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CONSTITUTIONAL UNION TICKET.
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FOR PRESIDkXT, *
N BELL,
• OF TENNISES • *•
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/EAward liLvoVeti ,
# ®OF M ABSAI ItrSEl r*fcfti „
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• Au K\ri‘!lrnl .’VoruiuaUo.-i, • ,
• It seen by reference to a portion of jilt pro
ceedings Tn to is- ,$1 >; £*.-
ton Conv&tion whi#*. ufts’ * aft Baltimore on the
9th inst,•nominated Senate#-*Eel! of for
President and the€i>m. 1 Hrerelt, the distin
guished illinrin scholar, 8b r \ ice President # W#
were laboring undersomc doubt whether thjt Con
vention sould makia!? nomiuaftftoixwe ui lo erfti all y
suppoqj: #J>ut @ our dvilb.s are now dispelled.
We do not thftfk tJ?e party have and rae better,
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and we hoist their names to our masff dctefniin
eJ, id, they ac?ftit,*to d* r<l the battles iu cur powcf
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for She triumph #jf the C and th? Union
under the*leadership of Cell and £verett. In tins
spirit we shall cafc upot© all lovers (f, the Constitu
tion agd the Uqjon, witliout regflrd to past party ties
totally to of men in evy wa^ qualified
..to rule,ftind above all, sinqgrely devoted to the
of their Country. * m ®
•ft U not ourtsurp -f , g *• m lert&ke*
A Miftory of Jhe me. # • t'aralisi* tc*s ; forwe
nave plenty of time for th&t hereafter; but their
lame inlrcadjau wide SJwead §s this grtaftmohy
t and*needs not the employment or our i #,ble pc# to
reflate its history. A candidate was §ver yet ironrt
@nated to* whom no could ho found, nifti
against these we aS records .ft’ th*e past to
be ® Beforehand, we say to oty
enemies, that {fchikßre do not record of our
\e ask him whose gre clear of
guilt “to fast tho first store* * •
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( o! atrr: ®
*• bm tgdD pd hy aod#*foint in orOration,
and we take pleasure in recommending m cooling ten
dencies £<> the® whoyiud teen®rives .- ■ nn l up dftritig
the wai'nigweather. 3(1.11 Stfl k % a ]£iblic benefactor in
respSct, and, though fte makes u pay ftcii.me do not.
•ee how the community couljj &> wyuoiit him “n hot
weathor. # * * • • _ •
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-tlrs. Grisuiar. •
It was from the pulpit*on last Sabbath*
Mrs. the and *atu®t?f her lrusb*tn 1 a
few days before, wst left two or three children
in a state of She was also recommend
ed as a wt>#f v idijectdif dimity and commedded to
the kind and considerate. We have since A>e<yi in
formedsdiat she desire- 1 to > # :>r former support anu
having in tiio buMaess, will
lie glad to wasn lor those who may seed her services,
lie make the statementl>y reipu st, andliope it may
ingJucc a libegul patroiKo.e for tlie bereaved.®
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‘l'o-vti CmbcK. •
Some men do all tide. ■ by
that they not to Lti*. ,s tin taut they were in
fluenced by the wis!f?s or suggestions of others. Thev
would sooner have their judgment than to !
have it appetjg; that they fe.Afed censure arising from the J
source of their authority, and choose Wither
than the ettndid acknowledgement error. ®
Our ct'yfafkccx, lor instance, last week repealed t#-
Fire District OrtUnance, and beeondift afterwards con
vinced of their as will appear by their proceedings
in another place.’ reconsidered repealed ordinance and
determined to take a vjfe of the corpora?ion upon its re
establishment. Can nr.v ,i: #ll where this vast i#a
originated ? The I ire compose but u verv small
portion of the town, including only the mercantile inter
ests, where it was di -irable to encourage the erectioA of
good and permanent btildings ; et our venerable city
1 fathers,^ mve seen proper in their wisdom, to call togeth
er the whole popifation of the corpT)rafion®nic ® W
of whom have not tl*c si ghi, s! iif erc.it in the*lre Dis
tricts, to vote us a year's supply ofSog eafbitts
and weatherboaned groceries to ornament our Imposing
business bltftks. * ®
Now, j(i uli* kindness, wt* ash, what business haft the
Coumftl to ni9lj|||]e with lie- nyitterftit all ? *lf they were
besieged^ with petitidis for huildiftg wood hifttses, why
did tlicT not block the game entirely and wait for u pro
* test against the ordinance? The Council iaould not be
censured for carrying out the law, and we never heard
of any complaint upon the subject iftuil they began to
great privileges A alB applici|jijj> indiscriminately. I'n*.
dor such circuim stances, it is true, be :ts®weft to
the law, and so, we suppose, our city fathom fe?t
when they p* farmed that act; but under pretext do
they now submit an ordinance referring only to one or
tw o w ards*to a v.®c of thc*w r iiole
any respectable of **e parties interested demand®
edit? yas a sohtary individual demanded it * Jf not,
•what right have the Council to call for a vote # cf the cor
poration upon the wisdom a regaku4* es 1
tablished ordkcai.ee .* It is ti:f:e • for the raft o take
•uch steps the repeal t>f au ordinance is d?mandcdf
sucfl demand is unde, we regard ail attempts to*
force the issue upon thcpeop*.e asftan arbitrary assiinptiotf
of aftthority# We
of the t*own* not interred in ti„ Fire Districts, would
arbitmrilyftlo a portion of fell ■ w-citii*ns so gr*.vt a
wrong as to tl** ordinance; but Opposing thev
should not take ti e Sy,.e view ot*it as these ufcesydefl,
the Council,#to make good their o**i escape from error,
havm utdiesitatingly opened tkfeatejimg inc-al#
culable nib-iCu i 7.* peace, harm>.-:iy, &nd prosperity
of the We do not belft-ve tht# Council,®or
member of theft- body, intend#! !# their action, so pro
duce *such a state of feeling, la;a# ;iy individual, or
clmck the *, brie k iuq :#ov, uients : lg*t,, hav
ing unihougntecily
to abused until they were left no .ftfeoof agetiust fur
ther applications, tft. y erred #aupposiug themsolves
ypon to fft eal ti e *-rcli; cnee, cr to meddle with it
in any way. The *rdinurfte not having*been properly
repealed is sf.il in force and allVnat is asked of the Coun
cil now. is let it remain in force, or. if ase ck-ter
jnined in au arbitrary manner to competes decision of the*
question by vote, to submit it to tl*jse interested in the
Fire Districts, eid l, t to tie wit ole p< pulation of the
corporation, niift-teisti sos wlujui an\#in
terest therein, or care any tffnig ahem the matter. •
*s - • m- y.
A NfUTH ” FOR *•*
A correspondent c ? the Coltwnbus Enquirer recom
mends the Hon. William N. 11. Smith, of fTo'rth Car-*
olina. for Use nest IhftsideSt, r.* a ipavthe high*-#
est order of intellwt, u?sUini s he*l*l--s {ralt r-licical’
. ****** and .' e - highest complimeawr&e
. Democratic party could pay bin,, - a the vote
ceived for sp® ker of the House of
of the present Congresrn • . e *
Yea, tee Bay, let t!:e # ckijms of Smith’ - be consid
ered,* This is not •./ i. Sir. : , li,” r it is wiil
lwndbat, tUhoi . hn Smith” is#eyeryijUr#,*
sees.every thing, knows every tiling and dues every
tiling, he never getl ) ; . s.he is too
honest—in a tat ana in 7at day# sever get into
*pffie,e. “Johh Smith ,f is an ionesi man and does
all things well—he*ought to i o rmfde President for
the.sak*e of tha c # ouprry. HeVould do more good
than anybody else, Lave tr.-.fe inf: :en- e thau st:v
other man, over the people; why, nine jftt of every
let; Jlur ladies are his sisters, his cousins, his aunts.
( or distant relations.'and bis genegbgy is. traceable
o all the best families in Christendom.. If we.-am':
have “John Smith” for President. c' ,! *e-t! his “next
of kin”—bis bvc-tfcor. “ iiMam N II Smith of North
Carolina. • . * • ®® * >
Southern Nmjrrs-Tlic Iticiimond Convention.
The largest meeting ever held hv the Democracy
* #i
! of Chatham, says the of the Vtii inst., was
held in th-e city of Savannah on the night of the Bth
ins:., and in their action they resolved to sustain
the Charleston Beceders, aSd send delegates.to the
i now ttate Convention for the purpose of appointing
* delegates to the Richmond Convention, to be ,held
by the B*utheru Fire Eaters ou the 2d Monday iu
June. * .s
The ©emocracy of Georgia, a? weif as<he nation
al Democrn y are iu a beautiful state of mharmoni
an-/each taction is (‘riving desperately for
- ‘‘JoavM and fishes ” she Augusta
a list, and its proprietor, Col. Gardner, who* was ot.e
of tie kicked Offl” *seceuers at Chariest, :'.,* are
Blowing pj-odigies of valor over a the prostrate form
J the national Democracy, #) and° we believe several |
*.:iicr influential Democratic Journals in the Stalfc *
L.ve taken ground qpth the Constitutionalist hnd
formed a regular line of battle under the bailor of
the national ftemoeracy. Opposed io these are the o
Fire Eat&n, who secedej at Charleston, K
bredfhing indignation £.nd wAth against all wiio
i would sutler thefciselvetj “kicked” by arrogatft Deal- p
Iglasitcs, and intent upefti holding tfie Southern t)e
toocr ~-y committed to a dissolution of the’
The two fa®.tkms are °maknig war upon each.other 1
; in khe most approved style, both commiserating the i
©°o ® o
| condition of— flic country ? No; but tke De
‘ nocroS# po.fty. . iralicattS (hoi jjmy saerifice !
| will be made to harmonize at Daltimore ‘to* prevent
thewpoils iTom slipping through their hands, and our *
candid optni u ®, that if tho®-£unionof Democracy
* • o
d|pft-nt W upon the Southern \cinj i the matter will be ■
j plastettd over at Richmond ni*4 a surrender iSadc
befow. 1 the Baltimore ftominatioib I? this is aot
; tlitiii* intention, why send nyc .delegates to Rich
mosd or Baltiftiore? Tlfe appointment pf new Jel
* i gates to either place is a virtual repudiation of .the *
late seceders and “fthe “srlKile #f their action, at
; CMwulcston. ° It, will proye #that the pe*pl<* of the I
| South, as we have always maintained, were not rea- i
dy for dissolution, and that the secessidb resolutions
i weft-gotten up for the result they # broughl"about,.by*-j
* reckless dc-,;?agogof whg would rise to fame ivon ■
i theitf country's rtyn. For the present, i9 is true,
•tie® voice is po*Aitial in the States tliey represent
-ed iu the Convention; But tho peopi* have nftt yet
load timejo speak. New Statel'onvontioys jvilt seftd
i new deltgaton to Baltimore with Jnstriua'ions, and
I those instructions will be*b?ie pledge of tl#e people
! to ajjide flieir aeeisfton. “The present delegates had
’*no instructiodfwand acted upon their ovfn jm^ment.
They ft. iw proper so bolt, an ft a ptrtiop of their party”
approved;but remainder, in our mind far Ac
grdbter portion, itave yet to speak, and theliolduigj
of netft State Coftivotitions, is the inevikabl# defeat
| of the decoders.* alilimtgli they may engage in # thc
movemftjf. The old lelegates cannot b# sent to
Bah-more witliouf humiliation ; th oy resigned their
’ H-ats -n that d?invention avowedly upon principle,
and fheirvretmli would b# either witlf the purpose
of the •“ to confess their sm.-. or *o ask a *
second for fliat vftiich Uiey*Lad been haughtily
and iriqaft'iogsl;# denied, a^ter-long continued and
earnest at Ciia*le>f..n. The seceders oe-,
cur. a ticklish position at best. If sent back, they
are hurnilmted, even if *iiey should succeed. I*f not
sent back tlicir position lost and themselves rer.u- ■
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uiated as incompetent to heal tho maladies ot L*b
mocracy, and, therefore, unprofitable servant*.— \
What vfill they do Junier these circumstances, aban
non their post 1 inn? Will they give up tlicir jmi :t
-plet, upon they split the Charleston. Conve
ntion ? They have declared the majority report of
the Convention to®be the battle ground upon which
the Southern Tfemocracysdfill fight, bleftd and die. j
’ but never surrender. Ilifve they tiie OSuragc to make !
■good their declaration? We shall see. But if it
i should out thaUthey were not speaking the
sentiments of their constituents, (vhen so inflated
| and boiling o*er with patviotist# and valor, wffat
then.? Will they surrender and acknowledge that
I it was the politicians who were wrong, and not the
1 masses of people? Will they confess that a
paelfish mnbition guideit®them.in tbej ‘ wildhunjL” in- j
somuch that they were blindej to the true
; menPs of the people, and that they alone were in !
| en*or% Taeir # Strength and courage will soon be*:
tested, and all the teor/J.will know.
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\Y t>j a I’oi-tioii ot the Monthrrn States SecetleS
trem tin- Cbafti'Kloii Convention f
TiiS question docs not yet fteem to be comprehen- ‘
j ded bf. an( i oa-der tftat tfiey may* the*nrjre ‘
: fraily undeystana the tplly of the seceders, we h’tfye
J*pd ® . %
ebewnfre iiftytcd t3A majority and minority plat
funfis reported to the Cona’ention, and whiofc em
body principles of the two faefiorift. she ftii- |
uority report®is the®one whi#h was adopted In-*tLo
Conv<®iti?n, and made the platform of the pony.— <
The adoption of tthat report in opposition to the mrv
ftjority report, whAh embody*! the demamTspf the I
seceders,#was the fatal blow adininfcterod to the
Conventiorf. The following resolution H-orn the nia*
i jority Tcqmrt the Noi tli.could not.-unl #ould
; not swaMow, and Siie rejection of whicii forced the
8 a
: Southern D#noerats to*w r itlnlraw:’ • •
•
“Second, That it is the duty of federal Gov- !
ernment, in departments, to protect, when t
i the rights of persons and, property in the
Territories, and wherever constitutional author-* ,
j ity expends.” • * * *’
t*. * © dp
* The North might very well stave sanctioffetl this
•-resolution, sos we do.not coq,ce%ve that i®at all de
"prived theig of any right, eg- curtaileS"their abifti-.
t:%!iism. inasmuch as they have always contended
. that “Constitutional Authority never did extend to tfie*
protection of slave properdin the Territories • The at
tempt of the South to commit the Federal®(iovcJh
raent, ‘-ia# all its to the protection oA;
properD- ifc tin? Territories, would ha*?Jbeen a de.fu
•failure, so fAr as shivery wgs involved, if the
North had ftecepfed the resolution*. *And this is ob
© ® and
nious, from ft he that tht*woi (? property is used
. in tl*resoiution instead of s.ftircry. Ejery well#in- -
Timed mat; Snows tkat thß Aboftitjoigsts q{ the
North iiever#ackOowleflgetli*shi#,-cs t*i be j iji
Territories. How, then, could they be expected
to protect tlievn as property? authority must !
decide for Ziem that sl;#.-es are property iigthe*Ter
i ritories, and so recognized Constitution, be®
fore they can bf required to extend totheift eons itu
tional protect Kyi; and# it is, well known that tliey
havc alrecyiy ret nyiated the onlyuority coinptf
tejit-1o (Jeciih? constitutiomfl questions—thatyof tiie
8 •Court.. Suppose, then, the above resolu-#
C.ti had been adopted bv the North, would#thc South
® and . and and
be „tv nearer tiie attaijimcnt of her ob’ect ? If she
,•• # • i
.ina succeeded in forcing from # the •North the ae
knuwledgememt of “slavery as property iu the Terri- j
;• ric-, t,u> conflict would immecliately change friftm
* 4 ° Territories to the Supreme Court. llavir%
(.. r g„..izcd, •. ,u body placed aft its bead men
soy pof-ting tiie Abolition construction of the Con!
sutution, or abolished it altogether, the Nofth would
b<?m full possession af.the Government! and with
sufficient power to abolish slavery, or drive the
.South out of the Union,. Nothing would have been*
“..in-! to tke South, therefore by the adoption of ,h
end its adoption hy thS Cmit—Hob* .
•*. % • • ‘
would have been denounced aa an art sand dodge of the
SoutLerji hernveracj, to maintain the nationality of
tl.ie Dc:uocra:ic party, end to # cover up tLc sins of
the Northern wing. • *
• But the seeeders are further culpable for having,
in their deftand, r.-sr.W tlie position, not only of
the Democracy, but of ail parties in the South. —
The vsotation demande'd the inlgrvention. if Congaess
t<vpro:ec: slave pniperty.iii the teiriiories, a leiuand*
| nevty before made*b\ any party. The Democratic
party, anfl all other parties at the South. li ve*al
ways demanded and held as cf the highest impor
tance, the nonintervention of Congress on the subject;
but the people ot be leu perfectly free \
to frame and govern their own institutions#subject ‘
I only to the Constitution yf the United States. This
true doctrine, and which the South can never ,
abandon, without precipitating herself in,-.* revolu
tion. Those politicians, thcrefdVe. w£o counsel her
[ to forsake this* position are revolutionists and “dis-
O•® * e
unionists; anl when they undertake to commit ber ;
to the . tent of - avepy in *the,Tegrhoi ies by
the intervention dos Congress, they do so -wi*h the
■ knowledge that auoh a committal would inevitably
i create a di.-tfuption of the Union, and result as they -
design,in the orgaSization a SoutfesrteConfede*- i
&cy,4h:? m-d.tf at its fiea 1 as the ffsaster spirits in
.the movement. We believe the secession at Chaales
o °
i tongas a scheme coacqcteJ i y Mr. Yancvcud otli
j ers, to commit (lie Sguth to dissolution, for the grat
! ification of opcrsonal ambition. *Let us view it* ip.
■ o
this light so < bne moment. 0 Mrt Vancy is young,
r bold and talented: was born and. bred in t lft Lot
bed of disunionlsA, (South Carolina,) and long be-”
j fore he moved to Alabama, It ad keen thoroughly*
schooled in the disunion sentiment of that State.—
O
; He ©arriecKit with him to Alabama, and rising ran
-1.0 ® 1
lory he became the leading ciOluieian of the
State, by liis influence platform is drawn up,”
adopted and himself dispatched with it to the Charles
# o
ton .Convention to demand, in accordance Witli its
provisions, the in tint .Jiofl by Congjvss to protect
.slavery in the Territories, a demand it required bqt
little’ sagacity to foresee* would be refusal, .and a
.dangosjous issue tlhis created between the No sth aiM
South. We h *ve sai lhe is young*,bold and talenf
ed, and.if we add to this (dteieh is tifue ) tire ambi
o o
tiojj of a C.esa 11, we have suilieisnt an kSatUfadpry 1
cause fief the result &t Chtrle&ton. Mr* Vaneev
o w
wearied* of hi § position atd became impatient rfi the
prospect of political affairs before him. K.thc esn-
Teiftion remained in harmony it would nominate a
candidate, and Vi mis not prominent. The nomina
tion would calm tl°e troubled waters, perhaps for the
O 0 A * O
next four years, aiyl no cloud on the horizon of Pe
-1 fleerScy indicated a brewing storm, of which Lis
. . A 0®
1 ambition could take advantage, liis fortune warn
fedf him,, therefore, that there was no time to be 10.-f
o
j — non- was the time—lie had the South (as he
thought) in tacf He had brought her to tltink it
tgas patriotism to, secede, and the secession would
elevate him to the proud position of leader of the
.We have‘lft room to pursue his antbifion
further, and perhaps it woula be unnecessary, for
his plans will be defeated by the tru .•patriotism,
strength and intefligcncc of th<£ Southern .people;
# but that lie is n*recolu4itt'.ii of the strongest char
acter, tlie following letter from (jis own pen will
fuMy estab^sli: 0
111% SCARLKW LETTER. *<
• Montgomery. ,temo 15. 185S. 0
*• Dear Sir* Yo © kin l favor of the lath is receive
I ed.
“ I hardly agree with yau that a general pioye
meat* van it* made t will, clear out the Aujt
stab ft. it the PemociArv v ,-ro overthrown, it would
result in giving place io a greater and lii.,. g ,,cr <
swarm of liies. 0
“The remedy of the South is not in such a pro
cess. It is in a diligent organization of her true
men forp*rompt resistance A > tin* next aggression. It
1 must come in the,nature of things. No national
: paty can save ti : no sectional party £.in ev 9do it.
# lint if we could do as our fathers did—ergani?,#
j of safety all over the cotton
(and it is only in ttem that we qgn lope for any ef
fect movement) —wo shall tire the Southern heart,
instruct the Southern mind, give courage to each
other, and at lh9proper mo; t ><t, by one organized, con
ceited action, ice can precipitate ito cotton States into a
i revolution.
| “The idea has been shadowed forth in the South
i by *Mr. Ruffin ; has been taken up and recommended
j in the Advertiser, [Wie Montgomery organ of Mr.
: under the name of ‘League of United
t Southerners,’ who,•keeping uy their old party i“;la- j
| tkms on all other questions will l#dd the Southern
■ issue paramtteint, and will influence parties, Lcgis-
I latures, and statesmen. 1 have no time to enfctqge, j
. but to suggest merely.
“In haste, yours, &cp, 0 !
• ‘j W. L. Yaxcey.
“To James Slaughter# Esq. °° .
~ Jo!iii°E*‘tl.. 0
In view of the oonspicuous position now occu}£ed
by this gentleman before the American people, tha
following sunnnary of bis career, wfiicli we tetee
from tbvCfatrldbteo Oburier, wili be read with inter
est: . . • „
j John Jicll was ftorn in Davidson County, near !
j Nashville, Tennessee, „on the 18th Febrqgry, 47 11 7,
| and i’ecei vqd his preparatory education i• UTftiber- ,
lSnd^t ‘ollege. the age of nineteen (hi 1816) he
was admitted an attorney, 114 J began4iis profession
al career at Fflvnklin, in Williamson County. In
1817, before his lilgal majority, he was elected a
State Sen*or. After one term lie retired fromjio
btioal life, and continued actively and successfully ‘
|in the legql prfl'fttesion U# jiin> y*ears. In 1820 h*e 1
I Appmtxed m% Congressional “canvass against Felix
.<irui*ly, and was guaecssiil agoing od'is that would
hare defeated ajy other man of his political housoe !
.hold. 0 „
I For fourteeif years he continued a° representative I
’ in Congress, aiftl iluigig this period (in
was electift Speaker, in place of Andrew Stevenson,
who had accepted th? to greo: Britaiia and 4
iin to James K. Folk. In* 1841 he enter
ed the Cabinet of Prescient* Harrison, as Secretarv
i ‘d iVar, but soc®i retired, an Ijl'or sir years remained
in private life. ®o
In 184? lie wfc*called out to fill I special vucalniy 4
in she United‘States Senate, and irf°lßo3 w’as re
elected for a frill term of six years. 0 0 0
His character, and labors, and “merits are ac
knowledge?! by all, and by none mjjre readily than
bj polifieal opponents. 0 . „ 0 e
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On Monday last, in Thoqaasvilic, a violent as
sault was made by Mr. ZEfrJLut, on the
•je rsoij 04 a GuftMAR, from tfie bi 0
wltiejji the latter dfed on Wednesday evening.
I Froflt a detail of tl)e*facts,°as staked to us by ah
c) e witness, it appears t°(iat Gnismar sittimr
otj.i.elftir in the store of I)r. McDonald, with
his*back to the door, when Zeiglef gteppedan
*wid approached him with a biykgn axe helve,
and inflicted three or four lieavjblows upon his
cramiu", Yraeturing “the skull leaving ]-,i ly
insensible, jye never recovered his ratitjhglity,
ans dimt as abovg stated. Zdglcr was
panied t>y his brother, but who (tok no part, as
’ \reundersfetnd, in t?ie lie inyucdiately
•took, his horse and rode off over the line to
Florida, where he resides. The cause of the •
assault is saifr to be a gross insult offered by the,
uecca-ed to the sister of %'eigler. The deceas
ed has been living iuThomasvilJe for some time,
wasi?barber by occupation *had a wife and fami
ly, and in his general deportment appeared to
be tempertite, ‘quiet and inoffensive ll’ G i
last iccck. • • • •
# ►,
K<i<for, at viount Vernon. • *
M’.ashington. Mav,B —Three hundred ‘West
ern Editor-i /re at Mount Vernon today • • .
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fOSSTITrriOVAL IMOX COVVE.VTIO.V.
•Jolia Bell Iffominuted for President.
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Edn ard Evrrctl inalt tl lor ) ifc-Pr(i<li'Nt>
• * •
[Teleg*ipliod to the Savannah Bepubliean.]
• *
Baltimore, May^l.—The Union Convention was
organized, to-ifty by tin; *appointnftnt of Wuslung
. ton.lluiit, of New fork, as temporary Chairmaik. —
Committees were appointed. *aor Cette j
vAnion took a recess till 4 o'cloc k. Every State in !
the l uiot# is represented, except South Uarolifia and
Oregon.
[Washington Hunt was afterwards made perma
nent President of the Convention.—Ee.,E\t.]
TjaltlMoue, May 10.—The; Constitutional Union
Convention, being*organized, proceeded this morn
ing to the nomination of*a candidate for tlie Fresi
deucy. On the firtst ballot John Bi:l, of ‘fr nnes
see, reeled 122 votes, Vam. -Holston, of Texas, J
6'/, the retnaining vptes scattering. Bell will uu* ,
doubtedly be nominated. , *’
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IwaiD DItPAJCH.
John Bell was nominated on the secoiwl Bailot by*
! a large majority, and with great harmony. . j
°„ e TUIED DIS#ATCH. * *
The differ<?ht delegates are noy speaking tJnJ har
monizing, and will give Dell a unanimous noitenar
tion. * o ,
Edward Everett, it is generally conceded, will 1#?
nominated for Vice-Presiitent. lt*is understood that
• * °
he prefers that position. .
‘iiiere is great liarmo tty and enthusiasm in the
, ConvcntioS ° o 0
o rOCETII DISPATCH.
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Thursday,, p. ra.—Edward Everett, 01 Massfchu
setts wag unnirnously declared the ’Candidate for
Vice-President on the first Ballot, l’he result was
received with great enthusiasm. *
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The Eallotinu ai ('iiiirlciiloii.
t> o °
T The gehllemen who received votes during !
tho-:e'bal!otin;?H wore.-iion Stephen A. Dougka
oi'*lllind!s, lion. James Guthvic’ot* Kentucky*
11 on • 11. M. T. Hunter of Virginia,
drew Johnson of Tennessee, Ilorr. Joseph Ln*ie
of Oregon, Him. Doniel 8. I•Jckinson.of Xcw
! Yofk, Hon, Jefferson Davis of Hon.
.Isaac Toutvv of ConnccJeut, and Hon. James,
-a IVarce ;,i Man!;! nd.
Mr. Douglas received his lgi >Tict vote,
on the K.flf. andjHth ballots. slr. finthrie
received his lu-hes(t vote,* UGi, on the 39th,
• 4bth, 41st 3-2d ballots*, Mr. limit.a- reewive !
hi* highest vote, 42, ? 0a the first l&llot, Mr.
Dane receiv*: 1 .his higiic.-t vote,*'.: j a from th%
14th to the k2d ballots, i4lcllu.lv 4, 31 r. Diclir
itisoii received his highest vote, lb,on the E'.'Wi
and oUth ballots. Iheftot* for Tr° Johnson
only varied one votu, 12 ai*d 11, uytil the ETth
ba’a.it, after whfch he received none. The oth
im’ gentlemen received merely complimentary*
votes. , ,i, 0 o 0
, ® •
Horrible ITliirier in Merircn C'omity. •
Messrs. Editors Vou *tit n ti>fl a list: A man
by the name of Reubiy lllackbarn, a w<?!l
Vnow 7 11 and respectable citizen of Scriven coun-
M', was killed on hist Sunday morning, in a most
horrible 111a m\pr, by a negro to
g Mr. Seaborn Thompson, of that county. The
negro has been arrested, and I learn had. his
‘trial to-day 7 . Mr. Bfhekburn after being killed,
was thrown into the lire, and had nearly burnt
up*before lie was discovered. The negro will
receive his just punishiij at. B •
Jlcspectlully yours, £c„ J. W. R.
May Bth, 18(10. ‘
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Piiilailripaia EUrctian. o
1 he.election which 4ook place in Dhiladclphia
on the Ist instant for. Mayor, City iSolieitor.
(’onyt roller, (Jity Commissioner, Receiver of
•S axes, and Select- and Common Councils, has
resulted in the election of the ‘‘ People’s ticket/*
, with the exception of City Comptroller, but by
a diminished majority. *
fihis may be considered tlie first gun from
the Kcystoiy.’ State, and looks ominous.,
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o TEt- Southern Siitel.r*. •
M asiiixgtox, -day 7. —An address t* the
1 Soutl iern see *ders is now being circulated in |
Congress, urging them truattcifd the Baltfmore
fConvention, in ofdcr to forestall*new elections
of delegates<in tlie South.
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Tiie uvo Uemocratic CoarenlionH •
A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph
ta^ s * ° . # 0 °® .
“l.ho action of the disunionists at Charles
ton, if persisted in, will render two delegatfons
itonv (Georgia certain and absolutely inevitable.
One to Raftimore and one to Richmond. 0 The
true old paniicl democrats will send a dcleira
tion to Baltimore. The Yancey disuniepishi
; onp to.Ridliinond. The regular old Jackson
, democrats do not intend fa °bt drivqii out of*
the depiocratic party. A will be re
ceiYefl at Raltimore a°s representing the demo
cratic ‘[.arty o£ Georgia. We /mist and*will
speak, and he respected in o th<*>great democratic 1
council at Baltnno/o. *
1 o. (teurral Confcrrnrr.
Bi my tap, May Methodist Confer-*
! cnee met. at halt-pjist eiglit°o’eiuck this
Bishop Scoy presiding.
. The order of each day till subject is
haus[cd is the presentation 0 of petitions and
1 memorials fVom.the various conference*. The
mass of those petitions and memorials this
morning were 6$ the subject of slavery, asking.
• fora change of rules. 0 *. *.
, Ex-President Fillmore appeared in tlft hall, I
land a vesAution was unanimoasly adopted in
viting him a seat on *th<? platllftjfi. H# ftas
received by the Bislteps and welcom
ed, the conference rising in a mass.
0 •
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A Triable ftjlaniify. .
A dispsteh*to the Chcirleston. Courier gWes
an'liccouiit of a riiulo accident*that occurred
near Camden, S. C. It seems that a fishing
party from an excursion train on the Camden
1 visited Boykin's 3lill Fend Un Saturday
, 7th inPt. oAYout fifty of them 1
embarked in a boat, Sr Sat, which, by som#un
explainod caiteo, was ekher accidentally capsiz
ed or sunk—probably from a iteiag (5 -and twenty !
seven® of the piarty foufrd watery graves, the
greater portion being younq>ladies. * The fob |
lowing are alnoitg those known to be lost: Miss®
Minnie Alexander, Miss Sarah frloyell,
#Sehu;te'rosbv, Miss Alice j
3lcKagen, Miss Kelly, Miss Jane Young,*Miss
McCownj, Miss bailie Jenkins, 3fiys Louisa
Ketths; MisS4lolly*Young, and another daugh
ter and a son of Samuel 11. Voung, John Oakes,
tfto 3>lr. llfrccftt?, F. ft. Richbourg, Willie Mc
• Kag.cn, Lucius Lcgrand, Wylliam Legrand,
Jerry MeUeod, R. Iluggins. •
The pond was emptied on Sunday morning, j
and further search made for the missing, but i
no additional names fiave been added to .the 1
- above. S• * m !
Twelve of the bodies of the victims of the*
Boykin's 31 ill I’ond calamity were interred in
Caijiden og Sunday. Active exertions are be
. ing continued for recovering all the bodies. •
• ••
Proceeding# of the Charleston Democratic t oo- |
t vculion*
We publish below the majority and minority
platforms which were presented to the con veil- ■
tion. * The minority platform was adopted on
■ Monday, immediately after wlnch the Alabama, !
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mori-*
da, Saith Carolina, Delaware, and per of the :
Georgia delegations the
j tion : 9 ~ ,
• MAJORITY n?AJFOUM.
Resolved, That the platform adopted by the*
iVnnocratiie party at Cincinnati ‘be affirmed*
witn the following explanatory resolutions : ®
First. T'Jiat the ixovernmeift of a Territory
C . . . ®‘,
organized by an Set of Congress, is provisional*
and temporary; and, during its ®ss;istance, all
citizens of the United States have an equal
JHght to # settle with theimproperty in the Terri- |
tory without their rights, either of pei®on@or |
j property. Being destroyed or inytaired bf Con- j
gressional oa Territorial legislation. * • .
Second. That it the dutyof the Federal
Government, ill ail its department®, to protect, ■
, when nV-essary* the rights of persons and ;
’ property.in the Territories anj‘wherever else ;
:*ccmstitutionnl aukhqfity extends., •
•Third, That when the settlers in a Territory i
having an adequate population to form a rflate
Constitution, tin# right of sovereignty ,*>m- !
mence. and, being eonsuinaied by admission iu
! to the. Union. they stand on an fqual fbotihg]
with the peojde of other State®; and the State so
thus organised jought to be admitted into ttio •
Federal Union, whether its CdAisntutiou j ro
hibits or recognizes the itfstitufiuiuoi s!a\e*y.
° Fourth. That the Democratic party are**m
favor of the acquisition of the Island of Cuba#
on such terms as shall he honorable to ourselves
and * just t Spain at the earliest practicable’
moment. • * •
J-'i/th‘ That the * enactments of the £tutc
Legislatures to f efeat ,tli*e faithful execution of i
the Fugitive Slave Law. are hostile in •oharae
"• o o ®
terf subversive of Umj ( oiistiftitio-u, and re voli
tional*/ in their effect. •
. Sixth. ‘1 hat the Democracy of the wlnitep
States re<4ogn:zc # *it as the imperative duty of
•this Government to protoet the na?uvalf/ed eiti-%
zen in •alibi.'* tights, whether a- home*ofin
4'uTeign lands, to the same egteut ;*its native-,
4jorn cilizeift. • •. 0
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MINORITY 11. VTPORMf * #
1. Fir so! i'd,'Thu* we, the Democracy of the
Union, k) Convention assembled, lietvby dc- !
dare our affirmaiiee of *t?ic resolutions unani
inot*<ly*idoptel ami as a platform of
principles by the Democratic Convi ntioio at
Cincinnati., in thefiear believeing that
Democratic priijoipics arc unchangeable in their
nature, when applied to the same subject mat
ters ; amD we recommend as the only* further
following: . .
Inasmuch as differences of opinion t&ist in
the Democratic party as to the natunAmd ex
tent of the powers of a Territorial UegidatuvcL (
and as to the powers and duties of
undr the Constitution i^'ML# United Stgtgs,
over the institution of slavery within the Tqgri*
tories: •
m 2. Resolved, That the Democratic party will
abide by ijie deeission of the Suprefiio Court qf
i the United States on the question of constitu
tional law. #
•j. Resolved, Tl.it it iij the duty of the Uni
ted States to afford ample and comnlote
,tion to all its citizens, whether at Jiomc or
i abroad, and whether native or foreign.
4. Remtml, ‘1 hat one of the lux-essTtics of
the age, in a miliitary, commercial, and postal
point of view, is speedy coin uVunicat ion be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific States* atid the
Democratic party pledge such ,constitutional
Government aid as will yes lire the crust ruetior?
of a railroad to the Pacific eoastgat the earliest
practicable period,
L. Re,-ofr. </, That tiie Democratic party are
in fitvor of acquisition oLthe Island of Cuba,
on such terms as shall he nonorablc to ourselves*
and just to Spain. * #
Restdcrdj That the enactments of State Leg
islature# to defeat the i willful execution of the
Fugitive Slave Law,*llo hostile i*
subversive of‘the Constitution, and revolution
ary its tiiiir effect.
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I'Cltfr From Clou. A. EE. Slfplitn*.
Augusta, *May 11.—lion. A,* 11. Stephens
fcas written a letter iajrepij to several gentle
men of 31 aeon, in which he sustains* the
ciple bf non intervention and disapproves the
secession of the Delegates from*( harlestou.—
Ife reecotnendl Delegates to he sent to Balti
more.
’1 —.—•—. *— *
A Fictile Lfailfr,
* T\ •
Jyunng tlie session of tin- (.jiarleston Conven- 1
tion, Senator looiiil® telegraphed *to the
gia delegation to insist upon a sound platform,
j with a southern man upo* it; and, if not grant®
’ ed, to Conventi#n. •
j Tjic *3l ru-on T<h * : nf Ihursday, flub- 1
; lishgs flic following dispatch, sc#t by a citizen
|of Augusta to a friend in tlie foi%icr citv : *
Augusfa, 31 ay s—Mr.$ —Mr. Tooflibs telegraphs me
i to to the southern members have
‘ agreed on a recommendation to tlie seceding
I Lijates all to <j<> to JJaltimoriftfor feiiyion. Ao i
i new State conventions. r
it ij tkus that Senator Tooifibs®marefies tlie
tffforgia Democracy up the hill, and gicn
I inarches them down again. The next order, no
1 doubt, will be to 4v/ce thr fn% hollow iheifcome !
to! • m %
• ®
Uoenan Chnllrngfd by a G?‘s^;ian l •
The Atlanta Confederacy has tlie following,
fforn it will he seen that a Georgia ljuy
challenges the world in general, and Heenajf in’
particular, to a trial at fistfbufj® at guy tone
they may feel in the humor to tyst his lineal:
Atlanta a(j(un.d il\g World. — autltor
izcd#by par Pies of well known integriu* tostat?
that there is a IjJn now living in Atlanta, who
i will fight tfie “ Dcnceia the sum often
thousand dollars, the fieri)t to come off during
, the present yyr, at any®:oint South of Mason
mid Dixon s The person spoken of is a
native of Georgia, stands sra feet one iuclPfn !
height. and*weighs two hundred and ten pound®.
. in tlie prime of life a perfect Ap
| r°i° in size and shapes and a Hercules in
strength. gVs will* be seen, he is # a first elasi
maa in size anfi
and under a proper of training*
would prove a formidable competitor to the “ Be
necia Boy,” in the prize ring. Shoifld Ilecnan
not accent the profferefi challenge, the Atlanta
Boy challenges any # man in America,
to light him for the abVe amount, *he offerbe
ing oppn for tliree months/rom this date.
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!>ew Oilcan* Down on ilir Scccdrr*.
A K\v Orleans, 31ay niassmecti*g
neld here*the other night denounces the seces
sion movenient tliat took place at Ckarloston,
and a resolution was passed saying that they rc
prd as enemies all \yho attempt to produce a
• separation between the North and thn South.
• • •
Squatter SoTfrcignU in Btirkc County, *
j On Friday last*the citizen -of M aynesbor®’
and vicinity mot and without distinctiotfof par
ty, and in cool deliberation, without a dissentinsp®
voice, they proceeded to hang, in efTigy®the ten
Georgia Delcgatoe who would not withdraw
1 from the Charleston Convention.—
They were hu*n s in the publi?streets, with tlio
inscription labelled £11 them “
and while swum>uri tjjey were stoned and brick- @
! bated by tl.oj little darkies. tffeir remains w r ero
then taken out to the parade ground and hung®
! up to the liberty pole and jiurnt to ashes
cannon was tired one time, wifft the mouth turn-®
ed to tlukground as a *tokcn of submission on
the pi’ll tof the Delegated ®
Old Burke js as true as steckand
i Rights to the core.— Waynesboro Independent
’ 9
Diml;!''* FililiM-iiil Koom in <'h:ii^4-Mton.
I The press of tlie Union should unite in %
general expression of thanks to 3lff William
F. Dodge, of the Machinery at
Charleston, for his thonglgful and timely at
tention t> thfcir brethren of tl# pro*.® at
; reei®|it A'ationul Democratic Convention at
! Chsrioston. ®
A day or two before thcassemhling of the
convention, Mr. Dodge undefctood tl*it no ar
rangement had been made for the eon^cnieit^
* aocomuiodatioi 4 the members of tlie press,®
with a robin', with lights, withtahles, chairs,
pens, inkfand j-aper, daily newspapers,tftd oth
er matters, lie promptly cleared out a ™
mom in the re:t otfclns 3Jaehinery AgeTicy—
find gas pi] *s put up —furnished tables an%’
chairs, and waiting ice water,
and provided every tfeit ®as ne
; cegparfj&r the comfort faiity of newspa
per men. All^vere^icsjiec'fully with
-1 out party, the privileges
his without cost. We think that’
about one hundred and fifty •! tors and repor
ters register'd their naiges at Dodge’s Maeln
nery Agncy. *
‘ We regard the eond’JH i.f 3lr. I)< Age, at’
Charleston, as “or thy of high fnAi the
editorial prc #of4iie country- not from
* th so who \J'ie ] in Gmi 1%-ton, but from
; tlie press gentraiiy. It is :®tavor @ ext#iided to
1 alf, and won!® have been enjoyed by all,
Lev had in (tiaide- tog.#
j l.'cvotions the pf.'ss are common enough, ®
in words, hut Mr. 1 lodge came forward with®
works, with nets, and was not, in any way, eco
nomical in his attentions ft> the members of the
l' ress - m ® ®
As Mr. ?kjdge would not consent to rceeivo”
any pem®iry ree nupenso
the press, it has been proposed that a sendeak
oi plate he pr,ented to him, gentle
men of the ross contribute stims®for
Jiat purpose. M hat will our cotemporarics of
the press®sav to this? 3lvssrs. j’ritchard, 0
Barnes and AtHinsmi. of Augusta.rlave been
appointed the to contrihu-
Di#ns®for the testimonial, will gladly ac
knowledge, and properly appropriate them.—-
® lojiiita (Jonslitktiouali t.
Try It O—tloif (onrcnlion*.
The Aatia#] Sovereign try
tion,previous to hr • ®®iig up, 1 asset! the fellow
| ing resolutions: ® ’ ® ®
That when this Convention
journ, it adjourn rc-asscuihle at Baltimore,
jon 3londay, the 1 of June next, and
that it is respi etfully to the
oeratie pa: i|) ot the sacral .States to make pro
visions for sup;'lying all vacancies in their fe
| speexive delegations to this Convention, when it
shall re-sisseuiSu. ’ —( Applause.) g,
Ihe Augusta Constitutionalist recommends
that a Suite (’o’ vention hcdield at
8)1 villc on the Ith of June next, to select delegates
to represent Georgia in nic Convention at Balti
’ more. @
■® The Constitution:.! Democrats who withdrew
lroiii tlie Squatter conveutiift, adopted the fol
* fewin® resolution :
JlesoJvr-<l, That tlie parfv the
L nited fetates, who are in favor of tlie princi
pL‘s red mi men by the mCjority in the*®
®Char®ston Conventiun, be infite i to send dele
gates tg a Convention to,be held in Richmond
on the second in ®lunc, and that the s
basis of mpreseittation he the saint as that
upon which the Mates ha'®e been represented
in tlie Charleston C onvention.
It will thus beifecen that is likely to bo®
inenittialile for Conventions. ®Thc*f,cople will @
lookawith in tore* to the action of the Ri*h
jgontl yon vention, composed as it will be'tioubt-*
less, oi the true- democracy, excellence.—
j V#e presume tlie Aational Fquatter I’arty wftl
Aecerie little aid or comfort from the South.- 4fe
There are iiv.®; times ahead.—3 vji® Jspub.
)j
m <Kw. JorpHH. §
m At a meeting*! the Ccfistitutional Union Par- <
In Aliiany* Dougherty the®2] i> st
instant, lion. J4feph Jlcnr? Lumpkin, of thfs
Suite, was recommended to Baltiitore Con®
* vention as a suitable*candidate for the Pre?i-
A ; ne y- |ew nftn the Union could carfyj
witn him into tli® Presidential Chair more sterl
ing worth, a nobler patriotism, superior attain
ments and 1 litural eadowmerits t!?an etiuhl lion.
! Joseph Henry But we feiy tlfe day
i| parsed hjtgvhcu tRe high-toned Christian
gentleman can reac-h that most responsible (A
all offices # in this government? Suclr men as
Lumpkin must lie thrust aside to make way fori*
. the corrupt demagogueical brawler. —Atlanta
American. * ® ®
*. ® A eA'.a< tioii. ® 9
i*liepro?eding“ of a meeting in Edgefield
District, South Carolina, cite Mr. Calheun as
predicting, “that in iB6O, the question of slave- ‘
ry dissolve the Democratic party of this
Union/’ #
— m
Tlf> single vote for Hen. JdjjTerson Davis in
the Charleston convention, given *persistenilv
througi’iout, the whole* fifty-seven Ballots, was
cast by the President, Hon. Caleb Cushiim*
• • • • # 0
ChillyandtFever! *Chills and Fever! —
Ojy? of tin ‘rivafcst reim dif® lliat been laiiiabe
foie tlie publie, for Fever and Ague, and which haw re
ceived t .:e lily u-M eueoiniulus from tiie press aiul the peo
ple, i- Dr. 1W oTIiTT KirS t iyAIHUATKI) HITTERS.
would tonm * m -in :fr >m this terrible
disease, when it can to s( > ia.-ly cured ? Who would en
dure sleepless liiahts. lmrnin” livers and4cy chills alter
i*n:iielv. win na ri ,nrgv can obtained tor ami re trilie ?
! And yet how many liiinilii lifmer out*a jiainful existence'*
under this deadly blight, aui| D nothing hut gulp down®
| quinine, until ii becomes as common daily meals,
and vet th> v#ire not relieved, \ofie but the a foolish and
weak wonIT) Iwsimte to procure these valuable Bitters,
; anil save themselves intanse ttoriy.
: • *A” Sold bv druggists and dealers generally, every
where. See advertisement In another column. “ •”
* •
Practical Advice to Ladies.
; first” symptoms of disease should never be di*re
gard?‘d. tf a not removed serious evils will inevitably fol
low ; and in seeking assistance, all remedies that will act
: violently or rednee the strength,• should Jie avoided.—
They, assisting nature, weaken and debilitate
those organs. For Female Complaints, take McLean’*
Strengjhenyig Cordial and Blood Purifier. It stands pre
; eminent in all*diseases peculiar tn females. *Trr it. It i*
j a delicious Aromatic Cordial *’
m ‘.y* Sold, by E. fs'-ixas, J'homasrilil®, 0 m