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Boms Hail Hoad.
This enterprise Is going bravely on. Wo
understand tliat enough stock, (50,000,) has
already been taken to secure tho Charter, and
presume that tho commissioners will soon ad
vertise for tho election of a Board of Directors.
Notwithstanding tho sectional and narrow
opposition which this road hftscncouutct ed, Its
construction has now become- a " fixed fhet.”
And thcro is no wovk ofintemal improvement
within tho State of Alabama of more public
utility. Notwithstanding all tho flummery a-
bout "diverting the Selina read." &o, tho
stockholders of that roil road now 600 tho
Imperative necessity of a connection with tho
Oeorgia roads, to make their own stock profi
table. Hall-roads arc not bulltaomucfi from
patriotic motives as for tho purposo of mak
ing money. To accomplish tills object they
must connect some Important points of trndo,
or form a link In tho chain ot communication.
A road ending in tho pinoy woods, must of
course be a losing concern. Tho Selma road
ending at Gadsden, without the Romo branch,
would hardly pay expenses if completed,
while tho Road from Selma to Romo will bo
one of tho most profitable in tho wbolo South
ern country, Wohnvoofcoursono objection
to the Road ruunlng front this point to Gads
den as it mustdo, and fktbcr if desired.
A train may pass over it two or threo limes
a year, and help to keep up this delusion of
some 'old forgies' about connecting the waters
of tho Tennesseo with tho Alabama River.—
Wo havo no objection to these hnrmlcsslium-
.bugs, provided they donl cost too much.—
But for all pratical purposes the road is to run
from Selma to Romo. Thai is tho paying
Road, and the ono which publlo convenlenco
demands. All this fluttering of Jews, Shar
pens, and Yankees about Mobilo, can't alter
tho decrees of naturo.—Sunny South.
Front th'c New York Times of Saturday.
Escape Of Thos. P. Meagher—His Arrival
in thlB City.
Thomas Francis Meagher arrived on Thurs
day in this City after a harassing and protrac
ted voyage from the British Penal Settlement
of Van Dieinan’sLand. His fiends will ho
pleased to hear limb ho is in good health,
though necessarily fntigurd alter tho hard
ships he underwent, and requiring consoqnent-
lo a few days’ repose.
Mr. Meagher made Ills escape about tho first
ofDoccmber, and proceeded indirectly to tho
coast of South America, and through the In
terior to Chogrea, From Chngrcs lie came to
this city Iu a sailing vessel, arriving hero on
Wednesday evening, though he did notcomo
ashoro until on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. M. Is about 20 years of ago, Is very
corpulent, and his exposure to a Southurn
sun gives him a dark swnrthy appearance.—
Ho states that when tie escaped, ills fellow
prisoners, O'Brien and Mitchell, were lu good
health. Mrs. Meagher was unable to accom
pany him in his flight. Ho declines to make
any statement as to tho means by which ho
was enabled to cfltfct his cscapo, as It would
probably compromise thoso whoasslstod him.
We understand that Mr. M. is in thooqjoy-
ment of excellent health, and that tho travel
ling through South America has tended to
invigorate rather than to ihtlguehim. Ho
has we are informed, abundant means to cn-
ablo him to livo confortably. Ills lather is
estimated to be worth £700,000, and thcro
are but threo children—one the distinguished
exllo who has Just readied our shores, another
who Is a captation tho Pope’s Guard at Romo,
and a third is a bnrrls'cr in tho city of Dub
lin. Tho father Is a member of tho British
Parliament, and is also Chairman of tho Wa-
torford and Limerick Rnilwny Company.
XSr Wo loam that Mr. Pennington, tho
surveyor of tho route front Jacksonville to
Romo, has completed tho survey, mid speaks
very highly of tho route, so comparatively
cheap, and tho road easy of construction, tho
cuttings necessary, being very small, oxcopt
In ono or two Instances. Tho subscriptions
go on bravely, our last accounts reported tho
stock necessary to ensure tho charter to ho
taken with the exception of a fotv thousand
dollars, probably flvu or six; which Is no duulit
South: * ‘y—^^ffUNSunnv
The following paragraph in tho Netv-York
papers furnishes a token of tho magnitudo of
tho freight operations on the New-York and
Brio Railroad:
Thirty-four cars, containing 2707 head of
■cattle, hogs and sheep, havo Just arrived at
Ibis depot, on their nay to Piorpont, from
Dunkirk. Of tlieso 287 arc cattlo, 000 sheep,
and 1514 hogs; the longest train but one, aud
largest paying freight of any that over has pns
sed this station. Part from Dunkirk, Canandal
gua & Llttlo Falls. Whole amount of freight,
$3,118,80. Length of train more than ono
quarter of a miloi
Bf A lawyor built him an office In tho
form of a hexagon, or six square. Tho nov
elty of tho structure attracted tho attention of
soma Irishmen who were passing by. They
made a full stop and vlowcd tho building very
■critically. Tho lawyer, somewhat disgusted
at thoir curiosity, lifted up tho window, put
his head out, and addressed them.
" What do you stand there for, llko a pack
cnnocancnas, gazing at my oraco: do you
take it for a church! ”
'*Faix,” answered ono of them, "I was
thinking so, till I saw the divil poke his head
out of tho window !"
E3T A fool, says tho Arab proverb, may bo
known by six things—anger without enuso,
speech without profit, change without motive,
inquiry without object, putting trust in stran
gers, and not knowing his friends from his
foes. (
V3T With four metallc qualifications a man
may bo pretty sure of earthly success. These
arc—gold in his pocket, silver in his tongue,
brass in his fuce, aud Iron in his heart.
xzr Dr. Bcman, of Troy, remarked in a
sermon lately, that if Franklin tamed tho
lightning, Professor Morso taught it tho Eng
lish language.
ty It is singular how pious now clothes
roako peoplo. For n month niter tho Misses
Flirts get new mantillas, they arc at church
three times on tho Sabbath. Were tho ladies
to paint hcavon, tho walls would bo nil fes
tooned with French bonnets, brocado satins
utnd gossamer shawls.
X3T Obedlnh thinks tho " Tree of Knowl
edge ” was tho birch tree, tho twigs of which
havo done . more to ninlto a man acquainted
with the arithmetic tlmu nil the otiior mem
bers of tho vegetable kingdom combined.
Why does the blacksmith seem tho
most dissatisfied of all mechanics} Because
he is continually striking for wages.
Tho question “ why printers do not succeed
in business as well as brewers 1" was thus an
swered : " Because printers work for tho head
And brewers for tho stonmeh, and wltero twen
ty men have a stomach but ono lias a head.
xsr Ono of the toasts drank at a recent
celebration was—"Woman I she requires no
eulogy; she speaks for herself
In the eastern part of Delaware county, in
this Stato, there resides a man named B ,
nowu justice of the peace, and a very sensi
ble man, but, by common consent, tbo ugliest
looking individual in the whole county; being
long, gaunt, sallow, and awry, with a gait like
a kangaroo. Ouo day ho was out hunting,
and on one of the mountain roads he met a
man on foot and alone, who was longer, gaun
ter, uglier by all odds, than himself. He
could give tho "square" “ fifty, and beat 1dm.'
Without saying a word, B , raised ills
’ gun and deliberately levelled it at tnc strang
er. "For God’s sake don’t shoot I" shouted
tho man in great alarm. "Stranger,” replied
B , “1 swore ten years ago that If I over
met a man uglier than I was, I'd shoot him :
and you are tho fust one I'vo seen." Tho
stranger, after taking a careful survey of his
"rival," replied, “ Wal, captain If I look any
.worsothan you do, shutel I don't want to
livo no longer."
Tan M tTniMOHiAL.—Emily M. Bonnot
orser half posted her in tho nows-
and then ran away with another wo-
•y to the statute in such caso pro-
les out in tbo Woonsocket Patriot
i wise':
.ope would have trusted him for as
of meal, 1 therefore forbid
ms trusting him on my ac-
y no debts of hit contrac-
I have worked to support,
lazjncss as long us I
' 'O.I.Wi,
From the Madison Visitor.
•I Livo to Lovo and Love to Livo.’
“ 1 live to love anil love to live," said a young
girl laughingly tho other day. Tho remark
arrested our attention, and we fell into the
following train of thought. Happy are those
who "live to lovo,” all mankind, who treat ail
kindly, who recognize in all who are clothed in
tho garb of humanity, however lowly, how-
ever erring they may bo, a brother or a sister.
Such will " lovo to livo." Earth will put on
beautiful garments of light, and joy and glad-
nwite!,augh.nhlkmtyrBulc..hearts: they will
paths. There aro thoso who go to tho grave’s
brink with harsh words dwelling on their
tongues—with bitter thoughts revelling in
their heart’s core. All shrink from contact
with them—even childhood, sweet and unsus
pecting as It is, seems to understand, as If by
intuition, tliat It need exjiect no s|iontnncous
gushings of affliction thcro, and it shrinks si
lently away, hushing its gladness until it gets
out into tho open air, and encounters somu
gay heart that "lives to lovo" each trait of in-
noccnco, each brow of benuty, each flower of
promlso, each sunbeam of hopo that lies in
its pathway, "Why does every body lovumy
little daughter 7" said Dr. Dodrldgo, ns the
child clambered upon his kneo. " I don’t
know papa, indeed, unless it is bccauso 1 lovo
every body," was tho artless reply. Hero was
tho great secret—tho child “ lived to love,"
andfonud tliat tho atfcctlom other little licurt
wore so mot that she loved to livo.
" Life," says the good Frederica Bremer,
"Is rich, its troo blossoms ctornnlly because it
ItJIAlirldtml Kp Immnulnl OisiniaUa T»
dissimilar fruits, various in color and glory,
hut all beautiful; let us undervalue nono of
them for all of them are capable of producing
plants of eternal liib." We have no patienco
with thoso who find nothing to lovo—nono to
lovo them ill life; who cry, ('illusions I Illus
ions 1’over "all joys, all faith, nil hopo all
beauty on earth"—who go with frowning
brows and crabbed dispositions throgli this
brief existence, neither living to love, nor lov
ing to livo.
Mr. Olay'a Condition.
The Now York Etgrtss, speaking of Mr.
Cur, says: Hu knows that death Is not far
off, and is prepared Ibr tho summons, come
when it may. Hu felt sad for awhile tliat tho
pleasure of reading waa denied him, and does
not retain so largo an interest In public affairs
as when In better health, though ho is now
rend to every day by his son. Tho world, ho
says, Is naturally becoming more and more
contracted to Ills vlow, and ns day after day
passes away, the visions of life gradually re
cede and o|ien a prospect of tho better world
beyond tho grave. Tho occasional glimpses
of restoration,—a stronger pulso or a quieter
rest at uiglit,—oxelto no hopo or wisli to pro
long his life, and on several occasions ho has
told Ids physicians that ho has no desire to
live.
“ His prostration of body has not touched
his mind, and ono feature of ids feebleness Is
that he cannot support liimsolf alone, and is
not allowed to walk even with tho support of
others. Dr. Jackson told him recently tliat if
ho stood oroot ho would faint, and that if ho
should (hint ho would breathe no more. "Why
Is this 1" asked Mr. Clny. “ Because there Is
not onough of vitality lu tho heart to give cir
culation to tho blood.” “ lius it then como
to this," said Mr. Clay, and for a moment sor
rowfully. And soclng tho nucusslty, lie has
suffered liimsolf to bo borno like a child to
and from Ills bed. Mr. Clay, throughout, has
studied his disease, if disease it bo, critically,
thoughtfully and oven physically. IIu has
watched the gradual wasting away of liib un
til there is hut tho faintest pulsation left to
tell him tiiat tlio spirit still survives within
its emaciated tenement of flesh. Ho will dlu
calmly and beautifully as ho has lived, and
Ids spirit will depart full of tho Christian hopo
of a glorious Immortality. Tliat “ mibought
grace of life,”—tho good man's ho|io in God,
—which imparts so much dignity to death,
will make tho sunsot of llfij as tranquil and
pleasant to him as tho shadows of a tranquil
twilight merging into tho darkness of tlio eve
ning. There aro bright stars abovo to light
up such a darkness as this, and further on
tho dawning of tho perfect day of a celustlal
paradise. Mr. Clay after fifty years’ service
fur his couutry, will onjoy tho rest of eternity
hereafter."
THl COURIER.
ROME, GEORGIA.
Thursday Morning, June 10, 1852.
Sides Brightening. , I Democratic National Convention.
We congratulate the frlvhds of the Const!-1 Wo have not boon able to get ssfttll and sc.
tution and tho Union, North and South, upon curate accounts of the proceedings of this Im
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As the approaching Presidential Campaign
will bo one of peculiar interest to all classes
of our fellow citizens, every individual, of
courso. will doslro to bo furnished with oc-
curato information upon political subjects
and passing events. To place th? Cnl'nir.n
within reach or every fhmlly In Chorokeo
Georgia—and no family should be without it
—wo shall fiirnisii It at tho following rates:
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to the oiose of the Presidential Campaign.
At tho above reduced price, we shall al
ways expect tho money to accompany tho or
der.
Wo havo now established tho " Rosie Cou
rier ” upon a firm basis, and shall endeavor
to mako it all its frionds could desire. Will
they not aid us in extending its circulation 1
Every one of our present patrons could vory
easily add ono or more names to our subscrip
tion list. Patronise thoso who are laboring
to devolopo tho resources, and thereby to ad-
vanco tho interests, of tills interesting and
magnificent portion ol ynur noble Stato.
TtMlDHPATROm
Wr. would remind our worthy patrons,
that tho small sums they hove laid by for nnr
especial benefit, have not yet como to hand.
Will they please transmit them through our
published Agents or postmasters who aro au
thorised to rceolve subscriptions. Until after
the 1st day of July, tlio advance price will bo
received. Wo are trying to glvo you a good
paper, and prompt payments will greatly
acilitato our labors.
L*noni:nn Wanted.—Tho Chattanooga Ad
vertiser says tho common complaint among
borers In every department of Industry. Me
chanics are all engaged in advanco and com
mand tho highest prices. Tlio commonest
kind of labor commands a dollar per day, and
it often happens that hands enunot bo obtain-
ed at any prlco. Wo liko to see the laborer
well rewarded, but it Is also desirublo that
tho interests of employers—thoso who are
striving to build up our city—should not suf
fer from an inability to obtain labor nt a fair
price. Wo know of Instances wlioro building
and oilier Improvements havo been nucessnrl-
ly postponed till another season. Should this
paragraph clmnco to meet tho oyo of any who
are sucking employment, let them heed tlio
call.
FniaiiTrm. Accident.—On Monday night
last, two young men named Oordon and Sim
mons, while engaged in blasting In a well at
Gordon’s Mills, on tlio Lnfiiyotto road, were
frightfully mangled by tho premature cxplo
sion of tlio blast, they being In tho bottom of
tho well. Simmons It. is t.limiaht.u,|i| Un
tho sight of hotli Ills eyes, besides holng other
wise hurt. Gordon was wounded in tlio Ihco,
and had ono hand so badly torn ns to render
amputation nocessnry, which operation was
performed by Dr. Smith of tills place. It is
almost a miracle that cither of tho young men
oscajiod with their lives.—Chattanooga Ad
vertiser.
Jenny Lind’s Voice.—Tlio critic of tho
Now York Courier goes into extacies over
Jenny Lind’s last concert. Of her voice lie
says:
Tlio voico with which she works these
wonders, is tho worthy vehicle of such con
ceptions as licrs. It is ono which nt each
new hearing commands now admiration. Its
power Is overwhelming, Its powers infinite.—
Its charms never pall. Frequent hearing on
ly shows tliat “custom cannot stalo Its infinite
variety."
It often seems unearthly, but its greatest
charm is its fitness for tho uttcranco of tho
purest and loftiest emotions of the human
heart; and at times it trembles on tho verge
of tho saulmcnt.il and is only restrained by
tho rigid purpose which guides it. Its charm
is Indescribable; It is tho fascination of tlio
Syren’s purified from its sensnalncss. Sure
ly such tones wore neve* beard since Oheron,
"Sat upon n promontory
And heard a mermaid, an a dolphin’s back,
Uttoring such dulcet and harmonious breath
Tliat tho rude Ben grew civil at her song;
Andcertalnstarsshotmadly from their spheres
To hear tho iner-maid’s music."
Rsv. Professor Mean*.
This distinguished and popular dlvlno nnd
scholar, paid us a short visit on last week, and
on Sunday preached two very able and elo
quent discourses to crowded and delighted
auditories.
6ummervllls Academy.
Wo nro requested to say that there will tie
a nhbl leexani Inal Ion of j his l nstft ul lon^ now
on'Friday noxt. Wo aro pleased to learn that
it is in a flourishing condition.
Educational.
Tlio attention of parents nnd guardians Is
directed to tho notico of Mrs. Hazelton, in
to day’s paper.
Southern Christian Advocate.
Tills valuable religious weekly lias just on-
hired upon its sixteenth volumo. Under the
able conduct of its present accomplished edi
tor, tho Ruv. Dr. Wioiitman, It lias become
one of tho largest and most widely circulated
Journals in tho country. No Methodist should
bo without it.
tliu auspicious termination of the Inqiortant
deliberations of tho National Democratic Con
vention, recently held at Baltimore. Unless
we hove been misinformed. Union principles
havo achieved a victory in the action of that
body, over which Union men every where
should rvjoico. Theory of " GlorlousUnlon I"
so much ridiculed by tho op|ioncnts of tho
compromise last year, has awakened a re
sponsive echo in every part of the land, and at
tlio buzzard of being branded as “ submission-
ists and traitors" a national convention,
composed of delegates from nearly every
Stato of tills vast Republic have, It would
seem affirmed In explicit terms, tho princi
ples of tho Constitutional Union Party o f tho
South. Well may that party, flushed with
such a triumph, exclaim—" This is glory
enough lor on' day I"
But may we not reasonably hope that tho
National Whig Convention, which moots at
tho same place for tlio samo purpose noxt
week, will also affirm the same principles 1
Tliat tho calm and dignified, yet decided at
titudo of Georgia, in the Into perilous crisis,
has had a most salutary eflbct upon publlo
sentiment, fueling and action, throughout tho
wholo country, must bo apparent to every
careful observer. But whether tho conserva
tive element will predominate In tho approach
ing Whig Convention, Is yet to bo seen. The
public mind will soon be relieved of all doubts
upon tills subject.
In tbo mean time, tho Uulon Party of Geor
gia will firmly udhera to its organization, cher
ish its principles, reduem Us pledges and OH
up the full meusuru of its glory. At the ap
propriate eall, it will again meet. Tho doings
of tlio two National Conventions will bo spread
out before it. Tho candidates of both parties
will then bo before tliu people—tlio platforms
upon which lbuy stand will have been rigidly
scrutinized. If onu or botli shall bo found de
fective, tliuy will bo promptly discarded. If
both parties and their candidates shall be
found to be sound, tliu difficult task will de
volve upon tlio Convention of forming an elec
toral ticket satisfactory to tho whole Union
party
For our own part, wo do not hosltato to as
sert that, in our humble opinion, wills the
lights now buforo us, it is tliu duty of the U-
nion men of tlio Suutli to rally promptly to
the support of the Democratic Nominees, in
me oven, mo wppi uoeimig mug ouDwnuon
does not fairly and fully affirm tlio finality of
tho Compromise, and present men entirely
safe and sound upon tliat vital subject. As
wo have before asserted, so now wo reiterate,
names with us are nothing—principles every
thing. Our motto is now, and always will bo
—" The Constitution—the Compromise—the
Union—now anl forever i"
Thcro is a feeling which resembles death
in tho last glance that we aro ever to be
stow on a loved object. The girl you have
treasured in your Becret heart, ns she passes
by on her wedding day, it may bo happy and
blissful, lifts np her laughing eyes, the sym
bol uf tier own light heart, and leaves in Hint
look darkness and desolation to you forever.
Tho boy your father-spirit has clung to, llko
tho very light of your existence, waves ids
hand from the quarter-deck, as the gigantic
ship bends over to tho breeze; tlio wind is
playing through tlio locks your hand lias so
oftentimes smoothed; tho tears havo dimmed
his eyes, fbr a moment, ho diovcb his fingers
over them—nnd tills is a last look.
W Tho earth revolves onco in twenty-
four hours. Go up in a balloon, wait till tho
placo comes underneath you waut to go to,
and then descend.
Two Thousand Pins.—A country fellow
who lisped, having bought some pigs, asked a
neighbor for the uso of a pen for a fow days.
Hu said—
"I havo juth bin purcliatliin tliom—two
thows nnd pigths. I want to put them in your
pon till I cau fix a placo fur them.”
“ Two thousand pigs I" exclaimed tho
neighbor in astonishment. “Why my pen will
hardly hold a dozen."
" 1-ou don't understand mo, Mr. Bent—I
don't say Itco thousand piglh; but two thows
nnd pigth!"
“ Hoar you,” said Mr. Bont, "two thousand
pigs! Why you must bo crazy!’’
“ I tell you again.” exclaimed tho man an
grily, VI mean not two thousand pigth, but
two thows and.tivo pigths!"
" Oh that Is what yoq mean. Well then tho
Wateb Buckets or Domestic Factubb.—
Three s|iecimens of buckets, made at tlio fac
tory of Mr. John Hamlin, Mount Pleasant,
may ho examined at our offico, and tliuy will
be found well wortli Inspoctiua—tlio most
showy and uxpcnstvc kind, are made of cedar
and very handsomely brass-mounted, and are
sold at S8t jior dozen; thoso made of cypress
anil iron-bound, sell at $2 per dozen; while
those of pino, equally well bound witli iron
aro afforded at tho very low prlco of $1} per
dozen.—Ch. Courier.
Rum and Crime.—These Slnmcso twins,
says the New York Tribune of Monday, figure
largely in onr City Items to-day. Ono woman
mauled to dentil by a drunken husband; ono
n-nn stabbed and another's skull broke by
two drunken sailors; several men and boys
wounded in a row at a rum-shop Inst night;
a man’s head hacked open with a pick-axe by
a rowdy, a legitimate child of tlio grog-shop;
three or four men found drowned, probably
drunk when they fell into the river—those are
tho chief developments of tho "accustomed
nnd innocent beverages of the peoplo,” which
tho last Legislature were so tender of. It will
be othorwiso cro long.
A Cheap PoVer Press.—Tlio Worcester
(Mass). Transcript is now printed on a now
powur press, of simple and ingoni ms construe
lion, lately invented in that city by Dr. liawes.
one of tlio most conqictcnt practical mechan
ics. It prints 2000 an hour, is pro|icllcd by
one inan, and cost about 3600. U takes hut
one pereon to foed it, delivers tho papers it
self, and docs not occupy as much room us nn
ordinary press.
NEW WORK.
Austria in 1818—49: Being a History of
the late political movements in Vienna, Milan
Venice and Prague t with details of the Cam
paigns of Lombardy and Novara; a full ac
count of the Revolution in Hungary t and his
torical sketches of the Austrian Government,
una me provinces oj~ me ampere. ay TV M .n
Stiles, late Charge d’ affaires of the U S. at
the Court of Vienna. With portraits of the
Emperor, Meltemich, Radetzky, Jdlacic. and
Kossuth. In two volumes. Ncio York i Har
per and Brothers. 1852.
Wo aro indulitcd to tiic author for a copv
of Hits new nnd highly opportune contribu
tion to Historical Literature. The Interest or
tho work before us is vury much enhanced
by the rccont occurrence of many of the ev.
ents so eloquently narrated, and also from the
fact Hint tliu accomplished writer is a nntivu
Georgian and personally and favorably known
to many of our fellow-citizens. Mr. Stiles, ns
our readers aro awnre, was tho resident Min
ister of this Government at tliu Austrian (fciurt,
during the late sanguinary Hungarian revolu
tion ; and from his official position nnd rela
tions, ho was alllo thoroughly to acqituinl him
self with tlio character nnd workings of Hie
political Institutions of tliat country, and to
gather up the stirring incidents presented in
the volumes before.us. In former numbers
of our |iaper, wo have given our readers brief
extracts, by which they havo been able to
form some judgment of the character of the
work and tlio stylo of tlio author, Wc are
pleased to observe tliat tills work lias been
received with general favor by tlio Americun
press. It Is handsomely gotten up by those
princely publishers, Harper & Brothers, N. Y.
portant body as we could havo' desired. Wo
have! however, gathered np some of tho lead-
log events of tho Convention, and present
them to our readers this week.
After tho organization of the Convention, it
appears that Weduesday, Thursday and Fri
day were s|ient In ballotting without efihctlng
any choice,—Messrs. Gass, Buchanan, Dotig-
lass and Marcy, being the principal candi
dates. Mr. Cass, an tlio first ballot, received
116 votes; Buchanan, 98; Marcy, 27; Doug
lass. 20; Butler, 2; Houston, 8; Lane, 18;
Dickinson, 1; Dodge, 8; Juo. B. Weller, 4.
On the second ballot, Cass stood 118, Bu
chanan 95 Douglas 23, and Murey 27. Oth
ers nearly as betbre.
Third ballot -Onss 119, Buchanan 94. Doug
las 21, and Marcy 26, with very llttlo change
In others.
Thu (burth, fifth and sixth ballots wore ta
ken. with very little difference from the first.
8evonth ballot—Cass 118, Buchanan 98,
Douglas 84, Marey 26, Butler 1, Houston 9,
Lane 18, Dodge 8, Dickinson 1.
Eighth ballot same os seventh.
Ninth ballot, Cass 112, Bucbansn 87. Dong-
las 89. Maroy 28, Butlar 1, Houston 8, Lane
18, and Dickinson 1.
Tenth ballot, Cass 112. Buchanan 88, Dong-
las 46, Marcy 27, Houston 10, Lane 14, aud
Dickinson 1.
Eleventh ballot, Cass 101, Buchanan 87,
Douglas 50, Maroy 27. Butler 1, Houstun 8,
Lane 18. Dickinson 1
Twelfth ballot Cass 98, Buchanan 88 Doug
las 51. Marcy 27, Butler 1, Houston 9, Lane
18 Dickinson 1
Hera the Louisiana delegation retired for
consultation.
Four more ballots were taken, varying but
llttlo from the previous ones. On the seven
teenth ballot, the vote stood as follows:. Cans
99. Buchanan 87, Douglas 60 Marcy 26, Lane
18 Houston 11, Butler 1.- Dickinson 2.
Thus thu ballotting continued with but llt-
tlu variation, until Saturday morning when
upon the 4tli ballot, Con. Franlin Pierce, of
Ncw-Hampsldre. received two hundred votes,
and was unaiilmuusly declared tlio nominee
of the Cnnvcnttun for President.
At the afterfloun session, on the second hal-
lut, W. R. Kino, of Alabama, was nominated
for the Vice Presidency
Tim Anal fly gtf Uus Cawsprwmloo, Including
tho Fugitive Slave Law was adopted.
of tho eontrovertlsts, the committee <
that tho set of delegates represented byi
Cohen (the Btate Rights delegation) were
titled to soats In the ConVontlon; but from ^
tho Ikct that tho other delegation (represented
by Mr. JscUsoh.) represented a very conside
rable portion of Democrats of the Stato, ths
Commltteo recommended that both delega
tions bo admitted to scats In the Convention',
and that they together cast the vote of Geor
gia.
Gen. Gommandor was In attendance on tha
Convention tho solitary representative from
South Carolina. -Ho was. however, ruled out
by the Committee'OH credentials, though we
really think after admitting the Supplement-
als uf this Stato, the Cqmntlttoe established a
precedent which should have relieved Gen.
Commander and Ids Georgetown constituency,
and all others similarly situated. now and here-
after, from tho unenviable singularity of their
position.' The Commltteo on credentials
ought by all means to have extended tha
same grace to Gen. Commander tnd bis con
stituency that it did to tho supplumontals and
theire.—Macon Telegraph.
Tha Democratic Nominee.
Boston, June 6.
General Franklin Pierce aud Lady, who:
are at present at the Tremont House, In thli
city, were greatly surprised on receiving'the
news of the nomination by the Democratlo
Convention. Tho news occasioned great joy
at Concord, and at Salem, Mass., la whlctt
cities tha bells ware rung.
The Democratic National Convention.
—The New-York Evening Post figures out
the first ballot of tlio Democratic National
Convention, to bo hold in Baltimore, on tlio
first of June, as follows: For Oen. Cass, 91;
Mr. Buciianan,, 76; Mr. Douolass, 28; Mr.
Marcy 24; Oen. Pikbce, (N. II.,) 5; Oen.
Houston, 14; Con. Lane, 13; Mr. Allen, 11;
Con. Dodoe, 2. Wholo number of votes, 288.
Necessary to a choice, (two-thirds,)' 192. This
excluding South-Carolina, a Slate which, if
represented, will add 10 to tho voto of Dou
glass, and make 199 necessary to a choice.
Women and Newspapers.
A fucctious Boston editor Is waim In his
praiso of his lady subscribers. Ho says
"Women aro the best subscribers in tlio world
to ncwiqiapurs, magazines, &c. Wu have
been editor now going on for eight years, and
we have never lost a single dollar by female
subscribers. They make it a point of con
scientious duty to pay tlio preacher and thu
printer—two classes ot the community who
suffer more by had pay, and no pay at all,
than all tho rest put together. Whenever we
haven woman’s name an our book, wo know
it is just as good for two dollars nnd a half, as
a" ptcayuno is for a ginger cake.” Moreover
ho asserts that the ladies read tlio newspapers
to which they subscribe, and concludes by
declaring that he “would rather havo a
dozen ladles on his book than one man,"
Prospects of Rome.
Although our young and cherished city,
in common with other sections of the South,
has been temporarily depressed by the par
tial failure oftho cropifor the last two years,
yet never were her prospects of gradual
and healthy growth more bright and cheering
than ut present. The growing cro;is promise
an nbundant harvest, and when gathered and
thrown into market, will givo a now and
healthful impulse to every department of
business. Sumo 26 000 hales ofcottou were
shipped from tills place during last season,
and it is estimated, Hint without some disas
ter, at least 35 000 will go forward tlio next.—
Capital and capitalists are constantly coining
into tlio country, and under the auspices of
ail enlightened and provident system of Ag
riculture, the products of thu rich lands of
Floyd and udjoining counties will soon bo
doubled.
Some of our good friends seem occasion
ally alarmed, lest Romo shall be injured by
rail roads passing through her anil around
her. To a certain extent her pros|iects may
be affected injuriously or beneficially by thoso
enterprises. But if her citizens will adopt
mid pursuo a judicious ;>nlicy, Romo may bo
made a placo of largo commercial Importance,
in spite of I nllronds. Occupying as she does,
a central position between tlio Atlantic and
Gulf seaboards—surrounded by vast bodies of
fertilo lands—with a soil and climate unex
celled—enlivened by a fair trade tho year
round—with mills and factories of various
kinds in operation and in process of erection
—nothing is lacking but a little perseverance
upon tliu part of hor citizens, to double her
business aiid population during the next three
years, as lias been done the three last.
There must be a great central commercial
point somewhere in Cherokee Georgia, where
capital and trado shall centre. Nature has as
signed this position to Romo, and wo have on
ly to improve our advantages and foster those
various industrial pursuits which render com
munities independent and prosperous,jto real
ize our brightest anticipations,
Will tho Union Party Support tbo Demo.
oratio Nominees 7
Tho determination of tills question, wo pre
sume, will depend entirely upon what may
transpire at Baltimore during tlio ensuing
week. No Union man can object to Mr. King,
tlio democratic candidate for Vico President.
Many will olijuct to Oen. Pierco, heeauso Ira
tins not Hint great and national reputation so
Important in the Chief Magistrate of a great
Nation. Many will regret that the ticket is
not reversed, nnd tlio name of King given the
precedence. Both are, however, believed to
he entirely sound upon the Compromise, which
elmtllsl In* »1»a» Anriliriilllngr nnnatilui>utlnn mltk
all Union men, lu Hie approaching canvass.
Wu believe, therefore, tliat unless tile Na
tional Whig Convention, shall assume tho samo
attitude before tliu country, as that presented
by tlio Democratic Convention, nnd present as
sound nion upon as sound a platform, the
Union Convention, tvlwn it shall again mart,
will affirm thu nomination of Pierce and King
and select an electoral ticket in conformity
with this |iosition. anil elect it by a triumphant
majority over overy other ticket run. Of
course, If Mr. Fillmore is nominated, and tho
finality of tlio Comproinlso affirmed by the
Baltimore Whig Convention, the aspect of
things will be changed and tho support of the
Union Party will be divided upon two elector
al tickets. Matters are very much tangiud
and confused now—they will he more so then.
It is to ho hoped that tho novelty of tho spec
tacle will keep every hody lu good humor—
particularly as the Republic will then besalb'
and the only contest will be to tost wlionre thu
most unanimous amt legitimate Acquiescents.
Novel Exhibition.
By reference to our advertising columns, It
will bo seen that our citizens are about to he
treated to quite an exciting and wo presume,
interesting entertainment. Tho mere exhi
bition of a Indian In his native costume, would
ho a novel Might to iniiny; whllstall, wo doubt
not, will gladly avail themselves oftho op|>or-
tnnity to witness the skill or these red sons of
the forest in their ball-plays. Their »ongs,
dances, speeches, See., will also, doubtless,
be highly entertaining to those who have nev
er witnessed similar exhibitions.
Fatal Casualty.
During the severe blew in Augusta, on Fri
day last, as we learn ftom the Chronicle and
Sentinel. Ihuframcs of thedwelling house nod
Cotton Oiu Factory of Mr Oglesby, which
have just been erected, were botii blown down.
Ill Hie latter several persons had sought shel
ter from tho sliower, three of whom, a whito
inan, whoso namo we did not learn, and two
negroes, were caught by the falling timbers,
and the white man instantly killed—the ne
groes escaped with slight contusions. The
others succeeded in making their cscapo un
injured.
Milleooevillf. and Guriiun Rail-Road.
“We learn," snys tile Savannah Republican ol
lira 3d instant, "from a gentleman who enmo
down on the cars last night, that tlio bridge
over Fishing Creek near Milledgovlllo, has
been completed, and that the cars now start
from the permanent depot on. the west side of
the city. Tlio same gentleman status tliut it
wasex[iected tliu road would be extended to
Entouton by November next."
Cholera.—Dining tlio last two weeks the
cholera lias beun prevailing at Cairo, III., to a
considerable extent, princi|ially among the
German emigrants, twelve or fifteen of whom
have died. Two cases, one fatal, also occur
red at Vovny. In., last week.
There were thirty-six cholera deaths at N.
Oi leans during tlio week ending on Hie 22(1
ult. Mr.Jum s Dalton, of Canton, Miss., has
lost ten negroes from the dlscuso.
In Hie vicinity of Chicago; Ill,, It was in
creasing. At Lasalle sixty railrord hands and
several respcctablo citizens had died.
Fatal Railroad Auoidznt.—Springfield,
Mnss., May 28.1862.-Mr. Hiram Perry and
daughter, of Monzon, were killed at Collins'
depot, near this place, yesterday, by belpg
Tu&jfrjt by the <1P, ” "
The Demooratio Convention.
The Baltimore papers of Wednesday con
tain a frill report of the first day's proceedings
of this body. They chiefly consist, however,
of matters appertaining to their organization.
The following is a list of the officers of lira
Convention:
President.—John W. Davis, Indiana.
Vice Presidents.—John Irwin, Alabama;
Samuel C. Ruano, Arkansas; Henry A. Ly
ons, California; James T. Pratt. Connecticut;
Charles Wright, Dulatvare; JoLn Branch
Florida; Joseph Day, Georgia; JamesB. Fo
ley, Louisiana; Dr. Charles Johnson. Illinois;
George Gillespie, Iowa Levy Tyler, Ken
tucky; Entitle La Sere, Louisiana; AmosW.
Roberts, Maine; Edward Lloyd, Maryland,
Henry 11. Childs, Massachusetts; Eloti Ferns-
worth, Michigan; John B. Nevltt. Mississip
pi; V. A. James. Missouri; Samuel Tilton
New Hampshire; David H. Craig, New Jer
sey; Zadoch Pratt, Now York; Weldon N.
Dunaras, znimronnmna; vriu. mount, onto;
David Lynch, Pennsylvania; Welcome B.
Saylus, Rhode Island, Cave Johnson Tennes
see; Aslihul Smith, Texas; David A. Smal-
lie, Vermont; Cliarlus Yancy, Virginia; Wil
son Dewey, Wisconsin.
Secretaries.—Edmund C. West, N. York;
S. C. Buvatt. Tennessee; E. Barksdale. Mis
sissippi; Wm. Stewart, Indiana; Patrick
Crittenden. Connecticut; Wm. A. Hacker,
Illinois; Edward B. Bartlett. Kentucky; Lu
cius Y. Lusk, Louisiana; Samuel II. Ayro
New Hampshire; Oliver S. Dewey, North Ca
rolina; Samuel D. Patterwu, Pennsylvania;
C. Pryor, Virginia; DavidNoggie, Wisconsin.
The fbllowing rules were adopted :
Resolved, That thu rules of the House of
Representatives, as far as applicable for the
government of the Convention, bo adopted
as the rules of this Convention. *>
Resolved, That two-tlilrds of the wholo num
ber of votes given, shall bo necessary to 5
nomination of candidates fur President and
Vico President of the United States by this
Convention.
Resolved, That in voting upon any question
which may arise In the proceedings of tills
convention, tlio vote shall be taken by States,
at the request of any one State, eucli Stale to
be entitled to tho number of votes to which
■ach Slate is entitled in thu next electoral
college, without regard to the number of del
egates in attendance—the manner In which
said vote is to be cast to be decided by the
delegation of each State by itself.
A motion to reconsider tho voto by which
the two-thirds rule was adopted was rejected.
As the vutes were announced, elappltig of
handB and stamping offeut succeeded, shak
ing the building to its foundations.
Much merriment wns occasioned when
General Cuntmander, (thu Baltimore Sun
believes,) cast his one vote in the affirmative
for South Carolina, A voice—"Ouod for
him.”
Tho voto for Soatli Carolina wasafterwarda
said to have been a joke, there being no one
present fr om this Smte, though General Com
mander was in the city.
Tlio President stated the result—yeas two
hundred and seventy-three, nays thirteen.
There was renewed demonstrations ol joy.
A motion was made and carried that a Com
mittee or five bo appointed to act, in conjunc
tion with thu Committee of arrangements,
with a view to the better accommodation of
Delegates.
Tliu Convention at seven o'clock adjourned
until Wednesday morning at ten o'clock.
From the Savannah News:-
The National Democratic-Convention TSat
Nominations.
Under oitr telegraplile head will be (bund
the result of the deliberations of the National
Democratlo Convention which.assembled last
week In Baltimore'. The account of tho bal-
lettings which wo have before given show that
much dlffienlty was encountered In uniting-
tbo party upon a candidate fbr the Presidency,,
which wu only aceotnpKsbed by leaving out
of view all the more | romlncnt men to whom
public attention has heretofore boon directed,.
and. aa In 1844, selecting one whose name baa >
until now never been connected with that
high office. Tho strongest men—men who-
havo counted their scores of pledged support
ers, hare been compelled, under the two-
thirds rule, to give way to ono who was. until',
the hour he was first ballottud for, without a.
party, or perhaps a hope, in the convention.
Thus lias a wholo winter’s work at Wash
ington gone for naught, and all. the schemes-
and deep laid intrigues ofplutting politicians
been blown to thu winds in fbur ballotting* ossa
the Ust day of the Convention. This result la
a striking illustration oftho fket that Presi
dents or Presidential numinous cauuot alwaya-
bo made in Washington City, lr. In additions
to their dlsiippuliiinient. it should hava the-
eflbct to admonish future members of Con
gress to attend to tho business of the country.'
and not waste their' time in Presidential can-
cusses In ftiture, whatever may be the molt
of the approaching electlun, tha people will
have cause ufgratulaHon. '.
The nomination luok all |«rtie< by •urprisw
hero. Though, u far as we have been abla
te Judge, the action of thu Convention will ba:
ratified by tho party. If there Is no great ,
enthusiasm in fttvorofOen. Pierco, neither la>
there any factious opposition. The fhet that
he received thu unanimous support of lbs
Southern Hiatus commends him to the coot- )
donee of his party, who consider that the
choice was dictated by just and proper on-
slduratlons
We are gratified to observo that the Coss-
vention took dlctded ground In Ihvor ot the-
compromise aud thu fugitive law, and that las
its action hotli branches of the Democratle*
representation from this State were tndaeetl
to harmonize. As much interest and dooMf
has been expressed on this subject, in regal*
to which our telegraphic accounta have aai
been sufilcioiitly explicit, wo givo the folia*.
lug extract from the proceedings. It sppeaaa.
that before proceeding to vote, the Cent
tion took up and disposed ofa report of lha-
Committee on Credentials, presented at tha-
evening session of Wednesday, in which tha<
Convention is informed —
That all tho Stales in the Union are repia-
sented therein, by Delegates duly elected,
with tho exception or South Carolina; fro*
which lliero is no representation.
There were two entire conflicting delega
tions from tho Slate of Georgia: one repr*
seining the Stnte Rights party, and claiming
the right to represent the 8tate In. the Con
vention on the ground tliat It more frilly rep.'
resented Hie Democracy of the State than aajr
other existing organization; and tho other
representing that portion of the Democrats ef
Georgia belonging to the Union party, who
claimed seats nn tho ground that they reps*,
sented a large portion of the Democrats of tha
State,
After duly hearing and considering tha
claims sot forth by the advocates ofeachM-
egatlon, the committee irrHrit In ruin*
mend to the adoptlou of the Convent!* tha
following resolution!!:
Resolved, That tho Democratlo delegatt*
from Georgia represented by Mr, Cbha%
(State Rights.) conslstlngof twenty-one se ~
hers, Era tho Representatives of Georgia,
are t 'urethra admitted to tlieir seats, ,
Resolved, That the delegation ropseseata#
by Mr. Jackson, seventeen In number, «ga
Democrats in principle, and reflect tho seortk ^
monte ofa portion of the Democracy of Geaaw ,
gia and tliat they be admitted to scats la IbaS
Convention, and that said delegations, tb* ■
united, cast the, vote of the 8tate. S?
Thu recommendations of this report'
adopted by the Convention. .
The Georgia Delegations.
Tho Committee on credentials, in' tlinlr re
port to the Convention, state thatall the States
were represented in the Convention, by dele
gates duly elected, with the exception of S.
Carolina, from which there was no regular
representation,
The report goes on to say that there were
two entirely conflicting delegations from tho
State of Georgia—one representing the State
Rights party, and claiming the right to rep
resent the State in the Convention, on the
ground that it more fully represented tho
democracy of the State than any other exist
ing organization.
The other delegation claimed to. represent
that portion of the Democracy of the Slate be
longing to the late Union party, and olalming
seats on tbo ground that they represented a
Urge portion of the Democrats of the State.
Diiidendb in Georgia.—Tho Marine I
Fire Insurance Dank of Savannah hat deal*. J
ed a semi-annual dividend of six percent.—(
being at tho rato of twelve per cent, peg |
annum.
The Central Railroad and Banking Comp* j
ny hnvu declared a semi-annual dividend nf )
four per cent.—boiug at the rate ofel(
cent, per annum.
The Eank of Savannah, which has t
operation only a year, has declared • j
dend of five per cent, per annum.
Tho Iiiareosa of thu business likewise on I
Central Rati Road, for the six mon(h*e„.
May 81, over that of the same period last yenr,|
Is $103,102.
The Russians are said to have sent 18s
ginccr officers on a secret mission to Eu
Turkey, to collect information as to-l
sources an army of 110,000 men t
there. Thu s ate of the roads and <
tors would also be inquired Intug *
lievod that another.body of e
had left secretly for Gri
plo'to collect 1