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THE GEORGIA TKltmiH.
Tue»flay Morning, December 13.
AXTCx IOIsT SALES
On Wzdxssdav add Thciisdat of cadi
week at 11 o'dock A. M. and on each night
during the week at 7 o'clock P. M.
• J.J. MILLER,
»ov 2#—•*m. Cherry Street, Macon Ga.
tlemrernilc County Nominations.
Kor Shorilt ....I ' AMK3 BARFIELD.
For Ordinary,........ WM. M. RILEY.
For Clerk Supcriot Court,....... A. B. ROSS.
For Clerk of the In. Court, JOHN McMANUS.
For Tax OoBcctof, J. P. COOPER.
’Jor Receiver, of tax Returns, L. D. WRIGHT.
Tor County Surveyor, WM. WOOD. ■
For Cottoct,'. :.:.' JAMES RAILEY.
“At honest/***'» the noblest tesrk of God."
/ We havo rarely met one who so forcibly re-
/\ affixed tho ideal of the poet as the late ROBERT
FINDLAY’. In his business transactions, in
dll bis dealings with lus fellow creatures, the
transparent character of an upright man, waa
ever manifested.
More than thirty years ago, Mr. Findlay
left Edinburgh for America, not a poor boy to
seek his fortune in a new .country, but on in'
duatrious, independent, well educated, well in
dentured mechanic; keenly olive to the im-
- portanee of securing every opportunity for
improvement, with an unblemished character
-and principles fixed and firm as the trap-rock
°f his native Scotland. Such a man must suc
ceed in the business of life.
Ho was not given to much talking of him-
ael£ Tho same gen arcus spirit which acknowl
edged others for all they were worth, made
him. modest in his own pretensions, bat we
know that in Philadelphia he held a situation
of high trust, and that he came to this town to
occupy n responsible position. His coming to
Macon was not less fortunate for tho place,
than for himself. In it, ho has left, not only
.kit mark as one of its most influential and pub
lic spirited citizens, butn family of sons train
ed in bis own principles, to fill the place ho has
left in a business community.
There was n realness about Mr. Findlay
which impressed even strangers. His con
tempt for shams could be known from his own
plain speech, which grew plainer of late years,
as honesty became more and more precious in
his sight. Generous and sympathizing, he had
judgment to keep his heart in proper sway;
perhaps his most marked characteristic was
tlic clearness with which he separated right
Jirom wrong, nud drew the line of doty; it was
this trait well known to bis friends, more than
his farsightedness aud wordly wisdom, which
'Flic Portioning Power,
We have no great respect for new Constitu
tional constructions which are clearly the off
spring of mere emergency, and they ought to
be distrusted by everybody. For years the
pardoning j>owcr in cases of treason and mur
der has been exercised by legislative act or,rcs
olution with the sanction of tho Governor, with
out a word of question as to the propriety and
necessity of the Executive sanction. But a
case arises in which the Legislature and Exec
utive disagree, and then, far the first time, ex
clusive authority in the premises is set up by
tho former; and Sir. Ben Hill, at the head of
the new lights on Constitutional construction,
invokes all the odium that ever blighted the
memories of all the historical usurpers and ty
rants from the beginning downward, to rest up
on the head of the Governor; because he will
not abandon all usage and the conclusions of
his owji judgment to gratify such whims. The
course of the Opposition leader in the Senate,
has not been such as to elevate bis reputation
among fiur-minded men of any party. He lias
shown very little sound judgment and a great
deal of demagogueism.
We presume, before this Choice case arose
to provoke in the Legislature this conflict of
sympathy with public justice, few ever doubt
ed the true intent and meaning of the Constitu
tion in excepting the crimes of treason and mur
der from the general pardoning prerogative of
the Governor. This is clearly set forth in the
Columbus Comer Stone—a paper sensible and
strong in its views on all subjects:
Wo believe we havo fairly stated all the
Rounds taken in the speeches wljich we licard.
Wo shall now undertake not only to show their
absurdity, but to show that under that provi
sion of the Constitution, by virtue of which
the exclusive right of paidon is claimed for the
Legislature, it lias no power to pardon at all,
and that the attempt to exercise that power
under that provision is a usurpation. We will
address ourself first to this last proposition. If
they get tho power under any other provision
of the Constitution it brings their action dear
ly under the reviaian JT tho Clu» cl nor, and de
stroys at once ail the pretences, feeble as they
Are, upon which the exemption is claimed.
■ The section reads as follows:
“He shall have power to grant reprieves for of
fences against the State except in case of im
peachment, and to grant pardons, or to remit
any part of a sentence, in all cases after convic
tion, except for treason or murder, in which cases
he may respite the execution and nuke report I
to the next General Assembly, by whom" a jior-
don may be granted."
Now it is clear that this is a limitation upon
the power of the Governor to pardon at his own
will—not a permission to the General Assembly
to pardon whom they will, a provision fi> pre
vent the Governor from pardoning without the
concurrence of the Legislature. 11 assumes that
in all cases refered to him '
to pardon ; that he desires
as he can go his share of the pardon is granted
when “he respites the execution and makes re
port thereof to the General Assembly,” and the
Constitution neither hero or elsewhere grants to.
to the General Assembly the power to pardon
«oopt in thooo eaooo in which ho has respit-
Auii>itie\\ ti i»ml i men Sleetiug*.
seem to be waking up in the large Northern
cities. In New York, Boston ami Pbiladel-
phia,’thcy arc to liavc “imposing demonstration’’
on the grandestpossible scale. We would liavc
liked better to haTosccn something of this sort
burst out spontaneously two months ago. It
would then have smacked of heartiness and fra- STATE AT LARGE,
ternal feeling, instead of prudence, trade and the Hon. I. T. Irwin, Hon. C. J. McDonald,
Tlu> Legislative Cottveniloa.
Wo have clipped ftom the Savannah Repub
lican a report of the proceedings of tho Lcgi-- :
lativc Convention to .select Delegates fo the
Charleston National Democratic Convention - -
The Delegates appointed were:
Bri.saa.TGs. altebxati: - '.
FROM niLLEDGEVILLE.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Correspondence of the Telegraph.
Baltimore, Dec. 3rd, 1859,
shop. We looked for something of tho sort then,
and if anyof that good old feeling existed, which
once did when the “cause of Boston was the
cause of Virginia,” it would havo been seen.
If a band of ruffians from Virginia, representing
what"our Northern friends term the ultra pro-
slavcry sentiment," had invaded a- frontier
town in Pennsylvania, and murdered some of
tho best men in the town on account of their
alleged abolitionism, the vengeance of that sec
tion would havo been excited beyond all re
straint of law or Cor. itituti r. New mere-
tlio picture: ■ Virginia >s invaded l.r a band
of fanatics, embodying the ultra anti-slavery j
feeling of tbe North, cmi .-n t . vi i- r '.
izens—husbands and fathers--shot down without
provocation. What fellow., 1 Any on t btr^t of ’
Hon. J. H Lumpkin, Hon. T. Buffer King,
Hon. Henry L. Banning, Hon. Wm. II. Stiles,
Hon. Henrv R. Jackson, Hon. O. A. Lochrane.
DISTRICTS.
1. James L. Seward,
Comapoudenca of the Telegraph.
Miu-ldceviixe, Dec. 11, 1859.
My Dear Teh -Swiftly the dayffglidc ^ Er&uStm. latest particulars-
along whuil, bring ns to tlm closing secn^ of Curreninenls ^f fa week-Court matters,'
the General Assembly of 1859, and in taking ( ,
1 ; ,n , im ? artial f , th " V,i0 f n 35- I send yon asccond edition of the Baltimore
; body I must conies* that but very few o the isElted at 5o ’clock this afternoon,
members have earned their vietuals and clothes, j fcIt „ f „„ fls
and the State would have made a poor bargain
generous indignation from the
that we have seen. Somcofthi
Julian Uartridge.
2 Arthur Hood,
John W. Evans.
3. L. B. Smith,
E. L. Strohccker.
4. James J. Diamond,
L J. Featlierston.
5. G. J. Fain,
W. B. Woflord,
0. William H. Hall,
’ST
J. ji. Lamar,
George R. Hunter,
Allen P. Cochran.
some laugh and stu r about fourteen men
king a town of two thousand luibiUn
Some defend the murderers—some atlect to
condemn the act, while they justify the motive.
$ome talk about John Brown & Co. as madmen
in one column and martyrs in the next A
very few of tho papers, we arc bound to say,
come out with that wholesome sweeping de
nunciation of the act arff actors, which is at all
compatible with.* generous, brotherly feeling
towards an outraged section of a common coun
try. We confess an utter and total disappoint
ment in the manner with which the Brown raid
on Virginia has been treated by tho Northern
States. Elaborate public meetings, with all the
paraphernalia of music, processions, sky rockets
and bonfires, may now be got up ad infinitum;
but >u our appreciation, a public meeting of fire
hundred men, the day after the news was heard,
venting an honest and earnest indignation over
the Brown atrocity, and protesting against it
as an indication of Northern public opinion,
would havo outweighed all tho North in»y now
be able to elaborate in tho way of grand demon
strations.
North > None I h H Buscoe.
press defend it, i 8 j> c. Barrow,
L. A. Nelms.
D. S. Printnp,
E. 11 Hardin.
George Hillyer,
Andrew ioung.
* — few;, of Jones,
—Nisbct, of Put nan.
J. C. Sneed,
L. D. Lalleratodt.
Congress.
Up to the Sth no progress had been made in
the House organization. On Monday (Sth) moot
of the Representatives were present, and one
ballot was had for Speaker, in which John Sher
man, of Ohio, received CG votes; Galusha A. j
It a clear, from the denunciation r f this inert
ing in many of the Democratic prints as a usur
pation, (although in undisputed harmony with
precedent,) from the protest of Legislators, and
the action in reference to Mr. Cobb, that anoth
er Convention will beactually held and another
set of Delegates appointed. We beg leave to
be counted out of this muss. The Telegraph
don’t care the value of sixpence, who go to
Charleston, so they be Democrats in fair stand
ing—or what they do there, so they nominate
a fair and unexceptionable candidate. That
this is the sentiment of nine-tenths of the De
mocracy of Georgia, we feel well assured; and
it was inexcusable,, in such a state of things,
to get up a Tammany split in the Delegation.
Whoever Ls to be blamed for it, is to be blamed
a good deal.
to have taken their work coute gut route.
What has the Legislature done} 1 is the ques
tion often asked, bnt not so easy to nnswer.
Innumerable local bills, upon the most trivial
and unimportant subjects, havo been introduced
and passed; but as for any great and exigent
measure of salutary reform—as for any progres
sive movement—as far any plan of development
—as for any system the inauguration and per
fection of which should redound to the State’s
best interest, nothing has been done.
In ffelianceof the loud and came
of all parties and all'people in the State, the
Bill for redaction still drags its slow length
alon^—is made the order of the day for the
which contains the fullest and very latest, as
well as the most interesting particulars in re
lation to the.execution and all matters connec
ted with old John Brown, the leader of the late
insurrection at Harper’s Ferry. Through the
indomitable perseverance and tact of th’eir
highly intelligent special correspondent, and
at considerable expense, the proprietors of the
Republican have been enabled to give to the
public a more succinct account of this exciting
>m Sparta.
his place, Mr. Dickson called
lives. The Most important danger to bo ap- A. Model I'lantT'
prebended seems to bo that in very rough seas. One of the K inorj of the & ,l"
the dash of tho waves or spray from them wil. tor, in tbe number for Decent
cuter at the top of tho smoke pipes and dam- of Mr. Dickson's plantation ont r
pen the fires if not put them out. In thatcasc out lands ofllaqcock, as iolii>I7 iMt
she would be comparatively helpless on the " ' " “
water. These spirited and enterprising gpn-
tlemen who have ventured so large an amount
of money in this experiment, have the univer
sal well wishes of the community for success.
Since the introduction of the Steam Fire En
gines here our city has been comparatively
free from fires, and we have had none of any
magnitude, it being almost impossible with
any thing like a supply of water, for a fire to
extend under -the deluging effects of one of
these machines. These machines should be
in general.use, and if not supplied already
Macon should be at once provided.
Die weather hero has been delghtful for some
a cotton field, of land of similar J&N
own, which had been manured JlrjHJ
MWU » Wl,| cu uaa Deen manured *•
Guano. This land, belong^ SJ
had been cultivated with a Scooter ^S
weed was good but it was daSftl
near the top, which, of course, umdtl
ed the yield. On arriving at Mr Ty*>
immediately into the M
we went
His cotton was full of bolfr fo the
the plant. He assif- - j
morrow, Monday in the Senate, and then will
affair than any other paper in this city. Great
anxiety was felt here on yesterday about the time past, and although « long, n hard wi
clamors I hour at which the execution was to take, place.! was prognosticatoaLBythc * sqnirteU y - ‘ *
edict,or iron - oRpf signs it is likely to,"
We; cannot have a very long one at all! j*
brisk.
tbe plant. He assigned as the cwj|
difference between his cotton aad b 1
bor’s in this particular, the fact twl
not cut tbe roots of the plant whji 'I
growing. In short, the whole of u' ! .j
amt** tliom-w whi-h hss Wrnnidit nnt, I
crowded
and great nuui
fiec buildings to hear (He firrf
Charlestown. It w.-u, announced at s
ments after 12 O'clock that tbe
from
i few mo
tion had
fail.
quite
IHWVi
be stifled, tstrtdt*1 ttndprobablv Jiilied; and j P»»*. wh ™ suddeu! F tbe nimble lmlc . . __
ail I beg of you to do. Mr. j Tibn'li.rw™,
that vote, place it in capk*ls in your colnmns, ]lering the extra Suns containing »t, m all parts j ° p 1
made his advice so valuable. In business, it
was biajpndc, whatever he did at ail, to do 12tlw exc^tOonwad’reporteS'uie'^smc ST&
thoroughly; and there was the same whole- General Assembly; and furthermore, this is the
beartcilness in'all his actions. Tho interest I only mode pointed out by (he Constitution by
of n friend wns not less precious than his own. I winch ■ man convicted of these offences can avail
lie'was in every deed an upright Christian I *}“ nse ff°f the power of the Legislature to par
, . . . ,. . , ? ... „ ... I don. Can any man m his senses suppose that
n:nn who understood religion to be that faith tiie framers of the Constitution intended to vest
in Christ, which proves its vitality by "visiting the pardoning power exclusively in the Legisla-
thc widow and the fatherless in their affliction, I tore and yet make no provision to enable the
and keeping itself unspotted from the world.” I cr * l ?mal to avail himself of it unless it should
ny in that great crowd, who on the day of his I should be in scssiou.'—Would they not have been
burial followed bis remains not with pomp, bnt I guilty of wanton cruelty—-of tantalizing a man
with weeping, to the grave. YVe have never I un der sentence of death by pointing him to' a
seen so many tears shed by those who claimed I P° wcr which might save him and yet give him
,. , • , ... ., , , , . . , |nomcansofrcachingthatpower,northatpow-
no kindred with the deceased, and the broken 1 er no laeans of reaching him? .
fences of many a mourner, who gazed for I Suppose that tho Legislature has the cxclu-
o last time on bis placid countenance, spoke I rive power of pardon, that it was so intended
ill louder than tho I’roaeber’s eulogy of the I b Y t,le framers of the Constitution, can anybody
good man. "lie was so kind to ns when fa- b<B ? Te would lcft , the d '* -
®. . , ., ... jcretion of the Governor, whether the Legislature
ther was sick, said one sobbing girl, whose I should havo the chance of exercising the pow-
own black garment told of bereavement, "it er or whether the criminal should have tho
was only tho other day that he called in just chance of applying for it ? The idea is prepos-
to see how wo were getting along" stud anoth- ^f ro lf s ’ * nd the conclusion*^ irrcsistabje that
„.c«. to*.
worn face, "ho was every body’s friend ’ said me n, and those only, whom the Governor might
the widow, who had lived long enough to know I desire to pardon, and not as an exclusive or
ratuc of a friend. And these were only ! “rijfinal power, but as a restraining power upon
hbors ; with the exception of his own im. E xeeutive > lest ho mi ?ht grant pardons too
vuc.u were none there of his I ^
own blood. In tho mold Hrf. y—j- -» o«,- I Wew York Municipal Election.
l„d rest tlxmo with whom he -played abune Tho BcpubIicans in New
,hc braes and pud the goicans;” and but few York ^ di^Ucd-phUosopher Greeley is
ramain to weep over the lines wluch tell of h» horrifiea thc ^ , mong ^ crnmnncU
departure to the better counUy. I menare shocked. Fernando Wood, illustriousin
Governor Wise’s Message
The State of Virginia is and ought to be proud
of her noble cliivalous and statesman-like Gov.
jernor. His message on thc Harper’s Ferry af
fair is a clear and candid exposition of all thc
facts, and thc suggestions made are worthy of
immediate adoption, not only by Virginia, bnt
by thc whole South.
Governor Wise has passed through thc fiety
ordcal of this Bt^wn raid not only un
scathed, but be lias won, or deserves, the admb
ration and respect of all true men of tho South,
Constitution
and Boteler, an American from the same State. 1 T “‘l’" Tj" ■‘"’ c *°‘l ucn ^ aild *“*
’ - ’ 1 pressive warning should, and we hope will be
heeded. The Governor states the caso truly
when he says—“We havo borne and forborne
ETJSnnSK- in r E v bUCk ; and all lovers of the Union and
sires to do it; that so far j ° . ' ’ 00 > ° irgima, receiv t, votes, througliout tlic land, and his cloqi
14 votes. After the result had been declared
by tbe Clerk, Mr. Clark, of Missouri, introduced
the following resolution:
Whereas, certain members of the House of
Representatives, now in nomination for thc
Speakership, havo endorsed and recommended
and waited in vain—we know that weliave ma
ny sound and sincere friends in the non-slave-
liolding States. It may Vie that they arc thc
a work written by II. R. Helper, entitled thc most numerous fir who abhor and detest such
“Impending Crisis”: wrongs as these; but it is not to lie disguised
mg I m
Resolved, That the doctrines and sentiments i that the conservative elements arc passire, son , made a very strong speech in favor of the
and let the people of GecrgiJ see who favor,
and who oppose, this wise measure of economy.
Singularly enough, many of those who op
pose reduction, are the most consistent and un
relenting opponents of every project which con
tains or squints at the appropriation of a dollar.
On many occasions, both in the Senate and
in tlic House, I have groaned over tho defeat of
wise and wholesome changes in our laws, caus
ed by penny wise and pound foolish legislation,
and I have been driven to examine the Tote;
and in looking over the yeas, I would find al
most the united wisdom’, learning, discretion,
lilw>r»lity and forethought, while tho nays, with
but few exception.-, •—>nld embrace nonentities
—the ignorant, the narrow-minded and time
serving—those who never vote without looking
to see. bow the dear people think, or what their
opponent may make out of that vote in the next
canvas. Fie upon such members] I long to-
see reduction come: for with it must fall off
these useless appendages of the General Assem
bly. Let us have but twenty-five Senators and
seventy-five Representatives, and you' would
thcnAee thc first and,best men of the.State in
her Councils.
What the fata of the Convention Bill will be
in thc Senate, I cannot tell; but from its defeat
Good Lord deliver us, all good then should pray.
Thc Stato Aid project, as you lmffc seen' by
the Dailies, has been lost, and will sleep the
sleep that knows no waking, until thc *first
Wednesday in- November next, when it will
put on its annual resurrection robes, burst thc
cerements of its Legislative grave, and appear
lively as a cricket and confident as never-failing
hope and a good appetite for Champagne and
the eity at three cents per copy. .Curiosity
thus partially satisfied, abated for a while, un
til a second edition containing a few more par
ticulars was issued, and the busy news boys
again'reaped a harvest by their dissemination.
Saucy little rascals, they were now bo intent
on continuing their speculation and with pock
ets chuck full of rocks, they so blocked up
the avenue to the office that the old porter was
compelled to sweep them away from the door
with the small end of the broom. It was tru
ly amusing and cheering too, to see the rosy
cheeks of these enterprising little fellows, as
they glowed from the exercise ofrunning about
the streets with their eageny-swa^ut a,. Cuj-
gets.
Governor Hicks is now lying very ill with
but small hopes of recovery. His disease is
of a chronic character and of long standing.
He is totally unablo to attend to official busi
ness. One of bis last official acts has been To
pardon Henry'Duvall, one of the city rowdies,
who was nnder Sentence of death for the mur
der of a harmless and unoffending young Ger
man named Ficher Lemmon, (a police officer)
who was arrested at tbe time as an accessory
before the fact, was bailed by Hinesly and rim
off, and he has now been made the scape goat
upon whom thc friends of Duvall have lain
the murder. Duvall was convicted upon the
most positive evidence and is well known to
have' been tbe man who fired the fatal shot by
which Ficher was killed. His pardon has
been affected through thc influence of the
Southern clubs,' of which he was a prominent
member. He has been discharged and it will
not be long ere wq shall hear of him being en-
:tn Divkeois iinw •.’n.nss-. - f ;
fiy.'-WltirSIic^l'.orie plows. It_
_ j. j much deeper with two-hur
’ ton and corn are worked tit.;
—we— •“ -- w>«—*T~~.T.' 1 . .. J i sweep. He works fifty-five fo-mii s
tbe poor during ties comu-g winter, and the city j rhis year *K» hales of cotton, or it
:iation is
, for til'
t'Tivi
healthy bejunT precedent, so that on tin
whofe we have cause to be truly thankful to a
kind providence, for the general comfort which
we enjoy. The political quidnuncs ore all a
gog for the organization of the House, each in
holy horror fearing lest, thc country should r.ot
be saved by tlie election of his friend to this or
that highly responsible place. It is hoped that
the good old democratic party will continue to
maintain its dignity as heretofore, and avoid
cross hobbling itself by any entangling combi
nation or arrangement by which its usefulness
to the whole country maybe in any way lessen-
as? If Ikft «wl'.npw wtioktho country
stands, the strong hold and bulwark of her de
fence, the keystone of the arch, and must be
preserved entire and distinct, and pure aud tan
gible, so that it can be looked to and invoked
and relied upon-in times of danger.
. HOWARD.
oysters can make it The debate on the Aid i. , . . .. . . . _
. , . . , I gaged m some outrage or other and again un-
was interesting. Uartridge against and-Hams j , < ,
for the Bill, were able, eloquent and full of der arres
statistics. Your member of thc House, Antler-
Can any man in his senses suppose that tberain contained are insurrectionary, and hos-
' ■* “ tile to thc domestic peace and tranquility'of thc
country, and that no member endorsing such a
work is fit to be the Speaker of this House.
Upon which, and upon thc general subject
matter of the Slavery controversy, thc House
has been in angry and excited discussion ever
since, with no prospect of organization. A vote
for Speaker on tbe 7th stood Sherman 107, Bo-
cock 88, Gilmer 22, scattering 14, requiring 110
rotes to elect
In thc Senate, after organization, Mr. Mason,4 the Supreme Law makes in our favor I 1
of Virginia, offered a resolution providing fori* - ^ 10 Southern mind and heart—and, if
providing for
. Mr. Findlay, though identified in every res
pect with tho land of ffis adoption, and
ooff its government aud .n.titut.ons. ever stri- black repubIicaD , . champion for the inftmo„ s
vmg to support them with bouorablo zeal. ^rty b ffl in the New York Legislature last
never forgot .‘he of , hl8 . b, ? h ' A Ual winter, received 22, 710 votes; Havemcyer, de-
dcotchmau himsdft lie dispised meanness candidate, and as a politician splitting the
wherever he fonnd it; but a mean Scotchman difrcrence> go t 26 ,713 votes; and Wood, rascal,
he never forgave. Coming to Georgia, not subtern ,„c«, and democrat, denouncing all free
rich in gold, but wit i a capital of energy, | soQ-ism and Brownisin, received 30,339 votes.'
knowledge, and above all honesty of purpose, T , lttti! . wc ^ it> abo - ut a hir index t0 Mic
he took at once his placo as a man on whom opinion fn New Y’ork—one third out andouftb-
lus fellow citizens could depend, and those who oliUoB . onc third who want to mix « things,
knew him best loved him most. In his family who like the frce ^aism and thc southern trade
xy into thc nature and consequences to tbe Gen
eral Government of the recent capture of the
United States Armory, located at Harper’s
Ferry.
Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, gave notice of an
amendment to the above, providing also for an
inquisition as to thc nature of thc recent cap
ture of the Frankfort Aisciud.
whilst the fanatical arc active, and the former
are last diminishing, whilst the latter arc in
creasing in numbers and in force.”
Here is the truth in a nut-shell. If the Nor
thern mind is sound—if the Northern heart is
loyal to the law—how is it that the mind and
heart of thc North is represented in Congress
and in Uici^State Councils, by men who ore un
sound on all questions affecting thc rights of
tbe South, and disloyal to all the issues which
need
the appointment of a select committee of inqui- be, sword and bayonet—will eagerly respond
Mr. Mason's resolution had been the only
subject of discussion up to the 8th.
Washington Dee. 8.—In the Senate, to-day,
Mr. Slidell, of Louisiana, gave notice of .a bill mnnptril to SI fto ■'~-i
fi&’ihEfiJJTofT’ulML “ ^“spirited 'debate took {sher, “’ ofjr ° ncs ’ 18 « 0ln B
place on Mr. Mason's Harper’s Ferry resolution,
after which the Senate adjourned until Monday.
The House spent the entire day in a discus
sion on slavery. No vote for Speaker was taken.
Tlic Bond Lands,
bow heavy is tho loss there, none but they con
too; and one third, principally under-ground
trfeiw habits and contempt for effeminacy
which he-cultivated in his children, and ever
exemplified in himself, his honorahla name, is
a rich and incorruptible legacy.
The Union Mccliug
In UiuJadelphia, was held at Jaynes’ Hall, on
I Wednesday last It was a very big one, num-
To ns who mown bis loss, comes with onr boring tens of thousands, as tho Bulletin saitb.
grief this consolation: He is happier now and Hon. J. R. Ingcrsoll presided, with something
we weep for ourselves only, while we listen to I over a hundred Vico Presidents, and Mr. Rocdf
tbe exhortation, "Be ye also ready, forin such late Minister to China, was Chairman on Reso*
an hour as ye think not the Son of Man com- lutions. Thc resolutions are strong—promise
etb." J obedience and fidelity to tho Constitution—
We are requo^d taTstate, that Rev. David non-interference with the Soutb-the re
Wiles of South Carolina, will preach in ^ turn of fug.Uves-oppo«Uon fa .H combma-
IWwtcrian Church on next Sabbath, 18th t,0 ™ to ^ thc l^-rap-obote Browmsm
instant * I and f anat,ad opinions—approve the course ol
Virginia, and that of thc Governor of Pcnnsyl-
Macon Cotton Market. I vania in the surrender of Brown’s followers—
The Bond plantations were sold on Tuesday
last, in Albany, as follows'.
The "Fowl Town” place in Lee, containing
4,75G acres, was bought by CoL L. A. Jourdan,
at $25 per acre.
The “Wilkins Place," containing 1,031 acres,
was sold at $18 per acre. Bought by Jerc
Beall, Esq. ’
The “Oak Lawn or Royster” plac<\ contain
ing 2,077 aetbs, was sold at $24.12} per acre.
Bought'by Thomas Mougbon.
The “Mud Creek" plantation, containing 2,-
830 acres, was sold at $27 per acre.' Bought
by Wm. Moughoh.
Tho “Duckcr” plantation, containing 2,500
acres, was sold at $21.50 per atre. Bought by
John Jones. . • _
The “Hickory Level” place, containing 4,500
acres, was bid off for Mrs. Bond, at $24.75 per
to Governor Wise. The people of the South
are ready for the final, yea thc bloody issue. It
is in the power of the North to avert it. Will
they-do it?—that’s the question. The fate of
the Union rests on thc answer.
Bill; but arguiUout, facts, railroads, in fact qp-
thing could prevail over the opposition to any
thing like spending money in the House.
Thc Choice-excitement has died airily, and
public sentiment sets strongly in faVor of Jbe
Brown and the Veto.
Our Governor is a man of nerve and no mis
take, or he would have surrendered to thc beau-
. A most daring attempt at highway robbery
aud murder was' committed this morning about
4 o’clock, npon a well known gentleman by
the name of Wm. J. Welton, of the firm of
Williams & Welton, large cattle dealers of
this city. Mr. Welton had just returned in
the train from Philadelphia where he had been
transiting some business, and while on his
nay from the cars to his dwelling in the Wes
tern parf of- the city, he teas waylaid and at-
tiful and fascinsting Virginia applicant foradi- tacked by the robbers, three in number, and
Diem, of Jones County.
&ttlcd up with W. S. Slocmnb, Deputy Sher
iff or Jones, to-day, for advertising Sheriff Sales,
and-his bill for advertising,*for the year,
ruK- TKfi nfD—-
a begging.—Slocumb
says nobody can lie found who fifill take it
Jones is getting above thc reach of lawyers,
printers and sheriff—that is certain.
Common negro men were sold for cishtum
gnd nineteen hundred dollars, belonging to dif
ferent estates.
Monday, Dec. 12. A good demand at 8010} talk moderation and fairness in every way, and
extremes. Dirty Cotton will not sell at any claim that these resolutions embody thc major-
prior. • J ity opinion in Philadelphia. Mighty' pretty
words, as tho old lady said when she read thc
Cily Election. Dictionary; but can tho South be insensible
At the Election last >atunl«y, the regular I diat the legislation of Pennsylvania—thc repre-
American Tickct was successful over tlio mixed I section of Pennsylvania in Congrws-lthc
Reform Ticket, by a largo majority. Maj or ballot box of Pennsylvania—thc slave rescue
Sjprl# beat Ms competitor 281 vote's and the mobs of Pcnsyiyanj. have been telling a verv
lowest American beat the highest Reformer I difrmnt for a w time *
Kcticlwcll’s Manipulated
-GUANO.
Tbe Savannah Republican says thc experience
of onr planters. With this fertilizer,, has been so
satisfactory, that the sales last year increased
over five hundred per cent, in Georgia. This
is a substantial testimony of ita value, and is
worth more, as a recommendation, than pages of
•certificates. It has stood the test for several
years in *Virginik, North Carolina and South
Carolina; besides several other States, and has
continued to increase In favor with each suc-
cia diog year’s use. Tbe fact that where it lias
I wen longest known, it is most used, is an cri-
flende of its lasting advantage to the soil.
Tljc card of Messrs A Hardie & Co., who are i
sole agents for Savannah, wQl be found in an
other column.
AarsoLoov.—Madame (Hilton announces her
Room at thc Flint House, for a short time. See
Advertisement and heraelf for particulars.
- '•frruMKS Dacnaaas.”—The merchants of
CNhfltston havo memorialized thc City Govern-
meat recommending a tax license upon all non
resident drummers for Northern houses who ex-
eauto their functions in that City.
i jo Alter the Constitution.—A bill
for this purple passed the House by 84 to 55.
E»ch county to nave one delegate and thirty-
•rven count ies having the largest representa
tive population Uwo ooll gates. Election to ba
held thc first jloailay In May, and Convention
to assemble at thc Cnpitnl on the first Wcdnes-
isy in .1 uue, lttk 1 .
lion. Iverson L. Harris.
We congratulate our friends and rchdcrs in
the Ocmulgce Circuit, on the highly acceptable
appointment of Hon. Iverson L. Harris to the
Bench of the Superior Ccurt of that Circuit
In Judge Harris they liavc a first-class man,
viewed in every aspect Asa jurist, none stands
higher—morally, suspicion never sullied his
reputation with a breath—socially, he is a gen
tleman of thc highest culture and suavity of
disposition and manner—physically, of sound
constitution, and entire ability to sustain tlic
labor of the dignified and responsible office.
In this connection, (rather late, but forgotten
hitherto) wc will correct a paragraph of our’s
in reference to the late Supreme Judicial Elec
tion by thc General Assembly, which left, as
has been suggested by others, a fairly deduri-
blc inference that Judge Harris was a candi
date for tbe Supreme Bench. His name, on the
contrary, was introduced into the caucus with
out his fare-knowledge or consent, by personal
friends among the members, who were actuated
in the matter entirely by theirown conclusions
of public duty and the character and ability of
Judge Harris. They neither knew nor inquired
hia opinion in respect to tbe proceeding.
Mr. Toombs passed through Augusta, on his
way n> Washington, last Saturday.
Semtor Douglas and {family were to leave
Washington for the South, to spend thc winter,
this week. His hold on life, having passed
through one attack of gout in the stomach, must
be considered exceedingly precarious.
We clip thc foregoing, from the Daily Mil-
ledgcville Recorder. If is a gratifying exhibit
to land holders. The average price per acre
was $23.40, and the aggregate sales amounted
to $435,960.63, unless we havo made errors in
our hasty summing up.
Latest From Congress.
The Senate was not in session Friday or Sat
urday. #ln thc House, themonotomy of the sec
tional quarrel was varied by an attempt at
fight between John Logan and Ike. Morris, but
somebody got in between and stopped the fight
A third ballot for speaker was taken on Friday
—Sherman 110; Bocock88; John A. Gilmer
of North Carolina, American, 20; scattering 13.
On Saturday, Hickman of Pennsylvania, brought
forward a resolution to elect j>y pluralities, which
was lost, and the House proceeded with thc
wrangle. We have been trying to get up ade
sire that Congress should organize, but can’t
do it Quite the contrary, tho unreasonable idta
will force itselT on the mind, that wc don’t care
much if an organization of tKis Congress is never
effected. Suppose we skip it Let the country
rest over and lloio- ‘ '
Brown’s Execution.
Wo will pot take up space, which just now
is precious, with details of. thc end of this'mis-
erablc old man. Thc following was t!?e dispatch
of thc day to thc New York papers :
' • Charlestown, Fa., Dee. J{rf, 1859.
Execution or “Old Brows."—The military
assembled at 9 o’clock this forenooq, and posted
on the field leading to the place of execution;
also at thc various points, as laid down in the
general orders.
Everything was conducted under the strictest
military discipline, as if thc*towu was ill a stato
of siege. *
Mountcil scouts were stationed in the woods
to thc left of the scaffold, and picket guards
were stationed out towards the left of thc
amloah-Mountaitis in thc rear. •
The military on the field forificd two hollow
squares—within the inficr one was the scaffold,
and between the inner and outer lines the citi
zens were admitted,—no one being allowed out
side of thc lines, except tlie mounted guards.
At 11 o’clock Brown was brought out of jail,
accompanied by Sheriff Campbell and assist
ants, and Captain Avis, jailor. . *
A small wago^ containing a white pine cof
fin, was driven up, upon which Brown took a
scat.
Six companies of Infantry and Rifle and a
company of horse, and Genera) and staff num
bering twenty-fivo officers, headed the proces
sion, and moved towards the place of execution.
No Minister of the Gospel accompanied Brown,
he dasiringno religious ceremonies either in jail
or on the scaffold. He looked calmly around
on thc people, fully possessed—mounted the
scaffold with a firm step—his arms pinioned by
the Sheriff and then bid farewell to Capt Avis
and Sheriff Campbell.
At half-past eleven o'clock the trap on thc
scaffold was pulled away, and with a tew slight
struggles Brown yielded up' his spirit,* and his
body was placed in the coffin, which was sub
sequently carried to Harper’s Ferry under a
strong militaiy escort, to be delivered to his
wife.
Wise, alias Taylor, alias W r il
LIAMS, &C.,
Who was taken up as a suspicious character,
and committed to Bibb county jail, a fortnight
Since, was turned loose last Saturday night
Letters were received from Rev. Dr. Richard
Fuller, of Baltimore,' and Stabler & Co., Drug
gists of Philadelphia, setting forth that he i$ a
man of good character, and a worthy Christian,
Ac, and no abolitionist As he was suffering
from disease, the effect of bad habits, it was
thought better to let him go; but neither Tay
lor nor his underwriters ca^satisfhctorily ex
plain,' how he came to h«il by so many names,
andjpass himself off for a preacher, when ho
bad uo title at all to the position.
Resolutions of tlie Baptist Cliureh
OF CHRIST, AT 4IACON, GA.
‘Whereas, our beloved pastor, "Sylvanus Lan
drum, has accepted* a/call of the Baptist Church
at. Savannah; and'as we have ever found him a
kind friend and adviser,' an earnest, laborious
and devoted minister of the gospel, an attentive,
affectioAato and sympathising pastor, an able, prevail, and thqprocecdings of this w'eck’s
vorce, but he stood firm as the rock of Gibraltar
and refused bis sanction to tlie Bill While my
sympathies, nay, more, my admiration, for the
magnificent daughffir of tho Old Dominion caus
ed mo to favor her application—still, my-judg-
meni is with the Governoi? and now that l am
free from the magnetic *influenccs of beauty, I
stand by the Veto. Again, our Governor has
vetoed the Bill fo^the increase of the capital of
the South-Western Roil Road Co.—and thus
takes a tilt at opr great Railroad King, Cuyler.
There are many persons in Georgia who would
like to see a contest between Governor Brown
and Kimr Cuvier—they are both strong men,
uut I imagine neither desire to get lip a war,
and all matters of quarrel, if any exist, will be
amicably ana L«., or ahlv adjusted. The Peni-
tentiarv, which has been a bone or cumcuuuu
for twenty years, has been discussed during the
past week, and the appropriation for additional
repairs faffed. I presume Gen'l McConnell will
have to '“do the best he can” with the lights
how in his possession.
You have observed the proposition, favorably
received, to appropriate a large sum of money to
purchasc’arms. Whether it passes or not,still it
is an indication of a feeling which is becoming
general here, and which, I regret to say, ought
not to bo opposed.!
It is useless to disguise the fact, that the events
of tlie last three months, have tended more to
unite the South' and to beget a desire to dis
rupt thc tics which bind us to tlip Union, than
all the ephemeral excitements of.tho past twen
ty years. As you well know I am no alarmist—
I havo stood by the Unioa,Hhrougli food and
evil report, but the action of the Northern peo
ple in rcgardVo tlie execution of that Un<] pirate,
assassin, traitor and common disturber of the
public peace, John Brown—the attempt to ean-
htmize his memory, to invest his name with the
sacred claim of martyrdom and dosecrato the
saintly ealendar.by adding his name, recking
with crime and blood, to tho holy rooord, is good
and sufficient cause to me, to ask for articles of
separation—a divorce a vinculo from such a
miserable alliance. I speak the common senti
ment of all—Fire Eater and Union saver—Dem
ocrat, Ameftcan, Conservative—up Country
and low County, all say if Brown is to be a
Martyr, we arc out of the Church, wc dissolve
the Tiifhds. I think a biff will be Introduced
tomorrow, authorizing the Governor to call a
Convention,^ act otherwise in concert with the
Southern States, and it will pass. Tlic feeling
.hero is deep but quiet—and tbe North must de
sist or dissolution is inevitable.
Thc Convention to select Delegates to Char
leston, met on Thursday and made choice of a
full delegation. A card of some fifty or more,
Democratic members appears in the Federayj-
nion of thti morning, protesting against the le
gality of tho action of tho body, but I presume
before March shall come, a sober second thought
defender of thfc faith and a wise administrator of
the laws of Christ; and,- as his demeanor to
wards us, bis conduct as a Christian, hia aflabil-
ity and social qualities, and his labors for our
spiritual welfare, have been such as to give uni
versal stisfaction: - .
It is therefore, resolved,
1> Tliatwc part from him with great’sorrow
and regret, humbly submitting to what wc doom
an all-wise dispensation of our Heavenly Father.
That, though separated, he stiff posscses
our love and affectionate remembrance.
•3. That we accompany him with our best
wishes for his welfare, and with our sincere pray
ers, that our Fattier in Heaven will bless him
and grant him succesa in his new sphere, and
moke hint the means of enlarging thc borders
of Zion, and of promoting the glory of God.
4. That wo earnestly commend him to the
Christian love and the friendship of the people
of his new charge.
5. That we hereby express our sorrow at the
separating from our beloved sister Mrs. E. Lan
drum, and that we will ever affectionately re
member and pray for her, on account of her ur
banity, kindness and Christian sympathyVliieli
she lias unceasingly manifested, during her so-
body be acquiesced in. I should regret to see
the Demotratio party divide on an immaterial
issue. '■ • *
The General Assembly adjourns oq. FricUy
next Come over and witness thc closing scenes.
Voids. • PROSPERO.
an attempt made to garrotc him. One of the
villains clutched his neck and endeavored to
strangle him, when another struck him a
heavy blow ou the head, which though it
knocked him down did not prevent his calling
out for assistance, which being heard by a
gentleman in an uppqr room of a house near
by, was responded to and the robbers ran off,
one of them leaving his hat behind. Fortnr
nately a policeman fell in with them and find
ing them running, inquired what was the mat
ter, when thc one who was batless said that
tbe foremost had stolen bis hat. The officer
took the oue who was without a hat in custo
dy and, suspecting something wrong, was tab
ing him to thc station, when he met Mr. \Yel-
ton. who had possession of the hat whibh was
“•* -- V’—Jr*- * u -prisoner. Upon search
ing him a large knife, ‘a jimmy, a pair of nip
pers, matches &c., were found upon his per
son, and it was ascertained that he was a reg
ular burgler by profession and an old acquain
tance of the police, having served a term in
the penitentiary for Burglary. His compan
ions were not known, he refusing to disclose
their names. His name was Joe Koons, and
is known as a most noted desperado. Tbe
others will no doubt be arrested.
A high handed measure was enacted by one
of tbe recently returned candidates on Thurs
day last in tbe circuit court, A. Mr. Gaither
who has received a certificate of election as
clerk outfits court, but' whose election is to be
contested by bis opponents, took forcible pos
session of tbe office and thc books, records, Ac,
of the courti in defiance of the Judge and in
opposition to the advice of his own counsel.
Such was his rapacity for tbe spoils, that he
could uot wait tbe decision of tbe Legislature
as to the legality of his election. It had been
decided to continue the old clerk, Mr. Turner,
in office until the gontest should be settled,
and Mr. T. was instructed not to deliver up
the Books, Records, &c.. until the matter
should be decided. But Mr. Gaither, the ea
ger seeke.r of tbe office could not abstain for a
few weeks from,tbe public tit, and has thus
voraciously fastened upon it. It will be well
for him to make the most of it, however, for
this brief period, as his chance has been con
siderably lessoned for sucking it during tho
balance of the term, by his present course. In
thc criminal court thc trials of William and
George Coulson (brothers,) for the murder of
thetr brother in-law, J. B. Cronister, is now
going on. They are both noted Flags, and
George should have been in the penitentiary
years ago. He is the worst and eldest of the
two and has been a pest to' the city for years.
William was the principal however in the mur
der, and George wq&charged as an accessory.
William - will probably be convicted of murder
in the sccond^iegrcc and George of a common
From the Providence Post.
How tlie Republicans will Save the
UNION.
The Republicans pretend to be confident
that they can elect Wm. H. Seward, or some
other abolitionist, to the Presidency, in I860.
the iianti. Besides-Us <
surplus of corn and wheat tor tile.
actor of the land on which tiffs crop
may be inferred from the following!-,' ;]
Mr. Dickson’s father was a consider^ 1
holder. At hia death, tbe Extent!* J
mined to sell, at public outcry, »
land as would bring one dollar ,.1‘j
portion of the land was sold at tint*.4
rest which would not bring a dollar c ]
was retained, and this laud, maa, .^1
dollar per acre, was tbe nuclenspfu'fl
son’s landed estate. Some of this .^1
at adoltaran acre, be has recently^ 1
for, and has been refused. This is £
coot. What an illdstratiou of 0U: J
that improved price of land follows,
cultivation. This $15 is much lew
actual value of the land. Mr. lti*|
our request, made an accurate calc;
tbe cost of working an acre, prods;
pounds of cotton. His manure costs l]
—all other cost, $9 50—total, >15 d
1000 pounds of seed cotton are ijJ
$30—profit $15 00, which is 10 per,
$150, which is the value of an acre i
producing 1000 pounds of seed cott«;|
whole value of the farm must be
by the amount of the dead capital as wJ
aud old fields,'or less productive erm^
proper to say that in the calculate ,1
They arc confident, too, that when this shall cost o^cultivaUDg an aere cf laud l0 ^|
hoiro hppn fiPftnmnlishAfl. thft “irrAnpossihlA I
have been accomplished, the “irrepressible®?*‘rT - i
conflict" will commence in good earnest; that ma ^ a - aed 0 *• «• bkil
no "more slave States will be admitted; that;
Territories—or fha^SfingVsecure tiffs foe j °f30<) he.d-lb«S
whole powcTof the mSS exeSe wili be j *9° a " d »»-*** Vi
used to divest slaveholders in the Territories ? U *. ^ ue man “ re l |?. es ® 3mm8li : J
of their property, on thc ground that slavery , ^ L ,H
cannot legally exist save in a sovereign State;! Hf. °j ®? mn ' crcl ^
that no pro-slavery man. in any section of the; ^ G0 .’,. a “ d h ! 3 or *” f#n *
country! will be allowed to hold a federal of- Notwitbstendmg tbish«
lice; that the fugitive slave law wiffberepeal-! Dickson assured us that. w
ed, or its execution entrusted to men who will P® ese "‘ vaiae of hvt 5
when he commenced farming to
moment he had made 25 per cent, pej
compound interest. Among a pif
tlemen in Hancock, to whom we re;
statement, it was suggested that ti
be an error in tbe calculations. It
ed that several of tlie party w
the amount of Mr. Dickson's
commenced and fbe amount as now
and tbs calculation was verified.
A number of persons were drawntol
Republican leaders promise to the radical ab- 1?. tiopes qf eliciting information
olitionists. This is what is implied in the in- Bhckson. To many of them, he **:
openly seek to thwart its purposes; that the
intcr-State slave trade will be prohibited; that
tbe Supreme Court will be revolutionized; that
all military posts at tbe South, save such as
may be need to keep the South “in subjection”
to the federal government, will be abandon
ed ; and finally, that slavery will be abolished
in the District of Columbia, by tbe action of
Congress, and in the Southern States, through
fear of a servile insurrection.
This, is the programme. This is \vhat the
assault,. To day during tbe trial an amusing
. • Cotton Markets;.
In Savannah, on Friday there was a decline
on better grades. Market dull. On Saturday,
sales 2375 bales, with an improved demand ht
unchanged quotations. Good middlings 10}.
Stock on hand, September 1, 8638. Receipts
up to Friday night 215,118. Exports 142,887,
on hand and on shipboard 80,869. Mobile, Sat
urday, middlings quoted 10} to lie. New Or
leans, 10} to 11c. New York, Saturday, mar
ket’ firm and sales 1000 bales.
The Pulpit on John Brow*.—The New York
Observer (Presbyterian) than which there does
not exist a more able, influential and conserva
tive paper, says that of the five hundred-Minis
ters who delivered sermons on Thanksgiving
day in that city, but two, one “tho man who
curses from Union square" (Choever) and an
other too obscure to bo named, blamed thc ac
tion of Virginia or apologized for tlie traitor and
murderer Brown. A remarkable fact as North
ern preachers generally make Thanksgiving an
occasion for giving vent to their opinions on all
sorts of subjects.—Augusta Dispatch.
EB'-A firinjin Cincinnati reccntly'teiegraph-
cd to a correspondent in Cleveland, as follows:
‘Cranbeirics rising. Send immediately one
hundred barrels, per Simmons,” “Simmons” be- joum with us.
ing the agent of the Cincinnati house. Tlie ' 0. And that a copy of these re<olutiens be jjeatli ofth«> Rt. Rev. Bfoliop Burry,
telegraph run the two last words together, and presented to brother Landrum, and a copy be y 0Rti u et - _xi 10 p.
shortly afterwards thc Cincinnati firm were as- remitted to the church at Savannah. ' cd by the Edinburg, announce the death ri that
tflnished to find delivered at their store, one | Respectfully submitted by your committee, city of the lit. Rev. John Barry, Catholic Bish
hundred barrels of persimmons. I VT. S- Brantly, Chairman. I opol Savannah.
incident'occurred which was thc cause of much
laughter. Mr. Whitney, thc prosecutor, while
in the mid^t of a most animated speech, sad-
denly tarned towards the Judge (Stump) to
make an enquiry, when it was found that'the
court was enjoying a ipost profound nap. Of
coarse the coifft could not be interrupted in its
repose, and there is no telling how . long the
lapsus slumbo would have lasted, if the Bailiff
ostensibly to preserve order (as the house was
in a perfect titter) but really ta relieve thc
embarrassment of the Lawyers and Jury (who
must of course maintain their gravity,) had
uot, at the very top of his voice, called out «'-
lence, which bad tbe desired effect to wake tbe
court, who upon shaking off ifa; drowsiness',
ordered tbe case to proceed.’
The Winans steamer the “tigcretla” as the
boys call her, has been out for tliree days on
‘what is said to he her test trip in rough water
and as the weather has been very boisterous
since her departure, she will likely have to
show her powers in that also. She has star
ted to Norfolk, and tho intention is to take her
out a piece to sea, if she stands the trip to Nor.
folk well. Upon this trial it is said thc Messrs*
Win
vitation which the professedly conservative
leaders of the American-Republican party ex
tend to “all the opponents of the present na
tional administration" to unite with them in
the election of candidates for office. What else
can be meant by a political movement which
opens tbe door to, and cordially embraces, all
our enemies ?—which invites tbe co-operation
of such men as Joshua R. Giddings, John P.
Hale, S. G. Howe, Gerrit Smith, Frederick
Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Charles
Sumner and John Brown 1
But It is not to be expected, and is not ex
pected, that the Southern States will sit quiet
ly* down by such a state of things as it is thus
proposed to inaugurate. Thoy will not cor
dially aud voluntarily support a government
which robs them of the rights guarantied in
the Constitution. They will not become their
own ensjavers and executioners. Without a
dissenting voice they will protest against such
aggressive action, and demand a dissolution
of the Union. They never bargained to be
the subjects of the-North, and will never con
sent fo that relation.
Well, wbat’then? Why, say the Repub
licans. if these fifteen slave States dare attempt
to otep out of the Union, we will send an ar
my there, and drive them into subjection!
We will not allow them to withdraw. We
will have no rebellion. Wo will maintain the
Union at all hazards. Every Governor who
recommends separation, shall be hung for trea
son. Every rrm. raised for State defence, a-
against our edicts, shall be annihilated. We
will carry fire and sword into the South until
eveiy disunionist shall padlock his lips or bite
the dust!
This Is the threat. It is made instill stron
ger language than this in the New Y’ork Cou
rier and Enquirer. It is made, with great
flourish, by every Republican orator. We
know why it is made. To an intelligent busi
ness man no truth can be more apparent than
(hat disunion would ruin the North. It is un
deniable that a separation of the States would
bring instant bankruptcy to every manufac
turer in New England. ’ It would bankrupt
commerce also. It would throw millions of
people in the Free States out of employment
It would bring starvation to thousands. Even
Republicans can see this; and the Republican
leaders—thc men who have sold thqmselves to
the abolitionists for votes—-realize that they
must guarantee or seem to guarantee the pre
servation of the Union. We have shown in
their own words, how they would preserve it
And now we ask candid men to iook at this
plan for retaining the South. Is it practica
blel—is it sensible?—is it possible? Can
fifteen States, with a population of ten mil
lions of souls, be driven by Northern bayonets
to support a government which they do not
want ? Where will the government find sol
diers to figbt its battles ? Who will volun
teer to march to the South and force upon the
million*there a government which they detest?
How many soldiers could New England mus
ter iii such a despicable sen-ice ? What Nor
thern man would not detest a work .so cruel
and so devilish—so hostile to all thc teachings
of the American fathers—so subversive of the
eery principles on which The Republic is based?
Thinking men can have-but one reply to
this-Republican method of preserving the Un-
fully stated in tbe ^Outh Countips'
as that paper has ceased to exist, tdfij
publish, in our January numbe:.if.
Mr. Dickson's to the editor far thus
our subscribers.
Under ordinary circumstances, tYa I
ularity of detail as to the private afur|
individual would be in had taste and
unpleasant to tbe subject. But i ■
depopulating old Georgia—her lands t
dually depreciated in saleable vain
Dickson has shown us that a fortune:
made upon them, and in the protea -
be restored to its original fertility. 1
velopmcn t of this practical truth ii I
benefaction. The thanks of the Soal
to this gentleman—and not only to i
to that remarkable circle of men in I
who, with great intelligence and i
ergy, are conspicuously urging thep4
that old Georgia may be, can be anil
redeemed from sterility.
ion. It might do for a single State in a bad
cause, and with a divided sentiment’ at home.
It would never do for fifteen States, acting up
on a single motive, with a single purpose, and
without, a murmur of disapprobation within
their borders. It would prove wholly imprac
ticable in such a case as we are supposing,
Not asingle regiment could be raised to inareh
against those, fifteen States, when they had
once expressed their determination to dissolve
their connection with us. American soldiers
are not brutes. They have never fought and
will never fight as the instruments of tyrants
—to enforce a government where it is not wan
ted."' Nay, there would rise up against such a
movement, even in New England, an oppo
sition so powerful as to strike it down at once.
Not a soldier would ever cross Mason and
Dixon's line to enforce obedience to thc fede
ral government.
No, no! I he American Union cannot be
thus preserved. Let the North go forward in
its madness. Let it endorse John Brown and
insurrection, until the South is driven, in self-
defouoe, to. assert her independence; and then
may be written the last chapter in the history
of the Union. There can be no union of hand
where there is no union of hearts.
Alarmed.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Expw
from Washington as follows;
The more I see and hear, the wore 11
couraged at our prospects, and &e mor? Ij
that the greatest possible calamity to <r
try cannot be avoided. The verv unir^
lief in it tends the more to render it o
have just seen a strong conservatives^
loving man of high standing and pis*
has just arrived from New Orleans, tin
abama, Georgia and South Carolina, t)
Montgomery and Columbia, where tlf-j
turcs arc in session. He says, in hi
route, he has not met a single indirff
does hot advocate'an imiq*diafe i I
tHe formation of a Southern Confcdorac
says all attempts to argue or re
they will uot listen. For once, and I
time, he says, in his life, he almost (
The state of irritation is very great, «1
do pass through the crisis, it will oa^f
the most prudent conduct and grelt<*|
tions of the moderate and eonsemtit: ■
the community. To show the iiuprc^
I will state that real estate cannot bes
in 33 per cent, of what it could :sixj
since, and solely and only in consr
the disunion,prospects. I know (
which $12,000 was refused in
is now offered at $10,000, and no J
selling it If you think I am un
alarmed you will be undeceived in i
time. Very truly,
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No Repidiatiok.—Tbe report via *
sources that the American treaty vij
has been repudiated by the latter, i
The latest authentic intelligence free
that the British residents were urging *
to send a Consul to Swajor, which he f
ly do under the American treaty, aw’'
favored clause. Thc Chinese might, l
that has happened, well'refuse this*
tills may have arisen the very absuni
the rejection of the American treaty.-
lican.
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Good Dividesds.—-Ten dollars p**
tho operations of tijo last six i
most comforting news to the owners* - '*
tho Central Railroad. These profits^
as charged by the enemies of thc
cessivc freights, for thc rates are as*
those of any other road in thcsoutM
the heavy amount of business, and thej
and economy with which it is
Thc stockholders of tlio Marine B**|
also be seen, have to their credit i
four dollars per share on thc transact
same'period.
The Bank of Savannah and
Bank,' have also declared dividends • ^
cent.—Republican.
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Later from Eiiroi ,f-
The steamers Edinburg and
rived—the bitter with Liverpool 1
26th ult' A further but partial c
ton of on eighth is reported,
regular, with very little enquiry- 1
am i
R o ro
s has
, and fo
Nwefaj
take
UttU, Hilts muv vo-j— , M|
quoted at 7 5-lOths, Middling
6}d. gales of the week 38,000 ,
on hand, 425,000—267,000 Aw*’®'
stuffs and (irovisons duff.
tafes-my of General intellig^J
ported that Lord Cowly h»u •
t " O
' ; ;',iis|
'■'-ttui b'
by Napoleon to propose to «--o j t jjg
, When the | and simultaneous disarmament. ,i
~outh has borne enoiigb, it will bear no more, ' the E-iglisli troops had been U» .
ana no man at the Xortli will shoulder a mus- j addition of eleven regiment 5 . y
ket or a rifle to enfore further obedience. tiaries at Zurich had cxchwSr,.
Nothing formal had * *
- Old Brown hung over Again.—Asa sort of ' ~
will decide upon the feasibility ot the set-off to the general abolition howl that went
plan
except
the European Congress. ^, lS
India that Nena Sidiih is deac
on a large scale. She has no one on hoard | up on the execution of Old Brown, wc observe
hands necessarv to work her, and j B lat he was hung in eftigv, the same dav, at Chorloion ocnioxrni’r i
lopmirry. the E n „i ncC Mand chief officer. The Messrs. ’ Uncord, New Ilampsliinx ' Wasiux-.t-v. 1 >::«'•
,nners rr'eiv .... ° , , • , ..miridcrim- 1 “'<; college boys at Princeton had a grand' cratic Executive uotum-- 1 '- , ' .
M mans are not oil J > ^‘7 , - torch light procession over the event, anil olos- this citx to-night and s- ■;
the risk of a couple ot hundred thousand dot- Nxi by burning Seward and Beecher in effigy.— lrGO, us the da' tbr ho! in r ;“' -
lars quite sufficient, without the risk of their [Republican. ' erratic Convention at Ch*«e» w *
and re