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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
The Democratic Convention
Fair in Macon,
MACON, GtuAl.
Ha* Wffi—nominated Gov. Baowx-adopted «» THE EXHIBITION OF FOREIGN GOODS-
a platform, and adjourned, in great harmony. I The Cotton Planters Convention,- in scs-
Tuesday Morning, June 21.
The members from the various Counties will Non in Macon last Tuesday, took steps for hold
return home, aid for thenextthreemonths, the 'ng a Fair, in this city, for the exhibition of
dr-hocratic no.uiivation.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOS. E. BROWN.
Democracy of Georgia will be in arms. Great I Foreign Goods. Mr. Howell Cobh, of Houston
things were expected by the Opposition from this county, the President of the Convention, addres-
Uniou Prayer Meetings
Convention; they fondly hoped that division I ^ * communication to the Mayor and City
would arise—that feuds would be engendered, Council, to which the latter responded, in sub-
and that discord and strife would prevail. We stance, that although not ready to pledge an ap-
are glad to know that the Opposition have been I propriation by the City Government, to defray
Presbyterian Church. The meeting has been
in progress during the last month with increas
ing interest and attendance. Evciy body is in
vited to come. “ Vet there is room.”
THE COMMITTEE.
Will he held dalle ilnrine thU week- iw,™ r I again disappointed. We arc rejoiced to be able I the expenses of the Exhibition, the City will
,o « o'clock, P J, fo the Lecture Room of the "ft* T" ““ d T“£ P ro P cr f“ undsal ^ bui,din ^
u mony, and the kind and brotherly spirit which and co-operate in all needful preparations.
prevailed at the close of the Convention. We This is right, and upon proper assurance that
are aware of the fact that some of cur jealous I foreign manufacturers and artisans will come
friends of the Opposition made a pilgrimage to I forward with the goods, there ought not to be
Millodgeville, for the purpose of witnessing a the smallest difficulty about the details. We
Iswli up, that they were greatly pleased at the .should be in lkvor of the State authorities lend
disorder and confusion which prevailed previous ingsuch an Exhibition their fallal sanction, and
to the organization of the Convention, but that I believe the Legislature of Georgia would make
they wept, in secret, bitter tears of grief over I »H necessary legislative provision in aid of the
tlie concord and general good feeling which mark-1 enterprise. Let us have reliable assurance on
ed the closing scenes of the body. this subject, however—something more than the
The Convention was the largest body of the authority of C. G. Baylor, which is vox elpreete-
kind that ever assembled at Millcdgcvillc. There I tea nihil Foreign Exhibitors did tot come for-
were over four hundred Delegates in attendance, ward as they should liavedoneat the New York
and nearly every County in the State was rep- I Industrial Exhibition of 1853; urd if we are to
Miltonic Ceremonials at Aincricns.
The ceremony of laying the Comer Stone of
Furlow College, in Americas, takes place next
Friday, and the South-Western Railroad, with
accustomed liberality, lias reduced the fares of
visitors on that occasion, one half. Sec the ad
vertisement of the Superintendent.
Dissatisfied with the Platform.
Brief and explicit as arc the three resolu
tions of the Georgia Democratic State Con
vention, the “Opposition” Doctors find in
them ample matter of dissatisfaction for pre
cisely opposite reasons. The Columbus In
quirer charges that the resolution complimen
tary lo Sir. Buchanan “pats the President ap
provingly on the back for his falsified pretty
The “Education” of the Africans.
Correspondence between Hon. James Jackson
and Hon. Howell Cobb.
The Athens Banner of last Thursday con
tains a correspondence between Hon James
Jackson, Representative in Congress from that
district, and the Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary
of the Treasury, upon the charge that tho Ad
ministration procured the appropriation of pub-
talk in the behalf of slavery;” while the Sa- lie money for the “schooling” of the cargo of
vannah Republican inveighs against it as pal- re-captured Africans lately sent to Liberia. The
try and inadequate homage to a man, “ who. statements of Mr. Cobb in refutation of this
(says that paper,) whatever may have been his I calumny differ in nothing from those of an arti
New Pens.
Wc arc indebted to Rev. S. Boykin, Agent of resented. While there was some difference of i*lf upon them, solely, for an attractive Exlii-
thc Georgia Baptist Book Depository, Cotton j opinion as to the propriety of endorsing the Ad- bition, wc ought to be well assured of no disap-
A venue, Macon, for two sample boxes of a large ministration, all were for the re-nomination of I pointment
lot of Steel Pens, manufactured in England the present Governor; and when the resolution The times arc ripe for just such a Fair. The
to his order, and just received. Ono of these to rc-nominatc him by acclamation was put, Southern Mercantile community are, with one
is the “ Index Pen’’—in shape literally an I there was not a dissenting voice. A committee consent, turning their attention to Direct Trade
the projecting finger constituting tho pen.— was appointed to wait upon the Governor and wllb Europe, and all the experiments made in
The other is the “ Mallary Pen” bearing the inform him of the actiou of the Convention, and Macon have been attended with the most fiat-
itamp of the learned divine thereon. Both are ho made his appearance, escorted by the Com- Bering success showing that the Northern Im-
cxccllcnt pens, and are sold at the low prico of I mittcc and was introduced by Judge Jackson of I porters and Jobbers can be dispensed with, with-
50 cents per box. Chatham, in a short impromptu address, which out inconvenience, and at a saving of about 25
for point and beauty could not be excelled. The I per cc’* 1 - R- P. McEvoy, Nathan Weed, Car-
x lie N.ishx file Excursion I Governor addressed the Convention in one of | hsrt A Curtl, Ross, Coleman A Ross, and B. A.
Was a great success. All the participant the happiest efforts of his life. Ho accepted I Wise, of our own Macon mcrclnints, we know,
have returned highly gratified. The Company tho nomination—put himself squarely on the import more or less largely, and we understand
was received with great eclat on the grounds of platform adopted by the Convention, and coun- Mr. Bostick, of Bostick, Kein & Co., is now in
faults and blunders, has not only observed the cle on the same subject which appeared in the
line of policy laid down by the South on the I Telegraph two weeks since. Wc, however, ap*
subject of her peculiar institutions, bat actual- pend the correspondence, omitting the long ex-
ly abandoned his own opinion, and sacrificed tract from the President’s Message which is fa-
himself at the North that be might do so.”— j miliar to the reader.
Thus we see that two leading journals of the j
Opposition in this State differ radically in their CORRESPONDENCE,
opinions ofMr. Buchanan’s administration on I Athens, 30th May, 1859.
this particular subject—the one charging that Dea “ Sir = Pending the consideration of the
he has betrayed the South, and “falsified his Diplomatic and Consular appropriation bill be-
„ / , , ,, „ .. fore Congress, you stated to mo that not one
pretty talk in behalf of slavery, while the cent nas agreed to bo paid by the President to
other affirms that he has actually abandoned the Colonization Society for the Education of
his own opinions and sacrificed himself at the the returned Africans of the Echo. On the
North, that he might obscive the line of poll- strength of that statement of youra to me, I
i-ii , ?, o J have publicly and privately denied that a dollar
cy laid down by the South on the subject of| oft ,J bli * mon £ ha d been so used. The
slavery.” And with these diametrically oppo- charge is still repeated; and the message of the
site conclusions respecting Mr. Buchanan, President and his letter to Mr. McLain are re-
they naturally assail this Convention rcsolu- J lied upon to sustain it. If unexplained, these
tion from opposite stand points and for oppo- d ° cm " en , t ? “V d 1 ec *! ive ”£*5 ■“* \ ead
. 1 . 1 ... i- them to the conclusion that the President had
site rcasons-tho one because it is cotnplimen-1 actua ,j y ^ed to , )ay forthc schooling of ne-
tary at all. and the other because it is not com
plimentary enough
groes in Africa. Whilst I feel that I cannot be
personally affected, no matter what may be the
But this war of opinion about Mr. Buchanan truth of thc transaction, because of your statc-
... i ment to me as well as my vote to strike out thc
on this vital subject is by no ean 0 ? appropriation on account of my opinion that
fined to or illustrated by these two leading the Colonization scheme had proved a failure in
Georgia opposition points. It entered into Liberia, yet it is due to Sir. Buchanan that
thc Convention itself, where a small minortiy | these misrepresentations or misapprehensions
refused to unite in what the Republican con-
Kuropc making purchases. This business will
the Nashville Female Academy, where it stood I sclled union and harmony in the ccming can-
nlmast ankle deep in boquots, which were show- vass. Ho stated that on account of his feeble I E row rapidly with every year, and what is want-
ered upon the Artillery by tho young ladies tf health and thc claims of official duty, he would ed to give it a powerful impetus and get it fairly
the Seminary. Col. C. S. Godshall, in behalf not bo able to canvass the State—said that the under way, is to have thc Agents of European
of the Nashville Military, made a beautiful State Road should continue to pay from thirty-1 manufacturers here on the ground —to show
speech of welcome, responded to handsomely I five to forty thousand -dollars per month—that I t,leir g°°d- s and prices—make acquaintance and
by Lieut C. C. Jones, of the Chatham Artill j. he hoped to sec the day when every white child tate orders, just as thc Northern drummers and
ry. At tho City noli 1, Mayor McGavock ad- in Georgia could be educated at the Public | UwAgents of Northern houses do.
dressed the visitors, and Gen. R. It. Cuylcr re I SelAols, and that this could be done without
plit>d in their behalf. Thc Company serenaded I additional tax upon the State. lie thanked thc I brightly appreciated by the Foreign man
Mrs. Polk, in a body—paid a visit to the llemi- Convention for tho high honor paid him—said "facturers, so as to give us a good showing, and
i tage, and were entertained by a grand Military- that he liad no ambition or desire to fill any ri S htl J' managed here, it will arrest the atten-
Rall, given by the German Yagers of Nashville. Federal office—that his only wish was to sen e tion of tbe whole Southern country, and attract
should be corrected.
.. , . , . | - | I ask of you, therefore, for publication a rep
aiders, thc poor and inadequate homage of this ot ; t j on 0 f yaur str * / •- -- ■— ■ . 1
resolution, and it enters (on a larger theatre,) and exposition of
into thc sectional views of Mr. Buchanan’s ad
ministration, as cutcrtaiucd and expressed by I
Conventions and leading papers in the South
and in the North. In thc South perhaps a ma-1
jority of even the Democratic prints assail Mr.
statement to mo in Washington,
exposition of the entire transaction.
I am truly, your friend,
JAMES JACKSON.
Hon. IIowell Coun, Washington, D. C.
Ye the Democratic Delegate, for Ihe Third
Congrcn.ional District *
There being some diversity of opinion through
out tli? District as to the proper time and place
for holding thc next Democratic Congressional
Convention for the Third District, and while the
Delegates from Bibb County are ready and will
ing to meet their brethren from other Counties
at any time and at any place they may deem best,
for the purpose of settling the question, would
suggest Macon as a suitable place, and Tuesday
the 12th July next, the proper time for holding
said Convention. Should this suggestion meet
the views of Delegates from other Counties, and
they will signify the same to us, either by letter
to any of the Delegates of Bibb'or through thc
public prints, we will have all things in readi
ness, and be happy to meet them in Macon at
that time. Democratic papers please copy.
JOHN J. GRESHAM,
WM. F. WILBURN,
L. M. LAMAR,
C. A. THARP,
SAM’L HUNTER,
, Delegates for Bibb County,
Macon, June 20, 1859.
For the Georgia Telegraph.
The public taste is often improved, and the
public mind enlightened by newspaper
Dear Sir : I regret to learn from your letter,
that the Opposition continue to misrepresent thc
Buchanan as unfaithful to this section, while I facts in connection with tho contract made by
with hut very few exceptions, the whole body I lllc President with the Colonization Society.—
of <1.0 Vorfhorn nnd more than half <l.n 1 "P®** " hat 1 8Utod . t ° > OU . "Ot
one dollar was paid for thc education or school-
r misappi
ire, I cheerfully comply with
faithfully the State and people from whom he | bu Y ers from CTCI Y section of the South, and at
once transfer a moiety or perhaps even the
By reference to our advertisements it will be | Tbe Convention ndjoumod with thc usual I bulk of Soutbcrn orders for fine goods, directly
seen that Mr. Waterman is offering his stock of I
Dry Goods at New York Cost | vote of thanks to thc officers.
to thc Foreign manufacturers. But it will be
necessary to do the thing well, and take time to
do it First, let thc programme and its promise
IIou. Augustus It. Wriglu
1 his gentleman made his mark in the Con-1 be laid before all thc important manufacturing
A Good Engineer.
Mr. John Kelly, who advertises for a situation, .... , , , , . . -o
as Engineer, has shown us tho most satisfactory ' c 1 u “" last "«*; by a spcedi delivered in fit- and mercantile houses in Europe, and let us
. * I VOr of tho resolutions: ofT«si*fsl Itv \fr Smt-nnl . __ «l :n r i _
testimonials
competency not only
to keep it in repair.
of his long experience and entire ^'° f V*® reS ° lu l tl0 " S ofrer ® d by “ r ; ?* war<L— know whether they will come forward with the
not only to run a steam engine, but ^ hu rOSC ’ by U ' c of h,s nia """ Goods - Tb!s we P resume - 0061,1 ** done through
and the precision with which he announced his the U. S. Consuls, at the various ports. Next,
position, he caught the attention of thc body, let us have extensive and complete preparations
Supreme Court. I He spoke amid frequent interruption, but never for their reception and exhibition, and let thc
Thc Supreme Court for thc Macon District, I lo8t bbi temper. His vindication of thc record sanction of the State l>e invoked to add dignity _
commences it summer session on next Monday. of tbo AAniffistr^ion wa« ahle and eloquent, and eclat to the enterprise. Then let us liavc j ve'rj-’question, will be satisfied that all the I subject being brought to the attention of Con-
Cases from thc South-Western, Pataula, Chatta-1 lle alluded to the fact that he had differed with I the widest publicity, and bring the great body c l, ar g(.3 a^ains -----
of thc Northern press and more than half the
conventions, denounce the administration in I j n „ ofAfri cans'sent back to Africa^
terms of unmeasured bitterness ns “a supple, To prevent any m;
subvervient and corrupt tool of the Slave pow- ment in tho future,
"-even winking at the revival of thc slave
. , tn , f, , .... e when these Africans were raptured and
trade. Thusweseethcunhappyconditionofany brought jnlo thc 1>ort of charleston, the ques-
Chief Magistrate who undertakes to maintain t ion was presented to thc President—what was
a true national position on this subject—who his duty under thc law ?
will not pander to extreme sectional views, but I 1 cannot place the case more fully and satis-
strives to plumb the constitutional line, with- factor % ,fo ^?y’ tban b >' f l uotin « thc Uf >-
’ . 1 , “ ' guage of the President in his annual message
out leaning to the one side or the other. And | [ 0 Congress at the commencement of the last
such must ever be the fate of a fair President session,
in a heated sectional controversy—because, (Quotation omitted.)
measured by the extreme opinions and preju- - 1, J" ora tbi f statement, you will observe, that
,. , • , . . I the law under which Mr. Buchanan acted, had
dices ot both sides, he is a transgressor against I rcce j ve( j a practical construction during Mr.
both, cither in the way of omission or comuiis- Monroe’s Administration—which was, that it
sion. He does not side with either, and there- was the duty of the President, to provide for
For tlie Georgia Telegraph
Opposition Convention.
Mil Editor:—Allow me through thc columns
of the Telegraph to offer to the public, and es
pecially to thc voters of thc 3d Congressional
District, a few thoughts which presented them
selves jto my mind on reading the “ Call of thc
American Central Executive Committee” for thc
meeting of an Opposition Convention to assem
ble at Milledgeville, on the 3d Wednesday in
July next
A few words as to its objects. It says noth
ing against Gov. Brown’s administration; this
is well enough, and shows the good sense of the
Committee—at least in that respect Gov.
Brown's administration needs no defence; it is
ita own defender; it is before tne cuuuUj-,
wo are willing and ready to go with it before
the honest voters of Georgia; it is all thc plat
form we desire, and on sucli a one success can
not be doubtful.
Tlie ipse dixit of the Committee has gone
forth, and what is it? Hear and tremble, oh
Democrats! “Organize is the word,” say they;
do you, honest reader, ask for what? Let thc
Committee answer: “To hurl this (the Demo
cratic) party from power.” As to thc “corrup
tion” of thc Democratic party, that is only one
A striking example of this truth is.
be found in a couple of communication* which
lately appeared in a city paper over the signa
tures of “Bibb” and “Spikes.’’ The pro
fusion of sage advice which their articles con
tain has certainly laid the Democratic party
under heavy obligations to their generous and
gifted authors. They have laid open thc store
house of political knowledge, and made it ac
cessiblc to their readers, which in this selfish
ago speaks well for their liberality. It is not
without precedent however, for history informs
us that Aristotle made known to all the world
thesecretsinlearningwhich be had before com
municated in private lectures only to his pupil
Alexander the Great. But what have these wri
ters done to entitle themselves to the thanks of
the Democratic party ? Why “ Bibb ’ has
generously relieved the Democratic party in
the Third Congressional District from thc on
erous duty of erecting a platform upon which
to put their candidate for Congress in the cn
suing election by modestly constructing one
himself for the use of the party—while his
equally patriotic co-laborer, “ Spikes, lias
with remarkable self complacency, told the
Democratic Gubernatorial Convention what
they should do—and what they should not do.
Why not at once invest these two “Sir oracles
with the general oversight of tlie business and
interests of Democracy in the State of Geor
gia!
Such a regency would be quite in the Napo
leonic style, and would save the “rank and
file,” thc time and labor now spent in learn
ing theirduty by gratuitously pointing it out
to them. As the other Democratic papers gen
erally have been so stupid as not to perceive
the signal advantages which would result to
the mass of the party, from this regency syo
tem in the hands of these two Macon “soors
and sages,” I hope, Mr. Editor, that you will
lose no time in urging upon thc Democracy
thc great importance of this subject. The
elections will soon be on hand, and thc masses
should be brought under the healthful inflm
ence of the “regency’’ in time, lest they might
blunder in casting their votes at the polls.
You need not fear that your endorsement of
their programme will cause calterwaulingmnoug
of many reckless assertions, and one not war- t lle faithful or divisionjn their ranks, for the
fore gives offence to both.
Now a fair-minded Democrat iu coming to
sending captured Africans back to theircountry
| —and by the appointment of an agent there to
—,, ,, , - i make provision for them there, until they
a just estimation of Mr. Buchanan on tho sla- should be able to provide for themselves.” The
hooch*'and Macon Circuits are tried here.
: charges against Mr. Buchanan of “ betraying j gross by Mr. Monroe, Congress acquiesced in
the Administration upon some matters of policy, of Southern dealers here, in contact with the the South ” are unjust if he only observes with I thc correctness of his construction and allowed
but he asserted its soundness on the question of Exhibitors, and let our merchants, in all depart. „ hn . ,. rtr ' V mWe\l,o VnrtLrn sectional tbe la 'y to rcmai " on tbc stalute book ' vith °ut
Slavery. Judge Wright is a candidate for Con- mentis, inquire and learn for themselves, what , , . , , alteration—I prefer to leave the construction of
: . .2 . . ° ^ iuiuiw.i>ra, nuu nresses denounce him: and. vice versa, these <i„. <i,„
A First Honor Han.
ilbume B. Hall, a son of Mrs. J. T. Coxc, of I gross in the Vth District, and is opposed by I can be saved by direct intercourse with the For.
this city, we are glad to see, has graduated from I three or four popular and influential gentlemen, cign manufacturer. It is not considerations of
tlie Naval Academy at Annapolis with thc high-1 but this'speech will give him great strength in prejudice or politics—no{ resolutions, public
cst distinction, and stands first on thc list for his own District, and will add greatly to his meetings or conventions, that are going to cstab-
promotion from the class of Midshipmen of 1859. reputation as a Statesman throughout the State-
presses denounce him; aud, vice versa, these the law, with the high authority of Mr. Mun-
denunciations arc shown to be unfounded by roe, though it would be an easy task to show
He is a young gentleman of fine character and
high scholastic attainments, and will nuke his j
mark in thc service.
Mr. David E. Hull, merchant, of this city, died
on Thursday morning last, about 3 o’clock, af
ter a long illness. Mr. Hull was a native of
Bridgeport, Conn., and at his death was about
39 years of age. He was a man of warm and
Tlie Chatham Artillery.
1. This ancient Corps reached Macon on Sunday I generous impulses, and leaves a large circle of
morning last cn route for Savannah from Nash" I attached friends, who deeply sympathize with
villc. Tlie members speak in thchighest praise bl * bcfcaved widow and relatives in their sore
of theirVann and hospi tabic reception, and say, I * lc ,on ’
that if tlt» iwidont h*<l been thc guest, he We regret to read the foregoing announcement
could not have received a more honorable no-1 "* tbc Talhihassc Floridian & Journal of last
tice. The corps attended Divine Service at tlie Satunkjr. It chronicles the death of another
Episcopal Church on Sunday morning, and left. I ol<1 ncrsonal friend, who was aLso well known
same night for Savannah. to a good many citizens ot ataco.. a
... Mr. Hull was a universal favorite of all who
Painful Accident. knew him—one of those genial souls, full of the
Wo regret to state that on Saturday after- I sunshine of a vivacious temperament and a live-
noon last, by the accidental discharge of a gun I •>’ humor. He fell a victim to Pneumonia, which
which fell from the hands of a youth coming listened upon him a lingering pulmonary affec-
out of a atore, Mr. E. Bond, President of the » n<1 consigned him to an early grave, just
Manufacturer’s Bank, and Col. Geo. Swift, of *• 111,1 secured a handsome pecuniar}' com
Upson, were painfully wounded.
I petencc by his industry and enterprise in busi*
These gentlemen were in conversation at I nes8 - Peace to his ashes.
the store door at the moment thc gun fell and
exploded, and the contents of two barrels were
Speeches in the Convention.
lodged in the calf of the legs of each. Sir. Jo b n A. Jones, of Columbus, Sir? Ashton, of
Speeches were made by JudgcJiVright, Sir.
Bonds wounds arc the most serious of thc two, I Scrivcn, and Judge Jackson, of Savannah.
but we are glad to say that on yesterday he Wc have in another place alluded to Judge
was more comfortable. Hois attended by Dr. Wright's speech. The reply of Sir. Jones of
J. Dickson Smith and Dr. Harrison. Col. I Muscogee, was eloquent, pointed, full of keen
Swifl s is a flesh wound, and not so painful. I irony and sharp invective. lie opposed the
lie left on yesterday for his residence in Up- relations of endorsement—favored thc
Faying Oil*.
It does not usually rain gold in thc quiet and
sandy region of St. Augustine. Quito thc con*
tr.D'. It « onhnanly di-y times there ,n res- ^ f went fivc .
pect to such showers. Now and then a few 1
nomination of C.V l! r „rn on,1 Vnoa - c “-
ing else that tbe Convention ought to do. Thc
effort of Mr. Jones proved that ho was a wor
thy son of a noble sire. He is aboat thirty-
nine years of age, yet looks to be not more
His speech was enthusiastically cheered by
Pics change hands for a string of slieep-hcads ^ who &vored the vieW8 which , ie advoca .
or a quart of shrimps, and m the winter, a bun- ted whh s0 mDch force an(1 abi |i t y.
dred or two woe-begone consumptives from the
lish Direct Trade. It is a question of profit or
loss—a dollar and cent matter, to be determined
by actual bargain and experiment; and, there
fore, it ought to be tlie well considered and di
gested policy of an enterprize of this kind, to
omit nothing which can put the Southern inqui
rer in full possession of all material facts. In a
word, every inducement as to probable results,
and every facility a fid convenience in thc way of
cheap transportation and proper storage should
be held out to the Foreign Exhibitor, so as to
secure such an extensive and attractive Exhibi
tion as shall arrest tlie attention of the whole
Southern mercantile public.' Any thing below
this, would not be of service. In litet, it would
rathci^Iampcn tlian energize thc feeling for Di
rect Trade, among our merchants, by a show of
Goods inferior to what they already find in tlie
great Northern marts, to which they are accus
tomed.
We invite thc attention of Mr. Cobb and our
City authorities to these suggestions, founded
in a sincere desire that tlie Exhibition, if at
tempted, shall be a marked and demonstrative
one—that it shall exercise an influence on South,
cm Direct Trade, commensurate with tlie trou
ble and expense of the enterprize—that it shall
inaugurate a new era of sectional independence,
when our own ports shall receive our own For
eign merchandize—our own merchants conduct
our Foreign trade—our own steamers and other
water craft, convey our own goods—our own
Custom-houses receive and disburse our own
xamr mines, and the reign of political, commer
cial and moneyed centralism, which Is non-every
year becoming more tyrannical and corrupt
shall begin to receive a salutary check.
tlie frequent charges at the South that Mr.
Buelianau has “ betrayed her.”
Books, Ac.
that any other construction would have made
a mockery of the law. The idea that it was the
duty of the President to appoint an agent who
should go to Africa, merely to receive the ne
groes from the Captain of the vessel, and forth-
We are indebted to the Publishers, through I with turn them loose upon a strange coast to
the Messrs. Richards, for thc following new pub-1 starve, is too ridiculous for serious refutation.
lications, just received and for sale in Macon, at I The Captain of tho vessel could have done the
the Bookstore of the latter:
same thing, without thc intervention of an
agent It must lie borne in mind, that these
The Jealous Husband: a Story of She Heart. Uy misornhln onvurps would ho l-imhwl «<
Mr,. Annette Marie M.!l!ard,.uthor of the Com' “ “““
puUotjr Man-iage; Mngra, ihe Clipaey, Ac. Ac! !^tant from tboir former homoa_a„d being an
i'luladelphia: T. 11. Peterson * Hrolhers. 306 ignorant and improvident race, would require
Chestnut street. I temporary prot
The story of this unfortunate victim of the language of Mr.
temporary protection and support, until (in thc
■. Monroe) “ they should be able
green-eyed monster Is comprehended in about I provide for themselves. Ilcncc it is, that the
..... 1 r_ .1— , ...in. T. I law contemplates and provide, let Car tbvii
ranted by facts. But, to be brief; how do they
propose, as they beautifully express it, to “hurl
this corrupt party from power” ? Why, in their
own expressive language, “ to ignore for the time
all questions of minor importance.” Among
these “questions of minor importance” is that
(as the Committee loll us) of “foreign citizen
ship.” Truly one would think that the age of
Grecian mythology was returning, and that
Cronas was revived in thc American party; old
Cronas, you remember, swallowed all his own
children, because it was doretold by an oracle,
that they, in the course of ages would wrest his
kingdom from him. Observe the striking re
semblance between this cruel god and the Am
erican (Heaven save thc mark) party. Only a
few short years ago, the great Know-Nothing
party announced to the country and tlie world
in general, that if foreigners were allowed to
come here and exercise—according to establish
ed law—the rights of citizenship, that soon the
country would be engulfed in ruin, the pillars
of our temple of Liberty would crumble in the
dust, and that we the votaries of freedom would
all become Roman Catholics, and helpless sub
jects to His Holiness the Pope. This would in
deed have been a deplorable state ot aHhirs;
but time rolled along; foreigners continued to
come to thc land of freedom—of peace and plcn-
views presented by these two “true and tried”
Democrats are so very forcible and striking
that they have but to be read to be adopted.
A specimen or two may not be out of place
here. Bibb insists among other things, that
it shall be a part of the political creed of the
Democratic candidate for Congress in this Dis
trict, that “Georgia (notwithstanding the pro
hibition contained in the acts of Congress as
well as in her own State Constitution,) has the
right to import slaves from Africa if she choos
es, as well as from Virginia or North Caroli
na, aud an interference on thc part of the Fed
eral Government would be unconstitutional.”
Put the Democratic candidate for Congress
on this new plank, and it doubtless would se
cure for him the votes of the slaveholders and
poor while laborers of the district, since one of
the inevitable consequences of re-opening thc
foreign slave trade, and importing a few mil
lions of savage Africans into the South, would
be to bring down the price of negro fellows to
five hundred dollars, and their hire to fifty
dollars a year, while white labor would be re
duced in the same proportion. It is quite like
ly then that the white laborers who constitute
a majority of the district would support the ad
vocate of a system which would bring down
their labor and wages to the starving point.
From the Federal Union v-T'
Democratic Stale ^
MlLLi; D (; K v| L r
Tuesday,
This body assembled inoTA,
Hall at 10 •’dock, on WedniS
/'ol.I).U Campbell,
Convention to order, and U ,\ ~'
ganization, moved that Col w ! *V
Muscogee, be called to the n, • V
On motion of Col. de&fc
M*tra. femgla, of Houston, if
Of BddwK.and Tomlin^ Fri^
be requested toact as Secretart? ° ffc »
The coL °f Counties was coju
lowing Delegates answered to vT
respective counties:
Appling—Sessions and Hail
Baker—Rowell.
Baldwin—Campbell, I. roWn 1B .„
Banks—Sanders, Bernik- amTu ^
Berrien—Williams.
Bibb-Tracy, Wilson, Hank ,
and Ross. utl 'a|
Brooks—West.
Bryant—IlarL
Bullock—Williams.
Butts—McKillcn.
Burke—Walker, Lambert, S»nn*j,
Camden—Atkinson. PP aoij
Campbell—Camp and Rlaloi-k
Carroll Boggcss, Burke, Jet,
< I !n U
Cass—Brown.
Calhoun—Roberts, Bailev and
Cntoosa—Cal.WlI ' U
Cotoosa—Caldwell.
Chatham—Arnold, Cohen H
Jackson. ’
ty; our naturalization laws remained the same, It is quite as likely that the slaveholder would
not a single letter altered; and now what is the support the advocate of a system which would
condition of the country ? To-day it is more I bring down the value of his slave property at
prosperous than ever beforo, notwithstanding | least one-half. It is quilt likely too, that the
we have recently passed through one of the friends of law and order would support the
most fearful financial panics that has ever visit-1 higher laicism to which ‘‘Bibb** proposes to
400 pages in tlie American reprint. It passed! ^ are nt peace with the na- candidate. IIow forcible end strik-
the English reviewers with flying co.ors. The ^ | "" It of rid." ^“ Bibb ’ 8 ” *7** platf0rm ? Thaf
London Athenaeum pronounced it one of the li «•«* under these circumstances; that Mr. rim y° u have not commended it to your readers.
most impressive and fervid narratives that has Buchanan proceeded to employ an agent to take
ever fallen from the press—a work which stands care of these Africans after their return, until
out, amid the fictional issues of tlie season like d| ey could “ provide for themselves.” Mr. Mc-
n mi., .linm.nil .mill n.llri’ Til,' TilllK I — , 1
ilf of the Colonization Society, of-
a pure diamond amid paltry paste. 'Die Times fcred to undertaUc thc duties of such a ' n ' t ;
creation which calls for and compels xhc President required that the Africans shoul
say* > s “ creation wnicti calls lor aim compels | The President required that the Africans“should
thc admiration of all men, ard one which will be taken care of, and provision made for their
carry the name and fame of the author down I support for one year. This is nil that he re
in 11.0 l.tost nnsfcriiv quired. The Colonization Society for a stipu-
to thc latest posterity. latcd sum, agreed to do this, ami more. The
Hieli Life in New York, by Joiiallian Slick, K«|., of Society, desired by their proposition to show,
WhuSSSSK lb at they would not only do all that the Presi-
B. Puteroou * Brothers. ,le,lt under thc law was authorised to contract
Here is New York style, fashion, folly and a . n,1 P a y for—-but that they would put these Af-
a . , i ,i i , , ricans upon the same footing with allotherne-
flummery viewed through tho horn q^ogglcs of I graes committed to their charge—and it was
an exaggerated down East ^ ankce. 1 he papers I lor this reason that they incorporated into their
pronounce it exceedingly droll and humorous, proposition the offer to educate or school the
North, empty their purses in St. Augustine, in
compensation for the privilege of breathing the
balmy atmosphere of that secluded place. But
it was a white day for the ancient city, about the
first instant, when the Agent of the U. S. Gov
ernment arrived there with pockets and sacks
full of rocks, and actually then and there told
off in solid coin, $27,000 to one of the volun
teer companies called into service by the Gov
ernor of Florida during tho late Indian war.—
IIow old St Augustine must have gone into
astonished raptures, wo leave the reader to im
agine.
A Praiseworthy Opposition Itlovc-
MENT.
Tbe opposition in Virginia, arc about pre
senting the wife of their late estimable candi
date for Governor with a set of silver plate, amt
to Mr. Goggin himself a span of horses and a
splendid carriage. This is right Mr. Goggin
will now be able to beat I-etcher all to pieces
in riding if he could not do it running.
Macon City Directory.
Mr. Dugan, agent for C. S. Williams, pub
lisher of numerous city directories in the South
ern and Western States, is now in our city to
procure names, business locations, residences,
a list of benevolent and other societies, and
Mr. Ashton, of Scriven, made his debut in
Georgia on this occasion, and in a very credit
able speech, he advocated the passage of the
resolutions endorsing thc administration. He
is quite a yonng man—a Carolinian by birth,
and a lawyer by profession. After tho adop
tion of the resolutions, there was a general call
for Jackson of Chatham, and he was forced into
a speech of twenty minutes, full of eloquence.
During his speech, he took occasion to read
thc record of Mr. Buchanan ou tho slavery
question from his entrance into public life down
to the present time. We regret that we were
not able to procure it for publication. As far
as Mr. Buchanan’s votes are concerned, it ex
hibits a record for thirty years, “sound as thc
soundest on tbe question of slavery.”
Mount Vernon all but paid lor.
Tho last number of the Record says that all
but thc fractional part of thc $230,000 Mount
V’crnon purchase money has been paid to Col.
Washington. The Association, however, de
sires to raise $20,000 over and above the $30,
000 remaining to be paid, to repair the residence
and improve the grounds. This achievement
of the American ladies, reflects infinite credit
on their patriotism and energy.
Third Dist. Democratic Convention
It will lie seen, from a Card in another col-
public institutions, for the purpose of compiling umn, that tho Delegates from Bibb amis in
a directory for Macon. We have been shown suggesting Mncon as tho place, and Tuesday,
A Compliment to the Nestor of Hie
Messenger.
Mr. Rose, o the Journal and Messenger, is
handsomely complimented in the following ex
tract from an editorial note on the prosperity
of Macon, bj* thc Bainbridgc Argus of last
Thursday. We hope he will furnish no
“monumental” occasion for many years; but
when thc time comes, who will deny that a fit
ting tribute in solid bronze or marble would
be unbecoming thc city or the man ?
In 1823 the first lots, we believe, were sold.
Iu proportion to her population no city in our
knowledge surpasses her in intelligence aud
moral worth. When we resided there ten
years ago, wo had no idea that she would in
crease so rapidly in importance, although
among her population, then, were a number of
the most enterprising and intelligent men.—
Without wishing to give offence, we may say,
that, to Mr. Rose, of the Journal and Messen
ger, is she more indebted, than to any other
one man.
Sermons, preached ami revised by Hie Kev d CM1. ch j 1(lrcn * F ® r this additional service not one
Spurgeon Filth Series. New York: Sheldon »V I dollar was charged, and the amount allowed by
Co. Macou: Georgiit Baptist lljblo Board and I the President, would have been precisely the
Colporteur Society, Ssmuel Boykin, Depository same—though no such provision had been con-
Agent.
tained in thc offer of the Society. If you will
Tlie volume has for a frontispiece a view of a mark the ] angU age of thc President’s Message.
rvii»n Ca.mriniAn in ilwk Cum* Xfiiwii* TTnll. I Vnil Will IL..I Za I— •••• ° .
service tiy Bjxirgeon in tbo Surry Music Ilall,
London, a grand spectacle of a vast congrega-
, you
.. his
Oil Will ftnj it u iu ut,lie 1.no. o oojmtif n (*
letter to Sir. McLain—and when you read
tion, which it is tlie privilege of few living in I fhe. letter to Mr. McLain, you will observe that
this mart of the world to witness. This volume
tion Society. _ Without the explanation whicli
contains twenty-seven sermons in 454 pages— [ have now given, it is perhaps not strange that
earnest addresses on practical religion.
an improper construction should have been put
The Planter's Daughter: a Tale of Louiaiana. De- upon thc language of tlie President; but when
dicated to Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens. Philadelphia: all the facts are known, there certainly can be no
>n i* a. Ii.-iikjti: nn »<.o I ita* u at. . ._< r» ■ ”
Diisfbreign question was one of the pet chil- Mr. Editor, is quite surprising, to say the least
dren of the Know-Nothing party; but it re- 0 f it . Allow me to wake you up on this sub-
quired no oracle to foretell that it would over- j ec t—fori fear that you are too much inclined
throw the party; they know it now, and now to act upon tlle ^Latin verse, nameiy, “that
Cronas-like they must swallow their own child,
because it has dwindled down into one of “ mi'
nor importance.”
If wc are to learn anything more from this I Ughi >
a man’s knowledge is worth nothing if he com
municates what he knows to any one" else.”
Raise the windows and let us have light—more
manifesto of the Committee, it i% this; that
everything democratic is to l»e opposed; the
A specimen now of “Spikes;” (what a pierc
ing name!) In prescribing its duties to the
h*ders of the party arc longing for the spoils Dc ° rnocratic Stat( f Convention “Spikes’’
of oflite,and in order to obtain them, they (the Convcntion) doc8 my endorsing
Randolph—Taylor, Blount Pn!k
adopt lhc appropriate name of Opposition; I S«^ Ireraon, whoisabout to m,m -
an: now ey say, come cw, en! q oman be game for thc spaniels of power, and sought
Catholic, and all that can vole, and aid us; you tQ hunted , K . caus0 £ fers t0 \ e
are not so bad after M- provuDd a/imys that ^ nQt national: , H ow patriotic-
you will vote for and with our party. These , ., . , . , . , oikuuiiu-—ivciaon i
... ... ,,, , how considerate the advice here given to (he o.J., n-f ■ .
arc the means by which this pure, this self-holy 5 • atccle, 1’atrich and Ellis.
... _ 1 ’ •’I Innvpntinn! Snrelv the t'onvonhrm will nntr Stewart Kirksey
Sumter—Guerry.
Talbot—Maund, Brown, Weatbf
Barksdale, Buckliannan, Owens and
Taliaferro—Chaptnan and Bristol-
Chattooga—Echols and Barber
Chattahoochee—McCook and I;—
Cherokee—McConnell, Burk ILL,
tower, Bartz, Weil and Worlev.'
Clark—Jackson, Bailey and Sled-
Clayton-Johnson, Fitzgerald, pj,
dlcr. « ®
Clay—Pittman, Smith and Welf x
Cobb—Green, Anderson ami irk.
Colquitt—Gregory.
Columbia—Drane, Watsonajui.
Coweta—Bolton, Simms, WcLudon*'
tin.
Crawford—Hicks. Lowe ami
Dawson—Sanford and Hoekenbiv
Decatur—Russell.
DeKalb—Candler, Davis and.
Dooly—llutts. Folds and RcddiHT
Dougherty—Tift and Harris. '
Early—Holmes and Potter.
Elbert—Tcasley.
Emanuel Wilcox, Knight, Bi
Kemp.
Fayette—Favor.
Fannin—Chastain and McDonald
Floyd—Wright, Lumpkin, Slim
ier*, Webster, Sanford and Tcrhune
Forsyth—Strickland and Clement
Franklin—Morris and Swift.
Fulton—Connelly, .Moore and H 0Jl
Glasscock—Revere, JonesanillV"
Gilmer—Pickett
Glynn—McDonough.
Gordon—Barrett, King, Richri
Webster.
Greene—'Willis, Houghton, Si
Davison and Porter.
Gwinnett—Allen, Hutchins, Poi
and Jones.
I labcrsham—Phillips.
Haralson—Head and Murchison.
Hall-Brown.
Hancock—Reeves, Hunt, Martin,.'
and Alfriend.
Heard—Featherston, Jackson.
Henry—Varner.
Houston—Cobb, Marshall aiidlfd
Irwin—Wilcox and Young.
Jackson—Polk and North.
Jasper--Featherston, Lofton, Staid
shire and Ridley.
Jefferson—Carson and Cain.
Johnson—Johnson, Sanford andO
.’ones—Moughon, Finney, Smii
Balkcom, Singleton, Barfield and~
Laurens—Cochran.
Lee—West
Liberty—Jones.
Lincoln—Lockart, Dallas and Bari
Lumpkin—Van Dyke, Martin and;
Macon—Holland Carson.
McIntosh—Bryan and Harris.
Marion—Oliver and Rushin.
Merriwether—Hall, Westbnok,
Jones.
Miller—Parker.
Milton—McConnell, Anderson,
Fields.
Mitchell—Bacon, Buttlerand Jon
Monroe—Wooten, Middleliroofai
Johnson.
Morgan—Walker, Saffold and Ea
■Murray.—McDonald, Connelly zd
Muscogee—Tcnnillc, Quinn Tit'
gram, Williams, Jones, Lamar, bin
ry and Dawson.
Newton—Anderson, Hendeison,
ter and Jones.
Oglethorpe—Nichols, Bell, Smith a
Paulding—Gray and Lester
Pickens—Alleni
Pike—Trice, Head, Hall, Jones,TV
Caldwell.
Polk—Diamond.
Pulaski—Brantley.
Putnam—Scott, Stewart, Bell and
. Quitman—Ellington, Miller and Hi
Rabun—Hillyer, of Walton, (Pro
Chs
c Pi
|rl
111
Richmond—Sinythe, Cumniinf,;
and Nisbet
Schley—West and Hurt.
Screven—Ashton and Moore.
Spalding-—Weldon, Dobbs, Mo
... . ... . - ,, . i Convention! Surely the Convention will now
party, propose to “ burl from power the corrupt , _ ,
.. , - .. ,, .. , . come to tbe rescue of Judge Iverson, and save
Democratic party. Consistency, thou art in- ,. , , , .
deed a jewel um * rom tlle urcaafu! fate that seems to await
‘ \.1 conclusion, I would oak Domocrata who him ' S " rcl >’ tbat l )atriolic . and enlightened
have gone astray, where they stand, whither bo<1 y w111 not now darc t0 adjourn without on-
are they drifting ? Democrats of the old Third,
you have fought many hard battles for the prin
ciplcs that thc Democratic party of to-day ad-
dorsing the internal improvement and secession
^ j doctrines put forth iu that gentleman’s speech
on the Pacific Railroad bill! Be not uneasy
T. II. Peterson & Brothers. 416 pages.
difficulty on tho part of any man who wants to
Gutta Pcrclia Roofing.
See thc advertisement of Messrs. Goodalc k
Uatchcllcr on the matter of the new Gutta Per-
cha roofing, which we have heretofore noticed
at length. A sample of this roofing has lieen
left at our office for inspection.
a specimen of the style in which it will bo pub- ll,c 1211 » of July next, as the time, lor holding
fished, which ja very neat. It will contain a | the democratic Convention for the Third Con-
full P. O. directory of the United States, ar- IP— 8 * nal district. Now, to determine these
ranged in States and counties. It will bo neat- po' nt - s ° ncc , I°t the Delegates from all the
ly bound in cloth,and furnished to subscribers counties composing the District send up their
at$l 50 per copy.
.Mr. D. ran he found at Elions as to time and place, to the Delegates
Roardman’s Bookstore.
Just iu Time.
The doily showers during the past week
have been good for crops. Corn under their
vivifying influence has literally “come out of
tlie kinks,*” and wc think there is a promise
from tills county, in order that the voice of tlie
, majority may be known, and the appointment
! definitely announced in the course of a few
j ilays.
As to candidates we have no favorites. Wo
take it for granted that the gentlemen compos
ing this Convention have both thc will and abil-
ofa good crop. That the Telegraph is I10t , i‘y to select a representiitivc of tlie solid, well
... ... '.<•ffii.il I I. >< 111 t i. • Ainninn nf « 1 > i _• .lieli-,/.! avm
alone in this impression, is clear from tbc
diligence with which last year’s corn isnow
hawked about the streets in search of a dollar
settled Democratic opinion of this district—one
who will commend himself to the people by his
haraeter and qualifications, and who will
Cotton Culture in Jamaica.
In the desperation of their efforts .o procure
a supply of cotton, irrespective, in whole or
in part, of the United States by the British
manufacturers, their attention has been direc
ted to the Island of Jamaica by tbc London
Times. After overthrowing that system of
cultivation by slave labor by which thc cultl
ration could be extended in the British colon
ial possessions in thc West Indies, it is amus
ing to see thc fruitless exertions to re-intro
duce that cultivation extensively there. The
Times alluding to this subject, says:
‘Cotton gathered in thc St Andrew’s inoun-
This is a beautiful volume, and an attractive know the truth and do justice, in seeing the
story as we should judge from turning over its correctness of thc statement, which I again re-
pages. It is a scene of Southern domestic life— ln * bo mos t emphatic terms—that not one
tlie heroine the .laughter of a Louisiana Sugar | *
, Sugar
Planter, and one catastrophe in the narrative is A frieans*tchieh were committed to their
consideration of the education or schooling of the
a •«. i . • »
the dreaded crevasse, which is eloquently dc- by the President.
7?«
scribed by the writer.
It is certainly a most remarkable .state of
Dissertations on the Degenerate Life and subjects that a President should be censured for
connected therewith, in harmony with the theolo- an act which, when properly understood, enti-
gical writings of E. Swedenborg. By James Ar- ties him to the commendation of every citizen
uoain, Eaq. Fira» complete American Edition. j„ the land. Whether the law is right or wrong.
S.v.un.1,: Edward J Porae. Publ.aher. PP- Las not a question for him to insider, lfc
The mechanical execution or this volume, found the law on the statute book—placed
both in the printing and binding, does great there by our wise and patriotic fathers. It was
credit to thc publisher. In respect to the tlie- simply his duty to execute it in good faith and
ological positions of the work, the editor says ^ lbo le ast possible expense. That duty he
in his introductory notice, “Readers will deter- la '^ ™l uir cd W® re-
- , . .. 4 turn those negroes to Africa, and “to make
nunc for themselves as to the correctness of the pr o V j si on for them until they were able to pro-
views expressed u|ion the interesting theme dis- vide for themselves.” He has returned thc ne-
cusscd: yet the assertion is unhesitatingly given groes, and provided for their protection and sup-
that nought will be found in this book, tending port there for one year, at an expenso of one
in tlie slightest degree to wound tlie judgment ‘“"dred and fifty dollars for each African.—
Every one can judge of the economy with winch
lias dischai
tains has been exhibited at the Exchange
high
P 1 ' 1
r bushel. A little more favorable weather
id it will be nearer fifty cents.
A noth i k Nr.tv County.—A movement is on
fiut to “cut" off n portion of jCobb county.
be more likely to do them good service as a
useful and influential representative, than to
darken counsel by his wild idiosyncracics.
Wesleyan Female College.
It will I
Rooms, in Manchester, and has been pronoun
ced as of tlie value of 10 l-2d. per pound, while
the cost when properly ginned, need not ex
ceed 4d. or 6d. per lb., so that it may now be
cultivated at a profit of at least twenty-five to
forty per cent. _ All that seems necessary is,
that it few spirited Manchester gentleman
should form themselves into a committee,with
a view to such arrangement as may be neces
sary to induce thc manufacturers and other
capitalists of the country to incur a compara
tively trifling risk by the advance of a work
ing capital ofX20,000, to put in cultivation
two thousand acres of land in cotton, so as to
point an example of profitable cultivation to
tlie numerous proprietors of West Indian cs
tates, who require to be stimulated to tlie im
provemeut of their own property. Several of
the principal manufacturers in Manchester
of tlie most ultra dissenter.”
We are indebted to thc Messrs. Peterson k
Brothers, publishers, for the following works in
cheap paper binding, whicli are for sale hv the
Messrs. Richards:
A series of volumes comprising a portion of
tlie Waverley Novels. Thc House is now cn
gaged in reproducing a complete and authentic
edition of these novels in twenty-six volumes,
at the low price of twenty-five cents per volume,'
or the whole set at $5.00. Wc have received
Rob Roy, Heart of Mid-Lothian, Woodstock,
The Fortunes of Nigel, and The Bride of Lam
meniioor.
Also, tlie following cheap publications from
the same House:
Tlie Child of Waterloo, or the Horrors of the
Battle-Field, by George W. M. Reynolds.
Thc Rose of Warrington; or the Daugerreo-
type Miniature, by A. J. II. Dugannc.
A House to Let; or a Christmas and New
Year’s Story, in six chapters, by Chas. Dickens.
Jack Downing’s Letters.
Fatal Accidk.nt.—On Saturday 4th inst.,
as Mr. John Jenkins, a citizen of this county,
was returning home from mill, accompanied
by his son—a little hoy about 8 years old—tbo
little fellow was, by accident, precipitated from
thc wagon, while it was in motion, thc wheels
of which passed over his body causing almost
instant death.—San.lersnlU Georgian.
^ m St. Louis, June 13.—A special dispatch
have'undertaken to take shares in a limited from Independence, to the Republican, says
hiring tho os lion of lhc nest Legislature, j 11 1,0 s ° en tbal the Annual Commence- liability company, and it is believed that the that a party of l>. S. soldiers surprised about
' * ■—rises of this Institution, begin the j friends of freedom all over the country will 80 lodges of Camanches, near Pawnee Rock,
and f”rm a new county—Acwortli, Ga., to be I mint Exercl
the county aitc, l4th July next
country
| heartily co-operate in the undertaking.'
j and killed 25 men and 20 women.
the President lias discharged this" duty, when
informed tliat during Mr. Monroe’s administra
tion, similar cases occurred, and it cost thc gov
ernment more than one thousand dollars fin-
each African.
Let those who arc so busy in tlie abuse of
Mr. Bujhanan, make their record consistent by
including in their denunciation Mr. Monroe and
thc-wise and good men of that day who not
only enacted the law, but executed it in tlie
same spirit in which has been carried out by
the present administration.
I will only add, that as a member of Mr.
Buchanan’s administration. I gave to this
measure my full and cordial approval, and if 1
hail been a member of Congress, should have
unhesitatingly voted for the appropriation re
quired to carry it out
I am very truly, yours Ac.
HOWELL COBB.
Hon. James Jackson, Athens, Ga.
vocatc; upon these principles you have gained P lr ' “Spikes ’ about your favorite candidate
glorious victories; they are living principles; f°r the U. S. Senate. w ord for it, the
principles that will last with free government, “spaniels ofpower ’ will notpluck a single hair
principles that will last with free government,
because they arc founded on eternal justice. I lrora his venerable locks but the people ol
Fellow-Democrats! shall wc triumph together | Georgia, his constituency, are the people you
have to fear; for they, and they only, has he
sinned against. But again. The Democratic
once more ? Mctliinks 1 hear an universal “Yes”
among old line Democrats; then come along,
our cause is a noble one; we go into the fight I Convention can scarcely fait to return as
ill, a strong pull, “true” the bill of indictment which “Spikes”
i
i tho v
| '(..vet
filer an
fmex,
I decl
A
of t!
t or
with enthusiasm; “a long pull,
and a pull altogether,” and victoiy is ours.
VERITAS.
Waynmanrille, Ga., June 13, ’51).
prefers against Mr. Buchanan’s administration
Mr. Buchanan’s support of the Lecompton Con
stitution, which arrayed the “Little Giant” of
Illinois against his administration, and brought,
down upon his devoted head in thc elections
Pigeons of Eastern Virginia.
It is estimated that $20,000 worth of wild I last fall the abolition thunders of the Black
pigeons are caught in Essex county, Va., every I Republican party in his own Slate, as well af
season. As they sell for about $1 a dozen, this Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa, can scarcely escape
makes the number caught about a quarter of a lheteV ercsl condemnation of a Southern Demo-
millton. The Salem Observer gives this account 1 J
of the way they are caught:
cratic Convention ! Can any one really sun-
The pigeons are attracted to particular parts pose that this intelligent body need be remind-
of the wood by the strewing of grain in an ed by “Spikes” of the exultant language em-
open space cleared of the brushwood for thc pur- loycd i ast f a ][ by thc papers of thc American
pose. In this way, they are not only tolled around 1
tl^ place where traps are to be set and familiar- P a ^ °n receiving the news of the elections in
ized with tlie ground, but are well fattened be- those States ?
fore being taken. They are fed for some time The Richmond Whig of October 15th, 1858,
previous to thc spreading of the nets. \\ hen 1 thus triumphantly exclaims: “We rejoice to
I believe that the administration is dead, and
it worth while to entrap them, their grain is, . , , .... . .. , . , _
saturated with whisky, which steals away their ' vltl “ th o administration dies the National Dem-
silly brains as it docs silly men’s brains, and | ocratic party of the nation. Thc oppositior.
they become willingly stupefied victims of the to the Democracy still lives, aud 18C0 will be
1840 over again!” I leave “true and tried
Li;
hilling.
Last week four of the negroes of Maj. Fur-
low of this county, being at work together in
the field, were struck by lightning. Each
when he recovered consciousness, thought his
next neighbor lied been using his hoe upon
him, as they had not seen the flash or heard
the thunder. Fortunately, no one was serious-
hurt.—S. IV. News.
trappers. The net is set in such a way that, by
thc use of young saplings or drawing springs, 11 ’ , *,
it is made to jump ocer lhc dense HoSk of fud-1 Democrats to make the application,
died pigeons gathered in front of it; and when
they attempt to rise they are entangled in tlie
meshes. The pigeons, wc arc told, when en
ticed by tho grain and whisky, will huddle to-
A NATIONAL DEMOCRAT.
Market Reports.
Mobile, June 18.—The cotton market was
gether in a compact mass, as if for the special dl 7 ncr to-day, with sales of 1,800 bales; Mid-
- *rr~>. . . r 1 tiling U a a Hi cents.
New York, J une 18.—Thc cotton Market was
convenience and gratification of the trapper.
'list their
When once caught in the net, they thrust........ ... . - —
heads through the meshes, and thc trapper, by ‘l 1 ?’® 1 to-day, with sales of 300 bales. Flour de-
a certain pressure upon thc neck, kills them c kn, 05> sales 4,500 barrels; Southern $7 10 n
one after another
more ■ dexterity
feeling^
lotlier with great rapidity, and with •Wheat heavy sales, 2,000 bushels; whitn
L'rity of touch than tenderness of| at fj- 8 - a $1-83}. Spirits of Turpentine dull
J at 41 a 48 cents. Rosin steady.. Rice quiet
• quiet.
In thc Forrest divorce case, in New York,
an application 1ms been made by defendant’s
counsel for a commission to California to take
evidence as to Mrs ^Forrest’s character and
conduct while there, the petition upon which
thc application is founded alleging good reason
to believe that the plidntiff had been guilty of
habitual intemperance, fornication and adul-
P u , ,, „ ., Macon and Brunswick Rond,
A ™ “T • AVe are inf 0” a c- 1 that the Messrs Collins have
smml bJock of compact virgin gold, addre sed taken an additional contract of about 12 mile.
m ,f UnU1U ?.T’ , am0, " ltm °,' n I road-com.ncncing at the Initial Point
value to*3,J30 the: result of only one months and extending towards Brunswick. Itisexpec-!
California contributions to tlm Mount Vernon i ted tl , v ;iU 0IIlm0 , lcc work in a few d J 8 .
I und, has just been received in Philadelphia M . McXiclI has finished his survey of the Jin 3 ,
from Mrs. .Magdalen Gordon Blanding, the ■ from the Initial Point to
Tattnall—Brewton.
Taylor—Drane, Newson, Siler;
Wallace.
Terrell—Shropshire and Bass.
Thomas—Seward and Lawton.
Towns—Jameson ar.d Smith.
Twiggs—Varaum, Fitzpatrick
Union—Young, Hughs B< id and
Upson—Kendail and Meadows.
Walton—Hillyer, Edwards Arm
Galloway, Hurst and Stark.
Walker—Marsh, Caldwell and Ho
Warren—Hillman, Jackson and L
Washington— Mills Wicker and.
Webster—Cox, Bceland and Joss]
Whitfield—Moore, Stanscll »nd lit
White—Smith, of Towns (Proxy
Wilcox-Brown and Bowen.
Wilkesr-Irwin, Roberts and Calk
Wilkinson—Bloodworth, Elerol'
O’Bannon, l’aync, Pittman, Beall «
Worth—Barber.
Mr. Steele moved to dispense wi
delegates, and that the Convcntiotj
business.
Jones, of Muscogee, moved that
of one from each judicial district bci
tlie Chair to report officers for tb
organization. Carried.
Mr. Chastain moved that thc
sidcred, and that Hon. John B. " i
President by acclamation.
Chastain, Drane of Talbot, and
mittee to conduct the President to
On taking the Chair, Col. Walk
the Convention and returned tharl
Mr. Hillyer, of Walton, announce
been appointed by Proxy, to repi
ty of Rabun.
Terhune moved that thc said
others present, be received and
Secretaries.
Chastain moved the appoint™* 1
tec of one from each of thc Conf*
tricts, to report business for tit
Convention.
Pending motion Mr. Saffold n»«
D. Phillips, of Habersham, and >■ ■
of Houston, be Vice Presidents
present acting Secretaries be ipf
nent officers of the said ConvcntJOOj
President declared tbe Convent!'
Mr. Chastain moved to exten
embraced in his resolution town*'
the Congressional Districts.
Jones, of Muscogee, moved x*
that this Convention constitute
committee of the whole, and
E. Brown for Governor by*
Mr. Chastain withdrew his
Mr. Jones' motion decided to
Mr. Seward offered the fcllo* 1 "?
Resolved, That a commit™^
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*i»j
It!
f-nija a
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'Id)
vice regent of the Mount Vernon Association
of that State.
swic & Florida R. Ro:
Brunswick.
meet ms survey ot tlie tin; i , , , beapf
to Jamaica, on theBrun-, \ 01 !^ 10M i I Ssi *
,d, about 14 miles from ^
and sentiment, thejudg
passes that of man; her more sensitive
tery.
Sailing of the Rissian Ship Apmiral —
The Steamer General Admiral, built at New
York for thc Russian government, lift that
port Wednesday afternoon for Cronstadt. Ai* - , .
number of the friends of the Officers and pas- . . h
sengers (every berth is filled) accompanied
the Admiral down as far as Sandy Ilcok, and
returned iu a Bteamer chartered for that pur
pose,
Upon matters which ar j effected by feeling mi
intent, the judgment of woman sui-; •>»> 1
thc Convention.
Resolved, That the two
mitted to this Convention be
'■nt
n’P"H
tee of ten, and that thpy?K
-liMKlf, nr,,l that the 11'
, strength cannot reach.
which onr
nature ' practicable, and that thc
coarser
)\ hen is it evident that a man ha3 swallow
ed a house 1 When he throws up
and has a pane in his side.
'.mmttee.
Both withdrawn for the I
Sir. Terhune offered the l""
That in voting, this Con'*'
win loir • the customarv mode, allow*"--’*.,
titled to three me^
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ad
Fits
led
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county entu