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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH,
ivIA-'OOIsr, C5-A-,
Saturday Evening, March 3, 1860
The
Tbe Scclloiinl Controversy
••UNION MOVEMENT.”
The long and bitter controversy between the
two crest sectionst>fthi* country upon tbe sub
ject matter of tlurerf, in its political relations,
has a logical cause and must tind a logtcal cure.
Let no man suffer himself to bo deluded into
the lieliof that it can be petMnently alienated
by any political quackery, founded wholly or
mainly on an appeal to ssmtssnent.
A. and a arts two families, livinron adjacent
tracts of land, with boundaries all dearly de
fined and settled, asX supposes; but in an un-
luckv aad acquisitive mood, B. sets up a daim
to a ncwliae which not only takes away a large
slice dT his neighbor’s land, but cuts off access
to the highway. A. remonstrates and JJ. insists,
and proceeds to enforce his right by driving A.
out of occupancy—taking forcible possession
and killing and maiming A-'s 'cattle. Fights
ensue and discord and trouble reign for years,
till both parties bocomc heartily wearied out
with the profitless controversy. Members of
both families sometimes meet and talk over
the quarrel and sigh far a return of the halcyon
days, when neighborly feeling and kind offices
were interchanged. In the memory of the
jiast they resolve to bury the hatchet and cease
the* unnatural squabbles. They will hereafter
live as neighbors should do. But tho very nest
morning, perhaps, the quarrel breaks out with
still greater violent*. U. still presses his claim
and commits a new trespass. A. cannot admit
the claim and until resist All the sentiment in
the world will not meet the case or cure the
quarrel. They must first settle the point at
issue. B. must abandon htgclaimand fall back
on his truo line. A. cannot seUlo, even by con
cession, for the grasping spirit which preferred
the claim will only find temptation to new in
dulgence in success. The only chance for peace
between those families is a fight, in tho courts
and a fair and full determination and final ad
justment of the boundary question.
So it is in tho controversy between tho sefc-
Tho Committee returned and reported the thU store.
Alabama Resolutions, to-wit: * • Witt, before alluded to, if more partienUrly In
That holding all issacs and principles, upon the Household trade, and of these goods his stock is
which wc have hqetofere ^li.^ and .eted the above a
with tho National Democrats to be infenor 1,1 lively business in gas futures, plumbing, roofing,
dignity and importance to the great quostiop on 4c d akiius on tba same atrdfct is mostly confined
Slavery; they content themselves with a gencr-1 to this latter specialty, and we hear of new enter
al rc-affirmancc of the Cincinnati Platform as prises in the Hardware “ne shortly to be undertaken.
to such issues, and also endprso said Platform 11 - 1 * * ^ eMt gro ^°f,^ us>neS8 '.
as to Slavery, together with the following reso- CmllWon on tlic Central Bail Road,
iutions: * _ , ,, , , Tho regular train from Savannah due Tues
tl , 2d : B*«gwd further, That- tho people of ^ nigh ?, vl | o’clock, did not reach here till
the slavcholding States hfvc an unqualified 3 '. clo £ k on Wedcsd morning.. -This deten-
ngh^ to the protection of their property .n the ^ ^ , t Millcn . A lumbcr tnin was
Slates, m the lemtor.es, and in the Wilder-1 Wking down th(J roa(1 ari d nmc in ^uct
ness, in which Tern tonal. Governments are as ^ the up train which was winding round -a
yct unorgamred. . - curve, rendering it impossible for the Engineer
3. Resolved further. That in order to roeci to notice itT'Se tenfe of the up train was
and ceA-away all obstacles to theenjoyment of shattcred; and the end 0 f the express car stove
this right in tho Torntones, we affirm that it is , d oin E dan« s c «o tbe f. eight. The messen-
U.e duty of the General. Government, by all „ cr j, ad jjj, an hi e injured in jumping from the
proper legislation to secure an entry into those K,,. No one e]se ffas hurt that wc have
Territories, to all the citizens of the United I i leard 0 f. -
Government Ore Nerti dtoumfng thauhesewia! ■*•“&&** and that the same should remain jgy* Wc hpvc been honored with a.call from
Government theAorto, a&umi g that the social protected the United States^ while the Ter- Mr. Deputy Marshal Ross, at the instance of the
of tha.Sotbia »*riortob« own, Merits authority. United Stages Marsha’. ,n Savannah, wishing to
has insisted that tho common government of 4 Resolved further, Thgt tbe constitution obtain information in regard to suspicious look
country shall lie used as an instrument to dis
courage and proscribe it They insist practi
cally, if not theoretically, that a slaveholder is
not’a good citizen of tile United States. lie
ought not to be permitted to go into the com
mon territory of the Union, like other citizens,
llis property should not be protected like other
property, and is’ not entitled to the same rights
of transit, but.ou the contrary is a possession
which may be rightfully decoyed away and
stolen from him. In short the Northern theory
is, that the Southern citizen liea under some
undefined political disqualification—is socially
a stain upon tho commonwealth, and the gov-
ermuont of the country should be used in every
possible way to keep him and hissocial system
within the narrowest possible bounds. He is
not a full citizen, and bis property not lawful
property, but contraband lie is a curse, and
if allowed to exist at all, it must bo in a small
way, for which he should to bo thankful. It
few Northern men would be willing to admit
this os their theory iu words, it is practically
their theory—really their theory, and they
evince it by their'action in Congress and State
Legislatures—their Wilroot provisos, Missouri
lines, laws ug inst slave arrests, forbidding tran
sits A:., <te., which arc ail embodimen ts of this
theory. - ’ •.
Now the Southern man sets up, on the other
hand, that he is just as good a citizen as any
body—hnr institutions are just as good institu
tions as anybody’s—his property just as good
property M anybody's and entitled to just the
same degree of pi Otoe lion. He says he ought
tJ he puraiittod to go to common territory with
bing {southern men in the North, of millions ot
property for twenty years past The Southern
man also says the Federal Government is not
a missionary machine to propagate this or that
farm tff society or religion at the expense of
another, but only a common trustee of all the
States lor the special purpose of guarding apd
protecting the equal rights of all citizens. *
Now here is a logical issue for you—an issue
of principle, and how are you going- to meet it,
by any huzzy guzzy about the revolutionary
fathers or the stars and stripes 1 You, may
wave your banners and fire sky rockets over it
tiH doomsday, but it docs not meet the point.
That point, is, which is right l What is tho
true doctrine t The sound principle must be-as-
• certainod, insisted on—enforced. There is no
’ other aveoqe to peace.
We drop these hints for tho consideration of
patriotic mem- desirous of exercising ' their po
litical influence for the good of the country.—
Whatever mystifications and refinements and
dust have been thrown around, about and over
th* democratic positions in the sectional contro
versy, they are all embodied fairly in what we
have stated. Tbe democrats ask nothing more
for the South and the South can take nothing
less. They aro the only price of peace, and
peace cannot be obtained except by their con
cession.
Mr. -VicCay’s Lecture.
The Lecture delivered bv H. K. McCay, Jtsq',
of Atncricua, before the Y. M. C. Association
of this city, on Monday night last, was listened
to with profound interest by a highly gratified
audience. It was a fine specimen of philosophic
r i^soningan(yit SC vf>;j v v iW i/ fl -'r /c ., sn ’l- was dis
cussed not only with ability,' perspicuity and
fairness, but with much originality and sothc
eloquence. We do not give an analysis of his
argument, as a mere analysis would fait to ex
press any just idea of its force and beauty. -The
learned counsel no't only admitted, but illustra
ted the fundamontaltruths and ethics of Deism,
ancient and modern, Judaic, Socratic, Platonic,
Hindoo and German, and gave a fair exposition
ofits value and the extent of its claims. He
suggested iu known and iu unsuspected prev
alence, n >t only out of but largely within the
evangelical churches, lie then set forth and
daboritu-d tbe distinguishing, sublime and di
vino peculiarity of Christianity; tho plan of
salvation. lleilcmonstrated that the plan and
provisions to save man from sin Wks the con
ception of God vhi not of man; that Christian
ity, and not Deism is sufficient to meet tho ne
cessities of our race for tbe present and future
life;.that Deism left man in helpless ruin and
that Christianity redeemed, regenerated and
saved hiiu. Tho concluding portions of the lec
ture abounded in sublime, striking, and beau
tiful thoughts. - .
Wc sincerely hope that the Lecture w.ll btf
given to tbe public in printed form, that those
of our community who did not enjoy the delight
of hearing may have the pn fit of reading it
**
Important If True.
W^iew Orleans correspondent of the Herald
tclls ua.* secret know* to a few there, that Sam
Houston ia bent on overrunning Mexico, and
confident in his ability to do it, with fifteen or
twenty thousand men. He says: *
••Tbe Gw who are In tbe secret here are con (Went
bfaacoeedm*. It la balievad (bat the Mexican bond
holder* in England are on Hooaion a aide. Bo Tar as
1 can learn. Un* cnmemplated military advenlareoi
the Governor of Texas will ba received with Im
mense enihu-Um la New Orleans, and indeed
through"** lb» Soalbweet. Ion may there
fore. I ■ blab, prepare vour types for exciting nent
during the spring and auminsr. If old asm goes
ahead with bis plans, ho may, as tbe conqueror of
HeileOi bssloraiml to the Presidency, and have
font years, in which to cement upon an enduring
basis Ibal grand actuate of conquest whfeb, com-
merwing in T<0ss will then have extended to the
Pacific OcesHI and given to American democracy a
new empire greaier thau tbe boasted possessions of
auoient ltoms,
For tbe Dally Telegraph. Another Fresh Importation of
Crnwiord Co. Democratic Meeting. CUTLERY—haKD'vahu BUSllfEiS
Crawford Co., Saturday, Feb. 25, 1800. « MACON.
Agreeably to a postponement from the first ion* and'urge^nvofce of”Cutlery, in-
Tucsclay in this month, the Democratic party cladinAnives and scissors of all sorts, fresh from
met at the Court House to-day for tho purpose the manufactory of Rogers, Sheffield, and all bear-
of appointing delegates to the Convention to be I ing the device of the importer. Examine tnem
held in Milled geville on the 14th proximo. ,h 7 n 5 r ® JdSSSthemn. wo are sure an
On motion of Col. George R. Hunter, G P. inquiry into the amount and growing character of
Culverbouse was called to the chair, and Wil- tills business in Macon would surprise the reader.
liumE. Williamson to the secretaryship. We will give some figures by and by. I'eedisthe
The Chairman having stated tile object of I Hardware Napoleoniof^eorms. anddoes a
the meeting, declared the meeting organized baekh^amdr b st r t^ entire Southern Field. Hu
ready for the reception of business, when upon I eperatinns move we>tward almost to tbe Uississip-
motion or Col. GeorgcR. Hunters committee p’i, and havedonbled within the year. His stock is
of five, was appointed to’preparo business for a curiosity- Fancy every thing m the wayorame-
thc meeting—UlO chair appointed, Col. G. R. G/rdenerehVrmrre.tv^chaidrs.'or nouse-Keepers
Hunter, Jacob Lowe, Lewis F. Hicks, Leroy TV. and he buve.it; while in cscriage-buUding be
Hicks and Robert Hatcher, who'immediately I will give you trimmings and wood work, sad in
retired to the committee room upon tho call of plantation machinery every thing to-drire it. In
tlic chairman. Col Uunter. e^rajSgS^’SSlSVSgg
During tho absence of tho committee, the paU8 ^ lt »„d he js rapidly introdneing Improved
Secretary was requested to read tho paper, pre- ploughs all of steel, which run with great ease and
pared by Ex-Gov. McDonald, and adopted by onilast a half doseu of the elnmsy old east lion af-
the Cobb meeting, which he did in a most sat- “ ° arl “ OWn
isfoctory and forcible manner^ when, ^ I Carhart &Cubd. is nnotbsr mimawth establish
Upon motion of Jos. J. Ray,* the meeting m *nt, in a splendid iron front stoie on Cherry strec-t,
unanimously endorsed tho Sentiments of said I crowded with goods and doing a verrheavy trade.
nanffr . [ They are up to the times, and it will DC hard to 1m
sgine anything in the hardware line which cannot
mobile aad New Orleans Cotioa
MARKETS.
Mobili. Feb. Two thonsand five hundred
biles cotton sold yesterday. Market quiet with
tbe turn in favor of tbe buyers. Receipts of last
three days 11,250 bales.
Kxn- Orleans, Feb. 29.—Five thousand bsles
Cotton soid yesterday. Market dull and sluggish,
but quotations unchanged Receipts of the last
three days tt.OO bales againit 27,500 for the corres-
ponding’dsys of last year. Receipts*! all thepoints
to latest dates, are 634.000 halos ahead of last year.
Coffee firm at an advance of 1c.
From Texas and Mexico. ;
THREATENING ASPECT OF AFFAIRS.
New Oxlcans, Feb. £9.—Tobin’s and Tomlinson’i
Texas Rangers have been disbanded. Corteuas has
possession of the West Rank of tho Rio Graude,
and is committing depredations on Texas, titone*
man’s Cavalry and Ford s Rangers, are protecting
the frontier to the best of their ability.
Cstlsa Burnt.
Sew OazEA.vs, Feb. 23.—A portion of the Union
Cotton-Press and one thousand bales of Cotton were
burnt this morning. The loss was about 850,000.
Arrival of the Arixenu.
Nxvv Oeleavs, Feb'. 68.—The Steamship Arizona
from Brazos, with one hundred thousand dollars in
specie arrived here today.
Arrival of the Rosa Taylor.
Nxvv OntExxs. Feb. 28 —The steamship Moses
Taylor is below, -bhe brings Havana dates to tho
26th inft,
Savannah, Feb. 23—Sales of Cotton to-day 2,080
ba les. The market was geuerr.lly unchanged.
Ship News.
* Savannah. Feb. 28.—The Steamship Alabama
from New York. The Ships Robert Parker from
Liverpool, and Scotland from Baltimore, and tbe
bark Minagua from the Island of Ascension, arrived
here to day. ' *
Congressional News,
• * ... Washington, March 1st.
In the Senate. Mr. Davis presented the caucus
resolutions as a substitute for his own. -The intro-
duction of. Brown’s bill for tbe protection of proper
ty in the territories, was postponed till Monday.
Mr.Wigfall moved an amendment totbe appropria
tion to tbe Military academy, so as to appropriate ele
ven hondred thousand dollar* to maintain a regiment
of mounted rifles in Texas. He said there was an
immediate necessity for them. The distribution of
the artpsstated, was discussed: .* «
• _ rasKLisroN, March 1st.
Two thousand six hundred bales sold to day.
Sale* of the week 18,000. Receipts of the week six
teen thousand bales.
Savannah, March latldfD.—Sales twelve hundred
biles. Market doll. Sales of tbe week 6,500 bales.
Receipts list week 13,000 bales again-t 5,500 bales
for the present week. Stock on hand 79,500. .
•August* March 1st—Sales* of to-day 420 bales.—
Market generally unchanged.
Arrival of tlic Edinburgh. .
New York. March, 1st I860.
The steamship Edinburgh from Liverpool to this
city has arrived, with dates to Sunday the. 15th ult
three day* later.
of tbo United States is a compact between ing cornfield negroes, passengers’ on a train
sovereign and co-equal States,.and upon the frqm this city Westward, a few days since. We
basis of pcrlect equality of rights, and privi- were so unfortunate .os not to be able to tell
leges. . him, that, in our opinion, they werq real lire
o. Resolved further, That tho Territories of I Africans. We assure the United States Mar- , Cotton yini-kci. .
the United States arc Common property, in jshal of Savannah, that should any of the genu- _
which the States have equal right, and to which inc stock come along under our observation, wc
the citizens of cvety State may emigrate with shall give him intelligence of tho fact—when
thcirslavcs orotherpropertyTecognizedassuch they shall have bcen-bought, and are quietly
by any of the States of the Union, or by the settled down on some plantation along the Ala-
constitution of the United States. b»ma Rivsr or on Mississippi, where they will
■6. Resolved, That the Congress of the get better food than grasshoppers and grub-
Unitod Statu: has no power to abolish slavery | worms,
in any of tho Territories or to prohibit its in-
troduction therein.
7. Resolved. That the Territorial’Lcgisla- __ _ __
turcs.’Trcated by tho Legislation of Congress, I county, h
have nojiowcr to abolish slavery or to prohibit
tho introduction of the same, or to impair by'
rUBUXBED »T BEqVEST. ’
Richmond Democratic Mooting-.
At a meeting ot the Democratic party of Richmond
held at the City Hall, on Saturday evening, Feb
1.1*. Garven was called to the Chair, and L.
j requested to act as Secretary
The Chair atated the object of the meeting to he to
unfriendly legislation the security and enjoy- take action In regard to the appointment of delesatreto
„ r ,| ® n- the convention or the Democratic party, to he held in
men!, or the same within the lcrntoncs; and wiledgevJUe. March 1.4th, fortho puipci-v ofnuminating
such constit Jtional power certainly docs nut delegate* to the National Convention, at Cbarieaton, In
I’rtqog P^°pl® °C * Territory in any ca- q-, C. Bridges offered the Ikillowitlg preamble and
pacity, before, in the exeroise qf a lawfur an-1 resolutions:.
SUIT'S SjKJ—usfSs&lSpsiss
their action in the exercise of such lawful au- Boohed. That tho perrons who represented thcDcm.
thority certainly cannot operate or take effect
before their actual admission as a State.info Ition. •-
I’nira, I The delegate* are James M. Smythe, dames McNair,
tueWDlou. .- . , , L.D. Lallcrstcdt, W. H. Wheeler, Claiborne Snead, John
8. Resolved. That.the principles enunciated Phtnlzy, Jr~ J- B.' VYeema, Jaa. T. Gardner, Turner
in the Dred Scott case by Qiief Justice Taney, cijnton, andllenrj-CluveUnd
deny to the Territorial Legudaturc the power $ foU ! wlD E “ * nUxl '
to duitroy or impair, by any* legislation what- Boohed, Astbe eenscof the DcmocraticpartyofRich-
ever the ***
tain It to be the duty Of the ted. Government, didaic for the Presidency by that convention, we deem
jt just like anybody else—to travel with it, just K n ]ts de p ar tinents, to protect the righto ot I l, """«lfe to embarrasa'ihe'action of the party, by tbo
like anybody, and it ought not to he decoy ed of UlQ owncrs . 0 r such property; and the
or stolen from him any more than if Jt was a jjrmcjpW go declared aro hereby asserted to true to the right* of every »cctiouwn»o Union, and who
‘A*She South towi^Tndffie ^ of *° South ’ andlheSouth shouM SSW
bttn run out ol uie ooutn tnis winter, ana uic Qialn mm them. I more important to secure such a man than to advance
North is an arms about it; but cant see that q Resolved. That wc hold all the foregoing the promotion, or gratify the friend* or toy individual
they have been annually waylaying and rob- -r.—Vl i ji—>—;—I whatever. _
. ty The aoti-Slavcry society of Massacbu-
■*hctu lately got through with their regular an
nual meeting. They did an immensity of curs
ing—c -I.nonised old Brown and nominatod Sc-
pard t-> tho Presidency. Wo Mmct Seward
Would much rather been left off of their ticket
SopthehsJ-ikrary Compamox.—This is the
title of a very handsome paper jast started in
New nan, G->, by L N. Davis, Senior, who 1ms
the tnwforemc to be blind. .It is a well printed
and highly interesting sheet, numbering among
its con nbutors thirty of the leading literati of
Georgia. Mr- D*vi| is in town soliciting sub-
[ scrip’ami W hope be may be successful.
. J- ’
Kj - lV Pin-Orncz.—The Post master Gcner-
Ctol 111* established a Post-Office at Lovcjoy’s
Station in Clayton Co, on the Macon k West
ern'll. B., and appointed James P» R. Cham-
hers, Post master.
propositions to bo cardinal principles—^true in | After considerable discussion, the sense of the meet-
themselves—and just, and proper, and ncccssv lug was taken, fukoo ttw substitute, by a rising vote,
ry for the safety of all that is dear to us, and W AfflrmstiTe, nvCTi^seVen; Negative, thirty—lost-
we do hereby instruct our delegates to the second, on the origins] resolution, with the following rbt
Charicston Convention, to present themjfortlte thiitr-three; SttaSri, ,wenty-flre ;
calm m considcration and approval of that body, the original, resolution was adopted,
from Injustice and patriotism wo anticipate —
their adopuon. in the delegaUon.
10. Resolvcd.That our delegates to the Charles-1 The meeting then adjourned.
ton Convention are m hereby expressly in-1 - For the Daily Telegraph,
structed to.insist that said Convention shall August:■ & Itlacou Bail Rond,
adopt a platform, of principles, recognizing Maun. Editors:—The inquiry is made in
disUnctly the nghto of the South as asserted I the j ourna [ t. j\j e 't Sen g er of Wednesday, “ IVha t
in the foregoing resolutions; ana if t^e said are our c ^i zcns doing to push forward the Ma-
National Convention shall refuse to adopt ui I & Augusta .R all Road*”
substance, the propositions embraced in the ^\ 3 on e of the commissioners charged with the
foregoing resolutions prior to nominating cat.di- dut _ 0 j- 0 p en j ng books of subscription, I have
dates, our Delegates ^ to said Ctmvention are t j ie opportunity of knowing—and think it but
hereby positively instructed to withdraw from n -ght that we should make public the reasons
sa v.*' < £ iVeI J t,0 i 1 ' m wc still delay to open the Books of sub-
11. Resolved, That *our. delegates to scripjion, and invoko the aid of the city in its
Charleston Convention should cast the vote pf behalf.
Alabama (Georgia) as a unit, and ffiat a nmjor- Tbe commissioners of the city of Augusta,
■*y determine how tho vot$ of this State w benthc entdrprize Iiad its inception—passed
s “~l „8 IT f n ’, _ ... I a resolution on opening their books—which
12. Resolved,-That an Executive Committee u, ade subscription to the stock binding till
of one from each Congressional Dtstnct be ap- rojgo^ooo] eighteen hundred thousand dollars
pointed, whose duty it shall be, m the event 0 j- gtoc jc should have been bona fide subscribed,
our delegates to Charleston shall withdraw, to j t j g qndc y s t ood that this condition was attach-
ra<l a Convention of the Democracy of this e j to the subscription by tlie opponents of the
State, To meet at an early day to determine | en(cr p n ’se, and acquiesced in by its friends, un-
wh »!. ,S i »° 1)0 . on ^ 1 , . der the belief that the amount could be easily
When tbo foregoing Resolutions were report- raised,
cd, Col. Hunter reported, as a minority report, a t this end, have no faith in being able
the foregoing resolution to the ninth inclusive, (0 raise 31800,000 of Stock, to commence the
urging as a reason for tlic exclusion of the oth- Road wilt| This is . certainly the third time
ers, that the delegates to the Convention should J w ; t hin tho last ten years, that this enterprise
go untramelled by instructions: thgt ite J 1 * 1 Isubscribe'tostock.' And at no "time have the
egates on account of his refusal to be bound by I most anguine' of Its triends, entertained the
such instructions. Robert llatcher also n»dc opinion that lnor b than $300,000 of bona fide
a minority report, that ajl resolutions should be j subscription, could bo-, obtained between tliis
excluded. • I point and the Georgia Rail Road, or Augusta.
Tho majority of the Committee (all concur- ^ nd pow for the reasons which wo. all under-
ring but Col. Hunter) reported and recommend- atand j t | lis amount must be reduced to $200,000.
cd the appointment of the following named .^he city of Augusta has or will subscribe
persons as delegates to the JJillc<lgevillc Con- ^ 50 00 n t and about @350,000 may be expected
vention, to-wit: G. P. Culverbouse HOf'crt I from , hc CaroIina side of - the R^j,Making
Hatcher, C. M. Lucus; M. C. Cleveland and ; n a u $1,200,000.
Jna G. Colbert. • _ ’ • *- • I Now it is obvious that the Road, if commen
Col Hunter insisting that too tow Democrats ^ at all, must be commenced on a sum far
being present to act, mov’ed an adjournment un- s j 10r t of the one required by the Au ;usta com-
til the first Tuesday in March. Motion ° vcr * I missioners ; and hence, wc have not thought
ruled. • " I proper to agitato our community with an cntcr-
Jacob Lowe moved that tho report of the . ir ; sq w lricb must, if this condition be adhered
majority bo adopted, but upon Col. Hunter s ^ ^e abortive.
motion to adjourn sine die, tho chair decided For one, l am of the opinion that the Road
that Col. Hunter’s motion wm IRst tp ‘’I**® 1 ’ I can be cheaper built on $1,200,000 tiian upon
and put Ins motion, when the meeting refused I ^1,800,000 of subscription paid, in paradoxical
toadjouro. • I as it.may scehi. I believe that men succeed .best
Coj. Hunter here withdrew from the meeting ^ fo us j nes9t whocommcncc with a capital bare-
and requested all wno were with him tado like- tj, 0 shifts nnd ingenious expe-
«jsc- . , dients to which men are driven to make ends
Tho question recurring upon Mr. Lowe s mo- the fruitful mother of all economy in
tion tlic report of the Committed was unanimous- business; and so it is with Rail Roads: credit,
ly adopted. j which'cost nothipg.citlur in investment or in:
It is proper to state that upon both motions tcrest> js all that js ncctssaT j. t0 build a Rail
of Col. Hunter a division was called for by Road And a Road can be built cheaper, with
him, and taken by the Chairman. a capital barely sufficient to sustain her in
Upon motion of James J. Rat, ' * good credit, than with tfie entire capital paid in.
Resolved, That the delegates from this Coun- And j think that none know the practical ap*.
ty to Milledgovill^ on the 14th of March next, plication of this princ pie better than the pco-
urge the claims of Hon. C. J. McDonald, as a ,, of Augusta . A » hcr cnterpaises-Facto-
•uitoble person for Resident, and from his high Lj^ Machine Shops, Ac., have toiled,- when
statesmanlike view, devotion to the South, the backed bv plehty of capital.
Constitution and its institutions* request our l W hile'on this subject I desire to call.ntten-
delcgates to the .Charleston Convention to urge R on Jo a discriminaticn made. against Macon
bis nomination to tins nigh and responsible thetthrough rates of travel, br the Savinnmh
staUon, and in no event to vote for Stephen A. ahd New . y or k line of steamers: Through
Douglas, or any other person ?ntmrtaining 8 imi- tickets-from Augusta io New York-aro $17.50,
lar views in relation toslavcry in the Territories, from'Atlanta $21; from Columbus $2r, and
Lnanimously adopted. I from Macon $20. I do this not for tbe purpose
Upon motion of James J. Ray, . 0 f exciting any fccling araintt the Central Rail
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meqt- Road—that Road is a private enterprise, bound
ing be published in the Macon Telegraph and I (0 tc nsu it the interest of its stockholders, and
Columbus Times and Sentinel. . its present find past success is proof of *the
Upon motion of Jacob Lowe, the meeting I vr is dom 0 f jts management But'these things
adjourned «tae rfie. _ I tend to show us how important it is for us to
P- CtJLYERHODSE, Chairman. I make other connexions by which wo may be
come the’ favorite of-Fome,-whilc.wc are made
the victim of other discriminations.
T. C. NISBET.
3,500 baiey- Market active and eteadv. Manches
ter advices are favorable. Breadstuffa advancing.
Provisions steadjr. Consuls sre quoted at 94) GUd-
stnne'S budget meets with vignriUH oppoiitjon. It
is reported tbal tbe conservatives are resolved upon
to oppose it. Spain refuses to enter into a negotia
tion tor peace with Morocco till the city ot Tangier
is captured.
Arrivals at Bavauunh Yratrrday.
The new steamship it. It. Cnyter, made her first
entry. The clearances were, steamship Florida t
Barks Maris Morten. New York ; Money trick. Bos
ton ; Sarah Ann, Cork and* market; Brig Cascade
Cadis, Spain; Shoonerltandell, Havana.
Pennsylvania Democratic State Conven-
.- * TION.
. Readino, March 1st 1860.
Yesterday the Democratic State Convention
nominated John S. Dawson. William Montgomery
and Joseph B. Baker, all Bigler (Administration)
men, delegates from tbe State at large, to the Charles
ton Convention. * . - v
* Congressional Nows.
- Washington. March 1st, 1860.
In the Senate on yesterday, Wilson «i Massachu
setts presented a memorial from merchants and un
gerwritera of Boston, praying the establishment of
a aemi-menthly mail betweeu Charleston and Ha
vana, via Key’West.
Seward, of New York, made a speech on the sub
ject of the admission of Kansas into the Union..
The House amended tbe Journal annulling the-
election of Ex-Uovernor Ford as public printer.
For the Daily Telegraph.
Ilastlic South tlic Right To Secede
FROM THE -UNION!
Ma. Editor:—l .have always looked upon our
Union as a blessing to man ana as promutive of tbe
cause of freedom. The Constitution 1 have regar
ded si stored and hoped that every American would
do likewise.
I love Ibis Union so long as its Constitution can
our country, and found an empire of freedom io the
*’’ -Id, * *‘ * * ’* * * *
New World, rearing it* majestic proportions high
above the ruins of all the empires of old antiquity.
I now behold it in all that pertains to national1
ess, one of Ibe first powers ot earth If this Union
can be preserved in conformity with the intentions
of it* founders, its future will be aa bright as its
past has been glorious. Greece and Rome in their
palmiest days, do not furnish its parallel eveu at it*
preseht age.
Entertaining these sentimeuts, I have as remark
ed, ever loved the Uuion; but I confess, that recent
event} and the present state of Northern sentiment,
have cast a ahadowof foreboding .over my bright
anticipations. I have been lea—A I doubt not
thousands of Southern patriot* have been—to con
template a dissolution of the Union; and a* to wbeth
er the South, under certain cuutmgencirs has a
right to secede? 1 have come to tbe conclusion that
she has. I am aware, that in this, I go contrary to
■)ie “ belief” of some, for whose opinions 1 enter
For the Daily Telegraph.
Bainbrldgc and Florida Raflrond.
Newton, Feb. 27th, 1860.
Ma. CtisBr,—Dear Sir:—The Incorporators
of the Bainbridge and Florida Railroad have
appointed your writer an agent to solicit sub
scriptions "for Stock in said Road, and as I
am satisfied from my own observation, and from
conversations with some of your citizens and
others, who feel deep interest in the prosperity
of Macon and South Western Georgia, that this
Road will be of great utility to Macon and the
interest of her merchants, ’I have concluded
to direct the attention of your people to what
I conceive to bo some of tbe many advantages
which will accrue to Macon from the immediate
construction of this Road. As to its ultimate
construction time is the only question. I am
persuaded that whenever your people see the
will constitute a new era in the history of Geor
gia and of the whole’South nnd West Anoth
er motive, and secondary only to the innumera
ble advantages in building this road, that is, the
profit its stock will yield the holder.
I trust that your'people will take this mat
ter into consideration at once, and do not think,
because we believe that their favorite project is
inadequate to their wants and necessities, that
we are opposed to its accomplishment or that
we are satisfied with the management and
freights on the Central road. We'too, feel the
disadvantage of dependence on it, and even if
vou are determined to build your road, with
hold not the helping hand from a road that will
open to your people such-a liberal, bountiful
country, whose people are albut too par
tial to Macon on occount of its location—the lit-
crality of her merchants—the munificence,
To Bent.
THE old Ware Home Lot on the corner of Sod and
PoDlar Streetu. Terms—One Hundred and Fifty Dollars
until the 1st of March, 1S61. Pos.e-.sion given^iminedi-
•<Mely. Apply to
march 3d-2t.
J. N.-JS C. D. FINDLAY.
advantages which this Road will surely afford courtesy and intelligence of her population
them, they will lay hold immediately, and with ” ” l "' l: *
their usual enterprise and their spare capital
aid in pushing it on to completion, at the very
earliest day, that the requisite amount of r.ub-
scription, upon their part, will do it.
This Road will be a continuation'of- tho one
from Albany to Bainbridge, to which latter
place the Flint river is navigable the year round
from Apalachicola, the distance between which
two places being two hundred miles by water;
from Macon to Bainbridgo by rail one hundred
and sixty miles; hence you.perceive at a mod
erate calculation, you aro within eighteen hours
travel, more than one half of that, time by wa
ter, cf the Gulf coast, and jat as fine port os de
sirable forany and all mercantile purposes; over
tho direct route for your § u g ar > Suit, Molasses,
Ac., and at as little freightage as you now pay
for the same articles upon the Central Railroad
only. •-■.;*
The interests of yours and our people aro in
timately blended, and any Railroad project that
materially benefits South Western Georgia, will
directly promote‘the interests and prosperity of
Macon; for the reasons, first, that Macon is lo
cated ‘directly on the route and between South-
Western Georgia and any and all other mar
kets ; and is therefore more convenient to us
than any other market, consequently it is the
market for our purctui.es untie most prontatile
merchandize to the merchant; secondly, be
cause it will increase the population, wealth
and patronage of a country partial to Macon,
thereby enriching the merchants and factors,
and through them the city of Mayan itself;
therefore it is doubly the interest of your peo
ple to aid in tho construction of the Bainbridge
find Florida Railroad.
That it will be an incalculable advantage ta
tbe mercantile Interest of Macon there can be
no question; it wil? enable your shippers to'ob-
(ain carriage'of all traffic and'at touch lower
rates of freight, in that it will necessarily pro
duces competition upon all classes ofshipments
and importations;- and, another advantageous
result, tfieir skipntents, Sfc., can be obtained token
necessary. * * \
As to the benefits to be derived to your peo
ple or ours, from the construction -of the Ma
con & Augusta Railroad; tboy will certainly be
very costly to your people and before remedy
from that source can be obtained against the
evil of which you now complain, the evil it
self will succumb to wholesome competition in
another and more natural direction but in tlic
meantime, by expending your energies and
capital on that enterprise, you are delayfng the
remedy in the proper direction, and thereby
enabling the Central Railroad, whenever your
Road is completed, to carry free of charge (if
necessary) all the merchandize whose freights
you row complain q'f; and it occurs tq me the
only hope for the success and prosperity of that
Road, will be its conipctition of freightage and
travel with the Central Railroad, *and this is
certainly a frail one.
First, You have a Road from Millen on the
Central Road to Augusta. This connection is as
suredlyadequate to' the travel and freight traf
fic between Macon, Augiistar and Charleston,
and would, I apprehend, be so regarded and
treated by you, if there was.no objection to
the government of tlie Central Road.
Secondly, It tjill require a" large amount of
capital to build that Road, and that amount
must be obtained from those corporations and
people who now fool aggrieved by reason of
tho high freights and tardy, shipments on the
Central Road. _
' In the thiid place, it occurs to me, that
Railroad to lie profitable must in the first place
Very respectfully your obedient scrv t.
3 . JOHN LYON.
FRON BALTIMORE.
Correspondence of the Georgia Telegraph.
Baltimore, Feb. 37th, 1860.
The Legislature— Press of Burinot—Meeting of the
Capitalists of the city—Henry Winter Davis and
Col. KimmeU—Lihel Suit, heavy damages-Figkt
letaren members of the Legislalnreg-Delegates to the
Charleston Convention, SfC.
But twenty d*ys remains of the present Session
of the Legisjatare, and although it has worked in
cessantly yet much of importance remains yet to be
done- The contested Elections, the Free Negro
Bill, the cases of Judge Stump, tho City Passenger
Railroad, the Balt, and Ohio Railroad, the Chesa
peake Canal. Ac., aro ait in an unfinished state and
all important. There are also a vast number of pri
vate and local bills which are heavily pressed upon
the attention of both Houses, in which great inter
est is felt. The Senate rather unexpectedly took np
the City Railroad bill of Brock A Co. and hurriedly
passed it. It will now be acted upon by the House
at soon as the committeo report which has had it in
oharge. Tho Brock party are in high spirit at it-
success in the Senate, and now confidently anticipate
its final success. Much odium has been cast upon
the Hun for its opposition, but it ia pretty well under
stood that it comes from those who have aome per-
sonalinterestin its success.
Another meetia^ of citizens took place on Satur
day nicht in opposition to the Brock bill. This meet
ing comprised ibo gient mass of nil tho capitalist lu
the city. Who propose to take the charter upon far
more advantages ternw to the city and people, and
run it at a three cebt rate. It will he most extraor
dinary if their offer should be rejected and the char
ter given to strangers. We shall see.
The Hon. H. Winter Davis has been rapping tbe
Legislature’ pretty roundly for the vote of censure
passed upon him. . _
It is said that Cab Rimmell, of Fredrick, will, ere
long let off a reply to what he considers of a per-
’aonal character towards himself in tbe above speech
of Mr. Davis. A rich treat is expected as soon as
the Col. gets his gun loaded.
The Patriot and Clipper have been oastlng dirt at
one anotherfor some time, and it has resulted in tbo
Patriot’s entering a suit for Libel against the Clip
er for defamation of character in stating that the
Jatriot has heen bought up oody and bones by the
Black Republicans, and is now the organ of that par
ty io Maryland. The Patriot has laid its damages
at the very moderate sum of 8500, It will probably
get one cent and costs.
A round of fisticuffs was, had in the Hall of the
Legislature on Friday evening last, between two of
the members, sir. rreaner or Washington c«., and
Mr. Gordon of Allegany. *
Mr. Gordoii had felt agrieved at a motion made
by Mr. Freaner calling for a report of the commit
tee of which Mr. G. was chairman, and Mr. F. a
member, after tbe adjournment Mr. Gordon ap
iroached Mr. Freaner. and remarked that his con-
!uet was uncourteoos. Mr. F. replied that the man-
of Air. G. was ungentehl. Mr. Gordon retorted that
Mr. y. was a blackguard. Mr. F. rejoined, “You. are
a liar." Whereupon in the language Fistianna Mr.
Gordon* let fly his left which was short, and was
handsomely countered by Mr. Freaner with none,
tiro, which got well home upon the Snuff-Box and
Potatoe Trap, and knocked Mr, G clean off his pins.
In the fall his Nob came in cpntact with one of the
members desks, whioh opened a crevice from which
and the blow on the damaged smeller, the Ruby
flowed copiously. [First blood and first knockdown
for The Hagerstown Chicken.J Both men were now
taken to their corners, when time being called, Mr.
G. was all abroad and could not be got round. The
apongewas then thrown up and Freaner proclaimed
tbe victor, in one Round. Time 1 minute audio
seconds. So the matter rests tbongb tbe friends ot
the defeated say that he shall have another trial for
the Belt. * •
The Democratic Convention of the 4th Congres-
H IBB MORTGAGE SHERIFF SALE.-W111 be sold
before the Court House door in the city of Macon,
Bibb county on the first Tuesday In May next, the fol-
luwlux IHOpCllT tl>*'l It l
Part of Lot No. (4) four. In block No.. nineteen, (19)
containin'’ X of an acre, more or less, of the South-West
common of the city of Macon; levied on to satisfy a
mortgage ft Cl In favor of Henry M. Bally vs. Theodore
fG. Yuuir-. T. W. BRANTLEY Dep. Sheri*
March 2d, 1900. *
METTLE WELL’S
[MANIPULATED GUANO,
Gr E \VhS-ns. Arthur Stotcsbuiy. Executor of the will of
Loui’a Stotesbury deceased,_apj>iK-s to the undersigned
for letters dismissory from his Executorship:
Therefore all persons concerned arc hereby required
to show cause (if any they have) why said ptecutor, on
the first Monday in September nest should not De ais-
^Given* under my hand and seal of office, this March
1st, ISCO. WM* M. RILEY, Ordinary,
inarch 3
JNo. 1, warranted to contain 8 per cent. Ammonia,
45 to GO per cent. Phosphate of Lime.
No. 2. warranted to contain 5 per cent. Ammonia,
G5 to CO per cent. Phosphate of Lime.- .
MASSING Peruvian in the production of the first I applied American Guano to about
. ha flnlJ u-ea nld lerol »k* «U..a t . 1*
soil.
"My Manipulated Gnano haring become tho
and successful rival of the Peruvian Gnano, I trust I
• - “ —* n tho public record what is
be pardoned for patting upon the public record wh*
universally known in Baltimore, that I am solely and
clusirdy the originator of the article, by the nse of ma
chinery "—American Farmer, 1837. - * •
Wehave a supply on hand, and it wonld be well for
Planters to send Iniheir orders at once, so that we may
be able to keep a supply equal to ttredemsna. ■
Jan31d,fcw2m .
E. BOND*CO.,
Sole Agents, Macon, G*.
Card to the Public
s against using tt
■ which they claii
the covered or basa strings of tho piano-forte over tbe
other strings is not an original invention of the Messrs.
Steinwaye, and the samehM been done for many years
—in fact, almost ever since the existence of the instru
ment; and that tho adaptation of this princijde to the
peculiar form or the grand piano was conceived, and the
statements and plans for constructing the some made
known to us, between three and four years ago, by Mr.
8. B. Driggrf; and that tn the drawings and specifications
contained in letters patent granted by the United States
to Mr. Driggs, for his “Graduated Board and Bridge,’’
which letters patent arc dated near seven months prior
fha
Include ittofo^alm^fo^riginaUty^ut. whatever
right or novelty it docs possess, the credit is clearly dne
to Mr. Driggs, and not to any one who may. have copied
| ° r 'G^SON’S, ItAVEJOlACO^^^O^H
be preserved inviolate. I have read^the biatory of Rave an independent freight and travel, besides
competition traffic, sufficient, at k-a^t, to pay
WM. E. WILLIAMSON, Sec’y,
The Equestrian Statue of Washington, re
cently inaugurated at tho national capital, ifiTiy
Clark Mills of New York, but from early life -tie | Suppression of Ik* Coolie IWadc.—Wo learn
was a resident of Charleston, where his genius our Havana exchanges that'tho Captain-
for statuary was developed- lie came frota j General issued a decree on-the 10th inst, in
Charicston to this city, on his way to Italy, conformity with royal otders, suspending the
where he purposed to study his art. But here, j ntrod uction of Coolies into tlie Island of Cuba,
the fame of his genius having preceeded linn, The prohibition is not absolute until after the
he was. arrested by the Jackson Association, expiration of the present year, all existing cn-
who employed him to carry out their project garments being -allowed that-time for their
for the erection of a bronze equestrian statue
of Jackson. This work was so far a success
that Congress adopted U, and granted the artist
the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and gave
him an order for an equestrian statue of Gen,
Washirtgton, at tho cost of fifty thousand dol
lars. • * .
Chang and Eng.—The Siamese twins are
still living in Surrey county. North Carolina.—
At a late revival the wife of Chang was bap
tized. Chang and Eng seemed tube much con
cerned for theipsc-lves, and requested an inter- j
•at ia the prayers of the minister. * J
consummation.
Pensacola Harbor.—From a dispatch receiv
ed by Senator Mallory, from Pensacola, wc learn
that tho United States frigate Roanoke entered
that port yesterday. She crossed the bar in
fine style, drawing nearly twenty-three feet, and
thus demonstrated tho great value and impor
tance of this fine spacious harbor to the nayaj
defences of the country. Its bar admits the
heaviest frigate afloat, and its harbor, perfectly
land-locked, affords secure holding ground and
shelter to the navies of the world.— Washing- ,
ton Constitution, IStA instant. J
tajn tbe highest respect. It is my object in this
communication to briefly state, in part. The reasons
which have induced me to come to the conclusion
spoken of.
The Constitution is a compact; It is a bargain en
tered into by the several States, in “order to form •
more perfect Uuion, establish justice, insure domes
tic tranquility, provide for the common defence.
K remote the general welfare and (to) secure the
les.ings of lineity to ourselves and our posterity.”
That it la a bargain, no one. I presume, will deny.—
It was assented to by tbe different Stales, wilh tbe
distinct understanding that, tinder it, their fights
should be recognized and protected. When it ceas
es to do this, we thiok that it is no longer binding
or any of tbe parties.
It ia a principle founded on Jnstice, supported by
Reason, andreoogutxed in Low : that, .when shy of
the parties fail to comply with their pm t of any com
pact or bargain into which they may have entered,
t is no longer bolding on ihe remainder of the par
ties to such con pact or bargain Precisely theaame
in relaliou to our Constitution. One part of that
l\urtu uruulihCu’io lursi ea'-hfhr’isS --irtyh-
son held t - service or labor in any State under the
laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in conee
quence of any law or regulation therein, be dis-
charged from such service or labor, but shall bo de
livered up on claim to the party to whom such ser
vice or labor may be due.”
Nothing can be plainer or mnrn explicit. Now it
ilie North should fail tp comply with this part of the
Constitution, the bargain would be broken and no
longer binoi g on tbo South. • If the North refuses
to execute this fugitive slave law, this plain previa
ion of tbe Onnstitut on, then will the South bejusti
fled iu seceding, and no power on earth has the right
to prevent it. fir support of this propo-ilion, I will
give ypu the opihion of Daniel Webster the great
expounder ol the Constitution, ns quoted by the
ll-.ii. K. Toombs, in bis masterly and eloqueut
speech on the “Invasion of mates.” Rays Mr. Web
ster i . .
•• I do not hesitate to say and repeat, that, if the
Northern States r> fuse wilfully and deliberately, to
carry into effect that part of the Constitptiun which
respect* Ibe restoration of fugitive slaves, the South
would n>i longer be bound to observe the compact
A bargain broker) on one side is’b.-okeu on all
side*.
. Has the North refused to full!! herpattofthecnm
pact? We think she has. Her representatives iu
Congress (1 sp-uk now of the Republican party.)
almost daily, proclaim that n* ither they nor their
constituents »ill aid in exocuting tbe fugitive slave
law; and that as soon as they get possession onho
government they will repeal it. .In fact tbefngj
livq slave law to-day is almost a nullity. Wo all
S now how difficult it is to reclaim a slave, when once
e has enter, d the limits of a non sla vubolding Slate;
and indeed in some cases an attempt to execute this,
law in some of those States has been resisted even
to the shedding of blood.. Aud as if to put their
traitorous disign* beyond the possibility ■ f doubt
nine of the nou-sUveboIdiog State, have passed
laws iu i fleet nullifying tbe fugitive slave law: and
the Republicans >etl us that when they get sufficient
power they intend passing similar laws in all the
unn-slaveholding Mates; notwithstanding I bat Con
stitution which they have solemnly swore to sup
port, says JArtiele.aix,' Section Second:) .’’This
Constitution and tbe laws of the United States,
which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all
treaties made or which shall be made under tbe au- • ■
thurit^ of the Uulted Tjutes dull be the supreme I resident Ouylcr as expressed in nis letter of
the interest upon tho investment and the ox
penes of the Itoad f ypqr Roafl, will certainly
form no exception, unless you abandon the idea
that it is built with a view to profit from its
stock; and if you do this, surely, it-would be
cheaper to submit to the present, freights and
inconvenience of the Central Road, at least
until you can obtain relief in another and more
natural direction, at less cost, and to a greater
advantage, - •**•_'*
The object of the Macon and Augusta Rail
road is certainly to remedy the disadvantage of
high freights, &c.’, on the Central Ra road. It
to-be built, not really, because the Road is nec
essary, but simply because the freights upon
your merchandize and shipments vhicli have
to pass over the Central Railroad are exorbit
ant; therefore, that freightage and travel will
constitute the main dependence and source of
profit o( your Road, the Central road is not at
all dependent upon ; which freights and travel
true they are great sources of income, but that
Company can by reason of its already accumu
lated resources, discriminate in favor ol that
traffic and as it would be to the interest of the
Company, it would most assuredly reduce the
ratps of freight, &c., so lo\y as so detract from
your Road almost the whole ofits dependence;
and although the spirit which actuates the con
struction of that ltuad, may for a time survive
the reduction of freights, on the Central Roqd,
yet it must and will necessarily yield to tlic in
terost of them for whose convenience it is con
structed; for shippers and importers everywhere
s:Ul.B3lroft!«S,/.9ad5
tvays have the same merchants, the same ship
pers and the same • competition and -business.
IVhat freight traffic or travel then can the Macon
and Augusta Railroad rely upon for its expendi
tures and dividends ? for, be it remembered, that
the freights and travel where direct route is
Augusta from Charleston to the mountains have
a nearer and better way over tho Georgia Road.
You are then cut down to those freights to be
tween Augusta and Macon, and will they pay the
interest on the construction and the expense of
the Road under the circumstances ? These are
reflections which6uggest themselves, and which
l apprehend, in my humble judgement^ should
have their weight with the projectors of that
Road.
So far as 1, or the interest, convenience and
wish of tho people of Southwestern Georgia is
concerned, wc would like to sec that road built
and succeed, but it is certainly beyond all ques
tion to your interest in all respects, and every
aspect,- to aid in tho immediate construction ot
the road trora Albany to Bainbridge. As has
been stated in a former issue of this paper, the
building of this road will afford a sufficient com
petition with the Central road to compel a re
duction of its freights and travel, but the com
petition afforded will bo only one of the -least
advantages to Macon. At present you are almost
entirely excluded from the Gulf and all of its
traffic, commercial advantages and shipping and
receiving ports. You aro now dependent upon
railroads and tho A labama river for some of your
heaviest freights : nd most profitable general
merchandize, and tieing so dependent, your pro
fits arc consumed by your frieghts.
We have no cha rge to make against Mr. Cuy-
ler, the Central road or Savannah; neither do
they possess our sympathies particularly, and 1
must confess that I concur with the views of
anything in tbe conspiolKins or say that youre and the Augusta papers have
' *’ dealt to say unfairly, at tho least if not illibe
rally by him end his letter, for he must know
that tho Western & Atlantic Railroad can never
injure tho Central. It may have tho effect, to
gether with the Brunswick Jfc Florida Rai'road,
to compel the company to build finothtr track
on the Central route, and compel more accom
modation and lower freights; but" to compete
successfully with it is simply a natural impos
sibility"; for in addition to its central and di
rect route for the shipment and distribution of
freights, the passage and freight traffic over its
route ia annually upon the increase, and I _am
persuaded and hopeful that jt’ will continue to
be as long as there is any use for a Railroad.
But there is another aspect in which the
Bainbridge & Florida Railroad may be viewed,
and One which commends it to the favor of our
bound thereby, , „ I
laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.”
Far these reasons, we think that the compact is
broken afid that the Broth has the right to secede
aow if the chooses. Whether it is policy to res’ort
ecestion isto s a question which I leave for wiser
beads to determine. In any event my destiny is
with Ihe South, and should she. in her wisdom, deter,
mine that fils-Union is the beat remedy for her
wrongs, 1 shall not fear the result. With her vast
agricultural resources, with a cflmate nud soil unc-
quaied for pleasantness and fertility with her nnmer :
oua and winding rivers, her beautiful valleys aud
lofty mountains, the will build up an empire that
will noLbe unworthy pf her reputation- - Again I re-
>eat I do not fear disunion; let it come. The So ith
* strong; strong in tbe justice of her cause; strong
in the tried valor and patriotism of her faithful
sons: aud will be Invincible egainst any force tfiit
oppression and wrong can send against her!
* , \ EllITAS.
Waynmansville, Ga„ Feb. 27ib, 1660.’
Death
ace
Lafayette
entered the Aavy tn the year 1812, and at t\ic t impor.ntioafrom andtoAt-
tiraeof the celebrated action between the <W 1;uUitpQrts q pon thc Southern coasts,
and Levant, which occurred l ebruary 20,1816, This port io n 0 f country over which the Bain-
was a Midshipman on thc Constitution. bridge and Florida-Railroad will run, forms tho
Sam Houston and Mexico. key to thc great commercial traffic between New
The rumor of Sam Houston’s invasion ofMe.t- Orleans—the Gulf and South-western and mid-
ico, breaks out again from Washington, where die Georgia, and to the emigration from the
i statements arc made to tho effect that vast prep* Carolina* and Georgia to the ^ cst. It is the
J arations are going on in Texas, for the expedi- natural route for the griat New Orleans and
,j on> b South-Western mails. The opening of this road
sional District, (the one non m'urepreseuted by the
lion. H. Winter Davis.) held a meeting on Thurs
day night and nominated Messrs. Fhillip S. Thomas
and Cliai. M. Gwinn, Esq . as delegates to the Char
leston Convention. Ktsolu’ions were passed en
dorsing the court e of the Administration but express
ing no preference for any as pi rents to the Presiden
cy- The delegates are left free to vote and act as
they may tbiuk hest calculated to promote the har
mony and success of tbe great Democratic party-
Col. Gen. P. Kane, a prominent Democrat, has been
chosen by the new Police Commissioners as Chief
Marshal of the force. He is a man of considerable
military experience, and it u m,
to mturee a Byatem of ihihtary discipline into the
new organisation which will render it much more
efficient thau heretofore. HOWARD.
Baltimore, Feb. 27,1860.
Shooting Affray—Man badly Slabbed—Court Dignity
—Large Delegation—Office Seekers, tfre.
A desperate affray occurred on Saturday night at
a drinking house in South Paca street, kept bv a
man named J. B Howell, in the coarse of which
Nicholas Manley, brother of the Deputy Marshall of
the Police, was shot through the body and is suppos
ed to be mortally wounded. The wounded man and
a man named John Bangs went into the house and
became unruly, and got into a fight with tbe landloid
a: d his barkeeper, Chas. Hughs, when the latter
shot Manley while retreating therefrom. Hughs
was committed to await the re*ult of Manley’s in-
juries, but little hopes arc entertained of his recov-
cry. Both him and Bangs (who was formerly a po
lice office) are men of desperate character
On Sunday afternoon two men named Mettie and
Coffenback got Into a difficulty on the Point, when
Ihe former stabbed tbe latter through the loin and
lungs, giving him a terrible wound from which it is
supposed he cannot recover. Arrested.
Tho City Criminal Court resumed its session on
Saturday. Among other incidents tlie following
specimen of court dignity wasobserved: The Court
—••Mr. Lcakinareyou ready in that case?” Mr.
Leakin—•’ 1 am not, your honor, but will be on Mon
dav, if we can be indulged uutil then ” The Court
—“Well, 1 don’t know whether I shall hold Court
on Monday, I am drunk so often now-a-days that it
is uncertain whether I shall be sober enough to hold
court then, however, if I can keep sober I will try
common to poor tn tnetr applications -
for tho privilege of saving their Kedentry _ Some
thing over 3.000 are already on the list of the New
Police Commissioners. An attempt was made to es
cape from the new jail on Saturday.^ by lloffman.
it van, in August last. Two of the bars of his cell
door were nearly sawed off when the discovery was
made by the keeper.
- A delegation ot two hundred of the most influen
tial citizens, it is said will goto Annapolis, to-morow
to protest'against the passage of the Brock Railroad
Bill. HOWARD.
NUNNS & CLARK, * FIRTH. POND * CO
A. GALE & CO., L1GIITE A BRADBCRYS
H. WORCESTER, JOHN* U. DUNHAM.
New York, Jan. 8, ISCO-feb 25 d-Ut w-at
r LiLJ \» o Vi ill I A1I1U3 , lUi i, t iiuu q uuiet; ouu
Soil, Side Uil, Self-Sharpening; Iron and
Steel Turn Plows, Cultivators, Square and 3 Square
Harrows, Dirt Scrapers, Iron Rakes, Post Spades.
Ac., Ac. For sale by NATHAN WEED,
march Id
CH^lUNTS.
T race CRAINS of superior quality made to.
order and warranted, .Lock,-Tongue, Stay:
Breast, Fifth, Stretcher, Log, Coil, Halter, Dogsnd
other Chains. For sole by “ -
mar Id NATHAN WEED.--
iBafe
astasa,
T'thls'remariiLbleFcrtlhzet^
The foDowhig.leUer U from the propriety. ^
stitutiOL.ili.t” and ‘•SouthemFlddindFj»,‘V :, ’<
ta, On. The eminent position held by
ders his .voluntary endorsement at ma| ’*V
can Gnano of great value. *4
LEfTER prom JAS. GAEDSt
Proprietor of the Augusta "CbntiiasJ
and "Southern Field 4* Fircsidtg^
The field was old land, the oldest I han,^1®*’
productive. * _
“I staked off one acre, on which then * t ,.
>r guano. I staked off four acres on
Picki^
or guano, b
guano to the acre, and four acre* witti'sntul?'
acre, Thc result. Including the last
lows:
One acre, no Guano
“ . •** (00 lbs. Guano
The result 1* no doubt gratifying t„ ’., 7*
value of American Guano. * ’ ■
The guano was drilled in the bottoa of a, l
and covered by a taming shovel run ocncsiu,'
a month after, the ridge was qpen«l wiihsnm^
plow about four inches wide, so as not to a*
down to thc gnano. The seed was then dtffi?
covered with a forked plow, made of tvosr 1
one and three-quarter inches wide each. \
commenced sprouting, a mould board was .
ridge. The cultivation otter that was the
balance of the crop. Jsx*Ca|
. SCALES.
F AIRBANKS Counted and Platform Scales, Post
■ Office Balances, Steelyards, Patent Balances,
iron and brass Weights in setts. Ring Weights,
Store Tracks all sixes, Bdrrel Tracks, Iron Sates.
For sale by NATHAN WEED.
* Plough Iron.
B AR IRON, Sweedes, common and best English
Refined Iron, all sizes. For sale Ire
mar Id NATHAN WEED.
by
. SHOE, Band, Nail Rods, Hoop. Sheet
Boiler,’ronna and square, all sizes. For sale
NATHAN WEED.
O TEEL; Plow, Cast, German, Blister and Spring
■O Steel. For Bale by . NATHAN WEED,
march Id
Plow Lines.
r OTTON ROPES, Manilla Rope, Plow Hames,
Otter and Beaver Traps. Cotton Cards, Sheep
Shears, Wool Cards, Curry Combs, Horae Brashes,
Horae Cards, Mane Combs, Plantation Tools of all
kinds. For Bale by NATHAN WEED.
Gardening Tools.
TX7HEELBARROWS for dirt, wood, coal and brick,
V V Shovels, Spades, Spading Forks, Manure Forks,
Rakes, Handled Hoes, Seed Hoes, Rake Hoes, Shuffle
Hoes, Cora Hoes, Garden Trowels, Pruning Saws, Prun-
ingTlooks, Pruning Knives, Pruning Shears, Lopping
Shears, Garden Reels, Weeding Forks, Hedge Shears,
Bordex Knives, Pruning Implements in setts in nice
cases. Ladies' Garden Setts. For sale by
mar I d NATHAN WEED.
Horn Shelters.
/“tORN S HELLERS of all kinds. Straw Cutters, Guano,
O Riddles, Wire Cloth, Com Mills. For sale b-
march 1 d NATHAN
Planters’ Hoes.
A LARGE assortment pf tbe best makes, comprising
Samuel W. Collins' Warranted. Brade’s Crown,
Brade's Patent. Bradley’s and Hunt’s Grabbing, Mat
tocks, Picks, Bash and Bramble Hooks, Iron Rakes, &c.
For sale by .» NATHAN WEED,
march 1 d
Mjlcos, Ga., February 27th. 1860.
Joteph ClUby, Editor TtiegrnpK:
DkarSir.—Uaving noticed that there has Been
much 8«id through the newspaper* In relation to
myself in connection with the chargo now pending
against mu in this city, suffer me to solicit of the
public through vour Journal, a stay of judgment yet
« few days until 1 can have reasonable timehndop-
>ortu«’itv to place tho whole affair upon its proper
>asis, clothed in its own merits, and then tho whole
storjr shall be told in truth unadorned, as I have
nothing in the premises to conceal. And allow mo
here to assure my friends, that I shall not Jail to
prove to the world that this case is not deserving
the features of criminality they would now have it
wear; and that Mr. Marshal King's report to the
Augusta Constitutionalist was unkind, ungenerous
ami untrue in many Instances.
However, some may be led to say, upon reading
this card, that the publio opinion has been formed
already against me. To any. such I would say, t?
sabio mudaconteioilnescio no. * *
Very respectfully,
- ANDREW J. RODGERS.
Apprentice Wanted.
nr intelligent Lad from 15 to 17 years of age, willing
Lmsin<
appti „
PUBLIC, Mulberry Street, Macon Ga. One whose pa
nts reside in the city preferred. fab 29 d-lw
Private Residence near
MACON FOR SALE.
from Macon. Thc Dwelling la a gooO one story
frame bnilding of 5 rooms, having all the necessary out
building attached, together with a garden, corn cribs,
stables, <£c. Any person wishing n residence near tho
dey with a plenty of good water, wood and other conve
niences not to be fonnd in a city, will do well to exam-
thc place. Address me In person or through the Post
Office. ELISHA DAVIS,
mar 2 w-6t
Adjusted.—The affair of honor between Hon.
Alphcus Baker and .‘Col. Seibels of. thc Mont
gomery Confederation, has been adjusted. That
ts sensible;
_ Whereas, James W. Sloan applies to me for letters
of Administration on the estate of Joseph A. Sloan
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and sin
gular the kindred and creditors ofiaid Joseph A. Sloan
to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law.’ahd show cause. If any they have, why said- let
ters should not be granted to the said applicant.
Given tinder my hand at office, this February 2Sth.
I860. W. T. SWIFT, Ordinary^
......el. A <Vk.V. ' »
H IBB COUNTY SHERIFF SALE.—By virtue of one
FI. Fa. Issued from Bibb Superior Court, wherein
Thomas A. Brown Is Plaintiff and Samuel F. Gove isde-
tvhitc spots on her hips, about ten years old, and one
one horse buggy; levied on as tho proopcrtv.of Samnl r
Gove. J. F. BARFIELb, Sheriff,
march 2
Tlic Shoe Revolution—Its Couse-
-* - QUEXCES.
Tho rebellion among the New England shoe
makers ia justified by tho starvation prices to
which they have been reduced. Tho men make
three or four dollars a week, and the women get
two cents apiece for binding shoes. They can
not live by their labor, and prices will have to
lie doublet!. This will put our. 'Southern shoe
manufacturing establishments on a fair footing
for competition. Let them take fresh courage
and go ahead. . •
Small Pox.—We lesrn from a private letter ad
dressed to a citizen pf this place, written by a citi
zen ot Savannah, that the small pox Ins made its
appearance in that city. But few cases., however,
wo are gratified to learn, were known of in the city
proper. The disease was confined principally to
tlie pest-houses. As our Savannah exchanges aro
silent on the subject, we hopo it is not so bad as
represented. The number of cases at tbe, pest^hou-
sea. wo learn, was 130.—Central Georgian, of the
2J/A ult.
In the absenco of even verbnl rumorin Macon to
sustain the above, we undertake to say that there
notone rzordof truth in it.
The Stage is Luck.—Miss Ada Phillips,
tho opera singer, has drawn $0,450 in tho
Havana lotteries. A piece of good fortune
hich rarley arrives to an actress, says the
du Havre has befallen Mile. Emilie
of tlie Theater Francois. An old gen-
just 'deceased, has bequeathed her
200,000 francs, and he declares in his will
that the bequest is made for no other reasons
than admiration for her talent ns an actress,
and of her exemplary conduct in private life.
Old Troup still' Ahead !—Mrs. Mary E.
Potts of this county, made, last year, with only
five hands, fifty-four hales of cotton—thc aver
age weight was four hundred and seventy-five
pounds—a little over ten bales to the hand.—
Why go West—Lagrange Reporter.
’ HOub« door To tho city of Moron, Bibb f-nnnty, Ga.,
■ thc first Tuesday In April next, within thc legal hours
of sale the following property to-wit:
One House and Lot in the city of Macon, part of Lot
No. seven (7) Jn square No. four (4), fronting on Bridge
Street between Fourth and Fifth Street;.occupied by
Dennis Sheehan as a dwelling, and leTicd on as the prop-
dry of Dennis Sheehan to satisfy a 11 fa issued from
Bibb Superior Court in fhvor of Thomas C. Dempsey,
Executqr, vs. Dennis Sheenan and Michael N. Bony.—
Fropcrty pointed out by Plaintiff's Attorney.
Also, at tho same time and place. Lots Nos. three and
four in square seventy-seven (77) fronting on Third and
D*k Streets, known end distinguished as Mrs. Carver’s
Waggon Yard; also, lots numbers one and two (1 JSS
in square number seventy-six, fronting on Third am
Oak Streets and fronting the W’aggon Ykrd, tho Dwell
ing on Third Street occupied by Mrs. Carver, and known
a> her residence; the House fronting on Oak Street and
opposite William Thomson and Dr.' Pvc’s, occupied as
dwelling; all in the city of Macon, ana levied Oil as thc
Also, at the same time and place, 1 Ward Robe, 1
Clock, 1 Patent Spring Bed Stead, 4 Lard Cans, 1 Bench
Saw, t Tray, S Pitchers, I Strainer, 1 sm.li Dimciohn. 1
Tin Bucket, 1 Funnel), I Oil Can, 1 Seave, 1 D«k“? Show
ri’t rooond kaqd Buggy, 11 Sheets, * Feather Pillows,
14 Billow Cases, 5 Comforts, 1 Crib and Mattrast I Ta
b e, I Wash Stand, 1 Spitfoon, 1 TruSdle BcdstcatL
e ^P, Ut Bottom Chairs; levied-o u
to satisfy one fl fa issued from Bibb Superior Court in
fkvor ofllaU A; McCsii vs. Benjamin Bullion. .1. J. Sot.
ton soenritv on ■nn.-l T. W. BRANTLEY *
■- Dep. Sheriff.
QTATE OF GEORGIA—HOUSTON COUNTY -
U To the Honorable the Court of Ordinary of said
work for his hands, trill
The petition of Thomas Pollock, Administrator unon
’ l '- j'- B-'I'-n ..u-- oi':n- . .j ^
showeth that your petitioner js now about ‘-’xty.threc T'HE undersignedharlngaesrij jjyvl
MR? and Uwt his health is so infirm hVfccfr J- Boad gj, 1
ima|Ml.,v oi rendering that attention tn tin in’ - -• work for hi* band-, w:.. ’ •• • -
•JlJSSft** s constantly demanding, aud further,
r,nMfi C ^ fogive notice of this application in -uch
89 tlua Honorable Court:mav direct.
lnwed to f ?e-irJ 0 |o r P'Htioner prays that he may be *1-
nr nniirJ i , b>3 K ast aforesaid, nttei said citation
"n^}£K£*I e _ b ?? dul -'- publishS, and vour peti-
JAB. A PRINGLE,
I’ctitioLur’s Attorney.
-- uato UUL’U i
tioner will ever pray, £c.
Houston Court or Ordinary, In Vacation,)
. . . Feh. 28th, 1600. |
of al ; ovo RSJgS? . il ia ordered that notice
5JS! application be published In the Macon Tele-ranh
tor the space of two months. By ihe Court. i
JAS. A. PRINGLE,'Petitioner's Attorney
A true extract from, the Minutes, Houston C»>urt of Or-
^ march 2-C0ds -SWIFT, Ordinary.
GRANITE HALL!!
OPP. LANIER HOUSE,
Macon,-.. Gteorgia.
„ « F- DENSE,
(Late of the Floyd Houso,)
March s—w PROPRIETOR.
LETTER FROM CHAS. PH
.Russell Cotn.tr, i
Messrs. Gunby J^Co., Columbus, GeotjU;
'Gents: You ask my opinion of the meets,
mefican Guano as a fertiliser. I have, the J]
used foqr qualities of Guano In the culture2*
ic corn, and to test their fertilising qualitit.
ed thc following plan: In January I broke t;4
in February I broke it up again; the u.:
subsoiled it, then.chccked it off with a Knots*
fleet by five: The land la this, sandy, phr-fm
In thia check I deposited the Guana sat coven! I
earth; over it I dropped the aetdcom,*
ly. On the first acred etsed the American
ond tbe genuine Peruvian, aad tbetkMBmse'ii,
lated, at thc rate of abovtoaehundred andeirktnJ
to the acre, of each kind. The jitHtssSIUrae
acres ta superb, and Is is hird to tell, without 1
measurement, which is the giatert.
Many Intelligent gentlemen h*vei«nmate4 (
mannrwfiirB h American Guano tobe heheit offi.
and I am inclined to this opinion. It wilt t
one hundred bnshclsof shelled com to the,
American Gnano seems to lack amontt, bnlg
must more than nuke np for it in its ]
from this fact It will prove more daribk,^
than the more volatile Peruvian. I 1
stalk of corn manured with the America t
you may judge yourself of Its merits,
not all owing to thc fcrtllirlng qualities ofo*
aa the com is my prolific variety; but who,
mind that no grain crop can be produced ii a
bom a soil wltnout Its specific flood, the J
no must take a large share of thc glory of tb J
Very respectfully, yours,
* .f*. *•* - -. Cnixmfl
LETTER FROM FRANK HAS
. The following valuable and concise tenia
the son of the late Wade Hampton, near <
■Ca.:
_ WoonLsjtn, S. C. Deck
DEan Sir.—Herein I send yon the twrltdu
riment with American Guano. Ithiwitr
sire.
The best evidence I can give cf Dyking
is that I shall make use of it almost otin(f lui
year’s crop. ftirzfl
C. A.L.1
This unrivalled Fci’lUivJ
FOR SALE IN MACOS BT
T. R.’ BLOOM,
feb 2 d2m ^
TO Southern Dealt]
w. A. RANSOM ii
Successors to J. H. Ransom 4 ^
, 32 COURTLAND AND 39 DEY !
Daniel Raxsox, ) (D**ta*|
W. A. Ransom, }■ Now-York, -J F
A. P. Rassox, ) (
itUNUFACTURFEl
WHOLESALE DE.lt
BOOTS & SHOJ
HAVE constantly on hsml a LARGE j
OF FINE and NEGRO GOODS, expre»'|
Southern Trade, which they will sell at 1
market prices for caah or approved 1
Jan, I, I860 - d&wly
DE FOREST, ARMSTRONG.'
DRY GOODS MR
$0 and B2 Chamber St f A
„ or peri
tion and design in fall Madder Colors. 0»|
cheaper than any in market, and me<
sale. Orders promptly attended to.
Groceries and Planters’ 1
HARDEMAN & GS
Cpmer Third Cherry Sts-1
of Groceries to bo found in the State, *
Planters at the lowest prices. The »toek a
amounts of
Gunny Cloth, |.
Haling Twine, Herrings,
Coffee-Java, Porto Rico, RloAshton $ T»bk »
md Laghlra, Well Bucket!,
ick ana Green Tea, Blue Beckett
B. & C. Sugar,
Loaf Sugar,
Black
Ax*
Tubs,
Georg:*
Leveritt
White L—
Tanners'*^
.Castor Oil
Linseed Oil
Lemon SJ* - "
RoseC
1ANU QUgM,
Fine Port Rico,
Liverpool Sfic, .
Alum Salt, - -
Adamantine Candles.
Sperm, “
No 1 Soap,
Family Toilet Soap,
Assorted and Fancy Candy.
Starch, . Sewing
Snuff, English
Kegs of Fowdcr, Worcestershm
Duck shooting Powder Clear Bacon
Shot, : . Hams,
Cig^rariou. brands.
Magnolia & Mt. -Vernon To-White Fi^
bacco, (1 Salmoa.
Osnaburgs abd Stripes Plantation J
Homespun, Bleached, Pine Apple a
Blankets, all prices. Pecan y&k.
Piper's Heldsick Wine,. Brazil >■**
L* Perle Wine. Anderwal
Cabinet Wine, _ Mackerd.
Ginger Jc Blackberry Wire Prime ftw
and Brandy, .PrimefwL
Rye and Com Whiskey. ComSheUM*
Extra old Bourbon, Brooms. ^
Gin, Rum and Brandy, Commoz
Madcria. Port* Sweet Wine, German
I<ondon Dock. Gin* New CwX
Baker A Stoughton Bitters, Blackiae.
Lemon Syrup, CoU“‘’£‘S s
Ale and Porter, ^
Ginger Preserves, Prunes Gronmi Us-w
and FiffL colors.
Assorted Pickles,
feb 1 d-ly
183
PUBLIC
saU
Public Outc-
CM
Fort ;Va!ley, Houston
WEDNESDAYi MAY2>^
a***}
His entire force
all other articles ceccsawT
edfob?SfSitiJS«i»W
i33 Negroes, f /
The SJ Mules are also to** ^ ^
tion. will bef*.
Terms.—Tbe above prnP)W tcJ wilt -
For forther Inforfflrtlffl QbScpfffi
i, orthennJcri.jn^ 5 ’
a eMI ^
Georgetown, Ga., Feb-
fok
. diately to
Jan 81 d * w