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BY LOMAX & 3SLLIS.]
Volume IV.
THE
lomax & rosweliT'ellis,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
fflß TSbWKBKIiT TIMES * SEXTISKL
i. jbltsUed EVERY H'KD.YF.SD.I Kn<t FRIDA 1 Jilo/i.V
i.ra in i sjiTiriirj.ir Erz.yi.Yo.
TBS VVEEKiiT TIM IB 3 A. SEXITSEI,
publUhed every TUESDAY .yOR.VWU.
Oißca oa Haaiclph Street, opposite the Post Office.
TERMS!
Dollars per :*num, in‘Advance.
WEEKLY, Two Dollars per annum,in advance.
V'tverUseraents conspicuously inserted at On* Dollar
per square, tor the flrwt Insertion, smd fifty oasis for every sub
sequent insertion.
.moral douuction will be made far yearly udveniseatei in.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Executor**, or
< l'jardiaiisi,are required bylaw to be held on the first Tuesday
fn the month, between the bourn of ten in'the forenoon and
th.ee in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which
the property is situate. Notices of these sales must be given iu
a public ga/otl ojorty days previous to the day of sale.
.Yoticcs for the sab* of Personal Property mu**t be given at
least ten days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors ofau Estate must be publish
ed forty tla%g.
NoUcethat application will beraadeto the court a Ordinary
for leave to sell Lund or Negroes, must be published ‘* ly for
two month?.
Citations’ for Letters of Administration must be published
thirty days—tor Dismission from Administration, monthly six
months—(or Dismiss'.™ from Guardianship forty days.
ilulti.sfor Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly
for four months—foe establishing lost papers, for the full space
of three months —for compelling titles from Executors or Admin
istrators, where a bond has been given by the deceased, tkejull
ipar.e of three months.
Publications will always.be continued according to these, the
1 agtl requirements,unless otherwise ordered.
BUSINESS CARDS.
binding.
HAVING connected with our Printing Office, a full
and complete assortment of Book Binder’s tools and
stock, and also added to our Prilling materials, we are now
prepared to execute, in good style and with despatch,every
kind of work in either branch of the business, on the best
terms,
iII..INK WORK, of every description, with or with
out printing, made to order, n the neatest manner.
HOUSE PKiNTING, Receipts, Drafts,
Notea, Hills of Lading, &c\, &,c., executed neatly and
promptly, and bound in any desired style.
V R V t LRO Al> A N l> STK AMIiOAT flB ANKS,
of all Rinds got up. with accuracy and dispatch.
15**1 Sleuds, Eards, Circulars, Hand Bills,
Posters, Progratnmes, &c., &c., printed in the shor- ;
test notice and in the best style.
Alrtgaziue and Pamphlets pu‘ up in every style o
binding.
Books o all kinds rebound strong!y and neatly.
LOMAX A. ELLIS.
Columbus, April 15,1854.
DR. T. STEWART,
n HAVING returned to Columbus would respectfully an-
nouncc that he has reeiuued hie practice of Medicine
arid Surgery.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 7, 1854. w&twtf
W. T. BROWN, M.l).
Reformed Physician and Surgeon.
f> F.rfPF.OIVITLL ‘tenders hisprofessionalservices to tneciti-
IV i *rn of C dumbus and vicinity, with an assurance that !>e
will attend to Jail calls from the alirctcd. Those ik-irinK his
• e/vices tmv he sure of receiving oalv Sanative Medication.
S3T Hike on i road Street over Barnard Ac Cos. feblowyT.
g-w DENTISTRY.
J-FDGLE, D. D. 2.
fFfsf* Officeon Randolph near Broad .Street.
Columbus, fftbl—-1855. v&,tf.
ROBERT i>J. HOWARD,
ATTOIt NE V A r L’ LA W , i
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.,
£.'jgP“ Office in the St. Mary’s Bank Building, nn Flairs. j
July 82, ibfil-tw&w iy. j
TIOIIF.RT 13. DIXON,
ATTORNEY AT LAV/,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Office over E. Bamaril'e &. Oo.’h Store
April s—wtwly
JAMKSHAMILTON. W.M. F. PI.ANE
HAMILTON & PLANE,
Attoraoy s at Larr,
COLUMIU'P, (tEO.
Will in tho Courts of the adjoining counties
n this State, and Alabama. decs—w&twtf.
DENTON & PHILIPS,
A T TOEFEY-S AT L A \V .
\ V’ ILL Practice in the different courts of Ru:-ell county,
VV Alabama. ADDRES.s
K. WATSO.N l)l:NTO.\, JOII.V 51. PHILIPS,
Columbus, Git. Crawford, Ala
Sept 15,1854. ‘ w&twly.
ARTIIUU HOOD. GEO. S. KOIUNSON.
HOOD & ROBINSON,
A T TOItNEYS A T LA W ,
CuTHBERT, Randolph co., (la.
WI.L practice in Randolph, Clay, Calhoun, Early,
Raker and Lee, and other Counties in the Circuit
when desired. dec2—ly.
BORDERS & DAVIDSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
fyr OMte over Dr. Ware’s Drug Store, East side Broad st.
K. L. BOKPERS. LARKIN DVVIHSOK.
ianl#—l<B. wdm.
JOHNSON & MASON,
AT T 0 RN'E Y S AT LA\V ,
Cusseta. Georgia.
I >ARtICULARattentionp-iid to the collection of claim? in
this and adjoining counties, and also to executors, mtmin
atrators, &.c.
,|an->—w'l y° nss *•
RAMSEY A; KING, s
Attorneys at Law r
COLUMBUS AND HAMILTON
JamksK. Ramukt, W. IT. M. Kisti,
Hamilton, Ga. Columbus, Ga.
*■ ■ ; .r -■*! -v. i y
S. A. TURMPSEED,
ATT OR N E Y A T I. V W.
CUSSETA, CHATTAHOOCHEE COUSTY, GA.
WILL promptly attend to al! business committed to
his charge. April 21,1855 —-wly
A. F. OWEN.
ATTO RN E Y AT I, A\V ,
TAL3OTTON, GA.
WILL prepare Declarations for perrons entitled tobonn
ty-iamls and pensions, and will attend to the
prosecution of all claims of that nature* ap3o—wtf
s. s. STAFFORD,
attorney at lav,
BLAKELY, EARLY COUNTY, GA.
*P_ . wtr -
SEALS & COX,
Attorneys at Law and Solicitors in Chancery.
\\7\[bL attend the Courts of Barbour, Henry and Pike, in
YV the Eighth Judicial Circuit, and,those oi Macon and Rus
sell in the Ninth. Special attention given to business in the
Chancery ami Probate Courts ol Barbour an l Macon count!*?.
1). M. SEALS',Clavton, Ala. MOSHB COX,Tuakcgco, Ala.
October, 10 -w\ y _ •- - ■ ■■■• - ‘ ■
S. WISE PARKER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CrsSETA, Cui'ITAUOOCUU: Couki v, Geosou.
june2G-\vtt.
JAMES B. OUNNINOHAM,
CIVIL ENGINEER AM) SURVEYOR.
COLUMBUS, EGORGIA.
ARCHITECTFUAI. Dwiiiw Bird Working Plans for BulM
inga furnished. ArtificerV work calculatei; Surveys oi
land made, and T ipograpieal plans furnished wild aocurary,
neatness and despatch.
cjr Office over ( •ol.nolt’B, Law Office.
Columbus, Fel:,. 24. wfelwtf.
PEYTON H. COLQUITT,
ATTO RN E Y A T LA W ,
COLUMBUS, GA.
mr Office in St. Marj’s Bask Building.
inoy2t> wktwtf.
AT A GEEAT BARGAIN.
1 OFFER F°R S ALR rcy ptaulatinn on the C.Dmn
lierond, w rea iniicn irt-.ii durobu-, rouxiirm.C;
ft-10 cure*, about Ibb of which clu^ r ed Kiwi in cut
tl vAt ion. There isßn übunda it supply of excellent v. ?.-
ter on the place in the dryt-st time. Ihe fimpr. yeniei Is Jure, k
rainc dwell n*(, with lour rooms, kitchen, smoke !sor
rootn,cabins&tAbies, cribs,&c. ! willtseiithM j.3 cent 1 tov,
to a cash will give timeenn part of the me.ncy
it desired. Persons to purihape •: ji f N.-.r-. ii e tt.e
place and fortermn call ou the subacribt r in Cnium
June’li—wtil! i;. it t ..nijKVi.Mf,
COTTON LANDS
jjS&n TffE subscriber has a srnsU farm for salt contain five
gfggfehuiidrod acreg,—two hundred and rifty* open, and 11* *
land. P ©ny of water; imiidinrrs, gin house and
screw—lylnß 3 mbes e&stof Hardto;cy, and *5 s<*uthof
Mclutosh, the county cite. Anvperaou wishing rin-b a f: r,.:
would do well to call sown. ‘ V . F. RE ViF < i .
Kiachafoonee county, May 20. v. Jin
ALABAMA LAND FOR SALIi.
J OFFER my Plantation for sale, lying T miles
■gJlig* south westol Columbus, Ga., in Russell County,
Ala.,containing 480 acres, with about 300 acres
openTand all under good fence, and a good framed Dwel
ling with •*> room?, outhouses, and ia good order, a good
framed Gin house and Screw. The plantation is well wa
tered. and a well of water which up to this lima has not
failed in the least. I will make the terms easy. Any
person who may want to buy the place wilj be shown by
1). A. Meßea, on tD-place or G. E. Mims, of Colurnbu.).
or i can be seen ai my nMncv.
DRURY MIMS.
Cusseta, Ga., May 22,*55 —wtf
GOOD PROPERTY FOR SALE!
Ml WILL sell the Hotel corner known as the
BALD HILL HOUSE; the Hons* ia nearly all
new, with 11 rooms, and is doing a fair business,
and if desired I will sell 100 acres of good Pino land with
the Hotel. Also, anew STOREHOUSE opposite the
Hotel, now occupied by J. YV. Hewett Sc Cos., and a good
Tan Yard, now doing a fine business, and a good s ? ock on
hand which can be had with the yard. For the Tanning
business there is riot a better stand in the State; all the
Shoes can be sold in the shop.
I will sell the above property ail together or separate, as
may be required, and G not sold by the Ist Tuesday in Oc
tuber next, it will be sold at public sale. The terms can
be made easy. This properly is a? dc-irable as any village
property in the State ; it is anew place and is improving as
last as it should for the times; the country around is good
and ihe society ; we have as good a school as any in the
State, under the management of Mr. J. B. Hurt. Mv rca- j
son for selling is on the account of rny wife’s health. I
don’t think ot leaving the county as 1 regard it as one oi the
Host little counties in the Stale.
T. A. BRANNON.
Cusseta, Ga., May 22, 1855. wtf.
INDIAN SPRINGS.
MCINTOSH HOUSE
gtsssM TIIIB DsiaUishment is now ‘open for the re
i*"-: £” 1 centlon of Visitors to this delightful Wan r- - j, :r j
in? place. The subscriber, who has now been at this place tor
tho las* ten year?, can only assure persons visiting thin .Estab
lishment that as heretofore, he will spare no pains or expense to
give entire satisfaction.
Mr. K. Isaac? will have charge of tlie culinary departmeat.
In tact, all in charge of this establishment, as weii as servants,
shall be of the best order. There will be splendid Coaches and
Hacks at Indian Springs platform, three miles above Forsyth, 5
to transport passengcw from ihat to Indian Sprirg ‘.
k~w2ra it. v.'-oi.u:
SCOTT’S
LITTLE GIANT CORN AND COB MILL i ;
Patented 3lny 185 4.
rr'HE attention of Planters, Farmers and Stock Feeders in j
_L general, is respectfully called to this Mil), us the most im
portant article of thekinunow In use; not only well adapted !
fir grinding Cobb Meal f.>r Slock, but grits or line Hominy for
the table, and especially Bread Meal from Corn not fully ’ripe
or dry in the Fall.
In setting this Mill no mechanic or framo work is wauled,
only requiring to be fastened to a door nr platform. lAnAly
adjusted and use.l by any body, even a child.
The I.ITTEK GIANT has rec-i cd the iir.-t premiums at the
late Agricultural Fairs of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland,
anil other Stales; and that in the most complimentary manner;
as well ns the moat ready comme.iufat!ons from the thou-;.nds
witnessing its performance.
These Superior Mills are lor gale by’
H ALL, MOSES, & CO.
| _ may. r >—tw2twtf Ct luinbus, Ga.
’ LOTTERY! LOTTERY!
Jasper County Academy Lottery.
[By Authority of the State of Georgia.)
HpilH subscriber having been appointed Manager of the
L Jay per County Academy Hotter?, intends cond acting the
same on the Havana Plan of single numbers, and has located
his office in the city of Macon, Ga.
He now offer* the following—
c it a s s n.
GRAM) SClfmiU I’ORJi LY 2:5, 1855,
when prize, will be ilistribulvd a, foilewe,amounting to
$50,000.
CAPITALS 812,(00
“ 5.000
* .1,00.0
“ ** **’,.,. ’J*l*.* ‘‘* ’‘ ‘ *.. * *.’..... L2O( i
*• 5 of!!! 1 .’!!*.! 1 ..!*.!.!!!..!!,!!!. 1 !!*.! 1 ,Wj
ik 10 Os 400
in all ptiz.-s amouutiug to $50,000
&c. <cc. &c.
A gents wanted in every town and city in the Union.
<>n application, the terms will be forwarded.
Remember, every prize drawn at each drawing, under the
superintendence of Lentlemen sworn to a faithful performance
of their duty.
Prizes paid when due without discount.
All orders, rely on it, strictly confidential.
Hills on all solvent Ranks token at par.
Whole Tickets §8; Halve* $4; Quarter* $2.
Address JAMEzJ F. WINTER, Manager,
mayls—wtf Mac.on^Ga.
J. r. JORDAN. S. F. GEE.
JORDAN & GEE,
RECEIVING & FORWARD’G MERCHANTS, |
General Commission Agents, & Dealers in
Dry-Goods, Groceries and Provisions,
CHATTAHOOCHEE,
Gadsdf.n County, Fi.a. j
Aprils, 1835. wfiuv
LAND & STEAM MILL FOR SALE.
f¥XHE subscriber offers for gale his valuable set of Mill* all I
X new, with an extensive custom, worth irom 40 to 50dollars j
p 3 r day. The engine is of 20 horse power, and drive- a circuit! r ;
saw that cuts from three to live thousand feet of lumber per
day. The Grist-Mill will griud 12 bushels of corn per hour,
ami gets a custom of 250 bushels per week. The twills are with- ;
in 2 miles of Kufaula. There is attached to the mill 8;tO acre? i
of Pine Land, heavy timbered, 12d acres cleared. Any person
wishing to purchase such property will do w ell to call and ex
amine,as lam determined to sell. C. J. M. ANDREWS.
Eufaula, Ala., Feb. ft. 185<. febl2—wtf.
MONTGOMERY IRON WOUKST
(LATE THE WINTER IRON WORKS.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., June X, 1854.
THFi subscribers manufacture promptly to order. River
and Stationary Steam Engines, Roller*
of every description. Saw , Grist ana Sugar Mills,
Cotton Presses and Screws, Pumping En
gines.
Heavy machinery ireneral'y, and nr,t rial- in !
Water and Gas Works and Rail Roads.
Heavy and light casting* made from both I run and |
Brass.
Building Fronts, Columns, Iron Railings, (
fcc., cast,Hii.-.i and put up.
Blacksmith Work and Heavy Forgings ex- \
cited; having iu their works one of Nasmyllra Pa'.cat direct!
action Steam llatniner?.
Patterns of nil descriptions nmde s't the shortest notice.
They are also the sole Manufactur. r? in the 8 -nth of the un
rivalled Rich Cast Ivon Water Wheel.
.-tnd of VVintet’s Patent. Improved Cast Iron j
Frame, Circular Saw Mills.
All orders addressed to HAN DLES LIVING. Pec'ry. j
Montgomery Hon Work®, i
Moutgomeiy, Ala.,
Will meet with prompt attention, and the work be punciuaMv i
executed on reasonable terms, and in a stylo net surpas-ed tor |
accuracy and excellenceol workmans!'.ip..
JOHN JEFFREY,
J. S. WIN I’ER, !
LEWIS FROOST. j
A7ontgomery, Ala., Aug.?*—wtf
NEW CARRIAGE REPOSITORY. I
rt -Bf-r-. OPPOSITE TUB m- ,JT: V
PERRY HOUSE I
t oruer ugiethoipe &lb van si?. r j
v ---— Colnmhns, Ga. -Lir.
3IESSRS. .IAQX ES & KSBO.
Keep constantly on hand a? large and varied an assortment of j
CARRIAGES. COACHES, REGGIES,
AND LIGHT FAMILY KOCKAWAYS, !
as can be iouiidin.the Southern Country, which they offer at
The Very Lowest Prices,
FOR CASH OR APPRO TED SECURITY.
All articles sold at our Repository are WARRANTED to he
as good as the best. Th ry mv mamuacturtd under our direc
tion expresslv for this mafket.
J.B. JAQUE3& RRO.,
may 14—wlm Opposite tlie Perry House, Columbus Ga.
LIME! LIME!
THE subscriber isn:iw prepared to firnish
of a superior quality from lEHSih]
THE OTHO LIME KILN. hiMA
at any point on tne Cha.tahoochee or Apalachicola rivers.—
Persons wishing Lime can be supplied or. the moat reasona
ble terms by addressing the undersigned at Otho Post Office,
Henry County, Alabama.
apSfo-v ts TANARUS, L. BOWEN fc CO.
“the UNION OF TII F, STA TE S AN 1) THE SOVEKEIGNTY OF TII E STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1855.
HENRY TV. V ERSTJLLE,
Commission & Forward’g Merchant,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
R H F E R E N ( E ri :
lion. John W. \ruiers >n, S.ivunnuh, Ga.
Me.ssr.-5 H lv.,nV-. JohiiM.-n fcOi.. ••
Hon. Henry W . Itiliiurd, Mo. tg mery, Ain.
M. j. 4ih:i tl. How ard, OolumSus, u.;-.
Dr. Henry Lockhart.
L. 1> Yeung, taq , T.ufcntfi. Ain. Junlßwlwtt
GREI ISWOOI) &
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
M EEC I-I A NTS.
tJOLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
their particular aitemion to the.
1 sale of cotton, and other produce, which may He con
signed to them. They are prepared to make liberal ad*
varices on cotton in it ore.* .
Prompt attention will !>e fi ven to tL RECEIVING ant!
FORYVARUING BUbINESS.
E. -S. O KEEN WOOD. STI RLING F. CRIMES:
ColurnDii.*, Sept. 3, 1854—w&twly
J. C. RUSK, J. H. DAVIS, W. I(. LONG.
‘‘jansiE EAvis'ki long,"’
COMMISSION MERCHANrS
ANI)
SII II* I* iN 6 AGEN TS ,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
WILL purchase ami Kell codon and other produce on com
mlffslon, and strictly attend to forwarding goods and tilling or
der? Irom the country.
Ruse, Patten Sc Cos., agents Columbu?, by whom liberal ad
vances will be madeon con-rgmuoiitsoiMiHrto-or through u in
our friendr In Liverpool or the North.
July 9, 1853—w&twtf
LOCKETT & SNELLINGsT
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, :
SAVANNAH, GA., j
WILL Rtlftrid to the filing of COTTON and all kin.l-o
VKOOI.’CE. Strict attention given to Ucceiving and Ear j
rtardiug Gauds.
E. LOCKETT, j
H. D. SNELLINGS. f
HUDSON, FLEMING & CO.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
HOPKINS, HUDSON & CO., ;
CHARLESTON, S. C.
FACTORS AND COMMISSION !
MKRCHANTS .
RENEW an offer of tbir services to Planters, M reliant? and ;
Dealers in thesaie of (;otton and all other country produce-
Strict'atttention will bo given to business, and liberal cash ad* !
ranees and facilities afforded cut-tomera when required.
JNO. SI. HUDSON, } & i )
oft van nan.
W. R. FLEMING, )
1., jiopkivp, Vugnsta.
John j. cohen, Charleston.
AnK.4—hrfcwtf
COPARTNERSHIP.
npilK undersignwt having this day formed aC)partDCi *‘hipnn- !
HARRISON, AUSTIN & M'GEIIEE,
AUCTION AND COMMISSION,
RECEIVING AND FORWARDING, AND’ NEGRO |
business, tt the olj stand of
C . S . IT A RRI SO N ,
pb'dgcthemsvlvi'3 to a prompt and faUh'.nl attention to nil i
buHiaess committed to their care, ili-v will give their personal i
attention_t> the sale of
Beal and Personal Property, Alerchandize. and Prodltre. !
Having amph* facilities at their command, they are prepared to i
make liberal rash advance* on Negroes and Merchandize of i
every description.
The patronage of their friend* and the public genere.Ly is* !
solicited.
C. H. HARRISSON, I
WILLIAM AUSTIN. ‘
A. C. M'cGEIIKR.
Colamhns, Ga., Sept. 1,18. M. BeptlC-tw&wtf |
ANDREWS, RIDGWAY & CO.-
DEALERS IN
STAPLE Dill GOODS,
GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS, &C., LG
(Four Doors below Hill Sc Dawson’s old Corner) i
KllOAS) STREET, ‘COM 31111 S, GA.
Columbus. Oct 15, 1853.—tw&.\vtf
LINCH’S
ANTI-RHEUMATIC POWDERS. !
WONDERFULLY EFFICACIOUS IN
> Illieumatl*m, Rhenmatic Gout Aa Sciatica.
For the above Diseases, a Safe. Speedy, and Radical cure j
is found ! in “Linch’s* Anti-Rliciimatic l*o\v j
—the greatest Remedy now known , for Rheu - j
mutism in any of its forms.
\MONG tne many nostrums of the day, rn landed as cure* j
tor Rheumatism, noue have ever yet been discovert and to |
he possessed of half the curative powers of these powder?. ‘
Let those afflicted who desire renel from suffering, but pro- ’
cure a Box or two ot tl;-e*e invaluable powders, and loiiow |
strictly the directions, and their efi* . t w ill son be.felt >
In a total absence of pain.
i r#’ Put up in Tin Boxes of sixty *.6-J) Powders each—Direc I
! tlon around the B<xx
i By ariangcment with t>r. J. G. Gibson, their Discoverer, j
| these Powuerswill hereafter be manufactured and sold by B. f
] W. Adam?, of Entonlon, Putnam County, Ga.
• Orders directed to him vi 11 meet with prompt attention, pro- j
! t ided the Gash accompanies the order.
! Price £5 pur box. Bold by
BROOKS k CM APM A V, ;
f _june 5m Columbu*, Ga. j
SPECIAL NOTICE.
IN order that Our customers may understand the> J
terms or. which we tiade, w*e have thought it advisable \
| to publish them. They are a* follows: For all purchase*;.
• on time, payments will required twice a year; ray L*t •
| May ana Ist ji.nurrv. *>n all amounts unpaid at the times i
j speciiied, we ahuil claim and expect interest until paid.
L.BARNARD, ACO i
< Volumbijsi..! n. Ist.’ss. janll—w&.twtf. |
J. ~i. RUSSELL,
•. TTOR V V A T 1. A ,
Office at present, with G E Thomas, Esq., over J R R* dd t Cos i
Broau SfiTet—Colninbus. Georil l a.
f.vdniun:!.*, April t>, 1.-'r>. w Art wtf i
( OIWKTNER.SMIP.
undei.dgr.cd ha\ ir g entered in a i
| GROCERY BUSINESS, SMI
! at the old stand ot P. McLaren & Cos., wil'>3 keep oon?tnr.Mj on : :
hand atull supply ot
All kinds of Groceries,
for wholesale and retail.
j We solicit the patronage of our trie: as and the public gen* 1
j orally. P. McLAUKN & DICK. 1
! MITER MCI.ARER,
; fltvlumbus, Oct 7th, 1 - Oct 14 —twfewtf
Muscogee Railroad Stock for Sale.
i * A Shares Muscogee Railroad Stock fo.-hJe l y
| OU il ARIt! AUSTIN to .1/cCEHEE.
j fob3..w twtr.
TO PLANTERS.
i Grover, Baker & Go’s. Sewing Machines
ARi: liardtolH .1. Th.-y v.iH dr, tL.- w-'rk of h day in an
hour, and Can b run !>y hnnT foot, or he power. They
are -o simple &? to’m toanmed en?iiy by r.< grot-?, and arc,at
| the same tinie.a handsaont articieo! furniture.
I No e-tabiishment iu co*npl without them. They will stitch
| a .liirt Kosom. or sew tifieen lhicknc?se? of osimbuigs with
ea.se. ‘U-alland see tuom. UOvVDdV go., Agent*,
up!4—wtf (v.lumbus, Ga.
BACON k FLOUR.
JC.ST DECEIVED.
I 4 A A AAA POUNDS TU.'fiNKSSEE.BACOJr.
: IHUIUUU Hai Sacks Flour.
•40 Bbls. Howan! Street Flour—a Superior Arlielo.
| Together with a well a-oried Ste, k oIIIUOCRSIEI 4
I which will be ■•old at the marlvet price Lv
AN DIIEWS, HHXJWAY da CO.
Columbu. Ga., May 29, ISOS. wAtwlt.
BOUNTY LANDS.
WE have on hand a laTge lot of the Forms to be tif*eef.
in obtainingllOl'^JTY IjANDS, fruited to all
that we will sell at $1 per quire, ( ASH,
Columbus, Ga. w&twtf LOMAX <fe. ELLI3.
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| Lite Congressional Race In the Third District
of Alabama.
We enjoyed the privilege of hearing the discussion ,
between Mepsrs. Dow and ll and Watts, at Girard, Ala., !
on the 1 Hh in-t.
SUBSTANCS OF Mft. WaTTcj’ RkMAHSS,
*1 he discussion was opened by Mr. Watts, in a speech ;
of two hours, lie commenced by giving an account j
of the manner ia which he was brought out as a caadi- j
date. lie had decline to boa candidate laut spring, j
But a Convention of the American party had assembled j
at Auburn and, finding it impossible to harmonize upon
either of the geullemen who- were before them, had
unanimously nominated hirn for Congress. Ho had
accepted the candidacy s. Lly with a view of producing
harmony among his party friends. lie had not sought
tho office. lie next adverted to his views on State aid.
lie approved what is commonly known as Judge’s bill,
by which the credit of the State was proposed to bo
given to ri! roads, of 50 miles or over in length, at the
rate of $7,560 per mile for every 10 miles finished.
Ho enlarged upon the mineral resources of Alabama,
u*d contended that r&i r* J* were necessary to develops
(farin’ : H* ti.t ti.oio no dnngt'T of lobm
to tho State as the most ample securities were demand- :
ed by the bill. lie next referred to a clause in the Ala
bama code by which all persons were prevented from ;
sci vim- on a jury whe could not read or write. lie 1
had, he said, voted to retain the clause in the code, j
and it was charged by his opponent that lie had thereby I
used his influviue and vote to degrade a class of h;s lei- j
l low citizens. He did not so regard it. Jury duty, he
j ‘.ontciidcd. was a burthensome duty not tought after I
Iby most people In voti; g, therefore, to exclude a cer* j
■ taiu class of persons from the jury box, he amply re
i Sieved them from an on>n*ous duty. These issues he
! contended, however, were not involved in a congress-
J ional race, lie next called attention to the Philad-T
----! phia Platform of the American party which ho heartily j
i endorsed and stoed upon. lie argued that the Phila- [
j delphia Platform was the soundest upon the slavery
| question ever adopted by any national party. Ho eon
| trusted it with the Whig and Democratic Platforms of j
j 1852. The Philadelphia Platform, he contended, wits
; the only national Platform ever adopted which had j
| conceded the right of a Territory to come into the Un- j
j ion with or without slavery as the people elected. It i
j wis ai so the only Platform which had declared against .
• the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.— j
! Both the Whig and Democratic national Platforms i
; were silent on these points. ll* claimed great credit |
I for his parly because ite Platform was so sound that it 1
: drove ail the Freesoilers out of the Grand Council, and i
\ ivsked why Southern men could not get upon it ?
lie next turned his attention to President Pierce and j
his admit tratien. lie denounced him and hiadniuifi- !
tratioh as freesoil. He referred in proof to the inter- i
| ferctice of the administration in Nfew York in the quar- !
; rel between the Hards and Softs; and to tho appoint
! ment of lieeder as Governor of Kansas.
lie next indulged in a glowing eulogy upon tho Union
j and especially commended that article in the Philndel- :
I phia Platform which declares the union of the States
i “the paramount political good.’* He also read from j
Washington's Farewell Address.
| He then depicted the influence of Foreigner* and j
i Catholic, paupers and criminals upon the United States. ;
He said Catholics were under the influence of the Pope,
j and that Bishop Hughe* had traveled thtough the j
j country organizing the Catholics and had 100,000 men j
|at his eommatid. There were, he said, 4,000,000 For- |
signers Q the United States, the majority of whom set- i
| tied in the Northern States and swelled tho power of •
; the Abolitionists. He also charged that they came to
! this country opposed to slavery and were the tools of j
the Abolitionists. In proof of this assertion he referred
j to the opions of Kossuth, Mnzzini and other foreign pa- i
I triota. lie dosed with reading extensively from Wash
} ingion, Jefferson, Jackson and Calhoun, all of whom,
| lie said, were opposed to foreign immigration. The J
! constitution, ho said, conferred upon Congress the j
power to regulate naturalization, and it ought to be
| exercised so as to exclude Foreigners from tho polls j
until the}’ have resided in the United States 21 years, j
! His speech was well received by his friends and elicited j
frequent applause. He is a graceful orator, accom- j
; pished debater and the boldest advocate we have yet i
! found of the principles of Know Notliingism.
| Subsvanck ov Mu. Dowuell’s Ukmaaks.
! Mr. Dowdell aro.-e to reply amid the shouts of hi* !
friends, who were clearly in the majority. Alter the
; applause had ceased, Mr. Dowdell commenced hie ad
| dres and for two hours followed the tracks of his op
ponent in a most cruthing reply. He had come out as
! a candidate uud*r the old republican rule that every of-
I fico was open to every citizen. He relied upon the
I strength of his cause, and the intelligence, and virtue j
! of the people for support, and submitted his principles to i
| the arbitrament of public opinion, that great conserva- ;
j tor of republican liberty, from whose scrutinizing glance* |
the American party hid itself in dark holes and cor- j
ners to nominate its candidate and erect its Platforms.
. He intended before ibis canvass concluded to strip the
! vail from this secret organization and to expose its hid- ‘
I den deformities to the people of the district, and had no *
i doubt but that public condemnation would rest both
: upon its candidates and its principles. Mr. Watts was •
- nominated by a secret caucus which met at Auburn
j with closed doors, lly had, it is true, declined to run
J as a Whig candidate, hut no sooner was he wooed by
j the American party than, like the maid—
“ \ little still the strove, and much repented,
And whispering, tho would nee*r conueut — confuted ” j
S This nominating caucus had erected no Platform, j
- though, he learned, one was under discussion. Mr. :
1 Watts was, therefore, sent adrift without a Platform until !
the Grand Chiefs of the party met in Philadelphia and .
made one tor him. That Platform he would dia- ’
cuks fully before he closed, but would first call at- i
i tention to one or two votes which his opponent had :
j given as a member of the Alabama Legislature, not for
: the purpose of bringing outside issues in*.. this canvass i
\ but to let the people know what sort of political prinei- j
plt*s his opponent entertained. They could judge from ■
what Mr. Watts had done at home, what he would pro j
bably do as a member of Congress.
The State Aid bill, advocated and voted for by Mr. I
• (Yatts ns a Senator, would have entailed upon the State j
a debt of near 18,000,000 of dollars, taking the j
roads charted by the Legislature as tho basis of the cs- j
| Ornate. This would have bankrupted the State and i
deprived her of some (>f her most valuable citizens,—
v The e .uurities proposed to betaken to protect the State ,
■ from loss are altogether illusory. The liens upon the j
; private property of stockholders could be easily avoid** |
i cd by deeds of trust aud removal from the State, and •
*■ the mortErages upon the roads, whose expences would !
• be probably greater than their income, would not be |
] worth the paper open which they were written. The |
j endorsement of Mr. Watts by the people of the district, j
i: though it would not effect’ this policy direotly, would j
! a quasi sanction of it, and would give him additional i
j power to carry it out in tiie future. Mr. Dowdell is ■
\ not opposed to internal improvements. He believed, i
however, that they could be best constructed by private
companies whose interest, and object it would be to
< make them profitable. 110 instanced the internal irn
. provements in Pennsylvania which had cost tho State
about 40,000,000 dollars and were offered for sale for
I 10,000,000 dollars.
Mr. Dowdell then went on to say that the object of
ij the American party in proscribing certain classes of
citizens was to erect in the United States a native
1 American nobility. They had found a suitable repre
sentative in Mr. Watts, who, as a member of the Ala
bama Legislature, had voted in a minority of three
against striking out of tho Code a seotion which depriv*
ed that class of persons who could not read and write
! from tho privilege of serving on juries. Mr. Watts
says in excuse, that jury duty was an onerous bur them—
j one that was not sought after by the people. So is the
* duty of raising aud educating a family an onerous bnr
; then ; so is the duty of bearing arms in tho defence
|of the country an onerous burthen. Would any citizen
j consider himself favored, if he were relieved of these
i burthens? It required, said he, as much intelligence to
i vote rs it did to serve on a jury, and predicted that if
! this policy were carried out, the next stop would he to
| deprive poisons who eonld not read and write of tho
privilege cf voting. This outrage upon the public liber
ties was already proposed by some of tho Northern
Councils.
Mr. Dowdell then took up the Philadelphia Platform
and riddled it thoroughly. He was not, he said, as
tonished that the first plank of tha Platform was the ac
knowledgment of the existence of a God : he supposed
the brotherhood had goue up to Philadelphia ia a re
pentant mood after tiro Virginia elections and, like all
men in distress, felt inclined to confess their sins. He
hoped that the recognition of a God would exercise a
wholesome influence over tho order at and bring them back
to a reverence for truth, charity ;ml cniv.iny, whii.
1 are among the highest attributes of the divine nature.
Mr. D owdeil could not stand upon a Platform which j
| recognized “the union of the United States as the para
mount political good.-’ lie stood on the Georgia Plat
! form which regarded the Union as “secondary to the
! rights and principles it was designed to perpetuate.”
i Mr. Watts had admitted that he had taken all the de
i grees of the ord r. There was one among them called
! the Third or Unicu degree, which pledged him “to
’ maintain and defend the Union of these States ; to dis
card and discountenance any and every attempt, com*
ing from whalerer quarter , to destroy or subvert it, or
to weaken its bonds.’* This oath is in the teeth of
the Georgia Platform, which specifies four distinct eau-* j
hch connected with the subject of slavery, alone, for
; which the Union ought to be dissolved. No man who
has tikeu tho Union degree can stand on the Georgia
Platform, nor is he worthy of the confidence of the
! Southern people, at this tin;©, when abolition threatens
to deprive us of our dearest rights, and our safety
pends upon a firm and unflinching maintainance of the
; Georgia Platform.
Mr, Dowdell next objectol to the Philadelphia Plat*
j form, because it “pretermits any expression of opinion
j ns to the power of Congress over slavery in the ternto
| l ies.” The power of Congress over slavery in tho ter
ritories is the great issue in the contest —the North
; affirming and the South denying the power. In failing
! to deny to Congress Constitutional power over slavery
in the Territories, the Philadelphia Convention left the
| South at tho discretion of Northern abolition. True, j
1 they say Congress ought not to exercise the power ;
i hut who believes that abolition will be restrained b}
‘ ought not.” Very different is the language of the
Georgia Platform—-‘shall not” is the only language the
South can hold w ith safety in this crisis in our affairs.ldut j
suppose Congress should exercise the power, not denied !
| to them by the Grand Council, whet remedy does the j
! Philadelphia Platform prescribe ? By tho 4th articlo of j
■ that Platform it is expressly declared that ‘‘in doubtful j
or disputed points it (the meaning of tho constitution) j
may only be legally ascertained and expounded by the i
i judicial power of the United States.” Now, however,
outrageous may be the act of Congress, sustained by the
Federal judiciary, there is no redress, on the Philadei
j phia Platform, for by the Ist corrollary to the 4th articlo is
| inculcated “n habit of reverential obedience to tho laws,
; whether national, State or municipal, until they are
j either repealed, or declared unconstitutional, by the
proper authority.’
Mr. Dowdell next called attention to the position
taken by the Philadelphia Convention upon tho subject j
!of slavery in the District of Columbia. Tim Georgia
j Platform makes the abolition of slavery in tho District
by Congress a just cause for tho dissolution of the Un
j ion. Th Philadelphia Platform “pretermits” any ex
pulsion of opinion on the subject of constitutional pow
i er, and contents itself with declaring that “any inter* i
| Terence by Congress with slavery, as it exists in the j
i District of Columbia, would be a violation of the spirit j
! aud intention of the compact by which th© State of i
; Maryland ceded the District to the United States ar.d a !
breach of the national faith’’—the precise position taken j
years ago by Martin Van Buren!
Mr. Dowdell then compared the Philadelphia Plat- !
form with the national Platforms of the Whig and Demo
oratio parties. Both the Whig and Democratic national
Platforms endorsed, he said, the compromise measures,
the fugitive slave law included ; and he, thereforo, held
that they occupied ae high ground on thesobjectof slave
ry as the Philadelphia Platform. He further contended
that'these old parties had conjointly applied the princi
ples embraced in those measures in the passage of the
Nebraska-Kansas act; and were a* much more worthy
j of the conficeuee of the South as acts were above empty j
professions, which were all the South had yet got from
| the American party,
Mr. Dowdell then admitted, for thesakoofthe ar- ;
gurnent, that the Philadelphia Platform was as sound an j
one as the South needed, and then asked where are th© j
j Vnen and where is the party to carry it out? Twelve ;
Northern States sececca from the Grand Council rather
than swallow it. Two more protested against it. The
delegates from New York have been repudiated by
their constituencies ; and California is alone left, of the
fre? States, standing upon it with the South—California,
: that gallant young State upon tho Pacific, with one half
her population composed of Foreigners and Catholics,
and whose delegates in the last Congress voted unani
: mously with the South on the passage of the Ncbraska
| Kansas bill.
Such a party, with such backing, is powerless to de
fend the South in the Union, and ia pledged to submis
sion to any outrage which may be sustained by a fede
-1 ral court.
In reply to the question, why could not Southern
men join a party whose Platform was no sound that it
drove all the Freesoil era out of the Grand Council ?
; Mr. Dowdell answered, in addition to the objections al
ready urged against its principles, that even the South**
; cm men who belonged to the order were not fit to bo
; trusted with the guardianship of Southern Rights. In
! proof of this charge, he instanced the fact that not u
• Southern delegates to the Grand Council was known
to approve the Nebratska-Kaneas act; that many of
j them had denounced it as an outrage upon the North ;
i and that by tho confessions of Albert Pike, of Arkansa*.
the Southern delegates ignominiously proposed in Grand
j Council to ignore the subject of slavery in tbeir Platform
and were only deterred from doing so by the stern ro
i Fusal of the Northern members to blink the question.
| Mr. Dowdell next spoke of President Pierce’* admin*
i istration. The great measures of his administration
! mot his cordial approval. II approved his vetoes j
| by which millions of the public money was preserved !
| iiom the greedy hands of public plunderers. The ;
South owed to him the Nebraska-Kansas act—that ;
•; great measure of justice by which the odious Missouri
i restriction was repealed and a brand of infamy removed
from us and our institutions. Iu most of these measures
he had enjoyed the co-operation of Boutberrv Whigs
I and the immediate representative of his audience, Hon.
•James Abercrombie, than whom a more faithful repre
j tentative never occupied a seat on the floor of Congress, j
Ilia appointments were in the main judicious. The
j purse, the army and navy were ia tho hands of true
Southern men. All the more important Foreign Mis
| sions were filled by Southern men, or reliable northern
j friends. He did not approve of the removal of G. C.
Bronson. It did not, however, lie in the mouths of the
Know Nothings to object to it. Shortly after his remo
val, he wan a Candida'e for Governor of New York,
but failed to get a single Know Nothing vote. There
was not, however, as iKMh difference bet wean the Hards
and Softs iu New York as most people supposed. Five
softs and four bards voted for the Nebraska bill. He
thinks Ftetder ought to be removed.
He next paid his re pec ta to the proscription of For
eigners and Catholics by the Know Nothings. He
differed with Mr. Watts about the power of Congre-ss
to regulate the right of suffrage. The Constitution re
serves to the States to say who shall or skill! not vote,
and any interference by Congress with this right,would
be in serious and dangerous conflict with States Rights.
The South never can surrender to a Northern majori
ty in Congress to say who shall or shall not vote. This
power might be extended to admit free negroes to vote
ar- has already been done by some of the Northern
States. Mr. Dowdell was in favor of excluding crim
inals. This, however, was in the purview of Statu le
gislation. The laws already in existence were compe
tent to this There was & class off elitical crim
inals whom he would welcome with open arms, such,
for instance, r.s John Mitchell, whose able advocacy of
our peculiar institution, entitled him to tho gratitude of
every Southern man. He was not opposed to the im
migration of poor men. Poverty is no crime. The
glory of the missiou of our blessed Saviour was “The
[ M>or lireve lh- (ropl [.renoh.il unto Hum,” nnj the
test of decipleship was *T was a stranger and ye took
me in, naked and ye clothed me, hungry and ye gave
mt* meat, a'ck and in prison and ye visited cnc.
Acting upon these divine precepts, the boast of our fa
thers was, that “America i.s the asylum for tne oppres
sed of all countries and the martyrs of every creed.”—
Shouid we, their descendant*, reject the precepts and
practice cf cur fathers,close our ears to the cry of the suf
fering and oppressed and repuls* them from cur shores,
then may we dread tho judgments of the Almighty, for
it is written “Thou shalt neither vox a stranger nor op
press him, for ye wore strangers in the land of Kgvpt:
If thou afflict them ia anywise and they cry at all unto
me, I will surely hear their cry, aud my wrath shall
wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your
wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.
Mr. D. had no apprehension that the influx for
eigners will endanger our institutions. The last cen
sus shows that there ar 7,500 only in Alabama, and but
a fraction over 2,000,000 in the whole Union. The
proportion between native and foreign born is less than
at any previous period of our history. If the country
has heretofore received no detriment from foreign .mmi
gration, why need we apprehend any in the future,
when it ia certain that every year will diminish tho relative
proportion in favor of the native born. The extension
of the time for naturalization would not diminish the
number of immigrants, except of the better e’flHses, nor
diminish the power of the free States in Congress. The
representative power cf those Staten depend not upon j
! the number of voteiH, but the number of persons. It ,
is not trne, as contended by Mr. Watts, that all the i
foreigu immigrants in the Northern States are aboil- I
tionlsis.
It is a note-worthy fact, that the North-western ,
i Stat-s principally settled by foreigners, have always sent \
> delegations to Congress more favorable to Southern in- !
; terest than other Northern States. Mr. Dowdell here
j paid nn eloquent tribute to the patriotism and gallantry
j of our foreign born citizens whoso blood had been
j freely poured out upon every battlefield from the
i heights of Banker to the walls of Mexico. Mr. Dow
dell did not sympathize with Mr. Watts and the Amer
ican Party in their mad war upon the Catholic Church
♦a. No proof Had ever been furnished, uni he
believed eonld not bo, that Bishop Hughes had travel
led through the couutry organizing secret political so
cieties. The Catholic clergy professed to be, and were, !
obedient to the civil power, and owed no allegiance to a
foreign potentate inconsistent with their duties as citi
7.ens. The whole history of that Church in this eoun
i bore overwhelming testimony u* the truth ,of this
assertion.
Th© South, at least, has no cause to quarrel with
them. On tho list of the 3,000 New England clergy
men who denounced tho vengeance of God upon the
Senate of the United States for the passage of the Kan
i eaa Act, not one Catholic’s name was inscribed. And
! it never should be forgotten that the troops who march
] ♦ and through the streets of Boston amid the taunts and
jeers of tho Freesoilers and delivered the fugitive
! Burns to his master, were Catholic Irishmen. Mr.
! Dowell scouted the idea of converting a inan from er
| rots in religion by stripping him of his civil privileges.
! The circulation of the Bible the preaching of the j
Gospel, and tho influence of the Holy Hpirit, he con - j
amply sufficient to accomplish this most desira
ble end.
At this point Mr. Dowdell turned and inquired of
Mr. Watts if ho was in favor of the acquisition of Cuba.
Mr. Waite said he was not. Mr. Dowdeil then dwelt
upon the importance of this Island to tho United States,
and especially to the South. It commanded the trade
of the Gulf of Mexico. ‘ Efforts were now being made
| to convert it into a free negro colony. The prospetity !
of the couutry depended upon its immediate acquisition,
j He could not conceive why Mr. Watts objected to its
; acquisition unless upon the ground of his opposition to
j Catholics .and Foreigners. If the principles of the
j American Party compel Southern men to assume posi-
■ lions so antagonistic to Southern interest, what hope is
; left to the South for progress or saf-ty upon the success
j of such a party ? The same principle carried out, would
have deprived us of Louisiana Territory, Honda, ar.d
onr recent Mexican acquisitions.
Mr. Dowdell next adverted to the extracts par- j
porting to be taken from the -works of Washington,
JcfiVreon, Madison, Jackson and Calhoun favoring the |
view's of the American Party. He regarded them as j
garbled extracts, perverted from their true meaning t
and intent, and utterly inconsistent with their known j
! opinions, pecepts aud practices.
IJ> concluded by a short reference to his Coagres ;
sional career. He had endeavored, he said, to be a j
faithful representative—his competitor found no objeo- !
tion to his votes or his speeches. Tic had stood by the j
Nebraska Bill* The American Party were engaged all :
over the Union in an earnest endeavor to def.-at the j
• friends of this measure, aud should ho be beaten down j
j it would be counted an anti-Nebraska triumph by our
| enemies at the North.
The time had come for Southern men to unite—he
had fought shoulder to shoulder with Southern Whigs
in sustaining that great measure of justice to tne South
and earnestly culled upon ail men. who agreed with him
in sentiment, to come to his support without reference
to nifty distinction, and by Ms election to send up to
the true nun of the North the emphatic a.-3uraree that
the South will stand by her friends. This ch:e and elo
quent address was received with storm 9 of applause.—
If the other count es of the District will do their duty
I Russell will on election day the tr.umph of Mr. Dow
dell is secured.
? Taking strongly.— The Indiana Stat* Sentinel says ;
j Speaking for the Democracy of hurt na, we pri claim that
| any party which refuses to admit a r.ew Stile on the same
! < terms with tho other States of this confederacy but
| iiiiempts u, attach to her admission t wh ch tram
] liitrl her co-equal sovereignty, is a party which ought to
“i dir-, will’ die, aud, by the* help of G and, we intend to do all
> we can to make it die.
\ A Bird in the Hand, c f-c —This wise maxim appears
not te have been forgotten by tbe present Kuow Nothing
| candidate for Governor of this State. Judge Shorlridge,
■ holds on to his office of Circuit Judge, while running for
that of Governor of the State. A fitting commentary on
I that virtuous feature of the Know Nothing creed that de
{ tiounees the “wild hunt for office”—isn’t it I—Mobile
5 Register.
| Judge Shortridge took pains to tell us that office holders
[ tv ere trembling before the face of the redoubted “Sam.”
( As we learn nothing of an intention on the part of the
[Judge to resign, we suppose he is not one of the trembler**,
he will hold on to a rather fat place in any event.
[Ment. Advtrtwr Gauttt,
[TERMS, $2 CO IN ADVANCE;
The .Methodist Episcopal the Knew
Nothings*
The advocates of the American party have taken pains
to make tho country believe that the Ministers of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South, art* generally mem
bers of the order. We believe this to be a foul slander
upon this noble class of mn. We all remember that
at the last General Conference of that chuicb, held in
this city, that a proposition wr made by a delegate
from the Christian Union, the bject of which was to
wage war upon Catholooism, to obtain the sanction of
tbe Genera! Conference to the movement. A whole
day was spent in hearing the delegate of the Christian
Union ; a committee was appointed to consider the pro*
position; a favorable report was made; yet the Con
ference, with almost entire unanimiiy, rejected tho
.proposition. This is pregnant proof that hostility to
Catholoci.-ni is not a characteristic of the Methodist
Episcopal church. We have already published a por
tion of Dr. A. B. LougPtreet’e phillipb* against the order.
We know of other leading Ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal church who have taken decided ground
.against the order. But we now present still stronger
evidence of the opposition of this church to the Ameri
— ,t - <->*-* of tbe leading organs of the church,
tho New Orleans , ,
gionnds against the order. We commend its wholesome
truths to the consideration of the membership of the
church. The Christian Advocate attacks the order
upon moral and religious grounds. But wo cannot
add to the fcr? of the article.
From the New Orleans Christian Advocate.
Religious Tests—Catholic Disability.
Our Sphere—Eighth Article of American Platfcrn—
Principle at s?take—Catholic Intorferenca— Hew to
be Met—Misfortune to the Controversy—Evils—
Practical Effects Disastrous.
The sphere of our discussions is moral, religious and
ecclesiastical. Beyond this we do not propose to extend
our remarks upon the Eighth Article of the “American
Platform.” While presenting our readers with a sum
mary of events making up the current history oi the day,
and which it. behooves them to know, we have steadily
recognized an implied covenant towards them, not to
meddle with their politics ; to cast not a feather’s weight
on cither side of questions dividing them ns citizens of
the State. If on our par; this covenant has not been
faithfully kept, this we can say, with a good conscience,
wo have tried to keen it, and are ignorant of any iafrac*
lion. And we shall keep it to the end.
No mawkish sensitiveness, however, shall prevent us
from speak! :g out oil a subject even with a political com
plex’ >n. lairing w ithiu our sphere. The proceedings of
the Convention lately assembled in Philadelphia, whose
platform ‘s published in another column, were watched
by us with great interest. Ecclesiastical matters were
early introduced. An attempt was made, principally by
! Southern men, to throw- them ©ut. But the “Catholic
| test” was affirmed, and finally reaffirmed. “The Homan
| Catholic Church” is named distinctly. ‘‘Resistance” to
it is propounded among the things crcdcnda and the
things agendo. If we read correctly, evtry Catholic is
! proscribed. He may be an American—native, good and
; patriotic; he may stoutly and practically deny the power
| of the Pope in civil matters as an inference from the cc
! clesiftsticai. Yet, for his religioirs sake, he h barred “ad
j vancement to al! political stations—executive, legislative,
j judicial or diplomatic.” This is a test to which ou** re
ligious principle* and republican instincts, the spirit ofo’ir
institutions and the liberty of conscience, as interpreted
by the age, at e al! opposed. No party holding it, how
ever excellent be the other principles held in combination,
inav expect to pass before the conservative people of tha
United States, especially of the South. It cannot budge
a step —il ciinnol bland, with this millstone fcbout iia
neck.
There are thousand* of the best men of the old par
th<B who sympathize in movement for an etsenlia! modifi
cation of our naturalization laws, who see danger in tho
immigration of felons and paupers, and tho power of on-
I naturalized persons, by voting iu Territories, to shape the
character of States ; but they will neither pursue cr ac
cept it upon conditions impairing religious liberty ; if tho
two be disjoined, they go for the former; end-in ibeir
ranks marry of the naturalized. Former party attach
ments would be sacrificed to this end, but religious lib
erty never. We are glad it is so. We rejoice to be
lieve this sentiment is imbedded in tho heart of tbe coun
try. Il proves our civilization a thoroughly Protestant
one.
No one suspects us of Popish affinities. The “corrupt**
ing tendencies” of tho Roman Catholic Church we take
every occasion to expose and counteract. The Pope is
a king a* well as a priest, having his soldiers and his
jails. His cardinals are his ministers of stale, of wer, of
finance. The organization has ever shown a tendency to
political interference, and presented a difficulty in the ap
plication of religious toleration. But the difficulty has
been solved, and this is the solution :
“The maintenance of the right of every man, to the
! full, unrestrained and peace"ui enjoyment of hts own re
| ligious opinions and worship, and a jealous resistance of
i all attempts by any sect,denomination or ohureh, to ob
taiu an ascendancy over any other iu the State, by means
of any special privileges or exemption, by any poli.ical
combination of its members.”
An open Bible, public school?, and a free press, are good
defences against Catholics and Protestants ; lor all men
love ascendancy, though all denominations lijfve not
t>a ual instincts for it. If the Methodists ever so far for—
g*t their high calling and wander away from their foun.
dation as to iutiigue for special privileges, or form their
! members mto political combinations, we hope they’il en
counter “a jealous resistance.” So of any other sect,
denomination or church. If in their ecclesiastical char
acter they stand about the ballot box at the call ol the
highest bidder, mark him that bids, and apply to the sect
so prostituting its influence a moral aud local remedy.
Heretofore the religious element of the order was
doubtful ; in some places acknowledged, in othtW*epu.
dialed. Up to this authoritative deekiratiun of the Con
vention the ease did not address itself to us. IXad the
religious feature been left out of the pijtfnrm we sbouhl
now have nothing to ssy. There are prineiples set forth
in it challenging respect and assent, and doing honor to
those boldly avowing them—ns, the cultivation of a na
tional and American spirit, the faith of compromises, rev
erential obedience to the laws, the Bible :u common
schools, and the unequivocal ground taken upon the con
stitutional rights and institutions of the South. V
Beyond the principle involved, there are grave consid
erations oi expediency. A misfortune has befallen the
controversy as between Chatholios and Protestants. Our
opponents “have suddenly been put at immense advantage.
The sympathies of a poucriui patty are unavoidably
with them. Public speakers and journalists aro become
their apologists and eulogists. Invidious comparisons aro’
drawn between Catholics and Protestants, in disparage
j merit of the latter, and by those who have hitherto
I though: and acted otherwise.
feeble sect has been elevated into un
due importance. According to the representation of the
I census in ISoO.the Roman Catholic Church has but 1,112
churches, which can accomodate only 621,000 heartrs !
Not one-eleventh of the number of churches belonging
lo the Methodists, scarcely mere than one-eighth c.t the
number of the Presbyterians. It has not one thirty■ third
ot the whole number reported, while Methodists iiave
more than one-third, and the Baptists neatly one fourth.
And this handful a party aspiring to nationality propo
ses to resit !
If the t'< Moral of Jesuits himself had been in council
tie coui i net more effectually have devised u plan to weak
en the Protestant and aggrandize the Catholic cause.
Should this platform succeed to the government, wo
sliali bo put back w here England was before the act of
Catholic emancipatba. This is taking steps backwards
—back of ourselves.
It gives Catholics the tremendous benefit of persecu
tion That cry will rally to any net hosts of ncbls spir
its who otherwise would hold it in religious abhorrence.
Mat v who were hanging loosely to t ie skirts of Cath
olicism,'and being gradually but surely disintegrated from
its communion, are fired with new zeal and compacted
by tbo set.se of oppress,on.
The wea(ons of this warfare are not carnal. Wc
knowledge the kind intentions, hut decline the alliance of
politicians. It is burdensome. This controversy belongs
to us—-Protestant Chriatian*, Protestant t hurt lies, Pro
testant journals, and societies, as such. M e want no di
rect or indirect aid rrom Government in managing it, be
lieving that if let alone, with truth on our aide, we can
bring it forth to victory.
Fine Wheat Crops. —The Rome Courier states that
two thousand bushels of wheat p< r day atrive at that mar
ket. Mr. W. 11. Wood, of Floyd, writes that his Etru
rian whoai this year weighs seventy pounds per bushel.
‘•Sam'’ in Texas. —The Know Nothings are fast leav
ing the order all over the State. Here at least one hun
dred have lately come out, and we shall sec as many more
in a few weeks.—Te-rar State VaotUt.
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