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POLITICAL.
. From the Florida Sentinel.
Pionunclimcnto for Douglas
Tho Democratic Review for February In on
article upon “ Tho Notional Convention—dan
gora to Its purity," comos out with what looks
Itko a pronunclamento for Douglas, Interven
tion, 6to. The extract we append, la prelhccd
by tbo declaration that Con. Scott will be tho
whig nominee for tho Presidency—a man
without political kbowlcdgo, tact or senso,
vain and pompons, with nothing about him
but the tinsel and trappings, fopery, ftiss and
feathers of military lllb—a ten horse poworof
personal pride—an entiro subserviency to
Seward, &o., &o., and so on; and that through
him tho ropublio Is onco more to bo exposed
to the awfhl perils arising from a military
President—so imminent and deadly, that in
case of hts success tho Review thinks "It is
not difficult to foresee that the day would not
bo distant when tho Domocrats of the Union
would have to storm the Federal Capital and
bring tbo traitors to tho Constitution to jits-
tleo or else throw themselves into tho camp,
sword In hand, and light the battlo of tho out
raged South.”
A horrtblo dilemma indeed, bccauso It is
not entirely certain that Gen. Scott's friends
would stand quietly by and boo him hanged,
although ho should happen to ho elected—
In which event a "akrimmago ” might ensuo
Thus having exposed tho perils which envi
ron tho country, tho Itrvicw proceeds to point
out the remedy. Tho democratic noniinco
must bo a new man, a young man, (how do
you like that Mr. Buchanan 1) nono of your
Generals, Militia or Mexican, (what say Qcn.
Butler and Gen. Houston 1) nono of your bea-
ten horses (Mr. Cass?); but lie must bo a man
of "pluck” “young blood," defying tho Eu
ropean despots to tlioir teeth—a bold man who
can stand the brunt of foreign tear," a Cato
and all that sort of thing—In short what wo
suppose was Intended for a portrait of Mr.
Douglas, rouged with all tho flattery at tho
command of a supple and cringing personal
partisan. Tho Review has certainly given all
tho known rivals of Sonator Douglas as much
as thoy can cleverly digest; and, what Is worso,
even in its invctcrato hatred and contempt of
Scott, and Its adulation of Douglas, it leaves
tho South In tho dilemma of only a choice of
evils, and very great ovl's—tho purchasoof
domestic peace at tho price of foreign war.
Wo have his own words for tho war, but wo
His friend ho conlbsscs will bring tho foreign
—his rnomy, 1m suspects, will bring the do
roostic war. He is a good witness for tho fqr-
tnor, but not Ibr tho latter. Wo liavo a right
to take the one for granted, but wo bavo need
of more evidence to prove the other. But to
tho extract:
*' To crush this plot before Its birth, tho
Convention must nominate tho proper man.
.-and rival Scott with a tried civilian, not with
a second or third-rate Gonoral, subject to tho
samo weakness as his antagonist
"To recapitulate: Tho Democratic nomi
nee for *62 must, therefore, not bo trammeled
with Ideas belonging to an anterior ora, or a
man ofmerely local fame and local affections,
but a statesmam who can bring young blood,
young ideas and young hearts to the.councils of
the Republic. Your moro General, whethor ho
can write on his card the battle-fields of Mex-
4«— — —-^...ImIIh nf !•>"
Ids mil!tte review; your inero lawyer, train-
ed In the quiddities of tho court, but without
* political idea beyoud a local election; your
mero wire-puller and juliciousbottlo-holdor,'
pre-eminent now, on tho solo ground that he
onco played second flddlo to better men, and
who cozens himself in his corner with tho
Idea that ho can split votes with tho Abolition
.and sectional fhetions ho has intrigued with;
and, abovo all, your beaten horse, whether he ran
for a previous Presidential cup as first or se
cond, or nowhoro at all on the ticket—none of
these will do. The Democratic party expects
from tho Baltimore Convention a new man, a
statesman of sound Democratic pluck, and
world-wide ideas to use it on; a Statu Rights
man, who can show hands clean of tho stain of
friction; a Free Trado man, who will break
‘down tho Tariffs of every rotton monarchy
Hinder heaven, and open to tbo industry and
«oumorceof tho United States tho trado and
exchanges of tho world: a man of Tn-r-n ,„„i
urope
From the Baltimore American.
The Conservative South. .
, Tho Union party of tho South stands oil
high ground as tho worthiest political organi
zation of this age. It is much too noble to bp
an instrument for base uses. It Is above oth
er parties in its principles and purposes, and it
is only requisite that it should be true to It
self and to tho country to hold a decided con
trol over all other parties. A Macedonian
phalanx nover carried a more certain prestige
of victory.
In holding itself aloof from tho Conventions,
both of Baltimore and Philadelphia, the Un
ion party of tho South docs not Intend to
make a show of Indlflbronco—still lessto man
ifest a sectional spirit. In all probability, If
wo may venture to speak of that party accord
ing to our understanding of its spirit, a South
ern man will hardly recclvo its support (hr tho
Presidency. That such a party should exist,
•o independent in its position and so powerful
in its resources, wo hold to be a matter of con
gratulation ; and instead of designating it as
sectional, wu cannot but regard it as thorough'
ly and essentially national. It is eminently
bo in its purpose, no matter in what quarter
of tho Union It may have Its location.
Tbo objection lias boon raised that a Union
party will have no adversaries—Inasmuch as
no party will take disunion ground, nnd that
therefore it is useless to keep up an organiza
tion of Union men. Tho objection hoi rola
tion to words only. Tho worst of traitors have
been tbono who warrod again. I tha throno in
flio King's nnmo. Bo tho most fbrmidable
oncmles of tho Union and tha constitution are
to bo found among thosu who profbss attach
ment to both. The Union men of tbo South,
however, had to meet more open adversaries;
and at this moment there are efforts in pro
gress, systematically devised and unremitting
ly pressed, to organize a soctionnl Northern
party on tbo avowed ground of hostility to
Southern institutions, and in direct violation
to tho spirit of tho Constitution and at tho
risk ot perilling thu union ot these States. It
would bo uu idle waste of words to charge ei
ther party, WhlgorDomocrat with buing un
listed, ono more than tho other, in this move
ment, The New York Evening Post and the
New York Tribune may settle with them
selves thoir relative claims to bo regarded as
Democratic or as Whig—Tho real sympathies
and influence of both being alike vested in a-
nothcr and a common cause,
Tho organization of tha Union party at the
old party organizations, ’ for the purposo of
nominating candidate Ibr President and Vice
President of the United States, pledged to the
support and maintenance of those measures
tlnal adjustment.
The Congressional caucus of the Democrat-
Fractlcal Intervention.
Tho Now York Express quotes from Hie
National tUi-SAlatery Standara a descriptive
statement of articles contributed from Great
Britain and Franco to an Anti-Slavery Bazaar
hold last month at Boston, togotker with a.
lo party, held at the capital, at the beginning
of the present session of Congress, refused to
sanction the'Compromise measures, and’ lt
will be remembered that this refhsal was
prompted by a tender conslderallon for tho
scruples of tho Abolitionist gentlemen, who
find their affinities with Democracy, not at all
Interfered with by their peculiar sectional
proclivities. It seems to bo an understood
thing, that the control of the National Con
vention of that party, will be In the hands of
thoso who dlotatod the course of proceedings
at the Congressional caucus.
The Union party of Alabama, whoso Inde
pendent position we havo abovo referred to,
was largely In tho majority In that State at the
last election. The samo party holds tho
ascendancy In Georgia and in Mississippi, and
is composed, In thoto States os well as in Ala
bama, of men Ibrmorly known as whigs and
Democrats, but now acknowledging neither
name as a political designation. The circum
stances which compelled the formation of
this Union party, to Ibr from having lost any
of their Inherent force, are Inflict moro pow-
orlhlly operative now than over, and their In
fluence will probably bo found sufficient to
bring the whole South Into ono concentrated
unity of political action. In tho nature of tho
case It must happen that tests will bo submit
ted to the Democratic Convention whsn It
meets In this city, which must destroy tho
harmony ol its counsels, and rendor unifor
mity ofactlon next to impossible. Tho ultra-
Isto will contend Ibr absolute control and will
Insist upon introducing thoir peculiar dogmas
Into thoschcdulo of tho party’s principles.—
Tho conservatism of tho South to be effec
tively exerted must be united, and with uni
ty and concentration It can bold the destinies
of the Republic in Its keeping—Baltimore
American,
Cruelty to the Augusta Constitutionalist,
list of pecuniary donations from those couu-
readors, wo havo been perfectly willing to
abide their decision: For the accuracy of
our statement in relbrenco to the compromise,
tho editor la rolbrred to the Congressional
Giobo.
Damoeratic doc
trines upon which his popularity and success are
based here! a bold man, who can stand the
brunt of foreign tear, and maintain, by the
vigor and reach of his counsels, tho honor of
our flag, whether on tho land or on tho son;
and yet, a man ostuto and wise ns Cato, who
can, by tho use of foreign material, savo our
shores from attack, and crush tho despots of
tho world In their very dons; a man, tried in
the contests or laws, and yet more than a Inw-
yor; a man, who has theoretic learning suffi
cient to get rid of tho entanglements which
now surround our diplomatic codo, and tho
monarchic law of nations whicii has been forc
ed upon us; and ivithal, a practical statesman,
not to be discomfited in argument, or led wild
by theory, but ono who has already, In tho
councils and tribunals of tho nation, reared
his front, to tho dismay ortho shallow ‘con
servative,’ to the exposure of tho humanitari
an Incendiary, and the discomfiture of tho an
tiquated rhetorician. Lot tho Baltimore Con-
’ venttonglve to this, tho young generation of
America, a candidate, and wo are content;
but if it fail to do so, Its members can return
to their respective homes, personally proud
•nd elated, and congratulate their constitu
ents, that oach of them has played well and
successfully his part in ruining tho hopes of
the Democratic party of America and of man
kind, during four years or more, for the valo
rous behoof or personal comfort of General
Button and others; and let them assure them
selves at tho samo time for doing so, of the
hearty disgust and not improbably honest
. curses .ofuine-tenths of the American pooplo,
and of eveiy republican in tho Old World or
the New. So bo it.
"Wo bavospokonplainly,as ivo-are bound
to do, ahd as wo shall continue to do- It is
time to speak plainly; Ibr after tile nomina
tion of the.candidate, it will bo too into to ex
amine Into character or capacity. Lot the
press follow our example, and apeak plain bb
Mack and white of tho character and proteu-
of every man who may bo brought for-
But politicians are thin-skinned; and lest
fr iends should, think that, in deal-
sneral characters, wo havo been hit-
alars, we beg toassuro them that,
i it right to cxpjso tho faults
i from
support to tho candidate whom it may
approvo, not on account of Ills jiolltlcal title,
hut from un abiding confldonco in his patriot
ism aud worth.
Mr. Webster’s Great Speeoh in New York.
Last night's mail brought us the great
speech delivered by Mr. IVcbstor in New York,
un Monday evening last, tho birthday of Wash
ington. Tho Courier if•Enquirer thus speaks
ol It.
Its delivery for two hours enchained an im
mense audience with a profound attention,
interrupted only by Irrepressible hurts of ap
plause. It exhibited tho greatest of Ameri
can statesmen in a new light—that ofa his
torical philosopher nnd an academical critic—
and wo may say that he was nover exhibited
to bettor advantage. It showed a massive
ness of thought, breadth of generalization,
range of learning, aptness ofillustratlon, rc-
The Athens Namur ought to bo Indicted
before the courts Ibr unlawlhl cruelty to tho
Augusta Constitutionalist. It has more than
onco taken all the skin from Its versatile edi
tor. It thus finishes its last flogging:
But we are not surprised at this change of
tone in tho editor of tho Constitutionalist.—
If wo read his Horoscope rightly, his political
Matos* itehmale-mv m'teg
Issues that will not stand the popular judge
ment, and os often giving them up os “dead
questions." He was first in fhvor of acquies
cing in the Compromise, and then of resist
ance. Alter tho defeat of 1860, he buriod
"resistance" as a "dead question.” tlo next
tried tha degradation, robbery and secession
platform of wit year, and after tho rout In
last October, buriod that also us a “dead
question.” Yea I he surtmdtrtd at Milledgo-
villo on the 25th of Nov. lost, and required
tho National Democrats to take position. in
flivor of tho “ efficacy and finality of tho set
tlement” ‘ boldly, openly and unequivocally IN
CONVENTION I" When Polk’s resolution
took tlds ground, and it was laid upon thu ta
ble by tho caucus, he cried out, “well done.”
When Foote's came Into tlio Senate, ho
damned It as "sgitatlon.” But now ho has
“no objection” to a little "agitation” by tho
Baltimore Convention 1 IIow long ho will
stay so, no mortal man can tell—for wo havo
already onumorated upon him, within tho
shoit space of eighteen months, six flirtations
(Inclusive of this) with the people, on this ve
flnementffi' taste,
ory listner.
His criticism upon tho nnciont historians,
and ids extracts from their works, were sin
gularly fbllcitous. Nothing could bo moro ap
propriate and Impressive than Ills magnificent
translation of that juirt of tho great oration of
Pericles, which depicted tho glory of Athe
nian freedom, Mr. Webster appeared lastovo-
nlng as a scholar, philosopher, historian, crit
ic, orator, and statesman, and indeed, in per
haps all the divers phases of his character, ex
cept that of the Jurist; but botter than all,
ho showed himself tho true American patriot,
with a heart glowing with tho sentiments or
liberty and vibrating with noblest love ter his
country. No ono hoard tho lecture last ovo-
nlng without lbeling that America could boast
at least ono llinstrous patriot worthy of Romo's
best days, While tho main body of the ad
dress displayed all the imposing sovereignty
of his intellect, Its close was tho outpouring
senso of tho Incstlmablo worth or tho Union
thoy established. History may well bo prais
ed by Daniel Webster, for Ills nnmo has been
inscribed by her on an imperlshnblo tublet
tho samo tablet that emblazons tho immor
tal glory of our country.
What will Southern Rights Men do 7
The Charleston Standard concludes an ar
ticle on tills subject, with tho following re
marks in relation to tho Southern rights par
ty of Alabama:
" At a meeting, last week, at Montgomery,
Cochran, Noblo, and Yancy, all made speech
es. Tho latter expressed thcoplnlon that the
Union party occupied a position moro tUvora-
blo to thu South, and bettor calculated to
mnintaln her rights and secure liar respect,
than hat oftlic ro-orgnnized Democracy. Ho
regarded the sc|iarato organization contem
plated by tlio Union party, or its demand of
pledges to sustain tlio compromise from any
National Convention with wUUK it win not.
as safer and moro patriotic than tho proposed
union of renegade Southern Rights politicians
with Rantoul, Preston King, tho Barnburners,
and other Free Soilcrs, in a National Demo
cratic Convention. He declared that, under
existing circumstances, thu Georgia platlbrm
went as far in its requirements as tlio South
ern Rights party could now hope to advance,
and that if tlio Union men would only stand
up to it boldly and squarely, tlio/lind his sym
pathies and good wishes, but ho protested that
ho had no confidence in their stability or fi
delity to their “platform."
“ Tile comments of the State Register, upon
tills meeting, goes even further than Mr. Yan
cey, and it asserts that “ no party in tills coun
try has more consistently-, unswervingly-, and
unanimously stood by its principles, than the
Union men liavo by the Georgia Platform.”—
We havo, therefore, good reason to think that
a portion of tho Southern Rights Party will
soon bo found upon thu Georgia Constitution
al Union platform—a thing which six mouths
ogo thoy would scarcely havo delgued to spit
upon."
Politloa in Alabama.
The Union party in Alabama, have rccenlly
determimed iu Convention to send no dele
gates either to. tho WDig or to the Democratic
National Convention; and thoy recommend
to the friends Of the compromise measures the
should | propriety of holding In tho city of Waslilng-
.Monday Jo June next, a
of
tries for the advancement of the same cause,
England and Scotland supply the principal
portion both of monoy and goods; and tho re
port speaks of tho contributions as parts of a
system which enables abolitionists on the oth
er sido of tho Atlantia to succor their co-bo-
Uovora la tho American Union. Tho Express
bolieves that 1 liko foreign contributions are
mado In much larger masses for Now York,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Pennsylvania;”and the information pub
lished In tho Abolitionist journals justifies the
belief. Douglass, wo know, received his print
ing materials as a present from tho north Of
England; Garrison derives hisstaunchost sup
port from that or a similar quarter; and their
whole organization is moro or less fud from
the parses of kindred sympathizers abroad.
We havo hero tho art and mystery of inter
vention In a nutshell. Tho abolitionists hold
it as a vital article of thoir Ihlth, and thoir
raovomont always has boon and still la a com
plete Illustration oftho modo In which tho
principlo operates. Tho doctrlno of tho “so
lidarity of tho peoples " Is not now to them
and, unliko certain other agitators, they carry
it to .its legitimate consequences. Thoy are
Ibr "down-t.roddon humanity” evorywhero,
black or white, serf or slave. Thoy repudi
ate tho aitlfictal restraints of nationality or
raco, and go Ibr amalgamation, of peoples and
colors. They acted on Kossuth’s idea while
Kossuth was at Kutayah. They have no
notion of permitting tho Southern States to
keep up institutions Which tho higher low
condemns, and Groat Britain is called upon to
fhrnlsh " material aid ” to carry tho warfare
to a succossfkl termination. England or Mas
sachusetts has quite as good a right—thoso
people arguu—to incite tho slaves of Georgia,
or Mississippi to insurrection, os America can
havo to Interlbro In behalf of Hungary or Its
oxiles; and really we are at a loss to perceive
hotv tho conclusion can bo logically avoided.
Tho KossuthlsmS about “ the great heart of
universal humanity ” are but selections from
tho abolitionists' vocabulary. You cannot
practice Intervention in Euroiio without Justi
fying European Intervention in America.—
Your tltlo to send arms or contributions to
uu,,,,.*,; emmuv uu greater titan- mo title of
England to send gifts or emissaries to aid tho
Boston abolitionists in their crusade against
the slave-owners oftho South.
Tho Senate, wo hopo, will tako this view
oftho quostlon Into consideration before clos
ing tho debates now in progress on tho intor-
vention resolutions. It istespecia'.Iy worthy
ofnotlco by cortnln aspirants niter Presiden
tial honors, who will profit by remembering
that they cannot sanction—indirectly or spe
cifically—tho principle of Intervention without
committing themselves irrevocably to tho the
ory and practice of tho abolitionists.
Mr. Casa.
We regret that our old Mend of the Talla
hassee Floridian, should have been so much
aunoyed by our complimentary allusions to
Mr. Gass, some weeks slnco, and mado them
the occasion of bitter invective against tbo
Whig party of Georgia—(a party, by-the-bye,
which docs not exist) He may not be aware
that both tho principles and pledges oftho
Union party South, lead Its members, with
out regard to old Issues or names, to support
for office those who are moat Iktthfbl to tho
constitution and tho compromise. This at
least, la our position.
manage vast systems of railway—Iron rivers
along whloli flow the' unceasing streams of
travel and commerce—havo legitimate cause,
to be proud when they contemplate tho stu
pendous work of their hands and the benefits
which they havo conlbrred on thoir country.
Thofhmoutbrldgo which Caesar threw across
tho Rhine constitutes no unimportant part of
the solid basts upon which his greatness rests.
—Savannah Republican, 17th inti.
somnllbrons Influcnco oftho Sermon.) The .1
Captain chalked hts hat and let him pass.—
Chattanooga Gazette.
ry Compromise question. If we thought he ~
)Hu:rc^o
great question, tender to him the right hand
of fellowship for coming up to our position—
but we must take him on trial, as his antece
dents prove him to be like the pig in his story,
that kopt “running about so" that he could
not be counted.
UNION MEETING.
At a meeting of the Constitutional 170)00
Purty of Floyd County held at tho Court
IIouso In Rome, on tho 2nd day of March,
Instant—on motion Hon. J. II. Lumpkin was
called to tha chair, and J. Knowles appointed
Secretary.
The chairman having briefly explained tho
objocts oftho mooting, J.R. Alexander Esq.,
presented the following resolutions, which
iicra unanimously adopted:
1. Resolved, That tho Union Party of this
County, ought to aond delegates to tho Mil-
ledgevllle Convention to consider of the Pro.
stdentlal question, and that said convention
when Itmeets should act as in their judgment,
will best advance tho purposo for which tho
Union party svas formed.
2. Resolved. That Hon. J. H. Lumpkin,
Joshua Knowles, Joseph Watters and William
T. Price be appointed delegates from this
county to said convention, and that If either
of said Delegates cannot attend, that ho havo
tlie power to supply his own vacancy.
8. Resolved, that the Proceedings of this
meeting bo published In the Rome Courier.
On motion tho mooting adjourned sine
die. —
J.H. LUMPKIN, Ch’m.
J. Knowi.es, Secretary.
Singular Accident.—A fow days ago as
Mr. Bowen, of this city, was in the act of load
ing a six-barrel revolver, the pistol burst In
his hand, and drovea fragmentof tho barrel
into his left thigh, inflicting a painful wound.
At tho moment of explosion, he w»S driving
the ball down. What is singular is, that the
forcoofthe explosion, though sufficient' to
burst the barrel, did uot throw tho ball out of
tho barrel. On. examination, It wu found
that tho barrets were bored out of pleoua of
tho commonest cut iron.
This should be a caution to persons’ not to
buy cheap and worthless fire-arms, that are
often more dangerous to the owner than an
antagonist.—Augusta Constitutionalist.
Vigorous Men.—The Boston ' Transcript
says:
“It is said that as soon u spring opens, the
President will supersede Governor Brigham
Young by a competent and vigorous man.”
To which a corrospondont r replies:
I knoiv not ivhat Mr. Fillmore's standard of
a vigorous man may bo, nor can I Imagine
where ha is likely to find a superior to this
Brigham Young. Tho lost I beard, of him,
he was giving sixteen of his wivos an a!rlng r
In his Uxorlbus, fourteen ofwhom hail babies-
THE COURIER.
ROME, GEORGIA.
Thursday Morning, Maroh4, 18S2.
From the Savannah Republican.
The Washington Union seems to bo In a
bad way. It hu been endeavoring for somo
time to effect a reunion of tho Free Soil and
Southern Rights elements of the party—tlio
oil and vinegar oftho Democratic chemistry.
It wu believed at first, that these discordant
elements might be mado to coalesce by tho
introduction of a third agent, the lovo of
spoils, but recent Indications appear to dlinin-
ish tho hope of such a consummation, so
long at lout u tho present editor remains at
tha head of the Washington Union. The
Free Sollora oppose him bccauso he advoca
ted tho Compromise, and Southern Rights
men denounce him bccauso ho ivu fhvorably
disposed to the election of Messrs. Cobb aqd
"pi. bo warm hu tbo war become, that Mr.
Dqnelson Intimates his readiness to resign
Ills placo u editor of tho metropolitan organ
of his dissevered party, if It shall bo found
that tho Democracy can not be brought to
harmonise upon the principles which be ad
vocates. Indeed, recent letters from Wash-
lngten refer to his withdrawal as a thing like
ly to occur very soon.
Free Solllsm and Southern Rights seem to
be In tho ucendant. at the scat of govern
ment, In regard to party. arrangements. Be
ing tho active elements In the old organiza
tion, they havo become dictatorial and ovbr-
bcarlng, and now force everything tlioir own
way. Tho country hu not forgotten tho
alacrity with which they united in contemptu
ously kicking ontthe Compromise resolutions
introduced into the Democratic caucus at the
early pait oftho session, and with what velio-
mence they have denounced Mr Foote's
resolutions declaring the 'finality' oftho ad-
juRlmont waMunM. Bui otttango os mat
coalition then seemed, other developemcnts
have been recently mado, well calculated to
confound men of the greatest equanimity and
utterly to destroy all faith in tho honesty of
tho wire-workers of party. Southern Rights
paiiere and leaders now evince a readiness to
co-operate with tho most obnoxious abolition
ists at tbe North In a national convention, and
to support tbe nominee of that convention
whet'ier hobo In flivor of or Opposed to ac
quiescing In the finality of tho Compromise.
In other words, men who were for dissolving
tho Union a few short months ogo, in order to
rid themselves of these abolitionists and the
hated Compromise, are now willing to take
tho ono lo their arms, and to reject or adopt
the other u a part of their creed, according
as party policy may dictate I To the masses,
and somo oftho prominent men. of the South
ern Rights party, wo have always given credit
for sincerity of purpose; but the leaders, we
have ever believed, wore actuated bya disor
ganizing spirit, prurient ambition, u selfish
In Its origin u it wu distinctive in its ten
dency. And recent events, especially tho fhet
Just alluded to, serve to confirm us in that
belief. Slaveholders and abolitionists can no
more harmonise with each other without the
sacrifice of their honesty or of their principles,
than light ahd darknes, truth and falsehood,
or virtue and vice. The ono Is the antipodes
oftho other.
Jethro Cotton.
uviwM, ,. b ..v.uimini minerals
particularly directed to tbo advertisement of
tha seed of this now and valuablo variety of
cotton, by Col. Bebrien of this city. Wo saw
somo weeks slnco a letter from a house in
Augusta, reporting a salo of this species of
cottonatlOcents; and for length strength and
fineness ofstaple placing it above competi
tion. Our planting friends would do well to
give it a trial.
Retired.
Mr. J. H. LnaANhu retired from tho Amer
ican Union, published at Griffin, and that
sterling paperwil! hereafter bo'under tho con
trol of Mr. A. G. Murray the senior partner.
The Southern Sentinel,
Wo are pleuod toobservo that Mrs. Cano-
line Lee Hentz, who is well known to tho
literati oftho country, u a finished and fell-
citous writer, hu taken chargo oftho literary
department of this ablo journal.
rman of tbo
committee of arrangements of the Floyd Ag
ricultural Society, that a location lias beCn
selected, in tho vicinity of the old ," Running
Water" Camp-ground, u a County Fair
Ground, provided, it shall meet with tho
wishes of a majority of the members of the
association. Mr. Humo has generously offer
ed to give a few acres of land for that pur
poso and. more adjoining can bo had from
anothor gontlcman upon liboral terms.-
Judge Evr. has also gcnorously offered tho
Society twenty acres near him, and to raise
a liboral sum for improvements If tho Society
will locate tho fair, permanently in that
neighborhood. A mooting of tho Society
wffi bo hold in a fow wooks to determine this
matter, and draw up a premium list. In the
moan time wo would say to the citizens of
Romo and vicinity, if you desire tho fair to
bo hold near you, you should act promptly
and liberally. The land Is to bo secured and
Improvements rirade lo rendor tho location
pleasant and attractive.
The Union Party in old Floyd.
There has been somo little diversity of sen-
timontand feeling among Union men through
out tho State, In regard to tho lino of policy
most appropriate and safe to bo pursued by
tho Union party In tho approaching Presiden
tial contest. Thore has been some slight dif
ference of opinion among our friends in this
county, In rofnrenco to the propriety of send
ing delegates to tho Baltimore convention.
At ono time a disruption was anticipated up
on this question. We are happy to say, that
this has been avoided, and that the Union
party of Floyd isstill a unit, and will, we trust,
remain so. In tbo spirit of concilhatlon and
compromiso, thoy have chosen men unplcdg.
cd and uninstructed, as delegates to thu Mil-
Icdgevllle convention, and :e erred the wliolo
Presidential question (which promises to bo
one of great perplexity and embarrassment)
to that body for final adjustment. In tho
meantinio, such events may transpire before
that convention meets, as will remove every
obstaclo to cordial, harmonious and efficient
action. So mote It be.
Cassvlllo Standard.
We are not disposed to engage In a contro
versy with our Cassville cotemporary or his
correspondents. The action of a portion of
the Union members of the late Legislature,
presented a question which our convictions of
” Miss Btirdett Uuutts has been elected
“afoilow" of the Zoological Society, in Lon- duty prompted us boldly to discuss. Having
Fir the Courier.
Rioe Culture.
Will "ITomowood” bo so kind as to inform
us whethor it Is moro profitable to go to tbe
oxponso and labor of raising rice unon our
jow lands, or prepare and sow them with suit
able kinds of grass for hay; thereby enabling
tho Dinner to pursue tho common practice of
cultivating cotton, corn, wheat, rye, oats, barl.v
&c. &c. on dry lands where his foot can bo
free from muck and mud, hts allkctorles not
Imrrasscd by footed stench of stagnant ivator
and decayed vegetable matter, (which wo
supposo Is inevitable In-rlcc culture,) thus en
dangering his lungs, and oven hts life, fora
crop of what an up-countryman would call
Insipid grain, and tasteless food, without plon-
ty of good ham gravy, or sugar, milk, eggs,
spices, die., to mix and cook with it, before
tho stomach will agrco to haro much to do
with it; as rico'boiled in clean water is, in
our estimation, quite an unpalitablo dish; and
to fix it up as we liko, with thu abovo named
Ingredients, will cost moro than tho rico Is
worth. Corn meal, flour, potatoes, dm., are
easily raised, handy, cosy of preparation for
uso, good for horses, cattle, hogs, fowls, green,
rlpo, done or raw—palatablo and nutrlclous
.wvw iv. mn-u vwnou ui MitDvB. any way. Nor
do wo think half so difficult of preparation
for the table or cultivation; moro substantial,
oqnally wholesome, and In a word, fiir supe
rior to rico in almost every respect. Nor do
wo think it has any tho advantage in bringing
or producing a greater golden harvest for the
pocket of the cultivator. Consequently, wo
have como to the conclusion, that It will be
better to raiso grasses for our cattle, horses,
and for market-, cultivate more corn, Wheat,
dm. than go into the rice growing buslnoss.
If my conclusions are not correct, please cor
rect it. AN ENQUIRER.
Newspapers.
Fow porsons have any just conception of
tho extent of their indebtedness to tho pa
pers for tho Information the} possess, and tho
moral sentiments they cherish. Let any
reader ofa well conducted'fiimlly paper, open
Its pages, and consldor thoughtfully (is con
tents. There are, in a singlo number, somc-
separate and distinct articles, each one
convoying an idea, Diet or a sentiment, and
stated or illustrated so as to produce an oflbet
in enlarging tho reader's store of knowledge,
or In giving a rjght direction. Must not all
this have its influence, and In the aggregate
a mighty influence upon the reader 1 Wo
think so. *. -„
No reflecting man can foil to see that the
fifty-two visits In a year ofa carefully con
ducted weekly paper, intelligent, correct, ole-
rated in moral tone and Interesting in Us
contents, most oxert a great and blessed in
fluence upon domestic life. Children grow-
ing up under such influence, are for moro
likely to bo intoligont, correct In. their opin
ions, and prepared for tho duties of life, than
tliey-could possibly have been without It.—
Chronicle Sentinel.
The Survey to the Rabun Gap.—The
Southern Rights Advocate says: Col. W.
Spencer Brown, the distinguished Chief
Engineer of tho Greenville and Columbia
Railroad Company, passed through Anderson
on Saturday lost, upon a reconnoissanco of
tho route. Ho will return in a few days, and
from his great experience and practiced eyo
In such matters, will bo ablo tomake a Satls-
foctory report. But of tho practicability of
tho route, and of Its paramount importance
abovo all others, there can be no sort of
doubt.
It affords us pleasure to state that Mr.
Macpherson B. Millen has been appointed
Superintendent of the Central Railroad, In
place of Mr, Wadley who has recently taken
cliargo oftho Atlantic and Western or State
Road. Mr. MUlpn was engaged for several
years on the Central Rood, and more recently
has been on the Waynesboro' Railroad as as
sistant engineer, in which capacity ho has giv
en tlio highest sattsfoctian. He is considered
by railroad men as ono oftho most promising
engineers ofliis ago any where in the South.
It gives us pleasure to mention this foct,
particularly os Mr. Millen is a resident and
natlvo of this city. It is to bo regretted that
more of the young men of the day do hot be
come engineers and machinists. Tho time is
fast passing away for determinating the posi
tion of a man by the witnoss of his hand and
the success with which he acquits himself as
a polka dancor. The machinist, who Is able
to plan, manufocture, or superintend tbe con
struction of tbe machinery whereby immense
footories are put In motion, and monster
steamships pro]
- ■ *- fi-ptA’
From the Soil oftho South.
A Word to Young Planters.
Mr. Editor i Young planters are often dis
couraged, by attempting too much. Young
mon who havo been raised on tho plantation
with their fothers, when they set out In llfo,
should bo contented with a small beglning.—
Ifyourfathor works from forty to fifty hands
In tho field, and sots you off with five or six,
bo content, for this Is a good beglning, and
with care and oconomy you will soon become
rich, or, a!s tho saying Is, "a good liver."-
Don't hire an overseer and give him standing
wages while you ride about. - If you do, you
will soon find that your income will not moot
your expenses; but go to work yourself; stay
with your hands In tho field; don't-fret and
scold because you do not get along as fast as
your neighbors, but encourage your hauds
and help them to move a log. If It Is too
heavy for flvo to move, you make tho sixth,
and all things will go on easy; you will then
bo happy and contented and when you walk
over your fields you will think, I havo dono
so and so with my own hands, and homo will
bo a littlo paradlso to jron. Ifyoiillve near
a post office, and you get three mails a week,
and you go every time to hear the news and
folk politics awhile, I can assure you thlnga
will go on badly at home. Now, my advico
to you Is, to take one newspaper, and that a
weekly ono; send for your paper by a small
boy—or, lfyou do go yoursolf on somo other
business, start In the evenli g, and allow only
time to do your business and got homo to seo
your stock fed. By attending to this advico
you will bo sura to avoid all political disputes
with your neighbors, which often occur with
thoso who lounge about such places.
As I am now on the list with old planters I
Impel may be excused for offering these re
marks .to the younger, and hopo you will
profit thereby. Wvolustee,
In Russia, tho proportion of froemen is but
one to five. Out of64,000,000 inhabitants,
42,000,000 are sorfs.
During tho last four centuries, the popula
tion of Russia has Increased from six to sixty-
five millions.
Tho Socioty of Friends separated In Now
York in 1828. The Hicksltea, at thoir lost
Domestic Receipts.
To Sweeten Meat.—When meat, fish, &o,
from Intense heat or long keeping, Is likely to
pass Into a state of corruption, a simple and
sure tpodo of keeping them sound and healthy,
Is by putting a few pieces of charcoal, each-
the sizo of an egg, Into the pot or sauco pan,
wherein tho fish or flesh is to be boiled.—
Among others, an experiment of this kind ivai-
trled upon a turbot, which appeared too for
gone to bo catablo. Tho cook, as advised,- _
put three or four pieces of charcoal, each tho '
also of an egg, under the strainer, in tho floah
kettlo; after boiling tlio proper timo, the tur
bot canto to tlio table perfectly sweet and
firm.
To Cook CAnnAui.--Wa copy from thtf-
Prelrlo Farmer the following receipt for cook
ing cabbage, which Is no doubt wry good/r-
Chop the half of an ordinary head vory lino,
putitlniho spider or saucepan, add tiro-
thirds of a tea-cup of water, 0 tablc-spoonflil
of lard, and a halfa tea-spoonfrilof salt; cov
er and cook it from one hour and a half to
two hours, giving it now and then a stirring.
Then add two-thirds of a tea-cup ofgood vin
egar, some pepper and salt sufficient to sea
son It to the tosto. Let U bo on tho Bra flvo
minutes, and servo It up.
To Preserve Eoaa.—Eggs may bo pre
served for any length of tlino by oxeluding'
them from the air. Ono of tho cheapest and
jastoBt methods ofdolng’tbis, is to pnok them
In clean dry salt, In barrels or tubs, and to
plaoo them in a coot dry situation. I havo ,
eaten eggs thus preserved that wore twelve
months old, and that had been somo months
aboard of a ship, in a tropical climate, and;
yet retained all tho peculiar sweetness, of the,
now laid eggs.
Arm: Jam.—The apples, which should bo
ripo, and of tho best eating sort, being pared,
and quartered, as for making an ’apple, Jelly,
are put into a pan with watcrcnoUghto cover
them, ami boiled until they con bo ropucod
too mush. Then for each pound of tlio
pared apples, a pound of sifted sugar' is- lid
ded, being sprinklud over tho boiling mixture..
Agitato it n ull until reduced to a jam p-.thea.
put it Into jiots. ...
Tho above is n sample modu of making It;.
but to liavo it oftho best possible clearness,,
make a thick syrup, with three pounds of su
gar to each pint of water, and clarify It with
an egg. Then add one pint of this syrup - for
every three jiounds of apples,aud boil the Jans
to a proper thickness.
visions 826,000, or one-half the estimated
value of the property at the time of the sepa
ration.
Arrival of Mr. Wadley.
We are pleased to announco that Mr.
Wadley, tho new Suporlntendant oftho State
Road, paid Chattanooga a hasty visit the first
of the week. He did not even take timo to
survey the acres of cotton bags, and largo
stores of other freight ready for shipment over
tbo Road, buthurried back, doterminod to
send on motive power and cars to disenthral
the trade at this point. Light Is notv break
ing in upon us and Hopo is Inspired by the
flattering prospcctsahead. Already the good
work Is commenced. Yesterday morning, a-
bout thirty box cars, stood before the Depot
ready for freight. Soon, all business on the
Road will go on liko machinery, and com-
plaints and disappointments will bo ai an
end.—Chattanooga Gazette.. - -
SWWBBSf Ooeurrenoe.
A most melancholy accident occurred on
yesterday afternoon, at White Bluff. Several
children were playing on tho sands, under tho
highest part of tho Bluff, when a large mass
of earth, of some tons In weight, caving In
and fell upon them—entirely burying two lit
tle daughters of the Rev. Beqjaman Bur
roughs, and partially covering a daughter
of Mr. Fulton. Mr. Fulton's child, and one
of Mr. Burrough’s, were Immediately extrica
ted by tho other children present; but Laura,
a younger daughter of Mr. Burroughs—a
lovely and most interesting child of seven
years—was deeply buried under tho principal
mass orcarth, which had follen on her from a
height of somo fifteen foot. Assistance was
immediately procurredand the earth rapidly
and carefblly removed. When found, the
child showed noslgus of animation, and tho
mostjudiclous means were diligently used,
but in vain—life was entirely extinct.
/It Is said that a similar accident occurred
at the same point, some years ago, by which
two, children lost their lives.—Savannah
Evening Journal of Feb.
(ST A gentleman in Charleston, is said to
have made a valuable discovery In tho art of
Dagucrreotyping. Tho advantage claimed
for a picture taken by tho new process is,
that it requires no gloss to protect it, Inasmuch
os it is covered with a transparent enameled
surface, which renders tho picture impervious
to tbe effects of the atmosphere and less liable
to be tubbed off; in fact the moro friction that
Is used on tho surfoco, tho brighter and clearer
tho picture becomes, and sodurable it Is that
it can be sent In a letter any distance, without
the possibility of Its being scratched or de-
foced.
Life on the River
A passenger relates to us the following in
cident. As the steamer “Union,” was In tbe
mountains below here one Sabbath recently,
plowing her way up, a deck passenger, notin
ils Sunday garb, wad asked by. one of the
hands to help, as Is customary. This the
deok-man refused to do, alledging that ho
was a Preacher. This being told to Oapt.—
Todd, he called upon his reverence, and in
formed him that he must either work in com
pliance with tho terms, or pay cabin passage,
or preach. He chose the latter, and. with
Bible and Hymn Book In hand, ascendod to
-the oahin, and held forth a little more # than a
reasonable length of tlmo/foa good epowd
“All de Resolutions/'
On a timo a missionary mooting was holil.
among tho negroes in tho West Indies, at
which tha following resolutions wore passed: '
1. Wo t
. Wo will givo something. 2. We will elv»
i God has enabled us. 8. We will givo wiW
■
llngly. At the close of the meeting, a-lead
ing negro took his seat at tho table to mark,
down tlie sum each come forward to give..
A largo number came and liild their contribu
tions upon tlio tablo—some more some loss-
Among the number wno canto up was a rich
old colored man, as rich as all the others put
together, who threw' down on tho table a sil
ver coin. “Take dat back agin." said’ Ihpi i
African receiver of the money, Boated at tflo
tablo. "Dat, may bo cordln to do fits i-cs'lu-
shin, but not cordiu to do second.” Tho rich
man accordingly took it up, and hobbled-
back to his seat in rage.. One after another
came forward, and almost ail giving more than-
himself. Ho was fairly' ashamed, ttiid'agdloi
throw down a piece of money on the'ta
ble, saying—“Dar, take dat." It was a val
uablo plcco of gold; but'lt -wits given so III.
tcinperedly that the same mon at tho tablo-
Riraln answered. - "No, dnt don't do.vet; It
may be corutu to tie ius and second rcsolu-'
shins, but not conlin to de last;" and. again
tho old man took np his coin: Still, nnnoyod.
at himself and all atouud him, he sat a long
timo, till nearly all tvero gone, and then came-
to the tablo and with a pleasant countenanco-
(tho man was a Christian) gavo a largo sum.
to tho treasurer. The receiver, os ho mark
ed down tho amount, exclaimed, "Well; don,
dot am accordiu to all do ros'lushins!” .
Who wishes to know how to bo rich aralbb
happy! Lothipi follow tho final examplo of
tho rich old African.
Losses by Religion. ; , t '
Near London there dwolt an old couple. Its
early llfo they had been poor, but tho-hus-
band bccumo a'Chrlstlan, and Ood blessed '
their industry, and thoy were living in a .Com
fortable retirement, whon one day a stranger
called on them to ask tlioir subscription to a
charity. The old lady had less religion than
her husband, and still hankered after some of
tho Babbath earnings nnd easy shillings which -
Thomas had forfeited from regard to thulaw
of God. So, when the visiter asked tlioir con
tributions, she Interposed, and said, "Why;,
sir, wo have lost deal by religion slito
began; my husband knows that fiery
Havo wo not, Thomas!”
After a solemn pauso, Thomas\snsirerCd,
"Yes Mary, wo liavo. Before I goFEgltglon,
Mary, I had an old slouched bat, a tatB
coat, and mended shoes and stockings; but I
have Ibsl them long ago. And, Mary, you
know, that, poor as I was I lmd a habit of
getting drunk ahd quarreling with you; and
that you kuoiv I liavo lost. And then I bod.
a burdened conscience and a wicked heart,
and ten thousand guilty (bars; but all are loot, .
completely lost, and, like a millstone cast into
the deepest sea And, Mary, you havo been,
a looser too, though not so groat a looser aa
myself. Before wo got religion, Mary, you
had a washing-tray in which you washed for
hire, but since then, you have lost your wash
ing-tray. And you had a gown and bonnet
much tho worse for wear; but you have lont
them lo»g ago. And you had fflapy pq add
ing heart concorning mo at times;. but thesu
you happily havo lost. And I could even wish
that you bad lost as much as I bavo lost; for
what wo lose for religion will be an cveflaste/
ing gain.” The inventory pf losses
gion runs thus: a bad character; a guilt
scienoe; a tronblesome temper;, snndg
habits, and a setof wicked comp
Inventory of blessings /