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IJy Joseph Clisby.
MACON, FRIDAY, 3 O’CLOCK, P. M., JUNE 15, 1860.
Voltjhe XXXIV.—No. 36.
T<lX Becoivor’s Notice.
, . f., r nilib countyaro now open at A.
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***** Tw Kocrlvcr.
J* ^iTWHITTtBf
• XTOBNEY at law,
ltoC £ C A a t~ W*J>*K
tfc'O'* 1
i bKA&’MAW* Jr.»
v rronNKV at law,
* VTI MXCON'. G.\.
in the Macon Circuit. and in the
III P'* c '*JV 1 „rue. I'utuaiu, Wilkinnon and
i-nustl" 4 **- *
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11* >■••
a,iu Block, neat to Homdman'a
(act 33)
i«UC IUKDERAN,
- at law,
GEORGIA.
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,cn>». hubisioin
I G S.& C. ROBINSON.
Attorneys at Law,
\* CUTUUEKT, GEORGIA.
i .ii 1 .iv« prompt attantion to all business en-
I \\ | r ,, tli. il,, in Kandolph. Clay. Early, Mil-
1 ’’ *w,,.Terrell.Stewart and Quiuuuii countiw*
4i, ,r
kPiRKOlKil* A BASS,
rneys at law.
l,»«aoi!<i". K. »• Mass.
Kir#*, la "' co. t Ga- Uuweoii, Terrell co., Ga.
PETEK B. nUOTTHKIES
mi uy*V AT law. 1‘auKT, Ua.—Will Practice in
11? 5.,-..n ('ircnil awl aiUululiijr conntlea. Also in
I r^fil ivurt* jw Hariniwn Mdsfenetta.
* bii . ■ ■ Mi | ■■ | MMti I ■
a , :riii*. ami Ih* traftutniD which air with him.
• -atur atnifnat any man, the l«nvr la opea and
1pTW*Uci» : let (hem ixi*lcau one another —
GEORGE W. NORMAN,
[attorney n't Law,
Hamburg, AtUey Counts. Ark.,
I'irai'SJSi.’ ,,h r. r " ,,m > ,n
( ulurhonsf At AmlCY,
iTTOK-VEYS at law,
I KXlIXVILLK, GEORGIA.
I,. *i| i practice In Crawford and the adj^duinR
|\\ nHiulirs. All bushmaa promptly attended to.
C.C. DUNCAN,
ATTORNEY at law,
PERRY. OA.
I Mir PA n TNERSUIP-
HILL A IIILL,
,„ n lu late firm «1 Stubbs and Hill,
1IVILL practice in Macon and adjoining Circuits
I \\ -j in the Sri(,r,*ni*, anil Federal Courts.
* ff f KICK—«n n,l Street. Macon. Ga
THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
PUBLISHED
EVERY FRIDAY, AT 3, P. M;
prick — Two Dollar, a yea*, ahcayi in Art ranee.
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING"OFFIcI.
The Iloiiee bill for the establishment of a printing
ofllce is liktly to loss the Senate, though there will he
an opposition to It. The Senate prefer this plan to the
project of tire Senate committee on printing, for the
establishment of a printing bureau.
This scheme is intended to provide Hie Gov
ernment with cheap printing, and to remedy
the corruption, fraud and .political abuse here
tofore attendaut upon the elective and con-
ract systems. \Ye shall put on record our
prediction that it will result 'tv. aggravating'
every evil complained of in this connection—
that it will increase the cost of printing, swell
the number of pensioners, whippere-in; and
political runners connected with it—aggravate
the contention to get and keep control of the
business, and, instead of providing' a little out
side aid to help along a party organ, it will,
if adhered to long enough, be prostituted into
a vast i*arty mill for grinding out documents
in aid of the political, organisation having con
trol of it.
Now. if it is complained that Government has
been swindled in printing, we should like to
know to what other public service the same
charge would not he more or less applicable;
and will the effort to cure it, by embarking the
Government itself in the business, be more •ef
fectual than the legitimate effort of die Govern
ment to build-ships, which has rcsnllcd hi Uie
very common idea that all good ships must be
built by contractors and outside the Navy Yards?
There need bo jjotliing more mysterious or
unintelligible or ambiguous in a printing con
tract, than In a contract to furnish the Govern-
meat with horseshoes or nails.' The rates'which
should ho paid, the amount of work, and the
character and price of materials used, are all as
easily ascertained in ll*c one case, as ill the
other, and there is po more excuse for fraud or
overcharging. The fact that they do exist must
bo accounted for by tliu carelessness and favorit
ism of Congress, and the Government printing
otllce is only opening an‘ampler field forjnis-
niunageiiK-nt and abuse in these particulars'.
Ut’,»
- mis.
11. HILL.
J. It. HILL.
uhzkklez hbtjjcb
TUVIN At BtJTX.HR,
A TTO):X E Y S A T L A W.
Albany. Ooorgia.
ntltTirtla the Sjperfor Courts of the South-» est-
1 BHKnil.-lnTi-m ll, Randolph awl KsrlyCoun-
k.sUcFmibIii limit—In Worth and Macon emtn-
.jrVjcuiiCin nlt—In llin United States Cimilt
at j-ivsuah—ami hy sjiccUl contract, insiiyconn-
SathmitbsiTgii. ' ■ --
•is lit, MB. m ’ T’" TT
Novr Law Tirm. ' .
8IT1I Ell FORD & U ARB IS
riU-frsrtirc law la Bibb and adjoining eonntlc*
I tad In the Uhited Slates Oonrt at savannah and
Mtu-tba in any county of Uio State by special cun-
_ ‘ Cnanixs J. IUtuits
SYEEIK A IIIJNTI'B.
ITTOllXEYS AT LAW,
MACON. GEORGIA.
t »S Tru>s(sl»r Bloc*. Corner of Cherry Street
anti Cotfon Arrn*f.
J r.hto lumciitml *s partner* in the practifw
ufUw inibf t-oonfirs of (lie Miicon i.n<f iid-
»1«C I’ir'niu. anti rUfwhrrr in the Stnte by ape-
Irourmrf—will «((M)tl iho Federal CourU nt
juiuaIi adJ Marirtt*
ALF.X. M. 8PEEK.
SAMUEL HUNTER.
DK. ItOBEKT V. II.VKIHEy
TCRS his pnsf<?w#iona1 Msnricr* to the citliew of
lUexta ami vicinilv. He may be found at all hoar*
aflivinvr .It.hn i*. llarvey'* *lorc, on Cherry bt.
w-ly *
DR. K. 11. NISBE'f
r»«n rheiTy Street, over Menard i Burghard’-
• rirT Store, llewhU'iice on the 1IH1 In front «»f the
* t€(lie lllind. l» w ^
aecks on New York
- FOR SALK BY THE
IMFACTUI! lil!S’ DANK
raving! Engraving!
,K WAHKTJewelry, Jto. Ac., engraved I
» MAIVC., .H’Wt iry,»m •» . *8; ,, ,
vwnt iy of Letter, in Ealrt*m a Hulluinjfi
_ lit _ a. ...ft_. ll L fbtl.iiii's liV
>r 111
k,over Campbell * Cnlsou’s. by
.1. K. WKf.I.S. Jr.
OWN’S HOTEL.
TiiMU IHK MEW KAIL ROAD 0*H»Ti
MACON, OA. s
K. E. BROWN. Proprietor
U.»dy i n the Arrival of every Train
ORA^ITE HALL!!
_ wp. lanier house,
Macon, ... G-oorgia.
., It K. DHNSE,
wiaihBipl lb.usc,) _
PIUIPRIETOR.
nfrrlioiwrieK »V <1 toct-rii's.
IiUom, a Ills old stahd No. HO Mnlln-rry
st. kern, ns usual a full assortment of gnoils In
rtiacomsistingof I'andies of his own inantt-
S d fine t rench Candles, lie la the only one In
St im;«,rta Untmtf, IVJaca, mid lU/ir nsrpnr
si France. All kind* of fine I.lqnorsard Win**
ivaaa s. -ars. and best Tobacco, Oranges, Ap-
<*krr FntlU, ltalsln*. Fig*. I*rnncs. >luts. nnd
'"fall kiuds, Pickles, tipres. Olivia, Olivo
hnps. Sauces. Butter, Cheese, Cmckcr*, t akes,
dTensm-s, pig llama. Potatoes. Onions, Cab-
i, thor articles In that line loo mint cron*
Si. mrrch 111 w-ly
Waxelio'ase
PH’OMMISSlON MERCHANTS
MACON, GA.
COATES & W00LF0LK
***H-Uted togHher, *nd will occupy tbe
*-»w Kir,* ProofW*rehouse new beio* erected
!!urdemAn A SpurkiL
k lvanccs mide on Cotton when naked lor.
* * ur h*t;gtiix, Hope, Oroceri^L *'c., shall
**n*T»oi;*l Hiicutioi).
. i»y prompt attention to bunlne-ss, to mor*
share of p;itron.nRu. - ...
. JA8. II. WOftLFOLK,
[*Ot N. COATES
^1’cleman & Sparks
YV" aro House
J commission merchants,
1*1
'» Vl
prompt attention nttheii
• flaron, Ga.j
tinue to civ#pi
1'ttOOF WAI
‘opl*r atroeU, t
. ir charge,
tinuka fur pant favor*, and a renewed
c ;; faithfulness to all
tJ*»Ue*e to givtkprompt
jsJ'BE PROOF VVAKEI10U8E, outlie oor
Poplar Streets, to all business commit
k^btrrhan...
C*; taithtulnesa to all their mends and cus-
^J^hoiie to receive their full share of pub
^advance made on Cotton and ether pro
Stores, alto Bagging, Rope
lowust market rates.
o. o. araaaa
n
£2
r. WARD & ou.,
Vf ACTURERS If DEALERS'
(Opposite Ute Floyd House,)
UKOBHIA.
EwlS* 1 '*>• attention of the public »oo»r
, 5JGGK. comprising Coaohes. Bretts,
r.r 8 !* ** M FKtes of Ute most olaborate flu-
"bbr,,^ 04ilde „ Nurth.
JV 1 *" BRArrLEBOUO' BL'GGIhbcon-
[nov IS
REPUBLICANISM *,1 FAILURE.
Mr. Everett’s letter, accepting At nomina
tion of tho Union Convention,.is much- com-
mendei] for tlie plain and wholcspinc truths-it
contains in regard to the .political‘situation of
this country. - Things must mend or soon be
come worse, Tliat our Democratic represeiita-
Uve institutions are a failure, is generally, ac
knowledged ; but whether it is from vices Jphe-
rent in the system, or merely from ifs tempora
ry derangement, there may be a doubt . If tho
system is destructive of morals, order, manners
and peace in this country, it will .ere long be
broken up.”
We arc rather surprised to read talk like the
foregoing in so steady going a print as tlio.Iour-'
nal of Commeroe. It is fronj the Washington
orrespondetit of thnt.|mpor, dated the 5th. - It
s a vjew often heard, liowovt-r, in the course of
contitton conversation. It is Useless to deny
that there is, throughout the whole ’South, a
wide-spread and fast spreading loss of confi
dence, not only in "the stability of the Federal.
Government,-but also (to a less extent.) in tbe
durability of republican institutions. This is
but the natural growth, of the long continued
and violent sectional anti-slavery' agitation,
which every man of serfs© sees' can have but
one end, if persisted. in—and that is the de
struction of the common -Government. People
are wearied out with these, assaults, and long
for rest and ppncc. Neither, however, can be
ptiK+mscd by disunion. That w]U bring now
tumults and new disorders. The price of free
government nnd popular liberty must be, in flic
nature of things, an eternal conflict of opinion ;
aiid if we t:,re of the price, we must ^dispense
with the article, and take to monarchy or des
potism, which some are willing to do, for the
sake of quiet If there was any human method
of combining the voice -of the patriotic people
of this country upon points essential, this anti-
slavery fuss wonhl be crusheil out in n burry.
We have an abiding faith in tho practical com
mon sense and pntriolism of the people) if it
could he brought to bear unitedly upon the
subject. The misfortune is-that it is divided,
and will not overcome the harriers to union tin
dcred a pair at eight dollars; they were sent up
by Abe’s orders, to the stationery clerk at the
capitol, and Alie drew them as stationery. At
the next session be drew another pair of boots
in the same manner—they being paid for out of
the public money. When he. was leaving for
home—quitting Congress forever—lie ordered
an extra line pairat mi dou.*bs, and they were
boxed up with his hooks, and franked to “Hon. -
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois.”
Tho record of this hoot transaction stands
thus on the hooks of the-Clerk of the House of
Representatives, and in his vouchers in thetreas-
ury at Washington: •
"Hon. Abraham Lincoln:
Three pair of bouts ' . f J5"
The idea that “ this government cannot per
manently endure half free and half slave,” when
members of Congress can provide themselves
with boots—nine dollar boots,.—atthc expense
of the people, is preposterous. Just think of
'* Honest Alic ” li&nns lii-t limits sent un to tbe
^Honest Abe,” having bis boots sent up to the
ca|iit:il ; t(i lie drawn out bv him a* “ skdioncty."
Just think of the simplicity of the hon'esl man,
who taxod thc pebplp to-pay for Iiis bisits when
he was ilrawing eight dollars per "'day audmitct
age.
Tho Democratic National Convention.
The Committee of >VrfangcjnenTs, .to whont
was^conlldeil the selection,nnd preparation of
a suitable place for tlie acconunodation of flic
■Democratic National Convention, held another
incetipg Tucsilay afternoon, in Raltimnrc, and
determined to accept tlie Maryland Institute
building, as its spacious proportirins will ad
mit of all tlie requirements of shell a large,
body. It will he recollected that the. whole
mimlior of delegates and allernates is 000,
whilst it is estinmted that tliy press dT tlit-
copntry will Inj represented hv one. hundred
rej)ortors„ In otaler to accoiinitoilate such a
large liodv, the Committee have decided ppon
this erection of' a staging a fotv feet-alxive Ute
level of the fioor, ami to partition oil' all the
-pare which will not lio roqurred by the’ Con
vention. As to the admission of the jnjhlic, -it
is'nnderstood tluit that subject will bo left-en
tirely to the judgment of the Pfusident of the
.Convention, or liny committee he may-tappoiitl.
yite large-rooins at eacji end of tite*huildiiig
will lie used hy the various committees. 'lit
tho meantime, the proprietors of our hotels and
large boarding houses Intye not’been idle, but
arc making tlie most extensive arrangements
for the *aecoiiunoihtioii of the delegates amj
their friends, - ’ ,
The whole number of persons who are expec
ted to be iii attehdnHRc has been variously esti
mated at from 20,000 to 30,00^ ami ij is feared*
by some tlrnt such a vast number cannAt -be
accommodated bore ; but we are jissftrcd, front
tl\e.character and extent of the asrangements
being, made, tlihtull who attend will he well pro
vided for.’ As we have’already met)tinned, the
etttire New York delegation will rfutat the Eu-
taw House, ^vhert Cnl. Colcnutn has already
i trovided for their ronvenieneC. ,*.\t Bamum’s
laid will Ik- "quartereil the iTelejpttes from the
States oT Virginia, Nopth Carolina, I’ennsylva-
nia anil Ncw- Jersey. At the GHmer ‘House,
under the admirable management of Gol. Stone,
a largc'ircsembly will also be gathered. Amongst,
the delegations'will he those of New Jfampsliire,'
Mitssacbusetts, Connecticut and Maintf, which
will lie a<tco:ifpatii*d"by two full military bailds.
.It is umlerstooda large delegation from tho-
Kiftphtv State have cngagqi) the commodious
mansion of the Jlon. Rcvsnly Johnson, .wnl will
dofthtbVss experience a plettsanl season.-, Not-
withstanding.ilie great rush whichis'ahticfpatcd
otr tho nfoisron, the resources of Mimuniental
city will certainly prove, coital to the emergency,
and it isyirt likely that any c.irtqilaints of rt.V
sonable'characterwall be made, As forfhe oUtcr
jonalilitchararturwHI be made, lor Ore miter 1
totels,Tnelndiitg Guy’s‘Mpniimtn! House, (Ini
jfattby.Jibe.Fountain, Howard House, the Na,
tional, Ailams, Ac., the inost oomplete arrange
ments aro being made.—HtrVtirfivi . '
CoLismi’s Timks.-
Mc. lloswijl Ellis retires
from pig publication of this sterling napet ltav-.
iitg disposed of his intm'st to Col. Colquitt.
\f- \U.,m>on let Ill <>1-iTtll i fkl It 11' V f If II1 IVltll lilt?
Mr. IVijjTqn still ;clatms his .eoimextion with the
Times. I n referciuXi to the '* issue hf the day”
wuquolj;tho following.from theTimcs of Thurs
day : . -.
To Ilflrhiiort 1 —to]nothr Sottreiffuty.—Spine
of the cdnnty journals of I-isteru Al.-ibanin, ve-
'’ ry respectable ill i h-iractcl and read sometimes
’ in our leisure moments, h»ve<*en fit to arraign
las or his position. For the peace of the oountry
and harmony of the party we might support
him, if nominated at Baltimore. But Gov. Cobb
well knows, that this is not the true issue, be
tween the Democrats at the South. But that
the true issue is, shall we insist, even to a.dis
ruption and defeat of the only national party
we have left, upon repealing and undoing ail
that we have done for the last ten years, and
thrust the subject of shivery back into tho Halls
of Congress, with a certainty of defeat and dis-
grace there. Tlie South was charged in the
repeal ofthe Missoori Compromise), with having
broken pledges sanctified by years of aequies-
<htce. Unreasonable and unjust as this charge
was our runic faith may certainly be made good
by our failure 1o adhere to the Compromises of
1850 and 1854. **
For Ute Daily Telegraph.
A KNOW-NOTHING SOLILOQUY. .
An excommunicated.wretch! a galvanized
Whig!!' one of the mutes who officiated at the
funeral of poor Sain 11! Avery monument of
political disqualification, based upon a deep sub
stratum of Clay!!!! This state of “ non ent," of
utter vacuity, of simple inexistence, of soulless
abeyance, it won't do. ; ” To be or not to be”
on a vital equality with the Matheusclaite toad
Who lived, encased'.in stone, “ that’s the ques.
tion.” In tins gamu.of “pus».in the comer,”
when everybody ond Douglas aro dodging
about: running foul of each other's opinions;
kicking over ’ platfojnis, and bruising their
bumps of pbilo-pro-conststenciveneSS 1 perhaps
even /—but it will not do' to apeak iCin the pub
lic ear. Wreck, ruih. -fiqp, treason] Awake
thouAhat -slccpestf Samuel arise!!!! Bestir
yourself you old ghost of Iniquity, and kepp
your eyes skinned! Everybody is taking posi :
tion even.Everett! "Alas! lie bears me not'-
ran call spirits from the Vasty decp—but, will
they comet'’ Well! Til be a unit, everybody
forhimseir, and the Devfl take the hindmost.
IH go in a drove, mit myself like Sam, Houston
and the Dutchman's .cow. I’ll steal someone
-cKfc’irhobby nnd make the owner ride behind oil
his own ltorsd Hanged if I’ll walk to • Waslt-
ington.'whfch I can serve some poorJclIotv the
same'good tttrn that dogs. . I’ll ‘‘ride aftd tio”
with Douglas rather than be left behind. I’ll go
immediately-if not sooner and take position, and
I will not “stand upon the order of my going but
go at once.” I’ll get among jhc office holders
or “disrupt every tip) Ac.” 1’H‘do it, if for no
other reason Tut t to revenge Htyself upon the
tribulation committee for ignoring my politiral
existence in their petition for letters. "1 can’t
get on the fence. . It is crowded already with
buzzards, waiting for their stronger gpoilstncn
to get gorged, and go away—^o away V M ho
ever heard, of a buzzard getting sick at tlie
stomach ? The rotten old hulk of Democracy—
she is gone itpoq the breakers at last, wrecked
upon.the.coast ol Africa “and all sottls lost”—
to all sense, except the sense of self preserva
tion—full of rat hol«S) dry rot, and" bilge water
>h, the scramble for planks, and’ chiekcn
coops—I’m glad of it—dinged “if J aint glad ot
it"—she has e irricd many thousands but she'll
carry no mom Oh" glory, UaHcfluzal If I just
had’time to calculate the chances before tlie
Couvcntions—but goodness) gracious, how "tem
pus doe* fugit in ^quarter race. Tdjtimp after
the quickest jmilper.'that’s the dodge ; hut at
tbc saute time not .to be too quick (like that-fast
man of the Recorder,) that's it It won’t-do
to fairisifik—play possum, like some folks. It
won’t'do to be ni>n coin btibux in Rwamjjo like
some ot)icr folks. Tltis way of rurfning/nbftiit
like a calf in a Stampede, looking for his nia,
‘butting every obstacle, pocking nfevery bull,
artd btstipg his tail whertverte heltrs 'a far off
bleat —surely if ii exciting times for lift calfchip
but iiionstrous tiresome. As lor this calf tfl
follow instinct like a sensible calf, 1*11-—but it
won't do to spealfc above a whisper now a.days,
tipns. »I wish 1 could undorgo.a ntctaraorphoSis
‘.'otlheknowyslst" toiny antjcedciAs-, would’ht'l
torn fox. quicker. I tell you sir,' It is a'tiiiic to
IhrnTtt'.l in one’s opinions. Ill gn and sec;—he
knows what arc my po’itlcs. I wonder if there
Ls a $lall for this calf!!!
Delegation (that may go to Baltimore but don't
intend to atny there) and one or two other dele
gations front the Southern States, to nominate
a candidate for Richmond any how—without
regard to what the Baltimore .Con vention does
—whether it nominates a Southern man or not,
or whether it makes a good National Platform
or not, and put n good candidate on it. It is
said these gentlemen, with Bqn Hill and others,
are teaiting so as to quit Bell and Everett open
ly at that time, and then jump on this sectional
or disunion candidate, if South Carolinaand Ala
bama nominates him. Is this possible? • Are
these men indeed diaiinionitta under the garb of
Constitutional Union men? I don't know how
to believe it. But there is something wrong,
some where. There must be some bargain and
sale somewhere—I know not where. . Then
conic out, gentlemen, and let the Bell and Ever
ett men see your hand. If you have got
thal-rj, and want to quit your oldjfriends, and
oppose Bell and Everett and join the Democrats
or join the disunionists, comcoutat once, so that
the Bell and Everett men may get some onetp
start papers in Savannah and Augusta to advo
cate^ their candidates, anil stand up to them, be
fore it is toolate. This “holding with tlie hare and
running with the hounds,” this holding on to
one and workingfor tbe other, maydo very, well
with cross road or village jtoliticians, who have
no character to lose; hut it is not often found
in respectable papers or with respectable Edi
tors, leho hner nny partgoexehohnre any pfin-
eijtle*. ' * TALBOT.
Front the RawkfnsrtUe Times. ’ ,
EXECUTION' OF, E. It GORDON.
On Friday last Ellcy II. Gordon was execu
ted at Abbyville, for -tlie murder of Abraham
l’ytas, in Dcceptber last. The occasion drew-
an'intmense concourse ofpcople-to witness the
vindication of the law in the punishment of one
of jls offenders. M’c saw ntul conversed with
Gordon but a short tiincltcfore he left the Court
house, Where he was kept fur tl|o gallows, and
were*greatly 'surprised to witness the perfect.
self possession and calmness with which he spoke
ofhis fate. He conversed freely about,the crime
til a contingency arises in which all shall sec an i" ^ of to the South, bcpttiw, for-
ovcr-rnlfnp; necessity .or union nnu aehon. It •\vn~k«lTocate tho annohiMhcntofHclcgtdl
may be, they will he toolate in making.the L BtHtiinore; and• disafiprove ofaflj'actioit by-
discovery. Khe Richmond Convention prior <p)tlie-asscm-
J-bling of tlie N)itional Convention. M’ejire salis-
ficillhat'otif. position ■is'Tight, and every day
/ -1 JT - L.**sL-A luisawiotiAn ilirff St ii! tli.
GOVERNOR JOHNSON’S LETTER.
M'e publish this morning the hotter of Qoy!
Johnson to the lAIliany Put riot. Like all writ-
ings,’’U exhibits the highest" tokens ofa superior
order of stntema'nship. It is a telling) powerful
document—^'breathing throughout the true doc
trines of pure genuine democracy—and, should
he read carefully, *md studicil diligently by (he-
entire democracy of Georgia—to what over wing
iif the party they may profess to-bylqng. M’e
have read it over and over'again—its doctrines
are sound, its arguments irresistible,"its conclu
sions, accurately correct..
There aro many able democrats in. Georgia—
thorougidy liaplized in tlie fountain of pure de
mocracy—but Tew, very few, so competent to
Communicate their views on paper, in llutCcicaf?
forcible conclusive style of Hcsschcl V. Johnson.
M’c clip the foregoing front the Atlanta In
telligencer, ttf last Friday- It is just. Gnv.
Johnson’s letter it unanswerable—its arguments
dre irresistible—its conclusions accurately cor
rect But how,' then, docs the Intelligencer
dissent from them ? How docs he go for a de
mand for Congressional Intervention, while the
Governor's “correct” conclusion is tlrnt such a
demand ought not to he made?
DEBASED COIN.
New York pipers express some alarm at tint
quantity of bogus gold coin afloat, and the in
genuity with which the debasing operation Is
effected. Tito face and reverse side arc sawed
off and a slab of platina inserted lietwcen them,
llto edge of tho coin is then plated and re-milled,
and the whole, by the tests of weight nnd acids is
faultless, while actually $5.55 cents value in gold
has been abstracted front an Engle. Considerable
amounts of this altered coin arc found 1n the
banks, and government vaults, nnd the presump
tion is that a great deal more is in circulation.
The o|>oration of altering is so delicately per
formed that tho experts are puzzled to detect
tho bogus coin.
NORTHERN OPINION.
A well informed friend who has just returned
from the M’est. writes us from New York, fitli
inst, as follows:
“I see there Is quite a difference in your State
about the seccdcrs, and the policy of represen
tation in Baltimore. I believe it is of vast im
portance to the country, that the feuds in the
Democratic party should be healed. The Soutli
will find Lincoln a strong man in the M’est—
He will, in my opinion, if Douglas is the nomi
nee, carry the North with a rush. The only
chance for the Democratic party is to nominate
a conservative man from the South, who will
carry the wholo South,- New York, Pennsylva
nia, New Jersey, Indiana, Connecticut and
Rhode Island. Tho interest those States have
in the prosperity of the South, will force them to
vote for tlie Democratic candidate. Lincoln will
carry Illinois. You may put that down as cer
tain, lie may lose Michigan, liut not, if Doug
las is the candidate. The administration De
mocracy will go solid against Douglas."
FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
This body met in Quincy on the 4th, and
sent their Charleston delegation, with sonto ad
ditions, to Richmond, with discretionary power
to take steps to reunite the national Democra
cy, if they thought proper. The Convention
also nominated Col. John Milton, of Jackson,
candidate for Governor, and R. It. Hilton, Esq.,
formerly of the Savannah Georgian, for Con
gress. ’The following gentlemen were nomina
ted Electors: Geo. AV. Call, of Nassau; J.
Patten Anderson, of Jefferson, and John Gor-
rie, of Franklin.
A Story About Boots.—The Chicago Times
state* tlie following story about a speculation
hy Hon. Abrahnm Lincoln, while aracmlicr of
(jongr --I in fa-bionnbleboots:
nili- extremity his fertile genius suggested
iRit lu ii'i-.M i.uy the boot* and have them paid
for out of the public money, lie, therefore or-
slrengthcns us in'tho conviction that it is.the
policy ofthe South.Ui ojdegto secure a thorough
organization of alUlte elements oppoSetJ. tii, Mr.
Douglas. Ityllic event ofhis ftominatidTi, aiul
the adoption of an unsound platform, tve can
pursue sttclt a course as wisdom, and a just re
gard for our right* would suggest at a Cqnven-
For th« Dally Tdegrapfc.. _ _■ .* -.
Mil Editor:—Qf tlie Targe anil respectable
audience who listened taGqr. Cobb’s address,
on M’cdnrsday rtighf, I think ’scarcely oAejnan
in ten understood the true point at issue—
even idler the Hon. gentleman had finished his
remarks. . So deeply has the doctrine of non in-
Ur ten don bV Congrete fit tlie question *nf*lav-_
cry ip the Territories ingrained itself, in the
political freed of the ’South,, that the. people
find it almost impossible to .belicvo. that tlie
great doctrine.—tlii; work of ten years in engraft-,
ing upon'our'political creed—is now to lie at
tacked and overturned - by those whs nt first so
vigorously supjiorted it.. .*
Gov. Cobh commenced his address by stating
that the Democratic pqrty'RiTpportpdGon. Cass,
for President, nnder a'mifiimpression of the doc
trine ofthe Nicholson letter, and "thus Tar we
agree with him. The South never did endorse
the doctrine of that letterasafterwarijs explain
ed by Gop. Cass himself, in the United States
Senate. Gov. Cobh’s second posjtioh was that
tho Compromise of 1850) and subsequently
the Kansas Nebraska Act—remitted "the whole
For the Daily Telegraph.
The . 1 nfpixta ('hron tele it Sentinel ami fhican-
mill Urfnb!iettn-~liet of their principle* and.
-einnliiMef nmC trying to-join the /Jemo-
y irate pi “Who Kill triint to go nextt^fm|
Mr. 'ClMyC—l have seen disappointed tmn
it) a party, illsgustcd • yvith.or tiled of their Own
party, trying to get into the party of their op-
nohenu. 1 have seen them start out ililfing a
campaign, baring their own party and its can
didates'to take care of themselves, while, fhoy
wery busy iVtaKt of their time m con.sit.(jitinn with
atidret-ojierltion/with one- side or the other of
their opponents. >vhb had a teuijtorary alisputa
alniut something.. I haVU .seen these nieu go
along, day by day, and by degrees becoming
more thick, and intimaU- with their opponents,
•fad getting further off front their owa friends
ttpq composed dot only ofAhwccedlB™ tsit the ^ t , : irtvf untit -they. quit 'they oienJrieiM*
other Southern States, Unit remained in the in fur one or t/te other of ttieirop-
C'harleston Convention. Some of Our cotcm-
porarics Jiave- dono its tbe injustice to class us.
among the supporters of squatter sovereignty.
M'e. repudiate this heresy, have never advocated
it aiul expect to remain opposed to it.’*Tlils"wil!
and 'went in for one or tjre other of ttieir op
poiicuLs)— ; and before they get. through quit
their men jnjrtg:ultogi lhiT, amljoin the other
■ ndrtg altogether ! 1 have"seen tltis game play-,
eft heretofore by cross road or village pfditicians,
who -did’no) think they were properly appreci
ated in their own parly, and who- wanted to
break it up. Bur. the Chronicle & Sentinel of
Augusta (m3 Sirahnah Re/mblicon are the first
papers' whose editors have thltrf attempted toquit
tlie prineijiles and parly ’ thej' ' bave heretofore
acted with, and ynifemetl to think worthy of the
"support oftlie'pcople.
If limy are satisfied Ugit ^AeiV pnirtg nml its
e.tndidateu are not worthy of the support of
the people of the South, why--don’t tlicjr have tlie
mattliniais to ooinc out at onct and say Roland
Ti.4 us know where they stand? If, like Judge
Nesbit, fhqj-“beiieyC'tii6 Democratic party is
“ Hid but v party left to honest men” and tliey
wantin'o’tt with it, and quit J-ight out Bcll.nnd
Everett auil their old friends, why .don’t they
like him, come-out like men and say so ? • Why
hen’l tlie Inuh f M’hy- publish sbineUiing now
mid then for the camlidatgs of Their old friends
and take "tiff the balance, of their ■ tithe anil
e<ilumns»in taking case of the .Democratic party
—"counselling vmUi, advising witbaltd speaking
up for what they thinkjht *tronge*t jxirtion ot
the Democratic party ? 4 Iw they not know that
tlie Democratic party,‘as usual, will all pgrec
and unite at Baltimore ? Then, jf they are not
subject of slavery to the Territories, subject to disposed to join
the Constitution ofthe Unib-1 States; and that own friends, «ehgdo they in effertte(l their old
arain sbbjert to the decision of the Supreme\ friend., that their pnnrijde, and
Court, and thus far we.think that we do not| date» arc not irorthy of eupport and that
misunderstand
with hint. Thus far wc
S iur MV 411111 w unit l . «» t i -1 1
Gov. Cobb, and do not disagree mutt tupjiort the Democrat* ! M hy thus de-
far wc think that all the divisions I moralize their party, if they don t intend to quit
why docs the Editor of the Republican
decision of Ihe Supreme
constitutional rights of slavery in the Territo
ries has been made, and that that decision es
tablished that the Constitution carries slavery
into the Territories; that neither Congress nor
the Territorial Legislatures have a right to pro
hibit it, and that when necessary Congress ought
to protect it The second division of the party
bjdievc with Stephens and Johnson, that the de
cision ofthe Supreme Court is Tighten point of
law, lmt that so far as the duty of Congress to
protect slnvcry is concerned, the right to call
Congress to exercise this right has been forfeit
cd or suspended by our own agreement, in re
gard to non-intervention. The third division of
the Democratic party exists almost exclusivoly
at the North, and isrepresented by Judge Doug
tiiniiiomu a -./"' ..'i '
Vriivt is the reason Uiat the Chronicle A Senti
nel. refute* to go in for Boll and Everett, and
why is it that the Editor now talks more aliouf
the Democrats, and praises particular Democrats
more than he does men of his own party ? If
he really believes Bell and Everett aro worthy
of-the support of the Southern men, why don’t
he and the Editor ofthe Republican, do like the
Southern Recorder, the Macon Journal A Mes
senger, the Georgia Citizen, the Columbus En-
quier, LaGrange Reporter, and other Constitu
tional Union papers of the State ? M hy don’t
they put Bell and Everett at the head of their
editorial columns, and fight for them like m_cn
who approved their candidates and their prin
ciples .
I understand tltat the Editor of tlie Chronicle
las. They maintain that the Supreme Court .. „
has made no decision on the subject of the rights! A Sentinel, was at the late Democratic Conven
or slaveholders in the Territories, hut that the tion, and was mighty thick with the Democrats
Drcd Scott decision, so far as regards this ques-1 —in their counsels—and talking to them about
tion was a more dictum of tho Court, and not what they should do the same as if he was a
entitled to the authority of law. regular Democrat ? M l.at does all this mean ?
I must confess that Gov. Cobb’s address even And the Savannah Republican tells the Dcmo-
an exposition of ltis side of the question, was crate what they ought to do, mid tak«! tliesamo
complicity with it. and saiiUic wasabout to re
ceive a just punishment, hut that, he had no
fears of death, that he frit -confident that God
had forgiven- his sins, and that he should go to
Heaven. He stated that he had fojt thnft from
about two moutlis’after his first confinement in
jail. " - ! .'„ e
lie walked from the Court-house to tlie gal
lows in company with. Sheriff M'right, his moth
er, brother and others. Upon arriving at the
gallows) and before ascending (lie platform, he
desired if there was a minister present lie should
pray for him. The.Rev.. Mr. Iltintcrcamqfrom
the crowd anil made a ’prayer. Gordon then
ascended the gallows and stated "that he was
going to die, that his punishmentwasjust; that
he had nothing to say; if, however, any of tho
spectators desired to ask him atiy questions he’
would answer them. Yarious- questions were
asked by the crotyd relative to the murder of
I'ytas, and things connected wkhTt) nil of which
were the same" as the confessions which lie made
at fipit, and which appear elsewhere in our col
umns. • » *.
About.two o’clock the.Sheriffplaceffthc hood
over his face, jscended from-the jilatfoijn, and
with on£ Wow of the axe severed, -the cord,
whicHJswhched Elley Gordon into the land of
splrite-^Ii.is nfck was broken by the foil, and
consequently ho died without a strugglc.
Thu. corpse was fumed" over to liis mother
and brother, Who although -tjacy accompanied
him to the-gallows, returned-to the village be-
fori-'Jiis execution,, hut remained to take charge
of his rcmaiqs. • . " .
- Throughout the .wholo' scene he* rohi;»ined
'perfectly calm and self-pdssesijed, eVen.tlie ah
most insufferable grief and agonymf a Jieart-
Dtoken tuotlici ,t*4 ■*•) in imwi'ii l,(m in
the least. - . . ’ • • -
from trouble and where the weary are forcrcr
at rest. -With this-hope, I bid vou farewell.
ELLEY H. GORDON.
Macon and Millcdgeville papers plcaso copy.
THE OYSTER SLOOP MURDER.
Hicks, now linger sentence of death on the
13 th proximo, has made confession of the triple
murder on tho Oyster sloop. Tho following is
the substance of’it:—
There is little doubt but that when Hicks en
gaged on that sloop he had determined to pos
sess himself of the money which the Captain
had, amounting to some $200. He says that
between 9 and 10 o’clock at night, when about
fifty miles out at sea, ho commenced Ids bloody
work. The Captain was sleeping below in the
cabin, and one of tlie TVatts boys was also sleep
ing below. Hicks and the other Watts were on
deck, the latter being on the lookout in tho how.
The murderer came up behind the unsuspicious
young man, and with some heavy weapon,
probably a handspike, dealt him a deadly blow
upon the head. His victim fell upon the deck,
and was there pounded and beaten until life was
extinct ’ '
The noise made on deck in executing tbit:
murder alarmed the brother of the murdered
man, who was steeping directly beneath tlicir
feet, and lie came rushing on deck. "Scarcely
Imd his head-appeared above tlie champion batch
when, the murderer struck him also upon the
head ivith his deadly weapon, and he too fell in
sensible to thq jleck. He was then despatched
in the same maimer as Ins .brother had been.
Captain Burr had not yet been disturbed, but
’was still quietly sleeping in his cabin, Wholly
unsuspicious of the bloody scenes that wcre bc-
Tug enacted on board his vessel. Iljcks proceed
ed immediately to the cabin, where -lie made an
assault-iipon Captain jturr. His deadly work
was riqt in this instance perfonued in - so sure
and>uddcii a manner,
The’first blow doult . the "Captain only strved
to.aroit.se him-to a sense of hjs danger, and he
instantly sprang up and grappled with the as
sassin. The. struggle was a long.and terrible
one, hut Hicks being anneil, atal the most
ests of Christians, cannot forget that slpc is
pledged to advance the interests of the Ottoman
State.—New Orleans Bulletin.
ISIS* »tv LKIIILI3LU IICLII ltuvl|t;lllv. CIIIIIC . /• i ii .1 . , . , - i 11
for which he .was about.to baexecuted, anil his 4>o« ^fuUnan of the two eventually overeattie
- -• - — - • — - - the Captain,-and succeeded in killmg him. Hicks
says ' that the Captain made a good fight, and
might have sucee'edcd in overpowering him had
lie been armed, but his physical strength "alone,
Tllb following is tho confession of Elley. 11.
Obi-don,-who was executed.on Friilay, the first
day of June, 1 Sfift, at Abbyville, lYilcox coun
ty,-for the murder of Abraham Uyfosc
Wliffc lying in jail at'Irwiiivillc awaiting the
day of my execution for the murder of Abra
ham Pytas, having made confession - to Almigh.
ty God- and as I hopefully trust, having been
fully and freely pardoned through the. merits
of a Saviour’s blood for my connection with
that crime. I feel it a duty imposed upftn luc to
make public confession of the crime, with the
hope that Iht young and rising goneratjOivniay
lie benefit ted by it.
Xwas born in M'illiaiiisburg’ District, Smith
Carolina, on the 8tli day of jime. .1834, and
by the death oCmy father was left an.orphan.
When a small bov in my earlv life,. I did not
receive that religious training tfiat'others more •
favorable did, tfUhouglr my niother was ameiii-
Lcr of the liaptist Chureli"and often advised
nnd instructcil me as to the piojicr course of
conduct for me to pursue. At an early age I
formed associates with bad ami vicious per-
sons,'and contraeUal.tlio habit of intemperance:
against the advice of my mother,-and it ha-
proved ipy ruin.
. In 1 bj.i, my mother moved'to Pulaski "conn-'
ly, (jeorgia—my life from that period up to
thif commission of that crime, which is soon-to
re.-ailt in ending my existence here, was reck
less, On the 16tfi day of ‘December last, T
was assisting Samuel Nobles in building at
house for hi.simother, and while thus engaged,
Abraham Pytas passed by where we were at
ivorl;. Nobles .projiosed to me that we mur
der him and obtain, his money. I aectsled to
the proposition and wc immediately pursued
him. -I prepared myself with a light wood
knot and Xoiikfo, with a pistot- We soon catnc
,up with liiinjndM J got within’ about three
paces of him, J threw the ’ light. wood knot,
which struck him on tlie head, ami in a
was not sutiicicnt to cope with" the murderer
and bis formidable, weapons. .
Tire bodies were pennifted to lie where they
liad fallen; while tlie perpetrator, of this triple
murder ransacked the vessel for the paltry sum
of hjcijcv whi(h had instigated him to commit
the crime, After tho lapse of ail hour or so,
the sloop being then well out to Sea, the bodies
were tin-own overboard by .Hicks. M’hcn- the
vessel was brought back, to this port theri were
marks-of blood and-several cutS on the gun-
wale'of tho sloop, asjf the murdered’men had
grasped there’in tlieir struggle while being
thrown overboard, and the murderer had cut
their hands and let them, into the sea. This,.
Hicks says, was not .t he case, as the bodies lay
on ’deck a longtime after Jife was extinct.. On
being asked how he felt while alone on the
sloop, Jar at sea, at midnight) with his dead
victims lying at jiiS -fret, ho replied tluit there
were fivo_on board—himself,' thrcc.dcad per
sons, and the "devil made the "fifth. Then, he
says,. fie folt well euougb;. but now, after hav
ing been with liim'all his life, the devil had de
serted him and he feels very bad. He had
heard that oiie of the bodies had been washed
ashore, and asked if that was so. The’keeper
told him tlrnt such, was reported to be the
foot. 'Hicks replied tliat.bc would not.believe
lb for he'iook pains to latary tiierfi far-out at
sea,, where there was little prospect of their up-
prau ing against him. *. . ‘
-Mcr»bh.—Tbc Dispatth of yesterday even
ing says:—A. murder wasTcommitted in. Upson
county) on 'Friilay oria'st week,- by a Dr. Chat
ham, upon II. C. Howell. It appears that Cftat-
ham rode up to the field were Howell was at
work, and calling lum aside, after some words,
shot him through the heaVt with a pistol. The
cause bf the murder was some report said to be
.tirculatod by. Howell relative to Chatham’s do
mestie relations, • Chatham has absconded, and«
reward of fifteen -hundred dollars is offered for
his arrest '
merit Nobles fired liis pistol, the ball takin;
effect in liis Arm below the elbow.- Pytas
commenced screaming and l becoming con
scious of our error, lieggcd for lits life, but
against all my entreaties, Nobles took up the
pine 1,‘uot and finished (jim. Thus ended that
brutal murder.
On Sabbath evening following myself and sev
eral othcTs were arrested by the Sheriff of M'ilcox
count jV under, suspicion of the crime*. I confess
ed my conijection.with it I was committed to
jail in 'Perry, where I remained until the .third
Saturday in April, from which place I was ta-
klm ami placed upon my trial in AbbyviRc on
Tuesday following % nnd twelve of my country 1
men rendered a verdict against me of guilty.-—
This action ofthe jury I regard ns -just .inil
righteous. Had I acted as others done, I Should
never have suffered the penalty of thejaw; and
the gallows from which I am soon to launch in
to eternity, would have been robbed of Us just
victim, for.there was no evidence against me,
save my pwn confession. In justici to my coun
try, and to acquit niy.own guilty conscience^I
could notirefrain from making a-cobfession.
_ After -niy sentence I was taken to this place
to he kept .until the day of my execution, and
ns it approaches,-1 -fori that I can arid dp'tljank
God that 1 have no ffars, that death has no ter-;
rors. I foci that my merdfol SaviourTlhSpar-
doned any sire?, and that.I shall soon bb with
him in parstdise. " ' »
In concluding tins confession and statement,
I wish from the gallows—yes from the grave, to
spetik a word of warning to the young. Young
man, let me beg you to keep out of b'ad’compa-
ny, refrain from strong drink ; these have boon
my ruin. Had the advice of my poor heart
broken mother been taken by me, tlie hangman
would have been dispoilcd of hiXprey. Intein-
acrance and evil associations has blasted the
topes and happiness of many young men, and
broken the hearts and brought tlicir grey hair
ed parents with sorrow to tiic grave. Let my
fate be a warning. Justice has been meted out
to me,*1 am guilty and deserve death. My body
I commit to its mother dust, and my soul to the
care of a gracious God, who-throbgh his bound
less goodness,' I feel has washed it in a Saviour’s
blood and cleansed it from* the pollution and
protect nronertv charring at "the I doc* all thismean. It looks like there was trea- stains of the blood of a fellow being. Asalast
£Jw fl s ^eoosti- sonto Mr Constitutional Union party and its act of justice, I desire m this public way tore-
time that tlie true issue was Uio “ const!
tntional rights ofthe Sonth in tlie Territories.”
Now I think tliat Gov. Cobb misstates Judge
1km-’las’ position on this point If there is anj--
thin- taught in the Harper’s Magazine artide
and Judge Douglas’speeches—it is that the
South have a right to gointo the territories with
their property equally with the North, and are
entitled to the same protection no more or less.
But wc have nothing to dowitii Judge Doug-
candidat. - somewhere? Orit looks as if these turn my sincere thanks to the officer* who have
CAPTURED AFRICANS IN KEY WEST.
.There were, by last,accounts, 1,780 captur
ed. Africans in the " Barra coon” at Key West,
the burgocs of three slavers -taken hy-.United
States vessels, and. now awaiting the action.of
the U. S. govejimicnt for their disposition.
These slavers were built in East Boston and
all owned in New York and fitted out at North
ern ports to take slaves"Jroih the coast of Afri
ca to the Island of Cuba. Many .of these slaves
are sick, and there Ls great danger Of a pesti-
Rnec breaking out among them, iftflng detain
ed in tlrnt climate -in their crowded quarters.—
Itj is moreover, affirmed that, tlie negroes do
not wish to he sent back to Africp, but prefer
ta be; the slaves uf white men rather than slaves
to barbarians of their own color. Whit’s to be
done with them ? If government -insist upon
sending all such negroes back to 'Africa and
providing, for their maintenance oiie year* after
thcir.arrival, the cost in the end is likely to ri
val that ofthe Pacific Rail'Road. It will "be
an ever recurring, bill of expense. The'Key
West correspondents projiose that they" he
“apprenticed” for a-tcrm’of years—.their ser
vices sold to planters under bond to take'good
care of them. M’hy should “free soilism”. ob
ject to that? It is the regular Exeter Hall
philanthropic and abolition way-hf slave trad
ing ami bolding—it is best for tlie ncgrqesand
best for the government. .
Since writing the foregoing wc note that the
Senate bill providing for the return ofthe cap
tured Africans, has passcd.thc House with an
amendment limiting the appropriation for Ih.lt
purposejto $250,000.
A TERRIFIC I (AIL STORM.
Between eleven nnd twelve o’clock, on M’ed-
liesilny night (fith'insk,) last, we Were visited
by n mflst terrific hail storm of (tome five- or
ten minutes’ duration. Such a grand and over-,
powering sight it has never before jieen our
lot to witness. The hail,-in its descent was
rapid,-literally-shattering everything before it
Many felt that-some great calamity wasabout
to befall tliem—and, indeed, as regards .our
self, we felt struck dumb with wonder, and
awe; not; Iron'cvqr, unmixed with admiration,
and reverence for thakgreat power'which tem
pers and pauses all things. - ' ■
Buslicls'of fruit were completely demolished)
and scarcely a whole pane-of gfoss remained
on the North side of any lmu.se in .this vicinity.
The storm came from, a North-Westerly' direc
tion, and we learn that the greater portion of
its force was spent ere it reached our City—for
some three or four miles , out. The cotton is
said tQ have been utterly destroyed—corn .and
other vegetation seriously, damaged f ainl, on
Bevepil plantations, wo learn, the fences were
carried away—ami in some places not one rail
left upon another, and’trees' and limbs scatter*
cd in every 'dirisction. The dimensions of the
hail varicd’frota the ’size of.a hickory -nut (6
that of a large goose egg. -
-'In our heit issue wc will.give a more full
account of the storm, and ofthe damages done
If wc hear of any worth reporting. Even iii
our own neighborhood several hundred dollars'
jvill be-required to repair it—Griffin Union.
Critical State or Affairs is EcuorF.—The
Paris correspondent of the "Boston Traveller
writes that “Europe has never been in a more
alarming condition than-it is at this hour since
the first French Revolution.” In additon to
the troubles in Italy, full of peril to the repose
of the Continental powers, a serious complica
tion of events in . the East is at hand. Louis
Napoleon has recently sent a special envoy to
Constantinople, while a largo Russian force has
actually, advanced to the borders of Turkey.
The attitude of Russia towards Turkey was re-
1 puded as decidedly menacing. The St Peters
burg Telegraph states thattlie principal foreign
ministers, excepting the Turkish, were recently
convoked by Prince GorL-chakofl, who declared
Editors'want to join the Democratic party.— I had the’earo of me during my imprisonment for that the position ofthe Christians in- Turkey
Wh.it else does it mean? ! their kind and humane treatment, and^cspecial- hau become so mtolerable^ that lu»u was on
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
M’ashington, June 5th.—The Japanese Prin
ccs, accompanied by their principal officers, and
the naval commission, proceeded to the’ execu
tive mansion to-day at noon to take leave of his
Excellency. The President received them in
the Blue room in company with the Secretary
of State and several other gentlemen.
The intercourse was cordial and of compara
tively long continuance. The President, among
other things informed them that he had selec
ted for the naval commission several ofthe most
gallant officers’of the navy, who, in peace were
most kind, but in war wc depend upon them
for our defense. He trusted, however, that they
would never be required to operate against Ja
pan.
The distinguished visitors, through their in
terpreter, expressed their high appreciation of
the President’s address, and, as on a former oc
casion, alluded to the handsome reception with
which they, have met and of the many kind at
tentions bestowed upon them. Tlio President
presented to each of the Princes a. largo gold
uicdal, bearing his likeness and a suitable in
scription, struck at the Ph|ladclpliia mint also
a number a beautifully bound illustrated Amer
ican books. These were received with evident
delight
At parting) tlie shaking of hands was mutu
ally cordial, and the interview throughout was
of a gratifying and pleasant character.
There seems’to bo little if any doubt that the
House bill for the admission of Kansas into the
Union will pass the Senate, whether with or
.without amendments is uncertain.
Senator Bigler to-day declared that he would
vote for the measure without qualification.
Tlie two Houses disagreeing on the question
of restoring the mail service, a committee of
conference lias been appointed, consisting of
Senators. Pearce. Yulee and Cameron, andRep-
resentatives Colfax, : Washburn of Maine, and
Crawford.
The President has signed the bill which in
creased the pay of the navy officers about 25
pcrcent.-
Tite Admission or Kansas.—The vote in tlie
Uqitod States Senate, on Tuesday, postponing
the bill for th» admissipn of Kansas, is regarded
ak a test vote, and indicative of the defeat of the
measure for the present session. The vote stood,
for postponement ayes 33, nays 27, a strict par
ty vote, except that Messrs. Pugh (Ohio) and
Latham. (Cal.) voted with the Republicans not
to postpone. Messrs. Crittenden,-Douglas, Cljy,
Nicholson and Thompson were absent—Messrs.
Douglas and.Clay being" paif-ed. Both the Mary
land Senators, Messrs. Pearce and Kennedy,
voted for the postponement
Senna’s Speech.—According to a dispatch
in tho Baltimore Sun, Sumner’s miserable di
atribe against tho South’was regarded by the
Republicans themselves’as more likely to in
jure than improve their prospects. M'e think
they were right:
Washington, June 5.—It lias transpired
that the character of Mr. Sumner’s sjieech
was known lo Republican Senators previous
to its delivery. They were and are full of
apprehensions as to.its effect upon party in
terests* " .
The Blind’Musician “Tom.”—The corres
pondent^ of ithc Philadelphia Inquirer writes
from Washington:
“On Saturday evening) Mr. Oliver, of Geor
gia. invited the Japanese visitors, and about a
hundred olhifrs, to ^Willard’s Hall, to hear his
blind negro, boy, Tom'play on tlie piamPand
sing.) The poor lid certainly.lias a wonderful
musical memory, and has Only to hear the most
difficult operatic music played pnee, jo enable
him to sit down rind repeat if. This he does
with marvellous accuracy. lie improvises good
music, and sings in a plaintive, touching tone,
which reaches the."heart of every hearer. A
wonderful ‘chattel’ is Tom, Worth $2,5u0.
lion. L. O. Branch*, of N. C. has addressed ti
letter to his. constituents, in which- he plants
himself *on the Kansas Nebraska act and the
great principle of non-intervention, as urider-
stood'in 1850 and 1854. IIo regrets the course
of the secedefs at Charleston, and points with
hope tq the Baltimore Convention.
jNew Minister Appointed.—The President
has appointed lion. M'm.'Churchill, of Tennes
see, Minister to Gautamala and Honduras.
Mr J. B. Green, whose exploits in" diving,
witlfor without submarine armor, are among,
the \yondcrs of this age; is now-in Philadel
phia, a sadly crippled rilan, his lower limbs
liaviog' become paralyzed in. his, extraordinary
labors to recover tho iron safe in the steamer
Atlantic, in Lake Erie. He will probably nev
er again be aide to return to the busfness.to
which he- lias devoted the'energies of his life.
. Nobility And Monev. —-The marriage- of
-Prince Polignac with M’dlle Mires, daughter
of-fhe Hebrew speculator, was placarded on
the 14th lilt, at the Mayoralty of the Second
Arrondisement of Paris. This .wedding has
excited cbn.sidprnble conversation in what is
called society in Paris, as the l'olignacs are of
the purest blood, and but a dozen years past
4f. Mires was a vender of old cjothes about the
streets of Bordeaux. .
r-n T re nmT In a Cottage
V ilia, the Hall will be grave and simple in char-
acter a few plain seats its principal furniture •
the library sober and dignified, or learned and
bookish m its air; the dining room cheerful,
with a hospitable sideboard and table* tho
drawing room lively or brilliant adorned’with
pictures and other objects of art and evincing*
more elegance and gaiety of tone in its cblora
and management”—Downing.
M’e have seen the prettiest effects produced
by the following means; The hall was papered
with oak_ paper, in panels; the wood work,
door sash, mouldings, Ac., being grained of a
slightly darker shade of oak, and the whole
n , Ca l y e? rmshc , d; a geometrically figured oil
cloth of three colors; brown, stone color, and
white, covered the floor; whilst the furniture
consisted simply of two walnut chairs of a Go
thic pattern, and a table and hat-iack ofa simi- *
lar style. The library was papered, also, with
panelled oak; furnished with book-cases of
grained walnut, walnut chairs and writing tables
and with a carpet of small .Mosaic pattern, in
which the brown tint predominated. The di
ning room was papered with plain paper, ofthe
tint of the falling leaf—or rather, of that color
of green which everybody will recognize as pe
culiar to the freshly wilted blade of Indian corn
—the border being nearly three indies wide,
and composed of two colors only; a deep green
and a subdued brown. The walls so papered
were varnished, to preserve the delicacy of the
color and for the purpose of washing them over
when they became dusty or fly stained. This
work was done four years ago, and although the
paper has been washed over every spnnn- it
looks as fresh and perfect as when it was first
put on. The parlor was also papered with plain,
smooth paper, of a light blossom color; toe
border being, heavy and of fine contrasting col
ors, deep crimson and green. All tho interior
wood work was grained to resemble oak, and
varnished. Thcjinly exception being the wash
boards, which were marbled in imitation of
Egyptain black marble.-ftt/ruf Register.
Color or Houses.—M'e should recommend
the body color of the house to be of a light B
cream; the cornices of the house and of the verl
andah, and verandah posts and rails, of that tint
of brown which is displayed by the newly open
ed chestnut; tho styles of tho doors and Yeni-
tian shutters two shades darker of the same col
or ; and the panels of the doors, and the slatsof
the shutters, and vertical slats of the verandah,
two shades deeper still With regard to tho
fences and out-buildings, they should be of a
graver neutral tint, and should, in all cases, be
subordinated to the -main dwelling. Another
general rule may here be advanced in conclusion;
in. the midst of foliage, keep the tone color of tho
house, of the Iightiest possible of neutral tints;
but when the house is more open and exposed,
subdue the tone of color to correspondand make,
up for the want of bowering foliage, by deep
verandahs.—Rural Register.
A .Notable. Hydrographical Face — The
Mississippi river is, at the present moment, says
tbe N. 0. Delta of tlie 29th ult, four feet low
er than it was ever known before in too memo
ry of the oldest inhabitant. It, is so-iow that
oiin planters are suffering for the wantof sepage
water, to get rid of which Has heretofore been
the’grcatest trouble.. The low stage of the riv
er is regarded by many persons as a favorable
irognostic of a healthy summer. Should this
mpe be realized; New Orleans will begin her
usual business -season with brighter auspices
than ever.
Goon Pluck, A young lady of Lowell,
Mass., left that city lately, on wjoumey of over
a* thousand miles, T W "meet and marry a man
she had never SCCn. The engagement woe
brought about by means of a piece of poetry,
written .by her while residing in a neighboring -
citygand published in the local paper <5f the
plac'e^ .The article, signed by a fictitious name,
was seen by" the gentleman, and so much ad-
mircd v that he wrote to the address, and the
correspondence thus begun was kept up for
nearly two years, and has resulted as above.
Aorauam Lincoln.—A late Ilarpcrs’ Weekly
we have rscciycd,(May-26j, gives us a portrait
of Abraham Lincoln, the nominee for Presi
dent, of the Black Republicans and a horid-
looking wretched he is !—sooty and scoundrel
ly in.asjicct; across between the nutmcgdeal-
cr, flic horsisswapper, and the .sightnian,—a
creature) ‘‘fit, evidently, for potty_ treason,
small Stratagems, and all .sorts of spoils."—
. ’ , . ’ .7 Charleston Mercury.
The Boston Courier says of tho Republi
can nominee for Vice-President: He never had
aii original idea, and, for his purposes, did not
need any. He is not competent to write good
English, as. liis message when he was Governor
shows. As a stump-speaker, whouhe was an
ultra Democrat, he was notorious for indulging
in a low, blackguarding style. Everybody in
Maine knows that. He was not capable of any
thing better.
Married Youxg.—In M'antoma, M'is., last
week, there died Mrs Case, agedsixteen years,
six months and ten days. Mrs. C., so early
called from life to death, was married about
three years ago, and has left three little chil
dren to mourn a mother’s loss.
M'hatthe South May Expect.—kA person,
signing his name D. C. MTiitcman, writes to
the Tribune, from Clarksville, Texas, com
plaining that the Postmaster there refuses to
deliver that sheet to him. lie wants informa
tion about it The Tribune assures him that
just as soon as a Black Republican administra
tion gets into power, its circulation in tho
South will not be impeded. Which all means,
that with an Abolition Postmaster General and
Abolition Postmasters throughout the South,
incendiary Abolition documents will find ready,
access to every village in that section.—JR Y.
Dag Book.
At a meeting of the Macon Volunteers,
on Saturday night, Dr. George G. Griffin was
unanimously elected Surgeon of the corps.
BRIGHAM YOUNG,
Is reported to be in Philadelphia, superin
tending the purchase and shipment of the ma
chinery for a paper mill. Our exchange de
scribes him as follows: *
Brigham is a light haired, thick set, medium !
sized, rather round shouldered, shrewd looking
man of nearly three score years, and of cheer-,
fill and commanding appearance. His prophetic
face "is ornamented luxuriously with sandy'
brown whiskers and mustache. Brigham is a
live speaker. Under his oratory saints or sin
ners seldom slide off into mystic drcamlaiHl.—
Generally when he sits in meeting,, and some- J
times when he is preaching, he wears a hat or 1
handerchief on his head. As ho rises • in
the stand a manifest interest is excited, which
becomes contagious, and rapidly pervades the
whole assembly: while coughs, ahfms’ and va
rious shufflings are outward ana vulgar aiid
visible signs of awkened attention and prepara
tion to hear sometning. His manner is calm,
deliberate, self satisfied and confident, with
very little gesticulation, except when fired up
with his suhject. His voice is far from unpleas
ant, not very powerful, but still well capable
odiUing-the tabernacle, and is slightly tinged
with that hard, inflexible quality common to
uncultivated voices, which have been strained
by much loud speaking to large assemblies.—
His utterance is short and sharp, as though,
just-at the instant of their ieaving the door of
his lips, he suddenly communicated to his words
an extra degree of impulse. This peculiarity-,
on passages of more than ordinary energy, con
tributes to impaH-to his speech a piercing, cut
ting, thrilling effect. His influence over his
hearers is extraordinary. Perhaps, in power
to attract and rivet the attention of his audi
ence) he is. not excelled by any living orator.—
This may be partly owing to his peculiar posi
tion. Certain it is that the magic of his voice
sways a Salt Lake congregation as no other
voice can. It is remarkable the dogged patience
with which a Mormon audience will sit under
the oftimes dry, wordy, threadbare, worn out,
long-winded harangues of the small-fry elders,
in the hope of at last hearing a spirit stirring
word from Brigham.
How Mr. Gottlieb Broke his Posts—“Chon, „
you reckcrmcmpcr dat fiddle plack pony I pyed
mid the bedlcr next week?” “Yah, votof
him.” “ Nothings, only I gits shcatcd burdy
pacl" “So?” “Yah. You see, in dc vurst
blase, he is plint mit bote legs, unt ferry lame
mit one eye. Den, ven you gits on him to rite) ,,
flic rares up bchint unt kicks up before so ver-
scFasa cliack mule. I dinks I dakc him a fiddle
rite yesterday, unt so sooner I gits straddle his -
pack lie gommcnce dat vay, shust so like a’va-
kin pcam on a poatstcam ; unt ven he gifs tone, -
I was so mixt'up miteferydrinks, I vintsininc-
zclf arount packyards, mit mit,his dail in mine
hau ts ver de priddle.” “Well, Vot you going to do
mit him?” “Oh, Ivixedhimpettcr as chain up.
I hitch him in dc cart mit his dail vefe his het
otc to pc; den I gift apout so a tozen cuts mit
a hitc-cow; lie starts to go, put so soon he see
dc cart pcforc him he makes packvards. Burdy
soon he sdumblcs pehind, unt sit town on his
hances, unt looks like he veal btirty shamed
mit himself. Den {_dako hims out, hitch him
de rite vay, unt he go rite.off shust so goot as
any pody’s bony.”
The Northern Methodist Conference Frigh
tened at the Slavery Question.—Wo sec by-
proceedings of the Methodist Conference at
Buffalo that, after all the fuss about slavery
which has characterized the business of tlie
session, that body has, almost at the last mo
ment, shrunk from coming into too close con
tact with the inflammatory question. On Fri
day the new chapter on slavery “ for the Dis
cipline,” which had been previously adopted,
was declared by an overwhelming majority, to
be merely advisory in its nature, and not at all
statutory; after which the exciting subject was
pronounced settled, the chairman, Bishop Mor
ris, piously ejaculating—“So let it remain,
world without end, amen!” to which wc em
phatically add another amen.
This means, of course, that the immorality
of slavcholding is an open question, and not one
of faith in the Methodist Episcopal Church.—
Are the Methodists getting afraid of the nigger,
or arc they getting commoD sense ?—JTerald.
The Japanese have forty distinct varieties of
tops, all of them infinitely more amusing than
the rude playthings of our boys. It is an at
tractive entertainment to see these tops spun.
One revolves on the end of tho finger; smother
may be lifted while spinning and turned up
side down, without losing it3 momentum; a
third consists of a nest of little wooden plates
which drop apart and rotate on their own re
sponsibility; a fourth is a mother top, which,
when rapidly revolving, is kissed by infantine
tops that instantly go to spinning, too; a ntth
spins the length cf a tight cord, from which it
manifests no desire to faH. And these arc but
a fraction of this one curious sum of mgenu-
il Y- .
Imports or Dry Goods.—The important for
eign dry goods at the ]>ort of New \ork for tho
month of May, are nearly twiooas large as for
the corresponding month of Jso8, out oniy a
little more than half as large for the same pe
riod of last year. The total since January 1st
j s S4r, 130,432; which is about two mid a half
million dollars below tlie corresponding total
0 flast year, the fulling off being the imports of
cotton.
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