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THE WEEKLY GEORGIA TELEGRAPH
Baltimore Correspondence.
Baltimore, Aug. 20,1800.
Baltimore a*\
ADDRESS
to Tire
have now been discharged. Robert Miller
alone remaining to be tried in the courts'of tj -j p
Anne Arundcii county, at an accomplice of \ Democracy and the 1 eople of the
United States,
L ■ ' • t BT THE
NATIONAL DEM. EX. COMMITTEE.
[Concluded from last week.]
... - - w - - . Woodward who was tried tmd acquitted, by a
A highly respectable meeting of citizens took j ury Thtw one of most deliberate
place on Saturday night to council upon the munJers which has ever been committed in this
most feasablc and least objectionable mode o ^ . g ijj. c | y t0 be passed over, and the mur-
sccuring the "election of a Mayor and Council ; 0 neand all escape. In all the trials
who will bo freo from all party bias in* the a - ^ nd examinat ; ons 0 f parties connected with j xo opportunity given to dissent fkom tiiekeso-
ministration of the city govemmen this murder, ample proof has been adduced to j
meeting was composed of the very choicest of . t clcarly to the mU rdercr, nnd his compan-
our citizens, and embraced those of all pohti- j ai]({ aiders and hotter on that occasion.—
cal parties, and represented all classes of nisi- , ^ stran g C to say each one of them as they
ne3S men, from the respectable journyman me- ; arra jg nc ^ > - f or trial or examination
chanic to the heaviest merchnnt, men of a ^ hav(j feeen dischargcd> and arc now at liberty.
j nn8°olticfs'all C Uie most noted Ruffians of the
city, all belonging to the same Crib in Holli
day Street, where no less than three distinct
murders had been, atdifferent times committed,
and one of them, by one of this' same party,
[Levy] all these men were proven to have been
present and attacking Nail] on tho night, and
at the time of his murder, by the testimony of
two of the former policemen belonging to tlicir
own party, and it was also abundantly proven
that all these desperadoes were seen running
out of the alley the moment after the report
of tho pistol was heard, and some of them
knocking down the private watchman at the
Sun office lest ho should recognize them, not
withstanding all this, it seems that a learned
Judge could see no just ground for’detaining
them until the Grand Jury could make an ex
amination into the case, but instead, discharged
them, SO that now they can escape the punish- cboioe ortbeCooventioa'j'Dr' tho Presidency was adoj
professions, the lawyer, the doctor, the mer
chant, the moda*^flPfoie'eflori 1 to’firae""the’
'city forever from the baleful influence of party
rule in its future municipal government The
utmost harmony nnd order prevailed during
the deliberation of the meeting. The speech
es were characterised by temperance, nnd no
word or expression of harshness or crimina
tion was uttered by any of the speakers pres
ent Tho meeting was presided over by Doct
A. C. Robinson, and Geo. M. Gill, Esq., S. L.
"Wallace, Esq., Doct Ilinsey and several other
distinguished gentlemen addressed the meet
ing. Mr. Gill in a calm, temperate, but firm
manner set forth the enormous grievances un
der which the citizens have been laboring for
many years, nnd tho frightful expenditures
Which had been lavished upon works of doubt
ful if not entirely unwarrantable propriety.—
Mr. Wallace followed and showed the loose
and reprehensible manner in which the treas
ury of the city had been depleted by reward
ing partisans in the shape of fat jobs, increas
ed offices, and enormous printing bills! Oth- ]
ers spoke with equal effect, and the meeting
unanimously agreed ■ to publish an address to
tho citizens, in which is embodied the reasons
for the necessity of tho Reform which it- sug
gests, and tho best manner of accomplishing
it The address is couched in plain but calm
language, disclaiming all favor to any one of
the several political parties, and utterly repu
diating the connection of the city government
with any political party which now or may
hereafter exist It points out the most effi
cicnt plan by which men w ho aro honest, ca
pable, and who will administer the affairs of
the city with an eye to proper economy can
bo elected. The action and object of this meet
ing has the universal approval of all good cit
izens, and entire press of the city, with but a
single exception, the Baltimore Clipper. Its
opposition, however, may be easily accounted
for by the list of delinquent tax payers, which
havo been for years, stereotyped amongst its
advertisements.
A man named Frcidburgcr, of Washington,
D. C., was robbed on Saturday of §1,000.—
One of his employees was the person suspect
ed as tho thief, and lie was followed to this
city, but tho officers who had been put upon
the track failed to discover his whereabouts.
Another robbery occurred on board a vessel
at Norfolk on Saturday; so soon as the loss
was discovered the Captain of the vessel sent
a dispatch to this city describing the persons
who were suspected, who it was thought hod
taken the boat for this place. In this case the
officers were more fortunate, and upon the
landing of the boat, the men were token into
custody; upon being arrested one of them
threw away a bag containing some $480, it
was fortunately picked up by one of the offi
cers and placed in the care of the marshal;
the men were held for a requisition from the
Governor of Virginia. The amount-stolen was
i00, all in coin. There is no doubt but the
irwiiren tvcnig in cvnfj is a pan. ui
II.
the sum stolen.
Baltimore, Aug. 21st, 1860.
The Clipper and Exehange of this morning
contain the particulars of the plan and manner
in which the great new Hotel is to be gotten
up, from which it appears to have been origina
ted by a party of New Yorkers, (mayhap from
Wall street,) who obtained a charter from the
Legislature last winter for building the “ Mer
chants Hotel” at a cost of $700,000. It is said
that stock to the amount of $600,000 has already
been taken, and that the balance $90,000 is all
that is necessary to bo raised, in order to com
mence tho work. Tho Square on which the
Hotel is to he built is bounded by Baltimore,
North, Fayette and Holliday streets, and the
ground and property occupying the site is to
cost, $309,000. Tho building is to be 5 stories
high, and to exceed in every particular any oth
er Hotel establishment in the country—many
arc sceptical however, as to the yen u in eness of the
project, and fear that there is some humbug
science about it. It is thought that the parties,
if of tho real simon pure stripe, might as easy
ment due to their crime, by evading future ar
rest
Another Abduction Cate.
A woman of ill-fame was arrested on Mon
day last, charged with inveigling a negro wo
man out of the State, and selling her as a
slave for life. It appeared upon her examination,
that she, in company with a man named Ennis,
from Alabama, had left Baltimore some time
ago, and had also taken tho negro girl with
them as a servant to Petersburg, Va., when
Ennis, her paramour, deserted her, taking with
him the negro woman, and selling her to a tra
der in the South as a slave. The woman was
thus left without means and had to beg her
way back to this city. She was held to bail as
a witness against Ennis, in cpse he should ever
be arrested.
The Central Union Association.
This is the name of a Bell and Everett Club
about being organized here. Meetings were
held last night at the old Know Nothing places
of resort, to elect delegates to this club, or as
they call it association. The narnos arc pub
lished, and it is refreshing to contrast them
with those whose names appear in the list of
the reformers as published yesterday. The
names of the delegates but from five wards out
of twenty have been published, and among
them are those of many of the old Know Noth
ing hacks, and office holders of the city. "We
are curious to see the balance of the names,
which have been kept back evidently, because
they are ashamed.to have them in print—
Shouldn’t wonder if John Hinesly is not one
of theuf delegates for the city at large; as
'Friend Grigg” Barrett has turned Black
Republican, he will probably be left out Mayor
McPhail one of the prominent Know Nothing
leaders and office holders in the city, it is said
has also joined .the Republican party, and
means to take the stump in support of the Re
publican ticket It is now pretty well under
stood that II. Winter Davis, is at the top or rath
er at the bottom of the Republican party in
this State, and will shortly’ avow it openly.
North Central Rail fluid, by which three men
were shockingly injured, and should they not
die will be crippled for life. They were Mr.
Landergan, Superintendent of the track, and
two others, and were in a hand car which got
away from them on a heavy down grade, and
in its rapid decent they were thrown out and
ran over. II.
Xaogitimato Hcsult of a Prize Fight*
The “manly art” seems to havo succumbed
to the “ cowardly pistol” at Louisville. A prize
fight took place there on the 7th inst, between
Carney and Madden, which is thus described in
the Louisville Democrat:
About half-past ten o’clock Carney entered
the ring, where he remained several minutes,
Madden not appearing. He then left the ring,
and about noon again entered it, when Madden
followed. They took their comers, but soon
changed, when the friends of Madden began
shooting right and left. One ball struck near
Carney, when he left the ring' and mndo for his
boat, the crowd running in all directions. In
the general feu de joie six persons, we under
stand, were wounded, and two or three cut with
knives. The three boats landed near the foot of
5th street, an inimenso crowd being assembled
on tho levee to witness the return of the victor.
raise the whole amount, and go on with the ... , „
... . . .... , . ,. , The passengers rushed ashore, and all at once
thing at once, as to await the subscription of, pisto H lot s were heard, and James Walsh fell
tho $90,COO by the citizens of Baltimore. In J pierced with five bullet or shot wounds, and in-
short it is believed that this $90,000 is about all ! stantly expired. In the excitement it was not
the money that is sought to be got at first, and 1 known who the assassin was, those in the vicini-
that the balance is to be had by hook or by
crook, and that once begun, the citizens will
not allow the thing to fall for want of money to
finish it—I shall believe tho Hotel will be built
when I seo it, not before. It is a Wall street
speculation, and nothing more. There is no
necessity for any such Hotel in the city, our
present supply being amply sufficient, for all
purposes. The project has probably been sug
gested by some of our enterprising Sun corner
loafers, who want a big job to divide amongst
them. It would afTord a fine field for their pe
culiar modo of operations.
The Old Defenders.
The few who remain of this memorable band,
who shouldered their muskets in defence of the
city in 1815, against the troops of Great
Britain, under General Ross, held their annual
meeting yesterday, to consider in what way,
and where, they should spend the coming 12th
of September, the anniversary of the Battle of
North Point, in which they all took a part. It
was decided to spend the day upon the old bat-
tlo ground itself, some seven miles from tho city,
where the ladies residing in the neighborhood
had specially invited them, as their exclusive
guests. To this, the scene of their former glory,
will tho old soldier repair on the memorable
l^th
I.UTION NOMINATING MR. DOUGLAS.
But even admitting that the President did
give notice that those who did not object should
be counted in favor of the resolution ; even ad
mitting the proposition that his mere ipse dixit
had the power to bind the delegates who did
not dissent- even in the face of their declara
tions tnat tncy would not vote, we now pro
ceed to show that no opportunity was afforded
to any delegate to object to the passage of the
resolution. The extract of the proceedings
which we have heretofore quoted, shows that
debato upon this ruling, Mr. Jones of Pennsyl
vania, who rose to enter his dissent, was uncer
emoniously gagged. Having thus closed their
mouths, this committee contends that because
they did not then speak, they must be counted
as having voted for the resolution.
By no rule of justice or of right can the 14}
votes given for Mr. Breckinridge and Mr. Guth
rie be counted as having been cast for the reso
lution declaring Mr. Douglas the nominee.—
Having steadily, through repeated ballots, vo
ted against Mr' Douglas, they were not allowed
to object to the resolution when it was offered,
nor evengiven the opportunity of voting against
it Here are the proceedings at this stage:
“ Mr. Clarke then moved to declare Stephen A. Duna-
lae the Democratic nominee for the Presidency. [Ap-
p! Mr.°i}ofre, of Virginia, offered a resolution to that ef
fect, which was read. o
The resolution declaring S. A. Douglas the unanimous
-juice of the Convention for tho Presidency was adc M
ted by a shont of ayes and cheers, which lasted a eons!
era bit* time.
The band of the Kejftone Chib appeared In tKo galUry
and struck up a tune, which was greeted W’ith renewed
cheers.
The President (Col. Todd) declared Stephen A. Doug
las, of Illinois, the unanimous choice of the Democracy
of the United States as their candidate for the Presiden
cy. [bond cheers.”]
The rote in furor of the resolution teas alone
taken ! The negative tote teas not put to the
Contention.
But, as if still further to demonstrate that
the eighteen delegates from Kentucky,. Dela
ware and Missouri, took no part at all in the
proceedings, we call attention to the vote for
Vice President, when they again refused to
tote!
SEVEN VOTES FROM GEORGIA AND ARKANSAS COUNT
ED IN DEFIANCE OF TIIE UNIT RULE.
Georgia.—But the nine votes for the 18 dele
gates who refused to vote, with the 14} votes
rast for Messrs. Breckinridge and Lane, added
■ to the 181} given for Mr. Douglas, gives only a
.total of 205, seven less than the vote claimed by
tliis committee. Where do they get the remain
ing seven votes t From Georgia arid Arkansas.
The State of Georgia was entitled to 10 votes
in the Convention, to be cast by 20 delegates.
The Democracy of Georgia, however, appointed
40 delegates to cast the 10 votes, and instructed
them to vote as a unit, the majority to deter
mine the action of the State. Eleven of the del
egates remained in the Convention, but the
majority who seceded protested against these
eleven being allowed to vote, and the Conven
tion decided, by a vote of 148 to 100, that those
remaining from that State were not under the
unit rule, entitled to two.
At Baltimore, the seceding delegates from
Georgia, reappointed by the State Convention,
refused to take their seats; but one of them,
(Mr. Gaulden, (however, came into the Conven
tion, but did not pretend to vote, because, un
der the decision of the Convention, he was not
entitled to vote, as the majority had determin
ed not to take their scats in the Convention.
And yet these are the persons decided by the
Convention to lie mere spectators, and not dele
gates, who had no right to vote, and never did
vote in tho Convention, who are now represen
ted as delegates by the Douglas Committee, and
pressed into the service, for the purpose of
manufacturing a two-third vote for Mr. Doug
las!
Arkansas.—Under the decision of the Con
128 as the actual strength of Mr. Douglas in I ted by the Federal arm. They declare, in sub- I the glorious heritage bequeathed to us by our
the Convention ! ° stance, that if a citizen ofa Southern State shall fathers.
1 votein Mam^^^tesTn Ctamecticut, and I stall not molest or Interfere with the right of I Constitutional Union party of the South, and
lost 10 in MasmchWtts. 2} in New Jersey, 10 j a Southern man to hold his slaves as property quasi allied with the Republican party at the
in Pennsylvania, 2} is Maryland, 3 in Virginia, in tho Territory. They declare, in substance, North. He, like Seward has proclaimed the
- -- 5 -- - ■ • -j Mis-! that if the Territorial Legislature thus inter-1 higher law. At Springfield he declared that the
vention, the two delegates, Messrs. Flournoy
and Stirman, who remainedin the Convention
the three bogus delegates from the first Con
gressional district, one vote; and the withdraw
ing delegates who were reaccredited to Balti
more, two votes. The latter declined to take
their seats, and Mr. Stirman withdrew.
He is thus reported:
** Mr. Stirman, of Arlcanra*. when bis State was call
ed, raid, In justice to himself, and with sorrow, he parted
with the Convention, he could not longer remain after
what bad been done.”
Thus a majority of the delegates actually ad
mitted to the convention had withdrawn or re
fused to take their scats, and, under the
unit rule, the minority have no right
to vote. Yet the committee have count
ed both the h vote of Mr. Stirman, who
had withdrawn, increased the one vote
awarded by the convention to the bogus three,
to a vote and a half, and thus secured an addi
tional vote from Arkansas in favor of the reso
lution. In this way the Douglas Committee
1 in North Carolina, j!} in Arkansas, 44 in.
souri, 3 in Tennessee 3 in Kentucky, mikin
net loss of 37} to wtich add the votes of Ala
bama 9, and Louisiana 0, represented by the
bogus delegates, wh$ would not then have gain
ed admission into the Convention, and we have
52} votes to be deducted from 1814. leaving 129
as tho true vote under the rule of former Con
ventions, really cast for Air. Douglas in the Con
vention. 7.
CONVENTION AT THE MARTLAND INSTITUTE.
105} voles were cast for President, to which
must be added 4 vote from Minnesota, 3 votes
from Delaware, and 8 votes from South Caroli
na, who took no part in the nomination of Air.
Douglas, and who before either Convention ad
journed endorsed the action of the Maryland In
stitute Convention, making in all 117 votes,
This number has been since largely increas
ed ty the endorsement of delegates after the ad
journment of the Conventions, who took no part
in the proceedings of either, or who, having
take* part in the Douglas Convention, have
sinc^ repudiated its action.
Thus neither Convention, has presented a Can
didas nominated by two-thirds of the votes of
the electoral colleges. Which, therefore, is en
titled io the support of the Democracy, as the
embodment of its principles, and as endorsed by
the wttght and influence of the party ?
Tile committee to whom we have referred
charge that wo are the disunion party, and
therefore aro not entitled to support. Let us
consider the platforms of the two Conventions,
and make sonic inquiries into the antecedents of
its candidates and supporters.
PLATFORMS OF TIIETWO CONVEKTIOHB Mi Miunn
• TO SLAVERY.
The platform pf the Maryland Institute Con
vention, endorsed at Charleston by seventeen
sovereign States., is as follows :
■‘Pint, That
by an act of C
and, daring its - T .. ■
States have an equal riait to settle with tlicir property
in the Territory without their rights, cither or person or
property, being dcstrojtd or Impaired by Congressional
or Territorial k-gUlatiot. . „
•• Second, Tltat it is tie duty of the Federal Govern
ment, in all its departments, to protect when necessary,
the rights of persons aid property in tho Territories,
and wherever else ID constitutional authorty ex
tends. . ,
“ Third, That when (he settlers in a Territory, having
an adequate population form a State Constitution, the
right of sovereignty conmenccs; aud being consumma
ted by admienion into he Union, they tttanu ou an equal
footing with the peotfe of other States ; aud the State
thus organized ought to bo admitted into the Federal
Union, whether itaCo|stitntion prohibits or recognizes
the institution of 8lavefy. ,,
That of theFrontStrect Theatre Convention,
is as follows:
Hatedced. That wc, tic Democracy of the Union in
convention assembled, hereby declare ourafflrmation of
the resolutions unanimously adopted and declared as a
•latform of principles by tho Democratic Convention at
Cincinnati, in the year 185(1, believing that Democratic
principles are unchangeable in their nature when ap
plied to the same subject-matter.
“ Besotted, That it Is in accordance with the true In-
terorctation of the Cincinnati Platform, that during the
existence of Territorial governments, the measure of re
striction, whatever ft may be. Imposed by the Federal
Constitution on the powers of a Territorial Legislature
over the subject ot domestic relations, as the same has
been or shall hereafter bo finally determined by the
Supreme Court of the United States, should be respect
ed oy sll good citizens, and enforced with promptness
and fidelity by evtry branch of the Federal Govern
ment” _ _
Referring to our platform, the Douglas Com
mittee say that “nothing could be more vague
and unsatisfactory then these resolutions;
they deal in ‘truisms’ of the tamest significance,
or rather, as the controversy then stood, of no
significance at all.” It may be well to pause
here and point attention to the fact that this
Douglas Committee shrink from the task of tak
ing issue with these resolutions, and that they
thus virtually admit that thej’ contain no doc
trine to condemn. Let the Douglas speakers
in the'North who have been ringing the charge
of “slave code," “slave code," tike a notice of
the virtual admission of their Executive Com
mittee that the resolutions contain no such doc
trine.
Tho committee were wise in not attacking a
platform which defies assault.
EXPOSITION OF TIIE PLATFORM OF THE NATIONAL
DEMOCRACY.
“ tfio govern men t*oYaTerntory organized by
an act of Congress is provisional and tempora
ry,” thereby rebutting the conclusions that such
Territory can frame any permanent institutions
whatever, or can establish, during its territo
rial existence, any fundamental law whatever.
It is an inchoate anil imperfect government, in
stituted for a brief period—the creature of
Congress. This resolution in connection with
the third resolution, which declares that “when
the settlers in a Tciritory having an adequate
population, form a State constitution, the right
of sovereignty commences; and being consum
mated by admission into the Union, they stand
on an equal footing with the people of other
States; and the Stati thus organized ought to
be admitted into the Federal Union, whether
its constitution prohibits or recognizes the insti
tution of slavery,” i! entirety’ consistent with
the Kansas-Ncbraskz act That the govern
ment of a Territory b provisional and tempo-
feres, it is tho duty of the Federal Government
to interpose nnd prevent this unauthorized, un
constitutional action. But there is no intima
tion, there can be no inference, from the three
resolutions, that the old policy, _ that Congress
can neither establish nor prohibit slavery, has
been departed from in tho slightest degree. It
is purely a question of property; it is purely
a question of the protection of the rights of south
ern men equally with the rights of northern
men. It is not a concession of the North; they
yield none of their rights. It is simply an act
of equal justice upon the part of the Aorth; it
is a demand of right upon the part of the South.
BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE FALSELY CHARGED WITH
DISUNION SENTIMENTS.
The effort is made to charge disunion senti
ments upon Breckinridge and Lane, because
some individuals now supporting them have at
some period of their lives given utterance to ex
treme sentiments. See with what weight and
point the charge goes home to the h ront Street
Theatre candidates, Douglas and Johnson. One
of their staunchest and most eloquent advocates
on the floor of the convention, was Col. Gaul
den, of Georgia, who at the Charleston sitting
advocated the re-opening of the African slave
trade. We quote from the official report.
“Col. Gaulden said ho would do all he conld to recon
cile his friends in Georgia to this doctrine, and denoun
ced congressional protection as an abstraction. In the
course ofhis remarks he referred to \ irginia is
trading and slave-breeding Virginia.
“A delegate from Virginia objected to the designa
tion, applied to that State—
“Mr. Gaoidcn.—Well, I’ll say slave-trading Gcor
then. I don’t objeefto the designation—I am a si
breeder—I face the music. Come down to my planta-
tion and I’ll show vow. niggers there,
ana pure .\mcans, too.
“Col. Ganlden then proceeded to advocate the revival
of the African slave trade, and believed Massachusetts
herself would shortly advocate It. He did not see why
he should pay $i,000fora ' •—
could buy him in Africa
treaty for the suppression ,
which, he said, was against the laws of God and nature
God. The doctrine of non-intervention should he ap
plied to the trade. It was inhuman to send hack to Af
rica the nc—roes at Key West, half of whom would die
and the balance be dclfvcred over to cannibalism.”
SENTIMENTS OF H. V. JOHNSON.
But in controversy we should go to the heart
of the matter. How will Mr. Johnson ring this
charge to advance Ills prospects for the Vice
Presidency ? Ho was a Senator in Congress in
1848, and on the 7th of July of that year he
made a speech to prove that Congress had the
power and ought to intervene to protect slavi
property in the Territories. (See Appendix to
the Congressional Globe, 1st. sess., 30th Con
gross, page 891.) . Our space forbids extended
extracts. said:
In no event can the slaveholder of the South be ex
cluded from settling in such Territory with his property
of every description.” ******
“ Since, therefore, as I havo shown, Congress has
power to prohibit slavery, they cannot delegate such
power to the inhabitantsof the Territory; they cannot
authorize the Territorial Legislature to do that which
they have no power to do. The stream cannot rise high- (
er titan its source.” * * * * * *
The Institution of slavery Is guaranteed by the Consti
tution of the United States, aud It has the same protec
tion thrown around It, which guards our citizens against
the granting of titles of nobility, or the establishment of
religions, therefore. Congress would be as mnch bonnd
to veto an act of Territorial legislation prohibiting It,
nj an act violating these rights of every citizen of the
itepablic.”
To show that Mr. Johnson has not abandon
cd his doctrine of Congressional protection, we
quote the following resolutions drafted and
then reported by him to the Convention of
Georgia, held on the 4th day of last June, which
appointed him as a delegate to the National
Convention at Baltimore
“ Btsedvtd, That we reaffirm the Cincinnati platform
with the following additional propositions:
“1st. That the citizens ot the United States have an
equal right to settle with theirproperty of any kind, in the
organized Territoricsof the L. States, and that nnder the
decision of the Supreme Coart of the U. S. in the case of
Drcd Scott, which we recognize as the correct exposition
property eta
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT, can desir
Iroyc
the right to stare property in the common Terri tc
got six additional votes from Georgia, and one | rary, that it is the jreature of Congress, the
ty scattering to escape random shots. But sub
sequent testimony disclosed that when Walsh
had fallen, Peter McGuire and John Bohan bru
tally kicked the bleeding body. Officer Bligh
came at once and arrested Bohan. Officer Gal
lagher took James Keegan, the assasin, who re
sisted, and was stabbed • by tho officer and
finally rescued by his friends and carried off.
Officer Gallagher then took John Bohan, and
the two arrested men were placed in jail,
XfegTO Conspiracy in Halifax County, Va*,
—-rour Hilled, and one Dangerously
Wounded.
One of the most daring conspiracies by ne
groes to murder a white man that wo ever heard
oi| came to light in Halifax county, about fifteen
miles from Danville, on Wednesday or Thurs
day, for tho particulars of which wc are indebt
ed to Conductor Cheatham, of the Richmond
and Danville Railroad.
Air. Samuel Hairston, a wealthy farmer in
Halifax, has an overseer on one ofhis planta
tions who is a strict disciplinarian, and a man of
great firmness. On the day in question, while
the overseer (whoso name we could not learn)
was sitting in his office, six stout negro fellows
employed on the farm called upon him, and after
informing him that a party of negroes in the
woods near by was preparing for an insurrec
tion, invited him to go with them and witness
the plan of operation. Not suspecting that they
had any design upon him, but being anxious to
capture the ringleaders of the rebels if he should
see them, he stepped into another room, armed
and nothing will be left undone to make | himself with a five shooter, and then started off
them happy, by the ladies whose guests they are assass|n Si they not knowing that he
them left among us—18 of their number having the forest some distance, when they suddenly
died during the past year. stopped near a newly dug pit, when the spokes-
Tlic Clipper is still writing under dread of confronted him, and, pointed to the hole,
it. u- 4U • i- j. saiu to him: “ There is your crave, \ouhavc
tho loss of the city printing, and is venomous but !iftccn minutes to ^ jke * our pcacc with
against the Reforms. It is needless, however, God." Quick as thought tho overseer drew bis
for tho Clipper to stick against the pricks. It ' Colt’s revolver killing four of tho ruffians dead
may squall, kick and make wry faces but down i h* s ^ c( i^ an( J one * n ®bdo-
.. _ , _ .-* ... , men, seeing which, tho sixth took to lus heels
it must go. Baltimore mast be purged-thorough- thr0 ’ ugh lh ° wood ^ and thooversccr hav j ng no
Jy ofpartizan corruption. The people now have other weapon, he escaped,
it in tlicir power to exercise tlicir right ef suf- } The impression prevails that the six negroes
frage, nnd they will put tlicir heels upon the i Iltul determined to murder the overseer, because
■ .>.1,1. — i. of some deserved punishment one or more of uui even mi
^ u " ii [ them had received, and laid the above plan to violation of the usages of the Democratic party,
long been sullen ng. jj. b ; m 0 fT in the woods to effect their ends.— by which the votes of 31 delegates from New
Baltimore \ucr 00 1860 His presenco of mind in taking bis pistol, and York, in addition to the two above alluded, 12
. . 1 " c " ’ ' i his coolness in the hour of danger, when no : from Ohio, and 9 from Indiana, making a total
The 2\ati Mart <>crs. white person was nigh to aid him. doubtless of52 delegates entitled to 20 votes, hostile to
All the parties who have been arrested as , saved him from a horrid death.—Jtichmond Dis- the-nomination of Air. Douglas, were voted for
participants in the murder of Naff] except one, | patch. i him. Subtract these from 154, and it leaves
from Arkansas in favor of the resolution, thus
increasing tlicir figures from 205 to 212 votes.
ACTUAL VOTE CAST FOR MR. DOUGLAS.
Wo now propose to show, beyond cavil, that
even the vote (181}) given by the Douglas Exe
cutive Comm'ttce, in the foregoing table, as
having been cast for Mr. Douglas, is based on
error. Let us examine the matter.
Massachusetts is put down at 10 votes for Mr.
Douglas, when there were only ten delegates
entitled to cast five votes remaining in the con
vention from that State. Massachusetts had
thirteen votes, represented by 26 delegates;
sixteen of these delegates withdrew, and joined
the Breckinridge and Lane Convention, leaving
we repeat, but ten delegates to'cast five votes.
Vermont was represented by 10 delegates,
with the right to cast five votes. She is report
ed as having given the whole five to Mr. Doug
las, instead of 4}, one of tho delegates (Mr.
Stoughton) having withdrawn, and joined the
other Convention
Minnesota is recorded as having cast her full
vote lor Mr. Douglas, when three of her dele
gates entitled to 1} votes, refused to vote for him
and withdrew from the Convention:
Mr. Becker, of Minnesota, raid he and two of his col
leagues desired to announce the conclusion at which
the; had arrired; they went to Charleston, and came to
Baltimore, actuated only by a desire to promote the har
mony, union, and Intcgrityofthe Democratic party; but
unfortunately for them and the country, their desires and
efforts had filled; they had been ready for any exertions
, and they now
ity resting upon
. . , he announced
their determination to vacate tlislr seats, taking with
them the credentials which accredited them to the Na
tional Democratic Convention.
Pennsylvania is put down as having given
twcnty-two-and-a-half votes, when 12 of her
delegates entitled to six votes withdrew and
joined the other Convention. As Pennsylva
nia is only entitled to 27, she cast one and one-
half more votes for Mr. Douglas than her dele
gation were entitled to.
Virginia appears to have given 3 votes for
Mr. Douglas, when only five of her delegates,
entitled to 3} votes, remained in the Conven
tion.
Forth Carolina had but one delegate, en
titled to cast one-half a vote in the Convention,
yet he is recorded as having cast one vote.
Tennessee, with only five delegates in the
Convention, is put down at 3, instead of 2}
Few York is put down at 35 votes, when it
is well known that two of her delegates with
drew from the Convention, and joined the other
Convention.
These make a total of 11 votes, which added
to the 18 bogus delegates from Alabama, the
12 bogus delegates from Louisiana, and the 3
bogus delegates from Arkansas, counting
16} votes, make a total of 27} votes to be sub-
stractedfrom the 181}, leaving the vote of Mr.
Douglas at only 154!
rORCED VOTES.
But even this was a forced vote—forced by a
history of the Territories conclusively estab
lishes. Congress has always reserved the veto
power over the acts of a Territorial Legislature,
or conferred it upon the Governor of the Terri
tory, appointed" by and with tho advice and con
sent of the Senate.
But, as in the Cincinnati platform, the third
resolution emphatically declares that when the
people come to fortn their permanent institu
lions; when they come to lay down their fund
ainental law, which shall govern not only the
people, but their legislative bodies and their
judicial tribunals, then they are to decide for
themselves whether slavery shall bo an institu
tion or not amongst them. Is the second reso
lution inconsistent with the first and third ? It
is in these words: that “ it is tho duty of the
Federal Government, in all its departments, to
protect, when necessary, the rights of persons
and property in the Territories, ’and wherever
else its constitutional authority extends.” Why
is government instituted at all ? Is it to raise
armies ? Is it to create navies ? Is it to estab
lish a postal system ? Is it to collect revenue ?
Is it to build up a magnificent capitol, adorned
with works of art and extensive and beautiful
ly arranged grounds, and imposing edifices of
granite and marble ? Is it instituted to raise
$100,000,000 in order to expend it—to bring
annually together, at the national capitol, Sena
tors and Representatives, and then to send
them home again—to establish courts and build
prisons? No; nothing of the kind. Such arc
not the objects of government; but they aro
the ia'trumcnts of government These are
purely tho appliances, by means of which gov
ernment accomplishes its purpose. The object
of government is to protect persons and proper
ty, and nothing else. Thus wo see, in order
to accomplish what seems to be a simple and
plain purpose, resort is had to tho largest and
most complicated means, in order to effect it
with certainty and success. Various countries
have differed about their form of government;
but with all these differences, tho purpose has
been ever the same 1 —the protection of. persons
and property.
The second resolution stands inflexibly upon
this proposition. Our Government has done
much, from our earliest history, to protect the
lives and the property of its citizens on its pub
lic domain. Where arc our armies sent? To
protect our Territories. For what? To pro
tect persons and property, and nothing else.—
The citizens of our Territories who have been
environed by Indian foes, and have fought their,
way through Indian wars, realize tho impor
tance of this protection. Why was our Navy
sent to Paraguay ? It was on account of a citi
zen of one of the free States—a citizen of
Rhode Island. It was a case of offense to pro
perty; and the Navy was sent there in order
that our government might do its duty in pro
tecting that property. A Government is dere
lict to the very purpose of its institution; it is
derelict to its obligations to the individual citi
zen, if it fails or hesitates in noting promptly to
protect the property as well as the person of
that citizen.
These resolutions, taken together, do not es
tablish slavery in the Territories, or recognize
the principle of the establishment of slavery;
but they declare that the rights of property of
tho citizens of the several States shall be protcc-
or impair
^■torics, any
Imore’than the right to any other description of property ;
that property of all kinds, slaves as well as any other
species of property, in all the Territories, stand npon
the same equal and broad const Rational basis, and snb-l
Meet tolikeprinclples ot recognition and protection in the
LEGISLATIVE, Judicial, and Executive Departments of
the Government.
“ ad. That we will support any man who may be nomj
osition, andwfo* will give them his indorsement,* 1 and
that we will not hold onrselves bonnd to support any
man, who may be the nominee, who entertains princi
ples inconsistent with those set forth in the above prop
ositions, or who denies that slave property in the Ter
ritories does not stand on an equal footing, and on the
same constitutional basis of other species of property.M
Mr. Douglas, in his letter to Hon. Wm. A,
Richardson, read before the Convention, uses!
this emphatic language: “intercention means
disunion.” Then, according to Air. Douglas,
Mr. Johnson, his colleague on the ticket w/fA
him, is a disunionist. And, according to the
second resolution offered by Mr. Johnson before
the Georgia Convention, lie stands pledged not
to support or rote for Mr. Douglas.
CONSTITUTIONAL UNION PARTY.
Butin our survey of the field wc must not
neglect the Constitutional Union party. It is
an old party, under a new guise. In 1856 they
had a platform of the strictest kind, and a se
cret organization protected by tests and oaths.
Then they waged war upon our foreign citizens
and upon a certain religious creed. The same
leaders now cotnc forward repudiating platforms
—announce themselves as the only Union party,
and ask for votes without any declaration of their
principles. Their platform is the “Constitution
and the Union.” The Republicans assert they
are for the Constitution and the Union, yet their
platform gives an interpretation to the Constitu
tion which will destroy that Constitution and
break up this Union. For which we have high
authority—Mr. Fill more, the candidate for the
Presidency, in 1856, of the very men who con
stitute the Constitutional Union party of tho
present day. The Douglas Democrats avow
they are for the Constitution and tho Union;
yet their platform, as interpreted by their stan
dard bearer, Mr. Douglas, tramples under foot
the decision of the Supreme Court, proclaims a
higher law, and permits the first squatters in a
Territory to exclude the people of fifteen sover
eign States therefrom; reducing them to a con
dition of vassalage, and doing little less injury
to the Constitution of the country than the plat
form of the Republicans.
The true Democratic party stands on the Con
stitution and the Union, and their interpreta
tion recognizes the perfect equality of the States,
and maintains inviolate the genias of the events,
necessities, and history which brought into one
confederacy so many independent sovereignties.
Which of these three interpretations is the inter
pretation of the Constitutional Union party? Or
will they scorn each and all, and fall back upon
their repudiated and odious platform of 1856 ?
Wo feci that an intelligent people will demand
at tho hands of men asking their favor a frank
avowal of their principles. Wo feel that they
will recognize as a true Union party the organ
ization which stands boldly on the Constitution
of their country, and proclaims the just doctrine
of the equality of tho States. \
citizen of a Territory “does not derive , tower
from Congress, for he iias already derived
it from God Almighty.” One of his principal
supporters, Mr. H. L. Seymour, in his recent
speech at Rochester, New York, said: “After
ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID ON THE SUBJECT, THERE
IS A HIGHER LAW. ITS FIAT IS GIVEN IN THE VOICE
OF THE PEOPLE. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IS TIIE
expression of TnAT law.” Mr. Hickman, the
boldest and clearest intellect of the followers of
Mr. Douglas, now upbraids him for his timidity
and treachery, has manfully cast off the mask,
and is now an avowed leader in the Republican
ranks. His fugleman, Forney, openly advocates
a coalition with the Black Republicans to defeat
our candidates. Wo see presses, and leaders,
and orators pulling down the Douglas and rais
ing the Republican flag. We say to tho Demo
crats of the olden time and to the young Dem
ocrats of the present day, beware of the insidi
ous advances of the enemy. Beware of the first
fatal step towards Republicanism and towards
disunion. Rally to the old flag. Rally on the
tried leaders. Be not sloughed off into the Ab
olition camp with Hickman and others. Wc im
plore you to weigh these facts, and we believe
you will be satisfied of the tendency of the Doug
las organization towards Republicanism. In
deed the entire organization will melt and is
melting away. The frecsoilism of it is now be
ing absorbed in the Republican ranks, and the
true Democrats, of whom there aro large num
bers, are falling back into lino with the old com
rades, with whom they have achieved the tri
umphs of the Democracy.
BRECKInrumje AND_ DOUGLAS.
Consider the spectacle presented to us by
the Democratic and the Douglas candidates for
the Presidency. Afr. Breckinridge has retired
to his quiet home in Kentucky, there calmly
and with dignity to await the verdict of the"
people. Mr. Douglas is traversing the coun
try, especially in the north and cast, dosing
out the panacea of “squatter sovereignty” as a
remedy for all our ills, appealing to the “high
er law,” and endeavoring, with the magic of
his t^ords and his presence, to cajole the people
to his support In this he will miserably fail.
In the exalted position of President of these
United States, the people will exact something
more than the qualities of a traveling mounte
bank. Air. Douglas in his recent letter has
averred that his object was to take the ques
tion of slavery out of the halls of Congress;
and yet during this whole Administration he
lias kept up the slavery agitation with a per
sistency and a fierceness amounting almost to
insanity. It has caused him to neglect every
other duty in Congress except the defence of
his consistency, and the advocacy of his views
in regard to slavery. He has been remarkable
for his facility in dodging votes, and when he
did vote, for his votes with the Republicans.—
With that party not only did lie vote on the
Lecompton questions, in total inconsistency
with his former votes. With that party he
coalesced, not simply in his votes on such mi
nor questions as the election of a public prin
ter, <tc., but in determining who in the Senate
of the United States were the representatives
of the sovereign State of Indiana. He has
been a rebel, both to the organization and to
the principles of the party. He has voted
against its platform and its candidates.
To conciliate Republican votes, ho has in
dulged in vulgar flings at the South. He pre
fers the clams of Rhode Island to the niggers
of the South. “I have much more fondness
FOR YOUR CLAMS THAN I HAVE FOR T1IEIU NIG
GERS.” These things have sunk deep into the
hearts of the American Democracy; and even
if he should extend his clam-baking operations
to the coasts of Labrador, trying on his wav
the infinite relish of freshly-caught mackerel,
halibut, and cod, he will find that whilst the
people are pleased with the jovial qualities of
the hail, well-met fellow, they will despise and
reprobate the public man.
Words cannot express the magnitude of the
blessings which a benignant Providence has
showered upon us—a vast and extended area.
u|m>*>iitig «uv vtiui u wmiirciu, unci reaemng
from the cold North down even to tropical heat
population now large and most rapidly in
creasing—the enjoyment of abundant com
forts and even great luxuries of life—a union
of industrial interests, varied by soil and cli
mate—a paternal and kindly government,
founded on the principle for which we have
ever and shall ever contend. Shall discord en
ter this magnificent abode ? Shall the Union
be broken up? Shall poverty, anxiety, dis
tress, and internal wars take the place of
wealth, content, and successful enterprise ?—
Our countrymen, do not close your eyes to
the danger of this! When the danger comes,
it will come from the selfish ambition of indi
duals, whose talents enable them to sow the
seed of strife in a party which for many gen
erations has supported this glorious govern
ment, founded on political and social rights to
every citizen—a government distinguished
alike for its benignity, its wisdom, and its
strength—the glory of the age, and the admi
ration of the friends of freedom, and of the
rights of man throughout the habitable globe.
Fellow Democrats, to the work! Stand on
vour platform, and cling to your candidates.
You are contending for the Constitution of
your country, and for the union of these States
Let us fight*the good fight, as our fathers did.
Our candidates have been baptized in blood in
the wars of the country, and have in every act
of their lives signalized their patriotism and
self-sacrifice. The crisis of the times has plac<
ed them before the people. You know their
principles. There is no silence as in the case
of Bell and Everett. There are no shuffling
disguises as in the case of Douglas and John
son. There is no war upon both the Constitu
tion and the Union, as in the case of Lincoln
(the sympathizer with fanaticism) and Hamlin.
But their motto and our motto is—
“Tue Constitution and the Equality of
the States: tuese are symbols of everlast-
ixo union. Let these be the rallying cries
the people 1”
In behalf of the National Democratic Exe
cutive Committee.
ISAAC I. STEVENS,
Chairman
the republican party.
We have referred to the warnings of Air. Fill
more against this party. The public mind has
become alarmed. The mischievous effect of its
doctrines has been shown in the John Brown
raid, and the recent burnings and pillages in
Northern Texas. Bold, unscrupulous, and vin
dictive leaders are at its head. They have adop
ted the once scorned dogma of Garrison, that
slavery is a covenant with hell and an aggree-
ment with death. Sumner proclaims the barba
rism of slavery. Burlingame the necessity of an
anti-slavery Bible and an anti-slavery God.—
Seward and Lincoln the irrepresible conflict
THE ROPE WALKERS YESTERDAY.
The attendance at the Fal s and the Bridge
was quite large yesterday, the new candidate,
Sig. Farini, having a little the best “house,” as
those who had seen Blondin were anxious to
witness the first efforts of the new candidate.
Blondin did not shirt until after five o’clock,
as he seemed anxious that those who desired
might witness both exhibitions, and make a
comparison.
Ho started from tho Canada side, and going
on a sort of trot till lie reached the centre, ho
stopped and stood on his head, the balancing
pole toching nothing but the main cable. In
this position a picture was taken of him by Mr.
Evans. Regaining his proper position, he ran
lightly to the shore. After a short interval’ he
appeared again with his feet in baskets, mak
ing apparently, the attempt a foolhardy and
perilous one. But he made nothing of it, and
reached the shore, as usual, in safety.
Arranging his cook store,—which, by the
way, is a model—and having overhauled his
stock of salt, pepper, eggs, Ac., to see that he
was fully provisioned for his journey, he shoul
dered his kitchen furniture, and with a pleas
ant “good bye, ladies and gentlemen,” he start
ed. On reaching the middle of the cable, he
stopped, unstrappedhis load, and adjusting iton
the rope, commenced preparations for supper.
It would have appeared comical, were it not for
the seeming peril, to witness his manaeuvres.
As it was, a shout went up, when, after break-
ing-thc eggs into his dish, throwing the shells
overboad, peppering, salting and stiring them to
gether, he placed it on the stove, and the smoke
was seen curling from the pipe. Having finish
ed his meal, he resumed his load, and passed
steadily to the shore.
Sig. Farini made his maiden ascension.—
Ilis place of crossing is a short distance below
the ferry. The distance across the chasm at
that point is somewhere about l,500fcet. The
whole cable, we understad, was 1,800 feet in
length, and considerable of this was, of course,
taken up on each side in fastening it At the
time appointed, - me Sig. made his appearance,
and after waiting a while for his guys to be ad
justed, he commenced his perilous journey.
It was painful at first to behold him. It seem
ed a little uncertain as to the result He seem
ed to movp with the utmost caution. He was
evidently impeded in his progress by his pole;
it was so long, and so limber as to be constant
ly coming in contact with the guys. We un
derstand that it was by mistake made longer
than lie had ordered ii to be. Having got un
der way, however, he proceeded with more ap
parent boldness. In passing over the first time,
he performed several feats, such as standing on
his head, lying at full length upon his back.—
On his return, when about half way across, he
stopped and drew up a rope from the Maid of
the Alist, on which his descended to her deck,
and after staying there awhile, he again ascend
ed and proceeded on his journey to its comple
tion.—Buffalo Advertiser.
They, with a fanaticism rapidly getting intense
as that of Peter tho Hermit, arc fanning tho
flames of sectional strife soon to break out in
intestine war. They are practically leading a
crusade against the South. Thanks to the mer
cies of tho Almighty, brotherly love, the mem
ories of a glorious history, the common sacrifi
ces of our fathers, the unparallelled progress to
empire and renown of our people, have not lost
their influence. Honest and true men all through
the North havo determined to crush out the
monster of Northern disunion and fanaticism.
A paralysis has come over tho energies of the
inciters of servile war. The common sense of
tho people revolts at the consummation of their
foul designs. Good men and true are rallying
from the mountains and the plains, from city
and country, from the farm, the shop, and the
busy marts' of trade, to preserve and perpetuate
GYAINASTICS IN CHICAGO.
One of the editors of tho New Orleans Delta,
now on the Southern excursion to the Lakes
writes as follows to that paper concerning the
way “Young Chicago” diverts itself:
“ Another very remarkable feature of Chica
go is tho Gymnasium. This people are raving
mad on the subject of gymnastic feats and ex
ercises. It is from this passion that that queer
military corps, which is attracting so much at
tention in the East, the Zouaves, sprung. All the
young men of this city belong to somcp’mnasi-
urn, in which they spend all their spare time exer
cising themselves, as circus actors do, to attain
the highest degree of physical power and skill
A special exhibition of this sort was gotten up
for the benefit of the Southern Excursionists,
which caused our quiet people to open their
eyes wide—and the ladies were nearly disposed
to shut theirs. The exhibition was given in a
spacious hall, which was densely crowded by
spectators, including a great number of ladies.
The actors consisted of about one hundred and
fifty young men, of respectable, social and pro
fessional positions, who all appeared a la circus
people, in tight stockinet, with a slight silk
covering about their loins, commonly called a
breech cloth. The chief was distinguishable
from the others by wearing a spangled silken
breech cloth. The exercises were of the usual
sort of acrobatic and gymnastic displays, such
as somersaults, lifting heavy weights, racing,
climbing ladders and swinging, and certainly
evinced great skill, practice and muscular devel
opment It was quite trying, however, to the
delicacy ef our ladies to behold respectable mer
chants, lawyers, physicians, and even clergy
men, in such a seeming nude state, and engag
ed in exercises so little accordant with our us
ual idea of the dignity of those professions. AYe
were told that there were at least five hundred
young men belonging to this association, and
that tiiey devote to such exercises that time
which, in other communities, is given to dissi
pation.
“Stickin’ to tue Pups.”—At a grand milita
ry ball held in the City Hail, not long since,
there attended a certain Dubuque editor. The
occasion was a glorious one, and, of course, jhe
“went in’’ extensively, and so much so, that to
wards midnight or a little later, ho was a3 happy
as a clam, and twice as unsteady. About this
time he succeeded in “doing,” after ft fashion, a
quadrille, at the close of which he engaged his
lady for a cotillion, some three dances ahead,
and then led her to a seat As tho lady was
comparatively a stranger, and himself a little
near-sighted, he resolved to mark the spot where
he seated her, and with this view took the bear
ings of a picture oyer her head. It happened to
be a well-known painting representing a dog in
the middle of a river, floating on her kennel,
while upon each side of her swam a couple of
her offspring, which, judging from the counten
ance of the maternal, are in a fair way to drown.
“All right, my eo—madam,” said our hero,
“if you stay under that pikshur, Fll no war to
fin’ you.”
In about ten minutes it occurred to him that
it would be well to see if he could find the place,
and so yawning heavily, he bent unsteadily in
the direction. After some little difficulty he
reached the picture.
“All right, mam! stick to the pups an Til find
you,” and so saying he pitched off on another
tack.
The lady did r.ot much like this style of things,
and sheojjietlE dtpaaotl Rn» a.m, nij i»«G
sne IeltTt, before it was taken possession of by
the feminine partner of a just-concluded waltz.
In a few minutes more it occurred to our edi
tor to see if he could find the picture once more,
in order to have a “sure thing” when his dance
commenced. After * taking another drink he
went ahead, and was again successful—reaching
the river scene with no very great difficulty.—
There was the picture, underneath it a lady—
all right
“Still stickin’ to the pups, I see, good on you
red.”
“Sir!” said the lady, drav. ing herself up with
some astonishment, and no little hauteur, at this
singular remark from an entire stranger.
“Allrit, madovc! still stickin’ to the pups!—
rn—
“Sir, I don’t understand you,” interrupted
the lady, in atone of mingled indignation and
alarm, as she rose to her feet This brought
her within range of the gentleman’s vision, and
it crossed his mind that the face was a strange
one.
“Ain’t j’ou the lady Itole to stick to the pups,
so I could fin you ?”
“I don’t understand you, sir,” replied the la
dy as she swept with the air of a queen to an
other part of the room.
, Our friend pondered the matter over for a few
minutes, but in vain—and we believe to the
present time he has been unable to solve the
mystery connected with “them pups.”
Dubuque Herald.
Some Snakes.—About two weeks since, on
the plantation of George Alartin, Esq., of this
county, fourteen rattle-snakes were killed, near
the same spot, in one day. The largest one is
said to have been over four inches in diameter,
and had eleven t attles—the rest were her brood
of young ones. The. diminishing population of
the country is favorable to the reproduction of
wild game and reptiles. "Wild turkeys are be
coming quite numerous in many neighbor
hoods, and more venomous snakes have been
seen in the county this year than for many
years past—Madison Visitor.
Legal Precocity.—A nice young gentleman
who had spent a little of his time, and a great
deal of his father’s money, in reading for the
bar, wsa asked, after his examination, how he
got along? “Very well,” said he, “I answered
one question right” “Ah, indeed,” said tho
old gentleman, “and what was that ?” “They
asked me what a quitam action was, and I told
them I didn’t know.”
An Elopement Checked.—At noon bn Sat
urday an elopement was checked at the Hudson
River Railroad depot, East Albany. The par
ties were a married man and the daughter of a
well-known citizen of Dutchess county. They
left home the day previous, and at the time of
being caught, wore on tlicir way for Niagara.—
They were suddenly brought to a stand by the
father and brother of the girl, who overhaul
ed them on their arrival here upon the noon
train. . The man was considerably disguised.—
The girl also made an attempt to disguise her
self, but it was too feeble to escape detection
The brother of the girl was armed with a good
horse whip, which he would have laid upon
thc'villain who abducted his sister, but the
scoundrel made good his escape. lie left his
baggage behind him. His name is A\ IDiam
Parker. He is a man of some means, and has
_ very respectable wife and family residing in
the immediate vicinity af the girl’s parents.—
He was a great church member and it was
through this means that the girl became enam
ored of him. The young lady was conveyed
back to her home by her relatives.—Albany
Knickerbocker, August 13. .i, .-.^c
■ —
The man who did not think it respectable to
bring up his children to work, has just heard of
his sons, One of them is a driver on a canal, an
other of them has been taken upas a vagrant,
and a third has gone to a public institution to
learn the shoe making business under a
keeper.
The "Watermelon Trade.—The books of the
Georgia Railroad, says the Augusta Chronicle,
show that from June 2Sth to August Oth, there
were shipped over the Road to various points
5,731 watermelons. . . ; ^