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BY JAMES GARDNER.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10.
Nominations for the Legislature.
We are gratified to observe that the Democratic
partv, in the counties in which nominations for the
legislature have thus far been made, has general
ly selected as its candidates the ablest and best
men in its ranks, whose servicesit could command.
In Wilkes, Mr. Ibvin, who has a long legislative
experience, and talents of a high order, is one of
the Democratic candidates for the House. He will
be elected by a large majority, and will probably
be made the Speaker of the House, as he is re
cognised bv men of all parties as better fitted for
the position than any man who will be a member
ofthat body at its next session. In Thomas, the
Hon. William H. .Seward, the Representative
for the last six or eight years of the first district in
Congress, has been nominated by the Democratic
partv lor the Senate. He is a practical working
man, and will be an able representative of the in
terests of Southern Georgia. In Glynn, the Dem
ocratic party, acting in concert with members of
the Opposition, has nominated the Hon. T. llctlkr
Kixg for the Senate, and Mr. J. Harris, the tal
ented representative from that county in the las.
legislature, for the House. We might mention
many other excellent nominations for the legisla
ture which have been already made by the Demo
cratic partv. We are gratified to observe them.
The next will be one of the most important ses
sions of the General Assembly which has been held
for many vears. It must elect a United States Sen
ator, and two Judges of the Supreme Court, and
dispose of a multitude of questions of Sta’e policy,
which are quite as important as the elections it must
make. We are glad to see that the Democratic
party appreciate the importance of being repre
sented in it, by the best and ablest men, whose
services it can command.
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Judge Iverson’s Griflin Speech—lrrecon
cilable Passages.
The speech delivered by Senator Iverson at
Griflin, on the 14th of.July, abounds in the most
glaring inconsistencies and contradictions. To il
lustrate this fact, we have selected a few passages
from that speech, which we subjoin. In the first
which follow, the Senator has drawn a dark picture
of the future of the South, if she remains in the
Union. He says:
The Democratic partv of the free States, allied
with their southern brethren, in political contests,
and looking to them for the obtauiment of political
power, has for mauv years given to the constitu
tional rights of the South a manly support; but like
an army in the face of a superior and more vigor
ous foe doubtful of its position and conscious ol
inferioritv, it has kept it were, only a re
treating fire, whilst its ranks have been constantly
thinned by desertion and death, until at length it
has surrendered every inch of ground to the enemy.
From the begmningof this abolition war, to the
present day, not a man has gone over to the sound
Democracy, from the Freesoil ranks, whilst the
lessening and wavering hosts pf the former, have
year after year melted away before their fanatical
enemy like the snows before the rays of a burning
sun.
Whatever others mav say—whatever delusive
hopes may be entertained to the contrary, 10-neuter
all lott at the Sorth. The Constitutional sound De
mocracy of the free States, if not dead and buried,
are paralvzed and powerless—even the bold, gal
lant-one* sound and unflinching Douglas-once
the able and manly defender of Southern Rights
has yielded to the storm and bowed his thick and
stubborn neck to the yoke. He h
fnuuunoed hP? but .he sianda
W-dav with one foot m o«r rmnm and one lu me
ranks of our mortal foe; and he is surrounded by
the very flower of the northern Democracy who
are ready to follow him, body and soul, horse,
foot, and dragoons,” into the enemies camp, wheD
ever his honest convictions, or his selfi-i, m erests
may speak the word of command. *
Look at the present conditio,] and future pros
pects of public sentiment in the free Slates—al
the present and future state of political parties in
Congres-. There are a few sound and true north
ern men still lingering in the Senate ; nearly every
vestige of sound northern conservatism in the
other house has already been extinguished-four
years more will give to the Abolitionists the control
of the Senate —18til will witness the inaugura
tion of a Freesoil President, and then, »uh both
branches of Congress, and an Abolition President
the Supreme Court, the last barrier to fanatical
encroachment, will soon give way. Va-ancles
upon that bench of stern old men will occur by
nature, or be made by Congressional legislation,
to be filled bv the creatures of party dictation,
until that august Tribunal will bow iis neck to
the yoke of unrelenting fanaticism, and then the
acts of an Abolition Congress sanctioned by an
Abolition President, will be upheld by the decrees
of an Abolition Court and enlorce, it necessary, by
the bavonets of an Abolition army .. ;
The great high Priest of the Abolition Church.
Wm. H. Seward, has already declared in bold and
vaunting terms in the Senate of the Unit. <1 states
that “the Supreme Court must be reloruie... and
he has more power and influence over the loack
Republican party of the North, than the I ope ut
Rome lias over the Catholic world. 11 is "i min
to hone that a reaction will take/-luce in the run th
em, mind and that a wand eonttreattem will
ever again rate the northern heart. " e have beard
that erv and that hope repeated again aim again
for more than twenty years, and yet the spirit and
power of Abolition have continued to spread,
increase aud strengthen, until now, they con
trol the political action of nearly every tree
State in this Union, aud openly proclaim the
intention ol wiping out slavery in all the Amer
ican States. The bold and daring d.-clara
tioti of the great leader of the Republican par
ty in his speech at Rochester, lasi fall, that
freedom and slavery cannot exist together in toe
same Government, and h t one or ibe other must
fall was but the echo of the popular sentiment all
oner the free States. It has been repeated on the
floor of the National Congress; it has filledl the
public press ; it has been re-echoed from the hust
ings "of mauv popular assemblies, and will be die
great" shibokth in the campaign in ISM), ilie
northern clans are to be mustered it:i the cry of
“down with slavery.” amt the black flag of uni
versal emancipation” will be raised aloft, never
again to be fueled until d shall wave in triumph
over a disgraced, degraded and destroyed- So" >
met at the threshold by a manly spirit -1 southern
resistance, be driven back u, ts notice regions to lead
on the dark destiny and fortunes of a separate north
ern Government.
In these passages of his* speech,it will be observ
ed, Senator Iverson labors to show that the South
has nothing to expect r hope from ihe North, and
is doomed to inevitable destruction if she remain
in the Union. He ass r » that all is lost at the
jf or th—that the Dem.T.iic parly of that section
of the Union, upon ,ch we have heretofore re
lied to sustain us 11. .ssertion of our constitu
tional rights, is m m .wav before fanaticism,
like snow before it. - f a burning sun-that
the Black Republi. .1. >,y is destined in a few
years to control ev. r> uepartment of the govern
ment, and that when it does, “ibe acts of au Abo
lition Congress, sanctioned by an Abulitinn Presi
dent, will be Upheld by the decrees ot an Aboli
tion Court, and enforced, if necessary, by the ay
onetsofan Abolition army.” All that the South,
in bis opinion will be able to do, will be, by a dis
solution of the Union, to escape the degradation
and digrace of a submission to northern ni e.
But there other are paragraphs in die Senators
speech which tl.r iwsome ligbunio thedark, n iure
of the future ol the South, which be ha- di aw u in
those which we have quoted..
Thus, speakiug of the doctrine of protection to
slave property in the Territories by the interven
tion of Congress, he says:
This right of the southern people on the one
hand, and this power and duty of CoDgress on the
other, are, I hope and believe, fast becoming the
settled doctrine of the southern people, and will
sooner or later be demanded by them, with a
spirit and power which cannot be resisted. But
this doctrine, so dear as it is, and ought to be to
the South, will never be recognised or admitted
by the North, whilst the South is divided in sen
timent or undecided in action. The Black Re
publican party at the North scouts it. The north
ern Democracy shrinks from it. It will never be
granted or acted upon, until the South, united
upon it, speaks in authorative positive, and deter
mined language to the North an i tells it, “we are
entitled to this ntiht—we must have it—if we can
not get it in the Union, we will seek it out of the
Union.” If the South ever brings its united mind
and heart up to that point, then her constitutional
right 8 tcill be respected and conceded by the Federal
Government! ! f
Agaiu speaking of the northern people, he says :
Convince them that the South is in earnest, by
an imposing step towards sepatation, and even
fanaticism will pause and “look before it leaps .”
Tne Union is far more necessary, useful and im
portant to them than us, and they know it. They
would lift probably drive vs to the alternative of sep
aration, if they were advised, and believed that
such would be the result of their hostile demon
strations against slavery and the rights of the
southern people.
In these passages of his spech, Senator Iverson,
it will be observed, maintains that the constitu
tional rights of the South will be conceded by the
Federal Government, if she will only demand
them. How are they to be reconciled with those
in which he asserts that nothing cau be expected
or hoped from the North, and that the South is
doomed to a humiliating degration, if she remains
in the Union ?
11. 11. Hill’s Letter—lgnorance and aMls
represe illation.
In his recent letter to Col Dudley of Americus,
Mr. Hill has grossly misrepresented the position
of Judge Douglas, and the views of that distin
guished gentleman, upon the subject of slavery in
the Territories.
To prove this charge which we make against
Mr. Hill, we shall not attempt any exposition of
Judge Douglas’ doctrine in reference to slavery in
the Territories, but simply give what Mr. Hill
says in reference to it, and append to each of his
statements, what Mr. Douglas has said uoon the
same point, in the last speech which he made in
the Senate of the United States. We shall let Mr.
Hill speak for himself, and Mr. Douglas for him
self, so that our readers may determine far them
selves, if Mr. Hill has not grossly misrepresented
the Illinois Senator.
In his letter to Col. Dudley, Mr. Hill says:
“To sustain this doctrtne of Senator Douglas
and his followers, we have to admit at least four
positions or assumptions, each of which is a fata!
and palpable error, all of which are neither more
nor less than Abolition dogmas.”
Aud he proceeds to state what these assump
tions are. He says:
Ist. This doctiine assumes that the tenure by
which we hold property in slaves, is different
from that by which we hold other chattel proper
ty.”
Mr. Douglas, in his speech in the Senate on the
23rd p‘s February last, says :
“Under the decision of the Supreme Court of ihfc
United States, slaves are property, standing od
an equal tooling with all other property; and that,
consequently, the owner qf a sir.U has the cm* right
to emigrate to a Terrify*und curry his stave prop
itHff with rum, as the o amer of any other species of
property has to mojq there , and carry his property
with him.”
Mr. Hill says:
2d. It assumes that special legislation is ne
cessary to create, or at least to preserve property
in slaves, and that more especially are we in the
pewer of Territorial legislation on this subject.
Mr. Douglas says:
“The Territorial legislature has the same
power to legislate in respect to slaves, that it has
in regard to anv other property, to the same ex
lent, and no further. If the Senator wishes to
know what power it has over slaves in the Ter
ritories, I answer, let biui tell me what power it
has to legislate over every other species of prop
er, either by encouragement or by taxation, or in
any other mode , and he has my answer in regard
to stave property.”
Mr Hill says:
3rd “This doctrine of Mr. Douglas assumes that
there can be s.ich a thing as a Government which
does not protect the citizeu, and cannot execute
its own laws.”
Mr. Douglas says :
“ T..e Supreme Court makes no such distinction.
L recognises slaves as property. When they are
token io a Territory, they are on an equal footing
with other property, amt dependent upon the same
system of legislation, lor protection, as other pro
perty. While all other property is dependent on
the Territorial legislation for protection, I hold
I hat slave property must loo* to the same author
ity for its protection.
‘1 say that 1 leave all kinds o! property, slaves
included, to the local law for protection; and that
1 will not exert the power of Congress to interlere
with that local law with reference to slave prop
erty, or any other kind of property.”
Mr. Hill says:
4th. But again, this doctrine of Mr. Douglas
allows to the Territorial legislature and people
what it denies to Congress.
Mr. Douglas says:
“ I hold that no such thing as sovereign power,
attaches to a Territory while a territory. I hold
that a Territory possesses whatever power it de
rives from the Constitution, under the organic act.
and no more. I hold that all the power a Terri
torial legislature processes, is derived from the
Constitution, and its amendments under the act
of Congress.”
Mr. Hill says:
“The naked doctrine (of Douglas) is that, while
we have a right to our slaves in a Territory, yet, if
the powers in the Territory choose to invade, or
destroy that right, or render tfseless that property,
we hate no remedy /”
Mr. Douglas says:
‘ Let the territorial legislature pass just such
laws in regard to slavery as they think they have
a right to enact under the Constitution of the United
Stales. It Ido not like those laws, I *ill not vole
t * repeal them ; it you do not like them, you must
not vote to repeal them ; hot anybody aggrieved ,
may appeal to the Supreme Court, and it they are
constitutional, they must stand; if they are un
constitutional, they are void. That was the doc
trine <»t Don-interveution, as it was understood at
the time the Kansas-Nebraska bill was passed.
That is the wav it wiyi explained and argued in
the Senate, and in the House of Representatives,
and before the country. It was distinctly under
stood that Congress was never to intervene for or
against slavery, or for or agamst any other msti
iu n*n in the Territories; bui leave the courts to
decide all constitutional questions as they might
arise, and the President to carry the decree* of the
court into effect; aud, in. case of resistance to his
authority in executing the judicial process, that he
u , IH p t „'ge if ntceesary. the whou military force qf
the count y. as pruvi/Ud by existing laws.”
Our leaders can determine for themselves wheth
er Mr. Hill has misrepresented Mr. Douglas’
views upon the subject ot slavery in the Territories.
Bur, we des*re to call the attention of our read
ers to another portion of the letter of Mr. Hill,
which m s epre.-ents facts as grossly as that to
which we have just referred does principles. We
r <er to that in which he speaks of the laws of the
United S a es, which regulate slavery in the Ter-
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, _A.TTGrTJST 17, 1859.
ritories —and calls upon the people of the South to
stand upon the laie ! He says:
| Property in slaves is in no sense the creature of
municipal laws. So far from it Ido not know of a
single old State in this Union which has ever
created the right of property in slaves by legisla
tion. Certainly, slaves were brought into Geor
gia, not only without law, but against law r , and so
the matter as far as creating statutes are concern
ed, stands to this day. We have regulating stat
utes and that is all ; precisely as the United States
have, and must have, regulating statutes in all the
I territories . When a Southern man emigrates
; with his slaves to the common Territories, by
; what law is he protected? By the Constitution
and laws of the United States, including the reme-.
dy for the recovery of chattels, and the law for the
punishment of larceny.
By the laws of the United States, he who steals
my slave in a Territory is guilty of larceny and he
who converts my slave is liable to me in damages,
for the same reason in both eases—the slave is by
the law of the same power, property of value. The
courts of the United States ure open in the Terri
tory for the administration of these laws. The
slaveholder is not dependent on the territorial
legislature for his title, or his remedy, but|is alto
gether independent of it on both points, because
both are recognised and protected by a Constitu
tion and a taw which Territorial legislatures cannot
repeal.
And he exclaims: “Let us, like good citizens, get
<»ff of double meaning Kansas bills and all treach
erous party platforms, and step cn the law.”
The opposition press bare received this portion
of Mr. Hill’s letter as a revelation. They accept
it as containing a complete and original solution of
the whole question of slavery in the Territories—
regard Mr. Hill as a “Daniel come to judg
ment,’ and cry together in chorus, let us stand
upon the law. In our opinion, Mr. Hill in this so
lution of the question of slavery in the Territories,
has simply betrayed his ignorance and begged the
whole question. The question of slavery in the
Territories would be settled, by standing upon the
law, —indeed there would be no controversy about
it, if there were statutes of the United States regu
lating it. But, where are they ? where is the law
upon which we must all stand? Can Mr. Hill or
any of his clacquers point us to these statutes ?
Show us this law on which we are to stand ?
There are no such statutes. Congress never
has passed an act creating a criminal code for
any organised Territory. Cougress never has
passed a law to protect any species of property in
organised Territoties. It has, from the foundation
of the government, simply organised Territories,
and given them forms of government, uuder which
their people have governed themselves. Mr.
Douglas asserted each of these facts in his speech
»n the Seuate, on the 23d of February last, and
nobody but Mr. Hill has ever dared to make an
issue with him upon them. Mr. Hill has not
solved the question which has embarrassed all the
statesmen of this Union. He is too fast in jump
ing at the conclusion that we must stand upon thfi
law. First, let us have the law to stand upon. In
the eagerness aud emphasis, and impudence with
which he announces his grand solution of the
whole difficulty, he reminds us of a little
fellow at school (this is one of Mr. Stephens’sto
ries), who stood at the foot of his spelling class.
The word “cotton” was given out by the teacher.
The boy at the head of the class missed it—so did
the one next him, aud so did all of them down to
the HttU fellow at the toot—some spelling it “cotin”
some “cottin”—some “cutting” aud some MißltiT ’*
The little fellow at tho ( 'V>t, in a •.reuioi cf excite
rnent, at the prospect of “gettfng ahead,” had
stept out in front of the class, eager for a chance
to spell and when it came he bawled out “c-o-tt-n,
cotton,” an 1 start® l for “head,” with a speed which
carried him half way up the class, before the tea
cher, amidst roars of laughter, could stop him.
Mr. Hill has missed, and must still “stay foot.”
The Field and Fireside*
The capability of the South to create and sustain
a literature of its own is now being thoroughly
tested. The experiment is being largely made,
and, we are pleased to know with good prospects
of success. In various sections of the Southern
States literary enterprises are being established or
have already been; and from the energy aud ability
which they display, it is reasonable to suppose
that their prospects, for the future, at least, if not
for the present, are more flattering than formerly.
Among these, we have our own home experi
ment —the Southern Field <£' Fireside, upon which
and in aid of which money has been lavished and
talent invested. This journal is two-fold in its
character—and, therefore, emphatically u family
paper. In its literary department, w'e find con
tributions from the pens of Longstkekt, Simms,
Haynes, Mrs. L. Virginia French and other
Southern writers of merit and distinction; and not
the least attractive features of this department
are the productions of the accomplished Miss
Blount, Mrs. Julia Keybs, aud our young poet
friend Cleveland —all of w'hose compositions are
creditable to themselves, aud valuable auxiliaries
to the journal which has had the good fortune to
secure their services.
In the Agricultural department, which furnishes
weekly a variety of articles of great value to the
farmer and the horticulturist, must be found not
only a novel but a desired and a valuable addition
to an enterprise of this kind.
The twelfth number will be found fully equal,
if not superior, to its predecessors. In “Master
Mitten,” we have one of Judge Loncstrebt’s best
efforts, and a story that becomes more interesting
and attractive as it progresses. Next to this, we
find a prize story, entitled “Aliene, or the recover
ed Treasure,” by Maud Moreton, which will, doubt
less, be read with interest. Then, we have anoth
er Paris Letter—followed by a variety of miscella
neous matter—a list of which we have already
given. If any of our readers have not yet sub
scribed to the field and Fireside, they should get
a specimen copy at once, examine it, and then sub
scribe. Recollect, there is nothing like patroniz
ing home industry to sustain home institutions.
We are pleased to learn that the subscription
list is steadily augmenting, and that the prospects
of success are very good. This will matte the
Field a very good field for advertising ; and our
merchants might find it to their interest to make
use of its columns to keep themselves and their
business before the people.
JjgT’ Mr. Wright in his letter of acceptance, an
nounces that he is an independent candidate, and
says m his Louisville speech, that he is not the
candidate of any party. One of his organs, the
Evening Dispatch, says the same thing.*' We have,
therefore, the authority of Mr. Wright and of the
Evening Dispatch, for saying that the party which
nominated Mr. Wright for Congress in this Dis
trict is no party at all. We do not take issue with
them on this point. 9
|3f~ J Mr. Wright, the independenl-no-party-
American-oppositiou candidate for Congress in
this district, does not think that foreigners should
be naturalised and permitted to vote, after five
year’s residence in the United States. Os course
be does not want the suffrage of men, who, ia his
opinion, ought not to be entitled to a vote.
Georgia Patents.
In the list of patents, issued from the United
States Patent Office, for the week endn g A 'gust
9t)i, 1859—each bearing that date—we find one
to ElijahP. Bbacciiaup of Preston, Ga., for im
provement in cotton-seed planters, one to Law
sot p. Peso, of Webster county, Ga., for improve
ment in corn-planters, and one to CnaRi.ES A.
Robbs, of Augusta, Ga., for improvement in gas
retorts.
Current News of the l>ny.
The New Orleans Picayune, of the 7th inst.
says ; Among the recent visitors to Mobile was Col.
T nt's. Eastin, the publisher, as we learn from the
Ij/iiurii, of the first newspaper in Alabama. It
tvs* called the Halcyon, and the staple of its first
number was the treaty of peace with Great Britain
at the close of the war of 1812. Col. E. was
brother-in-law of the late Judge Gayle. He was
originally from Nashville, and was at one time in
Jackson's army with the rank of quartermaster.
Tlig tflalcyon was published at St. Stephens, a
omalbrillage some one hundred miles North of
Molnie, on the Tombigbee.
If- Clat, a brother of the late Congressman,
Jaimes 15. Clay, and son of Henry Clay, is elects
ed to the State Senate from Fayette county, Ken-
Uu-ltv, on the Opposition ticket.
Fnanee and Russia have agreed to restore the
Holj Sepulchre at mutual expense,and to institute
alternate Latin and Greek services.
W Chestnut Flat post office, Walker county,
Georgia, has been discontinued.
fy~Th epeople of Calhoun, Gordon county, are
aboql to build an Academy.
The National Teachers’ Association assem
bled® Washington, 1). C., on Wednesday morn
ing, ingust 10th.
The Arizonian has passed into Democratic I
hand#, and now advocates Silvester Mowry as
delegate to Congress.
Henry Ravenel, Esq*:, a citizen of Charles
ton, S. C., and for some tin.e President of the
Union Bank, in that city, died recently at the
Virginia Springs.
Our list of churches for Sumhiy Will be re
sumed shortly. Any statement of service handed
into us on Saturday, will be thankfully received*
and save our reporter some trouble.
[communicated.]
Jo Paul Jones, Jenk’s Cousin.
Youjasseri that your cousin Jcnk is “an African
slave trader, and the d—l know's what else, that is
or can J>e brought forward against the best inter
est ofUhe South.” And this is one reason you
cannot, help him out.” Are you not in error?
Has hqjtaken ground on this new and important
jnatteijS’ I think not.
Butlou support Col. Wright, I infer, because
he vt mpjyoned to the re-opening of the African |
slave wade. Are you not again mistaken ? Srnr.c
say, hie, that he is in f Ivor ot it; others, Vuat he
is opposed ; and both are equally cer‘^ in ftS to his
1 position. Now, as you and Mrs, ’i\,lly Ann are u all
I Wright and no misUj&c” pray let us know, with
\ cerurfotks ow of tbis great question Co'.
■ | W raised his standard ? * *
Jon.s Smith.
August 10th, 1859.
A Spiritualist Wedding.
At the Convention of Spiritualists held at Ply*
mouth, Mass., on the fifth, sixth, and seventh of
August, the novel feature of a marriage between
two Spiritualists was introduced among the exer
cises. It is thus described by a correspondent :
The declaration of sentiments having been got
rid of, the next Blatter in order was the solemniza
tion of marriage betweeu Mr. Nathan C. Lewis and
Mrt>. Eunice A. Babbitt, of Boston. The lady was
Iressed in loose flowing robes of white, deeply
trimmed in blue, and wore blue satin shoes. Two
little girls, her daughters by a former marriage,
were dressed in exactly the same style, and follow
ed her to the platform. The bridegroom placed
himself beside her. He is a physician. Both had
been married before, audare each about thirty-five
years of age.
Mr. Loveland, who w T as formerly a Methodist min
ister, though he does not new appreciate the title
of “ Reverend,” addressing the congregation,
said—
Although Spiritualists in general do not accept,
but are opposed to, the regulations that exist le
gally in regard to the subjugation of woman in the
marriage relations, still they do generally, if not
universally, admit the propriety of making a pub
lic acknowledgement of their relations.
Then, turning to the interested parties, he said :
My brother and sister, I ask you to make no
promise, I impose upon you no obligation. All
the obligations you have, you have yourselves as
sumed in your own spirits. I know'your hearts.
You have already in your spirits consummated the
union as far as it could possibly be. I stand not
here to marry you. This congregation are not
witnesses, and are not called upon to be wi messes
of your marriage. But I stund here to affirm legal
ly the fact, and to ask this congregation to join
with me in pronouncing a benediction and blessing
on the union into which you have entered, which
you here acknowledge, and which you here for
mally before the world complete. In token, then,
of this union, which you have cemented in your
souls, and which you now' confess before the world,
please join your right hands.
The hapny couple complied with the request.
Then, Mr. Loveland placed a hand on each of their
heads, and blessed them in this form :
And now, on behalf of this audience, and on be
half of the attending spirits that are around us,
and w ith us, I bless this union; 1 bless you in
their behalf, as you start together in the journey
of life.
This wes the whole ceremony. The bridegroom
made a formal bow' to the audience. The bride,
who had been quietly fanning herself throughout
the performance, dropped a courtesy. The pair,
with their little attendants in white and blue,
stepped off* the platform, and the audience ap
plauded so long that it seemed as if they wished
the last scene encored.
Then, Mr. Wright was called upon to say some
thing on the subject of matrimony and paternity. 1
He spoke for a few minutes, and ended by pre-1
senting to the couple a copy of one of his 1
probably “The Unwelcome Child.” Shortly af
terwards the Chairman was made the medi’ jol 0 f
handing to the bridegroom a bouquet, be
termed a volume of natural theology. jy r Lewis
accepted the gift, and promised to bp j( j v Th us
ended the marriage scene.
State Fairs.—The f«»ow <r times ap
pointed for the mectin" of several State Fairs for
the year 1859 :
Illinois p T t . > q
I«. S. Agricultural Society.C ii_n
Vermont. 1
Western Vlitf:.. ..Bi'rt.iiEton. £pt- |S-]«
Npw .T#>r i>v * .. Wheeling Island Sept. IS— it?
California Augusta.. gept. 20--3
Ohio Sacramento Sep*. I^-/2
lodiSSr Nebra-kaCity Sept. 21-23
StKItoW New Ai V py Sept. 20-00
Wlscon-In.. > ttmiMy t i , lr j-ept. 0
Canada Oskalooat o-
Mh hi.' West Kiniwon Sept.
New * an Detroit Oct. 4 7
Nev York.’. Albany Oct 4-7
Tc /Hamptliire Dover Oct. o— »
<: (inrnnrr Nashville Oct. a- 7
if ary land Freriern k City . .Oct. 25—38
t Alabama Montgomery Nov. 15-lc
BY TELEGRAPH.
Later From Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
CITY OF BALTIMORE.
SALES OF COTTON FOR THREE
DAYS 19,000 BALES.
NE W S TJX IMP olt TA XT.
Farther Point, Aug. 12.—The steamship City
of Baltimore was boarded off Cape Race to-day,
by the boats of the Associated Press. She left
Liverpool on the 3rd of August. Her general news
is unimportant.
Commercial.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sales of cotton for
three days 19,000 bales, of which speculators took
1,000, and exporters 4,500 bales. The market was
quiet and steady. Middling Orleans was quoted
at 73-l Cd. There were a few forced sales at
decline.
Liverpool, Thursday noon. —Cotton quiet ; hol
ders offered freely, but showed no disposition to
press sales.
Lomfyon Money Market.— Consols 94% a 95.
Liverpool General Markets. —Breadstuffs dull, and
quotations barely maintained. Provisions declin
ing
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The sales on Wednes
day were 5,000 bales; the market closed dull.
General News.
The steamers Asia, Hungarian, Adelaide and
/Etna had reached Liverpool.
The French army of the Rhine had been dis
solved.
In England, a new Indian loan of five million
pounds sterling had been announced.
SECOND I>fS>ATCTT.
Liverpool Breadstuffs Market. —Flour very dull
and offered freely at 10s. a 12s. 3d. Wheat dull ;
quotations barely maintained. Corn quiet, mixed
and yellow quoted at ss. 9d. ass. White 7s. a
7s. 9d.
Liverpool General Marked. —Beef heavy. Pork
dull. Quotations nominal. Bacon dull, but stea
dy. Lard dull. Rosin steady at 3s. 9d. Spirits
of Turpentine dull at 335. Od. a 345. Od. Sugar
quiet. Coffee dull.
London Genera lMarkets. —Sugar steady. Coffee
firm. Tea slow of sale, but quotations unaltered.
Rice firm.
London Money Market.— Money is slightly more
stringent. American seurities steady.
Latest, Liverpool 1 hurtday.— Breadstuffs very
dull. Provisions very dull. Spirits of Turpentine
heavy at 33s a 33d 6d. Others unchanged.;
Leueral News.
The harvest prospects are favorable.
The latest continental news was pacific.
France is preparing fora naval disarmanent.
The Pans Bourse closed, on Wednesday, at
08 45.
The American Minister at Rome has obtained
four hundred dollars. c/unpimsMion tor Perkin s,
in the Perugin affair.
Texas Election.
New Orleans, August 12.—Accounts from Texas
state that sixty-eight counties have been heard
from, in which Houston (for Governor) is four
thousand four hundred ahead of Runnels, (the
Democratic candidate). Hamilton and Reagan,
for Congress, are also reported as ahead.
Arrival of the Quaker City.
New York, August 12.— The steamship Quaker
City has arrived from Havana, with dates to the
Sth inst.
The yellow fever has assumed an epidemic form
in Havana.
The British mail steamer had arrived there with
two millions in specie from Mexico.
The Purser of the Quaker City reports no de
mand for Sugars ; 7% reals were offered for num
ber twelve, but it was held at 7%. The stock in
Havana was 250,000 boxes.
Exchanges had improved; London was quoted <
at 15, and New York 5% premium.
We have Vera Cruz dates to the 4tli, and city
of Mexico to the Ist inst., but tbev are unimport- <
ant.
Market Reports.
Mobile, Aug. 12.—Sales of cotton to-day 1,100
bales; Middlings at ll%c a \\%c. sales of the week
2,700; receipts of the week 180 against 195 bales,
same time last year. Receipts ahead 164,550 bales
Stock 23,390 bales.
New Orleans, Aug 12.—Sabs of Cotton to-day
250 bales; Middlings at Sales of the week
1,600 bales; receipts of the week 530 bales, agaiust
1,700 last year. Exports of the week 5,500 bales;
receipts ahead of last year 1,500 bales. Receipts
at all ports ahead of last year 029,000 bales. Stock :
on hand 25,500 bales. 1
New York, August 12.— The cotton market was I
dull to day, with sales of 1,000 bales. Flour de
clined 10c. a 15c. per barrel; sales 8,500 barrels; ]
Southern at $4 90 ass 00. Wheat declined lc. a \
2c. ; sales of 14,000 bushels; old White at $1 30. |
Corn deefined 2c. a 3c.; sales 5,('00 bushels; mixed *
at 77c; closing with no buyers over 75c. Spirits of J
Turpentine dull. Rosin dull. Rice dull.
New York, August 13.—Sales of cotton to-du-,
600 bales—heavy. Flour unsettled; sales of 5/joq
barrels. Wheat heavy; sales of 14,000
Corn declined; sales of 32,000 bushels; mix ec j
a 77c. Spirts of Turpentine dull. Ros m heavy
atsl 65. Rice dull. Freights on cottorq to Liver
pool 7*o2d.
From the Atlanta August 12.
Cases Decided by the Sll preme Court, ut
the August Term, ir 4 Atlanta, 1859.
Wm. Perkins, administrator, plaintiff in error,
vs. John P. Brown, defendant in error—trover 1
from Pike. Judgment affirmed.
Alford A Gibson, for plaintiff in error; Gre* •
& Stewart, a d contra.
Hardy R and wife, plaintiffs in err 1 j
vs. Matthew Cogg.m, et. a!., executors, defend.)
in error—equity from Pike. Judgment rev» rs- 1
The above c 4 se turned upon the construcnoi •* .
the following clause of a will: “ I give to »
daughter, ?Ji*ry Scott, and her children, free fr a»
the disposition of any future husband.” Held,
that Mary Scott did uot take a life estate, but that
the property vested in Mary Scott and her chil
dren, and that they take equally as joint tenants.
Green & Stewart for plaintiffs in error; H. Green
contra.
Drowned.— We learn that a man by the name of
Joseph Malone, a sculptor, in the employ of Mr.
| T Kenny, wts drowned in the Chattahoochee yes
-1 terday morning. It seeLis he went into the river
! to bathe, with a friend, and advancing beyond his
■ depth, and being unable to swim, he was carried
away by the current and drowued. We did not
J hear of the recovery of his body.
Columbus (Ga.) Sun , Aug. Sth.
VOL. 38-IS O. 34.
The Domicile Erected by John.
TRANSLATED FROM THE VULGATE OF M. GOOSE,
Behold the Mansion reared by dadal Jack.
See the milt stirred in many a plethoric sack.
In the proud cirque of Ivan’s bivouac
Mark how the rat’s felonious fang's invade
1 he golden stores iu John’s pavillion laid.
Anon with velvet foot, ano Tarquin strides.
Subtle Grimalkin to his quarry- glides.
Grimalkin grim, that sb w the fierce rodent ,
Whose tooth irrsideous Johann’s sackcloth rent !
Lo! now the peep-moutbf d canine foe’s assult.
That vexed the avenger of the stolen malt.
Stored in the hallowed precincts of that hall
That rose complete at Jack's creative call,
Here stalks the Impetuous Cow with crumpled horn
Whereupon the exacerbating hound was torn.
Who bayed the feline slaughter-beast that slew
The rat predaceous, whose keen fangs ruu through
The textile fibres tlmt involved the grain
\> hlch lay in Hans' inviolate domain.
Here walks forlorn the Damsel crowned with rue.
Lactiferous spoils from vaccine dugs who drew
Os that cornicu’ate beast whose tortuous horn.
Tossed to the clouds in fierce vindictive score,
'1 he harrying hound, whose bragait bark and stir
Arched the lithe spine and restred the indignant fur
Os Puss, that with vermis Icidal claw
Struck < he weird rat in whose Insatiate maw.
Lay reeking malt that erst in Juan'? courts wesaw
Robed in senescent garb hat seems in sooth
Too long a prey foOhronos’ iron tooth.
Behold the man whose ammou* lips incline.
Full with young Erua’oscu ative ign,
To the ’lorn maiden whose Let albic hands
Drew Ibu-lact.c wealth u. >. lacteal glands
Os that immonai bovine, by whose horn
Distort to realms ethereal was borne
The beast catulean, vex* r oi that sly
Uly» e quadrupedal, who made die
The old mordacicisKat that dared devour
Actecedaneous Ale in John’s domestic bower.
Lo here, with hirsute honors dofTed. succinct
Os saponaceous locks, the Priest who links
In Hymen’s golden bands the torn urtbrilt,
Whose means exiguous stared from many a rift.
Even as he kissed the virgin and forfom.
Who milked the cow with implicated horn.
Who In fine wrath the canine torturer skied,
That dared to vex the insidious muricide.
Who let auroral effluence through the pelt
Os the sly rat that robbed the palace Jack built
The loud cantankerous Shanghai comes at last,
Whose shouts aroust tbe shornecc esiast.
Who sealed the vows of Hymen* sacrament,
To him who robed in garments indigent,
Exosoulates the damsel lachrymose.
The emulgat r of that honied’brute morose,
That tossed the dog, that w th cat. that kilt
The rat that ate the malt that lay iu the house that J ack built
Tax Returns.
We are indebted to our esteemed friend, Benj.
F. Whitfield, Esq., for the following table of the
taxable property of Morgan county. The increase
on last year is eight hundred thousand dollars.
This increase is principally on the slave property.
The average price of slaves per head, this year, is
six hundred dollars, which is an increase of twen
ty per cent, on their average value of last year.
The value of all other property is fully sustained.
This speaks very flatteringly for the prosperity of
Morgan county '
Number of Polls,. 54-1
Professions, 23
Dentists, 2
Free Negroes, 3
Children between 8 and 18 years, 401
Number of acres Ist quality Land 2,193
“ “ 2d “ “ 183,388
“ “ 3d “ 11 17,091
Pine in different counties, 87,486
Number of Slaves, 6,878
Value of Land, $1,364,141
Value ai‘ Town Property, 332,061
VaUUf Slaves 4,132,679
Anflp?? of money and solvent debts,.. 1,374,073
Merchandise, 123,071
Capital invested in manufacturing, . 10,650
Value of house and kitchen furniture,.. 53,805
Value of all other property, 337,417
T0ta1,... $7,976,039
Madison {Ga.) Weekly Visitor , Aug. 10w.
I A Case op Caudal Self-Cannibalism.—The Du
buque Herald of August 2d furnishes the following
I incident of canine tail waggery :
“His Honor, Chief Justice Beagle, informs us
r a very singular circumstance, which we would
scarcely believe had it originated from any other
source. The Squire states that John Coyle, living
at the corner of Sixteenth and Elm streets, owned
a small mongrel cur, which a few’ days since be
came smitten with the prevailing canine fashion
and went mad. In one of its lucid intervals, a
night or two since, after having bilten several oth
er dogs in the neighborhood, it was caught and
secured by a stout rope. Sunday morning it was
visited, and strange to relate, it had eaten off it*
own tail within all of a couple of inches of the
stump—and not only eaten it off* but had actually
swallowed it, except about eight inches, which was
sticking out of his mouth! Whether the dog
mistook, in the excitement of bis feelings, the tail
for a Bologna sausage, or whether it imagined
that the tail would look better sticking out in fron
than behind, is more than we have been able to
ascertain.’'
Teeth.—Dr. Hayes, an eminent surgeon dentist,
residing in London, gives the following useful
hints about the care of teeth. They are simple,
timely, and deserve attention :
In the first place, the tce»h should be fairly used.
By this I mean, not made to perform the duties of
crackers for nuts, experimented on to ascertain
their strength, or by ladies to rival scissors in cut
ting thread; for, rest assured, in every c ■
more particularly the last—the party having re
course to such practices will surely some day rue
them : the teeth .*o unwittingly injured being al
ways the first to part company with their fellows.
Those who indulge in such, or similar habits, may
be truly called the dentist’s friend. Cleanliness
is absolutely essential for the preservation of the
teeth ; and they should be well brushed at least
morning and evening, that any feculence which
may be attached to them, either during sleep, from
the stomach, or by day, from meals, may not be al
lowed permanently r oadhere,causing— firstly, dis
coloration, then tartar, and subsequently, if I may
so express myself, undermining the constitution of
one or more, as from their position they may be
more or less liuble to corrosion.
In order that the teeth should look natural—
that is, retain their natural color —a dentifrice free
from the smallest panicle of acid should be used
at the matin hour, and the month rinsed with tepid
water, for extremes of heat and cold are most
highly prejutiicuii, not only to their color, but also
to their dure.oihty ; and I know no method so sim
ple of correcting a really useful and ornamental
set int<j one and subsequent extinction,
'ban the use of w ashing in one or the other. The
person who habituates himself or herself to any
extent, to hot soup, tea, or other drink, assuredly
nv a |s the friend to the dentist just named,
brushes for the teeth should be of medium sub
stance, of bristle, and those made on what is called
the penetrating principle are best. I would also
observe that children, at an early age, should be
instructed in the use of a tooth-brush, and taught
the value and importance « f the teeth, in order to
inculcate habits of cleanliness and a due apprecia
tion of the ornaments of the mouth. A brush
properlv selected—not too hard—may be by
children of five years of age, every morning; and
r»v being part and parcel of the general ab.ution,
itiul thus directing habitual attention to the teeth,
*t useful and cleanly habit will be engendered,
which will probably ensure for them proper care
through life.
Our obituary column contains invitations for the
ruueral ot Mr George H. Veronee, who died in con
- qu« nee of injuries received by sassing from a car
t i he yarn of the South Carolina railroad.
Mr. Veronee was tinning the n*of of a car, from
hlch he fell s * as to be run over and severely
- itused by another car which was passing.
These injuries were received on the 20th July.
Chart*ston Oo inner t Aug. 11.
The Result.—Our ex» hanges by last night's
mail coubi in the opinion we expressed yesterday,
that the natioual Democracy of North Carolina
have been defeated In our next we will present
our views at length, The delgation in Congress
will stand thus:
Ist District, W. N H. Smith, Opro.
2nd “ Hon. Thos. Ruffian, Dem.
3rd « Him. Warren Winslow, Dem.
4th “ Hon O’H. Branch, Deni,
i sth « Hon. John A. Gilmer, Oppo.
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