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Cjjtjtjc u t bet n.(t n ferpnst. - . # Uftis (. Bsv n. t ciT<)K. * wmjiesdav TiXv fa. tsao.’ - —. 9 . _ _i* -> m CONSTITUTIONAL UNION TICKET. ,* ft ® • — ♦— • • • FOR PRESIDkXT, * N BELL, • OF TENNISES • *• > > k* *s£*&**&&, /EAward liLvoVeti , # ®OF M ABSAI ItrSEl r*fcfti „ • • • • • • 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, <B> ® *’ i&i ,a and we hoist their names to our masff dctefniin eJ, id, they ac?ftit,*to d* r<l the battles iu cur powcf 81 ® * # 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* * • • *® % ( 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. # * * • • _ • •®* * • # - — ZZ” .*7 * -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.® _4 . •- • ‘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- ■ . . -8 • 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. • • • - • . * . * \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 , •’# — ■ - - • —— , * <■ o.’ 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 • • . ••,• • 9 ■ fOSSTITrriOVAL IMOX COVVE.VTIO.V. •Jolia Bell Iffominuted for President. * ~*—i . • 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. , *’ o , *) # i 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. 3 O O 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. * s . . . - -J 0 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. ‘ * ..... • 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., ® ——-- --*-*- 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. cj O u 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 • o ““ •* 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 o • % O • 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. , <#• *-* S-> m * 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. * - -- - - • !>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. 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