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AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1857.
Democratic Nomination for Governor,
HON. JOS El* II E. BROWN,
OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Camt>aiffii Constilntioiiali*t.
In a few weeks the political campaign will open
in this State for the election of a Governor, mem
bers of Congress, animators and Representatives
to the State Legislature. It is highly necessary
that a thorough organization of the party should
be effected, in view of the important results to be
obtained, and that all questions of public interest
be fully discussed iu the columns of the newspaper
press of the State.
The OunMitutwnali-d, for the campaign, will be
furnished, from the Bth of July to the 21st of Oc
tober, at the following rates:
Daily $1
Tri-Weekly 1 00
Weekly 50
Twenty-live copies of the weekly.. 10 00
No paper sent to any person without payment iu
advance. _
State of tin? Weather.
Sunday, June 28—7 o’clock, A. M.
Charleston, clear and very warm.
Savannah, pleasant.
Macon, clear and warm.
Columbus, dear and hot.
Montgomery, “ 44 pleasant.
Lower Peach Tree, cloudy and cool.
Mobile, clear and very hot.
Gainesville, c lear and very pleasant.
New Orleans, clear.
Augusta, clear and warm.
Monday, June 29—7 o’clock, A. M.
Charleston, clear and warm.
Savannah, pleasant.
Macon, clear and warm.
Columbus, 44 ** 44
Montgomery, clear and warm.
Lower Peach Tree, clear.
Mobile, elear and pleusaut.
Gainesville, 44 44 44
New Orleans, clear.
Augusta, clear and warm.
Ti ksuav, June 00 7 A. M.
At Savannah, pleasant.
44 Macon, clear and pleasant.
44 Columbus, clear and warm.
44 Montgomery, elear and warm.
44 Dower Peach Tree, clear and warm.
44 Mobile, 44 44 44
“ Guinesviile, clear.
44 New Orlcuna, 44
44 Augusta, elear and pleasant.
The Cotton Crop.
Tlit* New York J amal of CotniMrce of the 27 th
instaut, in the weekly review of the dry goods mar
ket, and under the head of domestic goods, thus j,
refers to the forthcoming cotton crop: “There is „
also a radical change in the prospects of the cot- ~
ton crop. The stands are better than for many |
years, and as the uurface planted is unusually u
large, and an increased number of hands arc cm- r
ployed, there is no reason, now obvious, why there
may not be as large a crop as was ever picked."
We very freely grant that there luis been a “radi
cal change in the prospects of the crop," for with- 11
out that “radical change" the crop would not have H
been two million bales, but with it, und good sea- 1
sons, a late frost, aud uo material injuries from
storms aud insects, the crop may equal und per- |
haps slightly exceed the crop of last year.
That “the stands are better than for many years," 1
is a mistake. We have heard the opinion almost 1
universally expressed by farmers or planters, that
the stands of cotton were never worse than at
present the plants smaller than ever known at
the same time in June— that the crop is from three (
to four weeks later than in former years—that the
increased surface planted wilt not compensate for
the consequences of bad stands, small plants and
the Immature condition of the crop at this season
of the year.
Where the commercial editor ol the Journal of ■
Comment obtains his information, about the fa- i
voruble prospects of the cotton crop, we are not «
advised ; but we feel satisfied ho has uot reliable 1
correspondents in the South, who would comuni- 1
nicatc such intelligence to him. It w ould bo grati- ]
•lying to us to be able to state that the prospects of
the cotton planters were satisfactory, but the genor- ,
al appearance and condition of their crops, at this
time of the year, give unmistakable evidence of !
less than an average yield in the fall or picking
season.
Commercial Letter from Net*' Vork.
We are indebted to one of our commercial houses I
in this city, for the following extract of a letter,
from one of their correspondents, dated
“New York, June 27, 1557.
“The Persia's advices open the ball—the music 1
is cheering—and l hope Manchester will enjoy the
daucc. If she does not, let her complain to her ;
friends on this side who have been 'spinning yarns'
for her during the past season. Their reports w ere
palatable, auu therefore received with favor, while ,
truthlul statements were rejected.
“It looks like there might be souk UUU compe- 1
titiou for cotton, during the lirst two or three ■
mouths of the next crop’s receipts, as Brother ,
Johnathan, John Frog, and John Bull, will be ex
ceedingly hungry about that time. They appear
not to feel uneasy yet, as they are told that at cur
rent prices planters will be very anxious to realize;
and before that time, if good weather prevails,
there will be big stories told of a large crop, and
a howl raised for “bleeding Manchester.” She, of
course, deserves all the sympathy, and shippers
ought to be ruined for dealing in the article, which
fht consumes, aud manufactures for us at a saw.
“The cotton market is firm, but-sales are light.
Holders are very indifferent about olFeriug their
stocks. Middling Uplaud Good Middling
and Middling Fair 15 a—.
A writer in Hunt's Magazine suggests a new
plan of extinguishing fires, worthy certainly of
trial. It is simply saturating the water, of the
sre engine with common salt and potash,. both
very cheap articles, and both acting together to
mpregnate the wood so that the flame .cannot
spread any further; i. e. the muriatic acicl fli€s off
and the soda remains as upon a glazed surface!*
The suggester of this idea even goes on to say
that many a fire, which is within reach, might’be
stopped without any engine, by discha.rging finely ,
powdered clay, lime or chalk, through fflabe on
the blaze.
Louisville, June j3.—McKibben’s mill*, in I
Talledega county, Alabama, were destroyed by I
•flre during last w eek. ' <
The ffallots for Governor.
i It will doubtless be an interesting matter for the
politicians to examine, and hence we publish the
following list of the ballots for Governor at the re
\ cent Convention of the Democratic party in Mil
ledgeville:
5- EC S 3 53 a
a £ ’ •• 8 8-
h. © P * S" 3
IJuliois. 2 5 C 2 55 S" S?
•I 5 = % ~ ■n
pr v. p -*
a : r> : : : :
1 112 100 07 53 .2.-, 00 ~2
2 101 100 110 53 35 00 00
3 113 110 S 3 50 32 Co 11
4 116 123 70 43 22 00 16
5 121 131 07 17 20 00 13
6 124 141 46 56 16 00 16
7 126 131 51 50 20 2 19
8 122 152 35 49 17 2 22
9 127 172 .. 64 25 00 11
10 120 173 .. 56 30 1 19
11 IU 151 .. 62 31 15 29
12 ,124 151 60 41 7 16
13 149 151 50 26 12 11
14 179 ... 137 56 4 10 13
15 183 ... 140 61 4 00 11
16 IG9 ... 146 53 1 6 24
17 165 ... 160 46 .. 4 24
18 168 ... 171 41 .. 3 16
19 165 ... 164 49 .. 7 14
20 179 ... 175 .... 23 22
AVERAGE VOTE—DISCARDING FRACTIONS.
Hon. J. 11. Li mi-kin 138
James Gardner, Esq 137
lion. H. G. Lamar no
Hon. H. Warmer ~,2
Hon. W. 11. Stiles 22
Scattering 7
Not voting 16
On the second ballot the lull voteof the Conven
tion—three hundred and ninely-ninc—was polled,
and for nineteen ballots the avenge number of
Iliose who refused or omitted to vote, was sixteen.
LOSS AND GAIN DURING THE BALLOTS.
Lumpkin's. I Gardner's. | Lamar's. | Warner's, j fltile’s
b © b* S» b ci h a
% 2. 1 a. 1 s. 5 9. %1.
1.. 00 00 00 00 00 00 <io 00 60
2.11
3.. 12 lO 27 3 3
4.. 3 l3 4 —7 lO
5.. 6 8 12
6.. 3 lO 21
7.. 2 10
8.. 4
9.. 5 2O withd’n. l5 8
10.. 7 —1 8
11.. 9 --22 - 6 —1
12.. 13
13.. 25
14.. 3O withd’n. annou'd. 6 22
15.. 4 3 5
16..
17.. 4
18.. 3 ll 5
19.. 8 —7
20.. 14 ll
Democratic Caudidatc for Governor.
We publish in another column, extracts from
Democratic as well as neutral papers, in reference
to the nomination for Governor made by the
State Democratic Convention, at Milledgeville, on
Friday last.
Those who know Judge Brown intimately, in
form us that he is a gentleman of line talents, and
possessing the qualities of decision and firmness of
1 character so requisite for the position for which the
Democratic party have nominated him. Should be
accept the nomination, and in doing so give his full
and hearty adhesion to the resolutions pussed by
the Convention, he will he elected by an over
whelming majority. We have no doubt that there
is an entire concurrence on his part with the sen
timents embodied in those resolutions.
Jtj-?" The stock of cotton in Hamburg, counted
yesterday, was only six hundred bales.
(Sf-Tlie Hon. Martin J. Crawford, in a letter
to the editors of the Columbus Time* <9 Sentinel,
of Juno 27 tli, declines being a candidate forre-tdee
tiun to Congress, in the second district.
Teamsati.axtic Telegraph. —We have been in
formed, says the Boston Post, that the fust tele
graphic dispatch to be transmitted across the
ocean will be the compliments of J ames Buchanan,
President of the United States, to Queen Victoria,
ami the return dispatch will convey Her Majesty’s
reply.
A New Metal Alloy.— Messrs. Holmes, Elton,
Tuhrkll A Co., ut Watcrbury, are manufacturing
a newly patented alloy, wliich resembles gold very
strikingly *in its color, and the ease with which it
can be worked. The metal may be treated in the
same manner as gold, and is equally ductile und
malleable. The alloy, which receives the name of
“ Oroide,” is not only very handsome in its ap
pearance, but it takes gilt or silver plating m a
manner superior to any other metal, and is withal
very cheap.
Among the passengers arrived at New York in
the steamship Persia, are W. Cokbyn, of Niblo’s
Harden, accompanied by Hignorixa Tiikrra Kol
ia, of Scala, Milan, Signora Clara Holla, ha Fe
uice, Venice, and Sicnorit Singi Pktroni, of Her
Majesty’s Theatre, London.
The National Clay Mont rent. —The corner
stone of this monument is to be laid at Lexington,
Kentucky, on the fourth of July, with imposing
ceremories. The Rev. R. J. Breckinridge will be
the orator, aud iuvitations have been extended to
one or more military companies in all the princi
pal cities of the Union to be present.
Slander Suit. —On Saturday a young lady of
St. Louis commenced suit in the circuit court
agains* her own father for slunder, laying the
damages ut tw-o thousand dollars.
Election ok a Postmaster. —The Democrats of
Wheeling, Va., held an election for postmaster on
Saturday, the 20th inst. Only three hundred and
eighty-five votes were polled, of which General
Fkeny received three hundred and twelve, and will
therefore be recommended to the President for ap
pointment.
This is rather a novel way of obtaining a favor
able position for a post office appointment.
University of Virginia.— The executive com
mittee of the board of visitors ot the University
of Virginia have unanimously approved the plan
of improvement designed by Mr. Pratt. The cost
of the proposed extension will be between one
hundred aud fifty thousand aud two hundred
thousand dollars.
A Famous Horse. —Cossack, the horse Capt.
Nolan rode when he was killed at Balaklava, (in
the famous charge> is now the property of a gen
tleman of Cincinnati, and arrived in that city last
week. He is a gray Arab stallion, six years old,
and fourteen hands high. His groom, who came
with him, is Edward Sleapper, one of the eleven
survivors of a regiuieut of nine hundred British
soldiers who landed in Gallipoli in February,
1554. He was at Alina, Balaklava, lukermann,
and the siege of Sebastopol, and looks, it is said,
as if he wus made of oak, lignumvita* and iron.
In China, when a mau commits suicide they im
mediately hang whoever, by uffeudiug or thwart
ing him, has been the cause of the rash deed, and
give the goods of the oflTender to Abe family of tht
suicide; so that many gentlemen of failing health
and slender means, mauage to get insulted by u
rich nwm, hang themselves, and have the pleasing
assurance that tlfeir families will be provided for
The icity of flforta, Illinois,sitinted on the Illi
nois river, in 18a0 corn turned only six thousand in
habitants, and was without, ’a railroad. It now
has eighteen thousand inh&bitautS) three railroads
completed, aud two in progress.
Luther’s Wedding Ring Discovered. —An in
> teresting antique has just been discovered at Mu
i nich in the shape of Luther’s wedding ring. It is
described as of pure geld, closed with a single
ruby, and the circle skillfully eDgraved in relief
with the emblems of the passion—such as the
cross, ladder, sword, sponge and cloth. In the
inside is engraved “D. Martino Luthero, Catha
rina a Bora, 13 Jnuius, 1525.” Such is the de
scription given by a Mimicih journal.
Manufacture ol Counterfeit Wines.
The following singular fact is recorded by the
Paris correspondent of the Journal of Commerce:
“Looking just now at a list of joint stock com
panies, I was struck with the title the General
Company of Factitious or Counterfeit Wines for
mally sanctioned by the Prefect of Police. It is
stated in the advertisement that no grape mice
nor alcohol is used; but the ingredients are not
specified. The capital of the company is two mil
lion of francs; the shares are twenty thousand in
number; the product is sold at from four to eight
cents the quart, and has the taste, the appearance
and ‘all the hygienic qualities of the good and
natural wines.’ The company has been quite suc
cessful ; the dividends have'been six per cent.,
besides an adequate reserve. The wines are sub
jected to chemical analysis by authority.”
Champagne—'the best brawls' mwle in, New York.
At the present time in New York there are thirteen
establishments which manufacture champagne, or,
in other words, convert still wines into sparkling
ones; for no process has yet been discovered for
producing an artificial wine which possesses the
flavor and other qualities of the product of the
grape. These manufacturers use for their purpose
a light French, and sometimes, if sparkling hock
is to be produced, a German wine. The wine, af
ter being prepared by precipitating ull substances
which would, when charged with carbonic acid,
be deposited in the bottle, is subjected to a high
pressure of carbonic acid by machinery, such as is
used for the manufacture of soda water, and, after
being well agitated in contact with the gas, is bot
tled under pressure with a very ingenuous ma
chine.
At a festival given in New York to a distinguish
edstatesman the wine furnished was all made in
this city, and was pronounced of excellent quality
by numbers who imagined they were drinking
genuine “Heidsieck.” Within tlie past year vast
improvements'have taken place in the manufac
ture of the article.— Journal of Commerce .
From the Memphis Appeal, Jane 28.
The Higher Law in Memphis.
Our city, during the week just past, has been
the theatre of unusual excitement, growing out of
the killing of Mr. John Fverson by Mr. John Able.
Soon after the apprehension and incarceration of
Able, last Wednesday evening, the excitement in
creased and spread until a crowd of some hundreds
had assembled at the city jail, with the view of
administering summary punishment. The crowd
was held in check, however, by speeches from sev
eral of our citizens, exhorting obedience to law
ami good order. After night a meeting was held
in Exchange Building, the large hall of which was
densely crowded, and a committee of thirty-six
persons was selected to hear testimony and deter
mine upon the proper course to pursue. Twenty
four out of the number advised that the law take
its course. Notwithstanding this, several hundred
persons repaired to the jiil with the view of taking
Able out and hanging him forthwith. A number
of those present protested against this course in
view, as well of its dangerous and immoral ten
dency, ns of the decision of the Committee. Con
siderable squads lingered about the jail until about
two o’clock, when all dispersed. It was said and
believed that this was the end of this public out
break.
The election Thursday seemed to absorb public
attention, and nothing further was apprehended
until Friday evening, at which time another meet
ing of citizens hud been called, with the view, as
was said on the streets, of appointing a committee
of vigilance. The meeting assembled, the pro
ceedings of which we published yesterday morn
ing. While measures were taking for a firm hut
pacific course of procedure, a citizen of Arkansas,
a non-resident of Memphis, mounted the stand, und
very indiscreetly announced that if onelnmdrcd men
would follow him, Able would be hung in ten min
utes. The larger portion of the crowd followed
him, and proceeded to the jail. Able was taken
out in his night-clothes and h are-footed and taken
to the far end of the rope-walk in the Navy Yard,
where lie was allowed five minutes to talk. A \
friend of the Evening News has furnished it with
i the h.h th* mbwtMv i- MkaAbla’s ;
* He UfegTtn by saying that to- \vasTtdity ynf
age, ana hud been born and ruled in Tefin s*dl,
and would defy any person to point out uq iu
stuneo where ho liadi-lniurcd any person, until »his
, unfortunate a I fair c with K verson. His language
was profane, and he mid liquor caused him to do
> the deed, and he thought a man ought not to be
, held responsible for a deed done under the in
* fiitenee of liquor. He said the murder was eauseU
by the accidental discharge of the pistol, and no
premeditated scheme on Ins part to take the life
of Everson. He then gave an account of his lia
’ bilities, which he said would amount to eight
* thousand five hundred dollars, and as soon as
,r these were settled, he was willing to die. # (A
t voice.) -Would you kill the gentlemen to whom j
. you are indebted, if they were to dun you? f Able.)
j No, sir, I’ll pledge you my word 1 would not!
What did you kill Everson for? “He insulted my
* mother, and took her cook out of the kitchen.”
- He could go no farther, as the rope was around his
x neck, and the excited populace would not heed his
I remarks. He was carried to the lower part of the
rope-walk when his mother rushed in and plead
for the life of her son, and succeeded, lie whs
carried back to the jail, but the populace demand- *
ed him again, and tried every way to break the
* door down, but could not do so. At last nil re
tired:'
During the excitement, demands were made
r that Holton, who killed Mr. McMillan some weeks
since, should also be taken out and hung. This
was objected to by manv, und singularly enough
by some who were vociferous for the execution ot
'■ Able. We are happy to state that the excitement,
i, has subsided, and the law will, in all probability,
[r be permitted to take its course.
We are not at all surprised at the high pitch ot
excitement to which our citizens were aroused.
l> A succession of murders and outrages has been
i perpetrated in our city within the past few years,
with a perceptible inefficiency or inability in our
courts to mete out justice, which is cause sufficient
,f to arouse the most staid disposition. But tlicr*
are other and better means of vindicating and
protecting the rights and interest of an outraged
e community than by a reso.it to mob violence.
Besides arousing and calling into action the
very worst passions of the worst characters in the
f community, .such occurrences invariably leave
j behind them a blight and a mildew which years
, cannot obliterate. Sentiments of revenge will
rankle in the bosoms of the friends of him who is
‘ mobbed, until they find satisfaction in some secret
I outrage upon the public or upon individuals, no
_ one can tell when or where. Never do such de
plorable demonstrations couse with the execution
of the victim who first excites them. Ofteu they
' progress until many a good citizen has fallen, and
a resort is had at last to the courts and civil au
thorities. We hope never to sec the “higher law”
reign supreme in Memphis. If our laws are de
y ticient, let them be amended. If their execution
is defective, let this be corrected,
u ’
* The End of the United States Bank.—Last
e week all the old books, papers, drafts, cheeks, lot
d tors, Ac., that had been preserved on file as vouch
ers in the long course of the immense business of
the United States Bank, were sold in a heap in
f Philadelphia, and purchased by a paper-maker to
be re-ground and manufactured into new stock.
II The w hole mass weighed over forty tons. Ten tons es
*• this vast amount is of correspondence—autograph
q letters of the first statesmen, politicians, and tinan
l cial men ot this and other countries. Drafts upon
the Rothschilds for hundreds of thousands < f dol
e lars, certificates of stock transferred to the leading
n bankers in Europe, checks and drafts from Cabinet
b officers, Senators, Congressmen, editors of newspa
pers, Ac., all lie scattered ready for the important
transformation into clean, unsullied, white paper.
This huge mass of books and papers strikes the
L visitor with astonishment. A faint idea may be
l. formed of the colossal character of the institution
which at one time occupied so important a part in
i- the history of the country. What a vast store
t_ house these papers would be for individual histo
. ries; and perchance they would illustrate some
a unexplained passages in the history of the political
ie parties of the day. —National Intelligencer.
h
a Marrying Months. —May is considered an un
fortunate marrying mouth* A down-east editor
k says that a girl was asked, not long since, to unite
r - herself iu the tie to a brisk lad, who named May
in his proposal. The lady tenderly hinted that
i- May was an unlucky month for marrying. “ Well,
a- make it Juno, then,” honestly replied the swam,
w anxious to accommodate. The damsel paused a
Is moment, hesitated, cast down her eyes, and said
with a blush, “wouldn't April do as well?”
Democratic State Coo v€ Jition.
We published in our daily issue of Saturday
i morning, all the proceedings of the Democratic
: State Convention at Milledgeville, up to Thursday
night last. Annexed are the proceeding sos Fri
day, on which day the Convention adjourned :
Friday morning, June 26.
Convention met at o’clock, A. M.
The President addres s ed the Convention upon
the necessity of an election.
The reading of ihe minutes was dispensed with.
Judge Harden, of Whitfield, addressed the Con
vention.
E. 11. Pottle, of Warren, offered a resolution fa
voring the abandonment of the two-thirds rule,
which was voted down.
12th ballot—Lumpkin one hundred and sixty
five, Lamar one hundred and sixty-four, Warner
forty-nine, ( withdrawn,) Murphy one, Harden
four, Johnson two.
Mr. Buchanan withdrew the name of 11. Warner.
20th ballot—Lumpkin one hundred and seventy
nine, Lamar one hundred and seventy-five, Warner
one, 11. V. Johnson eleven, Wright, of Floyd, five,
John E. Ward three, J. E. Brown three.
The delegate of Chattahoochie requested per
mission of the Convention that the Chairman of
the Muscogee delegation cast the vote of his coun
ty —granted.
Ramsay, of Harris, addressed the Convention,
nominating the Hon. A. H. Colquitt.
Mr. Hull, ol Clarke, moved that a committee of
three from each Congressional District be appoint
ed by the members from the respective Districts,
to report a mode in which this Convention can be
harmonious, and a nomination be made.
There was then a recess of half an hour.
Convention resumed business.
Ist District named, i.i committee, R. Spalding
of Mclntosh, G. A. Gordon of Chatham, Wm.
Nichols of Clinch.
2d District—C. J. Williams of Muscogee, N.
Mcßain of Sumter, J. A. Tucker of Stewart.
■id District.— R. H. Clark of Bibb, J. A. Ram
say, B. F. Ward of Butts.
4th District. ll. Buchanan of Coweta, W. T.
Thurmond of Fayette, W. Phillips of Cobb.
sth District. J. W H. Underwood of Floyd, E.
W Chastain of Fannin, W. Shropshire of Chat
tooga.
6th District.—S. J. Smith of Towns, J. E. Ro
berts of Hall, 11. Hull of Clark.
7th District. L. Stephens of Hancock, William
McKinley of Baldwin, J. M. Lamar of Newton.
Bth District.— I. T. Irwin of Wilkes, A. C. Walk
er of Richmond, E. 11. Pottle of Warren.
Dunagan, of Hall, offered the following und
asked the privilege to have it entered on the
minutes.
The undersigned ask leave to have it stated on
the journals of the Convention, that the subject ot
Gov. Walker’s address to the people of Kansas
was forced upon them before they had an oppor
tunity of looking into that document, and now, on
more mature consideration of the subject, would
say that there are sentences in that instrument
that are reprehensible, yet in our judgment noth
ing so palpably at war with the doctrine of non
intervention or the doctrine of the Cincinnati
platform, as should require the President of the
United States to remove him.
Joseph Dunagan.
J. R. Wikle, of Cass.
By vote of the Convention the chuirmau of the
Bibb delegation was allowed to cast the vote of
Thomas county, he being detained by sickness in
♦he city.
Committee of three from each Congressional
District not being ready to report, the Convention
adjourned to two o’clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention met at two o’clock.
Wm. W. Anderson offered the following motion:
That till a nomination is made, no person, ex
cept the chairman of the committee of twenty-four,
and persons deputed by them to explain their ac
tion to the Convention, shall consume more than
five minutes in the dicussion of any matter
which may come before the Convention.
Which was unanimously passed.
Mr. Sessions, of Cherokee, moved for a call ot
ull the counties.
Mr. I. T. Irwin, of Wilkes, as chairman of the
committee of twenty-four, addressed the Conven
tion, and submitted as the action ot the committee'
of twenty-four, the unanimous selection of Hon.
Joseph E. Brown, of the county of Cherokee, for
Governor.
lion. J. W. 11. Underwood reported from the
committee the following additional resolution
liesnlcetl , That the Democratic party of Georgia
have just cause to be proud of its Democratic rep
resentatives in the late Congress, and thisConven
“jU I /-hair A l * tuanka for the v igi-
IfWwc, firm mil <», and high minor which distinguish
ed their conduct in the discharge of their u> duous
duties as Representatives of this great Common
weal h.
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Clark, of Bibb, followed in support of the
report of tho Committee. As a member of the
Committee, he subscribed to ull that was said ot
the nominee of the Convention by Mr. Irwin, of
Wilkes. Unlike the gentleman who preceded him,
he was acquainted with Hon. Joseph E. Brown,
iiad served with him in the Senate, Knew him to
be u man of souud principles, clear head, uiiques
tinned ability, and speaking powers of the first or
der. The reputation maoe by him us a member
of the Legislature was of the first order. He is a
man of unexceptionable character in every respect,
private or public, lie is young enough tor the ser
vices of the campaign, und for a long career of fu
ture usefulness, and not too young for a matured
judgment and prudent counsels. His fellow-citi
zens have promoted him to the Judgeship of the
Blue Ridge Circuit, in which position his reputa
tion as a man of intellect and integrity hassteadil.v
increased. Ih* comes from Cherokee, the strong
hold of Democracy and the balance of the State
take pride in nominating him, as a proper tribute
to them, and will take greater pride iu electing
him.
Mr. A. M. Speer, of Bibb, addressed the Conven
tion, withdrawing the name of Hon. U. G. Lamar.
By a vote, the report was received.
J. W. H. Underwood, ot Floyd, addressed the
Convention, stating that the name of Mr. Brown
came from Middle Georgia.
Mr. Wright, of Floyd, then withdrew the name
of Hon. J. 11. Lumpkin.
Mr. Ramsav, of Harris, withdrew the name of
Hon. A. 11. Colquitt.
It was then moved that the nomination of Hon.
Joseph E. Brown be declared unanimous, which
was\, carried.
Mr. C. J. Williams, of Muscogee, moved that a
Committee of one in each Congressional District,
be appointed to inform Hon Jos. E Brown of his
nomination.
.The Committee are—lst District, D. G. N. Phil
lips, of Glynn. 2d District, Chus. J Williams, ot
Muscogee. 3d District, E. D. Tracy. 4th Dis
trict, Wm. Phillips, of Cobb. sth District, Law
son Fields, of Cherokee. 6th District, W. H
Hull, of Clark. 7th District, R. M. Johnston, ol
Hancock. Bth District, Wm. Schley, Jr* of Rich
mond.
Mr. Spalding, of Mclntosh, moved the follow
ing resolution .
Resolvtd, That the federal basis of slave repre
sentation has been, is, and ought ever io be, the
true and settled policy of ull Conventions or legis
lative assemblies organized by the Stale of Geor
gia, and that this Convention does now by its
vote assert its conviction to that effect. Carried.
Mr. Fields, of Cherokee, addressed the Conven
tion, tendering his thanks and accepting the nomi
nation for Hon. Jos. E. Brown.
J. W. Duncan, of Fulton, offered the following
Resolved, That the President of this Convention
appoint an Executive Committee for the State of
* Georgia, consisting of three from each Congres
sional District, whose duty it shall be to call all
i Conventions of the party together, and announce
, the time and place where they shall meet.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
First District. —John E. Ward of Chatham,
■ Chairman: Peter E. Love of Thomas; A. E. Coch
' ran of Glynn.
Second District. —Charles J. Munnerlyn of De
! catur; W. J. Lawton of Dougherty; Marshall J.
t Wellborn of Muscogee.
Third District. —A. U. Chappell of Bibb : James
■ M. Smith of Upson ; Levi B. Smith of Talbot.
Fourth District. —J. W. Duncan of Fulton; Obe
diah Warner of Merriwether; J. F. Moreland of
‘ Heard.
1 Fifth District. —M. J. Camden of Cherokee;
> William T. Wofford of Cass; Winston Gordon of
- Whitfield.
Sixth District. —George I). Phillips of Ilaber
■ sham; John T. Grant of Walton; Hardy Strick-
I land of Forsyth.
Seventh District. —David C. Campbell of Bald
win; James Thomas of Hancock; Junius Wing
* field of Putnam.
r Eighth District. —A. J. Lawson of Burke; Ebe
b ne/.er Starnes of Richmond; Alexander Pope of
* Wilkes.
t On motion of J. B. Colding of Dooly,
» Resolved —That the thanks of the Convention be
» 1 tendered to the President, Vice President and Sec
* i retaries, for the able and impartial manner in
j j which they have discharged the duty of their po«
i sitions.
! The President took the Chair' and addressed the
Convention as /allows ;
Gentiemen of the Convention, I congratulate
you upon the issut? of your deliberations. The
platform of principles you have adopted, and the
candidate you have placed upon it, will alike
commend themselves to the people of Georgia,
and be endorsed with unexampled unanimity.
You have passed through a long, arduous and ex
cising contest. The rival claims of opposing can
didal* s have been happily adjusted, and Jos. E.
Brown, of Cherokee, is acepted by acclamation as
the standard bearer of the Democracy. His nom
ination is equivalent to his election. In the par
ticuh r section which I in part represent, he will
be supported with unexampled cordiality. He is
dear to us as the representative of the Cherokee
Democracy, but still more as a man of blameless
life, of high and cultivated intellect, of firm pur
pose, and of unfaltering devotion to Democratic
principles. Let us return to our respective con
stituencies, and present the claims of our princi
ples ami candidate to the people in the confident
assurance tnat they will rally to his and their sup
port, and that the October election in Georgia will
present the spectacle so long prayed for by good
men, of an undivided South. Grateful for the un
solicited honor you have conferred upon me, in se
lecting rne to preside over the Convention, I have
endeavored to discharge with impartiality all the
duties of my station. Accept my renewed ac
knowledgments for your partiality. Your appro
bation is gratefully appreciated.
The Convention adjourned sine die.
Tennent Lomax, President.
R. H. I). Surkel, ( Secretaries
K. is. DeUbaferxeied, ) &ecretariei ’-
The Democratic Candidate.
On Friday morning, after twenty ineffectual
bailotings. Judge Joseph E. Brown, of Cherokee !
county, was unanimously nominated by the Mil- i
ledgevilie Convention as the Democratic candidate
in the approaching Gubernatorial Convention.
Judge Brown is a young man, probably not
more than thirty-five years of age, a native of
Pickens District, South Carolina. He emigrated
to this State some fifteen years since, a poor boy,
in search of his fortune. Soon afterwards he at
tracted the attention of Dr. J. W. Lewis, a gentle
man distinguished alike for his talents and his
charities, who perceiving in young Brown the
right stuff to make a man of, sent him to Yale
College. We know not what progress he made
then, but from the progressive spirit he has since
' displaced, we presume Dr. Lewis had no cause to
be displeased with his charge. While at Yale,
young Brown studied Law, aud returning home
commenced the practice, in which he has been
eminently successful. In 1842 be was elected to
the State Senate, and now the respect of that body
by his gentlemanly manners, and superior talents.
At the close of the session he returned home and
resumed the practice of the Law, which he con
tinued until October 1855, when he was elected
Judge of the Blue Ridge Circuit, beating his com
petitor, Judge Irwin, several thousand votes.
As a Judge, Mr. Brown has won the respect and
admiration of the bar and the country. Thorough
ly versed in the knowledge of the saw, of an up
right, inflexible disposition, of a kind heart and
courteous manners, he has made the court over
which he presided the true temple of justice, and
won for himself the honors of her representative.
As Governor of Georgia, Judge Brown will reflect
credit on the place, as he has on all other places
which he has filled. He is a self-made man—a
man equal to any emergency in which he may be
called to act. To fail is what he cannot—’tis con
trary to his nature. He is a man of the people,
and understands their wants and dispositions; be
sides, he is a man of unsullied virtue, and strict,
almost severe morality, happily blending in him
self the character of this age with the sterner one
in which our fathers lived.
It is with the greatest pleasure that we place at
the head of our columns the name of Joseph E.
Brown, the Democratic candidate for Governor.
Atlanta Intelligencer, June 22.
Democratic State Convention. —Judge Brown,
though not extensively known in Georgia, we un
derstand is a voting man of fine abilities, and in
Blue Ridge circuit, where he has been presiding
Judge Mnce the creation of the circuit, he has giv
en universal satisfaction by his prompt discharge
of the duties of his office, and the signal ability he
has displayed in the administration of the law.
The nomination took our Democratic friends here
by surprise, but so far as we have heard au ex
pression of opinion, since they have learned any
thing of his antecedents, we believe bis nomina
tion is generally well received.
To illustrate the character of the nominee of the
Convention, a single anecdote may suffice. A ju
ror appearing in the Coart slightly under spiritual
influence, Judge Brown usked him question
direct: “Mr. Juror are you not intoxHeutedf*’
To which the Juror replied with a sort of drunken
leer, “No air-m, Bob.” Judge Brown turned to
the Clei k und said in his usual quiet manner, “ Mr.
Clerk, enter up a Hue of fifteen dollars against the
juror—five for the ree and ten for the Bob,'' which
was accordingly done, thus showing that Judge
Brown knows how to maintain the dignity of any
office he may be called on to fill.
Columbus Sun , June
The Mountain Boy.— Some thirty v :irs ago.
there removed from Pickens District, in good old
South Carolina, to the mountain region of Georgia,
a highly respectable family, the head of which i
was m rather iudigent circumstances. At that j
time, the subject of ttiis sketch was a little boy
some ten years of age, and the oldest son of his de
voted parents. Cherokee Georgia was at that pe
riod. a rough and unsettled country, but to emi
grants from all the southern States, it promised all
that has since been realized. Away up near to the
line of Union and Lumpkin, surrounded by moun
tains on every side, in a small valley, night be
seen ter many tears, this little boy industriously
engaged, sometimes, at the handle of the plow,
again with the hoe, und anon with his axe in the
forest, tailing with all his might, to aid »n the sup
port of his honored parents and others dependent
upon them
When not directly engaged in this “work of
love,” in order to provide the means by which. !
at a more distant day, he might secure the advan- !
tag* s of an education, our little hero turned his at- 1
teutioffto the raising of stock, and succeeding, in a
few years he was seen wending his wav back to
the “old settlement” in Carolina, abounding then.
. as well as now, with good schools, ont < f which
he entered, and in which he was distinguished
for not only his'studious deportment, but for an en
ergy and zeal, that soon placed him far ahead of
1 all his compeers, and of those whose early advan
tages had been far superior to his own. But at
1 school he could uot always remain. The little
' fund which by industry and self-denial, he had ac
-1 cumulated, by degrees", become less and less, until
its last dollar was gone; did our hero despair:
Not Already hud he planned for the future.
1 With a small bundle of clothes in his hand, he
walked from Anderson, South Carolina, to
' Canton in Cherokee county, Georgia, where, for
some years, he taught school, and at the same
1 time assiduously employed all his leisure mo
' inents in studying Law.* So remarkable was bis
perseverance, that Providence provided for him a
friend, and ere long, our hero was at the Law
School in Yale College, from which he retired
wi»n distinguished honors. Weuext hear of our
mountain boy, as a lawyer of eminence in Chero
' kee Georgia—then in the Senate, representing
' Cobb and Cherokee, in the General Assembly of
* Georgia, where he was distinguished for the
soundness of his views as a legislator, and for
his earnest and eloquent advocacy of those princi
' pies, which have since elevated Mr. Buchanan to
the Presidency. Next we hear of his election, over
a popular and able opponent, as Judge of one of
' our Judicial Districts, the duties of which station
[ he has discharged, up to this day, wi’h au ability,
: decision, and integrity, that fairly entitle him to
1 the appellation of an *‘up-right Judge.”
But we are not yet done. A more brilliant ca
reer awaits our mountain boy. At his quiet home
in Cantos, the news has just reached him that the
* Democratic State Convention has unanimously
* placed him in nomination as the Democratic candi
date for Governor. Yes, reader, our mountain boy
‘ that was, i 9 no other than Joseph E. Brown, the
* Democratic nominee for Governor!—no boy, as
has been said of thirty-three years, but a man of
* forty years—no recently imported Carolinian, as
has been sneeringly remarked, but a resident of
' Georgia for thirty years-no member of the
* Knights of Jericho, or any other secret society, as
has been proclaimed, or of any society save one of
». which he is an ornament, and that one a Christian
* Church. Need we say more of our mountain boy
—need we say more of Joseph E. Brown? We
' will, and it is this—we give it for the benefit of our
Know Nothing, or American friends. The office
of Governor has sought Joseph E. Brown, and not
J* he the office! Will they object to this ?
•* Atlanta Examiner, June 29.
*- A Finnish journal, the Suometar, states that the
>f Russian government htis dispatched two physi
cians to the parishes of Northern Finland to in
struct the inhabitants in the art of makiug bread
e from moss.
A railroad bridge is to be built across the Rhine,
u near the confluence of the Main, at a cost of three
>- million of guilders—about one and a quarter mil
lion dollars.
» [communicated.]
Seven hundred thousand Bales of Coticm
less than estimated.
Mr. Editor: —Last spring, at Manchester* in
England, there was an estimate of t&e crop of
cotton for 1556 and 1857 by a public speaker. He
put down the crop of the United States, at three
million one hundred and fifty thousand bales, and
the crop that would be received by England from
the East Indies, at seven hundred and fifty thous
and bales; and with these estimates of what the
English would receive of the American crop, there
would not be a bale of cotton in England on the f
Ist January next. It is now known that the crop
in the United States will fall short of his estimate
two hundred and fifty thousand bales; and it
has been recently ascertained that England instead
of receiving seven hundred and fifty thousand
bales from the East Indies, will only receive three
hundred thousand bales, —two hundred and fiftv
thousand short in the L nited States, and four hun
dred and fifty thousand short from the East
Indies, will make the seven hundred thousand
bales short. If with a receipt of seven hundred
thousand bales more than is now known to be
made, there would not have been a bale of cotton
in England on the Ist of January next, how long
i it take them to be out of cotton with seven
; hundred thousand bales less?
In addition to this, the present unfavorable state
of the crop was not, last spring, calculated. What
ever the present growing crop may be, ull will ac
knowledge it four weeks later than ordinary crop
! years. I-arrived in your city, this morning from
the country. The universal opinion of old and
large planters is that they have never known so
bad a prospect for a crop. I find many planters
have planted corn amongst their cotton, in conse
quence of so bad a stand. There has been a
drought of near five weeks, with occasional showers
in neighborhoods, which has retarded the growth of
both corn and cotton. The cotton in the up coun
try, so far as my observation extends, would not
average five inches high; and now, the last of
June, when ordinarily at this time cotton should
be knee to waist high. Occasionally you will see
some favored spots, where the cotton looks better;
but as an average crop, it is the poorest I have seen
for forty years, notwithstanding some scribblers
have stated diflferentlv. The English received of
the American crop of 1555 and 1856, two million
four huudred thousand bales, for their own con
sumption and exportation, let us see, what they
will probably get, this year, out of our crop of two
million uiue hundred thousand bales.
The United States will want near seven huudred
thousand. There has been burnt, and lost at sea,
near one hundred thousand. I am not posted up -
as to the amount shipped to France and directly
to the Continent, but suppose it to be six hundred
thousand bales. This will only leave for England
out of our crop, of one million five hundred thou
sand bales of American cotton, about nine
hundred thousand bales less than she received
from this conntry last year, for her consumption
and exportation to the Continent. This taken in
connection with the backwardness of the growing
crop, which will in all probability prove far short
of present short crop, how long will it be before
the eyes of the manufacturing interest in England
and this country be opened to see the inevitable
advance of cotton to a point to check consump
tion? Would it not be wise for this inevitable
state of things to be brou£TU on gradually instead
of being done by speculation suddenly. The price
of cotton for last two months, until the last few
days, has been stationary. The English and
Allieilean manufacturers seem to be bo perfectly
blinded to what is coming on them, that they will
be out of cotton, at the present rate of consump
tion, before they can get the new crop—it seems
to me so plain it needs no argument to prove
it. The manufacturers will have to pursue the
same course with cotton, that is done with bread
stuffs. Where they become scarce price advances
until people consume less. It is high time for the
manufacturers of cotton to look this state of
things iq the face, and prepare to i. '* **. by • A
vancing the price gradually until cousumptiou is
checked. Common Sense.
Hmiiornl Defalcation.
We extract the following trom the San Francis
co Xfws Litter, of the stli June. The defalcation
is various!}' rumored to be from one to five hun
dred thousand dollars:
The rumored defalcation in the mint is found to
be greater than has been anticipated. Four years*
accumulation of base metal, which had been sep
arated from the fine gold had been over estimated
—the great press of business baring rendered an •
earlier separation impossible, as the mint had
! been worked night ami day, by orders from Wash
ington, to meet the public demand. Immediately
upon the resignation of Col. Uaraszthy, when a final
settlement would have to be made, this refining of
the base metal was commenced. No final settlement
of the accounts of the mint has vet been made, and
it will be impossible to say what is the actual de
ficit. At the time Col. llaraszthy demanded an
examination by the Government agent in this city,
the deficiency was considered to be fourteen thou
sand ounces. It has already been reduced to live
thousand ounces. As the examination progresses it
may be still further reduced.
'U the close of the Mint last fall, when the wast
•t2e was found to be very great, a zigzag chimney
was erected by Col. llaraszthy, end in the course
i of two and a hull months' work, the amount of
eleven hundred and eighty ounces were collected
1 from it. To show how great must have been the
loss during the lust four years, we have been told
that iu the sweepings fr in the roof of Davidson's
building, three hundred ounces of gold were col
lected. At Armory Ilall, which is at least two
hundred yards distant from the Mint, one hun
dred and eighty dollars were collected. Other
neighboring villages supplied a like proportion
of loss. Major Snyder, the Treasurer of the
; Mint, than whom we believe there is not a
j more honorable mau in the State, and who is ex
tremely cautious in any statement he may make,
informs us. and to satisfy himself, lie went on a
frame building near by, and personally collected a
considerable amount. The employees and officers
of the Miut look upon the deficiency as caused
by natural means, for which no officer of the es
tablishment could be responsible. The present
refiner is aware that, even now, with all the pre
caution that can be taken, the loss is immense.
This matter of wastage has been the subject of
frequent communications to the Department at
Washington, aud means have been asked to en
large the chimneys and improve other departments
of the mint, but without success. These are the
facts of the case, so far as we have been able to
learn. With the various rumors that are afloat
respecting Col Uaraszthy, the public may be able
to judge from the statements we have ‘made as
coming direct from the officers of the Mint. Col.
Uaraszthy and his friends all profess to feel confi
dent, that when the proper examinations have been
; made, everything will be satisfactorily explained.
Get Enough Sleep.—We often heard voung men
, remark that four or five hours’ sleep u r as all thev
> wanted, and all that the human system required.
The habit of going without sleep is very injurious.
Thousands, do doubt, permanently injure their
health in this way. We live in a fast age. when
* everybody seems to be trying their best to invert
the order of Nature. If folks will persist in turn
■ big night into day, it is not to be wondered at that
- few last out the allotted time of life. No matter
, what be a man’s occupation—physical or mental,
, or, like Othello’s, “ gone,” ana living in idleness—
f the constitution cannot last, depend upon it, with
? out a sufficiency of regular and refreshing sleep,
f John Hunter, the great surgeon, died suddenly of
» spasmodic affection of the heart, a disease greatly
i encouraged by want of sleep. In a recently pub
s fished volume by a medical man, there is one great
j lessou that hard students and literary men mav
i learn, and that is, that Hunter probably killed
> himself by too little sleep. “ Four hours’ 1 rest at
r night, and one atter dinner, cannot be deemed suf
-3 ficient to recruit the exhausted powers of body and
t mind. Certainly not; and the consequence was
that Hunter died early. If men will insist on
cheating sleep, her “ twin sister, Death,” will
avenge the insult. *
3
An umbrella is property. The point was settled
- in the Boston police court on Saturday, in one case
i at least. James Nutting was complained of for
the larceny of an umbrella, the property of George
, M. Hind. The court decided that umbrellas were
e property , in spite of the liberal views which peo
l- pie entertain respecting them, and accordingly a
fine of $2 and costs was inflicted.