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TIjVLES & SENTINEL
OULUMWfiS, uEUKGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUDY 7, 1857
FOil GOVERNOR
JOSEPH E . 3> 11 OVV N ,
OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Time lor llolrlius the District Con vent ion.
.liter ucDßultatioD with the Jehgates from this coun
ty, we have been advised to withdraw our suggestion
to’citange the time of liolding the Convention at Al
bany, from the 13th to the 15th of this month, it is
now too late to discuss the question, and as the 13th
iiad been previously suggested, and generally agreed
upon, in the lower part of the District, it is thought
best to acquiesce in that understanding.
It is important that there should be no misunder
standing. So far as we are now advised, there is a
general assent to the proposition that the Consent!, n
should be held at yIatUNY, on ti'ik 13th of this
Month.
The Second District.
The Democratic party of the Second C .ngressional
District is strong enough to disregard all considerations
’ of mere availability, and should be governed by higher
higher motives in the selection of their nominee. it is
uuforumately true that popularity is not always in pro
portion to merit, and in a closely contested district, in
trder Vo secure the supremacy of correct principles,
there may be some apology for permitting considera
tions of availability to control the nomination. There
is no necessity for resorting to this questionable expe
dient in the Second Congressional District. We may
be fortunate enough to select a candidate who unites
availability with merit, and we do notseo why, in view (
of the names which have been thought of in connection ,
with the nomination, such should not be the case ; we ,
only desire to impress upon those who are to make the
nomination, that they can afford, in their selection, to ,
present to the Democracy of the district, the name of ,
the man whom they adjudge most worthy of the suf
frages of the people. “A Democrat,” in the Times of
Wednesday morning, and “Jliquis” in to-day’s issue,
agree in prescribing the qualifications which should dis
tinguish the nominee of the Convention. The South
needs her best men in the federal councils. The war
upon onr section is not yet ended. Indeed, if we mis
take not, there are elements of mischief now brewing
which threaten to involve the whole country in strife.
The evil day may not be so near at hand as we imagim ,
but it is coming, and we must have men upon our out
wotks who are prepared to meet it; men ot integrity,
boldness and capacity.
The federalizing influences of the general Govern
ment are 100 atroDg for the principles of moderate men
at Washington. It is an easy matter to find men who
are sound enough aod bold enough at home in the
midst of their constituents, brealhiug only an atmosphere
of pure Southernistn, but the case is different at Wash
ington. The allurements of office, the overshadowing
influence of the central Government, the inf. eik.ii of a
public opinion degraded by the lowest and meanest
arts of ambition, are combined into a power 100 strong
for any but men of .torn integrity and devotion to prin
ciple. The South has lost some good men by sending
them to Congress'; men who at home, could have done
tfie State some service, and dying, would have trans
mitted to posterity a name untarnished by the shame
of treason to tl.eir section ; but, who yielding to the
tempting bait of national preferment, have betrayed tho
rights of these who houo-ed them, and have been re
called by an indignant constituency and consigned to a
merited obscurity. Do not let us jeopfttd the rights
of the South, or disgrace any more of her soils by ele
vating them to positions of trust for which they are
not fit. We have men of the right stamp, true hearted,
brave, and able ; men who would honor their constitu
ents in honoring themselves. Let us elect such men
to represent us.
We shall take no part in the nomination. Our po
sition as the organ of the party renders any individual
preference which we may feel, as to who should be
Dominated, subordinate to the decision of the Convention.
It is a matter of congratulation, we think, that the dele
gates who will compose the Cuuveotiuu, have beeu se
lected without reference to the claims of any particular
aspirant Al the time when the county meetings were
held it was generally nndeistood that the Hon. Martin
,T. Crawford was the unanimous choice of the district.
No'other name was thought of, and the Convention
was proposed, more to make a formal announcement
of .fudge Crawford’s nomination, than for the purpose
of ascertaining the wishes of the party. There was no
intrigue iu the selection of delegates, Tor the choice of
one was the choice of ail. The consequence is. that
the Convention will, prabably, be the fairest and best
constituted that has ever assembled in the district, for
this purpose. Let the delegates assemble with the
single aitn to make a nomination that will honorably
represent the democracy of the district. No questions
of availability, merely, no considerations- of locality,
should be permitted to interfere with tiie duty of the
Convention, which begins and ends in the nomination
of the best man whoeao bp found in the party. There
is no man thought of for the nomination, who has not
strength enough to secure the triumph of his party,
and when the Convention has decided who, among all
the gentlemen before them, is most fit to represent the
. district in’ Congress, let them nominate him, no matter
what county in the district baa the honor of claiming
him.
Kansas.
The importance bf the subjeot ami the profound in
ter.st which it has ixcited, are a sufficient apology, if
any is needed, for the prominenoe which we have giv
en to athiirs in Kansas. The puhlio mind had quietly
ucqu'lesced in the course which the rightful authorities
of the Territory had marked out for the settlement of
their own troubles, and was peacefully awaiting the
issue, content to learn the decission where the Kansas
bill wisely loft it, with the people of Kansas themselves;
but that repose has been disturbed by the new issues
which have been raised by Gov. Walker’s Inaugurnl
Address.
There tiro two questions involved in this address,
and it is important, to a proper understanding of the mat
ter, that they should not be confounded. The first is
the abstract question of the propriety of referring a con
stitution to the people for ratification, after it has been
adopted by a lawfully elected Convention; and the
second is the right of Congress to require such, a ratifi
cation as a condition precedent to the admission of a
State into the Union.
The first question is ope in which the people of the
Territory are alone concerned. They may decide it
either way, in conformity with precedent, for there has
been no uniform usage oh this question among the
Stales which have heretofore been admitted into the
Unioo. Some of them have referred their constitutions
to the people, while a larger number have simply adopt
ed their constitutions in Convention without any subse
quent ratification by the people. This latter policy we
think is the wiser course, but as we before remarked,
it is a question of formality merely, and the people of
Kansas may adopt either course with perfect propriety,
ait any rate it is their busines exclusively and we of the
Sooth, at least, do not wish to interfere with it.
The second point is a different matter, it is a ques
tion which dues not concern Kansas alone, sod it is
open this point that we teprobato the course of Gov.
Walker. We regard his attempt to dictate to the peo
ple as an outrage upon popular sovereignty, and a vio
lation of that neutrality to which the general Govern
ment was plighted by the passage of the Kansas-
Nebraska act. Gov. Walker assumes for the general
Government a power which neither precedent nor sound
reasoning confers upon it. When he demands that
the Convention thall submit the constitution to the
people, and threatent them with rejection by Congress,
unless they do tints submit it, it is unwarrantable die
tation, and for this we condemn him.
There are peculiar considerations connected with this
<ease, which render this dictation on the part of the
Governg. not only unwarrantable, bnt a gross outrage
pjpon the rights of the law and order citizens of Kansas.
The whole .couturw had become embroiled In the con*
.-test which was raging its the Territory between the
pro-slavery and the free State parties. The peace of
■ the country was disturbed and the jUwop itself endan
gered by the ItenOd strife growing out of Jfci* <&#**.
For the purpose of healing* this s.iife, atnl securing I
peace to tho country, the Legislature of Kansas, in the
exercise of authority which Walker does rot question,
p dSbe ,l w l;at is known as the Registry law, requiring
ihe bona fide citizens of .the Territory to be
by officers appointed for that purpose, and conferring
upon those who complied with this requisition, the
right to elect a Convention which should adopt a con
s.itstioD. The free State men in the Territory treated
ibis act of the Legislature whh contempt ; refused to
comply with the registry law, and thus excluded them -
selves from the rights ‘of citizenship. Now, when un-
der tl e operation of that law, the people have chosen
a Convention, and by theif own laches the anti-slavery
party hits been excluded from all voice in the matter,
Gov. Walker steps in and demands of the law abiding
citizens that they shall submit the handiwork oi their
Convention to the rebels who have tontumeliously
spurned their attempt to paciticate the Territory, or
encounter the rejection of their constitution by Con
gress, when they apply with it, for admission into the
Union. Are we 100 hasty when we condemn tins at-
tempt on his part, as officious, high handed, unwai rant
able intermeddling? Me shall not take L.-ue
the people of Kansas if they shall see tit to refer their
constitution to a popular vote for ratification, because,
we repeat, they have a right to do so, aud however
unwise such a step might he, in our estimation, wre
shall acquiesce in their decision of the matter; but we j
do join issue with Mr. Walker when lie declares that
they must submit it, aud that unless they do so, Goo
gross will and ought to reject their application tor ad
mission into the Union. Mere is the point ol difference,
and npon this point we have a right to claim the verdict
of the administration in our favor.
The Washington Union, which is presumed to reflect
the views of Mr. Buchanan, says : “ W hen the ode- :
gales thus chosen shall have completed the business
for which they shall have assembled—to wit; the for
mation of a consttution —there will remain but one
question for further division and distraction, and that
question will be, is the constitution thus formed approv
ed by the people ol Kansas, end does it retLol their
will on the question, not only of slavery, but upon all
others? Ifit docs, every one will say that with that
constitution, whether slave, free, or silent on (hat point,
she should be admitted as a Slate. If it does not, then
no one will preteud for a rnomnt that a constitution
condemned by a majority of the people should he tore
ed upon them, no matter under what forms and by
what authority adopted. Granting the correctness ot
the proposition just sated, wo ask bow can that fao’,
so important Jobe known, he ascertained ? ® Wl^
not say that there is no Other mode of ascertaining it,
but we will say that the most satisfactory and eonelu
sive evidence that the constitution is approved by the
people will he the ratification oi it by them at the poos. 5
This may be Mr. Buchanan’s opinion as to the pro
prietj of referring the constitution loth- people, and
wo shall not find fault with tho administration because
it entertains that vi.-w t.f ill question, hut it dors not
follow because this 19 his opinion that he will sustain
Gov. Walker in the position that Congress should te
fuse to admit Kansas into the Union unfits the people
of the Territory adopt the course which he has indicated.
“In refeienee to the position ol tile administration,
says the Union , *‘ve feel authorised to say that it Ims
not and wdl not intimate a desire either that toe out
or the other result sha’l be reached. As the r*p"esen
tative of the whole country, i: du;y commences and
ends in so enforcing the law as will most cetlainly so
cure to the bona fide citizens of Kansas the oppoi (unity
of deciding for themselves this vexed question, free
from all outside and improper influences. ’
That is the doctrine of the Kansas Nebraska net,
and it is what the ct.untry expects at the hands of the
administration. The mode in which the bona fide oilL
zens shall express that decision, is a matter for theif*
own settlement, and wo prole l against any and Jill at
tempts to interfere with them.
Mobile and Gisard Uailrood.
A convention of the stockholders of this Read was
held in Girard on the Ist inst. Tho foliowing gentle
men were chosen Directors : John H. Howard, Arnold
Seale, Homer Blackmon, Thos. 11. Dawson, 11. 11.
Kpping, Jas. K. Gaebet and T. Pf F. Threewilts.
Maj. John 11. Howard, was unanimously re-elected
President. Maj. Howard submitted a report of the I
operations of the Road for the last 12 months, from
winch we extract the following items : The Road has
beeu completed as far as Gary’s, a distance ol 3b miles,
and two'thirus of the grading between that point and
Union Springs, have been accomplished. I- is con
templated that the Road will be put in running order, j
for five miles beyond its present terminus, by Ist id Uc- j
tober next. The entire cost of the !:8 miles of Road
which have been fi .id ed, including rolling stock aud
depot building, together with the grading which has
beeu done west of Gary’s, nmouu's to $760,43‘J. Bfl |
Aecordiiiing to Treasury Report, the nous aud cash
on hand, $30,363, allowing some margin, w ill pay the !
entirejindebtedne6B ot the Road, s*2-1,480
The President estimates that with an additional cash
•subscription < f $60,000, he will be enabled to complete
the Road to Union Springs and he free from indebted
ness, on reaching that point.
Maj. Howard deserves all praise for the energy with
which he has prosecuted this enterprise ; and underta
king which, we think, no other man could have suc
cessfully carried forward.
The Columbus Guards*
Our streets have been enlivened duting the last few
days with martial mure and military uniforms, in p. ep
aration for tie grand State encampment at Milfedge
ville. The Columbus Guards, Capt. Sernrjns, were
on drill, in fatigue dress, on last Monday evening,
and went through with the various evolutions with the
promptness and precision which have already distin
guished this corps as one of the best drilled companies
of tire State. Columbus has reason to be proud of her
military, and if we mistake not, they will return from
Milledgeville with new laurels.
By the way, if our recollection is not at fault, to the
Guards belongs the honor of first proposing the plan
of a general encampment of all the Volunteer compa
nies of ihe Stale, at some central point. Some two or
three \ ears since, they conceived the project, and ap
pointed a committee to confer with the various V lun
tuor companies of the S'.ate for that purpose. They
were not seconded, however, and the proposition failed.
We are glad that Gov. Johnson lias revived it, for we
think that it wifi, produce a beneficial effect upon t e
military organization of the State.
Anti-Walle r Meeting in Montgomery
A laige dcnueralio meeting was held in -Montgome
ry on on the 27th ult. to take into consideration the
course of Governor Walker in Kansas. Several
speeches wete made and resolutions adopted, unqoaii
fiediy condemning tl.o sentiments of Walker’s Inaugu
ral address, and the policy which he dictates, but as
serting the undiminished confidence of the meeting in
the administration The American party also held r.
meeting the evening before, for tlie same | urpose, at
which resolutions were adopted expressing disapproba
tion for Walker’s course in Kansas. For one-e we
hope we shall have a ‘‘united South.”
Lecture at Temperate Hall.—Dr. E. LedeGraf
fenried, wishes us to announce li.at in consequence of
a comb nati >u of unfavorable circumstances, ho whs die
appointed in his purpose to deliver his promts, J leetuie
at Temperance Hall on the 25;h ult. He will, on
some future occasion, within the next eight or ten days,
accept the invitation of uumerons friends to lecture his
fellow citizens upon the subjeot of Democracy as illus
trated in the life of Thomas Jefferson, Ho lies also
accepted an invitation to deliver an address upon the
same subjeot before the Polythenian Society of Mont
gomery
“Who is Joe Brown ?”—The Savannah Republican
says : “We shall not ask the question ouaselves, for
yve have a curtain indistinct recollection of having pro
pounded a similar one in reference to certain character
known as James K. Polk, and Franklin Pierce, aud
we have a lingering impression that it was answered
in a manner not altogether to our satisfaction !’’
Appointment by thk Governor,— Col. N. L. Hutch
ins has been appointed by his Excellency Gov. Johnson.
•Judge of the Western Judicial Circuit, vice Hon. James
Jackson, who has resigned, in consequence of being nomi
nated as a candidate for Congress.
Action of the Convention SliMiiidcrsto Id.
We clip the following paragraph from tho Sav innah
Republican :
“We have our idea about this sudden rxplosion <>f
holy ;h rn r again>t the Governor of Kansas, on the
part of a wing of the Geigia Democracy* end wt may
as well get it to our readers. W e may b-* g in error, but
our judgment is that the blow, instead of being design
ed for the head of Walker, was intended by icdireclion
to fight on the cranipm of the Georgia representative
in the Cabine*. In other words, we regard it as an
“effort by the Southern R'ghts Democracy, to break
down Howell Cobh with the people of Georgia, and as
a necessary oensi qaence, to throw overboard, in the
Gubernatorial Coiivtuliou, his well known frieud and
favorite, Judge Lumpkin. Th : s is our opinion, and
lime will prove how far we are wrong. Nuns verronsM
The ‘‘idea” of the Savanvr.h Republican is lamen
tably erroneous. The- resolution v Herr on to was re
ported by a committee of 24 coinp -sed of about equal
proportions of Southern Rights and Uufon Democrats.
It was advocated by many of Mr. Lumpkin’s most ad
dent supporters, who publicly assured the delegates to
ihe Convention that the ie=o!uifen reflected the senti
ments of the chief of tin ir choice. It was adopted
with singular unanimity on a vote hv counties, and by
reference to the proceedings, ii will he seen flint a largo
majority of the counties comprs ng the sth and Gth
! districts voted for the r solution. U'is not true there
fore, that the adoption of the resolution was an effort
by the Southern Rights Democracy to throw Judge
Lumpkin overboard in the Gubernatorial Convention.
Indeed, many of Judge Lumpkin’s most ardent sup
porters were Southern R-gilts Democrats. It may be
news to the Savannah Republican , but it is neverthe
less true, that the Union men of ’52 lead the move
! ment against Governor V\ aiker in the Gubernatorial
Convention. It had no warmer advocates than Thom
as of Elbert, Irwin of Wilkes; Underwood of Lloyd,
and Stephens of llancock. NHtltvr was the resolution
an attack upon Howell Cobh. It was currently re
ported in Convention that tho Secretary of the Trea
sury was opposed to the course of Governor W Hiker
in Kansas It is well known that lie positively de
clined to accept a Cabinet appointment in Mr. Buchan
an’s administration, if Walker was appointed Secretary
of State.
Opposed io Reorganization.
The proposition to reorganize the old \\ big party,
advocated by the National Intelligencer , does not
meet wi’h favor among Know Nothing organs The
Montgomery Mail is down on the new movement.
We extract the .following from an article which ap
peared ill a recent issue of thru paper.
‘•What benefit is expected to be derived by the
country from the adoption ot such a measure, we are
at a loss to cujeeiuro. Is it expected that the party
which has been s uniformly defeated by Democracy,
can be now successfully ralli* and /--that il can obiuin the
ascendancy in the eountry and engraft its principles
upon the Government ? No one can entertain so fu
tile a h"pe. We take it for grant, and that for eons.rva
live measures to prevail in our national councils, U will
be iodisper.Bible that the Democratic party shall be
subdued. Can this be done by the reorganization of
the old Wlife party ? Have we any evidence that
j fernocratics, in case of such reorganization, will unite
with the Whigs? Not the slightest. Oo the contra
ry, all the changes which have been made between the
Whigs and D.imcrals, have fen by the former join
iiig ihe latter. Not a Democrat has stepped into the
Whig ranks, whilst numbers of whiga have openly
united with the Democrats. Under such circumstan-
ces it is idle to ta k or think of reorganizing the Whig
party with the remotest ivpe of success.!.’
T!je y District.
Our fri nds acros the Chattahoochee are waxing
warm in the conns, b*tween Messrs. D>wd 11 and
Judge. Come, gentlemen, keep cool. You have
got the cleverest set of candidates, we venture to say,
t k found in the country. You would not be ruiued
by tho election of either man. If a Democrat is to
bo beaten, we don’t know of any man in the State we
would sooner see aeeoinaijsh it than iliomas J. Judge.
But there is no danger of Dowdell’s defeat. He dis
| tanced (Vatis, who was the first choice of his party,
j and Judge : s only running now because lie is too polite
| a man to allow his li fend Watts to bear, alone, the
mortification o!’ defeat, lie means to keep Walts in
countenance, that’s all. ‘
Off for Mtßedjjevme.
The three volunteer com panics of the city, the Co*
I lumbus Guards, Capt. Sermne-, the City Light Guards,
Capt. Colquitt, and the United Rifles, Capt. Wilkins,
i left on the 4 o’clock train yesterday morning, to attend
| the military tnoampmont at Milledgeville. A happy
time aud a safe return.
Witter lor (he City.
We are glad to see a movement on foot by responsi
ble parties, for supplying the city with an abundance
of pure water. The pt< position is to bring the water
from a point near the Columbus Factory, some three
miles above the city. A survey bus determined the
praotibility of elevating the water to pi reservoir on a
hill north of the city, which would give a fail of 150
feet, sufficient for all desirable purposes. For $70,000
it is estimated that tl.o city c old be supplied with
300,000 gallons for every hours, which would allow
30 gallons daily for every man, woman and child of a
population of 10,1100 inhabitants.
Jlon, Hit am Warner.
This gentleman, who has occupied a scat in Con
! grass with distinction from the 4th District, has decli
ned a re-nomioation.
The Convention to nominate his successor, niet yss
terday, at Newnan.
Col. Gartrell, Buohanan, Blackley or Glenn, will
perhaps win his rnautle.
Another Richmond. —A correspondent of the Sa
vannah Republican suggests the name of Cos). Thomas
M. Berrien, of Burke, as a nominee of the American
party for Gubernatorial honors.
Hon. A, H, Stephens. — At a Convention of delegates
from the E'gbth Congressional-district, held at Milk-dge
ville during the session of tire Gubernatorial Conven
tion, the Hon. Alexander IT Stephens was nominated
for re-election. The country will rejoice to learn that
this distinguished representative is willing to serve the
State for another term.
Fifth District.— We learn by the Atlanta Intelli
gencer of the 2d inst., that Augustus R. Wright, of
Floyd has reccivi and the nomination for Cougrtss in the
sth District.
Nomination tor Congress in the 4th. District.—
We learn from thp Atlanta Intelligencer, that the Conven
tion which ossemh'ed at Newnan on the 30th ult., lor the
purpose ot nominating a Democratic candidate for Con
gress in the Fourth District, nominated Col. L. J. Gartrell,
of Atlanta, on the first bailor. The ballot stood, Gartrell
221), Glenn, 101, Buchanan 3, and Blakely 3.
Terrible Hurricane in Illinois,— The St. Louis Repub
lican of the 19th uit., contains an account of u most tetri—
he and disastrous tornado that visited the lewn of Fana,
Illinois, on Saturday, the 13th. Thirty throe houses were
blown down, one child killed and several persons badly
injured. The amount of proporty destroyed is estimated
at $70,0t)0. The wind was so violent that part of a frame
house was blown two miles south east of Fana.
The Southern University. —The corner stone i f
the new Southern University, In ho established at
Greensboro, Ala., was laid with imposing ceremonies
on the 11th ult. Addresses were delivelod oti the
occasion by Bishop George F.. Fieroe, and the Hon.
Henry W. Hilliard. The Trusle s have elected Dr.
Garland, now President of the Slate University at Tus
caloosa, to the Presidency of the “Southern University. ’’
Death of F. W. Bowdon. — Franklin W. Bow
don, onoe a distinguished Democratic leader of Alaba
ma, died in Texas oil the 15th ult.
Railroad* —The Gazette of Cincinnati, in a Icador on
the “Railroad Movement,” states tßat in Ohio they have
2,800 miles of finished railroad, the cost of which has been
about $90,01)0,000. They employ constantly about thirty
ihousand men, six hundred locomotives, five thousand cars,
and consume two hundred and filly thousand cords of wood
yeaily.
[COMM UN 1C AT ED. J
Who Shall Represent Us in the Next Congress ?
Messrs. Editors.- —Judge Crawfoid’s retirement
from the carmiss devolves upon the Democracy ot the
Second Congressional District, the necessity of refect
ing another standard bearer. From tho number of
gentlemen who occupy pcs.tions of prominence in the
party, it may be difficult to make a selection. It is
not difficult, however, to determine the considerations
which should control the party in making that se-
First and foremost, he should be an honest man. 1
Ooh whose integrity is. not only above reproach, but
incorruptible; v\ devotion to principle is prool
against the s. ductivo influences of ambition. f j
Iti the next place, no man is fit to represent a j
Southern constituency in Cougrt&s now, who is not io-
fl. v ide in purpose and bold ii) action. Me want no
craven spin's at Washington. We must have men in
our National Councils who can speak fur us, and when
necisvar), fight lor us.
Lastly, we must be represented by a man who un
derstands thoroughly, the political issues of the day,
and who can give weight to his opinions upon the
tl or of Congress.
These three qualifications should be united in the
nominee of ihe party, and there will bj no doubt of h:s
election.
Without intending any disparagement to other gen
tlemen who may be thought of in connection with the
nomination, we ask permission to suggest the name o',
one who unites, in an eminent degree, all these ele
ments of fitness for the pest in question. We allude
*u Tknnent L* max, the accomplished editor of the
Times tj- Sentinel.
G’ol. Lomax has done more for the triumph of Dem
ocratic principles in tiie Second Congressional District
than any other man in it; and there 19 no man in Geor
gia wher has contributed more than he to the over
whelming majority with which his pnity now
ihe State. If long, difficult, efi* Clive service can en
riilu a memb i of the party to reward, he has meriud
i‘, while cn tlie score of personal fitness, there is no
inau more entitled to it.
A DEMOCRAT.
It may be proper to state, in con nee* ion with the
foregoing communication, that Cel Lomax has been
absent (tom the city jot more than a week, and proba
bly, has not yet been inform*d of Judge Ciawtord s
withdrawal from the canvass.
Editor pro tem.
C JMMUNICATED.
The Second Congressional District *?oems to have
been suddenly thrown in a condition to. be beating the
bush about for a candidate’ to represent it. It is the
••pinion, deliberate and firmly settled, cf all tiie people,
<:r at host should be, that whoever does Ml in ‘lie seat
should be a man of decided ability, undoubted prowts*,
HiJlmching devotion to the South and her institutions
upois principle alone, of great experience, and honesty
•hove suspicion, /it this particular time we can spare
any but such an one, and say to others, “get thou be
hind rne j” wait for “a more convenient season.'’
When bad men and bad times are struggling for nsden**
deucy the post of honor only is a private slati n ; we
ask, for him, who in such a scene, could forgot himself
and all else, save the country, tho South and the
righ'-a of the South—and turning his face to danger or
to d*-aib, meet every issue which involves principb s
without the hope of reward or the fear of punishment.
Let us name such an ono in the man John 11. How
ard, in whom we all have .he utmost confidence in every
r speet; who would serve his country for his coun
try’s good j who would place the South upon the high
grounds of honor, equality and justice ; who would do*
m uni nothing but our rights; who would be content
wi ll nothing less. Cannot all, without distinction of
party, agree in honoring the Second Congressional D.s
trict with such a Representative ? ALIQUIS.
For the Times and Sentinel.
UETTF il I’iUBI KA NS AS.
Leavenworth City* K. T.,June l ( d.
In my last, I wrote you from Jefferson City, Mo., the
Capitol of the State, and alter landing at the different
points bolow this, have at length found myself in this fast
and thriving city. We ladend at Kansas City, Mo., anti
at Wyandotte, tho first point of Kansas Territory, reached
by ihe Missouri River, and situated immediately at the
mouth of Kansas river. This has a fine location lor a
city and strong efforts will he made to make it the great
southern terminus of the Territory. It has a very eligible
and commanding view of the Missouri River lor miles be
low, lying on a bond of this majestic stream, and at the
immediate junction of tho Kansas river. Almost every
point from the mouth of the Kansas to Council Blull.ss
lifid off into cities; and the most strenuous efforts made by
tho founders to induce settlers to contribute to the vast
fortunes *hat many ‘ have already made, in selling these
lots under the conviction that each will eventually become
the second Chicago or St. Louis of this great wesiem land
of premi e. Leavenworth at present appears to take the
lead of all ihe other rival towns here that I have yet seen,
and lots ol 24 feet front, extending back 135 feet are selling
at from 400 to s6,ooo—their value depending mostly upon
their contiguity to the River Landing. Ibis town is situ
ated on the western bank of the Missouri River,and rises
nio*t abruptly from the river to an elevation ol nearly 200
feet. There are but two or three streets commencing at
the river running 7 back, but aftei rising to ana eleva
tion of 63 or 70 feet, streets are laid out, running parallel
with die river. This city is already surveyed, and lots
sold extending oyer an area ot son)a two or three square
miles, with houses scattered hither and thither all over it.
There are already constructed houses that would do jus
tice to many of our larger cities, most of them are built of
wood; among the exceptions are a few stone and brick
buildings. The population of this place is estimated at
near 4000 persons, and is fast increasing. I have been out
as far as Easton, some 14 mises from the city. This is sit
uated on Stranger Creek, and contains not more than one
dozen houses, mostly built of logs; yet this is afeo spoken
oi as one of the embryo cilies,oi the Kansas Territory.—
The country back as Liras I have tbeen is an undulatory
Prairie, interspersed nyore or less yyhh scattering oak, hick
ory and black walnut timber. Further west, I understood
that the land lays much more level, and handsome to the
view. 1 am not prepared, however, to say that I would
like thorn better for lying more lev-1. Os the richness and
fertility of these lands, no axagerated tales have been told.
They will by far exceed any of the alluvial river bottom
lands of the South that 1 am acquainted with in point of
productiveness. Government lias a farm lying both north
und south of Fort Leavenworth, including or containing
most GOOO acres. This is all under fence, one part being
appropriated to the pro iuction of corn, “potatoes, wheat,
oats, grass for hay, &c. The corn now growing on this
farm, looks better than any I have seen since I left Geor
gia. Potatoes are very fine, hut the wheat is much later.
The grass is very stout, and will probably cut two or more
tons to the acre. Very few of the settlers of Kansas have
! yet commenced the tillage of their lands, most ol whom
will have to purchase all their provisions until they can
raise them another year. The spirit of speculation hero is
iu a Complete state of ebulition, and fully up to boiling
point. Eveiy species of management, intrigue, peculation
and fraud is resorted to, to accomplish the purpose of the
speculators. What this nit will end in, no one can divine.
Even force is now practiced not unfrequently to get pos
session cf desirable tracts of farming lands, that they may
be held until the next sale day or when they may come in
to market. On the day I reached here, a man by the name
of Ware, formerly o r Atlanta, Ga., was murdered in John
son county, K. T-, under these ciieumstanees, viz:—He
was employad to stay on a claim belonging to another
until the other man could como to town after a load of
lumber to put up a cabin with; when a mail came alorg
and told Ware to leave. He to do so, the man
commenced firing a revolver at him. Alter firing twice
at him, the balls only penetrating his clothes, without en
tering his body, he again told Ware to leave or he would
kill him. Ware still refusing to go, the man then shot
him again in the side, the ball penetrating his heart, thus
killing him instantly on the third shot.
Many and sanguinary have been the deeds of blood per
petrated on divers occasions and under divers circumstances,
and I fear the end is'not yet. This Territory is complete
ly under mob law, so far as the disposition of the “Indian
Trust Lands” are concerned. I had supposed that these
lands were to be sold as advertised, but such is not the case.
Instead of their being sold to the highest bidder, the squat
ters have laid claims to all the most desirable of them, by
building small cabins, sticking stakes, putting a few log
together, log cabin shaped, or pursuing some othei device :
appraising and putting a value themselves, and dictating to
Government what these lands shall sell for; threatening
death lc> any and all others who run these lands up on them
This is what is called “selling lands to the highest bidder.’
Thousands of these claims when purchased at the appraised
rates, at a nominal value of from 81.00 to 82,75, are alter
wards held at from $lO to SIOO per acre, and will readily
bring it. This is what you may call “squatter sovereignty’
with a vegeaneo. Mr. Buford is now here, and rumor says
if ho does not get Ilia shale of the spoils it will not lie be
cause lie is less ready and willing to enter the contest fo l
the golden harvest. I would hke a section or two oi this
land, but am too scrupulous on one hand and have too much
caution on the other to make the dibit on a short stay and
as the chances now stand. The election for defega cs t>
the Convention for framing a constitution preparatory to
making application for admission into the Union asa State',
has just come off, and nearly a!l the returns are now in. and
it is ascertained to have gone in favor ot ihe pro-slavery
party ; the fee State party mostly having neglected or re
fused io vole at all. S. J. Koockogey son of “Uncle
Sam,” who keeps the admirable supper house at Geneva, is
elected one of the delegates, and tells me that judging by
ihe character of those elected to frame the constitution for
tiie future government ot Kansas as a State, it come
in under the tolerance ot slavery. I his, 1 much doubt, toi
should slavery fie admitted in the constitution, it will pro
bably be rejected by the people when it comes befere them
f jr their adoption. No one lu re doubts their ability to do
so it they so desire it. Set mo down a Ll.-e prophe. ii
the troubles of Kansas are over. No more blood may be
Hied (jure politically, hut I much doubt if the same can be
s aid in settling the thousands of conflicting and perplexing
land claims that must hereafter arise before all are quieted.
Since the South has been so lax and lukewarm in securing
the natural advantages that this country offered to them*
the sectional strife appears to have very much abated, and
comparatively now,only exists among individuals.
TOU REST.
From Washington.
Washington, June- 26. l lie Administration does
not fully approve of.Gov. W alker’s course- in Eacsce,
as it considers lie is exceeding his insti actions.
The .4.iministration is cor sick ring tht? Spanish and
Meeican difficulty.
G-n. Scott has been called to W, sYmgton hy the
President to perfect arrangements lor (lie dfepa-kh • !
troops to Utah.
Jackson, June 23. —The Democratic Stale Conven
tion, to day in session in this city made the following
nominations : For Governor, lion. William MeW bhe;
for Secretary ol State, A. B. Dilworlh ; Auditor < f
Public Accounts, Madison McAfee; Treasurer, S. ’L
Hussey ; Attorney General, Y. J. Wharton.
From Washington.
Washington, June 26, 1857 —The Interior Department
has received information that the Superintendent of the se
veral branches ot the Pacific Wagon Road are prosecuting
the work with energy, and will hurry its completion. ‘The
subject of the overland California mail was again consider
ed by the Cabinet to d-ty. ‘The points in the route having
beed determined, it now lies with the Postmaster General
to make ihe contract.
The President will leave tor Bedford Springs ab'out the
middle of July ; on his return he will remove to his Sum
mer residence, the Soldier’s Home, four miles from \\ asii
ington . . r
Mr. William 11. Ilarley has been appointed Inu.m Agent
for New Mexico.
Posting the Books.
The House of Representatives stands thus :
Dent. IJ ik. Rep. K. N. Vacancies.
Maine - G
New Hampshire... -
Vermont -3
Massachusetts .. . - H
j Rhode Island -
Connecticut ~ 2
\ew York 12 31
I New Jersey.# 3 2
Pennsylvania M 16 - 1
Delaware 1
Virginia 13
South Carolina... 6
Florida. 1
Arkansas 2
Mi.-souri 3 1 2 1
Illinois 5 4
lowa -3
Wisconsin -3
Indiana ..6 4
Ohio 3
Michigan - 4
California 2
78 91 33
Os the Democrats 52 ;tr<? from the free States, and 26
from the Southern States, a proportion of two to one. But
tho remaining elections are to take place at the South , and
the Detroit Free Press makes tiie following estimate
thereof: •
Item. K. N.
Maryland 3
North Carolina 6
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana 2
Tennessee 6
Kentucky 6 4
Mississippi 5
43 17
RECAPITULATION.
Democrats 121
Black Republicans **l
K now Nothings 1;;
This shows a handsome gain. Democratic members ol
the next House, 121 ; Democratic members ot the last*
House, 76—gain, 45.
Iftho Democrats shall fill the vacancies in Pennsylvania
and Missouri, and the Black Republicans the vacancy in
Indiana, the Democratic strength in a full House will be
123, and the combined Black Republican and Know Noth
ing strength, 111. Clean Democratic majt r.ty, 12.
The Playton-Bulwer Treaty.
“fen,” the Washington correspondent of the Sun, in
:i recent letter siys :
“The article concerning Central American aflairr, in
the Lnd n M< ruing Post, the reputed organ of Lord
Palmerston, is the more emiiled to be considered .is < (ii
cial, fur the reason that it has heretofore, in regard to
the same questions, proved to be mi unerring index ol
the feeling of the ministry. We learn that ihe British
government are quite ns anxious as we are to dr- p th
CLyion-Bulwer treaty. It is not at all improbable
that it will be abrogated by mutual ecu- tit <l parties
It r quires, on our pari, an not of Congress, which will
probably be reeornmeiub and when Gonirr - hm ‘-.
“Kiorn the Post we learn three tbii.g \ wn; u il was
interesting to know : Ist. That the Bnifeii government
will not submit to the Monroe doctrine in regard to North
America, half of which is Bfitfeh ; 21. That they will
not b > excluded IV m i right ‘T transit across the Lth
rnean region ; and 31, T at they wi ! lose no opportunity
io restrict theexteus on of African slavery by the United
States into other American Hams. Two years of diplo
macy would not b- tier enlighten u on these questions
than we have been by the timely article of the Post J*
Macon and Brunswick Road.
At a meeting of th ■, corporators held in this eilv yester
day, the company was organized and $200,000 ol Stock
subscribed. At a subsequent nne.t ng of the Stockholders
the following gentlemen were elected the Board of Trus
tees:
lion. A. E Cocl.ran,of Brunswick.
“ James Ilousti n, “
tiro. Walker, E-q , Pulaski County,
E. E. Crocker, “ Twiggs “
Gapt. B.F. Ross“ Macon.
T. R. Bloom, “ “
L. N. \V hiu'e. “ “
ani at a meeting of the Board Hon. A E. Cochran was
unanimously elected President and .Mr. E. C. Row-land,
Secretary and Treasurer.
A resolution ot thanks was also passed to Col. Elam
Alexander, for the energetic and able manner in which ite
had superintended the survey made by Major McNeill,
and for other valuable semes rendered. Energetic steps
will be taken to receive and further subscriptions and pre
parations lor commencement of the work.— Georgia t'iti
izen.
The Naval Depot--The Site Put chased’
It is with no ordinary satisfaction we informed our read
ers, that the Secretary ol the Navy has purchased 1,100
acies on Blythe Island, as a site lor the Naval Depot.
There has been an uncommon eflbi t made to deteat the act
of Congress establishing a Depot at this place—but it has
been successively resisted, and the purchase made It will
become the duty of the next Legislature of Georgia to cede
to the United States exclnsive jurisdiction of that portion
of the island purchased.— Brunswick Herald.
University of Virginia. —The executive committee of
the board of visitors of the University ot Virginia have un
animously approved the plan of improvement designed
by Mr. Pratt. The cost of the proposed extension will be
between one hundred and fitly thousand and two hundred
thousand dollars.
Piinceton College. —At the late Commencement of
the College of New Jersey, the Valedictory was a young
gentleman ftorn Mississippi, Mr. James W. A. Wright,
and the Salntatorian a young South Carolinian, Mr.
Robert M. Fuller. The honorary degree of LL. D.
was conferred upon President McCay, late of South
Carolina College.
Railroad Meeting. —ln the Umpire Stale of the
30th ul!., there is a cal! for a meeting of tha citizens
of Pike, Meriwether, //arris, Muscogee and Spalding
counties, to take place at Fl at Shoals, in Meriwether
county, on the Isth inst., to take into consideration the
means of building a Railroad from Grilfin to Columbus,
though tbo counties named. Books of subscription
will be opened on tbo day.
Venezuela — Withdrawalof the U S. Minister. —The
American Minister lias withdrawn from Venezuela on ac
count ol the Bird Island aliajr, the government not'being
as prompt in acknowledging the claims he preferred as he
desired. The Venezuelan Minister said that the claims are
under consideration, and that, if the Minister should with
draw, Venezuela will communicate directly with the U.
3. Government,
Tho Mississippi Democracy— l ho Walker Kansas
Polity Repudiated.
The Mifsifcbippi Democratic Stub* Convention have
given an emphatic, expression of their dmipproVal of the
policy of Gov. Walker, in Kansas, as d.vcJnped in life
inaugural address
r i he resolutions condemning his course, says the Mis
sissipp;an, were unanimously bauctiobed by the Com*
mittic wi.ich reported them, end of which the Hon.
.John D. Free hi a u was cbainmix ; and were adopted
by the Convention without a dissenting voice, and by
acclamation.
The following are the resolutions adopted by the
Convention :
The committee t> whom was referred the resolution
relative to the inaugural ’Address ol Governor Walk.i
to the people oi Kansas Territory, submit the following
report :
\Vh r<as. Governor Walker, to the people o; Kansas
Territory, declared it to be his ‘’clear cynvict’OU that uii*
less the Convention” —cdUd by law to form a Cons mu
don tor that Territory—“submit the Constitution to the
vote of ail tiu- actual sv.tiers of Kansas”—“it will be,
and ought t > be rejected by Congress.”
And"whereas,” the law of Kansas authorizing tli* cafl
of said Convention and prescribing its duiits, makes no
sion h i'iueh submission to the then seuStia ol Kan
: ,as. ner ; r liioi::s Congress IV. in ndopfirg the same with
out such feuomisson.
And wh"i* ■? . •’ J v. Walk< r lu - thcr suggests that Kan
sui, by rertnou oi its geogniphica! position and climate.
Is unsuited t > siavi* labor, thereby gratuitously throw--
ing .he weight of his judgment and official pos tion agaiaet
the ultimate of th * Pro-la very party.
Therefore, Resolved, That we regard tho said r.-eom
mendaiions, cj.iuions and nrgnrnetns of < r >v. Walker ais
an unjust and uncalled for disesmnination against the
rights and intere>:.-i •{ the Pro-Slavtry party in Kansas
and ttir<.Mgli(ut tin Union—a dictatorial inter meddling
with the performance of a high public duty already tn
trusted by law •„> a Convention selected from tho. people
of Kansas, with which Gov. Walker had,no right to in
t.-i sere, :\i> Ids conduct in this resp. cl meets the unqual
ified condemnation of tfi:a Convent ion.
The Rumored 3Newepaper Union,
Ii has been announced in some of the city papers that
the Enquirer and the Examiner were about io be combined
•mo oik 1 journal. The rumor, though not unfounded, is
premature. A consolidation of the two papers into one,
under the joint editorship of Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Hughes,
has been under consideration.; but the arrangements neces
sary to effect it have not yet been concluded. —Richmond
Enquirer.
Campbell v auA Vallandigham.
The Hamilton (Ohio) Telegraph says the evidence in
the conte-led election between Campbell and Vallandig
hain, in that Congressional disoict, has been concluded,
and that Valhmdigharn has a majority of nearly forty over
Campbell. The fatter has taken no evidence,and it fe not
Vet shown that his opponent received . a solitary illegal
vote.
Shooting Afray.—Yxom the Cutbbert Reporter , of the
30th uit., wo learn that a sliootiug affi ay of a vary serious
character occur.ed in that place on Thursday last, between
M. Douglass, Esq. aid P. I!. Bell and J. T. Howard in
which P. H. Bell received a shot in trie arm and one in
tiie neck. Mr. Douglas, was shot in both thighs and in
the left arm. Mr. Howard escaped unhurt. Both tiie
wounded arc doing well and no danger apprehended from
their wounds. ‘The weapons used were double-barreled
shot guns. ‘The difficulty, it seems, commenced between
Mr. Douglass and Mr. Bell, in which Mr. Howard inter
posed in behalf of Mr. Bell.
A Substitute for Steam —A professor in Baltimore has
invented a motor that the Patriot thinks may prove a sub
stitute lor steam. It is produced by a compound of de.
sulphated bi suiplmivt of carbon, coal tar, and volatile or
fixed oi!, which,under certain influences ol heat, becomes
powerfully expansive,and thus gives momentum. ‘lhe
heater, where die gas or fluid is introduced, is submerged
•in a cistern of healed oil, kepi hot hy a gentle lire In this
condition the gas expands, gaining its power, aud passing
through pipes and valves, acts upon ihe piston, giving mo
tion to the engine Tiie appliances are simple, easy ol’
comprension, Irecfrdm complication, and not subject to ac
cident or di-arrangement. Thus a steady, active force is
at all limes kept up . The chat of this fluid is estimated at
ten cents per gallon, and it is demonstrated that eigh'emi
gallons, by careful attention, will run an engine of the
capacity here noticed, for one year.
Robert J. Walker's Riches. —'File New* York Mirror,
whose editor has known Governor Walker “intimately and
thoroughly for ten years,’’ says of him :
After handling some hundreds of millions of the public
money, he left the oflire as poor as a primitive Christian.
Since then he may have bought stocks and lands and mines
that have made him rich. But when was it counted a
crime for fortune to reward the sagacity even of a specula
tor ? In 1843, Mr. Walker invested $1,750 in the purchase
of land on what is now the city ot Fon du Lac, for which
lie has been offered, within a few months more than $200,-
000 , and he also bought, years ago, coal and quicksilver
mines, which are making him a millionaire.
Movement in regard to Central America —The New
York Tribune contains the following: “A European of
ficer, apparently of a very superior military education, is
now actively engaged in different States of the Union in
en!i ting officers for some unknown military purpose. On
ly officers of artillery and engineers, able to direct the con
struction of fortifications, are wanted These enlistments
are made with the ostensible design of forming a standing
army in Central America; and putting that country in an
efficient state of defence against any iuture attack of filli
busters. According to -tatements made in connection with
these proceedings, tho five Republics of Central America
are to be transformed into one monarchy. The plan is to
be.carried out with the aid of a political party in Mexico,
and tiie landing of a military force, is to be effected in one
of the ports on the Mexican coast soutli of Coatzacoalcos,
The whole i trigue may be in connection with the move
ments of tfnnta Anna, though it would appear that tho im
mediate destination of the officers to be enli-ti J i:-really
Central America, as it is known that the individual engag
ed in enii ting them has lately made a tour through the
State of Guatemala.”
Main Trunk Railroad. —Tho Georgia Citizen of Fri
day,—we know not upon what authority,—says: “We
understand, that the Directors of the Brunswick &. Florida
Railroad, in New York, have confirmed the resolutions of
the stockholders in regard to the connection, and as Dr.
Scrivou’s Board have also accepted the same, now see noth
ing in the. way of the prosecution of the Main Trunk Road,
and hope, for the benefit ot the country, that it may be
Commenced at once, and progress rapidly to completion.”
Innocent Admission. — At a dinner of the Maino Medi
cal Convention, the Rev. Mr. 8., alluding to the immedi
ate relations between the professions of the clergy and the
physician, in all seriousness remarked that it was somew hat
a singular fact that “when the doctor was called the minis
ter was sure to follow.”
The Cuin Which Betrayed Christ.— The editor o
the New York Courier <j- Enquirer, lias b’n sligwn
by the conductor es the Bank Note List and Insurance
Reporter, a stiver coin, which is a p* rfect sac simile ol
the Shekel of the Ganctuavy, or “piece of silver,” thirty
of which vv. re paid to J udas for the betrayal of Christ.
Ii was considered a peculiar piece by the Israelites, and
was always spoken of in their Holy Books as the Shekel
ol Israel, or Holy Shekel of the Sanctuary. It was the
amount which each Israelite, between the ages of 20 and
50 was'rtqnired to pay into the pubi c Treasury as a
ransom for the r delivery, during their sojourn in the
wilderness. . According to the Brrish currency, a shekel
was worth two sinkings three pence, three farthings—
equal to about 50 cents of our money. The coin is
s rnewhat larger than an American half dollar, and is
smooth edged. On one side it bears on emblem of
Aaron’s rod, as mentioned in Numbers, XVI!, 8, sur
rounded with tiie inscription in i/e brow ebracters, “Je
rusalem the Holy and on the reverse is a representa
tion of the Put of Incense—a full account of which is
given- in Leviticus, Xl—with the words Ehekel ol Israel.
The cast from which this coin was struck, was taken
from an original specimen in the Vatican, at Rome, very
rare, ad indeed, claimed —with very little reason, of
course—to be one of the identical pieces paid to Judas.
Mr. Nicholas has caused a lew to be. struck oil'in pure
silver, and also a large number of cheaper in iterial, for
tiie gratification of the curious.
Boy wi;h ragged trovvsers and rimless chip hat, ran into
Mr. Fulton’s Drug Store, with a tin dipper in his hand—
“Doctor!_ mother sent me down to the shothieary pop
quicker'n'blazes, cos bub’s sick as the dickens mith the pick
et! elmx, and wants a thimble full of polly sollie in this
din tipper, cos w’e'han’t hot a gottle, and the kin pup’s got
the bine in it. Got any?
Death of Col. Boykin. —We regret to announce the
death of Chi Burwell Boykin, (of the firm of Boykin V,
MeKea, of Mobile,) which sad event occurred at his resi
dence near Portland, in this country, on last Sunday night.
Col Boykin has been a citizen of Dallas for many years,
has reiideredmuaterial service to his State and country, and
no man has ever died in Dallas more esteemed, or whose
death was more generally regretted.— Selma Sentinel.
Horrible Affair. —Last night, says the Atlanta Examin
er of the 23d instant, .the Fulton House, in this city, was
the theatre of the most awful tragedy that ever occurred in
the annals of ermte. About a quarter past 8 o’clock, a
young man, twenty years of age. named Wm. Witcher,
shot h:s lather, Mr. 1), H. W itcher—the bail entering the
left hypochondriac with a tendency upward of Idrty-live
degrees-, passing through the stomach aud left lobe of the
liver, lodging near the spine. W'c were informed that Wil
ham, alter eating supper, drank two glasses ol brandy—his
father took him into the room to reprimand him for drink
ing, when William drew his pistol and deliberately shot his
fattier. W’e left Mr. Witcher at half-past nine—he was
not then dead, but suffering the most excruciating agony.
William immediately effected his escape. The police weie
on his track at ton o’clock. Without further comment wo
await the result.
A Indy, formerly a resident of Georgia, very much dis
contented with Mississippi life, and longing to retuin to her
native lartd, was shouting at a camp meeting last year, and
became so excessively happy that she exclaimed, ‘ Glory
to G—d, l feel like 1 was in Goor—gy !”
“Do yon think that I shall have justice done mo ?” said a
culprit to his counsel, a shrewd Kentucky lawyer of the
best class in that eloquent Stato. “1 i:tn a little afraid tl at
you won't,” replied the other ; “I sec two men on tne Jury
who are opposed to hanging !”
Hon. James Jackson.
The following is ibe fetter of the Hon J .me- .1 ,;.
iCeepirg the Domination ol Ins friends . ,
lor Congress in the GJi l>is.rfe-t of Georgi i. T. \, ;
is ■‘idrniitihfo iu sontim-. ut, tone an 1 ni.iauv.-r, an i „
that iisiiu’hur ini-rins ttijeess. and we <foufo i : „i i| Uu h
w.l: attain it :
Ath kns, June 22. 1857
Gentlemen: Your letter in aiming me of my n< i-;.
us ion lor Congress by the recent Con veil lion ;:sJtuit.|.,|
at GainsvHie has been received.
Iu return for the hooor conferred upon me by ti e < •.
veil tion, under circumstances so trying to their coi.tidi : f - t .
in my ability and integrity, and to tlfor p i- ml irfeufs
ship for me, 1 give all that 1 have it in try powe: h.
them—-the sincere thanks of a gratefiffj Siouiff
their choice he rat lid by the people ;.t the j. :Im, { v.ii.,
to the utmost ti my ability, adva rce tht-r mks•*., :
iiiainfaiu their rights on ile floor of tho li-j lfep.
rescntativee.
The risolutions adopted by the Convention m. ie
ftffintwr.ee ot the Cincinnati platform, an c-xpr t-sion <f
coufideDcein the i duiiuistriUioii of ifit-sidem T. ‘ ‘
;ind a coirnneudwtion ot our laic Repr se*,iu ive, Gov.
Cobb. Attached to the latter gtnlU niau by ti .< oi b’r-od
aud fo-ng personal friendahip, as wdl as close , iii.cni at.
(irnty, and knowing well the patriotism ol I.> heart, ami
the soundness of his judgu etr, 1 need h>rdy say .hut
the current of ji.y*iu Ict hogs runs in came harmony
with the praise the Convt n'i n. b-tt>v s r; i: !. rr..
A rte.i ocrat of **the straitest sect” from my r-\
l fed it would be a mere v ojk oi supei rogation ,:r:y
p.rt to express my concuirenoe w ith the tirm-h< t- Dd
prineiphs ot t!,at party. T?>’ Cincinnati platform
tiie main, a rc-announceimn of those pr.nfol s.
ti.t-m itave ceased to co*er into the coi.A-cfe of
iy reasi.u of tiie gtneral acquiescence B ‘-‘ eau: : y
them ; and qnefcUmra about bucks and tariff ‘, so tru: iu!
I of ri seucsion io years gone by, hove !>• eu iGtud by
practical kgfeldtiou, aud ihe country ;• p< sts upon a t -
um satk-factory to the great moss of our peopi*-. lb#
distinction between wing and Democrat has .ofod a...:y
into a mere echo, that icacl.es us faintly Irani
scoreely distinguioliuble even in n p:y ucd iia,.
more recent subjects of {igi'alfea having reference to the
exclusion of foreigners and Catholics Inan office,no pio*
posing to increase tiie term of pupilage before ford-urn
shell vote, have been emphatically’ pronuucoed upi-n
twice by the people tf Georgia ; and tiie coucu;r*.nt
verdicts of two such special juries wifi divorce them, a
is to be heped, from all p liiicui alliance and party fl uey
in our State.
Willi these disturbing questions settled, the times, gen
, demon, are auspicious flr “tfle Lna-n of me iS*. ti;l; and
tin: Union of the States” The great question, sinking
all others into comparative insignificance, so, how tbo.c
rights shall be nia.utained and that Union be
consistently with thim ?
The whole South —if it were hi.nmgereous in setfea
as in interest and tecfl.ng—L in a depforabie minority.
If it were thoroughly united, it is hcipl‘-: s, to-div, in tie
Union w ithout aid fn in foe North. II >'* v ?hali that aid
be obtained ? Tiie answer is p ain ; fly a corcial
alliance vviih lies men at the North who have the din
position and the power to rendu* us M ho arc
those men ? They are the friends oi Mr. Buchanan and
the pitsent administration :*for without discussing the dis
position of the friends of Mr. Fillmore to help u.. it .>
sufficient to say that they Itave not the uuuu r v so • ; ,
Who arc these friends of Mr. 33u.hannn at the Aote;
The mass of them are old Dunaen.is, very in ay < t
Bit ot old whiga, but ail of them *nv bear the l. me if
democrats, and form the Nurlherft Democratic party.—
Tliev are the nun who carried ifennsvlvam , New .Jer
sey, Indiana, Illinois and California, at the late Tresdtn
tial election, and saved all of us at the South, of every
pasty, from the fearful alternative of a tame submit ion i
the yoke of Fremont and BS. ek Republicanism, or .
dissolution of the Union. G J grant that such an alter
native may never be presented tn us <>: our children ! = > *
should it come—if the blood of the Revolutfl ls shall - ‘ i
fill il-.e hearts of the Southern people it will not take them
long to decide. To avoid the aw-ul decision, the
must sustain our Northern friends and their rtpi-tsi .v, -
five and ours —the administration of Buchanan. It >
her only hope of safety in the Union, ft that shall h i
to stav ibe tide of Northern fanaticism, •■he must go out,
and rely on the hearts of her ow n people and the God ‘
our fatheis.
But it will not it cannot fail. Look, gentlenxu, at
that administration. .Planted upou ifie gu.-.t
pr nciple of equal right of all the pecq-fe o: all
the ISt tes to migrate w ith their property < f every dtser p
tion—slaves- included—iuto our common heirag*-, tl.c
Territories of the Union * and when they have suffec ent
population to become States, to meuid thHr organic law
to suit tliemsevfes —planted wp.n iflis ti ck of justice an-i
equality, it must stand, and the fury of the wildtet st- irn
shall best upon it in vain. Jv< k at is personnel. At
its bead stands a man whose life has beeu a life *f pmai •
service, and who is familiar from experience with ev- ry
department of the government; and during ail that i-*i g
and varied experience, his voice and vote have been .\s
true to Southern rights as the needle to the pole, but.,
unlike that needle,have never trembled in their fix*dnt>s_
Four men from the South, linked t<> her by the indissolu
ble ties of birth, education, and prop, iiy, and thre froun
the North, two of whom were struck dowm from the
Senate chamber by Michigan cud Connecticut solely for
the sin of defending >ur rights, and the oiher as true to
those rights as the Keystone of our arch herself—these
form his Cabinet end hold up his hands. Wheat the South*
shall cast aspersion upou snob : n administration from
suspicion ? Who will not raffier rally around it with gen
erous confidence and assured hope ? For myself, gentle
men, I solemnly believe it to be t lie duly of us all to avoid
the slightest unkind allusion to and iFer._r.cc3 in the past, to
dash from our eyes the film of pnjudfeo and passion,
and unite in an honest effort to sustain the ndmiu : stra;ion %
and preserve at once, our rig!its 83 Southern men and.
the Union of our fatln rs.
The nomination made by the Convention- will impose
upon me the obligation to. speak to the people face to fr.e
on the questions which may mis*- during ffie ear*ass. —
This duty cannot be discharged consistt-nly with my p •’ “
tion upon the bench. 1 shall therefore re.-ign iut the
hands of //is Excellency the Governor, the office of Judge
of the Western circuit.
In severing the connection which has so long bound me
to the people as their chfef judicial officer in the circuit,
I cannot retrain from embracing this opportunity ot return
ing to them all, without distinction of party, >n\ grateful
acknowledgments for the uniform courtesy aud kindness
with which they have sustained me upon the bench, fend
the generou3 confidence with which they have repentediy
elected mo to the office.
With many thanks io yourselves for your “< rd .” i
vitation to accept the nomination tendered me hy the
Convention, Ii t main, rospectfifflv, vnr frit.: U:.
JAMES JACKSON.
E. W. il/orris, James T. Jones, llardy Sir
Committee.
Terrible Disaster upon the St- Lawrence—Tim Steamer
Montreal Burnt. and about 300 Lives Lost.
Quf-hec, June 27.—The steamer Montreal, one of the
regular steamers running between Quebec and Montreal,
left this port at 4 o’clock, yesterday afternoon, having on
board between tour aud live hundred passengets, of ohm
a majority were Scotch and other emigrants, recently ar
rived from Europe.
Nothing unusual occurred, after leaving the wharf, until
the Montreal had reached a point (Cape Rouge: about 12
or 15 miles above this city, when the wood work near die
furnaces was discovered to be on lire. Almost at the von
moment that the smoke was first discovered the dames
broke forth, causing the utmost consternation amongst the
crowded passengers.
The fire was first discovered at about 5 o’clock, when the
steamer was nearly abreast oi Cape Rouse. Every olfort
v/as made to arrest she dames, ami for inis purpose the en
gines were stopped so as to lessen the ('raft, but finding it
impossible to save tha steamer. Captain Rudolph ordered
her to be run towards the shore, add at the same time die
ollicers and crew exerted themselves to get ou't the life
boats. The (lani-s spread with the most astonishing rapidi
ty, and ill a lew seconds'alter tha steamer began to m-.-re
forward, the wildest contusion and despair prevailed
throughout the ship, and numbers of the passengers threw
themselves overboard, and were in most eases drowned.
Fortunately the steamer Napoleon, also bound for Mon
treal, was but a few miles in advance of the burning boat,
and as soon as the fiie was discovered put back with ail
possible expedition, aud succeeded in rescuing Ironi the
burning wreck one hundred nnd twenty seven passengers.
Capt. Rudolph and the Purser if the Montreal were
amongst the number of those who threw themselves into
the river, and they being excellent swimmers, succeeded in
reaching ihe steamer Alliance, and were saved. It is quite
possible that others may have succeeded in saving them
selves by swimming, hut as the steamer became unmanage
able when a considerable distance from land, there is no
doubt bnt that most of those who threw themselves from
the burning boat met a watery -grave, Sixteen of those
saved died within a short time alter they reached be deck
of the Napdeon. and from present information it is believ
ed that the total loss of life by this terrible disaster will not
fall short ol from three to four hundred.
The steamer Alliance arrived .here this afternoon with
forty-live dead bodies, and another boat is known to have
recovered sixty bodies, but we have not been able to learn
the names of any of those lost except Mr. Phillips, ot the
eitensive lumbering firm of Norcross & Phillips,of Three
Rivers.
The Montreal had on board two hundred and fifty-eight
immigrants, recently arrived there from Glasgow, together
with several Gentian families and raftmeu and several
American passengers.
Funeral Sermon. — Largest Man in the World! —
The tunera! sermon of .Mr. Miles Darden, who died at
his residence in Hendcr.-on county, will be preached on
the Ith Sunday in The.month, live mdes south west from
Lexington, Tumi. The Masonic In tercity will bo in at
tendance, m full regaii.q-ou tt.e occa.-ion.
The deceased was, beyond all question, the largest man
in the world. His height was seven feat Mi inches— two
inches higor than Porter, die celebrated Keutueky giant.
His weight wiisa fraction over one thousand pounds ! It
look one hundred feet of plank to make his coffin.
It required seventeen men to put him in his cotlia.He mea
sured around the waist !'d. din.
After the funeral set vices, a friend in Henderson county,
who jias long known Mr. Darden, has promised to give us
a brief sketch of his life, embodying some interesting feci-.
West Tennessee Whig.
A New York physician has under his care u child its
VViUiainsburgli, who swallowed one of the new cuts,
about a week sun e. All emetics aid purgatives have Ims
lar proved useless. Tne patient sutlers greatly from t iti
dinoss and nervous irritability.