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Saturday, April 28th, 1860.
THE CONVENTION.
‘ So for, well.' The Committee, we judge, has
reported an nercptablo Platform, with the con
currence, we /»/*, of a majority of tho Conven
tion. We are' writing upon the information
(meagre enough) conveyed in our first dispatch,
add expect no further news to-night, except
about the progress'of the discussion, which
will liardly bo concluded to-day, and p
not to-morrow. Tho chances for a session into
nest week appear imminent. If there is much
doubt about the result, the Platform will Cer
tainly evoke no small amount of talking from
the Southern delegates. (The fifteen minutes
rule of speaking docs not apply to this topic,
wljich is expressly cxccptcd from its operation.)
lit the great uncertainty,.then, as to the candi
date, the Southern delegates will insist most
strenuously on tho Platform, and fight for a
Special nnti-Squattcr Sovereignty clause, to the
very last
About the nomination, tho talk is as contra
dictory as ever. Of two gontleuien, straight
from the scat of war, to-day, [tho 27th,j one
reports the nomination of Douglas a foregone
conclusion, and the other says be will certainly
be doicated, and that Guthrie, of Kentucky,
will he the nominee, on a Platform affirming
the right of slavo property in the Territories
to the same measure of. protection os is ex
tended to otlicr property. Such an arrangc-
raept would unite the South, and, by a rUiex
iufluenee, rally to its support all the conserva
tism of the North. We believe it would well
nigh annihilate Black Republicanism.
All Hands Waiting for the Platform.
Such arc the advices from Charleston. A
bone is in the Platform Committee's throat,
and they can’t speak out—evidently a hone 01
contention, at that Tho caso oi -“Squatter
Sovereignty vs. Alabama Platform’’ has prob
ably been called, and we hope neither side will
win- A fair Southern man and the old Cin
cinnati Platform would come up to our ideas of
policy and propriety. But as we are only one
among some millions, tho best we can do is to
wail and watch. Wo suppose the battle royal
in committee will be over to-night, and to-mor
row will open with something of interest in the
Convention. It is useless to speculate about
what that is likely to be. The Gossips on the
ground, writing their revelations for the papers
are as wide apart as the polo6—in nothing
jtyx-cd.
How" THE Georgia Delegates Manage
The Chronicle & Sentinel editorially explains
how the Georgia men manage it with their dou
ble delegation. That paper savs: “The Com
mittee refused to admit more than twenty, and
the forty have decided among themselves to go
in, half one day and half the next”.
Tho President's Instructions to It, J.
Walker, Governor of Kansas.
The Covodc investigating committee (one of
tho nnwt exirwinlinwy ii.«titntiAns.ever Started
in a (roe country,) has had before it the lion.
Robert J. Walker, late Governor of Kansas, and
- finally solved the question of the existence of letting down,
that private letter of instructions from the Pres
ident The committee have not only proved
knowledgcmcnt of tho Territorial Sovereignty
doctrines held by that gentleman; but really
.wo can trace nothing of them in it Every non
intervention man concedes the full jurisdiction
of tlie people of a territory over tho question of
slavery when they arc framing a State consti
tution—to deny it, would bo absurd, and it
sectna to us every man ought to hold the right
of a fro* people to a direct vote on the question
. of .accepting h constitution framed by their
•goats. A great deal was said about this while
the Lcoompton Constitution was pending, in its
applicability to that particular case—but of tho
general principle that the sense of the people
should be tested and. accepted to.the fullest ex
tent, both in the formation and adoption of the
fundamental law, it seems to us there cannot be
two intelligent opinions. The only point upon
a question can be raised about tho consistency
of the.Pnsident, >>■ satisfactorily disposed of
in the following from tho Constitution:—
Th« object of tlie Covode inquisition, doubt
less. :o hi voire the President in an inconsis
tency in first bavu g strongly recommended to
the ronventi >n to submit the Lecompton con-
einuiioa, after ics .ormatlon, to tho people of
K ... -uni in afterwards recommending the
adoption ul i!ih constitution to- Congress, al
though it had not then been submitted
Tho convention did act in pursuance of the
advice of the President, so far as to submit the
all-important and absorbing question of slavery
to thp people. About the remaining provi
sions of tho constitution there was never any
contest These the convention declined to sub
mit to the people. The President at no period
over withheld the expression of his earnest de
sire that the constitution should be submitted
to tha people. After the convention had
fuaod to do this, an entirely new question then
trose, namely: should the President disregard
and nullify the constitution framed by the con
vention, and determine not to submit it to Con
gress because they had acted contrary \o his
advice ? This ho could not do with his deep
‘ftfre tl'upon the authority of a mort estimable
lady, and the lovely wife of onodf the leading
gentlemen of Pointe Coupee. '
It is this: That Mm. Maria L. Child, the
would-be sympathizer and nurse of the old ras
cal Brown, had a maiden daughter teaching in
the family of Col Lee, of Mississippi, some years
Ago, who after some ten years’ residence in the
South, became a confirmed invalid, from an cf-
feclion of the spine. Pefoctly unable to assist
herself and disliking to become a pensioner up
on the bounty of the gentleman who had so no
bly assisted her, she wrote to her mother, re
questing her to furnish her with means, and
send or come after and return with her to her
home in Boston. To this letter, and to numer
ous other letters from the same source, Mrs.
Child paid no heed, choosing to falsify all those
humono principles that she has pleaded so elo
quently for old Brown, and clearly showing a
want of the most common affection and human
ity for her daughter.
Furthermore, Col. Leo, upon removing from
the parish in which he resided at the time Miss
Child was taken with this affection of the spine,
a fact, and abundant vouchers ’can be furnished
if necessary. Mrs.. Child appears to have taken
a very strong lesson in buncombe irom Hon.
William II. Seward and his likes, ahd has suc
ceeded admirably in bamboozling tho- learned
die is an important and shining light 1 Ob 1
consistency thou art a jewel”'
HON. T. HARDEMAN
Arrived in town Saturday night, taking ad
vantage of the lull in Congressional affairs, oc
casioned by the Charleston Convention, tocoioe
home on a brief visit We are glad to see be
is looking well, for the time i* coming which,
will tax his onergies.to the utmost In his re
cent speech, delivered .on the 12th instant, he
has pledged himself to support no man for the
Presidency, who is not in favor of Congression
al protection to slavery in the Territories.—■
Now, as wo take it for granted, Mr. Hardeman
is too sensible a man to lie idle or suck his
thumbs, while an eflbrt is being made (not aboqt
protection of slavery in the Territories,) but to
establish a government which shall wield all its
actual, and all possible usurped powers for the.
destruction of slavery—as Mr. Hardeman’s
tood sense will surely not allow him to do this,
lis only alternative, in our judgment, Will be to
run himself as a candidate for the Presidency,
go on his own electoral ticket, and put it
through, might and main.
But if hereafter, in the teeth of this pledge,
we see him running after Bates, Bell, Botts or
Crittenden,- we shall bo forced to considcnt a
defection—a' falling away—a -back-sliding—a
MR. CUSHINGS’ SPEECH.
The following is the brief and eloquent speech
of Hon. Caleb Cushing on taking the Presiden
tial Chair of the Democratic, National Conven
tion .-
Gentlemen of the Convention: I respectfully
tender to you the most earnest expressions of
profound gratitude-for the honor which you
liave this day done me in appointing me to pre
side over your deliberations. It is, however, r
responsible duty imposed, much more than
high honor conferred. In the discharge of that
duty in the direction of business and debate, in
the preservation of order, it shall be my constant
endeavor faithfully and impartially to officiate
here as your minister, and most humbly to re
flect your will In a great deliberative assem
bly lio this, it Is not the presiding officer in
whom the strength resides. It is not his strength
but yours—your intelligence, your sense of or
der, your instinct of self-respect I. rely, gen
tlemen, confidently upon you, not upon myself
for tha prompt and parliamentary despatch of
the business of this Convention.
Gentlemen, you have come here from tiie
upon learning that tho lady could notjbe re- green hills ofthc Eastern States—from the rich
moved from her bed, provided in the articles of States of the imperial centre—from the sun-
sole of his premises, that board and a room be lighted plains of tho South—irom the fertile
furnished and appropriated to the sole usoof States of the mighty basin of tho Mississippi—
this lady, during her natural Kb; that she fr ora the golden shores of tho distant Oregon
should have the use of a servant, and be provid- and .California—[loud cheers]—you have come
ed with au annuity of some two or three hund- hither in the exercise of the highest functions
red dollars. This was all voluntanly upon the 0 r a free people, to participate, to aid in tho se-
part of tho gentleman. Mrs. Maria L. Child of lection of the future rulers of the Republic.—
Boston, the wouljl-bc enthusiast and abolition You do this as the representatives of tho Demo-
sympathiser, has indcod most nobly repaid the .cratic party—of that great party of tho Union,
noble kindness of CoL Lee. • This statement is whose proud mission it has been, whoso proud
mission it is, to maintain tlie public libcrtii
to reconcile popular freedom with constituted
order—to maintain tho sacred, reserved rights
of the sovereign States—[loud and long contin
ued' applatlscj—to stand, in a word, the perpet-
ones of tho Athens City’with her affected Sytn-. ual sentinels on the outposts of the Constitution,
patliy for Old Brown. ... [Cries of “that’s the talk,’’ and food cheers.]—
Bring out the facts, and show the'really, con- Ours, gentlemen, is the motto inscribed on that
servative people of the North (and I know there scroll in the hands of tho monumental statue of
are many) the true character and purpose of the great statesman of South Carolina, “Truth;
that class of agitators, and radical reformers tq Justice, and the Constitution.” [Loud cheers.}
which Mrs. Child balongn, and among whom Opposed to us are those who labor to overthrow
ADJOURNED.
there was such a letter, but liave produced it The New York Legislature adjourned last. Tups,
from their witness, and it is now a sufject of - “
from their witness, and it is now a sulject of I jay. They passed a negro suffrage hill, but the
much curiosity among the politicians. i\ c re- personal liberty bill was “dropped"—at least, we
produce it in another column. On the part judge so from seeing no mention of it among
of the Douglas men, Jt is^ held as^ a^formal ac- tj,c acts. As to negro suffrage, that -is - their
exclusive concern—every man is - entitled to
choose his own companions and associates. It
is a matter of taste, and the taste of New "York
ers seem to run on mixod colors. * . • *
.Vo/a Berta. This Legislature.consisted, ac
cording to the Tribune Almanac, of'4C Demo
crats and 111.Black Republicans—but such is
the notorious reeking, corruption of jts actings M
and doings, that the Tribune of last Wednesday
styles it “an atrocious confederacy of public
robbers'"—and calls upon the people to “ firm
ly resolve that New York shall never look up-
its like again.” Now that same Black Re
publicanism is destined to be the controlling
power of the Federal Government in event of a
Black Republican success in 1360. just as sure
ly as they shall be able to get ana keep hold., of
it—no matter under what nominee. Why-th'cy
will steal the very nails out of liberty’s cof
fin.
the Constitution, under the false and insidious
iretcnce <5f supporting it; those who are aim-
ng- to produce in this country a permanent sec
tional conspiracy—a traitorous sectional con
spiracy of one half of tho States of tlie Union
against tho other half; those, who, impelled by
the stupid and half insane spirit of faction and
fanaticism, would hurry our land on to revolu-
tion and to civil war; those, jho-banded ene
mies of the Constitution,.it -is.the part—the
high and noble part'of the Democratic party qf
the Union to -withstand; to striko down and
to conquer! Aye! tliat is our part, and, we
will do it - In the name of our dear country,
with. tlie help of God we will do it [Loud
cheers.] Aye, we will- do it, for gentlemen,
officers of tlie Convention, and then the Chair
will call upon you for such motion and proposi
tions as may.be in order before the Conventon.
[Appiansc.] -• - - •- -
Tux* Christian Index.—We learn that the
publication Committee have elected Rev. Sam'l.
Botkin to the editorial control of the Christian
Index.- - - -•
ti» increasing infirmity of Rev. Mr. Walker’s
eyes rendering it, !n hie Judgment prudent to
suspend his connection with the press; he lias
transferred the-Champion list to the Index,
and discontinued the former yesterday.
Mr. Walker is deservedly a popular editor
with the Baptist denomination. Few men wield
a better pen. lie Is a strong;' intelligent; argu
mentative and often an eloquent writer.
Mr. Boykin has already the benefit of consid
erable editorial avpencnq? on Uto Index, and
brings to his task a zealous industry which is,
after ail, the great condition of success.
We trust the time-honored old Baptist orgmi
will thrive with oven greater vigor under nis
management ' *•
Atlanta, As a Si mses Resort.—The “Amer
ican” presents the claims of .Atlanta as a tra
cause they did not think proper to follow his
advice. In his message to Congress of tho 6th
of December, 1853, lie employs the following
‘Tt^nTtruc that, as an individual I had ex
pressed an opinion, both before and during the
session of-the convention, in iiivor of submitting
the remaining clauses of tho constitution, as
well as that concerning slavery, to the people.
Bui acting in an official character, neither my-
Beif nor any human authority had the power to
re-judge tho proceedings oftbo convention, and
declare the constitution which it had framed, to
Xe a nullity. To have done this, would have
been a violation of tho Kansas and Nebraska" 4
act, which left tho ‘pcoplo of Uio Territory per
fectly free to form and regulate their domestic
'institutions in their own way, subject only to
the constitution of the United States.’ It
would equally have violated the great principle
of popular sovereignty, at the foundation of our
institutions, to deprive the pcoplo of tho power,
if they thought proper to exercise il of confid
ing to delegates elected • by themselves, the
trust'of framing a constitution, without requi
ring' them to subject their constituents to the
trouble, expense, and delay of a second elec
tion. It would have been in opposition to ma
ny precedents in our history, commencing in
tho very best ago of the republic, or the admis
sion of Territories as States into the Union,
without a previous vote of the people approv
ing their constitution.”
Modern Philanthropy Illustrated.
The following baa been handed to us for
imWieatfon, and if true, which we have nO rea-
io„ to doubt, only illustrates what we believe
to be a nearly universal foci to-wit: that the
whole posse of abolition- fanatics are as des
titute of -the milk of human kindness, as
they eharge the slaveholder to- be. Ger-
rit Smith is said to be a liberal whole hearted
man and they have made him bleed freely;
hot ’for the rest of the pack, a mcaner-soulcd
-and more brutal crew cannot be found. If they
were slavo owners, they have indicated their
eodbfd In some of tho creatures of their own'
feney.
■*Aml who should be surprised at such a de
claration Of fcet ? True charity is a meek, for
bearing, forgiving, unobtrusive virtue. She
has po use for maledictions, Sharpe’s Rifles, or
Brown’s Bikes;'and your curling, slaying, ab
olition bigot is just as fit an exponent of her
spirit, asthc conquering Moslem was of Chris
tianity.’ The Turk imbruted himself in the
dissemination of truth and the law of love, (as
he understood it,) and your fanatical abolition
ist, w a veritable demon with his philanthropy.
Mrs. Child wanted to fly to the h^dsnto of the
wounded assassin, John Brown, in the very
spirit of this false philanthopy—not in truth to
do a work qf mercy, but to gain tlie notoriety
of identifyhig her name with the Brown raid.
But when true humanity, nay, the natural
S romptings of parental affection, appeal to her
i behalf of a rick daughter, they appealed in
vain—because there was no eclat m nursing an
afflicted effild. Mrs. Childs illustrates her
class. •
“A Daughter or Mrs. Maria L. Child in
Tint Soctii—How she was Treated.—Whilst
traveling through Pointe Coupee parish, a short
time since, (says a correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayune,) I learned of an event con
nected with old Ossawnttomio Brown which 1
think should be published, and accordingly 1
tiring place, founded on the analysis of her
mineral waters by the learned Dr. Stohns—the
ft^ fenUo advilc the members of S conven- towns “departing and arfrv.ng.con
tfoTor a legislative body to act in a particular stontiy”-tlie -first dass hotels’-cheap mer-
manner*but it is another and quite different chandize-and the “pleasure of fash.onabj
thing for him to annul their lawful action be-
city society.” Our friend might have added
one more, and a crowning consideration—the
sea-breezes—Mr. “ Amcrican l ”'the sea-breezes !
These delightful, cooling winds,, which liave
kissed a thousand briny loam-caps on the bosom
of the broad Atlantic, will, now that Atlanta is
a Port of Entry, come whirling and eddying
through'her narrow streets ventilating those
crowded hotels, and bearing their precious
health restoring bounties to the wan cheek and
wasted fomrof the visitor from interior. towns. :
ph from
III man Sacrifices.—A news paragraph Ir
tho African squadron, elsewhere published,'
forms us that the King'of Dahomey oflora hu
man sacrifices every day—“sometimes a hfin-
dred at a time.” Now,.if these barbarities afp
thp rcsultof the active measures of the British
and American governments in suppressing the
slave trade, which have rendered his sable
jesty’s subjects of so little value in bis eyes, it
may weH be doubted whether it is worth while
to keep up the “African squadron.”
Right of Property ly African Slaves.—*
Tho United States Circuit Court for the South
ern District of Alabama, in tbo caso of Gerald
and others, indicted for the purchase of slaves
illegally imported from Africa, lias rendered a
decision, tho main point of which is thus »to-
tod:—
Staves being by the Constitution placed on
precisely the same fooling-as. other property,
the federal jurisdiction extends over them in
precisely tho same manner and to the same ex-
tcnl but no more tlian over all other property.
Thus, so long as unbroken merchandise arrives
in unbroken bulk, the federal jurisdiction ex
tends over it f but so soon ns the cargo is bro
ken and tho merchandise dispersed among the
several purchasers, it can only be reached by
S recess of tho State courts. Ilcncc, whatever
iws Congress may enact against the original
importer of African slaves, they cannot be made
to apply to tho purchaser who acquired the
property within the limits and by the laws of
an individual State.
Slaveiiolding in New York.—There seems
to be a negro held in bondage in this State.—
The Fishkill Journal states that at Hackensack,
Dutchess county, a smart, likely begro, about
35 years of age,* has entered into bonds with
Mr. Jackson Diddle, to the effect tliat the negro
is tq serve the said Diddle during life, and. Did
dle is to support the negro. The parties seem
well satisfied with the arrangement and the ne
gro boasts that be would not exchange his.prc-
sent for his former situation for anything.
CP" Where is Greeley ? .Where is Mr. Sew
ard ?
The Last Rescue Case in Massachusetts in
dicates that the negroes are extending their ju-.
risdiction in that quarter. Tho Captain of a
vessel from the Sandwich Islands, at New Bed
ford, had brought home a little native orphan
girl °f seven years old, to educate her, and
was about starting home with his charge, when
tho cars were beset by a negro mob and the lit
tle girl kidnapped. Great is tho indignation of
the whites; bul as they liave regularly in
stalled a free negro government in Southern
runaway matters, Cuffec should be pardoned
for extending his jurisdiction a little.
The OmiANTZATIOTC-'-nic election o/Otnh
■ng, it seems, was nol as first regarded, .a
Douglas victory.- The following was the vote
of the States in Committee on -.tho nomination
of a permanent presiding Officer :—
Meeting of the Committee on Permanent .Or
ganisation—Tlie Committee on Permanent
Organization met at half past 5 o’clock on Mon
day afternoon, at the Room'of tlie Kentucky
Delegation, in'thc Mills House. Twenty-eight
Delegates were' present
The Committee-organized by electing Mr.
John'Ccssna, of Pennsylvania, Chairman, and
Mr. John F. Francis, of Rhode Island, Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Wilson, of South Carolina,
it was
Resolved, That a majority vote of'all the
Committee should be required to elect the per
manent President of the Convention.
lion. Caleb Cushing, of Mass. Thomas B.
Flournoy, of Ark. and Wm. B. Wright of Pa.
were nominated by their respective friends.—
The vote was then taken by States.
Mr. Cushing was voted for by the following
States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts,. New
Jersey. 'Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Cali
fornia, Oregon and New York—17.
Mr. Flournoy voted for by—Maine, Vermonl
Rhode Island, Connccticul Missouri, Indiana^
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Arkansas and Minne
sota—11. _
Mr. Wright was voted for by Pennsylvania. 1
Mr. Cushing was thereupon declared nomin
ated, Anu uu motion vr »i.. u_.i.. s t c m-.
nois, seconded by Mr. Pennington, of Delaw ixe,
the nomination was made unanimous.
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER
The following is a copy of Mr. Buchanan’s
celebrated letter to Robert J. Walker, Esq.,
when Governor of Kansas. It was brought
oat by tho examination of Mr. Walker and Mr.
E. B. Schnabel before the Covode investigating
committee on Wednesday:
Washington, July 12,1857.
My Dear Sir:—I duly received your letter
of the 28th ult, on Friday lasl and read it. to
the Cabinet then in session. The views which
it contained were not calculated to assure us of
J our success, though we did not despond.—
[cnee you may-judge with what satisfaction
we received an account of tho proceedings of
the National Democratic Convention, held at
Lecompton on the 3rd inst The point on which
your own success depends is the submission of
the constitution to the people of Kansas; and
by the people I mean, and I have no doubt you
mean the actual bona tide residents, who have
been long enough in tho Territory to identify
themselves with its fotc. The Legislature de
termined three months as tho period of resi
dence to entitle individuals to vote for mem
what an extent tho depleting process has al- J CREDIT AND COLLECTIONS LAA>.
ready been carried ? And in view of tho gen The Comer Slone says: Several years ago,
oral apathy which our people manifest upon the : wc wrote several articles—and we thought they
subjecl what would have been his alarm at a were strong and sensible—in favor of abolishing
“®“* #fc *** > “‘“ I Hi * laws for the collection of debts; but not find-
state of facts unprecedented in the history of
any other nation ? Wc are robbing the soil of
its very elements of vitality. We are pursuing
a course of drastic, almost barbarous depletion.
Millions of acres, but yesterday rich, are to-day
sterile, and bleak desolation reigns over them.
And the process of ruin goes steadily on una
bated, never eliciting athought from the many,
never met by a protest from any large-hearted
sympathizer with nature, or political cconomisl
who must see in it the certain presage of evils
neither few nor small. No warning - voice
is uplifted against the impoverishing, cru
el system.. The slumber is profound, and
almost universal, and as extraordinary as
profound. It is the sure index of national de
cay. . Unless arrested, tho evil will prove the
certain harbinger of national weakness, pover
ty and .want From the soil comes our nation
al and individual wealtlu Destroy its vitality,
or its general productiveness, and a blight as if
a plague Iiad passed over the land will rest up-
here rf toe convention, and if the convention on it Better, a thousand times better, sink
should think proper to adopt the same, period every mine it contains in the depths of the ocean
to entitle individuals to vote for or against the than to destroy the elements of life, in the bos-
constitution, it appears to me tins would be 0 m of our mother earth. Better that our ships
reasonable. On the question of submitting the should rot at their wharves, and the music of
constitutimt to the bona fido residents of Kan- every mill in the country should cease, than to
sas, I am willing to stand or folL It m the pnn- permit tho soil of our fields to become sterile.
ciplcof the Kansas-Nebraska bill tho pnnei- xh cn indeed would the land mourn, and the
pie of popoular sovereignty, and the principle people would mourn with it
at the foundation of all popular government I„ New England the product of wheat fell off
The more it is discuased the stronger it will be- i n ten years from 1840 fifty per ccnl from two
come. . Should the convention of Kansas adopt I million bushels to one million, and the decline
this principle, all will be settled harmoniously; has been going on since. It may perhaps be
and, vnththeblossing of Providence, you will said , that tho soil being naturally barren in
return triumphantly from your arduous, fto- New England, the people have taken to manu-
portankand responsible station. The strictures facturing from preference, as more profitable.—
of the Georgia and Mississippi conventions will
then pass away, and be speedily forgotten.
In regard to Georgia, our news from that
State is becoming better every day. We have
not yet had time to hear much from Mississip
pi. Should you answer the resolution of the
atter, I would advise you to make the great
principle of tlie submission of the constitution
to the*bona fide residents of Kansas conspicu
ously prominent On this you will be irre
sistible. Witli the question of climate, every
person is acquainted, and the more you insist
upon this, the' more will our opponents urge
that we are violating tho -principle of non-in
terference at the foundation of.tlie Kansas apd
Nebraska bill. It is Strange that people at a
distance; who have no practical acquaintance
with the condition or Kansas, should undertake
U> be wiser than those on tlie spot' It is be
yond all question the-true policy to build up a
g/eat democratic party there to maintain tlie
constitution and tho laws, composed of pro-sla
very and free State democrats, and if the ma-
we will not distrust ourselves; we will not dc- jority. should be against slavery, to obtain such
spair of the genius of our country; we will con- constitutional provisions as will secure the
tinue to reposp with dndoubting faith in the eights of slaveholders in Missouri and other
good Providenceof Almighty God. [Loud ap- -States,- and maintain all the laws guarding Jhe
plausoi . - just rights of the South.
Gentlemen, I will not fongeV detain you froin You are right in your-conjecture as to the
the important business of' the Convention.— cause of Judge W ljliams appointment Me
Allow mo. a few moments for tho pu'rposo of MPP««d it wouW be peculiarly acceptable to
completing tiie arrangements with, the elected joursdf.and that he might aid in. carrying out
DELEGATION MEETINGS.
. The Charleston Mercury of Monday oaya:
A’number of del»g«»*;°ii meetings were held on
Saturday evening, of which -wc have made the
following notes: ■ * .
The Indiana delegation held a meeting at the
Hibernian Hall, Dr. Reed presiding. J. Smith
Gavitt was chosen Chairman of the delegation;
Governor-Dunning, Committee on Platform,
and Isaac C. Elstcn nominated.es a Vice Ercs-
ident of the National Conventiori.-
Tho Ohio Delegation held a meeting in TJ i-
banian Ilall, George W. .McCook presiding.—
II. B. Payne was chosen Committee on Pint-
form ; George W. Ilouk, Committee on Rules
and Permanent Organization,' and Wells A.
Hatching, Committee on' Convention and Na
tional -Committee.
The Pennsylvania delegation hchl a meeting
on board the Keystone State, Hon. Wm. Bigler
presiding. lion’ John L. Dawson was chosen
Chairman of the Delegation. II.-B. Wrighl
Committee on Platform, and John Cessna,
Committee on organization of the National Con
vention. .
The Illinois delegation field a meeting at-their
headquarters in Hibernian Ilall, Gen. McCon
nell presiding. Col. W. A. Richardson was olio-
sen Chairman of the delegation, and a commit
tee of three was chosen to confer with other
delegations.
A inass meeting of the Northwestern delpipr-
tiohs was held at Hibernian Hall. Gen. Mc
Connell, of Illinois, presided. On taking the
Chair,' he made a brief speech.
Hon. George E. Pqgb, of Ohio, in resporisc
to a cal], said the Democracy of the Northwest
came here to support tho nomination of the
Convention, with no contingency, of platform
your policy..
Col Camming lias been appointed Governor
of Utah. This will canse-his place to be vacant
after the frief peiiod required for settling up his
business^ and T certainly shall be disposed to
Up U ty ttfppointniciit of Mr. Stevens.
Gen. Harney' lias been ordered to command
the expedition to Utah, but we must continue
to have him with you, at least until you are out
of the woods. Kansas is vastly more important
at the preeeut moment than Utah. The pres
sure upon mo continues without intercession.—
I pray that Divine Providence, in which I place
my trusl may graciously .preserve my life and
my health until the end of my term. But God’s
will be .done, in any event . ..
With every sentiment of esteem, I remain al
ways sincerely your friend, ’ Buchanan. .
CHARLESTON CONVENTION CLIPPINGS.
The ?/ew' York Delegations.—The vote on
tlie minority repdrf proposing to. admit'both
the New York delegations on an equal footing
stood 210 to 55. Of the non-slaveholding
States cveyy- one was cast against it except three
and a half from California. Of tho Southern
votes Virginia voted ten no, three and a half
aye. ' Squth Carolina- voted eight no, which
was received with hisses from all .parts of the
HalL North Carolina - divided, no 5, yes -4
Tennessee, yes 9, no 3; Missduri, 7 no, L yes
Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Kentucky, voted
no; Georgia,.Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Texas, voted yes.
The Platfoim and Douglas.—Tho Chronicle
&- Sentinel correspondent says:
It is very probable, that if nothing else will
satisfy the South, tlie North will yield the plat
form, and get tho.candidate as usual—give us
the shadow, while they take the sjibs^j
self before the Northern public if hcacocpts the
nomination on a Southern platform, but a Doug
las man tells me to-day that he lias seen the
Judge within a few days, and he is willing to
take any platform the Convention may choose
to make—but he will probably take it as Sena
tor Toombs said Gen. Scott took the platform
of 1852, cum oriere. If the Douglas roen-do fi
nally grant the platform to get the candidate,
of course it effectually closes the mouths of tho
Southern Rights'Democracy.
Temper of the. Wood Delegation.—The Sa
vannah News "correspondent says:
The Wood delegation met this afternoon at
St. Andrew’s Hall. They were' addressed by
lion. Fernando Wood, who appealed to his fel
low-delegates to sustain tlie nomination of the
Convention whatever action it might.take in
reference to their claims to seats as delegates.
He pledged himself- to support the nominee of
the Convention to the full extent of his inllu-
Douglas'. Chances.—The same authority-
says: . * - - - ' - *
It is the popular opinion tliat Douglas’ chances
Presidency on .shy ticket, and it is the opinion
now that Mr. Orr, of this State, will be put on
the ticket with Douglas.
A “Position” -well Defined.—The Evening
Journal, an independent and ably conducted
newspaper in Philadelphia, having been charg
ed with “locofoooism,” replies as follows:—
Ours is the “flag of the Union,” and 'under it
we shall fight sectionalism and abolitionism, no
matter what false and specious names they may
assume, just as long as wc liave strength and
liTc to strike a blow-for tlie whole country and
or candidate. When they enter upon this con-1 its Constitution, against tho domestic and
test With whatever platform tho Convention foreign foes of both. We wiUfight them with a
may adopl they not only draw the sword, but! Constitutional Union party, if wo can; bul
The Iowa City Reporter says: -It is estima
ted that not less than nine thousand men wiil
leave l>ma tliis season fur the 1’ike's Peak rc-
gioa
throw the scabbard away.' The Northwest has
no controversy with the Convention; they have
only" their duty to. perform, to obey their con
stituents by voting for him who is- their first
choice.
Gen. Lmdcr, of Illinois, Mid,
serve the Democratic party in tho Free States,
as much far the sake of the South as for any
other purpose. He was bom in a slave -State,
raised in a slave State ; his proclivities were
nil with the slave States. The people of Illi
nois were the bulwark ol' the Nurth-wcsl and
cart tender tho pledge of a foith never broken.
If tho Democracy of tho Union give'them-tlie
flag, they will'bear it to victory. He hoped
his Democratic friends from tho North-west
would bear in mind that they came here to meet
no enemies; -they came to meet friends.
Mr. Cofforth and another delegate from Penn
svlvania, .made earnest speeches- . hfr. John
Ryan, of Indiana, Gov. Gorman, of Minnesota,
Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin, also addressed the
meeting.
The hall was densely crowded, and the speak
ers frequently interrupted by outbursts of ap
plause.
Of the New York steamer delegation the Her
ald says: . - '
A number of ladies leaning against tiie taff-
rail of the steamer, exchangedjaniles and signs
with tho people on shore, as the vessel, was
about to leave, and appeared to bo quite well
known to every one except the reporter of the
Herald. The names of the lair ones did not
appear on the list of passeogors; .but attached
to the names of many gentlemen were the words
“and t friend"—thus: , “and friend”
—which, when tho presence of the ladies was
known, folly accounted for the entries on the
; lasscngcr list Tho Evening Post states as a
i acl that a prominent Federal officer, who left
for Charleston day before yesterday, takes witli
him $100,000, to operate against John Slidell
who is said to be operating with like arguments
against Douglas.
when that foils, wc will fight them with the
next best party that we can find. Our opposi
tion to the Black Republicans is absolute and
uncompromising. Wc will make no terms and
enter into no league with it ' We are bound,
»c I'm- ol- wo are ahip, to resist and combat il as
we did four years ago, and as we have done ever
since; and if the necessities of tho ca6c should
leave us no alternative, wc Will do all tliat wo
can, and ask conservative men to do all that
they am, in co-operation with the Democratic
parly, to crush oul utterly and forever, tho
most mischievous and infomous (action tliat ever
disturbed the peace and injured tlie prosperity
of tho country. And we shall do this, not that
wc love the Democratic party, bul because wc
dislike and distrust it less than wc dislike and
distrust those whose only purpose is agitation
and whose only idea is tlie negro.
This is tho right kind of talk. There are
thousands of .sick Republicans, who can ho
longer be beguiled with the idea thal in main
taining the principles of-that party, they are
contending for the Constitution. That is a
paradox too glaring, in the light of these latter
days. They can now do no better than co-op
erate with the Democrats for tho overthrow of
that greal but plausible heresy, which lias gain-
ed sucli power in the land.
But in Georgia imd tho comparatively new
States of Kentucky,' Tennessee and Alabama,
much of whose soil is naturally rich, the foiling
off iq the production of wheat in the time men
tioned 1ms been still more striking. Tlie yield-
fell off from twelve million bushels to five in a
single"decadc. Tho decrease in the great wheat-
producing State of New York has been equally
great In.’45 the crop was more than thirteen
million bushels, while last year it had «'
down to six. Nothing but the extra
rrowfh of' the. great Northwest -has kept the
price "-of flour from doubling.' Rut the great
Northwest is undergoing precisely the same
process ofdepletion, and will at po distant pe
riod exhibit tho same result of diminished crops.
It takes but a comparatively short time to
draw the elemonts of vitality from the soil, up
on tho present principles of cultivating il and
when this is done, the farmer moves, to a still
“new country,” and subjects his fields to (he
Same plundering system. That system is a
fiery scourge, and it leaves behind it only drea
ry and black desolation—dilapidated fences and
walls, forsaken hovels and smoking ruins, the
mournful mementoes of the ignorance, indiffer
ence and short-sighted, munlerous policy by
which such results were brought about These
will constitute, largely, tho- inheritance of the
coming generation. ' . • .. -
.We have instanced only a single item to
show the exhausting nature of the present sys
tem of agriculture. We might were it neces
sary,, instance otlicr crops as illustrations of tiie
same truth. The diminution is not referable
to a reduced quantity of land sown, but to a
reduction of yield per acre. But for the quan
tity of new lands every year brought under
cultivation, this decline of agricultural products
would be exhibited in a more startiing light.-—
IIow many “old fiolds” are Ihere even in Loui
siana, Mississippi and Alabama, where cotton
opce grew, but \vhich will not now pay for cul
tivation ? , * " .
Probably this evil is' growing more .steadily
and rapidly and generally in the South than in
aqy other part -of the country. W'e\think so
because there is actually no attention paid to
tlie replenishing of the soil, as compensation
for what is taken from il . in any .part of the
South. There may bo exceptional cases where
this is done, but they arc too few and unimpor
tant to be taken into account whqn speaking of
general results. This ought not so to be. It
is a potent causo.of weakness. .It is dangerous.
It is springing a mine beneath our prosperity,
anil doing it so Secretly and noiselessly that we
seem not to be aware of what is going on. Let
us not be called false alarmists. Let the facts
oU the next census speak, as speak they- will,
and trumpet-tongued to us. Tho South is now
relatively decaying; and it is to this exhaust
ive system of agricultural sterility, to this ab
sence of artificial compensation and internal re
generation and improvements, to tlie direction
of tlie public attention away from these really
momentous questions of home policy, and to
wards political abstractions, and to these only,
that we must look for the true reasons of our
comparative decline. Let the Southern people
look these truths in the face, and act in the lull
fii$y fifty expecl Af ere Ion":, not only’to be dis
tanced in the road to wealth and grandeur, but
to sink down into utter insignificance and ab
ject poverty. We repeat that we arc no false
alarmists; but tlie hand is writing unmistaka
bly upon tho wall, as the figures it is uiaking
conclusively show, and lie is as blind as a bat
whocannotsecit The impending dilapidation
may be averted, and ought .to be. But it can
not be, and will not be, without a united and
vigorous and prolonged effort, and unless wc
turn our attention from the exclusive considera
tion of politics. The Southern people will nev
er apply themselves energetically to remedial
measures till tlie latter arc generally and folly
considered, and their necessities perceived; and
this is impossible so-long as mere political ab
stractions fillcomplctely Jhc public vision.
ing any help from any quarter, wo passed the
subject over, for the time being. We are very
glad to sec that there are others at the bead of
the Press who entertain the same opinions—
not that we expect that it will result in any
immediate reform on this subject, but tliat it is
an evidence that there is a tendency to improve-
mcnl and that there are those who arc not
afraid to entertain and express opinions op
posed to old prejudices and usages.
Many well-meaning men think that the re
peal of laws for the collection of debts would
destroy the credit system. This is a great mis
take, of whicli they will bo satisfied by reflect
ing how small a portion of the credits are given
in reference to tlie laws for collecting debts.
There is not one dollar in a million of the in
debtedness of the country which is contracted
upon that principle.
There is, firsl the indebtedness of the banks:
no man takes a bank bill liocause he thinks he
can collect it by law. No matter how strong
the assurance you may give him,'that the bank
issolvcnl and tliat the note can bo collected by
law, if he.even suspects he will have tosuo' il
he will not take it This constitutes- a very-
large amount of the debts of the country—sev
eral hundred of millions of dollars.
Then there arc the debts of the people to the
Banks. No matter how solvent the makers of
a note or a bill of exchange may be, no Bank
will ever take one, if the officers believe they
will have to sue it in order to get tho money.
This is several hundreds of millions qf dollars
more.
-There are the debts of the merchants to each
other. All the wealthiest men in Columbus,
may give a man letters of credit to New- York
or any where else, stating that be is perfectly
solvent, and tliat they will be responsible for
the ultimate payment of the debts ho may con-
tracl but he will not pay until he is sued and
he cannot bny a dollars worth of goods at fair
pricey—but let one of those men give him a
letter stating that he is a business man, honest
industrious and prompt without means, but in
his opinion entirely worthy of confidence and
credit and he can buy as many goods-as he'
wants, upon-as good terms as any body. Here
is another large intern of indebtedness which
has no reference to the law—and none of these
would be contracted if they had to depend 'up
on the law for their collection. In short, men
very seldom give credit where they are certain
they will have to.sue, and when they do, they
are sure to add.to the pricer accordingly,, so as
I o make it rather a shaving speculation than a Co *-
legitimate credit
- The repeal of the laws for the collection of
debts wotiM not only destroy the credit sys
tem; but'would divest it of tlie evils which now
attach to it
WESTERN CORN.
The Mail complains of tho quantify of West
ern Corn brought tp Montgomery, and thinks
there will be trouble enough for Com next year
among the Alabama planters. So there will be
in Georgia, unless a kind providence interferes
and gives tho Planters a double crop. Com
will pay better than Cotton, if wo are not mis
taken—and we shall be glad to discover the
mistake.
Cool Weather.—The weather, for the past
few days, has been very cool—chilly. Wc have
seen over-coats, in plenty, early in the morning
and after sunset We understand a pri vate let
ter. Irom Wliitiiehl county (near tho Tennessee
line,) speaks of a heavy hail storm in the vi-
cinity of Tunnel Hill, last Tuesday. Very pos
sibly wo may hear of damage to fruits and
crops, from lrostj in Northern Georgia.
The Vera Cruz correspondent of tlie" New
Orleans Picayune writes that Mr. McLane, our
Minister, received a cordial reoeption on his re
turn to tliat -city, and tliat tbo other foreign
ministers intend to invite him to join them in
an effort to brine about peace between the
two factions in Mexico.
Fruit Cuors in the West.—The Cincinna
ti Gazette has favorable reports of the fruit
crops throughout the.West Fruit crops of all
kinds, peach excepted, in certain localities,
were in vigorous blossom, and the weather re
markably favorable.
Correspondence ol the Daily Telegraph.
SUICIDE.
. * Clinton, April 23d, 18G0.
Mr. Clisby .-—John, the slave oi Samuel
Griswold,' who was sentenced to be branded
and imprisoned, by Judge Harris, for striking
and stabbing'a. white man, hung himself in
our 'jail on Saturday afternoon. He fastened a
strip of cloth around his neck and over a-hinge
of the jail door inside and deliberately choked
himself to death,-for Jiis knees were on the
floor of the jail and he had to hold up his foct
in order to suspend himself at all.
3IAB1UED,
On tho evening of the 23th inst., by tho Her. II. II.
Parks« Dr. P. O. C'asticn and Miss Kpple M., daughter of
P. E. Bowdre, all of this city.
child of P.
months.
DIED,
on the 16th inst., George Barton, eldest
H. E. Oliver, aged three years and two
W. J. AVtui
•Dental SutpL
The New York cocre^dent
tte Academy of Manic, mt*: ’ peak «5of;^
Laura Keene's brigade failed I
^thooniy^d-s^gh
Suburban'll-
FOR SAIF ^
T OFFER for sale, on accommodai;!: ’
1 donee adjoining the citv of JIsemTl 0 * -■
very comfortable, and has forty, two?,:,, ’bfci
nexed, on which there is a will of 2
fruit for home and foreign confuranti^ 1 1*nJ
sents unusnal advantages. There
the farm of rich alluvial land. iv r 3
place are invited to examine thenS^^
Macon, April 14, lSfi(MlAn-5m‘ N '' XCV
SPLENDID PLANl£T|j
T HE subscriber offers for sale hi* ■
ty, fiwa miles from Macon, andfL.Y'V
villc, a quarter of a mile from the if.® 5
Railroad, and the.same distance from th'
Macon and Augusta Road. The,
00 cleared, and the remainder well
pine, convenient to both lines of Epi-Vi.
April 21-wtf SOLOMONife.;
es-lA-ielies caAtv
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LAND BUY]
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X sals two valuable COTTON p£f\
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nore, ago SO
The Vole in Convention.—Excluding- Kan-
sas—which, if admitted during tho present Ses
sion of Congress, "will be entitled to 3 votes in
the Electoral College—there are 33. States in
tho Union, giving 303 Electoral votes. Thisjs
the number entitled to vote for the Candidate
to. be nominated at Charleston,' - though the
number of delegates elec ted and in attendance
will bo 606, or double .tiie number of voters.—
The number of voting delegates being, as above'
stated. 303. a majority is, of course, 102, and
two thirds is 202. Of tiie Electoral or Conven
tional vote, the fifteen Southern or Slavehold
ing States give 120, and tho eighteen Northern
States 183. Our readers may calculate for
themselves and speculate to their hearts’ con
tent about the chances of this or that man in
Convention—we shall not
of Dropsy and Erysipelas, Beddicl
years. - • , \
On the 13Ui inst.*, at Woodlawn, the residence of her
father, near Richmond, in this State, in the 22d year of
her agd, Mrs. PaallmT C. Field, youngest daughter of
Col. William Kodes, and wife of Col. C.l. Field, of Boli
var, Miss. . •' ...
* This announcement will be received with profound
sorrow by an extensive and wide-spread circle of admir
ing and loving friends. So many hearts have seldom
been wounded by a single shaft.. *
■'* Fort Valley, Ga., April 21st, 18G0.
After a painfh! affliction of about 20 years, departed
this life, at his residence, ih Richland District, S. €., on
the 30th of March, I860, Mr J. E. Davis, in his forty-first
year, leaving many frjends and relations to mourn his
.bleloss. The fibre of hisMfe has been almost
. moral _
extinct from. Die ravages of disease, for many years,
but he indulged in hope, thinking that, perchance, he
Grapes from Cuttings.—I send you the fol
lowing remarks on .the propagation of grape
Vines from Cuttings, which may be done with
very little trouble:
Have a box two feet high, and about two and
a half feet wide—tho length as you.require—-
fill half-full of well pulverized soil—prepare
the cuttings with three eyes—cut smooth be
low the bottom one—place them in a slanting
position, with the last bud just above the soil—
take six-penny white cotton cloth, naiTtightly
over the box—give warm soft water freely eve
ry evening—place the box in a sunny nook,
and in a few weeks your box will be filled with
grape vines ready for -potting or planting in
borders.
From one who is experimenting on the cul
ture of the vine in a small green-house in sum
mer, and in the cellar through the winter.—
Country Gentleman.
might foil upon - some potent drag, heretofore hidden
from the ken of science, that would oraec np his shat
tered constitution, and lengthen ont his life to a good
old age. Bat. alas, his hope departed, and folding his
weak and feeble arms, he waited with patience the ter
ror bf death, finally yielding np his life with a hope of a
blessed immortality. As a father, he always had an eye
to the fcturc prosperity of his children. As a master,
he was Idolized.
Mr. J. E. . Davis waa a Georgian by nativity, but a
South Carolinian by emigration; he moved thither to
E rocurc a liberal iortnno for himself and fomily, which
e was doing very rapidly at the time of his death. Dot
God, who rules both lleavcn and earth, has cut the brit
tle thread of life. Inscrutable arc the ways of Provi
dence. . . B. FAGAN.
FOJEl
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rooms, and several email ones, larsre hall
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Mr. Editor :—Allow me to ask the correc
tion of your report of my remarks'before the
Baptist Convention.
1. Your reporter makes me say of bro. Ilills-
man’s letter.-r-
-That communication proposed to set np a board
(ortho examination of Baptist Works, before’they
for the nomination are .not diminishing. Mr. should be suffered to be published b; the Society
Stephens* friends arc authorized to say tliat lie and read by Baptists at large"—*..
will not acccp't the nomination for the .Vice
Lotteries.—The last legislature of Georgia
passed an act, to take effect June lsl abolishing
and prohibiting by imprisonment and fine, the
drawing of all lotteries in that State. Tlie con
tinuance elsewhere of business connected with
pretended Georgia lotteries after that date, may
therefore be regarded as a fraud. The several
lotteries in this city under the legalized Georgia
i grants, will be discontinued Junc 1 .—Jour. Com.
From the N. O. Bulletin.
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
In no other country in tho world has the ex
haustion of the soil been so rapid and so mark
ed as in the United States. Tho exhaustion
prevails alike in the Northern, tlie Middle and
the Southern States. Some of the richest soil
in the 'world has been already, in a band's
breadth of time, as it were, rendered unproduc
tive. Tho evil is a national one, and stalks over
the country like a dark spectre casting bis
shadows for and wide. The approach of the
evil though comparatively so rapid, has been
nevertheless so stealthy and insidious that mul
titudes are not aware of il and many who know,
do not fully realize it If Humboldt tlioughtit
his duty to lift up his warning voice to England,
and to point out to her the inevitable conse
quences of the exhaustion of her soil, when
more is done probably to replenish a singlo
county in that country tlian to replenish any'
one of the States of this Union, what would ho
have said of the exhaustion of tho soil in a-
country from which the woods liave scarcely
yet been cleared away, if be bad known to
when my remarks were, that the Board pro
posed an inquisitorial examination of Books be
fore they sliould be sent out by the Colporteur,
for sale, and to bo read by uninitiated Baptists.
■ 2. Your correspondent mokes me say:—
I “Besides, bro. Moderator, the Society bad its ori
gin in impure and unholy.ho would notSav motives,
lor it is wrong to apeak of them, but he would say im-
>uro and unholy purposes. He could not lay his
taud conveniently on the.paper to substaptiate the
losition, but it was susceptible of proof that the Bi-
lie Board at Nashville had its origin in opposition
to the Hevisiou movement lie would ask tne Con
vention if (uch was not the fact—if his proposition
was not sustained T IVo had already had a practi
cal demonstration of the working of the system,
when bro. Dayton had presented a certain work of
his (Theodosia) to the Board at Charleston, with its
Episcopal bead, and that Hoard refused to give the
book its sanction; but he thanked God in spite of
that opposition, the book found its way into the
world”—
Instead of whicli I remarked, in substance,
thal the Bible Board and its location in Nash
ville' had an impure and unholy purpose pre-
■onderating in its establishment; and this fact
derived froin nn editorial statement of one of
the Committee of the S. B. .Convention,-.thal
■“ Committee the preponderating consideration
its establishment and location at Nashville,
was to counteract the operation of the Bible
Revision Association, Ac. - '
And again, that we had already had to tsomc
extent a practical illustration of bro. Ilillsman’s
system, when bro. Dayton produced to tlie
Episcopal head of the S. B. P. Society, liig book
(Thcodosn) who did not even examine the man
uscript
3. Again your reporter makes mo say that:—
“Qe thought the sentiments expressed in the
letter of Bro. Uillsman, together with the ao
tion which the Board had already had on -Bro. Pay-
ton's work had a tendency towards Catholicism, and
might, if persisted, lead to those outrages which
grew out of the inquisition.”
My remarks were that the .sentiment in bro.
Ilillsman’s letter, with the Popisli persecution
by the Board of bro. Dayton, while Secretary,
-bad a tendency, Ac.
I desire these errors, in tny remarks correct
ed because they relate io facts, and which should
be correctly stated.
I do not complain of the Reporter; the best
of the profession have found it difficult to re
port mo correctly. If I had known any report
was to be made, I would have revised it before
it went to the press, so for os tho statement of
facts went Yours truly,
LOTT WARREN.
A Sight for the Northern Delegates.—The
Editor of the Nashville Union, corresponding
with his paper from Charleston, says:
A negro funeral, yesterday, was the. theme
of conversation among the Northern delegates.
Ytiv uv, A. !t».« alvng *V»o mitltllo of tllO ctlHMltf
conveyed the corpse to its last resting-place. It
was followed by about one hundred negroes,
walking along the pavemcnl two abreast In
front of the escort were eight negro women,
wearing white dresses and black mantles—I
presume the deceased was a female—then fol
lowed eight negro men, dressed in black, with
long pieces of crape around their hats. The
next of th(T escort was composed very nearly
equally of men and women, all dressed in deep
black, walking two together, each man having
the arm of his female companion resting upon
his ann. Our Northern friends say that neith
er dead nor live ones receive so much respectful
attention in the free States.
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being held responsible for any errors in the fore
going. He has done his bcsl but the manu
script was illegible.]
.Gov. Wise Declines.—Gov. Wise in a let
ter dated 18th inst, declines to allow his name
to l>e presented to the Charleston Convention,
as a candidate for the Presidency, on tlie ground
that Virginia has declared her preference for
another, (Mr. Hunter) and he has no desiro to
occupy a position which may cause dissension
in tlie democratic party. He therefore exhorts
his friends in.the delegation to unite cordially
with tlie majority and to present tlie vote of
Virginia as a unit before the convention.
* ' CHARLESTON.
A correspondent of the New York Posl
(Black Republican,) writing from Charleston,
under date of April 17, says:
Tho amount of business transacted daily in
Charleston during the healthy season is enor
mous. The number of letters passing through
the post-office is evidence of thus-fact The
rush at the opening of the principal mails is
fully equal to that witnessed in New York.
Business talent and energy can hardly- foil, of
a rapid and large fortune here, if united with
honesty and perseverance.
The standard of religion and morality in
Charleston is vciy high. A stranger cannot
foil to be. profoundly impressed with tho supe
rior -good order and" quiet which prevail on
Sundays. Everybody seems to go to church,
and to hear a favorite preacher, for whom lie is
willing to fight or pray, according to circum
stances. You will find here tho bluest of all
Presbyterians, the staunchest of all Church
men, and the most enthusiastic of all-Metho
dists, each firm for his particular denomination,
and all perfectly well posted on the subject of
the moral and religious proprieties of slavery.
A parson without his negroes is au anomaly.
Speaking of negroes, it is but fair to say, that'
tlie slaves here arc, as a general thing, fcd and
treated, so for as a stranger can tell, hotter than
the corresponding class at the North. They
arc, in fact, fid, good-natured and lazy, and, to
all appearance, happy. Perhaps they do not
pine for the sweets of a-frecdom they liave nev
er tasted and cannot appreciate.
The gayest season of the Charleston year
falls in the months of January and February.
The planters bring their wives ami daughters
to town for a short winter campaign at tho ho
tels—and the handsomest and richest ladies of
tiie-State arc usually found in town during
Race week, which-is the second or third in Feb
ruary. Thig is the time to complete tho match
es begun at the Springs tho previous summer
JL kind of'Blade, Tea of which may be pot on, listen
ed and taken off in One Minute; is adapted to sod, sub-
soil, hill side and general cultivation, and may be turned
into a Double Plow il desired. Every part is detachable
and adjustable to itself. The listening is solid, and in
this respect different from all other Patent Plows. The
Stock, which may be made of common pine plank, is so
simply constructed, and there being-no weld In the Iron
part, that the whole Plow may J» readily put up by the
commonest smith, alter once obtaining a correct pattern.
The opinion of all who have seen and tried the Plow is
that So soon as its merits become known, it will super
cede all other cultivators now in use, so simple, strong,
convenient and cheap fs it. Farmers may fit their pres-
ent supply of scooters, shovels, and sweeps to tho stock,
and even knock the wings off their wrought-iron turn
ing plows ahd fix for this. They can make the plow ont
of refuse iron, such as old wagon and cart tires, hub
bands, Ac. -
Tha Assignee will be in Savannah in a few days.
CAT - The undersigned has purchased the right to sell
the Plow for the States of Georgia and Alabama, and
now on a visit to this section, for the purpose of dispos-
Dougherty corn
five miles from
road.
Oak Grove, contains 1406 acres, I000or~
ration, and all under fence, with new rJZ :
of all kinds.
Johnson Placo.Jadjoining D. P.ice.*tH
tains 1Q33# acres, with 5UU or more’ in*
new framed buildings ©r all kind*. 7%,
and would make one of tho best Com,91
tinnfh XI' — - - — I?, T «■ til *
font*
South Western Georgia. I a ill wll
ratclj or together, on reasonable tin
Albany, April 5th, 1S60.
N. B.—Persons desirous of buyin
1st of September,
apr 7-w3m
For Saifi
Edai*
A VALUABLE PLANTATION in Cline
about a mile and a half from Carter t tZ
Alapaha Bivcr, one mile from thcMjinTr-.il
id about four miles from and on the .—'. J
■SSI from ami
Hirer with the River Depot on the Main
Hoad mthc Itoad having just been consist
pot. The cars ran daily to and from Sav-
place, and there will shortly be rail road c,
with Brunswick.
My Plantation contains from 170) to 3.1
Land, of which nearly four hundred acre-* are
under rood fence, and about <*renfr oaderfntt
ed. My Land is well adapted to the prodneti.
and short staple cotton, corn, raur c»ue r.
Utoes, peas, &c.; there i« a comfortabk* fari
good gin houses, negro house, and other
ings on the place. It is as healthy a
Southern Georgia: it is a good ranee wi
and cattle, and as finely timbered booT cf
the globe, the timber alone being wrfl wtet
asked for the place. Price $5 per tmal
acre In two installments, or $7 perwr ^
meats. Address BE £4]
march 17 w-6m Marshallvirr-V r
$3S'" Journal «& Messenger copy Cm*
by the fcBbscrfber
ns, and several small ones, lartre
painted and finished in fine styfe. Tl-
with fruit and shade trees, and has a never
of water. My only reason for selling is.«;
the house is too large for my use, and too
out. To a family having daughters to edj-
property would be very desirable, as ft,
front of the College in a good neighborhood
apply to 1 — ~—
April 21-'
I Tilt
,pril 21-wtf
G eorgia, bibb county —t I
application will be made to tbeCoo.nl
of said county, for leave to sell all the real a
estate of Mida L. Graybill, deceased, for
among the legatees of the deceased. Thi? l
I860. E. C. GPAXX&il
i. I
Court House door, in the city of .Vaeoa, cel
Tuesday in June next, ten acres of hod. a
bounded East by Ferdew, North hi WiUwa ( k .
lying on the Sonth Western Hull find; Jer/nJI
IK*
fjti
Benjamin Grace. Lew made aid tctunJi
John A. Carney, Constable.
T. W. BRANTLEY.y
April 36-
n
in gw individual or county rights
April 21-wSt
H. ALSTON,
Assignee.
A Rare Chance for Bargains!
SURE AND IMPORTANT SALE
LIKELY YOUNG NEGROES!
_ and Equity, April Term; 18G0, held for the county of
Warren, State of Georgia, by which 1 am the authorized
« - * further order of said Court, at
me in frill possession and con*
I shall
Commissioner; and by
April Tdrm, 1860, puttin
trol of the property for the purpose, I shall «ell publicly,
the Court House door, in Warrcnton, Ga., on the first
Tuesday in June next,
•Thirty-one Likely Young Negroes,
B ; whom are well trained Cooks, Washer-Women,
ouse servants, with several excellent Boys and
Girls, from 10 to 21 yearoof age.
Said negroes to dc sold for Cash,
proceeds of sale among the heirs of *
ceased, aaprovided in said decree..
L. N. B. BATTLE,
April 14-wtas (kmunutiontr.
sold for Cash, and for division of
ameng the heirs of Lpwfcnce Rattle, dc-
850 REWARD
W ILL be paid for the apprehenaionand delivery to
me, in Crawford county, or jf-confined in any Jail
in the St&tc, so that J can get her,'for my negro woman,
Lucy, (.who, as I learn, calls herself Lncinda.) Said wo
man runaway in November, last. She is very black,
.weighs about one hundred and sixty-five pounds, is
about five feet six inches high, some twenty-four or
twenty-five years old, has a scar about an inch long un
der her left eye, no other marks now recollected.
JOSEPH B. PATTERSON,
.'aprS m Near Knoxville, Crawford_Ct>., Ga.
S30 REWARD.
T> UNA WAY, from the subscriber, on the 28th day of
It March last, near Lanier, in Macon county, Ga., a ne
gro man named Julius, about twenty-eight years of age,
fret six inches high, of dark complexion, (not per
gro
:iw
ftctly black) weighs one hundred and sixty-fiv* or sev
enty pounds, and has a very noted scar on his throat
The above reward will be paid lor the delivery of said
negro tome at my residence, or fifteen dollars if lodged
,co, or flf
in any safe jail so that I got him.
ApriUO, IStiO-wUt*
C. F. IIILL.
C RAWFORD SHERIFF SALES.-*
the Court House door, in the T
said county, on the first Tuesday in J
the usual hours of sale, the houseaadk:<
of Knoxville known as the Grocery Evsl
on which the same stands, rcccntlv owww
by Martin Burnett, as a Grocery
ley; said lot containing onc-thinl ofcz
less, adjoining on the East the lot of fcrd
(be West by the lot lately occupi-*d by I
thews; said House and lot levied on u
Martin Barnett, to satisfy a fi. fa. is-.t-irij
Court of said county of Crawford:
Transferrcc of M. P. Carmichael vs. Si k
nett.- Property pointed ont by said J- J
Transferrcc. Levy made and rotund if J
Carter. Constable.
April iS- MOSES YATTHEW^
nraitl
i B>
An
kptec
■ £
Ire I a
G eorgia, Houston county
Ordinaby’s Office for
Whereas Dempsey Taylor applies U a«:
Administration, with the will annexed, c-:
Jacob Taylor, late of said countv, dc
These are therefore to rite and ad:
gnlar, the kindred and creditors of
and appear at my office within the
law, to show cause, if any they have,
should not be granted.
vI
"3 C
mug
tlie
Giranandcrmy hand, iu
G eorgia, Houston county.
Whereas Henry Toomer, Admin’.*
g<
Toomer, deceased, will apply at Novo:
for dismission:
These arc thcref&rc to cite and ndmi
lar, the kindred and creditors of *
appear at my office within the time j
show cause, if any they hav«, why 1
not be granted.
Given under my hand, in office, t
April 27- W. T.SV
pom
Irela
G eorgia, Houston cointy
Whereas George M. T. Fes gin, 9
ministrator of Benjamin O. Smith, da
at November Term, next, for dismission
These are therefore to cite and adnx •
gular, the kindred and creditors of sai<
and appear at my office, within the timi
law, to show cause. If any they have,
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, in office, this
April 27- W. T.
der Johnson, deceased, will apply a!
next, for dismission:
These are therefore to cite and a«nM>
gnlar, the kindred and creditors of aw*
and appear at my office'within the u*
law, to show cause, if any they Ian, **‘1
should not be granted. . /
Given under my hand, in office, thu-
April S7- • W. T. r*" 1
ps or
1 plal
1 Y,
RUNA1VAY,
IT'ROM the snbapribfer, on the 10th but., a negro boy
X named Solomon, about thirteen years of age, ana
ion, about tbirte,
weighs about one hundred and HU
dark-complexion, and when he walks, his feet are Con
siderably tnracd in at the toes—what Is called pigeon
toed. - I bought the said boy from Noel, a trader In Ma-
con, and I suppose he is lurking about there. I will pay
a liberal reward to any pciyon who will take up the said
nc"fo and deliver him to me, or lodge Wni^ ln_ anjr safe
April lD-wtf Twiggs Co, Ga.
The Gbxr-s of Nxi-olear. in a Sekokant.—
How a Company was Saved.-—No have been
informed by an officerof tlie United States Ar
my, of a most remarkable instance of ingenuity
and presence of mind, in asergeant ofthc army,
which occurred a few weeks ago, by which he
saved his own life and that of his party. A scr-
gcanl with about twehty-fivo soldiers, had been
sent out some miles from Fort Defiance, New
Mexico, to guard some stock which were sent
to graze, when, unexpectedly, they found that
the party was surrounded by about four hun
dred hostile Navajo Indians. The brave and
skillful sergeant took position on an eminence,
and by a volley from the long-shooting rifles of
his party, at first drove off the savages, who,
however, soon rallied, and were preparing to
storm the little party on all sides. Tho sergeant,
in taxing his brain for an expedient by which
to convey intelligence of the desperate peril in
which his party was placed, took a single dog
which liad accompanied tho party, fastening to
his cnllnr a note written wiih.-i pen. il. inform
ing the commander at the fort of his situation,
KTOTICE
L ost, on the night of the SKth of March, In Macon, near
Flanders’ Store, a email Pocket Book, containing bo-
tween two and three dollar, in money, and three note..
One note given to Thomas Low, or bearer, given. I think,
in March 1®7, and payable December or January lSoO.—
One other note, given to John Low, or bearer, in the first
or,the year 1800, the exact day not known, ana made pay-
able December or January tnereaflcr; both these notes
were signed by Thomas H. Jones. One other note given
to John Low, and signed by Wiley Moore, for ten dollars,
a8&b2££53£3* 18 “- ** w “
I will give a, liberal reward to any one who will or may
find and deliver the paiiera to me.
I also forewarn any person from trading for such notes
as are here described, as thevarc mv property. Mv ad-
dr «»j“ ^ , JOHN LOW, Marion P. O
April Tth-w4w Twiggs Co.. Ga.
16th APRIL, I860.
John N. Kxrs A Go., Head Quahtens
Elegant Dress Goods.
Jons N. Kbin & Co., Bead Quaktebs,
Elio ant Dress Goods.
Tins Dat
Opening
SUt Boies,
This day
April ltth.
Small
Orgemda,
Bareges,
took a tin cup in which he put some pebbles, Traveling Suits,
which were confined with a piece of cloth over Write Goods,
the top, fastened it with a string to the dog’s
tail, and started tho dog loose, knowing that ho c.'alrouleries.
Lace Mantillas,
would, in his affright, run to the fort. He
dashed with his greatest speed to Fort Defiance;
tlie note was discovered and read. Straightway
a party was sent to the rescue, and arrived just
in time to save the lives of tho whole party.—
This sergeant justly merits a commission, which
wo hope will be awarded him by the President
[Kentucky Flag.
Hosiery,
A building covering 36,030 square feet lias
been erected at Toronto, for the manufacture of
railway rails.
Cttrpets,
House Furnishing Goode,
Dasnael,
Mailings, Bugs dc.
Wc arc prepared to offer our friends and patrons tho
largest and best stock of Fancy and Staple
DRY GOODS
From the American Baptist, New 1
A miniature wooden pagoda which v
Barmah, having been broken while us--
were very anxious to have It rep»*f“-
sorts of gine, but without sucres*, ti. «• ,
called to Spalding’s Prepared Clue.
This wc found to answer the purpe**-, ’
pesra now to he strongly cemented. " .
calling at the office of the America' M J
From tkc Frecman’s Journal, New tj**
Spalding’s Prepared Glue i*
cheap preparation that it is a pity saj 1
without it.
r
The Mitthu g Liniment cures
The Mustang Liniment cunt .JWv
The Mustang Liniment cunt
the Mustang Liniment cuniSf
Breasts and Sort Sipples; SeunAf*.
and i* worth
1,000,000 Dollars
to the United State*, as the prc*enwje
nabie Horses and Cattle. It care* n*
Wounds, Stiff Joints, Ac. Did J<>ȣ
dinary Sore, Swelling, Sprain or Sti»f
or bea*:, which the Mnstang
Did yon ctct visit any respect -
of the world—in Europe. A?i» — ,
say “it was the greatest dtscowTJ <* "
everywhere. Every fomily should » .
BARNUS A r.UlL
sbatna
-I
I Scott,
April SS-Xm
Bryan’s Tasteless Tet
. saved ! savw> . ^
Physicians in vain came again and *=
The dear little angel grew vortc, , _
’Tis a final disease, and we c*n'I f‘'' j
Sold the doctors to mother and
But tho nurse in plain terms ssiJ.
worms,”
And a core pointed ont right *w»T-
Bryan's Vermifuge mild, then they S*
And behold! She was well tho ntss
Sold In bottles—Price SM
Sold by E I *'
mar 81 w-lm
Sfco^;
po n ,
Dr. Jas. McClintock’s
Conqners tho most inveterate
throat ofthc tongh mucus which
ing and sooths tho. irritated
spiration, and inevitably rare* in W
sumption and bronchitis. Price r
Sold by
mar 81 w-lm
Dr. McClintock’s Cough aj a
>r. ntcouniuu. a -y-o-
ConslsU of a variety of v^ri*^
naiy irritation, combined in ■'Lm
physician acknowledged by >-P
ha vo “ no superior. “ , iT const
most distressing sympton*of«*V ljW
and removes it entirely in sn g.
Price 23 cents. Sold by
Birtlf^lB _______
Asthin*
over offered in this city, and at prices that defy compe-
nnnn unmombor that Goods well bought aiik ualf
tltlon. Itemembe. Ti
Wtttat our motto is tame ttdet and tmaU tm-fUt. *
U- JOHN N. RUIN i CO.
which forthwith rcm °', **1** ctrc '
which aiways in »£££«**
to Its madnoss. rorwn i
hie. Price 59 cents. R ^ (
Sold by
mar 21 ff-lni
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