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have been taxed,) ; was made to the several counties of $750,000 At the very time that this fund was being distributed to carry out McDonald’s reliet measures, the Treasury of the State was embarrassed, and the State was paying eight per cent interest, to raise' these funds to lend out at six per cent inter* est. Who ever heard of such financiering as this ? In consequence of this system of finan ciering, it was not long, of course, before the bills of the Central Bank were reduced in va lue to from 55 to 70 cents in the dollar. The result of this profligate and extravagant use of the public funds and public credit, was a hefivy loss to the State, by scattering broad cast its means to the irresponsible borrowers upon insufficient securities, and, as a neces would be but few who would not be in favor of using forco in her defence. Tliore is not a Union press or a Union candidate in Geor gia, so for as we know, who dares even.to discuss fairly the right of secession. Even those who wore wont to talk so -much about treason, and traitors, and this glorious Union, no longer dare deny the right of secession.— It is true that,'While they admit the right, they endeavor to mistify it by talking about revolution; but there is not a man of them who dire' advocate the right of the General Government to uso force; and if they dared plainly and openly to deny the right of seces- . sion, thero could not be a Union man elected ioQeorgia—not even Toombs ond Stephens. Then, if South Carolina wants co-opera tion, let her act. If she wore out of the Un ion to-day, wei have no doubt that the South ern rights party would carry the elections in October by an overwhelming majority. From the Savannah Rububllcnn. Tito Canvass t-FIuanctorlng 11 The result of the Canvass now going on in Georgia, is regarded with the greatest soli citude, in and out of the State, by both the friends and enemies of the Union. We be lieve that in order to maintain our rights and our integrity, as law abiding people,and in or der to preserve and perpetuate the blessings of liberty and independence which we now enjoy under the Union of these States, it is essentially necessary that evory Union man should do his duty, in striving to elect How ell Cobb Governor of Georgia ; and not on ly so, but to return also a majority of Union men to the Legislature. This is the duty every Union man owes to himself and his country. The disunionists, not only in Geor giy but in the whole South, earnestly seek after and desire the election of McDonald. He, in common with the disunionists of South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi, has a common aim end object in view namely— a disruption of tho Union, and a “Southern Confederacy.” This is a fact so fully proven and so well established, that nothing remains now to bo done, but for the people to rise in the majesty of their might, und with a tor rent of indignation signally to rebuke, at the • ballot box, the fell spirit of insubordination now rile among the fire-eaters, und which threatens the overthrow of the Government and the total damoliiion ond destruction of all that Franmen held dear. We verily be- Iieve that flieissues invoiveu in ttils ouh»~» are peace, safety, and prosperity on the obe hand, and on tho other, secession, revolution and war, “as terrible as it is unnatural.” But admitting, for this argument, that these grave considerations are not in issue before the people, and that the election de pended upon the personal merits of the can didates, we think we can show from history that McDonald is incompetent to manage the affairs of this great State. TVitus said of the Emperor GalbaOmnium consensu capax imperii nisi imperassit.” So we would 6ay of McDonald—all might consent that he would make a good governor, if he had not qoverned. McDonald has, by the votes of the old “Union Democratic party.” been Iwioe elected Governor already,—and we think his past history will prove his total in capacity for the post to which he aspires for the third lime. We omit for the present any remarks upon the unexampled course of Judgo McDonald, ill thrusting himself upon the people,, for tho third lime, os a candidate for Governor of Georgia. Tho political annals of the State furnish no precedent for such a case ; and this fact alone is of sufficient im portance to doom McDonald to defeat.— But we need not base an argument upon this fact. We have other and better materials for our present purpose. We wish to exam ine the financial skill of McDonald during the terms of his Governorship, and to prove, as we have said, his total incapacity to man- ego the affairs of this great State. When McDonald was, in 1839, was fiist installed the Governor of Georgio, the directors of the Central Bank stated in their report ('Novem ber, 1839,) that the capital of the Bank was $2,838,993 44. Soon after that the General Government paid into our Treasury our pro portion of the surplus revenues, amounting to $1,056,422 09—making together, the snug sum in McDonald’s hands of $3,880,415 53, with which to administer the government. The State was then out of debt and had ample means, with which, if carefully admin istered, to have prosecuted the work on the State Bail Bond without embarrassment to tbe government, or creating the necessity of increasing the Taxes on the people twenty- five per cent, as was tho case in 1842, just three years after McDonald was first instal led, and was still Governor. Ho began, ns we have seen, with upwards of $3,800,000 in the treasury, and in Jess than 3 years re quired an increase of taxes. The enquiry is a vory natural one—what became of this large sum of money and made it necessary to increase the taxes 25 per cent, in three years, after McDonald was made the Governor of Georgia r If the reader will follow us in our remarks, he will probably find an answer to this enquiry. McDonald was not vary long in the Chair of State before he was seized with a “ spasmodic affection” for the dear people. We all remember his •* Relief Mes sage.” Improvident and extravagant use of private credit in speculations and overtrading and the subsequent failure and low prices of our great staple, caused great embarrassment to our people. McDonald’s sympathy was evidently greatly excited for the people, and he w as at his “ wits end” to devise aschcme which, while it might alford relief to specu lators, would also immortalize his name as a great financier and statesman. The mountain labored—a message was brought forth, and in that message McDonald recommended that the credit of the Stale—the property ' and labor of the people—should be pledged to iaise money to supply the wants of a few pit’zens—and they perhaps political favour ites. Who would, except McDonald, have ■wer thought of such an unwise, impolitic . .od unjust sc home as this 1 Yet this was his ocommendation to the Legislature of Geor-’ in, to squander owr funds, rain our credit, ' nd burthen our people with the most one- ,'ous taxation. Fortunately this scheme re ceived hut litfle support, and the measure failed.-Notwithstanding this scheme failed, -:"*tefofe the close of McDonald’s adminisira- . tion, our funds were exhausted, our credit . ruined’jand.the State was bankrupt. Under his administration an act was passed and ap proved by him, authorizing the Central Bank o issue bills to double the amount of its apital. This was done, ond immediately he bills of the Bank wete at a discount of itom 10 to 25 per cent. Under his adminis- a diaitibut'um of the public funds, or ftbe Central Bank f for the redemption i people were liable to be, and passed in 1840, requiring McDonald to pay $75,000 annually in reduction of this debt. But his “ relief” measures consumed all his funds, and justice to our creditors was sacri ficed by his generosity to a favored few.— The $75,000 was not paid, and the law was a dead letter to McDonald upon the statute book. In 1842 Mac’s extravagance led him Into many and severo wants for funds, and the sequel of the inatlor was that a bill was passed by the Legislature of that year in- creasing the taxes of the people 25 per cent.— All this happeuod while McDonald was Gov ernor of Georgia ! Time would fail, us to go into a more detailed account ol McDonald’s financial schemes while Governor, to show bow, Under his administration, tho public funds were squandered, the public credit abused and tho public faith violated and dis graced. To sum up the whole matter, we will give a statement of the Slate affairs when McDonald rendered an account of his stew ardship to tho people in 1843: McDonald, Governor : In account with the poeple oj Georgia, Hr. To Bank Capitol squandered, $2,838,993 44 “ Surplus U. S. Revenue do. 1,051,482 09 “ State debt incured by you. 1,616,885 72 “ Deficit in the Central Bank, to be met and paid by taxa tion, “ Amount Central Bank in cir culation, to be redeemed by taxation, Nashville, and from Nashville, one hundred and eighty miles, to Louislville, (Ky.) In order fully to understand the mutter; those interested will of course read the three let ters We embrace the opportunity to ex press our thanks to the writer for his kind ness and consideration in this behalf.—San. 'j Another Fugitive Arrested.--!! is stated by telegraph in the New York Express, that a negro named Daniels, was arrested in Birf- fnlo, N. Y., on the 15ln, claimed as a fugi tive by a gentleman from Louisville, Ky., named Moore. An examination before the U. S. Commissioners was in ''progress. A great excitement was said to preydil in Buf falo. This is bringing tbe matter borne rath er closely—arresting a fugitive in President Fillmore’s native city. We shelf look with some interest to see the result.. P. S. Since the above was in type, we learn by a later depatch that the tugitive was de livered over to his master by the Commission ers, on tbe evening of the same day on which he was arrested. All right.—Atlanta Intel ligencer. 350,000 00 700,000 00 THE COURIER. THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT- II, 1851 J. KNOWLES, EDITOR. “ Should Conqress at anq time exhibit its purpose to war upon our property, or withhold our just constitutional rights, we slandreadyto vindicate those rights, in the Union as long as possible, and out of the Union when we are left no other alternative.” NOMINATIONS OF THE constitutional union party. For Governor- HON. HOWELL COBB. $6,657,301 25 According to the Treasurer’s Report, 30lh Noromborj 10-40) MlDuiioIJ loft J|j the TrCJl" sury, of ail the funds he had received, only $46,395 11—part of which was, of bills of broken banks and some counterfeit money I From this it will be seen that McDonald, while Governor, squandered the capital of the Central Bank—squandered tbe amount of surplus revenue, received from the General Government—left the State in debt over a million and a half of dollars—caused n defi ciency in tho Central Bank of $350,000, bo- yotid her means to pay her debts—besides having a circulation of $700,000—to be re deemed by Taxing the people. And yet after all this management, Judgo McDonald, “hat in hand,” has the hardihood to como before the people and ask to elect him, a third lime, their Governor. Was ever impudence like this I! No Sir—youcnn’tgotlhcvcitesofUn- ion men. Such financial skill will not suit the people of Georgia—you liavo been tried in the balance and found wanting. It occurs to us, just here, to enquire how this expose of McDonald’s financial ability will suit our opponents. Wlien they get into power, they are going to secede! As it is to be a peaceable measure, of course they won’t want “ the sinows of war.” But then, they will be an independent nation, and will need the mealu to carry on a civil government. There are the army and navy to support.— They will have to support foreign ministers. They will have to build custom houses, forts, und arsenals, and they will have to establish a post office department, and have their mail contracts and mail facilities. Money will have to he raised to carry out all theso gov ernmental schemes, and perhaps they mny have to furnish “ relief” to tho people again. Now, in all candour, we ask our opponents to think of these things, and see if McDon ald is the proper man to mnnnge the fiscal af fairs of an “ independent nation,” w hen he had not the ability to manage the affairs ol u State, which had nothing to do with foreign relations, forts, arsenals, armies, navies, &c. &c ? We believe, that, for yourselves, as well as us, Conn, in any event, is the most eligible and efficient inan of the two ; and os you have professed to havo mounted our plutform, prove your faith by your works, and give Cobb jour hearty support; and if he is elected, your conscience, like the Stato, will enjoy peace and repose. All you have to expect by electing McDonald, is Seces sion, War, TAXATION! Cobh and McDonald- Everybody acknowledges that Howell Cobb is a Union mnn. Nobody doubts it: and the friends of McDonald are now trying to get the people to vote for McDonald by pursuading thorn that he is a Union man too. This proves that all acknowledge the princi ples of the Union party to bo correct- Evo ry body is obliged to acknowledge that it is best for the people to preserve the Union and sustain our present form of government ex cept a few rampant fire-eaters. McDonald, by his connection with the Nashville conven tion, his position at the Disuuion meeting in Macon last year, his correspondence and affiliation with the Disunionists of South Carolina, and the general tone of discontent exhibited in ull his letters, has given room to doubt very seriously, his attachment to tho Union, ond to cause a strong suspicion that his heart is rot in the right place. Then wo would ask in all candor, is it not safer for all true Union men to vole for Cobb, against whom there is no suspicion, than to cast their votes for McDonald, about whom there is a considerable doubt ? Certainty, if any man wishes to vote for a real Union man, there can be no hesitation in choosing be tween Howell Cobb and Charles J. McDon ald.—Griffin Union. We publish this morning the first of n senes of three letters from our intelligent correspondent at Louisville, Kentucky, upon the Rail Road improvements now in courso of construction in that State. These letters are written by a gentleman of extensive scientific and practical information, and thoroughly acquainled|wilh all the Rail-Road Improvements completed and now in progress in this country. They are of great interest, and are response to our editorial of the 31st July last, upon the “great lines of Southern Rail-Roads.” The third letter more particu larly refers to tho connexion of Savannah with tho “great West,” by means of the line of Roads extending from Chattanooga to For Conores8. COL.E. W. CHASTAIN, Of Gilmer. For Senator. COL. JOSEPH WATTERS^ •; ForJRepresentatives. FLO ft) COUNTY. WILLIAM T. PRICE. CUATTOOOA COUNTY, ROBERT CAMRON. CORDON COUNTY, THOMAS BYRD. AGENTS FOR THE COURIER. Dan’l Hix, Summerville. Judoe Wooten, Dirt Town. J. T. Finley, Chattoogaville. E. R. Sasseen, LaFayette. HON. HOWELL COBB Will address the people at tho following places, at the times designated : Calhoun, Saturday “ 6th. Spring Place, Monday “ 8th. Ellijay, Wednesday “, 10th. Ulairsvillo, Friday “ 12th. Dohlonogu, Monday “ 15th. Cumming, Wednesday “ 17th. Canton, Friday “ 19th. We are authorised by Mr. Cobb to say that Judge McDonald is invited to attend these appointments, and to participate in the discussion upon equal terms. ET It will be seen by nn advertisement In our col umns to-dny, that Mr. Posey offers for sale his Hotel at Cave Spring. Thero is nor a mora desirable and healthy village In Upper Georgln, nnd those ,wishing to enter Into "Hotel keeping” would do well to ex- umine the premises. ARE YOU READY? The lapse of a few weeks will terminate the pres ent canvass, and determine the fate of this greet Re public. Never has the publio mind been more Intense ly excited and aroused, and never woo there greater cause. That the Union party will triumph, thero con bo no reasonable doubt; but wo want a glorious victory—one that will forever still'tho spirit if dis union and disorganization in our own fair State, and show to our intmetible and wayward sister, that in breaking up this Government, she can hope for; nei ther aid nor comfort from Georgia. Our opponents will uso every exertion and try eve ry artifice to conceal from tire honest and unsuspect ing people the true issue. We therefore say to them be on your guard ! Let no mon deceive you ! Charles J. McDonald is tiro open and avowed enemy of the Government of your fathers! Howell Cobh is its open and avowed friend I If you would destroy the Con dilution nnd tho Union, vote for the former—if you would preserve them, vote for tho latter. Vote afall and open ticket. This is no time to traffic in votes no time to indalgc personal prejudices and predilec tions. The only question should be at the ballot-box —are they true to tho Constitution nnd the Union t- will they stand by them I We say then to our friends, look well to your organization ! Tho enemy is on the alert; every weak point will be assailed. Be united —be campnet—be vigilant. Sec that every district, every precinct is supplied with bailota of the 'right kind, and that every Union mnn that con crawl to tho polls is there. Remember that all you hold dear is involved in this slruggio. Avoid bitter words and hitter feelings. A/atly honestly differ with us, and their opinions and feelings are to be respected. Coo- ly and deliberately carry out the promptings of your own judgment—let others do tiio same. We trust you have made up your.mind ntid ore. prepared to do your whole duty to God nnd your country. Let eve ry man then, be ready! Co-operalien. We are informed that , there are quite number of gentlemeu from South Carolina now touring it through our State und cheer ing on Mr. McDonald in his hopeless ; strug gle. One of them, we learn, passed up the road the other day, and after hurrahing most lustly for McDonald, declared that evety'man in his district was for McDonald. Some of the passengers were a little curious to'' tow what district in- Georgia was so’ hopelessly demented, when to their relief they were in formed, that it was Barnwell district, South Carolina, and no district in Georgia at all That the South Carolina disunionists are for McDonald to a man, there can be no doubt He has, theiefore, already the co-operation of one State. .. : v-'y-y l Bather too Fast. The Southerner enys—“ There is no such thing as an American people, politically speaking!” We are aware that our South ern Bights friends have labored very hard to denationalize us, but we did not learn be fore that they had succeeded. It is true, Langdon Cheves, had pronounced the Con stitution a dead carcass, but we* hoped he tfas mistaken. That it will be destroyed if he and McDonald and Rhelt succeed in their designs there can be no doubt. Our country* men abroad' will loam with surprise that they ate. no longer American citizens, and that our national flag, bearing upon its ample folds, the American Eagle, and the significant mot to, “ Hpluribus Unitin'’—is a mere mockery and no longer tbe emblem of protection and safety. The,mind of poor old Washington must have been sadly unhinged and disor dered, when, in his farewell Address he said “ The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must al ways exalt the just pride of patriotism, mote than any appellation derived from local dis criminations.'’ Simple old man, little did he imagine that the name in which he rejoiced and gloried, would be so soon discarded by his countrymen as unmeaning and distasteful, aud the bold avowal bo made, that “ there is no such thing as an American people.” All this comes of bad associations und bnd teachings. Had our friends of the Southerner taken Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and other fathers of the Constitution as their guides, and carefully studied thoir writings nnd followed their wise teachings, they would have still gloried in the American name and loved the American Union. But alns, alas I under the pernicious cla mour of Rhett, McDonald, Stiles & Co, we fear their minds have become poisoned, their eyes jaundiced, and like the infatuated mad man, they would destroy their best friend. The October election will, we trust, show to the world that the people of Georgia are not ashamed of the American name, norquite ready to discard the AMERICAN FLAG. That I-ctlcr. Our fire-eating friends have made much noise about what they are pleased to term a suppressed letter, writtet by Mr. Cobb. We had hoped they had found it in the one ad dressed to the Macou Commit'co ; still they seem dissatisfied, and aro quite clamorous for that letter. Well, we think they will be very apt to find it in Mr. Cobb’s forthcoming in augural message. Let them be a little patient until November, and they will doubt less see the elephant Labor Loaf. After much research our neighbor has dis covered that Mr Cobb did actually vote for tho Oregon bill, nnd in proof, adduces the testimony of Mr. Stephens. Now he has ba tten great pains to prove what nobody ever denied, and what Aft. Cobb himself hns al ways freely admitted. The Oregon bill was pending in Congress several sessions, an un til the acquisition of Mexican territory, Mr. Cobb, with Mr. Stiles and other Southern members voted for it. So soon however as other questions were presented, involving tho rights and interests of the South, Mr. Cobb, voted against the passage of that bill until those questions were adjusted. The speech of Mr. Stephens to which the South erner alludes, was made before the final pas sage of th6 Oregon bill, and therefore amounts to nothing in the case. We repeat that Mr. Cobb voted against the Oregon bill which Mr. Polk signed, upon its final passage, and w hich is now the law of the land ; and we defy any one to prove to the contrary. PREMATURE. Mr. Cheves hns asserted that the Constitution is a dead carcass; Mr- Rhett, that the Unton is dissolved, and now tho Southern Bights organ of Cherokee Georgia,declares that “wc aro not one people, bat thirty people!—not one nation but a constellation of nations.” We ore perfectly aware that it would be very ngreeable to Mr. Rhett nnd his Georgia con federates, to know that the American people no lon ger considered themselves one, and no doubt, it would grently refresh thoir patriotic souls to see the consti tution destroyed, the States disbanded, and the stars end stripes trailing in tho dust, and each of the thirty “people," or nations, running up its "lone star, 1 upon a patch of red, gracefully dangling to n. broom stick—lids would doubtless present to their minds a most happy consummation of their pious labors; but we think theynrea little too fust in declaring that we are already in the midst of this political millenlum, so long predicted by the seers of South Carolina, and of late reiterated and hoped for by McDonald, in Geor gia. The Constitution, thanks to the sagacity of ilo framers, atill lives, and whilst it has it a being, holdi the States together as one people. We intend no dis respect, not the slightest, when we say tiiat with us, the opinions of George Washington are quite as weighty as tboscof the Southerner. That somewhat distinguished gentleman, in hie farewell address, said —“the unity of Government which constitute, you ONE PEOPLE, fi alto now dear to you." The idea of a constellation of nations, sovereign and in- dependent, under one and the same form ot govern ment, never entered the mind of Washington nnd hie illueliious compeers j for he further declares—"The Constitution which at any timo exists, till changed by an explicit act of the whole people, is sacredly obliga tory upon ALL.” Whnt a contrast between the views of the immor tal Father of his country, and those of the foster fath er of the Nashville Convention ! The former main taining that under the Federal oompact, the Ameri can people are a unit—the latter that they are divid ed into separate end independent sovereignties. Now wo may be deemed quite antiquated and unfashiona ble, but we prefer to take Washington and his compat riots for our'guides, to Charles J. McDonald, and the consdtulion which they framed, to the Nashville plat form The Federal Constitution suye—"We, the people—(not We the States) do ordain nnd establish ibis Constitution." If further declares that the con stitution'—(not the Will oi the State) “eball be the su preme lew of the laud I" And’ yet we are told that the General Government may at any time be knock ed in the head at the pleasure of any one of its con stituent memben, with or without cause. This la the Nashville doctrine t and this dootrine Messrs. Mc Donald and Stiles would label, as democratic. For opposing It, the'Constitutional Union Party aro de nounced as Federalists; Consolidnilonlsts, submiosion- lste, and many othef ti^ly ibingtj j hut no long'as we are associated with the fathers of the Republic, in sentiment, and we trust plso, in atm loo, we are not very seriously afflicted by unmeaning appellations.— We presume no onp .will deny thst Gen- Jackstfn wae a tolerably clear exponent Of Democratic doc trines, and he uses the Hallowing language ■— “The Constitution of the United States,, then form ed a Government, not a leqgmt and.whethcr'it be formed by compact between the Stittes.or In any oth er manner, its character is lire same. It is a Govern ment in which all the people arc represented, which operatet directly pn the people individually, not upon the States." , Improvement Under Difficulties. There is such a manifest improvement, both in the matter and style of the last Southerner, that wo are not without hopo that under the teachings of tbe Cou rier, assisted by Archbishop Whately, our neighbors will ultimately come to an enlightened understanding of tire true genius and structure ol our civil institu tions. We are aware that oura is no light or trivial task; for before we onn expeot to accomplish muoh in thr ir behalf, we must get the consent of our neigh bors to unlearn moot that they have already learned, and discard theso teachers of political soicnce who seam to have given them the Aril benefit of tho sys tem obteurum per ohicuri'ui. The term sovereignty still seems to puzzle them; nnd well it may, lor it hits puzzled older and denier heads than theira or oara; and therefore, as wa have before remarked, it should never have been introduc ed Into our political vocabulary. As we nrnumo the broad ground that noitlior jure Divino nor jure hu manno, (neither by Divine right nor by human law,) does sovereignty reside in men or human Govern ments, it isquito immaterial with us where they lo- cste It. They say it belongs to bodies politic. A body politic may compriso several States or comma nitlea—It may bo a monarchy or it may be a republic. Georgia, composed of districts and eountiea, Is a body politic—the United Slates are S body politic, nnd yet sovereignty resides in neither the one no- tho other. Pome is a body politio and hns just as muolt right to throw herself upon her sovereignty and secede from Georgia, ns Georgia hai to secede from the Federal Union. Sho Is a community, nnd according to the creed of tho Southerner, sovereignty belongs lo com. mnnities,tnd therefoie the peoplo of Rome ere sover eign,nnd whenever they plcnse can withdraw from Georgia, act up toe tharaselves an independent gov ernment, or form an alliance with Atabamu. Why, gentlemen, is it not preposterous to talk about State sovereignty, when a Stato is not permitted to coin a dime, establish a post-office or post-road, appoint n post-master, or keep an army to repel invasion or quell insurrection? We stated in our lost that the term sovereign wa B no where applied to States in the Federal Constitution —tho word sovereignty is once used in tho old arti cles of confederation—but woo discarded by the wi-e framers ol the preseut constitution and tho term pow er, is used in its stead. There Is something very sig. nifleant in this simple feet- The fathers of the Re. publio discarded it as a kingly terra, Inappropriate to the States united or separate—inappropriate to the genius of ourpolitical system, and incompatible with the sentiments and feelings of the American people It has been exhumed by certain politicinns, nnd used by them to magnify the powers of the States, at the expense of the Federal Government, and Constitution al Union. MR- STILES AND THE OREGON DILL' Wo alluded iu our last number to tho vory unfair and ungenerous courso pursued by Mr. Stiles and his friends in denouncing Mr. Cobb for hie vote on tho Oregon Bill, when Mr. Stiles did precisely the something hi ill self. Wo stated then that in cast ing tills vote ho did no more thun acquiesce in tire Missouri Compromise! nnd wo nre now prepared to show.from the record that lio voted on thnt occa sion with Barnwell Rhott of South Carolina nnd IV. H. Stiles of Georgin; rather suspicious company, we admit. This task is devolved upon us by tho continued rc-iterution oftlds clmrgo, end attempts upon tho part of Mr, Stiles and his friends, to mis lead the publio mind nnd embitter publio feeling against Mr Cobb. Wo know.not whnt tho people may think of tho conduct ofMr. S , but If wo thought Mr. Chastain could bo guilty of snob paltry nrtlflce, to Injure an old politioulassociate,withouttliolonst provocation, wo would drop him Instantly. Lot our Southorn Rights friends read the following ox- tract from the Congressional Globe, vol. Id, page 230, and say whether they can longer support n man who will try to prostrate a friend for doing pre cisely what he himself did? Many qf our opponents we know are mon of honor, and weiook for them to dost rt a cause tiiat can only bo sustained by such disreputable moans. The question recurred on the engrossment of the bill for a third reading, which was a- grecd to; the bill was read accordingly. On the question of its passage, Mr. Jame son moved the previous question; which was sustained by tho House. The yeas and naya was called for and or dered on the passage of the bill ; aud being ordered, they resulted—yeas 140, naj-s 69— as follows : YliAS—Messrs. Anderson, Arrington, At- ktustiti, Belser, Benton, Bidlack,E. J. Black. Jainei Blaek, James A. Black, Blackwell Bower, B.iwlin, Boyd, Brinkerhoff, Brodhead, Aaron V. Brown, William J.Brown, Buffing ton, Burke, Burt, Caldwell, Carpenter, Jer emiah E. Cary, Shepard Cary, Catlin, Chap pell, Clinton, Cobb, Cullom, Dana, Daniel Dftrrngh, John \V. Davis, Dean, Dellet, Dick- ly, Dillingham, Douglass, Duncan, Dunlap MB. COBB AT CALHO We wen present at the dire union at Calhoun i Saturday last, which passed olf Mert’-ibilaihotori .the friends of oar good cause. Mr. Cobb spoke for about two hours, and-was listened to with profound attention by an immense oroWd from'differont parts of Gordon and the adjoining counties. Ho was fol lowed by Da. Millie of thfsblly, and L. J. Glenn. Esq .of Henry, who addressed the Jfroploin a mast eloquent and satisfactory manner. Our friends in Gordon are in fine spbdts, ana will give the whole Union tioket, tor Governor! (jongross attU Legislature a majority 6f probably SbO at IctUti Mosiis- Cowarf, PatfoniFob^Rb' and other • eat- tallies of MoDonald ond Stiles; have been hovering arbjind the waled or Mr. Cobb, during his tour thro’ the Cherokee country, vainly hoping to epgaga him in a discussion! this Mr- Oobb.has very, properly de clined. As Do. Millnr very ikcotlously’ remarked the other day,' Mr, Coza “warred not save with the King of Iirael,” not with - every stirrup-holder who may volunteer to fight his battles )• though he haa uniformly answered pny questions .that havo been addressed to him by the humblest citizen. At Cal houn,'however, Mr. Cobb and fits friends were wil ling to give their opponents'a hearing, and on at- rangemont wea entered Into by whloh they might, have been gratified io their, hearts content, One of their number was to follow Mr, Cobb,then lobe followed by a Union speaker, and so op;alternately each party waS to speak until tho discuoalon cldjed. No sooner, however! did Mr. Cobb 'tlhse his unan swerable argument, than a shoot wtls raised for tho firo-eators to retire, and hear a speech from Mr: Cowart, at tbe Depot- Then opmniotvPcfd In good earnest tho work of practical secossfon,' oitd a refrezi ol tho rank and file, under the dliifctlbn of General P. and Col. F. was affected that would have doha credit to Napoleon or Wellington in their palmiest days. It was a perfect 8lr-Jorry-Go-Nhnb1e achieve- meat, and under oovor of tho ooffin battery, they wore able to bear off most oflho killed, and all tho wounded, lnetudlng the oommanders. Subsequent, ly wo were attraoted by Walls of distress to tho roar of a ware-house, whero,in dolorous strains and with still mora dolorous looks, dtuy were pouring out thoir complaints tot small group of adherents, who had esonped it seoma with life, if not with limb. Wr heard it Intimated, that this maelerty activity of the fire-eaters wae solely attributable'’to tbe uni expoctod ptesoncoof Dr. M. upon tho stand, whom thoir groat champion did not oara to engago in a toarnoy. This was prudent. Altogether their flight was rlolt and indiscribable—and forcibly reminded us—that " He wbo fights and runs away May llveto JlgHt’another dttft ” But he that Is In battle slain, Will novor rise to fight again.” • COL HAOKETT^yiTcoL CHASTAIN Wo learn thst Mr. Hackett lias sign«f.a statement which Is now in olroulation to the effoot that ho was present when Col Chastain sold himself to tha Un ion party, stook.loek, and barrel. Ae wo have not som this precious doaument, 1 we will only remark r.t this time; that tho pooplo will attsoh but little importance to lids now device to defeat Mr. Chas tain. Mr. Hackett was In Rome when that gentle man addressed tha peoplo and pronounced tho state ment false. Why did he not then oome forward with tho proofl No 1 he waits until the evo of tho election whon ho hopes tho statement will go out without contradiction until the oontest is over,-ahd the mis- chief is effected. Thos' C. Ilackctt is the last man that should attempt to injaro Col. Chastain. GLOmOUSNFWsT NO CO-OPERATION FROM MISSISSIPPI I I The North Mississippi Union-, brings us intelligence of a most glorious viebry of the ft tends of Union in that gallant State.— Our South Carolina neighbors were predic ting quite a different result. Wo give below the returns as far as heard from. Georgia will soon give a cheering response to .her younger sister.. Tbe skies ere brightening. Since writing the foregoing we leant, by paa gere who arrived in the stage on yesterday, that Union majority In Mississippi as far as beard " 19,300—and that Quitman has declined’ riinnl Governor. Very prudent onse In his life — From the North Mississippi Union. Jackson, Wednesday 9. P, uy,'Lsiinugiiuui } .L/i’ugiu&B, A/UIIUUII, uuni Ellis, Elmer, Fatlee, Kicklin, Florence, F ter, French, Fuller, Byrum Green, Grider, Hunuibul Hurnlin, l-latrimett, Haralson, Har din Her.iej , Hurrick, Hogo, .fopkins, Hous ton, Hubard, Hubboll, Hughes, Hungerfprd J. B Hunt, C. J. Ingersoll, Irvin, Jameson. Cave Johnson, Perlej’ B. Johnson, Andrew Johnson, A. Kennedny, Preston King, Kirk patrick, Lubranche, Leonard, Lucas, Lump kin, Lyon, McCuuslen, Maclay, Mr Clel land, McClernard, McConnell, McDowell, McKay Mathews, Joseph Morris, Isauc E. Morse, Murphey, Norris, Owen, Parmenler. Payne, Pelitt, Pullock, Emory D. Potter, Pratt, Ramsay, Rathbun, David S. Reid Reding, ltelfe, Rhett, Ritter, Roberts, Ro- binson, Rogers, Russell, St. John, Sample. Schenck, Thomas H. Seymour, David L! Seymour, Simons, Simpson, Slidell, Thomas Smith, Robert Sniith, Steenrod, Stetson, John Stewart, C^-tSTI Jnmes W. Stone, Alfred P. Slone, Strong, Sykes. Taylor, Tibbutls, Tucker, Vanmeter, Weller! Wentforth, Wetherford, Wheaton, Benjamin While, Williams, Woodward, Joseph A Wright, Yuncej', and Yost—140. Wo trust wa shall hear no mora about Mr, Cobb 18 vote upon the Otegou bill, and particularly from Mr. Buies and Lie friends. Witli a full knowledge of their couise upon this question, Messrs. Cobb and Haralson. and other Southern democrats were s ubsequentl returned to Congress. Co, 1 Union, Union, Co. 400 Union Maj. 142 <• 150 « 40 *« 182 « 435 “ ■*&■**•*? 255 “ 82 “ 142 « 170 “ 15 «. 11 ti it 'll V 1 Secession. No opposition. - 206 Union Maj. 250 M0 'IS: Hinds Rankin, Yazoo, Madison, Lownes, Adams, Holmes, Clayboroe, Wilkinson, Amite, Copiah, Scott, Atuila, Warren, Marshall, Lofyette, Pontotoc, Yallobusha, , Tuscumbia, Thursday, 2 P. "M- Thirty four Counties heard from—Sixty 1 ! Union Candidates elected, Seven .Seceissioa 1 —Eight Thousand Majority. ,, ; , Tippah, Union Majority,'6t Itawamba, “ ><■ 350 -Monroe, “ “’ ’ t 1 ’ 65 State, Union by.2Q,( TISHOMINGO FOREVER"? The Editor of the North Mississippi Ui ion in announcing the result under the insignia of a graceful .chuntic’' holds forth to his favorite bird-aft follows . Mount the liigheat-pinp-top on'th'e high hill-flap thy wings, and longly ind loud make the’welkin ring with...thfl glorr news that Tishomingo’s masses are.'trui their fathers, themselves an.d their coun For the Rome Courier* Melon Culture. 1st. Break the ground deep find close-with as ter. . 2d. Lay off eight feet squore.eaoh way with 1 el plough. 3d. Manure.—A large shovel foil of g rotted stable manure to cash cheeky . I 4th. Get aand from the river bank, put a s on top ol the manure, oiler which draw, the L up end cover the sand airont one inc hill, then plant your seed, eight or tei inserting tour finger, in as as qtany places < hill as you went Bead, up to the seepnd joint', t! your »ecd In and cover them. . Cultivation.—As soon as yoqr seed-are np,i sea three leaves, hoe them end loosen the hiU -| the roots, then keep the ground^dear of wee grass by plowing and hoeing unlU.thp yih^jr or four feet in lengtb, then be carelbl not toj vine, but keep the ground' clear, of weeds, before tbe vines.-AU who.wULafrendsf rules will make good, sweet fijfi