haney.
Wilkes —Robt_. Toombs, J, B. Weems arid J. R. Sneed.
‘V’ilkiiison—N. A. Carswell, B. I. Massey and \V. M.
| Whitehurst.
i On motion of Linton Stephens, Gon. John W. A. Snn
| fora was by acclamation cailed to preside over the delibe
rations oi the Convention, and .vleasK. Wooldridge ol
Muscogee, Word of Casa, and Peeples of Clark, were ap
pointed a Committee to conduct him to the Chair.
The President on taking the Chair addressed the Conven
tion as toliows:
I am happy to meet vou Uci'e, gentlemen, and I thank
you very sincerely for the honor which you have just con
ferred upon me. lam happy to find that we have again
assembled to take coungel together, and under far happier
’ auspices Ulan wlmi wc last met 1 rejoice to know we
■ liave not come here now to calm the rage of popular CA-
J citement, or to curb the spirit of meditated hostility, but to
strengthen and consolidate a Party which has demonstrated
itself worthy of being perpttuatod, not only in view of the
incalculable good it has accomplished in this respect, but
as the organized means of protecting ourselves against the
threatened wrongs of intolerant anu despotic domination.
I repeat, we are Lire, not as we aro tuantiugly told, “to
savo the Union again,” but to save outselved from the in
triguee and machination* of men maddened bv former de
feat and madly seeking retaliatory vengeance by our over
throw. Although tlie conflicts which have thus cinbitter
ed tbeir feoiiugs were those oftheir owu creating, and de
feat hot the merited consequence of their temerity aud their
tolly—although our acts as a party wore in haraiouy with the
public will and the dietatosoienlightenedreason andenlarg- !
oa patriotism—although our opponents aro to day enjoying
in common with ouraei’ es the blessings pniaerved by your
efforts—yet, notwithstanding all this, an exterminating' war
is being waged against Union men. as though they had
been guilty ot crimes of deep and dainuing dye.
But, gentlemen, we can look back upon our brief exis
tence as a party with feelings ofproud exultation. Our tri
umphs, though bloodlttsaly won, have achieved more , this
day they speak in louder and deeper tones for the cause of
political freedom and republican institutions than all the
cannon that have thundered since the days of our Revolu
tion. Had the atrite been even fiercer still, the prize had
been worth the cost. * But our career has boon marked by
no act that requires palliation, none that forbids our stand
ing up here in the erect attitude of men having well and
nobly discharged their duty to themselves, their country
and to their whole country. We have established no new
faith, and proclaimed no creed violative ofprioeiples which
men have t>oen taught to revere. We have committed no
mischievous errors in the exercise of our power, and indulg
ed in no party excess, that exact of us the surrender of that
power into abler and safer hands. If the advocacy of a
policy tending to promote the happiness and prosperity ol
the land, with the avowed determination to adere to each
and all the provisions of the Constitution, may claim for a
party the term ‘‘national” then are we entitled to that sig
nificant appellation. We claim not only to be this, but
that we derive our origin from the Constitution itself, and
that its purposes,limitations and restrictions are the orbit
in which we move and have our being. If, therefore, we
expect to have a government administered according to its
provisions, it.would bo worse than childish credulity,after
what wo have witnessed in different quarters, to look for
its stability in tins hands of those whose wanton caprice
might incline them,in the future a* iu the post, to regard
the ligament which binds us together a© a rope of sand ;
nor yet in the hands of those whose ready implication
would make it strong enough and flexible enough to do
what they will.
Let us then remain immoveably where we arc, standing
by the organic principles which gave birth to tho Union,
aud which can alone secure its |>ermanance. In separa
iug ourselves from others, our separation dots not preclude
us from forming hereafter iu lino with there whose views
and purposes may be identical with our own. Wo need
not tear, therefore, that we shall bo bastardized as :: spa
nous party except by those who, v. hatever their guise, can
alone trace tboir parentage to the heated and morbid pas
sions of the day. When their legitimacy and power are
established, wo may roil up the map of the country and
bid its nationality adieu. But the time for that cad act to
b performed yet come, and never will come un
til men surrender their freedom of thought .and free
dom of action, and are content to be * servile min
ions and abject slaves.” But, gentlemen, our cause is
still in the hands of bravo aud stout-hearted men, who are
not alarmed at flitting shadows nor to bo decoyed by se
ductive words and illusory promises from tho position
which they have assumed. They justly look upon it ::s the
cause oi the country and the Constitution, aud are deter
mined to maintain it to the last extremity.
On motion of Mr. Toombs, a Committee of two from
each Congressional District, was appointed to report busi
ness for the action of the Convention,
The following Committed was appointed by tho Chair,
v z:
From the
Ist District, M J. Moody and E. M. Blount.
2d “ Y. R. Brown and D. J. Bothwell.
3d “ J. J. Hampton and J. 7’. Njsbet.
4th “ R. J. Morgan and M. M. Tidwell
sth “ J. J. Word aud D. S Anderson.
6th “ C. Peeples and M. S. Durham.
7h “ L. Stephens and G. O. Dawson.
Bth ** R. Toombs and Geo. Stapleton.
On motion, the Convention adjourned uatil three o’clock,
F. M.
3 O’Clock, P. M.
Tho Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
Tho Committee of Sixteen, through their Chairman, Mr.
Toombs, submitted the following report, which, having
been read, was on motion of Mr. Foeples, unanimously
ad op tod:
Resolved, That this now proceed to the
election, by ballot, of a candidate for Governor, and that
each county shall bo entitled to one vole lot each Sena
tor, and two votes tor each Representative, and a majority
of the whole shall el* ct.
Resolved , That this Convention of Republican Citizens
of Georgia, invite the co-operation of all those, whether
Whip or Democrats, who agree with them in the princi
ple** herein eei forth and declared.
Resolved, That we adhere to the Report and Resolu
tions oi the Georgia Convention of ISSO, because we
consider the principled therein proclaimed are not less im
portant to the maintenance of tho rights of the State.- than
ot the Union of the States ; and that we consider the
rights of the Southern Slated as in great aud imminent
danger, and the principles of the Georgia Convention
greatly jeoparded by any political party, whatever may be
ita name, which reeogmzvs Abolitionists and Free,-Seilers
as worthy ol public honois and public emoluments.
Resolved, That in theopiuion oi this Cos. vention, both
tho Whig and Democratic parties of the United States
have been laithless to th- ir oft rejx-ated pledges of econ
omy in the expenditure of the public money, and that wc
view with great alarm and disappro a lion the partial, une-;
qua! and unjust appropriation of the public lands to internal
improvements in particular States, and of a local charac
ter ; and of tite public money to wild, reckless
and gigantic schemes of interna] improvement, intended
forth** promotion oi particular interests rather than the
general benefit of thwho be: r the bn 1 then of Taxation.
Resolved, That the public lands are the common prop
erty of all tho States of the Union and in their appropri
ation equality is the only true rule of equity, and that any
alienation of them, except to bring inonev into the public
treasury, should be lor the equal benefit of all the -Status of
the Union, old as well as new.
Resolved, That while struggling freedom everywhere
enlists our warmest sympathy,’ wo still adhere to the doc
trine of tho Father of hi* country, as announced iu his fare
well address,of keeping ourselves free from ail entangling
alliances with foreign countries, and of never quitting our
own to fetaud upon foreign ground. That our mission as a
republic is not 10 propagate our opinion*?, or impose on
oilier couniri- s our ionn of government bv artifice or force,
but to teach by example, and sb *yv bv our .success, moder
ation am! justice, the. blessings of fclf-govt.mmout, and the
advantage of ire** institutions.
/ictffU-c.ii, That llu.i C>*nvootion th r.unoc of
tbe honoraiMl dignity Hit! jio.-iti-.u U'-uror.J b\
ami Uh- pronu.tion ol tho moi.d. inteliici uul, and natiunul
interests *I her p*.‘opli\ to be object* off&r greater importance,
than the -uccess of any nstiotitu par'y.
lu pursuance 01 the ursl the Convention proceeded
to huliol lor u caididaie for (ioverm-r,..)*.i on coun; in;.; out the
ballot.', U appeared that the Hon. Charles J. J cubing, of the
County of Richmond, received 170 votes : the Hon. A. •). Mill- r.
11 v<*fe• ; the Hon. .'. bury Mu!i received !7 voter, and tin: Hon.
J. M. Uerrion received 1 votes.
On n ■ ion of Mr. IHwsou of •'.‘rm.ne, the nomlnatk-n of
Ckakleh J. Jenkins wastagi made unanimous.
On motion cl Mr. 1) ivis of Putuauj, the lollowiug Committee
was api>oiuted to notify Mr. Jonlviu- of bis nomination aud re
quest, bin ae*>-.ytanviz.: HobevtToombs, R. T. Davis, John-
J. VVosd, Cincinnutn.-. Peeples,Jorhua KnowlesuudThomas W.
Thomas.
On motion of Mr. Stephens of Hancock, a Committee of five
was appointed to prepare au address to the p\ )joe of Ouorgia.
The Chair appcuited the following gentlemen as tnnt Commit-
U-.‘ ; Mv: 1. fi. H . •
well, VV. VV. Clark, and H. K. M.-f uv.
Ot> motion, the President appointed the following gentlemen
the RxeoiUivc Cum mil toe :
•Vcssra. J, Knowk , of Ik.Mwiu, J T. Niabet, of Bibb, Eli War
-1 reu, o. HousV.-n, Warm. Akin, of Cobs and I*. W. Alexander, of
I Chathaci.
Th.- foil .wing resolution was ottered by Mr. Lundy of Bibb,
and paiwed-
JO solved. That the thaiiks of this Convention be tendered to*
the President aud Score‘.:rier lor the. faithful, able and courteous
manner in which they nave di: 5 . urged tho duties of their severe 1
atatlons.
-n motion <f Mr. n vote of thanks was returned {•
Mr. Kramei for his kin ‘ atteutiem to the Convention.
On motion of Mr. J’c-enh-r, tt-e several papers of tho Stale
w ere, requested to \> and ii- a the proceedings of the Convention.
On motion of .t/r.Tc-juibs, U e Couvention adj- urned >-rne <iic
. \V. A. AN FORD, ItebWcr.L
W. W. Painu, \ ttecrotario-.
Tiios.F. Wu i,s, >
The ‘ 5 invention was t-loquvmly addressed by Hon Robert Town by
aud Thoma.-i VV. TUoisa., fisq.. und tho grea■* t h.irmouy and
euihuaiasm characterized its proceeding*.
Dr. ruvii* A,Hrss:c, ■; r. wai nominated as ‘Candidate
for Crtuyressfrom the 7th Ouiurcssionnl District.
Railroad F^tival— Mr. Lochrane’s Address*
A t tho urg-.*ni soiicitatiou of a frietul, Mr. Loch
ha.vu ban furnished the following copy of tire remarks
made by him at tho Railroad Festival at Savannah.
M a. President, &a.: —it is with feelings of the most uu
feigued diffidence aud reiuebmeo I rise to respond to this un
expected call al thin kite hour iu Hiv. evening. I can not
hope to add anything to the et-uiiiflona of wit. fancy and
eloquence which you have hoard from the distinguished
gentlemen who have preceded rn, but win. u I look on
this vast and brilliant asseinbltge, a thousand thoughts
rise sparkling on memory's wiug before me, and though
tho tailing curtain betokens a clos*> of this evening's festivi
ties, cannot refrain from making ale w remarks.
A few days ago we were assembled around the festive
board in that city whose shores arc gently laved by the
waters of the Chattahoochee, and who cart forget—even
here where all that affection can procure to gratify— taste
invent to please or wealth obtain, magnificent to dazzle,
glitter before our eyes and are strewed in hospitable pro
fusion around ns—l ask. who, even hero -an forget rite
kind and generous hospitality with which we were there
received and welcomed, who can forget the cordial, warm
aud earnest desire which pervaded the citizens of Colum
bus to render our sojourn plcasaut and agreeable, who
can forget the liberality of her citizens and the princely
entertainment to which we were so generously invited,
who can forget the peerless and radiant beauties that
looked love and whispered music as they glided in the
dance, who cau forget their bloom of beauty and their
clear sparkling eves whose light excelled the first rosy
Mush of that eastern sunset, that for the first lime gleams
♦ and on the radiance of Paradise, in a word who can forget
the Ladies (if Commons Not ho whose hcait warms to the
sun of love or kindle* to the graces of beauty, as well at
tempt to grasp the waters of the Atlantic in our hands
and dash them against the sun as rj*r these recollections
from our breasts. they are immutabty fixed, the shadows of
years may creep over the dial of our hearts, but it will
ever truly point to Columbus as we glide along the stream
of life and the tide of time in other lands and beneath
other skies. “They still shall haunt the greenest spot in
memory’s waste,” and we will ever exclaim,
“Let fato d> her worst, there arc relics of joy,
Bright dreams of the past that sho caunot.destroy,
That conic in the night time of sorrow and care,
And bring buck the features that joy used to wear.”
A few days ago, I repeat, we were assembled to see the
troii nuptials of Columbus with the queen city of Georgia,
aud wo are now standing in the cradle iu whioh the fame
of Oglethorpe was rocked, participating in the bridal party.
May the union be productive of good fruits, mar it be crown
od with prosperity, and alter due time has elapsed for its
successful consummation. Macon, the proud and noble uty
from whence I haife wili give you a baptism not by immer
sion in the waters of the Oemulgev, but by sprinkling with
the mure delightful beverages of Johannesburg und Prince
| Mettcrnich. The spirit of national enterprise has brought
tdg&her the eastern aud western borders of your noble
State; itiis consummated this union of the Atlantic with
the Chattahoochee. It is this spirit which has tumbled
monutains into the valleys aud spanned rivers until the
whistle of the steam car, the echo of civilization, is now
heard, where once tho trnoke of the wigwam rose and the
shrill shriek of the savage was waited on the wing of the
storin across the bosom of the fort st, which hit* torn the
oak from its forest home, tnd fashioned it until r !
“It walks the waters like a thing of life/*
bearing into every port the stare and stripe**, “and whit
ening with its ssife ofrummef.-.. every sep, which has
plucked the pearls from their ocean bed und laid them
as offerings on beauty’s uitur, which has awakened ff...
bills and made tho sle wing marble walk forth, glowing
with grace and beauty beneath the artfet 1 * bauds. I
this spirit which pas robed yo*r country with glory. >
the bride when the bridegroom Cometh, that has exalu-d
her to the attitude of power and re-spect <=be maintain.*
among the naiions of the earth, that has made her wh.t
Greece was before
... —her thirteen hundred years
Os wealth and glory was turned to dust and tears,”
what A them* was when the Minerva was the Minerva of tho
Acropolis, there is no limit or bound to be placed on j:.
untiring flight??. It ahall yet walk tree and petterh-* ,u
the frozen summit of the Categat—ou the green hills of
Tyro!—on tho Alps‘‘whose snowy scalps are pinnacle i j n
clouds.” Ii shall yet sail ou the fin k breast of the [
übe and glide on the lioeom of the Tiber—a victor v. h
“the Amazon leaps forth from it cradb- m th-
Andes,” aud when the Kvelino with a shot cf thuii.i,
fails into the placid waters of the Nera. It will send th*.
eagle, proud emblem of your country’s nationality, to war
along the short sos the Mediterranean and sit in vi.-,, .r
b neath the stars and stripes on the Moorish cast!* ~f
Gibraltar, letting one wing fall on bleeding Hacgaty atM
the other rest iu protection on the down trodden land
Emmett.
THREE DAYS
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARBI VA L Cl F THB ST KAM Kli
Humboldt from Havre-
Cotton Unchanged—Eastern News Warlike.
New York, June 21.
The American steamship Humboldt has arrived a:
New York from Havre, which port she left on M edub
day the Bth inst., and brings thiee days latter dates
from Europe, than those brought by the Asia. The
Cambria arrived ou tho 6th, and the Baltic on tu.
7th met.
LjVUHPOOL M askkt. — the sailing o
th.e Asia oti the 4th, inct., tile price of Cotton hB chu: .
tinned unchanged. The sales on Monday the Gth
were (1,000 bales, und on Tuesday, the “th, 5,000 bale.-,
making 11,000 bales for the two days. There was •
small demand from speculators and exporters.
Messrs. Wright & Gandy’s circular quotes priva...
f-ales of Cotton at 1-Sd. decline, but most of the circu
lars quote the market unchanged. At Manchester
prices wore easier. It is believed that the export* n.,-.,■
exceed those of last year two and a quarter millions of
pounds.
The London Money market bus improved.
England and South Carolina.—The imprisonment
of British colored seamen in South Carolina will short
ly be brought before Parliament.
The Humboldt brings one hundred and twenty-fn ,
passengers, among whom are Mts. Fremont, aud It.
Schlenden, a special envoy from Bremen.
Preparations for War,—The Eastern news loot,
warlike. The English Mediterranean fleet has hcn
ordered to the Dardanelles, and their Channel fle.-t has
been ordered to the Mediterranean. The French fleet
has arrived at Besica Bay.
The Prussian forces are marching towards Mallet is,
and the Wallachia troops have been ordered from Nr.:
san to Besarabia by forced inarches.
The Egyptian fleet, and an army numbering ‘lonov
men, are proceeding to aid the Bultnn.
The Tnlcoran Chiefs are raising au army of 100,0”
men.
j The mediation of Austria and l’russia is spoken of,
Tiie London Times says that the Emperor of Rus
sia has sent a courier to Constantinople demanding ‘.'o:"-
pliancs with the Prince MensciiikoiTV promwition iu
eight days.
FOUR DAYS LATER.
MUIIVAL OF DIF STKAMSIIIF AIAGAIt V.
A disputeh in the li eating Journal of yesterday, .i.it
j at Itallinoire, June S3, P. M., announoes the arrival.:
i the British .steamship Niagara,at Halifax. The Niegsra
! left f.iverpool on Saturday tho Uth iust.. aud brings four
| days later intelligence from Europe, than those brought
* by the Humboldt at New Y r crk.
Livrnr.ioi. Cotton Market.—Some circulars • .if
a rlyliL decline in Cotton, but the general tenor oi ‘.he
market is as previously quoted, I-ower grades hat”
■ eliued a shade. Saits of tho week 44,000 bulcfi.
j Quotations —Fair Orleans fi 3-4d., Fair Upland.
| 6 d-Bd., Fair Mobiles 0 3*4d. (fi 3 BJ. ?.)
Flic money market ia said to be easy.
Tho political news is interesting, but uot special!)
important.
Important from Turkey.—New York. June £4’—
Tho latest advices from Turkey are not bo favorable f :
peace. The messenger sent from the Czar to the Porte
was invested with no discretionary power, but simply
demanded compliance with Meit9chikofl‘’ alternative
within eight days.
The Turks have 40,000 choice troupe on the frontier,
with orders to attack tho Russians if they cross the
Pruth. Turkey has organised a land force of 800,000
! men. Tastapha Plica ba oflertd to raise 20tF,th*ti Al
bians. Tho Turks and Greeks throughout the Empire
i are voluntarily subscribing in aid of the Government.
The Russians had uot yet advanoed to tho pruth.
The Mission to China.-—The Greek King has given
i satisfaction for the imprisonment of Dr. King.
France.—The Parisian leading journals think that
! peace will be preserved. The Moniteiir officially an
| uoances that the French and English fleets have oQVr*
! e<l Turkey their aid. and General Grakinhad left Bcr*
i lin on a special mission for Constantinople.
; AusTim.—Austria Las also sent a special mission
The King of Bavaria had oflered to mediate betweeu
Austria and Switzerland.
The Austrian deputies were considering the propo
sition to reduce the import duties on cotton one haif. I
SrAis.—Tho rumor that Gen. Canedo had been rv- I
called from Cuba, is contradicted.
Disaster t Susquehanna, on the New Yolk ami !
Erie Hailroad.
New York, Juue io. j
i The boiler of a looomotive engine on the Railroad near ]
; the Susquehanna, exploded yesterday, killing eleven J
! persons and seriously wounding several others, it i I
j snpposed that some four or five persons have been I
I into the river.
ADDITIONAL FAF.TICTTLARS.
StsausiiANNA, June |
The boiler of engine No. SS, which was pu-:. -. • I
heavy freight train up grade, when about half a ai !o I
east of Susquehanna, on tho 16th inst., at I o’clock P. I
M„ exploded, instantly killing, burning and valuing I
largo number of persons.
Five are known to have been instantly killed, ament I
whom was the euginecr, Mr. Arnold.
Two others were so much injured that it ia doubt; •• |
whether they will survive till moruing. J
‘i he son of the engineer was very much burned and. I
scalded, and, it is thought, received some internal inju- I
ries. Throe others are known to have been blown ;ni- I
the river, and as others are missing, it ia thought the) I
shared the same fate.
Firu near Montreal—>leettng ol Irish Catholic. I
Montreal, June la. I
The machine shop and fouudry of Mr. Hodden wc ■
burnt last night in Griffinstow n.
Parliameut is prorogued until the 23d of July.
A reward of S2OO is offered by the authorities for th- I
| apprehension of the ruffians eoooerned in smashing P I
windows of the churches on .Sunday evening.
A meeting was held yesterday in front of ti- T-’ I
rick’s Church at whioh a very large number of Catbu-■
lies attended.
Speeches were made-depreciating the conduct o ■
those engaged in the riots, and a Beries of resolution ■
were passed relative to the future maintenance of t’u ■ ■
peace of the city, and the apprehension of the psr: -• M
who were engaged iu the recent disturbanoo.
Washington, Atfairs.
Wauhinoton, Jane IT. I
It is coufidontly asserted this afternoon, that tile H <’■ H
Robert J. Walker has accepted the appointment” ■
Commissioner to Cliina.
Au unusual amount of sicktu-ea prevails at Ale* ac ’ *;
dria, and it is reported that several decided or.** Q
Asiatie Cholera have,occurred.
Washington, Juno -T L j
Hon. Robert J. Walker ha# accepted the M#- - t _
to China. fe