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(Riiffhlij (fonstitulionalisi.
BY JAMES GARDNER.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 14.
Cotton Bloom.
We have received from the plantation of Mr.
John H. Laffitte, Sr., of McCoy’s Bluff, So. Ca. f
a cotton bloom, which was picked on the 11th of
June. Mr. L. informs us that it is the first that he
has seen or heard of in that section. He also fur
nishes the following pleasing information relative
to the crops.
“ The crops with us have suffered from drouth;
but a few days since the season having let in well,
the crops have put on quite a different appear
ance.”
We would be pleased to receive communications
from our friends in different sections of the State
relative to the condition of the crops, local iteus,
Ac., and all such shall have a place in our columns.
The Savannah Republican.
The Savannah Republican, of the loth inst.
comes to us with a new dress looking clear and
neat. We congratulate our cotemporary on its
improved appearance, and only wish its politics
would uodergo as thorough arenovation.
High Price for Tobacco.
A dispatch from St. Louis, dated the 9th inst,
says: At a sale premium tobacco at the Planters’
Warehouse to-day, the first premium, seventy-five
dollars for manufactured leaf, was awarded to Ad
dison Tinsley, of Pike County, Mo. This was pur
chased by B. IV. Lewis and Brothers, of Glasgow,
Mo., for one hundred and twenty-five dollars per one
hundred pounds. This is the highest price on re
cord. _
Messrs. Means A Co. are getting up a di
rectory of Columbus, Georgia.
fjg- The Memphis (Terns.) Appeal, of the 10th
inst., Bays : The members of the benevolent order
of the Sons of Malta contemplate a grand celebra
tion, one of the most pleasing features of which
will be a mid-night procession, in this city, during
the light of the present moon. They will be joined
by representation from various lodges at a dis
tance.
fif* The New York Evening Poet, says: From
the Secretary’s report in the Mount Vernon Re
cord, we observe that another instalment ot ten
thousand dollars has been paid over bv Mr. Riggs,
the Treasurer, to Mr. Washington, in payment for
Mount Vernon. Out of two hundred thousand
dollars purchase money, only about thirty thou
sand dollars now remain to be paid.
gy The New York Daily Xeifs says: It will
gratify Irish readers to learn that in the late battle
of Montebello young Merve MacCaithy, who had
volunteered in the ranks front Paris, was made sub
lieutenant cn the field for his bravery; he is the
grandson of Sir Charles MacCarthy, late Governor
of Cape Coast Castle, who was killed by the Aeh
antees.
J3f* The Marion (Ala.,) Commonwealth says that
Mr. A. J. Riquisr, of Mobile, is to deliver the an
nual address before the Literary Societies of Uow
' ard College at the close of the session.
Mr. Rkubise, was formerly of CbarleMon^cy.
District Attorney at Mobile. He is also known in
literary circles, as an author-principally m the
poetic Hue.
jjgf An important improvement in material for
Sort) ing, is offered to the public, by Messrs. J.
Ditts A Co., of New York City. It consists of a
preparation of glutinous and fibrous matter, com
bined, covered with mine. Said to be very dura
ble and perfectly water&oef. It is highly
of by those who have used it.
For particulars, see advertisement tn our paper.
jgy The West Point Cadets have written a let
ter to Miss Cunningham, commonly known as the
« Southern Matron,” enclosing four hundred and
fifty-eight dollars, their subscription to the Mount
Vernon fund—two dollars from each cadet.
There appears to be a growing feeling in South
South Carolina, in favor of the establishment of a
Penitentiary in that State. The public sentiment
there is becoming aroused against the barbarity of
applying capital punishment to crimes other than
murder. We hope that public sentiment will be
respected, and that the legislature will obey the
voice of the people.
Items of news from the Savannah Repub
lican, of June 13th :
Body Recovered. —The body ofMr. John S.
Montmollin, which disappeared in the explosion of
the Lawton, Thursday last, was found the next
evening and brought to the city for interment. It
was itnbeded in the marsh, head downwards, to
the hips, some seventy or eighty yards from the
spot where the explosion occurred, showing that
it must have been driven very high into the air.
A handkerchief, which he had in his hand at the
time of the accident, was still tight in his grasp.
Mr. M. was a member of Solomon’s Lodge of
Freemasons, whose tribute will he found else
where.
Diligent search has been made, but up to this
time, so far as we have learned, no other bodies
have been found. There are nine still missing—
four whites and five blacks.
Supreme Court.—' This body will.convene to-day,
in the Court House, for the bearing of causes on
appeal from the First District. We oelieve all the
Judges aud officers of the Court have arrived and
will be at their posts.
As stated some days ago, cases from the Middle
Circuit will be takeD up first; from the Brunswick
Circuit second, and from the Eastern Circuit last.
Item of news of the Upson (Ga.) Pilot, of
June 11th:
Upton Superior Court. —The adjourned term of
this Court is now in session. Since Tuesday
morning, the Court has been engaged in the trial
of Joshua Crawford, a young man charged with
“Larceny from the House.” After a patient inves
tigation of the facts, and learned argument and
charge, the Jury retired on Thursday night about
ten o”c!oek, and returned a verdict of “not guilty”
on yesterday morning.
It is due to young Crawford to say that he lias
heretofore sustained an excellent character.
Judge Cabaniss and Mr. Sol. Gen. Lyons, meet
with general commendation of the faithful dis
charge of their duties.
Mail Storm.— On Friday, the 3d isst., about
twelve o’clock, M., there was a very destructive
storm of wind, rain aud bail, commencing about
ten miles North-east of this place, and passing
over the farms of F. F. Mathews, M. G. Howard,
Mrs. Hightower, M. Middlebrooks, Duke Wil
liams, and Dr. Kendall, of this county, doing
more or less damage to many others. It was the
most destructive storm ever witnessed by many
of the old settlers—literally beatiDg down the
corn and cotton, and indeed everything in its
course, and blowing down fences and timber, and
washing land to a most alarming extent. Many
persons who have seen the disaster think that the
crops in the heart of the storm are almost a total
less. It lasted about twenty or thirty minuteß.
Many of the hailstones were the size of partridge '
eggs. F. F. Mathews,Esq, (to whom we are in- !
debted for these particulars) has exhibited to us
several stalks of cotton which are literally
bruised to pieces.
23F" In the list of patents issued for the week
ending June 7tb, each bearing that date, we find
the following:
John G. Clark, of Augusta, Ga., assignor to him
self, D. G. Cotting. and Samuel W. Hatch, of same
place; for burglar’s alarm pistol.
Thos. Dougherty, of MacoD, Ga., for improved
lock. _
£jgT“Weclip the following paragraphs from the
Sylvania department of the Waynesboro (Ga.,)
yews, of June 14th:
Crops. — A planter from the Fork of Briar creek
informs us that the corn crops in that section are
exceedingly fine. Cotton is not so good. He and
his neighbors were needing rain and troubled
with grass.
Deaf and Dumb School. —ln addition to our
common 3chool, we have in Sylvania a school for
the instruction of the deaf and dumb, consisting
of but two pupils—one the daughter of Judge
Herrington, and the other the daughter of Geo.
W. Scott, Esq. Mr. George R. Maner, who is also
a mute, is the preceptor. He is a scholar and a
gentleman, and converses readilj, by means of a
slate and pencil, or dumb letters, where they are
understood, on almost any subject. We may at
no distant day have an extensive school at Sylva
nia, for mutes. If Mr. Maner continues to teach,
we see no reason why his should not be patronized
as liberally as any school in the State or United
States.
Items of news from the Dalton (Ga.) North
Georgia Times, of June 9 th:
Mr. Joseph H. Martin, living about three miles
West of Dalton, while cleaning out his spring on
Thursday last, Came across a huge *°otb, em
bedded several feet in the betto.n of the spring’.
It is a back molar or jaw tooth, is seven inches
and a half long, four broad, and weighs four
pounds and a quarter. With the exception of the
roots, which are mostly broken off, it is perfect in
every part, and has the appearance of being cen
turies old. It is in almost a perfect state of petrifi
cation, and is unquestionably the tooth of some
monster animal, possibly that of the mastodon,
This mammoth fossil relic—this Vronderful
curiosity—was left at our 9anctum, and has been
examined by hundreds of our citizens, eliciting
many and amusing conjectures with reference to
the nature, size, and kind of animal to which it
belonged, Ac. »
The stockholders of the Dalton and Gadsden
railroad held a meeting in this place yesterday,
for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors
and transacting other business. The meeting was
large and great enthusiasm prevailed. Stirring
speeches were made by the President of the road.
Col. Green, John Thomas, and others. That this
great work will be built there can be no sort of
doubt, and that the men who have taken hold of
it are determined to push it through in the
shortest possible time, was abundantly demon
strated at the meeting yesterday. The following
gentlemen were chosen Directors : Col. Archi
bald Fitzgerald, Capt. James Morris, Col. Ben. E.
Green and R. W. Jones, Dalton ; James H. Gill
and W. R. Webster, Cave .Spring; and William
McCullough. _
tar lems of news from the Savannah Morning
Rems, of June 13th:
Brutal Murder in Bulloch —A correspondent
writes us, from BeDgal, Bulloch county, that a
most brutal murder was committed in that county
on the 7th inst., by a negro girl, on the person of
an old man, aged about seventy-three years. It
appears that the old man was lying asleep, when
he received a blow from an axe, just above his
left eye, fracturing hns skull, and resulting in bis
death about eleven o'clock the next day. The ne
gro girl is about twelve or fourteen years of age.
She has been lodged in jail.
- tb, /SSTuSon? tour o’-iock, the •tfble on
the lane between Znbly and Harrison streVre w-rri
discovered to be on fire. The alarm given attract
ed Mr. M. H. Meyer aud Mr. John Gilliland, by
whose prompt exertions, with the assistance of
the immediate neighbors, the fire was extinguished
before it got beyond control. There is no doubt
that the fire had been purposely set to a bundle
of hay through un opening in the weatherboarding.
There were about fifty bundles of hay in the stable
at the time.
The Savannah Morning Neios y of June 14th,
* gives an account of the proceedings attending the
departure of the Chatham Artillery from that city,
on an excursion to Nashville, Tenn. We extract
the following paragraphs;
At about quarter past eight in the morning, the
Artillery—mustering about sixty men, rank and
file —leu their drill room, under the escort of the
Savannah Volunteer Guards, Capt. John Screven—
also about sixty strong. The two companies were
preceded by the Augusta brass band, numbering
ten talented musicians, under the direction of
Prof. Geo. W. Weigand, and the very excellent
field music of the Guards. They marched up
Whitaker street to South Broad, thence to West
f Broad, and thence to the large cotton yard of the
Central railroad, where the train was awaiting
them, and where from one thousand to one thou
sand and five hundred of our citizens, of all sexes
and ages, had assembled to bid them adieu and
wish them a pleasant trip and safe return.
The engine and tender were almost literaley
covered with American Uag9, of all sizes, while
each of the six cars was surmounted by three
small flags bearing appropriate devices and in
scriptions. The first one, nearest the tender, bore
on its folds the picture of a huge steamship ; then
came the following: “Savannah;” “Home Indus
try;” “Macon;” Coat of Arms of Georgia; “At
lanta;” “Marietta;” Coat of Arms of Tennessee;
“Stevenson;” “Murfreesboro;” Coat of Arms of
Alabama; “Dalton;” “Chattham Artillery;” “Chat
tanooga;” “Commerce;” Coat of Arir.s of Florida ;
“Griffin;” Coat of Arms of South Carolina.
Death of a Printer who knew “jdnius.” —The
Pendleton (S. C.) Messenger in a sketch of the ‘Old
Stone Meeting House,’ in that town, after speak
ing of several celebrities buried in the graveyard,
says:
Beneath a cluster of cedars repose all that is mor
tal of John Miller, printer. We lingered long by
his grave, for bis eventful life afforded us food for
meditation. If we could have seen and conversed
with his descendants, who lire in this vicinity, we
i could have gained a fuller sketch of him. Mr.
Miller was the oldest typo in the Mate. For the
publication of Junius’s letters—the author of those
papers he well knew —be was expelled from Eng
land. He came to South Carolina; probably work
. ed for a while in the office of the first paper pub
lished in this State, at Charleston, and thence re
moved to Pendleton, using the press which Gen.
Greene had in his campaign. He did job work un
til he commenced the publication of the Pendleton
Messenger —the second paper established in this
State.
The world has speculated much as to the author
ship of Junius, but John Miller carried the secret
to his grave at the *Old Stone Meeting House,’and
has left no information as to the name of the au
thor. _
A Pleas act Drink. —A correspondent of the
Edgefield (S. C.) Advertiser writes as follows:
Mr. Editor: I observed in the Advertiser a short
time since a recipe for making beer, much
more troublesome than one which 1 will give, and
one I know to be good, which never fails to pro
duce a pleasant drink :
Take a half gallon of molasses, (syrup will not
answer,) with a large table spoonful of best ground
ginger, and mix well into five gallons water. In
two or three days (according to the weather) it
will be ready for use. Try it, you that are fond
of good beer. D. £J.
Smith (rushiDg in, very excited) — u 1 say,
Brown, who do you think’s dead ?** Brown (heels
upon the stove, and whittling the arm of bis chair)
—“ Cau’t tell, my bov; perhaps you’ll enlighten ,
me.” Smith (nearly bursting with the news)— 14 i
Why, old Jones, the provision men.” Brown \
(musingly)—“ What, Peter A. Jones?” Smith
(panting)—“ The same, sir, the very same.” <
Brown (opening the stove door, and squirting to- c
bacco juice on the fire)—“ls he? By gracious! I i
always thought he’d die one of these “days.” £
AUGUSTA, GA.,%EDNESDAY,
(COMMUNICATgff.), V
Democratic Meeting in Wftrien. 1
A portion of the Democratic party of Wariiii j
county met in the Court House, according to pre
vious appointment, to devise a plan, and appojfct '
a time to nominate candidates for the ensuing
legislature; and upon motion, it was
Resolved, That a general convention of the party *
in the county, be convened at Warrenton on ,
second Monday in August next, to nominate crf& : j
didates as aforesaid.
Augustus Beallb, tTbm’n.** r y
Absalom Jackson, Secretarv.
June 7tb, 1859.
(communicated.) \
Democratic Meeting in Greene*
The Democratic party of Greene county wnS
this day at the Court House in Greenesboro/forp
the purpose of sending delegates to the Conven
tion to be held in the city cf Milledgeville, on the )
15th inst., and organized by the appointment of
James M. Davison as Chairman, and W. L. Strain !
as Secretary.
On motion, the following persons were appoint- ■
ed delegates, viz: Col. Richard J. Willis, Col. i
James M. Houghton, William L. Strain, Green j
Moore, James B. Hart, James M. Davison, and
Archibald H. Perkins; and as alternates, I. H..
Ragan, JohnC. Reid, Jas. Davison, Jr., L. L. An«
drews, Oliver Porter, Henry B. Jones, and J. J.
Doherty.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
Jas. M. Davison, Chair.
W. L. Stem*, Secretary.
Greenesboro, June7th, 1859.
[communicated. J X M\
Democratic Meetius *f» Oglethorpe.
Lexington, June, 7th 1859. T
In accordance with a previous notice, a large
portion of the Democratic party of Oglethorpe
county having assembled at the Court House in
Lexington for the purpose of appointing delegates <
to the Gubernatorial and Congressional Conven
tions, and making suitable nominations of candi
dates for Senator and Representatives in the next
legislature, on motion of Dr. Sims, the meeting
was organised by calling Capt Wm. Jewel, to the
Chair; and upon further motion of J. T. Lofton,
Esq., the appointment of Thomas Swanson,
Secretary.
On motion of Dr. Z. P. Landrum, a committee
of eleven was appointed by the Chair, to select
suitable delegates to the Gubernatorial and Con
gressional Conventions, and to report other busi
ness for the action of this meeting. The Chairman
appointed the following gentlemen on that com
mittee: Dr. Z. P. Landrum, M. Edwards, Judge
Drake, Colonel. A. Griffith, Capt. A. J. Watson,
' Judge McWhorter, Daniel Johnson, Dr. A. A.
Bell, Thomas Howard, Col. Wm. Nichols, and Dr.
: Simms.
L The committee having returned, Dr. W Willing
ham addressed the meeting, explanatory of his
f position in relation to the candidacy for Senator.
The committee having returned, reported the
, following names as delegates to the respective
. Conventions: To the Gubernatorial, Col. Wm.
, Nichols, Dr. R. Winfrey, Dr. A. A. Bell, Jesse M.
Dalton, and Wm. M. Smith; to the Congressional,
Judge McWhorter, Dr. Geo. Lumpkin, Col. A.
Griffith, D. D. Johuson, and Judge Jas. V. Drake.
k. And also the following resolutions: ~
he. ad mi nisi rat top j of
. mcuracy of Oglethorpe county.
r Resolved, That we instruct our delegates to sup
s port him in the Gubernatorial Convention in pre
j Terence to all others.
t Resolved, That we regret the withdrawal of our
Representative, the Hon. A. H. Stephens, from his
position in Congress.
; On motion of Dr. W. Willingham, the following
nominations were unanimously ratified : For Sen
ator, Col. DJC. Barrow ; for Representatives, Jno
l T. Lofton, Esq., and Mr. John Eberhart.
On motion of Dr. Simms, ordered that the pro
ceedings of this meeting be published in ths Au
gusta Constitutionalist and Athens Banner , and
that delegates to either Convention have power to
I appoint alternates.
* On motion of Col. Wra. Nichols, Dr. Willing
, ham was requested to furnish the Secretary with
; a copy of his speech to-day, aud that it be publish
r ed as a part of the proceedings of this meeting.
t On motion of Dr. Landrum, the meeting ad
> journed. Wm. Jewel, Chm’n.
Thomas Swanson, Secretary.
SPEECH OF DR. WILLINGHAM.
Mr. Chairman. —Why this meetiug to-day ? We
i have come together, 1 presume, in compliance
with the notice I have just read. What has
brought upon us all this distraction, which we
have this day assembled to consider and remedy ?
f and that there is great distraction no one will
deny.
Nothing but a scramble between Mr. Barrow
: and raj self for the candidacy for the Senate, and
the incidents connected therewith, huve produced
■ all this disturbance—an antagonism between his
' friends and ray friends.
> Who are Mr. Barrow and myself? We are noth
ing—not even so much as the dust in the balance
when compared with the harmony and success of
1 theparty.
What will be the result, if all this wrangling is
permitted to continue? Utter disaster and defeat
* by our opponents, who are looking on in eager
l hope that they will be able to gain the ascendancy,
because of our distraction; and who are, perhaps,
aiding and encouraging us to widen the breach,
’ understanding full well the principles—divide and
conquer. Can we blame them for this ? Surely not.
That we are now split to atoms, amid conflic
j ting interests, is but true; engendering strife and
r animosities among ourselves, by pouring out full
1 vials of wrath upon one another.
2 It seems that upon the counsel or decision of this
. hour greatly depends the fate of the party. It is,
a therefore, a time of perilous emergency. Who can
; tamely contemplate the idea of defeat, after hav
ing toiled and labored for the ascendancy of
- Democratic principles, and that defeat occasioned
- too by a blind ana obstinate adherence to men,
- involving no principles in the issue, uxcept the
. principles of destruction.
It will, I hope, not be deemed egotism in me to
» say that I have contributed all of my humble efforts
j to the advancement and triumph of the Democratic
party. And shall I, by my obstinacy or selfish
ness, longer continue to be a party to the discord
and distraction which now reigns and threaten
i all we have gained with irreparable disaster an
ruin, when it is in my power to arrest it ? Never'
Never! while any sacrifice I can make will tend to
heal the distraction now existing. I would not do
it for a seat in the Senate the balance of my life.
My political motto is, my country first, my party
next, and last of all, self; by which I mean I would
sacrifice myiparty for my country—and myself
for my party.
Upon this principle, I unconditionally decline in
favor of Mr. Barrow, as the only means in my judg- i
ment of saving the party from ruin. And now a 1
word to those who are my special friends. And what '
shall I say to you for your steadfast and unabated <
friendship and kindness to me? Better and truer 1
friends no man ever had. As you all well know, I *
have never prompted your movement in my favor
by a single word of mine. Your friendship for me i
is a spontaneous, unrestrained, and free-will offer- i
ing, tfom the kindness of your hearts alone. Such i
friendship I appreciate beyond the power of lan- r
guage to describe, and it will never be forgotten c
*»v me wiile an impression remains upon memory's
tablet.
Auu now, my friends, permit me to beg you «i f
come into the support of Mr. Barrow, for the sa*s <i
of the party. I tell you frankly, that, in my judge
ment, we cannot retain our party ascendancy in li
any other way.
I have felt in moments of excitement, very little
like taking the course I now have; and whether
the cau«c was real or imaginary, I confess, I have
been greatly excited upon the subject, and I can
not but indulge the hope that you will all do as I
have done for the sake of harmony.
Whatever may be your opinion of the course
pursued by Mr. Harrow and his friends, heretofore;
whatever of prejudice you may have felt from any
cause, I beg you to surrender it all as an oblation
wpon the altar of patriotism and principle.
Notices of the Southern Field and Fire
side.
I Our readers will remember our notice some time
since of the prospectus of this paper. The first
has just reached us, and in every respect,
our sanguine expectation, if it does
snot succeed, and flourish too, we shall despair of
Jjitich literary enterprises at the South. It is typo-
handsomest weekly ever published
m the South. In size, it is something larger than
theNew»York and is gotten up in the same
style.
The first number contains the beginning of a
ne* story, by the “Author of Georgia Scenes Ac.”
W*. Gilmore .Simms has contributed a Ballad to
this number, and promises further contributions.
Madame Le Vert, and Mrs. Anna Cora Ritchie,will
assist in making up the contents of the next issue.
“Jenny Woodbine,” who appears over her real
same, (Miss Annie Blount,) commences a story
which we doubt not, will prove very interesting to
all, and especially to the numerous friends she
has made under the nomede plume, so fragrant of
pleasant recollection, and so intimately associated
with sweet memories of the past.
These are but a few of the host of brilliant con
tributors to the Feldand Fireside ; with such
talent it must and will’succeed. We reccommend it
most heartily to our friends, with the assurance
that they will be pleased and delighted with it, and
as being in every way, a most agreeable weekly
visitor, one to be looked for with anxiety, and al
ways greeted with asqiile.
Sphrtanlurg, ($. C.) Express.
j We have had the pleasure of receiving a copy of
a new literary weekly, published at Augusta, Ga.,
by Mr. James Gardner, an experienced journalist,
which is got up in the same style of the New York
Ledger, and is quite superior to that famous heb
domadal in the character of its articles. When we
say that the first contribution is from the pen of
the author of “Georgia Scenes,” we state quite
enough to attract the attention to this journal, of all
"'who appreciate broad humor and admirable pow
ers of description. No one has been so successful
as Professor Longstreet, in sketching the peculiari
ties and characteristics of southern people and
seines—in the raciness and humor of his pictures
f domestic life. The other articles in the South
ern Field and Fireside , are in keeping with
those of Professor Longstreet, and the editorials
are marked by vigor, earnestness, and a strongly
southern] feeling. Particular attention is given to
agricultural topics.
We hope that every southerner will snbscribe to
this paper, and freely aid to remove from our sec
tion the reproach so often made by our enemies
and rivals, that the South is incapable of sustain
ing literary periodicals, and has neither taste nor
liberality in literary matters. In any sense, the
change is false and absurd. There are in propor
tion to the white population, far more subscribers
to journals, and readers in the South than in the
North. It is true that the cheaper labor and more
abundant mechanical industry at the North have
greatly retarded our home publications. But the
Stateof Georgia is daily demonstrating her
' ability to compete with the North in many fields
‘ of mechanical industry, and we are glad to see that
she i« so UeV , Other triumphs by an at
’ tempt to sustain a southern literature.
gELii’. 0. Daily Delta.
- liresvle^—Yi •
- ■ TtlmTeCj^Sr}>ublic, nrhictilispublished
aniiom inaiWftWftrtWT faSL. at two
that would be considered too extravagant in
pressing our admiration of it. It is emphatically
a m flaps ultra paper, and eclipses anything that
r hails from north of Mason and Dixon's line with
8 which we are familiar. A thousand cheers to
James Gardner, the indefatigable proprietor of the
5 Southern Field and Fireside.
Zumphin Palladium.
We some time since published the prospectus
of the Southern Field and,Fireside, to be issued from
. the press at Augusta, Georgia, May 28th. It now
affords us great pleasure to state that the first
, number Was promptly sent out at the appointed
* time, and gives every evidence in itself of even a
> higher degree of excellence than it were reasonable
to anticipate from an enterprise of so commanding
importance,aad so extensive in all Rearrangements.
The Southern Field and Lircside is a paper of eight
1 large pages, and as beautiful in mechanical appear*
- ance as it is interesting in variety of highly enter
taining readiDg matter.
It is intended, besides being a channel for the
best productions of the southern mind, to foster
and develop the literary resources of the South
and build up a home literature, independent of
the corrupting influence of northern papers and
, periodicals. There is, however, nothing political
j \n the Southern Field and Fireside; at the same
J time that it will be free from the sentiments alien
, to our institutions and tastes, of which even the best
northern productions abound. The Southern Field
I and Fireside begins under the most attractive aus
pices, and being far superior to the trashy north
ern papers which have circulated among our peo
pie we hope it will soon supercede them and
achieve a brilliant success. We recommend it to
evprr southerner as a first class family paper
worthy the most liberal encouragement and sup
port. All who desire to take the Southern Field
and Fireside should subscribe at once and get the
advantage of the.interesting stories and other
matter which have been begun and will continue
from one number to another.
Marion {Ala.) Commonwealth.
From the New York Journal of Commerce.
Washington, June 7.
The representatives of several southern railroad
companies have again been in consultation with
the proper officer of the Post Office Department,
and left here to-day for Philadelphia, where they
design, 10-morrow, to meet the representatives of
railroad companies whose lines extend from
Washington to New York.
Their business is to arrange the terms and
schedules for carrying the mails between New
Orleans and New York with certainty and with
an increase of speed. At present the failures are
‘ so frequent as to demand a new arrangement,
such as is now proposed.
The mere declaration of intention to become a
citizen of the United States does not entitle the
person making it to a passport, aud of this fact
a cumber of applicants have recently been inform
ed.
It appears by the records of the Land Office that
Arkansas has received one million one hundred
and fifteen thousand acres f public lands, to
aid in the construction of ts Cairo and Fulton
railroad, in that State, be ides another heavy
instalment of swamp lands.
The President and Se :tary Thompson have
returned from their vis. l North Carolina.
A gentleman just arm *<i herefrom Utah, rep
resents that the people are in an excited and tur- ,
bulent condition, bordering on rebellion, and
hence the proclamation of Governor CummiDg,
with a view to despersiog the various parties of
Mormons assembled in a military capacity in the
mountains surrounding Salt Lake. These parties,
he savs, are a portion of the militia called out by
the Governor to resist the entrance of the gov
ernment troops during the session of the Court at
Sait Lake city. The Mormons are being monthly i
augmented by the arrival of foreign converts. |
The civil law having failed to answer its purpose, '
it istAe opinion of intelligent Gentiles in the Ter- ]
ritory that peace can be preserved only by strong
military rule, or bloodshed averted, by favoring the j
removal of the Mormons beyond the jurisdiction
of the t<*deral authorities.
Twnity h»«> bales of Cotton were brought
from logos;** t • this city on Saturday last; twelve
of whicii w rt*purchased by L. C. & D. 11. Wells, at
eleven cents, aud teu bales by J. R. & C. H. Wal
lace, at teo and ten and a half cents.
Atlanta Confederacy , June 7th .
The communication from Col. James Edmonson,
of Murray county, which we publish below, was
sent to one of the editors of the Atlanta Intelligencer
for publication, and declined :
col. Edmondson’s letter.
Spring Place, May 23tb, 1859.
Col. Gaulding— Lear Sir; I have just been in
formed, by a friend of mine, who reads the Intel
ligencer, that a short article appeared in that
journal, a few days after a bogus meeting was
held in Murray—(purporting to be a mass meet
ing,) stating that I had made a move to this
effect: “That I would leave, and called upon all
the anti-Brown men to dolikewse; and upon my
leaving, there were only four to follow me.” Ido
regret to know of a Democratic journal so ready to
give publicity to such a glaring and unmitigat
ed falsehood.
I will here give a brief hisiorv of this whole af
fair. I saw in the North-Georgia Times, a published
notice “calling on the several districts of this county
to select their delegates.” and to send up to Spring
Place, on the first Tuesday in May, for the purpose
of sending delegates to the Gubernatorial and Con
gressional Conventions; and also to nominate can
didates for the Senate and House—for the county
of Murray.” Now it seems, subsequently, that an
other article was published in the same journal,
calling fora meeting in a different way, and on the
same day. This latter article I did not see, nor did
I ever hear of it until the day came round; and I
must confess that I was taken by surprise, when a
move was made to call a gentleman to the chair,
who was not a delegate. To this motion I objected;
whereupon confusion ensued; and remarks were,
made, w hich were in direct conflict. I claimed the
right as a delegate, from the ninth district, that we
could only organise in the capacity of delegates
from the several districts. This was objected to
by the party, assuming that they were “assembled
en masse.” Here permit me to remark that everv
living being in the house (all counted,) would no‘t
exceed seventy (70) persons, of all parties; as only
four districts had appointed delegates; and they
were not full. Seeing that a very refractorv spirit
seemed to predominate, I moved that the delegates
adjourn to the first Tuesday in June, in order to
§ive the remaining districts time to appoint their
elegates.
Tliis proposition was overruled by what they
termed the “masses” (the delegates taking no
part,) which could not exceed fifty-five persons of
all political parties. I think there were about
twelve or fifteen authorized delegates from the
four districts. Seeing the great reign of confu
sion, and that nothing could be accomplished
legitimately, I moved that the delegates with
draw, and I left the house—leaving the assumed
masses behind me ; and among them seven
“ Baptist clergymen,” or, to use their own lan
guage, men that exercUe in public. This, though be
ing a right clearly belonging to them, I do not wish
to be understood as objecting to it; yet it seemed a
little strange thar so many preachers should be
found in so small a meeting. I looked upon that
proportion as being very great, compared with the
small number of men.
You will see the name of Judge John Bryant,
first on the list of delegates to the Gubernatorial
Convention. He was a regularly constituted dele
gate from the tenth district—l was from the ninth—
we had an interview before the assumed meeting was
held (with some other delegate,) and upon consul
tation we agreed that it would be best to send Brown
delegates to the Convention; and he (Bryant j asked
me if “I was appointed a delegate to the Conven
tion—would Igo for Brown’s re-nomiuation?”—
to which 1 answered in the affirmative, at the
same time giviog him my reasons, Ac.
There would have been no contusion, if the regu
lar delegates bad been permitted to have acted at
that time, or adjourned over to the first Tuesday in
June. I have always been opposed,as a Democrat,
to instruct delegates to conventions, when so many
. of the same party to. noliiical
r preferteeoM to e ct, as I wrote him abonl
I feelings ppon this s^ u \ a reference to If; and have
> this timr two years June, (just best-re his nom
compliments me, and gives
> his unqualified sanction and approval. I am a
Democrat of thirty years standing, and in my own
i judgment, I have never departed from the true
, faith; but if delegates have been gotten up in other
counties of Georgia, as they have been here, you
may rest assured that I can not consent to be gov
erned by them. My principles are the principles
set forth in the Cincinnati rlatform—and I intend
to be governed and controlled by them, and if I
am correct, I hope I am not to be read out of my
party at this advanced age. I hope you will give my
letter a place in your journal,that the truth may go
fairly to the world, as I think it is due to every
subject. The Democratic journals of the State
willpieaae do me the justice to publish this com
municatiop. Yours truly £3.,
James* Edmo>‘l)son.
Col. A. A. Gaulding, Atlanta, Ga.
Cabds of Invitation.—Some inquiring friends,
referring to a paragraph which appeared in a re
cent issue of the Courier, have asked whether it
was at any time fashionable or customary to use
, playing cards for printed invitations.
We can at present only give the evidence be
fore us in some specimens, which are in the
possession of our friend, Dr. A. L. Hammond.
One of these has been noted, and is, we
believe, among the earliest instances, of which
■ any record remains, of the celebration of the
Birthday of Washington.
We give a reprint of these curious relics, in or
der of dates, as the names may be of interest to
many readers in Georgia or elsewhere :
no. 1. —six of hearts.
1 The Company of Miss Hammond is requested
on Mondav evening next, at the house of Mr,
; Wambeasie, to partake of a Ball given by such of
the late American officers as are now in or near
‘ Augusta, in commemoration of the Birthday of
General Washington.
Richard Forsyth, 1
Thomas Glasscock, >■ Managers.
J. Meriwether, )
Augusta, Thursday, 15th February, 1787.
NO. II.—NINE OF CLUBB.
The Governor presents his compliments to Miss
Hammond, and requests the favor of her com
pany to a Ball at Mr. Wambersie’s on Friday
evening next, 4th inst.
Augusta, Ist July, 1788.
NO. 111. —ACE OF DIAMONDS.
The honor of Miss Hammond’s company is re
quested on Tuesday next, to a Subscription Ball,
at the Augusta Hotel.
George Handley, 1
Thomas Watkins, V Managers.
Amasa Jackson, j
Augusta, December 2d, 1789.
NO. IV.—TEN OF HEARTS.
The President’s Birthday. —The Company of
Miss Hammond is requested to a Sulxcription
Ball, at the Academy, on Saturday evening
next to celebrate the Anniversary.
J. Armstrong, \ Managers.
M. Burke, f
Augusta, February Ctb, 1792.
[From the date above given, it would appear
that the “President’s Birthday” was celebrated
according to the “old style,”in*l792, in Augusta.]
NO. V. —ON A COMMON CARD.
Augusta Dancing Assembly. —The honor of
Miss Hammond’s company is requested at Mr.
McLarve’s Assembly Room*, on Tuesday evening
next, at six o’clock.
H. Osborne, 1
W. White, i
W. Poe, { Managers.
L. M. Harris, J
Augusta, February 24th, 1797.
Charleston Courier , June 7.
A Severe Storm. —We have verbal reports of a
very severe storm in the neighborhood of Sand
fort, Russell county, Ala., on Friday evening last.
Trees and fences were everywhere prostrated, and
much extra work for the planters.was “cutout.”
It was accompanied by hail, which beat down the
growing crops, killed poultry, Ac., the stones
being of extraordinary size. It is reported that a
couple of negroes and a mule or two were killed on
the plantation of Mr. John Tarver—one statement
says by lightning, and another by the falling of a
tree. From all accounts, it must have been an ap
palling storm, which occasioned great damage
throughout the extent of its furious course, sup
posed to be about eight miles.
Columbus {Geo.) Enquirer , June 7th,
VOL. 38—IS O. 25.
bytelegraph.
Ship on Fire*
Charleseon, June ]2.-The barque Amy from
Apalachicola, bound for Norwich, Connecticut,
with seven hundred bales cotton on board, is at
quarantine on fire. She put in this port this after
noon, having been struck by ligbthing on the 10th
mst. Preparations are being made to fill her with
water.
Later from Havana.
Charleston, June 12.—The steamer Isabel ar
rived to-day, bringing Havana dates to the 10th
inst.
The body of the Hoc. W. H. Robebtsox, former
Consul, was placed on board of the barque Hamil
ton on the 6th inst., for conveyance to Philadel
phia.
The barque Ardemes is daily expected on the
Cuban coast with a cargo of Africans.
The ship Live Yankee arrived on the 2nd inst.,
eighty-eight days from Maco, with seven hun
dred and eighty-eight Asiatics, aboard. She had
twelve deaths aboard during her passage.
Sugars quiet, but traders refuse a reduction in
prices. The stocks at Havana and Matanzas are
4(i5,000 boxes. Molasses generally unchanged.
Freights less active. Exchange on New York
2%a 3 premium.
The Star of the West, from Asp'nwal! 4th inst.,
touched at Key West on the sth for coal. She has
on board one million five hundred and thirteen
thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars in
specie, for New York.
The United States sloop Jamestown sailed from
Asoinwall on the 4th inst., for Greytown.
There were no further disasters at Key West.
Later From .Mexico.
New Orleans, June IStb.—An arrival from Ha
vana to tLe Oth inst., brings later intelligence from
Mexico.;? (sjass
At'Vera Cruz it was reported that Mirahon had
suppressed the prcnunciamento at the Capital on
the 23d ult., in favor of Zi loaca, by the Church
party. KsSßEsffiSl -
ft Several Padres had been arrested, and sent to
Vera Cruz.
The Liberals had encouraged the Marquesas ex
pedition.
Morelia was driven back; the women were strip
ped of their clothing, and Mi ham on had decreed
the confiscation of Vera Cruz importations; and
other foreigners also suffered.
It was reported that Consul Black was on the
road to Vera Cruz, and would pass safely without
any interruption from the rabble army.
Several private parties were advised not to cross
the Isthmus.
Gen. Zdloaga was reported to have been im
prisoned by Miramox.
Indian Trenble.
Sr. Louis, June 13.—The Overland Mail which
left San Francisco on the 20th May has arrived.
The passengers report that 3,000 Texans are en
camped near Fort Belknap for the purpose of ex
terminating the Caddo reserve Indians,
j etßliShl Xtaaahas OLJed on the jGov
is neir by, with three companies oTtlragoohs. ~
Major Van Dorn has had several engagements
with the Prairie Indians, end the latter have ex
perienced great loss.
Mails to Havana and Key West.
Washington, Jnue 13.—The New Orleans and
Key West mail contract has been relet to the for
mer contractors, as a reduction of fll,ooo per an
num, up than for the last year. The contractors
agree to extend the service to Havens for the pos
tages.
Market Reports.
Charleston June 11.—The sales of cotton to day
were light, reaching only 23 bales, at 10 cents.
Charleston, June 13.—Sales of cotton to-day
216 bales, at prices ranging from 8% to 11% cts.
The market was firm.
Mobile, June 11.—Sales of cotton to-day 600
biles ; Middlings 11 cents. The steamer’s news
caused greater firmness.
Mobile, June 13.—Sales of cotton to-day 700
bales, with a firm and advancing market. Mid
dlings 11 a 11cents.
New Orleans June 11.—Sales of cotton to day
3,5(0 bales, principally.before the reception ofthe
steamer’s news. The market is staffer but un
changed.
New Orleans, June 13.—Sales of cotton 2,000
biles. Flour very dull, Lard buoyant at % cent,
advance.
New York, June 13.—Cotton buoyant, sales
I,ooobales, Middling Uplands 11% cents. Salesof
Flour 10,000 barrels, at partially advancing prices.
Wheat buoyant; Corn firm ; sales 81,000 bushels,
mixed 86 % a S 9 cents; Spirits of Turpentine
heavy at 48 a 48% cents; Rosin firm at $1 85
Rice quiet at 3 % a 4 %.
Death or a Distinguished Floridian. — The Tal
lahassee Floridian, of Saturday last, records the
sudden death, from disease of the heart, of James
T. Archer, Esq., a prominent lawyer of that city,
and, in our judgmeut, the most brilliant man in the
State. He was taken Wednesday morning, and
died at 6 o’clock, the evening of the same day, in the
fortieth vear of his age. Mr. Archer was a native of
Souib Carolina, but has resided in Florida for many
years. He was the acknowledged leader of the
Tallahassee Bar, possessed of superior talents, and
eDjoyed a deserved popularity throughout the
State. Florida may well mourn the loss of such a
citizen.— Savannah Republican, June 7th.
We have had generally, fine growing seasons.
The corn crops are looking as luxuriantly as usual
about this time; though the stand is not an aver
age one, from the cut worm, 'l'he cotton is report
ed very late and small, having beeu subjected to
such cold weather. The thermometer has just
been to 55 deg. several nights, with a bleak N. E.
wind for forty hours. Not only is the plant late
but alas the planter, attributed to replanting, and
even the ploughing up, of the “artier cotton. The
10th of June is gone, and no blooms anywhere,
and not a form on the thin lands, and from our
observation, they are very sparce even on the rich
bottoms. The old lands cannot make a single
June boll thisyear certain.
Waynesboro (Ga.) News, June 14 th.
I eavenwortb, June 7.—There has been a heat
ed contest to-day in the election of members ofthe
Constitutional Convention. Definite returns from
the Territory cannot be had for two or three days.
All past issues have been ignored, and the ques
tion is direct as to a free or slave State.
Baltimore, June B.— The Slaveholders Conven
tion met in this city.
The Press at Nashville. —The Savannah Press
sends two representatives to Nashville, in the per
sons of F. W. Sims, Esq., of the Republican, and
W. T. Thompson, Esq., ofthe Horning News. The
former is a full-blooded member of the Artillery,
and “ goes as a soldier.” The Major, though
whilom a military man, has of late years “ beaten
his sword into a ” steel pen, and goes asa civilian.
We wish them both a pleasant journey and a safe
return. —Savannah Morning Newt, June 14<A.