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practicable. The Rubicon is pnssed—tho Union is already dissolved. * * * * ll is the fear of our inability to resist, or our.iove and value of tho union that .-.makes us doubt and hesitate, or is From the Atlanta RepublLan. NASHVILLE CONVENTION- A* tho President of the Nashvillo Conven tion is the candidate of one of tho parties of this State for Governor, it is proper that we should solve, if possible, th mystery of his position. Wo say mystery, because he claims to be a friend of tho Union, whl.e lua acts and doctrines speak the contrary. Wo nre inclined to think that the only rea son why there is any difficulty in understand ing his position, is tho fact that he holds doctrines, and aims at ends which he the people of Georgia deprecate o the last degree, and has determined to hold htmsolf out as a Union tmtu while ho labors forso- C? Leuis then look at such facts as are fur nished us ntid see what they provo. In the first place, he called the Nashville Convention together to do its work. Lot us Use what it diet and said. It resolved that the powers delegated to the Federal Gov ernment may be resumed by the States whenever it may seem to them proper and necessary. .This looks like claiming the right of secession to say the least ol t. It also resolved that rdl the evils anticipated by the South and which occasioned this Con- venlion,“Aacc been realized. I his looks like . „ | I il'was time to exercise the rijjht ol secession. nre |j|. e t| 10 ensnared bird under the influence It resolved that the people ol tho slavcholu- 0 f tho serpent’s oye. Unless we break the „ .je ’ measure of insult and injury under which;; we suffer not yet full ? Of the ViSIue of the’Union 1 shall speak herealter. If there is any one who thinks that the measure of our injuries and insults is not fttll, I willnot ro'nson with' him but leave him to wait fur that last kick vthicl) the witty Sydney Smith has said will make even the kicked resist. I will now speak of our ability to resist by secession, should* it be opposed. If Virginia shall lead, I have not tho least apprehension that any blood will be spilt. In that case, I tako it to be morally certain that, at least, North Caroli na, Tennessee, South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida,_ Mississippi and Texas will immediately unUq with her, and in a little time, every other slave hold ing State will join them, except perhaps Delaware, because it will be their interest to do so. * • • * * * “Of wlmt value, then, is this Union to the Snutho.n Stales ? is it not a fit and danger ous instrument, while we live under it, to destroy us ? Is it not seen that the abolition ists believe, and that it is thought abroad, that the object isalready accomplished ? We a$ possible, and out of the Union when we ore left no other alternative.” NOMINATIONS Or TI1S CONSTITUTIONAL UNION PARTY. For Governor. HON. HOWELL COBB. ing States ho recommended not to go into Convention or give countenance to any Con vention, ’t hose object may be to t.omma o candidates for President and Vico 1 residont of the United States until our rights are so- cured—(What rights ?~How secured ?-) This looks like beginning to «"<*»«. th 1 right of socssion from the other Slates. It also Resolved, and earnestly recommended to the slavoholding States • -o meet In Lon- gross or Convention” to he composed of “double the number of their Senators nnd Representatives in the Congress of the Uni ted States, for the purpose of re 31 """? " possible, the rights of the South, and if not, to provide for their future safety and INDEPENDENCE.” This looks like carrying owl the right of secession. This right of secession was also reiterated hv the fire eaters Convention which nomi nated him for Governor, and has been made tho test question so far as they are concern ed—So much fur tho resolving pnrt But it has been laid down as the best in terpretation to tho meaning of deliberative bodies, that the speeches and debates of the members should ho relied on. lor this pur pose, we shall make a few brief quotations front the speech of LANG DON CI1EVE9, Who said : It is unnecessary to enumerate more of the atrocities which nre exhibited by this act of ledgerdemain, flhe admission of Cali fornia) for it would bo a gross abuse of the language we speak, to call it a regular net of an established government of modern civ ilized times. But the magic is as clumsy os it is wicked. It can deceive no one. it nns neither' semblance nor reality. It would disgrace tho wand of Prosporo. The hideous features, however, of his po litical deformity are nothing when compar ed with thb dangerous spirit which abides within it and the motive which governs it.— They are no less than the entire nnd speedy nbolition of slavery. Now let any man con template the character and extent of this proposition. Language fails to portray it. None but a Northern fanatic, or a torpid Southron, can hear it uttered without n feel- ing of horror. Some idea of it may be gain* ed by recalling the sufferings, the massa cres and tho banishment, in poverty and mis ery, of Ihe white proprietors of Hayti, and the present rule of his sable majesty, the emperor Faustin the First. The beautiful and prolific South and South-west is to be desolated, its while inhabitants massrered, or flying from their bodes .in beggary and misery, unsheltered Irom the pilliless storm, and without the comforts or the subsistence of life. The country possessed by some emperor hearing and-exulting in the eupho- ueous title of, perhaps, Cully the Frst. Such, or worso if worse be possible, will be the inevitable—not probable, but inevita ble— efforts, of our “glorious Union” in the hands ol “les amis des noirs,” an ominous name qf whiejt the very sound would seem to affright tho southern mind Irom its pro priety if it were not absolutely torpid * * You are absolutely powerless. Np tyrant has over existed whose power to do evil was su great, whose disposition to do good so small. A popular tyranny of fanatics nnd low-minded politicians, a tyranny much the worse because it is many headed. A popular tyranny (even when composed of less foul elements; is mote debasing than the tyranny of a. monarch, in its appetites more inap- J leasable and gross and in its duration more listing. It never dies. The gloomy ex panse of time which it covers is never irrad- icated by a Trojan or an Atoninus. There is nn eternal duration of its vicious qualities audits rapacious reign.” Good God! Is the proud Southron to bow in submission to such a government! Where is tho race of our great men ? But under the influence of the benumbing government which is callod our “glorious Union,” yon have ceased to produce great men. Whore are the Jeffer- sons, the Madisons, the Henrys nnd the George Masons of Virginia; the Rutledges an I the Pinckneys of South Carolina; tho James Jacksons and the Wm. II. Crawfords of Georgia? Gone! gone nnd none to take their place';—none to rouse us to manly re sistance resistance against 1 he injustice aud the tyranny under which we suffer. No ! It cannot be. There are such men, if the people will call them forth. The people must lake the subject into their own hands.— They must no longer look to their national politicians who have inhaled the pestilential 1 . •'/» iir.JL' Thmr niiivt tnrnw nff charm we nre gene—wo are victims. We hnve, if wo decisively use it, tho power to dissipate this charm. If we declare our in dependence, we nresal'e. If wo delay it, we increase our danger—and porhups seal inevi lalily a disastrous and ignotninuus fate. * Instead of wishing the perpetuity _ of any government over such vast boundaries, the rational lover of liberty should wish for its speedy dissolution, as dangerous to all just and fiee rulo. Is not all this exemplified in our own case? lu nine months, in one ses sion Congress by a great coup d’etat, our con stitution has been completely and forever subverted. Instead of a well balanced gov ernment, all power is invested in one section of the country which is in bitter hostility with the other. And this is tho glorious union which we are to support, for whose eternal duration we are to pray, and before which the once proud Southron is to bow down. He ought to perish rather!_ * * “Lot the South continuo to agitato the subject by all orderly means and at all proper times, incessenlly, actively, zenlously, fear lessly, with a long pull nnd a strong pull, nnd the country will be regenerated disen thralled and saved. * * * * “Above nil, lot tho people beware, of the insidious, jesuitucle cry of the Union, the glorious union.” What have wo left in the Union but (ask masters ? We might go on and multiply extracts from the speeches nnd debates of thnt Con vention, made while Mr. McDonald was in the Chair—all going to show what they wore aiming at, hut we need not pursue the subject further nt the present. The dny is past when any one can be deceived who on iy reads and investigates fot himself. air of Washington, They must throw off national party names, whose little factious I politics have been put^hqve their country’s I cause There must he neither democrats nor whigs: .hut we must all be Southern men." VVe should have if possible, nothing B do with the General Government. * * . “I have said they have made the appropri- •tion of this territory an instrument to ftbol- ■ the constitut'd). There is no doubt that have abolished the constitution. The iw may remain, but the spirit lias left it. feted mass, generating disease It stinks in the nostrils. ing that we shall he -roused, act like freemen, and know- wrongs, shall be pre- pne and redress the. Where ii Judge McDonald 1 When Mr. Cobb entered upon the Second District, the diBunionists held out the idea, that if he wuuld only permit discussion Judge McDonald would demolish him in t trice. Every where Mr. Cobb went, he openly proclaimed his unwillingness to meet his opponent. The moment it was known thnt discus sion was invited, Judge McDonald slipped off to the Woodville Meeting, where he de clared that it was “beneath tho dignity of a candidate fur Governor to make speeches and canvass the State,” or words to that cf- tect. This is indeed a shallow plea for the Magnus Apollo pftho Nashville Convention. Beneath the dignity ot a candidate, indeed to meet and address tho people. Such nn excuse would only be made by one who is conscious of the weakness of his cause, nnd who desires to conceal his own opinions.— Judge McDonald seems willing to write studied letters, where ho can weigh every word, and guard every expression; but he cautiously avoids every thing like a frank and open avowal of sentiment, and thinks it beneath his dignity to face the people in open debate. Not so with Mr. Cobb. He meets every issue, and answers every question, ns a boid and honest freeman ought to answer. He stands up before tho people and pro claims his sentiments fearlessly nnd frankly Where is Judge McDonald ? Why does he not con.e forth like a champion of truth mid meet his adversary ? Again, we say, where is Judge MacDonald ?—Jour. Mess. “Won’t Debate” The render will not fail to note the an noi'Dcemeut tnado by Mr, Cobb, in his speech at Thomnsville, that he had invited Gov. McDonald to discuss tho questions now agitating the public mind before the people. Not only aid McDonaid decline to go before the people himself to meet Conn, hut he also declined fo select from the whole Stale some one who should represent him in a discussion. The reason is very ap parent— it would not nnswer to advocate the same principles in every section; if so, the game ot deceiving the peple wotild be promptly exposed, and all hope of duping confiding constituency blasted. The Disunion organs liavs sought lo make lome cupitul out of the fact that Mr. Cobb would not permit interlopers to discuss with him at his own appointments. If they are so desirous to have him met before the peo ple, why dutliey not require their own can didates to doit? He is a lawyer of over thirty years standing at the bar, accustomed tu public speaking, and can hnve no excuse on that score. The truth is,"ho and they, fear un exposure of their purposes and the indignation of the people. Hence he “wont " " Sen. * For Congress. COL. E. W. CHASTAIN, Of Gilmer. For Senator. COL. JOSEPH WATTERS. For Representative. WILLIAM T. PRICE. AGENTS FOR TUB COVU1BII. Dan’l Htx, Summerville. Judge Wooten, Dirt Town. J. T. Finley, Chattoogavillo. APPOINTMENTS OF COD CHASTAIN* Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday Friday, Tuesday, 31st 2d 5th 7th 9th Ilth 13th 15th 19th July, Aug. Floyd Springs, Van Wert, Marietta, Cassville, Summerville, LaFayette, Trenton, Ringgold, Canton, We send the present number of the COURIER to some of our friends who are not subscribers, with the hope that they will become so. if any one should receive it who will not permit its weekly visits, they will re turn it. Will every Union man in this Senatorial ^ District, at least, act as an agent, nnd assist us in increasing our subscription list. nbiteon Thursday, this gentleman, in order to render the Union cause odi ous, stated that tho Syraouso abolition convention, nnd Fed. Douglass opposed the doctrine of consti tutional secession. This is a mistake, ns will ap pear by the resolution passed nt that convention whleh. wo append below. Wo noticed that Mr. Stiles fell Into the same error la hla speech ln f thls city. Dy reference tiuhVprooeciilngso) tiio Syra cuse convention, tliose gentleman will-find that up on this subject tliey 'ure la-very'dark, company and had better get out of It ns soon as possiblo. . Hero fa tha resolution i "Resolved, Thnt odious us are the governing prln- Iplcsof South Carolina, wo cannot withhold from her tho prnlso justly due to her consistent nminluln- unoo of the great cardinal doctrine ol tho right of secession by tho single State—n doctrine vital to lib erty, nnd tho only safeguard of the soveral sovereign ties from tho tyranny ofa grasping centralization.” Bains- Within tlte last fow days wo hnvo been favored with several very refreshing showors, which have cooled tho nttnosphero and grently revived vegeta tion. Mucli of the corn, however, is past recovery, aud ininnny instances will bo n total failuro. County Nomination. It will be seen by reference to the proceedings of meeting of delegates from this county, that our old and well tried fellow citizen, W. T. PRICE, Esq., 1ms been selected by tha Union Parly tn re present this county In tho lowor branch of tho Le gislature. Tills is nn excellent arrangement, nnd so, (hr ns wo hnve learned, gives universal satisfac tion. Wo understand Mr. Prloo will accept the nomination- Wo now linve our nominations com plete, let ovary friend ofiho Union but do his duty, and a glorious victory awaits us. Curtins. In ourpnpor to-day will bo found two very Inter esting articles from tho Charleston Courier over the above signature. Recent developments nt Charles ton und In other sections of tho Stnto, lend us to be lieve thnt should Georgia nntl Mississippi glvolargo majorities in favor oftho Union, South Cnroliim will not seocdc. A meeting wns lately held ill Charleston, composed ofn large majority oftho ol dest nnd most influential citizens or thnt oity,which took decided ground against separate State action, Wo sincerely trust, thnt this noble old common, wenllh, mny yet be saved to herself nnd the confed- The Prospect before us. For tho lost few weolts we have ondea' obtain accurate information in relation mmfi of the General Government upon the rights The District Convention- Tlib Convention or Deiegntes from the different militia districts In Floyd, Chattooga nnd Gordon oonntics, which metnt Floyd Springe on Thursday Inst, lor tlte purposeofiiomlnnUngn Senatorial cult- Jldato for tho district, comprising those counties wns unusually largo, nnd composed of men ot tho highest respectability nnd Intelligence. Their de liberations were conducted with tho utmost Unrmo- nynnd good feeling and although ench county hnd IU iavorlte, like good republicans, nil wore willing to submit to the voice of the majority. Only three wo believe, were before Ihe convention fortho train inntlon. Judge Wooten, of Chattooga, Dr. Dab. nt of Gordon, nnd Col Jos. Wattirs, of Floyd nil good men nnd true. Tito pnlm wns flnnlly yield, ed to old Floyd, nnd Colonel Wnttors wns nomina ted by acclamation. As Isgonorally known, Col. Wnttors wns former ly nn Influential member of tho old domoerntlo pnr- ty, nnd nn ardent admirer nnd supporter of tlte prin ciples tn it ght in tho old Jeffersonian nnd Jackson school of politicians. Whan, however, n fow numbs since, the ultraist oftho Nashville Convention,spir ited on by McDonald, Rhett, & Co., prosentednn ultimatum, which raised n now and perilous issue boforc tho country, involving the very existence or the Constitution nnd tho Union, Col. Watters like tons of thousands of others, whigs nnd democrats, without surrendering his principles, but losing night of the old pnrly platform's nnd linos, rushed to the resouo ol tiro country, nnd ever since, lias nobly dulondcd it ngalnst tho ossnulls of abolitionists n- brond nnd djlunlonlstn nt home. A member of tlte Stnto Convention which met at Millodgoyllle last winter lx- cordially approved its proceedings nnd 1ms ever sinco firmly stood npor. its conservative nnd noble plntform. As one of our oldest nnd most entorpristng citizeus; ns a man whoso Integrity in privatoandpubllo life Is above suspicion, ho Is now presented to our follow citizens and will doubt less receive their cordial support. Mr. Chastain and the Southerner. Tito Inst Southerner in commenting upon tlte dis cussion botweoa Mes trs. Stllos and Chastain In this ciiy, states that the nttnek of tho latter upon the for- mor, “ wns entirely poisonal nnd unprovoked.”— This Is incorrect. Mr. Stiles spolto first, nnd ehnr ged upon Mr. Chnsttiin that ho had changed his position nnd vlowo—that ho wns onco n firo-entor, nnd further intimated thnt ho lmd been bought up, Ho oIbo, rather discourteously, ns wo thought, un dertook to instruct Mr. Chastain wlmt ho should sny; and particularly warned him not to deal in “dog-stories." If, therefore, Mr. Chastain rebuked his ofllciousness by relating n few nneodoteB to illus trate tho ridiculous position of ills opponent, nnd completely turned the tables upon tho lato minist- to Austria, Mr. Stiles nnd his friends should not complain. We nro sorry that personalities were Introduced into tho discussion at nil, nnd wot prisod thnt Mr. Stiles selected that undignified modu ofnttaek. IIo mny hnvo thought, however, tlmt ns Col, Chastain wns but a " rude mountaineer,'’ ho could billy be reached in this way. Before the enn- debate*”—Citron, fy Beautiful Sentiment. Tlte following extract is from an address by John A. Bryan, Esq., Assistant Postmas ter General: “A mother’s love! How thrilling the sound! The angel spirit that watched over our infant years and cheered us with her smiles ! 0! how faithfully does memory cling to the fast fading mementoes of a parent’s home to remind us of the sweet counsels of a mother’s tongue! And oh, how indistinclively do we hang over the scenes of our boyhood, by the recollections of that waking eye, that never closed while a single wave of misfortune or danger sighed around her child! Like the lone star of the heavens id .the deep solitude of nature’s night, she '*" L - presiding divinity of the family man- i hope, when all around her is over- i'bhly voss terminates, however, ho may learn titnt there somo little intelligence in the mo .retains ns well upon the sea-bonrd. It is due to the ostensible edi tor oftlm Southerner to say, thnt for tho Inst few weeks halms boon too much indisposed to super vise tho columns of that paper; that ho was not the meeting nnd therefore should not be held re sponsible 18r tho misrepresentation to which we ljnve alluded. - Webelieve it to bo Ills desire, ns we kuowt-Tt IS our own, to koep out of tho present oan- vnss, nil olfensive oersonnlitics, which can subsorve no good purpose, but ore calculated to creato social discord aud ill-feeling. Since writing tlte foregoing wo hnve received comniunlcntibn on litis subject signed “ Gunteb, which will be found in another column of our pa per ftJ-Wo wore most favorably impressed wtth,the nppenrnnce anddeportmot t oftho vast multitude that assembled at Floyd Springs on ThursdnylnsL Wo saw no dissipation, no drunkenness, and hoard no profanity or angry words. This speaks fnvora- bly for tlte manners nnd morals ot thut interesting portion of our county, which is rapidly Ailing up willi a substnntinl nnd enterprising population.— With fine mineral water, beautiful scenery, good lands, C hurches nnd Acudemios, Floyd Springs are destined to tiecomo a point of great attraction Union Mealing The meeting at Floyd Springs on Thurs day Inst, wus nil that tho friends of our good cause could have desired ; certain'y more than we anticipated. At an onrly hour the people were seen pouring in from Gordon, Chattooga nnd every part of Floyd ; some on foot, some on horsc-bsck, others in carts and waggons aud carriages. At 11 o’clock A. M. tho discussion wns opened by Col Chastain, who, in n plain and forcible speech of one hour, defined his position, and nbly vindicated his character and cause from the aspersions of his enemies. His address throughout, was listened to with profound attention, and evidently made a very line impression upon the vast concourse present At its close, nn invitation was extended to any one who might desire to reply. Col Spullock as the champion of Messts. Mc Donald nnd Stiles, attempted jt response.— Having never had the pleasure of hearing hint before, we were not prepared to decide upon his effort on this occasion. VVe were informed, however, that his friends consid ered it a failute. He was evidently greatly embarrassed, as well he might he before crowd almost unanimously against him. He reminded us very forcibly of a man flounder ing and struggling in a bottomless bog ; and his cries lo the old democrats for help were in deed most piteous. One of them standing by us, remarked, “I used lo support Spul lock, but he is wrong now.” VVe regret ox ceedingly that Mr. S. has torn himself loose from the good old democratic faith and joined himself to the secession follies of Rhett, McDonaid, & Co. He is too clever a man to immolate himBelf upon such dan gcrous fallacies. At the conclusion of his address the peo tile adjourned lo the Spring and partook of a liberal nnd excellent barbacue, served up in BRADSHAW’S best style. After which they again assembled at the stand, and were addressed by Col. Chisoaim of Paulding partly in reply to Col. Spullock nnd also in vindication of the principles and aims of the Union Party. It wns on the whole one of his best efforts und produced a fine effect up on the audience. We understand the de bate was continued by Judge Spullock nnd W. T Wofford Esq. but we were compelled •fq retire before its conclusion. A friend in forms us that Mr. Wofford made a capital speech, which wns received with the great est applause. Tlte utmost good feeling and enthusiasm characterised the deliberations and discus sions of this meeting throughout. We for got to mention that the occasion was graced by quite u number of ladies from Floyd and tlte adjoining counties. With their approv ing smile our cause must triumph. In conclusion, we would soy, that “Wolf skin” is sound to the core, and in Octo her next will show to the world that they are prepared to stand nobly up to the defence ot the Constitution and the Union. literary Changes The Itcv. G. F. Pierce, D. D. hna resigned the Presidency of Emory College, and Dr Alex. Means, has been elected to All the vacancy. Dr. W. II. Ellison, has resigned the Presiden of the Wesleyan Female College at Mitcon, and Prof. E. H. Mters elected in his place. Tha Rev. W. R. Branham, will All the|chalr vacated by Profea- 8or Myers. Death or Judce Allen.—We regret to learn that this gentleman died in our City on Sunday morning last, Irom an appoplocdo attack, after lin gering some ten or twelve days in a state ol insen sibility. Essrs. ps tl e con isunl qi ill bo moi crop ol the latter, unless some unforseen disaster should occur. The prospect then Is, keep up nnrt'cottbti koep dowm That pr< of every description will l-o high end cottons ol ov- ery description will bo low. Thnt wo ere to Imvo added to. thojast, another year ol great.scarcity, and in somo Insttneos, orsufferlng, there can he little doubt. It is true, there nre hero nnd there, in nl- tnost evory county, green spots, ami a prospeot of average provision crops; bat wlmt nro they com pared with tho widespread rain whleh tetohea from tlte fertile vallios of Kentucky and Tennessee, tho rioli prariec of Arkansas and Texas 1 It is this present and prospective scarcity of oorn which has on used tire farmers very generally, nnd very pro perly too, to hold on to tboir wheat. Indeed, from the partial failure of their provision crops last year* many hnvu boon compelled lo feed their horses dur ing the summer upon.lhls valuable grain- .Strange as it may seem, thousands of bushels 01 co n, oats, &c., linve been imported into Floyd .county from Tennessee during the last few months; und corn is now selling, wlton it cun be lmd ntnll, for ono dol lar nnd one dollar and ten cents perbmlie! inour city. Now if cotton wasselllng nt lOnml I5cenlr/>r there was a reasonable expectation that it would rench that mark, the prospeuts of tlte planter and merchant would be less gloomy; but with die price of this great stapler ranging from four to seven Cents, nnd tho present promise of more titan nn average every otto must pereeive that wo nre on Util eve of u Annnclul pressure If not revulsion Lest wlntor, whon cotton was up t.i- 19 nnd 14 cents, millions of dollars were expended for lands nnd negroes at high prices; some wero purchased for cash, others upon Credit. TUeso lands nnd ne groes hnvo generally boon devoted to the onltura of cotton; nnd n largo surplus ol this grant ample, It IV couAdontly believed, will be sent to market this yonr. There wore on the 11th of July Inst, In the Liverpool mnrkct, 01)5,0S0 bolus, egninst 401*,590 ltulos at the samo period lust year This yuor tho Arst now cotton found Its way to market on tho 25th of July; last year it was seventeen days Inter. So nays tho New Orlenns Bulletin. Willi some 700, 000 bales then of tlte old crop now on hand h. Liv erpool, with 225,000 at the principal ports in this country, in uddition to wlmt is on ship board, und going fnrwnrd, It eon hardly bo expected thnt tlte price of cotton will upprucinto during the next Id months. This exhibit nnd these remarks nre mude- wlth no desire to excite unnecessary apprehensions and furkodmgs of coming evils, bm simply to put our ftiunds upon their gtmrd, lost by improvidence nnd Imprudence, they increase their embarrass ments. Now is tho timo for evory mnn to gather up nnd husband his rcsourocs—to prepare for a long and perhaps slot my night. den voted fo .the South, end declaring It to bo an Immanent ol op to the grow- pretsion. Nc^t, the Union was passing away,'and la tho' Spall? declare<Pif wo would anbiitli tu fhe post vie wouk The Dubious Party. The following anecdo’e which we take from the Augusta Chronicle is Sentinel, beautifully illustrates the character of the Secession Party of Georgia. In company with Union Democrats, they are Democrats; if they meet a disunion Whig they ore seres.-lonisls. To-day they discard old putty lines and Issues, to. morrow they try to restore them. Fortunately the people understand their game, and will defeat the?r purposes! There lived a Tew miles apart, in n certain country, two friendly neighbors, between whose houses tbero was n grocery. One of the neighbors was the owner of a litter of fine Berkshire pigs, one of v hich he hnd pro mised to send his friend. Accordingly, one morning he put the pig in a basket, covered it with a cloth to keep Ihe little gtunler in and otdered n negro to enrry it. The negro got os far as the aforesaid grocery, ail sale, hut stopping to get a drink, he set his basket down at the door as lie went in, and when he was out of sight, some rude frequenters of the “lick,” took the pig out, replaced it with a pup, and covered the basket .again carefully, so that tlte negro’s suspicion wqg not aroused. He took up the basket on com ing out, und marching off, was soon at. the neighbor’s house. Here, to the astonishment of the negro, when the bnsket was uncovered, the pup was revealed. The neighbor became angry nt being thus sported with, nnd the negro protested thnt his mnster should not be blnmcd, “for,” suid he, “dut pup was a pig when mnssn put um in dar.” This over the negro turned homeward again, with the pup in his basket. On teaching the aforesaid grocery ho stopped as before fur another drink, nnd this lime, while he wns in, taking the “critter,” thept/p was taken nut nnd the pig put back. When he reached home lie met his mnster in the yard, and informed him that his neighbor suid “Ac didn't want his 'and he would unit to any thing, He said the South was lied innd and foot, and we were only "hewers of wool ind drawers of water” for the North. Me then ?■• tontshed ail present, by endorsing the resolution! of the Georgia Convention. As it was settled by the State, ns good Stale Rights men, they (tho Southern Rights Partry) of coase mast submit. ' No farther egressions would be tolerated. Thdre was no party 'Was, that parly he would repudiate. The term “gloi rious Union," coming from a Southern Rights man was to- him totally incomprehensible. IIo asserted that tho compromise was aggressive and ought not to be submitted to with impunity. There was now but one real issue before the people, nnd that wee the rlglit of Secession. Snell are, Mr. Editor, a few of the sayings of the Hon. Wm. H. Stiles. Now has be not brought homo tho completest "Austrian Bend” ever introduced amongns. The Ladies hi my school boy days, had a graceful forward inclination of the body, which they called the "Grecian Bend,” but some Tenneaaeans came along here with somo humped back hoga which they called Rnsaia hogs, and the boyr changed the name of that Important bend to Rnstiit- The Lathis applied the bend to their bodies, but' the Governor,s Squire hits applied it to his politics. Now, Sir, a few words about Charley and we nro done. 'Ho was glad to see the people of Chattooga;. Was not In the hnklt of making political speeches; but there were false reports ofrenlated about him. If was reported, he understood, that he was a disunion- ist, which wns not so. Georg!, had settled the ques tion for herself, and he endorsed her action. He en- dorsed the reeolutions passed by tho Georgia Conven tion. He had been to Nashville to a Convention.— The resolutions pnssed by that convention were more conservative than those ndopted by the Georgia Con vention. He took strong ground In favor of tho Nash ville Convention. Ho closed; having degraded the dignity of u candidate for Governor so far os to make n short speech, lie and Mr. Stilea both maintained * that the South had been degraded; and Mr. S. said that if we submitted to it wo would submit to any thing. Now, Mr. Editor,by what name ought such a party to be called I If they, refuse to bear being culled disnnlonlsts we hod bctlercall them Factiontsta. Now, aa to their bucccbs. It was glorious! If I were Chastain and Cobb, I would pay them to go round with Crouk all tlte time. 1 should want Crook to go nlong; for there are plenty of men that will op. pose an> thing he advocates, and the mare warmly he urges It, the farther they get from it. I hnve heard of many who were wavering before, who are now con- ft mod, nnd declare the Is,nr to be clearly anion or disunion. Not one convert have they made In thin county, but on tho contrary, hnve driven many off. Some of the tire-eaten nre laying, I understand, that they will not support Stiles if he endorsea the resoln- lions of the Georgln Convention, which he did pub licly nnd privately here—privately without tiny quali fication whatever. This he will not deny, and if nny mnn require it, we stand prepared to prove it, and would like to hnve nn opportunity. Well, one more thing and I have done. After Mc Donald was through, 1 some of tho Union men cried out for Mr. Newton. Mr. Crook, always vejty. offi cious, bounced up and tnndn n very labored anjnm^fl against allowing Mr. Newton a showing, but Ajr. Spullock said let him go on, and you know, ol courie, ,f ).c mid so, no one could object. Mr. Newton roeu anti, I tell yon, ho did great exeaminn in a very abort timo. They treated him very badly, but lie wore Mr, S., the Governor. Spullock nnd all of them out. Spullock tniule tlu weakest Utile reply you ever henrd ; coming after snch a olenr logical speech as Mr. Newton gave, it seemed Ilka Mr. Spullock did not .ayhis right speech. I reckon he hnd forgotten hla other better one, beginning "You might acareo expect one of nty age,” It.c. I hope these gen'lemen will pay us another visit, for tills one has accomplished much for us. Tell, "Uncle Joe” he owes Newton n great deal, nml If Newton U our candidate for ihe Lower Houle, and In- chti pay the debt he must do so. Thu mnil hurries me. You may hear from m» again. Yoms, ito. CHATTOOGA' he wns pig tvhen you put him in dnr, but lie wns pup when Ignt to nabor’s house.” “Open thnt basket,” commanded the mnster. The negro done ns bid, and behold! thore was the pig. “Don’t you see that it is n pigf' asked the inaslor, “Yes, mnssn,” answered the bewildered negro, “I see he pig now, but he wns pup over nt nnbor’s house; he can be pup or pig, jes ns he plonse.” Good News from Gordon. We understand thnt nn election wqs held in Gor don county on Mondny last, for n Justice of the Infe rior Court, vice M. Duke, Esq , resigned. The great Southern Rights parly, for S or 10 days preyious, had been secretly at work with energy worthy a more im portant issue, to spring n party race. Our friends hav ing discovered their obje.-t a few days before the elec- tion, rallied the Union forces and succeeded in defvnt- ing tho fire-eating candidate, by a majority of some 175 votes. This is a glorious beginning for Gordon and we hove no doubt from the representations of our friends in that county, that she will give a largely in cr?naed mojorily for tlte Uni -n ticket over the No vember election. An esteemed correspondent informs us that had the Union party made the same exertions the fire-eaters did, Dr. Rainey’s mojorily would have readied 250 or 300. If the lower part of the State mid the bellano'.' of Cherokee will do as well as our noble little sister county, there enn be no doubt of Cobb’s election by 15 <20,000. For tho Courier. McDonald and stiles in chattooga. THEIR SUCCESS, icc. Mr. Editor-.—The "double” Ex-Governor and his distinguished sntelitc have paid ub a visit, ftted their guns and left us in the smoke. Mr. Stiles was introduced first, who seemed to be quite glad of nn opportunity to explain his sentiments upon the qucB. tlons now agitating the country. He had been .to- Austria—had been in several of tho Governments of the. Old Wqrld, (ffoh’t recollect how many) but-ours wi jhaireatest Gnvcrnmcht he had atcunaa. For tku Courier. Mr Editor.—1 desire a brief space in your paper to notice the political discussions -which came off ip this place on the 23d ult.| betw een Col Chastain and Mr. Stiles, the onion and disunion candidates for representa tive of this District in Congress. I say, to notice the discussion, but I should nerhapa sny, tlte,notice ulrendy tnken of the discus sion by our worthy Southern rights, disunion Editor of tlie Southerner. For I should hava been willing to let the Candidates speak for themselves, and abide by the impressiona they might make as to who the man for Con gress should be, had not the Editor of that immaculole disunion,-secession! Southern rights.-Rhett,-McDonald Nashville con- vention-'sheet, took it into his head lo mis represent the Union Candidate, and the im pression he made on the occasion* Having always regarded the Editor of that paper as a most perfect gentleman, nnd as a man of truth, I can attribute these misrepresenta tions to nothing but his overweening anxiety- lo build up his pnrty in the district, and thb chagrin which he mutt evidently have felt at having the celebrated Mr. Stiles compleTit- |y "done up” and “laid upon the shelf” at the very first onset by what he terms at “round bellied, sleek dapper little fellow who- jins the greatest aversion imaginable to thinks ing.’’ . . Notv every oue having knowledge of the- feeling that existed before, and that which exists since this speaking, knows that the- impression Col. Chastain made in this place- exceeded the most sanguine expectations of his friends : and to my knowledge, that speech of his turned more than a dozen in- his favor who before were doubtful. And further every one there present knows that Col Chastain’s attack on Mr. Stiles was not intirely "personal and unpro~ vnked” but that personnleies were commenc ed by Mr. Stiles in his opening speech.- And fhrther they know that he eould and t nbly nnd satisfactorily discuss the question! presented by Mr. Stiles—and that his f speech so far from conlaining nothing . vnpid nnd pointless anecdote was froughlj from beginning to end with good sense *•“* sound 1 argument-mid that while . Weej-wasspecWngNthp